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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-02
The Daily Market Report

R. S. ", 20 s-lb cartons, 22s; R, S,
Nv. r., 3-ib cartons $l7s; Liverpool
lump, per ton, $50.
Raisins--Loose muscatels, 3-crown
II cents; 4-crown, 7ic; bleached
seedless Sultanas, oic@l2e; un.
bleached seedless Sultanas, 81 cents
London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes
Of 20 rounds, $500; 2-crown, $l,7s,
Nuts-Walnuts, ls@l7c pound
hlberts, Is Brazils, l6c; pecans, II
@20c; hickory, l0c; Virginia row pea
nuts, s cents; chestnuts, ltal-
ian loc, Ohio 2sc; cocoanuts, dozen,
90e@$l; pine nuts, l0@l2c pound.
Dried Fruits-Applies, sic per 10;
peaches, lo@l2c; pears, lli@l4c;
Italian prunes, s@6c; California figs,
white, in sacks, 7ic per pound; black,
6@7c; bricks, 7sc@2.2s per box;
Smyrna, l6@l7hc per pound; dates,
Persian. 6t@7c pound.
Hops, Wool. Hides, Etc.
Hops-lo07 crop, 40sc pound,
Wool-Valley, l4@lsic b.; coarse,
l2@l3c; Eastern Oregon, S@i6c. as
to shrinkage.
Mohair- Choice, lS9loc pound.
Cascara Sagrada (chittitm bark)--
3i@4ic per pound.
Oregon Graperoot-Per 100 pounds
s3@s.
Hides-Dry hides, No. |, l4ac lb.;
dry kip, No. l, l3ic; dry salted, one
third less; dry calf, lsic lb.; salted
steers, 7@Sc lb.s salted cows, 6ac ID;
stags and bulls, 4ac lb,; kip, 6ic lb,;
calf, l0@lic ID; green stock, lc less;
sheepskins; shearlings, l0@2sc; short
wool, 30@40c; medium and long
wool, according to quality, 50@o0c;
dry horses, 50c@Sl.50; dry colt, 2sc;
angora, S0c@$l; goat, common, l0@
Zoe.
Oysters, CLANS and Fish.
Observation-Disclosures Bay, per gal
lon, $2.25; per sack, $3.50; Toke
Point, $l.60 per 100; Olympias (l20
lbs.), $6; Olympias, per gallon, $2.2s.
Fish-Halibut, Sc ID; black cod,
Sc; black bass, zoe; striped bass, lSc;
herring, SIC; founders, &c; catfish,
lie; shrimp, l2ic; perch, 7c; sturgeon,
l2ic; sea trout, lsc; tom cod, l0c; sal
mon, fresh. 7@oc.
Canned Salmon-LoIumpia River, l
pound tails, $40; 2-lb. tails, $500;
fancy, lib. fats, $2.2s; lib. fats,
sl.4O; fancy, lib. ovals. $2.7s; Alaska
tails, pink, Csc; red, $l.40; nominal,
Is, tails, $2.l0.
Clams-Little neck, per box, $3.50;
razor CLAIMS, g per box.
Oils. Lead, Etc.
Benzine-V. NJ. and P. and Union
Naphtha, cases, l9lc; iron barrels,
l2ac.
Coal Oil-Union and pearl and as
trail oil, cases, lSc per gallon; water
white, iron barrels, l0ac; eocene and
extra star, cases, 2lc; headlight oil,
cases, l9ic iron barrels, l2ic; elaine,
cases, 28c.
Lead-Strictly pure white lead, in
ton lots, 7ic; 500-lb. lots, &c less; less
than 500c lbs, 84c; red lead and lith-
arge, tc higher than white.
Linseed Oil-Raw, 5-barrel lots,
Soc; l-barrel lots, Sic; in case, SIC;
boiled, 5-barrel lots, SIC; l-barrel
lots, 53c; in cases, 5oc.
Gasoline-Union and Red Crown
bbls., Isle; cases, 22sc. Motor, bbls.,
Isle; cases, 22ac. 86 degrees, bbls,,
Soc; cases, 373c. Engine Distillate,
bbls., &c; cases, l6c.
Turpentine-In cases, Csc; in wood
barrels, 61ac; in iron barrels, 5oic; in
I((-case lots. 61c.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-02

MESSENGER BOYS WITH b.
cycles wanted at the Western
Union, S-22-tf
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-02

WANTED-A WAITRESS OF EX-
perienee; good wages, Apply lrv-
ing Hotel. o-l-7t
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-02
THE MORNING AsToR1AN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
HELP WANTED

>~~-~~-s~s-es~N~>-~---s -.-s1
WANTED GOOD COOK; FIRST
class wages, Apply TO Mrs, La.
moreaux, Fort Stevens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
REACHES AN ADVERTISEMENT.


