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COVERS THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
33rd YEAR. NO. 72
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MAILED THE
DEAD
BABY
ihastly Find By Postmas
ter" FCOlraclC
A RETURN ADDRESS
phi Package Was Addressed to
RoyW.Carr, Roswell.N.M.
Inspector Notified.
PATHETIC NOTE WAS INCLOSED
ottmaster Olrach Turned Body Over
to Authorities at PortaletInspec.
tor McKee Has Started an Investl
gallon Which Ma? Clear Mystery.
DENVER, March 23.-rotmaster
G Otrach, of Portales, N. M., hai
lorted to L E McKee, the chief
Itoflke inspector of this district the
fcovery of the body of a dead in-
in the nulla. The package was
Iressed to Roy W. Carr, Ron well,
(M., and bore the return address
Ida Rhodes Carr, Woodstock, III.
Ider the cover of the package was
following unsigned note: "I do
know what else to do. Burn it or
something right away. Do not
lenr
I Postmaster Olrach turned the body
ier to the authorities at Portales.
nspector McKee has started an in
cstigation which will clear up the
hystery.
ELEVATED TIED UP.
Jroken Third Rail Imperils Crowded
Train. .
NEW YORK,"Mar. 27.- Seventy
ve feet of the ripped off part of a
rail hanging from a Broadway
F.lfvWd in Brooklyn last niffht
IcauscdSuimcrous small explosions as
it came highly charged with wires
and metal fixtures. While the "L"
car that left the tracks and detached
the current conveying rail in the pro
cess hung suspended in a perilous
position in mid air, threatening every
second to topple over in the street.
When the car stopped at the end of
the structure there was a rush for the
rear door, causing a crush in which
several persons were bruised and their
clothing torn. The guards, how
ever, kept the gates closed and would
not allow the passengers to leave the
train until another was attached to
the rear. The suspended car was
then hauled back out of danger. A
police guard formed about the rail on
the street and kept the crowds back
until the current was turned off and
electricians had made repairs. The
entire line was tied up for an hour
and a half.
V. M. C. A. FUND.
CHICAGO, Mar. 23,-The citizens'
committee engaged in raising the $1,
000,000 fund for the Y. M. C. A., yes
terday received a promise of $100,000
from W. C. Wicboldt, a merchant of
the Northwest side.
The only condition which Mr. Wie
boldt hinged to the offer is that the
money, or a part of it, be used in the
purchase of a piece of land on the
northwest side to be approved by him,
for the erection of a Y. M. C A. dor
Thoonditions under which this
r is made is satisfactory to the
TRAINS' COLLIDE.
CHICAGO, nr. 23.-More than
twenty five people were injured in a
rear end, collision by a Northwestern
Elevated and an Oak Park elevated
train and Van Buren streets early to
day. The trains consisted of three
coaches each, all of which were
crowded.
A panic followed the, crash and
many of those who escaped injuries
when the trains came together suffer
ed bruises in the scramble for exits.
The Oak Park train was standing
at the State Street station when the
Northwestern train, 'turning into Van
Buren Street, crashed into it.
Among the Injured were C C.
Stern and Dr. Pollock, both of New
York. Failure of the brakes to work
properly is assigned as the cause of
the collision.
ON THEIR TRAIL
Three Bandits Get Away on a
Hand Car.
INDIAN POLICE CHASING THEM
They Art Headed for the Buck Brush
Springs tht Only Flic b the
Mountain! When Water Can be
Secured Stole $47,000.
RENO, Nev., March 2J.-Three
bandits who held up Edward Hoff
man and secured $47,000 belonging to
the California Mining Company yes
terday and made their way to Schurx
during the night, stole hand car and
proceeded to the Walker Indian res
ervation. They are now being pur
sued by the former members of the
Walker Indian police and they are
headed for Buck Brush Springs, the
only place in the mountains where
water can be secured. Their course
indicates that they are trying to
reach Reno. Sergeant Lundy of the
Nevada state police stated this af
ternoon that his men are on guard.
