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VOLUME LVII. . ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903. NUMBER 15.
Nobody wears Mackintosh nowaday That it to aay,
, nobody who la anybody.
The Rubber Coat Is Dead.
It haa outgrown ita
uacfulneM and giv
en way to some
thing bettar.
Waterproof cloth la
the proper material
now, and a good
thing, too. It looks
bettef and la just as
' good to keep the
rain out
OUR RAIN COATS
HAVE STYLE,
thanks to t h e
makers, . Crouse ft
Brandegee, Manu
facturing Tailors,
Utica, New York,
and, thinks also to
crHw. cim fcMfM. utk. Nn . ne same source,
they are moderately priced. Furthermore, they coma in all
aixes. Nobody, therefore, need stay out in the wet.
P.A.ST0BES
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FISHER BROTHERS
Agent for the Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's
Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship
CHANDLERS
Cor. Bond and 12th Sis. Astoria, Oregon
SOUTH PORTLAND FOUNDERS
TWENTY-ONE PERSONS LOST
Strikes Cape Blanco Reef in Blinding
Fog, Going Down Almost v
Immediately.
Passengers and Crew Take to Boats, but
Seas Sweep Over Them and More
Than Half of Total Num- ' . ,
ber Perished.
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47M72 Commercial Phon. Black K4S
MarhfHd,Or.,Oct.20.-Of a total of
people on the steamer 8outh Port-
land, which was wrecked on Cap.
lllunco reef last evening, 18 have been
rescued, one of whom bus since died,
mill Zu are (till missing. Six people
were seen today clinging to a raft con-
.tructed of the .learner' hatches and
wimu being carried In a southerly direc
tion by the current. The only hop of
their reat'ue la that the wind may drive
Ihem near shore.
Following are the surviving passen
ger,:
William L. Wilson, Jr., Baltimore.
L. Baker, Alameda.
Guy Hent. aged 12. Nov Scotia.
Al riulley, North Dakota.
W. Webber;
Members of the crew aaved are aa
follow.:
Jam. Mclntyre, captain.
John Rehner, lallor. 1
Emanuel Paomenls, cook.
Charles Bruce, first officer.
James Ward, engineer.
T. Plx-soil, engineer.
John McKown, oiler.
W. Hughe, fireman.
V. Robrtiion, fireman.
Jamee A I wood,, seaman. - -
C. Johnson. Seaman.
Charles Huson, first assistant engin
eer. Died after being rescued.
The drowned and missing are:
Mrs. Fletcher 'Bent. Nova 8cotIa.
8. Baker, Alameda.
J. 8. Lahey. Portland.
Mrs. W.E.Tyrrell and son, Portland.
F. Merlnge.
C. Hallenbeck.
D. McKay.
Paul Tteinmuth.
J. C. Wright.
George Jackson second cook.
E. Humphrey, cook.
J. Watson.
Second Officer Kllgore.
William H'ljmun, steward.
H. Chrlstllten, seaman.
John McKenzle. seaman.
Charles Peterson, seaman.
B. Dehor ty, fireman.
P. Wolf, fireman.
11 knots when she struck the reef, bow
on. Her forward part, were lifted high
out of water, then she settled aft and
a fw minutes later slid off the rocks,
filling almost Immediately.
CapUIn J. B. Mclntyre realised that
there was no time to be lost and as soon
as the ship struck he ordered the crew
to man the boat, with all possible haste
Two Ufa boats and a life raft were cut
loose. Captain Mclntyre and 17 other,
entered the first boat and started for
shore, but they had gone only a few
feet when the boat capslsed and all
went Into the sea. It was growing dark
and a terrible scramble to get hold of
the boat ensued. The captain and six
other, succeeded In getting back to the
boat, but the other 11 were drowned.
A second boat containing eight people
also ca pulsed a short distance from the
ship, and It la believed the entire party
was lost, as the boat was seen floating
away without any person In It.
Captain Mclntyre and six others
reached shore after battling for several
hour. In the breaker, and spent the
night at Port Orford. A party of 11
who took to the life raft, in charge of
First Officer Bruce, were buffeted about
by the breaker, all night, and &k mom
Ing were lighted for a few moments,
but fog enveloped tbem again and It
was not until this afternoon that the
fog lifted so they could be seen. The
Port Orford life saving crew sighted
the raft off Elk river, where those
aboard were attempting to make land
ing, and soon had a tin. to them. They
were taken to Port Orford, where they
were given every care possible.
SENATOR TURNER'S OPINION'.
London, Oct. 20.-ln an Interview
Senator Turner said:
"I believe it to be a fair and Just set
tlement between the two government.,
and I am very glad, Indeed, that a ma
jority of the commissioners should see
their way clear to Join In such award."
