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1 IfirMrim :OVCRSTHf MORNING FICLO ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA HJILItHCS full Af fOCIAHO PRCS t REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 227 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER bu, 0 PRICE FIYE CENTS BRYAN MAKES ANOTHER REPLY TO PRESIDENTS LETTER Declares His Record Is Clean of Trusts p ; ALWAYS AGAINST 'EM Says if Elected He Will Enforce .1 Anti-Trust Laws to the . Limit COMPARES CAMPAIGN FUNDS Pccrfen Ono Declare! The Repub lions Had a Larger Fund In One State Than the Democrat! Had Under Their Entire Control In 1904 ROCK ISLAND, III., Sept. 29lT"I have lived in vain if your accusations lose me a single friend," said W, J. Bryan in a letter addressed to Prci dent Roosevelt, replying to that of the President written on Sunday last. Bryan points to his record and de clares that it is sufficient to answer to insinuations of the chief executive that he is in sympathy or controlled by trusts. Reverting to the charges against Haskell Bryan says that the President, "in response to his re quests, did not design to suggest tri bunal which could determine these charges but instead proceeded to pass judgment upon him and he infornb the president that the occupant of that high office 'cannot deny the humblest citizen the right to project his reputation and vindicate his name in courts. Taking up the President's assertion that certain trust magnates fearing prosecution under Taft will support the democratic candidate, Bryan charges that the President worded his statement in such a way as to claim the support of all trust magnates, "And'yct put it on the ground that they are supporting your party for patriotic reasons rather than for the promotion of selfish inter ests," Such argument he contends is ingenious, but not sound. In proof of the fact that he could not be con trolled by trusts, Bryan says that if elected he will enforce the anti-trust laws, "Not spasmodically and inter mittently, but persistently and con sistently." Bryan in dealing with the democratic campaign fund of 1896 as compared with the republican cam paign fund of 1894, charges that th President pays "More attention to mote than beam," and asserts that in 1894 the republicans in one state alone had a fund almost as large as the entire sum of the democratic party had under its control. The let ter concludes with a notice to the president that an opportunity will be afforded' him, "To misrepresent " the motive of those who give our cam paign fund and to arouse all the sus picion you can." MUCH OPPOSITION TO BANK Trust Company Section of American Banking As- sociation Are Third to Take Action DENVER, Sept. 29. -The trust company section of the American Bankers' Association went on record this afternoon in opposition to the bank deposit guarantee proposition, making the third section of the asso-. BASEBALL GAMES. American League. St. Louis 6, 2, New York 0.1. .' Chicago 5, 2, Boston 1, 0. Cleveland 5, 9, Philadelphia 4, 0. Detroit 4, 7, Washington 1, 7. "National League. ' Boston 5, Br&oklyn 2. Cincinnati 2, Chicago 6. Pittsburg 7, 6, St, Louis 0, S. r . New York 6, 1, Philadelphia 2, 7. Northwest League. Tacbma 0, Aberdeen 2. If Seattle 0, Butte 4. Vancouver 6, Spokane 4. Pacific Coast League. San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 5. Oakland 9, Portland 4. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29. Chac. R. Henenway, attorney gener-' al of Hawaii, is in this city en route for Washington, D. C where he will appear is several cases pending before the Supreme Court of the United States. ' ION CON HOW 111 SESSlOFi RECLAMATION OF PUBLIC LANDS AND NATIONAL RE. SOURCES TAKEN UP. . 1500 DELEGATES PRESENT President Roosevelt Sends Greetings and Ilia Approval of the Important Work of the Congress Many Ad dresses Made. . ' J ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Sept. 29. The proceedings of the, opening session of the 60th national irrigation congress which convened here today were impressive and 1500 delegates and 2S00 spectators who crowded the galleries were moved to repeated demonstrations. It is evident the congress is to give the major por tion of its time to the discussion of reclamation of public lands and (lie conservation of natural resources and it is likely that these discussions may lead to differences of opinion on the phases of government policies partic ularly forest policy. The livestock interests are well rep resented and their desires as to the resolutions urging the government to the regulation of public domain and forest service may precipitate a sharp 'discussion. Two letters and tele J grams were read today from President i Roosevelt. The first address to the congress and conveyed the president's 'greeting, his approval of the work of the congress and the reference to. the importance- of the reclamation and conservation of national resources The second was an answer to the in vitation on the gold plate recently GUARANTY ciation to take this stand, The mo tion to vote on the proposition for. postal savings bank was defeated on the grounds that as it