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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1903)
""' r H0TIOH! BOOkg, Periodicals, MaKazlni, &c, . Aro f.'cf 13 b3 TVe.i r:n Tho Ubrary v.Uicut nu-ij;,. Any ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. ) ' I i wiHK.i:M;... . Ji i "-" Where the Oregon . Stops Rolling Read Oar Ads Be foreEaying The Associated Press News Service Fresh From the Wires. VOLUME LVI1. ASTORIA, OREGON, TIIIRSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1903. NUMBER 16. ittrtirirntrjfti THE SMART DRESSER Is smart because he buys 11 Up- ft i jjts I tin SdulTiHi 6 VI im llilll Tulnnd CWfr'tM IM But MdM Mtn P. A. STOKES FISHER BROTHERS Agenb for the Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship CHANDLERS ,..,, ... Cor. Bond and 12th Sts. Astoria, Oregon POPULAR BOORS All the Latest Popular Books Now in StocK See Window Displays X? ?. 4? ? J. N. GRIFFIN Mi Don't You Feel Cold These Chilly Mornings? It's Simply a Reminder that we have a Large Assortment of HEATING STOVES Just in. Call and see them FOARD $ STOKES CO. ASTORIA. first Class in Every Respect Bar and Billiard Room PARKER H. B. PARKER, Proprietor Good SnmploRoomi on Ground ASTORIA - - v - S. A. GIMRE Fiaher Bros. Store Rnntft f tn H ft Vl neS on Bond St., Astoria "' , ' ""Sells at Close Pigurei -'v' :'' HAND TAILORED CLOTHING Made by Cronse. Brandegee & Co. Hart. Schaffner & Marx They cant be beaten Sold in Astoria by Bad Plumbing will catch the man who put it in. Our Plumbing is hon est and we watch the details "bf each job and see that every piece of pipe is sound and every joint perfect. Tinning and gas fitting. W. J. SCULLEY 470-471 Commercial. Phone Black 2248 OREGON American and European Plan Free Coach to the House HOUSE E P. PARKER, Manager. Floor for Commercial Men - , OREGON CARRIES A PINE STOCK OF . CENSURE IS METED OUT TO CAPTAIN Coroner's Jury Blames Mclntyre for Leaving South Portland in the First Boat to Be Lowered. Allegation Is Made That He Failed to Look After Safety of His Passengers. SEVENTEEN STILL MISSING Steamer Hpoknite IMcks Up Four Survivor Who Were on Halt Found Near Cape Klaiico- Port Or(orl. Or.. Oct. 2L-'Ve find thnt Chiirlo L. Huson came to his death from exposure upoh a life raft, having been wrecked on the steamer Kiuth Portland October 1. We fur ther find from the evidence that Cap tnln J. I). Mclntyre war c riminally neg ligent In his duties aa maitar In aban doning ins wrecked ateamer before e Ing to the aafcty of paJwenirera and crew." The above verdict waa returned today by the Jury empaneled by K. W, Jen aen, )uatlre of the peare and acting coroner of Curry county, for the pur poae of Inquiring Into the cauae of the death of C'harlea L. Huaon, flret aaaltit ant engineer of the' ateamahlp South Portland, which waa wrecked on Cape Planco reef Monday evening lairt. The Jury took the teetlmony of aeverol of the eurvlvora of the wreck and con cluded that Captain Mclntyre should be cenaured for leaving the ahlp In the flrat boat. John Drlacoll, one of the "Hera, made the following statement: "When I cama ott deck I eould nee fur more than 2O0 yarda. The engine wn topped when we atruck, but waa start ed up again, after the. first boat hud left the uhlp, by the mate, who atatt'l that he wanted to get her In at close to shore os possible." Leslie Barker,. a passenger stated: "Captain Mclntyre' boat waa the first to leave the ship. I do not know what the captain was doing at the time of lowering the boats. The first I aa" of him wna when I saw htm In a amnlb boat. I did not see any one with a 111 ; preserver on, I went to get one for a lady but could not find any." John McKeon. an oiler, anid: "I was In bed when the ship struck, but got down to the engine room 10 minutes after. The captain could not have stayed long after we atruck, aa he had gone when I come out of the engine room." F'lrst ofticer Bruce stated that he waa on the btldje when the accident hap. pened, but the captain went onto the, bridge and at oncecalled all hands to lower the boats. He went on: "The captain took charge of the first bont that left the ship at my request. I think that the captain did all In his power to save the officer and crew." FOUR OTHERS ARE SAVED Vivid Description of Wreck V First OIHccr