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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON, Tf'ESDAY, MAY 12 1903.
NUNBEB 113.
1873
1903
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WAS MUCH DISPLEASED
Disapproved of the Disfiguring of Giant
Trees In California, and Said So,
With Immediate Results.
One Great Tree Will Be Named
Arrests a Suspicious Character Who Had Written An
Unusual Letter to the President
Son Jose. Cat., May U.-Pre-M-nt
Roosevelt today gave the people ot
the country, an object lesson on the
evils of vandalism. While at Santa
Orus this afternoon he was taken to
tig Tree grove. Almost the first eight
which greeted hl eyes a he entered
lh park was one of the huge trees
with thousands of business and person
ul cards tacked on It. Tourist for
years have been placing these cards
upon this tree and It began to look
more like a receptacle for bits of paste,
board hn It did one of the wonders
of nature. The president Instantly ex
pressed his dlsapprova of such proced
ure and sllttle while later when asked
to make a speech "called attention to
the defacement or the tree and said
he hoped the people of California would
se to It that such vandalism was stop
ped. He also Intimated that he would
like to see the cards taken down. Lat
er, when the president went for a walk
through the park, members of his party
together with members of the reception
committee, tore down the cards, ,
Lnti-r In the day the president again
slRnlfled his disapproval of placing plac
ords or signs on trees. He was Inform
ed thnt the committee wished to name
one of the trees after hint. While de
siring that some other name be given
BOARD 3F ENGINEERS.
In Se.islo In Portland on Subject of
Columbia River.
e Portland, May l-.-The special
e) botrd of United States army en-
e gliuers consisting of Colonel
e Heu. Majors Marshal and Burr
e and Captains McKinstry and Oil
e lett. arrived In this ctly today
e for the purpose of Investigating
e the Hart's plan for removing ob-
e atructtlona to navigation of the
Columbia river ..between The
e) Dalles and Celllo. The board
e held Its first meeting today In the e
e oelee of Major Langfllt, resident
engineer, and 'AlU continue Its
sessions during the week. To-
morrow a trip will be made to
C'clilo for the purpose of inspect-
e Ing the rapids at that point.
e President Mohler of the O. R.
tr X. Co. has placed his private
coach at the disposal of the
board. Y
HAD GORGEOUS FUNERAL.
Canine Actor With a Record Is Burled
In Hlght. State.
New York, May IX. Lying In a rose
wood coffin, his head resting on a pil
low of flowers, the body ot Tyras, a
Harl'Viuln great dane "dog was borne
awap to the dog cemetery at Scarsdale,
followed oy a procession of nine auto
mobiles with about 40 mourners.
Tyras belonged to an actor and char
acter Impersonator. The dog, IS years
old, had appeared on the stage tnnear-
ly every country of the world. He had
been twice around the globe, had play
ed before the csar of Russia, the em
press of China,' the mikado ot Japan
and at the time ot his death wore a
beautiful collar given -him by Cecil
Rhodes. , " .
The dog was presented 10 years ago
by Prince Charles of Denmark to his
owner and Inthe actor's presentation
of "Great Men ot. the Past end Pres
ent," he always had the dog by his
side In his Impersonation ot Bismarck,
as Bismarck for years was always ac
companied by his relchshund.
While retunlng from Australia last
January with his master the dog be
came blind while the ship was crossing
the equator. Arriving in New York
he was taken to a hospital where he
died of Brlght's disease. A large grail
Ite monument will mark Tyras' .last
resting place. ' 1 -
CROPS WILL BE RUINED.
TopekfC.May 11. Rain has been fall
tng In many parts ot Kansas last night
and crops are being ruined.
After Him-Detective Pickering
to the tree, the president laid he did
not want to act churlish In the matter
and If the committee really desired to
name the trea -iftr him he would not
object. He stipulated, that the card
bearing hi name, that was to be plac
ed on the tree hould not be more
than three-quarters of an Inch and an
Inch and a half in diameter.
