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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
LIST is LONG.
Accident And Crime Makes New York
Coroners Report Lengthy.

NEW YORK, Jan. THE report Of
the Board Of Coroners for 1906 just
published shows remarkable year OF
accident and crime. In all there were
$3.50 deaths reported to the coroners
office Of which 2.16O were by violence.
For Manhattan alone and excluding
the casualties reported in Jersey City,
Long Island City and Brooklyn, the
tunnel work caused 6S deaths.
There were $40 felonlons attacks
causing death. Surface cars causing
" deaths elevated trains IA and tun-
mel trains II, Automobiles killed "a
people in Manhattan during the year,
The 39S suicides were brought about
as follows: 10 by shooting q by
throat cuttings; 81 by poison, 124 by
gas; 27 by jumping from windows or
roofs, A by jumping in front of trains
and "a by drowning.
The total number of deaths by casu-
alties including falls, explosions, col
lapse of buildings premature blasts,
falling of rock, timber and stone were
6S4, Alcoholism caused the death of
115 persons.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
INVESTIGATE SULLIVAN co.
San Francisco Brokers Meet to Arrange
Inspection Of Affairs,

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-SanFran
cisco brokers will hold a meeting to-
day TO arrange for an inspection Of the
affairs Of the l.. NJ. Sullivan Trust
Company Of Goldfield George r. Rice
peter Grant and other officers OF the
company say that they will be pre-
pared on Wednesday to meet with the
brokers AMI prove that their comopcy
5 yoiv ut
Rice said yesterday that he had -
ceiYe1 a copy Of the expert report on
the affairs OF the concern.
Il do " care" he Sa'd. "to go i1to
the details Of this report, but Il shows
that we have assets to more than ST.
h5G,tbJ Il. excess Of our liabilities. Thi.
in figured on the intrinsic valIe OF the
8, curIty."
Our total liability to brokers
amounts to not more than 100000 and
Of this amount not more than $3.50, 900
is to San Francisco brokers'"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
ARE TOO NOISY.
Engineers Arrested At Terminal For
footing Too Much.

NEW YORK, Jan. THE first de-
cided move in a fight which the anti
New Insurance League Of Staten Is
land began recently against the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad Company S
freight terminal at st. George, was
made yesterday when four railroad en-
gineers arrested charged with Sab
bath breaking" The league was for
med sometime ago to prevent unnec-
essary noises on Staten Island on Sun
day, it being complained that freight
trains were ditched great deal and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
Was Taking a Brief Rest After
Strenuous Period Of
Activity.
STILL STRONG FOR OFFICE
Reports that Statesman's Editor Was
in Cups is Nesatived by Him
Upon His Emersence from
Temporary 0nscurity.

| PORTLAND, Jan. 7.--Representativt
Frank Davcy Of Marion county, who
was supposed to have mysteriously
disappeared. returned to Portland this
morning from Seaside, where he has
hsen since last Friday.
During Davey's absence It was
feared that he was the victim Of some
IGlitical conspiracy. having for Its
| object his defeat as speaker OF the
House and injuring the cause Of JON
a,han Bourne.
Mr.. Davey. who was In Portland
Thursday. and intended returning TO
his post OF managing editor of the
Statesman that evening, wired
Thursday night that as trains were
demoralized owing TO the storm, he
would return Friday morning There
Y ere no Southern Pacific trains Fri
day forenoon. so Davey decided to
teke trip to the beach.
Il was worn out" explained Mr. Da-
Ncy "and concluded that since | could
not go home. the best thing for me to
do was to run down to the coast and
rest two or three days. 1t was the
only way could get out OF Portland
and | needed the rest.
'No one was more astonished than
| when learned this morning, coming
up from Astoria, that I was being
hunted for high and low In Portland,
and that my so-called disappearance
had caused commotion In political
circles"
From Friday morning until he ap-
peared Mt noon, Mr.. Davey had been
searched for in Portland in every pos
sible place. Private detectives and
friends looked for him in vain. At
noon today Mr.. Davey returned home,
and this afternoon is with his wife
and son at St Johns
1t was considered suspicious by
those who have been Watching the
political situation that Davey should
disappear on the eve of his apparent
triumph as Speaker. Davey has more
votes pledged than are needed to elect
him, but when the news was circu-
lated this morning that he had dis
appeared It was feared for time that
his chances were injured. His return
makes him still the dominant factor in
the Speakership fight.
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locomotive whistles were blown on
that day of the week, the latter In ylo-
latlon Of the law. The engineers we're
taken into custody and the
arrests brought the business In the
yards almost to standstIll The st.
George terminal is one Of the most
important the Baltimore 4 ohio has.
cars from the West are brought there
and gent South to Brooklyn, whore
and great deal Of freight from New
England In landed there.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
PRICE FIVE CENTS