Ravens. by San Francisco, Oct. 21. The steamer Spokane, which arrived today from Se attle, brought four survivors of th,e wrecked steamer South Portland. They are: Arthur Haven second officer. F. Johnson, seaman. Charles Bloomberger, seaman. Ole Qunderson, eeaman. These men were taken from a raft by the Spokane yesterday noon, 14 mllea southwest of Cape Blanco., The Spokane cruised about for an hour In search of another raft, finding only an empty boat. Fog settled down thickly and she proceeded on her Journey to thla city. The missing still number 17. The list of the missing ones of the crew aa previously printed does not con tain the names of the above. This er ror is pi obably due to the fact that just before sailing ome substitutions In the crew war made. Eight other men who were on the raft with the above survivors when It left the South Portland eecumbed and sank. Their name are not known by those who were saved. Several hour after these men were taken On board the Spokane the star board lifeboat of the wrecked vessel, In which aeven or eight men left the sinking steamer, was seen floating, empty, on the ocean. It is now believed that all the paswenger and crew not already accounted for have perished. Second Officer Ravens tells his exper ience a follow: , "Wlm it wa seen that the steamer was doomed I got four men In the starboard boat as It swung by the davits. When I saw that the captain's boat on the port aide of the vessel had capsized, I aided In righting It and then returned to my own boat, only to find that a number of persona had crowded Into It breaking It from It fastenings. On striking the water It upset. They succeeded In righting the boat and got away, closely followed by First Mate Bruce on a life raft. I don't know bow many were with blm, "This left me In charge of the chip With me were 11 men, whom I at once et to work building raft. In half an hour our craft waa ready and launched and the 11 men got on board It.' Aa I waa about to Jump, I saw that the raft had capsized. It aoon righted itaelf, but the steamer's carpenter was seen floating away on the choppy sea. I threw him a bench from the deck and he waa clinging to It when laat seen. Then one of the paaaengera lost his hoi J on the raft and tf blm I tossed a batch, which he succeeded In gnutplnf, but ha soon drifted out of sight. 'The I Joined the men on the raft. Two hour later one poor fellow gave out bevauM he waa utterly exhausted, and we were forced to let blm go adrift. Soon after a-arda the mess boy loet his grip and disappeared. At Intervale dur ing the long and bitterly cold night three of the pamengers gave up their Uvea and were swallowed by the sea. 'Morning dawned with a thick fog banging low over the ocean, and the five of us left despaired of being seen or rescued. Our only food consisted of two apple which we divided. A few hours after dawn the second cook gave out from weariness. We saw him float only a short dlatanoe, his death strug gles being mercifully hidden by the fog. "I had the boatswain' whistle, which almoitt constantly blew, but It could not have been heard far. As the sun got higher the fog lifted and we gave a "ihut of Joy, for not two mllea away were the steamer James Dollar and Spokane. We swung out hats and route in the air and yelled, but at first it earned In vain, for both appeared not to have seen us, and we began to despair. Then, almost simultaneously, both vessels headed In our direction. The Siwkan waa the nearer of the two and, noticing this, the captain of the Dollar resumed bt course." Captain Eagles, of tae Spokane, ald tonight that he was on the lookout for a wreck, for yesterday morning hie look had reported seeing a boathook and an oar floating on the ocean. Shortly before noon be descried a block speck, but a look through hi glaas showed blm the raft and Its occupants. Bitter Feeling v Still Prevails Canadians Are Talking of Annex ation to United States and Independence. Vancouver, B.C. .Oct. 21,Lpcal feel- . Ing continues very bitter over the award of the Alaskan boundary com mission. There !a much Ulk of annex ation and of Canada becoming tndepend ent. THINKS DECISION FAIR. London, Oct. 21. The Times says Lord Alverstone Is the only commission er who could fairly be said to have ap proached the subject