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oil 4 ' ,j.peg "VW ' twimtit 'A COVERS TMt MORNINd fllLO ON THB LOWI COLUMBIA; UHUtHItlruil AttOOIATIO ! ftlPORT PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LXI NO. 160 ASTORIA, OREGON. tHURSDAY. MAY 31, 1006 Wl III ill .-rrlTLi ANGRY WATERS IK HAVE M ISM IS M m Damage to Crops and Property From Heavy Flood In Umatilla County Is Estimated to Be Very Great. PENDLETON AND WALLA REPORTS LATE LAST NIGHT SHOW LOSS TO PROPERTY WILL RUN VERY HIGH RAILROADS SUFFER SEVERELY AND ALFALFA IS ALL DESTROYED NO LOSS OF LIFE IS REPORTED NO TRAINS ARE RUNNING. PENDLETON, May 30-From appear ance the flood litu reached ll worse Ur mul will now subside. Tt lift ad raining at Pendleton and the sky I clearing, allowing the nloriii l over. Telegraph wlr are clown ami it la im- 1 1 1 1 to hear from Weston, hut it i rumored tin- damage amounts to altout 2IMKKI. If thi I. true it in safe to pre dill an equal h at Milton and Hing luim Springs ami probably at Echo, be side, severe damage to several smaller town. Itailroad iiuiHiiiiiilcatiou in had ly tangled ami Hourly all the bridges and some of the truck Ik-Iwccii I'lim till ami Hingham Sn in Id injured. East of here it I a difficult task to re pair the damage, but the 'olt land will le open in n short time. The wheat crop, except in the high lands, is Iwdly damaged, lint the worst suffer em mi' the nlfulfa and dairies and gar den patches. Unlesa there I another rie in the river Pendleton in in no dan ger. Advire tonight state that the power plant on the little Walla Walla river, near Milton 1 wrecked. This plant furnished light ami power for Pendleton and oil the intermediate town between here ami Milton as well, and (he loss ia $.' 10,000. It will he two mouth before it can be rebuilt. The eMps in Umatilla county ore ruined, and there ia great danger that the big irrigation dam of the little Walla Walla Irrigation Company will go out and wreck the project. Waters Subsiding. WALLA, WALLA. May 30Although the rain ha ceased falling and the city la in darkness, normal condition! are Whig resumed. The ruin .stopped dur ing the afternoon and since 4 o'clock the waterg of Mill creek have fallen fourj feet, and it ia believed all danger i SH0NTS TALKS COMPLETION ATLANTA, May 30. Theodore P. Shouts, chairinun of the Panama canal commission was the guest today of his Atlanta friends and delivered two ad dresses. The first was at the dedica tion of a new building at the Alice Scott institute at Decatur, the second before the Chamber of Commerce this evening. Khonts' subject was tho "Re lation of the South to the Panama Canal," He stnmgly advocated the lock canal system. Mr. Shouts said between the ptirchuse of supplies and the com pletion of the canal a gulf is fixed, llow wldrt is this gulf depends on the type of anul selected. He said practically Hi CEASED WALLA IN DARKNESS passed. The estimated damage in Walla Walla county ia along a quarter of a million, Uia piludpal individual aufferer being the Northwestern Light 4 Power Company which hues $.10,000, and whoa plant ran not he repaired in six weeks, The estimated damage to cropa l very great, ami unless it is greatly exagge in I 'd the loss will run Into hundreds of thousand of dollars. Report from Milton, Ptexeott and neighboring towna all report heavy damage. The railroad are heavy losers, much truck ia washed out and the bridges deet roved. No los of life in reported. COUNTY ASSESSORS TO CONVENE AT ALBANY ALBANY. Ore., May 30-A conference of the Count y Assessors of Western Oivgun will be held in Albany dune 11 to agree upon uniform rate of assess ment for this year's roll. The main subject to be considered will be the rat of assessment for the Southern Pacific road-bed and rolling stock, and all As sessors in whose counties track is locat ed are expected to be present. Practically all of the counties of the western paii of the state will adopt the full valuation plan of assessment this year nnd an effort will le made to se cure uniform schedules along all lines in all the counties. The conference will thus l one of considerable importance. HIT WRONG MAN. GUTHRIE, 0. T., May 30.-A pistol duel in the main street of Enid tonight Roliert White, a bystander", was killed and Robert Johnson and Fred Capers, principals were wounded. Johnson es caped the oflhwrs and liaa not been cap tured. The town ia greatly excited. ON THE OF THE CANAL iiietion was, how long to wait before entering the period of development which will follow the completion of the canal, lie was not surprised that European countries manifested no Inter est in the completion of the canal. "They do not pay the bills, their com merce does not suffer for the completion of the enterprise." Ho however wus niystilled how any Aniericun would try to throw obstacles in Its way, reulir.ing the benefit of this work nt'the earliest poHsible moment, "When we can get a better canal for less money and luive the benefit ourselves which will make a heritage for our children." BATTLESHIP ASHORE. DAVENl-ORT, England, May 30-The naval authorities are in great anxiety for the battleship Montague which went ashore today on Lundy Wand, to be refloated. The ship was only three year old. Lundy Islurtd was