The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, May 03, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION k o "f ""'Out,, " will VOL. L. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY I, 1900, NO. 2852 Li ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. SPECIALS SPRING LAMB ami every variety of choice fresh meats. New Oregon Asparagus Hot-boose Lettoce and large variety of choice vegetables. Ross, Higgins & Co. Spring tods Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flies, Hooks, Leaders, Baskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. 5paulding's Base Ball Goodf The best in the world. Croquet Sets and Bird Cagef A large assortment to select from. GRIFFIN 8 REED ..The Empire and.. NONE BETTER CALL. ON... FOARD & STOKES CO. AGENTS. Aitorlu. Ore. and be convinced that when you get an Empire or & Mikado that you will got the Drat Separator manufactured. Investigate before you buy elaewhere. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes. Sosh otid Doors. Shingles otid Mouldings W. R SCHEIBE, : A lull Una of Pip., Tobacco, and Smokars' Artlclaa. 414 Commercial Mi. Phone No. IDS. C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Aiemw. and pacinofciprewco.. The Drain upon your purae will amount to very Utile If you have us do your repairing and plumbing of all hind. We are always reaeon able In our charts, prompt and obliging In service, and our work run not be excelled In plumbing, gat or steam fitting. How ) your old plumbing wearing let ua know. STRAWBERRIES BANANAS and SWEET JUICY ORANGES Complete line of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES 4a. i ( 111 Manufacturer of he Always Mailable "La Belle Astoria" Clear Scheme's Opera Star . Scheme's Special And Othr Brands Custom Houho Broker. . ASTORIA, .OREGON r 1 SMOTHERED BY THE HUNDREDS Horrors of the Coal Mine Disas ter in Utah Grow. OVER THREE HUNDRED DEAD Greed ol Oreci Miners From Europe Cauttd Ibe Terrible Eiploiluu-Carrlcd Giant Powder Into the Mlae Ajalasl Ibe Rule gad I'Kd II. 8 ALT LAKE, Muy 2.-.Y special to the Herald from Hcofleld. l.'luh, wiys: It Hrci'iN thitt at I' rut 2'0 men have Ixt-n killed In the mine u i ld nt. Ac curat llmm-it cannot be i;lv-n, and will lint ! known, for aoino duya. Tlio mine iiiuriutera miy It will be Impossi ble In -cure a lint of tin- iiutiica until lln read bodies have been brought out and Identified. Superintendent Sharp auya there were iX) nu n In the mine at the time of the i-X Intilon. C'f these It la Impos allili to account for more than sixty, In the turmoil and confusion, those Mho eacaH-d cannot be awn. There la great variance b.-tween the flgurca given by Hupcrlnlendcnt tlharp and Hi. mo kIvcii by Minn Huerinteiidcnl i'liriticU'C Mr, Smoot, of l'rovo, aald thi f' were 3'.0 m-n In (ho mine and, If lli nt la correct, more thun 300 are among the deal. The official of the coal company nay there la no record of the minora work in from day to day. The theory of Bishop Parmolie la that some of the Flnna, recently Im ported, aeoretcly look giant powder duwu Into the mine to assist them In their work. They were exceedingly anxloua to make a good allowing and aa muih money oa possible, and, It la thought, that thla form of explwlve waa used In ord.-r that great bod lea of coal could be more euslly dislodged. It la thought that when the giant powder waa louch-d off. It Ignited om of Hie duaL A aiwliil to iho Dinert New from Scodold aaya: At thla hour, 10:30, 201 bodies have been recovered. It la now known that between 300 and too men entered the mine, and It la alao known thnt the treut mnjurlty of them hove bi-en kill ed. The appalling nature of the dis aster had not fully dawned on the people of this pluce Inat night, as the company kept the grlef-atrlcken wives and chlldrvn away from the scene of operations. All iiIkIU long lights were kept burn ing In every home In Soofield, and the nionna of mothers and piteous cries of muny orphans are heartrending. The two camps have ulways bein con Bpicuous for the large number of mar ried men employed This fact makes the dlaaater more appalling and far training In Its resulis. Several fam ilies havu been robbed of all th"lr male representatives. In the Hunter family seven are mining. Among the dead are about twenty young boys who act ed as couriers and trap boys. Juat how the catastrophe occurred Is not known, and probably will never be definitely known, aa various reasons are being attributed. At Provo a mass meeting has been held for he relief of the families of the victims, and 13,000 has been subscribed. SALT LAKH, Utah, May 2.