FUIUSMES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
COVERSTHC MORNING FIELD ONTHE LOWER COLUMBIA
33rd YEAR. NO. 52
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1903
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BAD FIRE IN
HOSPITAL
AH Patients Were Safely
Removed.
SEVENTY-FIVE INMATES
The Fire Broke Out on tho Top
Floor of the Ward In
. Grace Hospital.
LOSS IS THIRTY THOUSAND
Willi U Firemen Wera Pouring
Tons of Wtf Into th Bufldinf
ths Nurse. Doctor and Orderlies,
Assisted by CUUca Saved Patients
NEW HAVEN, Feb 2a-The live
of 75 natlcnt. tome In icriou state,
were endangered late today when a
r.r broke out on the top floor ol the
patient' ward In the Crace Hospital
While the firemen poured ton of
water into the building the nureei,
doctor and orderliei, assisted by the
citizen, removed the patient
nlaeet safety In the ambulance, car
rlages, automobile, truck wagoni and
other conveyance. The lo i en
mated at $30,000.
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 28.-A Miner
peciul from Dillingi, Mont, ttatei
that a man whose name is believed to
be Hetland, wa hot and iiutantly
killed yesterday at Cutter near Bill
ing, a he wa trying to force an
entrance into a room of the Cutter
Hotel. The battering of i window
arouied Mr. E. L Green, wife of
the proprietor of the hotel who called
to Samuel Helmi, a bartender, Hel
twung open a door and Hetland grap
pled with him. Helm then fired
three (hot and killed Hetland. Helm
wai exonerated by the coroner's
jury. (
DEATH ON RAIL.
DILLON, Mont, Feb. 2&-The re
main of an unknown man found on
the Oregon Short Line track near
thi city, January 9, have been Iden
tified a hoe of William Ridgely.
Death wa tuppoted to have been
cauied by the man being struck by a
train but it now develops that it wa
a cane of murder.. Considerable money
which Ridgely had with him when he
disappeared it mining together with
a companion with whom Ridgely wa
leen a short time before his death.
Non-Commissioned Offi
cers and Men.
MOUNMENT FUND GROWING.
NEW YORK, Feb.28-Tbe society
which was formed for the purpose of
erecting a monument to the late
Deputy Chief Charles Gruger of the
Fire Department, who was killed re
cently in the discharge of his duty
report a gift of (1000 from J. Pier
pont Morgan. Bishop Henry C. Pot
ter i chairman of the committee
which is soliciting subscriptions.
INTRODUCES A BILL,
At the Request of General Jacob 8.
" Coiey.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-Brumm
of Pennsylvania Introduced in the
House a bill at the request of "Gen-
eral" Jacob S. Coxey, "To provide
for public improvements and the em
ployment of the citizen of the United
States to encourage industry and pro
duce prosperity and to procure money
tto purchase and pay for all puoiic
Utilities and for the redemption of
said money."
The bill provides when there Is i
surulus of production with no de
mand for labor at living wages, the
states, territories, counties, town
ship, municipalities or incorporated
towns and villages, may fot-the pur
pose of employing the idle men, and
women on public work, Issue non
interest bearing 25 year bonds not in
excess of one-half the assessed valua.
tiori of their real estate, these bonds
to be deposited with the secretary of
the treasury, who shall Issuo treasury
notes on this security, the money so
realized to be used in the employment
of idle persons at the minimum rate
,,.of. $1.50 per day for common labor,
women to be paid the same as men
and eight hours to constitute a day's
work. The bdnds will be retirable at
the interest rate of 4 per cent.
; WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. ,
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-Max Singer
was arrested yesterday charged with
helnn in the white slave trafhe. M
' rnrdimr to the story told the police
by Minnie Smith, aged 23 years of
Seattle, Wash., Singer has an agent
in Seattlc-a woman who keeps an
employment bureau. She Tends the
woman to Singer and is paid $25 for
each, It is said he represents that
Sinner will get them good places on
.(,. .tm.. Minnie Smith and two
other girls whose names she did not
know arrived in Chicago three weexs
A few days later, according to the
Smith irl, one girl was sent to
north side resort and the other went
to the south side. .
