PUBLISHES PULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
34rd YEA, :
PRICE FIVE CENTS-
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAy, JANUARY, 1809
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PGESIIII ID
IJ SPOnED
Secret Service Htn Shadowed
Tillman for Oregon Land
11
Grab
SENATOR WILL SEND REPLY
Declares That be WW Welcome an
Opportunity to Express Ilia View
and Explain Hit Situation in Land
Catea.
WASHINGTON, Jul f.-By di
rection of President Roosevelt secret
service men shadowed Senator Till
man on the theory that be it possibly
interested in an Oregon ' land grab
and a result of that investigation is
now before the Senate. Information
was contained in a letter from the
President in response to a request
from Senator I tale for a statement of
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no acuviwea 01 secret service men.
Extended replies were made by var
iouVdcpirtments and alt of these
were forwarded to Senator Hale by
the President. They have not been
made public record and Senator Hale
snnonnced that they will not be given
out until after they have been consid
ered by sub-committees of the com
mittee on appropriations which will
be charged with the duty of acting
on that portion of the President's
message relating to secret service.
Through the fact that several sena
tors had advance information of the
character of the report; It wa'lc4rned
that an investigation of Tillman fol
lowed the attack he made In the Sen
ate nearly a year ago on an Oregon
land company which had received his
nsme as one of the' perioni interested
by that entice mil Previous to the at
tack, Tillman had introduced a reso
lution directing 'the attorney-general
to prosecute suits against an Oregon
railroad corporation that had received
lanod grants for a line from Califor
nia points to Portland. Tillman said
the use of his name was without au
thority and as a result, it Is declared,
several persons interested in land
grants became angered.
Some of the interested parties are
reported to have sent to the Presi
dent copies of fetters' alleged to; have
been written by Tillman indicating
cither that he had an interest in one
of the land companies or would be
benefited through, the land companies
obtaining possession of the grant in
question. After receiving this infor
mation, it Is said, the President dl-1
rected the secret service operative to
investigate the part Tillmart Is alleged
to have taken in the land cases. The
report is understood to contain an ac
count of theJ Investigation. ''
It is known that the secret service
procured photographic copies of Till
man's correspondence but whethef
these exhibits wer sent to Hale ,ii
not known. Tillman was not aware
his name figured in the reports' until
late today. , He then assured himself
that the reports were well founded
but said he would not make any state
ment until fact of the use of his name
had been officially promulgated when
he would discuss the matter In toe
Senate. . , --
It is known, however, that Tillman
regards the mention of his name as
an attack upon himself by the presi
TRIAL OF HAINS
IS NEARING END
FLUSHING, Jan. 7.-The trial of
Thornton Hains passed today to that
sttige frequent in hommlcide cases
where the testimony is developed
from medical experts and alienists.
Halns counsel placed on the stand
Dr. L. Samuel Manseon, the alienist,
who, after listening' to hypothetical
question regarding Captain Hains'
condition, declared that Hains was
suffering from impulsive insanity. ' A
long cross examination of Thornton
Hains was concluded at the morning
session and the defense began pres
entation of expert testimony to prove
the insanity of Captain Ilalns. 1
dent and he has indicated to friends
that he will not mince matters in his
reply. Male will probably lay the
matter before the committee on Sat
urday and in that event it is probably
Tillaman will be heard on Monday.
Characterising the action of tlx
President in directing the Attorney
General not to prosecute the United
States Steel Corporation for its ab
sortion of the "Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company is "Another arbitrary
and lawless act of the chief magis
trate,", Senate Culberson" Introducing
the commit! tf on Judiciary to the re
port wisfther the President-was sYu
thomird to permit such an absorp
tion. ' Amendment of the Senate to
day reported from the committee on
finance providing for an increase in
alary of the president to 100,000
and of the salary of vice-president
and speaker of the house at $20,000
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"NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND."
CHICAGO. Jan. 7,-"Nagh Geagh
Muir Erin," the night of the biw wind
in Ireland. This historic event, which
occurred 70 years ago, was celebrat
ed by Irishmen the world over with
the story and song last night. In
Chicago, as in other American cities,
many an Irish family gathered around
the hearthstone and listened to the.
thrilling tales related by the father
or mother of the famous event. Some
of the narrators who were too young
at the time of the big wind, to remem
ber the events but the story has been
hamld down from father to son, and
it Is said, ha lost nothing by the
transmission.
