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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia peti-
ton for the impeachment of Judge L.
4. Whitley. n Shanghai. judge OF
the United States court for China and
signed by Lorrin Andrews, resident
OF Shanghai for himself and Others
was introduced today in the House
by Waldo OF New York. Whitley j:
charged with corrupt practices among
these being that he has disbarred
without cause, Attorneys Francis Nj
Brooks, Cecil Holcomb, William l.
Rogers, Edwin II. Lemme, Harry l.
Hart, Lorrin Andrews and W. l.
Heen; that. he has, in defiance of the
rules OF the United States supreme
court, made rule which prohibits
any citizen OF the United States
holding lawyers certificate without
first passing an examination before
him (WilAey).
That the examination is sham and
intended only to disbar and ruin at
torneys whom he does not favor and
to secure the law business before the
United States court for China for hi:
own favorites.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
Planned to Be on Roof Of Penn
sylvanla Terminal.
IMMATURE CONEY ISLAND
Football and an Ice Rink Among the
Possibilities--The Roof is Guaran-
teed to Hold a Solid Mass Of Load
ed Freight Cars.

NEW YORK, Feb, lo. = Arrange
ments were practically completed
yesterday between representatives of
the Pennsylvania Railroad and Fred
erick Thompson, the theatrical man
ager and owner OF Puma Park, Coney
Island, through whcih Thompson
secures control OF the roof of the
Pennsylvania big terminal station at
Seventh avenue and Thirty-second
street. The lease is, for 20 years with
d reported total rental in the neigh
borhood OF $s,000000. The largest
roof garden in the world is planned
to be practically an open park in sum
mer and inclosed during the cold sea-
son. Extending from Seventh avenue
and from Thirty-hrst to Thirty-third
street the roof garden will be twice
as wide as Madison Square Garden,
large enough for the playing OF base
ball and football games. 1t is expect
ed the roof will be laid out with a
view to the playing of football, If not
baseball, and in the winter an inn
mense ice rink, with hockey games,
is among the probabilities, The ar
chitcets, it is said, have assured the
promoter that he may load the roof
with any weight equal to solid mass
il loaded freight cars and not fear a
collapse, Attractions OF the Coney
Island variety are also considered
among the features which the big
roof likely to exploit under the
Thompson plans, which have not, it
is said, gone beyond the tentative
stage as to details, the promoter hav-
ing only just succeeded in agreeing
with the railroad company for the
lease Of the roof, the basis Of the
whole scheme,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
A MATTER OF DUTY.
Chief Croker says Fireman Takes
His Life in His Hand and Knows it.

NEW YORK, Feb. lo.--That ex-
traordinary bravery should not be as
cribed to firemen who lose their lives
in the performance of their duty is
the opinion of Fire Chief Croker, ex-
pressed in an interview regarding the
death of Deputy Fire Chief Kruger,
who was killed by falling through a
trap door into sub-basement filled
with water, while seeking an oppor-
tunity to reach fire which was rag
ing in an adjoining building. -Four
other hremen have been killed within
month. The only bravery 6remen
show according to Chief Croker, is
when they enter the death trap
They know then that they are tax
ing their lives into their hands and
that they are liable to be killed at any
moment. After the first plunge, all
is matter Of simple duty. 1t happen
ed that those men got killed, That
is an eventuality which is always
reckoned on as possibility by a fire.
man. "And that's all there is to it,
says the chief, "Firemen have been
killed in this city before Charley Kru-
ger and the other four lost their lives
Firetnen will be killed right along, il
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
BAN ON FIREARMS.
Chicago Aldermen Pass Ordinance
Against Carrying Firearms.