NORTH DANK ROAD
Will Open for Through Traffic
March 16th.
EDISON BETTER.
Ntr.W YORK. Feb. 28.-Edison
showed signs of improvement today
m pay
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 28. Abe
Attel tonight practically knocked
out Ed Kelly in the seventh round of
20-round bout. The Cahfornian
floored the Buffalo boy four time in
this round, and the police stepped in
and stopped the bout. It was a case
of a polished, scientific boxer being
pitted against a rugged slugger and
science won out. Attel was a two
to one favorite in the betting.
CONSIDER AMENDMENT
Joint Maneuvers of Militia Organ-
izations of Several States
and Regular Army. ;
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PEOPLE TIRED OF JINGOISM
HoUiday of Indiana Vigorously Op
posed the Measure Efforts Being
Made to Divert Men From Peaceful
Pursuit to Enter the Army.
MINER MURDERED. .
WINNEMUCCA, Nev Feb. 28.-
Tom Bean, a miner, of Idaho Springs,
Colo., was murdered at Gold Circle 40
miles east of here last night. Rob
bery wa the motive. George Dove,
miner, wa arrested lor the crime
and placed under a heavy guard due
to threat of lynching.
PASCO CONNECTION WITH N.P
The Road Will Give Nothing But a
' Daylight ; Paisenger Service so
That Pasengera May Hav Oppor
tunity to See the Columbia River.
PORTLAND, Feb. 28,-Promptly
at 9 o'clock, Monday morning, March
16, the first through passenger service
over the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
Railroad will be inaugurated, that is
between Vancouver and Pasco At
that hour the east-bound train will
leave Vancouver and will cover the
228 miles to Pasco in eight hours,
running local all the way, and arriv
ing at Pasco at 5 o'clock in the af
ternoon. This train will connected
with the east-bound Northern Pacific
limited train.
The schedule is even faster than
that of ny local or limited trains on
any steam road in the Northwest, and
ft is expected that as soon as the
roadbed has been properly ballasted
and surfaced, much better time than
that will be made. ' . ;i '
The road will give nothing but a
daylight passenger, service through-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2a -With
out a dissenting voice the House
early in the day restored the provis
ions to increase the pay of non
commissioned .officers and men but
prohibit the private employment of
army musicians for pay. The House
took up the amendment offered by
Foster, of Illinois, to appropriate $1,
500,000 for the joint maneuvers of the
militia organisations of the several
states and the regular army. It pro
voked an extended debate, Hull and
Tawney leading the opposition.
The latter repeated his warning that
if appropriations are not kept down
the country will face a large deficit.
Holliday,' of Indiana, vigorously op
posed the measure and could see no
war spectre on the horizon or in the
future. He declared the American
people had tired of jingoism, ' mili
tarism and the effort was being made
to divert men from the peaceful pur
suits to enter the military establish
ment. He was roundly applauded.
The money to be expended had bet
ter be used for giving employment to
the men out of work. The amendment
was altered to limit the amount to
one million and was agreed to by 56
to 48 but on the vote being taken
by the tellers was lost by 59 to 60.
The consideration of the bill had not
been concluded when the House adjourned.
QUITS FRENCH CAR.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28-Captain Hans
Hansen, who has thus far been
member of the crew of the French car
No. 1, in the race from New York to
Paris, announced last night that be
would no longer continue in
with the French. It was intimated
that he would be associated with the
crew of the American car for the rest
of the journey.
DAVE HENDERSON BETTER.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2&-David Hend
erson, the theatrical manager, has
left the Augustana Hospital and re
turned to his home in an improved
condition. The old time theatrical
magnate has been suffering from
general nervous break-down compli
catvd with heart trouble.
HASARRIVED
Second Time Appointed to
This Country.
AS CHIPPER AS EVER
He Declared That Relations Be
tween China and Japan Were
Almost Cordial.