-The first news of th j Seholleld disaster received In Salt Lake, gave the list of killed as about 25. This even, wa horrifying and caused a profound sensation throughout the city. Later details showed that the disaster was more aw ful even than the first reports Indi cated, but it was not until evening thnt tho full extent of the 'romendous calamity was understood. Many peop'.e of this city have friends and relatives at the mines and the newspaper ofllces and the coal com pany's ofllce were visited by numbers of anxious people, who feared some of their friends or relatives might be numbered anion the victims. As the list kept constantly growing, the anx- ety of the liKiulnrs Increased and many of them never went to bed. The calamity was of such a slie and so unprecedented In the history of the WE AKC SOLE WILD'S INLAID LINOLEUM Thcro is nothing better in tho market for floors. Colors run clear through to tho back. Wo also handle an extensive lino of plain and printed linoleum. Wo call special attention to our line of All Wool Ingrain Carpets racgirg In price from 50c to $100 CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON Htut, and even of the west, that the mind did not reem to be able to fully graap It. Tim Pleasant Valley Cool Company dulos back sixteen years. It's mines ar; at Bchofleld, where three are lo cated; at CttJ)tl'igatr, Hunnyside and Cedur Creek, the latter being but sev en milts from Seholleld. It np-ara to have been one of those accidents that are common to the very best regulated mines and against the best endeavor of the most comix-tent superintendent, among whom Is num bered Huperlntendent Sharp. Tho state mine Inspector Is still without data to lay the blame on any one. Of course an lniuel will have to deter mine Just whore the blame rests, and ptrhupa It tan never be fully under alood. W. C. Wllaon was one of those for lunate on.'S on the lower level of No. 1 who ewapod. lie tells his story as follows: "There was u low rumbling noise heard in the distance, followed by a aort of wave that can hardly be dowilbi d. but thai la known to all who have been lit explosions, and I have l-en In several. I aald to my partner that If hum wus known to exixt In the mine, I six uld say Ihut an explosion had occurred. I advised that we run to the mouth of the tunnel, and with me came fix men working In that section. In the mUn tunnel we met the driver and asked him If he had no ticed the strange occurr.nce. 'II replied that he had almost been knocked off the bar by the rush of air. I waa then convinced that it waa in deed an exploalon and advised my comrades to hasten with me to the mouth. We met two others further on and they proceeded with us. We were nine too soon, for the after-damp reached us some three or four minutes I fore we reached the open air. almost suffocating us." The afterdamp delayed the work of the irscuin party but the magnitude of the disaster aoon became apparent. All the men on the raise known as Pikes' Peak, were, lying In clusters. John J urnes, a county commissioner. was found with bis son, George, en twined In loving embrace In ach oth er'a arms.AU these men had apparent ly reallv-d that death was coming, for all were found as though In attitude of defense. Some had their cUoks about them, others had tried to protect ihtm selves by burying their faces In Ihe ground floor of (h .mine, hoping thus to escape the deadly gas that was fast enveloping them. They must have llvel for aometlinj In prayerful txpec latlon of rescue reaching them. Bernard Dotigu'.l, a promising and enterprising young engineer, from Spilngvllle, Utah, who had only Just entered the mine a few minutes before with his aHsit-tauts, was found with his instrument set, while he and his men lay dead around It. As fast as the bodies were removed they were carried to the company's barn across the canyon, where they were washed and Identified. The scene was ghastly, yet must pathetic. V tween the blackened and stalwart men hy about a doten little lads, who had been engaged as couplers and trappers- Some lay along side of their fathers and elder brothers. It wa s a scene that made many a strong man turn away In tears. After the foul air cleared away from No. 1. the work of rescue began here and It was soon found that a great many of the miners of No. 1 had been suffocated. The men of the lower lev els had been warned of the explosion and had made their escape before the deadly gas reached them. Cars were taken