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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1903)
iQfe.r.,.;VnT70r.;f Ufa,-, ,;ii;.':!''t-':rr'; ;-r7' 1 ?i 6 . Vy.,6. VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 31, 19()3. NUMBER 130. 1873 1903 We Seelt Comparison With Other Lines. Place a suit of car CLOTHING side by side with any ether Uns cn the market end therewith a Oar styles, materials, end prices are Absolutely Correct. P. A. STOKES FISHER BROTHERS Art 8oU Agents For The Celebrated Ocean Wave IVashlna Rlachlne. Oovvoro of Imitations. SPORTING GOODS Fishing' Base Ball Rods. Lines; Flies, Hits, Gloves, Pads, Complete ootflts. MasKs, Bats. Balls. All best grade goods. Prices Lowest. J. N. GRIFFIN. r You can picK That can't be picked When on your door. All sorts of locks ' At all sorts of prices.. Some are expensive because of the care with which they ore : made. Thoy are safe wherever used. Put one on and' your ptopcrty is safe. Phons Black 224J, , 470-471 Commercial street. BEE HIVE ,'. Timely- hinUrom Astoria's most popular store. Some prices on the latest novelties in ladies' dainty neckwear Lace and embroidered Collar and Cuff sets Plauen Lace Collars Cape Collars , Shirt I A. F. C. Ginghams v . 10c yd I Shirt Waist Oxford Cloth . .... . 19c yd Waist Goods Mercerized Ginghams ,.' . 14c yd Goods THE BEEy HIVE a loch here W.J. SCULLEY BARGAINS Collar Tops 5 to 50c , . . 25c to $1 . ' 25 c to $1.75 . ' $1-50 to $3.50 ; : v Fir and Flood WILD EXCITEMENT PREVAILS . THROUGHOUT ENTIRE CITY BurninHouses Are Floating About Set ting Fire to OthersPeople On the House-tops Frantically Fac ' ing Their Awful Doom. Thousands of Citizens Shelterless and Over Two Hundred Have PerishedGreat Warehouses and Public Buildings De-stroyed-the End Is Not In Sight and the Danger of Situation Is. Increasing. 4 Topka, May SO. Four hundred 4 houses hava burned and th whole 4 ot North Topeka will go. At near 4 cull b learned about ISO imt- 4 ns nr dead. Most of thes were burned to death. Burning houses ' lue flouting 4 about setting fire lo others. The low.r story of the buildings 4 contain 10 feet of water. The cur- 4 rent It m strong that no boat can appro h ny of the buildings. 4 People are gathered on ton of the 4 turn and will meet death either 4 by fire or drowning. Cries for help 4 t an be distinctly heard a mile away The whole city la wildly excited 4 because of the fact that no aid can 4 be extended 'o the Buffering. 4 The river at North Topeka I Ave 4 nillsa wide. No possible estimate of the final loss can be Btated.,It 4 will run Into millions. North To- 4 peka was the manufacturing dts- 4 trKt of ih city. . TopekA, May 80. Three . large flour mlllii. thre woolen mill, and other manufacturing establishments are en tirely destroyed. The Water supply of the whole city has been cut off. The water from the river extends nearly a mile on the south side. The Rock Is land dep-t has had to- be abandoned, and more than 600 people on this side of the river are also homeless but no loss of life has resulted in South Topeka. The Kansas avenue bridge 1 the only one across the river for miles, and the approaches to that bridge are Hooded by SO fe.-t of water. A pontoon bridge Is being erected In an effort to reach the sufferers, Beven thousand or more people are on this side of the river sheltered In public buildings and in the homes of clttxens. Standing on the statehouse dome, as many as 80 fires can be counted In dif ferent parts of North Topeka. The whole central portion of the city had been burned out at 10 o'clock tonight and it sta safe o say that by morning not a house in North Topeka will be left stWiitng. People are climbing to the roofs and the limbs of trees and many are giving up In despair and dropping into. the water below to he carried away by the swift current. It Is death by, fire or drowning of 200 peo ple unless means can be found for res cue. ' ,. . ' . '' . Topeka, May So. (Midnight) Re- porter who have Just arrived from the river say that tho water is yet rising. An unconfirmed report from, Wnmego nd' Manhattan, west of Topeka, say thalt another rise is coming down from the Republican and Blue rivers. If this Is true the sltuaitlon here will be greatly Intensified. Fire Chief Wllmarth says that the Ore on the east side of Kansas avenue Ravages In North Topeka Is rapidly taking the remaining buildings. Fire Is going to ward the wind and this will serve to check Its progress but there Is so much burning wreckage floating about that the destruction ot the remaining houses is regarded as certain. People on the roofs of bouses are yet heard calling frantlcully for help. It is reported that two boats loaded with people are swamped and that a dosen or more were drowned. RAIN CHECKS FIRE. Topeka May SO. (2 a. m.)