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VOLUME LX NO. 250
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 190
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DREADNAUGH
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LAUNCHED
British Battleship Slides
t Dawn the Ways,
KING PRESSES BUTTON
When Finished Battleship Will Be
Largest and Strongest
In rVorld.
BUILT ON LATEST DESIGNS
Kntlua .Engiawt Wrt os Japaate
Wauhlpt During tlx Uu War aad
EiperUec Gained ay Their Obetr
I nation, embodied la He Ship.
IDKT8MOUTII, Kngl.ad, Feb. 10.-
Th monater Uttleahlp Dredaaugbt,
which, when finlabcd, will hav eot
700,000, launched her led ky
King Edward.
Th ceremony wa th mut ilmpl
1uaibl, th Kino having vetoed til
damratlon and pageantry mi aeermnt
f the death of hi father in law, King
Chrlatlan.
There waa a moment of eupen aft'
r th King touched the tlKrlrio button
tenioving lb I at block a th hug
hip bealtated anil apprervd reluctant
to taka tlx water. But ektwly eh be
Iran to move, anj glided down tha waye
In hIiI
liming tha oecupanta in tha I royal
(and were tha American naval l lat he,
Lieutenant-Commander John H. Mb
tame, and tb other attachra, the Ad
miralty official and few privileged
' paraon.
Th lunch of th Iheadnaught, tha
largeat and moat powerful battleship
of the world' naviee, mark th firat
Mag in what th Hrltlah admiiwllty
claim ,' th gTeataat achievement In
naval eonatructlon. On Oetulier t, ltXWI,
fly a few daya over four month ago,
woik waa commenced at ronmoum on
th veaael, tb ftrt of what I to lie
known at th Preadnaiight claee. The
promt wa made then that she
Mould lie Uunrhed within eix mcmlha.
Tlie admiralty ha more than made gnud
their bojat ami lliiti.hcra hava another
aiine for pride In their navy. Another
twelve month, all going well, the
Dreadiiaught will lie eommiaaioncd and
with the Atlantic lici t, (hit beating all
pirvloiia recorda in baltlcahip building
1y aix month. There ar two rcaaone
why woik la bring niahed on the
lheiidmiiight. One tha great aavlng
In c"t hut the chief Mwin ia that th
alilp ! to aome ettent an experiment
and It U dealred to give hrr a giMHl trial
1e(or commnnuiiig eonat runt ion on any
nor of bor clua. Great Dillaln It will
1 reini'mlieiwd wa the only power hav
ing attache or obaerrera on Jiinnce
hlM during the Ituao-Jainee war,
vhile exiert lliltlh conatructor wvr
yiven every opportunity of learning
where In th hip of Japan proved
weak or atrong aa th ran may be.
Then men were buay from (tart to
flnUh of th war and iiumdiatly after
the battle of the Sea of Jnpn cam
horn with their data, which waa ub-
mittaj with auggeathma, to a ipeclal
ommitt on which. at not only tb
moat experienced naval expert, but th
directs of naval ennat ruction, Iird
Kelvin, and number of th leading
prlvat ahip builder. Tb Dreadnatight
la th outeom of their dellberatkma,
n embodiment of th leaaon of the
lata war in th Fir Kat, a ahlp ap
rently invincible, epabl at on dbv
charg of her gun of throwing with
unparallclled fore talc aa much
metal aa any foreign man of war now
afloat, whit her armour will rando her
Immiirt from attack, by aa aaaaiy'i
guna, aad, aom claim, area agalnat tor
pmloiM, Kiwd-at tb aaal battl rang.
When ready for tb ahlp will
diaplae JHaj ton, bul thl t tb
lett remarkable thing about kr for
beald th idea, latroduead aa a r
tult of tb far Eaatern war Britain la
placing on ber new fighting macbin th
heavieat armameat mr carried by a
hip. In th paat Britlab veaaelt hive
carried four It Imb gun throwing ISO
hIU th Preadnaught wilt have le
of the weapon, of a new typa with a
mtutil energy of a compatwd
with th 33,023 of th gun carried
aa recent Uttleahlp tb Majtic
eiaaa, an lucre a In power of M per
cent. Ia a great ae light tb Dread
naught will b abl to dlacbarg every
mi nut tn nrujeetilH Wfluhlng KMW
pound with euflVient velocity to aend
them twenty five mile or to penetrate
about alxleea inchea of tb hardrat ar
mour at a wnp of about two mite.
BUILD TO ASTORIA
AD1V1IRALC0URBE
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SOW
OFFICERS
WEN MUTINY AND LEAVE THE SHIP UNMANNED
Members of French Bark's Crew Refuse to Proceed
to Sea Unless Sbip Takes More Ballast
Declare 'it too Dangerous.