judicial review Of orders excluding
lersons from the United States mail
facilities, after a debate lasting most
Of the day. In presenting reasons why
the bill should pass, Crumpacker OF
lndltra. It's author, said the power
given tc the postmaster general uniar
the statutes to issue fraud orders was
ROT at all an administrative discre-
ton, as 1t rather partook Of the ma
ture Of police power for the regua-
ton Of the morals Of the people Of
the country Crumpacker contended
the whole fraud order law was an
unusual proceeding, In that If 1t had
been confined to institutions and prac-
tices that were essentially fraudulent
or were inherently bad and criminal,
such as green goods concerns, lotter-
les and the like, as originally contem-
plated by congress, there would be no
complaint against 1t.
Mann, Of Illinois, read from several
advertisements which, he said, seemed
to show that the concerns were still
doing business that ought to come
within the scope of fraud orders. He
said the bill was defective In that
there should be no letting down Of
bars to permit doubtful concerns to
fleece :he public.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
Panama Badly Buffeted by Waves
Before Reaching Port.
HEROIC ACTION OF SEAMEN
Some Are Swept Overheard While
Trying to Fasten Life Rats and
Despite Gales Fury Comrades
Come to Rescue.

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 7.--Lewis
Kaiser, United States consul at Port
Mazatlan. Mexico, has telegraphed the
Associated Press the story of the south
bound trip Of the steamer City OF
Panama, which for three days was
thought lost off the California coast
The story shows the fears for the
safety Of the vessel were we'll ground
ed, The trip was thrilling, replete
with danger, narrow escapes, heroic
action on the part of officers and
crew. One life was lost, Manuel Acu-
ma, a Chilean, who was drowned. The
vessel was In a hurricane seventeen
consecutive hours after leaving San
Francisco and everything movable on
board was washed overheard.
Mate George, Boatswain Telecea and
two seamen were ordered up to secure
the remaining life RATS, but they We're
swept overheard. With great Difficult
ty, a life boat commanded by Mate
Modem was finally launched. Mean
while Mate George, Boatswain Tele-
cea and one Of the seamen succeeded
in reaching one of the life RATS that
had been swept into the sea. Mate
Modem and his crew reached the strick-
en- men and rescued them. Acunea was
tossed up by huge wave and disap-
peared. AS the storm was increasing
it was decided to run into brakes Bay
on the coast of California. Although
the boat was badly buffeted, she was
not so badly injured that she could
not proceed on her journey. The pas
sengers highly praised the brave con-
duct and efficiency of the captain and
crew. A collection was taken up, the
proceeds of which are to be used in
the purchase of gold medals for the
crew that manned the lifeboat during
the height of the storm.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
Defends San Francisco School
Board in DisbMment OF
Pupils.
OREGON SENATOR USES FLAlL
Declares Japanese Are Little Better
Than Chinese and Their Coming
Hero 10 = Menace 10 tho En-.
tiro Country.

WASHINGTON. Jan, mo new
senator was ever accorded such n
compliment during his firHt speech as
was accorded Senator Gcarin today. He
began his speech at an hour when
most senators take lunch. soon. how
ever. vacant seats began to MI. and
before he had proceeded fftean min
utes nearly every senator was IN his
seat. and all who came stayed 10 the
end. Each seat was fillcd. niscs were
crowded and corridors outside wer
throngcd with people trying 10 gain
admittance. slW
california" began Mr. Gcarin. "is
under no obligations 10 the federal
government to have public schools or
any kind Of schools nj all. And, II she
does have them. It In her province, and
not that OF the general government
TO say how they shall be maintained
and how conducted and under what
conditions"
Replying to the claim in the Pres
identa message that the treaty with
Japan guarantees protection and right
10 attend public schools In all states
in the Union. and to attend them In
company with white children. Mr..
Gearin denied cmphaticnlly that there
Is any provision in the treaty which
by any sort OF construction can be
made to support such claim.
Regarding the restriction of Japan
cse immigrants the senator said:
In the school of bitter experience
We have learned that the unrestricted
immigration of Asiatlc laborers to this
country Is n curse ana Il disorder and
menace to the welfare and happi-
ness to and prosperity OF the labor
Ing man Of America,
we have u right to protect our
selves and we must protect ourselves
or go to the wall In the worlds com
petition" He argued that the yellow
and white races never have mixed and
never can.
There Is not one single objection
that was ever urged against the Chi
nese laborer that does not apply with
equal force against the Japanese la
borer Why, then, the discrimlna-
tion?"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
Men Try 10 Cross Nsar:Mc Gowans
and Their Boat Capsizes.
FIVE PERSONS ARE DROWNED
People on Shore Hear Shouts for Help
and Hasten TO Rescue, But No
Trace Of Men 10 Found-Par.
tiouIars Measrc.

