PUIUSHCS PULL AltOCIATCD PRCtt REPORT
COVERSTHE MORNING PIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
33rd YEAR. NO. 66
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1908
PRICE RYE CENTS
RELATIONS
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Between Haytien Govern
ment and France.
EVEN MEN ARE SHOT
The Situation Is Further Com
plicated By Revolutionists
Taking Refuge.
DEMANDED THREE REFUGEES
It Hit Been Reported That There
Are a Number of Men Under the
Protection of the American Flag
in the Office of the Coniular Agent
PARIS, March 16. The situation
between the Haytien government and
l - . i j ! - I
trance iws octuinc acuic ami criucai.
The French Legation at Port Au
Prince is menaced and a general
massacre of the white resident! of the
islands is feared. Thit information
was conveyed in an official dispatch
to the. Foreign Office from M. Car
tcron, the French Minister to Hayti.
The situation in the Haytien Re
public which, for eevcral weeks, hai
been the scene of revolutionary activi
ties, against the administration of
General Alexis Nord, is reported to
have taken a serious turn yesterday.
Eleven prominent politicians, it is
aid, were, by executive order, sum
marily shot to death at daybreak in
the outskirts of Port Au Prince. The
executed men were charged with
conspiracy against the government
The situation is further complicat
ed by the fact that a number of revolu
tionists took refuge, when the move
ment failed, in the foreign consulates,
and especially the French, at Oon
aives and St Marc, The Haytien
government demanded that these men
be handed to it, but France refused
, ji the ground that it was' not satisfi
cushat they would be given humane
and lawful treatment when they left
the protection of the French flag.
The situation is complicated further
by the allegation that the revolution
r movement was fostered, in some
foreign consulates in llayti. Charles
Miot, a Haytien, who was American
Consular at St. Marc, was removed
from office in January by the Ameri
can Legation on the ground of com
plicity with the rebels. It has been
reported that there were a number of
Hoyticn refugees under the protec
tion of the American flag in the office
of the American Consular agent at
Port du Palx.
FOREIGNERS THREATENED.
Political Arrests Cause Unrest in 'the
Island of HaytL
' BERLIN. March 16,-The German
Admiralty has, ordered the cruiser
Bremen, at present at Curacao, to go
to Port Au Prince, Hayti, to be at
the disposal of the1 German Minister
for the protection of German sub'
jeets or other foreigners.
The Foreign Office has been in cor
respondence with the French govern
ment with regard to the political ar
rests made recently in Hayti, and the
general situation of unrest in the
island. A French cruiser, it was learn
ed today, has been ordered to Port
Au Prince.
A tffWrnm received here bv the
German Cable Company from Port
Aiy'Prince, March 15, says that the
mety of foreigners there was ser
iously threatened.
BXAMININO CHURCH EXITS.
CHICAGO, March .-Investigation
of the churches of Chicago re
uniting the danger of fire and pro
tection of congregations In the matter
of exits was started to-day by 130
captains of the fire department, act
ing under the personal instructions of
Fire Marshal James Horan. They
examined over 700 church buildings.
Although no reports have been re
ceived as yet at Marshal Horen's of
fice from battalion chiefs, a canvas
of a few of the stations near the down
town district showed four of the
churches violated the state law as
well as the city ordinances in the
locking of certain exit doors.
In many of the churchee it was
found doors swing inward. ," f
; The fire captains today ' will , turn
in to Chief Horah complete reports
and recommendations as to neces
sary changes. Notices at once will
be served on pastors and trustees of
churches found to be of faulty con
struction or where doors have been
found locked that the city ordinance
must be complied with In the future.
It I not expected that any refusal
will be met with. ; ' ? f ' ' : . '
COMMUNICATE WITH FLEET.
SEATTLE. March 16. -Early to
night the United Wireless Company
was In communication with the bat
tleship fleet in Magdalene Bay. The
first vessel picked up was the-Connecticut
Instruments working per
fectly and aerograms to Point Loma
station could be distinctly read.
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TILLMAN S
TRUMPETING
Will Probably Go to Another St
tion In East
HIS SUCCESSOR NOT NAMED
It la Thought That Colonel W. C.