was scheduled to come up before the convention it self there is not need for the trust section voting on it,' RRIBAT GRESS ASK GOVERNOR TO WIPE OUT BLACK HAND Conditions In Virginia Are Grow ing Intolerable RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 29,-Gov-ernor Swanson has been appealed to to aid, in the breaking up of the al leged " Black Hand" in Buckingham county. Communications received by the Governor today read: ' "Condi tions here are Intolerable. A gang of assassins are strongly intrenched three miles away. One citizen was shot in the back. Others were threat ened. The county authorities appear powerless. We need assistance and bloodhounds." It is reported a vigi lance committee is being formed. conveyed to the President. The post script at the bottom of this letter which aroused great enthusiasm ex pressed the hope that the President will have a chance this winter to sign bills , conferring the statehood of New Mexico and Arizona. V The morning session was devoted to addresses of welcome and respon ses and the afternoon to listening to the more responses, to the reports of officers and reading of communica tions. William S. Smythe, of California, father of the irrigation congress, was ill tonight and unable to speak. His address was read and made part of the record of congress. Illinois dele gation tonight declared for Spokane for next meeting place, endorsed George H. Barstow of Texas for president and F. H. Griswold of Chi cago for secretary. California dele gation also declared for Spokane. JEROME TO INVESTIGATE. NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-District Attorney Jerome announced today that he would investigate the sale GIVES HES UFE IN AN EFFORT TO rescue i Attempts to Enter Burning Room to Release Vic tim From Horrible Death GASOLENE EXPLOSION Mrs, E. M. Greene, Locked in Vapor Bath Room, Is Also Serious ly Burned and Is Not Expected to Live-Manning Dies a Few Hours After the Rescue VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 29. The heroism of James Manning in trying" to rescue Mrs. E. M. Green, a vapor bath patient, from a ' horrible death in a blazing room cost him his life last night, while the woman for whom he gave it is likely, to die any moment, The tragedy happened at the home of Mrs, P. Brown, Columbia and Six teenth streets, shortly after 8. o'clock. Mrs. Brown conducts a vapor brith establishment there, and Mrs. Green was in the place for treatment. While Mrs. Green was in the bath Mrs. Brown fotind the supply of gas oline in the stove used for heating the water was running low. Appar ently not desiring to interrupt the treatment, she tried to refill the tank without putting out the fire. She succeeded and left the room. An ex plosion followed almost immediately. James Manning, an acquaintance of the Brown family in the house, heard the explosion and rushed into the flaming room, finding Mrs. Green in the bath unable. to help herself. He tried to get her out and in the flames and gas received horrible burns, dy TO F.1ISCARRIES Engineer on Northern Pacific Sees Obstruction in Time MISSOULA, Mont, Sept. 29.-To-day Northern Pacific officials an nounced the discovery of an attempt to wreck the east-bound passenger train near Victor, 35 miles west of here. A piece of railroad iron had been driven between the joints of two rails. The engineer fortunately saw the obstruction and applied the emer gency brakes in, time. The engine and baggage cars ran over the ob struction but without, damage. The railroad detectives claim to have a strong clue. pf the New York paper of the article on the issues of the present cam paign purporting to have been signed by ex-President Cleveland. Accord ing to the New York Times, which originally published the article, F. S. Hasdings, executor of the Cleveland estate at first vouched for the article but later withdrew the voucher. The Times has now submitted the matter to. the district attorney. THOUSANDS HEAR TAFT. SIOUX CITY, Sept. 29.-Tariff re vision is mostry downward but in some instances upward, was the key note of Judge Taft's ten speeches to day. In none of them did he forget to "Go"after" his Nebraska opponent. The Ohioan'g campaign through South Dakota terminated here .where he addressed a tremendous audience from ofur states, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota. Other than Mitchell and Sioux City,, the largest crowds of the day were at Aberdeen and Yankton. Judge Taft's voice is in fair condition. CAUSES THE ACCIDENT ing this morning. Mrs. -Green was rescued, but was severely burned, too, and was cut by pieces of a lamp which exploded during the fire. An alarm- of fire was immediately turned in by the neighbors, but by the time the department arrived the flames had been extinguished, al though the entire interior of the room had been scorched. The ' fire men and neighbors found Mr. Man ning and Mrs. Green still in the room. It was some time before a physician could be located. Finally several ohvsicians arrived and deter mined that the injuries of Mr. Man ning were fatal. The suffering man was finally removed to the hospital, Shortly after 3 o'clock