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33rd YEAR. NO. 76 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS HCY BILL PASSED Senate Devoted the Entire Session to it. 'AMENDMENTS ADDED LaFollette Amendments for the Most Part Were Incorporat ed In the BiSI. THE VOTE WAS 42 TO 16 The Interesting Feature of the Bill Wit the Reiteration by Aldrlch of Hia Promise for an Investigation of the Banking System. WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Senate devoted the entire session to the consideration of the A Id rich cur rency bill. Alter further amending the measure it pasted by a vote of 42 to 15. WASHINGTON, March 27.-A passed, the bil provides for not more than five hundred million dollars of currency to be issued to the national banks upon a deposit by them of State, county and municipal bonds to be approved by the secretary of the trcsaury. The currency is to be is sued with a view to securing an equitable distrbution of the currency of the United States in accordance with its unimpaired capital and the surplus of the banks n such State. Banks are to pay for this emergency circulation one-half of one per cent per month during the first four months it is circulated, and after wards three-quarters of one per cent per month. The bill provides that national banks shall pay not less than one per cent on government funds de posited with them. As amended, the bill carries an important change in the banking laws relating to the A mnnrlmAnt' nrn. Ilii i i f 1 1 1 u. iu a. si i.i tiiiiv iiuiiiv iiv ifi v ides that of the fifteen per cent re serve required to be kept by the banks in reserve cities four-fifths of this to be kept in the vaults of the banks and of that amount one-third can be In. the form of securities of the kind required. , At the instance of La Follcttc, an amendment was adopted prohibiting any national bank investing its funds in the stock of other securities, or corporation, the officers or directors of which are officers or directors ,of the bank, and providing a penalty of imprisonment of from one to five I.. ,'.,,. .I,! a mj an yCrtIS, 111 illvi);wiiK una aiiivuumwiii, Aldrich stated he had not time to consider the amendment fully, but was in sympathy with its general pur pose, fie said it could be perfected in conference, The proposition to in sert a provision for thegovernment to guarantee deposits in national banks was subject to an extended de bate and was defeated by a vote of 1 1 to 46, most of the Democratic vote being opposed to the proposition. Another amendment was offered by La Follcttc prohibiting loans by na tional banks to its officers or to any corporation, the majority stock of which was owned by the officers of the bank. It was rejected, as was also the amendment offered by Nelson, of Minnesota, providing that no officer or employee of a national bank shall be a member of a stock exchange, or engaged in buying and selling stock or bonds on a commission basis. ' ' . " : WASHINGTON, March 27.-Pre-,vious to taking a vote on the Aid rich bill a vote was taken on the Bailey substitute authorizing the gov- eminent, instead of national banks the issue of the currency circulation for which the bill provides. Vote on the substitute was 42 to 13 and en tirely partisan, even La Follcttc cast ing his vote with the Republicans, The interesting feature of the passage of the bill was reiteration by Aldrich of hs promise to brng in a bill for an investigation of the entire banking system of the country with a view of instituting reforms. WASHINGTON, March 27.- Amcndmcnt by La Follette to punish by from one to five years imprison mcnt any falsification in the bank securities was adopted. ABANDONMENT CHARGED. SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 27.- I'aul G. Bender is in custody at the City prison on information from Chicago where he is wanted on charge of abandoning his wife and child. Bender is a foundry helper by trade. He will be held pending the arrival of an officer from Chicago with extradition papers. SENATOR APPOINTED. TALAHASSE, FIa.f March 27.