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uautHH oft;tvefny " 1"0T COVKR TMf MORNINQ rifLD ON THi LOWCft COLUMBIA 'VOLUME LVIV. NO. 239 ASTORIA, OREGON,' THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 190,5. PRICE FIVE CENTS i STORM DOES DAMAGE SCORE ARE INJURED St; Louis Is Visited by Violent Wind Storm Great Havoc. THE CIT? LEFT IN DARKNESS Stotm Caused Wtdipru4 Daraaft OB Both Sides of tht Rtvu Cautct Panic is Office of Railway Company Wind Recbe, Fearful Velodty. fct. Iul, Aug. Id. A score of per aons were more or aerlously In jured In St. Loula i ml l'.t St. foul a a rult of a violent wind ami rain minute uf uddn darku. Two were blown frnm the roof of bouse ami man were Injured by falling roof ami one jirrson wa hurt In a atalrway crush caused l.y a panlo In t lie I.uivllle A Nahvllle frelgVt office, on the east side. The wind fanned a wMejrrad damage en both side ( the river. Building were unroofed, chimney tp blown over and suspending sign were torn !" and sent rattling ilnnn the street. THirlng the phenomenal darkness the wind reached a velocity of 43 mile an hour. LOOMIS TO RETIRE. fsprlngficld, 0 Aug. 10. I'raiifU It. Looml, assistant secretary of state, was today shown the reort from Lenox, Man,, that Colonel W. ('. Sanger wa to Je made assistant secretary of state when Mr. Root assume the portfolio. Mr. Loom! made a statement In which lie, for the first time, Indicate hi In tention to resign. Ho alo said that tipon leaving hi prekent Kiitim he to he Klvrn a diplomath' pimitlon, and that at preaent ha ha no Idea of hi nuceenMir nor to what eountry he will 1 al)n(d. .NEW SUBMAINE FOR UNCLE SAM Chicago, Aug. 111. A apfcial from Clevelniid, 0., yi. I, utlier ('. Thonipwiii hn In vented a mihiiMijm' , lmt which the I'nlted Stiite Kovi'i'iinieiit i cxaiiiluing with a view of nilopt lu It to the navy department. The invention look like a ahark nnd tlmt i (he imnm Mr. Thompson hoa given tho veaaol. "I have atudied the aclimi of the llli for 25 yeiira and my hunt i ronnirut'tod to aiuk jitt n a flnh doe, ly meiuw of diving lilnileH," mi id Mr. Thompson to night, - REAR END COLLISION INJURES NINE PEOPLE ' Lo Angoles, Aug. Id. Nine person vera injured tonight in a collision lie tween the 1'aaadena and Monrovia elec tric cars near the OncouU park, eat of the city. 'Dr. W, True worthy, a 'prominent physician of this city, 1 the FEARFUL ACCIDENT IN LIMESTONE QUARRY. Heavy Rain Cauae Slide, Killini Twelvt and Wounding Sis. Alli'iituwii, 'u Aiiir, 10. A mxi uf limestone, nelifhltijf thousand of (on, tide from the side of the quarry of the I-ehigh Portland Cement company at Ormond tmltiy jnt Ave minute be fore the tin to quit work. Twenty even men were at work. The heavy inius of the last two day softened the earth and caused th slide, Only nine men got away, four of whom ewttjied hy running up on the tua.a of rock nt the opposite aide of the quarry Twelve of lliine remaining were kllk;il and tic Injured. PRESIDENT HILL ON THE CROP SITUATION. Chines Boycott May Force Wheat Into - Europe. Minneapolis, Aug. 10. President Hill of the Great Northern railway, who r turned Sunday bight from New York today gave out a abort Interview upon the crop nit tint i.m and trade prospect and conditions for the coming year. He aldi "If the C)ilnea boycott prevent the export of our flour to the Orient it will for. aUmt ii),(jiN).iNH) l.it.hrt of wheat into other foreign countries, mainly into Europe." ONE KILLED Nito Glycerine House Explodes With Fearful Resilts Building of the Judaon Dynamite andJ Powder 'Company Blown to Atoms Foremaa Killed Second Exploalon Follow First Uerkeley, Cal., Aug. Id. One man wa killed and a don-n eerioualy Injured in an exploaton which deetroyed the nitro gtyuerlne, Boue of the Judn Dynamite & l'owder company at Point Ixahella lliii afterniMin. KdwaTtl Ktlri, a forviimn in the nitro ulyi-eriiie department. lot hi life. He wan blown into atom, with the build Ing w here he worked. The Injured, who all aurvive, are t'lilnce, who were em ployed In the mixing room nearly feet from the nitro-glyeeriup plunt. The eeond exploalon followed an hour after the