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83rd YEAS, NO. 281
ASSAULT ON PORT All PICE
LI I
Gen. Simon Rebel Leader
WillJAttack Jackmel
30 MILES DISTANCE
All
of the Ministers Have Re
, signed Except General
Cyrlnque
It U Believed That th PurpoM of
President Nord Alex it in Calling
an Eitra ordinary BeMloo U to Pro
tect HimMU.
PORT AU PRINXE, Dee. 1-The
exptcted battle between the revolt
lionltti and the troops of the gov
ernment which art entrenched a few
mile outside of the city it likely to
be deferred for several days. Gen
eral Simon commander of the revo
lutionary forces hat decided to at
tack Jacmel which lies 30 mllet to
the aouthweit of this city and the
only town which hi remained loyal
in the department of the South be
fore ramming hit mtrch on Port An
Prince. It it believed that the situa
tion so far as the government Is con
cerned 1s lost. Alt the ministers have
resigned except General Cyriaqne,
who alter his defeat by the insur
gents it believed to have found an
asylum In one of the foreign con
sulates. It (a believed that the pur
pose of President Nord Alexis in
calling an extraordinary session of
the chtmbera is to name his sue
cesser. He avers either of two cen
didates, General Cillit or Selon Me
nos. It is probable General Simon
will enter Port Au Prince without
striking a blow and it is likely it
may be 'accomplished without caus
ing a disturbance in the order of
things, provided Alexis takes hit de
parture from the city before the ar
rival of the enemy. The situation will
be critical If the President-elets to
remain. '
MRS. RUSTIN TESTIFIES.
OMAHA. Dec. l.-fhe jury in the
case of Charles E. Davis charged
with the murder of Dr. Rustin was
completed today and the arguments
of counsel were finished by 3 o'clock
when the introduction of testimony
began, Mrs. Rustin was one of the
witnesses. She showed an alertness
In answering questions in auch a
manner as would tend to disprove
the suicide theory.' During her cross
examination she easily avoided fall
ing into traps and pitfalls set for her
by counsel for the defense.
ARKANSAS RIVER
CAUSING DAMAGE
Every Available Man in Pine Bluff Strengthening
Crumbling Banks-Much Damage Being Done
PINE BLUFF. Dec. l.While
appealing to the President as a last
resort for permission1 to cut through
the government levees and change
the course of the Arkansaw River,
leaving Pine Bluff high and dry but
safe, every avaikile man in this city
will be put to work at strengthening
the already crumbling bank until a
crest of 16-foot raise passes this
point, probably Wednesday night.
Fascine mats built of small pine and
willow trees re-inforced by mud and
debris are being anchored in the
DEFERRED .
GREAT PAPER, THAT!
Aaiiiftu tun, ucc. l.-'The
Washington Times, a one-cent even
lug paper, announces that its Sun
day edition will hereafter appear in
the afternoon, Instead of in the
morning at the week-dav orlce. Thii
Is believed to be the second Instance
of a Sunday afternoon paper in the
United States. , ,
BUT TWO BODIES MISSINO,
PITTSBURG.' Dec. " l.-Siate; of.
ficlnls, mineowners and rescuers.
when darkness fell tonight believed
that all but two of the victima of
the explosion in the Marienna Mine
had been recovered. At that time 126
bodies bad been hoistd from the bot
torn of the shaft
JOiDJHcne
GILIOISIAi
INFORMATION SOUGHT ON
MYSTERIOUS LOANS BY
ANGLO-AMERICAN CO.
IS A STANDARD SUBSIDIARY
Archbold Said be and Rorert Re
signed at Directors of the Anglo
American Co. One Year Ago
Could Not Give Information.
NEW YORK, Dec. l.-Seeking to
unravel the puzzling ownership of
the Security Oil Co., of Texas, and
other companies which government
charges are controlled by Standard
Oil Company, Frank B. Kellogg,
federal counsel, subjected John D
Archbold to a grilling crose-exami
nation today. Kellogg also sought
information regarding mysterious
loans of 12,700,000 mr.de, to James
McDonald by the Anglo-American
Co., a. Standard subsidiary, but Ar
chbold though an ex-director of the
Anglo-American Company was un
able to throw anv linht on the
tion. Archbold said he and Rogers
resigned as directors of the Anglo-
American Co. shortly after the elec
tion one year ago. The vice-presi
dent of the Standard denied that
resignations were brought about by
present government proceedings.