- Govcrnor Broward today appointed Hall Milton, of Marianna, to succeed the late Senator William J. Bryan in the United States Senate, SAHESA STATEMENT Upholds the Action of the Com mittee on Student Affairs. PROTESTS .NOT CONSIDERED It It a Matter of Regret That So aMny Men Have Been Drawn Into This Matter by the False Idea of College Spirit STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., March 27. The most important de velopment of the day in the student situation was the issuance of a state ment by President Jordan in which he declares the parade was an organ ized revolt against the authority of the university. He upholds the action of the committee, which he says, no protest can change. Jordan's state ment follows: "The present difficulty has had its origin in an effort of the university authorities, trustees and faculty to rid the institution of the 'burden and disgrace of student drunkenness.' The student affairs committee is the regularly constituted disciplinary committee, having charge of these matters, and its actions are in accordance with the" definite in structions from the academic council. The demonstration March 16 was an organized expression of revolt pri marily against the university itself. It was necessary that the offense should be met squarely and definitely. This the committee has done and the university will continue to carry out its policy without reference to opposition or protest. " "It is a matter of regret that so nlany fine young men have been drawn into this matter by the false idea of college spirit, the under cur rents in the affairs are not appearing on the surface and the moral issue is being obscured by sympathy for their fellows," The president's statement has not yet been made public, but when it becomes known it wll have the effect of stoppng any appeal for the reconsideration of the cases of the students dismissed. Jordan left for Helena, Mbntana, tonight. . He will remain there until April 7. No further steps were taken today in re gard to. the movement of part of the students to ' leave College, as the re quisite c2SQ signatures to the agree ment have' not been obtained. SMARTING UNDER THE LASH. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal, As a result of the stand taken by the student body, the controversy CONCHES SIN SHOT NEGRO Thomas J. Heflin Did the Shooting. ' STARTS TROUBLE IN CAR The Negro Insisted in Drinking From a Bottle Heflin Asked , Him to Desist HE APPLIED VILE EPITHETS During the Affray One of the Con gressman'a Bullets. Went Wild and Struck a New York Horsetrainer in the Leg. , WASHINGTON, March 27.-In a desperate affray on a Pennsylvania avenue car, Tmohas Lumby, a negro, was shot in the head and Thomas McCreary, a New York horsetrainer, was shot in the leg by Congressman Thomas J. -Heflin, of Alabama, to night. The shooting of McCreary was accidental Heflin was arrested charged with assault and attempt to kill. Later lie was released on $5,000 bail. ' Heflin and Congressman Ellerbc were en route to the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopalian Church, where Heflin was to deliver a tem perance lecture. Heflin observed the two negroes, one of whom was Lum by, in the act of drinking from a whisky bottle. A number of ladies were on board and Heflin asked Lumby to stop drinking, saying "Don't take that drink; there are ladies in this car and it is not right. It is against the law for you to do this thing in a public, and I hope you will put that bottle away." The other negro, who was comparatively sober, attempted to take the bottle rom Lumby. Lumby applied vile epithets to Heflin, who engaged in a desperate struggle and succeeded in throwing Lumby off the car as it stopped. Most of the passengers, in cluding McCreary and his wife, alighted hastily. Lumby again re viled Heflin and made a motion to wards his hip pocket, 1 whereupon lefln got his gun into action, firing at the negro through .the car window, but missed, his bullet hitting Mc Creary. He fired one or two more shots and brought Lumby down with bullet in his head. McCreary's would is not serious. Lumby has a chance to recover. Heflin is the with the faculty committee on stu dent affairs will not be dropped as long as there is a single avenue open for protest or a single method of ap peal left untried, and as more than 200 students already have pledged themselves to leave the university there is a strong probability of a gen- j err.l walkout tomorrow. If the sug gested line of action is carried out the registration at the university. will be depleted by a full third within 24 hours. s' .. , . . ;' . V Definite action was not taken by the student body until the close of a stormy meeting held upon the cam pus and after every phase of the sit uation had been threshed out in de tail by - the most prominent and in fluential members of the undergrad uate body, graduates and others deep ly interested in the welfare of the university. The feature of Over whelming significance in the action taken this, afternoon is the deep root ed feeing expressed that the 'point has been reached' where all hope of fair treatment at tire hapds of Uhe university authorities is at -aii end.' author ,of the "Jim Crow Car Law," and since he introduced the measure has received many threatening eltters, hence he caried a pistol. ' JOHN McLEOD DEAD. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. John McLeod, a wealthy contractor, was killed in a collision of automo biles in the park early today. Charles Bowman at the wheel of Jhe ma chine, with which the contractor's machine collided, was arrested and accused of manslaughter. He claims McLeod's machine ran into his ma chine from the rear. WILL NOT FILE NEW BOND. SEATTLE, . March 27. Chairman C. , F. White, of the Lumbermen's Rate Committee, today announced that the lumbermen would not file a new surety bond, as required, by Fed eral Judge Han ford, in the sum of $200,000. If this is not done an in junction restraining the railroads from collecting the pew lumber rates will be suspended and finally dis- solved. . PLAGUE PLENTIFUL. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March 27. Eighty-nine cases of the plague in the Lazaretto here and many others scattered throughout the city in private houses. SLAVONIANS' STRIKE One Company Sent From Haines Mission, Alaska ST&LE TEN CASES DYNAMITE Acting Governor of Alaska Tele graphed Secretary Taft for Troops Will Place a Sufficient Force at the Disposal of the U. S. Marshal WASHINGTON, March 27. Eight hundred striking miners, most of them foreigners, are possessed of ten cases of dynamite and desire to destroy the property and perhaps life at the Treadwell mines in Alaska was the situation presented to Secretary Taft by telegraph from 'the acting governor of that territory, who re questedd the' aid of Federal troops The Secretary acceded to his request and announced his action at the con elusion of a Cabinet session today. General Brush, commanding the de partment of .the Columbia at Vancou ver Barracks, Washington, will place a sufficient force at the disposal of the United States marshal at Tread- well to assist him in enforcement of the law and to enforce and execute the orders : of the United States courts. General Brush has sent one company of infantry to Treadwell, a distance Of one hundred miles, and the troops should reach their destin ation in a day or two. ' FIRE IN THEATER , BUILDING. muAUU, Mar. :. fife was discovered in the elevator dynamo room of the twelfth floor of the Majestic theater building .tonight Assistant Chief Schsutler and 150 policemen followed the alarm. Fire- men were warned not to ring their gongs after they were within 100 feet of the place. Eight hundred persons were in the theater and none of them knew there was a fire. It was soon extinguished.' .UTTERING DEFUNCT BANK BILLS. , " SAN FRANCISCO, ; March " 27. Charles B. Hulsted, who is charged with having uttered bils of the de funct - State Bank of Georgia, was held by United States Commissioner Hecacok. yesterday in $1,000 bonds for his appearance before the district court in Denver. Testimony at the hearing ; yesterday brought out the fact that -the bills had been furnished to Hulsted "and hundreds of other tools by a man in Chicago. EARTHQUAKE in leic Chialpa Shaken and Badly Burned. THERE WERE 2 SHOCKS Followed by Fire Originating in Many Places Among the Ruins,' WIRE COMMUNICATION DOWN The Loss of Life, if Any, and the Financial Loss Is Problematical The Town Is Two Days by Horse back. From Nearest Railway.' MEXICO CITY, March 27. Chialpa, a town of 15,000 inhabitants in the State of Geurrero, was shaken by an earthquake and burned. The shocks were two in number and oc curred early last evening and were followed by fire originating in a doz en places among the ruins. Only meager facts of the disaster are known and information thus far has dribbled from half a dozen places, moer or less authentic The loss of life, if any, and the financial loss is problematical. Telegraphic commu nications with Chialpa is shut off and the town is two days, on horseback from the nearest railway station. Governor Flores has received a dis patch that great fissures are in streets and fields of Chialpa, and great dam age to the buildings, but later ad vices show the governor's informa tion to bch ultra-conservative. The town is practically destroyed, though no lives were lost Thirty-four shocks were recorded. Jn the city of Vera Cruz great damage was done and during a panic in the theater Mrs. Jeanett , Dorville, an American, dropped dead from fright. The cor respondent at El Imparcial confirms the news of the "destruction by a quake and the fire of Chilapa. Asso ciated Press endeavored unavailingly throughout the day to confirm the news of the disaster at Chialpa. CRIPPLED CHILDREN RECITE. CHICAGO, Mar. 27.