In and the dead loaded Into them and brought to the moutn. Here the scene beggared all descrip tion, for men, women and children, relatives of the dead miners, had be gun to gather, and as the dead bodies were brought out and recognized by their respective families, the lamen tations wire most heartrending. The dead were all carried into the lodging house directly opposite the mine, and at midnight 13" stalwart men, marly nil heads of fr Hies, wore laid out In the cold embrace of death. Bishop Thomas Parmlee, superintendent of the operations here, gives It as his opinion that the explosion was brought about by giant powder which was taken in to the mine by some of the miners and exploded In some unaccountable way, Uniting the dust and thereby causing nn explosion. This mine has been worked for over twenty years and had the reputation, (Continued on pnge four.) AGENTS FOR WENT THROUGH WITH A HURRAH Canal Bill Passes House by Big MajorityStormy Debate. MEMBERS CALL HARD NAMES Day of loteoie Eicllemeat, But All Oppoil tloa If CrashedClark, of MooUoa, Caailni More Trouble la the Sea ale A Scheme Nipped. WASHINGTON, May 2. The houae today, at the conclusion of the most stotiny debate of the present session of congress, paased the Nicaragua can al bill by an overwhelming vote of 225 to 35. All attempts to retain In the bill the language of the origlanl bill pending for fortification of the canal, and to atlll further strengthen the language on that line, were balked and the vlc toiy of Hepburn and hls-commlttee was complete. A motion to recommit the bill, with Instructions to report back another bill, leaving the selection of the route to the president, was burled under au adverse majority of 52 to 171. Cannon, chairman of the appropria tions committee, and Barton, of Ohio, chairman of the river and harbors committee, made a game fight to stall off action at this session, but their appeals were In vain, and, the mem bers rode, rough shod, over all their arguments and protests. Much excitement reigned throughout the day and several times bitter words were used. The excitement reached Its climax in a highly dramatic scene between Hepburn aud Cannon, when the former used the words "He" and "liar,' as he denounced the dlstln gulshed chairman of. the approprla tiens committee for attempting to "dishonor him." The "house was in riotous confusion during the quarrel. Members crowd' ed the aisles and the situation at one time w-aa so threatening that Wheeler, (dem.), of Kentucky, sought to pour oil on the waters by raising a point of order. But he was not upheld and the two Irate members carried their war to the very hilt. There was a show of peace at the dose of the incident, but the feeling between the two men ran so high that mutual retractions with which i-uch Incidents generally end, were but cloaks of the keenest and most cutting sarcasm. Those who voted nay were: Ache sou. Burton, Cannon, Capron, Clark (Mo.), Cooney. Cowherd. Cox. Dalzell, De Armond, Denny, Dougherty, Flem ing, Fletcher. Gaston, Glllett (Mass.), Graham. Hltt, King, Lawrence, Lester, Levi. Llttaeur. Llttlefleld, McCall. Ne ville. Rhea (Ky.), Buckner. Shafroth, Stewart (Wis.), Talbert, Thayer, Van diver 35. The bill, as It pasesd the house, au thorises the president of the United States to acquire from the states of Costa Rica and Nicaragua control of such territory as may be desirable rnd necessary, on which to excavate, con struct and protect a canal of such depth and capacity, as will be Buffi clent for the movements of ships of the greatest tonnage and draft now In use, from a point near Greytown. on the Caiibcan sea, via Lake Nicaragua to Breto. on the Pacific ocean; and such sum us may be necessary to se cure such control Is hereby appropri ated. The sum of $10,000,000 is appropriat ed toward the project and the secre tary of war is authorized to enter In to a contract for such materials and work as may he deemed necessary for the proper excavation, construction, completion and defense of the canal, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time bo hereafter made, not to exceed In the aggregate $H0, 000,000. In offering an amendment In the senate to the army appropriation bill, providing that volunteer soldiers in the Philippines who had remained there and performed willing service long after they were entitled to dis charge, should receive travel pay and commutation of subsistence, less ac tual cost of their transportation to the United States, Turner (dem.), of Wash ington, made an extended