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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23

The Constitutional Democrats and In.
telleetuah generally recognize that they
have no weapon with which to FIGHT the
government layonets. The initiative
therefore viii naturally fall TO the pro.
letariat organizations. which have been
preparing for months for just such a
proyoeation 10 declare open war. This,
the social democrats and the group Of
toll In parliament, have recognized and
the most elaborate preparations have
been made TO repeat the tactics Of last
fall and paralyxe the country with q
general strike, But the plans this time
have been perfected with much more
dcliberation. and involve not only q
paralysis Of cities telegrNphs. and rail-
roads throughout the empire, but com.
plcte strike Of the peasants In the eoun'
try as well. They confidently believe
the loyalty OF the troops il so shaken
that the military supports of the govern,
ment will give way and the army bc
divided agains, itself
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
Veteran financier Passes to His
Final Reward.
HIS DEATH CONES SUDDENLY
Suddenly Seized With Sinking Spell al
His Summer Home and Dies With
out Regaining CONSEQUENCES
Almost Ninety.

NEW YORK, July 22.-Russell Sage
died suddenly today at his country
home, Cedarcroft, at Lawrence l.. /. The
immediate cause of death was heart
failure resulting from a complication of
diseases incident to old age, The veteran
iinancier would have celebrated his Doth
birthday on August 4. Sage was ia
exceptionally good health since his ar.
rival at his summer home about six
weeks ago, AT noon today he was
seized with sinking spell, and collapsed
falling into unconsciousness about two
hours before death, which occurred at
4;30 o'clock, Those present at the end
were Mrs, Sage, her brother, Col. j. j,
Slocum, Rev. DR.. Robt. Leeth, DR.. Theo.
S. Janeway of New York, DIR. j. Carl
Schmuck, local physician, and DR.
John p Mum, for many years Mr.,
Sage's physician, who was summoned
from New York, when the first alarming
symptoms became manifest, The funeral
service viii be held Wednesday at tho
Presbyterian church in West Forty-sec-
ond street of which Mr.. Sage has been
n member for many years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
CONSERVATION In Moscow.

MOSCOW. July ~ The greatest con
sternation is created here because OF the
dissolution Of parliament. II l. expected
this action will precipitate revolutionary
outburSts throughout Russia.
The effect on the peasantry is espee-
tally dreaded. II is feared that tomor.
row. under the spur Of the proletariat
organization, which will probably order
general strike, they will Immediately
begin a universal Jacquerie,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
AMERICANS
BUTCHERED.
PuIajanes Kill Fourteen Of
COnstabulary.
NATIVES VICTORIOUS.
Band of 900 OverwhsIm Oetach-
ment and Compel Them
TO Retreat.
BATTLE ON ISLAND OF LEYTEI
Natives Secure Quantity Of Arms-Major
Nevill Is Hurrying Reinforce
ments to Scene as Fast
as Possible.
BATTLE ON ISLAND OF LEYTE

MANILA, July PA detachment of
constabulary, Lieutenant Williams com
manding, encountered band Of 600 Pula-
james near Buraen, on the Island OF
Leyte yesterday Sunday morning.
Lieutenant Worswick. IL privates and
Civil Scout Mcbride were killed.
The constabulary were driven back,
but the Pulajanes secured IA rifles, and
2 revolvers.
The bodies of Williams and Mcbride,
and 10 privates were recovered.
Reinforcements have been sent from
a nearby station.
Major Nevill, commanding the mill
tary, has ordered company of regulars
to be hurried to the scene. He says that
there are from four hundred to one
thousand Pulajanes in the field.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
RUSsIA'S NEW ASIATIc RAILROAD.

KUSTANIA. July pa band Of engi-
neers have arrived in the district south
of here for the purpose of making sur
veys for an extension Of the railroad
from 0renzerg through 0rsk to Atbar-
sarsk. where it viii strike the proposed
Tashkent -Omsk line. The road win open
the fertile lake region and eventually
will be acrried on to the Mongolian from
tier.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
TRAINS come
TOGETHER
Fast Passenger COllideS
With Freight.
MISTAKEN THE ORDERS
Eighteen to Twenty-Five Persons
are Reported to Have
Been Killed.
NEARLY ALL WERE NEGROES
Seaboard Air Line Passenger Train Col
ides With Extra Freight With
Awful Results-Both Trains
Are Demolished.
NEARLY ALL WERE NEGROES

