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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1905)
" " 1 . foci? ' V. urflUHg PULL AttOOIATIO Mill RSPOftT COVI THE MORNING pifLO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 253 TAST0niA'i40EE0pNf MONDAY, JULY 31, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS . f ' iCl 111111 f MANY HILLED Till i if I UL STORM SIX MEET THEIR DEATH Thunder and Lightning Plays Havoc in New York City. Storm Blows Up Whit Thousand Art At Saaabora to Escapa Oppressive Ht. HuddV-d Under Bath Houm Which la Struck Bjr Bplt. New York, July 30. During t thun der Urm of territto Intenaity which ji.wd over New Yrk thU afternoon five person were struck by lightning and Instantly killed and nine were ser iously Injured at Parkway bath, Coney Island. At tha same time orm man waa killed ami three othet protratd at Cravesend Waeh. The InU-tiM! heat of the morning at 1 i acted a great multitude t th hor veort ami late lu th. afternoon the Horra blew up front the Westward of the park and beach, which. throng d with bathra and spectator. Th rain descended In torrent and hundred of men, women and children might shelter under tl big bath house which U elevated alove tha and on The lightning wa incessant and ter rific thunder chips W'k tlm Imtli house to the terror of the crowd huddled to gether beneath It. A few minute be fr ft oVIiK'k a bolt struck the lUUiI and grounded id tha vary thickest o( the crowd. Nearly fifty person were prostrated and the crowd rushed out into (lie storm J'lnie wlio bad remained in Hi water were also panic stricken and run in nil direction, not during to enter the bath bouse, which appeared to lm on firs. Ambulance were aunimoned from the nearest hospital. Vive person were found dead and nine unconscious under the bath bouse. All of the bodle were irclied. Tha Injured were removed to the hospital where it wa said tome will probably die. Many) person le" seriously hurt, were taken home by their friend. A alight Are In the bath house waa quick ly extinguished by the roin. About the aame time Henry Ran wi'ller waa (truck and killed while seek ing shelter under a tree at Cniveaend Ix-ach, and hi Mm William, wiln John Apple and I'nniel Mii'uuley, were ren dered uncotiwiou. l.lhtninx atruck in various part of the city. A l ore on FlotiKhiiift avenue, Brooklyn, wan burned, and a car in Sixth avenue, Manhattan, wan act on lire but the occupant em-aped unhurt The electric light and telephone wiren j at Ilellcvue boMplUl were ft nuk aev- HOUSES WRECKED BY ' BREAKING RESERVOIRS Bridgeport, Conn., July 30. Lous of life and immense damage to property followed the bursting of reservoir north of this city, the rult of unprecedented fall of rain, early today. The precipi tation was in a eerie of showers which struck across Connecticut last night and this morning reached total of seven inches. The dam at Ward' mill at Atthton, went out at 2 o'clock this morn ing, sending a great body of water down through tha town of Humboldt. There us no warning to the people who lived -rul time, eitlnguinljliig the Il'ht and cau.ltig mudt ahtnn anioif the patient. ' ' TRAIL BOOMS ON SABBATH. Concenlonariei Take Advantag of Vic tory Over Evpoiltioa, Put bind, July 30, All but one of the attractlona on the Trail operated today. So official action waa taken by the poult Ion manairement to curtail the priv ilege of tha eonceMtiittarica granted un der tha dclloii of Juilge Fraer in the State Circuit court ywterday and iti i ollleially announced tha official of the expoeition will not carry tba matter further. Tha relijf loue element of the city, beaded by tha Ministerial Aociation 1 decrying tha Hunday oN-nin, but It la nlikely further attempt will be mid to t low tha Trail. ' . : r BOY KILLED BY CAB. Drooklyn, July 30. Sylveter Caidy, 7 year old, who lived in Warren atreet, waa utealing a ride on Reld avenue trol ley car on I'tica avenue, between Ber gen tret and Kt. Mark' avenue, lant evening, when in jumping off ha ran In front of car No. 31)23, going in tha op fMM.it direction. lie knocked dowo ahd In.tantly killed. ' ' i John Palmer, the motorman of the ar, w rreted and held to await the action of tha coroner. NEW AUTOMOBILE RECORD. v . , apt Mvv N. J., July 30,-Walter Chrintle, offlclally timed,' reduced tlie Anterii-an kilometer record to 23 ec ond flat to-lay. He urd a 120 borne power machine. K01IIAJAY BECOME COUNT Such is Belief of Japanese News paper Men With