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83rd YEAR. NO. 273
tariff .man hie i
TIIEIilE AT THIS TIDE
Speaker 'Cannon Issues
Statement on Subject
THE PEOPLE'S VVILL
By Concession and Ccnpromlse
Thero Will Coma Results !
Least Objectionable
HE FAVORS TARIFF REVISION
WhAww 1. Elected Speaker of the
Next House Muit So Perform Hi
Duties tt u It hum Members in
Matter.
from long experience end teaching
of whkt t believe to be reason and
(ommne inirt," ........
MORE OP THE ABRUZZI.
Royal Secret. Alleged To Be Given
To The General ruuiic
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 24 -
Interestiug and authentic detail ol
the stand UVrn by Queen Margher-
its "of Italy In connection with the
long rumored and denied engagement
of tlie Duke or tne Aur.x to
Kalherine Elkins were received in thia
city yeMerday. .They came in form
of letter from enora josepnine
Bust!, widow of the late governor
the Royal Castle at Spupinagi to Iter
son, Sljinor rietro humi 01 inn city,
f!3
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1808
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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HON. A. M. SMITH,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR MAYOR OF ASTO KtA.
OFFICE OF MORNING ASTO RI AN,
ASTORIA, OREGON, NOV. 24, 1908.
D. ROCKEFELLER E
GUI HIS TESI1
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nw" - . .... .. .. . . ... j i. l.t.11 tk. T
Sirr-In my own behalf, as the proprietor and publisher ol tne Morning A.tn, u, T
I am enoeavoring to rem whu u ojmv., , r--- -
peop.e oi w., - - ... v vnI1 take narticular oain to
& . iAe-diea mnm H.winiiiir rsiiijucn ui v v 011,1 u r . ui w miv " k -
I mKi JJJS. which K.U. and liberou. a. it i. unjurtinable," all ol t which U ly J
I untrue and no one know, it better than you do. . Ana coming trom tne nwm. u ., .V " X
Sor of the AatorU Herald, which, for ye.r when under your control, wa. one of the fouleat and lowe.t 4
ever uttered in thia city, in it. dealing, with 22. 1
ciiw vour wail of erief haa a ring of hypocrisy war. pamiuuy ppicn . . .
SS'S I? that nlL and irwamoi. ahet. 'Thia paper, the Morning Aatorian, k not malmg,
a ,1. , rii.trarinff vou. oeraonally. Thia you know without the furtner teuing; aince you oave uv, a
X duclng. nor diaparagmg you, pereona uy y . , response . to your
asaurance from tnn omce on inree "i wv.v,. ..., - - . -
threats to arreet me' for criminal libel, under epedfic statutes, ; .t. uLj 1
lnrer::. . r " . -u., ..,.- I m u I n ou in vour ooeition as the acknowl- f
0f 1 : .deed ld.r Xe .nd c have wrought the practical fman- I
,tr ! If IE "of thh cUv-aScT Attorney here for several terms, and as political over-lord of the facfaon,
t ' I CSWJS 'And 1 tho relation, J propose. lUttLKJlS I
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. 7 Re
turning to Washington late thii 4
temooo lor th coming - session
Contreia. Speaker Cannon iwed
atttenent in which he set forth at
length that he I In favor of s
honcit revitioa of the tariff. He dd
td that the people had voted for a
revision end he believed they would
get the kind of a tariff they voted
for. As o the organisation of the
(1st Congress, the Speaker said that
from reports they are capaoie 01 uu
trusted to him by his mother, be
cause, be said, the AbnuM-JUkins
fair is S cloned incident. ,
"Mv mother wrote the letter to me
during the time that Queen Marghtr
ila and the young duke were staying
at the catle" said he. "She says that
the affair was the gossip of the hour
before the arrivat of. the queen, ten
days before she wrote, but that ner
announcements soon allayed all fear
that there would be any alliance be-
tween royal blood ana tne tiams. i ,
"The queen made no ttroptto
conceal her feelings against any pro
posed engagement between the Duke
1 , a a lj 1L.4
and Miss Ktkins ana a emeu mm
iih ncffrment existed. She was of
ten seen wild the young Abrutii and
iwmed on the best ol terms.
