84th YEAR. NO. 9.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1809
FHiCE FIVE CENTS
FI DESTROYS
1,1 AT
nlarlf anrl IVilenn I nm.
ber Co's Big Loss
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STARTED BY HOT BOX
' "M ' ,,W,UVA
Flames Discovered it 9:30 Yes
terday Morning-Heroic Work
of Mill Hands
: j able to save a large part of the plat-
'. . ."I (form and much lumber on trucks in
oaoti iun tmna n.r the Itnlnu mill and adjacent to it.
PORTLAND SENDS FIRE BOAT Two carload, of lumber on the
branch railway track near the doom
; ' i i . n " ed building were saved by the work-
la Estimated at $SM00 But ia
to Town.
PORTLAND, Jan. 9.Firt totally V
destroyed the tilanina- mill, tha ad-
joining platform and a large quantity
of lumber belonging to the Clark &
Wilson Lumber Company, at Lin-1
ton, this morning, causing a loss of ,
approximately $50,000. Only by her
culean endeavor was the sawmill of
the company saved; had It caught fire
there would have been grave danger
of every building in the town feeding
the flames. The lps U said to be
fully covered by insurance,
The flames originated in the en
gine room of the planing mill, under
what is called the re-saw, and spread
so tiuickly that m a few minutes the
entire building was a seething furn
ace. The cause is believed to have
been a hot box.
It was about 9:30 o'clock that En-
gineer Henry Morgan opened a small
iron door to glance at the machinery
underneath, and as he did so a let of
flame shot into his face and sinned
his hair, He jumped back and run
ning ou the door onto the platform
ycllcw at August Olsen, the foreman,
that the mill was on fire.
The two men dashed back into the
mill, but were met with a cloud of
flame and smoke which caused them
to beat a retreat. The foreman sprint-
ed to the whistle in the awmill and
sounded the alarm of fire. All this
took place so quickly that half a
hundred men, working within a ra
dius of 100 feet, received their first
warning of danger from the whistle.
The entire force of 175 men re
sponded to the summons in a twink
ling and the work of fighting the
flames began,
A sprinkler system is being install
ed in the mill and would have been
completed and accepted within a
week. An agent of the Installing
company was at the mill and tried to
turn on the water. He succeeded in
reaching the valve and tugged at the
handle, but the heat was so fierce he
could not remain long enough to ac
complish his object.
fun out and attached to the big water
tankjw the hillside, kept always in
readiness for such an emergency,
Five minutes after the fire was dis- liver it to the sergeant at arms in the
covered the streams from these Jiose Senate. j, ;, ' ;
FULTON FORCES TO
BE IN CONTROL
Of the Next Oregon .Legislature That Meets in
Salem Monday Hard Fight Expected
PORTLAND, Jan. 9. It is prac
tically certain tonight that the Fulton
forces will be in control of the next
Oregon legislature that convenes in
Salem Monday. Jay Bowerman is al
most certain, to be president of the
Senate and C. N. McArthur speaker.
By this move the anti-statement men,
although in minority, will be in con
BIG PUB
llfflil
were being ployed on the flames. The
wind was blowing from the south
'mot in the director to caue
communicated to the
sawmill; If it had blown from ' the
aouthwest there would have been
little hope of saving this mill and the
town Itself might have been de-
stroyed.
While about half the force of em
i'10" n the work of
fighting the flames the remainder
worked like beavers in an attempt to
save as much property as possible. It
'was soon setu that there was no hope
of saving the planing mill and the
work of I he ftre-fighters was directed
to confining the bhu to that build
ing. While they succeeded in saving
the sawmill, however, they were on-
- MISSOULA HAS THIRTY
UB QF SNOW
DOWNFALL
CEASES AFTER
CONTINUOUS DURATION
OF OVER 72 HOURS.
GARRISON HAS FUEL FAMINE
Railroad Schedule It Badly Crippled
Company Have Snow Plowt and
Hundred of Men Clearing Right of
Way.