1 Archbold was closely , questioned
about many pipelines and refineries
which had been purchased by the
Standard Company. He denied they
had been bought so that they might
be dismantled, thereby removing
competition. They were secured
Archbold said to enable the Stand
ard to add to the volume of business.
river at points along the banks con
sidered, the weakest and where the
force of the water pressure will be
most felt. Tonight a large section of
land 30 feet north of the walls of
the county court house and Jefferson
Hotel, valued at $100,000 is slowly
disappearing Into the river and ware
houses along the bank which has
been partly wrecked may fall at any
moment. Should the water break
throug tfle bank it seems certain that
several streets lined with business
houses will be destroyed,
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FIGHTING EDITORS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. I.-Z
Otsuka, editor of the San Fraud.
Japanese Daily News and F. Take-
nuchi of the Fresno Labor, engaged
in a stubbing affrav. the former
fatally Injured and the latter suffer
ing four painful wounds. The trouble
is alleged to have arisen several
weeks ago over an editorial publish
ed by Otsuka attacking Socialism,
which was resented bv Takeniuhi.
The disagreement continued until
the southern editor arrived in the
city today and proceedd to demand
satisfaction. Blows were struck and
a duel with knives was fought.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1-On account
of the absence of Frank B. Kellogg,
special assistant of the attorney
general who is engaged in the Stand
ard Oil case, no direct testimony
was taken at the hearing in the gov
ernment's suit to sea aside the own
ership by the Union Pacific Railroad
Company of its subsidiary compan
ies, the Southern Pacific and San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
roads and to prevent ownership by
either the Union Pacific or the Ore
gon Short Line stock of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fc, Great
Northern and Northen Pacific road.
these roads being deemed competi
tors of the Union Pacific. At the
hearing today counsel for the gov
ernment cauned to be read into the
minutes certain portions of the testi
mony taken before the interstate
commerce commission at hearings
begun in this city last January and
were continued in various parts of
the country.
LAMB RELEASED.
BAKER CITY. Or., Dec. 1. -Af
ter a fruitless effort to connect hi.n
with the incendiary fires which Gor
don Anthony confessed to have set,
tne police tonight released William
Lamb, arrested as Anthonys accom-
place, on his own recognizance.
GRAYS HARBOR UP IN
ARMS AGAINST N. P.
NORTHERN PACIFIC REFUSES
TO RETAIN TERMINAL
RATES THERE.
ASTORIA'S POSITION GOOD
As to Olympia, Astoria and Vancou
ver, Astoria is .the Only One Hav
ing Water Competition Interview
With Traffic Managers Sunday.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. I. All
efforts having apparently been ex
hausted to prevail upon the North
ern Pacific railroad company for the
retention of terminal rates on Gray's
Harbor, the Interstate - Commerce
commission will probably be appeal
ed to. The Gray's Harbor committee
met the two traffic managers Sundav
at Tacoma and went over the entire
subject.
Mr. Hanaford was inclined to lav
the blame for the action of the rail
road on the Interstate Commerce
law. . He said the decision in the
Spokane case' laid particular stress
on the long and short haul clause.
and only permitted the long haul at
terminal rates where actual competi
tion by water was met.
When asked (about Olympia, As
toria and Vancouver being allowej
the rateshe replied that Astoria has
actual water competition by steamer
plying to Portland ,and that Van
couver was regarded much as a
switching yard for the port of Port
land. As to Olympia, he is quoted
as admitting that it was given the
rate for political reasons, it being the
state capital and the headquarters of
the railroad commission. He said
water hauled freight could be light
ered to Olympia for $1.50 a ton.
The sub-committee at the Tacom.i
conference will report to the general
committee and a definite line of ac
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1003
PEACE HOVERS
AROUfID
Notes Exchanged Between
United States and Japan
POLICY IN FAR EAST
Ambassador 1 Takahira Sends
Letter Expressing Belief Peace
Will be Preserved
ROOT ALSO WRiTES LETTER
"This Expression of Mutual Under
tanding ia Welcome to the United
States," Write Our Embassador
Each Letter is Dated November 30
lAjiniyijiu.Ai, ucc. 1. The
notes exchanged between the United
Statet and Japan "Declaring their
policy in the Fa( East" which have
been the subject, of correspondence
between Secretary Root and Ambas
sador Takalura for some months
were made public today. Accom
panying the declarations are two
letters, one 'fronrTakahira and" the
other from Root, the former express
ing the belief that the frank avowal
of the aims, policy and intention of
the two countries in the Pacific
would flot only tend to strengthen
the relations of friendship and good
neighborhood between th two na
tins but contribute materially to the
preservation of general peace, and
the alttcr declarin gthat "This ex
prcssion of mutual understanding is
welcome to the United States,' each
letter m which is included the dec
laratio ni dated November 30th. The
purport of five separate notes was
set forth fully in the Associated
Press dispatches November 27th. .
tion will be determined. It is prob
able that the idea of seeking a court
injunction will be abandoned and a
formal complaint filed, with .the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
MME. STEINHEIL ON STAND.
