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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
Man Strikes Bomb With Pick
and Lives.
DYNAMITE WAS FROZEN HARD
Wallace, Idaho, Thrown Into Great Ex.
citement by Discovery of Domb
Back of Fire Station-Man
Strikes Bomb With Pick.

SPOKANE, March Ia following the
attempt three weeks ago to blow up the
Standard Mill near Wallace, an Internal
machine containing over thirty pounds
Of dynamite was found this morning on
the ice on the south fork of the Coeur
dAlenc river, back of the fire station
and in the very heart Of Wallace, The
finding of the Internal machine which
contained enough explosive to send hun
drcds to death, has set Wallace in wild
excitement The bomb was discovered
by William Schulcnberg, Il member of
the fire department while clearing away
the ice in the stream behind the fire
station to allow the refuse to be carried
away, SchuIlcnbrrg dealt the bomb five
blow, with a pick before he discovered
what it was. The dynamite failed to
explode because it was frozen, to which
fact Schullcnbcrg owes his fife
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
BOLD HOLDUP.

GREAT FALLS, March l5.--A Kali.
spell special to the Tribune reports the
loss OF $4,000 by the OBrien Lumber
Company at the hands of highwaymen.
John Peterson, trusted employee, was
carrying the money from kalspcll to
Toners. Near the mill he was stopped
by three men, one of whom held gun
to Petcrson'~ head, while the second held
the horses and third secured the
money, There is no clew SO far
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
SENATE TO CONSIDER BILL
FOR CANAL REGULATION

WASHINGTON, March l5.-With the
type of lsthmian canal and the method
of construction yet undetermined, the
Senate committee on inter oceanic can
ais has under consideration bill to
provide for a government canal zone and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
DEpEW IS ILL.

CHICAGO. March Is. A di-patch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
senator Plati for the first time. viz.
tually admitted that hi- colleague, Scna
tor Depcw, is i'll and unable TO attend
his official duties. He declined to dis
cr,s the nature OF Mr. Depcw's illness
or comment in any way on it. cause,
but he said hi, colleague /, at his resi-
dcnce in New York and really sick
man Senator Plntt doe not expect him
10 resume his duties in the Senate at
this session.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16


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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
NO PLOT AGAINST PARKHURST.

NEW YORK, March l5--The alleged
plot to assassinate Parkhurst is hoax,
according to confession today by Law
renee Rogers, the man who told the story
upon which the investigation of the al
legged plot was made. Rogers made his
confession today before Magistrate
Wahl. He was promptly arrested and
held for the grand jury on a charge of
perjury.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
WRITS GRANTED.

BOISE. March l5.~~U. 5. District
Judge Beatty thi, afternoon granted the
writ- Of habcas corpus peti-
toned for by the attorneys for Meyer
and his associates The writs are re
turnable on Monday when the matter
will be argued and submitted.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16

ALBANY. March l5.--Andrew Hamil-
ton appeared before the insurance in
vestigating committee this afternoon
and broke his long silence which he has
maintained except for the statement
brought back from Paris by John
c. Mccall. 1t would be difficult 10 eX-
aggerate the sensation produced by his
unexpected appearance and by his speech
or the intensely dramatic character OF
the whole episode With his face flushed
and his voice trembling with passion, his
arms appraised and his fists clenched
Hamilton poured forth a flood of de-
nunciation and invectiye upon the mem
hers of the board of trustees of the
New York Life, several Of whom were
present, designating them as ours and
traitors and paying special attention to
one, unnamed whom he described as the
" Pecksnitf of three administrations and
the confdant of the Beers scandal and
the author of the Beers pension-who
rotates through one administration and
another and thinks he is going to be the
member of yet another"
And do you think" demanded Hamil-
ton, " that man who held the same re-
lation to Beers that | did to Mccall
could sit thirteen years and not know
how expenditures that were made, were
disbursed Yet he and such like him. sit,
not Judging me as peers, but Judging
me as conquerors talk about Yellow
dogs'!"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
FEARED TO BE LOST.

