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rL7 Jftotttttig UlLltHIS PULL AttOOIATfeO PRItt RIPONT COVERS THK MORNINQ FIELD ON THE LOWIh COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 143 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOHER 15,1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS MATHEWSON WINS OUT PHILADELPHIANS LOSE Baseball Enthusiasts go Wild Over Closing Game QUAKERS WIN BUT ONE GAME Bender Optn Up Welt But Weakens Towarti tbt Cloe, After Hia Support Fail Bin Oakland Defeat Port land Varioua Football Games. New York, Oct 14. Amid the frcn-rit-il plaudit of more than 24,000 base tall enthusiasts the New York National league champion won Dip world' pro frwlonal baseball championship today by defeating the Iliiladclphla American league team in the fifth game of the Ht rraMM arric by a score of 2 to 0. i, of the four previous gsmcs New York won three anil Philadelphia one. Mat thwa and JW-n.Irr confronted each othrr today In what pioved to be the final content. In the openig Inning the New York pitcher wan apparently not at hi lt while Bender afforded a splendid exiiilil tion of the pitcher' art. Matthewson MMin rallied and although he con tr Halt ed the ami two infield error of the game h held the visitor safe. The victory wit not due so much to hi effectiveness a the sharp fielding. The visitors weakened in the infield and after ft brilismt opening Bender lt control of the ball. H II E Philadelphia 0 8 0 New York 2 2 Pacific Coast League. Portland, Oct. H.-Oakland, 11 j Port In ml, S. Han Francisco, Oct. M.-Seattle, 5j San FraneiMco, 4. . Lo Angeles, Oct. 14. Taeoina, 0; lx Angeles, 3. Yesterday's Football Result. PrincetonPrinceton, 48; Buckncll, 0. West roint-Vet Point, flj Virgin la Polytechnic School, 18. New York Columbia, 11 1 William, . Phiadelphla-Pennsylvania, 17 j North Carolina, 0. Seattle Washington, Q; Whitman, 6. Cambridge Harvard, 12; Springfield graining School, 0. ' Richmond-Carlile,12j Virginia, 0. Ann Arbor Michigan, 18; Vanderbilt, 0. Berkeley Berkeley Freshmen, ; Stanford Freshmen, 0. Amherst Amherst, 23) Bodwoln, 0. UNCONFIRMED RUMOR. Parle, Oct. 14. -La Tetit Caporal this b morning publiahes ft rumor that Prlnc ELLIS TELLS HIS STORY - TO THE BERKELEY POLICE Berkeley, Cal., Oct. I4.-Willlam Ellis, who is recovering from tha wounds In flicted by tha man known variously as Curtis Brash and Andrews, today told the story of bis escape. It differ in ft few particular from the statement previously made. He vow states that Brush never said dir ectly that he killed a woman In Colo brum Napoleon, the governor jt. r,'t the Caucau wa aNainstd at II. There I no confirmation of the ' story TARTARS AMD ARMENIANS FIGHT, Elisabethpol, llu.a, Oct. U.-llostyJ. itiea have broken out between Tartars ami Armenian and band of them are firing on each other in the village. Two Armenian and nine Tartar village have been destroyed. GETTING IT ALL SOUND. Baltimore, H. 14. A petition wa filed today with Stat Insurance Com mlssioner Duncan to have the Mutual Ufa of New York debarred from doing bunineaa in Maryland, alleging a ground, It illegal and fraudulent meth od of doing buines. GREAT BRITAIN'S POSITION, tandon, Oct. 14. The Observer atate that it underhand that Great BriUin ha agreed to maintain tha integrity of Scandinavia, so far a Norway I con cerned, on condition that a monarchy lie established. The paper add that I let candidate of Prince) Charle, of Denmark, i virtually accepted by all par tie. Congressman Williamson Sen fenced at Portland Yesterday, With Hawfs in His Pockets H Coolly Faces tbs Judgs His Only Remark Be tag, "I Gueas It Has AU Beea Said When Asked What He Had to Say. Portland, Oct. 14. Jolin Newton Wil liamson, Congressman from Oregon for the second district, wa aentenced in the United State Court this morning to nerve 10 month' imprisonment and to pay fine of 5(i00 for conspiracy to sultorn iwrjury in connection ai'l. tak ing public land. He wa lectured by the court tut fail ure to net good example to others be cause of hi exalted public position. Maria II Briggs, United State Com missioner, was