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JJW I H 1 J 1 1 J mmmmmmmumammmmmmmmBUBssagag: n n VOLUME LVIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904. NUMBER 241. MANY DEAD AS RESULT OF WRECK Excursion Train Collides With the ; Rear End of a Freight Near , Chltago and First Car Is Demolished. displaced Switch Threw Picnic Train Onto Wrong Track and Caused Disaster. TWENTY-ONE PERSONS KILLED ft I Engineer Wan Unabfo tu Stop 111 Train la Time to Avert I)la. tr Over Seventy Other Are Injured. Chicago, July 13. Twenty-one people were killed and about 70 Injured to night In a colllxlon on tht Chicago A Kaatern Illllnula railroad at Olenwood, :S mile aouth of her. The collision occurred between a picnic train re turning from Momenre, III., and a freight train, Into the rear end of which the excursion train danhed at a. high rata of apeed. The picnic train waa on the right hand track coming north, and the freight waa on the left track. A mis placed awltch threw the plcnlo train over on the left track, and before the engineer could apply the brakea It ran at 40 tnllea an hour Into the rear of the freight. The plcnla waa the annual outing of the Methodist Doremua church, for merly the chapel of the Plymouth Con gregatlonal church of thle city. When the picnic train reached Chicago Hlghts, four ml! beyond Glenwood, It waa awltched to the regular south' bound track, and, although It waa com 4ng north, It waa given a clear track by the operator at Chicago Heighta until It ahould reach Olenwood. Be tween Chicago Helghte and Glenwood there la a aharp curve, and aa the plcnlo train tore around thla on the eouthbound track a freight train waa backing, aouthbound, to the northbound track. It waa partly on both track. The bend waa ao aharp that the en gineer of the picnic train had no chance to ae the freight before he waa upon It. All the paaaengera In the flrat coach were caught beneath the rr of debrla, and It waa here the lone ! life occurred. In explanation of the accident, the engineer and crew of the freight train aay their train, which waa northbound, parted at Chicago Heighta and the break waa not noticed until the train waa near Glenwood. The engineer knew the excursion train waa coming, but believed It waa on the northbound track, and waa awltchlng hla train from the northbound to the aouthbound track In an efTort to keep out of Ita way. Fourth of July victim. Four died In agony from lockjaw, while v the fifth auccumbed to wounda caused by the explosion of a toy cannon. From other cltlea In the country two deathe from Injurlea and Ave from tetanua are re ported, making the total of Uvea lott In the 'patriotic celebration" of the Fourth. BASEBALL SCORE. Paolfio Coast. At Seattle Portland, 8; Seattle, 7. At Sun Franclaco Oakland, 1; San Francisco, I. At Tacoma Lot Angelea, 1; Toco ma, 2. Paoifie National. At Ilolee Halt Lake, 6; Bolae, 10. At Butte Spokane, ; Butte, t. American. At Boaton Detroit, 2; Boaton, I. At Philadelphia-Chicago, 0; Phila delphia, I. At Waahlngton-Bt. Loula, ; Wash ington, I. e. National. At Pittsburg-Philadelphia, 0; Pitta burg, 11. At St. Louli Brooklyn, 1; St. Loula, 2. At Chicago Boston, 4; Chicago, 7. At Cincinnati New Tork, I; Cincin nati, 4. SERVICE TO BE RE8UMED. New Orlttnt Poolroom to Have Tele j graphic New of- Race. ' J Jew Orleana, July IS. It waa an nounced todny that telegraphic deecrlp itlon of race would be resumed here 'July 21. The local poolrooma were notllled to remit to H. P. Dealy of New I York, formerly In charge of the West em I'nlon'a racing department No de tail are given a to the manner in , which the service la to be handled, and the Western Union la not mentioned In the communication. ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY. , Man Apprehended at Spokane Hat Die , mond In Hi Pottetaion. j Spokane, July, IS. George Wllwnn. Witeved to be one of the men who held up the Northern Pacific, train near Bearmouth, Mont, waa arretted here today. On him waa found 17 amall d'amonda, believed to have been part of a consignment of 800 diamond sto len In the robbery, and about $700 In cash. OOM PAUL KRUGER 18 DEAD. Famous Old Boer Paste Away at Clarent, Switzerland. London, July 13. Ex-President Paul Kruger of the Boer republlo died thla morning at Clarent, Switzerland. For aome month past the Boer pa trlot had been In failing health, but the newa of hi death came as a