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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1906)
1 Itlonthu) UUHIr.ULL AMOOIAT0 MIM MPORT UOVIR THE MORNINQ PIILD ON THI LOWB COLUMBIA. VOLUME LXI NO. m ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENT S STRENUOUS DAY SPENT Bryan Kept Busy Yester day in New Haven. MAKES FOUR SPEECHES Nebraskan Is Center of Throng of Admiring Democrats. Warm Welcome. NO STREET DEMONSTRATION Bryan Speak of Problem Which Dem ocrtti Muit Fact In Coming Cam paign Retutm to New York Today. NEW HAVKX, Aug. 31. Tli viitt of Bryan to Connecticut wa a strenuous one. He delivered four adresse of con ldcrhle length, nn, attended two re ceptions and wa the center of hand linking la-e whenever hi admirer could reach film. All thla wa crowded Into the hour, Iwtwecn noon, when he reached this city, and tin hour of hi retirement tonight, a the guest of for mer Senator Archibald McNeil of Bridgeport. Everywhere hr wan heart ily received though there wa an ab senre of street dcinnnttatinn l"ti her and at Itrldircpnrt IIU aiidlrnre " how. eter, nt timi'", witi wildly enthusiastic, eaiecily nt the noon luncheon. The fcaturea of the day were a lun cheon and conference nf Ni' England Democrat. At the former, Itryatt wa welcomed to the rlly and elate with a cordiality that for warmth ha seldom lxcn extended to n vliilor nod nt tln latter he tood More a representative liody o New England Democrat and with great earnestness ajHikv on the problem which the party iituat face at the romliij rnmpnljnia. He said In the course of hi" addren that New Eng land had never been a "(food breeding place for Democracy, and .TelTcron had never eonidered It so, neither did .luck aon." iotn tiryan's main allrces were along the llnea of Ma address In Madison rtqimro Garden laat night, touching upon the Issm which he declared of para mount Importance at thla time. Tonior. row evening Bryan will return to New York. NEGRO FIEND IS BEATEN. SAN1 FRANCISCO, Aug. 3I.-A young negro forced an entrance to the home of Mr. William Mngce and nttempted to aaanult Helen Parker, aged 1(1 year. The girl' acrcam attracted a number of Prealdlo aoldlera, who beat the fel low until they thought him dead, hut ho partly recovered and wna taken to the Military hoapltnl. The anrjjcont think he will live. SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION. RAN FIUNCTSCO, Aug. 31. Fire broke out early thla morning nt the Fulton Iron Work. The fire department hurriedly responded to the alarm, but owing to the diatance to bo covered to reach the work, the flame gained grent headway and for a time the work, val ued at $2,000,000 were threatened with deal ruction, The fire, which "tnrted In tthe foun- 1 dry, an isolated building was discover ed at any early stage by the watch man. It wna eventually confined to that portion of the plant, although the pnt torn work wna badly damnged. The foundry wa completely destroyed be fore the fire wall brought under control. The loss will amount to over $30,-(00. STRICTER INSPECTION. Meat Ptoducta Must Be Labeled With Exact Contend, VASIIIN(iT(K, Aug, 31. Nothing short nf the placing on meat product of lahela which will not deceive the puldie mind wa the ultlmKtiitn deliv ered hy (secretary WlUon to forty rep. rcaentatlve of the packing houses to day, Hereafter If the paekcra want their good accepted for Interatate eom mere ahlpmenta, the package must lear a lull M'iflratly atatlng what the package contain. It will not do for in. tauce merely to state that the pack age rnntalna tanaage. The lalwl must distinctly nay "Pork" or "Pork and Href" aaimage or any other ingredient. The elimination of the advertising fea ture, of the lahel will also ha 'nalated upon. Vilxn eald In administering the law he would apply common aenae, and it wa not hi Intention to l hyaterical or Impoae unnecessary hardship on ll packer. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The pastor ha arrived and begun work. He wlhe to make the acquaint ance of all Congregntlonalist In the city, associated or unasaoeiated with the church. Service will lie held on Sunday morning and evening. The pant or will preach at both service and will b glad to meet large audience. Morning aerviee nt II o'clock. Sub ject. "First Hand and Second-hand Re ligion." Evening aerviee at ft o'clock. Subject, "Faith Vindicated." Sunday ai-bool at 1 2 ; 20. Midweek mccling Wednesday at 8 p. m. All stranger and visitor In the city will find ft cordial welcome at all these aer vlcea. All resident not connected with other churche re invited to meet with ua. FUTURITY ON TODAY i Great Race