The president made speeches today at
Pajaro, Watsonville, Santa Crus and
!an Jose, addressing the largest, au
diences of the day at this place. He
was taken on a drive through the coun
try here stopping for a few minutes at
Campbell, where he participated In the
planting of a tree. The president spent
the evening quietly on his car and will
leave at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing for Palo Alto.
ANARCHIST ARRESTED.
Man Thought to Have Designs on the
' President, C
Sun Jose, Cal.. May U.-Clay Taylor,
alias Professor Plutte, was arrested by
I)e t-etlve Pickering this afternoon for
supposed designs upon the life of the
president. He has served three terms
In prison. It Is alleged that he wrote
to the president advising him not to
come here. He Is also aVcused of re
cent amtvhlstlc utterances.
WANTS NO MORE DOGS.
A Lady Badly Mangled by a Pair ot
Fierce Bulldogs.
Syracuse, N. Y.. May ll.-Mrs. Thos.
B. Leonard Is at her home In a pre
carious condition as the result of an
attack made .ipon her by two ferocious
bulMo?. Mrs. Leonard tried to sep
arate the dogs, which were fighting
on the plazxa of her house, when he
was knocked down and almost chewed
to pieces by the animals. The dogs at
tacked her simultaneously, one bury
Ing his teeth In her throat and the oth
er seining her by her left arm. They
bore her to the steps and gashed her
with their teeth disfiguring her face
nmi nrm In A terrible- manner. She
will nrobablsr carry the marks for life
A colored man went to her assistance
and dragged both animals away. A
large piece of flesh was torn from her
lower Ho. part of her cheek Is torn
away, here left arm Is torn and man
tled and her right arm Is almost com-
nietelv covered with prints of the dog's
teeth. The attending phys'clans say
Mrs. Leonard will live.
WOULD MURDER.
THREE HUNDRED
Leaders of Highbinders Being Arrested
On Serious Charge.
San Francisco. May ll.-Four ot the
11 presidents of the See Yup society
have been arrested for the conspiracy
n murder the S00 members ot the Chi
nese Society of English Education, and
two of them. Gee Hong On who Is not
onlv the oresldent of the On Ylck HI
ghblnder tong, but of the See Tups;
and Lee Ylng, president of the Bow
on Tone, have made complete confes
inn to the police. The other seven
presidents are In hiding, but will be
arrested as fast as tney can oe iouno
upon charges ot conspiracy to commit
murder and It Is believed the evidence
already obtained Is sufficient to send a'l
of them to the penitentiary for long
terms. The men under the ban ot the
See Yup society were suspected ot giv
ing the authorities Information regard
ing gambling under police protection In
Chinatown. .
WILL DISCUSS LABOR QUESTIONS
Havemeyer Will Pay the Expenses and
the Unions Will Put Up Their
Best Men. :
Yonkers. N. Y., May U.-The chal
lenare made recently by John C. Have
meyer to the labor unions of the city
hi which he offered to propound varl
oua questions for labor union speakers
to answer at a public meeting, the ex
penscs to be borne by him, has been of
ficially accepted by the local branch of
the Federated Union, The vote to ac
cept the challenge was , unanimous.
There wre delegates present from 17
of the locals. It was at first deemed
expedient to confine the speakers to
Yonkers men, but the point was raised
that Mr, Havemeyer would' In all prob
ability have the support of a great
many w4lthy men' of the country and
for that reason the ablest labor speak
ers In the country are to be obtained to
answer him.
RAILROAD COMPANY
IS INCORPORATED.
San Francisco and Northwestern Filed
Articles Yesterday. '
San Francisco, May 11. The San
Francisco AN'orthwestehn Railway com;
pany filed, articles of Incorporation to
day in the office of the county clerk In
this city. By articles filed it Is evident
that the railway Is a branch of the
Santa Fe system. The corporation
starts with a capita stock of $15,OO0,MO.
