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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1902)
NOTION! Books, Periodicals, Magazines, C ' Are Hot to bo T:kcn FromTto (Library without permission. A w t.u.liy of ouch offend, wiiJ be liable to prosecution, ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Mr VOL. LV ASTORIA. OREGON TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1902. NO. m A TERRIBLE LIST OF -UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS dent' favorite hymn, "Nearer, My God to Thee." The attendance was the largest In the history of the church. OCEAN ROUTE DISCONTINUED YOU CANNOT LOSE! Trtlt Haft, m Hull Umbrella Alva ft CIVii Satisfaction It fiat No Jmptrlor These Splendid Old Kind "HIGH ART" CLOTHING SO NICE SEE WISE I I BUY A DOZEN Of our llftiulsomo and Artistic Hounted and Matted Pictures unil decornto your liomo or your bench cottage. See tlio Window Display u GRIFFIN !TXix::xxnxxnxi;ixxaiiaiiaixxxixj:ix::xiaxiaixr.ixixa FOR. FALL AND WINTER SUPPLIES Of Giwtrifs, rrovimons, Etc., enil on us, we can jj stive you money . Fisher Brosf w:axs:xxxxaxxnxiKxxaxxxxixaixBxx:urxaxxaritixxtaxax mttnmttatnstnmttmmMmmttttnmt SEPT. 23 SCHOOL BEGINS Of courso tlio children will need new books but 4 THE BOYS NEED SUITS SHOES HATS... And Everything Else For tbe BEST GOODS at LOWEST PRICES ' Solid Ilira to -. . P. A. STOKES Bttmaaattt: nntfflwfflffl Umbrella With Detachable Handle. When you go to church or to the theater de tach the handle and put it in your pocket. When the cover is torn or the ribs break, we'll sell you a new top and save you buying a new handle. Or when you travel, take off the handle and the Umbrella will gointo any trunk. SOLE AGENT FOR ASTORIA Umbrellas Cost No More Than the 0 & & j& j& J THE RELIABLE 6t REED 546-550 Bond st. mtunmantanma:mmtnainmjimn t'NTIETH CENTURY . . . i mmtmmmmmmtmtmnutmmttmm ooo 8 A r I fi f 1 ill I 1 11 8 ) 1 TROOPS F0RCt LAW Attempt to Slop Gambling Ends in Troops Being Called Out. SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 15,-There was a lively s-.ene tonight at the entrance of the Presidio Reservation. Police Lieutenant Kelly with seven pa trolmon, raided the saloon of Press Anderson and arrested 33 soldier, and JO civilians who were playing per centage poker. Anderson was refused a license recently, but has been run nlng his place in defiance of the law. While the police were making the ar rests, a crowd of soldiers gathered and assaulted them with sticks, stones and brickbats. The police wielded their clubs vigorously but with little effect, and were finally forced to Are into the uniformed mob. So far as known, however, no one was hit. While the riot was at Its height, an alarm winded at the Presidio and three companies of Infantry and one of cavalry were sent to the .cene, They succeeded In driving most of the rlotuos soldiers back Into the reserva tion, but not without considerable trouble, the men not being disposed to yield even to superior force. For a time It looked as though a fatal con diet was inevitable, but order was An ally restored. The 43 prisoner, were taken to the police station. BRITISH CAMPAIGN COMMENCES, NEW YORK, Bept. 15.-Before the end of the present month the autumn political campaign will be Initiated cables the London corespondent of the Tribune. The Liberal party leader, are organiiing a vigorous attack on the government's education bill and unless Premier Balfour can see his way to grant a concession on the vital question of popular control, there may be some difficulty in forcing the bill through Parliament this year. The au tumn session is ostensibly to be de voted to the education scheme, and In all probability, Ireland will again block the way, and It I. not to be ex pected that the Nationalist, will miss such an opportunity of drawing at- tentlo nto the ocerclon polioy of the government and the recent wholesale proclamations under the Crime. Act. FOR COAL STRIKERS' RELIEF. CHICAGO,' Sept. 15,-Blshop Samuel Fallows, who has Interested himself In the condition of the striking coal min er, or Pennsylvania, leri nere last night for Philadelphia. Hi. mission 1. to Investigate the situation tn the an thracite coal fields. Bishop Fallows represents the Miners' Relief Comntit- tee of 100, of Chicago, and to that body he will rrifike report upon hi. re turn. . . J As Details Come in the List of Dead Grows Larger-Distress Stories From All Quarters. Clackamas County's Losses $1,000,000 Fire Ravages Arc Greater Than Expected-Many Homeless and Peoniles -Great Suffering Amonr the Farmers Tales of Heroism- PORTLAND, S-pL 15. It Is rouh- ly, estimated a million and one-half dol lar.' worth of propt-rty hag been de stroyed during the past week by the forest fire. In Washington and Oregon. It will not bo known how many peo ple' are dead until the report, of the remote district come ia . The estlmat" of property loss does pot include standing timber, but cov er, nouses, saw nnus, Darns, crops, cord -wood and fnrm Implement.. Thousands of a res of timber have been burned over, but the destruction of green timber boa not been heavy. Relief Id being hurried to those who have lost their home, and