Scheduled for Sheeps- head Bay. " A LARGE STAKE IS OFFERED Futurity Rare Ha Stake of Fifty Thou aand Oollarg Offered for Winner Attendance Will Be at Least 0,000. NEW YOKK. Aug. 31. The great Fu turity, worth about $.r0.fl00, will lie run over the aix-furloiig at might course nt Sheepahead Hay tomorrow. The pre diction are for favorable weather and the Coney lalnnd .loekey club anticipate an attendance of at leaat 50,0000 pco nn. The Futurity la the largest atake of' fered In t bin country for horae. It I not an old event, hut I the precursor of a Nimllar number of large atake, like the Matron, the Brighton Produce and the liko. None ha attained the celebrity of the Futurity, however, which baa eninc ly most race follower nut aide the regular track contingent, to be the one race of the venrj to rank at leaat with the Suburban and Tlrook lyn Handicap na an event to be watched nt all coat. The atake was etarted in 1888 and the very first la deemed In some respect the beat of the aeries, Proctor Knott dceating tbe mighty Snlvotor in a great race and winning a fortune for hi own er, who was accounted a poor man to be In such company. The race In 1811, when Hi IIighnea defeated Y'orkville Hell and Dngonet, wag another one to bo remembered. In 1803 Domino and Dobbin were the contenders, beginning then tliolr remarkable, rivalry for turf hoor. In 1807 came the givnteat surprise of the series, when L'Alouette captured the stake, an utter outsider, wholly un regarded by tbo wiae one in turf form. Since then eolt like Ballyhoo Bey, Stal vnble, Hamburg Belle and Artful have captured the stake, fully rewarding the hope of a majority of the student of form. OUTLOOK IS VERY GLOOMY Insurrection Spreads Santiago Province. to PALM IS POWERLESS Are Fighting at Cardenas Three Thousand Insurgents in Cienfuegos. FOREIGN PROPERTY MENACED Government powerle to Protect For eign Property Insurgent Hold up Train at Will Government Win in Open Fighting. HAVANA. A tiff, 31. The situation I far darker tonight than at any previous time since the insurrection broke out. Now W0 received bv the Associated Pre that outbreka had occurred in Santiago Province and in many other ection, causing great alarm and eon eern. Cardena ha Wen the scene of fighting and there are' 3,000 armed in surgents in the vicinity of Clenfuego and all the mall town in Santa Clara province are controlled by insurgents. The only peaceful province I Puerto Principe and the government appears p.-.v.--r!f--5 to protect the property of Americana and other foreigner. Trains are being held up nt will. The govern ment Is rapidly increasing it force and making good headway, wherever there is open fighting, but guerilla warfare ia lieing carried on extensively. According to a dispatch rom Santiago Ooticral .Tcmi I?nbi, the veteran com mander, i ready to "tart at the head of 1.000 loyal volunteer against the liiiiirgent. PULLAM IN CONTROL. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. -A dispatch to a morning .paper from Boton say: Tt i persistently reported here that President Pulllam of the National ! President Pulllam of the National League baa got control of the Boaton National club and that announcement of the deal Is being withheld until the close of the present season. When Mr. Pullinm wn here a few week ago he said negotiation for the purchase of the Boston club were all off because nf the high price asked for the fran chise, plnyer and grounds, but person who are In a position to know say that a deal has been consummated, LARGE STEEL PLANT. RAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. South San Francisco is to have a rolling mill which will probably be one of the larg eat steel plants in the west. Twenty acres at the junction of San Bruno road and Railroad avenue have been purchased by the Pacific Hardware 4 Steel company and the work of erect ing the building and installing the ma chinery will bo hastened as rapidly as possible. Six hundred men will be giv en employment when the mill start about the first of netx year. LICENSE SUSPENDED. VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. Sl.