PORTLAND. Jan. News was re-
ccivcd here tonight that five men were
drowned in the Columbia river near
Buffers. Wash, last night by the cap
sizing Of n boat In which they were
crossing the river from Buffers to
McGowans on the Oregon side.
People on the shore at Buffers heard
The men shout for help and search
was made for the boat but no trace OF
II was found. The missing are w. l.,
Murray. county surveyor of Skamania
county, Wash; Carl Linstrom, WIN,
Iar3 Wallace, a man named Jackman %
Stevenson, Wash, and an unknown
man, Particulars OF the accident ara
! ard to obtain.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08

agricultural lands Of the state, for II
Ia an Increased farm population that
oregon needs more than all else com
binnd, Put energetic farmers on the
vacant lnndr, cut up the large ranches
and The cities towns ana villnges of
oregon viii grow ana prosper, with
that end In view oregon In being nd-
vertlaed m never before, ana the In
quiry IN three times M great mn II
was during the Lewis n Clark Expo
aition
Many communities Of the state ARE
sending out literature to inquirers,
lists Of whom are being furnished to
each ana every one Of the sixty three
organizations composing the oregon
Development League. Letters Of In
quiry are coming In many lnnguageg---
English. German. Swedish and Polish
lead. letters are coming from every
state IN the Union, but Minnesota.
Iowa. Kansas Wiscinsin. the Dakotas.
and Nebraska are about equal In mum.
bef, aud 1t IN from just these portions
Of the United States that We want
our immigration An accurate conccp-
tion Of tho enormous correspondence
can best be had from the fact that
II cost tb27 TO pay the outgoing post
age for he past twenty-five days from
the Portland office alone.
Remember that 1t is In January that
YOU get more readers than any other
month. because the farmers in the
cold sections Of the country are rest
Ing, but February In also important,
one piece Of literature and per-
nonnl letter sent today nre worth
more than ten during the farmers
busy season,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
Bloody Blouse Leads to Arrest Of
Black Who Shot Macklin.
NRGRO HELD AN GENT GRUDGE
Authorities Believe They Have at Last
Captured the Person Who Tried
to Kill Captain of Colored
Troops.

GUTHRIE, Okla, Jan. IA State
! Capital special from Fort Reno says:
The finding Of a khaki jacket, op-
sleeve of which was covered with
blood and punctured, presumably by
| bullet, led to the arrest this after
noon of Corporal Knowles, of the
Twenty fifth infantry on a charge of
murderously assaulting Captain Edgar
B. Macklin. When arrested the negro
was found to have severe flesh wound
on the wrist, for which he is said to
have been treating himself over three
weeks. The wound is declared to have
been inflicted by the same size bullet
as went through the sleeve of the
jacket which bore Knowles initials.
Officers of the fort and El Reno po-
lice do not doubt the negro is the
masked man who, on the night of De-
cember u called Macklin to the back
door of his room and shot him twice.
The jacket which led to Knowles ar
rest was found near the fort Sunday
by two boys.
Knowles was given a hearing before
United States Commissioner Lowe at
Fort Reno tonight, but up to this hour
Q1:30) it is impossible to learn the
result. 1t was stated at the fort that
he would be taken either to Ell Reno
or Guthrie tonight. A pair of khaki
trousers were found in the creek wa
ters late this afternoon near where the
jacket was found yesterday. 1t is said
that another negro soldier will be ar
rested. He is being shadowed in Ell
Reno tonight. Knowles was not in
Brownsville at the time of the riots.
1t is said Knowles formerly belonged
to a company of which Macklin was
captain and it is said bore a grudge
against that officer for some incident
before the Brownsville trouble. An Of
ficer at the fort, however, states that
a theory of the trouble is being worked
out of the Brownsville affair, the for
mer trouble being merely an incident.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
FACTS ABOUT OREGON.
What tho Eager Easterner and Others
Want to, and Must, Know.