When the people were asnired that
the romora were false they gave veni
to exclamations ot satisfaction over
what they termed the excellent judge
ment of the duke,
The father of Signor Buuti was
governor of Spupinagl catle tinder
Signor Busti last night revealed the I x "f" ,io them if I may. with thia paper and the votea of the revolting and long suffering taxpayer, t
secrets of the royal housenom en- x""::"rVri,. " , . ...'X
x aim v. . ... . . 1 t i.j nn,i nA vnar nunnc a
You have had the most candid expression 01 my peruu iriiiw- A I
. . . r... ... . rr when van were in oossession of that assurance no f
araan of this ctty 1 fighting you on purely political grounoa ana uuk your ""av."': "7 ., I""
0r8.a!l.: 7J; nA iLu k- Ltd freV and remote from every issue raised and debated in these.
naa 01, w,Y . .. .,.wr;h,H -!a I. fake, a fiction to attract sympa-, T
lively and jmportant local campaign, jf . n.t. Mllf .ad for . eoatinVt
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Nov. 24.-
! What the actual conditions are in
Western Arkansas where it is known
they are many dead, several score
injured and many penniless victims
of the two tornadoes . which swept
tliroueh that portion of the state late
yesterday is a matter largely of con
jecture. Although large force of men
have worked througn last nigm e-
rleavorinz to establish communica
tion with that section their work
this morninsr is still incomplete.
Eearly today reports, still indefinite,
continued to reach this city but they
were no more satisfactory than those
received last night. Later dispatch
ing, however, indicate no change as
to the nufnber of fatalities which have
been t conservatively estimated at
thirty, although reports from several
May Probably be His Ust
Appearance in Court
OWNS RAILWAY BOIIDS
John D. Archibold Takes Stand
and Proves Prolific of De
tailed Information
l.C -3 STi v .dminiatrition to which you and
lZ tnainei to the practical an'nihilatioa of property value, here, nnde rhe weigh t ass
f ThuTi. the oredicate of my political antagonism and I propose to adhere to it to
ation. Thia i the predicate
f ot the campaign.
your following
assessment and tax- J
the last moment i
1 telephon Vln T bw that my interest in this .juggle
X telephone, ana oy woiu . . . TW.mwer U iust deep enough, and honest
i. hex vou and vour partisan i" i" v.. , , .. mUM. T
"baby-act." alluded to.
S. DELLINGER,
Proprietor Morning Astorian.
ing that themselves, cannon says Yicor Emmanuel ana: pi. wia
that every Republican memocr was ow js ftiU , ,nmber ot tne court
elected with the idea of tarin revis
Inn In view and that every ' one of
tbem iwthout exception he believes,
.ill .trive to the best of his intelli-
gence and ability to attain the tariff
results desired by the people who
elected him.. He saya that all will
n hvc the same views
one cannot hav. hia own way alto
.w There must be concession
and compromise, out of which will
come results, which on the whole is
mn,i fcfninble or least objection
able to all. That is. says the Speaker,
according to a civilieed and enlight
nA snvernment. It la a
ru town of Tinev, a German set-
tt.niKni nn the Iron Mountain rail
road, located between Knoxville and
London, suffered the most, according
n-uorts received.5 Reporti from Rus-
and each sellville and Knoxville.' the only near
points from which anyuung can i
learned, are to the effect that a num
bers of people are believed to have
been killed, , . , . .
- Th. niimher of dead is estimated
at from nine to twenty while one re-
oort stated that all rumors wera ex-
Wbarian BirBcrated and that only one person,
JUSTICE ROOTPRESENTS
KPJSEESIlnlii
limits
CANNOT BEAR THE POSITION
i x IN WHICH. HE, JS I
TLACED 4;
keconlinir to report.