-The commission appointed to investigate the collision of the steamer Chehali and tha Princess Victoria, which resulted in the sinking of the Chehali and the drowning of seven persons, placed the entire responsibility on the Victoria. The master' certificate of Captain Grf fln, eommnndng the Vetora, s suspend fin. ojinmntiding tie Victoria, is sus pended for six months. BABIES ARE THICK. Aibury Park Hold Big Baby Show Over 500 There. ANBURY PARK, N. Aug. 31. Ha bie from every nook and corner of Uncle Nam's domain and me from across the sen held festal holiday and high revel in Aabury Park today. Dred in their beat raiment they pa raded the oecan front this afternoon and were reviewed by Queen Titanra (Mia Julia Doremua) and her maids of the court of honor. It was bit by '1 day in the fairy realm by the ea. Almost every variety of infantile precocity wa represented in the moving proceaaion, from the In fant terrible MiMufd and tractable un der the influence of appalling environ ment, and rising in graduated atage to maturer juvenility, which, under press ure, wa M-rmitted to asume "trouaer loona'' and long skirt. There were nearly 500 good humored tot in the procession and they toddled contentedly in the grand march while many thousand of spectator, fascin ate,! by the moving panorama, looked on with sympathetic eye. There were doll in roaches, wheeled by their proud owners; express wagon and bicycle, baby carriage and go-cart; children dressed in fancy costume, tot In bur lesque garb, twins; float and pony turnout. Allegory and history found equal favor in the float division, which contributed much variety of original construction. The fancy dress division was phenomenally strong and pictur esqiie, and evoked unqualified remark of approval from the spectator. There rode. were several pairs of twin in tha pa Many watched the parade from the hotel piazza and the roofs of the cot tage and building adjacent to Ocean avenue. It i e-timated that the throng lining the aidewalk on Ocean avenue wa the largest ever gathered in Anbury Park upon any similar occasion. HELD NO MEETING Philadelphia Bank Directors Had Not Met in Three Years. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES Receiver Earle Inquiring Whether the Treasurer and Auditor Did Not Have Criminal Knowledge of Hippie's Transactions, PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 31. Addition nl developments of a sensational char acter continue to crop out of the fail ure of the Real Estate Trust company. Today it became publicly known that there has not been a meeting of the directors of the bank for nearly three years, every detail having been left to the president of the company, Frank K. Hippie. It also developed that the State board of bank exnminem had not in vestigated the bank for three years. Re ceiver Earle is directing his efforts to ward ascertaining if other officials or employes of the bonk had a gtiilty knowledge of Hippie' transactions. He expressed surprise that William F. North, the treasurer of the company, and Horace Hill, the auditor, did not acquaint the director with the condi tion of affair, if they were aware of the entanglements. It wag North' duty to approve the loan to Segel and the other borrowers, and Hill must have ob served the extensive amounts paid to one man. PROMINENT WOMAN DIES. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. A special to the Time from Boston say. Mrs, Cassandria Artell, widow of Dr. John N. Haynes died yesterday. Her husband waa consul of the United State and field director of the Babylonian expedition of the University of Penn sylvania, and she was the first woman fro mthc Orient to visit Nippur, Assyria, where she went in company with her husband upon on exploring expedition. For some years she wa a lecturer. OMAHA BEE tilllllll DEAD Edwara Rosewater, Noted Newspaperman. CAUSE, HEART FAILURE Body Found in the Courtroom by Judge Excitement Ends In Death. FUNERAL IS SET FOR SUNDAY Veteran Journalist's Death Was Due to the Excitement of Strenuous Sena torial Campaign Which Had Just Closed. OMAHA, Aug. 31. Edward Rosewa ter, proprietor and editor of the Oma ha Bee, and prominently identified with the political, financial and business af fairs of Omaha and the State of Ne braska for forty years, was found dead in District Courtroom No. 8 on the third floor of the Bee building, early to day. He had evidently died of heart failure. Mr. Rosewater went to Waterloo. Neb., Thursday afternoon, where he iimuV an address t the old soldiers of Nebraska. He reached Omaha on his return trip at 7 p. m. He is known to have been in his office during the eve ning, but was not seen by member of hi family after returning from Water loo. It wa a habit of Mr. Rosewater to go to different part of the building whenever his pleasure so induced, and it is presumed he stepped into the large courtroom and sat down for a minute's repose and fell asleep. When Judge Troup, who preside over court No. 8, arrived at the courtroom this morning he wa surprised to find the lifeless body of Mr. Rosewater on a bench. He was sitting at the end of the benoh, reclining