PAGE EIGHT.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1904.
WARSHIPS
WERE HERE
tB--asflBSSaMBBB
Wyoming, Perry and Paul Jone$
Anchor for a Time at the Foot
of Eleventh Street
WENT ON TO PORTLAND
One Seaman Lost During Pas.
sage From Bremerton Kay?
Yard to the Columbia
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, . The warship. .have come and the
warships have gane. In spite of the
reputed enthusiasm and patriotism el
tat people or Astoria. tney refused to
remain anchored off ' tht city long
enough to give the citlsens a chance
for Inspection." However, the chance
will come soon."'." '
Without the, '"aid of a I bar pilot the
monitor Wyoming and the torpedo-boat
'destroyers Paul Jones and Perry en
tered the Columbia river at an early
hour yesterday .and made their way to
Astoria. They anchored at the foot
of Eleventh street, and a crowd was
soon at the wharf making an inspec-
V -
tlon of the boats from a distance. Then
the warships started for Portland,
where they arrived safely at an early
hour last evening.
Will Coal at Astoria.
The vessels will remain In Portland
until after the Fourth of July celebra
tion. Then they will return to As
toria to coal before going to sea. At
that time the people of Astoria will
have a chance to Inspect the boats to
their hearts' content The Wyoming
Is an excellent type of coast defense
vessel. She has two 12-inch guns In
her primary battery, and her secondary
battery is such as is usually carried
on monitors. The Perry and Paul
Jones are first-class torpedo-boat de
stroyers, built for speed and service,
All three vessels, while small In com
parison with the great battleships, are
very seaworthy and can weather the
hardest storm. During a heavy sea
the deck of the Wyoming is entirely
under water. In this fact lies the suc
cess of monitors; they present to an
enemy a hard target to hit
Accident on the Voyage.
During the passage from Bremerton
navy yard there occurred two IncI
dents. After having passed Cape
Flattery a seaman by the name of
Mardlch was found to be missing from
the Paul Jones. As soon as the com
mander of the Paul Jones was notl
fled he ordered the vessel turned back,
and an unsuccessful search was made
for the man. There was a heavy sea
running at the time and It is probable
that the man was washed overboard
and drowned. Early in the morning
the Paul Jones also sighted a life buoy
and it was picked up. It was found
to be the buoy of the Wyoming, a pat
ent affair valued at $1000, and it was
returned to the Wyoming after their
arrival at this port.
lng that the troops at Fort Stevens
participate In the Fourth of July celt
bratlon at Astoria, t regret that the
fact that one of the companies at Fort
Stevens has been ordered to temporary
duty during the absence of the regular
garrison at American lake will leave
but few troops available for such pur
pose, but shall direct the commanding
officers of the artillery district of the
Columbia to send to Astoria on that
day from Forts Stevens and Columbia
all troops not absolutely required for
guard duty. This would give about ISO
men. Lieutenant Colonel Schenck will
be directed to confer with you regard'
lng details. Yours very truly.
1 ' "FREDERICK FUNSTON,
"Brigadier General Commanding.'
TWO KILLED IN WRECK.
TROOPS FOR THE FOURTH.
Brigadier General Funston Orders De
tachment to Astoria.
When most of the troops stationed
at Fort Stevens were ordered to Van
couver barracks to take the place of
the men who had gone from that
post to American, lake, It was feared
there would be no soldiers here to help
celebrate the glorious Fourth, but a
letter to Brigadier General Funston has
netted results, and a detachment of
ISO men will be In Astoria on the
Fourth. General Funston's letter was
received yesterday by Mayor Surpre-
sant, and Is as follows:
"Headquarters ' Department of the
Columbia, Vancouver Barracks, Wash,
June 22.-rTh Mayor,, Astoria: I have
the honor to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of the 21st instant, request-
Trains Crash Together on Sierra Rail
road and Kill Two.
Sonora," Cat, June Si. The first fatal
wreck on the Sierra railroad line oc
curred this evening on the Angela
branch. At a switchback on the Tou-
lumoe county .side of the Stanislaus
river, a work train plunged Into the
rear car of a regular passenger train
bound for Angela '
Mrs. vaieote , aaa sirs. u. a.
marine of Stockton were Instantly
crushed to deatn, ana rany ueione.
baseball player of the same place,
was badly Injured. .The wreck was
caused, by the engineer of the work
train losing control of his engine on
the down grade.,
WILL HELP MINERS.
American Federation of Labor to Give
Them Support.
