r .
ism
;OVEB8TMl MORNING nLO ON THE lOWlv"
' " "
PMJIUSHI S fUll AtfOCIArKO fRKS RCFORT
i
4
33rd YEAR. NO. 283
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1908
ph:ce five ce?:t3
RIVERS AtiD HARBORS C01RESS
baiii big wm
$500,000,000 Bonds
Fop Waterways Favored
I : ' -! - ; ''! ' ' "
GREATEST IN WORLD
Scheme for Urgi Amounts It
i Planned to Covert Period
ofTenYeart
GOVERNOR JOHNSON TALKS
Governor Brlnci an EnthuUttlc
Uiut ol Accord From the Mid'
dl Witt in Bchemet For Develop-
, Riant of Inland Waterway.
mount problem of the hour i (lie
development of the Inland Water
way. Following the inventory of
tandt, presented by Senator Nelson,
ther " tn informal dltcutilon.
Senator Newlandi and Smoot and
Governori Noel, Broward, Amel,
Lee and former Covernor Hoke
Smith and Blanchard participated.
INSPIRED, THEN BOUGHT.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-In an at
tempt to show that profits have not
biiii unduly large 'and that the oil
butincts it beset with hazard, politi
cal economist and college protes
tors will be called by the defense
before the conclusion of the Govern-
me tn's suit to dissolve the Standard
Oil Company, of New Jersey. Prof.
. J.' Johnson, who occupies" the
chair of political economy at New
York I'n.versity, will be called first,
according to counsel for the Stand
ard, r.i will testify on the question
of profit.
AUTO VICTIMS IMPROVINO.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Don
utn . Harriot,' Guatemalan foreign
minister who wt injured in an ac
cident here yesterday hat a fairly
good chance for recovery. The
other member of the party are also
mproving,
SENATOR FULTON ASKS
FOR BIG SUMS
INTRODUCE BILI, APPROPRI
ATINO $500,000 FOR A PUBLIC
BUILDING IN ASTORIA.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. -Sent!-went
in favor of government bond
Issue for eomprehentive Improve
ment of river, harbor and canst
of country' tb that end that this na
tlon will have the greatest tyatem
of waterway in the world gained
lieadway at opening session of an
nual meeting of rivers and harbor
congre ' here 'today.' The tcheme
contemplate $500,000,000 worth of
federal bond for internal water
course to be distributed over
period of ten year, or $50,000,000
annually.' The speaker Included
Vlce-Preldent Fairbanks, Andrew
Carneeie.' Ambassador Bryce, Seth
Low, Representative Ransdcll,
Clark. Governor Chamberlain and
Samuel Gomner. Upward of 35
delegatea representing 44 state and
terrltorlet of Alaska. New Mexico
and Hawaii, and Porto Rico were in
attendance.
Advocacy of Governor Chamber
lain for defeat of tenatort and repre
tentative who pledged themselvet In
favor of waterway improvement and
. fall to redeem their pledge, wa op
posed by Representative Clark, who
declared congress I not opposed to
river and harbor Improvement and
never had been. To say to be de
clared would be to assume that eon
gress It competed of a Job lot of
political Idiot. He expressed belief
that if congress were presented with
a feasible scheme for waterway Im
provement it would be adopted.
Governor Johnson of Mlnnetota, In
an addrets today before the joint
conference of national conservation
committee and governors of differ
ent Hates, brought an enthusiastic
message of accord from the great
Middle West in tcheme of conscr
vation and declared that the para-
CORN AND CATTLE.
URBANA. III., Dec 9.-Gov. Chat.
S. Deneen it to become a student of
the Agricultural School at the Uni
versity of Illinois. He wilt attend the
state tchool during the short course
which begins in January and will seek
special instruction, it is said, in cat
tie and corn judging. The decision of
the chief executive officer of the
stale to become a scientific farmer is
the result of his attendance at the re.
cent Illinois Corn Show in Spring
field. Mr. Deneen announced at that
time that he would take a course in
the State University if he could find
the time.
RUEF CASE GOES
TO
JURY
good valued at about three-quarter
of a million dollar, five baggage
cars have been prepared at Seattle to
ruh thi valuable ' freight eastward.
GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS.
OURAY, Colo,, Dec. 9.-With the
issuing today of capiat against Geo.
R Hurlburt, President Judge Theron
Stevens, vice-president, and Frank P.
A a . a j i tanner, casnicr ot me aciuncr oanic
ImOUS bpeCtaiOrS IrCWCKf Ouray, it became known that in
dictment were found against them
by the grand jury which recently sat
here, charging them with receiving
deposits when they knew the bank to
be insolvent.
Court Room
EGGS VERY HIGH.
Chicago Feel Famine Like
Prevalent Here.