CHARLOTTE, n. G., July 22.-The
Scaboard Air Line passenger train No.
"a. collided with an extra freight train
one mile west Of Hamlet today and
from IS TO 25 people are reported to
have been killed. The dead and injur'
ed are being taken 20 Rockingham. The
wreck occurred at 1885. Engineer F. b.
Loomis. Fireman Tom Hill and from IS
TO 25 passengers. mostly negroes, are
killed, and a score or more injured.
Only few of the dead have been iden-
titled. The wreck was caused by mis-
understanding of orders. Both engines
and nearly all the coaches and box cars
were demolished. Traffic is completely
blocked.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
LIGHTNING KILLS FIVE.
Grand Stand Is Struck BY Bolt At
Manitowre With Awful Results.

MANIT0WRE, Wis, July 22.-Just
before the ball game between the local
team and the Plymouth Wis, nine, a
fierce electrical storm swept the city
this afternoon and bolt of lightning
struck the grand stand where the specta.
tors and players sought shelter. Five
persons were killed outright and twenty
or more injured, At least so more were
stunned by the shock.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
EXPORTS ARE REDUCED.

WASHINGTON, July 22.-COmpleted
figures of the exports of American can
ned meats for the fiscal year ending in
June give $9,2Ss,4lO as against $9,s77,.
O45 in 1905. The reductions in exports
are almost exclusively in Japan, owing
to the termination Of the war.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
TROOPS FROM wALLA wALLA.

WtALLA WALLA, WASH, July 22.-
The enlisted men at Fort Walla Walla
are busy making preparations for the
encampment at American Lake. The
headquarters, band and Troops G and d
win leave by train Monday night for
Vancouver Barracks, from which place
they will proceed overland to camp.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
American Federation of Labor to
Elect Own Men.
ISSUES ADDRESS TO PEOPLE
Calls On Friends Of Organized Labor
Throughout United States to
Support Only Those Who
Favor Labor.

WASHINGTON, July 22.--The execu-
tice council of the American Federation
Of Labor today made good its declara-
tion to enter the field Of politics and
urge all friends of organized labor to
elect political officers known to be favor
abel to labor's cause. The council today
issued its Campaign program" address,
ed "To all organized labor and friends
in the United States" 1t sets out that
working people cannot hope to maintain
their rights or a progressive position in
the various phases Of modern society
unless they organize unions which as
workmen and citizen it is their hope and
their duty to exercise. The address is
as follows:
Dear Sirs and Brothers: Events in
the industrial affairs of our people have
rapidly changed and are rapidly chang
ing The trade union movement, as ex-
pressed by the American Federation of
Labor, has kept and proposes to keep
pace Herewith
The wheels of industry can not be
halted back, nor should they be, even il
that were possible. Welcoming indus
trial progress labor must be ever alert
to meet new conditions, recognizing that
eternal vigilance is the price of indus
trial as well as political liberty.
The working people can not hope to
maintain their rights or progressive
position in the varying phases of modern
society unless they organize and exercise
all those functions which, as workmer
and citizens it is their privilege and
their duty to exercise.
Labor makes no demand upon govern
ment or society which is not equally ac-
corded to all the people of our country.
1t can and will be satisfied with moth
ing less.
Labor's Position Plain.
The position of organized labor upon
the question of political action by the
working class, their friends and sympa-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
POSTAL CLERKS SALARIES RAISED

WASHINGTON, July 22.--The Post.
Office Department today authorized the
promotion Of postal clerks at the follow
ing Oregon offices, getting a raise of 500.
The new salary is given below: Albany,
one, 800; Oregon City, one, 500; PEN
dleton ,one, 5000; Roseburg, one, $500;
Salem one 500; The Dalles one, $780,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
REBEL NOBLE LOSES HONoRS.

ST. PETERSBURG July 22,-Prince
Gutskoilubitski, Chamberlain of the
court and one of the descendants of
Rurik, the reputed founder of the Rus
sian monarchy, has been stripped of all
court honors on account of his revolu-
tionary connections.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
CATHOLIC SCHOOL AT NMINNvILLE

MMlNNVILLE, 0reo July 22.-The
construction of the new Catholic school
here is now nearing completion. The
building is frame one, having four
rooms. The school will be in charge of
the Franciscan nuns, and will probably
accommodate so pupils.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
AGED COUPLES HOME BURNED.