Langfitt Will be Appointed to the
Vacancy aa he Had the Post Sev
eral Years Ago.
PORTLAND, March 16. -Colonel
S. W. Roessler, United States engi
neer in charge of the works at the
mouth of the Columbia River, Coos
Bay and other points along the coast
of Oregon and Washington has been
ordered to some point in the east,
according to reports received here to
day. Colonel Roessler will leave
Portland before April 15th. His suc
cessor will probably be Col. W. C.
Langfitt, who formerly was in charge
of. this station.
HOUSE WORKING.
WASHINGTON. March 16,-The
whole of today's session of the house
was devoted to the consideration of
bills under suspension of the rules. A
number were passed including one
providing for the restoration of the
motto "In God We Trust" on Ameri
can coins and another increasing the
efficiency of the medical department
of the army. Among other bills pass
ed were the ones providing that ap
peals from the district court of Alaska
may be heard at either Seattle, San
Francisco or Portland and granting
the local steamboat inspectors au
thority to pass upon the fitness of of
ficers and crews of steam vessels and
re-organizing the consular service.
Delivers Direct and Den
unciatory Address.
SWINGING OF PENDULUM
He Said "The House Had Degen
erated Into Little More Than
a Recording Machine".
BEVERIDGES SPIRITED REPLY
Wanted to Know of National Banks
of New York Were in the Habit of
Furnishing Permanent Capital For
Speculative Purposes.
WASHINGTON, March 16,-With
caution unusual for him, Tillman to
day read part of his speech in the
Senate in which he denounced the
executive encroachment on the legis
lative power. With this apparent
caution, he proceded to deliver one of
the most direct and denunciatory ad
dresses ever heard in that body. His
speech was based on his resolution
instructing the committee on finance
to inquire whether the national banks
of New York are in the habit of
furnishing permanent capital for
speculative purposes. The resolution
was adopted.
Tillman traced what he called the
"Swinging of the pendulum" from the
regime of Andrew Johnson when con
gress assumed the control almost to
the exclusion of the President from
the legislative influence to the admin
istrations which followed, which he
declared witnessed the growth of the
Presidential power.
"Now," he said, "The house has
degenerated into little more than a
recording machine to do the will of
the speaker and his lieutenants. The
freedom of debate in the old and true
sense has disappeared from that end
of the capitol. In the Senate, servil
ity and cowardice are the order of
the day." x
He declared that "While the free
dom of debate still exists the shadow
of the executive hangs over all and
the President's wishes are almost the
only law."
The cause of this condition, Till
man declared, is federal patronage
Senator Beveridge made a spirited
defense of the President and the Re
publican party, declaring that what
has been termed the subserviency of
the Republican Senators was merely
an evidence of harmony between the
President and his party. Beveridge
characterized Tillman as a "Corn fed
lawyer" Tillman objected to that
title but added he was mighty fond
of corn bread. .
POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Un-dcr
the guise of discussing legislation,
the session of the Senate today was
devoted to a political discussion in
which Tillman and Beveridge were
the chief participants. The Senate
considered the traffic report on the
Indian appropriation bill and ' after
some criticism of the action of con
ferees on minor provision a report
was disagreed to and another confer
ence asked. .', ,
WATERS RAGING IN IDAHO.
SPOKANE, March 16.-The inces
sant fall of rain in Northern Idaho
from Saturday morning until Monday
has caused the waters of the St. Joe
river to overflow its banks resulting
in considerable loss of property
Dwellings along its banks have been
abandoned and the people taken to
the uplands. This afternoon the rain
is still falling in sheets. Lewiston
will be Isolated for a week. More
than two miles of track and many new
bridges have been washed out on the
line down to Potlatch Creek. The
Pine Creek Lumber Company .' near
Kendrick lost a $100,000 -dam and
more than a million feet of logs. At
Lewiston. the Clearwater is ; higher
than it has been for years and it is
still rising. The warm weather and
rains still prevail in the headwaters
of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers.
The crest of the flood is still to come.
One life was lost Sunday.
BAG OF BUCKSHOT.