DNU BOAT! JQJE
SySTELlATIZEO HERE
INITIAL MEETING HELD TO
PUT ASTORIA WHERE SHE
BELONGS AS A CENTER
OP WATER SPORTS
There was held in this city last
evening a meeting that is likely to
have a far-reaching effect and sports
manlike concern for every man and
woman who is - devoted to water
sports hereabout, as well as a strong
bearing upon the reputation of the
city as a center for racing and all the
pleasures incident to power; boating,
and which must eventuate in making
the annual regatta of Astoria a more
alluring and significant affair than it
has 'ever been.!' :- " '
Fifteen well known gentlemen of
this city, all of them owners and op
erators of motor boats, met at the
A. A. A. A. club rooms for the pur
pose of discussing the chances to per
fect and maintain a motor boat club
in Astoria, and the subject was most
th6rough!y and Interestingly handled
from all concievable standpoints.
There were no tenable negatives from
any Source, all present agreeing, and
urging the matter, backing it with alt
manner of favorable and forcible ar
gument, in which the future reputa
tion 6f the city as a racing center In
this particular field and its correlation
with the Regatta of Astoria, were the
chief and most convincing articles of
unanimous espousal. -i-Dr..
Frank Vaughan was. called to
the chair for the evening and F. C.
Fox served the meeting as its secre
tary. There was the widest possible
range of discussion,' covering every
phase of the issue presented, and the
farther it went the more -convincing
adn proubible the proposition became.
In furtherance of the pleasant scheme
a committee was appointed to draft-
POISON FOR EMPEROR.
Eminent Chinese , Reformer Tells
Story of Late Ruler's Death,
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Spccial ca
ble advices to the Herald from Pen
ang, straits settlement, say that Kang
Yu Wei, China's exiled reformer and
Icader'of the Chinese Empire Reform
Association, claims credit for the
overthrow of Yuan Shi Kai, the emi
nent Chinese statseman, as member
of the grand council.
Pmn on ad mill
mil it mill biii I
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Much Suffering and Hardships,
corny tAperitjnccu . l iiruuyu-
X ' out Northwest ';
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NAVIGATION DISCONTINUED
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Columbia River Spotted With" Ict
And For Soma Distance Below the
Cascade Lock, u,. Stream is Still
Froten,
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PORTLAND, Jan. 7.-Ton,ght it is
snowing practically throughout the
entire StMe of Washington, save the
.
extreme northwestern part, and more
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snow is expected tonight in the
northern part of the Willamette and
th Columbia River valleys. West of
the Cascades, Government Forecaster
nlila Silirkvt ties m t tit tU
bureau, predicts that 'tomorrow there i
will be less snow fall bnt a greater
S
degree of cold. There is, according
to ins forecast, tonight, no signs
any let-up in the spell of unusually
cold weather. During the day there :
has been considerable snowfall in the !
Puget Sound country. While in East
ern Washington and Northern Ore-
gon the fall has been much heavier.
The -Columbia River is apotted wiih
ice and frozen for some distance be -
low the Cascade Locks. The Locks '
are frozen and in the canal leading to !
Uiem two river steamers were caught
and are fast in the ice. Navigation
has been discontinued in the river
east of its juncture with the Willam-
iiiK icc uciow me mouin oi me riv-
er, the ice float is endangering navi
gation. ' 1 '
hti B.tfliuti inner iirrivcu at
Astoria today badly scarred by the
icc cakes and on the return trip to
rortland was piloted by a tug.
Bellingham is probably the worst
sufferer from the effects of the storm,
Zeroi weather the coldest In 14 years
has caused suffcrHig among the poor,
and because of the impossibility of
shutting off the water from- the house
holders who waste it, the mains have
no pressure and1 the city is without
protection from nre.: '- - i
Zero weather prevails . in . Eastern
Washington also, but little inconven
ience is being experienced. About
eight inches of snow' lias fallen in
Seattle but It has occasioned little
delay to the street car systems and
there is stated t be plenty of fuel on
hand. This isV'contrast to the con
dition in Portland, where with but
nine inches of snow the "street car
system is practically out of commis
sion, and the consequent inability of
patrons and even employees to come
any considerable distance through the
snow has practically set business at a
standstill. ' "
So far but one life has been report
ed lost. This is of an aged man liv
ing
a tew miles norm ot Beu.ngnam.
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a constitution and bylaws for the new
organization consisting of Messrs. F.
C. Fox. E. C. Judd and Louie Hart-
wig;" the work was also argumented
by the appointment of Messrs. T.