DEFENSE IS NERVOUS
During first Hour Jury is Out
Ruef Paced Nervously Up
and Down Room
HEAVY GUARD OF POLICE
Unusual Precaution Taken After the
Shooting of Heney Are Again Re-
Nsumed and Spectator Are Closely
Watched.
That
$2,500,000 FOR PORTLAND
Alto Askt For $100,000 For Public
Building in Oregon City, Portland
Aoorooriatlon For Big New
Postoffice.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 9.-Scna-
tor C. W. Fulton today introduced
bills appropriating $2,500,000 for
public building in Portland, $500,000
for a public building in Astoria, $100,-
000 for a public building in Oregon
City; also to create Saddle Moun
tain National Park In the western
division of the Blue Mountain for
est reterve, and providing for repay
ment of feet and purchase money to
land ehtrymen whote entrlet have
been declared void.
NEW STEAMER PROBABLE.
VICTORIA, Lro. 9.-Capt. J. W.
Troup, tuperintendent of the Pacific
Coast Steamthip Service of the Ca
nailun Pacific leaves in a few days
to oln other Canadian Pacific .offic
ials at Wlnnepeg to discuss the eatl
mate of the money required for
necessary works in the western di
vision of the railway and tteamshlp
service during 1909. It it generally
expected that among other thingt
the consideration of the building of a
new freight and passenger eteamer
for the Prince. Rupert and Northern
British Columbia eervice , will be
among the matter discussed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Hent this
year have utterly failed to tupply the
market properly, according to local
merchant. Consequently eggs have
advanced to a wholetale price of 36
centt a dozen for the "strictly fresh.'
By the time these eggs reach the
householder they have reached a
orice ofat' least 40 cents a dozen
r f
and in tome case 4 cent apiece
T hi fresh teai are mioted . at 27
cent by the wholesale dealer and
til ritnttimer is charged from 30
cents upward.
ALL HAVE TROUBLES.
CHICAGO. Dec. 9--A letter from
China received by Joy Lung, 1250
Belmont avenue, believed to have
contained the new of the death of
some relative, drove him insane
yesterday and led his brother, Moy
Lung, to attempt to commit tuicide
h slashing his throat with a raxor,
The latter was taken to the Lake
side Hospital by the police and hit
life is despaired of. Joy Lung will
be put in the detention hospital.
S.iEU
AMALGAMATE
KANSAS CITY RIOT
LEADER AT LARGE
Efforts of Police to Locate John Sharp are Un
seccessful Reward is Offered
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 9.-A1I ef
fort! of the police to find John Sharp,
hailed by hit ten fanatical followers
as the second Messiah, failed today
to reveal hit movementt after yester
days bloody fight with the police.
The only clue so far secured is that
he went into a negro barber shop
ahortly after the tragedy and had bis
long beard shaved off and hair trim
med. Chief of Police Ahearn has is
ued circulars giving Sharp' descrip
tion and offering a reward for hi
capture. Policeman Mullane the
most teriously of those hurt has a
chance for recovery and the others
are steadily improving. '
At the general hospital, Lieuten
ant Pratt, firat desciple of Sharp and
father of the children, is lying on a
cot with his right leg amputated at
the knee and a bullet in his brain.
Ife persists that he is divinely guid
ed and is bitter in his denunciation
of the police. Mrs. Pratt and her
four surviving children are detained
at the police headquarters and Mrs.
Sharp is in Jail, None show any
emotion when speaking of the death
of Lulu PrMt, but assert it was
God's will.
SYSTEM IS DETAILED BY WM
E. CURTIS OF RECORD
HERALD
TEN MILLION DOLLAR ROAD
Bolivia Government Two Yeart Agi
Granted Concession to an Ameri
can Syndicate to Build the System,
CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Amalgama
tion of two South American railway
systems is detailed by Wm. E. Cur
tis in today's Record Herald. The ar
tide saya in part:
"Two year ago the government of
Boliva granted a concession to an
American syndicate to build a sys
tem of railway within its territory.
Ten million oollars for the payment
was received from Brazil as indem
nity for the relinquishment of the ti
tie to a disputed province called Acre,
.ind is deposited in New York and
London banks. '
"Under this concession about 125
miles of road have been constructed
from LaPax to Oruro, where the line
connects with an English railway
running from OrurO to Antofagasta
on the Facific coast.
"The plans adopted include the ex-
Happy in Narrow Circumstance.
(MIRUM! TAKES JHE M
FOR FOREST RESERVES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.-The
case of Abraham Ruef, charged with
bribery of former tupervisor of this
city went to the jury at 3:36 this af
ternoon. At 5:45 the jury went to
dinner. At 8 oclock they returned
to the jury room and after deliberat
ing an hour and a half tent for Judge
Lawlor and asked that the testimony
of Forrnwnr1tsw'nTf,Wilsop
and Gallagher be read. . Reading of
this testimony was not concluded un
til nearly midnight Throughout the
last day of the trial, which hat re
quired 105 days to bring to a conclu
sion, the court room wa crowded
with men and women of leal promi
nence and popular interest in the out-1
come was indicated by the men who
were unable to gain admittance, re
mained outside in the street during a
downpour of rain.