flit. deatfoylng the mixing works, about .KM feet from the wrecked nitro- ulycerine plant. The hIhk-W w greater til in the oiitiiiul exphmlon, the akv being ibil'keucd bv the euormoua Vol- nine of Kinohe that iun-ie. Kxploition No. 2 wn due to igniting the powder particle nd acid on the ground in the vkinity. Twenty men had a narrow ecnpe in tho aoennd exploaion, being enved only by the warning of an employe of the powder work, who aaw the acid trick ling from the building to the ground near where a number of men, Including employe, ofllcial tiewpnpermen and other, were Investigating the cause of tho original exploalon. niont Bcrioiwly Injured, tuatainlug , a coneunlon of brain and other Injuries. The collinion, which was a rear end one, wa canned by a sudden stopping of the Monrovia ear and the controller of tho Pasadena car failing to work, the lat ter car crashing into the ono ahead. TWELVE HIT inwnT WAMT IUI1U I Wiilll inn rn JUllL LU THE COST IS MEASURED Chinese Labor Discussed atTrans-Mississippi Con gress m Portland. TW0 G0VERNORS ARE HEARD Sentiments of Different States at Ex pressed Thronih Tbeir Chief Execu fives at Trans-Mlaalaaippl ConTeu Regardioj Chinese Exclusion Laws. Portland, Aug. ld.-L'nle all Indica tion fail the eion of the trana-Mia-alaaippi congress whi ambled here today, will be rent with dienlon be fore the eongrea I 24 hour old. The utterly antagonistic view held by the lelcgHtion reprenenting California and other Western atatea and thoe repre- aenting Oregon and Vahington on the uhjeet of Chinese Immigration. This fact tir-t lie. tine manifest dur ing Governor (liambeilain'a addre. Oregon' chief executive nad hardly fin ished a perfunctory welcome to the con-Kt-v when he launched an emphatic dictum to the eiTeet that while the com mercial interest of t hin are valuable, the influx of a horde of Chinese coolies into Pacific coast atatea i too high a price to pay for it, and this, said he, would be the result if the exclusion law were not administered with the utmost stringency. j Though not so emphatic in hi declar ations, (ioverimr Mead expressed sim ilar view. Representatives iu the con gress from Oregon and Washington, whose comparatively undeveloped ter ritory makes them inviting field for cheap lbor, alhlwed no senteid-e in either speech to pass without applause, indicating the feeling in their states in the mater. The California)!, whose metroHili i credited with almost a monopoly of 1iK),1mi,0m) of import trade with China were conspicuously silent. (iovernor Pardee of California, in re sponding for hi state, displayed an evi dent desire to evade nil allusion to the subject of immigration. However, there was in hi statement that the Tinted State had quite a much to fear from the pauper immigration of Kuropeau countries and from Africa as jt had from China, an evident reflection of the sentiment of his constituents. tlovernor Pardee, in a measure, min- iinueil the contention at Governor ChumlN'rlain and Mead that t conserve raile relations with the Chinese empire waa not worth any material loosening of the present strict supervision of Chi nese iiningi at inn. A light will probably lie Initiated lie fore tl'l committee on resolutions, where it is almost a foregone conclusion hut the sentiment of the different sec tions of tho coast will be presented in et of resolutions committing eon- gresij to one side of the contention or tho other. It is probable that tho committee will able to agree on the subject, but thia may make but little difference, as any (fort to pas a resolution of the kind is Imnst certain to precipitate a fight on the floor of the convention. The first session Of the congress opened with flattering attention of busi ness men from all parts of the West following the call to order by T.ufus P. fenning of San Francisco, chairman of the executive committee. Divine In vocation was pronounced by Rev, 'J. A. Brougher of Portland. President Theo dora B. Wilcox delivered the opening address of welcome. He was followed by (iovernor Chamberlain, who welcomed the delegate on behalf of the state of Oregon. , (iovernor Mead of Washington wa the next speaker, who