XIV. WAKE BESIGRS.
Coavicted Miaiater Give Up Paaterat
f Tw Charcbca.
I)EAI)V()f, H. I)., Feb. lo.-Bev.
War, recently (onvirted of enepiracy
to defraud the government by illegal
land entries trndetrd hi resignation aa
pa tor of 8t. John', Kplacopal ehurth
at DeadwwMl and Cbrl-t, Church tat
Lead, and alw et to Bi4iop liar Ilia
reaignation a a miiiiatrr of tb Kpico
pal tTiurcL.
CONFERENCE IS
MORE
TilUmook-Nthiftm Lint Is Com
ing This Way.
WILL RUSH WORK THIS YEAR
fur Million, to b Zpad4 aa tb
Vtw Road-Aixty-aa Mil of rtrat
SKtloa Will B Built at 0ac-Tw
Year Will Finiah Work Mapped Ont
ltnir.AN'D, Feb. 10.-IV.mla In th
aunt of a4.0(in,0n0 hav been aold by
K. I.ytle, president of tb PacIA
Hallway A Navigation Company, to tin
I'nlon Truat Company, of San Krwn-
ciaco.
Thl, Inanre, contrnctlon of 2(10 mile.
of main line between llillahoro an I
Tillamook and Nehalem, and to AatorU
"4 Bcappooke, bealdc, M-reral branch
line. Negotiation for th bond, were
hiacd yesterday and mortgage will b
tiled hort ly.
Conatrurtkin ia going hed on the
roai) went from IIMUImmo. and It will It
completed to TillamiMik, by way of tlu
Wllann River, thU year. That portion
of th eyateni will have a length of 01
ml lea. Thciw will be a north and aouth
connection on the coaat between Tilla !
mook and Nehalem, In addition to the
main line to th latter point from con
neciion witu the minmooK road at a
point about twenty mile wet of llilla
bom. Kxdct locwtion of the "V" hai
not lieen determined.
The force of meu engaged in grad'
lug, liridge-biiildiug and truck-laying
will lie increaaed aa fat a tlicy ran h
aecuieil. Inclement weather of laat
month retarded progrena on early work,
but npcrntlona are now proceeding with
out ' interruption. Along the Vllaoo
River it I antiHpatcd ronatrxiction will
b difllcult and tediona, but moat of
tha work after rrnaalng th divide can
be accomplished with dipatch.
From Tillamook the coat line will te
ctinatructml al-ng th Nehalem River.
OFFICERS SAY SHIP IS SAFE AND WILL PROSECUTE CREW
BABK BEADY FOB TBIP TO AUSTRALIA, WHEH CKIW TOOK POSSESS
ION OF ONI OF BOATS, AKD CAME ASHORE, DECLARING THAT
SBIP HAD HOT ENOUGH BALLAST, AND WAS LIABLE TO TURN
TURTLE OFFICERS ASSERT SHIP PERFECTLY SAFE.
8KATTLE, Feb. 10.-fUiW. on tb
French bark Admiral Courbci biyin
at Tort Townaend mutinied today and
aftdr fo-ibty taking a boat pulled
aabor daclariog that tby would w.
proel to aea In th vac owing In
ber light Ullaat. lie dU that thia
morning wbea th ahlp wa ready la
all for Auatralia perwina on ahore ao-
ticed a commotion on board, accompani
ed by ehoutiog in French and wild
Jeatlculating. Then on of the boat
waa lowered and practically th entire
erew, with th exception of th oflicm
pulled aahor. Even the cook left.' Thl
men ar very reticent about th matter.
I'nder the French lwt It I, a arriou
olTenae and Orear aaya he thinka tit
mqn ar liabl to mutiny when they re
turn to France. Orear aaya the men aaid
thele recent experience in th Strait,
of Fuca waa enough, and aay, tb erew
claim they ar endangering their Uvea
Th officer, of th ahlp oa the other
band aert the ahip U perfectly aafe
with t0 tone of ballaat. The Iom of
Ui apart oa tb Pea of Mdford I at
tributed to a lack of ballast The,
aliip (a ber lightened condition . being I
DASTARDLY CRIME.
Kyr and Politician of IIHaoia Town
Fac Seriaa Crina.
KA.VKAKKK, III, Feb. lO.-diaHe
E. Rainea, mayor of Jlelfoed, Illinoia,
and (iilbert Vennum, a politician of
Milford ar under aireat charged with
enth-ing Sfyrtlc Taywr, aixteea year
old, into a room. Rainea ia alao charg
ed with enticing Fvaie Childa, eighteen
yeara old. Both men ar bound orr
to await the action of th grand ury.
