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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1904)
PAGE EIGIIT. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1901. MR, GAMPBEL THE ADMIRAL Portland Man Getrs Place of Honor for Approaching Tenth Annual Regatta. WAR VESSELS ARE TO BE HERE Congressional Delegation Work la; Hard to Hare Two or - Mora White Ships Here for the Carnival. The regatta committee has appoint 4 m admiral of the tenth regatta Mr. H. C. Campbell of Portland. Mr. CtunabeH has Wen notified et his ap pointment and yesterday Chairman McBride received a reply from him, lu Which he accepts the honor and re turn his thanks for the courtesy. Mr. Campbell Is general manager and one of the principal stockholders of the 1 Regulator line, plying between Portland and The Dalles. He Is also heavily Interested In the City & Su burban Railway Company of Portland, and Is regarded by the committee as an excellent man for the position of ad wilraL He Is prominently identified with the Arlington and Multnomah Clubs, and is an enthusiastic member of the riding club, being in close touch with the class that lends the greatest support to the regatta. Mr. Campbell will appoint his staff within a short time and make other necessary preparations for the big water carnival. The committee is de lighted at Admiral Campbell's accep tance, and the members are congratu lating; themselves that this year's ad viral will be the finest-looking of all feoae who bare held this Important aesatiea.- . Wsrships Will 8 Here. etortSfaaaa McBrid and Secretary 'XaJderasa are making what will aevbtlaaa be successful efforts to have several warships here for the regatta. "Ey have been ia correspondence with be a ambers of the Oregoa congres aieaeJ delegatioa and the indications are that several of Uncle Sam's defen ders will be In the stream during re gatta week. Senator Mitchell, who was asked to use his influence in this re aped, has replied ' to the committee's letter as follows: "American Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., June 22. O. M. McBride, Esq., As toria. -My Dear McBride: Tour let ter of June 12, addressed to me at Port land, asking me to use my best in fluence to have the navy department send a cruiser or two to Astoria dur ing your annual regatta, has just reach ed me here at Atlantic City, having been forwarded to me by my secretary at Portland. I have today written a strong letter to the secretary of the navy urging that this be done. : "JOHN H. MITCHELL." Senator Fulton, who is at home, has also been writing strong letters to the secretary of the navy, and there Is every reason to believe that the efforts of the senators and congressmen will prove i successful. Congressman Wil liamson writes as follows: "The Dalles, June 25. Hon G. M. McBride, Astoria. Dear Sir: Agree able to your suggestion In your letter bearing date of June 12, I have writ ten to the honorable secretary of the navy urging him In as strong language as I could command to allow us one or more war vessels for the coming regatta at Astoria. I will notify you upon receipt of an answer to my re quest. J. N. WILLIAMSON." Congressman Williamson, who has been chosen one of the vice presidents, writes that he appreciates the compli ment and that he will make it a point to be here. From the Yachtsmen. The following letter has reached re gatta headquarters from the Vancouver yachtsmen: "Vancouver Tacht Club, June 20. C. W. Halderman, Secretary Astoria Re gatta Committee. Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 14th. "The Vancouver Tacht Club will hope to be represented at your annual re gatta In August We were only In our infancy last year, having then 8 or 10 yachts and to or 50 members. We now have 16 yachts In commission and ISO members, so we ought to be able to send something down to take part In your festivities. The principal trouble seem to be the getting down to you, as not many of our members can af ford the length of time.' 1 wish you would send me a list of your events as soon as It Is ready, and I will see what I can do In the way of rounding up our owners. O. T. SPENCER. ' 'weeretery." Dav Dunn Enthusiastic. "Portland. June St Charles Halder man, Secretary Astoria Regatta. Dear