HALIFAX, y. s. March IS Since the
British schooner Carrie Ea-Iep sailed
from Cau.or for Halifax three weeks
ngo, nothing ba. been heard from her
A. Cansor' j. but $50 miles from Halifax
marine interests are at loss to ar.
count for the delay in her arrival.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
FORMER LEGISLATIVE AGENT FOR
NEW YORK LIFE IS VERY BITTER
TAFT MAKING DECISION.

NEW YORK. March -, Secretary OF
War TAFT va. in conference today with
three Of hi- brothers and with several
intimate friends. IT j. believed that the
matter Of the secretary. decision a. to
going on the bench Of the Supreme Court
wa, considered but il decision was
reached no announcement will be made
for several days yet
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
PORTLAND COUNCIL GRANTS
FRONT STREET FRANCHISE

Meeting the dcpots in the north end of
the city with those on the south end,
The action ends IL contest between the
United and the Willamette Traction
Company which for stubbonesS has been
hitherto unequaIlcd in the history of
Portland.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16

POTLAND, March l5,--Thc city com-
eli tonight granted the United Railways
company by an almost unanimous vote,
a franchise along Front street in this
city, The franchise which is the most
valuable ever granted in this city, per
nit. the building of trunk line con,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
TACOMA FIRE.

TACOMA, March l5.-Filr tonight in
the Rochester Hotel, occupied by many
prominent citizens, and families, created
considerable anxiety for time No
one was injured however, The loss was
n thOW0nd,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
Mentions Mccall.

The only name he mentioned was that
of Mccall in reference to whom and
to whose death he displayed marked
emotion, He spoke of Mccall as vie
tim, and as having been shouldered with
the blame, The only one the dead
man, killed. that they drove to his grave
and deserted" He declared mequivocal-
ly every payment made to himself by
the New York Life was made with the
knowledge and approval of the trus,
tees, and especially the finance and
COMMITTEES and when
they say that they do not
know what is going on, it excites his
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16

laughter and derision He declared
again and again that the payments were
proper and he had no apology to make
for himself or Mccall.
Crowd Applauds.
The first applause that broke out from
the great crowd which filled the chamber
as soon as it was known that Hamilton
was present, broke out with a roar of
laughter after a reference to the en-
thusiasm with which he said his vic
tories were received by the officials of
the company.
They would come and pat me on the
back" he said with bitter sneer, "these
men that do not know me now; they
would come and pat me on the back and
say, You did it'!"
Great Applause.
A storm of applause followed his
scathing reference to the yellow dog"
as the dog of courage and loyalty. 4" But
the ours who stood around this funeral
that has occurred, the ours who knew
of these transactions and shrunk into
their shoes,-they are eurs,-and that is
the reason l come before you and say
the great interest of two billion dollars
of life insurance and the four hundred
million dollars of assets can never be
entrusted to the hands and administra-
tion of a lot OF crrs!"
This was the ostcnsible purpose of
Hamilton's appearance before the COM
mittee-to advocate the pending bill of
the committee which would legislate the
present boards out of office and provide
for complete organization next No
vemher.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16

other matters subject to legislative CON
troll. The draft of the bill was prepared
by Kittredge and is very similar to the
one he offered year ago which failed
to pass because of controversy over
the size and personnel of the canal COM
mission.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
Appears Before Insurance Investigating Committee
At Albany and POurS Forth Flood of Invective
Against Members of Board of Trustees.
FORMER COLLEAGUES CALLED YELLOW DOGS"

SPEECH CAUSES AMONG AUDITORS
SOME OF WHOM INCLUDED IN DENUNc1ATIoN-TRUS-
TEES ARE CHARACTERIZED AS TRAITORS, VEL
LOW DOGS Ours"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
frey Senator From South Carolina Makes Report
to Senate Says Nation is Tired Of Corporate
Rule and Demands Change.
ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH IS DANGEROUS

