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2 N VOLUME LVIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1904. NUMBER 206. 1 fffc A MANY LIVES ARE LOST IN GREAT GALE Storm That Sweeps East Coast of America Plays Havoc With Shipping and Does Oth er Damage. New York City Is Visited by Vio lent Blow and. Thunder and Lightening. THIRTEEN REPORTED DEAD Tar Swamp in Delaware Itlvrr, Drowning KlKlit, ntitl Five Are Lost Off Jtu-kaoii-vllle Florida. New Yoik, 8"it. 15. A numbfr of liven were lost, much property waa damaged and awveral ship were wreck ed In a storm which ravaged the At lantic const limt night uml toduy. To night telegraphic report say the storm haa awept out Into the ocean from the Canadian count aotlth. Th great. et l"xa of life was itur Wilmington. Del. The tug laruol W. Du.lmm, with a crew of nix mn and four employe of the American Dredging Company, wan swamped In the Delaware river during the height of tha storm. F.lght of the 10 pernm oil the little craft were drown'-d. From farther down the coast Jackaonvllle cornea the report that five men were drowne.l off Charleston. New York auffered conipa-atlvely lit tie. Tha wind and tiln and thunder and lightning 'were terrific, but little actual damn go wan done. Nineteen coal target went adrift In the bay and tonight wretka atraws thf short from tha Battery to the Narrow. 'No Uvea were lost. Several small vessels alo went ashore at varloua part of th roast near New York. The fishing steamboat Joieph . Church of flret-n-tort, N. Y, atruck on Teak'a Hill bar toduy and smashed to piece. The captain and crew of 21 were aaved. .CL08E TO SCENE OP WAR. Correspondent Point Out Leiion Prom Arrival of Lana. Aatorla. Sept. 4. (Editor The Aa torlan) The arrival of the Russian crulner Lena at Han Francisco not only attracta the attention of oil nation to the Pacific coaat, but emphaaUea In tha mlnde of the people and the United v Statea government the Importance of the weatern coaat, and the great na tional Intereata that are at atake, and which are to rapidly grow n the eaat ern queatlone unfold. Without thought of danger, our war veaaela ware about to leave Pan Fran cisco harbor when the Russian crulner arrived. Buppone aha had been," lit tle later In arriving; the Japaneae vea aela, if there were any Outside the har bor, might have been able to have en- , forced a demand to aend out the Lena in 24 hours. We are nearer the eastern conflict than we heeded, and If this country mcana to protect the great commer cial Intereata It has In the country about the Yellow eea It will have to be alert and have large protective equip ment In readlnesa upon thla coast OBSERVER. BUBONIC PLAGUE AT A8UNCION. Fatalitiea Feared From Unsanitary Con dltiona Prevailing. New York, Sept. 15. A letter receiv ed from Asuncion, ay. according to the Herald' Bueno Ayre correspond ent, that everal case of bubonic plague have appeared there. It la feared the epidemic will be more eerloue than on p'revloua occasions because of the pres ence of large numbers of troop. San itary condition In the city are aald to be not of the best. . CROKER OUTBIDS EDWARD VII Pays $30,000 for Two Filllas, One of Which Hi Majesty Wanted. . London, Sept. 15. Richard Croker bought two high-priced race fllllea at the sale thla week. They brought the top price. ; For one, a lister of Oamechlck, of (h iwiinwUT blood, he pnid $10,000, no ror nnm?r "upern spwiiwii uy Tragedy he paid $ll,fi0. Thor wa plenty of opposition, but Croker was nut to' bp denied. In the of the dameehlck (Illy thrt was it determined content he tweett Cruker and Lord Mareu Here ford, who wan representing a eyndl cat Including the king utid duke of Devonshire. They hid against each other In nun dreds from000 to 8500 guinea. PORTLAND WOMAN IN TROUBLE Charged With Having Threatened Life of Daughter. Bait Lake, Utah, Sept. 15. Mre. Mary A. May berry, who waa at one time an Inmate In a private aanltarlum at Portland, waa. tried In the' lower court here today on a charge of threat ening to