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ASTORIA. OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 1902.
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ALGER WOULD
GO TO SENATE
Announces Candidacy (or Place
Made Vacant by Death of
Senator McMillan.
IDAHO REPUBLICANS MEET
Morrison M ill Probably Itecelve
Nomination for Coventor
Mplrltcd Contest on for
Congressman.
DETROIT, Aug. $0.-Ocnral Ji. A.
Alger announced himself today a a
candidate for United States senator to
succeed the lute Senator James Mc
Millan. General Alger's statement 1 a fol
lows: " Detroit, Mli h., Aug. iO.-l will not
neelt th appointment or election to
1 Ik- office of United Stale senator to
fill tha vacancy caused by the death
of Senator McMillan. The office and
honor are too great to lw! thu obluln-
ed. Should, however, the people of
: Michigan, through their legislature,
jee (It to eK-t me to that high oHlce,
,1 will acept It and All It to the bent of
my ability.
J " To the frli-nd who have so kindly
'expresm-d a desire to see me thus
chosen us their representative, I wish
to tender my grateful thanks.
" It. A. ALGER."
General Alger declined to be seen
by newspuwi' men after th statement
had been Issued, sending word that
he had nothing further to say. A note
asking hlin " Will you make any effort
to secure the election of members of
the legislature favorable to your sen
atorial candidacy 7" was sent in to biro
In his private office. In reply the
general sent word that he could an
swer no question at present.
IDAHO REPUBLICANS.
Looks I.Ike Morrison Will Capture
Gubernatorial Plum.
BOISE, Aug. 20,-The Republican
state convt'iulon organised today with
Colonel Thomas R. Hamer. of Free
niont, as permanent chairman, and ad
journed until tomorrow,
The situation with respect to the
gubernatorial nomination has not
changed. Morrison appears to have a
good lead, though the light Is so de
termined that a change may be brought
about. The sharpest content Is be
tween Peale and French for congress.
Lost night It seemed as though Heal
would go through with Morrison, but
this evening there are Indications that
French may win.
A REMARKABLE SKULL,
Was More Than Two Inches Thick on
Top of the Head.
EUGENE. Aug. 20.-A case of great
Interest to the medical fraternity was
discovered by examination of the
skull and brain of Mrs. Emma Hlbbs,
who died yesterday. The poBt-mortem
showed the actual thickness of the
skull on top ot the head to be SVt
Inches. The growth was both outward
and Inward, causing an abnormal
sized skull and slight congestion of
the bruin. Other measurements are as
follows: Ear to ear over head, U
Inches; diameter of skull, ear to ear,
74 Inches; circumference, 24H Inches.
The brain seemed to be nomal but for
slight congestion.
GRAY FRIAR, LONG SHOT. WINS.
SARATOGA. Aug. 20.-Gray Friar.
quoted at 12 to 1, won th Grand
Union stakes this afternoon. The val
ue of the race was $7000 to the winner.
Grand Unton Hotel stukes, 2-year-olds,
six furlongs Gray Friar won;
Judith Campbell, second; White
Chapel, third. Time, 1:13,
CONGRESS ELECTS ITS OFFUV.itS.
ST. PAUL, Aug. ?0.-The trana-Mls-slsslppl
congress selected tha follow
ing officers: President, .fohn H. Klrby,
Houston, Tex.j vko-presldent-at-large,
Colonel B. F, Montgomery, Cripple
Creek, Colo., L, Bradford Prince, San
ta Fe, N. M., John Rlpltngw, Seattle,
Wash, N. C. Lavlmore, Larlmore, N.
D. The secretary and treasurer will
be selected by the executive commit
tee this week.
In on address hfcfor the origres
loluy, J., J. HIM, spa!lng of the wo
losd Isthmian ship canal, teclared
that In his opinion S3 to V) millions
pent In ilei penlng the channel of the
MIsMsk'pp' river between New Or-Ii-un
and ft. Louis would give far
better lemilts in tits nd. As to th)
Money spent on the Improvemnt of lbs
upper waters of lh same river be
thought It would I much boitir In
vested In Irrigating arid regions of the
great West .
FRESIDENT 13 DISPLEASED.
With Factional Dlfterenres Which
Have Arisen In Republican Party.
