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V0L.LVI1. ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, NO. 133. r BAY CITY CUT OFF FROM WORLD Wires Leading Into San Francisco Prostrated, and Portions of City Are Flooded by Backing Water. wan visited last night and today by a atorm an, fierce as any experienced by the oldest Inhabitant. Trees wen uprooted In many localities here and there a building In course of construc tion or undergoing alterations wan blown down and In a few cane con siderable loia waa suffered by prop erty owner. The wind attained a velocity of 6S mllea an hour, the greatest velocity re corded at the local weather bureau. Little Information Obtained But Indications Are That Storm Shows Little Abatement. IN THROES OF A HURRICANE Storm Swept District In Weal of Itruo, North of Loa Angflen nnd Mouth of KiftNOIIN, I'ortland March Id. Hun Francisco an all California west of Reno, north of Lor Angelc and south of Stations la In the throe of the severest wind and rain atorm that ha occurred for IS year. Telegraph wlrei In all direc tion are prostrated, Wid Dan FTanclco la almoet leolated from the rtwt of the world. From the meaner Information at hand tt la learned that terrible damage haa been Indicted to hlpplng In Ban Francisco harbor and along; the coaat One report baa It that the bualneea por tion of fiauatllto la under water antf In portion of Ban Franclaco water haa backed up. and flooded cellar. Whether the atorm haa begun to de crease in violence la not poaltlvely known, but a private message received about o'clock tonight ndlcatea that WWSKW JJftflr a'i it height? NMr tel'grtph company hn any hope of obtaining Information of any eort to night Train Blown From Track. Thla morning the burometer reached J9.23. the lowest record, ond the wind registered a velocity of 48 mile. A triilrt of passenger cur nt Almnedn mole wh blown from the track. No one wo Injured. The ateeple of Br. Paul' church wn snapped off and many building un der construction were bndly damaged. Military Train Derailed. Tomsk, Weatern Siberia, March 10. A military train bound for Irkutsk, eaatern Siberia, waa derailed today. One peron wa killed and a number of other were Injured. TRANSIT FOR PHILIPPINE.. With Seoretary Taft Dieeueiet Plana Leading Railroad Men. New York. March 10. Secretary of War Taft came here today and had a prolonged conference with several men prominent In ruilroud and financial matter. Including Sir William C. Van Horne, E. It. Hurrimun, Georgo Pea body, Llndon W. Bates, Mile (Jreen, J. Gllbertamtth, Colonel Edward, Jame Speyer and Charles H. Tweed. After the conference, Secretary Taft aid that It had been called to con elder the poaelbtlite of ateiim and electric railroad development In th Philippine, that no other enterprise were dlcuaed and no conclualon had been reached. PRISONER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. BIG STORM AT SACRAMENTO. House Torn Down and Tree Uproot ed by Fierce Wind. Sacramento, March 10. Sacramento Held for Murder, John White Would Beat Out Hi Brain. " Butte, Mont, March 10. A special from Billing atatea that John White wbo la held In tbt county jail there for the alleged murder of W. D. Schwtnk, and a woman named Marie Burn, last Thuraday, made a deeper ate effort to take hi own life venter day afternoon by beating hlmaelf over jie fce:i w!hthe Iron coyer.of a r'H White wA heard pounding eomethlng and an Investigation waa made. The prisoner wo found hitting him self on the head with nit the force he could muster with a heavy Iron pall cover, stopping at Interval to wash blood from hi eye. The Jailer, as sisted by everal prlHoner. managed to secure the cover, but tt iook six men to subdue the desperate man. He waa finally overpowered, but not be fore he had repeatedly sunk hla teeth In the arm of those fighting him When hi wounds were dressed It wa found that the skull wa not fractured, but his Rcalp waa bruised and cut to a pulp. White did not seem to mind the pain from hi hurts, but tmidi desperate attempt to remove the Iron from his wrlsta. PREMIER BALFOUR IS MUCH TOO THIN SKINNED, SAYS LORD ROSEBERY 1 Gets in White Heat Because of Prime Minister's Use of Word Calumny, Referring to Recent Speech In the Fiscal Controversy. Explanation Offered Does Not Suit Irate Member, Who Proceeds to Unburden Himself Regarding Noted PeerDecencies of Debate That Should B Used Even by Those Who Occupy Highest Positions. London, March 10. An extraordin ary scene disturbed the customary de corum of the house of lords thla even ing. In a recent debate In the house of commons, Premier Palfour had used the word "calumny" with reference to some statement made by Lord ftose bery In the fiscal controversy. When the house of lords met today, Lord Rosebery asked Lord Lansdowne, the foreign secretary, what Justification existed for the premier's use of such a word. Lord Lansdowne admitted that the premier had used the word In the heat of debate. He said, he thought circumstance Justified ome warmth on the part of the premier, but he had consulted with Balfour, who