CONSCIENCE MONEY. "
New York, Oct. 20-Collector of Port
Nevada N, Stranahan has received
from a conscience striken citizen of a
western state the following letter:
"At the age of 1 I came with my
parent, to settle In this country. Com
ing Into the port of New York in Sept
ember, 1880, with my father, we smug
gled broadcloth. which cost !a Great
Britain some 120, to make suit which
I" afterward, wore. Please tell me
what the duty would be, a. I would like
to settle."
The collector gave the Information
and has received a postal order for $20,
the amount of duty and interest.
COURT IN PATROL WAGON
Peculiar DUpeiiMatlon of Justice
in Windy City.
several month, ago. Tb. boy Is t and
ths girl T year. old. Buck suddenly
disappeared on. day with bis two child
ren, leaving the. mother penniless.
Mrs. 'Buck, plucklly went to work, ac
cumulated $200 and. with the assistance
of the California Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Children, located
ber husband and children on s farm at
Mlna, New York, She went east alone
and two week, ago reached Mirta. She
drove up to the school the children were
attending and awaited their coming.
They agreed to return with her and
concealed themselves in the buggy.
After several narrow escepee, from her
pursuing husband, h. succeeded . in
reaching California.
COWARDLY HUSBAND.
New York,' Oct. Z0. Because bis
young wife refused to live with him.
John McCloskey, of Newark, N. J., has
fired several shot, at her. wounding
her in the head. He then turned the
pistol on himself, fired a shot and fell.
apparently unconscious. It turned out
afterwards be had . not received a
scratch. The .hooting occurred on the
street and caused great excitement
McCloskey pursued the woman to her
father, doorstep, where .he fell. When
the ambulance arrived the husband
es carried to the hospital, supposedly
In a dying condition. . Examination
showed no signs of a wound and he
was thrown Into Jail. The woman will
recover. 1
McGOVERN GIVEN DECISION
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Don't You Feel Cold These Chilly
Mornings?
It's Simply a Reminder that we
have a Large Assortment of
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Belli at Close Figure
HARDSHIPS OP PASSENGERS.
Marehfleld, Or., Oct. 20. The steam
ship South. Portland, which sailed from
Astoria for San Francisco last Sunday
morning, struck Cape Blanco reef, 60
miles south of here, last evening about
6 o'clock during a heavy fog and sank
In a few minutes. Of the 38 people on
board It Is now believed that 21 perish
ed. The ship was steaming at a rate of
THE CAPTAIN'S STATEMENT.
Marehfleld, Oct. 20. Captain Mcln
tyre was disinclined to talk on matter,
pertaining to the course his boat was
traveling, or whether she was off her
course, last evening. He said:
"We had been running in a blinding
fog ever since we left the Columbia
river and It was very thick when we
struck. Tou could not see any distance,
"There were 17 In my boat when we
left the .Inking ship. When we pushed
away from, the ship', aide our boat
swamped and went down. With a sea
man, I got In again, bailed her out,
and got five others In with us.
"It was 4:40 when we struck and we
were in the boat until 5:S0 this morning,
having to make shore with one oar and
a piece of a mast.
"X will make my full and complete
statement as to the cause of the ac
cident to the Inspectors."
'Elijah" Dowie
Met His Match
Carrie Nation Attended His Meet
ing and Showed the Great
Fakir Some Speed. ' '
New York, Oct. 20. Mr. Dowie, ar
rayed In evening clothes, talked for two
hours tonight before a great throng in
Madison Square garden, the burden of
his talk being a denunciation of clergy
and press, ;
The police say C000 persons who could
not gain entrance were turned away.
In half an hour, however, the crowd
t egan to .urge out, and then the police
refused to admit any late comers, say
ing they feared a riot.
Carrie Nation, who occupied a seat
near the front, asked "Elijah" to ans
wer some questions. He refused and
ordered her to sit down. Dowie then
praised the spirit in which Mrs. Nation
had warred on saloons, but .aid she
used wrong methods. Mrs. Nation
again demanded the privilege of asking
questions. At once Zion guards sur
rounded her, and, with the help of sev
eral policemen, ejected her.
Today Rev. Farkhurst wrote to Mr.
Dowie a letter in which he scathingly
rebuked the great fakir, whom he re
ferred to at a mountebank.
EXTRA SESSIOK CALL ISSUED.
Washington, Oct. 20. President
Roosevelt today Issued a proclamation
assembling an extraordinary session of
congress on November to consider the
Cuban treaty. ' '
The Canadians
Arc Disgusted
Feel That Outcome of Boundary
Squabble May Lead to
Annexation.
Victoria, Oct.20. 'British Columbians
are disgusted at what ia popularly
termed the ' sacrifice of Canada by
Oreat Britain on the altar of political
expediency. The general trend of
opinion seerus to be that the action of
the commissioner, in the boundary
matter haa started a wave of popular
feeling which may be the opening
wedge of widening Canada from the
mother country. The action of the
Canadian commissioners, Sir Louis
Jette and Alcyaworth, In refusing to
sign the agreement is being applauded.
