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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1906)
All irr liV : " w .a 1 ft M 1KB I, UBUHIt;ruLU AttOOIATIO PRftt IMPORT UOVIftt THI MORNINQ PIILO ON THt LOWS COLUMBIA; VOLUME LXI NO. 219 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY. AUGUST 19, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1111 5,000 ILLED AFTER SCALP OF HEARST Jerome May Be Candidate For Governor. HIS CONSENT PROBABLE District Attorney's Gubernatorial Boom Gives New Twist to Gotham Politics. CITY'S RED TAPE METHODS Coitly Ramifications of Municipal Red Tp In Financial Department Shown Upton Sinclair's Co t Operative Has Troubles, NEW YORK. AiijfUHt IS. The an nouncement by John A, Henncberry. thief clerk in RUtrkt Attorney Jerome' office ami on of the district attorney political lieutenant, that Mr. Jerome would probably consent to liecome the democratic candidate fur governor if there seemed to be a demand for hi nomination, put a new phase upon what promise to lie Hip most Interesting Kiilirrnatorial fight the Empire State ever aw. With Hlgglus renominated by the Republican on "the utrnth of hi record, with Heart renominated by himself, nnd with the usual tally of Socialist, lro1iibition and "Labor" can didate, there promie to 1 o many ticket in the field thnt the man who i not running for lomo office wll be hard to find. If Hearst rapture the regular democrat it) nominat ion, it i averted that Jerome will run a an independent democrat, representing the "safe and aane" element in the party. However much Mr, Jerome' popularity may have dwindled since the Inst election, It muat lie confessed that he i a veritable cy clone on the stump and can blow away ny of the megaphonlo orator the Heart party Is likely to bring against liim. The New York newapnper. the Sun and the Evening Pout, are already supporting bi candidacy. clalr's Kew Vork Home Colony Aocla tion, a It citl led, me qtietions arose over dUcuKilnii on committee rcort that Indicate Mr, Sinclair may have tackled a harder proportion than the Reef Trunt, One co-op with a tte for hygiene wanted to know if he would I allowed to enter the co-operative dining room with liar feet. Thi precipitated a hot diculon which wa only aide tracked when another member of the proeetlv colony, with fondne for ragtime, demanded if he had the right to keep a gramophone going on hi front porch from fl o'clock until mid night. Another member wa curlmi a to whether he could get breakfast a late a 10 o'clock every morning, and it ill another wlidicd to be Informed if he would I allowed to cook hi favorite dUh of sauerkraut In the parlor on a hot u miner evening, A prolonged di cuMion of thce prelng claim of in dividual taxte left the eo op ft ill In . Mate of delicious Indecision. MM 1H m VALPABAISO I -AKOTHMWIIB DAT. 1X11(1 VC 1 DP . IHU ICflUO HAVOC IN METROPOLIS Coat of Municipal Red Tape. The coittly rnmlllcationa of municipal red tape were beautifully llliiHtratcd recently when a voucher was received ljy the Finance Department from the Hoard of Education stating that the city was indebted to a certain school wupply dealer, for the purchase of five ldue print, the autii of 5 cent. After going through the auditing department of the Hoard of Education, the bill wa forwarded to the auditing department of the Finance Department, where it pawed through the hands of eighteen high mala ried ofllciaU. These gentlemen spent nt least $4.05 worth of the city's time in handling the paper o that It cost upwards of $5 to settle a bill of 5 cent. Moreover, the voucher spent IS days in the Finance Department being transfer red from one functionary to another. New Yorkers are considering this an object lesson in why municipal under takings lose money. Not AH Roses. Mr. Upton Sinclair, who is deter mined to ; prove to the benighted in dividualist that a co-operative home col ony in the suburbs Is the nearest thing to paradise, is finding that the road to his pet project is not all roses. At a recent meeting In the city of Mr. Sin- EVERYTHING NICE. Germany and England An On Beit of Tfrm HKRLI.V, August 18.;reat aatisfac tion prevail at the foreign office over the result of the meeting of KdwarJ and William. The latter bat expreed himself strongly, a being highly satis fied with the outcome of hi personal conference! with the King. T tflwui Ion of the monarch covered many