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C0VCR3THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA : PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 104 ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1003 PRICE FIVE CENTS WANTS DUTY REMOVED On Wood Pulp and Print Paper A MINORITY PETITION Williams Wanted Republican Aid to Join the Democrats to -Pass the Bill SUGGESTS PROMPT ACTION If You do Not Like my Petition Because my Nam is on it, Get up One of Your Own, I Pray You." , WASHINGTON, April 29,-The sundry civil bill was under considera tion in the house today and the great er part of the time was consumed in general debate and discussion re garding the five-minute rule which will be resumed tomorrow, Fowler denounced the Aldrich currency bill and pleaded for the passage of his bill to create a currency commission. Williams presented a petition feign ed by 164 of the 166 democrats com posing the minority, asking the speaker to recognize fume member of the houc to move for the dis charge of the ways aud means com mittee from, a further hearing of the Stcvc bill for the removal of the duty on wood pulp and print paper and to pass that bill or a similar one. Williams said the only reason he didn't have all the democrats on the petition was that two of them were out of town but he promised to round them up as soon as they returned, lie said that only 30 Republicans were necessary to make the requisite number to pass the bill and declared it should be easy enough to get them because .almost 30 Republicans have introduced free paper bills, "And," he said, "I know every one of you who introduced a bill meant what you said." Quoting lines from an old hymn, "While the lamp holds out, to burn, The" vilest sinner may return." Williams proceeded, "If you have in any manner been bulldozed, why, think for a second, think of wbat i short life we" have here and how im porruit it is that we should be doing things while we live in this brief day of our time. 1 express the hope that 30 of you may sign the petition. H you do not like my petition because my name is on it and the names of Clump Clark, Dearmond.'Underwoo ana Gaines and all these vile publi cans and sinners on this side, get up one of your own, I pray you. We can add the two. together. If 30 of you sign, the speaker cannot refuse you. Together we will then consti tute a majority of the house of rep- rcse: tatives. Early m the session when the rules were being adopted, the speaker was asked if a majority of the house made a request to the speaker whether the request be heed ed, his reply as I remember it was: 'The majority of the house will al ways be heeded by the speaker.' "So if you put 30 names' to our 166 and constitute 196, the majority of the house I know the eminently good tj'atured man who presides over this house, so tolerant of opposition, so patient whenever there is a stumbling block to thwart his pathway, will bow in his most elegant manner with the gesticulation peculiar to him and say: 'Gentlemen, a majority of the repre sentatives tf fhe American people have a right to have their say and 1 will recognize somebody'." Dalzcll offered an amendment to the sundry civil j bill appropriating $60,000 for, the establishment of a uaK'iiiil art gallery in the Smithion inn Institution.-.' The amendment was rclcctcd on ft toint of order, The'l house disagreed to the icnate amend ment! to the naval appropriation bill and the bill wan tent to a conference, JAY COULD. Coea to England to Defend Tennis Title. NEW YORK", April 29,-Jay Could the American and English court tennis champion, "sailed for London yesterday wheie he will defend hia English title ti the tournamtn". to be planned May 16. Gould Is in the best of form thii year at wai shown by hi defeat of Milca, the former English champion who came to New York to take part in the American championship tour nament It ii considered more than likely that Could and Milea will meet again for the English championship. BASEBALL SCORES. At San Francisco Portland 4, San Francisco 2. At Tacoma Tacoma 6, Spokane 2. At Vancouver Vancouver 8, Butte 0. At Seattle Seattle 6, Aberdeen 4. At Los Angeles Lo Angeles 3, Oakland H. PRINT PAPER PRICE Important Testimony Before the Special House Committee PRESENTED MANY LETTERS The Committee Was 'Particularly Impressed With the Annual State ment of the International Paper Co. For Year Ending June 30, 1907. WASHINGTON, ' April 29.- Coitsidcrable more evidence to show there is a combination of paper manu facturers to fix the price of print naucr was adduced today before a special committee of the house. Mr. Norris, the representative of the newspaper publishers' association presented numerous letters and docu ments to bear, out this contention. Apparency the committee was par ticularly impressed with the annual statement of the International Paper Company for the year ending June 30, )9t)7, showing an increased cost of the production of 60 cents a ton as against the raise in the price of paper to $12 per ton, ' , Chairman Mann, appreciating the importance of this testimony, an noupcer! he would go to the' bottom tp ascertain the cause of so large an mcrease in the price of paper. PORTLAND REPUBLICANS. Republican Central Committeen En t , dorses Candidacy of Tafu PORTLAND, April 29. The Re publican state central committee which met here tdday endorsed the candidacy of Secretary Taft for the Presidential nomination and recom mended that the state convention when it meets here on May 14 send a delegation to the national conven tion instructed to support him. The state committee glso . endorsed the acts of United States Senator Fulton and deprecated in scathing terms the means used to encompass his defeat before the primaries. The committed also endorses the candidacy of H. M. Cake for the senatorial nomination. W. M, Cake, a brother of the re publican candidate for the senatorial nomination, was elected the chairman of the; committee. Otis Patterson was elected setretary. Both the ballots were unanimous. ...Twenty of the 33 comities of, the state were represented at today's meeting. nwmi Cottage City Strikcsa Pin nacle of Rock ' ' " ' .' " ' IN SEYMOUR NARROWS The Accident Happened on Her Last Trip to the Frozen North SLID OFF INTO DEEP WATER The News Reached Vancouver To day That the Staunch Steamer Had Bumped Onto a Rock in the Nar rows a Week Ago Sunday. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 29. News reached here today that the steamer Cottage City, a week ago last Sunday on her last trip north, struck on a pinnacle ot rock in Seymour Narrows. i The passengers were panic-stricken and rushed for the life preservers. When the deckswere assuming a dangerous pitch the vessel slid off into deep water again. CANNON'S NOTIFICATIONS. Glass Blowers and Funeral Directors Raise Objections. WASHINGTON, April 29.-The glassblowcrs of Danville, III., have notified Speaker Cannon that . they are opposed to the Tillman bill, which provides practically for the confiscation of liquor shipped into prohibition states. If this measure goes through it will result in the re- duced production of alcoholic liquors. Diminished production will have its effect on to demand for bottles. The National Furieral Directors' Association, through its secretary, II, M. Kiipatrick, of Elm wood, 111., has applied to the speaker to assist in bringing about some legislation whereby the "inhuman practice" of burial at sea will be discontinued. KILLED BY AUTO. Stepped in Front of a Machine. Slow Going CHICAGO, April , 29.-A Louns bury, vice president of a manufactur ing Co. ran down and accidentally while taking his first lesson in oper while takeing his first lesson in oper ating an automobile. He had just "bought a car, and, pending the arrival of his automobile from the factory, was practicing with a car owned by the .company. . The car is said to have been run ning slowly when the victim stepped in front of it and wa9 run over. From papers found in the man's clothing he was indentified as Po vinclli Daniello, 47 years old. He recently had returned from aj visit to his wife and three children in Italy and was making preparations to brine? them here. - V NATURAL FIREWORKS. MESSINA, April 29-Mount Aetna is now in active eruption. DR. MORGAN DIX DEAD. NEW YORK, April 29.-Dr. Mor gan Dix, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, died today from heart failure, aged 81 years, v RACE TRACK SOLD. Old St. Louis Fair Grounds to be Cut Up Into Building Lots: ST. LOUIS, April 29,-The old St, Louis fair grounds at Grand Avenue at National Bridge, which have been practically abandoned since the aboli tion of race track gambling in Mis souri, will be divided into building ots as the result of a real estate deal yesterday. The fair ground compris ing 17 acres were traded by a syndi cate composed of Louis A. Cclla, the horseman, and others, as part pay ment for the IS story Missouri- Lincoln Trust Building at Seventh and Oliver streets, M The price of building was $1,650,- 000 and the fair grounds represented $1,000,000 in the deal. . MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE. BOULDER, Colo., April 29. The second trial of E. F. Riser for mur der growing out of the destruction of the Colorado and Southern station here by fire and dynamite during th'e switchmen's strike, in, which several people were killed, ended yesterday when the jury returned a verdict, of murder in the second degree. The minimum penality is ten years in the penitentiary. Fifteen days were al lowed for appeal before sentence is imposed. The .first trial resulted in a disagreement of the jury. Kiser is the second person to be convicted on this charge. DANCE OF FLOWERS Concludes the Celebration for the Battleship Fleet NO ENTERTAINMENT FOR MEN Some of the Residents - of Santa Barbara Coming to a Realization of Unintentional Slight Endeavored to Arrange a Barbecue. SANTA BARBARA, April 29, The celebration of the battleship fleet concluded tonight with the "Dance of Flowers" and tomorrow the fleet will sail away to Monterey. The visit has been replete with social functions in honor of officers, but the stay of the tlilisted men has not been an entirely happy one. No special entertainment was arranged for them and they were allowed to go their own way without any official attention of any sort. Some of the, residents of Santa Bar bara coming to a realization 'of their unintentional slight endeavored today to arrange a barbecue, fof the men, but the intervening time was too short. TAKEN TO ASYLUM. Fortune Tellers Victim Tries to Com mit Suicide. CHICAGO, April 29,-Nels Chris tensen, who expected to die in the county jail at Kenosha, Wis., in ful fillment of a prophecy made by a Danish fortune teller, was taken to an S asylum yesterday. That the man vras made insane by the suggestions of the fortune teller is the belief of the physicians. All Monday night he sat in his cell singing hyms and prepar ing for death that did not come, Later he tried to kill himself but was prevented by attendants. CONFERENCE POSTPONED. NEW YORK, April 29.