crops. In the districts where the greatest de struction occurred were Lents, Spring water and Bridal Vell.tn Oregon, and Fifth Plain, Lewis "Jitver and Elma, Wanhington. In all of these place, it I. estimated that bOO- people are w ithout food or shelter. Th tire, have nearly burned out and .the smoke ha. cleared away. FUKTLA-NU, Sept. 15. Advices Up tonight .how that 16 people are dead a. a result of the forest fire. In Clarke and CowllU countUs, Washington. Tha dead are: Al Reed and son and n parly of sev en, whose bodies were burnt beyond recognition, W. E. Newhouse. Mrs. Graves. John Polly, wife, and two children and brother of Mr. Polly, name not known. D. L. Wallace and family, who were reported dead, are safe. About 40 famtlte. are homeless. But two house, are left standing on the upper Lewi, river. No accurate es timate of the loss of life or property can be made until the relief parties come In. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 16.- The list of fatalities in Clark and CowliL counties a. a result of the (orest fire, continue, to Increase rap- Idly. Sixteen death, were reported to day and persons living in the vicinity of the burnt district, claim that the list of the dead will aggregate 60. The dead reported today are C. A. Mc- Kecn, wife and three children; Orle Reed, wife and four children; Mrs. Schmidt and children and one unknown person. The McKeen and Reed families were resident, of thl. city and were camp ing near Trout Lake, where the Ore overtook thetn. Other death, in the Rock Creek di.trlot, near Bell. Moun tain, are reported The fire, according to report, swept over a .trip of Umber in the north ern part of Clark county, eleven miles wide, for a distance of 40 miles. The country around the head of the Lewis river Is known to be full of prospect or, and miners, and It U believed that many more lives were lost than 1. now reported. KALAMA, Wash., Sept. 15,-Reports from the fire stricken district, of the Lewis river continue to grow worse. The charred bodle. of 58 people hav already been found. Many of the set tler, and a number of campers from outside points are missing. At .one place the Irons of a burned wagon, the roasted remain, of a team of horse, and the dead bodies of nine people told a sickening tale of an un successful attempt of a party of pleas- ute seeker, to flee from tbe flair.es. The only bodies In this group that could be identifled were those of Al Reed and hi. son. Many people saved their live, by jumping into the Lewi, river, the water. of which In some place, waa warm from the intense heat from the sur rounding flames. About 60 people who were camping near the base of Mount St Helen, were saved by taking to the water on an Improvised raft of poles and logs. About 140 sections of the finest tim ber lands in Cowllt. county were burned over. The property loss to this county will not be less than one mil lion dollars. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. Cab of Engine Blown One Hundred and Fifty Feet in the Air. NEW TORK, Sept. 15.-Oaorge Lutx, engineer James O. Dooley, fireman, and Walter Weber, conductor, were blown out of the cab of a locomotive which exploded on tbe Pennsylvania railroad just west of Jersey City. Lutx was killed and the others were seri ously scalded and bruised. No caue tor the explo.'bn has been discover ed. The boiler had been filled, there was plenty of water In the tender and the locomotive had been working smoothly. The engine was one of the largest on the road and of the mogul type. It was drawing a heavy freight train Into Jersey City. The wreck of the boiler Indicates that the crown sheet blew out and the foce of the explosion lift ed the boiler up and forward off the bed platea on the trucks. and with the cab the boiler flew Into the air. About 150 feet from the spot where the explosion occurred and when In the air, the cab split In two, dropping In two parts to the track with Luts in one part, and Dooley and Weber in another. The boiler flew forward and upward 100 feet more and then struck the side of a cut, bounded off the rock and flew downward but still forward to the tracks, lauding about 75 feet beyond. HOT WORK. Seven, Injures Nine Then Shot, Kills and Is NEW YORK, Sept. 15. The audience at one of the theaters at Malga has been thrown into an uproar by a gen darme, who drew his revolver and fired indiscriminately, says a Madrid dis patch to the New York American. Seven persons were killed outright and nine were injured. The gendarme was shot by the police, as he refused to surrender. CUBANS REMEMBER M'KINLEY. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. Memorial services for President McKlnley were held for President McKlnley In the Cuban Baptist church, cables the Ha vana correspondent of the New York American. Rev. Albert DIas preached a sermon "McKlnley, the Liberator," reminding his congregation that to him Ckiba owed her liberty. He paid a tribute to the Intense hu manity and sympathy of the martyred president - The choir sang the presl- OUR SMOKE REACHES 'Fft'-HCO. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l.