Sir: Tour (kind favor of the list to hand aotlfyiiig me of my appointment as one of your honors vie presidents for the annual regatta. In reply I wish to thank the committee and to assure them I appreciate the compliment and will help to swell the crowd by bring ing my family. Wishing you alt kinds of success, I am, very, truly, yours, ' DAVID M, DUNNE." The Vies Presidents. The list of honorary vice presidents to date is as follows, and from nearly all of the gentlemen letters of accept ance have been received: Senator Mitchell. Portland. Congressman Williamson, The Dalles. Governor Chamberlain, Salem. ' Secretary of State Dunbar, Salem. ; Hon. A. E. Reames, Jacksonville. Congressman Hermann, Roseburg. R. D. Inman, Portland. George P. Fuller, Portland. E. S. Edwards, Portland. Hon. T. T. Geer. Salem. Hon. Sam White. Baker City. Hon. J. G. Megler, Brookfleld. Mayor Williams, Portland. A. L. Waddle, Portland. Hon. t L. Patterson, Portland. Hon. D. M. Dunne, Portland. C. S. Jackson, Portland. Hon. Charles Nlckle, Jacksonville, I. B. Campbell, Eugene. B. Hofer, Salens. Storey Sheridan. Boss. Archibald C. Tweed, Pert Town- send. A. L. Gilbert, Balsas. Captain C. G. Calkins, Portland. Major W. C. Langfltt, Portland. Ernest Brass, Portland. Clifford J. Owen. Portlaad. Paul R. Kelty, Portland. Henry E. Reed, Portland. Hon. Jefferson Myers, Portland. J. C. Horan, Portland. MYSTERY IS CLEARED UP Disappearance of Edward Pa danius Explained by Finding of His Body. WAS LAST SEEN ON FRIDAY Tradesman's New Management. With the Issue of June 27 the Trades man and Commercial Record, published by the Portland Tradesman Company, passed into the hands of H. C. Browne and P. W. Custer. Mr. Custer was for merly its manager and editor, and the new management announces that with the co-operation of the Jobbers and the retailers It expects to make the Tradesman the leading trade paper, of the northwest.". The Tradesman gives a weekly re view of the wholesale trade and busi ness situation in Portland and on the Pacific coast, and devotes several pages to quotations of groceries and food stuffs, the tables being as com plete as any given by national trade papers. Other departments 'of the Tradesman are devoted to the credit men, fish and fisheries, retail grocers' association, national trade associations and general financial and trade condl tions. The Tradesman ia now In Its 14th year. em Fishermen Find Corpse Floating In Hirer, Man Having Fallen Overboard While Intoxicated. The mystery surrounding the dls appearance of Edward Paldanlus, who had been missing since last Friday was cleared up last night, when the man's body was found in the water a short distance east of the A. & depot Deputy Coroner Max Pohl was notified that the corpse had been se cured near the railroad dock and the body was taken to the morgue, where relatives Identified It. Paldanlus had recently been ployed by the Tongue Point Lumber Company as a laborer, and previously had been connected with the Clatsop Mill Company. He left the Tongue Point mill's employ some time ago. and a week ago Sunday started out on a protracted spree. He was last seen alive on Friday, when he was In an EaBt Astoria saloon. His brothers, Al bert and Lars, had made search for the missing man, but without success. After having been seen in the east end saloon he disappeared as completely as If the earth had opened and swal lowed him, and all efforts to locate him proved futile. Yesterday afternoon the body of a man was seen floating In the river at the Booth cannery. Fishermen saw the corpse and secured it, and later the coroner's office was notified. An ex amlnation of the remains showed noth Ing that would tend to indicate that the man met with foul play, and the deputy coroner is of the opinion he fell overboard while under the Influence of liquor and was drowned. This be lief Is not shared by some of the un fortunate man's acquaintances, who are of the opinion he committed suicide. Paldanlus was 83 years of age and bad resided In the city for some time. He was unmarried. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. TRAMPLED TO DEATH. 