Driscoll, Robert Carruthers ind AI-
bert Johnson as a committee on
Mooring Berths for the Motor Fleet.
These commissions will report at a
meeting of all niotor boat owners,
operators and champions, to be held
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms
on Friday night of next week, Janu-
ary ISth, at which time the projectors ;
of this fine program desire the pres-'
ence of every man in this city and
section with a spark of interest in
this manful and engrossing sport:
The gentlemen who have taken the
initiative in this matter are very much
in earnest, and they are actuated by!
a desire to put Astoria where she
rightfully belongs in the list of cities
maintaining such associations as this
on the Pacific Coast, a status that has '
been far too long neglected here,
where the conditions for supporting
d utilizing such as organization are
not only ample, but realy ideal; and Mrs. L. Hagman, $10; John Mc
should have the unstinted good regor, $8; Mrs. Joseph Nyman, $8;
wilt and assistance of every lover of Mrs. Joe Pakola, $10; Mrs. Alma
water sports in the country behind 'Palo, $10; George Sandy, $8; Mrs.
them, and there i no reason to doubt
i they will.
The Morning Astorian will do its
part in the carrying out of this logi
tcal and interesting proposal in any
way it can and the organization is
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morany certain io gainer eager sup
port the farther it goes.
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FRESH AIR FOR BABIES.
onchkagoirftTake.TriP out
CHICAGO, Jan. 7. There are two
cold proof babies in Chicago who are
enjoying a drop of temperature which
has brought discomfort to the rest of
terSes'carlieVS
'shoes and stockings, by her father,
.Thorns F. Robertson of Houghton,
I Mich. Mr. Robertson said they were
'on heir way to the South and that
hi daughter wm being treated
fo,r complication of diseases, a part
I0' ,ne rem''y being bare legs and
feet. He said that the treatment was
'proving successful and the ! health
I face of the sleeping youngster in his
arms gore evidence that she was rest-
lng cfortob,y..;
, The other baby is a child of Charles
' Fitzpatrick, a policeman. A year
'ago it was pnny and the parents
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thought they would not be able to
raige it. 0n the advice of health
Commissioner Evans the baby was
K'vm its afternoon sleep in the open
air ThU hM bcen kP UP Summer
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ui lac iicttiiiiicac in iuc vuy.
WILL PAY:SZfl BOUNTY
Fi con'
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COUNTY COURT
ALSO SETS
HEAD ON-
! PRICE OP $5 A
, BEARS; $1 FOR WILDCATS
Just "before adjourning last even
ing the county court announced that
there would be a
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material increase in the bounties of
fered for cougars, bears, and bob and
. wildcats. For cougar scalps a bounty
,.ttn ..-i. .;ti k. ; k ri,.
Zy $1 each
. lit . m.T .
iur ouu anu wiiucdis. - una is a
much larger bounty than ever granted
before, especially for the cougars.
Judge Trenchard and Commission
er Frye both stated that in all parts
of the county there has been a de
mand for an increase in the bounty.
So pestiferous are the cougars and
cats that much game is killed off, and
the hunters especially will welcome
the increased bounty. The cougars
kill fawns, while the cats annually
deplete the quail and pheasant flocks.
With these big bounties the farmer
boys are expected to wage a relent
less war on the wild animals, and the
only danger is that some scalps may
be brought in from adjoining coun
ties where the bounties are less.
But every one who presents a scalp
must make affidavit that the animal
was killed in Clatsop.' ;
' The commission also set the
county levy at 18 mills, as has been
expected. Of this 13 mills is for the
county tax, including , county, state,
high school and school library; for
the court house, 1.6 mills, and for the
,. A provi(les that each
county must raise a tax for, its schools
equivalent to $7 per capita for each
school child m the county, and there
are 4101 children between the ages
bf 4 and 20 years here, according to
the statistics secured in the school
census. It was also orderea tnat tne
$3 poll tax be collected as usual.
An interesting matter was also
disclosed at the session yesterday. In
Clatsop county there are 267 bridges,
of over 20 feet in length, and their
total length is 25,000 feet, or nearly
five miles. ' ' '
It Is stated that nearly one-third of
these bridges is in heed of repair, and
it is announced by the court that in
the future it will be the policy to
make fills whenever possible, instead
of building bridges. Nine are draw
bridges.
The question of granting aid to the
county poor was also acted upon, and
in the following-instances relief was
granted, the amount set after each
name being given in the form of
provisions monthly: Mrs. Arvoia, iu,
'Andrew Berry and family, $10; Mrs.