PORTLAND, Jan 7.--(Speclal Cor
respondenCe Never at any time
since Oregon became a state has there
been such widespread interest In her
development, as Is evidenced by the
letters received from all parts of the
United States by the Oregon Develop
ment League.
President T. b. Wilcox, Of the State
League, has just authorized an in
crease In the advertising in thorough
ly reliable agricultural publications of
large circulation. These advertise
ments are devoted exclusively to the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
BOARD HAS PUZZLE.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. Late
this afternoon a board was picked up
on the beach at Ocean Side, on which
was painted Rover No. A." The name
Of the boat in which Captain all is
alleged to have abducted Dora Dennis
is the Rover and this suggests that
the board might be from that craft.
The NO A." however, Ia a puzzle.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
HURLED FROM
HIGH bridge
Mysterious Murder in Port
land Streets.
NEW YORK DOCTORSLAIN
Attitude OF Relatives and Police
Make Puzzle the
Harder.
HOLD NO ROBBING WAS DONE
Though Pockets of Dead Man Had
Been Turned Inside Out, Those
Who Should Know Refuse to
Consider Robbery Theory.
HOLD NO ROBBlNG WAS DONE

PORTLAND, Jan. What appears
to have been terrible murder, follow
ing robbery, was discovered here to-
night when the body Of DR.. Philip Ed
wards Johnson, a physician from New
York, was found under the Ford street
bridge. 1t appeared at first that he
had either fallen or jumped from the
bridge, which is a steel structure
about 100 feet high on the Ford street
crossing jefferson street. An examina-
ton of the body, however, revealed
the almost certain fact that the doc
tor had been robbed and his body cast
over the bridge by his assailants. An
empty pocket book was found on the
bridge and his watch had been unfas-
tened from it's fob and removed. No
other valuables were found. The
body was mangled horribly. DR.. John
son resided with his wife at the Nor
tonia, a fashionable hotel. Mrs. John
son is daughter of former Governor
Hoadley of Ohio, and was Mrs. Scar
borough when she married johnson
last fall
It has been learned that DR.. and
Mrs. Johnson came here from the
east two months ago, it being their
intention to make Portland their per-
manent home. They ate dinner to-
gether at their hotel and DR.. John
son appeared in a happy frame of
mind. After dinner he visited W. c.
Alvord, cashier Of local bank, and
after talking with him for a few min
utes, left to go to the home Of DR..
Panton on Portland Heights. He had
to cross the Ford street bridge to
reach DR., Panton's home, but so far
no one has been found who saw him
after he left Mr.. Alvord's home.
Alvord, who is a cousin of the dead
man, refuses to make any sort of a
statement to newspapermen and his
actions add mystery to the affair
When first seen by the reporters AL
word seemed willing to talk, but put
the newspaper men off while he went
to see Mrs. Johnson at her room in
the hotel, and on his return he re-
ported her Frustrated and fatty re-
fused to make any statement. Mrs.
Johnson declined to see newspaper
men.
Although the pockets of the dead
man had been rifled and turned inside
out, his pocketbook emptied and left
on the bridge, together with his keys,
Captain Bruin of the police depart
ment expresses the belief that John
son was not robbed, Captain Bruins
peculiar belief in the face of the evil
dence adds mystery to the affair. Cap
tain Bruin does not take any stock
in a theory of suicide, but rather in
clines to the belief of murder, though |
by whom and for what cause he VEN
tured no opinion to the newspaper
men.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-08
HAS POLICE POWER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE House
today passed the bill providing for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-22
BACK GIVES OUT.
Plenty of Pine Bluff Readers Have
 This Experience.

