36th YEAR. NO. 33.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1009
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PRESIOEIIT EXPLAIHS fflf HE
VETOED cei Bill
jects to System of Ap
pointment of measure
GRAFTING TOO EASY
'"J Bill Now Permits of Appoint
' ment Without Competitive
Examinations
NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN
Alter Providing For Reprint ol
Census BUI House Adjourw Sec
tion of President's Metssgs Ciuhi
Laughter.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. S
"The evil effectt o( spoils tystem end
custom of treating appropriations to
public service se personal perquisites
of professional politlcitnt tre pecu
liarly evident In the cast of public
work like the taking of census, work
which should be emphatically done
(or the whole people and with an eye
single to their interest" With these
Wr4a Pri,rnt Rrvmvl today
summed up In his message to the
bouse returning without bis approval
the measure providing for the taking
of the next census because of provis
ion that appointments shall be made
on a basis of non-competitive exami
nations. As passed by congress the
bill permits representatives and, sens
tors to designate persons for the posi
tions after they have undergone a
single examination. Reference of the
president to division of spoils "With
. out a fight by professional politicians"
on both sides provoked general laugh
ter . After providing for s reprint of
the census bill, the house adjourned,
thus postponing any action on the
tnetssge. Private complaints by the
score had their innings in the house
of representatives today, the whole
session being given over under spec-
ial order to their consideration. The
President's message vetoing the cen
sus bill was read just before adjourn
ment. It reached the house shortly
after noon but its reading waa held
up for fear a discussion of it might
Jeopardise the passage of a number
of private bills that wee entitled to
consideration under special order.
BUFFUM BOOSTED.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 5. Profess
or W. If Olin has announced the ap
pointment of Professor B. C. Buff
um of Worland, Wye, as one of the
judges of the dry farming exhibits
which will be displayed during the
trans-Missouri Dry Farming exhibits
which will be displayed during the
PRESIDENT STILL
HOPES FOR BEST
Satisfied That Governor Gillett Will Have Japanese
Measure Reconsidered
1 WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. S
While President Roosevelt is greatly
displeased at the action yesterday of
the California assembly in passing the
Japanese school segregation bill he
Is apparently satisfied that Governor
Gillett and Speaker Stanton take his
view of the situation and they will
press on the assembly the importance
of reconsidering its action. There is
reason to believe that the Japanese
Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Con
gress to be held in Cheyenne. Pro-
j lessor Buffum has been s director of
the experimental station at the Uni
versity of Wyoming for many years
and was formerly 'connected with the
Colorado Agricultural College. The
Denver Chamber of Commerce has
donated three silver cups as prim
for the best Colorado exhibit at the
Congress. . The Denver Post, has
also donated a cup.
THEIR PAY INCREASED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Fsvor-able
action on the bill providing an
Increased allowance of from $2 to $J
per day for expenses and subsistence
of deputy marshals while away from
dieir regular placet of duty it recom
mended by the House committee on
the Judiciary. In t letter to the com
mittee giving approval to the bill,
Attorney General Bonaparte says
that it is a matter of common infor
mation that the expense of lodging,
etc., has materially Increased since
1894, and that while the proposed ac
tion would increase the government
expenditures, it would not be expect
ed that deputy marshals should pay
the expenses incurred officially.
CHnilllHilER
OF DllAS. ESS1CK
CORONER'S JURY RETORW A
VERDICT OP DECEMBER
28TH KILLING.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
Feb. S Paul Esick's 16-year-old son
and Robert Edward Piper, alias Ar
thur Davis, hit son-in-law, were ar
rested this afternoon charged with
the murder of Chartet P. Etslck, an
aged clerk of the Pike's Peak Camp
Woodmen of the World who on the
night of December 28th was stabbed
and afterwards shot to make death
certain. The coroner's Jury in addi
tion to accusing Davit and young
Essick of the crime found In the ver
dict that Mrs. Flora Essick, t wife of
the murdered man, had guilty knowl
edge of the crime.
WINDS DO DAMAGE.
CHICAGO, Feb. S.-Wind storm
loss claims continue to pour in upon
the insurance companies as a result
of the recent blizzard and It is now
apparent-that the 'insurance losses
will exceed those of any cyclone on
record.
Experts estimate that the wind
storm damage alone in Kansas and
Nebraska will be $300,000 each with
$250,000 in Missouri and large am
ounts in four or five other states.
This does not take into account the
heavy fire losses which resulted from
the storm, those in Oklahoma alone
during the three days it raged being
estimated at $600,000.
question occupied much time of the
cabinet meeting today. Nothing fur
ther was given out on the subject.
