The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, April 28, 1906, Image 1

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    UtUtHMirUll AMOOIATiO
UOVKR TMf MORNINQ PIBLO ON Trfi LOWf h COLUMBIA
VOLUME LXI NO. 128
ASTORIA. OREGON. SATURDAY APRIL 28 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
UNITY
MARMIINY
Ail THE
Citizen's Committee and Army Representatives are
Working in Utmost Accord-President Roose
velt is Gratifled-"Union" Is Watchword.
ELECTRIC CARS OPERATE FOR FIRST TIME
REAPPEARANCE OF THE STREET CARS CELEBRATED BY PEOPLE AS
GREAT EVENT MAYOR SCHMITZ ACTS AS MOTORMAN CITI
ZENS RIDE FREE BUILDING WILL BE STARTED
SOON BY BUSINESS MEN.
S.X FRANCISCO. April 2. Harm
ony miirkwl tli Hinting May of the
cill'Mi'. committee and representatives
of the nrmy which are administrating
affairs in the fit y . The lat ign of
ml-iMilrtafulin(r ha disappeared.
Street earn have r'itni4 operation in
pertain ection. Thi fir-t permit for
the erection cf a modern .leer structure
on I ho ground occupied a few day ago
by u )- milittatitiiil mil' ha been liiki'ii
out. Atrhhiihop nioidiiti appeared itt
n iiirrting uf the lirii. genrr.il com
mittee and in it ti clixpirnl speech coun
seled harmony among t tm .triving I"
bring iinli'i' "lit of chaos iiinl predicted
a city, greater, im i - iH-nutifiil and a
nioie striking i-Nanipli' of American
in k iiihI rntirpiic than the old Sun
Francisco. "Union should In- nur watch
word and whatever dihVrciitvs may have
existed between tin1 11)111 ill tlii- row
miinity in llir pat should In' wiped
onf said the -iivhbi-hop. Mayor
Srlmiit. replied lliut harmony already
prevailed and whatever einnily tin il been
frit in the past wan now wiped out.
and the citiens of San Francisco had.
Iml one olijret in view, llir iinniriliate
upbuilding of a newer and greater city
Dr. Divine in behalf of the Red Cross
Society rend n telegram from Tiifl tel
ling of the gratification and pride of
Roosevelt at lenrning of the harmony
now existing.
The reappearance of the hi reel car
win eelelirnteil a a great event. City
and railroad officials filled the first car
DRAMATIST DIES.
NEW YOIIK, April 27.-Henry Jack
oii Dam, the dramatist und magazine
writer of New York, whose death in
Havana wa announced by cable last
night was a member of a prominent
San Francisco family. He was a grad
uate of the University of California, re
ceiving the degree of P. II. D., and wa
married in London in lH'.i'J! to Dorothy
Dorr, nn netre. He was for ninny
years enjgiiged in drainatiio wopk iiy
London. Some of his play produced
in this country and England were "Dia
mond Den hp, Hie Silver Shell," "The
ANTHRACITE OPERATORS
WILL NOT YIELD AN INCH
NEW YORK, April 27. The anthra
cite operator through the sub commit
tee at their meeting drew up their re
ply to the latest proposition of the
mineworkers in which they refuse to
modify their position formerly announc
ed. The operators call upon the min
or to renew for a period of three years
IS
PREVAILS
AUTHORITIES
Mayor Srhmitx acting a motorman. The
night of the ear wan greeted by cheers.
There w service on several line lat
er in the day and thousand of peopl
were carried free, A cold rain fell for
rvrral hour last night and brought
additional hardship to the people shel
tered only by tent in herd and the
wind blew a gale from the north all
day scattering dust and ashes every
where, unit in aoine place throwing
down the tottering wall of the binned
building.
Cold Cause Suffering.
Tonight was one of the most uncoin
fnrtiible since the lire on iiccount of
no heat in the tent of the liotuclei
ii well n in the home of the more
fortunate one. The Chine. question
i temporarily solved. Knowing the
gi'igariou- habit of the Chinese, the
ollicial feared, Hint if a few returned
to the old quarter in the rbinatown
diitriirt, Hie entre relrstiral population
would return and the problem of how
to gel rid of Chinatown which ha been
agitating the city for several year
would be a great a ever. The Chinee
lime been moved temporarily to a tract
of gniund in the Presidio reservation
until arrangement enn be miide for
their permanent city at Hunter' Toint
on the southern arm of San Francisco
Hay. The condition of a number of Ital
ian camped on north beach i great
ly improved. Their ignorance of camp
life canned the nio-t unsatisfactory
condition.
White Silk Die," "I-a Coiiette," "La
Madeline" and Skipver & Co."
GAMBLING PROHIBITED.
NEW YORK. April 27. Dean Ashley
of the New York I'niversity school of
law, iued a warning yesterday to the
law student under his tutelage to the
effect Unit any one caught gambling
would be expelled and criminally prose
cuted. The student ny that if any
card playing or dice throwing vns in
dulged in at; the university it was mere
ly for amusement.
the award of the nnthracito strike
commission, or accept the operator
suggestion that the commission arbi
trate the question of what changes shall
be iiuidc in the scale of wages fixed by
the commission in the originnl award.