.Michael Cody, ?1U; ceorge uore, iu,
WM
Perkins Committe Will Recom
mend That Residents Com
munication be Tabled
CLAlia IT DISRESPECTFUL
Extreme Course is Advised by Com
mittee, That of Declining to Con
aider big Any Communication That
is Not Respectful to the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Perkin's
committee will recommend tomorow
that President Roosevelt's secret ser
vice message of January 4th be kid
on the table. A similar request will
be made for tabling that portion of
the President s annual message re
lating to the secret service on the
ground that it reflects on the integrity
of the House.
The extreme course advised by the
committee, that of declining to con
sider any communication from any
source which in the judgment of the
House is not respectful, is likely to
create a sensation. The report of the
committee will include a paragraph of
the message which refers to the se
cret service and suggests that the rea
son that Congress restricted its use
was that members of Congress did
not wih themselves to be investigated.
This will be followed by excerpt from
the message of January 4, after set
ting forth the President's statement
that the House had failed to under
stand his meaning, the report of the
special committee will say that the
language itself will be judged accord
ing to accepted interpretation of the
English language. That the house is
charged only with its responsibility
to the people to and preserve its own
dignity will be asserted with great
force and if the report is adopted, the
House will insist upon its own capa
city to understand the import of the
President's language. It will be as
serted that the language in question
is unjustified and without basis of
fact and that it constituted a breach
of privilege of the House. For that
reason the special committee will ask
to be discharged from further con
sideration of that portion of the mes
sage which refers to the secret serv
ice and will recommend that it to
gether1 with subsequent message of
the President in reply to the House s
demand for explanation, be laid on
the" table as being unresponsive and
constituting invasion of the privileges
of the House by questioning the mo
tives and Intelligence of its members.
Ida Steinholm. $10: William Sorg-
lund, $10;; Vulgis Apostolo, $8; Chas.
Young, $10; M. Ekonoms, $8.. ,
Several failed to be granted relief
this year who had it last year.
Tudee Bowlbv presented a numer
ously signed petition in relation to
the question of making a.; national
park out of the timber-lands in: the
localitv of Saddle Mountain: the court
favored the plan and will lend its as
sistance to the efforts now being
made by Senator Fulton at Wash
ington. ? - ;' ' .
JEFFRIES tt'lS HIS
LIGHT MUG
ATHLETIC CLUB OFFERS $J00,.
000 FOR A FIGHT BETWEEN
HIM AND JACK JOHNSON
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.-James J.
Jeffries, the ' retired heavyweight
champion pugilist, began light train
ing today at his home preparatory to
filling a week's boxing engagement.
While Jeffries still maintains he has
no intention of re-entering the riiiR,
his friends say they have no doubt
whatever but his present work is
preliminary to a long season of train
ing which he will enter into with the
ultimate purpose of again entering
the ring and wrestling the champion
ship from Jack Johnson. 1
RENO, Nev., Jan. 7 According to
a dispatch from Mazuma, a mining
camp in the central part of the state,
the athletic club of that place bas de
cided to offer $100,000 for a fight be
tween Jeffries and Johnson, the fight
to take place within the next .' six
months.
BABY IS HONORED
Made Fellow of Art Museum Aa Re
sult of a Whim.