COMMENTS OF RAILROADS THEIR
oUENT POWER BUILDING UP GREAT FORTUNES AND
THE VAST AccUMULATIoNs WEALTH DEFINED
AS A MENACE TO LIBERTY.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16
House Bill Loosely Made.

lhlAltt lh II.
House Bill Loosely Made.
Tho bill ~ it came from the House,
rIlman characterized as loosely word.
ed and capable Of different intcrpreta.
tions In thus commenting upon the
bin Tillmun said he can claim TO give
expression 10 no opinion except his own.
The object sought, he added, best can
be- outlined in the language OF the Presi
dent in his last annual message to Con
arr.s and from this the senator quoted
extensively.
After cnumcraling the essential
change, from the existing laws regard.
ing inter. state commerce, he stated that
the most important is found in section
Ii, in which power is sought to be vest.
ed in the Inter State Commerce Commis.
sion after full hearing upon a com.
plalni madr to determine and prescribe
what will in it, Judgment be deemed
Just and reasonable and fairly rcmun,
crntvc rates" too be- thereafter observ-
ed in such eases As the maximum to be
charged and to make an order that the
samr shall go into effect and remain in
force for three years, which order shall
20 into effect 30 days after notice to the
carrier aud shall be in force and be
observed by the carrier. unless the sam,
shall be suspended or modified or set
aside by a court of competent iurisdic.
tom
Tremendous Business Of Railroads.
Commenting on thr gros, earning and
the net earnings of railroads properties,
Tillman said that once Il year every
dollar in the United States passes
through the hands of the railroads and
every three years becomes II part of
their net earnings, lie asked if it is any
wonder that the railroads have the most
brilliant legal minds at their command
Continued on page 81
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-16

union Of five members OF the minority
party aud three members Of the majority
IN Congress, who concurrcd in reporting
1t iavorahly, and while these eight Sen
ator- are agreed as to the general pur.
posc and scope Of the bill, there are
radical difference among them a. TO the
amendments that ought TO be incor.
potatcd In IT,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
why Men Wear Mustnches.

The Gaulois of Paris has been inves-
tigating that grave question, "Why do
men wear mustachesT About 100
men answered the question. Six re-
piled that It was too much trouble to
shave, one declared that it was to hide
his teeth, another that his long nose,
without ii, gave him bad appearance,
and three that 1t avoided colds. Three
others maintained that 1t improved the
air they breathed, and seven were Of
the opinion that mustache was neces-
sary to health. Seventeen men were
conte TO state that they did it to
please themselves. while only two said
it was TO please their wives. About
sixty gave the reason that women do
not like clean Shaven men.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
The lEnte of IHlIcn.

Some light Oh the fate of flies was
thrown By ii. Hill in a lecture at the
Royal Victoria hall, London, on "Flies
and How They Disappear" In Eng
land alone there are 5000 different
kinds of flies, and Mr.. Hill mentioned
the following principal ways in which
flies perish: They are drowned in milk
ut the breakfast table; they get sur
rounded by white fungus, which saps
their strength; they are eaten by spi-
ders, wasps, frogs, chameleons, lizards,
field mice or fish.
With so many enemies it might be
wondered how flies have continued to
exist. but Mr.. Hill said that he had
himself witnessed daddy longlegs
whose front half was being devoured
by spider continuing calmly to lay
eggs with the other half, as though
nothing We're happening.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
The Cent Is Not Small.

With the exception of the English
penny. the cent is the largest minimum
unit of money in the civilized world.
Roughly speaking, our cent is worth
kopecks, 2 cents Mexican. Chinese and
East Indian, ats or milliemes. 1t Is
two and half times larger than the
cent of the Netherlands or the kreutzer
There are pies. ore, Or pfennige to the
cent or s bani. centesimi. lepta. heller,
pennia, centimes or stotinki. A cent
Is worth 10 paras Turkish or 10 Japa-
nese rim. II cash Chinese or so paras
Servian. What the trolley car con-
ductors of Servla say when rendered q
five cent fare in paras would probably
not be fit to print
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
The Very Select.