The miners have hitherto declined this
offer.
CITY'S
GREEK ATHLETES SORE
Biis American Athlete Because They
Are Winning All the Priiei I
at Athens. 1
ATHENS, April 7.-The continued
ur4 of the American in the Olym
pic game i causing mime ill feeling
among the Creek and a few hisses were
heard today. Manager Sullivan of the
American team made light of the matter
and rmid he was quite satisfied with the
cordial treat lit. Martin J. Sullivan
of the Irish American Athletic club,
tore hi right leg with hi spike today,
but the injury i not eriou. He is un
able to compete in the hop skip and
jump. j
ENOUGH BEEF, !
SAX FKAXflSCO, April 27.-Cener-
al Creeh v asks that no more beef be ,
hipMd as the donation cannot be handl- j
ed.
TO THE BUG HOUSE,
LOS AXCKLES, April 27. Mrs. Kate
P. Raymond wife of a clerk in the in
terior dppsrtmpnt at Washington, who
asphyxiated Iter fourteen year old son
wa committed to the Insane asylum. .
Harvard Professor Accused of
Murearing His Wife.
ARSENIC POISON WAS USED
Woman Has Child and Dies Under Pe
culiar Circumstance Stomajoh
Examined and Arsenic
Is Found.
CAMBRIDGE. Ma., April 27. A
warrant has been issued for the arrest
of Erich Muenter, instructor in German
at Harvard on the charge of murdering
hi wife in this city about two weeks
ago. It is alleged her death was caused
by arsenic.
Muenter is thirty-five years old. ITis
wife wa formerly Mi Leone K. Kreba
of Chicago. The attention of the au
thorities wa directed to the case just
after the woman' death on April 16.
Ten days previous she gave birth to a
child and was attended by a Faith
Cure doctor, who acted as nurse at the
same time the child was born. Two
regular physician attended, but with
drew because their orders were not car
ried out. They found the woman suf
flcYiig from soma cojnrplaint' if the
stomach. Mounter applied to one of
them, a Dr. Mclntyre, to certify to his
wife's death, but Mclntyre notified the
medical examiner for an investigation.
An autopsy wa perfected, and the
stomach examined. Muenter took the
body to Chicago. Today the Cambridge
police were notified that arsenic wa
found in the Ktomneh, A warrant was
issued and the Chicago police notified
to hold Muenter if he was found.
Father Does Not Believe Murder.
CHICAGO, April 27. Mr. Krebs the
father of Mr. Muenter doe not believe
hi daughter wa murdered. "The fact
that my son-in-huv ia a Christian Scien
tist and she did not have medical at
tention may have raised a suspicion."
Mr. Mounter's body wa cremated. He
says hi daughter and her husband were
happy in their married life and nothing
wa between them to lead him to kill
her.
MURDER
suspected
STRUCTURES RISING
Many Lame Skyscrapers Are to Be
Erected and Business Will
Resume.
SAX FRANCISCO. April 27. The
work of rebuilding the city will proceed
rapidly. Mr. Herman Oelrich of Newf
York has agived to repair the RialtoJ
and rebuild on the site of the Crowley j
building. She and her iter, Mr. W.
K. Vanderbilt, dr., will erect a solid
o(Ti structure on the Montgomery -t.
Mie. 1 loniii .nager win rrt-ri u. incur
story stee, structure on Ma,,et street
ite. Thomas Mage will erect a twelve
The Emporium a large department More
will resume business on a large scale
next week, in a temporary structure
on I'ift street and Van Ness avenue.
In two week even floors of the Mon
adnoek building under construction at
the time of the disaster will be ready
for occupation.
NURSES WILL CO-OPERATE.
NEW YORK. April 27.-.U the second
day's session of the meeting of the
American Society of Superintendents
of Training school for Nurse yester
day a committee with Miss Anna Max
well as djiairtaan was appointed to
fo-operat with the nurses of the Red
Cross relief work in San Francisco.
IS
Two More Heavy Temblors Strike
Salinas.
SHOCKS LAST FOUR SECONDS
Associated Press Correspondent at Sa
linas Telephones That Earthquake
Again Disturbes Peace and
Quiet of City.
LOS ANGELES. April 27.-A long
distance telephone message to this city
from a correspondent of the Associated
Tress at Salinas, 120 miles south of San
Francisco, at 10:30 o'clock this morning,
state that two more heavy earthquakes
shocks were felt there last night, one
at 8 o'clock, another at 0:13 and a third
at 2 o'clock this morning.
The shwks lasted about four seconds
each, but so far a known did no dam
age.
The damage at Salinas from the earth
quake shock of last Wednesday is in
execs of $100,000.
The Salinas River is reported to have
sunk 10 to 12 feet all along its course
for miles. Nearly all the bridges neross
the river have been condemned, and will
have to be rebuilt.