' PRISONERS BURNED.
EAST MAX, ., Feb. lO.-Tbre pri
onera werg cremated lat night in a
fire which dctroyed the police jail.
BISHOP DYING.
A CITX, Feb. 10.-Cardinal PcrdauJ.
Arrlibiahop f Autun, la la-liev.d to be
dying of pneumonia.
VALENCIA NOT SEEN
Captain
unable to beat off ahore and ia
liable to (urn turtle. For thl reaaoa
lb tailor bar tb eyninatbr of all
aeafaring men. Th matter will prob
ably com before ,tha United State
commiaaloner oa Monday,
WuT Aeeiat GovtramtaL
S FETTLE, Feb. 10. The committee
of five men of the Chamber of Commerce
who baa taken aa active part in the
work to aecur a federal Investigation
of th Valencia diaaater will ait
the eommiaaioner in making the inveati-
gat ion
BOLD THIEF SNATCHES DIAMONDS.
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VAXOOUVKR, H. C, Feb. 10. -The Uddeat and moat aurceaaful rob-
hery ever attempted in Vancouver occurred thia evening about 6 o'clock
In the jewelry Mora of A. F. McMillan. Mr. McMillan waa alone ia
the tore when an unknown man boldly amaahed the plat glaa window
0 of th ctablUhment, Mixed a tray of diamonda and darted around the 4
corner. A paaaerby made a grab at the thief, but he drew a revolver
4 and fired, and then ran on, disappearing toward th water front in the
fog. A roiifih eatimate of tha good atolen ia 920100, but it la not
iinproltabla thia turn will be exceeded when the atock reveal, the full
extent of the depredation. '
CROWD ATTEMPTS TO
LYNCH NEGRO MURDERER
SHOCKING TRAGEDY OCCURS
IN DETROIT MICHIGAN
DETROIT, Mich., Feb., 10. - John In the aheulder. Witt bad been eepa-
VV.tf- tnnl.rlit ht mnA klllit hlmaulf
after killing hie four-year-old child,
hooting hi, father-in-law through th
afomach'ind ahootlng Ma mother-in-law
rated from hit wife, and went to her
father' houae auppoeedly to kill ber
and her child. The wife waa abeent at
work, however, iler father ia la a
critice'l eonditivS, . . .
NKW YORK, Feb. 10. -A
thousand men and boy toil)'
jeered a aipiad of policemen, who
with drawn revolver protected
Clarence Rrooka, a negro from
the crowd which threatened to
lynch him. The negro had been
pursued through one of the
rity'a buaieat center after a 4
aenaational ahooting affray in
whft'h another negro waa killed. 4
Several aawmilU will pmbabty be eatab
lUlied on the line within amxther year,
ao that when the mad i completed they
can Immediately begin ahippiiig. Tha
largeat Wit of atandlng timber in th-
atat la located between the Willamette
Valley and th coaat line, and extend
aouth practically from the Columbia
River- to the California line. From the
country between th mouth of th river
and Yaquina Bay th tyatem I expect
ed to draw ita trade, and further exten
sion Into rii h country may bt ordered
after main linea are in operation. It
probably will require more than two
yeara to finiah work now mapped out,
but with aale of the bonda It comple
tion U aured.
BOY THROWS BOMB.
WARSAW, Feb. I0.-A bomb throw
by a boy today killed four gendarme.
The boy eacaped.
NEW RULES PROVIDE
to YARDS IN 3 DOWNS
NKW YORK, Feb. 10,-Ten
yards to be gained in three
down the principal foot
ball reform, tentatively agreed
upon at the meeting of the
National Inter Collegiate Foot
trnll Rule, Committee today.
Thia rule if adopted, football
e.jert believe, will do more
thaa anything elae toward open
ing tip the game.
INDEPENDENTS GET CONTRACT.
Watera-Pierc Oil Co. Refuted Contract
For Miaaourl Penitentiary.
JKFFERSOX CITY, Mo Feb. 10.
The Board of Priaoa Inpectore haa re-
fuaed to award the Watera-Pierc Oil
Co.,' the contract for aupplying the
State penitentiary fortthe enuing year.
Thia company bid Ul cent a gallon.
but the contract waa awarded to George
P. Joiiea ft Co. and the Mound City
Oil Company, who bid IS centa, the
board contidering the bid of the Inde
pendent companiea preferable, even if
they do charge half a cent more per
gallon. ....
DIVORCE CONGRESS.
