DIPLOMATIC NOTES PASSED BY
TkHBASSADOnS YESTERDAY
Agreement With Japan is
Practically Signed
ASSENT UNNECESSARY
Notes Will be Published in Both
Countries Simultaneously
on Wednesday
DECLARATION NOT A TREATY
It U Simply an Affirmation of What
Both Countries Stand For in China
and tb Far Et Has Moral
Effect Only.
WASHINGTON, Not. JO-Stcre-of
State Root and Ambassador Ta
kahira shortly after 3 o'clock thit
afternoon exchanged diplomatic
notes defining the policy of the two
governments In the Far East As
sistant Secretary Bacon and Second
Assistant of the Embany Hanihara
nd Mr. Babock, Root'a private sec
retary, were the witnesses After a
formal exchange of facilitations the
Embassador and hit secretary left.
A tifll purpoft of the notet hai al
ready been tet forth in the Associat
ed Fress dispatcher They will be
made public simultaneously in the
United States and Japan tomorrow
with a view to their pnblicatlon In
both countries on Wednesday morn
ing. The exchange of notes is based
on the ides of encouraging and de
fending a free and peaceful commer
cial development in the Pacific A
ratification of the agreement by the
senate is unnecessary and the decla
ration or exchange of notes will not
have to be referred to that body.
The declaration is not a treaty;
simply re-affirmation of what both
countries stand for in China and the
Far East. It has no legal standing
and Its greatest benefit will be that
derived from the moral effect It wilk
exercise.
SEEKING A REVIEW.
Government To Aak For Writ Of
Certiorari in Standard Oil Case.
, WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-A
three week's postponement of con
sideration of the government's pe
tition for a writ of certiorari- in the
case Involving the Imposition of a
fine of $29,240,000 on the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, will be
sought by attorneys for that corpo
ration. John S. Miller, of counsel for the
CATHLAMET GIRL
CRITICALLY ILL
Lies at St Mary's Hospital While Dr. Fred
" Peacock i Under Arrest
Madeline Longtalne, a maiden of
17 years whose home is in Cath
lamet, lies at St. Mary's hospital in
a critical condition and last night
Dr. Filkington of this city and Dr.
Hacking of Cathlamet performed a
surgical operation in an effort to
render her chances for life better.
The story of the girl is a sad one
almost a shocking one. She Is nice
looking, and it said to have been of
a peculiarly confiding and innocent
disposition,
Standard, reached Washington last
night and expressed his Intention of
filing the request In the Supreme
court today for sufficient delay to en
able attorneys for dcfcmlrnt corpora
tion to make lite answer which they
consider Is required if the Standard
Oil Company it to attempt a success
ful fight against the move te have
the cate revised by the higher eour.
There will be a conference between
Mr. Miller and either Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte or Solicitor General
Hoyt today, at which the former will
endeavor to convince the Department
of Justice that the proper thing to
do will be to join him in his request
that the court take a little time in
coming to any kind of decision as re
gards the petition, and thus allow the
Standard Oil people time to dispute
thb grounds on which the govern
ment contends the caile should be
taken up by the higher tribunal. The
government's petition for a writ ?f
certiorari, which will, if granted,
bring the famous rebating case to the
Supreme court, was filed with the
court last Monday. It will be presen
ted today.
EASTERN POLITICS.
Submerged Details Coming To Light
, In The Snarl Now Afoot
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30.-An
anonymous article which recently ap
peared in the Poster Lloyd, a Budt
Pesth newspaper, asserting that Rus
sia during the seventies thrice gave
consent to Austrian annexation of
Bosina has attracted a great deal of
attention here. Russian newspapers
in their comment, endeavor to min
imize the chief revelations and the
facts now brought to light on the
Russian side show that the agree
ment, was conditional.
By a secret treaty entered Into at
Reitchttadt, Bohemia, Russia agreed
to allow Austria to occupy only a
part of Bosnia, a strip south of the
Drina being assigned to Servia and
Herzegovna to Montenegro. The
cession of this strip connecting Ser
via and Montenegro was the solu
tion of the Balkan probleh, advocat
ed by M. Iswolski, the Russian for
eign minister at London, and it ic
now one of the chief Servian conten
tions. The Reischstadt treaty was to
be effective only if the Russian plans,
which involved numerous conditiona
in the state, were accepted, but the
agreement collapsed when the con
ditions were not fulfilled.
Attention likewise is drawn to the
promise given by the Austrian min
ister, Andrassy, to the Russian em
bassador in February, 1876, that Bos
nia and Herzegovna if annexed,
should be joined to Crotia and Slav
na, not to other territories in the em
pire, thus creating a triple monarchy,
a dual monarchy. This promise, it is
asserted, has been violated In the
statute of annexation which is now
being discussed in the Austro-IIun-garian
Legislatures.