Secretary Loeb said there is nothing
to give out on the Japanese subject
and the Japanese embassy will make
no expression on the subject in of
ficial quarters but confidence is ex
pressed that the cordial relations be
tween the United States and Japan
will coutinue.
WELL, WHY NOT?
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Fib, 5.
As t result of allegations made by
citizens of Tuskegee, Ala., that the
Tuskegee Railway, which operates
trains between Tuskegee and Chchaw
a distance of five miles, discriminates
in the matter of freight and passenger
rates in favor of the Tuskegee indus
trial institute of which Booker T.
Washington Is present and founder,
the state railroad commission has or
dered so investigation. Testimony
will be taken at Tuskegee March 2.
FLOODS IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, Germany, Feb. S.-Dis-patchea
received from all river dis
tricts of Germany indicate floods as a
result of rains tnd warm weather in
creating. Over 50 fatalities reported
and great property damage resulted
In many western povinces traffic en
tire suspended. The government or
dered all available military engineers
proceed to the stricken' districts to
build dams to prevent further en
croachment of the water.
MY YET RE-
1 TO SENATE
RUMOR ABROAD THAT THE
SENATOR MAY REPRE
SENT ARIZONA.
PHOENIX, Aria., Feb. 5. -A
special from Washington says mem
bers of the Senate are seriously dis
cussing the ruomrs that Senator For
aker in the event of Statehood will
seek -residence in Arizona "for the
purpose of representing the State in
the Senate. It is said that overtures
have been made by him by prominent
citizens of the territory both repub
licans and democrats. Senators who
have talked of this probability express
the hope that it may result in the re
turn of Foraker to the Senate not
withstanding the interruption of his
career in Ohio.
HASKELL'S TRIAL WILL
II ADDII
til ItlL
BOTH GOVERNOR AND THE
GOVERNMENT WANT A
SPEEDY HEARING.
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Feb. S-Judge
Campbell today set February 13 as
the day for persons indicted in con
nection with the alleged Oklahoma
town lot fraud to appear and plead
to their indictments.
TEARING t DUCK in THREE.
I think one of the most amusing ex
periences I ever had in my life, was
on an occassion when I was perform
ing a trick at the Palace Theatre in
London, which consisted apparently
of tearing live duck Into three parts,
putting them into a basin, and turn
ing them in a moment into three live
ducks. Of. course, I never thought
for a moment that anyone would
really believe that I actually did tear
op a live duck, but to my surprise an
officer representing the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
called on me one evening, and inform
ed me that his society intended to
prosecute me unless I instantly stop
ped what he called my brutal and
cruel performance of tearing a live
duck to pieces.
v "My dear sir," I replied, "I certain
ly shall not stop performing that trick
until my audiences are tired of it
but don't you understand that it is a
trick, or an illusion, and that I do not
do anything so horribly cruel as to
tear up a live duck, though I may ap
pear to do so?" I offered to show
the offcer how the trick was done if
he liked, but he took my word and
went away, satisfied that my trick
was not performed at the expense of
the duck's feelings. Strand.
CYCLOIIE CLAIMS
Dead so Far Reported
Number About 12
MUCH PROPERTY LOSS
Fierce Storm Sweeps Southern
Tennessee Line to
Texas
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF
Thousands of Dollars Worth of Prop
erty Destroyed Six Reported Kill
ed st Cullman, Atav Mining Town
Alto Struck. -
LOLUISVILLE, Ky, Feb- 5--Death
for nearly a dozen persons and
hundreds of dollars worth of prop
erty destroyed is the result of the
tornadoes that swept South Tenne
see line to the Texas panhandle.
The known deaths so far are at
Stuttirart, Ark. two dead and one
fatally injured, Surphur Springs, Tex
as, one dead, Rolling Fork, Miss,
four killed at Booth, Miss., six killed.
Ennis and Waxahachie, Texas, and
Roscoe, La., many houses demolish
ed. Arkansas and upper Louisiana
rice fields are damaged.
BIRMINGHAM, Feb. S.-Reports
received here tonight state that sev
eral persons Were killed in s cyclone
at Fullman, Ala., this afternoon.
Mayor Brier of Cullman wires that
seven persons are known to have
been killed in that county this after
noon this afternoon by the tornado
but wire communication it cut off.
At Kayos, a mining camp five houses
were blown down and one man in
jured. Property loss north of Bir
mingham it heavy.