absolutely without bias, save for the natural basis of a Briton in favor of dlrltlsh interests. "We doubt, If after mature reflection, say the Times, "the Canadians will feel they could have hoped for any more favorable results if they had brought t he case before an actual court of arbitration. A It Is the matter has beendealt with In the most satisfactory way of friendly negotiationa between the nation. The Inestimable gain of definitely settling a question offering perennial opportunities for discord be tween the two great and kindred na tlone far outweighs any disappoint. muiit In the decision which, after all, practically leave things aa they were found." BRYAN DOESN'T WANT MONEY Would Not Accept Large quest Made to Him. Be- New Haven, Conn., Oct. 21. As n climax to the hearing of the application for the probating of the will of the late Phllo S. Bennett, accompanying which wa a sealed letter which, William J. Rryan today testified, was a request that he accept $50,000, Judge Stoddard, who represents Mrs. Bennett, declared that if Bryan insisted upon receiving the fund she would contest the will. Bryan In reply said that not one cent of money would he allow either hie wife or his children to receive unless Mm. Bennett were willing. He, how- ever, did Intend to ask the court to de cide the validity of the bequest, so that In case It Is declared legal he could dis tribute the money among educational and charitable institutions. BLAIR STABLES DESTROYED. New York, Oct. 21 Fire has gutted the coach barn and marble etables of the estate of C. T. Blair, near Peapack, N. J. The marble building which cost $100,000 wa 6ne of the best appointed structures of Its kind in the United States. The horses were saved. GETS FAT POSITION. St. Louis, Oct. 21. President Fran cis today appointed former Judge Jas. A. Sheldon as general counsel of the Louisiana Purchase Company to suc ceed Frank H. Blair, resigned. The salary of the position I $18,000. VIPERS ARE THROWN OUT OF MEETING Reporters, Otherwise Yellow Ras- cais or the Press, Ejected by the Orders of the Great Fakir. Elijah Says They Have Sold Their Souls, and Are Beyond Conversion. f is j MERCHANTS FOND OF HIM Announces That They Are Del uging Him With Coin-Gigantic Crush at the . Night Seance. New York,. Oct. 21. Ten thousand of the 30,000 that sought admittance to Dowle's meeting tonight were admitted When 20,000 found they were shut out,' a wild demo.-Mtration ensued. Four hundred policemen were totally unable to cope with the rush. - Men and women were knocked down and sever 1 nar rowly eiseaped death. Not until after the meeting broke up about t o'clock, wa the crowd controlled. Grace George, an actress, on her way to a theater, was knocked down and her clothing wa torn. She says the police, handled her roughly. Wiillam A. Brady, her husband, a well known theatrical man; Lorenzo Winter, a broker, and Cbannlng Pollock, were ar rested, charged with disorderly conduct Dowle devoted himself at tonight's meeting to self-laudation and vituper ative abuse of newspaper men. Hi ad dress wa violent at times and hund reds left before be bad concluded. "Just to show that I am In favor with the Christian merchant prince of this city," said Dowle, "I will announce the money which ha come to me this morning alone. These sum are from men unknown to m. ; The check amount to 17700." During Diwle's sermon a number of student marched out In a squad. ' "They are like most student I know," he said, "their brain arc In tbelr feet." For the first time Dowle today order ed reporters excluded. Those who were Heated at the reporters' table were es corted to the door on Dowle'e order to his guard to "clear the tainted vipers out of here. Now, get out, you mean doe, you yellow scoundrels of the press. I am paying for this place, you linns." Then he added: They have sold their xoul to the devil. I never hope to con vert reporter." SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE. New York, Oct. 21 Counsel for the government baa announced that In SPECIAL SAL Special Sale weaves and and 76c the 48c vSee Our Window The A, The Cheapest order to definitely fettle the question, the treasury department will appeal a declnion banded down by General Ap praiser Somerville against the decision of the collector of the