 Toledo. O., April 1s-fhe scale com mittee of the Interstate Operators and Coal Miners has reached an agreement on all important points at issue. al though 1t is yet at work on minor dee tails.
 The committee has decided practical ly upon a tentative agreement on a two years basis at ninety per ton rate for mining coal, with 8 satisfactory agreement as to the adjustment Of working conditions, which will place the different districts on relatively equal footing.
 This scale will be accepted by Presi- dent Lewis on behalf of the miners. with the understanding that he wilt at once communicate with the various locals in the districts represented in the convention and have them take vote on the position. They will decide whether they wish to repeal by their votes the one year settlement ruIe legacy left them at the special couven ton in Indianapolis and accept the scale and co1ditions tentatively. agreed upon Pending the result of his referendum. 1t is still probablematieal when the men will return to work. as the operators have in a majority of tn- stances some details to attend to before the mines can resume.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
REFUGE. ON HILLsIDEs.
Citizens of Montana Town Driven Ava,
 by Flood.

Helena, Mont, April 16.--A dispatch to The Record from Great Falls says that the flood waters from Hauser Lake dam have reached and are passing that point without infiicting any great dam age.
 The water rose to a height no great CT than during the customary spring floods This Is accounted for by the fact that the low lying lands between Cascade and Great Falls have allowed the flood waters to spread. General Manager Goodale. of the Boston and Montana Company. is authority for the statement that the large smelting plants will suffer absolutely no in- jury.
 The situation at Craig is one of great seriousness The flood has resulted in the practical destruction; of the town and it's 100 or more inhabitants have formed a temporary refuge on one of the hilIsides. With the exception of the school house practically every business house has been destroyed. One. small residence has clogged the entrance to the Great Northern tunnel below the town.
 The railroad is torn up for stretches of several miles ir length. It Is i'm possible to estimate the loss to ranch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
MINNnsorA coNvnNTIoN.

Minneapolis. Minn.. April 1s--The Minnesota Republican Convention today in a session that lasted two hours. elected four delegates at large to the National Convention and aiternates, nominated eleven presidential electors and adopted resolutions instructing the delegation to vote for the nomination of Secretary of War Taft. until he is selected"
 The big four" from Minnesota to the National Convention are:Frank B. Kellog, of St. Paul; Walter W. Heffel- finger, of Minneapolis; Frank D. Put nam, State Senator; and E. B. Hawkins of Biwabik. Harmony was the key note of the convention, every element of contest being eliminated.
 The platform cordially endorses the policies of President Roosevelt, declar- ing for the development of the water ways of the country, reaffirms allegi- anee to the protective tariff. but de- clares that the time has come for a re- vision of schedules.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
FORCED RESIGNATION
PRESIDENT GOMPERS GIVES OUT
 INTERESTING STATEMENT.
Says Resignation of CongressnAan Lit- tlefieId Was Brought About by Campaign Against Idlm By
 OrganlEed Labor.

New York, April 16-That the resig- nation of Congressman Charles T. Lit tlefield of Maine, which was recently announced, was forced by the campaign made against him several years ago by organized labor, was asserted today by President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor.
 'FWhen labor made it's protest against Mir. Littlefield, he said he would be elected to Congress again." said Mir. Gompers, and he was elected again, but his prestige began~to decline and now he is to leave Congress and retire to private life.
 Labor cannot afford to overlook the record of any Congressman or other public official" he continued Labor must always have in view the idea Of what labor and its leaders are entitled to, under the law. Labor has its rights. knows them and will stand for them. It will not let itself be outlawed by any judicial decision. Labor organiza- tions have political power. It has never been utilized as it should be utilized"
 MT. Gompers came here from Wash ington today in company with James Dunan and James O'Connell, the three constituting a specially appointed com mittee of conciliation and cooperation recently appointed by the American Federation of Labor
 They will confer with labor leaders in this city regarding several pending disputes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
NOTICE IS SERVED
PRESIDENT LEARNS OF INTENTIONS
 OF CONGRESS.
Many Important Measures RecOmmend- cd by Roosevelt Will Not Be Passed Before An Adjourn
 ment Is Takea.