toM him he did not desire to Impute to Lord Rosebery a deliberate attempt to mis represent him. Lord Rosebry declared the explanation had not been satlsfac tory, and fiercely attacked the premier, whom he accused of being too "thin skinned." adding: ' . "The people who live In a glues house ahould not throw tonea It Is all very well to defend such language by aaylng It waa due to the heat of debate, and only pretty Fanny a way If a man can't curb his tongue better than that he la unfit to be the first lord of the treasury. "I do not personally care a-farthing what language Premier Balfour uses about me, and I only brought the mat ter before the house In order to point out there are decencies of debate that should be used' even by those who oc cupy the highest position." IN AREA OF SEARCHLIGHT. doubt and imagined dangers which are reported to be haunting the Corean emperor. Information obtained from private source la to the effect that the Japanese squadron has bombarded Vladlvostock twice since March (. HEARST FACTION VICTORS. En- It's Plain as Print i lit! That the place to purchase CLOTHING is at Stokes; Reason, su pcfior 'goods"andlowest prices. , Hart Schaflncr U Marx Hind Tailored Copjiifiii k$ fcwtutuluf a Sia IP, Kcmemberour Dunlap Hats Finost on earth. MIS Viceroy .Wires Czar Concerning erny Latest Attaok. s SU Petersburg, March 10. The czar has received the following message from Viceroy Alexieff. dated Mukden, March 10: "The commandant of the fortresses at Port Arthur reports that about 10 o'clock this morning outlines of ves sel, apparently torpedo boat, were seen at sea within an area swept by our aearchllghta. Our batteries opened fire upon those vessel. , Our torpedo boat put out to sea at 2:40 a. m. and at about 4 o'clock met the enemy west of Llaotlschln lighthouse. After fir ing several shot the enemy retired to the south in the direction of Shandan. Our torpedo boats returned to the har bor at 6 o'clock. ; w "Later our torpedo boats were again sent to sea to reconnolter. They re turned In half an hour, having learned that the enemy's squadron was ap proaching. "At 8 o'clock the Japanese opened Are upon our Cruisers and fortress. The enemy had 14 ships and fired the entire time from behind Llaotlschln." Japs Build Railway. New York, March 10 Japanese mil itary engineers, with 8,000 of the pio neer corps, have commenced active construction on the Seoul-Wiju rail way, cables the Jlerlad's correspondent at Seoul. Materials are now en route from Japan. A large number of Cor ean laborers . will be employed and every, effort will be mode to compete tho work this year. Russian Scout Retire. Toklo, March 10. Russian and Jap anese scouts met north of Ping Yang yesterday. After a brief, engagement the Russians retreated. No casualties are reported on either , side. Hope in Ito's Visit. Toklo, March 10. It is believed In dlplomatlo circles here that Marquis Ito, who Is to leave Toklo March 15 for Cores, will be able to allay the Old Timer Sidetracked at the Rhode : Island Democratic Convention. Providence, R. L. March 10. John J. Fitzgerald, of Pawtucket, and the lead er of the democrats In the state house of representatives, won a notable vic tory In the state convention, held to day for the purpose of choosing dele gates to the national democratic con vention. Fitzgerald routed the forces led by Patrick IL Qulnn, of Warwick, chairman of the state central commit tee, and Colonel Samuel R. - Honey, leader of the "old time" democrat, electing six supporters of the Fltz gerald-Green faction, which is work tng In the interest of W. R. Hearst for the presidential nomination. ALASKA BILL DEFERRED. Piatt, of Connecticut, Opposed to Elec tion of Delegate. Washington, March 10. The senate today passed a number of bills relat ing to Alaska, but failed to act on the measure authorizing the election of a delegate In congress from that territory. Piatt, of Connecticut, op posed the bill and because of hla op position and his desire for time for discussion It was not pressed. The Alaskan bills passed Include those for the Improvement of roads, maintenance of schools, the appoint ment of an additional Judge and the extension of coal laws to the territory. Several other bills were passed In cluding one increasing to $100 the pen sion of ex-soldlers who have become totally blind on account of service. Until two years ago the venerable pen sioner drew only f 12 per month, but congress has Increased hla pension to $25 per month. BIG, FIRE AT LA GRANDE. G. C Fowler' Warehouse Damaged by Flame at Night. La Grande, Ore., March ( 10. Fire last night destroyed the , iron feed warehouse of O. E. Fowler, with 130 ton of hay and some grain. The or igin of the fire Is unknown, but it is thought a match may have been drop ped by a deliveryman while getting hay. The alarm was given at 11 o'clock and the firemen fought desperately for two hours to prevent the flame spreading to the feed mill and fuel business of McLaln ft Co., and the Standard Oil tanks near. A strong wind was blowing and only the Inde structible nature of the walls and roof of the warehouse saved the town from heavy loss. The loss to G. E. Fowler Is about $2000, covered by $1700 Insur ance. , ' . Ernest Schreckles owned 70 tons of the bay and had it fully insured. With in a block of this building the A. B. C. steam laundry burned at a loss of $7000, and the H. ft R. elevator,' at a loss of $5000. in the past eight months. SMOOT NEEDED CONSENT OF CHURCH Sealing 8chooner Strands. Victoria, B. C, March 10. The schooner Penelope, bound outward on her annual sealing cruise to Bering sea, dragged her anchors in Clallam bay and went ashore in an easterly gale, sustaining much damage. ' An unknown seaman waa drowned. With continuance of the present wind her position la considered hopeless. 