MISSOULA, Mont., Jan. 9.-Ac-
cording to the government guage a
depth of 30 inches had been reached
when the snow ceased falling here
this morning after a continuous pre
cipitation of more than 73 hours. The
thermometer was Is beloero at
o'clock and is steadily falling. Heavy
snow is falling in many points and at
Lookout, summit of the Bitter Root
Mountains, is 12 feet deep. Northern
Pacific anow plowa are able today to
partially clear the line and trains are
moving on a slow schedule. Fuel
shortage in some places and a call
for assistance was received from the
garrison, 75 miles east of here, A
coal train will be sent from Missoula.
TILLMAN WON'T QUIT.
Postmaster Demand $16 of Him For
Postage Due on Typewriter.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-Postmas-ter
Barnes has sent Senator Tillman
a letter demanding the payment of
$16 for carrying through the mail a
typewriter sent through the mails
under Tillman's frank. As package
sealed, charged letter postage rates.
Tillman replied the machine is the
property of the government, that It
has the custom to ship government
typewriters under frank. That as the
machine is not his personal property
the postmaster can no tscll it or de
trol, and a hard fight to defeat Gov
ernor' George E. Chamberlain for
United States Senator, the people's
choice in the last election, on State
ment No. 1, will be made. There are
51 statement No. 1 men in the legis
lature, a majority sufficient to elect
Chamberlain, a Democrat, if all the
"Statement. Men" abide, by their
pledge to support the people's choice.
mcn moving them along the track by
main strength.
In' the meantime the Portland Fire
Department had been notified by
Bookkeeper R, J. Hurley, and the
fircboat George H. Williams steamed
for Linnton at full speed, reaching
there in about 40 minutes. A line of
hose from the fireboat was added to
the six already in operation by the
company's employes, who already
had the names practically under con
trol. Shortly after Jl o'clock the fire
was out. The planing mill was raz
ed to the ground, the lumber on the
trucks completely destroyed and only
charred and tottering supports left
under blackened and weakened tim
bers of a good part of the platform.
The difficulty of fight the fire was
Increased by the dense volumes of
smoke covering the space between
the planing mill and the sawmill. A
number of employes were almost
overcome during the struggle with
the fire fiend and two or three of
them, suffering intensely from inhala
tion of the smoke, bad to be conduct
ed to a place of safety. No serious
accidents occurred, to any of the men
during the fire, though one mill hand
suffered a sprained thumb.
WILL FIGHT MEIGS.
About Fifteen Supporters of J. W.
Slayden in Conference.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 9With the pros
pects that L. O. Metgs, of North
Yakima, will be elected speaker of
the House, about 15 supporters of J.
W. Slayden of Pierce county in con
ference tonight decided to carry the
fight still further. They hope to break
the alignment of Meigs by exposing
alleged endorsements on bath sides
of the local option issue. Senator A.
Ruth of Olympia will apparently
be chosen president pro teiri of the
Senate, t being understood W. H.
Paulhamus of Pierce county Is de
clining' to run. It is undestood that
Ruth also will be appointed chair
can of the appropriations committee,
but that he will withdraw from the
corgmittee if the lieutenant-governor
becomes acting governor which
would make the temporary president
the permanent presiding officer.
TAFT WONT TELL
AUGUSTA, Jan. 9.-Bcyond re
iteration of the announcement that P.
C. Knox will be Secretary of State
and Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster-
general, President-elect Taft has de
termined that no other cabinet ap
pointments shall be made known until
March 4.