reprimanded by th court for similar derelection of duty and given equal penalty, but lecauM Dr. Van vCeancr, convicted of being a fel low conspirator to suborn perjury, wa old and in fehle health, the term of Im prisonment wa cut in two and the fin doubled. Appeal are to be made ani a stay of execution wa made thit morning, pending a further order of tne court. Meanwhile Congressman Williamson will go free oai hi recognizance, but bond of $40000 each waa required of the other two defendant, the same a during th trial of the cane. A the term of Im prisonment i losa than one year, sen tences would be served in tha county jail. When the time arrived for tha judge to impoae sentence, Judge Hunt asked Mr. Williamson to stand up. With hia handa In bis pockets, and with no rado, Ellis never suspected Brush of any crooked work nntil he arived in Berkeley when Brush broached ft cam paign of crime In the cities about the bay. Ellia states that while he refused to be ft partner to the crime h did not denounce Brash because of tha strong Influence th man held over him. He ssys Brash always treated him with kindness until the attack.- . TEN MONTHS IN PRISON Unu1 ft' DCflD DEATH COMES QUICKLY Wayc Sweeps Away Steer age Passengers on Campania- CATASTROPHE IS UNEXPECTED Women and Children Making Merry on Steerage Deck When Vessel Larches and Ships an Enormous Sea Thirty Passengers Ar Seriously Injured. New Y'ork, Oct. 14. A gigantic wave rolled over the steamer Campanian last Wednesday while the vessel was at sea, washing overboard at least five persona and inflicting more or lea injury to 30 Du re. Th paM-nger we e all lost from t!ie tfcragc. When the n'eam.r n-iilicd quarantine tothv she 'ill bud ten in tli" I n pit'. Tin cata'troj.'.ie wa v holly iineprft ed. The steerage deck wa covered with merrymaker when suddenly tha veel lurched and shipped an enormoua Ihe paengera, many of whom wrc children were caught in the swirl of water and carried aft and liack again as the flood of water returned. The foroe was so great that a door in the rail wa mahed and through thi five of the paitenger were swept to death. DYNAMITE SCATTERED ALONG RAILROAD TRACK Door of Freight Car Worka Open and Explosives Are Distributed. Willow, Cal., Oct 14. The tory sent out recently of an attempt to dynamite a train near Willows, Cal., has been ex ploded. It seems that a freight train passed through the town Tuewliiy night. In the train was a carload of dynamite or giant powder from the Hercules Powder Works. A door of the car had worked open as had lids from the numerous box- of exploitive. The jolting and bumping of the train canned the dyna mite to spill out and it was scattered along the track from there to Red Bluff More the open door was discovered and the damage repaired. Section men were buy for a day gathering up the danger ous sulmUnce. - OMAHA MAN MEETS DEATH. Omaha, Oct. 14. Frank McGinn, ft railroad clerk, died in a hixpital yeoter day from fall from an operating table to me cemeni Door. McGinn met. with an accident on tha street and was taken to the hospital unconscious, where he was revived by a medical student II waa placed on an operating table and left temporarily unattended. He was found later, dying on the floor with a fractured skull. change in color, looking th Judge square in the face, Williamson stood ready to receive hia condemnation. "Mr. Williamson," said judge Hunt, an indictment was brought by the grand jury charging you with conspiracy to suborn perjury. Your plea of not guilty waa entered an,d upon trial you were found guilty. The time has now arrived to impose penalty. Have you anything to say before sentence is pro nounced upon you t" ' There waa no whimper for mercy from firm voice, grimly, without shifting hia position: "I guess it has all been said. Judge." Sentence waa then pronounced. IS r GERMAN PAPER EXONERATES THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT British Government's Denial of Offered Alliance Frankly Accepted. Berlin, Oct. 14. The Sunday North German Oazette print at the bead of it column thi morning an important emi-official paragraph regarding the