Party. Strongly Hinted That Plenipotentiariei Will be Advanced is Rank if Nego tiatlona Are Successful and that Ta kahira Will Be Ambassador. New York, July 30. A numlier of Jap urn-. ncwrutM-r correepondent are with lWon Kotmira's purty. One of them toduy rxpieed the belief that at tlm conclusion of the war, Japan liav ing eUblihed herself a a world power, would elevate her tiiinUteries in the cap it n ta of the powers to embawlca. It was lo tatel that the belief ia current In Japan, that should pcuee le de dared a a result of the forthcoming votiatioiiK, lUiron Komura will, be- i-onie a count, which olllca canic wiUi it, in Jupan, lurirn aum of money and nlixi that Milliliter Takahira will lie ele vated to the runk of emhawador. BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY. ' Iiridjjcport, July JJO. In. North Itridpe port water swept agnint the Itnrnum Hvcuiiu bridge and wrecked it just a en i'-e wagon was crolng it. The wag on and horse were swept away and William Kowtc-tki, lift driver, was drown ed. on the banks of what t usually a small water course, . The house occupied by John Lesco, his wife and several children was picked up by the Hood and carried a mile be low, - . ' - The family was aslep at the time but all were rescue after tho perilous journey. A hou- occupied by Michael Moran was hurled, against tha Berk shire bridge and smashed into kindling wood and it is believed that Moran was drowned, Fulice and firemen went to tha rescue and saved several lives, - t RUSSIANS ARE ASSURED PEACE mi BE WORTHY Nicholas Issues Note in ; Response to Oren burg Clergy. Saya People May Bely Upon Kim; That Ha Will Conclude Ho Shameful Peace, M. Witt Speak With Determination In Iaterview. . .. W'". ' 8t. Petersburg, July 30. -The emperor baa Issued the follow- 0 ing reply to an appeal from the 0) clergy of Orenburg not to con-' elude a shameful peace: "flie Russian people can rely upon me j never will f conclude a shameful pea or one unworthy of great Russia." H WITTE INTERVIEWED. London, July 30. The Daily Tele Ifiai'h's corresjsmdent on board the Kal wr Wilhelm der Gro, on which M. Wide, the Russian peace envoy is passenger, send an interview with M. Wiue, in which the latter said that if Russia and Japan had agreed upon a common basU before the appointing of peac plenipotentiaries it would have been much better. A it waa, M. Witte aid, he regarded blmWlf rather a an imperial courer sent iu association times and that if Japan was prepared to make pea, nevertheless, he would discuss the demands based on -Is nan's actual mill' tary and naval successes in a business like spirit. "But I can not and will not," contin ued M. Witte, "entertain demand 1 ed upon expected military successes in the future. I am conversent with the humane intentions of my imperial mas ter, and will do everything compatable to Russian honor and dignity to as tablish that work of which I have been an unswerving advocate. My first task, however, will be to search for a basis for fruitful discussion." MARRIAGE OF SINGER REVEALED. Theatrical Man Wedded On the Fourth Little Church Around Corner. New Brunswic, July 30. Announce ment was made here today of the wed- dini? of John II. Watson, a theatrical manager and singer of illustrated songs his bride lieing Miss Klla Conger, of New York City. When asked aliout the mar riage Jklr. Watson denied the story" but his relative and frinuU said today that it had taken place, and that he hiin self bad reported it. ' . It was a Fourth of July wedding, the ceremony having been performed that evening at the Little Church around the Comer, New York. The couple were attended by a sister of the bruTb groom as bride maid, and Matthew Gallagher, of this, city, was best man. Mr, and Mrs. Watson are now living In this city. Mr. Watson has appeared on the stage for several years and has manag ed several shows. YOUNG MAN KILLED. Harrison, July 30, Joseph A. Rlor- dan, 25 year old, was instantly killed to night near the trestle of the Lackawan na railroad, in Lymlhursjft, by being thrown off the footrail of a Hudson river trolley car that was going at a rapid rate. He fell while attempting to eliange his seat. BY A SANTA FE SPECIAL IS WRECKED Chicago, July 30. A broken axle caluM-d'tite wreck of the Cal ifornia Special on the 8anta Fe at Laniont last night. One a killed and four were fatally injured and a score of others Injured, but not seriously. BURGLAR FIGHTS HARD. Jumps Through Window on Woman In Effort to