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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1903)
APQ'P X A -1T y- f 1 Jl W L i!S nil : u!V ii i Masaar I e wr I tt it 11 i it w "II'.'" if ' 1 1 J L M r. Zjlfif -lTliV-Ll tl Jt--r,23l-. - , AND ASTORIA DAI L.Y NEWS ! ASTORIA N, NO. 70, VOL. LVI1. - ' ' " ' :" . ' 1 '. " ASTORIA, OREGON TIIUJttSPAY. UECEMJJEB 2. 1903. NEWS, XIV, m. 141 T fa E. B EX T 'Of Ml 1 In: M n Hii V Mini I ' P. Af STOKES HOTEL PORTLAND The Finest Motel PORTLAND. ARE YOU PERPLEXED? Pom oho to remember tod what lilt I give? Let n help you. Our clerk uro nil experienced In Nmmj , trmlnt will wiilinly glv yon vrythinioi n.l . while our Xmiu stork is rapidly diminishing we re carrying the largest lu thl part of Iba tat We shall i be able to supply something ppropriale until Hants arrive. H- J. N. GRIFFIN. ttttttauttao n n vi a a n a a a a ,a a t u a a a a a a a a a a a o Up to the we shall sell at .20 'per cent, reduction from reg ular prico the following goods: Sfnll'T VjH. Y-y Benedicts Quadruple Silver ' Plated Knives, Forks and Spoons, Berry v Spoons, Fruit Spoons, Sugar Spoons, Butter Knives, etc. Also Silver Plated Table as Knives, F6rK$, FOARD STOKES C0MFNY 0 VE R C 0 AT Quite the most tlis tinguishcd looking of the many good over s', coats wc are showing . is this' . ' " ' ' Schaffner ; Q Marx i . i . ; - 'belt overcoat." The belt is the back only doetm't go all the way 'round. The coat, however, is an "all-round" sty le garment; has all the characteristics ol the Hart, Schaffner & Marx product style fine i tailoring, best quality, J In the Northwest OREGON. You Need a Bath AT LEAST ONCE A WERK Toil might M' well bath In the river m in an old woolen tub, but there la no occasion (or doing either o long up-to-date bath tub. can be had reasonably. Talk with ui about the matter. W. J. SCULLEY 47tM;2 Commercial.1 Phone Black 2243 ttttttttttuttntttttttttt Holidays Ware for Children, Such Spoons and Mugs. SIXTY LIVES BLOTTED OUT Fearful Result of Wreck of Passen ger Train Near Connellsville, I Pennsylvania. !: MANY OTHERS ARE INJURED Train Leaves Track While Running at High Rate of Speed and Goes Over Embankment Inte . . . f the River. Connllavllle, Pa., Dec 24,Wlth turrihle craah, the Duqueene jlmitet. the finf.t through paewngtr train from ritteburg to New Tork on the ll.iliiiooir nnd Ohio, (ilowed Into a pile ut lumber at Laurel Run, two mllw went of rnwHon. ut 7:15 o'clock laet nlitht, killing 3 and Injuring 30 other. The truln left I'lttaburg ltmt evening, miming a few itiinute late. In charge of KiiBlii wr WlllUim Thoinli-y, of Con- nellavllle. When approaching Laurel Itun, which l a nurtlcuiarly gfiod piece if roadbed, the train wai running at ii hlnh rate of epced. Suddenly the l.iif.nfiicert were' thrown from their neat by a lltthtnlng-llke application of th airbrakes, and a moment later there wim a terlfllc cnuh. The train at the time wn currying nt the low"t ueHmttle. l&l paeiwngera. It ploww! along for a oonaldfrable dletance, and nr were torn to ptecea, the paaaen- get. Jumping and acreamlng. and full ing fiom the wreck na ll tore along. Ruddfnly the engine awerved to the left and the coaches plunged dow n over an embankment to the edge of the Yough- loughtmy river. The moment the cars stopped rolling there wus u w ild i-cne. Many persjns were pinioned beneath thu wreckage und the scream ana cries tht rent the air were beyond description. Many were Injured In th-lr mid excitement and plunged Into the rhr. Othfrs, plnnoned beneath heavy timbers, pleadwl In agonised tones for release. 8a terltltf was the for.o of the wreck that lienrly every pnaavnter suffered a moment a uncon Mclnusness and many able-bodied men wi re unnble to assist In helping the Injured from the wreck on account of having fainted. The killed were mostly forelgnera ho were in the smoking enr Just back of thi bugg.ige car. They were liter ully rousted to death, the baggage and l he smoker telescoping the engine and Immcriliitely catching fire. A peculiar feature of the accident Is the fnct that not a woman wol aer loinly Injured. The wreck was caused (ty the breaking of castings on a car load of hrM.; timbers on a westbound fivlKht traliw which hud pussed Laurel Ron not more than 15 minutes before. The wrcvk occurred on a curve. STORIES OF THE TRAIN CREW. Number of Dead Wilt Be Added to, the Official. Deolare. ronm'lls-l!li, V., tcc. 21. When i;.