TOUCHES ON TIMELY TOPICS
He Said the Army of China Waa Be
ing Reorganized and Waa Now in a
State of Transition Given Banquet
by Chamber of Commerce.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-By a
vote of 11 to 5, three members present
not voting, the House committee on
banking and currency, authorized
Chairman Fowler to report to the
House the Fowler currency bill with
recommendation that it be passed. ;
PRESERVATIVE ALLOWED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2a -The
use in small quantities . of benzoate
soda and sulphur dioxide as food pre
servatives will be permitted pending
the formal action of referee Doard of
the consulting scientific experts, ac
cording to an order of the depart
ment of. agriculture.
TOUGH TRIP.
CURRENCY
Will Prove a Uniform and Ad
equate Reserve.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE.
To be Torn Down Preparatory for
Erecting New Building on Site.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2a-Tomorrow
evening will see the closing for good
and all of the Madison Square
Theatre and this historical playhouse
is ot be torn down preparatory to the
erecting of a new building on its
site. ! It was hoped that the process
of demolition might be delayed until
spring but inasmuch as the theatre
stands on a solid bed of rock, the
architects have decided to have the
out, so the passengers may have full-' work of excavation for the new struc-
est opportunity to view the magnifi
cent river and mountain scenery
along the line and at the same time
get a good idea of the marvelous en
gineering difficulties the builders of
the road have overcome. .......
The west-bound passenger will
leave Pasco at 11 o'clock in the
morning and will arrive at Vancouver
a little before 7 o'clock in the even
ing, making connections at both ends
of the run, passengers being able to
get from Vancouver to Portland in
plenty of time to take any of the late
trains out of this city. '
The company will not make through
rates for passengers from Spokane
to Portland until the Columbia and
Willamette River bridges have been
completed and trains run into the
Union Depot of Portland.
ture begun sooner than was origin-
ally anticipated.
SURGICAL KIT ON TRAINS.
NEW, YORK, Feb. 2a-Besides
the customary axe and crow bar pas
sengers have seen for years in a glass
case in. railroad coaches, Dr. Insley
H. Berry urged yesterday at the an
nual meeting of the Society for In
struction in first aid to the injured,
that each train leaving New York
City should be compelled to carry one
kit containing bandages, whiskey,
splints, plaster, sterilized cotton, etc.,
for use in case of accident or sick
ness. He said hundreds of trainmen
had been 'graduated from the Society
and consequently knew how to use
such supplies to best advantage.
SYNOPSIS OF FOWLER BILL
Redemption of Note in Gold Coin
and Protect All Depositor in Na
tional Bank Thereby Preventing
Panics and Hoarding of Money
WASHINGTON, Feb 2a -Chairman
Fowler tonight made public the
synopsis of the committee report
which claims for his bill that it will
unify the banking interests of the
United States. It will prove a uni
form and adequate reserve in gold
coin to provide all banks with credits
and thereby protect the interests of
all depositors; establish a scientific
and simDle monetary system; will
give the country a true, credit cur
rency system by which current credits
will also increase and decrease in
strict accordance with these demands
of business; twill give to bankers,
farmers, producers, manufacturers
and merchants and to all others hav
ing bank accounts the right to have
their credits in that" form which best
serve their needs; will give to the
masses Of the people just as econom
ical and cheap credits as the rich and
powerful have; will establish a cur
rency based upon the products of la
bor and redeemable in gold coin; will
give to producers and merchants an
opportunity to coin their commodities
into currency which the banks will
be compelled to redeem in gold coin;
will establish in the United States
treasury an approximate fund of $700,
000,000 to guarantee the redemption
of these notes in gold coin .and pro
tect all the depositors in :. Siational
hanks, thereby preventing panics and
stopping the hoarding of money.
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SENATOR SMOOT SPEAKS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2a The
consideration of the Indian appropria
tion bill and a speech by Smoot, of
Utah, on the currency bill, consumed
nearly the entire time of the senate
today. The Indian bill was passed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2a-Wu
Ting Fang for the second time ap
pointed the Chinese minister to this
country arrived today. ' Minister Wu
denied the report that he was the
(bearer of an appeal to Washington
asking this country to assist in pre
serving the interests of China in Man
churia and protesting against the al
leged agrandizement of Japan in that
province, admitted that there was
"Some local friction." He declared
he was not giving evasive informa
tion and declared that the relations
between China and Japan were cor
dial and said so far as his knowledge
went Japan has not violated the
Portsmouth treaty with reference to
the open door policy in Manchuria.