TO RE-OPEH COLUMBIA
BOUNDARY CASE
LEGISLATURES AND OFFIC
IALS DECIDE TO PETITION
U. S. SUPREME COURT.
EACH STATE TO PAY SHARE
Assistant Attorney-General E. C
MacDonald Will Leave For Wash
ington to Secure Re-Hearing of
Issue,
OLYMPIA, Jan. 9. At a confer
ence of legislators and state officials
today it was decided that a petition
for the United States supreme court
to re-open the Columbia river boun-
lary case. Assistant Attorney-Gen
eral E. C. MacDonald will leave for
Washington, D. C, Monday with
that end in view. If the petition of
the rehearing is denied the petition
will be presented asking an appoint
ment with the survey board to deter
mine the exact location of the boun
dary .line the entire length of that
portion of the riving dividing Oregon
and Washington. The legislature will
be asked for appropriation to carry
through this project with expectation
that Oregon pay equal share.
HALE APPOINTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Acting
Chairman Hale of the Senate commit
tee on appropriations today appointed
Senators Gallinger, Hemenway, Clay
as sub-committee to consider Presi
dent Roosevelt's reference to Con
gress to the portion of his annual
message which deals with the secret
ROOT GUILTY OFI
GHG
Bar Association Commit
tee Makes Report
MANY UGLY RUMORS
Claim That Judge Accepted Free
Transportation From Great
Northern
GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE
Bar Association Will Take Quick Ac
tion in Investigating Rumors of
Corrupt Practice of Judge Milo A,
Root
SEATTLE, Jan. 9.-The State Bar
Association committee appointed to
investigate Judge Milo A. Root, who
resigned as justice of the supreme
court two months ago, made report
today. Judge Root was elected at the
recent election for another term of
six years. His resignation affected
only the term to which he was elected
two years ago. If he fails to qualify
Monday, January 11, the office will
be declared vacant Committee find
Judge Root guilty of gross impro
priety which unfits him for the su
preme court. The report, a lengthy
document, makes the following find
ngs ot tacts, conclusions and rec
ommendations:
That Judge Root had correspond
ence with M. J. Gordon, attorney for
the Great Northern Railway Com
pany, concerning money transaction;
that Judge Root accepted from the
Great Northern through M. J. Gor
don and other railroads, free trans
portation; that Judge Koot hied as
the option of the supreme court an
almost verbatim draft of an opinion
dictated by M. J. Gordon, attorney
for the Great Northern, in the case of
Harris against the railroad company.
The committee is unable to obtain
any facts to substantiate the rumor of
the giving out of advance information
concernng the decson of the supreme
court. The committee is unable to
obtain any facts t6 substantiate the
rumors of bribery and corruption.
The committee holds that the conduct
of Judge Root in receiving free trans
potation is highly censurable. The
conduct of Root in the Harris case is
characterized as a ."Gross breach of
judicial and professional propriety," -
The committee declares that the ac
tion of Root in the Harris case
Shows such a vast appreciation of
the duties of a judge of the supreme
court as to unfit him for occupying
that position."
That the State Bar Association re
quests the judges of the superior
court of Spokane county to call the
grand jury for an investigation of the
rumors of corruption. Believing that
its suggestion will be acted upon the
committee feels that jt is fairer to
withhold any other recommendation.
Whether such inquisition are held the
supreme court and the Bar Associa
tion will have the evidence before
them upon which to base any further
action or proceeding.
HAVE HARD DAY.
House of Representatives Pass 500
Pension Bills Other Business.
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WASHINGTON, Jan, 9. -Strenu
ous worK yesteruay sirainea ine
House of Representatives, and after
being in session a little more than
an hour, adjourned. During this
period 500 pension bills were passed,
also a resolution for a rigid inquiry
into the whole question of investiga
tion of fitiuds against the govern
ment. The sum of $5000 was appro
priated for the inquiry which will be
made by a committee of five named
by the Speaker. The House will meet
tomorrow in memorial exercises of
the late Senator Proctor of Vermont.
CLEW TO SLAYER.
Supposed Murderer of the Rev. Car-
michael U Now in Chicago.
PORT HURON, Mich., Jan. 9
It become known today that Rev. J.