HOQUIAM Wash, July pa spark
from the refuse pile of the Hoquiam
Lumber 4 Shingle Company started a
fire in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.
Burns, an aged couple, here yesterday,
and the building was burned to the
ground, nothing being saved.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
MAY RETIRE CUTTER GRANT.

WASHINGTON. July 2l,-The reve
nue. cutter Grant has been ordered into
drydock on Puget Sound, to determine
whether Or not she is fit for repairs. The
Grant was built in 1871 and will prob
ably have to be replaced by new ship
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
Nineteen Dead Recovered.

NORFOLK, Va, July ga dispatch
received at the SeaBoard Air Line gen
eral office here, says so far 10 dead
bodies and 20 injured persons have beer
taken out from the wreck at Hamlet
n. c. Train No. A is a through train
northbound from Florida to New York
passing through Hamlet which is june
tion point.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PASSENGERS NOT FOUND.

VANCOUVER. July Pho trace Of
any Of the missing passengers on the
Chehalis has been found. Captain Crit
fin, who commanded the Princess Vie
toria at the time Of the disaster was
arrested today charged with manslaugh-
ter. He was released on bail.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
Regarded as Threat.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 22.-An i'm
perial manifesto was issued tonight
which is regarded both as threat and
an appeal to the emperor's millions Of
Mujiks. to join in suppressing the revolu-
tion, under promise of land. 1t summons
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
BOMB KILLS AN ANARCHIST.

MILAN, italy, July PA bomb car
ried by a workman named Enrice Spada
exploded in his hands today. Spada was
mortally wounded and his wife, who ac-
companied him, as seriously injured.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
WILL HANG HIM.

HELENA, July 22.-Believing another
man had alienated his wife's affections,
Charles D. Schmidt, aged 20, killed his
wife with charge from a shotgun and
then turned the weapon upon himself.
He will survive.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23

ST. PETERSBURG, July 22.-With
the imperial ukase dissolving parliament
The curtain rose upon probably the last
act in the great drama Of the Russian
revolution, The people and the govern
ment now stand face to face and upon
the army depends the immediate issue.
Even should the government however
succeed in restraining the outbreak Of the
people, the victory IL only probably tenn.
porary No one doubts the severity Of
the storm which will rise in the country
in response to the emperors disposal of
men whom two months ago he welcomed
in the palace as "The best men in Rus
sia" But the die is cast. The govern.
ment has elected to fight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
DID NOT co TO CHURCH.

NEW YORK, July 22.-Thaw spent a
quiet day in the Tombs. Contrary to
his usual custom he did not attend re-
ligious services.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
ToDAY's RESULT ON THE DIAMOND.
Pacific Coast League.

At Los AngeIes-Los Angeles 0, Sau
Francisco 8.
At 0akland-Fresno @, Oakland 3
(morning camel; Fresno 2, Oakland |
Afternoon game).
AT Seattle-Portland 4, Seattle 2.
Northwest League.
AT Butte--Butte 2. Tacoma (morn-
ing camel; Tacoma 7, Butte latter
noon game).
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23

was closed today and guarded by police,
who refused admission except TO the
president and vice'president Of the house.
The strcts are empty and bear their
usual Sunday aspect
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
SIMPLE FUNERAL.

LONDON, July 22-The body Of Lady
Curzon was removed to Kedleston for
burial. The obsequies will be most
simple.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
TWENTY EIGHT FISHERMEN LOST.

KIRKWALL, Scotland, July 22.-Four
Orkney Island fisher boats. each with
crew of seven men. were lost in Thurs
days gale. All of the fishermen perished.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
Police and Troops Gather In Agitatofs
and all Suspects - Parliament
Building Closed -- Open War
Seems Inevitable.
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FIGHTING COMMENCES IN ST.
PETERSBURG.

ST PETERSBURG, July ga
About midnight rumors OF q
heavy fight at the Marva gate.
where occurred the massacre Of
the followers Of Father Gapon. Is
months ago. was reported. There
were a number Of casualties In
tonieht's affair Several more or
less serious clashes have taken
place.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
TARTARS DESTROY VILLAGE.

TIFLIS, July 22.-Tartars destroyed
the village of Kaladiak. Thirty persons
were killed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
Soldiers Fill st. Petersburg.