Statin revelation. It exonerates th French government of any connection with the so-called revelation and ac cept frankly the BriUh govern men t'a denial of an offered alliance a given in tha Awtociated Pre dUpatch from London on Friday. SEVERE STORM RAGES. Seattle, Oct. 14. A sever storm baa been raging at aea tba pat four days according to advice received her today. Veel arriving from Nome were com pelled to aeek shelter behind Sledge is land. It i thought the bad weather will delay the vetel on the lat trip out. PEOPLE PANIC STRICKEN. Milan, Oct. 14. DixpaU-hc from Keg- gio, Monteleone and Mesftina state that further violent earthquake did con kidcrable damage and people are panic stricken. Leading Theatrical Men Deplore Death of Henry Irving. "What Would We Not Give to Raise Again Spirit Such Hia. An Atom of Hia Soul Would Mak God of You" No On to Tak Hia Place. London, Oct . Th body of Sir Henry Irving will reach London tomor row morning. It will be accompanied by Irving a sons and Bram Stoker, bis manager. On arrival the body will be taken to Irving's Ute residence. Not withstsnding tha request that no flowers be ent several magnificent piece have been received and given a place on the coffin. Flags are at half mast on most of the London theatre and performances are clotted, with the orchestras playing the dead march. Ellen Terry is said to be completely prostrated and she will not appear to night. New Y'ork, Oct. 14. To the actors, manngers, and t hearts going public of New York, the news of the desth of Sir Henry Irving came a an overwhelming blow. Many declared last night that the tage has lost the greatest friend and the drama one of the mot marvelous of its interpreters that ever lived. Fol lowing are some of the tributes paid to the memory of Sir Henry t Richard Mansfield "Irving was my dear friend and it ia impossible at tha moment to say all that I feel. He and I had one last supper together ft sea son ago in tha Plate, which ia now no more. Ilia farewell words to me were, "One day we'll have ft little cottage to gether somewhere,' I can only think now of those words of Schiller! "What would we not give to raise again ft spirit such aa hia. An a(ora of his soul would mak a God of you.'" ' John Drew I am -intensely shocked to hear of the death of Mr. Irving. My acquaintance with him made upon hia firtvlit to this country, when I was young man in Daly's company ripened into friendtthip, when I went to England to play in The Taming of the Shrew,' with that company, a friendship I am proud and happy to feel lasted to the end. It would ill become me to speak of him as an actor. I can only grieve with the English speaking world at hia unlooked for taking off." Daniel Frohman "Sir Henry Irving' death is mot regretable. He simply worked himself to death." MANY ill SUDDEN END ES LTY WADE -IS ACQUITTED Verdict Is Brought ta Ear. ly on Sunday Morning. VERDICT IS NOT A SURPRISE Potter Is Also Fouol Guilty of Conspir acy to Defraud the United States of ft Part of Its Public Domain Under stood That Jury Took But One Ballot Portland, Oct 13. Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, after a session of the United States district court which lasted all day and far into the evening the jury in the cae of the United State against Willard N. Jones, formerly a representative in the state legislature, Tbaddeu Potter, a local at torney and Ira Wade, a timber locator, returned a verdict finding Jones and Pol ter guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United Stale of a part of its public domain, while Wade waa acquitteX The charge againt the defendant- is that they secured persons to locate lands as a matter of fact the hind was being secured for the benefit of defendants. It is understood that the jury agreed on a verdict against Potter and Jones on first ballot but required three ballots to agree on the acquittal of Wade. HAZING STAMPED OUT. Wa-hington, Oct. 14. General Mills, superintendent of the military academy, in his annual report pictures very satis factory conditions as to discipline, niili tary bearing and soldierly conduct of the cadets and