Denver, Colo., June 23. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor has taken up
the fight of the Western Federation of
Miners in Colorado and will give it
financial and moral support This
news was made public in Denver today
on receipt of an appeal signed by
President Samuel Gompers and the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor.
The appeal was dated at Washing
ton, and Is addressed to the organized
labor of America.
COMMERCIALS
WERE BEATEN
Multnomah Club Hammers Tom
my Ross for a Total of Eleven
Expensive Hits.
ASTORIA BOYS UP IN THE AIR
Locals Were Demoralised
First Few Innings, But
Soon Settled Down
to Business.
OVER ONE THOUSAND.
Official Report of Dead From General
Slocum Disaster.
New York. June 25. According to
an exhaustive report made by Police
Inspector Schmlttberger on the num
ber of dead, missing, Injured and un
injured In the General Slocum disas
ter, It appears 938 bodies have been re
covered and 93 persons absolutely
known to have been aboard the ves
sel are still unaccounted for, making
a total of 1031.
Vote to Censure Defeated.
Ottawa, Ont. June 25. The house
today divided on a motion to censure
Sydney Fisher, minister of agriculture,
for the infusion of politics into military
affairs in the dismissal of Lord Dun
donald. The vote was 42 for and 84
against.
King Guest of Murderers.
Belgrade, June 25. King Peter has
accepted an Invitation to be the guest
of honor at tonight's regimental dinner
of the Seventh Infantry, whose officers
carried out the murder of King Alex
ander, Queen Draga and other In June
last
Dowis's Return From Abroad.
New Tork, June, 25. John Alexander
Dowle, the leader of the ZIon City, I1L,
settlement, and his. son, A. Gladstone
Dowle, were passengers on the steam
ship Lucanla, which arrived today from
Liverpool. .
two Killed by Wire in Cherry Tree:
and' Edwin Koshkri, brothers, were
electrocuted at their home near Wa
bank while ' picking . cherries, coming
In contact with a wire In the branches
that feeds arc lights. .
HE whole nervous system is disturbed when
, the eyes are strained. Eyes should be ex- .
amined frequently as age advances, especially
those of school children. ' ' Many children
who are thought dull and stupid suffer from
defective vision and beceme the brightest of .
scholars when the defect is corrected."
. . , . . - - , .
I hare lie Best Madera InitrsmtsU for Detectli Asy Delect Is Viilos.
' , . t . CATHERINE WADE, Graduate Optician.
AT THE OWlTib
The Multnomah baseball tossers
yesterday fell upon Tommy Rosa at
he waa never before fell upon, an J
when the visitors got through with
htm. at the end of the third. Commer
cial had lost the game of games. At
most 1504) people neglected their at
fairs on a busy Saturday afternoon to
this game, and the grandstand
wanted the home team to win. Every
time one of the locals distinguished
himself he waa given an ovation, epe
cially after the Multnomah players
commenced their customary rag-chew
ing and beeflng. The Portland club
provided with the latest and most
approved phonographic attachment
and yesterday its representatives beef
ed until the crowd became weary,
Evidently they did not want an As-
torlan to reach first base, and thought
to assist their streak by the phono
graphic display.
The Commercial team was weakened,
O'Toole and Roxy Graham were out
of It, which necessitated a change all
around. The locals went In half
heartedly and by the time they re
covered the game had been lost While
Ross was touched up for 11 hits dur
ing the game, he threw steadily when
he finally got down to business, and
after the third Inning the home team
played the best ball. Moore, Colum
bia university's pitcher, was In the
box for Multnomah and seemed to be
there. He was well supported.
In the first Litt hit out a hot one
to Graham at third, who allowed It
to go by. Fenton followed with a
pretty single Into the. right garden
but died trying to steal second. Litt
scored on the play. Chamlers fanned
and Moore went out on a short hit to
Tommy Ross. Stockton, Ferguson and
Graham alt hit short grounders to
Moore, who threw them out.
Parrott fanned In the second. Oliver
landed out a two-bajfger to center
field, but Jennings went out on a short
hit to Flannlgan. With two down, the
visitors succeeded In scoring three
runs. Houston singled, bringing In
Oliver, and Stott knocked out a ground
er to left Held mat wus lost under
the steps of the grandstand and al
lowed him to go all the way around.
Lltt's bunt got him a bag, but Fenton's
long fly to Halderman ended the In
nlng. Flannlgan and Morton fanned,
and Halderman flew out to Houston.