OYSTER BAT, Aug. 0.-Prcsldent
Roosevelt today In no uncertain terms
expressed his disapproval of the fac
tional differences !n the Republican
party. C. A. Lyon, chairman of the
Republican state commiti-e of Texas,
called on him and presented bis side
of the controversy wbl'-h has arfwu
among the Republican of Texas. The
president stated to him with the ut
most emphasis that h was 'aklng no
ilde for or against any man or faction
among Tex t Republicans. In any
state In which the Republican party Is
In the minority but had n chance to
get something, the president felt the
credit would fall to those Republican
leaders who were able to make good
showlnp at the polls and not
to them 'hat upend their time
plotting how they could get del
egates or receive offices. He told Ly
on that he cculd explain this to Texas
Republicans of every faction.
tit'A M PRISONERS TO HE fREED.
Will Be Takn to Manila After Taking
Oath of Alleglince to U. 8.
WASHINGTON, Aug. M.-Actlng
Secretary Sanger, of the war depart
ment, has issued an order for the re
turn of the prisoners at Guam to Ma
nila. The chief quartermaster at
Ban Francisco, by this order, Is di
rected to order the quartermaster. In
charge of the transport Sheridan on
September 1 to proceed to Manila by
way of Guam. The transport quarter,
master has an order to the naval gov
ernor of Guam directing him to turn
over for transportation su'h prisoners
and their servants as have taken the
oath of nlle.Tiunce to the United Stales.
The quartorma'er will receive these
prisoners with the oaths they have
taken and proceed to Manila. The ord
r then directs him to notify the com
manding general and to send copies
of the oaths to the general to be turn
ed over to the civil governor. After
they have been examined by the civil
governor and approved, the prisoners
will be allowed to land at ManiH.
The most Important of these military
prisoners Is Mablnl.
CHILD KILLED MTSTERIOUSLY.
Mother Is Asmulted While Babe Is at
Her Breast by Unknown Man.
SPOKANE. Auk. 20.-A Wilbur,
Washington, Special to the Spokesman
Review, says:
The two-months-old daughter of
Mrs. Jasper Hyatt was killed near
Govan this morning under peculiar
circumstances. Sbe was alone In the
house when an unknown man came In.
She Started for the bedrom when the
man caught her from behind. Mrs
jHyott says she struggled with the
man, who was limning improper pro
posals, ond after a struggle of several
minutes the baby dropped to the tloor
and he discontinued the assault. She
then gave the alarm. No one was seen
who answers the description of the
man, and his identity is a mystery.
The child's skull was crushed.
KENTUCKY PRISON RIOT.
Several Convicts Wounded Before Dis
turbance Was Quelled.
FRANKFORT Ky., Aug. 20.-A riot
In the state prison strted today by m
attempt of three murders Lafetle
Brook.-s, Wallace Bishop and T. Mul
ligan, to gain their liberty. Before
the riot was quelled and the mutinous
convicts captured, Bishop was fatally
wounded, Mulligan was shot In the
shoulder, and a negro convict, Albert
Ransome, was hit by a rifle ball.
SWINDLER IN CANADA.
PASSAIC, N. J., Aug. 20. Chief of
Police Handry announces that he has
nositive information that William Mal
colm, the former secretary of the Mu
tual Loan & Building Association of
Piisnlo. is now In Canada. Handry
will try to head him off before he can
sail for Europe. Three warrants for
Malcolm's arrest have been Issued by
Acting Chief of Police Judge Van der
Ploog. They charge Malcolm wltn
fraud, grand larceny and swindling.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
EMORIA.-Kas.. Aug. 10. During a
thunderstorm this afternoon lightning
struck the farm house of Henry Mer
cer, nine miles west of this city, killing
Mrs, Mercer and her little grand
daughter. Four other members of the
family were stunned.
BOER GENERALS
PLAN TO CONTROL
Anxious to See a Self Governing
Commonweal in South
Africa.
UNDER THE BRITISH CROWN
Can Ik Accomplished Through
(he Medium of Dutch Coali
tion Against the
Loyalist.