A belief is expressed that the rob
bers will be captured within 48 hours.
SEEKS RESTORATION.
CHICAGO, Mar. 23,-The Tribune
today says:
Oberlin M. Carter, formerly cap
tain in the U. S. Engineer Corps, will
seek restoration to the army and to
his rank as a result of the vindication
of the Savannah Harbor graft charges
given him in the decision of Judge
Kohlsaat, which was handed down on
Saturday. He is confident of obtain
ing from the President this rec
ognition of the justice of the court's
decision.
While admitting yesterday that re
instatement in the army is what he
desires, Mr. Carter would not discuss
his plans for bringing the matter to
the attention of the administration.
From his advisers it was learned that
he will petition President Roosevelt
directly.
Restoration of the honor that was
torn from him is placed above all
other considerations by the former
captain. It has been known among
his friends for some time that he has
refused repeated offers of high sal
aries from engineering concerns that
recognized his ability, he would not
accept them while his reputation was
under a cloud, and he always has de
clared he would devote the rest of hU
life to remove the stain on his life.
HOT BED
AT
mm
Korean Attempts to As
sasslnate Stevens.
WOUNDS ARE SERIOUS
First Shot Missed the Diplomat'
1st and Probably Fatally
Wounded Chum.
HIM NO GOOD. HIM HELP JAPAN
He Said be Thought so Little About
Attack in the Hotel Last Night
That he Took no Precaution or
Carry a Weapon.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.
With the revolver of a would-be as
sassin concealed in a handkerchief,
D. W. Stevens, former counselor to
the Japanese embassy at Washington,
but for several years diplomatic ad
visor to the Korean government at
Seoul was shot and seriously wound
ed this morning as he was about to
leave for Washington. Three shots
were fired at Stevens by I. W. Chang,
a diminutive Korean. The first shot
missed the diplomatist and perhaps
fatally wounded- M. W. Chun, one of
three or four Koreans who were lay
ing in wait for Stevens and who a
moment before had struck Stevens a
vicious blow in the face. The other
shots took effect in Stevens' back, one
bullet striking him under the right
shoulder near the spinal column and
the second a few inches lower. While
the wounds are serious it is said the
chances for Stevens' recovery are
good. The attempted assassination
evidently was well planned. It took
place at the Ferry Station at 9:30
this morning just as Stevens accom
panied by Chozo Koike, the Japanese
consul-general, was about to take the
ferry connecting with the Overland
train for the east. The motive for
the murderous attack apparently
arises out of the resentment of a
small group of' local Koreans to the
Japanese protectorate over Korea,
who sought to avenge their country
for the important part played in the
reorganization of its government by
Stevens. Stevens arrived from the
Orient last Friday. Last night he was
attacked at the Fairmount Hotel by
four or five Koreans.
He freely admitted shooting Ste
vens. "Yes, me shoot 'em," he said
to the Associated Press representa
tive. "Me sorry? No. Him no good.
Him help Japan. Bime-by Korea alle
same Japan." He said he read about
Stevens in the Japanese newspapers
and had recognized him from his
pictures. It was learned that a small
band of Koreans have been on
Stevens' trail ever since he landed.
Chang isat the city prison. No
charge has been placed against him
pending the outcome of Stevens' in
juries. Stevens was resting easy tonight
and hopeful of a quick recovery.
SEVERE STORMS.
NEW ORLEANS, March 23,-As a
heavy wind and rain storm which has
raged in portions of Louisiana, Mis
sissippi and Alabama today much
property was destroyed, many injured
and at least one person killed. All
telephone wires in the section visited
by the storm have been prostrated
and details in many instances are
lacking.
FLEETS VISIT TO JAPAN. .
TOKIO, Mar. 23. The press with
out exception, is enthusiastic over the
announcement of the visit of the
American fleet, and the government
is receiving considerable praise for
extending the invitation. The con
sensus of newspaper opinion is that
the prompt acceptance of the invita
tion shows the friendship of America
for Japan, while the visit of the fleet
will suffice to show the world the im
possibility of a breach of the friend
ly relations existing between the two
countries.
