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wilder UUMf PULL AttOOIATIO Pt RIPORT COVIRt TJt MORNINQ FIILD ON THC LOW! R COLUMBIA .... ' . VOLUME LVIV. NO. 24.' ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS JONESFUNERAL 0. WILL BE SIMPLE DETAIL IS ARRANGED Body Will Rest In Crypt of Naval Academy Chapel. Admiral Sigtbe Will Be la Charge of Ceremonies. Officer and Men Prom French Cruiser Will Participate. WiU Be No Service. ' Annsnoli, July 23. All detail for tlir transfer of (hit body of John Paul June from llm l'n It Mat cruiser Brooklyn to tin- navy academy are ar ringed. Tit ceremonies will lie iiip1, the pomp and ceremony being reserved for the time tli lxxly will taken from Hi temporary vault ti It pcrma iint resting place, the crypt of th ilt'n ' lld new naval academy chapel. Thla U likrly to lie a year hence. Ad luijal J'ljf'b If in .general com wand o Die cortege a th senior oflleer The 1i if o? Sigli' squadron, w ill anchor fr the night fifteen inil lIow Annapoll. Tomorrow they will Uk up a position Jut outlil Annapolis harbor, where Hie French cruiser, Ju rlen IV Iji Gravicrc, l now anchored At lu A. M., Monday, th Iwdv will 1 conveyed to a point on the North sea wall of the academy ground by the naval tug Ntandish ami a th cortege move from the landing plac. fifteen minute gun will lie fird by the n-ad-my Iwttery. The burial party, after a shoit march, will le joined liy alt the iflleer at tached to the academy, attired in white service unlfiirmn. The pall hearer will lie Admiral fund. Admiral Dnvis, Captain Tilley, Captain Taussig. Captain IWder and Captain Gerval. commanding the French rrulM-r Jurien He I.a CrnUcr. There will lie tight Imdy liearers. n men from the different vejcl of the fleet, and eight acamcn from the French crui'cr, to act a an honorary lusty of Varcr. The escart w ill consist of four liattnlinna of aailora and marine from the naval academy and a detachment of fifty sailor from the Jurien de La Ciravier. All midshipmen now at the academy will lie paraded without arm. The lxxly will then lie deiosiied in a temporary vault. No considerable crowd I expected by the academy authorities. .There will lie no aervlce and the whole affair la expected to lie over in a quarter of an hour. Tho chapel in which the remain will find permanent renting jilaee, In all likelyhood will not be ready la-fore apring. Norfolk, July 22.-The laxly of John Paul Jone w brought back today through the Virginia eajie ti the land of liU adoption. The cottager at Cnpe 8plt Henry, Ocean Mew and Vllloiigh. by Spit lined the ahore to witne the pomp of the American Admiral' return, to hit own. The alght a the ahlp pm (l In line wa one of grandeur and of beauty. Three divi-lon of the North' Athin tin fleet, beaded by the battlcHhip Maine bore down on the eapea, at at 7:20 A. M. the long line of hattlenhlp. forming the eeort to the Ixnly of John Paul Jone on board the Brooklyn paaaed the eajie, rlocr to Annupoli than the mouth of the. Severn for fear of grounding. The body of John Paul Jonea will lie transferred to Annapolia on a launch. The battleship accompanying the fun eral eruiaer are anchored about two mile from the academy reaervation. The two fleet met yeaterday murn ing 250 miles from the cape. naiiungiun MUTivch Waahlngton, July 22,-lVtail of the axphaiioii atSan Diego, a acertalnd by Commander I.uclen Young,' were re ceived at the navy department at 11:15 o'clock tonight ju a long telegram from the commander. It appear from the telegram that a ainall leak wai ill covered In boiler HI" and a boiler maker m on hi way repair it and pann ing through the engine room when the exploion occurred. He adda that boiler "II" wa forced to the atern through it bulkhead and came lu contact with boiler "lr" which waa alo forced through it bulkhead and both boiler exploded with two co explookm. "There wa no nol, only a thick thud wlihb filled the abip from atent to tern full of (Idiiig eteam, txait and lie. o much that the main deck wa uninhabitable and thoe not blown over lioerd, Juiiqied overlmard for air. Key enteen miMing rannot to be accounted for. CASUALTIES WILL NUMBER EIGHTY-ONE scurf . ;.; , KtMAIS 15 Elf GLAND Schwab Oeniea Statement. New York, July 22.