-There were no further developments yesterday in the efforts pf the Savannah repre sentatives to corral the Vanderbilt cup races Jefferson Demont Thomp son had intended to meet Harvey Granger and discuss the subject with him but found it impossible to do so. The conference was put off until to day, when Mr. Granger is expected to make his plea. ADMISSIONS BY JEROME At tbc Hearing of Charges Against Him BEF0REAC0AMISS10NER No Evidence as to Campaign Con- tributions Had Ever Been Laid Before Grand Jury ASKED FOR THE MINUTES Pierce Wanted to See the Proceed ings of the Grand Juries But Jerome Refused Unless Ordered by a Su preme Court Judge, i NEW YORK, April 29. District Attorney Jerome at a hearing of the charges against him before Commis sioner Hand admitted today that dur ing a colloquy with Franklin Pierce, counsel for the petitioners for Jerome's removal that no evidence as to campaign contributions was ever laid before any grand jury while he had been district attorney except such as came out incidentally in other cases. The admission ,was made after Pierce had asked for the minutes of the grand juries which considered the insurant rases and after Terome had refused to produce the minutes unless ordered to do so by a judge of the Supreme Court FORTY HORSES BURNED. SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.- A fire which" broke out at Tenth and Howard streets late last night des troyed the stables of the firm doing the hauling for Pope and Talbot Lumbermen. Forty horses were burned to death. The loss is estimat ed at $25,000. CRUISER SUNK. Japanese Training Cruiser Sunk by an Explosion. TOKIO, April 30 The training . . , . - a cruiser fiiatsusnima was suhk on Pescadores Islands this morning by the explosion of a projecile. Cruisers Itsukushima and Hashidate rescued 30 of the crew. It is feared that over 200, including the captain of the Mat sushima are lost. - IMMIGRATION REPORT". Increased Protection for Imigrant Women Provided. CHICAGO, April 29 Increased protection for imigrant women is urged in a final report made yesteday by the immigration committee of the Women's Trade Union League of Chicago. The making of the report marked the closing of the Immigration De partment of the League, the work Ming taken over by a committee of Chicago women interested in the im migration problem. Although special care is taken that the immigrants be given the best pro tection possible at Ellis Island, the report says "The guardianship of the government ends when the women are turned over to the various rail roads. Sufficient protection is not given to this large class of travel and the accomodations for them in the stations are most inadequate. The railroads do not assume sufficient re sponsibility in providing for the safe ty of the immigrant girl and woman 'to her final destination. CITY SKY-SCRAPER. f Designed to Centralize Departments Except Police Fire andd dHealth. NEW YORK,"Ap"ril 29.-A design for city's new sky' scraper de Linxe which is to be built on the 'triangle north of the Park Row entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge to house the the city offices, was selected yester day by the jury of awards from among the dozen plans submitted in the competition by the leading archit ects of the city.';. v-v The building is to occupy the block bounded by Park Row, Centre street, Trion Row and Duane street, and is to cost" $7,000,000. It is the plan to have the city departments except the police, fire and the health housed here This will centralize departments now scattered and will at the same time save the city more than $500,000 a year in rent ' DRINK WATER? W. C. T. U. Protests to Metcalf. Secretary WASHINGTON, April 29,-The W C T.'U. of California has written to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, transmitting resolutions adopted by. the organization protesting against the serving of intoxicants at dinners or other entertainments to be given to the officers and men of the Atlan tic fleet ' The protest is signed by Sarah J. Dorr, president, and Anna E. Chase, corresponding secretary. DAVIS STIRRED UP Asks for Information Regarding Tribal Roll of Indians RESOLUTION WAS PASSED Advancing Toward Foraker, he Asked if the Ohio Senator Loved "Niggers" so Well Why Didn't he Come Forward aid Defend Them. WASHINGTON, April 29-Sena-tor Davis o Arkansas created -a mild sensation today in discussing his res olution on the Secretary of the In terior s to information as to the tribal rolls of the Choctow and the Chickasaw Indians, when he declared 10,000 men were being kept off the rouVby the secretary and instanced one case in which he said nine mem bers of a family were rated as ne groes and only one as an indian. .Ad vancing toward Foraker, his voice thundered throughout the chamber and adjacent halls as he asked if the Ohio senator loved "Niggers" so well why didn't he come forward now and defend these members of that race. Only laughter greeted that sally and Foraker responded in a mild tone that the Senator should speak louder. The Davis resolution was passed. All pension bills on the Calender and other measures of minor importance were passed during the day. Warner being ill with a cold, an agreement was reached to permit other senators to read for him the remainder of his Brownsville speech. ON HIS TRACK. Wallace G. Hopkins Located in New York State. CHICAGO, April 29.-The Inter Ocean today says: Wallace G. Hopkins, the fugitive La Salle street broker, who recently fled from Chicago, leaving an indebted ness of more than $200,000, has been located in a town in New York, Chi cago authorities expect his arrest within 24 hours. "I have wired east ordering Hop kins' arrest,", said States Attorney Bailey last night. "I cannot yet tell in what town he has been located, but the information seems authentic, and, I expect his apprehension within a short time." ,