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VOLUME LXI NO. 160
ASTORIA, OREGON. tHURSDAY. MAY 31, 1006
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ANGRY WATERS
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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.
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