surprise. FIVE MORE ARE DEAD. Chicago' Fourth of July Death Rate Is Increasing. . Chicago, July IS. The Tribune to day aays: Five more death were add ed yesterday to Chicago's list of OFFICIAL NUMBER OF DEAD. Nine Hundred and Fifty-Eight Lott Their Llvtt in 8locum Ditatter. New Tork, July 13. The total dead In the Slocum ditatter, June 15, Is given aa 958. Of this number 897 were Iden tilled, (2 reported missing and 61 un identified. Only 235 out of the nearly 1400 on the ateamer escaped uninjured. Won Basketball Championthip. St. Louis, July 18. The Hiram col lege basketball team of Hiram, O., won the college championship basketball contest, open to all the colleges of the world, today. ' . 1 X WRECK OF THE ISLANDER LOCATED IN LYNN CANAL Divers Find Vessel Which SunK With $200000 in Treasure, and Which iStrucH Submerged Iceberg. Port Towntend, July 13. Advict received from Alaska stat that the Finoh Wreoklng Company hat succeeded in locating the wreck of the tttamihip Islander, which lunk in Lynn canal four years ago, while returning from Skagway with a large number of Klondiker and $200,000 In treasure on board. The information it brought by pattengert on the tttamer Seattle, who ssy tht divers deny that any rock exists in the vicinity of the wreck, leaving no conolutlon but that the veitel met her doom through ' collision with a sub merged Iceberg. Arrangements are progressing to rait the wreck. STORY OF JAP REVERSE IS NOT YET CONFIRMED IN AN OFFICIAL MANNER Report la Reiterated in MuKden Dispatch to Si, Petersburg but London Has Received no Verification. frontier, aays a Herald dispatch from Parts. During the storm there was an earthquake shock lasting four sec ond. It caused considerable damage. Rumor Comes That Great Battle is Now in Progress at Point Between Kan Chou and Tai Tche Kias, and Unconfirmed Story Is Sent in That the Japs Have Been Defeated at That Place. " Rumors of the lot of 30,000 Japanete troepe in an attack upon Port Arthur are rife in all the European capital, but there is noth- ing of reliable nature which would tend to confirm the story. The report of the Japan reverse emanate from Ruttian aouroes. Alex- ieff does not personally tend in any ttatement aa to the alleged re- vert, and thote sources which should credit the reported ditatter, if it really occurred, are eileni Another report comes from Yin Kow to the effect that the Jap- an.te were defeated north of Kai Chou, July 12,' with great loss. They had attacked Ta! Tche Kiao the previous day, but had fallen back in the direction of Kai Chou. A Chefoo dispatch eonveya the information that the long-expect- ed battle between the oppoaing armlet it now in progrets between Kan Chu and Tai Tche Kiao. This report lacks confirmation. "' . ; :' ':; THE LATEST REPORT. Story Goes That Third Army Waa Rs pulsed Attaoking Port Arthur, St Petersburg, July 13. A special dispatch received tonight from Mukden repeats the story of the reported Jap anese reverae at Port Arthur. Like all other reports received, thla dispatch says that the Japanese los was the work of the Ruaslaa land mines. The dispatch la dated Tuesday, July 12, and Is as follows: "News Wt hn recolved frff,, re liable sources that the Ja'-neae third army, on the night of July 11, attacked Port Arthur and was heavily defeated, an Immense number of men having been killed by the Russian mines. The total loss waa about 80.000." It hna developed that the official re port of the alleged disaster did not emanate directly from Admiral Alex left, but was given out by him as a report reaching hla headquarters from other sources. CONFIRMATION IS LACKING. London Correspondents Do Not Verify Report of Ditatter. London, July 14. Special dispatches published thla morning from corre spondents at the sent of war do not give any Information of the report that the Japanese lout 30,000 men In an un successful attack upon Port Arthur. Pending confirmation of some sort the news is regarded here with doubt, and as more of a sensational rumor than anything el Re. Japs Take a Turn at It There Is published thla morning a report to the effect that Port Arthur has fallen, but It lacks confirmation and Is discredited. Report of Jap Reverts. The Tin Kow correspondent of the Dally Chronicle asserts that a battle occurred north of Kai crfou, July 12, when the Japanese were repulsed with great loss. A belated dispatch from Tai Tche Kiao, dated Monday, says