im portant question of interest to both eountrle, without aiming to reach spe cific agreement, but with a view to coming to satisfactory understanding respecting the policies pursued by the two countries, Thi wa accomplished in the main, and the foreign office ex- lied to see the improvement in the relation, continue, Dispatches Say Fire Adds to the Horror of Earth quake. Panic Reips Every Where PROPERTY LOSS IN SANTIAGO IS $2,000,000 ShocKs ire Felt at Tacna in the Extreme North of ChileMany Towns Reported Destroyed Martial Law is Proclaimed in Valparaiso. QUAKES CONTINUE THROUGHOUT COUNTRY, SPREADING TERROR . ;': -.fill AUTHUK1IIE3 AKB VAINLY ATTfi MPTING TO CALM THE PEOPLE, BUT ARE UW ABLE BECAUSE 0 F THE CONTINUANCE OF THE SHOCKS SHIPPING IN HA RBOR ESCAPES UNDAM AGEDSOLDIERS FO RCE RESCUE WORK. FIRM IS ROBBED. Win LAN D, August 18. It was learned today that a sum of between $21)00 and l-tOOO in gold coin was ab stracted from the burglar proof safe of Allen and Lewis, prominent merchants of thi city between three weeks and a month ago. So great has been the care with which the secret ha been kept that not even the employes working in the odlce within a few feet of the safe were aware that a robbery had taken place. The matter was not reported to the police, but ha been in the hands of a private detective agency and without result so far a Is known. L. Allen Lewi, one of the members of the firm when' interviewed tonight refused to male ny statement further than nd mlt it wa true the firm wa roblied. THREE FAMILIES GRIEVE. CORVALLIS, Ore., August 18.-The past week ha been a and one for several Corvallis families, there having occurred three deaths, all under unusually sad irenmstnnces. Clark Munday, a young man of the city, was taken ill with appendi citis last Friday, the attack being so violent that on Saturday an operation was performed, lie wag thought to bo doing well, but on Tuesday uric poison ing set in, and early Monday morning he was dead, lie wa a member of the O. A, C. junior class, and a most ex emplary young man, ITe carried a $1500 insurance policy with the United Artisans In favor of his mother. The little 2-year-old son of Mr, onl Mrs. Cecil Cat hey, of this place, died Wednesday, after undergoing a surgical operation to remove an abscess that sud denly appeared on the neck. Little Dorris Herron. aged 3 years, died Wednesday morning after a few days' illness of tuberculosis of the brain. The mother, the young wife of Robert Herron, a prominent citizen of the county, died September 4, 1004, of tuberculosis. Fully 5000 people according to th latfwt dispatches from Santiago d! Chile lost their lives In the Valparaiso disaster. Santiago also sulTered severe ly, 30 were killed and $2,000,000 vu the property loss. Except the foregoing no estimate of the damage and casual tie caused by the earthquake has la'en received in Xew York up to 11 o'clock tonight and the almve dispatch lacks confirmation. A panic resigns in both eitie. The shock were felt at Tacna in the ex treme end of Xorth Chile. A number of minor towns have been either destroy ed or materially damaged. Varparaiao has Wen descried as "nearly destroy ed" and "half destroyed" by the earth quake and the flames. The loss of life and property is undoubtedly heavy. Telegraphic communication haa been re established with Chile, hut no message are yet received from Valparaiso. MUTINEERS ARE SENTENCED. CRONSTADT, August 18,-Ten of the mutineers who have been on trinl how have been condemned to death, fifteen acquitted and 122 sentenced to terms of imprisonment. REPORTS ARE TRUE. HUEXOS AY RES, Saturday, August 18, 0:30 P. M. The Associated Press has received authentic information confirm ing the worst reports of the Cliilean earthqunke. Valparaiso is partialy de stroyed. The most damage done is in the center of the city extending from the Plana Del Orden to the Plaza Pratta. Many lives are lost, but the number h not yet known. Hundreds are injured. Los Andes is almost totally destroyed. The finest buildings of the town, gov ernment house, hotels, and pubic ollices, are. almost totally destroyed. Oother towns on the Cliilean side of the Andei, wholly or partially destroyed are Quillota, Llay Liny, Illapet, Vallenar, and Kan Felipe. . Quiollota is a mass of ruins and there is much losg of life, there. F'rom Santiago to the Andes every tintge and tunnel on the railway is