-ncK.l M.;mgor Sims arrived at the M i nc of last night's accident near Unwson, hvi wus so overcome that he cried. Men and women who crowded to the sc;ne were compelled . to turn away from the uffecllng sights. When the relief train reached here, thous ands of people were nt the station. A lurge number of Conncllsvllle people h:id pone to Pittsburg for Christma shopping and were expected home on the. limited. ' Kvery available cab and carriage had been held !n waiting to convey the In Jured to the hospitals. , Cltlsen form ed thems.dvea Into a relief corps and y.ve assistance In the removal of the wounded from the train. , In addition to the 11 who have died ,tnce being . takan from the wreck, many others are certain to be added to the number of victim. Louis Hllgot, the conductor of the truln, was In the second day coach when tha crash came and no one know s Jut how or what happened to him until turwxds. D.VW. Hill, porter ,n one -of he sleeper, ald that, as soon" a he could get oft (his, car,; e went forward '4n3 r heard som "One shouting, frpm, the bank, where he, by going i , forward, recognised , HUgofa voice. H was in terrible agony, but shouted at.qve top of hi voice: For Qod'a sake, T am scalded to death, but some ono of you get a red lamp and Hag 41 or she will be on us." Even In the mental suffering of ev ery one about the scene, the bravery and thoujhtfulness of the dying con ductor was autllclent to bring words of praise anl commendation. Porter Hills, telling of his experi ence, said: "I went to the smoking car and be gan to gH the Injured out. The car was the moat awful scene I ever wit neised. Men were Jammed Into all sort of shapes. They were' on top of each ot"nr nnd burled under heapa of dirt and erut cushions. When I tried to lift one man out I found other so lightly wedged Into the same place that several had to be aided at one time. I got seven men put before I stopped there. Tbe deud were badly bruised and son of the scaldej were in such a fearful condition that they would better bo dead, fcome of those had lost their eyes tnthely i The bag tng" nnd clothing of the passengers vere wattcred sll over the ground. Home of It was soaked with blood, while In th ) piles of It could oe seen many toy, te'llng the pathetic tale of Christmas shopping that came to such a pitiful end." At 1 o'clock this morning there re mained a small -rowd clustered around smnll bonfires at the scene of th wreck, wutchln? the railroad men at work clearing up. A the light from ii,.. hndr... flickered ud Its ray were cast on a human form pinioned In be tween the car. It was that of a man unknown and the body wa so fast that .nothing bul 'the head protruded and the remainder of the bod wa pin ioned beneath ton of wreckage. Whether or not there are any other beneath the wreckage will not be known until late In the day when the full extent of the disaster Is made ap parent In describing the wreck one of the tralnm'-n ald: "Half way around the curve the lo comotive struck the big timbers In it path and began with lightning like rapidity to careen, then roll and. with the ponderous train crowding It. nn it. Bide. The Instant It It ll v v " ----- - did so, the momentum of .the, train behind It sent the tender clear, over the prostrate locomotive tike a football and iforP It could stop it was lying on the water level some 20 feet below Next came the baggage car, which the locomotive top and lodged with one end near the water The smoker of the train was smashed like kindling. The sleeper still crowd ing, but not breaking, swept along. llterallv tearing; up the ateel rail as though they were made of paper "The first sleeper then finally stop ped, resting directly over the locomO' tivc. The dining car remained safely on the track and the steward and crow- were not harmed. When the grinding and crushing of steel and wood ceased, there was for the moment a dead sil ence. Then came the moans and cries of anguHh from the poor wretche who were being scalded or burned to death." When asked if there would be any Investigation on the rnrt of the rall ica.l ofHclals. Superintendent t. W. Duersald: "I don't think that an investigation on the part of the railroad company is neoessnry to explain this affair.. It Is nil too ap?irent." Pointing to half i dor.cn heavy timbers under the couch, he said; , "There la the cause of It . An ex tra fr. isht west bound has dropped those timbers on the track and pro ceeded unconscious of the trouble it had left behind ." RIOT OF STRIKING GIRLS. Attack Sixteen Femal Strike Breakers and Folic Ar Powerless Haxleton, Pa.. Dec. 24. A strike of 300 girls employed in the Duplan silk mill here has resulted in a riotous at tack upon 16 female strike breakers. The affray took place near the city hall. The girls employed in the mill quit work three weka ago and efforts were being made to All . their places. Sixteen girls were being, escorted through the streets to the mill by the chief of police and a patrolmen when 200 strikers fell upon them. . i; Sheriff Jacob and seven , deputies, who were on guard, at the mill, bas tened to the scene nnd charged the mob. But they w ere as powerless to cope with the strikers as the' two po licemen. The officer did not care to draw clubs on the girls and the disor der continued nearly an hour. Finally the crowd wa dispersed and the strik er were chased to their homes. SAYS STORY IS NOT TRUE Man Who Was Believed to Have Impersonated J. Ogden Goe let Located at Toronto. . KNOWS N0THING0F ROMANCE Maya He I Not th Man Who Pre wilted 111 Inteaded ' ! Bride With Ooelet " ' Cheek. , New York, Dec. 24. James X. Abeel, who wa Indicted everal week age for Impersonation of "J. Ogden Goelet, Jr.," In an attempt to marry Grace tnderson, a telegrapher employed at the Grand hotel, haa been located, ac- brdlng to the American, He ! a!d to be In Toronto and declares hi depar- ure frotn'New Tork was In no way onnected with the Anderson affair. The person who was exposed Just before the proposed marriage with Mis Anderson had presented hi Intended bride with a check, bearing the Goelet signature, for $100,000. Thl and the notoriety caused by the affair prompt ed the Goelet family to employ detec tive to run down the Impostor. Abeel, who Is a wealthy young married, man,' wus fixed upon as a suspect, but he had disappeared and no trace of his whereabouts had been found until the news came from Toronto that be was living there. The reporter who found Abeel says he traced him to Philadelphia, then to Su Louis, then to Detroit and then across the border, and that Abeel had been In constant communication with persons in the United State. After reaching Toronto he admitted his Iden tity, but declared he had left New Tork for no reaaon connected with the An derson affair, und that he had never seen nor heard of any person connect ed with the romance until the atory was published in the newspapers. STRUCK BY HEAVY TYPHOON. Captain Anderson Explain th C!' tsr to th Olivebank. San Francisco, Dec. 24. Capt Hen derson, of the dismasted British bark Ollvebank, which has been towed Into If you want anything good go to Dunbar's the cheapest store " in Astoria for fine goods Grand Opening Display Christmas THIS The A. Dunbar Co. thl port for repairs, has made a state ment 'of tbe cause of the disaster t his vessel. Ir thl he say that every thing went well after leaving Shang hai, October IS. for Royal Roads. untS the vessel reached latitude 3:0 north, longitude 1(4.34 east, whk-h she did November t: Here a typhoon struck the vessel, heaving the ship down until her ran waa in the water.' When the wind went down the pea toae and th vessel began to roll heavily, until at last the topmast rigging, fore and aft. guve away under the strain and Iks masts arid yards went, over the side. It took all hand five day to clear the wreckage, owing to the heavy rolling of the ship, which continued during the operation. From that time on fair weather favored the vessel and under Jury rig she made the last .1290 mile of her voyage In good time. When tk repair are completed the Ollvebank (will pro. red on her way north. ESCAPED FROM DEPUTY SHERIFF John Shaw, Wanted in Oregon, Gets Away at Missoula. Missoula, Dec. 24. John Shaw, alias Parker, made a sensational break from a Portland Ore.) deputy sheriff on the . Northern Pacific west-bound train at this place and made his escape.. Shaw waa being returned to Oregon on a criminal warrant. He had operated with forged checks through most Mon tana cities and bad been apprehended at Livingston, but had been turned over to the Oregon authorities becatuw of better chance of conviction. Business Depression in Transvaal ; New York, Dec. 2t-The opinion Is growing that the Transvaal will be ua able to take up Its share of the war loan In February, cable the Johannes burg correspondent of the Time. The stagnation of the mining Industry en tails a heavy loss, but scarcity of labor Is thought to be the chief cause for the business depression now existing. Strike May Be Settled. Florence, Col, Dec. 24. John It Gehrkx. national nrgiyiixer for the United Mineworkerv ha received telegram from John Mitchell notifying him to attend' a conference that will be held in Indlanopolls January 4 to consider the coal atrlke in Colorado. It Is understood that the organizers will be In conference with the higher officials of the Colorado Fuel ft Iron Company and may settle the coal strike in Colorado. -.., OF Novelties WEEK a a a a a a a a tttt an a a a a aaaaaaa