-Raln has been falling for two hourn and this has had a tendency to check the fires in the dwellings. Absolutely no reliable estimate of lives lost can be had for the reason that the flooded district can not be traversed. It Is at least 200 and may be larger han this. The ex tent of the damage is hard to get at. People were cooped up In their houses and could escape neither from Are or flood. DAMAGE IN KANSAS CITr , KaniTui City. May SO.-At 10 o'clock tonight the Kansas river was rising at tlm rate of 4 Inches an hour. Swift's packinghouse has already sustained a loss estimated at a million dollars. The damage to Cuduhy and SchwartxchlUl & 8. plants will be near half a mllllom about equally divided between the two plants. It Is estimated that the loss in Armourdnle to dpte will exceed one mil lion dollars. Kl'SSIA 8CORKS LONDON TIMES. j, , Correspondent of the Great Journal Ex celled From' the Country. London, May SO.-The Times corres pondent at St. Petersburg who hue been expalled from Russia hua sent a dispatch via the frontier explaining his arrrst and expulsion by the order of General Von Wahl, the assistant min ister of the Interior on the grounds of his hostility to the Russian government and the Intervention of fulse news. He explained through the British ambassa dor that he was not responsible for the publication of the alleged letter from Interior Minister von Plehwe to Gener- nl von Riiaben the governor of Klshln- eff, Written in anticipation of the KIs hlneff riots, but the minister said that his expulsion was not on account ot any individual action but was1 due to the general tone of hostility of the Times toward Russia, and the govern ment was resolved to read the Times a a lesson. U. OF O. DEFEATS MULTNOMAH,. Portland Fay SO.-The University of Oregon track team today defeated th Multnomah Amateur Athletic club by a gcore of 64 to 60. TopeKa MONET PACKAGES LOST. Mysterious Disappearance of Register ed Mall. Baker lty, May 10. Two special in' tctors of the postoffice department are her Investigating the mysterious disappearance of two registered money packages, which have been : missing since last March. The packagoa were deposited In the postofflca In this city by the First National bank on the 17th of March, last. One was Addressed to Brown and Pearce at Cornuccopla and the othir was addressed to a Mr. Hun- Hsker at Pine. The total amount of money In the two packages was $450, FERRIS WHEEL AS JUNK. ' ( Chicago, May JO. An order has been Issued in the circuit court directing that the ferrte wheel that stood on the midway a the world's fair be sold after June 1 to the highest bidder and If no bids are received it will be broken up and sold for junk., . ROWING CLl'B CONTEST. Portland. May SO. The Juniors four oared crew of the Portland Rowing club thl safternoon defeated the Uni versity bf California In a one and one half mile course. Time 9. 1-2, SLAVE-HOLDERS INDICTED. Montgomery, Ala., May SO. United States grand jury today returned ,3G indictments against white citizens of Coosac and Tajlapoosa, counties on a charge ot 'holding negroes in servitude. Base Ball Scores. PACIFIC NATIONAL. -' V ; Afternoon. At Spokane Spokane 14;, Seattle 0. At Butte Butte 7; Helena 8. At Los Angeles Los Angeles 9; San Francisco i. Morning. At Portland Tacoma 3; Portland S. PACIFIC COAST. Afternoon. At Seattle-Seattle 4; Portland 3. At San Francisco Oakland 4; San Francisoo S. At Sacramento Los Angeles 7; Sacra mento (. t Morning. At Seattle Portland 7; Seattle 0. At Los Angeles Los Angeles (S; San Francisco 5. NATIONAL. ' Morning. Chicago-Chicago 5: St. Louis 1. - At New York Boston 9; New York i At Brooklyn Brooklyn 4; Philadel phia S. . At Pittsburg Pittsburg S; Cincin nati 2. ; ; ' , : " :-' Afternobn. 