Morning Astorian, 60 oents per month
60 cents per month. .
Dr. Fred Peacock of Cathlamet
wasfarrested in that town on Satur
day night in connection with the
matter-, and was released on bond.
Dr, Peacock's connection with the
case is not definitely known here and
it is understood that he and his
friends assert that he is being made
the innocent victim of a conspiracy
to injure him in his reputation and
pocketbook. The other side of the
story differs from this very mater
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l.-William J. Biggy, chief of police of this city, was drowned lat last -night
while returning from across the bay in the polio patrol launch, "PatroL" Chief Biggy had been at '
Belvedere, a suburb, to call on Police Commiaaioner KeiL who resides there. Me boarded the launch tu i
S return to this city about 10 o'cl.k and when the boat wis on the bay he complained of feeling cold ;
to Engineer Murphy, the only other occupant of the launch. Murphy advised Biggy to go to the item '
, ... uumu mwpnj men weni ociow to attend to his engines and did not see the chief again. He X
came on deck at the boat neared the city and noticed the chief had disappeared. A aearch of the boat
failed to locate him. Murphy then made all speed to the dock where he' reported the accident and went i
, , out on the bay again to search for the missing officer. Numerous boats were hurried to the scene and a o
j ! careful search of the bay begun. Ever aince the suicide of Morris Haas, the relations between Chief Biggy 1 1
! , and the graft prosecution have been filed by both parties to the controversy in an attempt to fix the blame ! '
', for the fact that Haaa had secured the pistol while in jalL !
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NOTED MURDER CASE
HL AT OMAHA
CHAS. E. DAVIS ACCUSED OF
MURDERING DR. RUSTIN IS
BROUGHT BEFOR2 COURT
JURY .NEARLY COMPLETED
Much Interest is Being Taken in the
Case Owing to the Prominence of
the Man Killed, and the Slayer's
Family. ;
OMAHA, Nov. 30.-Tbe trial of
Charles E. Davis, charged with the
murder of Dr. Rustin on September
1, was begun in the district court be
fore Judge Sears today. Much inter
est is felt in this case not only be
cause of the prominence of the man
killed, but because of the prominence
of the family of the accused.
Good progress was made in the
effort to secure a jury. When the
court adjourned the state had two
challenges left and the defense fou-.
The opinion is expressed by attor
neys that the jury will be completed
before noon tomorrow. The feature
bf the proceedings today was that
in examining talesmen, the county
attorney asked no questions regard
ing their feelings toward capital
punishment. This is understood to
mean that in case Davis is convicted
the state will not ask for the death
penalty. The defendant was accom
panied by his brother, F. H. Davis,
vice-president of the First National
Bank, who watched the proceedings
closely. -
RAPS ANOTHER LEGEND.
Some Doubt, Is Thrown Upon Paul
Revere' Famous Ride.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30. A dispatch
to the Tribune from New York says:
Walter Benjamin, a publisher, has
a document which he belivese proves
that Paul Revere never made th!
midnight ride attributed to him by
Longfellow and tradition. The pos-
sssion of Mr. Benjamin is a letter
from John Hancock to Elbridge Ger
ry, dated Lexington, April 18, 1775,
at 9 o'clock, This was the night be
fore the battle and three hours be
fore Revere, according to Longfel
low, "crossed the bridge into Med-
ford town."
The letter reads: "My Dear Sir: I
am obliged for your notice. It is said
the officers are gone along the Con
cord road and I will send word thith
er. I am fully agreed with you that
we ought to be serious, and I hope
your decision will be effectual. I in
tend doing myself the pleasure of be
ing with you tomorrow. My respects
to the committee. ..de'
to the committee. "I am your real
friend, John Hancock,"
Mr. Benjamin says if Hancock, of
the committee of safety, knew at 9
o'clock troops had gone alon'g Con
cord road, Lexington and Concord
were fully arused to the danger of
OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1803
POLICE BIGGY
.
the Bay in Police Patrol Lauch i
the coming British troops and there
would have been no need for Paul
Revere to send:
"Through the night his cry of a!-
iirro To every Middlesex village an I
farm."
The guarded expressions in the
note, Benjamin says, were due to the
troblous times when Hancock might
expect to have his mail seized and
did not want to have the correspon
dence betray more information than
was absolutely necessary.
The evidence of the Hancock let
ter to Gerry has been made known
before, for it was published in 1828
in the rare "Life ,of Gerry," but the
date with the hour of 9 o'clock was
omitted so that, printed with others,
it caused no comment lo the origi
nal copy the date is there in Han
cock's writing.
PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-The Chicago
Historical Society will hold a recep
tion tomorrow night on the occasion
of the presentation of a portrait from
life of Theodore Roosevelt, president
of the United States by A. Benzeinge
The portrait is the gift of Henry C.
Lytton. The Rev. Frank V. Gunsau-
lus will make the presentation ad
dress.
"PUSH IT ALONG."
Roosevelt's New Naval Commission
And The Work Cut Out For It
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Presi-dent
Roosevelt, it is understood, soon
may appoint a commission to investi
gate the entire system of tht Navy
Department, looking toward a reor
ganization and the establishment of
a general staff to act in an advisory
capacity to a civilian secretary.
It is authoritatively learned that
Secretary Root has been asked to ac
cept the chairmanship of such a com
mission. Beyond admitting that plans had
been discussed and reiterating a de
nial formerly expressed that Mr.
Root had been asked to head the
commission, Wm. Loeb jr., secretary
to the president, declined to discuss
the matter.
GIRL FORGER CONFESSES.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 30.-In
tears and sobbing as she was con
fronted with the evidence of her mis
doings, a beautiful young woman,
known in Newport, Washington, as
Winifred Moter, foster child of the
Rev. C. M. Moter, Methodist minis,
ter, and a well-to-do citizen of that
place, confessed tonight to Chief of
Police Rice, W. E. Stauffer, super
intendent of the Merchants Police,
and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
W. C. Donovan that she signed and
passed a $300 check, which turned
out to be a forgery, on L. C. Fischer
last Friday, The arrest of the young
woman at the Jiome of her parents
at Newport yesterday afternoon by
Town Marshal C. J. Bennet, who
took her in custody and brought her
to Spokane at tfle request of Chief
Rice, was the culmination of a hunt
for a female forger whose work was
brought to. the attention of the po
lice last Thursday.
The Morning Astorian contain all
the local and Associated Press reports.
ASK FOR AUTHORITY TO
ISSLE SUBPOENAS
COMMITTEE WILL ASK POW
ER TO COMPEL ATTEND
ANCE OF WITNESSES
VAN CLEAVE AND MILES
Everett Ames of Portland Burlap Bay
Manufacturer Said Pacific Coast'
Manufacturer Need a Great Dif
ferential on Burlap. .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 03. -Determined
to bring before it those who
have criticized the hearings on ths
proposed revision of the tariff bill
and said that there was much im
portant information to be obtained
before the ' framing of an impartial
tariff bill could be undertaken, the
ways and means committee will re
quest congress to authorize it to
subpoena witnesses to appead at
supplementary hearings.
President Van Cleave of the manu
facturers association and V. H.
Miles, chairman of the tariff commit
tee of the same organization hav;
frequently attacked the methods
used by the committee. Chairman
Payne has strongly resented the at
tack and his request for the right to
subpoena is understood to be direct
ed mainly at Van Cleave and Miles,
who have not appeared despite spec
ial invitations. The desire for au
thority to subpoena witnesses and
hold as many hearings as will b;
found necessary is practically thi
unanimous wish of the committee.
Everett Ames of Portland, Or.,
burlap bag manufacturer, said that
the Pacific Coast manufacturers need
a great differential so as to compete
with Calcutta Bay. Since the pas
sage of the Dingley law, he explain
ed, the cost of labor has increased
20 to 30 per cent on' the coast and
machines have been introduced into
the manufacture of burlap in Calcut
ta and India.
ORGANIZING AFRICA.
LONDON, Nov. 30. The conven
tion at Cape Town to consider the
closer alliance of South Africa has
nearly concluded its labors and, ac
cording to the Daily Mail, has unan
imously agreed upon a compromise
between unification and federation.
The present state boundaries will be
abolished; Cape Colony, Natal,
Transvaal and Orange will be divi
ded into six equal parts for local
government and there will be a cen
tral parliament.
GREAT SCULPTOR ILL.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. John
Qutncy Adams Ward, the oldest liv
ing American sculptor, is seriously
ill here from a complication of di
seases,, which in view of his advanc
ed age, 79 years, causes his friends
to fear a fatal termination.
PORT I PIDE IS 6
ED
J. C. STONE TRANSFERRED.
Insurance Manager Goes to San
Francisco Not Blamed Directly.
' PORTLAND, Nov. 30.-J. C.