The capital today bore eloquent testi-
mony OF the preparations made to re-
press the masses of force. The city Is
packed with soldiers, and resembles an
armed camp. The troops occupied the
railroad stations and bridges are con.
trolled by patrons Of police and gen.
darmes are distributed at many points,
The work of gathering in the agitators
hegan Immediately after the ukase placing
st, Petersburg in a "State of extraordi'
nary security" was promulgated Hun
dreds of arrests were made before day
light, The powers conferred upon NJ.
Won Der l.a,nitz the prefect of police,
and M. Zinovieir, governor of the prov.
ince are little short of those Of q petty
dictator. Searches and arrests can be
made without process of law The news
papers may be forced to suspend publi-
cation and persons deposed without a
trial, Public and private meetings are
forbidden.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
Power Is Absolute.

Those arrested may be tried by mill
tary court martial and executed II deem-
ed desirable. Although the news of the
dissolution spread like wildfre among
the masses here, they hardly realize the
momentous Importance of the event.
The news travelled fast in the country
and general expectations are that the
peasantry accepting the disposal of par
lament as a final blow to their hopes,
will rise en- masse.
The imperial uluase relieves M. Gore.
mykin of the premiership and appoints
M. stolypin, premier. He also retains
his post of minister Of the interior.
M. Sticjinsk, minister of agriculture,
has resigned The parliament building
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-25
WEBER APPEARS
MORE CHEERFUL
Has Apparently Recov-
cred From Blow De
livered by Court.

AUBURN, June 24-Adolph Weber
slept better last ngiht and seems more
cheerful or more resigned. His spell
of silence is broken to some extent
and he talks little to certain people.
but to others not at all. He eats but
little and looks i'll. He stated tonight
in answer to question regarding his
health that his stomach was troubling
him more than ever. He has apparent
ly given up all thought of making fur
ther fight for his life. He said today
What is the use? It might hold me
here for six months or so longer, but l
should not live to see it out
He says he has no lawyer and is done
with them all. On receiving the an
nouncement of the courts decision he
expressed desire to see Grove L.
Johnson and wrote to the lawyer.
Johnson's reply to the effect that the
plea of insanity was still left wounded
Weber's vanity and he wrote sharp
letter .repudiating any desire to use
that plea. He has always opposed his
lawyers desire to put it forward and
even in his desperate condition will
not now consent.
He talks in Spanish with his night
watch, conversing freely about Mexico
and other places, but says very little
about his case, generally becoming si-
lent when it is alluded to.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-25
MUNICIPAL FERRY
PROVES 4 COSTLY
LUXURY TO BOSTON
Undertaking Has Been Run at
a Loss for Thirty-Five
Years.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

BOSTON June 24-Frequent refer
ences have been made of late to the
East Boston ferry municipal under
taking, and figures have been printed
showing what it has cost tho taxpayers
of Boston to maintain the line of boats
that run to and from Noddle Island,
more commonly called East Boston. The
published figures have been erroneous
In that they cover a period of forty
four years prior to 1902, when in real
ity the city has been a passenger car
rier for only trif1e over thirty-six
years In the opinion of the citizens
who have footed the bills that time is
Just thirty-five years too long.
During the entire period since 1870,
when the city began to operate the
boats. in only one year have the re-
ceipts exceeded the expenditures. That
year was 1S77-7S, when the receipts
were greater than the expenditures by
the sum of s93.8S.
According to the figures of the City
Auditor in his annual report, just is
sued, the total expenditures on the nu-
nicipal ferry system during the past
thirty-six years amounted to $9,16S.-
262. .95, and the total receipts reached
the sum of S6.115,S02.47, leaving a def
cit from the operation of the boats of
s3.052, 66O4s, or an average loss of sS4.
1862 a year The taxpayers in the
city proper are just beginning to real
ize that they are the ones who have
had to foot the bills for the mainte-
nance of the ferry all these years.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-25
SOLEMN CEREMONY IS HELD
ABOUT PRAYER-BOOK CROSS
BISHOP NICHOLS ANNIVERSARY AS HEAD OF THE DIOCESE ALSO CELEBRATED