8TRIKE SITUATION 8ERIOUS. Trouble Likely to Ensue at Isssqush Cost Company's Mine. Seattle, June 29. The coal strike at the Issaquah Coal Company's mines is assuming serious proportions. It is now the Intention of the company, it is said on good authrlty, to Import miners to take the places of the strlk ers. If tnis is done, the new men will be accompanied by deputy sher iffs, and violence may be resorted to. fHE whole nervous system ia 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 become the brightest of scholars when the defect is corrected. I Have the Beit Modera ledrameoti for Detectli Asy Defect la Vlilos. , KATHERINE WADE, Graduate Optician. ) AT THE OWL DRUG STORE. Hospitsl Patient Killed at San Frsn ciseo by Maniac San Francisco, June 29. Robert Al len, an Inmate of the city and county hospital, was beaten and trampled to death today by a fellow patient, Bur nomo Muranata, who suddenly became insane. The two men had been left alone in a ward for a few moments, when the noise of a, struggle was heard. Dr. W. A. Martin, the resident physl clan, rushed in and saw Muranata Jumping on Allen's body and literally crushing him to death with his naked feet. Help was summoned and Muranata, who Is a young Italian weighing near ly 200 pounds, was overpowered after a desperate struggle. His victim was an old and feeble Scotchman. The tetter's Jaw was broken, and nearly every bone In his body smashed into SDlinters. When the murderer was placed in confinement he raved wildly, and it was evident that he was a maniac. TITLES ARE IN DOUBT. Slsck Methods of Handling Lsnds Ar Now Being Shown Up. According to a 8alem dispatch, cor respondence which has recently passed between State Land Agent Oswald West, the secretary of the Interior and a purchaser of school land, Illustrates some of the conditions that have been brought about in state land affairs in the past. This correspondence shows that, In 1882, the state sold a quarter section of school land in a small valley In Baker county, and the man who bought It took possession, Improved the land and built a home. He has lived there ever since. In 1900 the state represented to the general government that the school land was mineral In character, and that, therefore the state did not ac quire title to It. At the request of a man who waned to secure timber land, the state selected In lieu of that quar ter section of school land a quarter section of timber land In Columbia county. The government accepted the school land as valid base, and patent ed the timber land to the state. The state deeded the land to the man who had applied for It. In all these proceedings neither of the men who purchased from the state! knew that any question existed as to his till. The man who bought the school land from the state believed he hd a perfect title. The man who bought the lieu land believes he has good tills, because his deed is backed up by a patent from the government. Tet It Is apparent that one of the two men must lose his land, if the school land was In fact mineral, the purchaser of the lieu land may retain his property.. If the school section Is not mineral, his title secured upon the representation that It was mineral will be of little effect. The man who purchased the school laud from the state In 1883 writes that it Is not mineral, that he has been farming It nearly SO years, and that; he can bring all his neighbors to ts ttfy that it la not mineral land. When the correspondence was shown to Governor Oeo. E. Chamberlain, the chief executive expressed his feelings In language that was forceful, what HUGH CRONIN IS DROWNED Young Man Falls From Udder McGowan and Does Not Rise (o Surface. STRUCK BOAT IN HIS FALL Was l.endrel Vucvuscloua and lteNcue Was Impossible 8U tera Will Make Arrange meuts fur Funerisl. Hugh Cronln, aged about SI years, was drowned at McGowan yesterday ever else may be said' of It. He advised 1 morning as the result of an accident Stats Land Agent West t proceed! The body was brought to this city upon th. theory that the prior pur- L, , . ,f..rnoon but th taMrul chaser has good title, and to notify I the purchaser of th. timber land that rrannttnU no d " his title la in great doubt, notwlth- todajr' Coroner having been In standing the patent, and that h will atrueted to await the arrival hers of do well to look after the matter be- ' unfortunate young man for some one else acquires a right Young Cronln had been a student at to his land bv acrlBDlng or otherwise. coM t Mount Angel and came w ' ' I There are a lot of case Just like Astoria Tuesday In search of em this,", remarked Mr. West, "and w Payment. lounu a position witn are discovering these conflicting sales cuowan sons as mat or very freouently." th sloop Rambler and left at once Mr. West has Inaugurated a new ' th north "" town. .1 a l u. . i as "1 ........ system of keeping the state land aoui oewe yesieruay morning agent's records, by means of which any Cronln attempted to climb down conflicting Interest arising through alder to board the Rambler, but the state land transactions will be dls- tliter gave way. precipitating the mon covered. Th records also make It Into the water, lie did not rise to possible to determine at a moment's the surface, after striking th water notice that exac status of any tract nd the body was not recovered until of state land. By means of these about 10: SO. despite the efforts made records Mr. West has discovered sev- to rescue the hapless young man. Ex era! thousand acres of valid "base" amlnation of the body showed that lands, which are worth to the stat Cronln had. In falling, struck his head mare than th amount of his salary for against the rail of the sloop, the force four years. of the blow rendering him unconscious In order to protect th purchasers and accounting for his failure to come and give them an opportunity to make to the surface after falling Into the their tltlee good, Mr. West does not water. Justice of the Peac Dalton make th namfs of the parties public. Inquest over the remains, the Jury returning a verdict of accidental death. Cronln's parents ar dead, but he la survived by three brother and two sisters Joseph and Francis Cronln of this city, James Cronln of Svensen, Miss Theresa Cronln of Portland and Miss THE JEWELS DAZZLED THEM. Mrs. Cisrence Msokay Startles Pes supers on Atlsnti Liner. It has never been th custom for passengers on trans-Atlantlc liners to Maml1 CronJf of CA MlM dress for dinner, although a few fash ionable women occasionally wear low- necked gowns In the evening. But when Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay crossed a week ago she amaxed the first-class passengers with her line evening frocks and Jewels. Mackay's suit on the hur- Theresa Cronln arrived In the city last evening to arrange for the funeral. ALLOTMENT IS ANNOUNCED. Sum That Go to Northwsst States for Militia Purposes. Washington, June 29. Acting Seer rlcane deck held a great many trunks. Utry 0lver of ,he war dt.pHrtn,ent hM Mrs. Mackay was never without a mndw tne u(IUtt anm)Unc4.m,,nt of th string of black pearls, and she carried allotment of the 11,000,000 appropriated her Jeweled brooches every night. Of by congress to provide arms and equip. course, the young matron was tne cen- ment tor the organised militia of the ter of attraction and made many United States, friends. Of all the fashionable women of the money appropriated, Idaho she is the least Inclined to surround I will receive $6000, Oregon 8K000 and herself with barriers of formality. Washington $10,000, Mrs. Mackay'S mother-in-law, Mrs. John W. Mackay, gave a reception In MYSTERY 8HR0U0S THIS CASE. London for the tall, dark beauty one y Ight last week. Young Mrs. Mackay's Minneapolis Young Womsn Is Found costume bewildered the beholders. 8tranglsd st St. Psul. Carlton nouse terrace was cum xor Rt. Paul, June 29. With a silk tie entertaining, and the Mackay family knotted tightly about her neck, the received at the top of the marble stair- I body of a stylishly dressed woman who case. The younger woman wore a had been strangled to death was found gown of white gauze, shot generously floating In the Mississippi' river at the with silver threads. Mrs. Mackay wore St. Paul boom. The appearance of the emeralds that had not been seen since body and the manner In which the she began her two years of mourning, cloth was wound about the throat In A plastron of emeralds and diamonds dlcated that she was murdered and had for Its center a ten carat stone. She wore a diamond tiara and a necklace of similar gems, with emerald pend ants. Although she does