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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1904)
.JS X ' ' PAGE EIGHT. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 19M. : .,. ' - ft f. OREGON EXPRESS TRAVELS ON UNSUPPORTED RAILS Horrified Crew Observe Washout Too Late to Stop and Shuddered to Think of Impending Disaster. Redding. Cal., March 15. As the Oregon express!, due In San Francisco this morning, was running at the rate of 45 miles an hour at a point 13 miles south of here, at midnight last night. the engineer and fireman saw that they were bearing down upon a washout, three rail-lengths of track being with out ties. The unsupported rails were not seen until the pilot waa almost upon them. The horrified crew applied the brakes and waited for the catas trophe they felt sure would octur. 'wonderfully enough, the entire train, with the exception of the last Pull man, passed -successfully over th washed out stretch of track before the train could be brought to a stop. The last car stopped on the unsupported track and toppled over. No one waa hurt. The passengers of the derailed car were transferred to other cars and the train proceeded. , LANDS SHOULD BE OPEN. Farmers are Protesting Against the , Reserve of Tillable Soil. Livingston, Mont. March 15. Since the receipt of news that Immense tracts of land throughout Park county have been set aside as timber reserve, strong protests have been made by ranchers throughout the Yellowstone. Shields and tributary valleys. The matter has awakened such wide interest that a mass meeting of citizens of Park coun ty has been called to meet in the court house in this city on March 26. at which time formal protests will be made and forwarded to the department at Washington. Resolutions will be adopted and the matter will be presented in a manner showing the hardships such action works on the settlers throughout Park county. It Is thought that large num bers of ranchers und stock growers throughout both the Yellowstone and Shields river valleys will be present and register their protest against a move so detrimental to agricultural and stock growing Interests of the county. It U claimed that a large amount of land Included within the reserve Is val uable for agricultural purposes, and ment of the county to withdraw It from that it Is an Injury to the develop settlement It Is claimed that prac tically all timber bordering on Shields river valley is Included In the reserve, and that the ranchers will be unable to either secure fuel or building material without a great deal of trouble and delay. Large Elk Herd. Grant's Pass, Ore.. March 15. Pros pectors and tlmbermen who have Just $lB.OO Fine Quartered Oak, Swell Front Dresser. Elegant in design, hand somely polished, French bevelled plate mirror. $I7.BO Magnificent Birds-eye Maple Dres ser, ewell front, large French bevelled plate mirror, a beauty. A Pair of Choice Bargains Our Store is Full of Them. H. H. ZAPF, The House Furnisher. We .LEAD in PURSES J See Our "Window! Special Sale this Week! SVENSON'S BooK Store, 12th and cmrcial Astoria, Oregon. 99 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 The Palace Cafe The Best Restaurant Regular Meals, 25 Cents Sunday Dinners a Specialty Eeryttln? toe Market Affords Palace Catering Company 8888888888888888888888 88888888 88888 saatJMss "MISS BRIGHT EYES" LOOKS FOR "GOOD THINGS" not on the race program, but In the candy box- Miss "Bright Eyes" will will find what she Is looking for If her quest, or that of her masculine friend, ends here. We are not timid about saying that we make and sell as good confectionery as can be had in THE EASTERN CANDY 8T0RE, 506-508 Commercial St., Next Griffin's Book Store. returned from the lower Rogue and the mountains of northern Curry coun ty report seeing a large herd of elk In the deep woods of that county. There war probably 30 elk In the herd, and all appeared In fine condition. It Is known, that one of the elk has been slain, but th tlmbermen state that a vigilant lookout Is being kept both by wardens and cttlsens of that section In the protection of the herd. This Is probably the only herd of elk, of any consequence, In Or? gon, as the notorious "deer-!ktnners" and "hag hunters" of a few years ago succeeded In killing oft every available one. Then the rigid game laws were passed, and with these enforced elk will again be come plentiful tn the southern Oregon mountains. DECRIPTION OF