PARIS, Dec. 1. The examination
of M. Steinheil before Magistrate
Andre today dealt entirely with the
married life of the Steinheils. It
was elicited from Mme. Steinheil
that the artist and his wife were
always in financial straits despite
presents which Mme. Steinheil re
ceived from her numerous admirers.
She admitted that the relations be
tween herself and, husband were
strained, almost from the start. It
was learned that glasses which were
given to the chemist for analysis
were not those used by Steinheil
and Mme. Japy on the night of the
murder. These were broken by a
clumsy policeman. '
AFTERMATH IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Dec. l.-One of the
charges of political misconduct on
which the Democratic State Central
Committee of Illinois proposes to
ask the Legislature for a recount of
the ballots in the Deneen-Stevensoji
election for governor is that the
judges and clerks of .election in a
precinct in Perry county used a
small chicken coop for a ballot box.
Into this repository of expression of
a tree and indenendent electorate in
Southern Illinois they chucked the
vote regardless, mixing up the bal
lots cast by men and the ballots cast
by women, the law requiring sepi-
rate ballot boxes and not specifical
ly sanctioning the use of chicken
coops for either.
Morning Astorian. 60 cents ner month
fiO cents per moth.
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BREADLINE A LONG ONE.
SEATTLE, Dec I. -Overflow
meetings are held by the bread line
of the unemployed outside the door
of the Charity Organization Society,
daily from 10 a. m. to 5 o. m.. while
they await their turn to see Superin
tendent Louis Kohn for relief. The
daily average ot new faces seen in
Mr. Kohn's office for November was
about 20. Many of the men ars
hungry and say they are willing ta
work. Idle men are drifting into
Seattle from all parts of the North
west. '
GAVE HIM PLENTY.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 30.-
J. G. Giorgia, a Greek, was fatally in
jurcd by two masked highwaymen
about. 11 o'clock tonight when they
entered his saloon at 1224 Palmetto
street, and struck him on the head
with the butt of a revolver, fractur
ing his skull, abov and behind the
leff temple. After robbing bim of
his diamond stud valued at $100 and
riflin g the cash register of $14.50.
the robbers went out the back door.
Giorgia regained consciousness long
enough to notify the police. He was
taken to the Receiving Hosoital
where he underwent an operation.
SUES FOR $90,000.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 .-Suit has
been entered by Henrich, Conried,
former director of the Metropolitan
opera house, against the Conried
Metropolitan Opera Company for a
breach of contract involving about
$90,000 arising from the change in
the directorship of the house when
Mr. Conried was succeeded my Sig
rfor Gatti Casazza. When the ques
tion arose of changing directors
there was an agreement standing be
tween th Conried 'Company and Mr.
Conried that had several years to
run and the question was what the
agreement was worth.
THAI AT SALT LAKE
FOR CONSPIRACY
U. P. R. R. CO, U. P. COAL CO.
AND TRAFFIC MANAGER
OF O. S. L. CHARGED
FORCED TO QUIT BUSINESS
Refusing to Sell to David J. Sharp
tne conspirators Compelled Him
to Give up His Coal Business-
Case Attracted Much Attention.
SALT LAKE, Dec. l.-The hear
ing of the case of the United States
against the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, the Union Pacific Coal
Company, Everett Buckingham, for
mer traffic manager of the Oregon
Short Line, and J. M. Moore, west
ern sales agent, of the Union Pacific
Coal Company in which those per
sons and corporations are charged
with conspiracy to drive David T.
Sharp out of the coal business in
this city was begun in United States
district court today. The exploita
tion of this case before the interstate
commerce commission in 1906 creat
ed a sensation and it was followed
by an investigation by the commit
tee of the Legislature n 1907. It is
alleged that Sharp was forced to
suspend business through inability
to secure more coal. This action fol
lowed an advertisement by him to
sell "storage coal" 50 cents cheaper
than the advertised price of other
dealers. Previous to this a reduction
of 50 cents per ton, by the railroads
and the coal companies had. been
made to retail dealers who however,
with the exception of Sharp had
agreed to maintain the old orice.
Sharp refused to enter into this
wrecment and he alleges that the
railroads refsued to haul his coal and
he coal companies cancelled his or
ders and he was driven out of busi
ness. Counsel for the defendants
deny the existence of any such com
bination Or conspiracy. j'
l OF CHIEF
HOT YET
PROMINENT SPUICIDE.
MEMPHIS. Dec. l.-J. C. Cowie.
formerly a well known cotton buyer
and prominent 1 in Memphis social
life was found dead with a bullet ho'.e
in his temple late today in a room
in his residence here. The police
declare it wat a case of suicide.