AH the physicians of Knoxville
have jeft that place for Piney. trav
iin in hueeiea and automobiles, but
nothing has been heard from them.
It wa first reported that the town
r"c"V"l .;.i..u London had been destroyed, but
"Vn l" ' TT' non Investigation it was found that
out tne win 01 )-v."v "r - , Iw, . " f .J
edhim." '.. Piney was referred
"The representatives made no mis-1 uonaon
neighbor. v The Speaker commueo:
uri,nurr it elected boeaKcr on me
next House must ao perform his
duties as to assist the House In ar
riving at a result which will best rep
resent the views of the responsible
to instead of
. . " c.' .1.. A .h. TiWIev Prom the towns of Berryvuie ana
: " j . u.ii. - ,iii n,aV. no Cravens, the most definite reports
jaw, anu , V ' " Ill ..L.j at
mistake in the bill which wry
ill are received At the former three per-
... . . . ... .,
... .. - MitiMi mnn Tnf iirtiuci.T
. .....,..,.r u,ith tne concur-1 sons wis i,,uivu
rence of the Senate and Tlouse." . noss ...
of
at between $25,QUl)
The Soeaker declared that repre- and ywuk At v-rayen.. .v,r
nttles are certain to do the best are known , to he aeaa, mcmuer. .
CVeywillhave
ort Wl WW her. of their home; L-G. Holland
S ecW t SP kJaid; will wHe. an aged couple
especially , . d lld may ,dte. I
;"l,,ow"t n ,ll, wb took refuge in a store,
Eight
persons
were
nr. the neoote in 1910 and accoun were caugnt
li, the ' caught in the crash of the build ng
' rSi I. why -we ,believe we shall and 11 were injurea ana e.giu in-
Site
tat... It is ana snouia uo ucyuu"j 1 eti thli mornlg partially
man's power to aictate to me iwu. , ... ,1,. vllhce
' f ftprehtatlves. ImtrcjysrieaT;
i PROPOSED "CHANGE
i W RELIGIOUS
1i
24.-The
LONDON, Nov. 24. The - House'
f Commons this afternoon by a vote
of 233 to 48 agreed to the, first read
ing of the bill introduced by William
Redomnd to , remove . the existing
Catholic " disabilities ' including the
prohibition of street processions, and
to abolish the anti-Catholic clause in
the oath-taken, by the sovereign on
his accession to the throne; As the
vlll Ui nrarticallv no ChanCCS Of
further consideration during the
present session figures given above
L v.rilv he reearded as a real in
dication of the feeling of the house
PAVELS HIGH AND FAR.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 24. -Late
today a dispatch' from fcnrenourg,
kmnut wnrd that the bal-
nHAUllrt. uiVlln. , -
loon "United States" landed mere at
4:3Q . Monday afternoon. , The, start
warmade from Los Angeles at 9:10
Monday morning. , The distance be
tween the places is about 200 miles
and the balloon traveled nearly if not
quite 300 miles in less than six
hours. The balloon at one time was
more than three miles in the air and
successfully avoided San Jacinto
peak, more than 11,000 feet high, thus
demonstrating the possibility of
trans-continental balloon trip.
SEATTLE, Nov. 24. -The Post
tnilin.nrer tonieht received a re-
, n th. rr.icrnation of Iu(1k Milo
A. Root of th Supreme Court
Washington, whose otticiai actions
are under investigation by the State
Bar Association. During the campaign
just closed, charges were us
fWtinir unott . theMionor 01 juu
Root. Judge m J. Gordon, fromer
.nn,.m rnnrt justice and who until
"i" ------ - .
three months , ago . was eoun.
the Great Northern Railroad at Spo
kane has been mentioned in connec
tion with Judge Root. -; .
r... Rnnt' resianation nu
.w,,nt is as louows: u
Governor: As I am on tne eve wi .