Washington, April 16-The leaders of Congress have notified the President that several laws which he desired to have enacted at this session, will not be put through.
 A recamtulatio shows that when the session ends, Congress will probably have failed to pass many of the most important measures recommended by the President. They are as follows: Restricting the power of the Federal courts in the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes; amending the Sher- man antitrust law So as to establish system of Federal licenses for inter- state corporations; to enable the rail- roads to form traffic associations so as to secure greater stability of rates and returns; to remove some of the re- strictions from combinations of labor 10 prohibit raiIroads from blacklisting union employees; empowering the Inter- state Commerce Commission to control future issues of stocks and bonds of railroad property; to permit the Attor- ney General to name one of the receiv- CTS appointed for insolvent railroads: to remove the duty on wood pulp: to provide for the construction of four battleShips instead of two; to establish postal savings banks.
 These are the measures which the leaders have agreed to put through if possible: Making mere elastic the cur rency; granting conlpe nsation to gov ernment employees injured while in the government service; prohibiting child labor in the District of Columbia: au- thorizing the Ways and Means Com mittese of the House and the Finance Committee of the Senate to give hear ings preliminary to revision of the tarifI.. appropriating a sum sufficient to enable the Inland Waterways Commit etc to continue the work on which it started last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
One Thousand Teachers Come
 To Educational Contention

these addresses andSa few announce ments the throng of teachers which crowded the Court Street Methodist Church. hurried to the pariors of the Exchange Hotel where the reception by the women of Montgomery was held.
 As soon as the we'll organized chorus singing of the girl pupils ceased on which the curtain rose yesterday afternoon. Superintendent Charles L. Floyd. of the Montgomery City Schools, introduced Rev. o. c. McGehee, of the Court Street Methodist Church. who delivered the invocation in a few words. pr. McGehee's prayer was for the up- lift of the profession of teaching in Alabama as upon the efforts of ene teachers much of the character of the child depends.
 To give the welcome address, pr. Baldwin. of the Montgomery City School Board. arose, having been in- troduced briefly by Superintendent Floyd. Dr. Baldwin was especially happy in his speech and filled his short time on the rostrum with anecdote ana humor. with sprinkling of the serious.
 There was some mention of Mobile by Dr. Baldwin as a competitive point for the entertainment of the teachers in annual session. He said that Mont- gomery could not hope to equal Mobile in hospitality but 1t was good second.
 T say this" said the Speaker, "be- cause they have now way down in Mobile of sorter mixing water with things"
 pr. Baldwin did not mean by saying this to disparage the water possibilt- ties of the city of Montgomery.
 For, said he, i've have right here what we think Is the best artesian wa- ter fin the universe. We will give you some water now and if we are for tunate enough to get you back here after January 1. 1909, we will be in a position to give you nothing but wa- ter"
 At these remarks there was general laughter, whereupon Dr. Baldwin said hs was glad to see his watery remarks so well appreciated Nipples of iaugh- ter were especially noticeable in the Mobile Contingent of the audience. There is reason. The very fact that all will be water" in Mobile after Jan- uary l, 1909, as 1t will be all over the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17

competition and said that as result of 1t, the government saved s40o.ooo on the battieships Delaware and North Dakota alone.
 After e long consideration of the question of a point of order against the amendment recommended by MT. Foss. the chair sustained that gentle man and the amendment was lost.
 Tn a brief speech. Mir. Knowland. of California, blamed Mir. Liiiey, of Con- necticut. for making paipabIy false and misleading statements fin his speech of last week regarding worthless navy yards in which he stated that the Mare Island navy yard was one of them.
 Mr. Liliey, he said, had grossly mis- Mare Island dry dock and he quoted official figures to substantiate his de- niai. He then charged that at New London Conn, in MT. Liiley's district. there is a useless navy yard upon which considerable sums are being useiessly expended.
 Dir. Liiiey Explains.
 In reply. briefly. MT. Liiiey declared that his figures were obtained rom the Navy Department and that he would just as soon abandon the New London yard as any other one should it be shown to be useless.
 Mir. Tawney vehementtly opposed adoption without careful tnvestiga- ticn of an amendment by Mir. Padgett. of Tennessee. appropriating t5,5s3.30o for repairs to eighteen vessels among which are the foilowins: San Fran cisco. Ssoo.25 Baltimore. Ss3s. 800: Alabama, s6s7,50o: Illinois,. sse7,s 500; Iowa, s557.50c; KearsarKe, ss7s.50o Kentucky. ,s73.5oo: Bennington, sfs5,- 75o.
 The money is to be paid out of the appropriation of ss.o00,00o for con- struction and repairs Of vessels The The amendment was adopted without division.
 Following speech by Mir. Bartlett, of Georgia, condemning the Presidents special message asking for four battle ships, and making a plea for a 6 pol icy of peace. consideration of the bill was concluded and it was. passed un- der suspension of the rules. the ides being to forestall the Democrats in the matter of unnecessary roll calls.
 The vote resulted, years, 264: nays, 12, the latter being Messrs. Byrd. Mis- sissippi; Garner. Texas; Gregg. Texas: Hay, Virginia; Helm, Kentucky; Sher- wood. Ohio; slayden and stephens, Texas.
 To the surprise of every one, Mir. Williams did not insist on roll call on motion to take a recess. and ac- cordingly the House at 5:s2 D. m. recessed until 1l:30 o'clock tomorrow when the diplomatic and consular apA propriation Dill will be taken up. 3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
RUSSIA INVADEs PERSIA.
Russian Troops PuniaiinR Band af
 Kurdish BriRandm