CHICAGO, Feb. lo-Crime will
be decreased considerably in Chicago,
it is believed, by the action taken yes
terday by the council committee on
judiciary. The aldermen voted favor
ably on three ordinances designed to
put an end to the carrying of deadly
weapons
One of the ordinances obligates the
city custodian every six months to
take all weapons that come into his
possession and dump them into the
lake at least five miles from shore.
Another ordinance requires dealers
in weapons to pay license fee Of $50
a year, and The third forbids anybody
to cary weapon Unless he is a sheriff
constable, policeman or coroner.
Even persons with collections of
weapons, fire arms and swords or
daggers, antique or modern, must
take out license under these new
ordinances.
The ordinance places the ban on
the heYweapons Pistols, bowie knives,
metal knuckles, revolvers, driks, der
ringers and slingshots.
There is no provision against rifles,
shotguns or cannon,
The ordinances make it unlawful to
purchase, or own, or borrow, any Of
these weapons without a license, but
even with license they may not be
carried.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lo--Sub
poenas were issued and served to-
night on Superior Judges Dunno and
'Lawlor and on District ATTORNEY
Langdon, Heney and Burns, com
manding them to appear in Judge
Lawlor's court tomorrow morning to
testify in regard to the immunity con-
tract alleged to have been granted to
Ruef in return for his testimony and
now alleged to have been violated BY
the members Of the prosecution.
Attorney Ach some days ago threat
ened to cause these men, who COM
prise the number said to have been
instrumental in seeking the immun-,
ity contract, to appear and testify in
the case, in the matter of the circum-
stances under which the contract was
secured
1t is believed that when the first of
these witnesses is called tomorrow
Lawlor will rule that their testimony
cannot be taken and that the matter
will end there,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
Inmates in Burning Building
lump From Second Story.
ONE WOMAN BADLY INJURED
1t Was Boarding House and the
Flames Broke Out All Over i. at
Once--The Inmates Could Not Get
Out Except by Jumping.

: HOUSTON, Tex. Feb. lo.-Eight
persons had to jump from the second
story of a burning building early to-
day, three OF them being injured, one
dangerously, The injured;
Mrs, Hattie Smith, badly cut by glass.
Edward Smith, age 20, badly cut and
dangerously injured by fall
Clark Smith, age 20, cut about face
and bruised.
1t was boarding house and the
flames broke out all over it at once,
The inmates could not get out except
by jumping and they went through
the windows, glass and all. The
building was a. total loss, and adjoin-
ing property was badly damaged by
the flames,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20

setts this evening and left Lowell to-
night for Boston where he took o
train for Washington. The Sccrc-
tary delivered two addresses The
first one In was in Nashua this after
noon
Ills first speech was In Nashua this
afternoon was. II was devoted to
the work OF the government in the
Philippines and the progress Of the
Panama Canal. The second speech
this evening was to the members oi
the Lowell board Of trade. lie spoke
about rs minutes here and In the
course Of his remarks he referred to
the relations between Japan and the
United States. He said In his opinion
tha, there was no possibility Of war
His recent visit to Japan, he said
convinced him that war talk Is ridicul-
Qua
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
JAps NOT TO BE HELD.

OTTAWA, Feb. l9-Thc report Of
the minister OF justice on the British
Columbia Natal Act has been submit
ted to the cabinet. It is said the re-
port recommends disallowancc on the
ground that It is ultra wires and con-
trary TO the terms Of the British
North America Act. The cabinet did
not meet today, so that the report
will not be taken into consideration
until tomorrow. The department Of
justice has instructed its agent at
Vancouver to take out writ OF habcas
corpus SO as to release the Japanese
imprisoned under the act.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
ENDORSES TAFT.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Feb. lo.
The New Mexican Republican Ter
ritorial Committee in session here yes
terday, adopted by unanimous vote,
a strong resolution endorsing the
candidacy Of William H. Taft for the
Republican Presidential nomination
and plcdging the committee and the
Republican organization to do all in
their power to further the candidacy.
This Is equivalent to a delegation in.
structed for Taft from New Mexico
to the National Convention. The
Republican Territorial Convention
will be held at Silver City. March IL.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20