SUN INTRODUCES
SHE BILL
A
PROVIDING FOR CANDIDATES
FOR OFFICE TO DRAW LOT
FOR THE POSITIONS
SALEM, Or., Feb. S. Most of the
afternoon today was devoted by the
Senate to an argument in which per
sonalities were injected. These arose
over the veto measures fixing the sal
ary of superintendents in Sherman,
Yamhill and Morrow counties and in
definitely postponing proportional
representation bill. This wat declar
ed visionary and impracticable and it
was stated to be a failure wherever
experimented with. The bill was
finally kiWed. In the house Smith
Introduced a bill providing that can
didates for -office shall draw lot for
position on ballot. Senator Oliver
has presented a bill for the establish
ment of an Oregon Technical College
at Union carrying appropriation of
$60,000 for buildings. The Senate
passed the bill requiring large deposit
from all title guarantee companies.
TENTH JUROR PASSED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5. -The
tenth juror was temporarily passed
today in the Calhoun trial and the
acceptance of another was held in
abeyance pending the decision by
Judge Lawlor tomorrow. '
GREAT LINE OUTLINED.
Canadian Northern Railway the Next
Big Link of Commerce.
CHICAGO, Feb" S Official de
tails of the plans of the Canadian
N'othern road to extend its line from
Edmonton to the Pacific Coast at
Vancouver, are given out. The di
rection which, will be taken- by the
new line it touthwest and the dist
ance at the crow flies it about 460
miles. The company will, however,
have- to build nearly 750 miles of
road.
The Canadian Northern will make
the third transcontinental Railway in
Canada, and its construction west
ward it expected to give a ' great
impetut to the development of the
Northwest, and especially to the prov
inces of Alberta and British Colum
bia. The extension will tap tome of
the richest mineral and agricultural
fields in that territory.
The .survey takes the road through
British Columbia by way of Yellow
Head Pass, down North Thompson
river to a junction with the Fraser
river to a junction with the Fraser
river, thence to New Westminstes
and onto Vancouver. The Canadian
Northern will be the only transconti
nental line which will have to cross
but oe mountain range. The highest
elevation reached will be about 3700
feet. All other transcontinental lines
have three ranges to cross, and the
elevations reached run as high as
8000 feet
Owing to the easy pass which the
Canadian Northern has to negotiate,
the operating problem Vili be s com
paratively easy one. The company
will also have the benefit , of cheap
coal, extensive fields having been pur
chased in British Columbia. Recent
ly the road has secured cheap fuel at
the eastern end by getting an en
trance into Duluth. This wasac
complished by the purchase of the
Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg
road. This purchase also makes the
Canadian Northern a shorter route
to Vancouver than the American
routes to Seattle. The company has,
it is stated, made satisfactory ar
rangements with the Dominion gov
ernment and with the provincial gov
ernments for a bond aid. In all the
Caadian Northern expects to build
2400 miles of road this year ,
A TRICK THAT PUZZLED ROY-
ALTY.
I remember Queen Alexandra was
greatly mystified by some of the
tricks which I have had the honor of
performing before her Majesty on
various occasions. When -I was giv
ing a performance at which both the
King and Queen were present, much
interest was aroused by a trick which
is one of themost difficult feats in
my repertoire. It is performed with
a piece of ribbon, a pack of cards, and
a double cased gold watch. Here is
the trick. I ask one of the audience
to select a card from the pack (which
is a new one) and to put the card in
his pocket without looking at it. I
should add here that while the card
is being chosen my eyes are bandaged
Then I give him one end of the rib
bon to mold and hand the other to
somebody in the audience, whom 1
also ask to hold the gold watch. I
ask the person in whose pocket is the
unknown card to concentrate all his
attention on the card, and then I turn
to the person holding the other end
but not alarmingly so. On the next
morning (Sunday) he told Lord Car
narvon. In the evening Lord Carnar
von handed him two telegrams. .The
Prince at once said, "My father is
dead." It was so.
He had had an apoplectic seizure
on the previous Saturday evening at
about nine, and never recovesed. He
had often said he would try and ap
pear to his son at death if they were
apart. Prince Duleep Singh is not
subjected to hallucinations, and had
onty one similar experience as a
schoolboy.
Lord Carnarvon confirms the ac
count. The Maharajah died on Sun
day, October 22nd, 1893. Strand.
CHEAPER BREAKFASTS?
CHICAGO, Feb. 4-Cheaper
breakfasts are possible through the
removal of duties on tea and coffee,
according to the report of the Tea
and Coffee, Association of Chicago.
El EIEIIEE
in emu
A GENEROUS ACT.
NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Some one
woh is public spirited, but who with
holds his name, has purchased the
Tishot collection of pictures, illus
trating the Old Testament and will
place them where art lovers will have
s chance to view them. The pictures
have been on exhibition at the Fifth
Avenue Art Gallery and when Offer
ed for tale at an upset price of $40,-
000, there were no bidders. When no
offers were mad last evening the auc
tioneers announced the sale to, the
unknown philanthropist.
1 FURTHER ACill
OPTION BILL
THE HOUSE GOES CAREFULLY
OVER EVERY SECTION OF
THE MEASURE.
OLYMPIA, Feb. 5. The House
adjourned today until Monday with
the Marster's or anti-saloon league
local option bill still under considera
tion. The House has now gone over
every section of bill except the title
and though filibustering continued
throughout the day by opponents of
the bilL supporters of the measures
succeeded in killing off every material
amendment proposed.. By the speak
er's ruling today, the session was held
last night was voided because of par
ticipation in viva voce voting by spec
tators. DIAfl WINS r.!ARATH0
FROO E1LISH0AN
ALFRED SHRUBB IN LEAD
COLLAPSES IN THE 25TH
MILE. -
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
New York, Feb. Maintaining the
even swinging stride that rarely
varied throughout the race Tom Long
boat wrested the laurels of indoor
Marathon race tonight when the' vic
tory seemed almost within the grasp
of the plucky English, Alfred Shrubb,
ho collapsed in the 25th mile leaving
the Indian to finish the race of 26
miles and 35 yards alone. Longboat's
time was 2 hours 53 minutes 40 and
2-5ths seconds which is nearly "tight
minutes "behind the record made by
Dorando, the Italian, in his race with
Hayes, the Olympic Marathon win
ner. The Indian finished in fine con
dition and was in no wise distressed.
CLEMENS WANTED
IN FIVE COUNTIES
On Charges of Crooked
Money Under
COLFAX, Wash., Feb. S- SherifT
Carter of Whitman county today sur
rendered W. R. Clemens of Moscow,
Idaho, who is under arrest here in
connection with the sale of stock for
M. C Gray of Pullman, to Sheriff
Haviland of Walla Walla county to
day. Clemens is wanted by prosecu
tors of five Washington counties on
charges of obtaining money under
false pretenses in connection with
various stock deals. Counties in
which his presence is desired at Whit
III CASE OF HP -
f. limn
For Introxication at Tan
gier During Fleet Yisit
MAY BE DISMISSED
Rumor is Afloat That Master of
Battleship Georgia is Forever
Disgraced
HAS SYMPATHY OF OFFICERS
Findings Not Yet Made Public st
Gibraltar But it is Feared Decision
Will be Rendered Against the
' Captain. ' ;
GIBRALTAR. Feb. 5--The find
ings of the courtmartial that heard
the evidence against Captain Edward
F. Qualtrough of the battleship Geor
gia on the charge of intoxication were
approved by Rear Admiral Sperry
and forwarded to Washington. The
findings were not made public here
but it is stated with certainty that
Quakrongh will not be acquitted. It
is believed on the contrary that the
findings are of so grave a nature that
he will not be restored to duty. Ru
mor is abroad in the fleet tonight
that should the findings be approved
by the navy department at Washing
ton, Qaltrough will be disgraced and
possibly dismissed from service. The
officers of the fleet have much sym
pathy for him.
PASS APPROPRIATION BILL.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. S.
The Senate today passed the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill
carrying an aggregate of about $11,
500,000. Conference report on the
urgent deficiency bill was agreed to.
It appropriates a hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to enable the secre
tary of agriculture to combat foot and
mouth the disease in cattle.
; SERVICE IS BETTER.
DUNSMUIR Cal., Feb. 5.-Delay-ed
trains on the line between Port
land and San Francisco began mov
ing. Slide at Gibson has been cleared
away and the route is now open .
MURDERER PAYS PENALTY.
SALEM, Or, Feb. 5. -Walter
Johnson, the . murderer of Elmer
Perdue, paid the penalty of his crime
today with his life at the penitentiary.
Stock Deals and Securing
False Pretenses
man, Columbia, Spokane, Walla
Walla and Columbia. Clemens gave
$1500 to appear in the superior
court in Colfax on March 10. This
bond has been garnished by several
Whitman county stockmen. J. A.
Wood of Walla Walla who filed in
formation against Clemens sold $6000
worth of pure bred Hereford cattle
which were brought to Washington
from Missouri by Wood- Develop
ments in the case promise to oe de
cidedly sensational.