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VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL, 15, 1904. NO. 163. i - MM. l. . : J MEN WHO WILL REPRESENT OREGON H. W. Scott, W.B.Ayer, Portland, S. L Kline, Corvallis and I. S. Smith, Malheur, Republi can Delegates Named at State Convention Held Yesterday in City of : Portland. F. A. MORE FOR JUSTICE AuiiiMilNtrntlon and Dt'lejfa tlon Instructed to Work fur Nominntlou of Itoonvvelt. tain Cowle quickly stopped the plun and put the ship back to wa, When the first explosion occurred the big miigaxlne door wan open and aland- trig against It were four charges of powder. Without moment'. hesita tion a gunner's miwvte, Monaon, nhoved those aside and jumping Into the miiga xlne pulled the door to after him. The magazine was totally floodi'd with water and when the men opened the door they found Mormon barely alive, the water having reached to hi neck. ANOTHER RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP AND TORPEDO BOAT SENT TO BOTTOM ly time to look over the paper, I be neve he ha valid catose for action against Hearst, who ha paid him only a fraction of hla expense and nothing for services. I have no doubt we ahall recover the full amount to be aued for." VICTIMS BADLY BURNED. EXCITEMENT AT FIRE. Destroyed by Japanese in Engagement off Port Arthur April 13 No Dam age to Attacking Force. Portland, April 11 The atate repub lican convention which met her today elected four delegate! to the repub llcan national convention at Chicago, who were Instructed to aupport Theo dore Rooeevelt for nomination for prea Ident. Reaolutlona were paaaed endure Ing the preeent administration. The convention tonight ratified the pro ceeding of the district congressional convention which were held yeaterday The convention nominated Frank A More, the preaent inenmbent, for Jus tice of the aupreme court. Delegate to the national convention are: ' Harvey W. Scott and W. B. Ayer, Portland; 8, L. Kline, Corvallla; L 8 Smith, Malheur. For presidential electors: "- ' j J. M. Hart. Dullaa; Jua. A. Fee, Pen dleton; Grant B. pimlek, Oregon City; A. C. HouKh, Corvallla. Heie Wagon Here Break Lea and Run Through Crowd. Beam, April 14. Kleven person wer Injured tonight during the fire departments run to a fire at Second avenue and Cherry atreet. A boa wagon from headquarter ran Into si Tesler way car that waa started across Cecond avenue ahead of the wagon, I and a email girl. Annie Omiev. wan seriously Injured. The platform of the ' v Report 1$ Authentic and all Russia Is Plunged in Greatest Grief by mews or second Awful Calamity-Account of Russian Admiral Hoarding Battle Says That Pobieda Reaches Port Alter Having Come In Contact With Mine in Harbor. Destruction of Battleship May Have Been Cauied By Internal Explosion Parte, April 14. A dispatch to the Tempa from St Petersburg says: "The cause of the cataatrophe at Port Arthur are limited to two hypoth esis, a aubmerged Russian mine or an exploelon on, board the Petropavlovsk. A" the vlctlma were badly, burned and the cataatrophe waa complete within one minute and & half, The fleet re-i malnlng at Port Arthur la reduced to a atrlctly defensive baala. The com mander cX the Crarovitch perished on the Petropavlovsk, before he had as sumed command of the battleship." PREPARING FOR THE HARBOR ENTRANCE Flagship of Russian Fleet Sinks Without Warning While Retir ing Before Enemy and AI most in Port Washington. April 11 The Japan- car waa demollahed. but neither the ee minister today received a dlapatch nremen on the wagon nor the horse from hla goverment embodying an oil! were Injured. cft report from Admiral Urlu reaard One of the horse attached to hone ling the engagement off Port Arthur wagon 1NO. Z fell at Second and Madl- yeaterday aa follow on atreet. While thla horee wa be- "Am nrriinr h. Mlrt t , Ing raised to hla feet the other broke pedo boat destroyer flotilla. No. 1. our iooa rrotn a bystander who waa hold- fleet approached Port Arthur on the Ing hlmand ran down the atreet. Two 1 13th of April and aunk one battleship person were knocked over and slightly of the enemy of the PetroDavlovsk tvr m;ura aa me norse Droke loose. land one torpedo boat destroyer. No At Cherry atreet the frightened horse damage to our fleet. No retwrt yet I - waa turned aside from the middle of from Admiral Toao." the atreet by a fire neglne and he dash ed onto the aldewolk running a block I m. Petersburg. April 14. Rear-Ad mrougn a Dig crowd mat had gathered mlral Oukomtsky wlrea from Port to watch the Are. Eight persons, two Arthur today that th Tiiirhni one or mem women, were kuocked down 0f the Russian torpedo boat dertroy oy tne norse. The seriously Injured era aent out during the night to recon Michael Drummondof Gray Harbor, of" the fleet, owing to the bad weather internally. Jaa. Bheehnn and A. Lebegue, of Be attla, each a narro broken.