NEW YORK, Jan . 7.-Virgima
Marie Burbidge, six months old, a
daughter of William Burbidge, an
attendant in the gallery of the Met
ropolitan museum of art, has been
made a fellow of the museum; through
a whim of J.P.Morgan. - Taken to the
museum in her ; mother's arms on
Monday night at the opening ot the
German exhibit, Mr. Morgan noticed
the wee girl and remarked that as she
was the first child to attend the ex
hibit she should be made fellow for
life, with all privileges attendant
thereto, Mr. Morgan to stand sponsor
for the $5000 fet The child.s home
address was presumably taken at the
time, . but through; a mistake the
wrong number was obtained and it
was not until last tight that the par
enu :e inlorn.ed of tb be nor that
had been bestowed upon their dau
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COLD WEATHER CAUSES
TRIL'J tCCIOEfiT
SUREADING RAILS RESPONSI
BLE FOR DERAILMENT OF
a N. AT VANDALIA. ,'
GREAT FALLS, Mont,-Jan. 7.-
Passenger' train No. 3 on the Great
Northern was derailed early this
morning near Vandalia, according to
a special to the Tribune. The train
was thrown from' the track' over on
its side and a number of passengers
injured. Relief train with physicians
was sent immediately from Glasgow
and wounded taken to that place. It
is hot believed that any were fatally
hurt, although one or two is serious
ly injured. Spreading of the rails ow
ing to extreme cold caused the acci
dent. ' " " ' : "
o'co::::ell takes best
TWO OUT OF Till
WRESTLING INSTRUCTOR OF
MULTNOMAH ATHLETIC
' BESTS PETERSON ;
PORTLAND, Jan. 7.-Ed O'Con-
nell, wrestling instructor of the Mult
nomah Athletic Club tonight threw
Jack" Peterson 'twice out of three
times within an hour tonight. ' Peter
son took the first bout on a body scis
sors in 3S minufeS 40 second and
O'Connell took the other two bouths
on a body scissors and half-Nelson
and a head scissors in 17 minutes 35
seconds and 4 minutes and 24 seconds
respectively. O'Connell admitted af
ter the match that he did not know
Jack Peterson, was a Swedish ex
champioh wrestler He stated he had
been informed he would have no diffi
culty in throwing O'Connell and had
JURY FINDS
t
UNION CITY, Jan. 7.-With the
verdict of guilty, the jury " in" the
night riders case reported at 8:45 to
night Garret Johnson, Tid Burton,
Bob Ransom, Fred Pinion, Artinir
Cloar, and Sam Applewhite were con
victed of murder in the. first degree
with mitieatins circumstances and
"Bud" Morris and Bob Huffman, oth
er defendants were found guilty of
murder in the second degre. Their
punishment was fixed at 25 years in
the penitentiary. Punishment for the,
first six named was left to the court
and may be death or life imprison
REIIi'JB
G. 11.1111
Throw Switch, Lcck It, and Car
ken Lantern to Carry Out
' Plans '
FIREMAN KILLED, 2 HURT
Passenger Leaves Trestle, Engine
Goes Into Bay, Mail and Baggage
Cars Smashed to Splinters No
Clue to Murderers, . .
BELLINGHAM, Jan. 7.-Wrecked
by fiends who threw the switch opert,
locked It and pat on the lantern so
the engineer could not see the peril,
Great Northern train 272 north bound
left the trestle just south of Belling
ham' yards at Commercial Point to
night at 8 o'clock. ' The engine was
almost completely submerged in the
bay, the mail car and baggage coach
were smashed to bits and the smoker"
derailed. One was killed and two in
jured. "The dead:
Fireman Ed Stuart, Seattle.
The injured: ;
Engineer Jack Bailey, both legs
crushed, amputation necessary.
Mail Clerk George L. Rhodes,
shoulder dislocated. 4 1 '' -'' '
Both reside in Seattle.
The fireman's body sank with the
engine and was not recovered. The
engineer went under, but came to the
surface an struck out for a pile and
clung there until rescued by a row-
boat. "Seventy-five passengers on the
train were badly shaken up but none
were injured. No arrests have been
mad yet. 1 '
F. 0. Sil ARRESTED
FOR FORGERY
OAKLAND REAL ESTATE PRO
MOTER IS ACCUSED BY A
SALT LAKE ' MILLIONAIRE
OAKLAND, Jan. 7.-F. B. Signor,
real estate promoter and mining
broker this city, was arrested tonight
on complaint of James H. Murray, a
millionaire banker and mining man of
Salt ' Lake, Seattle and Monterey,
charging Signor with forging four
notes of $100,000 each as well as to
numerous' other negotiable docu
ments."' ' "
come' to 'Portland from Chicago to
get. "A Little Easy Money." Peter
son was not, apparently, in the best
of physical condition.
PERKINS NOMINATED. ,
By Republican Joint Caucaus as U. S.
Senator.
SACRAMENTO,' Jan. 7.-George
C. Perkins was selected late tonight
by the Republican joint caucus as a
candidate for United States senator
to succeed himself.
NIGHT
RIDERS GUILTY
ment and court has indicated inten
sion to pronounce the death penalty.
The defense made a motion for a
new trial which was set for hearing
Saturday and which will be over
ruled. Sentences will then be im
posed. Defendants received the ver
dict ' calmly. Attorney Pierce then
turned to them when it was announc
ed and said: "We will tear this case
to pieces in the supreme court."
Huffman is one, according to Feh
ringer's confession who fired the shot
which killed Captain Rankin as he
was being drawn up by the rope.