He said he had no instructions from
his government in reference to a
modification of the exclusion laws
but said he would see his countrymen
and. their interests properly protect
ed. He said the army of China was
being reorganized and modernized
and said "China is npw in a state of
transition between the , conservation
of the old and the progress of a new
era." And he said the condition may
become more marked and acute and
that China will become a modern na
tion. Tonight an elaborate banquet
at the St Fra.ncis Hotel was given
under the auspices of the Chamber
of Commerce.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2a-Twenty
days fighting her way across the At
lantic, through what her captain de
clared the worst series of storm he
had ever encountered on that ocean,
the German tramp steamship Robert
Heyne arrived yesterday with a cargo
of chalk from Dunkirk and Queens
town. Encountering a terrific north
west gale on February 13 the Heynes
deck was washed continually by tons
o fwater, the seas rolling as high as
her foremast A long, mountainous
comber seen from the bridge three
minutes before it struck the vessel
broke against the deckhouses with
terrific force, smashing in the door
of the captain's quarters and carrying
away all the ship' spa per s. Accord
ing to the crew the little 1768 ton
vessel simply pitched and pounded
her way across and that she ever got
here with her cargo intact they con-.
sidered miraculous. .
LETTER CONFIRMED
Men in Six Cities Connected
With Alio.
WROTE SON, LOST THE LETTER
GAS FINANCES.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-A despatch
to the Record Herald from Saginaw,
Mich., says:'
The $400,000 company which bought
and consolidated the east and west
side gas properties in 1901 has a cash
capital of just $25Q which came from
the sale of five shares of the $400,
000 common stock with which the
company was incorporated, according
to testimony in the circuit court here
yesterday. Soon after the properties
were consolidated the company issued
$550,000 , bonds against them. This
came out in the trial of the city's suit
against the Saginaw Gas- Company to
determine whether the company must
refund to every gas consumer in the
city 10 cents per 1000 cubic feet on
every 1000 cubic feet sold since June,
1906. The company has a $45,000
bonds up to guarantee payment in the
event of the suit going against it.
SEVENTY-SIX KILLED.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Feb. 28.
A dispatch to the News says that 76
men were killed by an explosion in
the La Rosita mine in San Jose de
Sabinas.
WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 2a-F. C.
Smithson, of Portland, tonight broke
the world's record in a 60 yards
hurdle in 7 4-5 seconds. ;
Almost at the Moment he Made the
Statement News of the Arrest of
Six Men in Eastern Cities Suspect
ed as Accomplices.
. DENVER, Feb. . 2a -Chief of
Police Michael Delaney said this af
ternoon that a letter was found in
the cell occupied by Alio at Colorado
Springs written by the murderer to
his son, contains the proof that men
in six cities of the United States were
connected with the killing of Father
Leo. Almost , at the moment he
made the statement came the news
of the arrest of six men made in
Eastern cities suspected as accom
plices of the murderers.
BANK MERGER PROPOSED.
Combined Deposits Account of $43,
000.000. and Combined CaDital
i- of $4,500,000.
. CHICAGO, Feb. 2a-Consolida-tion
of the American Trust & Savings
Bank and the Hibernian Banking As
sociation is in contemplation by offi
cers of the two institutions. Negotia
tions looking toward a merger have
been on for several weeks and are
said to be now practically completed.
The contemplated merger, which
would ! bring to the consolidated
banks a combined deposit account of
$43,000,000 and acombined capital of
$4,500,000 would make the new in
stitution one of the largest in
Chicago. -' -
MATTER OF BOOKKEEPING.
: NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-At the of-
ccs ot the union f acme the ?3,ZSU,UUU,
divided on O. R. & N. preferred stock
was merely a "Matter of bookkeep
ing." No information as to the
reason for the declaration of the divi
dend was obtainable. The dividend
last year was 50 per cent.