-On account of a alaUment tlMt t narle M, N-uwab Imd been induced to give fctfXK) for a copy of "Fad and Fancic," Aeitant Iitrict Attorney Kmtte culled on Mr, Schwab, who declared that the atate mcnt wa iiutrue and that the only mon ey be bad given wa II.Vhi (he pri of one Biibicriptliin. Thia, he laid, be had done very willingly. MANY NJURED COLLISION Street Canh it Portsmouth, N.H. Crssp Together On Grade. Fifteen Peraout Hurt, Eleven Serioua ly and Three Probably Fatally. Cara Collide on a Steep Grade While Bound ing Curve. Portamoulh, N. H.t July 22.Fifteen (lerwina were injured, eleven aeriomtly, and three, of them probably fatally, in a eollixion lietween two electric car on tho line of the Portatilouth Electric Rail way near thi city early thi evening. The car crashed together on a ateep grade, while rounding a curve. Neither motorman aaw the other car In time to prevent the collision. , ) - RAILWAY MEN KILLED IN SMASH-UP Salt Lake City, July 22.-A apecinl to the Tribune from Wil liam, Mont., ay a fat freight train on the Oregon Short Line tonight crashed into a wWk train standing on a nlding. Seventeen meu were hurt. Several will die. CENSUS IS DELAYED. Enumerators Endeavoring to Discover Nativity of Soma Resident i. C'opnty Aewor Corneliu I anximia to complete th cenxu of return of the varioua precinct in the county, and ha been engaged the pnt week in wgre imllnir the nationalitie. He find thi an extremely difficult operation, a many of the enumerator have failed to desig nate tho nntlonalitlea. There are about a Ihotmand Juhrwon on the lint and nothing to ahow whether they are from Sweden, Norway, Finland or Ireland. The report ha bIno lieen delayed on The Urooklvn did not venture i ot wnneriea and manufacturer not having the time to furnUh the net-canary Information. All tho precinct have been completed except No. 2 in the city of Hammond, Mr. Corneliu hope to have the cenu completed by the flrat of next month o aa to forward the eatne to the aecretary -of Ute, Clatop county being the only county that baa not' filed it report. DEATH LIST IS INCREASING Associated Press Makes Estimate ' Showing Appalling Loss ' of Life Aboard Gunboat Admiral Good rich Ordered To San Diego. San Diego, July e. The Bennington horror which yesterday shocked the entire nation1 by t long totter of catualitiea, grew each pauing hour of the day. Even the wildest early estimates of th terrible result of the exploding boil ers aboard th gunboat are not exaggerated and instead of lessening the ex tent of th catastrophe, later and nor complete details hav added to it The death list may be swelled by th appalling total of four scor before tb last word has beta written, and onto of th darkest pages in American naval history will be closed. The figores, which at first glance appear to be exag gerated ar mad up of th unknown dead and the probable victims among the injured now in the varioua hospitala, and the total number of missing and are summarised follows: ! T Dead at th morgues, forty-nine; dead tn the flooded fire-room of the ill fated warship, seven; Injured who may die, ten; miasiog, fifteen; total eighty on. The probable deaths among th injured men la based on the opinion of Dr. H. H. Foster, of th United States Marine Hospital service, in charge of the medical staff and th number ot missing npon the statement of Command-, er Young. The commander believes th missing men are drowned and the waters of th bay will give Bp this number of deal Kan Inego, July 22. The day brought ' mander Young. "No hiU explosive other development and new of the were In the part of the abip where tlie mot intense Intern and importance jo' explosion oeeurrrd and I aim positive naval ollioer. rrom Walsiiicton came. that it will lie round that all the dam After Hard Fight American TeanU Play-. ere Meet Defeat , j London, July 22. For 'another year the Dwight DavU international lawn' tennis trophy will have it home in England. At Wimble(nn , today IIoI comoe Ward at lieala C. Wright, e pecklly the laat named, tried bard and fought desperately to take the silver trophy back to the land of it origin, and at one time they were within meat ureable distance of their detirea, but n v tnA ir r. rtni.artit !,. tera in the art of getting into tight cor-1 Jfl. ner, suddenly sprang into grand lorntj and snatched victory from the Ameri can, thus adding anothwr point to