-Minnie Cul- tra, a cripple, 14 years old, known as "Little Sunshine" by her compan ions, and without technical musical training, proved to be the star at- tracton at a recital last night in the Fine Aarts building, even though a number of well known musicians ap peared on the same program. The recital was given for the bene fit of the Fallen School for crippled children. Five hundred patronesses of the school were present, as well as 42 crippled children, who occupied boxes. ' Minnie Cultra, arms, legs and body paralyzed, was carried on the stage and sang the old song. "There is a Green Hill Far Away." Tears came to the eyes of nearly every auditor. One woman became hysterical and was helped from the hall. John Crowley, 14 years old, who supports himself and brother, by sell ing papers and Adelaide Baker ap peared on crutches and gave short recitations. THREE JOINT INDICTMENTS. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27- The three joint indictments returned by the grand jury Wednesday against Patrick Calhoun," Tirey L. Ford and Abraham Ruef have been assigned to Judge Lawlor's department in the Su perior Court. Judge Lawlor ; fixed the bail at ten thousand dollars on each indictment. CHARITY PATIENT Parker The Negro Defender of Presi dent McKinley dead. PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 27.-Be-fore a class of students at the Jeffer son Medical College the body of James B, Parker, the negro who at tempted to defend President McKin ley when he was shot at Buffalo, was placed upon the dissecting table yesterday. Parker had for some months been a charity patient in the insane department. As far as known he had n ofn'ends here. MILK DRIVERS STRIKE. CHICAGO, Mar. 27,-A strike voted by. the Milk wagon drivers at a meeting last night. The vote was 967 in favor of a strike and 67 against. Nearly 1100 members of the Union attended the meeting. The drivers demanded an increase of five dollars a week over the scale, which expires on March 31. 4 , ' The drivers now will go before the teamsters joint council with a request for an indorsement of the strike vote, sanction of the executive council of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of which the Milk Wagon Drivers Union is a local, before they can strike. Should a strike occur, it will tie up temporarily 90 per cent of Chicago's retail dealers. '. MURDEROUS ATTACK Brooklyn Watchman Thrown Into a Sewer Trench. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RECOVERY He was Found by His Son, Who Was Searching for Him After His Fail ure to Return at the Usual Hour in the Morning. NEW YORK, March 27.-In the Norwegian hospital, with slight chances of recovery, is Dominick Bugren, a Brooklyn watchman, who was found and taken to ' the institu tion after having lain from midnight until early morning in the bottom of a sewer trench, where he had been thrown following an attack by two masked men, who beat him and cast him unconscious into the excavation. Bugren's skull was fractured and his right arm broken, and he was badly cut on the head, neck and shoulders. When he was found he was covered with two bags of cement, on top of which bricks had been thrown. As he lost consciousness in the hospital he told the surgeons that has assail ants had demanded money, and en raged at their failure to find more than some small change on his per son, they had beaten him and pushed him into the sewer. That is the last he remembered until he was restored to. consciousness in the hos pital. He was found by his son, who had been searching for him in the vicinity after the father's failure to. return at the usual hour in the morning- POST OFFICE ROBBERS. SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 27.-Two daring robbers blew up the postof -fice at South San Francisco at two o'clock this morning and secured $2,000 in coin and stamps. , A posse consisting largely of state police has started in search of the safe crackers. PRESIDENT MELLEN'S. DENIAL ' NEW HAVEN, Conn., Mar. 27. It is denied on the highest authority that President' Chas S. Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad Company, has been in vited to take the presidency of the United Pacific R. R. Co., or that he would accept the presidency even of invited. '