serious operation for biooa poison
ing which is likely td confine me; to
my bed for some time to come, I beg,
make the toiiowing siaicmtui
tor more man u jrva, -v
tient, plodding career, I have endeav
ored to do my duty to my fellow
men and to commit no act 01 in
justice to anyone, least of all to taint
: . hv words or deeds, the
v- nf rtrnr bench which should
bove all bVheld Inviolable by every
lover of liberty; yet in spite ot tn.s
and !in spites bf my faith to Christian
r.ti,rinn It has seemed to me that I
k.n nursiicil bv fates in a man-
ner as brim s ever was set forth m
Greek tragedy. I i will not recapitu
which have led to my
oresenf' determination to end id far
as I can the seeming act m
"In my private life no man eycr
t Mt anv asnersions upon
UUtvu w ' - ,
my character or my protessioi.a.
reputation .but ; I: nosooner have
ot-i-n office than mo hium
started to besmear and besmirch me
..u ,t..i fr,l utterances.
Will, nw -' " . - . . ,j
"At various periods I have held
office of probate judge, prosecuting
..torn and ludge of the supreme
nf these oositions
have been attacked and have resisted
1; ....cfnllv ' Mv record has
been before the public "since terntor-
:.i nrf t has been nnauy i
" ""i"v. ' ll. ;,nnl of this state by
.. .r inn to tne niKii v,i" v
which I am now honored.
"But human nature has its
of endurance. Final linikng of my
name with a scandal attaching to a
former justice of : the supreme court
who for years has been a warm
t..A ,n A ia T hrlieved. a devoted
hrienA nf mine, is the culmination of 1
series of calumnies. I
"My relations with Judge Gordon
Will Dear Closest - -invniiK.uvu
will reflect no more upon me than
the indiscretions of friendship.
Yet I realized that for a justice
of the supreme court, there snouia
exist not even an indiscretion, espec
ially as I realize, that any reflections
on any member casts a cioua upon
the entire court; and I do not wistt
to be the means of casting of any
such cloud even in the slightest ae
gree. Nor am I willing to remain
the innocent cause ot any "ac,"'
that respect and confidence , which
I know every one of my associates
upon the bench to be richly entitled
to. Therefore, for reasons herewith
set forth, I respectfully beg to resign
forthwith as judge of the supreme
court of the State of Washington.
"fSirniedH. MILO A. ROOT.
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REMAINS OF SUPPOSED
WHILE EXCAVATING IN EAST
ST. LOUIS, III, WORKMEN
FIND 16 BODIES.
W Bi Hawkins is at present suf
fering from what is thought to be a
case of typhoid fever. Hopes are en
tertained for a,, speedy recovery.
Charles Rogers of the ilwaco nu
& X,umber Co., was a visitor to As
toria the first of the week.
xyiu.ii...' r.tMrnerl Mondav
from1 Grav's Harbor- where he has engineer ot the istnmian yanai
w nn.d In fishing for the past mission for a statement snowing tne
1LWACO
EAST ST." LOUIS. 111., Nov. 24.
Human bones believed to have been
those of 16 mound builders, were
found in East St. Louis today . by
workmen digging an excavation. One
skeleton was walled up in a stone
tomb eight feet high. It was that of
a man apparently seven feet tall.
When the stones were removed the
skeleton fell to pieces. Buried, under
seven feet of earth near the base of
this ancient tomb, where skeletons
of IS men, all above the normal
about the tomb where their chief had
about the tomb wher their chief had
been walled up.
STORM IN INDIANA.
MARION. Ind.. Nov. 24. A storm
approaching the proportions of a tor
nado passed over Urant county to
day, Farm buildings were damaged
but no loss of life is reported.
REPORT ON CANAL WORK.
WASHINGTON, "Nov? 24.-Secre-
tary of War Wright-cabled today to
Colonel Goethals, chairman and chief
sources declare that the death list
will aggregate fifty, with much of
the storm .wept territory yet to be
heard from.: Iv" ; "'.' ' -No
estimates are made as to the
property loss. Judging from all re
norts received thus far, however, it
will go into the hundreds of thous
and. Miles uoon miles of land has
been swept bare. Forests, homes,
husiness houses, churches and every
thing have been demolished auxe m
many communities.. Several dispatch
es say that whole; forests of trees
were torn out by their roots ana mai
many buildinga,that were, not de
molished were lifted from their foun
dations and twisted around. That the
w nf life would not be enormous
...a.. . iu.h- rirmmstances would be
UIIUV, -J ' '
rnnsidered remarkable.