wa followed by Henry M, Cake, president of tlw Portland Commercial club, W.' IX Whcelright then welcomed the congress in behalf of the Portland chamber of commerce. Governor Pardee of California, who de livered the response la-half of hi state, wa accorded an ovation. While unity wa the theme of his speech, yet in re ferring to the alibjeet of Asiatic labor he ststed that white he did not wish to minimize the statement of previous seaker, it wa hi opinion that the eountry had a much to fear from the immigration of the lower classes from Europe and Africa as from those of China. Brief Response were also made by Hon. J. W, Noble, first vice-president of the congress) Governor G. W. Prince of New Mexico, and Hon. John E. Frost of Kan.sas. The congees t noon adjourned until tomorrow. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Guards Bayonet Assailant Who Waa Dressed at Soldier. FFrankfort, Aug. Id. A Tien Tain dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung say that an attempt wa made on the life of the empress of China. Her aaijant wa dressed a a soldier and was bayonet ted by the guard. SIX KILLED freight Crashes Into a Santa Fe Work Train. Beside the Killed, Seven Art Fatally and Others Seriously Injured Engine Craahet Into Caboose Where Work men Were Conjrejated. San Bernardino. Cel., Aug. Id. Six Mexican track laborers were killed and six or seven fatally injured and a num her of others are seriously injured as a result of a rear end collision between a Santa Fe worktrain and an extra south bound freight at the Horse Shoe bend, 12 miles south of Corona, thi evening. The worktrain crew had just finished work for the day and were preparing to run to San Barnardino when the extra freight crashed into the ,booe where the workmen w-ere congregated. FOUND DEAD IN CABIN. Linn County German's Body Lay Days Before Discovered. Keio, Ore., Aug. 10. Andrew Holtrof. an aged German living near .Ionian, wa found dead in hi cabin yesterday. The coroner wn notified, and iixm investi gation decided an iuqnest was not re quired. No evidence of foul play could be found and Holtrof undoubtedly died of natural causes. He had Wn dead three or four days before found. . FREIGHTER SINKS SUR VEY BOAT. Detroit, Aug. 10,-The United States hike survey boat, Han- cock was sunk in Lake St. Cluiro today two miles north .of th Grosso Foint lightship. No live were lost The Hancock was crossing the channel when tho package freighter Binghampton, bound 'up, struck her bow and damaeed the Hancock so seriously that she sank in two minutes. The officers and crew escaped In the lifeboat. She will probably be raised. ... IN COLLISION RQSPECTS LIGHTER EIGHT POINTS SETTLED Both Sides Anxious Conclude the (Treaty to CRISIS TO COME l ) MONDAY Russia Yields Seven of the Eifht Ar ticle Agreed Upon Witte, Upon Hit Own Responsibility, Doing Mort Than Any Other Statesman In Russia. Portsmouth, Aug; 18. The prospect for peace are distinctly brighter tonight. The plenipotentiaries are laboring with a seriousness and earnestness which leave not the slightest doubt that both parties are anxious to conclude a treaty. Though the main points yet remain to be contested and the plenipotentaries speak as though the conference would go to pieces unless the other side gave way. , The spirit of compromise w in the air. .NWb. h it-turned, to the hotel to night, Witte said: "I am doing all 1 can for peai-e. Of the eight articles we have already considered I yielded seven, o other statesman in Russia would dare do so much and I have done what I have done on my own responsibility.'' From an authoritative source it is now possible to forecast with a fair de gree of accuracy that the crisis will come on next Saturday. Article 7 and 8, dealing with the fate of the Chinese Eastern railway, having been disposed of today, there yet re mains in addition to the cession of Sak halin, which was passed over, the ques tion of indemnity, which comes up to morrow a Article 9, the limitation of Russia's sea power in the Far East, the surrender of the interned warship and a grant to the Japanese of fishing rights on the coast north of Vladivostok. To