In the third Chamlers waa thrown
out by Tommy Ross and Moore was
retired by Graham. Parrott got a two-
bagger Into the left garden, and when
Flannlgan muffed Oliver's hot drive
Parrott scored. Jennings singled, but
Oliver was thrown out at the home
plate. Trul linger flew out to Houston
and Bert Ross and Tommy Rosa fan
ned. Thus far not one of the Com
merclals had reached the initial sack,
Houston started things In the fourth
by singling. Stott fanned. Litt hit to
Morton, who failed to throw out Hous
ton at the home plate, and a moment
later Litt was caught out at second.
Fenton singled, but Stockton threw
out Chamlers. In Commercial's half,
Stockton bunted and reached first on
a wild throw. Ferguson fanned. Gra
ham batted out a two-bagger into
center field, scoring Stockton, and
stole third before Moore threw an
other ball. Flannlgan singled to right
field, scoring Graham, and a wild
throw gave Flannlgan a chance to go
down to third. Things looked brighter,
but Morton was unable to make con
nectlons. Halderman batted out a fly
to Parrott, whose effort was a good
one, although unsuccessful. Flannl
gan scored on this fly, but Halderman
was caught between bases, retiring the
side. Score, (-2.
In the fifth Moore went out on a
hit to Stockton, and Parrott was hit
by a pitched ball. Oliver hit to Tom
my Ross, who doubled up the batter
and Parrott Trulllnger fanned, Bert
Ross was thrown out by Litt and
Tommy Ross flew out to Jennings.
In the sixth Jennings fanned and
Bert Ross made a fine running catch
of Houston's long fly. - Stott singled
and Litt hit to Stockton, who threw
high" to Flannlgan and let Stott score.
Tommy Ross muffed Fenton's short
hit, but Stockton threw out Chamlers
and retired the side. The Aatorlans
gingered up again. Stockton's short
drive did not get him anything, but
Ferguson sent the ball Into the grand'
stand. At the end of the fourth inning
Macomber was replaced as umpire by
a Multnomah man named Cook, who
allowed Ferguson but two sacks on
his hit. The ball was not blocked, but
Cook seemed to think h had better
rob Ferguson of a home run, Graham
singled. Flannlgan hit a short one to
Moore, who succeeded In throwing Fer.
guson out. With two men on bases,
Morton smashed out a two-bas-rer.
for scortns- Graham and n.nni.an .nA 11,00 Tang, June lie. The armies of
continued the good work by stealing Cleneral Oku and Kurokl, aggregating
third. Halderman flew out to Oliver, at least sis divisions, are confronted
however, and the prospect f victory by tht bu(, forct unler QnnMl Ku.
went agllmmerlni. Score. S-7.
. iviMwiu, in tension nere is mom
i. ii w nmiin awr was all; DT I
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pitched ball. Parrott fanned and Mor- "cul w ,M WC tne most im
ton handled Oliver's drive. Jennlnis portant battle of the war, In which
hit to Stockton, who let it get away,! three times the number of troops en
Moore scoring. Houston flew out to we4 KtuUen cheng. Kln Chau and
TTJT:" VW w,U Uh. part The pro,.
rMchM il.. w t.ti w i,itJn7 ln ninT season makes
to Fenton, but Stockton flew out to0tu unavoidable.
Jennings. Score, !-.
The .elghth-Stott singled to left laaltement In lha Capital,
Held, but died at second trying to I retorsourg, June 15,-Today has
stretch the hit into a two-bagger. Lilt M" of tumon and intense ex-
flew out to Trulllnger and Fe-iton dlfd cUement but th,a Nwd some
on a hit to Flannlgan. Ferguson flew wmlt tnl Tn,n y an Issue of a
out to center field. Harry Graham was "P1" dltltm of th Official Messen
hit and walked, but was caua-ht oif r' containing some details of the
second when Flannlgan's long fly tohht,n aroun'1 Kalplng, and of other
ght was pullel down by Oliver. movements.
The nlnth-Chamlers flngted to con- Operations In the northeast Indicate
ter. but was doubled up when Mor- in" Kuropatkin is keeping his
ton handled Moore's drive. Parrott was rorc on tne extreme lert (lank and In
thrown out by Stockton. Morton sin- the rfar r th n capable
gled. but was called out at second; ul arann w,,n Bn' mrcniemng move
Halderman fanned and Trulllnger anenU Kurokl may attempt In that
reached Ami on Jenlnea error. Hen uirecwon. mere is noming In the
IAPORTANT LAND BATTLE
' EXPECTED AT ANY HOUR
Japanese and Russian Outposts Have
Come Together and a Decisive Con
fllct Is Imminent.