Escape. Nef York, July 30. A young burglar caught in the house of Edward J. Cole, an inspector of hre alarm boxes, gave Mr. Cole and other tenants of the house aa well a the police, a hard fight yes terday befire he wa captured. The thief aald he wa Edward Kellar. Entrance to the house had been gain ed by prying open a front window. Mr. Cole surprised Kellar in the dining room where he packing silverware val ued at S00 in a pillow case. The man bolted to the rear room where he barri caded th door with an ironing board wedged under "the dw knob. Finding it impossible to force the door, Mr. Cole ran to tba front at the house and shout- ld for tba police. The cry waa taken up by tha janitor, while Cola rushed back Into the houie, succeeded in forc ing the barred dour, and found that the burglar had taken to the fire escape. Two flights above the fellow burst in through the screen on Miss Alice Selsen- tssrg, who was sitting by the window, His attack was so sudden that she had no time even to scream before she had been thrown to the floor. Warning her not to (sake an ot.'tcry, the burglar ran to the door leading to the hallway. He was just in time to meet Mr. Cole, who had mounted the stairs in the hope of catching his man up higher. Cole grappled with the burglar and in the struggle succeeded in punching him in the jaw. Kellar fell to the floor of tlie stairs, where he lay. stunned. Cole umped down the flight of stairs on top of him and held him to the floor and held him down until the arrival of Patrol man Kane. Even then Kellar had to be clubbed into submission, and fought most of the wav to the station. Miss Selscnbarg suffered more from fright than from the bruise received in the onslaught of the burglar. SENATOR UNDER KNIFE. Successful Operation Performed on Geo. Peabody Wetmore. New York, July 30, The operation for which, as told in yesterday's Trib une, Senator George Feabody Wetmore. came to this city last week was perform ed yesterday morning. It was intended to have the operation performed last week, but, owing to the extreme heat, it was postponed. The senator i resting comfortably at the Hotel Savoy, It waa said lat night that the operation had been successful. Mrs. Whet more has been with the pa tient niht and day since they came here. To all inquiries about the sena tor's condition she sent word that.be waa doing well. The operation waa for the operation of a gall stone. BROKER'S WIFE SHOOTS HERSELF. Bridgeport, July 30. Mrs, Grace Mar shall, the wife of Charles M. Marshall, -prominent' Wall street broker, com mitted suicide in her apartments in the laleigh, Manhattan, early today by shooting herself through the heart. Of Into Mr. Marshall had been over- helmed with work and had been com pelled to have hi stenographer work at the apartments in the evening. This weighted Upon Mrs. Marshall's mind. She shot herself lying in bed soon fter her huland arose tenia v. 4 SIXTY THOUSAND MAY GO ON STRIKE. London,, July 30. A strike of sixty thousand Lancashire cot ton operatives is' threatened ow ing to the masters' refusal of a five per cent advance in wages. WILL STAND BY OPPOSED TO ARMISTICE Entreaties 'of Washington for British Influence Unayailing. - Great Britain Will Stand by Japan How ever Severe the Term of Peace May Be. Not Expected She Will Offer Ad vice Under Any Circumstance. Washington, July 30. Japan comes to the Washington conference assured that whatever are her peace terms, they will have the sympathetic approval of Great Britain. Several suggestions from Washington to Lopdon that the cause of peace be received by an explanation to Japan from her ally favoring the mod eration of her demands upon Russia, have not availed a change with the British government in it apparently un alterably determined to stand by Ja pan, however severe she makes her con ditions of peace. . 