On account of the bargain season
that comes with the approach of the
holidays New Iork'S -Four Hundred
has been marked down to seventy nine.
This greatly Simpitics matters. If
there arc only Scvcnty-nine persons in
town worth knowing. the visitor from
the rural districts should have no trou-
bic in getting acquainted with all Of
them i'm Il few days-that is, provided
he could get near enough.
Hereafter the man from Podunk will
not have to take the trouble to get ac-
quaimtcd with all Of the cab drivers
and motormcn in town, for if they
cannot present credentials to show thSt
they belong 10 the select seventy-nine
the proper thing for him to do will be
to hand them his fare In digniticd 81
lence ana look around for some one
worth while.
II may seem strange TO Il man from
town OF 200 who is in the habit of
speaking to every one he meets, but If
he will stop to think how many Tam
many politicians there are in the big
metropolis he will begin to get an ink
ling for the reason for this precautiOn.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
A Colossal Harm.

The largest harp ever made, so far
as is known. was that invented and
constructed by Nj. Veritan, provost of
Burkli, near Basel. 1t was known as
tho gigantic meteorological Eolian
harp. 1t was 800 feet in length and
was erected in the garden of its invent
or in 1877. This harp consisted of tif-
teen iron wires, 800 feet in length,
stretched between two poles. The wires
were from two to three inches apart,
the largest being one-siXth of an inch
in thickness and the smallest one
twelfth OF an inch. They We're placed
In the direction Of north and south and
inclined in such manner as to form
M angle of from twenty to thirty de-
grecs with the horizon, being stretched
by means Of rollers properly disposed
for the purpose. Whenever the wealth
er changed the wires sounded with
such loudness that it was impossible to
so on with concert in the house. The
sound sometimes represented the hiss
ing noise of water In rapid ebullition
sometimes that OF harmonicon and
sometimes that of distant chimes or IN
organ.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
The First Hats.

Discoursing OH the subject of hats an
antiquary expressed the opinion that
the hat was first used quite as much
for decoration as for protection. The
ancestor of all hats lie considers to
have been the fillet, or band, around the
hair worn by the ancient Greeks,
among others. Probably the first hint
gained by men regarding head orna-
ments was through observing the
crests, plumcs and antlers Of various
birds and beasts. The eastern races,
with their fondness for ceremony and
display, afford the most notable in
stances of the use of hats as signs of
rank and authority. Thus in Bud
dhist countries the gods are represent
cd as wearing elaborate forms of head
gear. In Korea the fashion attains its
height, no fewer than fifty kinds of
hats being worn by the natives as indi.
cations Of their social position.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
The Cruel Plant.

A. Canadian climber, the Physianthus
albens, has received the name of "crucl
plant" from its Ill treatment Of butter
flies. 1t flowers i'm the month Of Au-
gust, and the butterflies, attracted by
the perfume. hover around it in large
numbers and push their trunks into the
corollas to sip the honey. A pair Of
sensitive vegetable pinchers in the
heart of the flower grips the delicate
proboscis, and in spite of struggles to
get free the butterfly hangs suspended
until It dies. Apparently the plant has
nothing to gain by the. death of the i'll
sect, as it is. not carnivorous, like the
Venus fly trap. In fact, il the butter
1y We're allowed 10 come and go II
would tend 10 foster the species by as
slstlng cross fertilization. 1t appears,
however. that the "cruel plant" came
originally from Brazil. where the but
terflics are much stronger and eXtr-
cate their suckers from the trap. We
may add that another Canadian plant,
the Cnicus discolor. Is charged with
cruelty. The flower has gland which
sccrctes Il ylscous liquid capable Of
Inning insects which are fond Of It.
Moreover, they seem to be stupefied
and poisoned hy it, and no reason can
as yet be assigned for the deadly con-
sequence.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
The Curse Of Scotland,

Among the reasons why the nine Of
diamonds has been called the curse OF
Scotland are the following:
Diamonds. nine OF, called the curse
Of Scotland, from a Scotch member OF
parliament. part of whose family arms
is the nine of diamonds. voting for the
introduction Of the malt tax into Scot
land. - chronology; or, The IIisto-
rianS Companian.' Fourth Edition, by
Thomas Tcgg, London, 1896.
There is George Campbell men-
Toned in Burton's History OF Scot
land II" having caused the nine Of
diamonds TO be called the curse Of
Scotland because lie stole nine dia-
mOndS out of the roya! crown in the
reign of Mary Stuart. in consequence
Of which all Scotland was taxed.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
How a EInh Rrcnthes.