Placed in Vestibule of Church With
Note Attached.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo,,
March 16. Rev. H. S. Tyford, pastor
of the Methodist Church here, found
an anonymous message scrawled on a
scrap of paper and pinned to a bag
containing buckshot in the vestibule
of the church last evening warning
him he would be filled with the shot
unless he stopped preaching against
the liquor interests. Mr. Tyford read
the warning from the pulpit and an
nounced that he would deliver an
other, temperance lecture next Sun
day. -V""- : . " . ,, v,, ,
WILL BE CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, March 16,-The
judiciary committee today authorized
Senator Fulton to report the McCourt
nomination favorably. Under the
Senate rules, the report lies over one
day before confirmation unless im
mediate action is necessary by con
ditions of the service. The Senate
will undoubtedly confirm McCourt's
nomination Wednesday.
WAS IT REQUESTED?
WASHINGTON, March lcV-Pub-lie
Printer Stillings tendered his res
ignation today. It was accepted.
HERO!
REWARDED
Governor Buchtel Pardon
; Trusty Who Was Cut
the
FOUND BLADE IN ALU'S COAT
Each Side of the Blade Had Been
Ground or Filed to Keen Edge
Guy Sexton the "Trusty," Was
Short Term Man.
DENVER, larch 16.-For his
heroism in overpowering Giusseppe
Alia, the condemned murderer of
Father Leo, when Alia attempted to
escape from the county fail Saturday,
Guy Sexton, a "trusty" serving a
short term for a small theft was par
doned today by Governor Buchtel.
Sexton was cut in the neck with a
razor by Alia receiving a severe but
not dangerous wound. A scissor blade
was found today concealed in the
sleeve of Alia's coat Each side of
the blade had been ground or filed
to a sharp edge. How the murderer
secured the two blades has not been
definitely ascertained.
STORM VERY
No Trains From East Since
Saturday.
ALL RIVERS VERY HIGH
Slides Have Occured From Wyeth
to Points Beyond Pendleton
and Wires are Down.
RIOTING AT FAIRBANKS.
SEATTLE, March 16. ' A special
cable to the Post-Intelligencer from
Fairbanks, dated March 17, says that
members of the Western Federation
enggaed in a riot this morning. They
molested and threatened the men go
ing out on the train to work and pre
vented the railroad men from loading
baggage on the train, A deputy mar
shal found it necessary to club the
rioters into obedience to law. Five
shots were fired at the deputy mar
shal but no one was injured.
COURT AFFAIRS DECISION. ,
WASHINGTON, March 16,-By
division of S to 3 the supreme court
)of the United States today affirmed
the decision of the circuit court of
appeals for the eighth district impos
ing fines on the C. B. & Q. for grant
ing and packers of Kansas City for
accepting rebates on "shipments in
tended for export, "
Judges Brewer and Peckham dis
sented and Judge Moody took no
part. , . -H
WARM WEATHER MELTS SNOW
The Water is High end Still Rising,
' and Great Damage is Being Done
Bridges Carried Away One Life
Lost So Far.
PORTLAND, March 16-No trains
on the O. R. & N. got through from
the East from Saturday night until
this morning at 9:30, when combined
Nos. 3 and 5, which had managed to
crawl past the great mud slide at
Wyeth, loafed into the Union Depot
Four east bound trains were sent out
from Portland from 6 o'clock Satur
day afternoon, but' all had" to be
brought back and annulled. There
has been trouble all along the O. R
& N., due not only to the heavy rain
fall, but the melting of snow in the
mountains, which the heavy wind has
helped to aggravate. Slides have oc
curred from Wyeth to points beyond
Pendleton, and the wire service is so
unsatisfactory that but little definite
news has been received here as to
the extent of damage done. Meacham
Creek, between La Grande and Pen
dleton, has been on a big tear, but
with the ceasing of the downpour at
3 o'clock this morning it is not ex
pected that much further damage
from flood will be done. Six hun
dred feet of spur track has already
been washed into the river, and the
new steel bridge near Pendleton is in
danger of going out, vowing to the
rapid rise of the Umatilla. The water
is high, and still rising, and great
masses of driftwood are heaped
against the bridge, while a big gang
of men is attempting to save the
structure. Yesterday afternoon a
mud slide 400 feet in length and
from four to ten feet in depth
buried the tracks east of Duncan, and
the roadway will not only have to be
cleared but repaired before normal
traffic can be resumed. Trains Nos.