The instructions of the court were
delivered after a slight delay, ' and
contrary to expectations, occupied an
hour in delivery to the jury. There
was a slight ripple of excitement as
the 12 men in the box filed out for
their deliberations, but a greater num
ber ofc spectators remained in their
seats and the crowd in the street wa
augmented in numbers by persons
who learned that the jury was out
During the first hour that the jury
was out, Ruef paced nervously up and
down the aisle, occasionally stopping
to speak to acquaintances and often
singing into his seat he he appeared
to bowed low in thought.
It is comparatively easy to be pleas
ant and cheerful when our oreao-ana
butter problem is solved, when we are
strong and healthy, when we have
harmonious, comfortable borne and
money in the bank; but the test of
character comes when there is a fam
ily to support, when a wife and little
one are looking to us for bread and
clothing, and the wolf is pretty near
the door; when we are struggling
against poor health, a discordant
home, a dishonest partner. It it a very
difficult thing to be cheerful and hope
ful when a man is out of a job, with
no money in the bank, and an invalid
wife and children depending upon
him.
It it comparatively easy to be op
timistic when the granary is lull,
when there are no clouds on the hdii
zon, bt a very difficult thing to be
hopeful and cheerful when the capital
is small and business poor. It it hard
to be optimistic when notes and bills
are coming due and there is no money
to pay for goods which lie unsold on
the shelve.
It is easy to smile when we are
well and everything is Coming our
way, but when everything goes wrong
th us, when undergoing misfor
tunes or hardships, when those near
to us are sick and in distress, when
poverty pinches, when the flour is
getting low in the barrel, and hungry
children look longingly into : one's
face, then it is not to easy to smile,
to give the cordial handshake, to be
serene, balanced and poised. But this
is just the time that real character,
that, fine training, will stand one in
kjood stead. "Success Magazine.
MILTON'S TERCENTENARY".
LONDON, Dee. 9! There was a
notable gathering in the theatre of
the British Academy tonight at tht
opening of the celebration pf the
tercenteniary of John Milton' birth.
Those assembled included men prom
inent in arts, science and literature,
and the learned profession. White
law Reid, the American ambassadors
of other power attended. The Brit
ish and American flags were en
twined over the platform; The fea
tures of the evening were the recita
tion of a poem of homage specially
written by George Mereditn, ine
novelist, and an oration by Dr. A.
W- Ward of Cambridge, who pre
sided.
Tells of Benefit and Ad
vises Immediate Action
MUCH WORK IS DONE
HEW YORK THUGS ROB
STREET CAR
Distinguished Witnesses Testify
For White Mountain Forest
. Reserves
MARKS CPEKiKS CF
FIGHT
I For Five Hours the House Consid
ers Bill Providing For Taking of
13th Subsequent ; Denial Sentences
and Passes it Without Change.
KNOCK DOWN AND BEAT CON
DUCTOR IN . SIGHT OF
v toiiiii vi'j ivu 1 1 a-
tinguished assemblage of witnesses
testified today before the house com-
mttri nn atrrirnlttir An tittrl nf
THEN MAKE EASY GET AWAY federal government establishing for-
lest reserves in' the White Mountains
! (and in the Southern Appalachians. It
I When Police Appear on Scene Terror tnarked the opening of a fight in thi
Stricken Conductor Says Robbers;""10" oi lur..tIcau vl
Were Gone, Although They Were ;thes reserve to protect the naviga-.
Still on the Car. , ixr of navigable streams, the pur-
: ' jpose of which the committee con-
" -jcedes is excellent' Governor Cham-
berlain of Oregon, former Governor
Pardee of California and Dr. Edward
Everett Hale were among those who
appeared. Chairman Scott of the
committee said the house committee
on judiciary had questioned the con
stitutionality of the congressional ac
tion on the part of congress looking
,to purchase of land for conservation
of forests whatever it might do to-
NEW YORK, Dec. 9. A score of
passengers, one-third of whom were
womefl, were helpless spectators ear
ly this moaning during the operations
of a gang of toughs, who boarded a
southbound Eighth avenue car, near
114th street, knocked down and beat
the conductor, robbed him of all the
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. -The
President has accepted the resigna
tion of Chaplain George J. Waring
to take effect in January.. That offi
cer, who is now with his regiment in
Cuba, has been ordered to proceed
to Fort Des Moines, la. , ,
tension of the American road trom
Oruro to Potosi, and from there to
Tupiza, on boundary of the Argen
:ne Republic, to connect with the
railway already constructed to Buen-
.... ... .. . , t
os Ayrcs, When tnis line is nnisueo.
it will be possible to cross the conti
ncnt of South America by rail. ; ,
"The line from Oruro to Potosi,
would practically ,be parallel to the
Antofagasta road as far as the town
of Uyuni, and not only create a com
petition which neither can well afford,
ture would be only about $4,000,000.
but would necessitate the expendi
Vnr that and other reasons- it has
been thought advisable to arrange t
consolidation between the two sys
en.s and the Bolivia minister at
Washington has received notice that
his government has modified the con
cession cranted to the American
syndicate in order to permit thi
amalgation to take place. The legal
stens havinot been completed the
financM details will now be prompt
ly closed. The name of the new
company .will be the Antofogasta and
Bolivia Railway Limited.