Ross, the last man up. batted a liner ofncM dispatches so fur to Indicate
to right field, but was slow In start
ing and was thrown out.
The teams lined up as folows:
Multnomah Litt, second base; Fen
ton, shortstop; Chumlers, left field
Moore, pitcher; Parrott, center Held;
Oliver, right field; Jennings, first base;
Houston, third base; Stott, catcher.
Commercial Stockton, shortstop;
Ferguson, catcher; Graham, third buse;
any startling development regarding
the Japanese movement north toward
Kalplng, though the enemy Is un
doubtedly advancing slowly,
Japanese Traveling.
St. Petersburg, June 25.Accordlng
to reports received nt the war office,
the position of General Kurokl's men
on the Sluyenknl Chou roml Is un-
Flannlgan, first buse; Morton, second lounged.
General Oku's army continues to ad-
vance from Henurhen, traveling six
patch from General Sakharoff, under
date of June iS:
"Since the morning of June IS tht
army has continued to advance toward
Kalchou. Three detachments of cav
alry, each consisting of four or Ave
squadrons, led, and were followed by
dense lines of Infantry, behind which
are marching the columns of the lint.
The Japanese outposts toward even
lng extended along tht Xho valley.
about nine miles south of Senuchcn,
with cavalry posted In tht rear.
andits Help Japanese,
Mukden, June IS. Last night 1M
Chinese bandits, excellently armed'
and equipped and led by Japanese of'
fleers attempted to blow up the brliljj
over the Koulu river, lft? miles north
east of Mukden. The attack was re
pelted by border scouts.
base; Halderman, center field; Trul-
nger, right field; Bert Rons, left field;
Tommy Rons, pitcher.
CONTEST FOR
PRESIDING OFFICERS.
An
says:
Oregonfcin special from Salom
miles per day and nmrchlng lit order
of buttle, evidently expecting a mo
mentary attack from the RuNMluns.
Oku was about 10 miles from Kalchou
yesterdny.
The city Is full of rumors that heavy
fighting Is In progress at Tatlrhe Kluo,
Thete rumors are said to emanate from
the jmlnc e of Peterhof, but no confirma
tion Is obtalnuble.
Movements of Troops.
St. Petersburg, June 25. The general
staff has received the following dls-
Though the next sesnlon of the Icr-
Inlature Is yet six months away, con-
lderable Interest Is developing In the
contest for the presiding odlces In the
two houses. As there Is no senator to
elect, the quentlou of organization has
little Importanie, but to the aspirants
and their friends an election Is none
the less desired. The honor and the Rive him any assistance, but la wishing
political prestige that go with an elec- Kuykendall success.
I
tlon to the presidency of the senate Urownell has told some of his friends
of the speakership of the house Is that his election to the presidency of
what makes the place worth seeking, the senate will be In the Interest of
So far as the members of the legls- the re-election of Mitchell In 1907, but
lature are concerned, their chief de- Kuykendall's friends fall to see the
sire Is to secure good presiding officers, connection between events so remote In
Not a few of them are of the opinion time.
that the way a Dresldlna officer forms It seems to be quite certain that
his standing committees Is a strong Multnomah county will have a candl
Indication of his ability, and some of date for speaker of the house, but the
Detailed Story of Fight
Toklo, June IS, (Noon.) Admiral
Togo reports that on Thursday last.
June 1 his patrol-boat discovered tht
battleship IVresvlet and seven oth r
vessels accompanied by nine tor'do-
bout destroyers near the entrance to
Port Arthur harbor. They warned
him wlrelessly and he Immediately ad
vanced his entire fleet, except thost
engaged upon special duly. The ad
miral then discovered that the Rus
sian fleet, which consisted of six bat
tleships, Ave cruisers and 14 destroy
ers, evidently planned a dash by sun
down. The Russians stopped outside
the entrance to the harbor, and after
nightfall a fleet of Japanese torpedo-
boat destroyers resolutely attacked
the Russian ships and succeeded Its
torpedoing and sinking a battleship of
the Prresvlet type and disabled the
battleship Hevnstopol. A cruiser of
the Diana type wus observed burning,
towed Into Iho harbor on Friday morn
ing, and it was evldmit she had sus
tained serious damage. The Japanese
ships sustained lltle damage. The
toriedo-l)ont destroyer Mhlrukumo was
hit by a shell, which fell In the cabin
ami three men were killed and three
others wounded. The Chlderl, a Vessel
of the same class, whs hit behind tho
engine-room, but no casualties result
ed therefrom. Tor (M-do-boats (4 unl
68 were slightly damaged-
them are trying to Ind out the views
of the candidates on that subject
Several of the members consider them
selves well fitted to serve as chairman
of Important committees.