Thus far reports ditter as to toe
oonotal direction of the tornadoes at
the different points. The reports from
Berryville, where many homes were
destroyed and three peqple injured,
were to the effect that tne lornauu
struck that place coming from the
north while another report ) said it
came from the west. From all reports
there appears to have been two dif
ferent tornadoes, one starting trom
the south and the other ' from the
north, both dipping to the earth at
intervals and apparently meeting in
the central western part of the state,
where the most damage has been re-
THEORIEH UNCAUGHT.
PORTLAND. Nov. 24. Up to
laf hour tonieht there has been no
development in the search tor cap
t,in T Theorien. wanted to answer
tn . rharce of killing Rasmussen, me
watchman of the steam schooner
Washington. Linn county officers at
Alhanv. where Theorien was rcporv
mA tn hav been seen yesterday, re
ceiVfed information today that he had
wn n at Brownsville and hur
.,a t ttat nlare but the man had
I tvVI -V f
disappeared. -
TWO DRY PRECINCTS.
rrtf .tTMRtlS. O.. Nov. 24. Sut
.nh, voted drv bv 946 and
Miami county, by 1350 today. -
of Barr, four miles from that place,
was totally wrecked. Section men
who went to the scene, state that the
entire intermediate country has been
laid waste by the wind and hail
which followed, the hail in some pla
.ces standing to a depth of six inches.
season. "
, Dr. Fulton, of Astoria, was m 11-
w.aco the latter part of last week to
assist Dr. Paul in diagnosing W. B.
Hawkins case. - , - ' .
O. M. Ford, who has been 111 tor
the past week, is able to oe up ana
around again.
Mi A vena Feterson returnea
from a few days' business
Portland the latter part
week.', -rf"
Mr T. B.
and R. A. Hawkins, jr returnea oai-
urday from a business visit to soutn
Bend. ' . . . : ' ;'
Miss Edith Whitcomb, Is at pres
ent confined to her room, being
quite ill from what is thought to ue
blood poisoning. .
Captain Stuart of the Cape Disap
Life Savinn crew arrived
Monday from a short visit
it' A Hawkins and J. B. Babler
were visitors to Astoria the first of
the week; ..-'
Mrs. Tom Lyniff, of Long Beach,
was in Uwaco Tuesday.
amount of damaee done by the set;
tling of certain portions of the work
done at Gatun, where a big dam is to
be constructed to hold in and check
the waters of the Chargres river.
This request was prompted by
statements made that owing to the
rei-ent rains a nortion of the dam at
Hatttn had been destroyed. Officials
t - . . ... - . (ha, ,Vl a
..n tn nt tn commission uoiui uuv iuov,"".
t i.,,!h,9li nrlf of construction ' of the
MirenER AND SUICIDE.
evAwcTTW 'Wvo.. Nov. 24.
vr.. MSrkaM Marielskl. wife ot
...Amm livinir near here killed
v-,if and two children and at
tempted to murder three otner cm
dren with ooisoned. pie. The act 1
i,.i:...,i to. b in. to aomesuc uu-
v.in.. The husband was exiled
lllp..VTO "
1 u.,nnr vears aeo uu -
11UIU i.M..6"J a
count of sedition.
Oatun dam has not been begun.
t."c- o a Worlc un to this time -has been con
DBUlcr, - K vij;- nf 1a,
nnea cnieny 10 im; "'" w
retaining walls for either end of dam.
Port-
Old newspapers for sale t this
office, 50 cents per hundred.