always regarded a extremely dangerous. The cruiser Aeolu is going at full speed to the Montague's assistance and the bat tleship Albernutrle has leen picked dp by wireless and ordered to proceed to the scene of the wreck. All members of the crew were saved, but several had their limbs brokenor were seriously injured. It is reported something in the noliiTe of a panic occurred. ONLY FOUR SURVIVE. CONCEItTON, Chili. May 30. The Hi it Mi ship LUnioro, from Melbourne. April 21. for Coronel, was wrecked at Santa Maria. Twenty-two of the crew were drowned, including Captain Cowell. The first mate was oared with three member of the crew. Republic of Counani Has Never Existed. SUPPOSED TO BE IN BRAZIL British Foreign Office GeU Query Which For Time Ciuaei Stir la Two Nations' Affairs Existence Indigently Denied. MANCHESTER, May 30.-The good people of Manchester are in search of a new republic in South America, as the following letter addressed to the British foreign oflice, shows: "I am desired by the president of this chamber to ask if you will be so good as to favor me with some information respecting the political status of the Independent Republic of Counani, situ ate, as I am Informed, between Braxil and the three Guianas. "Members of tliis chamber have been approached with regard to the forma tion of a company having its field of operations in Counani. It is announced that, as part of its work, It' will enter upon the purchase of goods from Man chester merchant and others. "This republic is unknown here, but a map has been exhibited in Manches ter showing the important town of I Manaoa, situate near the conflux of the Amazon and Rio Negro, as being within its territory. I am. therefore, instruct- d respectfully to ask you what terri- SUCH REPUBLIC tory Counani comprises, and whether f the great civil war. No other men de it existence has been recognized by , serve so well of this country as those Great Britain. Any other information J you can properly afford will be very J welcome to the president. ' I "The necessity for an authoritative j statement oil the subject is urgently realized here, as merchants require to know whether ,in case of need, they can rely upon British protection. I have, etc. WALTER SPEARMAN. The foreign office replied as follows: "1 am directed by Secretary Sir E. Givy to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, asking for information as to the political status of the Independent Republic of Counani. and in reply I am to state that the mi called 'state is fictitious. Its political existence is indignantly denied by the Brazilian government, within whose territory the cities and provinces claimed by the 'republic' are situated, and it has not been acknowl edged by this country, nor, so far as his majesty's government is aware, by any othee power." AEE OREGON BOY BREAKS RECORD. NEW YORK. May 30.-A new world's record in the pole vault was established today by A. C. Gilbert 'f Yale at the track and field meet of the Irish American athletic club. Gilbert cleared the bar at VI feet 3 inches. The best previous record, was held bv S'orman Dole of Oakland, Cat, at 12 feet 1-32.100 Inch Gilliert was formerty a memlier of he Multnomah Athletic Club at Port land, and attended the Pacific University at Forest Grove. , OREGON CATTLE GO EAST. ARLINGTON. Ore., May 30. Six hundred and fifty head of rattle were shipped from Gilliam county this week, 475 head going Eat and the remainder to Portland The Eastern shipment was of one and two-year-old steers, the Portland shipment consisting of mixed. About 2000 head of cattle have been sent out of this county during the past two weeks. HE PAYS TRIBUTE Roosevelt Delivers Eulogy at Ports mouth Yeasterday. NATION DEPENDS ON SOLDIER Welfare of Country Depends on "CW- ten-Soldier " Doing Duty He Must Have in Him Capacity For Improvement. OLD FOINT COMFORT, May 30. President Roosevelt today joined with the surviving members of both the blue and gray in paying tribute to the na tion's dead. The morning was devoted to a patriotic oration at the naval he pital at Portsmouth and directly after .wards unveiled the handsome monument erected by the army and navy union in .memory of their fallen comrades. Ports mouth was elaborately decorated and the exercise were preceded by an im posing parade. Isearlv 40,000 eailors and marines were participating besides the organiza tions represented, and the navy union, i. the G. A. R., the United Confederates Union and many civic and patriotic so cieties. The president spoke to an au dience numbering several thousands. He said: President's Speech. This day is hallowed and sacred in ous history, for on this day throughout the land we meet to pay homage to the memory of the valiant dead who fell in to whom we owe it that we now have a country. Moreover, the men to whose valor we owe it that the Union wus pre- served have Jeft us a country reunited jm fact os well as in name. They have left us the memory of the great deeds and the self-devotion alike of the men .who wore the blue and of the men who wore the gray in the contest where .brother fought brother with equal cour age, with equal sincerity of conviction, with equal fidelity to a high ideal, as jt was given to each to see that ideal. Moreover, it