PORTLAND, Feb, io-Advices re-
ceiyed in Portland from Hong Kong
and other Chinese cities that q species
OF guerrilla warfare has broken out
in Manchuria between the Japanese
soldiers who make up the army OF
occupation and the native Chinese,
who have been driving out from the
country representative OF the power
which they fear as an cneroach'ng
menace. II is stated in these adviees
that several conflicts have already oe-
Cured between the soldiers and the
people and the Japanese have been
driven entirely from the towns oi
Hop CT Bin and I'm Tai Hop Gi'
According to these advices, the sol
diers have conducted themselves in a
manner that calls for much censure'
It recites tale Of rayagc and pillage
in which neither property nor person
is regarded and eharacterizes inc
Japanese soldiers as a brutal rava'
cious 10, whose indignities have been
born as long as they can be
4, IL said tha, another OF the
causes OF grievance the Chinese have
\ against the Japanese is the fact that
&ey are trying to get control oil the
raAyays, revenues and telesraphs IN
Manchuria, The fact that trouble
exists between their country and
Japan is we'll known to well inform
cd Chinese Of this city and all OF them
are eagerly awaiting developments
They look upon the situation as being
serious and some OF them 50 so tar
as to say that there is long and
bitter struggle begun,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
REV. cHAs. BoYNToN DEAD.

NEW YORK, Feb. io.--At Free
port, L. l., yesterday, the funeral Of
Rev. chas, Boynton. former pastor
Of the Presbyterian Church, was
held. While he was the church's pas
tor, Mr. Boynton became convinced
that q minister should not receive
compensation. When his ccngrega-
ton insisted. he resigned. Later he
bull, house, for which he made the
bricks OF oyster shells and lime in
an oven he built himself. He was rs
s'of age.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
BoNI AND PRINCE

PARIS, Feb. lo--A magistrate took
the deposition Of Prince Helie de Sa-
gan yesterday in connection with his
charges Of forgery against an un-
known author Of letters which Court
Boni de Castellance, his cousin, pro-
duced in court during the course Of
the recent assault case.
Prince de Sagan maintained &C
cusatiohs both against the forger and
against Court Boni as the user of the
forged documents and promised in,
teresting revelations in the near fu-
ture.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
FALSE TO HIS TRUST.

PORTLAND, Feb. 1o.-Howard c.
Green, for three years the private sec
retary to ], G. Fargo, president of
the American Express Company, and
while serving in that capacity had
charge of the books of the w. c.
Fargo estate, was arrested tonight in
this city at the request of the New
York state authorities on charges Of
forgery and defaulcation amounting
to $500.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
DESTRUCTIVE BLASTING.

BERKELEY. Cal. Feb. Pan
over charge OF gian, powder in blast
ing ONT the Doe memorial foundation
of the University Of California this
afternoon hurled shower OF rock
through tho windows into the class
room OF the north hall, a hundred
feet away. Kelso r. Oliver OF Los
Angeles. was struck on the head with
an eight.pound rock and severely in.
jurcd. Miss Mabel Usingcr was
slightly injured by flying gravel
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
PRICE FIVE CENTS

cannot be helped, Chief Croker said
yesterday. Some people say fire.
men are trained to be reckless. That
Is not 50. Fire fighting is business.
The business Of a fireman is to put
out the firc-quick-the quicker the bet
ter To put one out it Is usually nee
cssary to get close to it. And the
closer you get, the more dangerous
becomes your position. Accidents
will happen-there you are.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
cHAs. J. swEEzY DYING.

NEW YORK, Feb. lo-Suffering
from rheumatism Of the heart. Chas.
], Sweezy, noted baseball player
and a member of the famous old-time
Cincinnati Red Stockings, is dying in
a Newark, N. J., hospital Sweezy
was born in New York in lS47 and
afte ra few seasons with amateur
teams in New Jersey was second
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL,
Signs Decree Authorizing The Con-
tinuation Of Rebate on Tariff.


WASHINGTON, Feb. io.-- The
President Of the Republic of Brazil,
to commemorate the visit Of the At
lantic feet to the city Of Rio Janeiro,
has signed decree authorizing the
continuation Of rebates on tariff
charges on articles Of American mer-
shandise during the fiscal year 1908.
The rebates which are continued ap-
ply to wheat, -four, condensed milk,
manufactures Of rubber, watches, writ
ing ink, varnishes, typewriters, refrig-
orators, pianos, scales and windmills.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
! ToSA MARU ARRIVES.