1 At Brooklyn Philadelphia 9;- Brook lyn S. At New York New York 2; Boston 0 At Pittsburg-Pittsburg 4; Cincin nati 2. , At Chicago Chicago 2; St. Louts 0. '. ,. :,; ' AMERICAN,'" ' ' 'W ' Afternoon. ; At St. Louis St. Louis 6: Detroit 0. At Boston Boston 4; Washington 0. At flevland Cleveland 1: Chicago 2 At Philadelphia Philadelphia 4; New York 2. . , , Morning. At Cleveland Cleveland Si Chicago 2. wcaj.oif. So do ' itaryId5. your merchant. r. ... - IS HERMAN WISE, Sole Agent lor Astoria. . sixty miles Horseback Roosevelt leaves Train And Ad opts Favorite Mode Of Travel. EVERYBODY WELCOMED HIM Accompanied By An Escort Of Mounted Men Trip Made Without Mishaps. Cheyenne, Hay 39. President Roose velt left bis train today and made 10 miles of his journey on horseback. The weather was all that could be desired and the prsldent enjoyed the ride Im mensely. ''." He reached Laramie- at 7:30 o'clock this morning and after X short eddress to the citizens of that place at the Uni versity ot Wyoming he nounted a horse and accompanied by an escort, started for Cheyenne. " The president ial party arrived In Cheyenne this ev ening on scheduled time, the 60 mile honfeback ride having been without mis haw.' ' ' ' ' "" i Police, civic, fraternal and military organisations of this city and Fort Rus sell, all turned out and gave tre presi dent one of the heartiest welcomes ot his tour. WORRIED OVER THE MARRIAGE. Vanderbilt-Rutherford Nuptials Con ,. .?. tentlon Continues. London May 30. The discussion re garding the Vanderbilt-Rutherford m riage license still continues. The Times this morning publishes correspondence which has passed between the archblsh op of Canterbury and L. T, Dlbin, mas ter of faculties. Tire urchbishop wrote asking whether Mr. Dibin could corrob orate the contention of Dr. Tristram, chancellor of the London diocese, that a bbftiop has no discretion in granting or withholding licenses and that he was compelled to grant Mr. Vanderbllt's ap plication, s . " " Mr. Dibin in a long reply says he was Inclined to traverse Dr. Tristram's con tentlon, but be added, he had been mas ter of faculties too short a time to be ready with a full statement regarding precedent. , 15hQ Gor don AMERICA'S BEST , Both Soft and: Stiff THE KNOX HAT . tNonBetter New Blocks ' C?eaboveIiats in the new summer styles c a , TOBACCO and cigars 1 TURLISH PATROL for cigarettes. Fine. GOLD SHORE PLUG for the pipe. Unexcelled UNION MADE UNION LABEL Agents forthe ... j. . . ; ' Portland Safe & Lock Co. ' Call and see samples. TcSS.is. P. IN MEMORY . OF THE DEAD Silent Heroes In District Of Col umbia Cemeteries Honored By Thousands, CEREMONY WAS ELABORATE In Washington City Monuments And Soldier Statues Were Draped With Flags. Washington, May 80. With solema and Improve ceremonits Metwa-ial day was observed in the national capi tal on a more elaborate scale thaa rvev beforre. Business was suspended aot only In the departments of the govern ment, but throughout the city. Peops of all classes united in perpetuating the memory ot the heroes dead, who tm thousands sleep peacefully in the eight National cemeteries of the- Dtetr'H Columbia. . Soldier monumenu and statues on the government reservar tions were flag-draped; 'flags on all of the public buildings were at half-ma, and the national ' colors with fold caught in bands of crepe were dispiajw ed from hundreds of private residences. Notwithstanding the absence front . the city of the president who is usual ly a conspicuous figure In the exercise at Arlington, the arrangements were elaborate and beautiful. They wwe not der the direction of the department ot the Potomac, G. A. R, and Included a parade of G. A.' R. posts,.' the old guard, other patriotic . ograntotlmw and the militia of the District. beadXt by the marine band; decorations ot monuments and graves and addresses by men prominent in public life. The weather was perfect, cool, "but with brilliant sun from a cloudless sky. " - PUGILIST KOT jUUILTT, .... i . Savanna. Ga., May 30. Tlie coro ner's inquest , today exonerated Jins Jeffords ot crimlnalty in connection with the death of George Feely whs was knocked out by Jeffords in a box ing contest Thursday night. FIRE AT BAKER CITY. Ba&er City, May 80.- The' electric power plant of the Baker City Electric Light and Gas Company at South, Bak er waa destroyed by fire this afternoon. 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