kill her daughter, Emma La- vetta Mayherry, a pupil In Rowland hall, an'exclunlve boarding aohool for young ladle In thin city, on Septem ber 9. , Mr. Mayherry secured a divorce from her husband nome time ago, aiul the girl was awarded to Mayherry. He waa appointed ter legal guardian, lie placed her In th boarding achool and Mia. Mayherry callea ut the school and attempted to Incline the girl to accom pany hur to hvr home. Thla the lr) refused to do saying that aha was afraid of her mother ami that ahe wan satisfied :o remain with her father and Ida second wife, whom he had married a abort lime after the divorce waa granted. The mnjher l alleged to have then Mid: , "You will never live to live with your father and that woman." Judt; C..H. iHt'hl. before whom the hearing w:i hld. decided that th.re wan no retiao-.iitblf ground to pin-far. M.iyb-.ir uidor bond to keep the peae, na she hud ample oppor tunity to harm the girl, but had made no attempt to do violence to her. Mm, Mayherry waa accordingly discharged Mr. Mu berry attempted to kill hr fcf'f laat nrhif nftet- her husband hud eecured lila dlvone. ntid wia taken to a I kisI hospital, aft'T which -she w.t. f-ont to a private natilturlum in Port land. She waa In this aanltarlum for elx months. Mayherry la a prominent mining man. SHOT BY DRUNKARD. Washington Woman Mortally Wounded by an Employe. Spokane, Sept. 15. After thanking Mm. Bernard Sparby for hla breakfast thla morning. John Hall turned and shot her through the breaat. Then, walking about 60 yards from the houae, he put a bullet through hla own. heart. The tragedy occurred about alx miles north of Rockford. Hall, who had been working' for Sparby, had been drinking of late. No other excuse for the crime la known. Mre. Sparby la alive, but her chances for recovery are not good. HELD UP THE CROWD. Small Booty Seoured by Robber in Montana Saloon. . Lolhrop, Mont., Sept. 15. W. J. Oer rtty'a aaloon waa held up here last night at 11 o'clock by three masked men and $300 secured. The place was filled with men when the robbera ap peared at three different doora simul taneously, each with a revolver In hand. The bartender and patrona were lined up against the wall and relieved of cash and valuables. The crowd pro duced about $125, while about $175 was secured from the cash register. The men then retired and a ponse waa Immediately organlaed and Is In pur suit. PULLMAN WORK8 CLOSED. 8ven Thouaand Employee Affected Shut-Down Indefinite. Chicago, Sept, "15. The Jmmense Pullman car works at Pullman are ahut down today and practically every one of the company' 7000 employee are Idle. The workmen were told to take their toola with them when they left the work, and from thla they Infer that a considerable period of Idleness con fronts them. . f . Officer Killed and Wounded. . St. Petersburg, Sept. 15, 7:45 a. m. An additional Hat published today of casualties among the officers at the front, covering the period from August 26 to September 7, give the name of 34 killed and 14S wounded. RUSSIAN CRUISER KOREA REPORTED IN THE PACIFIC OFF VANCOUVER ISLAND Spoken by the Grafton and Described as Larger Than the Lena. Now at San Francisco. British Warships Are Preparing Hurriedly for Any Emergency Tha' May Arise Lena to Be Taken in Charge by Our Naval ' ' Authorities and Disarmed, Under Orders of the President. Victoria, Sept. 15. Member of the crew of H. M. 8. Grafton, just returned from Comox, report the presence of the Russian armed aux iliary vessel Korea in tha Pacific off the northern coast of Vanoouver island, steaming slowly southward. Th.y expect the Korea to come to Esquimalt or to Victoria. 8he ia described a a larger vessel than the Lena and commanded by an officer of high rank in the Russian navy. The newa caused much exoitemont at Esquimalt, where preparitiona to deal with hsr ease, should aha enter, are being made. H. M. 8. Grafton, flagship of the Pacific aquadron, enters the dry dock at daybreak Friday morning for a rush cleaning. 