VICTORIA, Feb, lo.--The steamer
Tosa Maru arrived here today with
l35 Japanese. One of those unable
to pass the educational test of the ma
tai act was arrested as test case,
the others being held until decision
is arrived at. The Dominion attor-
neys will begin habeas corpus pro-
ceedings, under instructions from
Ottawa, to secure the Japanese re-
lease.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20

basemcn on the Cincinnati team in
1869 and 1870. Baltimore, st, Louis,
Cleveland and Boston we're other
cities in which he played national
league ball While playing in the
minor leagues in the early eighties,
he contracted rheumatism from which
he never recovered.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
TREATY SIGNED.

WASHINGTON, Feb lo.-The
Senate IN executive session today
ratified the arbitration convention
between the United States and France
which was signed February TO-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
ENGINEERS STRIKE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lo.-The
committees of both the Owners AS
sociation and the Marine Engineers
met today and decided to stand by
the statements issued yesterday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
TAFT GOES BACK.

LOWELL, Mass, Feb. lo.--Secre-
tary Taft finished his two days visit
in New Hampshire and Massachu-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
'ENCRoACHING MENACE
Several Conflicts Have Already
Occurred Between Soldiers
and tho People.
TALE or RAvAGE AND PILLAGE

Neither Property Nor Person 10 Re-
garded--The Japanese Soldiers Are
Brutal Lo, Whose Indignities
Have Been Born AZ Long as Can be
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
Thirteenth
CENSUS BILL
Bill Providing for Its
Taking.
MANY AMENDMENTS
Limits Census 10 the Main Land
In Alaska, Hawaii and
Porto Rico.
FURTHER DEBATE TOMORROW

Provision That Assistant Director
Shall be Appointed With the Con-
sent to Senate Was Stricken Out
Thus Leaving II to the President
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
SUBPOENAS ISSUED
Served on Judges Dunno and
LawIor and Heney.
AcH CARRIES OUT THREAT

e is Believed That When the First Of
These Witnesses is Called Lawlor
VIII Rule That Their Testimony
Cannot be Taken.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-20
ONLY FAvORITES PASS
TO Get a Certificate a Citizen OF
United States Must Pass
an Examination.
DIsBARRED WITHOUT CAUSE

The Petition is Signed by Lorrin An
drews, Resident Of Shanghai For
Himself and Others, Was Introduc-
ed Today in the House by Waldo.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
THE CLOSING DOWN
 OF THE WARREN MINES
No Explanation of the Unexpected Move Is Offered.

Bisbee, Ariz., Nov. 12.-(Special) )- The talk of the city today is the closing down of the Marren mine. owned by the Warren Realty and | Development company Their Lone | Star shaft, which is now down to q depth of S44 feet, and which is the 1 best timbered and straightest built shaft in the camp has been closed down and builkheaded and no word of information as to why it was done is obtainable.
 ,. For, some months past the manage ment has offered the crew of men | who were engaged in sinking this { shaft a bonus' of s25 for every foot { sunk in excess of one foot per day, | and for the past three months, an average of forty-five feet per month has been maintained. A short time |, ago, on rumOr of the approach of an ore body, the stock of the com pany advanced from $3.5O to $8 and then settled back to it's present price
 of SC.
 II Now comes the order to shut down and an absolute silence on the part
 of the management
 II According to reports, the stub train
 Is again to be put on between Bisbee and the main line and the through train will not run into Bisbee any
 more. From Douglas comes the news | that a new train is to be run from Bisbee to Douglas and return daily
 making three daily trains each way between these points.
 Physicians connected with the Cal
 umet & Arizona hospital states that
 there are only three patients now
 in that institution and they are cases
 requiring the attendance of sur geOn. The general health of Bisbee !, is better than at the same season for
 many years.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
An Example in sensationaIism.