Looking out to the westward, whence
came Sir Francis Drake, in the Golden
Hind, at the base of Prayer Book Cross
in Golden Gate Park, the Episcopalians
of California yesterday afternoon gave
due recognition to the 327th anniver-
sary of the first use of the common
prayer book of the church on American
soil. Not only were the exercises COM
memorative of that first service Of
Chaplain Francis Fletcher, but they
signaled the sixteenth year of the work
of Bishop Nichols in the diocese of
California.
To Archdeacon j.. c.. Emery, in the
absence of Bishop Nichols, was accord
ed the honor of delivering the address.
and the vestments of the attending
clergy and the large choir combined
to make the scene an impressive one
Rev L. c. Sanford of st. Johns Church
of this city was chairman of the COM
nittee that had the, celebration of the
occasion in charge, and 1t was largely
due to his attention to details that
made the gathering one long to be re-
membered.
1t was on June "a. 1879, that Sir
Francis Drake careened his small ves-
sci at what came to be known as
brakes Bay not far from San Fran
cisco. Francis Fletcher, a priest of
the Church of England and chaplain of
the expedition, held the services of his
faith, the first with the Book of Com
mon Prayer. January 1,s1S94, at the
time of the opening of the Midwinter
Fair, through the generosity of George
w ChiIds of Philadelphia, the cross
that now stands in Golden Gate Park
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-25
PUTS END
To EVIL Of
REBAT
Kansas City Decision a
Blow at Pirate
Railroads.
Freight Brokerage Con-
Germs VIII Go Out
Of Business.
Prison Sentences Discour-
age Violaters Of
the Law.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

NEW YORK, June 24.-News that
George L. Thomas and his associate
and assistant. L. B. Taggart, of this
city, had been fined and sentenced to
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
violation of the Elkins law concerning
rebates is regarded as sounding the
death knen of private freight broker
age concerns in this and other cities,
which have made a fat living out of
venai railroad officers and so-called
pirate" railroads.
Among railroad men. chiefly the COM
mercial and soliciting freight agents,
Thomas and Taggart were we'll known.
They maintained suite of Offices in
No. 420 Broadway. Ostensibly the
Thomas concern represented dry goods
houses in the interior and large job
bing houses in ST Louis, Kansas City,
Chicago, San Francisco and other cities.
Twice a year these large handlers of
freight sent buyers by the score to New
York City, picking up the summer. win
ter and fall goods. When the Shipping
clerk asked for instructions as TO routes
on the goods bought, these Western
houses through their representatives,
invariably replied that Thomas would
name the route. As a consequence, an
enormous line of freight was at his dis
posal He could swing train loads of
the R1gHeSL duQ I1OSI SGiSSl SAdoS VI
freight TO lines which offered the best
inducements. Experienced as he was
in. routes and tariffs, he knew the tricks
of the trade and was able to benefit by
the concessions offered by roads whose
tonnage was not UP to the average for
the month.
The fact that there was large guam
tity of freight always ready to be 'pur-
chased TO use railroad term, was a
standing menace to the traffic men OF
the western railroads, as we'll as the
agents of lines running out of New
York. The yenal, traffic manager who
was forced to make a showing usually
sought out these agents who. like
Thomas. had something to sell to the
highest bidder Naturally. the railroads
suffered in making the concessions in
rates as compared with those lines
which carried business only at the full
tariff prices 1t was the unanimous
opinion of freight agents of all the
leading railroads that the courts ac-
ton on Saturday at Kansas City in SEN
fencing Thomas to term OF four
months In the penitentiary and fine
of $4,000 meant that the private freight
broker as menace to the maintenance
of freight rates was forever suppressed.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-25
FIRE DESTROYS
HAY ON WHARF
Lively Blaze Consumes
$45,000 Worth of
Horse Feed.

Fire destroyed 5000 tons of hay yes
.terdsy afternoon on a wharf at Third
and Berry streets The loss is approx
fnrately s45 600. A lighted cigarette or
5igsr end is supposed to have started
the conhagration. The feed was the
property Of Scott & Magner. a. Q. Null.
ligan. J. FeOnesheck, z. Aigeltinger
and Summers & Co.
p. Shortly after 4:3O p. m. three alarms
were run in quick succession The
prompt response Of the Fire Department
resulted in the staying of the flames.
The fire was fast and furious Burning
bales Of hay tUmbled into the bay and
. Seated around the wharves. These were
exiting guished by the fire tugs. Nearby
were large piles Of lumber which were
saved from the flames by good work of
The firemen.
Several thousand dollars worth OF
wheat which was stored on the wharf
was precipitated into the bay when
the boards Of the dock burned through.
More Of the cereal was ruined by the
streams Of water which were played
upon the wharf There was no insur-
auce.
An hour after the fire started the de-
partment had II practically out