Kurdish Brigamdn
 Tifits. Transcaucasia, April I6-Rus- sian troops have invaded Persian fer rttory in the vicinity of Ienkoran. n port on the Caspian Sea, for the pur- pose of punishing Kurdish raiders.
 This step was taken in ccnseauence of the renewal of the attack upon the Russian garrison at Belesuvar, a from tier post The trouble began April 12. when a detachment of Russian troops from ReleEuvar met 8 band of Kurdish brigands and lost several men in inc subsequent fighting. The brigands also suffered. They proposed t~ attack Bel esuvar in force in revenge for theiT treatment by the Russian soldiers and they descended on the garrison in large numbers.
 Orders were issued for the garrison which is supported by artillery, to en- ter Persian territory and punish the Kurds. The Russians in force then crossed the frontier and destroyed sew eral villages. They also attacked the Kurds who numbered in all about 4OQ0.
 According to the latest reports re- ceived at Tinis, the Russians are still continuing their advance.
 The people of Belesuvar have tele- graphed to St. Petersburg appealing for immediate protection. Cossacks have been sent into the districts to preserve order. The whole of the frontier is in a state of alarm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
WILL SUEN..c.& ST.L.
EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS ron THE
 BLACK PERSONS.
B0naparte Says Company Mnst Far nlsh Negro PaseenBers Aeeomm0- datiens Equal in All Respects To Those Furnished
 Whites.

Washington. April 1e-The Dspsrt- ment of Justice today decided to insti- tute proceedings under the Interstate Commerce act. to compel the Nash vi1le, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail way Company to furnish accommoda- tfons to negro passengers paying first class fare, equal in all respects to those furnished to white passengers.
 The case grew out of a complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the railroad conn pany by negro woman. alleging dis crimination. After an investigation, the commission ordered the railway com pany to desist from it's discriHlination which order, it Is asserted. has not been complied with. The matter was called to the attention of the President who referred it to the Attorney Gen eral
 Instructions to the United States Att torney at Nashville are being prspared and 1t is expected that suit will be be- gun in chat city within short time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
A SENSATION
 IS EXPECTED MT. Crozier M7,ss Seri- ous Csge.
 -S- UNEARTHs p-cRET SCHEME Says tb .drich Bill is a Gambling
 ~ Measure. Declares That Recent Financial Panic Was a Conspiracy of Wall Street And Says He Can Prove The Charges.