Despatches received to-day indicate
that the fleet will arrive in November,
The newspapers are urging the
government not to limit the expense
of its reception.
INDUSTRIAL OREGON
PUBLICITY
COMPILATIONS OF FACTS AD
VERTfSINO DIFFERENT SEC
TIONS OF THE STATE PUB
LICITY FUNDS PROMISED IN
MANY PLACES.
PORTLAND. ORE. March 23rd.
(Special Correspondence). One of
the most convincing compilations of
facts ever circulated to advertise a
given section of country 1s "One
Thousand Facts of Production", col
lected by J. R. Shepard, giving actual
results of producers throughout the
Willamette Valley. This compila
tion deals with fruit vegetables, live
stock, cereals, grasses, poultry, hops,
and nuts. Mr. A. F. Hofer, Secretary
of the Salem Board of Trade, will be
glad to send this to any address, and
it is a character of information that
should be in the hands of every active
newspaper man as well as the officers
of every commercial body through-
opt -the States of Oregon, and in fact
all over the United States.
A fund of $6900 for publicity pur
poses, with the assurance that this
will be increased to over $8,000, places
Albany in the front rank of active
Oregon communities. At the enthu
siastic "net-together" meeting held
Friday night which was responsible
for this result. Governor Chomberlain
and Tom Richardson of the Portland
Commercial Club made rousing ad
dresses. More than three hundred
people participated in the banquet.
Never in the history of the Pacific
Northwest have the wheat exports
held up as they have this season. All
records for foreign shipments were
broken in February, Portland lead
ing all the wheat shipping ports of the
entire United States with
bushels: Putrct Sound was second
with 2,056,332 bushels. March fig
ures will not fall far behind those for
February.
Portland runs more special excur
sions of her business men out to
ooints of interest throughout her
trade territory in the Northwest than
any other city in the United States,
and special excursions are being dis
cussed to the Rogue River Valley,
Lewiston .Idaho and Hermiston, Ore
gon, as well as to other points. The
Portland Commercial Club, the Pend
leton Commercial Association, and
the commercial bodies of Umatilla,
Echo, La Grande, Baker City, The
Dalles. Hood River, and other points
along the line of the O. R. & N. will
join in an excursion to Hermiston the
latter oart of May to celebrate the
opening of the head-gates of the Uma
tilla Government Irregation project,
upon which the Government is spend
ing $1,100,000. It is expected that
several thousand people will be pre
sent to witness the turning of the
water upon the arid lands of Uma
tilla County. . 1
Meetings are being held in different
parts of Yamhill County for the pur
pose of organizing the Yamhill Coun
ty Development League. This will
in no way interfere with the local
bodies in the different cities and
DENOUNCED
BY SULZER
Extraordinary Scene En
acted in the House,
CHARGE WADE BY MANN
Said Sulzer Had Put in Record
What Purported to be His
Speech.
MANN GETS SPEECH EXPUNGED
Sulzer Characterized Mann at
"Pettyfogging Lawyer, Mean and
Contemptible" For Which he Was
Promptly Called to Order,
WASHINGTON, March 23. A
scene somewhat out of the ordinary
was enacted in the House today be
cause of a charge made by Mann that
Sulzer had put in the Congressional
Record what purported to be a
speech delivered by him last Satur
day but which Mann charged was
not the one be delivered. All had to
do with" Sulzer's claim and that he,
Mann, was the author of the legisla
tion which brought the department
of commerce and labor into being. A
resolution offered by Mann to ex
punge the printed speech from the
Congressional Record was adopted by
a strict party vote but not until af
ter the House had been treated to a
bitter denunciation of Mann by Sul
zer and several lively tilts between
the latter and the speaker. Sulzer
characterized Mann as a "Pettyfog
ging lawyer, mean and contemptible"
for which he was called to order with
the admonition that such language
could not be used toward another
member. Twice afterward in seeking
to justify his claim to the authorship
he was interrupted by the speaker
with' a similar, warning. Anticipating
that his speech would be ruled out,
as the way of getting it back into the
record, Sulzer resorted to a piece of
strategy by trying to have the speech
read and later endeavored to read it
himself, but the sepaker insisted he
could only address himself to a reso
lution to expunge. Smarting under
the action of Republicans, Sulzer for
the first time posed as an obstruction
ist. He objected to all unanimous
consent propositions and halted the
proceedings of the House for a con
siderable time by a point of no
quorum. After passing a number of
measures relating to the district of
Columbia the House adjourned out
of respect to Senator Bryan.