statement. He declared that the volunteers brought back to the United States from the Philippines had been packed like swine in dark, dirty, filthy, rotten and antiquated vessels. '1 went to San Francisco," contin ued Turner, "to join In the reception of the Washington regiment upon its return from the Philippines. I went abourd the vessel and Into her hold, where the soldiers were packed, and I assert, on my honor, that the quar ters were not fit for animals." Turner said the cost Involved In the amendment would be about Jl.OOO.OOO. Haw ley made a point of order against the amendment that It was a change of the existing law and the point waa sustulned. Hoar Ravi notice that on tomorrow he would move to proceed to the con sideration of the resolution declaring Clark, of Montana, not entitled to his seat In the senate. The notice arous ed an Interesting colloquy, Indicating that some of the senators would in alst upon time In which to examine tho t'ltlmony. Chandler aald a reas onable time would be given, but un reasonable deluy would not be submit ted to. Chandler said he had heard that there was a purpose, of which he en tirely acquitted any senator, to delay the consideration of the Clark resolu tion in ordr to prevont the governor of Montana from appointing a sena tor to succeed Clark in case he should be unseated. He had heard that It was Intended to attempt to postpone the case until next winter, in order that Clark might be In a better position to prosecute his claims for re-election before the people of Montana. MEMORIAL PARK ESTABLISHED. WASHINGTON, May 2.-In the sen ate today Sewell, representative, se cured th passaga of a bill to establish Fredericksburg and adjacent national battlefields as a memorial park in Vir ginia, including the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chancelloravllle, the Wilderness and Spottsylvanla, WILL SELL THE AUXILIARIES. Government Will Dispose of AH the Fast Tugs and Yachts Used During the War. NEW YORK. May 2.-A special to the Tribune from Washington, says: The navy department Is considering the advisability of selling all the steam yachts, tug boats and small vessels purchased as auxiliaries Just after the destruction of the Maine two years ago. The larger vessels, which are useful as colliers and transports, will be retained, as well as a few smaller vessels which are actively engaged in surveys and police duty in Cuban and Central American waters. There are about twenty yachts and us many tug boats that are laid up at the navy yards and rapidly going to pieces for want of repairs and prop. er care. It is said by the naval con structors and engineers that these vessels deteriorate much more rapidly when laid up than when I ncommls sion. performing actual duty. An instance Is given in the case of one of the fine yachts. Her decks are warped by the sun until they must be renewed. Her engines and boilers are badly rusted and many new parts will have to be substituted. This is due to the lack of money to enable yard ofticlals to give the vessel constant at tentlon. If she had a crew her decks would be soaked down every day, and the machinery would not have an op. portunlty to rust. It Is proposed, now, an appraisal be made of all the euxil iariea that are not likely to be use ful for naval purposes, and offer them for sale. The government will be sat isfied if the appraised valuation can be secured, in view of the fact that It would cost nearly $500,00 a year to keep the vesels in fair order. AGUINALDO ASSASSINATED. Every Reason to Believe the Rebel Leader Was Killed by.Igorottes His Correspondence Found. MANILA, May 2. General Funston has discovered a rebel warehouse near Cabanutaan, province of New Egtja, containing all the archives of the Ma lolos government, Aguinaldo's corres pondence up to the time of his flight and much valuable historical matter. The belief Is growing that Aguin aldo was killed by Igorottes. There Is no proff that he has been seen .alive since Major March, or the Thirty third regiment, abandoned tha chase after the Filipino lender in the Bou quet mountains. BOUTELLE A DYING MAN. NEW YORK, May 2. Word has been received by personal friends of Charles A. Boutelle, representative from the fourth Maine district, that he is failing so rapidly in health that un less there is a quick change for the better, it will be cruel to permit him to be a candidate for re-election next fall. His physicians assert that be is in grave danger of death. Mr. Boutelle has been very ill for many months, and experts on neurol