is a peculiar pleasure to speak today under the auspices of the Army and Navy Union, of the Union which is meant to include the officers and enlisted men of the regular forces of the United States. Deserve All Honor. Exactly as there is no other body of men to whom in the past we have owed so much a to the veterans of the civil war, so theiv is no other body of men (Continued on page 8) SUBSIDING AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT IS PLACED UNDER FIRE House Committee on Appropriations Discovers Absolute Disregard of Law, Authorizing Construct ion or Agriculture Building. MONEY APPROPRIATED INVESTIGATION INTO AFFAIRS SHOWS THAT DEPARTMENT USE ALL MONEY AVAILABLE IN BUILDING SMALL PART OF AGRICULTURE STRUCTURE LEAVING NOTHING TO FINISH UP WITH. WASHINGTON, May 30. What the members of the houe committee on appropriations regard as an absolute disregard of the law authorizing the construction of a new building for the agriculture department, was revealed in the hearings before that committee on the sundry civil bill. In 1903 congress appropriated $1,500,000 for this build ing. It was the general understanding that this amount was for the complete building for the accommodntion of the entire department. Members Astonished. It was with some astonishment that member learned last week that some body had ordered the construction of two wings of what may some day be the completed building and the erection of the two wings has practically ex hausted the amount appropriated for the complete structure. The wings, when completed will be, according to the testimony, inadequate to house the de partment force and congress will be called on for another couple of millions to fill in the space be tween the two wings. Consider- couple of millions to fill in the space between the two wings. The consider- able irritation developed during the hearings before the committee and Sec retary Wilson, Dr. Galloway and the official of the department were ques tioned concerning what is said to have been a direct violation of the laws. F. S. Gardner, mercantile agent of the department of agriculture testified that he knew the limit for the cost of the entire building was $1,500,000. Gardner also said the Central administration building was not included in the esti mate of the cost and that it was not even contemplated, as yet and could not be appropriated for some time. Gardner Answers Questions. When asked why the department did not construct the whole building Gard ner answered: "They constructed within the limit of the cost what they needed for the present work and when their future need come they will have to' put up other buildings." It developed further from Gardner's testimony that the ad ministrative work of the department) MICHAEL DAVITT DIES AFTER NOTABLE CAREER DUBLIN, May 30 A notable career closed tonight when after a long and painful illness Michael Davitt died peacefully and painlessly at 12 o'clock in the presence of his oldest son and two daughters and several friends. Mrs. IS SPENT HEEDLESSLY will continue to be carried on in tha present building although congress pro vided that it be torn down. Further than that Gardner testified the two wings were being constructed fof "laboratory purposes." : The secretary of agriculture, accord ing to Gardner is responsible for ttw plans of the buildings. Gardner also testified that $31,000 was wasted ia order that the site for the building might be moved forty feet. He testified that this was done as the result of a ' meeting at the White House, where it was declared by the president and sec retary and a member of the pork com mission. Secretary of Agriculture Wil son had prepared a long statement , ia defense of the present construction. Chairman Tawney asked him how ha justified his position and if when the, plans were made Wilson was satisfied that $1,500,000 was not enough, why he didn't inform congress before going ahead. Have Wrong Idea. ' "You have the wrong idea in your mind there," said Wilson, "we made a plan to exhaust $1,500,000. We would buikl in such a way that congress might add to it and we have made no plans but for our buildings. The secretary went on at length to read a defense of his position. Dr. Galloway and Secre tary Wilson both contributed testi mony. Gardner gave testimony and in sisted there was enough room In the wings to accommodate the administra tive force, but both admitted it was not contemplated tearing down the present administrative building as directed by congress. The members of the commit tee explained to Wilson that they did not suspect his integrity, but thought he did not have authority in law for what he had done. To this suggestioa the secretary tartly replied, "You make laws without consulting a soul in the agricultural department, and without regard to its necessities. The man who drafted that law made it come pretty near the needs, and I made the moat of it." All the telegraphic and local news in the Morning Astorian. Davitt is prostrated, with illness at the same hospital and is too feeble to leave her room. Death was due to blood poisoning following two operations for necrosis of the jaw bone. Davitt' ill ness commenced by an insidious attack of toothache which he neglected. i