8he ia to be out In 24 hour. H. M. 8. Flora la in Esquimalt harbor, under steam and ready to put to aaa at an instant's notice. Washington, Sept. 15. Acting Sec- teuiry of State Adee today gave out the,ar number of guns on board Indicate 1 ahttAmtuI ..nnHIMnH. fit a .hln rt ha. tui:vmnf mtiwilltTiik urguiuiiin nw hIiiii ship I-na at San Francisco: "The president ha today laaued an order through the acting of secretary cf state, directing that the Russian armed transport Lena, now at Kan Francisco, be taken In custody by the naval authorities of the United States and disarmed. "The- features of the conditions pre-J scribed are that the olllccra and crew shall be paroled, not to leave S,n Francisco until some other understand ing as to fliclr dlsjiesal shall be reach ed between the United States govern- meat and both belligerents; that after dlwarmament the vewel may be re moved to a private dock for uih rea sonable repairs aa will make her sea worthy and preserve her In good con dition during detention; she may be so repaired at the tiavy yard If the Rus sian commander ao elect; that while at the private dock the commandant of the navy yard at Mate Island hall have custody of the ship, and the repairs shall be overseen by an engineer of ficer to be detailed by the commandant, and that, when so repaired, if peace hall not have been concluded, the ves sel be taken back to the Mare Island navy yard and held In custody until the end of Hie war. This action is taken upon the writ ten request of the cemmander of the Lena, addreesed to Rear Admiral Good rich, setting forth that, as the vessel Is Incapable of iuttlns to-sea without needful repairs, she must disarm, and asking that needful repairs be per mitted after disarmament. "The secretary of the navy has tel egraphed the president's order to Sun Francisco and given 4nat auctions to Admiral Goodrich and Captain Mc- Calla, commander of the Mare island navy yard, to carry out Its provisions." Uyeno Misrepresented. San Francisco, Sept. 15. K. I'yeno, the Japanese consul here denies the charges made to the effect that he overstepped the bounds of official pro priety In his efforts to obtain an un derstanding with Collector Strattcn re garding the Lena' presence In the San Francisco harbor. He haa received a letter from Collector Stratton which denlea any report of the kind., LENA STILL MY8TERIOUS. Surmise Concerning Reason for Rue ian' Presanoe. Toklo, Sept. 15, 1 p. m. The pres ence of the Russian warship in San Francisco la exciting keen interest here although the motive of the trip is not understood. One theoryadvanced la that Russia Is seeking to test the attitude of America upon the legal questiona Involved. Another theory Is that the Lena while engaged In scout ing, called at Korsakoff, found the wreck of the cruiser Novik, learned of the scattering of the Port Arthur fleet and the defeat of the Vladivostok squadron, took the Novlk'a crew on board and fled to San Francisco. I telegraphic report of the Lena's crew class. The Japanese government, while watching the Incident with cloae at tention has not expressed Its attitude publicly upon the case. STENCH FROM DEAD BODIES DROVE JAPS FROM LIAO YANG Month Said to Be Necessary for ' Peparatiuni for Arfether Big - Battle. ' Mukden, Sept. 14 (Delayed In Trans mission.) According to Chinese ad vices, the evacuation of Llao Yang by the Japanese has been forced owing to the fearful stench arising from dead bodies. The Japanese were today (Wednes day) fortifying the approaches by 'way of the river. Small detachments of Japanese moved northward from the Taltze river, preparations for an ad vance evidently still continuing, al though the second stage of the Jap anese movement has not yet been com pleted by any means. The first was to the north, as if for a turning move ment, but General Kurokl Is now go ing east while to the westward prep arations are being made to send a large force up the Llao river. For this pur pose the Japanese already have. taken 100 large barges with which they In tend to ascend as