ogy have told his family he can never again be himself. Despite his condi tion he was renominated by acclama tion. The belief is now strong here' that his name will be withdrawn. ANOTHER BOAT FOR THE YUKON. NEW YORK, May 2. The fishing steamboat Dolphin, formerly the Al Foster, which has been fitted with two masts and rigged as a brig, has sailed from Hoboken for Seattle, via the Straits of Magellan. She is under com mand of Captain Charles E. Peabody, of the old Neptune line, and carries a crew of 35 men, and will ply between Seattle and the Yukon river, in con nection with the White Pass & Yukon River railroad. ROBERTS' PLAN OF CAMPAIGN He Is Moving Slowly But Surely Toward Pretoria. BOERS TO COME TO AMERICA Oon Paul Hat Pkkcd Out Hit Future Resi dence is Germaiiy-,Mafekln( Be Relieved, Say Ibe Oeaerals, But . They Caanot Tell Wbta. LONDON, May 3, 4:10 a. ra.-The 1m mediate objective of Lord Roberts la to establish a line of British posts from one frontier of the Free State to thj other, at right angles with the railway, thus preventing Boer raids lo the southward. It is essential, there fore, that the Boera should be ex pelled from the rugged Thabanchu dis trict and be forced to retire to Lady brand. As a result of desultory firing on Monday and Tuesday, the Boers wers pushed back a few miles but nothing: definite appears to have yet been at-, taln-rd. The Boers continue to follow their harrasslng tactics. One well horsed commando, operating in the neighborhood of Sannas Post, Inter feres with the British convoys going fr-jm Bloemfonteiu to Thabanchu. The enemy nearly captured a convoy Tues day but they were driven off after a Drisa ngnt. Preparations for the advance con tinue at Kimberley. Sir Alfred MU ner has written to the mayor of Kim berley, assuring him that the relief of Mafeking has not ceased to occu py his attention and that of the mil itary authoriti.-s, and that nothing will be left undone to raise the elge. The British garrisons along the rail way toward Warrenton have been strengthened and supplies are going forward. WASHINGTON, May 2. Senator Teller today introduced the following resolution: "Resolved that we watch with deep and abiding Interest the war between Great Britain and the South African republics and, with full determination to maintain proper neutrality between the contending forces, we caunot with hold our sympathy for the struggling people of the republics, and it is our earnest desire that the government of th- United States, by its friendly of fices offered to both powers, may as sist In bringing the war to a speedy conclusion in a manner honorable both to Great Britain and the South African republics." " " i NEW YORK, May 2. A Pretoila let ter to the World, dated March 23, says: Although the majority of the Boers still believe that the independence of the republics will remain after the war, hundreds of them are taking the op posite view and are casting about for a suitable country to which they can emmigrate. State Secretary Relts said today: "If the English take those republics and raise the Union Jack over them, I will take my family to America. And scores of other burghers have said the same thing to me. Many of the older Boers will trek to German West Africa, where there are Ihonsands of square miles of fertile territory, and thous and will emmigrate to other -countries. An old Boer In the Free State tev eral days ago asked concerning the rates of passage to America. . . The fi lends of President Kruger say that If the Transvaal loses her Inde pendence, he will spend the last years of his life In Holland or Germany. WOMEN DOCTORS BARRED. Canadian Hospitals Refuse to Allow Them to Enter Bishop's College Turns Them Out. MONTREAL. May 2. In presenting the degrees in the medical faculty of Bishop's college, Lennoxvllle, Dr. E. W. Campbell, dean of the faculty, said: "I regret that neither Miss Evans (who has' taken the David silver medal) nor any other woman will be able, after today, to take the degree In medicine at Bishop's college, for the reason that no hospital In the city will open its doors to women practitioners. Both the General and the Royal Victoria hospitals have refused to do so." CARNEGIE'S GRAND STAND PLAY. NEW YORK, May 2.-Andrew Car negie, who refused to contribute to the Dewey arch fund, has given $1000 to the widow of Sergeant Douglas, who was killed at Croton Dam during the recent strike. In sending the, cheek, Mr. Carnegie wrote: "Sergeant Doug las fought no t for foreign conquest, but for peace and order at home."