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ASTORIA, OREGON. ; III ESIJAY,. MARCH 1, mi.'
NO. 125.
FIRE AT SEA
ENDS LIVES
OF MANY
Steamer Queen En Route From
San Francisco to Seattle
Nearly Burns Off til-
, lamook Rock.
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Heroic Work of Passengers and
Crew Saves Vessel After AH
Hope Had Been Lost
MANY TAKE TO LIFE BOATS
When TliflMfl Kctiirn to Steamer
It Is Found That On HimI
Cnpalcrri Noi Known
How Flr Started.
flattie, Wash.. Feb. 29. The raclflc
Count KU'iinmhlp Company' flan Fran-cl-o-Bealtle
steamer Queen, north
bound, caught firs Saturday morning
at sea, near Tillamook light, 30 wiles
oft tht Oregon coast, A total of 14
portion are dead. Thre of tht num
ber were burned to death, ten were
drowned and ontt dlil from ensure.
After herolo work on the part of the
officer, crew nl the passenger, the
hip wit &ved. She arrived at Se
attle at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Her entire aft part la burned. The Io
haa not been estimated by the team
ship company. The cargo waa saved,
but many iaNengr lost all their ef
fect. The dnd are:
Flrat-Clast Patisnger.
MISS MAUDK 6TEIXER. drowned.
MRS. K ADAMS. San Francisco.
, fljj.l.from exDMUie
8cond-CIs Passenger.
IX E. KKWRKRRT. drowned.
It. M'CKl.BT, drowned.
Member of th Crew.
8UMMRRRS, burn., to doath
DnUULAH, burned to death.
RAYMOND, burned to death.
A.
A.
NELHoN, drowned.
J. NEIKON, drowned.
IX FRATKfl, drowned.
VV. HERRIMAN, drowned.
A. DONNELLY, drowned.
V, Nl'HN. drowned. , ,
M. ELYNN, drowned.
The bodU' of those drowned were
not rerovered. The body of Mr.
Adam, of Sun Francisco, who died a
few mlnutea after she hud been taken
from the water, wa brought to Seat
tli on the Ill-fated vessel. The bodiea
of th three member of the crew, all
of whom were waller, were taken
ashore at Port Townsend yeaterday
morning when the Queen atopped
there, Then It waa that the flret new
of the disaster waa given to the pub
lic, for Port Townsend waa the flrat
place the Queen could reach after the
accident. The . three waltera were
burned to death because the passage-
way to the forward part of the ahlp
wa cut off by the flame.
Tboe who were loat by drowning
were the occupant of the two lifeboat
that cspslsed.
A Told by the Captain.
.Captain Couatna gave the following
account of the disaster: "At' 4: 60
o'clock Saturday morning when we
were SO mite to the westward of Tilla
mook light on the count of Oregon on
our way to tola port, Second Officer
Reeae reported to me that the ahlp waa
on fire. Reeae waa on the bridge. I
hoate ned from my statenxfta, not tak
ing Ume even to dree, and rang the
fire alarm. Getting all bande on deck
we etarted to fight the fire, which wa
located In the after aaloon on the ea
loon deck. When X came on deck, hit
than half a minute after being notified,
attired In my pajamas and barefooted,
the flam-. were shooting SO feet high
out of the aaloon skylight. We got
men with hone playing the water on the
fire, but which continued to gather
headway until the whole after part of
the ahlp waa In flame. When It looked
Impomlbla to keep the fire under con
trol I gave order to clear away the
boat, to awing thetA out and lower
thsl to the rail. The boat on the
weather, or port aide. I had lowered
Into the water. There were three men
In each, and I ordered them to Uke
the boata around to the lee aide and
await order. Then I began to fill up
the boat on the' tarboard aide with
women and children. At this time It
looked lalble to ave the ahlp. The
ves4 waa In flamea and the fire gain
ing headway on u despite our effort.
Ftnallv the atarboard boat were
lowered Into the water. One of thtrn,
the laV lowered, I believe, got under
the guard and wn stove In and later
upset. It waa In charge of Second
steward Savaere. The moment the
I boat tapalced. the boat on the lee el le
went to their rescue. I do not know
Just how mnny people there were In
the various bout lowered, though t
atbly tO. The boat were out In the
open until S:30 o'clock, when, believing
we hud the lire under control, I blew
three whistles, signalling the boata to
gather around the ship, and by 9:30 all
save those loaf were on board again.
"The men In the glory hole when
called with the dlacovery of the fire
enme up through flame and blinding
amoke. Three of these lost their way
and rushed Into the cockpit, where they
PORT ARTHUR AGAIN ATTACKED
BY FIFTEEN JAPANESE
WAR VESSELS
Keep Up Furious Bombardment fosrTwo
Hours, and Retire After' Sinking Tor
pedo Boat and Damaging Ships.
Oriental Squadron Met by three of the Enemy's War Vessels
Rumors of Approaching Battle Between Band of Cossacks
and the Japanese Force on East Coast of Corea-Be
lieved That Later Has Effected Landing.