far as Tie Pass. It is stated that the Japanese are care fully ' preparing their turning and flanking movements and will not en gage In another big- battle before the occupation of Tie Pass. These prepar ations are ' expected to occupy one month. WOULD REPOSSESS MANCHURIA. China Appoints Envcy to Treat With Belligorents. London, Sept. 15. Viceroy Alexieff. according to a dispatch from Shanghai to the Mortlng . Post, has arrived at Mukden. The same correspondent says the Chinese government has appoint ed a special envoy to Japan and Rus sia to arrange for the retrocession of Manchuria to China. CRUISER BOSTON DEPARTS. May Have Gone in Search for Hostile War Vessels. San Francisco. Sept. 15. The United Statea cruiser- Boston left port today, but no Intimation of her destination was given out. It Is surmised she may have been sent to discover if any Rus sian or Japanese vessels are near this harbor, aa has been rumored from vari ous sources. , -.. MORE TURKISH ATROCITIES. United 8tata Haa Repreayttative In vastigating on the Grcund. Boston, Sept. 15. The .American board of foreign mlsslona haa received reports from the vai'ous sections of eastern Turkey o the effect that aerl ous disturbances have taken place Thevdurlng the last three months. These report agree fully with that recently made, by United Statea Connul Mor ton, who la now in that region by dl rectlon from the state department at Waahlngton to Investigate the cond! tlona that prevail there. Reports from all part of th country Indicate con- dltlona similar to those that prevailed In Macedonia a year ago.. ''" THE STEEL SITUATION. Recent Activities Not Guarantee of ' Good Prospeete. .; New York, Sept. IS. The question of whether the recent reduction in fin labed materials haa stimulated serioua buying -cannot be answered yet, aaya the Iron Age. With due reserve the atatement may be made that thua far the lndlcatlona are not particularly favorable. Con ferences are being held among steel bil let manufacturers.? The billet ' mills have reached an underatanding con cerning the price of $13 a net ton for fabrication and an additional ton of $12 for erection. ' . From a number of quarters In the steel and machinery trades come .re port of purchases for the Japanese government. Some contracts for ma terials iji this country are also report' ed. SEVERE ELECTRIC 8T0RM. Granite Blocka Hurled From Cupola Thrfluflh Roofa. New York, Sept. 15. During a se vere storm that passed over New York and vicinity last night, much damage was caused by lightning. In Newark, N. J., lightning struck the building of the Prudential Insur ance Company and ripped out some of the, heavy granite blocks from a cu pola above the ground. Hundreds of pounds of the granite blocks, went crashing through roofs of houses, ad joining the skyscraper, causing a panic among the residents. 1 ' The storm has caused much damage' in Brooklyn. t In some sections scores of houses were 'flooded, several blocks of sewer caved In and many trees were uprooted, lines of telephone wires were blown down in the suburbs and many of the trolley lines were put- out of commission. GIRL PLAYS LIMIT AT FARO. Nevada Gamblers Watch Calfornia MUs Lose Her Money. Bono, Sept. 15. The roug'a-and- tumbie life of prospectors, miners and gamblers of Goldfleld, the busting new mining ciCy of Nevada, w-as changed for a shcrt time last night, when Miss NIvens, a you:ig woman from Califor nia, strode Into one of the largest gam bling talis and started to play the limit at the faro table. , . Interest at once centered around the young woman. She played for two hours and at one time her winnings- amounted to nearly $2000. Then her luck changed and her last cent was lost. She parted with $300 all the money she had with her. FOUND BY A HEN. Valuable'Diamond That Had Been Lost Ten Years. Asheville, N. C, Sept. 13. A hen has scratched up Mrs. William Marion Smathers' $2000 diamond after it had lain In the earth for 10 years. The stone was lost by Mrs. Smathers while visiting relatives