the score in the challenge match, which ia ' now three to nothing in favor of the defenders of the trophy. L01ET TALKS TO RUSSIAN ENVOY WIITE IN PARIS i D1SBSTR0US BLAZE AT I DRAIN, OREGON. Seeks Influence of French Republic For Cause of Czar. Drain, Ore., July 22. A fire which started in the kitchen or the Commercial Hotel today re sulted in a loa of about $30, 000. It burned up the two prin-i cipal hotels of the town, the de pot ami several smaller buildings and a large warehouse. There was no insurance. a Feels French Hay Induce Great Britain j to Prevail Upon Japan to Moderate Demands, Especially in Instance of In- demnity. Paris, July 22. Th Russian peace plenipotentiaries bad a two hours' talk with Premier Itouvier today and wero FOREST FIRE NO RAGING the Information that Rear-Admiral flood rich, commanding the Pacitie squadron, had been ordered to San Ii'jo forthwith. Thi 1 taken to mean that a naval in- veitlgation into the caue of the explo sion and the fixing of the blame there for. Captain Drake and Surgeon Smith. lxith from Mare iland navy yard, are njMtn the scene, the former to direct operations upon the wrecked vessel and the latter to aUt in caring for the in jured and to direct the burying of the dead. With Surgeon Smith came four hospital steward whose assistance will be wcMmicd by the over worked med ical corps now in charge. , Th llennrngtnn tonight Ilea deeper than, ever in mud and in the shallow water on the ahore of the bay and no apparent progress waa made in the work of pumping; out the flooded compartment. Until this ia accomplished the secrets of her horror chamber will not be dis covered. Thi much, however, is known: seven bodies are wedged lietween the col- fcipeedi crown sheet ami (t'Vi buried bulk heads of the Are room.' How many more may lie found in the compartment, now forbidden grounds, mere conjecture. Commander Young was seen in bis quarters aboard the Ilcnningtivt this afternoon. He was asked to make a tatement a to the cause of the cx- ilosion and the effects upon the machin ery. He said: "A to the cause of the explosion, I can not say anything, because I do not now. What I do know is that the damage was caused by the explosion of the boiler or lioilers. Everr one in the re room at the time wa killed. Threi' bodies are now pinioned down by the col lapsed crown sheet of boiled bD" and four more by the bursted bulkheads of the fire room. "These bodie we are now trying" to release. In order to do thi it is nece sary to cut the steel bulkhead in two place. One of the bodies ia wedged in such shape that it may be necessary to dismemlier it in order to take it out. I can not expresa an opinion aa to when we will reach the bodies." "The Associated Press baa a dispatch from Washington quoting Rear-Admiral C. W. Rea, chief ee'neer of the navy, to tke effect that he can only account for the damage to the Bennington by the detonation of high explosives," was suggested. "That is entirely wrung," said Corn- age wa caused by the boilere." "What was the condition of the boil era, captain?'' "So far a I know they were in first Hasa condition They were recently tested at 223 pound pressure." 4 "When were the boiler Ia-t inspect ed!" "I can not answer a to the exact date, but within the last few months." The arrival of Captain Drake from Mare Island navy yard, was announced at this point and Commander Young hastened down the gang plank to greet him. He then declined to make anv further- statement. Boilers Are New. Vallejo, July 22. It waa declared at the Ware Island navy yard that the four boilers of the gunboat Bennington were placed in the vessel in l'.M)l by a Xew York firm. Washiijton, July 21. Following is a list ot the crew of the Bepmngton whose homes are in the Northwestern states a given out at the navy depart merit tonight, with their rank and next of kin: Allen, Joel Cornelius, apprentice sea man; Francis Clark, Waukeen, Wash. Babeoek, Frederick .Adam, coxswain; George H. Babcock, Phillipsburg, Mont. Bensel, Abel E, second fireman; Aug ust Bensel, Colfax, Wash. Clark, George Thomas, master me chanic, second class; Mrs. Anna Clark, Bremerton, Wash. Council, Frederick A.; Richard Con tsell, Odessa, Wash. , Davis, Raymond E., quarter master, third class; Mrs, Eliiabcth Davis, Seat tle, Wash. Clover, Floyd Eugene, apprentice sea man; J. R. Glover, 003 First avenue, Seattle, Wash. Hilsclter, , Joseph, fireman, second elas; Mrs. A. Hilacher, Watcrville, Wash. Holley, W. A., shipwright; Mr. A. L. Holley, Anaconda, Mont. Hof renter, William, ordinary seaman; Frank Hofranter, Butte, Mont. received in audience by" "President Lou bet at Elysee Palace. Xo authority ve statement i given out concerning the meeting. . One report is that M. Rou- . vier 8nd M. Witte went over the pros pective peace negotiations, dwelling in particular on the influence France could, exert on Great Britain to induce the latter , to moderate the Japanese de-mand,- '?