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' . ( ...) ...:.'''',... . If wrnii , ipjgit ' uautHta ruiL amqoiatid prim riport "p bOVCRS THE MORNINQ PlltO ON 1748 LOWIN COLUMBIAN! VOLUME LXI NO. 117 ASTORIA, 0 KEG ON. MONDAY APRIL 16 t'JOfi PRICE FIVE CENTS EEUPTMS TWO IN DROWNED IN Fishing Season Opens With Terrible Tragedy Seining Boat Capsizes in Breakers Throwing Eight Men Into Sea-Six Reach Shore. LIFE SAYING CREW REACH SCENE TOO LATE OCCUPANTS OF THE CBAFT ABE A LL EQUIPPED WITH LIFE SERVERS, WHICH ARE OF LITTLE AVAIL IN BATTLING WITH POWERFUL SURF DEAD ARE COLONEL DELONO AND JOHN WRAY. The owning of th fishing season was 'marked by tin drowning of two iwn, ml the narrow vm from death of six others. The accident omired shortly before iiik.ii at t-ting Beach, VWnftn, when M'iniiijj ImhiI containing eluht fisher men of the Long Beach Seining Com muy cpied In the surf directly In front of the Breaker hotel. The men who were drowned are Colonel Ivtxnifr a well known rancher living near Ing Beach, ami John Ray, n youth of eigh teen. The other occupant of t he boat who cwijieil were John MeKcan, Clyde and Claud Woodham, Gilbert and Hurry Tinker, and John Adanifnn, all livliij at I.ong Beach. The seining lmt wan a new one, and fhe owner wcie frying it this being the third time they had Wen out. The par ty of eight left out at 8.30 in the moving through thn auiT, ami hud been out just beyond the breaker. At noon theev started to return, but WEEK'S FORECAST Senate Will Again Discuss Railroap Rate Bill. 1 HOUSE FREE ALCOHOL BILL France and America. Will Pay Tribute to Memory, of Benjamin Franklin , in Paris Trial of Minister for Heresy. WASHINGTON, April 15.-The fore cast for tho week is as follows! Speech ph on tho railroad rate bill will con tinue to be the fenturp of the Senate for the present week. Not withstanding the assurances of last week, there are no immediate jprospecUs of securing an agreement upon the time for a vote, No one has hope of getting such an agreement until the general speeches EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION RECORDS ARE BROKEN NEW YORK, April lfi.-A now high water mark in the tide of alien immi gration will bo set by the arrivals hero today and tomorrow. Nine steamers arriving today brought nearly 12,000 and eight to , arrive tomorrow arc oxpoct- SURF AT LONG BEACH PRE- when thW rmk-( th broken the wave were running high, and the craft wa overturned. All of the men bad on life pu-aerwra, and he ix who reached shore were swimmer. Colonel DeLong and Ray, however could not awlm, and in .lte of the fact that they woie life protervcrs. they were drawn down Into the seething wateri. Tlephott meefcgoa wdre at onr sent to the life aving crews at Ilwaco and Fort Canby, and in a very abort time both crew a were on the acene. The bodies of the two drowned men were kihiii washed axlmre and the memlien of llin two crew worked for two hour ! endeavoring to bring the men buck to life. Their effort were of no avail, and at lu-t they gave up the effort. The nix men who were carried to the lieach in iifct,v, were almost drowned and com pletely exhausted from their effort at buttle with- the powerful surf. Colonel IV IHig is a man of about 4.1 year of age, and leaves a wife and several children. Hay i unmarried. arc exhausted and there are a sufficient number of these already in sight to continue the entire week. The feature of the week in the house is to be the pn stage of the free alcohol bill. Pen non have the right of way .Tuesday on which day the appropriation bill for the District of Columbia will be re ported, Thin bill will lie taken tip Wed iienday, and will lie the legislative top ic for the rest of the week. The pure food bill and tho bill amending the naturalisation laws are both special or ders and may lie called ot any time. Honor Franklin. .Two nations will join this week in paying homage to the memory of Ben jumine Franklin. In Paris a notable celebration will lie held on Friday, on tho occasion of the unveiling of the statute near the site be occupied as a residence while minister. In Philadel phia tho American! Philosophical So ciety foundered by Franklin will hold uu international celebration on April 17th end 20th, the Bl-ccntennlal of his birtlt. The trial of Itcv. Dr. Slgenm S. Carp sey of the St. Andrews Episcopal church of Rochester, N. Y. on tho charge. of heresy will begin at Bntavio April 17. The most serious charge against Crap sey is his denial of the miraculous birth of Christ, ed to bring ns many more. Tho na tivity of the immigrants is not given, but the ports they sailed from and the approximate number from each follow. Great Britain 4,500 Germany '3,000; Italy, 2,500! France 1,300, ARE MILITIA ARE State Troops Protect Neg roes in Springfield Governor of Missouri Offers Re ward Por Conviction of Mob Members. NEGROES AND WIHlTES ARMED After Hanging Three Negroes Mob Al low! Fourteen Prisoners 'to Es cape From Jail Four Arc Recaptured. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., prtl 15.-The tat militia was re inforced by two hundred deputy sheriffs sworn in today to guaM the afreet of Springfield to night against a poitoiblc repetition of last night's lynching. Hundreds of kI rangers in Springfield ami the city are atilf in the grip of the mob spirit. Al though no untoward move was made during the day many threats were heard and Sheriff Homer fearing a fresh out break tonight tclegiuphed Governor Folk early today for aid. The gover nor responded promptly and within (I few hour six companies were on the way to the city. The first of which reached here this evening and w-as fol lowed nt interval during the night by others. Reward Is Offered. In udditon to sending oldieis the gov envor ha offered a reward ft $300 for the arret and conviction of each member of the mob, and has Instructed the nasixtant attorney general to pro-i-ced here at once and aid the grand jury in ferreting out for prosecution the prime movers in last night's work. Of the fourteen prigoners, whites' and negroes who escaped Inst night during the ex citement, four were re captured today. Thousands of people swarmed to the jail and to the square where the three negroes wci banged and their bodies liurned, Kvery train brought many hundreds to tho city, mostly hoodlums, who ap parently scented trouble and were anxi ous .to take a band. Many others who enme from the farming district were caught by the mob spirit and joined in the sentiment that the negroes 'lie driv en from the city and now h the time to do it. The '.negroes were hooted when they appeared on the streets and on several occasions mobs collected to attack theni but nothing happened, ow ing to lack of leader. Both negroes and whites are armed and the negroes are not likely to be driven from the town without a struggle. ' Many hardware stores are reported to have sold out nearly their entire stock of fire arms. Prosecuting Attorney! Patterson !s said .to 'have secured the names of 'more than 100 men who took part in the lynching. , A crowd o( negroes assembled on the square early tonight and refused to disperse, hut when the first company of militia arrived they sullenly scat tered. The 'authorities tonight assert that two of the victims, Copelnnd and Dun- i can. were innocent. This is. the gener al belief. Miss Edniondson, tho at tack upon whom provoked the lynch ing, wen told of the work of vengenee said "served them right," ner con dition is pronounced serioufli The Grea ter pnrt of the negro population has beuu hiding all day. Many women and CALLED FAST STURBANCES IRE H children took refuge in cellars and bar rels. Whole families lied to the country. Militia Control KANSAS CITY. April I5.-A special to the time, from Springfield states the militia are in full control of the town the streets of which are entirely desert ed. There i a feeling that the trouble in over. Tonight a reaction set in and most people condemn the action of the mob. BASEBALL SCORES. LOS ANGKLKS, April 15.Los An- gelea 10, Oakland 0. SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.-San Francisco 10, 0; Seattle 5, 6. Two games. AMEND CONSTITUTION. SPOKANK, April 15. A conTcntion to amend the constitution of the United State w that many reforms and laws demanded ty tlie people may be car ried out. it Is advocated by ex-senator Turner who recently returned from Wanhington. A provision for such conviction is made in article V. of the contittition although never in the his tory of the country has it been applied Turner says there is urgent need of a such convention. In his opinion that the only way i for an amendment to lie paused to elect Senators by popular vote. The amendments he thinks are also neoeftsary to provide an income tax law. uniform' divorce laws and federal control of life insurance. . REVOLT GROWING. LONDON, April 15. According to the ifnil's correspondent at El Arelah Mor occo a young relative of the Sultan will soon be proclaimed ruler in the south and a formidable revolt against Fez is maturing iu the city of Morocco. LETTERS PRODUCED Voliva Shows Evidence He Has Against Dowie. OVERDREW BANK DEPOSITS Letter Accuses Elijah of Overdrawing Zion Bank Funds, add of Re ceiving Deposits When Bank ; Was Insolvent. CHICAGO, April 13.