utterly wrecked and the railway lines torn up. The shock is supposed to have been caused by the eruption of a vol cano near .Tenia Los Andes. It is im possible to estimate the dimensions of the district at the present moment. There is no doubt the disaster is of terrible proportions. tempta at organisation have proved futile. Martial law haa been proclaimed and an effort made to calm the people, but with little effect a the quakes still continue up to this afternoon. Five Shocks Are Felt. Five shocks were felt today though not so frequent or violent, they were enough to keep the people in a state of terror. The dead and injured are plac ed at 1000, while wild rumor place the figures at 4000. However, owing to the lack of a systematic report, all figures are a speculation. The shipping in the harbor escaped undamaged, and every vessel 1 a haven for the refugee. All building are deserted. Practically nothing , haa been done in the way of clearing the wrecks or searching for dead bodies as the laborers refuse to enter the ruing because of the continued shocks. The soldiers will force the rescue work tomorrow. VALPARAISO IS WRECKED. GALVESTON, Texas, August 18. Valparaiso has been wrecked by an earthquake and fire, and the few build ings that escaped serious damage from the earthquake were either being burn ed or are in immediate danger. The people are panic stricken, and all at- TEMBLORS CONTINUE. BUENOS AYRES, August 18.-A dis patch from La Paz saya reports re ceived from there say the earthquake shocks continue at Valparaiso, where a panic prevails. The fire originated in the Paza del Orden and is spreading rapidly in the northern portion of the city. A dispatch adds that it is offic ially confirmed from La Serena that much damage was done at Valparaiso and many persons killed or injured. A storm is reported on the bay of Val paraiso. The disturbances are felt eve-i in Tacna, tie northermost province of Chile. Loud subterreanean noises are heard at La Serena. The villages o: Illapcl, 130 miles north of Santiago and Vallenar, and 300 mile north of there, were destroyed. York Stock Exchange Witnesses Excited Buying. NEW YORK, August 18-Yeterday' wild scene on the stock exchange were repeated today. The galleries were filled with spectator attracted by re ports of yesterday's excitement of the electrifying effect of the announcement of dividends declared on Union and Southern Pacifle stocks. These two stock continued to make sensational fluctuation. The whole market was affected in sympathy. Price advanced buoyantly on, from one to three point on the buying demand such as bag not been witnessed since the Bull period of 1901. The broker apparently bad orders to buy unlimited amounts of United and Southern Pacific and blocks of thousands of shares and event tens of thousands were taken at the market, at any price demanded. The Pennsyl vania was second only to the Pacific and during the second hour the Reading also came into prominence, and was rushed up over four points on almost an un limited buying movement. Heavy pro fit taking by Room traders made prices fluctuate constantly, but the enormous buying demand continued undiminished up to the closing. CREDIT EXHAUSTED. . ST. PETERSBURG, August 18 -The credit of $7,500,000 voted by the late parliament for famine relief being al ready exhausted and the commission re vising the budget having scraped the last possible kopeck to raise $10,000,000, it was reported this afternon that the government had determined to have re course to an internal loan of $27,000,000 to provide the further sura urgent!, needed to prevent starvation and pro vide seed for a new crop. The loan will oe "subscribed" by the state savings banks. FOR BARNARD Judge Hunt Sends Him to Mc Ncill's Island. ON CHARGE OF PERJURY Watson is Given His Freedom on Heney's Recommendation. Was a Victim. HENEY AFTER BIGGER FISH Sentence For Hendricks and Zaciary ia Postponed Win be Given a Chance to go on Stand in Bntte Case ' la Their Own Behalf. SURVEYORS ARE BUSY. CASTLE ROCK, Ore, August 18. i wo companies ot railroad surveyors have been at work in this vicinity for several week past, one in each side of the Cow lit River. It hag been generally known that those on the east side were Northern Pacific men, but there hag been considerable doubt in the minds of the people as to whom the others repre tented. The engineers themselves hav been very reticent, and have not given much satisfaction to those making in qmries. One of them gave out the in formation the other day that they were working for the Oregon & Washington Railroad. This is thought to be the Ilarriman road, and as steps are now bein taken to complete the arrange ments for the right of way it looks like there might be some building begun soon. CITY IS DESTROYED. TOPEKA, August 18. A private mes sage received at Wichita, Kan., from Valparaiso, says the city is destroyed. The messages bears today's date. COMPANY WILL FIGHT. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., August 18. Judge Hanford, of the United States District Court, today granted a prelimi nary injunction to the Northwest Light & Water Company, which restrains the city from holding an election August 29. to vote on the purchase of the water plant by the municipality. Registra tion close this afternoon at 5 o'clock. About 1000 have already registered. PHENOMENAL INCREASE. COLFAX, Wash., August 18. County Assessor M. C. True and his 23 field deputies have completed the work of assessment in Whitman county and turned the books over to the County Commissioners. The returns show total assessed valuation of $27,689,910, as agam.se ti&VM.tw tor last year, showing an increase of nearly 100 per cent. The value of personal property has increased nearly $1,500,000, while real estate has increased accordingly, farm property making the greatest gam, from $7,505,575 for last year to $17,115,000 for this year. The assessed valuation of railroads has nearly doubled, while the trackage has increas ed from 312 miles to 385. RAISE THE TOLL. VICTORIA, August 18.-A dispatch from Ottawa says the railway commis sion has issued an order that the addi tional toll of 5 cents a hundredweight on all traffic from British Columbia, which originates in the eastern United States must not be charged as now is done on freight from British Columbia originating in, Eastern Canada. . PORTLAND, August 18. Coe D. Bar nard, convicted of perjury as a witness to the final homestead proof of Charles A. Watson, was this morning sentenced by Judge William H. Hunt in the United States Circuit Court to imprisonment in the Government prison on McNeill's Island for two years, and fined $2000. Hamilton H. Hendricks, former Unite! State Commissioner at FossiL secre tary and treasurer of the Butte Creek Land, Livestock & Lumber Company, and Clarence B. Zachary, manager of the company, will not be sentenced un til after trial of the Butte Creek fenc ing case, in order that they may enjoy the right to testify in their own be half at that trial, if they so desire. Charles A. Watson, who was convicted of perjury in falsely swearing to his final homestead proof, was allowed to go on his own recognisance, on the sug gestion of Special Assistant Attorney General Heney, who announced it to be the policy of the government not to prosecute individual homesteaders in past offenses, who told the truth and thus aided in the apprehension and punishment of those who instigated the commission of crimes against the gov ernment v1 tf When court convened Prosecutor Heney caused a ripple of surprise by announcing that for reasons which the government deemed sufficient hs desired the sentencing of Hendricks and Zach ary to go over until after the trial of the fencing case. Sentence, he said, would disqualify them from testifying, and would place them in a peculiar sit uation should they desire to take the witness stand in their own behalf. He then called the court's attention to the Watson case, and announced that it had all along been the policy of the Government not to prosecute the in dividual homesteaders, even though they had engaged to contract sale of their lands in advance, in cases, where they appeared before the grand jury and told the truth. Watson, he said, had not been shown an opportunity to appear before the grand jury for the reason that the officials did not know where he was. Day before yesterday Mr. Heney had sent for Watson, and he had voluntarily offered to go on the witness stand i" the Zachary case, and to tell the truth, intimating that he had not been given the same chance as other homesteaders. Heney then turned him over to Irvin Rittenhouse, to whom he had given n. full statement. He believed, he said, that Watson had told his story on tho witness stand freely and honestly.