- .- - ; - . .; Idaho's Famous White Pine Bct " ' v5e th ni . . ' t I Witte is favorable to a Ruaso-Japams ' ! understanding, by which a lasting peac The Drosoects of this understanding - i ... . i..,j r v. .t.:. . Forest Fire Start in White Pin Belt hy which Japan may induced to In North Fork Region of Clearwater gb(tte wrerity k partic. River. Is Beyond Control of Few Fire ular, tJje thn of WeranitT. . . i rig mers. Claims She is Insane. - Ah Oevey, the Chinese woman who ; !haa created considerable disturbance in IwisUn, IiLho, July 22. A tele- the city the past few days, will probab graphie message received today from Jy be arrested on a charge of insanity. Pierce City by the Tribune agent of A complaint was filed in the county one of the timber companies says: j clerk s office yesterday charging her with Severe fires are burning large tracts insanity. The complaint is sworn to of timber on the North fork of the by Leong Yip and Wong Gum. Clearwater river. "Persona holding timber claims should BLACK SANDS CONTAIN WEALTH. look after their iuterests at once. We I have all the men that can be secured Dr. David T. Day Is Convinced Aa to now In the woods, but are unable to j Their Mineral Welfare. control the fire." Altiiouga Dr. Day , of Washington, who The North fork region embraces the , has been making an examination of the heart of the famous Idaho white pine . sands of Clatsop county, furnished him belt. about a month ago, has not made an orti- i cial report as to his investigations, he ' Killed By Bomb. has progressed far enough to convince Bielstok. Russia. July 22. A bomb him that all of the ocean and river sands was thrown in the town yesterday kill-' contain sufficient gold and iron in pay ing several persons and severely wound ing a number of others, including the chief of police and his son. Baseball Today. The West Astoria nine have accept. ed a challenge to play the Cathlamet ing quantities to warrant the people owning the lands to provide machinery for extracting the gold. The assays are beyond what he thought they would be and both gold and iron have been found in large quantities sufficient to make it a paying investment. He will probably nine today at the latter place. Both , submit a report to Washington and corn- nines are evenil matched and an inter- municate with the Chamber of Commerce esting game is looked for. as to his results in the near future. . BOMB FOR THE SULTAN KILLED TWENTY-EIGHT Constantinople, July 22. The oommia- sion appointed to inquire into the at tempt upon the life of the sultan yes terday ascertained that the explosion Pert-y, Edgar D., ordinary seaman; lf th borab caused th d?th o( tw'en Fred Perry, Chouteau, Mant." Rushing, Claude E., coat passer; Clar enee Rushing, Augusta, Mont Renn, Arthur. O., yeom an; Benjamin F. Renn, Pendleton, Ore. Strobel, L. K., apprentice; John Stro- bel, Tacoma, Wash. ' Brown, Frank f Marcus Brow;n, Camaa Valley, Ore, ty-four persons and wounded fifty-sev en. ' . : . ' The preliminary investigation showed that the outrage was committed by two Hungarians. London, July 22. Turkish censorship is evidently suppressing the news re; garding. the attempt upon the life of the sultan for. no further dispatches from Constantinople 'have reached Lon don. A dispatch received by the Turk ish embassy says: "As the sultan was leaving the mos que at the conclusion of the ceremony of Selamlik, a bomb burst in the yard. Divine providence miraculously pre served his majesty who displayed hi usual self-pansesion and courage, himself driving the phaeton. "His Majesty returned to the palac, graciously bow ing as if . nothing had happened. A few person were killed or injured,"