not show her gowns often in public, at private parties she can outblaze almost any other New York woman. There Is warm praise for another American woman in London. She Is Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and this Is her first real glimpse of London society. Mrs. Astor was the belle of the ball of Lady Farquhar, and no woman ap proached her degree of triumph during Ascot week. Paris first waxed enthusiastic over her, and London has taken up the chorus. She will remain there until the end of the season. thrown Inlo th river, a mystery, yeArs of ago Her identity Is She was apparently 31 J S 0i Later th body was Identified as that l of Miss Ruth Leachout of Minneapolis. Miss Lsaihout l.'ft home Saturday and has not been seen aim. Her parasol, purs and hat were found on th river bsnk. The police are convinced that sh was th victim of foul play. Th gill, some titti ago, was said to b Involved In a domestic tragedy which culminated In auli lde. TROOPS FOR ALASKA. Transport Buford to Tak Almost One Thousand Men. Ban Francisco, June St. The trass- port Bufurd will wtll Friday at noun for Alaska porta. She will bo kdd to her full capacity, Sh takes tat Third Infantry. This Includes (7 oft eera, 111 enlisted men, SO officers' wive and 1? children; also $0 second-class passengers. In her hold thero will be eight rar loads of merchandise, being th effects of th officers and enlisted men. Sh wilt also carry a big amount of provisions, including a supply of stoves and SI refrigerators. It would seem at a glanc that tak- Ing refrigerators to Alaska would be an absurdity, but they are, however, a very necessary commodity for the comfort of those residing In that see- Hun. Though th winter are coltLr bleak and dreary, th summers ar ex- V j cesslvely hot. 1 The troops ar carrying all their household effects, as they expect to be stationed In Alaska for two years al least. The freight Is bulky rather thaa weighty. BENSON FILES WRITS. Triss Plan Thst Failed Him In New York Courts. Washington, June SS.Juhn A. Rea son of California, who was Indicted here In December for alleged bribery In connection with land deals, tmtuy filed In th supreme court of th Unw ed State a petition for writs ef ha beas corpus and certlorsri. Benson was arrested In New Tosh and a similar petition was dismissed by lbs circuit court of th souther eUs trict of New Turk, which held blsa trial In the District of Columbia BASEBALL SCORES. Paotffo Cosit At Portland San Francisco, Portland, 1. At Tacoma Loa Angeles, i: Teta nia, 8, At Seattle Oakland, I; Seattle. I, Amerlosn. At Chlcogo8t. Louis, t; Chicago, I. National. At New York Boston, I; NW York. 4. At Phlladelphla-Ilrooklyn. 8; Phila delphia, 8. At St. Louis Chicago, I; St Louis, 1. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, June 29. July wheat, 1-td. New York, June 29. Silver, 6Sl2c; nlon Puclflc, 88 6-8; preferred, IS. Chicago, June 29. July wheat open ed ut 84S-4c; closed at 85 1-8H8S l-2c; barley, 4252c; flax, $1.01; Northwest ern, 117. Sun Francisco, June 29. Cash wheat. $1.27. Portland. June 29. Wheat: WalUf Walla, 69c; bluestem, 77c; valley, ric. Cattle unchanged. Tacoma, June 29. Bluestem, 79e; club, 66c. I LADIES' SUITS, SKIRTS I and GAIS I Si s That are stylish and not High Priced. Ladies' Suits from $7.60 to 115.00. . Ladies' skirts from fl.75 to 110.00. Ladies', coat, in wool or silk, $4.50 to $17.60. MOHLER TO BE PROMOTED. Boy's Suits, Stylish. Will Bs Msds Vios President of ths Union Psoifio 8ystem. Omaha, June 29. A. L. Mohler, gen eral manager of the Union Pacific, Is to be made vice president of the com pany. Official Information of his pro motion Is expected within a few days. Good materials at all prices. Men's Suits, latest styles, best materials, excellent values, from $7.50 to $12.50. W ar not offering you $1.00 for 50c, or something for nothing, but wo will give you th bsst vslues in ths city for 100 cents on th Dollar. Remsmber, s Csses Go to Grsnd Jury. New York, June 29. Through an agreement between United States Dis trict Attorney Burnett and District At torney Jerome, the cases of those held responsible for the General Slocum dis aster will be presented to the federal grand Jury. "You Can Always Buy Cheaper" at if The H 99