Cowie't friends say he recently was
in sore financial straits. '
ONE COMPANY OUSTED.
TOLEDO. Dec. l.-The Circuit
court yesieraay at a hearing of a
petition in ouster of the German Fire
, ' .
Insurance Comoanv. " granted th
decree of ouster, which includes ab
solute exclusion from the tatp
Idaho, Oklahoma and Utah today
revoked the charter of the company,
making 17 states that have thrown it
out. - -"' - - .
DANIEL J. KEEFE GETS
13 REWARD r
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT COMMISSIONER
OP IMMIGRATION.'
STRONGLY ADVOCATED TAR
Acted in Defiance of Policy of Gomp-
ers and Was One of the Most
Ardent Taft Supporter in Labor
Circles.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Presi
dent Roosevelt today appointed Dan
iel J. Keefe of Detroit, commission
er general of immigration to fill the
place made vacant by the death of
Frank P. Sargent, and made known
his intention to re-appoint to their
respective positions sW. D. Crnm
(colored), collector of port of
Charleston, S. C, and Martin Knaoo.
chairman of the mter-state com
merce commission. Keefe is presi
dent of the International Longshore
men S Association. Dunn rerrnt
campaign Keefe announced his suo
- - .
port of Judge Taft in defiance of the
policy of President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor, and
was one of the most ardent Tait
supporters in labor circles.
NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR.
BERLIN, Dec. l.-Count Bern-
storff, the newly appointed ambassa
dor to the United States in succes
sion to the late Baron Speck Von
Sternberg, has not yet been received
in audience by Emperor William and
it is not a fact that he has been en
trusted by his majesty with an invi
tation to President Roosevelt to vis
it Germanv. The
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will have his farewell audience at the
end of the week. t , -,:-
SUCCESSFUL
BOD
OF AMATEUR CLUBS
The A. A. U. Concludes
at lladison Square
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
N. Y., Dec. 1. The Irish-American
Athletic Club won the point score at
the two days' championship meet of
the A. A. U.,- which concluded to
night. The final score of the win
ning organization being 84 points. In
addition to two records broken last
night Thomas Collins of the Irish-
Americans set a new American figure
tonight for the five-mile run, break
PRICE FIVE CEKT3
Of POUCE I
OEEO FOOil
Boats on Bay With
searchlights Searching
APPOINT NEW CHIEF
Police Commissioners ITcet and
Appoint A. D. Cui'cr
Acting Chief '
JEW CHIEF INVESTIGATING
Acting Chief Cutler Will Probably
Kemain at Head of Department
Only Few Days Little Discussion
as to Appointment df New Chief,
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l.-7h
body of Chief of Police Biggy whi
was drowned at midnight last night,
has not yet been recovered. ! Up to a
late hour tonight the Patrol and
other boats with searchlights were
still on the bay but it is feared that
Uie body fiasjjeen carried out to sea
oy me nae. , jne ponce commission
ers met mis morning : witn Mayor
Taylor and after an executive ses
sion appointed A. D. Cutler,- presi
dent of the commission, acting chief
of police, pending the appointment
rf an A ,1s. -1 , .
The new chief spent the greater part
if the day investigating the circum-
stances surrounding the disappear
ance of Biggy. At 4:30 the commis-i
sioners held another meeting but it
gave out no statement. Commission
er Cutler will probably remain at
the head of the department only a
few days but as yet there has been
little discussiin as to the appoint
ment of a successor to Biggy.
Although - numerous boats have
patrolled and searched the bav since
daylight this morning from the Gold
en Gate to Hunters Point and the
officers of the ferryboats were asked
to keep a sharp lookout for the body "
of Chief Biggy. 1
BALL PUSHERS.
NEW YORK, Dec. l.-The Na
tional Association of Billiard Flay
ers decided at a meeting last night .
to hold th annual ' tournament for
Class A . tournament championship
next February and March. The ex
act date and details are to be ar
ranged by a committee It was also
decided to abandon the old method
of holding championship ' tourna
ments as a 142 balk line, by substi
tuting the 18 balk line game.
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The Morning Astorian contains all
the local and Associated Press re
ports, i :- - . 'it, 1.
MEET
Fine List of Indoor Events
Garden Last Night
ing E. Carter's record of 25:23 3-5
made in 1887. ollins' time was 25:19
2-5. J. E. Eller of the Irish-Americans,
was the greatest point winner
with 15 points, taking firsts in 150
yard run, and in 200 and 300 yard
hurdles. ' The final point score was:
Irish-Americans 84, New York Ath
letic 36, Pastime 22, Boston 11, Har
vard 10, Princeton . 9, Brooklyn 8,
unattached 6, Mercury 5, Mihawk 4,
Gordon House 2, Montreal 1.