- , HEARST SUPPORTERS BOUT. HERO OF THE MISSOURI. Gunner' Mat Monton Save the Ve el From Total Destruction. I'ensacoJa, Fla., April 14. How the newest battleship of the navy Missouri had a narrow escape from being blown to pieces by an explosion of the tnugit xlne and also from being . beached came to light today. It Is stated, although not by the offi cer of the vessel, that when the olflcers heard the explosion In the turret and saw the Are lapping through the top they feared the magazine would next explode and headed the ship for tht beach Intending to beach her if possi ble before the explosion occurred. Cap- .... naru j : ,m I l IRI It! v I b " mm I 1 f :. m I If I m i prevailing, was surrounded by Japanese torpedo boat destroyer and sunk In the fight Five men were eaved. Admiral Oukomtsky adds: "I have tuken command provisionally Of the fleet since the disaster tn tha One Hundred New Jersey Delegate Petropavlovsk. During some maneu Form Independent Convention. vrrlngs of the battleship squadron the irenion, N. J., April . 14. A practl- Pobieda struck aKalnst a mine amid- ....II ... I ...ii, naimuimmi siu! convention to whips on the starboard side. She was elect ddclegntps to the national con- ftble to reKain Dort by her8eif. No one ventlon at St. Louis, which today e- on board of her wn killed or wounded, lected an Instructed delegation, was followed by the boltiii at the conven tion of the supporters of Hr. Hearst. The bolters numbered about 100 men Sorrow Nearly A Great aa That Felt wno cinunea mey naa oeen illegally ae- . the First Dissstar. prlved of seats In the regular con- 8t. Petersburg. April 14. (5:38 p. ventlon. The bolting convention nom- m.)The official bulletin convevln the Inn ted delegates at large and delegates intelligence of the loss of another tor from five congreslonal districts. The pedo boat destroyer and the accidental it men namea oy tne potting conven- crinoline nf snothpr iitMMhin i. tlon will go to St. Loula and contest! mo.t , -veri. a blow n the lo or the tne seats of tne men selected at the reg ular convention. 8T. PETERSBURG IN GRIEF. ness from four to nine and one half Inches along her belt . The armament of the Pobieda consist of four 10-inch guns, 11 six-Inch guns, II three-inch guns, 10 1.8-Inch guns and 17 1.4-Inch guns. She has six torpedo tube.) CLEVELAND DENOUNCED. Petropavlovsk .yesterday, and plunged the whole town anew Into grief. The Russian word In the text of the official dispatch describing the accident to the Pobieda means either mine or torpedo, but the qualifying adjective Indicates something moving toward the ship. Thla dispatch puts an end to the Idea prevailing here that there had been an engagement following the dis aster to" the Petropavlovsk. It is con sidered remarkable here that the , Jap anese did not take advantage of this terrible accident to attack Port Arthur. (The Pobieda is a battlesTilp of 12,- 674 tons' displacement and of 14,500 horse power. She Is 401 1-4 feet long. has 71 1;2 feet beam, and draws 26 feet of water, and la heavily armored with steel. She was completed in 1901 has a complement of 732 men, her esti mated speed being 18 knots. The steel armor of the battleship varies in thick- daughter and son REQUIEM MA8S FOR LOST. Twenty Thousand Peopl Pay Respect To Menory of Dead. St Petersburg, April 14. A requiem mass for the repose of the souls of Vice-Admiral Makaroff and the other officer and men of the Petropavlovsk wa celebrated today In the Admiralty here. The scene waa touching in the extreme. Outside 20,000 people, among whom were many relatives of the sailors lost, stood with bared heads and streaming eyes hile the service was In progress. Inside the beautiful white marbl -church its walls hung with mll- ;ant tokens, were assembled the em peror and the Imperial family, high officers of the army and navy and the entire diplomatic corps, all In full unl form, and also many widows and faml lies of the officers drowned. The gal leries were crowded with Russian blue Jackets. The widow of Vlce-Admlral Makaroff entered on the arm of the Grand Duke Constantlne. followed bv her son and daughter, and took a place beside the Imperial party. Every one present wore a band of crepe. The emperor, who wore the uniform of a captain of the navy, entered last and alone. The grief felt bv him was written on his face. The empress was not present. Just before the services began the dowager empress embraced Admiral Makaroff' widow, who sank on her knees, almost at the feet of her majesty and remained there tujitU the end of the service. The beautiful ceremony of the ortho dox church left no dry eyes in the building. The emperor and all others present held lighted tapers. When the rector prayed for "Stephan and all the warriors who died for their country, to the soft Intoning of the choir sing Ing "Christ has risen; He has overcam eth death," the emperor fell upon his knees. In an instant all present were kneeling and sobbing, the sobbing be Ing drowned by the song of the choir. The Grand Duchess Vladmlr, mother