towns, but will embrace them all in
an effort to thoroughly advertise the
resources of Yamhill County. A
meeting was held at Newberg last
Tuesday another will be held at Mc
Minnville tomorrow. N. O. Lownes
dale has been elected president, and
the people of Oregon can rest assur
ed that Yamhill County will do its
full part in advertising the resources
of the State.
The Portland Commercial Club has
decided to move into its new home
May 1st. This building is an eight
story steel, covering a quarter block,
and when completed will cost to ex
ceed $500,000, and be tthe most com
plete equipment owned by a popular
commercial body in the United States.
DISGUSTED BURGLARS.
entered four residences in the vicin
ity of Fifth Avenue and Eighty Sixth
Street, in the heart of the fashionable
East Side district early yesterday.
They failed, however, to get away
with anything of much value. They
took about $500 worth of small jewel
ry. , They jumped from a high fence
in the rear of the house of Benjamin
Thaw, uncle of Harry K. Thaw, to the
fire escape to the rear of the That-.
cher residence, boldly carrying their
plunder from the last named resid
ence out the front door under the
light of a street lamp, directly op
posite the house. The other houses
entered were those of CoL Albert E.
Hilton, Mrs. N. F. Dana and Mrs.
Sindey Smith. They were not dis
turbed in the Smith house, but ap
parently took nothing while alarms
given by servants frightened them',
from the other two.
Four Burglaries in One Night in
Fashionable District
NEW York, Mar. 23.Burglars
The Situation Not So Bad as
Supposed.
NEARLY ALL SHOW GAINS
The Eastern Roads Felt the October
Panic More Than the Transconti
nental and Western Lines The Re
port Compiled from Other Roads.'
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 23.
Every indication points to an im
provement generally in the railroad
and industrial situation of the country
according to reports made by the
great railroad systems of America to
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, These reports are to the effect
that, while the railroads suffered to
some extent by what has come to be
referred to as the "October panic",
the loss was by no means so serious
as generally has been supposed.
It appears from the report that the
effect was felt particularly by the
eatsern lines and by the lines in the
south-eastern part of the country, a
few of which were embarrassed not
only by a falling off of revenues, but
by their inability to obtain ready cash
with which to carry on improvements
which they had begun while the west
ern lines and transcontinental roads
have not suffered materially from the
financial depression. The figures
available to the Interestate Commerce
Commission indicate also that the
general condition in the country is
improving materially, with a prospect
that it soon will be normal or better.
Franklin K. Lane, Pacific Coast
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission has made a careful an
alysis of the figures submitted by the
railroads themselves to the Commis
sion. Mr. Lane was asked what loss
the railroads of America had sustain
ed from the October panic." He re
plied that the railroad situation the i
country over is not imminently a
Serious one at the present time.
""There are no figures accessible by
which definite answer to your ques
tion can be given," continued Com
missioner Lane. "From the figures
available to the Commission, how
ever, it does not appear that, taking
the country as a whole, the revenues
of the railroads have fallen off to the
extent that generally is believed. The
Intersate Commerce Commission now
calls upon the carriers subject to the
Act to Regulate Commerce for
monthly reports of their revenues and
operating expenses. Such reports be
gan with the month of July last, and
I have the figures compiled by Prof.
Henry C. Adams, our statistician,
as to a number of systems which may
be taken as representative of the
railroad systems of the entire country.
These systems are:
"New York, New Haven St Hart
ford. ''
"New York Central
"Baltimore & Ohio. .
"Pennsylvania, east and west of
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