There is a feeling, too, that which
bodes ill for the maintenance of the
loyalty of the dominion, for many re
marks way be heard on the street cor.
ners that it would be better fi)t. ths do
minion to throw in its lot with the
United States than have it. lands given
away piecemeal by Great Britain for ,
the sake of imperial Interests,
TREATY 13 SIGNED.
London, Oct. 20. The engrossed copy
of the Alaskan award was signed at
3:10, d. m. The Canadian commission
ers, Messrs. Aleysworth and Jette, de
clined to sign the award, but will sub
mit their contrary opinion, to the tri
bunal, ao a to go officially on tb re
cord. While they declined to sign the
award, they algned the map. agreed on
by the majority. j
Chicago, Oct. 20.-For the first time
In the history of Chicago, police court
was held In patrol wagon. Justice
Ctaverly climbed in the wagon, which
was standing in front of the city hall,
knd administered the oath to two de
tectives, who were armed with a war
rant charging Lucy Mile, with larceny.
The woman lay on a cot in a vehicle,
having been brought from the county
hospital. She was held in bonds of
f 1800 and the case was continued for 10
days. A commitment was issued by
the magistrate and she was taken to
the county Jail hospital.
The woman, who la 16 year, old, is
chargiid with stealing 1700 worth of sil
verware from the Colonial hotel at
Coney Island, N. T. She came to Chi
cago with the stolen property and was
found by detective, suffering with ap
pendicitis. An operation was perform
ed on her at the county hospital and
she was discharged. The jail officials
refused to take her without a mittimus,
and, as she' needed medical attention,
the Harrison street police station an
nex could not receive ber. . Justice
'.'laverly helped the officer, out of the
dilemma by holding court in the patrol
wagon.
THIS WOMAN WAS PLUCKY.
San Francisco, Oct. 20 Mrs. J. S.
Buck has just returned to this city
from New York with her two children,
who had been abducted by their father
Bested Jimmy Briggg In Hard
Flfteen-Ronnd Fight
Boston, Oct. 20. Terry McGovern,
former featherweight champion of the
world, -ara. given the decision over
Jbrmy Brlggs, of Chelsea, here tonight
after a hard 15-round battle. Brlggs
had the better of it for the first 10
rounds, but McGovern administered
terrific punishment in the last five.
CANS BESTS KENNEDY.
Philadelphia. Oct. 20. Joe Cans,
lightweight champion had the better of
a six-round fight with Eddie Kennedy,
of Pittsburg, here tonight.
BIO FRAUDS
UNEARTHED
IN OREGON
Oregonian Makes Startling Dis
closures Concerning Uulaw
full Acquisition of Tim
ber Lands.
Alleges That Grafters Have Kept;
Sympathizers in High Of ." j
ficial PoiiJons. .
INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY
Secret Service Men Have Been'
in State Gathering Evi
dence to Commence vl
- - Prosecution.
piirtlanJ, Oct. 20. According to the
Oregonian, the government has unearth
ed a gigantic land fraud ring, which
involves every well timbered area, oa
the Pacific elope.
It states that the ring has even gone
so far as to keep agents in the general
bind office, and to bribe government
officials to locate forest reserve, so as
to conform to it interest.. '
The Oregonian further ' state, that
William J. Burns, in the secret servle. "
of the treasury department, and A.' B.
Pugh, assistant , attorney-general, for :
the interior department, were In Port
land gathering evidence upon which te-;
base prosecutions.
FINANCIERS ARE CONFIDENT.
DILLON BESTS DELMAR.
Memphis, Oct. 20. Lou Dillon beat
Major Delmar today by taking two
beat, out of three. The beat time wa.
2:04 J-4. '
WIU. INVESTIGATE G HATTING.
Chicago, Oct. 20 An appropriation of
5000 wa. voted by the council last even
ing to pay the expense of uncovering
niscality around the city hall. This
action wa. taken when Alderman Herr-
man told the council that his commit
tee investigating "graft" would be able
to accomplish great thing, if it only
had smc money to work with. He
said the committee wanted to look into
grave abuses in administrative methods
as well a. specific charge, of miscon
duct. The appropriation wa. promptly
voted.
Baltlmore.Oct. 20. All the banks and
financial institutions in Baltimore were
opened promptly at the customary hour
today. Among financier, generally there
wa. a uniform expression of confidence
that no other suspension, are now prob
able," and whatever of a panicky feel
ing was manifested yesterday over the .
failure of the Maryland and Union .
companies has practically disappeared.
SUSPECT IS JAILED.
Helena, Oct. 20. Isaac Gravelle, who
wa. arrested on a charge of being a
Northern Pacific dynamiter, was taken
before a Justice today and charged
with assault in the first degree. Hi.
hearing was fixed for Saturday, next.
Bail was fixed at $10,000, which Gravelle t
was unable to furnish. -
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