Another telephone message received
nt 11 o'clock say that earthquake
shock have been felt daily since the
first disaster, April 18. but no further
damage has been done.
ENOUGH PLUMBERS.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. It has
lieen decided that enough plumbers are
here and the appeal for more mechanics
to come here will be discontinued.
NEW MAIL ROUTES.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 27.-In the
arrangements made for handling the
English mail, the New Zealand mail
goes to Vancouver. Mail for Australia
leaves here Sunday on the steamship
Alameda to connect at Honolulu with
a steamer from Victoria.
SAUNAS
SHAKEN
WATCHWORD
ADDITIONAL
THE DEAD
General Greeley Submits Names ot Those Killed in the
San Francisco Catastrophe Thus Far Identi.
fled By the Authorities.
. . -
356 MAD SO FAR FOUND BY THE OFFICIALS
GREELEY SAYS IT IS PRACTICALLY
WILL NOT EXCEED 25 INSTEAD
MATED 147 KILLED ARE
MAY BE
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 27
(Special.) General Greeley today sub
mitted the following additional list of
death a the result of the San Fran
cisco earthquake and Are:
ANDREWS, ANDY. .
BUTLER, BOSS.
BURGER FRANK.
BOUCHERS FRANK.
BULLAND MARGARET.
CLARETON SARAH.
KARLlf3t JOHN.
FOLEY MAMIE.
HANSEN SARAH.
HANSEN Win. C.
, ISAAC MARUS.
' KELLEY ANNIE
KERR JOHN.
KING JAMES MORRIS.
KIRPATRICK GERALD.
LENNING J. C.
MANNING JOHN.
MANNING GEO.
MATOLI LOUIS.
CAFE CLOSED.
Waiters Strike in Paris Causes Much
Disturbance.
MARSEILLES. April 27. The cafes
here are closed on account of the strike
by the waiters, and gendarmes are ar
riving following demonstrations by the
strikers. The Paris labor agitation took
a dramatic turn today when the police
made vltoltal4 seaivlKjs tb unearth
a plot against the Public Security. The
officer of the labor federation and
home of the labor leaders were search
ed. The suspects were among the Roy
alists and Bonapartist and included the
heads of several aristocratic families,
among them Count Durand de Bourgeg
ard. Count De La Regie, Baconnioft
President of the Royalist advancegward
.and M. Thouvcnal an intimate friend of
Prince Loui Napoleon. The Laborites
searched include conspicious heads of the
movement planned for May one. The
Ostensible purpose was to discover if
encouragement had been given to the
rioting in the mining district in the
north, but the authorities expected at
the same time to uncover the nature of
the plan of the whole labor agitation.
The searches were simultaneous in the
EARTHQUAKE INQUIRY
HAS BEEN STARTED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2t Prof.
Lawson, Chairman of the state earth
quake investigation committee has ask
ed the finance committee for a small ap
propriation. When the question as to
the practical value of the undertaking
he replied that recommendations might
be based upon the effect of the shocks
NAMES
DF
ARE REPORTED
CERTAIN DEAD IK PACIFIC HOTEL
. OF 70 PREVIOUSLY ESTI-
NOT YET IDENTIFIED
LATER.
McHENRY.
MERKLE JANE.
DOE JOHN.
MERKLE. (baby boy).
MERKLE, (baby girl). i
NICHOLAS GEO.
- PEARSON JOHN JX .
SCHARTAU BENJAMIN.
SHAW MRS.
SPAIN, (wo sons). !
STAFFORD JOYCE W.
STEEL MRS.
SANFORD.
SZIRAKY F.
TINSON JOHN. r
VANCORT NATHAN.
General Greeley says: "It is practi
cally certain that the dead in the Pa
cific Hotel did not exceed 25 instead of
70 previously estimated. Summarizing
he says: "There have been reported
209 names of the dead, while there are
147 reported unknown, of whom doubt
less a number are among those to be
identified later and reported by name."
I
morning, lbe results were often ne
gative. However, there is official au
thority for the statement that document
were found which proved the Royalists
and Bonapartists have intrigued with
the labor leaders and liberally financed
the revolutionary strike movement. It
khas created a wide spread sensation.
MINT TO HANDLE FUNDS.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. Arrange
nients have been made by the financial
committee with superintendent Leach of
the mint, by which he will handle all
the funds of the relief committee and
the Red Cross, honoring drafts upon
them. Fifty thousand dollars have
been turned over to the Oakland com
mittee and $2,500 to the Catholic relief
committee of Oakland. There is left
available for immediate use $518,000.
NATIVES REVOLT.
TUNIS, April 27. Natives in revolt
killed three Europeans in the vicinity
of Thala. They subsequently unsuc
cessfully attacked the town and in the
fight ten natives were killed. Troops
are arriving.
in the different geological formations
and that information so established
would be valuable. The committee has
already sent out inquiries throughout
the state requesting the fullest - data;
obtainable. The committee will ask
that some scientific institution bear tha
cost of the earthquake investigation, j
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