NEW YORK, August ?0.-Th
arrival of the Boer generals in
Holland Is described with a subdued
and chastened spirit by the English
press, cables the Tribune's London
correspondent No fault can be found
with the evidences of Dutch hero-worship,
when London crowds have set the
example In honoring the Boer com
manders and Dr. Clark, also, as though
they had been fighting on the Brit
ish side. The generals evidently were
under less restraint at Rotterdam and
The Hague than they had been in
Eneland and were not casting at out
for excuses for reticence and reserve.
Whatever may be their opinions of
the Boer negotiators who conducted a
safe campaign In Europe and America,
they are not prepared to act indepen
dently of Kruger and Steyn or with
holding a long conference with Messrs.
Fischer, Wolmarans and Wessels and
the other leaders. Mr. Fischer is the
strongest and most influential Toer In
Holland. Mr. Kruger alone excepted,
and the generals are likely to follow
him rather than Dr. Leyds. The pro
Boers, when they become prophetic,
forecast In South Africa a policy of
constitutional . agitation opening .with
a Dutch coalition against the loyalists
In the parliament of Cape Colony,
which Sir Gordon Sprigg cannot con
trol, and leading up by easy stages
under federation to a self-governing
Dutch commonwealth under the British
crown. Men like Mr. Fischer are too
discreet to talk about ulterior Boer
policies, but they already advocate fed
eration as the Inevitable result of the
conditions of peace.
WOMEN USES VITROL.
New York Wife Frightfully Disfigures
Her Husband.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Fearing her
husband, from whom she had been
separated for four years, was about
to leave the city without paying to
her several hundred dollars of alimony,
Mrs. Claire Cheau drenched him with
oil of vitriol and burned him so se
verely on the face, shoulders and
back that it Is feared he will not sur
vive. One of the man's eyes was de
stroyed and his chances of recovery
ore doubtful.
When arrested Mrs. Cheau said that
should her husband recover she would
divulge the story of a crime he had
committed In France about five years
ago, aa a result of which they had to
flee to this country.
FOREST FIRES SPREADING.
Situation In Wyoming Is Becomtng
Alarming Int?rior Depart nent
Has Been Xofifk1.
CHEYENNE, Aug. K. A telephone
message from Saratoga states that
forest fire conditions are becomtng
alarming and that u:dsg the interior
department acts promptly ivueh valu
able timber and riosjib'.y the mfr.lng
camp at Gold Hill vill he destroyed.
The message states that tlw firo which
has been burning on the 'rand En
campment has been extinguished. Viit
the one between Saratoga and Gold
Hill Is spreading.
Governor Richards notified the Inter
ior department of the threatens dan
ger and asked that special agents' be
hurried to the scene.
FREIG HTHANDLERS STRIKE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Two hundred
frelghthandlers, employed at the Erie
railroad freight house, have gone on
a sympathetic strike because five men
havo been discharged. The strike is
not expected to spread.
THEY DEFERRED ACTION.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. After discuss
ing for more than threo hours the
proposition of segregation of the sexes
at the University of Chicago, th board
of trustees has again decided to post
pone final action for two -,nqntha. A
majority of the trustees are said to be
opposed to segregation and In favor of
co-education as It now exists In the
university. This Is the second time
the trustees have deferred action on
the matter.
HOPES CENTERED IN MORGAN.
Believe He Will Consent to Conference
With President Mitchell.
WTLKE8B iRRE, Penn., Aug. 20.
The coal operators of the Wyoming re
gion took a stp forward today. The
Warnke washery, under a strong
guard, was kept In operation all day.'
and the Maltby breaker, of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, prepared a lot
of coal for the market The strike
leaders here think that J. P. Morgan
will consent to a conference with Pres
ident Mitchell and that the strike will
be ov;r by the first of September.
MOTHER CONFESSED SHE
KILLED HER BAB?.
BUTTE, Aug. 20. A special to the
Miner from Sheridan, Wyo., ay:
Lena Nelson, mother of the dead baby
found In South Laramie on Sunday,
has been arrested, charged with the
murder of the child. She ronfesse.l
she had given birth to the babe and
had strangled it by filling its mouth
with scraps of papers.
CEMETERY MEN IN SESSION.
BOSTON. Aug. 20.The Cemetery
Superintendents of America have
opened their 16th annual conference
in the Copley Square hotel. Members
were present from all parts of the
country.