all except the hitter, to which Rus sia will agree, a negative answer has been returned alisolutely. Article 7 and 8 were disposed of to day, the former "in principle," and the latter 'unanimously,'' according to the official bulletin. Article 7 provide for the cession to China of the branch of the Chinese Eastern railway, running south from Harbin to Tort Arthur and Dalnr, and with a branch line connect ing at New Cliwang with the Shan Ki Kwan A Tien Tsin road. Article 8 provides for the retention by Russia of the line through Northern Manchuria, which forms a connecting link of the main line of the Trans-Siberian 4 Csuri railway, with it ter minus at Vladivostok and Harborovsk. D NATIONAL CONTROL OF INSURANCE Oyster Bay, Aug. 10. At Oystef Bay the Federal supervision of insurance was tho subject under discussion today be tween the president: aud James M. Beck, formerly ossistant attorney gen eral of the United States and now counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York; Senator Dryden of New Jersey, president of the Pruden tial Insurance company, also partici pated In the conference. The president, especially since the disclosures made in the Equitable so ciety, has manifested a deep interest in the problem of national control of EXPRESS STRIKES CAR ON GRADE CROSSING. Gateman Signals Car fo Cross Three Killed, Ten Injured. ' - , Cincinnati, O., Aug. 16. Through the mistake or negligence of some one, a fast running through' express from New York to Cincinnati, on the Baltimore k Southwestern, crashed into ft Winton Place trolley car on the grade cros-dn,? at Mitchell avenue. Winton Place 1 a suburb of thi city. Three people were killed and ten injured. Ai'eording to eye witnese of the wreck, it dIM, t0 an error 0f j0n Driseoll, the pate tender at the crossing, he hsvlng signalled the street car to cros. The engine and mail car were thrown from the track. ALASKAN FISHERMEN VIOLATING THE LAW. Department of .Commerce and Labor t Try and Enact Additional" Laws.' Washington, Aug. 18. Information concerning the violations of the regula tions governing the Alaskan salmon fish eries are being compiled by the depart ment of commerce and labor and will be sent to congress in an effort to bring about the passage of additional laws. It is claimed by the government officials in Alaska that many of the violation now practiced cannot be reached on ac count of their inability to maintain necessary patrols of the salmon streams. FOUR MORE VICTIMS Diwppeaeance of Foci Considered A Hopeful Sign by Dr. White, Death Rate Has Not Risen-System of Federal Authorities to Prevent Multi plication of Infected Squares No Nearing Perfection. New Orleans, Aug. 18. The. campaign against the yellow fever has now re solved itself into a dry routine and to day brought but little in way of new developments. The fact that the deaths have not ri.en is considered an import ant sign and this, with the disappear ance of the foci and the gradual per fection of the system under which1 tire Federal authorities are battling to pre vent a rapid multiplication of the in fected squares is considered by Dr. White today to lie sufficient to warrant him iu saying, that the -wenatfon" U bright and the outlook hopeful. The official report to six P. MV on the fever situation, follows; New eases 60, total 1,116; deaths 4, total 170; "new" foci 19, total 24; number of case, under treatment! 14. BASEBALL SCORES. San Francisco, Aug. 16. Tacoma 2, Oakland 1. Portland, Aug. 10. Portland 0, Sari Francisco 2. IS ADVOCATED the insurance business. He is known to be in favor of it if it cau be brought aliout constitutionally. The president also saw the assistant secretary of tho treasury, Charles H. Keep, chairman of the "Keep commission,"' who reported to hira regarding the dispute concern ing the purchase of typesetting machin( iu the government printing office. Although the peeid?!it 5sd Keep both declined to discuss the matter, it it kuown the commission has developed an unfortunate condition of affair in tba printing office. The condition is not necessarily dishonest, but detrimental to the Interest of the government.