PAPER TRUST GRILLED.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-A se
vere arraignment of the i so-called
paper trust was a feature of today's
tariff hearing. After the hearing of
arguments mainly for the protective
tariff which occupied attention smu
nMrlv S o'clock, the House commit-
. .. f T.U-
ire listened to the testimony ot jum.
Norris, representing the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association.
Norris argued for free trade in pulp
and print paper, giving figures to
show that the protection afforded
paper manufacturers by the present
tariff resulted in unreasonable prices.
STANDARD'S EARLY HISTOHY'
He Say. That he Kept Close' Watch
on Competitor, and men inco
to Beat Themr-May Adjourn Un
til Monday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Closing
his testimony today in the reuerai
suit to dissolve the Standard . uu
Company, John D. Rockefeller threw
some unexpected light on the popu
lar question as to what channels of
investment attracted Bis tremenawu
earnings. Rockefeller was loath to
state the names ol railroaas in wnica
Investments were made but did
so after entering his objection.:: Ine
head of the so-called oil trust de
clared 'that his holdings in railroads
consisted chiefly of bonds and that
with the exception of a few .roads in
which he had only smau amounts u.
stocks he preferred bonds as a form
of investment , Rockefeller's appear
ance as a witness on the stand to
day will probably be his last, in any
court proceedings. ,
He appeared delighted , tnai u.
long ordeal as a witness was enaea
and . hurriedly left the court , when
counsel excused hinv Rockefeller
said that he did not think, ne snoum
be made: to tell every form of .invest
ment, declaring "That the gentleman
over there in . the stocx excnai.B
might not think it very wise."
,1 After , some legal craimwn y
counsel,; Rockefeller said he held
stock in. the Nelaware, wcKawan..
Western! New York centra.,
Pennsylvania. Western ..mary.auu.
Missouri Facihc. iexas
Colorado Southern. f! He said that he
owned no, shares in eitner me v'"
or .Southern .Pacihc, KocKeteuer. Mm
he was opposed tone
millions of dollars of surplus by the
Standard Company. . '
John D Archbold, vice-president
of the-Standard ompany, proved to
be a mine of detaiiea lnioruiai.v...
He will be on the stand several ay
His eyes twinkled as he told of the
Industrial fights, saying that he kept
a close watch on his competitor and
"Then tried to beat him." 4 "
unlikely that , adjournment , win
taken tomorrow until Monday.
be
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THERE MURDERERS
QUIGIOIY HANvtEJJ
TITlON CITY, Tenn., Nov. 24.-
The little town of Tiptonville, .bord
ering on Reel Foot Lake, which has
been the scene of many stirring
events in the last ; month witnessed
the lynching late today of three ne-
orrctprl this morning tor n-
ing murdered Special Deputy Sheriff
Rirhard Burrus ana tatany iujuuuk
Deputy. Sheriff John Hall,. The ne
groes were Marshall, Edward and
Jim Steinbeck. These brothers creat
ed a disturbance at a religious meet
ing at Tiptonville Saturday-night and
when the officers attempted to arrest
them a fight ensued in which the ne-
. ... .cc mart
groes shot me ou.ccrs .,.
their "escape. .The posse followed
t, (mm earlv Sundav until their
capture this morning near Ridgeley
in a cane brake. They were placed
in jail at Tiptonville. Immediately
after being placed in jail in Tipton
ville the people began arriving over
every road and soon tne jau w
rounded by an infuriated mob of W),
Sober heads urged tne moo sur
rounding the jail to let tne law w
its course, but the mob was relent
less and it was impossible to stem
its tide of feeling. As a last resort
Justice Davis agreed to open his
court and summon jury of " men
and allow the negroes alter an evi
dence that could-be. adduceq w.
heard, to be duly sentenced to death.
In an incredibly short time the
case was given to the jury which ra
a few minutes returned a verdict,
fixing the death penalty. Sentence
was barely passed on the men when
the mob with a yell seized the pris
oners and Strung them up to a Urge
tree near the edge of town, fu-'S
volley after volley into the air as
the bodies - were drawn from the
ground.