that the Japanese attacked Tai Tche Kiao on Sunday, but that the attack waa not seriously pressed and the Japanese re tired eventually toward Kai Chou, where the reported defeat la said to have taken place. GREAT BATTLE IN PROGRESS. Armies Said to Be Engaged Between Kan Chu and Tai Tche Kiao. Chefoo, July 14. Private advices Just received here from Nluchwang In dicate that the long expected battle be tween the Opposing armies la now In progress at a point between Kan Chu and Tai Tche Kiao. Details of the reported engagement are lacking. Count Cassini Notified. New York, July 13. The Associated Press received the following telegram today from Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, dated Bar Harbor, Me.: "An official statement from Alexleff reports that news haa 'been obtained from Japanese sources to the effect that a night attack nude on Port Ar thur July 11 was repulsed and that the Japanese losses were terrible, near Ing the enormous number of 30,000 men." Torpedo-Boats Off Hokkaido. London, July 13. According to a dis patch to the Central Newa agency from Toklo, It la reported there that sev eral torpedo-boats of the Vladivostok sauadron appeared off the island of Hokkaido last evening. Chinese Ports Opened. San Francisco. July 13. The collec t.-j- of customs at this port has re celved official notice from the depart ment of commerce and labor of the opening to the commerce of the world of the Chinese ports of Chinanfu, Shan tung and Wel-Hseln and Chau-Tsun, which are to be considered branches of the port of Chinanfu. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. How St. Petersburg Regard William' Mettag to Ruttian Regiment. St Petersburg, July 13. Emperor William's greeting of good wishes to the Wlborg regiment is attracting much less attention here than at other capitals. Novoe Vremya says: "Europe Is, Indeed, hungry for a sensation. The ' message was to a regiment of which Emperor William Is honorary colonel and they find therein possibility of a breach of neutrality." The paper considers It much ado about nothing. The Bourse Gasette,' a pro-German paper, Is the only one which Inter prets the message as evidence of Ger man "friendly neutrality," declaring It to be a guarantee that Emperor Wil liam never will attempt to offer medi ation, adding that a monarch so proud of a 'regiment bearing his name in fighting for the honor of its country, never will thus affront Russia. General Toral's Funeral. New Tork, July 13. General Toral, who surrendered Santiago de Cuba to the American army, and who died on Sunday, has been burled at Madrid, says a Herald dispatch from San Se bastian. The minister of war and a few army officers were present. Plague at Rio Janeiro. ew York, July 13. The bubonic plague has appeared in Rio Janeiro, according to a Herald dispatch from that city. The municipal and state authorities have adopted rigorous measures to check epidemic. Great Storm in Italy. New York, July 13. A hurricane, with lightning, hall and torrential rains, has occurred In the department of the Hautes Alps, near the Italian CALIFORNIA BIG TREE DYING. Cable May Be Ud to Keep It From Falling to Earth. San Francisco, July 13. The state highway commissioner says the grizzly giant the best known big tree of the Yosemite valley. Is dying, and that It is only a matter of months before it will be devoid of foliage. He eaya that It la leaning IS feet from its cen ter axis, and will continue to lose Its equilibrium little by little until sud denly some day down tt will come. Thla may be .averted by supporting the huge trunk with cables, and ar rangement for this work are being made. The grizzly giant is the pride of Mariposa grove, 244 feet In height and 100 feet in circumference. B0DIE3 NOT RECOVERED. STRIKE MAY PEACEABLY BE SETTLED Steps Looking to Adjustment cf the Differences of Meat Pack- trs aiid Employes Have Been Taken. State Board of Arbitration Steps ' In and Offers to Consider Claims of Both Sides. STRIKER AGREE TO THE PLAN Corpse of Aged Victim of Mitchell Cloudburtt Missing. Mitchell, Ore., July 13. The bodies of Martin Smith and Mrs. Bethune, the aged man and woman lost in Monday night's cloudburst which wiped out nearly half of this place, have not yet been recovered. They may be half a mile from the town; they may be 20 miles. Whether they lie under the mud and debris a short distance down Bridge creek, or whether they have been swept onward Into the swift John Day river, is uncertain. Few reports have been received from down Bridge creek, and the extent of the damage east and west of here is not definitely known. Mayor Holllngs- head said this morning that while as sistance would be asked from the coun ty court, none was needed from out side places. Several families escaped with only their clothes, and these will require some aid. County help will also be invoked to pay for burial of the drowned stock. 