The gills Of fish are situated at the
consist OF number of vascular men,
braEes, which arc generally arranged
in double, fringelike rows, attached to
the parts by the base only. In some
cases these membranes are feather
shaped, in others mere folds attached
to the sides of the gill cavities. The
fish is Il cold bloodcd animal-that is to
say, liz temperature is seldom more
than Il degree or two higher than the
water in which il lives. This being
true, the creature needs but very
small amount of oxygen to keep the
blood ut temperature sufficiently high
10 sustain life. This oxygen is sup
piled to the blood of the fish by respir-
ing large quantities Of water, or, rath-
cr, drinking large quantities of water,
and reSpiring the air separated from
it 10y the giils. This explains why a
fish cannot live in a tank Of water
which has been siftcd through the gills
time and time again any better than Il
human being or other animal can in
air that has been deprived of all its OK
ygen by being taken into lungs and OK
PEELED without being acratcd. Fish
that die in the stale water of aqua
RUNS may be properly said 10 drown,
because they perish for want OF air.
the same thing which occasions death
by drowning in man and other lung
breathing animals.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
Rain Cont For n Bear.

There is one big brown bear i'll New
York that gets coddlcI beyond belief.
He belongs to 4 Sixth avenue furricr.
lie is not Il live bear. Even the mcm-
Dry of the oldest passenger OH the elc-
waited road gocth not back to the time
of that bears demise: yet, in spite Of
his long period as Il dead one" he Is
the slcekest, best groomcd bear in New
York. That is because the furrier
takes such good care Of him.
Storms are never allowed to beat
upon his glossy coat. He cannot be
humorcd to the extent of being brought
indoors during Il downpour. because it
IL his business TO stand on Il pedestal
outside and drum up trade. but the
next best thing is done for him. He is
provided with Il rain coat. 1t covers
him from snout to tail; so, no matter
how hard the rain may beat OF the
wind may blow, he is insured from
damage thereby.-New York Press.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05

"ButtCrcups and daisies follow rail
roads the world Ovcr,' said an eli
yinC"r. I'm India. in central Asia, in
Brazil, the parallel rails run continual
~ between meadows white and yellow
with home flowers. In the construction
Of all foreign railways American or
English engineers have 4 hand. These
men know that good home grass is the
best thing for holding together the
earth on cmbankmcnts. Grass is toug!
ana lasting. Ii strikes root 81 easily
HAT il practically cements the most
tlimsy carthwo-,.S. So grass seed from
home is Sown on railway embankments
all over the world 10y the home en-
ginCcrS helping to build them. and thus
in the most tropical places. among gor-
Erous orchids and palms and giant
cacti. YOU will see mile after mile of
wholesome. clean home grass. studded
with white daisies and yellow butter
CUPS"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
Early Autograph Hunters.

\ certain Atossa in early Roman days
seems to have been the mother OF au-
tograph collectors. Cicero had 4 collcc-
ton. which must have been fine one,
for lie speaks of it with particular
pride, The fever, even I'm those far
back days, was contagious. Pliny
speaks of rompelus Secundus, ut
whose house he had seen autographs
"f Cicero, Augustus, Virgil and the
Gracchi AMI his own collection was
valued ut $4,000 of our money. Then
came the thrush OF Darbarians, and we
do not again meet with the collector
until the beginning OF the sixteenth
century. when he reappcnrs in the per
son Of II Bohemian squire. who kept Il
book 10 r"cord his exploits in the chase
an! enriched it with the signatures of
hiS grc1t hunter friends.