-General Over seer Voliva produced today the first batch of documentary evidence by which he hopes to confound D. Dowie and his followers. This was a letter written in 1004 from Overseer Speichcr, Ber nard and Judge Barnes to Dowie who was then in Zurich, Switzerland, The letter accused Dowie of having over drawn the fund from Zion bank, of having received deposits when he knew the bank was insolvent, and hoving mis used the funds of the bank. The letter urged economy on Dowie and his fami ly and asserted a. failure to meet the payments and exposure of the true con ditions would land Dowie the cashier and the general financial manager in jail very promptly. . The inhabitants of Zion City antici pated the reading of the letter flock ed to the tabernacle early, and long be fore the services commenced the build ing , was filled. After the letter had been read Voli va called on Deacon Newconib, who was S FROM THEIR GREAT VIOLENCE Observer Matteucci States That Sand Continues to Pour FortH From the Crater But Terrible Seismic Disturbances Are Abating. DEAD BEING EXHUMED WOMAN FOUND DEAD, BURIED IN ASHES, CLASPING JEWELRY AND BELONGINGS, WHICH THEY HAD ENDEAVORED TO SAVE BE- . FORE MAKING THEIR ESCAPE DEADLY GASES OVER COME THE M IN FLIGHT. NAPLES, April 15. The somewhat threatening condition of Mount Vesu vius Saturday night having subsided with the ejection of enormous clouds of sand and ashes, the elements have begun to settle slowly, again enveloping the mountain in a thick haze. Prof. Mat teucci director of the Royal Observa tory, tonight issued the following bul let in : "My instruments are now almost calm The emission of sand continues in abun dant quantities. I await serenely the satisfactory termination of the erup tion." The gravity of the situattion has now shifted to Ottajano and San Giusseppi where the recovery of the dead goes on amid the misery of thousands of home less refugees. The sensational devel traveling with Dowie when the letter was received. Newcomb asserted that Dowie flew into a great passion when he discussed the epistle and stated the policies he had inaugurated must pre vail Dowie spent a qict day in this city and presided over the simple Easter cere monies participated in hy a few faith ful followers. Attorneys on both sides stated that the conferences would be resumed to morrow ami hoped a. basis for an ami cnbltj settlement would be reached. WIFE'S VERSION NOT OBTAINED ST. PETERSBURG, April 15. Mme. Gorky is iu southern Russia and hep version of the divorce from her hus band has not yet been obtained. Gor ky's friendship for Mine. Adreieva is of a much more recent date than was sup posed. As late as 1903 the novelist, his wife and children toured the Cau casus. ALL RESCUED. ; EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 15.-The excursion steamer , Louisiana carrying 400t passengers struck a snag in the Ohio River tonight and will be a total os. The "passengers were panic strick en. By running the boat at full speed into a bank all were rescued. EARTHQUAKE IN FORMOSA ' DESTROYS MANY LIVES TOKIO, April 15. One hundred and nine persons are known to be killed and twenty-nine injured in an earth quake in the Bouthetfn par of thej Island of Formosa, on Saturday but further details are expected to swell the death roll as the shock was more 1 FROM RUINED CITIES opment at Ottajano today was the un earthing of two aged women still alive, bnt speechless after six days entomb ment The women bad been protected by the rafters of the house and manag ed to subsist on a few morsels of food which they had in their pockets. JTine bodies were taken out today and it is estimated one hundred more are under the ruins. The work of salvage at San Guseppi has brought to light a remarkable condition. The bodies of women have been found in whose hands were coin and jewels and one woman held a rosary, indicating the instinct to preserve earthly belongings in the moment of fleeing from death. Excava tions at Herculaneum over which the town of Eesina now stands have record ed similar instances. SITUATION THREATENING. WiFIEELIXG, April 15. The situa tion in the fifth Ohio subdistrict which includes the West Virginia Panhandle has resumed a threatening aspect and trouble ia feared immediately at Mounds ville, West Virginia nar here. There the Glen Easton coal company refuse ed to recognize the union and it is reported the company hourly is ex pecting a train load of strike breakers from Pittsburg. Striking miners Bay they( w ill resist this move by persuasive methods only, but the situation is de cidedly threatening. HOUSE HOLDS SESSION. WASHINGTON, April 15. The house held an hour and a quarter session to day to hear eulogies on the life and character of late representatives Masrh. of Illinois. Representative Keifer, of Ohio was speaker for the day in the ab-' sence of Speaker Cannon. EDITOR DIES. ..NEW YORK, April 14.-Arthur Tur ner, editor and publisher of Vogue, died yesterday from Pneumonia at his farm He was 50 years old and had been In the publishing business in this city for near ly thirty years. severe than on March It, The town of Kagi was again the principal sufferer, tho houses which escaped destruction in the former disturbance, are now in ruins. Several other towns were aN fected by the landslides. Terrible scene are reported around Kagi and Doko,