Senators Brownell and Kuykendall
seem to be the only senators who are
making an active canvass for the
presidency of the senate, though Mays
members of that delegation have not
determined who the candidate will be.
A. A. Bailey, who was a member of
the last legislature, and W..T. Mur
and 8. B. Llnthlcum are talked of as
possible recipients of the votes of the
Multnomah delegation. Several mem
bers from Multnomah have announced
definitely that one of their number will
of Multnomah, Carter of Jackson and be a candidate, and therefore that can-
Rand of Baker have been frequently
mentioned as having an ambition to
serve in the highest legislative office.
Whether Multnomah 'county will
have a candidate is of considerable
consequence for the Multnomah vot
era,, six in number, are quite likely to
go to some one In a bunch. For the
same reason the possible candidacy of
Senator Rand has particular Interest.
If Rand should seek for the place he
would very probably get the support
of eastern Oregon members.
The friends of Senator Kuykendall
do not take Senator Brownell's candi
dacy very seriously and profess to be
lieve that he will drop out of the
race long before the time for the leg
islative session comes around. At the
session of 190 Kuykendall upported
Brownell for the presidency and it is
generally understood in political cir
cles that Brownell promised at that
time to support Kuykendall for the
same - place In . 1906. Kuykendall's
friends say that Brownell's promise was
unqualified, and they don't believe he
will be a candidate.
Nevertheless, Brownell has asked
several senators to support him, and
claims to have the endorsement of
Senator Mitchell. He complains, how
ever, that Senator Fulton will net
dldates from other counties cannot
hope to get any support from there.
Representative Kay, of Marlon, has
been making an active canvass and has
secured the promise of support from
several members besides the united
support of his own delegation. The
valuable experience of legislative work
In the regular and special sessions of
1903 Is an advantage to both Kay
and Bailey In their candidacy for the
speakership. Representative Vawterof
Jackson county has been talked of In
conectlo with the speakership, but has
told some of his frieds that he Is oot
a cadldate at this time, though he
did ot say that he will ot be later.
THE SALMON MARKET.
Interest in Probable Demand From
Russia snd Japan.
'New Tork Fishing Gazette: The
open question as to whether or not
the belligerents In the far east will
draw on the ensuing salmon fishery for
further supplies of pink fish Is a very
crucial issue ' on the Pacific coast - at
date, f German buyers on ' the Pacific
coast representing both refrigerating
and curing interests have, it is known,
recently penetrated to Siberian points
In order to Investigate the possibility
of obtaining supplies In that suarter.
Admittedly there Is going to be a
short pack of red fish on the Pacific
coast this season, and the extended
trap permits will further exhaust tht
available supply. If the Siberian fish
eries and those of northern Japan
again become operative, buyers will
not restrict their operations to tht ,
American fishery. The outlet for plnkV
Ash therefore Is much to be deslrl,
and the fisheries of the orient ctfinot
supply this demand.
Spot Alaska Very Dull.
San Francisco Grocer: Spot AJaaka
very dull, the sale having been knocked
by the prohibitory price made on red
fish by the A. P. A. No prlct has
yet .been made In England for the
last year's pack of tht association,,
whose policy. Is said to be to reduce
the business there to a strictly spot
basis, and o check the sales of fu
tures by outside canners in that mar-
kev" ' . . ,' ...
THE MARKETS.
Doings of the Day In Grain and
Stocks.
! Liverpool, June 25. July wheat, a
S.-8d. . .
New York, June 25. Sliver, 6l-8c;
Union Pacific, It 1-2; preferred, 93.
Chicago, June 26. July wheat open
ed S787 S-Sc; closed, 871-4c; barley.
45ftD2c; flax, 31.01; Northwestern, 107.
San Francisco, June 25. Cash wheat.
$1.25.
Portland, June 25. Wheat: . Walla
Walla, 69o; bluestem, 77c; valley, 73c.
Cattle unchanged.
Tacoma, June 25. Wheat: Blue-
stem, 80c; club, 78c.
Notioe.
All fraternal organizations, , labor
unions and Arms intending to partici
pate In the Fourth of July parade,
please notify the" grand marshal V
once, so they may be given place iii
the parade, a I. PETERSON..
Grand Marshal.