VxlASIIINGTOX, Feb. 10, -IX legatee
from forty-three atataa are forming a
divorce which wilt conven In thia city
oa February 19th to perfect it perma
nent organization.
of Tcpcka Testifies
Investigation.
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SURVIVOR C0NNERS CRAZY
Matter af Steamer Topeka Stat ia
Invert igtioei Cemuitt That H
Coald Not Find Valencia Connori,
Valencia Sarviver, ia laaaa.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10,-Captain Cana of
the itemer Topekt, which waa acnt to
the relief of the Valencia waa a witnej
before inectora Whituey and Turner
today. Captain Cann teatified Mi
ahip did not catch eight of tb Valen
ria. Cann testified hia plan bad been,
had he Wn able to locate the Valencia
to fallen two life raft together, tw
them invhora and float them to the
wreck. Frank Conner,, oue of the ur
vivora of the Turret Ialand raft, while
tratifying today talked ao irration
ally a to lead to the belief that the
hardships have alTeeted hi mind.
The govemmerft commisAion .whico
will make an inreKtigation into the Va
lencia disaster ia rxpe-tcd to arrive her
Tuewlay ami hold ita opening aea-ion
Wedneaday.
Algeciras Delegates Un
able to Agree, r
BOTH NATIONS FIRM
France and Germany Will Neither
Gfve Way to Other's
Demands.
IS FEARED WAR MAY FOLLOW
Franc Ceatcada Frr Jaricdietioa Over
Moroccaa Polio Becaaa of Her Geo
graphical Poaitioa, While Germaay
Say Equal Right .For AIL
POLICIES MISSING,
PKOltfA. 111.. Feb. 10.-Th widow of
the late Dr.. Simumna opened a aafe de
posit box of the filicide today and found
the box, which waa expeced to con'ain
valuable paper, waa empty with the
exception of an unimportant butinee
letter. Xo will wa found, and the poli-
rica of heavy inaurance thought ia have
been carried are miaiug.
READY TO SAIL.
PARIS, Feb. 10. The cruiser Du
Cliailla haa been ordered held in readi-
ne fo at a it for Veneiuela.
BERLIN, Feb. 10. -The negotiation
at Algecfra bar reached a decisive
tun, aad the dioluUoa of the Moroc
caa conference without aa agreement
npoa tb principal aubject of duwut
ioa appear to be the probable remit.
The poaitioa of Franc and Germany
hav now beea clearly diacioaed. Each
country, aupported by eevcra! other
power,, hold, tenacioualy to Ita owa
principle of tettlement, namely, France
for apecial recognition ia Morocco be
cauae of ber geographical aad fciatorical
relatioa to Morocco, and Germany for
a atrict application of the doctrine of
equal treatment of all countrie, in the
future of Morocco. ' ""
Ia the meantime pre,, campaign
hv begua in both France aad Germany
ia aupport of their reaped iv poeitiona.
France Semaiaa Hopeful.
PARIS, Feb. 10.-Tbe -view expreaaed
ia certain aectiona by the French nd
foreign pre that tb Algeciraa Confer
ence will not reeutt ia ae tiling th
Moroccaa difficulties with a eoaaequeat
renewal of the atrained relatione be
tween France and Germany ia comuder
ed unratified. Ia government circle it
ia pointed out that France, though d
eiroua of reaching a aettlement, would
rather conaent to the atatu quo than
accept the anggeetioa of aa internation
al police. Thia resumption of the old
condition, it is argued, though unaatia
factory, would be preferable to agreeing
to the eatahlUhment of a force which
poatihly would become a menace to the
Algerian frontier.
EXPEDITION NECESSARY.
LONDON, Feb. 10.-At Reynold a
weekly newspaper aaya the amah Brit
iah garrison left in Thitet haa beea ,ur
rounded by hostile trilica and an expe
dition ncceary.
INDEPENDENTS ORGANIZE.
YOCNGSTOWX. Ohhi, FcK 10-Near-ly
all the independent ateel and iron
mill wet of Youngtown have been
organired aa the Wetei Bar Aaaoeia
thm. There are about twenty mill in
the organiaation and employ over 20WHl
men. The object of the aociation ia to
have ihe aaaociation deal with the
Amalgamated Aociation' iron and
ateel work.
CHINESE STUDENTS ALLEGE
TREATMENT WAS CRUEL
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. lO.-Charge,
of cruel treatment toward Chine tu
dent upon their arrival in thia country
wer mad today befar Commiasioner
North by everwl young Cbine, who
maintain they treated with indignity.
Th atudenta were all examined con
cerning the ce of a young maa earned
Chi eg. Th atudenta ar all attending
th I'niveraity at Berkeley aad mad
their report to North at th requeat of
rWetary Metcalfe,