] Washington. April Ie.--In pictur- esaue language, at times violently denunciatory, Alfred o. Crozier. of Wilmington, Delaware, today told the House Committee on Banking and Cur rency that he had unearthed a secret scheme for a compromise on the Aid rich currency bill.
 He intimated plainly that the mem bers of the Currency Commission and the American Bankers Association did not act fairly with the banking and currency committee in unanimously opposing the Aldrich bill yesterday While opposing the bill on principle he said, the members of that com mission objected to 1t because the per cent interest and are ready to support it now If the interest is re- duced to three per cent.
 Lest evening, our distinguished banking friends held a conference" he said. To-day they are having another. with the wicked promoters of the wicked Aldrieh and Vreelan6 bills. What for? They are agreeing on a compromise. On what basis? Just 8 simple little amendment reducing the tax to three per cent and some other minor changes"
 He declared that the conferences was not only held after 1t was stated that the hearings before the Banking and Currency Committee had been closed.
 ''If this committee had not honored me with this opportunity to speak at this postscript to the public hearing" |" said Mir. Crozier, and if one of the distinguished bankers who addressed you yesterday had not mistaken me last evening for one of their fraternity and unreservedIy told me the whole progFsMs the trick would have been turned quickly and suddenly.
 The Aldrfch bill" Mir. Crozier de- clared, lis gambling game from start to finish brought here by gamblers and promoted by gamblers for 4gamb- ling purposes"
 Wall Street Blamed.
 He asserted that he knew the late financial stringency was brought on deliberately by Wall Street men.
 T was told in Wall Street that such a measure as the Aldrich bill would be brought before Congress and that q panic would precede it.
 Mfr Prince suggested that this charge was a very serious one, and ought not to be made. on an opinion but on actual factss&
 Mir. Croxier replied that if a com :. mission was appointed. he would fur nish list of witnesses to the counsel can be proved.
 As an evidence of the conspiracy to bring on panic, Mir. Crozier said a prominent financier told the president, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company that 1t was to be brought on before the meet ing of Congress and on that informa- tion he said the railroad borrowed ESQ., 100000. Urged to tell who the finan- cier predicting the panic was, MT. Crozier said he did not like fo r-tve Its name at this time, but would give if to counsel of any commission Congress might appoint to investigate the causes of the recent financial crisis. He pre- dicted that when the panic was finally investigated it would be seen that there had been a concentration of banking capital in New York,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
THREE LOSE LIVES
INHALED POISONOUS GASES I GUANO FACTORY,
CeFener Helds Inauests and Says Death of Negroes Was FSue fo Incom. peteney of Superintendent
 and Foreman.

Macon. Ga. April 16.--Three negro employees of the Royster Guano Com pany here. came to their desth today from inhai!ng poisonous gases while at work in the acid chamber of the company's factory. and four more are III from the same cause, one probably fatally The dead are:
 John Gilmore. Charles Griggs. Greene Lowdy.
 Coroner Young expanded jury and held an inquest this afternoon on John Gilmore for ali of the vlctima. The verdict of the jury Is that "Joiln Gil- naore came to his death while in the discharge of his duty in the employ of the Royster Guano Company, due to the incompetencyNof of Superintendent stamps ana Forenian Gonnaives."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
. SERIOUS STRIKE
STREET CAR MEN SHOOT STRIKE
 BREAKERS. ..v
A Car fin Charge of I've Imported Mes As, ,Attaeked asa AImVss CcA-
 pIeteIy Demslished--state
 Pollee Ordered Out. @'

Chestar. Pa, April 1s.--The most se- yious disturbance which has marked the strike 0f the motormen and con" ductors of the Chester Traction Com pany, occurred todRy, during which two empIoyes of the .compeny were shot. but not seriously injured
 The company attempted to operate A car and William Borgemann. who acted as motorman. was shot in the foot during an attack on the trolley ear bv A large crowd of strike sym uathizers Early in the day Mir Griese- mer, a claim agent of the company was shot in the leg while leading squad of forty men, who had been ihporteu to take the places of the strikers, to the ear born. Disorder was spasmodic during the night. but the serious out break began with the attack on the imported men An attempt to lead the
 men from the hotel at which they were ana rtered to the car barns by way of back streets was discovered by the atrIkers and their sympathizers. and In a hand to hand light, the imported work. sra ware routed and driven to shelter in the barn Griesemer, who was In charge. was struck by a bullet
 srbe company at once decided to start o,,t a car and 1t ran from the barn with Borgemann as motorman. and an- other imported man as conductor The car had not gone far when 1t was att lacked. Men swarmed aboard from all sides, the trolley pole was pulled from the wire the controller was taken from BorEemann and the crowd began to heat him and the conductor. Bricks pieces of lead pipe, and other missiles were thrown and every window in the ear was broken. A number of revols var shots were fired and one bullet atruek Borgemann in the foot. A strong detachment of police rushed up and af- ter considerable effort succeeded in driving the crowd back.
 The strike began on Monday. owing to the refusal of the employees to ac- cept a reduction in wages. The com pany also operates lines between Phil- adelphta. and Chester, and Chester and WilninFton. Del Trahic on these roads iS also suspended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-17
MIR. BACON MAY SUCCEED
 SECRETARY OF WAR TAFT

sonal friends of Assistant Secretary of State Bacon, formerly of Boston. have received information which leads them to believe that Mi. Bacon will become Secretary of War about July 1 next, succeeding Secretary Taft. who Is un- derstood to be desirous of retiring from the Cabinet at that time.
 The determination of Secretary Taft to retire Is said to be quite definite and Is understood not to be dependent upon the outcome ot the National Convea- ton