H. Carmichael, a minister in the
Battle Run Methodist church, in
which Gideon Browning was butch
ered Tuesday night purchased a
ticket from Port Huron to Chicago a
day after the murder. The idea pre
vails that if he committed the butch
ery, insanity impelled him to do the
deed.
GO AT IT AGAIN!
CHICAGO, Jan. 9 After receiving
unofficial information that Judge A.
B. Anderson of Indianapolis has con
sented to hear the re-trial of the
Standard Oil case, District Attorney
Sims has begun active preparations in
the case, which is expected to com
mence within a week. '
SECRET TACTICS ALLEGED.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. A secret cam
paign has been decided upon by the
Millers' National Federation in an ef
fort to procure a withdrawal of the
order of the department of agricul
ture against the bleaching of flour. A
special committee here is preparing a
protest to Secretary Wilson who will
be asked to appoint a board of ex
perts to investigate the process.
COSGROVE WILL RETURN.
PASO ROBLES, Jan. 9.-Gover-
nor Cosgrove of Washington who has
been seriously ill at the Paso Robles
Hot Springs ever since his election
last Fall will leave for Olympia next
Monday to assume the duties of his
office.
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
Horrible Death of Girls Left Alone
In Burning House.
DICKENSON ,N. D., Jan. 9.-
Fire yesterday destroyed the home of
Joseph Kohl, a homesteader, 12 miles
from here. Three young girls alone
in the house were burned to death
and a fourth was fatally burned.
LEAVES SALVATION ARMY.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Jan.
4. George Kibley, commander of all
the Salvation Army forces west of
the Mississippi river, today resigned
from the army. He will conduct a
peach orchard here.
II TRIAL 11 BE
com mm
CALLING .OF ONE OR TWO
MORE WITNESSES BEFORE
CASE IS ENDED.
DOUBT TIERNEY'S EVIDENCE
Mebmers of Yacht Club Swear They
Did Not See Annis on Float at the
Time of Shoot as Tierney Had
Testified. .
FLUSHING, Jan. 9.-With calling
one or two more witnesses Monday
the trial of Thornton Hains will be
concluded. Mclntyre will require all
of Monday in argument for the de
fense All today's session was given
over to rebuttal of evidence that
James . Tierney for the defense, an
eye witness to the shooting of Annis,
was on the float when the tragedy oc
curred. Members of the yacht club
swore they did not see Tierney. The
witnesses further declared that the
actions and appearance of Captain
Hains were those of a rational man.
MAY STOP SOIL SURVEYS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-A ser
ious blow was given to the plan for
the continuation of soil surveys by
agricultural department when the exe
cutive committee of the association
of the American agricultural colleges
and experiment stations appeared to
day before the house committee on
agriculture and testified that the
work, as now carried on was of little
value to farmers.
Mil 111 DEM BY
levy SNOWFALL
SENTENCE LIGHTENED.
Commander Marshal Loses Only IS
Numbers Instead of 40.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. -Commander
Marsh who was charged with
negligence in connection with the
grounding of the cruiser Yankee on
September 23. 1908, on the Massa
chusetts coast, and was found giulty
by courtmartial which sentenced him
to public reprimand, the navy depart
ment changed the sentence to the
loss of 15 numbers instead of 40 on
account of his previous good record.
AFTER THE RAILWAY.
Million Dollar Suit Brought By St
Louis Against Trolley Co.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9 A suit of neat
ly one million dollars was filed
against the local street car companies
m behalf of the city today. The
claim is based on the non-payment of
a tax of one mill a passenger. '
HITCHCOCK FJAY GIVE
OP CII1DIP
PREDICTED THAT HE WILL
RETIRE FROM REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE SOON.
DECLINES TO DISCUSS PLANS
Chairman is Expected to Resign
Shortly After he Has Assumed
Cabinet Duties Is Now In Au
gusta. AUGUSTA, Jan. 9. It is predicted
that Hitchcock will retire as chairman
of the Republican committee at some
convenient time to be determined up
on after he has assumed cabinet du
ties. In this event he will designate a
vice-chairman who will hold the com
mission until the committee's meeting
in December, preceding the next na
tional election, when the election of a
chairman will be made. Hitchcock,
who is here declined to discuss any
plans as may. hive in this connection.