of the wounded Grand Duge Cyril, broke down completely. When the services were finished the emperor personally raised the stricken widow and klased her hand. Then, for several minutes he spoke to her consol ingly also shaking hands with her Ex -President Roasted By Cochran, of Missouri in Gruff Mannar. Washington, April 14. The house of representative today passed the Phil ippine bill, following which there was extended debate over a resolution to permit Colonel Thomas W. Symons, of the engineer corps of the army to serve on the advisory of consulting engin eer in connection with internal Im provements in the state of New Tork. After several fiery speeches had been made in opposition to the resolution It waa adopted by an overwhelming vote. The general deficiency bill wa taken up and Mr. Hamilton of Michi gan discussed capita! and labor, while Cochran of ; Missouri criticised "the usurpation of legislative power by the executive , and said Ex-President Cleve land had given the most natabte in! stance of such usurpation In forcing his financial policy on the people. I Cleveland, he declared, was the man ! whose friendship meant distruction, whose touchmeant paralysis and whose support meant dishonor. He declared Mr. Cleveland had been put into exile never again to be reinstated in the con fidence of the people. Vice-Admiral at Breakfast When an Awful Explosion Occurrs That Brings Death. GREAT HOLES TORN IN HULL All Information Tends to Prove ' That Sitae ig ICe8poniU for Destruction of IJatlle hlp Petropavlovsk. Traffic Director Goes East. San Francisco, April 14. E. O. Mc- Cormlck, assistant traffic director of the Harrlman lines, left tonight for Chi cago, via Portland. He will be met at Sacramento by Traffic Director Stubbs There Is a good deal of business to be transacted in Portland in connection with changes that have recently been made in the management of the Oregon line. St Petersburg. April 15. The Asso ciated Press obtained tonight what is practically the officital version of th sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur and it clears up to a great extent the mysterious feature of the vessel' destruction. This vers ion la as follows: Retiring before the advance of the superior Japanese fleet, which wa not fighting it progress, the Russian squad ron approached the entrance to th harbor. It was shortly after t o'clock In the morning and most of the officers and member of the crew were at breakfast on the flagship. Vice-Ad miral Makaroff wa eating breakfast in bis cabin and the ward room was crowded with Officers - snrronmttn- I tables. On the bridge Grand Duke Cy ril! and hla friend Lieutenant Von Kobe Captain Jakovleff, commanding the vessel and two other officers on watck examining the narrow entrance pre paratory to entering It. At about 8:30 o'clock there was s terrible explosion of boilers, followed a few seconds later by a detonation from the well stored mazaztnes. Huge gaps were torn in the huh of the ship and water rushed' in- The cen ter of gravity having- gone, the ship rolled on her side and sank. All the information tends to prove that a mine was responsible for her de struction. t The scene below will never "be de scribed as, so far as known, not a single person between the decks succeeded In escaping AT THE BEE HIVE We are right tip to the minute with a COMPLETE LINE of HEARST SUED BY POET. Correct Clothing for flen and Boys k l mm Joaquin Miller Money Du For Liter ary Work For Paper. Work For Paper. San Francisco, April 14. Joaquin Miller, the venerable poet of the Sier ra, came over to San Francisco yes- day rom his home among the Piedmont hill for two purposes, to meet Thomas Kelson Page, the celebrated southern novelist at the Bohemian Club, and to sue William Randolph Hearst for 13, 000 alleged to be overdue for services rendered to Hearst's newspapers on a contract as correspondent in China during the Boxer outbreak In 1900. The well known man of letters says that at the time of the trouble In China he waa approached by Hearst's agents and solicited to go to the orient as special war correspondent After ar riving at a full understanding aa to the duties expected of him, and the compensation to be paid him, he con sented. The agreement aa to services and salary, he says, was a explicit and unmistakable in it terms as he knew how to make it, and he undertook the mission in confidence that the rep resentatlona and promises would be carried out both in spirit and in letter In due time the poet sailed for the east and in due time Hearst's news papers began the simultaneous pub lication of his letters from China. Mil ler spent three months or more In his work. Up to date It Is said he has re ceived only $500 on account thereof. This Is something less than half the expense he incurred. For the balance due under the terms of the contract he Is about to bring suit against the millionaire newspaper owner. 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