JAPANESE CARRIERS.
i VICTORIA, Dec. 9,-The Steam
er Tango Maru, of the Nippon Yu-
sen Kaisha. sailed yesterday with
500 tons of cotton, flour and salt fish
and general merchandise. Steamer
Aki Maru, which is due to-day, is
bringing 1,500 bales of silk, and silk
money ne naa ,.iu -..u ...... Drotectinr navirabilitv of the
ized him into an attitude of non-ac-, r , . " , ,
. . re , . streams of the country,
cusation when an officer, appeared. . , , ,
. . .. Governor Chamberlain told of the
The passengers were warned not to
. . . . ,m , . ... benefit of system of ; federal forest
thir Mt nnt-1 the iranc had . .
reserves in his state and declared
that if the nation does not now take
MOViO PICTURE SHOW
AT WHITE H3USE ;
PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS THE
GUESTS WITH OF BIG
WOLF HUNTS.
OVER 100 GUESTS PRESENT
The Miniature Theatre is Fitted up
in the East Room of the White
House With John Abemathy as
Manager. . '
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-Moving
pictures of wolf hunts turned the
east room of the WJiite House last
night into a miniature theatre. Near
ly 100 invited guests made up the
audience. The staee manager was
John Abernathy, friend of the Presi
dent and United States marshal from
Oklahoma, who, it is said, catches
wolves with his hands.
Some nights ago he showed the
pictures privately to the President
and the latter was so delighted with
the exhibition that he decided to in
vite some friends to see it. The per
formance began about 10 o'clock fol
lowing a dinner at the White House
Those who saw the pictures declared
that they were remarkable. Mo on
looker, expressed himself as more
pleased with them than the president
leave their seats until the gang had
worked its will with the conductor
and escaped. In: the midst of the
fracas the motorman, who had kept
the car moving at its usual pace,
blew his whistle" for a policeman.
When the officer appeared the ter
rorized conductor said the men
who had committed the robbery had
- .J n.. ,.U ,t.M.r tl.Tl ftl
T V m Z 7Jl;. f-t WtwW Change. From. the very
the car. When the car had gone a few , '
blocks further the conductor, was
action to propose it sooner or later
it will be compelled to do so at a
greater cost.
' For five hours the House today
considered the bill providing for
taking of the 13th and subsequent
denial, sentences and passed it. with-
outset in debate it became evident
that progress of measure toward pas
sage would be impeded by numerous
amendments and by arguments
which they developed prolonged and
heated discussion- was precipitated by
the amendment by- Gillett of Massa
chusetts who sought to have tempo-
George T. Bartlett, Coast Artillery rary census force authorized by the
Corps, has been assignd to command bill with the exception of a few mi-
the post , of Fort Stevens, Or, and nor positions, appointed upon the
the artillery district of Columbia. , (Continued on page 6)
beaten again and : severely bruised.
The men then escaped from the car
with their loot
BARTLETT IS ASSIGNED. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Major
3 BANDITS HOLD
UP N Pr TRAIN
Force Engineer to Uncouple Baggage and . Express
- Car From Train Posse on Trail ' ;
SPOKANE, Dec. 9.-The Great
Northern passenger train east bound,
was held up a mile and a half east of
Hillyard at midnight tonight by three
bandits. They crawled down from
the tender 60on after the train left
Hillyard, a division point, and covered
the engineer and fireman with revol
vers. They made them stop the train
and uncouple the mail and express
cars from the coaches and then pro
ceeded with these for some distance
where they are now supposed to have
rifled their valuables. t A posse of 100
men have been hurried to the scene.
FINEST ON EARTH, TOO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. -According
to the figures obtained from
the Southern Pacific Railroad, the
fruitgrowers of California shipped
12,917 carloads of fruit out of the
state during the season which . has
just closed, an increase of nearly
100 per cent over the shipments for
the season jof 1907. Following is
the record by carloads; Table grapes i
3,816 1-4;. pears, 2,701 1-2; apples, 2,
201; peaches,; 1980 1-4; plums, 1763;
apricots, 231 3-4; cherries, 208 1-4;
miscellaneous, 15. ,