-Smoke and ashen from the great forset fire which have been raging in Oregon were responsible for a delay of over even hour, in the arrival of the steanier Umatilla from Victoria and Puget sound ports. Captain Couslne. report, that on Frldiy, o1f the Oregon toast, the atmosphere was so thick with smoke and ashes that he was com lulled to go 40 mile .eaward out of hi. course to avoid the disagreeable mass. The smoke hung over many mile, of the coast, but little fire could be seen from the Umatilla's deck. TAQL'I INDIANS FIGHT. HERMOSILLO. Mexico, Sept. 15. Tbe military authorities here have received word of a desperate battle between a band of 30 Taqul Indian, and a party of Mexican farmer, near Tomata. The Indian, were on a for aging expedition and were attempting to drive off a lot of cattle when a number of farmer, of the locality banded together and attacked them. Six Indian, were killed and four cap tured. Two of the farmer, were wounded. STEAMER DEAL. NEW TORK, Sept 15.-H I. stated that J. R. Ellerman has iisposed of the Antwerp-Montreal line of steamers to the Morgan shipping syndicate, cable the London correspondent of the Tribune. When the Leyland line was sold to the American "combination, Mr. Eller man retained the Antwerp Montreal service together with the Mrdlterra nean and Lisbon and Oporto traders. SENATOR BARD DYING. ' , LOS ANGELES, Sept 15.-UnJted States Senator Thomas R. Bard Is ly ing dangerously HL at .the Van Nuis hotel In thl. city. At a late hour to night Dr. Tagg gave hi. opinion that the senator would not live through the night He 1. suffering from pneumo nia, with symptom, of typhoid and very weak-heart action "' '- ' " PEART 13 SAFE. : NEW TORK, Sept 15. Herbert L. Brldgeman, secretary of the Peary Arctic Club, received a dispatch today from Lieutenant Peary. Arctic explor er, " dated Chateau Bay. Labrador. Peary says that he is on bis way home on the ship Windward and that all are well. ' PROTECT WASHINGTON TIMBER. I WASHINGTON. Sept 15.-The Inter ior department has . telegraphed the I superintendent of forest reserces in .Washington to employ additional men to guard the forest reserves in that state against, the forest fires now rag ing there. TOMMY RTAN WINS. FORT ERIE, Ont, Sept 15. Tommy Ryan, In a vicious, bruising fifht to night knocked out "Kid" Carter, of Brooklyn, tn the last minute of the sixth round. MARTING WAS MURDERED. EVERETT, Sept. 15. The man who was murdered at Monroe last Saturday Is not Henry Martin, but Henry Mar ting, a stonecutter from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. EVERETT LOGGER KILLED. EVERETT,- Sept. 15. John Grun lander died here today a. the result of a broken back received in a logging cump near Marysville. ' E PLURIBUS UNUM iP 1 THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY 1 i Plumfcers and I 527 BOND STREET - 0. R. & N. CO. .Decide to Run No More Boats From 'Frisco to Portland. Company Una Ddde! That Water TraiiHportatlon Doe Not Pay and Will Vtve the Steamers Elsewhere. PORTLAND, Sept 15. The Oregon ian tomorrow will say: "A statement was given out from the office of president Mohler of the O. R. & N. that that company contem plated the withdrawing of the San Francisco steamers next week. Na reason for , tbe step was given, sava that the unsettled conditions bad moved the company to consider the dis continuance of the steamship line. Tha O. R. 4 N. has always represented that Its water lines were operated at a loss. PROMINENT GENERAL DYING. NEW YORK, Sept 15.-AdJutant-General Alexander C. Oil pliant, who returned from a two months' leave of alscnce on FnJy last, lias suffered stroke of paralynl. aud- is In a crit ical condition, say. a dispatert. to the Herald front Trenton, N. J. Little booe for his recovery Is entertained because of his weak physical condition, he having been a sufferer from ner vous trouble for more than a year past and collapsed when the state encamp ment at Sea Girt opened. General 01 inhant Is a son-in-law of Senator Ste- member of the national board of , vis itors of the naval academy at Anap olis aid" has been connected with the National Guard for a number of years. WORDS OF PEACE. NEW YORK, Sept 15. Advantage la being taken of the national annual fes tival, to celebrate, says a dispatch to the Times, by way of Lond.n, the peaceful arrangements ' with the Ar gentine Republic, on a scale unprece dented In Chile. The Argentine min ister has publicly expressed his sat isfaction at the enthusiastic reception accorded him at a large banquet at Valparaiso. The Argentine delegates; who have Just arrived, will be enter talned for a fortnight at Valparaiso and Santiago. Leading Chilean politi cians, the dispatch adds, declare Chile will spare no effort to extend her pol icy of conciliation to Bolivia and Peru. NEUKOES SHUT UU'iV BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept 15.-The Republican executive committee ha. refused the admittance of negro del egate, to the state convention,, which will be' held tomorrow. ' WISCONSIN TO PANAMA. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 15. The United State, battleship Wisconsin arrived today en route to Panama, where she will protect the American Interests in that neighborhood. Steamfitters," ASTORIA, OREGON