says that hazing in any form has shown no symptoms of reappearing. POWELL RETIRES. Washington, Oct 14. The president has accepted the resignation of William F. Powell, minister to Hayti and will appoint Dr. W. IT. Furniss of Philadel phia, now consul at Bahia, Brazil, to suc ceed him. WILL COUNT CHINESE. New Y'ork, Oct 14. The government has according to the Herald special from San Jose, Costa Rica, ordered a census of the Chinese in the country in order that those who have entered illegally may be expedder. RUSSIAN PRISONERS REVOLT. Revel, Russia, Oct. 14. An outbreak occurred yesterday among the prison ers in a provincial jail and the guards were forced to fire two volleys from re volvers to quell the uprising. One pris oner was mortally wounded. There are several political prisoners in the jail RUSSIAN EMPEROR SIGNS JAPANESE raria, Oct 14. Premier Rouvier, act ing on behalf of the Rnssian govern ment has cabled M. Harmand, the French minister at Tokio to inform the Japansese government, that tho emper or of Russia today signed the peace treaty thus completing Russia'a part in the conclusion of peace. Early in the day th foreign office re CUSHMAN STANDS PAT. Tacoma, Oct. 14. Congre-wman Cush man in an opert letter today virtually declare hi intention to stand pat upon the tariff iue in the next congre re gardlen of its action on the recom mendation of other. SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS Abrogation of Privileges Granted tbt Fishermen Forebodes Trouble. 8L John, N. F, Oct. 14.-Th situa tion on the west coast created by tha abrogation of special privilege granted to American fishermen is becoming ser ious. Two American venwl are now at Bonne Bay in quest of herring, but ae none are in the bay no trouble has arincn. The fisheries,' department de clared themselve powerless in ease a run of herring should enter the bay as the people express the intention of sell ing bait to these vessels. The penalty of purchasing bait is con fiscation of the vessel and outfit. A telegram from Bay of St. (ieorge today states that two American captains in td to proceed to Bay of Islands to catch herring. The revenue emitter Fiona is now cruiing between Bonne Bay and Bay of Islands. THE WINNER French Machine Wins Vanderbilt Cup in Auto Race. Time Over the Course of 283 Mile Is S76 Minute Accident During th Race Were Numerous, But Nona War Fatal List of the Leaden ia Race. New Y'ork, Oct. 14. In a driving fin ish, with the next man only a few sec onds behind him, Hemery of the team of French automobile racers, won the race for the W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr, cup over the Long Island course today. Hem ery made the distance of 283 mile in i6 minutes elapsed time. George Heath, an American driving a French car, was second, while Tracey, an American, but not of the French team, was third and Lancia, of the Ital ian team fourth. ITemery won from Heath by 3 minutes and 32 seconds el apsed time. The elapsed time of the four leaders in the race was: Hemery, 4:36:08; Heath, 4:39:40; Tracey ,4:58:- 20; Lancia, 5:00:31. JeiiaUy, the German took the lead and waa a favorite until attempting to round a sharp curve his machine snapped a chain. Lancia then cot the lead, which he held until a collision with Christie occurred. This delayed him enough to allow Hemery and Heath to pass. For several rounds it was ft close fight be tween these three for leadera'dp. Hem ery waa not headed and the- first to cross the line. Occupants in the stand held their breath until the cars flew through and scarcely a cheer sounded until they were well down th road. Then the spectators shouted themselve hoarse. The fight for third place wa between Tracy and Lancia, Tracy won out PEACE TREATY ceived an intimation that the emperor would probably sign the tresty today and would ask France to communicate the fact of it ratification to Japan. No- tic of the signing of the treaty did not reach her until 6 o'clock, when the Rus-, sian embassy received ft dispatch to that effect requesting France to niform Ja pan. At 7 o'clock Franc communicated th information to Japan. t HEMERY