40 horse having been lost from the two livery stables. Telephone communication with Mit chell was re-established this morning, and is now normal Employers Hare lieen Notified or tbe Turn of Affair and Will Ioubtless Agree to Advance Chicago, July 13. Arbitration of tha grievance which precipitated the gen eral strike In the meat-packing house appears tonight to be In sight and a conference between the employers and the strikers will be held tomorrow morning. The Initial step towar3 settlement was taken this evening by the state board of arbitrators, that interviewed both sides. As a result of the confer ences, Donnelley, the leader of th strike, sent a communication to the packers stating that ; the unions were willing to accept settlement through the board of arbitration. No reply la expected before tomor row, but it la confidently expected tbe reply will be conciliatory, because the packers offered to arbitrate the matter In dispute before the strike was called. CAMPAIGN TO START EARLY. Chairman of Congressional Campaign Committe Already at Work. Chicago, July 11 J. W. Babcock of Wisconsin, chairman of the republi can congressional committee cam paign, is in Chicago on hla way to Washington and New York, where he will arrange for opening the com mittee's headquarters in the St. James building next week. The cam paign will be entered upon at once, much earlier this year than hereto fore, and two or three weeks ahead of the campaign under the auspices of the national committee. Mr. Babcock said the campaign this year will begin September 1. WOULDN'T THIS JAR YOU? Operations Not Stopped. ' Chicago, July 13. Today bore out the predictions of the packing-house proprietors that the big strike would not cause stoppage of operations. Ia the great abbatoirs things moved slow ly Indeed today, but they moved. Every department was said to be do ing some work, and it Is expected there will be increased activity tomorrow. Loading and shipping were In progress. though heavily curtailed, as was the buying of cattle. Some hundreds of workmen were hired and put to work In places which had been vacated by thousands. ' - On the other hand, the strike sprea somewhat by the action of the team sters In considerable numbers, but os tensibly acting as Individuals, refus ing to handle the product touched by the newly hired non-union workers. THE MARKETS. Negro Candidate' for President Arrett ed for Non-Payment of Fine, East St. Louis, 111., July 13. William P. Scott, candidate for president of the United States oh the national liberal party ticket (colored), was arrested today on account of an unpaid fine and taken to Belleville. Several months ago Scott, who runs a saloon and summer garden at Den-verside,- was convicted of conducting a j disorderly place, and his fine and costs amounted to 3149. He paid $50 andj waa given time to pay the balance. , Liverpool, July 13. September wheat opened at 6s 7d. New York, July 13. Silver, 58c; Union Pacific, 94 3-4; preferred, 93 7-8. Chicago, July 13. September wheat opened at 86 1-88S S-8c; closed, 87c; barley, 42 50c; flax, 31.12; Northwest ern, 1181-2. San Francisco, July 13. Cash wheat 31.27HC. Portland, July 13. Wheat: Walla Walla, 67c; bluestem, 75c; valley, 78c. Cattle unchanged. Tacoma, July 13. Wheat: Bluestem, 79c; club, 68c. TWO HUNDRED LOST IN CLOUDBURST AT MANILA Foot and a Half of Rain Falls in Twenty- seven Hours, Deluging the Suburb of tSan Juan del Monte. Manila, July IX A cloudburst over the hill northeast of Manila caused a flood which hat destroyed San Juan del Monte. Two hun dred livet were lott. The low-lying district wr inundated. The homes of American and foreigner are itolatcd. Transportation through th tret it carried on in boatt only. Rain hat fallen for 27 hour, totaling 171-5 inches. Thit it un precedented. Communication with outtid place it interrupted. Th damag to property i estimated at 12,000,000.