RECORD OF, PEDIGREES.
NEW YORK,' Jan. 9-r-Official regis
tration of pedigrees in order that per
sons who have traced the branches
of their family trees may have the
records published in book form, is to
be provided by the New York Genea
logical and Biographical Society. By
this compilation it is hoped to pres
ent a standard authority on American
pedigrees. Details of the plan were
discussed at the annual meeting of
the society last night.
TACOMA IS "DARK.
TACOMA, Jan. 9. The crown
sheet of the receiving tank at the gas
works blew off tonight, Cutting off
the supply of gas in the city, compell
ing the use of candles and oil. No
one was injured.
SUES FOR LARGE
" . SUM
Although Plaintiff Says
He is Still Ready to Harry
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. A breach
promise suit in which Dr. Kirk E.
Stanley of New York seeks to secure
$150,000 from Mrs. Jeannette Dere
Chapman, one of the heirs to one of
the millions of the late John Dcre of
Moline, 111., came to light today in
the office of the clerk of the superior
court. The bill was filed last October
but suppressed until service could be
had on Mrs. Chapman. Not until
last Monday were the process servers
O.R.&n.Cancels Sched
ule of Spokane Flyer
FLOOD DANGER, LESS
Weather Forcasts Show no
Present Relief From
Extreme Cold
NAVIGATION IS DIFFICULT
Columbia River Frozen ia Many
Places Above Vancouver a Distance
of Several Hundred Feet From
Either Shore.
PORTLAND, Jan. 9. Whether
Forecaster Beats can see no imme
diate prospect amelioration unusual
weather conditions which have pre
vailed in the Pacific Northwest since
last Tuesday. Very low temperatures
prevailed all day throughout the in
land empire and in Puget Sound
country, although the mercury ad
vanced a few points in many places,
zero weather prevailed in several lo
calities. Today for the firt time since
the storm trains are handled with
pronounced difficulty and trains 3 and
4 on the O R. & N., known as the
Spokane Flyer", were cancelled,
owing to the deep snow, especially
between Troutdale and The Dalles
where the drifts are very deep. Snow
plows are out and hundreds of men
are at work endeavoring to keep the
right of way clear, but not with great
success. The Northern Pacific is also
greatly handicapped and the train
which, should arrive at Portland to
night from the East has not been re
ported and may not arrive until late
tomorrow. Serious snowslides, espe
cially in Montana are said to be re
sponsible for the tie-up of trains.
Danger of floods m Oregon are
passed for the time, owing to the in
creased area of the cold belt and the
ceasing of rains in the upper Wil
liamette river region. The Columbia
river is frozen in many places above
Vancouver, a distance of several hun
dred feet from either shore and float
ing ice has gathered in great hum
mocks on the sand bars. Navigation
'is more or less difficult
BOILING BEER KILLS.-
..NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-While at
tempting to mend a valve in a Brook
lyn brewery, Frank Casper, an employ
was fatally burned by a torrent of
boiling beer. When the valve gave
way the steaming beverage struck
him in the chest and he was found
lying in the hot liquid unconscious
by fellow workmen. At the hospital
to which he was rushed, it was said
early today, the injured man had lit
tle chance of recovery.
OF MONEY
Promise Was Not Kept
able to locate the defendant. Mrs.
Chapman, whom plaintiff alleges to
be 58 years old, has been a social
leader, both in the United States and
Paris. Stanley's bill sets forth that
Mrs." Chapman promised to marry
him some years ago, the date being
set for February 13, 1905. The prom
ise was riot kept although the plaintiff
declares he was at that time and is
yet ready to carry out his part of the
agreement.
service. -