SLIDE. BLACKBURN KN0CKSW00D Senate Entertained by Eloquence Calculated to Undo Met eoric General. CONTINUOUS FLOW ORATORY Precaution of no Avail Says Mine 8u-1 perlnttndent. Daker City, Ore.. March 15. Bert E. Smith, superintendent of the Queen of the West mine, on Cornucopia mountain, which waa wrecked by a snow slide last Thursday evening, Is down from the hills and gives a graphic account of the disaster. Ms. Smith says the buildings were built so as to avoid the danger of snow slides, but on this occasion there were two slides. one following the other almost In stantly. The first one filled the gulch back of the ridge on which the houses were built, and when the second slide came there was no ridge there to di vert it, and It came down upon the boarding and bunk house, destroying both, and burled the office building un der 40 feet of snow. This ridge had al ways served as & breaker to divide the slides, and everybody felt perfectly safe, although snow slides were of fre quent occurrence. i , The first Mr. Smith knew of the slide was when it overnyi the office build ing and shut out his light He got hold of a board and dug his way to tne tunnel, 20 feet away, where he rescued two men who would soon have died of suffocation. The two rescued men joined him In digging to the bunk house, where several men were known to be. When they got to the bunk house they heard a shout The bundl ing was demolished, and all of the men were more or less Injured, and two. Howland and Cox. were dead. The other four men were all badly hurt but they insisted on helping to dig out the two men known to be In the mess- house. When th.y reached the mesa-house, some distance farther on, they found the two men pinioned down under heavy timbers. One timber was across Tom Smith's neck and across Estls back. They had to pry the timbers up. When they lifted up on them to get Estls out' Smith called out that they were choking him to death. They explained the situa'lon to him, and Smith told them to goy ahead and save Estls because Estls was married and should be saved IX possible. The finally succeeded In getting both men out alive, but Estls died from In ternal Injuries the next day and Smith is fast recovering. The men worked all night rescuing the men In a blinding and bitter cold snow storm. The next day they se cured help from the town of Cornu copia, and the Injured men were ten derly care! for. They will all recover. Mr. Smith had to travel day and night over almost impassable roaa to reach this city with the body of How land. The remains were shipped to Genessee, Idaho, this evening. Committeeman W'JU Have Floor of Next Kxecutlte Somo.ii for Purpose of Further iiitrllU View. Washington, March 1!. The conduct of General Wood while he was In Cuba serving us military governor during American occupancy, was held up to censure today In an executive session of the senate lasting two hours by Sen ator Blackburn, one of the members of the committee on military affairs, who Joined In the minority report against the confirmation of Wood to be major general The speech of Blackburn Is aid to have been one of a continuous flow of oratory, for which he Is fam ous, ami, though punctuated through out with dentals and questions from friends of the nominee, was. It Is said, a well connected comment on the evi dence given In the committee hearing. He did not conclude his remarks and will have the floor at the next execu tlve session. ROAD IS PROPOSED. Old J) Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works Manufacturers of , Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. ' ' General Foundryiiien and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest. ' Phone 2451 . Corner Eighteenth and Franklin. NOTHING PLEASES so well as nicely laundried linen. We have the neatest and most sanitary laundry in the state and do the best , ' . work. All White help. Sih,iDoi,,8t The Troy Laundry Call to Elect Committee Washington, March 15. A call was Issued tonight for a caucus of repub lican members of the senate and house Wednesday evening to elect members of the natonal republcan congrssonal committee Spring and Summer Models Spring Dcrb Spring and Summer Models V" $3 u Franchise May be Taken up By Company. Walla Walla, Wash., March 15. Helnrlch Mellmun. who, In connect ion with Furnk Remo, organised the Oregon & Washington Electric Light Power Company here about two years ago, arrived In the city today to auk for an