port to include In the dutiable value of certain classes of good Imported from Franc the amount of municipal taxes exacted by French citie. The same question wa fought out sometime ago before the United States Circuit Court In Cincinnati In the Rhelnatronvcaee, and decided adverse ly to the government, but the ruling waa un satisfactory to both appraiser and the department, so It ha been de cided to make a new case. WEAKEST POINT IS CAVALRY. New Tort Oct. 21 A synopsis of the situation In the Japanese army, pub lished here, say the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times, shows that Its weakest point Is the cavalry arm. the development of which has been hampered by the lack of horses and the want of suitable places for exercise. The Russian cavalry Is seven times more numerous." " , ; ' , ' " ' The Japanese Infantry I most favor ably criticised. Its moral qualities are tald to be very high, although Its physical qualities are on a much lower level. In warm countries. It Is de clared, the Japanese infantrymen have displayed extraordinary powers of en durance, but would hardly be likely to show them in a cold climate. THE PORTE MUST COME TO TIME. New York, Oct. 21. Russia and Aus tria ire not disposed to permit trifling by the porte with regard to the schemes for reform In Macedonia, say a Time dispatch from Vienna. It as serts here that If Turkey attempts to procrastinate, recourse .will be bad to effectl e means of persuasion. BASEBALL SCORES. At Seattle Seattle 10, Los Angeles 4. At Portland Portland !, San Fran cisco L At San Francisco Oakland 2, Sacra mento 3. '"' ' The Missouri Is i Queen of Seas New Battleship Develops Speed of 18.22 Knots, World's Re-, cord for Her Class. Boston, Oct. 21. The new battleship Missouri proved herself queen of the seas for battleships In her class in a speed , trial trip over the .Cape Ann course, with weather conditions of a handicapping nature today. 1 Over a course of 33 nautical miles and return the battleship made an aver age speed of IS. 05 knot per hour, which, with tidal corrections greatly in her favor, It Is believed, will average her speed to 18.22 knots, a new world' re cord for battleships. If you want anhing good go to of Dress Goods in all the new colors. Regular value 65c yard. Price for this sale only ayara iunbar 0 Place in Astoria for HITCHCOCK WILL MAKE STATEMENT Annouces That He Will Discuss Oregon Land Frauds, but Not at Present .Time.;.;' Only General Confirmation of Ore ' . gonian's Disclocures Can I Be Secured. . f HOW SPECULATORS WORKED Secured Patented Lands In Re serve and Exchanged Them for Valuable Lands in Other Districts. Washington, Oct. 21. Only general confirmation con be secured here of the report of the extensive fraudulent prac tices in securing public land on' the Pacific coast a reported from Portland, ' Or , lat night. Department of the In- '.rior official have been convinced lor i over a year there were various com bination of speculators seeking to , 'control the public land for their own purposes and more recently a number of special agents have been working In the field to secure evidence of fraud. A great number of land entries in all , three coast ntates rave been held up for . investigation, but so for no test case has been brought. - The methods of speculators are var ied, but the most common proceeding is to secure patented lands within for est reservations and then exchange them for more valuable lands on the outside. i - , r Governor Chamberlain of Oregon is now in Washington conferring with the secretary of the interior concerning these land transfers. He claims the state has lost a considerable sum In this way and Is-endes-Yjarmg to secure a set tlement which will reimburse the state. Secretary Hitchcock declines to discuss the case, but says be will make a state ment later.' . ' :, '....- Mclaughlin will not fight Kings County Leader to Support Regular Nominees New York, Oct. 21. It Is understood that Hugh McLaughlin,1 democratic leader in Kings county, ha decided to withdraw hi opposition to Grout and Fornes, democratic nominees for con troller and president of the board o aldermen, respectively. 1 McLaughlin's decision close proba bly the most exciting phase of the cam paign: Dunbar's Display Fine Goods n I j 3SB El 'I 1