8alry of Commissioners. . Washington, March 10. President Roosevelt has fixed the salaries of the isthmian canal commissioners at $12, 000 per year and In addition thereto $15 per day while they are on the Isthmus. 8ERVED IN 1812. Hirrfm 8. Cronk, Oldest Surviving Pen- v doner in Country. Ava, N. Y., March 10. Hlram & Cronk, the only surviving pensioner of the war of 1812, will be 104 years old April 19, 1904. He enjoys splendid health for a man of such great age, and his faculties are as keen as those ot many people only half his age. Mr. Cronk's career has been notably-that of a true and patriotic American. Born April 19, 1S00. at Frankfort, Herkimer county. New York, to Mr. and Mrs. James Cronk, who were among the first settlers of the Mohawk valley, he was reared on a farm until August 4, 1814, when he enlisted with Captain Edmund Fuller, at Western, N. Y., in the New York volunteers. The same day, James Cronk, the father, and . John and Casper Cronk, brothers, enlisted with the same regi ment. All served in the defense of Sackett's harbor. Their war record places the Cronk family among the famous people of the state. At the clotte of the war with England the father and three sons were honorably discharged. Hlram S. Cronk survived his father and brothers, but they all reached a ripe age. Hlram S. Cronk lives with his daughter, Mrs. Sarah A. Rowley. Their home is on a farm at the outskirts of this village, and the farm was cleared by himself more ' than, 70 years ago. COURT 8AW NO REMEDY. Corvallls, Ore, March 10. Attorneys representing the C ft E. Railroad Com pany appeared before Judge Waiters, of the county court, on Monday for the purpose of securing a reduction in the assessment of said . railroad in Benton county. They claimed that the valuation of the company's roadbed and other property had been arbitrar ily advanced ISO per cent and that such advance was unjust The valuation of the roadbed was raised from $1000 per mile to $2500, and the total valuation of all properties from $50,000 to $149,- 000. On account of the low levy this year the Increase in the company's taxes is not so great as the Increase in valuation. This amount last year was about $1600 and this year $1900. After listening to the argument the court announced that it would be impossible to make the order for reduction of as sessment aa requested. The railroad company asserts that It will carry the matter into the circuit court In order to procure the relief sought ' Testimony Taken at Yesterday's Hearing Shows That Senator Could Not Have Acted Independently. Details of Moses Thatcher Epi sode Given Before Senate , Committee by Attorney. SCORED BY THE APOSTLES Candidate JJroken in Spirit and Bows to Will of Church 1 Story Entertainingly Told by Utah Witness. Washington, Ma"ih 10. One of the most interesting and Important feat ures of the investigation of the Sen ator Smoot case was brought out to day In the testimony of E. R. Critch low, formerly assitant to the United States attorney in Utah, who told the story of the Mose Thatcher episode. According to hi version, which waa borne out by official records, Apostte Thatcher persisted In continuing as candidate for the United State senate against the wishes of a quorum of apostles and on that account was held to be "noQn harmony with his quor um." The history of the campaign- he made against the wishes ot his fellow Mnrrnnns.' of his defeat and his subse quent trial before a committee ' ot church officials, was given in detail and then Thatcher's submission to the will of the church was read. This re cantation showed Thatcher totally broken in spirit and bowing absolutely to the mandates of the church. The purpose of the testimony was to show it was necessary for Reed Smoot to have obtained the consent of the church before he could have beoorn a candidate ror tne senate, m -aaai-tion to the Thatcher episode, Critch low gave a history of the prosecutions In Utah on charges of polygamous co habitation slncVthe passage of. the Ed munds law and legislation in the terri tory and state which affects Mor monlsnt or polygamy. His story was concise and entertaining and he was Interrupted but little. At flie Bee fir h live This week we have on display the finest line of Ladies', ilissea and Child rens' ' , . 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