extension of the franchise granted to them, by the council at the time the company was organised. Mel Iman now claims to have interested sufficient , New York cnpltal to build the tine as originally Intended from Dayton to Pendleton, a distance or 85 mile. When Mellman asked for the orig inal franchise from Walla Walla, he was required to place $2000 with the city as an evidence of good faith. This he did after some demurrer nnd his franchise was grunts. .Promises of early tracklaylng were not fullllled. however, and the company was con sidered by Walla Walla people, ut least, as among the things that were. Mellman now claims that If the franchise, which expires In June Is ex tended, that dirt will be flying very soon. The c-mpany ha good water. fa cilities on the Tukanon river, and It Is the Intention not only to build the electric line, but furnish light and power along the route. LATEST VOGUE Sold through Agencies everywhere will. Guarantee of better satisfaction than comes with Hats offered at ncarl3 t twice the price gt S. DANZIGER & CO. CLOTHIERS . . .ON. THE SQUARE... PERSONAL MENTION. Fisher Bros., Company j DKALKItH IS I PuintM, Oil and Glass Hardware, Iron and Steel, Groceries, Provisions and Crock try, Snip Chand lery and Bunt Stnijilief, McCormick Mowers nnd Rakes, Corrugated Iron und Huilding Material, Hardwood Lumber. ) FISHER BROS., COMPANY rOCOOOOOO3000XO00O0OOOCKX)0000COOOO030 0 " Astoria Fish, Game and Poultry Market On Twelfth Street ONLY FRESH AND CHOICE HEATS FISH, GAME, POULTRY, SHELLFISH, ETC. Ilett of Attention. Quick Delivery. 5 J. H. MALAR, Proprietor, 2 iScOOOOOOCOC COCCCttCXX coccooooooooo B. A. Seaborg was over from Day View yesterday. M. J. Kinney, the well known capital ist. Is In the city. A. Olsen was over from his Deep river logging camp yesterday. Chief of Police Ilalh k Is home from a short visit in Portland. Hon. J. O. Megler was visiting In the city from Brookfleld yesterday. Mrs. J. C. Swope went to 'Portland last night, where she will remain for a few days. J. 8. Delllnger has returned from a successful business trip to the eastern part of this state and Idaho. P Seattle, March 15. Thomas R. De- laney, the present customs Inspector here, was named today by Mayor- Elect Balllnger to be chief of police to succeed John Sullivan. , FUNERAL. NOTICE. The .funeral of the tote B. C. Kind red will be held from the Methodist church, at Hammond, on Wednesday morning, March 18, 1904, at half past ten o'clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend. The steamer Mller will leave her dock, at the foot of Fourteenth street, at half past nine o'clock, to convey those desiring to at tend the funeral. Interment will be at the old Clatsop cemetery. PIONEER NOTICE. Members of the Pioneer and HUtori cal Society of Oregon are requested to assemble at the steamer Mller dock, foot of Fourteenth street, at 9:15 a. m. Wednesday morning, toattend the fu neral of the late B. C. Kindred, at Hammond. Steamer leaves at :30. By order of the president, S. V. ADAIR, Secretary. City Engineer Tee explains that his recommendation to the council that the macadam streets be repaired will not, if favorably acted up, entail very great expense. .The repair will constat of scraping the streets on each side, the sections to be scraped representing two-thirds of the width of the street. In some cases It may be necessary to clean the center section of the street. This work will cost not more than $20 a block, and the cost will be pald(out of the general fund. Mr. Tee says the macadam street Is not an Immediate permanent Improvement, by any means, but that it requires years to make the street hard and serviceable. The streets should be cleaned at least once a year until the crushed rock Is packed so hard that repair Is no longer necessary. Royal Cream Flour Royal Cream Oats No trouble to jdenso the men folks with bread made of Royal Cream Royal Cream Oats for breakfast put vigor, and life into everybody. Foard & Stokes Co. Every family should have its house hold medicine chest, and -the flrs bol tle In it should be Dr. Wood's Norway pine Symp, nature's remedy for coughs and colds. When choosing btween love and duty choose love. , For love, when trne and deep, li sweet duty, Something PJew Ranges, Stoves, Iron Beds and Furniture of all kinds. Also a , good assortment of Second Hand Goods at Lowest Prices. L. H. HENNINGSEN CO. 504 BOND STREET, ASTORIA, OREGON. , PHONE, RED 2305