Stone, for a number of years man
ager of the local division of the
Board of Fire Underwiters ' of the
Pacific, has just been transferred
from Portland to San Francisco,
though he has not nominally been
connected with the local office for
several months past. The shakeup
has been long expected by the insur
ance trade in' this city, because of
the almost incessant complaints
made against the arbitrarily and
tactless methods pursued by the un
derwriters in the matter of ratej,
rebates, blacklists and similar op
pressive features of the administra
tion of the affairs of the Portland
office. Manager Stone has not been
held directly to blame for the muss
that has been stirred np nor for the
critcism that has followed the oft1
recurring "gouges," bnt he has been
forced to bear the brunt of it Hence
his transfer. j
Much of the trouble that the Port
land public and the state at large
has suffered at the1 hands of the
underwriters has been due to the in
iquitous deposit law in operation in
this state which has enabled the in
surance monopoly to practice ill
the methods of the most nefarious
trust " ;-' ' ' ' ' '
Every little while for the past
two years some new ani ingenious
device has been concocted by the
underwriters to arouse the wrath of
the helpless public, beginning from
the time of the 25 per cent advance
shortly after the San Francisco dis
aster. '
From that time on there has been
a succession of rate-juggling, first
as to one class of risks and then as
to another. First the rate acrobats
of the underwriters would discover
an extra "hazard" in the conflagra
tion district and up the rate would
go, and then another extra hazard
in the unprotected residence district.
Refuse to come through and you are
blacklisted. This went on until pub
lic tolerance of this tyranny reached
the point a few weeks ago where it
was found that three or four punt
tive insurance laws, aimed at the
underwriters were being prepared
for retributive use at the coming
session of the legislature of the
state.
Most significant of all the features
to be embodied in this insurance reg
ulation is an anti-compact act similar
to the present law now operative in
Ohio. The passage of such a law
here would put an end forthwith to
the rate-making and rate-maintaining
powers of the insurance trust It
would,, in fine, emasculate the board
and leave its chief "function in the
matter of rates, only the privilege of
maintaining a surveying board for
the determination of what would be
a fair and equitable rate on particu
lar risks. It would mean the end of
arbitrary readjustment or modifica
tion of rates.
CORONERS
IN FRENCH MURDER
Jury Brings in Verdict of
Inflicted by J. II. Finch
PORTLAND, Nov. 30.-The dis
trict attornel's office is vigorously
pursuing the theory that Ralph B.
Fisher,' prosecutor of the Bar Asso
ciation who was slain Saturday by
J. Finch was the victim of a con
spiracy and it was stated today by
members of the district attorney's
staff, . that evidences believed by
them to cast suspicion On several
persons has been found and that
these persons are being shadowed
by detectives. The officials, while
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Insurgents flearing City
Sweep AH Before Them
HOUSES BARRICADED
Uneasy Feeling Among Foreig
ners Notwithstanding War
ships in Port ;
TROOPS PATROL STREETS
So Far All Officers and Soldiers Re
main Loyal and Are Facing Com
ing Revolutionists Calmly Troops
Are Entrenched Outside.
PORT AU PRINCE, Nov. 30.-
Every further hour brings the revo
lutionary army nearer here . and a
feeling of impending disaster has
taken possession of the people. The
advance guard of Ceneral Simons
forces is now more than 25 mihs
from the city and the insurgents
have swept all before them. Many
of the people are panic stricken and
a great majority of the natives have
closed their stores and put bars
across the doors and windows of
their residences.. There is an uneasy
feeling among the foreigners not
withstanding the presence in the
harbor of warships of United States
and France, from which forces un
questionably will be landed if the in
surgents succeed in passing the gates
of the city or at the first sign of dis
order and pillage.
Flags of different nations are fly
ing from the homes of many foreign
residents. Throughout the day and
tonight the streets were patrolled by
bodies of troops who maintained or
der. So .far as can be seen, all officers
and soldiers ntre remain loyal and
are facing the coming revolutionist)"
-almly. ' '
Three divisions of troops are en
trenched at the convergence of three
roads, several miles outside of the
city ani it is not expected that Gen
eral Simon will reach " the cross
roads until Wednesday.
MARK TWAIN'S BIRTHDAY.
REDDING, Conn., Nov. 30,
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain),
passed his ,73rd birthday quietly at
his home today. As was his custom
Clemens : took his morning ride,
passing the remainder of the day (
with his household.
INQUEST
Death by Gunshot Wound
With Murderous Intent
frankly admitting this much are ab
solutely dumb when questioned as
to whom they suspect nor will they
say when they expect further devel
opments in the case to become pub
lic. The inquest over the body of
Attorney Fisher was held today, but
there were no developments. The
coroner's jury returned a pro forma
verdict finding that Fisher came to
his death as a result of gunshot
wounds from a revolver fired by J.
A. Finch, "With murderous intent."