London, March 1. A dispatch to the
Dully Telegraph from Ylnkow, dated
February 29, eay: , ;
Fifteen Japanese warshlpa furiously
bombarded Port Arthur from 10 until
12 o'clock thla morning. The Ruselan
crulaera Novlk, Aakold and Hayun, ac
companied by four torpedo boats,
steamed out to meet the attack. They
were, however, forced to retire. The
Askold wa In a sinking , condition.
The Novlk wua badly damaged, and
one of the torpedo boats waa sunk. The
Russian battleship Retvlsan wa again
'damaged. The Japanese withdrew In
good order.
No new Is published here today of
the operation or movement other
thni) at Port Arthur.
According to a report from St, Pe-
teriburg, a body of Cossacks from
South Uaurl province with quick fire
gun, Is advancing along the east coast
of Corea to prevent a landing of any
of the Japanese army and comment la
made that possibly the landing at
Poaslet bay may have been made with
the Intention of attacking this force.
A dispatch from Shanghai to the Dally
Chronicle any thnt the Russians "tyre
hundred Russian troop are reported
to have , reached Yalu and two regi
ments of mounted Infantry with artil
lery hold the mountain passe a, some 35
miles aouth of Wlju,
Amann and Gallagher were aent out to
look for violator of the excise Jaw and
found a saloon 'at 121 West Twelfth
atreet wide open. Amann went In and
ordered the proprietor, a namesake of
the wounded man, to dost and go to
the station house with him. Several
persona, who were In the place, attack
ed Amann, and Gallagher, who waa on
guard outside, came quickly to the res
cue. The door was locked, but he
broke U open and threatened to shoot
any man who resisted arrest. There
upon Amann 'drew his revolver and.
shooting at random, felled Hughes.
Gallagher telephoned for the patrol
and the proprietor and Inmate were
taken to the Charles street police sta
tion. Hughes was taken to St. Vin
cent's hospital.
FLOOD DESOLATES DISTRICT.
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, Russia Makes Inquiry.
Washington, Feb. 29. A searching
inquiry ha been made by Russian of
ficials In an effort to place the re
sponsibility for the false report that
Commander Marshall, commanding the
American gunboat Vlcksburg at Che
mulpo, had refused to rescue Russian
sailors from the Varlag.
THIEVES BATTLE ON ICE.
Confronted by Officers They Resist Ar
rest, end Fight Ensue.
'New York. Feb. 29. Grappled to
gether amid the ice floe of the KUI
Von Kull there has been a hand to
hand fight between six men on an oys
ter scaw, suspected of
thieves and as many policemen In a
launch who were endeavoring to put
them under arrest. In the battle one
of the supposed thieves who tried to
escape by swimming waa drowned and
transferrin runs from the' disabled : i m "1B company were urresiea.
shins nt Port Arthur to the forts there. I Men " a Pllce launch discovered
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A dispatch from Chefoo to the
Turbid Yellow 8ea of Muddy Water
Greet Ey for Thirty Miles.
Sacramento, Cab, Feb, ' 29. Seen
from the dome of the state capitol
building, the overflowed district south
of the city present a vast panorama
of desolation aa far as the eye can
reach, a distance of at least 30 miles.
The turbid yellow sea of watesl covers
the entire country with the exception
of the high knolls and levees that are
still Intact. Houses and barns entirely
surrounded by water can be seen in
every direction, and scattered clump
of trees show above the yellow sur
face. '
At an early hour snls morning the
backwaters from the flood reached the
outskirts of the city, and were stop
ped in their onward Cow by the Y
street levee, that presents an Impass
able barrier to their further progress.
Crowds of people throng the levee and
watch the tossing flood with vivid In
terest, and the occasional sight of a
being coal j drowned animal causes a ruqh. of peo
ple from every direction, who watch
the carcass until It drifts from view.'
The latest reports from the scene of
the break are to the effect that the
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BOOKER T. NOT
THE FIRST
TODlfiE
Negro Guest at Table of the
White House Durimj First
Administration of Mr. -Cleveland.
So Asserts Scott of Kansas and
He Backs Up Statement By
. Naming Names.
DEMOCRATS HAD NOT HEARD
However They Lay Jfo Claim on
Fisherman President, 'Be
lieving A They 8ay That
He Is Iteptiblican.
Standard, dated February 29, says
Junnnese cruisers and torpedo boats
entered that harbor without lights ut
1 o'clock on the morning of the 29th,
and It Is believed tlicy embarked the
Japanese who took refuge there after
the attempt to bottle up Port Arthur.
FAMILIAR TACTICS EMPLOYED.
(Continued on page eight.)
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Japanese Cruiser Do Not Remain
Long Before Forts.
London, March 1. Th pause in war
operations In the far east has been
broken by nnother Japanese attack on
Port Arthur, of which only the fore
going brief 'account Is yet to hand.
This report, however, shows a repetl
tlon of the now familiar tactics of
Jitfmn and It Is presumed the attack
was inade In bad weather, previous
teelgrnphle advices having reported a
severe gale raging at Port Arthur. As
usual the Japanese did not remain long
enough off the harbor to enable the
gunners at the fort to get their range.