In the year 17S9 the whole French people was in a state of political ex- citement. They seized eagerly upon everything sensational A young jour nalist named Camille Desmoulins shared this feeling. and took advan- tage of it. He wrote a series of articles called Lamp post Talks to the People of Paris in which he urged that anybody who was not a friend of the people ought to be talk en to the nearest lamp post and hanged. He was not himself a blood thirsty man. He chose his title chiefly because it sounded so pictur- esque. After a time he saw that they were executing a great many inno- cent men and women, and began to tell men so. Then they said that he was not friend of the people any longer, and executed him. This story has a moral for us in America to- day. It shows the dangers that come to a people which reads newspapers for the sake of excitement instead of for the sake of informatiOn.-Pres dent Hadley, in Youths Companion.
 -O-
 IF YOU are not It on Tag Day, you'll be sorry.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
The Most Perfect Decorations in the
 World.

In the Vatican are Raphaers great est triumphs-the most perfect pieces of monumental decoration in the
 world. On the two longer walls.
 nearly unbroken lunettes of some
 thing over a semi circle, he painted the two great compositions of The ology and Philosophy known as the "Disputa" and the School of Athens" The "Disputa," (page (55S the ear Her of the two, has the more con- nection with the art of the past. The use of gilded relief in the upper part recalls the methods of Pintoric- chic, and the hint of the whole ar engagement was doubtless taken from those demi-domes which existed in many churches. But what an origi- nal idea it was t0 transform the flat
 wall of a room into the apse of cathedral, and what a solemnity it imparts to the discussion that is go- ing on. The upper part is formal in the extreme, as it need be for the treatment of such a theme, but even here there is a variety as well as stateliness in the attitudes of the spacing. In the lower part the va
 riety becomes almost infinite, yet there is never a jar-not a line or a fold of drapery that mars the su- preme order of the whole. Besides the uncounted cherubs which float among the rays of glory or support the cloudy thrones of the saints and prophets, there are between seventy an deighty figures in the picture; yet the hosts of heaven and the church on earth seem gathered about the altar with it's sacred wafer-the tiny circle which is the focus of the great composition and the inevitable goal of all regards. as it is the central mystery of Catholic dogma.
 Opposite, in the School of Athens" (page 55S) the treatment is different but equally successful. The hieratic majesty of the "Disputa" was here unnecessary. but a tranquil an dspacious dignity was to be at tained and it is attained through the use of certical and horizontal lines the lines of stability and repose, while the bounding curve is echoed again and again in the diminishing arches of the imagined vaulting.-F'rom The Greatness of Raphael" by Kenyon Cox in the November Scribners.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
RESENTED DISPERSION
 ON THE OLD GUARD
1t Was Defeated Neither at Waterloo Nor the Arizona Election.

It has for a long time been the belief of Henry Drane, a democrat of the old Missouri school, that political matters were not being as well man. aged as they used to be when the old war horses had charge of them. The young democrats who had crowd ed their elders out meant well, but they were inexperienced against the wiles of the republicans, and Mir. Drane has for a long time been ex- pecting the disaster in this territory which fell a week ago. His grief was somewhat alleviated by pride in the correctness of his prognostica- tions.
 The other day when Delegate Smith came to town MT. Drane called on him at the Hotel Adams and found him in the company of Henry Ashurst, one of the younger school, and other prominent democrats. MT. Drane has a genuine party affection for Mir. Smith and his condolence with him on his defeat was the out pouring of an honest heart.
 Mir. Smith accepted his sympathy with manifest feeling ana he re- marked: Yes, MT. Drane, the old Guard has been beaten at last"
 MT. Smith" replied Drane; you have not read history well; the old Guard was never beaten. It was not beaten at Waterloo. The Old Guard lay under the Russian snows which had covered it two years before. If the old Guard had been at Waterloo. history would have told a different story. The raw recruits were beaten there, as they have been in the late Arizona election"
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
Muzzlina the Cannon.

Two recruits stationed at a fort overlooking the sea were examining one of the fort guns. One suggested that they should let it off, adding that nobody would be any the wiser. They loaded the gun and one of them said he would hold a bucket over the muzzle to drown the sounds so that they would not heard The gun was fired. and the shell and bucket. with the soldier clinging to it went flying out to sea. An officer immediately rushed to the remaining soldier to inquire the cause of the commotiOn.