'Xor has the British government seen its way clear To render assistance to Washington in the efforts which this government is making to obtain an arm istice uutil Japan is satisfied the Rus sian plenipotentiaries are prepared to do more than to discuss the means of ending the war; if Russia is ready to conclude peace and has so empowered her plenipotentiaries, Great Britain, it is said might favor an armistice, but even in this event she would, it ia said, not be willing to offer Japan advice on the subject. As understood in Washington, Lord Lansdowne's position is that, as ajoy- al ally of Japan, Great Britain can af ford to take no step nor to assume any attitude that would in the remotest de gree redound to the advantage of Japan's enemr. When Japan asks her ally for advice the London government, it is said, is prepared to immediately give it, but this advice will not be based on Japan ese interests aa a primary consideration. Nor is this attitude on the part of the London government misinterpreted in Washington as indicating that its officials do not share in the wish of the neutral powers for peace. It has been made plain that the ac tivity of President Roosevelt ha the full sympathy of tho British people, al though their first thought ,it is de clared, must be in the interests of their ally. ' ' ' At the same time the London govern ment, in its exchanges with the Amer ican embassy in London,' has not hesi tated to declare its confidence that Jap an's terms will, not be unreasonable, viewed in the light of the results of the war. ' v Believing as official Washington does, that Japan will not insist on the dis mantlement of Vladivostok, should Rus sia fail to agree in return for the neu tralization Port Arthur, and the oe&ajon of Sakhalein, which, it U understood, ENGLAND JAPAN VICTIMS OF FEVER NOW AGGREGATE FIFTY-SEVEN New Orleans, July 30. New cases of yellow fever reported up to 6 P. M. to day, 27; total cases to date, 283; deaths today, 3; deaths to date, 57; new foci, 3; total within foci, 41. Though this is Sunday, the work of sanitation, fumigation, oiling and screen- will be among the essential conditions, it will, the official here believe, prove the moat serious obstacle to peace. Hakhaleln bad not been captured when President Roosevelt initiated his effort to bring the belligerents together . It is understood tonight from a eourpe which, although not official, is well in formed, that Russia will vigorously op pose the cession of Sakhalien. DOG WILD IN Y0NKERS. Bitea Tin Persona and Two Caninea Defies Policeman; Bullets. Yonkers, July 30. A large black dog bit several children, a policeman and two dogs yesterday afternoon at Culver street and Riverdale avenue, Yonkers. Bicycle Patrolman Van Steinburg waa sent to the place. Back of a stable be found the dog frothing at the mouth and writhing aa though in convulsions. As he approached the corner the dog spranjr at him. The policeman discharged his revol ver, but the dog grabbed the hand with the revolver in it. Two wounds, about two inches long, were inflicted before the policeman could free himself. Four bullets did not kill the dog. Aa he ran away he bit a small dog that was in hi y. Some one gave the officer another loaded revolver and he pursuer the beast A block away he found the dog cower ing in an alleyway, whew he killed him. Van Steinburg then went to St Joseph' hospital, where the wounds wens cau terized. There he learned that two children had proceeded him and another had been taken to a doctor's office. All were bitten by the same dog. Another dog was bitten before the officer arrived- GOES TO MEET THE PRESIDENT Secretary of Agriculture on Way Presumably to Oyster Bay. It ia Thought Mr. Wilson Will Consult President RoosoVelC Concerning In vestigations In Department of Agri culture. Determined to Probe. Washington, July 30. Secretary Wil son left here today, presumably for Oya ter Bay to confer with President Roose velt regarding the recent investigations in the department of agriculture. The determination of both the president and the secretary to clear the department of agriculture of any form of graft is absolutely assured. JEWELRY ATTRACTS BURGLARS Brooklyn, July 30. Burglars, at an early hour this morning, broke into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Robin son and stole a cold watch and chain valued at $150, a gold mounted foun tain pen, worth $5a pair of gold cuff buttons, valued at $3, some articles of wearing apparel, and 13 in cash. The burglars effected an entrance in to the house by forcing the catch off a front parlor windo. Detectives Collins and Fury, of the Flatbush station, have been detailed to work on the caae.' TO VISIT DANISH KING. Danslig, Prussia, July 30. Emperor William sailed on the Imperial yacht Hohcnzollcrn for Copenhagen to visit King Christian, of Denmark. lng went on just the same and will con- tinue daily until the city la thoroughly screened and made mosquito proof. The record for today shows little change from that of yesterday, except fever deaths. The decreased number of new foci is also an encouragement.