In Great Bar rington. ' Mrs. Smathers was then Miss Re becca "Lorlng RenoufI and she was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Wright Crip pen. A diligent search for the diamond was kept up for weeks. WILL TRY AGAIN. Paary Will Search for Pole in New 8hlp. New York, Sept. 15. Commander R. E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, has an nounced that a contract haa been sign ed for a new Arctic ship which he Is to use In another attemp to reach the north pole and he expects to start north again next summer. ARKANSAS MILLS BURN. Nearly Half a Million Dollars' Loss From Flame. Chicago, Sept. 15. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Pine Bluff, Ark., says fire has destroyed the Sawyer and Austin plant, one of the largest lum ber mills In Arkansas. The loss Is es timated at between $400,000 and $500, 000, fully covered by Insurance. HIGGINS IS " CHOSEN AS ! CANDIDATE Saratoga Convention Nominates OdellV Man by , Acelama , tion and Gives Plums to ''His Friends. ' ? Woodruff Withdraws From Fight ; and Moves Nomination of i His Opponent. - j ... TROUBLE DID NOT DEVELOP Senator Depevr Enlivens Things by Answering CourkeCock. ran's Speech at Tain many Hall. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 15. Tae republican convention adjourned at 1:30 p. m. today after nominating unan-' imously the ticket for Btate officers forecasted last night by the Associated Press, as follows: Governor Frank W. Higglns. Lieutenant governor M. Linn Bruce. Secretary of state John F. O'Brien, Controller Otto Kelsey. Treasurer John D. Wallenmeler. Attorney general Julius W. Mayer. State engineer Henry A. Van Al- ateyne. , ? Chief Judge of the court of appeals Edgar McCuIlen. Associate Judge William E. Werner. The unanimous action of the conven tion in the nomination of Higglns was made possible by the withdrawal of ex- Lieutenant Governor Woodruff at the last moment' Woodruff's withdrawal of his name and his motion to make unanimous' tie nomination of Higglns removed the last evidence of discord from the convention. The remainder of the convention was of routine char acter, save for a speech by Senator De- pew, who. In presenting for renom- inatlou the name of Secretary of State O'Brien, took occasion to answer some of the democratic arguments In the speech of Congressman Bourke Cock ran last nignt at Tammany hall. ' ' PARKER IN THE CITY. Has an Interesting Talk With His Old Friend, Dav Hill. New York, Sept. 15. Judge Parker today conferred with a score of prom inent party leaders who called at his apartments at. the' Hotel Astor. In- " portant matters relating to the cam paign which may reorganize the meth ods now in operation, the letters of ac ceptance of the candidates for presi dent and vice president and discussion of the slate In the state of New York were Included la the business under consideration. i An interesting feature of Parker's day was a talk, with ex-Senator Hill, which had been connected wlti a call by the senator on District Attorney Jerome. It Is reported Hill tendered the governorship nomlnatio.i to Jerome. The story is denied, and Information from a reliable source Is to the effect that Jerome was offered any place oa the state l.lcket except the nomination for governor. Demoorats Name Candidate. Chehalis. Sept 15. Lewis county democrats today nominated Albert Schooley of Chehalis for state senator and Theodore Hoss of CentraUa. G. E. Hamaker of PeH -'d William Boone of La Camas for representa tives. PHIPPS GETS HIS DIVORCE. Pittsburg Millionaire's Wife Will Re turn Property to Him. Denver. Colo., Sept. 13. Laurence C Phipps, a Pittsburg millionaire, was granted tf divorce from hie wife on the grounds of desertion today. There waa no defense. The court ordered that the agreement between husband and wife be made part of the decree. Under this agreement Mrs. Pfelpps agrees to convey residence property In Denver and Pittsburg to Phipps, atao $500,000 of bonds of the United Stale Steel Corporation atandlns; In .her name.