In his annual address President
Frank Eurlch, of Detroit, said regard
ing the method of disposing of the
dead:
"We must admit that all the pres
ent methods outside of cremation are
Duny efforts to retard dissolution, aside
from being repulsive and undenlabley
dangerous to the living."
NUMEROUS SEATTLE ACCIDENTS.
SEATTLE. Aug. 20. Peter iCnderari,
formerly of the Washington volunteers,
is dead at Manila, of cholera. "
The pody oX James McNeill, a miner,
was found in the bay today.
Wm. Blay, a laborer, was killed by
a train at Meetum today.
J. . W. McQuarrie, a carpenter, fell
from the grain elevator today and was
killed.
BLOW TO NON-UNION COAL.
Canadian Railway Men Pledge Them
selves Not to Handle Any of It
MONTERS. Aug. 20.-The Conduct
ors and Rail vay Men's Assocla'Jon, of
Canada, representing some 20,000 em
ployes on the Canadian railways, last
night adopted resolutions pledging its
members not to handle or use coal
mined by non-union labor.
BUYERS ELECT OFFICERS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The Buyers'
Association of America held its annual
meeting and dinner last night I. N.
Levlnson presided. The following were
unanimously elected for the ensuing
year:
President, R. C. Dickman, New
York: vice-president, J. J. Jacklin, of
San Francisco; secretary, G. M. Butler,
of Philadelphia; treasuerer, E. M.
Sostman.
PROTEST FROM POWERS.
NEW YORK. Aug . 20.-Advlces
have been received here that Germany,
Great Britain and France In joint ac
tion protested this (Tuesday) morn
ing against the blockade of Venezue
lan ports, says a cable to the Herald
from Willemstiad, Curacao. The Ven
ezuelan government wil muke a reply.
E PLURIBUS UNUM
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NINE MEN MEET
TERRIBLE DEATH
By An Explosion of Steel
Digesters in a Delaware
Pulp Mill.
FIVE WORKMEN ARE MISSING
Several Persons Art) Mangled
and Burned With Escaping ,
Acid-Mill is a Total ,,'
"Wreck.
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 20. -Nina
workmen were killed, Ave are missing
and four were badly Injured by an ex
plosion of steel digester in the- Dela
ware pulp mill today. The known
dead are: Frank Harris, William
Burke, James Nagle, John MtCormick,
Zach Colli (colored)' Jamrs Stokes,
Joseph Lumbacher, Granville Water,
John Henry."
Missing: William Scott, Joel HItton,
William Ruth, E. H. Mosely, James
Sweeney.
Injured: James Lester, burned, re
covery doubtful; James Collins, Inhal
ed flames; Thomas Reeves, skull frac
tured, may die; George Durham, burn
ed,' recovery doubtful.
The digesters resemble a vat and
were used for reducing wood pulp.
There were two terrific reports and
the buildings and mills about tha
structure were completely wrecked.
Several men escapil without irjury.
Those not killed outright were mang
led and burned by escaping acid that
flowed over their bodies from the
broken digesters.
WANT SCHWAB TO REST.
Steel Directors Anxious ilbout Presi
dent's Health.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-F. K. Gary,
chairman of the executive committee -of
the United States Steel Corporation,
said today:
"President Schwab Is looking well
and hearty. There seems to be no
doubt tht he will be completely re
stored to health. We are all Insisting
that he take a much needed rest
During the last 15 months he has had
charge of more responsibility than on
person should assume."
BASEBALL
NORTHWEST LEAGCTE.
At Butte Buute, ; Portland, 5.
At Helena Helena, 14; Seattle, t.
At Tacoma Tacoma, 9; Spokane," 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Washington Washington, 8;
Chicago, 10.
At Philadelphia- St. Louis, 1; Phil
adelphia, 1
At Baltimore RalMm ire, 7; De
troit, 8.
At Boston .'to-mi, I, Cleveland, 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At St. Louls-(First)St LjiiIs 0;
Boston, L (Second) St Luis, ?; Bos
ton, 2.
At Cincinnati (First) Cincinnati, 10;
Broooklyn, 2. (Secjnd) Cincinnati, 15;
Brooklyn, 1.
At Chicago Chicago, 2; Philadel
phia, 4.
- ASTORIA, OREGON