Again three cruisers, the Bnyan, Ask
old and Novlk, came out to meet the
attack, and this, suggests either they
were the only effective ships there,
or the larger battleships were unable
to get out.
the scow by the aid of light from a fire
In Elizabeth port. They .gave ch'ase
and the supposed thieves fired. The
detectives used their revolvers also but
no one was hit. Finally the scow was
overhauled and the, police started to
board. Thn the allefced thieves Jump
ed overboard. The Kill Von Kull was
full of floating Ice but two policemen
Jumped In and captured two prisoners.
One of the swimmers from the scow
had not gone far when cramps seized
him and he sank. The rest escaped.
The two policemen who made the ar
rests were somewhat Injured in thler
battle vlth the Ice.
A large quantity of coal was found
on the captured scow.
crevasse la ISO feet wide, and tbrffi
water Is still running in from the river
and spreading over the low lands to
the south. The town of Free port,
down the river, is entirely surrounded
by water, and the people are moving
their effects into the upper stories of
their houses.
HEIRS LIVE IN GREECE.
Schemer Would Collect Damage
From Railroad Company.
Cgden. Utah. Feb. 29. George H.
TsolomtU. consular agent for' Greece,
has served, notice on the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company, warning It
against settling damages growing out
of the Jackson explosion, in which 16
Greeks lost their lives. He has dis
covered, he says, an effort on the part
of Interlopers to defraud real heirs j
who live In Greece.
New York, Feb. 29. W. W. Wheat
ley, who was for a time superintendent
of the trolley system of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Compasy, andl until re
cently general manager of the Public
Service Corporation, controlling the
trolley line of Northern New Jersey
has gone to the City of Mexico where
he will assume charge of the electric
railways. The latter Is controlled by
London capitalists.
Washington, Feb. 29. During the
consideration of the district of Co
lumbia appropriation bill in the nouss
today, Scott, of Kansas, made the dec
laration, that a negro had dined at the
White House with President Cleveland
during the tatter's first administration.
The statement was prompted by ref
erences by Gilbert, of Kentucky, jo th . r
dining of Booker T. Washington "4 f the .
white house. .When his name was.de- - "
manded, Scott said It was C H. , -
Taylor,- who was appointed by Presi-X
dent Cleveland as ' recorder '6f deeds
for the district of Columbia .
Gilbert observed that he and others
had never heard of the incident, but
the democrats were not "particularly
Icljilming" ' Clevelandwid Cock ran, f
MIfcSoun, said it a but eulrnuuatfre
evidence that "there Is no better repub
lican In the country than Grover Cleve-
land."
The discussion' of the question on
reciprocity by Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
and Williams, the minority leader, con
sumed the greater portion of the day.
Another feature of the day was the
declaration by Lovering, of Massachu
setts, that while the republican party
was talking about "standing pat, thou-
sands of dollars were being lost to
manufacturers and that our boasted
prosperity is fast coming to an end," '
because of the failure of the party te
enlarge the drawback system and give
new markets which he declared were
now demanded. .
VLADIVOSTOCK BLOCKADED.
Effective Means employed by Japs to
Cover Movement.
St Petersburg, Feb, 29. Direct con
firmation of the report from Hakodate
that Vladtvoatock Is blockaded by Jap
anese .vessels cannot be obtained here,
but It Is considered probable. During
the Japanese landing operations in
Corea, Russian warships to the north
were a constant menace, and blockad
Ing them would be the most effective
means of securing non-interference.
Furthermore, It Is worthy 6f note that
for more than one week no word has
been allowed to come from Vladlvo
stock and this Is strong presumptive
evidence that important events are
transpiring. ,
The report from Lalu Yang, Man-
churi, that the Japanese fleet received
orders to attack and capture Port Ar
thur on March 1, at all costs, has cre
ated ' a profound Impression and has
added to the belief that the Japanese
possibly intend to commence land and.
aea operations against Port Arthur
sooner than was anticipated.
Troops Reach Yalu River.
TJen Tsln, Feb. 29. Twenty-five
CIRCULAR LETTER ISSUED.
Charles Mackay Create Company to
Perpetuate Father' Name.
New York, Feb. 29. Clarence H.
Mackay, president of the Commercial
Cable Company, today addressed a cir
cular letter to the stockholders of the
company, Inviting the deposit of their
stock for an exchange for the shares in
trusteeship created under the laVs of
Massachusetts under tne name of "the
Mackay Company." The capitalisation
of tha, Commercial Cable Company,
which also owns the Postal Telegraph
and Cable Company, Is 115,000,000, up
on which eight per cent dividends are
paid.
The Mackay company Is an Invest
ment trust, designed by Mr. Mackay
to perpetuate the name of his father.
SHOT DURING RAID.
and
Detective Turns on Assailants
Shoots to Kill.
New York, Feb. 29. After having
been beaten and kicked almost Into ln-
senslhllltv Detective William H.
Amann, of the Charles street station,
Manhattan, shot John Hughes Just
above the heart early this morning and
he will probably die. Detectives
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