he expired. For a time he had been a clerk at the Riverview Hotel. He was about 42 years of age, and -came here from South Dakota. . That both were not burned to death at the time and the entire house destroyed is a surprise to the members of the' fire department. At the time the explosion occurred the room in which the bath was located was locked. - PLII WRECK BOLT HE PROBABLY TOTAL WRECK TQ DEFEAT CANNON. Anti-Saloon Men Will Wage Ware Again Speaker Soon, CHICAGO, Sept, 29. The promis ed fight of anti-saloon league of Am erica against the re-election Speaker Cannon is almost at hand, according to a statement made by Ceneral Su perintendent Baker of the League to day. Baker will speak at the opening of the Rock River conference tonight and then enter Cannon's district. WILL NOT RESIGN. Senator Bailey Denies Report of His Retirement. NEW YORK, Sept. 29 -United States Senator Bailey said regarding the report that he intended to resign from the Senate. "These statements are pure inventions and perfectly ab surd. I have no intention of resign ing from the Senate or ending my career therein. riEl'YORKilRliO WITH GRiEF IGNORANTLY SMOTHERS .HER BABY IN A FOLDING BED . . IN DAYLIGHT. . FAULT OF NEIGHBOR-FRIEND Visitor. Rocked Child to Sleep Put it in Its Little Bed and Then Departed Without Advising Baby's Mother. NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Igorant of the fact that her two months old child, George, was asleep under the cover, Mrs. Mary Storti of Brooklyn, closed up a folding bed in' a darken ed room and the little one was smo thered to death before his mother re alized what had happened. When she learned of her fatal error she became frantic and is now prostrated. ' While Mrs. Storti was attending to her household, duties, little George fell asleep in the arms of a woman neighbor who had called. Mrs. Sforti was busy elsewhere when the neighbor took the sleeping babe into as inner bedroom and laid himn the folding bed. It was only a few minutes later that the mother closed up the bed. It was not until some time later that she missed the child and on opening the bed found the dead body. TO DECIDE COURT FOR R.R. CONTESTS Judges Will Determine Proper Court to Take Case of Railroads Who Go Above Interstate Rates t SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29. Judges Morrow, Gilbert and Ross of the United States Circuit Court will tomorrow hand down decisions whether the court has a right to hear the case involved in the effort of the railroad companies to put in effect a higher rate for the transportation of lumber between points in the Willam ette Valley and California than that set by the Interstate Commission. The action presented to the circuit court on a form of demurer. Ses- C - Vessel Goes Aground Off Vancouver Coast PASSENGERS ALL SAFE Ship Strikes Rocks on Mouett Point Heavy Fog Was the Cause BIG HOLE iN STARS ARD BOW Officers Investigate Craft Find Hole in Her Hull Large Enough, to Pass a Bale of Hay Through Passen gers Return to Seattle. SEATTLE, Sept. 29. In a fog so dense that objects a few feet distant were not visible, the steamer Hum boldt, from Southeastern Alaska : points piled on the rocks on Mouett Point on Pender Island, off Vancou ver Island coast. The entire passen ger list of 38, who had boarded the . steamer in Seattle were transferred to the shipping steamship Edith and returned to Seattle tonight The po sition of the Humboldt, following the severe damages sustained in ground ing i9 such as to convince" the officers of the Edith, that there is only a slight, hope-of saving the vessel. The entire stem and fore-shoe of the steamer was carried away and the hole in her starboard bow is large enough to pass a bale of hay through, which leaves the vessel at the mercy of the tides. The wireless equipment on board the Humboldt permitted information to be forwarded to Victoria within a few minutes after grounding. Ar rangements were subsequently made for sending salvage tugs and other assistance from Victoria. ' Captain Miller, master of the ves sel, states that an error in naviga tion which caused the grounding could have been corrected by steering the ship even-a fraction of a point more,westerly. This statement places the responsibility for the wreck on slight mis-adventure in navigation that appears that is hardly censur able, considering the difficulties of locality and the heavy fog prevailing. Although the position of the craft was such as to create the gravest ap prehension, the. passengers who re-, returned tonight state through the encouragement given by the officers of the craft but little excitement pre vailed. . I sion of the court today was entirely 'occupied by- the argument of the op- j posing counsel, the railroad attorneys holding that the circuit court has jurisdiction while the .federal attor neys holding that the circuit -court has jurisdiction , while the federal at torneys argued that the court would be stepping outside its proper sphere if it restrained the interstate com merce commission. On decision of the judges rests the continuation of the fight to establish the increased rate between points named. 37V