1 and S were laid out at La Grande
all day yesterday,- and will probably
be run through this afternoon or in
the morning.
So far no damage has been done
throughout the Willamette galley and
all Southern Pacific trains have been
arriving as near their regular sched
ule as usual The Oregon electric
line is reported O. K, between here
and Salem and the Northern Pacific
from here- to the Sound is all clear,
though the trains have been deloyed
at intervals by high water and small
landslides.',
Concerning the river at Portland,
! District Forecaster E. A. Beals has
issued the following bulletin:
"Owing to the recent heavy rains
and mild weather, all rivers in this
district have risen rapidly during the
last 24 hours. . The river at Portland
will comt to a stand at a stage of
about 13 feet by Tuesday afternoon.
It will fall Wednesday."
Driftwood, railroad ties and var
ious forms of wreckage are arriving
from un-river points, which have been
set afloat by the sudden rise. Little
nf it manasres to tret by the closely
driven oiling beneath the Madison-
street bridge. Private reports receiv
ed from Salem and other river towns
state that great quantities of fire- ,
wood, ties and other material have
been been carried : away by the
freshet The stream rose so quickly
that there was no chance to save any
such property which has been left
near the shore line. I
Captain Graham, of the Oregon
City Transportation Company, has
been advised that the river at Salem
d.ww m fc . " iVVV .LfVTC IUW-W.ICT
mark Saturday. At 8 o'clock' this
morning it was 15.6 feet, and still ris
ing. It was stated, however, that the
Santiam and other tributaries were at
a stand.' -. . ... -
No. 6 last night was annulled from
Portland to La Grande, but was made
up at that point this morning and
proceeded eastward on regular time.
No. 8 this morning was annulled, No.
2 started out on time, but it is very
doubtful if it will be able to get
through, as the whole mountain side
at Wyeth seems to be sliding down
toward the river's brink and burying
the track as rapidly as it can be
cleared. In order to give at least
partial accommodations, passengers
will be transferred hereafter at Eagle
Creek, near Bonneville, ' until the
track has been cleared.
In the bast 24 hours the Willamette
at Portland has increased in depth
5.4 feet, showing a stage of 11.8 feet
at 5 o'clock this morning. The dark
muddy water is rolling toward the
sea at a rate of about five miles an
hour. Because of the swift current
Mr. Beals is of the opinion that the
surplus water will soon run out
STOP INAUGURATION
'I
The North Bank Road Tied Up
By Storm.
0.R.&N.IS IN BAD SHAPE
Six Hundred Passengers Stalled by
Washouts and Landslides Making
Despatching of Trains an Impossi
bilityLines Down News Scarce.
LA GRANDE, March 16,-Six
hundred O. R. & N. passengers are
stalled here, awaiting a train west,
which they will not get before to
morrow morning, as a fresh land
slide has taken place at Huron, over
the Blue Mountain divide, between
Kamela and Pendleton.
Fifteen miles of track west of here
was put in bad condition at various
places by the rains, but all the Jap
construction crews and men of the
section crews were called to the 1
slopes ot the Blue Mountains to re
pair the damage. But for the new
slide, the west bound trains would
have gone out this morning.
Passengers are required to leave
the through trains here and the lat
ter are turned around and run back
as east bound. " '
North Bank Train Stopped.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 16.
The severe rains of the past two
days have disarranged the plans of
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail
way for the inauguration of regular
passenger trains, atid as a result a
number of intending passengers wer
disappointed this morning. The rains
had caused an Unexpected rise in
several of the streams, and as a result
several' washouts and land slides have
occurred, making the dispatching of
a train; this morning impossible.
None of the damage is serious, and
it is now expected by Agent Mcln
tyre that the first train will be started
on schedule time tomorrow morning.
At Washougal two bents of the
bridge are damaged. The rise of the
Washougal, which for some time has
been exceptionally low, brought down
an immense run of logs, - whichY
lodged against the piers, causing two
of the bents to shift There is also
a small washout at Carson, and one
or two landslides near Seal ; .