easily against a radiator. He had reclined his head on hi extended arm across a rail at the end of the bench. In hi right hand he held a handkerchief. Mrs. Rosewater left a light burning at the family home which is directly in the rear of the Bee building, anticipating that her husband would be home during the evening. When he did not appear, Mrs. Rosewa ter notified Chief of Police Donohue that her husband had not returned home, al though it was known that he had been at his office during the evening, Noth ing was done in the way of search, as it was not uncommon for the veteran editor to be detained late at the news paper office. It was announced that the funeral of Edward Rosewater, editor of the Oma ha Bee, who was found dead today, will be held on Sunday afternoon, under the auspice of the Masons. NE WHEAD OF WEST POINT. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. A change in the superintendency of the United States Military Academy at West Point take place today when Major Hugh L. Scott, 14th cavalry, relieves Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills, who has been the superintendent of the academy for sev eral years past. The new superintendent is a native of Kentucky but wa appointed to the military academy from New Jersey. During the Spanish war he was major and lieutenant colonel in the adjutant general's department of volunteer es tablishment and was chief of staff to Gen. Wood in Cuba. More recently he ha served with his regiment in the Philippines. REFUSE TAINTED MEAT. Soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harrison Pro test Against Rotten Meat. CHICAGO, Aug. 31. A Tribune spe cial from Indianapolis ayi; The Unit ed State troops in camp at Fort Ben jamin Harrinon made it plain yester day that they would not accept as ra tion tainted meat and for an hour or more there were indication of rebel lion against the ration. The beef had been taken to the camp :n a refrigerator car, and had changed color, after being exposed to the air for several hour. The protest of the soldiers caused A board of inspection to be appointed which KXjrted that the beef was taint ed in t-not but recommended that the untainted parts be used. General Car ter, however, ordered all the beef de stroyed and a new ration iseued. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Miss France A Sarsted of Cleveland, Ohio, who 1 a patroc of the t.otel Astor, had a nar row escape from being seriously injured lnt night at 27th etreet and Broadway wln-n the nittomoi-ile in which she was riding skidded on the asphalt and crashed into a mall building used for storing repair tolf, which collapsed on top of her. Mis SaisteJ svfered several bruise and laceration ,l.ut refused medical aid, calling a cib ins. cad and being driven Imck to her hotel. The crash wa heard by the crowd, many of which ran to the automobile and lifted it up. Po'iceman Howe and Henry Calmer, of No. 231 Dearborn street, Chicago, a delegate to the Bryan reception, crawled nnder the building and pulled Mis Sauted out. SHERIDAN ON REEF Big Government Transport Is In Great Danger. MAY PROVE TO BE TOTAL LOSS Ship Runs on Reef Near Honolulu Ef fort Will Be Made to Remove the Passengers Repairing the Machinery. HONOLULU. Aug. 31. The second of ficer of the Sheridan ha come ashore. His boat was swamped in the break ers, but the crew landed safely. Captain Peabody has signalled the steamer Clau dine to take the Sheridan's passengers to Honolulu, and the transfer will be made at once if possible, with the as sistance of the revenue cutter Manning. The report that the Sheridan'a ma chinery broke down before she struck is denied. The machinery is being re paired and the coal being thrown over board in an endeavor to float her at high tide this afternoon. Captain Pea body i9 quoted to have assumed all the responsibility for the accident, saying the vessel was in too close. The Sheri dan has aboard 125 passengers and fifty soldier. VISIT APPRECIATED. LONDON, Aug. 31. The London newspapers are taking increasing in terest in the Harvard University crew'a visit. The Daily Telegraph this morn ing reprint Charle Dickens' speech de livered at the dinner of the two crews on the occasion of the contest in 1869, "Because," says the Daily Telegraph, "It so well expressed the feeling in all ' British hearts at the presence of an other Harvard crew upon the Thames." BIG FIRE LOSS. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Fire destroyed the four story brick building occupied by the H. W. Johns-Monville company, makers of asbestos, in South Brooklyn, last night. The loss is estimated at $100,000.