You tax the kidneys-overwork them
 They can't keep up the continual strain.
 The back gives out-it aches and pains;
 Urinary troubles set in.
 Don't wait longer-take Doan's Kid ney Pills.
 Pine Bluff people tell you how they act.
 Claud Clegg of the Pine Bluff Paint 'nd Wall Paper company, AT Main treet, and living at 116 West Eff eenth street, Pine Bluff, Ark, says: For about month I was consider bly annoyed by pain and lameness cross my kidneys. Stopping over md attempting to strighten up would cause sharp pains to dart through me like knife thrusts. Having heard many satisfactory reports about De- ans Kidney Pills from people who had used them, I gave them a trial, and less than half box of them caused the lameness to entirely disappear. There has been no return of the trouble since, and have recommend ed your remedy to number of my acquaintances and shall continue to do so." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's- and take no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-22
Slightly Mixed.

N Two correspondents wrote to a Scountry editor to know respectively, rsThe best way of assisting twins Ethrough the teething period and E"How to rid an orchard of grass shoppers.
 The editor answered both ques- tions faithfully, but unfortunately got the initials mixed, so that fond father of the teething twins was thunderstruck by the following ad- vice:
 eff you are unfortunate enough to be plagued with these unwelcome little pests the quickest means of settling them is to cover them with with straw and set the straw on tire.''
 While the man who was bothered with the grasshoppers was equally amazed to read:
 The best method of treatment os to give them each a warm bath twice a day and rub their gums with boneset.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-22
CAPT. SMITH AT
 HEAD OF DISTRICT
New |. $. Engineer in Charge of Third District, Mississippi
 Work.

Ficksburg. Miss, Dec 2O.-Capt. Clarke $. Smith, succeeding Capt ; George M. Hoffman as United States engineer in charge of the Third dis 1 trict, has arrived and is now in ac- 1 tive charge of his new post.
 Capt. Hoffman has departed for his new appointment, which is to be on the isthmus af Panama. He has not vet been fully apprised of just what his duties will be, but presumes the work will begin With the opening of the new year. Capt. Hoffman had charge of the Third district for three years, having only celebrated his third anniversary in charge here last week. He came here from Texas, where he
 several years.
 The Third district is extensive, covering as it does from White river, north of Greenyille, down to War renton, below Vicksburg, taking in 'all of the tributary rivers included in this area, which are numerous and all have work under way.
 Aside from the Mississippi, there lis the SuntloWer, Yazoo, Ouachita and the other lesser streams, which are constantly in demand of improve ments, which are under way practi- , cally the year round, under supervis- ion of the Third district The princi- pal work now going on in the Ouachi-
 ta river is the building of the locks and ans, which have been startde for some years and will be again
 worked upon with renewed determi-
 nation and energy with the rising wat
 CT in that section.
 In SunfloWer river, there is a well developed movement to clear and make
 navigable the stream further up than
 heretofore, and to this end Capt Hoff-
 man and Congressman Ben Hum
 phreys together had gained funds and
 put into operation such plans as will by the spring operations give a clear
 cut stream as far up as Hushpuckner.
 The Yazoo canal, the closest project
 in the district, and of much value to
 Vicksburg, is in first class shape, the
 ed the most satisfactory results, ana
 showed that the stream was steadily
 securing and improving itself, and
 deepening it's bed
 Capt. Smith is native of Southern
 Illinois and has had ten years in the
 service. He is located here in the
 Hoffman had lived.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-22
An .AIe Joke.

George Ade, automobiling in h. diana, dined at a country hotel among a roomful of ministers. The ministers, who were holding "a convention in the town, were much amused when MT. Ade's identi ty was disclosed to them.
 One of them said during dinner:
 How does humorist of your stamp, feel sir, in such reverend company as this?''
 T feel" said Mr. Ade promtly, Hike lion in a den of Daniels"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-22
Not According to the Union Seal

Not According to the Union Scale.
 A bookseller purchased a stock of books out in one of the new towns in Oklahoma Territory. Finding several sets of Charles Dickens works in this stock he decided to make special price on them, so he put all of them in the large show window with the following sign in very large letters:
 CHARLES DICKENS WORKS ALL
 WEEK FOR TWO DOLLARS,
 A Kansas farmer who had drifted down that way to try his luck for a form given to the lucky ones by Un- cle St.m, walked up to this window. Reading the sign he said "Now. thats kwhat the mater with this F0sss51EyE F0s1yE the idea of a man Working afI week for two dollars
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-22
No More Wanted.

Judge.
 "Merry Christmas, old man. And many more like it.
 The man addressed turned a bale ful sleepless eye on the speaker and replies:
 Many more like it. Say, You hadn't heard that twins came to our house last night, had you?''