The route of the road Is from Alton,
Humboldt county, thence In a general
ly southerly direction to Point Rich
mond, the terminus of the Santa Fe.
The estimated length of the railway Is
300 miles. . " '
It Is reiortd the Southern Pacific has
arranged to compete with the Santa
Fe in the redwood freighting business.
The prop) d plan of the Southern Pa
cific contemplates the building of 200
miles of railway between Wlllets and
Eureka and connecting the road at Eu
reka with the line of the A. B. Ham
mond, the Eureka and Klamath river
railway.
SCARLET FEVER ON SHIPBOARD.
Crowded Sailors In Quarantine Threat
en Mutiny.
New Tork, May 11. Scarlet fever has
broken out upon the receiving ship Co
lumbia at the Cob dock. New York na
vy yard. There are over 612 sailors on
board. Three of the crew have been
taken down wth the disease within a
week. The first case came to the no
tice of the ship's physician on Thurs
day last. The sailor was at once sent
to. the naval hospital. The strictest
quarantine is to be placed upon the
ship.
The Columbia has accommodations
for 500 sailors only. At present they
are herded together and. It Is stated,
are on the verge of mutiny.
FRIENDLY FEELING FELT.
Samoans Celebrate the Raising of the
American Flag.
Washington May 11. Commander Un
derwood. In charge of the naval sta
tion at Tutulla, reports that the Sa-
moan's celebrated April 17, the third
anniversary of the raising of the Amer
ican flag on Tutulla, as a public holi
day. He says in his report:
"The feeling in this district toward
the government Is of a friendly char
acter."
STRUCK ARTESIAN FLOW.
Drillers Discover Great Boon for Ir-
V rlgatlon Purposes.
Walla Walla, May 11. An artesian
flow ot water 'vas today struck on the
Blalock fruit farm at a distance ot 650
feet. The water runs 50 gallons per
minute. This accomplishment means
much for Irrigation In this section, as
the drilling will now likely become gen-
erat all over the seml-arld belt of east
ern Oregon' and Washington,
MOVE TEN THOUSAND GRAVES
New York Water Supply t Be Pro
tected 6y Expensive Operation.
White Plains N. Y., May ll.-The
biggest contract ever undertaken by the
eoueduct commissioners to prevent the
pollution of New York's city water
shed a now under way and consists
of removing more than 10,000 bodies
from three cemeteries and cutting tim
ber and clearing grounds on the Croton
division ot the Croton reservoir. The
entire work must be completed by Oc
tober 1. 1904. .
THE HIGH SCHOOL LOST.
A debate was held last evening at
the Debating society between the De
bating society represented, by P. J
Pye and F. C. Hutchinson, and the As
toria High School represented by Al
vln Campbell and Lanrld Laurldsen
The discussion was over the question;
"Resolved That tho American Form
of Government Is More Democratic
Than That of England." The high
school chose the negative of the question
as they were also allowed to choose the
proposition for debate. Chas. Hough
acted as Judge, and decided the merits
of the debate In favor o the affirmative
Mr. Hueh Is an Englishman by birth
so ho partiality was shown In his de
cision. Prof. H. S. Lyman is on the
program for a lecture next Monday ev
ening. . ' - '
SHAMROCK III
IS A WINNER
Beats the Old Boat Easily Though
the Latter Was given Every
Advantage.
SAILS ALL 'AROUND HER
The Challenger, After Beating
Her Opponent, Returns and
y Again Beats Her.
Gourxk, May U.-hamrock Ill's
windsrard rork today was little short
of marvelous and even more so was the
manner In which she '. carried away
while going about. Sailing on the
weather bow ot the old tpat she prac
tically kept pace with her opponent
with light winds and through smooth
water. The Shamrock III easily pass
ed the older boat in a steadier breeze.
Below Duacon, the boats started
afresh on a beat out to windward and
the challenger made better work than
she had yet shown. In half an hour of
fair sailing she left the Shamrock I
a quarter of a mile Denina. as ine
wind strengthened the Shamrock III
further Improved her position. At the
end of the windward turn the challenger
had a lead of about four miles, which
was considered to be an extraordinarily
brilliant performance, even allowing
for aggregate ot the wind. Returning
the Shamrock I was to windward, on
the weather bow of the challenger, but
the latter caught up and passed her
going clear through her lee, reaching
borne, oft the Gourock club house, one
minute and 35 seconds ahead.
PIONEERS ELECT OFFICERS.
The Pioneer and Historical Society of
Oregon held Its annual meeting and el
ection of officers yesterday In the room
of the chamber of commerce. The elec
tion resulted as follows: F. J. Taylor,
president; C. 8. Wright, vice-president;
S. D., Adair, recording secretary; R.
N. Carnahan, corresponding secretary;
Ja8. W. Welch, T. B. Morrison and C.
J." Trenchard,- directors; James W.
Welch, marshal.
SURPRISE PARTY.
At the close of their meeting last ev
ening a number ot the members of Sea
side lodge No. 12 A. O. U. W. surpris
ed Pacific lodge No. 58, D. of H., tak
ing with them baskets well filled with
cake and other good things, and slath
ers of Ice cream. After the delightful
lunch was served, there were a number
of short addresses by both lodges and
all felt '.he gathering was pleasant and
profitable, tending to promote fratern
ity. . ' '., w
A GENEROUS EMPLOYER
A good spirit was shown by C. C.
Masten In his manner of caring for the
unfortunate logger who was fatally In
jured in his camp last Saturday. Mr.
Masten shut down the camp, chartered
the steamer to bring the wounded man
to the hospital, and. paid all expenses
connected with Ms treatment and bur
ial . ' .,;,'"
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'.A A.MEIU.CA'S BEST
Both Soft and Stiff
THE IRNOX HAT
None Better
Ujq above Hats in
Q. H. C ooper
THEY HEED
MARK HANNA
Senator Requests That Threatened
Strike Be Postponed, for
Fifteen Days.
AND IT IS SO ACCORDINGLY
Boilermakers Delay Action and
Will Confer for a Set
tlemenl New ork. May 11. Ralph M. Easley,
secretary of the civic federation, an
nounced that he had received a tele
gram that the Southern Pacific's threat
ened strike had been postponed IS days
to give time for a settlement-
The boiler makers on the Southern
Pacific were to have gone on a strike
today in sympathy with, the striking
Union Pacific machinists who have
been out for about six months. Sena
tor Hanna Acting for the civic feder
ation, . asked that this sympathetic
strike be postponed, pending efforts of
the federation to bring about a settle
ment. Earlier reports say that the strikers
had Informed Mr. Hanna that his re
quest came too late, but Mr. Easley
says that these reports were unfound
ed and that the assurance had been
received that a delay of 15 days had
been granted. The executive commit
tee of the National Civic federation
will meet !n this city Wednesday and
the question of reaching a settlement
in the Union Pacific matter will come
up. " ' ' "
IN BONNIE SCOTLAND.
King and Queen Receive Warm Wel
come on Arriving at Edin
burgh. .
Ijndon, May 11. The king and queen
arrived at Edinburgh this evening and
were enthusiastically received.
SENATOR MITCHELL RETURNS.
Seattle, May 11. Senator John H.
Mitchell paid a visit to Seattle today,
retrning home to Oregon from Wash
ington, D. C. ,
Base Ball Scores.
NACIFIC NATIONAL.
At Seattle-Seattle 8; Helena 0.
.... AMERICAN. , ' .
At St. Louls-St. Louis i; Washing
ton 4. '
At Detroit New York 8; Detroit 4. '
At Chicago Philadelphia 4; Chicago
3. '
At Cleveland Cleveland 6; Boston S.
V NATIONAL-
At New York New York 9; Brook
lyn 1.
At Pittsburg Cincinnati 3; Pittsburg
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