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4VOLUME LXI NO. 200 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS Qatly Letter UponCurrcnt Matters at Metropolis. "': ." '( ' ' ''; ' ' -r Some Inside History Aneot (he . Magnlllcent Perries that Operate There. PARSON'S PATENT PRESTIGE James B'G" Brio Ami Hii St-To With Tammany Pure-Food L'sw Makes Soma Startling Develop mcnts 300 Mile Auto Rsce. NEW VORK. Sept. !9.-(Soll to Th AM.uUn.) Hetty Green, the World's ritliit woman, 1 s h'icl wanderer Sb lr nut taka un hr )k1! anywhere for fear of the ensur lent tax colla tor. Hunted by the km vllh the lax lint, she Mi her home In th metropolis and took up her re Mence ui Jloboken, New Jcrey; There her quiet Mil frugal mod of living vu Interrupted bv the local tax office bloodhounds who again gut on her track and the fled to the rural peace of Bellows Falls, Vermont, In that place all went hXppily until the tax otlkcr recently lalwd the valuation on her place from $10,000 to $12,000. Thi ir, Greco viewed with horror and again it U announced litat ahe has Riven up her home and fled, This i another Iutnnee of the fact that the life of the .frugal New Yrtc millionaire la not all Wr ami 'skittles. No matter to what rural wilderness he withdraws hlmnelf, tlie SliyWx k of the tax of flee find him. And they aeeni to lnlt upon treating blm like any ordinary The plague of fleas which Infested the ippcr part of ew York during e hionth of August, has lieen succeeded byv swarm of beggars who clog the mor crowiled thoroughfares and pester the paserhy with their Importuni tics. Ever since lat spring when Po lice Commissioner Bingham abVllhed the mendicancy equad, which kept the curbstone emfter on the run; tbe number of beggars In the city haa In crossed alarmingly. Since early In September the mendicants, who prefer to lead a vagrant life In the country during tbe warm months, have returned to town, Many of the mendicants have waxed wealthy. One ragged fellow who grinds a pitiful hand-organ on Herald Square every night, is known to pos sess several tenement houses. The pa trolmen 'on the beat do not drive him awav because he bas a political pull One becfliir. anonrently a one-armed hunchback, with bis sole hand crippled, was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge entrance recenllv.i He exhibited de formlties so horrible that the pol' court judge scored the policeman for arresting him. In reply tne pouremuu ripped off aome of the man clothing, revealing the fact that the "hump" was mane or straw ana v" r- wai firmly strapped to the man's body, whlla vn tn orlnoled band was a normal member cleverly hold out of shape. ' .. I eSHtswass '' w vnrkera who have their homee In the Borough of Richmond (Stnten Isl and) must go to nnd from men- u.. neM In Manhattan by one route-the municipal ferry. Staten Tslnndcn are rather proud of the ferry and as a mat ter of fact the ferryboats are the fin M In the harbor. When citizens of Ins favored boroughs of the city point out that , the ferry l( steadily losing money, Richmond folk smile gravely. So londf M they have good service they dflfhot worry if tne enj nas to p" w e i n 11, 1 Tt..fc ttanent V the weeKty uwmiit. jui e Ntnten iHianiiers aa mwv jiui, unn iiiiiuo niniii vnw--m if the blesslnirs of muniolpal owner- i .4. k.n, inV nAur vinvr lp. Nick Mullcr, political bosa of ... t .- ' . , Htaten lalsnd, wlahed to eontrol the executive committee of tb local Dem ocratic club, eo on the evening of the olub election he had hie friend Lawrence Ilanlon, assistant superintendent of the elty'a ferries, atop three boats for one trip each, to that the crews might vote i or ftiuuer. Of course, hundreds of pas aengers wars put to great Inconvenience. Unfortunately for llanhm, the people picked up snob a row that Mayor Mc Ctellan.,wai forced to bounos him. But now New Yorkers art wondering what would happen ifthr city, to take an Inatanos operated the aubway and Big Tim Hulllvan wanted the employee to swell the crowd tt bis annual chowder party. Perhaps the subway would atop for the day and the alt akyacrapert down town would remain empty imtil the army of clerks could walk down town from Harlem, An Interesting result of the primacy elections In New York city was the en thronement of Mr, Herbert Paroon as Republican boas of New York city, If ImlM-d such a opproborious name as bust can be spiled to Mr, Parsons, At any rate, young Mr, Parsons, who la only 37 year old, overthrew the com bined force of such old campaigners si OIolI, Qulgg and Putt. In many re perta Sir. Psmns polltirsl strugglei remind New Yorkers of the early pub llo life In New York of Theodore Roosevelt, who Is the you no leader's friend and adviser. Mr, Parsons grad uated from Yale, atudied subsequently at Berlin, and finally took s law de gree at Harvard, lie comes of s wenl thy family, and when he took up bis reidence in a. crowded district In the mliUt of the city and announced that h woidd try to aecure the Republican cderl)lp of the district, the wise ones In politic laughed at Dim as a. ante (Continued on Page 8 ) ', OREGON'S PRELATE Consecration of Rev. Charles Scad ding Yesterday. INVESTITURE AT CHICAGO New Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Oregon Will Arrive One Week from Today Impressive Ceremonies to be Held. CHICAGO, Sept. 29. With the solemn and elaborate ceremony of the Protest ant Episcopal church, In the presence of a distinguished assemblage of eocles lastlcal dignitaries, Rev. Charles Bead- ding was today consecrated bishop of Oregon in tbe Kmmanuel church at La grange, 111. Bishops from every great state and city In the Union and a ma jurity of the priests of the diocese of Oregon were present. Right Rev. Dan iel S. Tuttlo, bishop of Missouri, and presiding bishop consecratorj Bishop Henrv C. Potter, of New York, and Bishop William A. Leonard of Ohio, con secratora. The procession at the open liiir was led by a eruoifler, followed by bishons and priests in lull vestmcnie, Holy Communion waa administered by BishoD Tuttlo, celebrant, only bishops and vested clergy being admitted to the euchnrist. Bishop Leonnrd, of Ohio, read the eplntlje Bishop Potter, of New York, read the Gospel, and Bishop An derson, of Chicago, preeohed the" sermon. Aft?r the singing, of a. hymn Bisimp Scadding was presented by the hishops of Springfield and rittsmirg. Kev. George B. Van Waters, president of the standing committee of the diocese of Oregon, rend the testimonial. Following the reading ot tne ccrtm cate of the presiding bishop, Bishop Rcaddinir pronounced the promise of conformity with prayer and the litany following, while the ciwur- ana oongre. gation stood, the presiding bishop ex amined the bishp-elect, and then the latter donned the Episcopal robes. As the new bishop knelt the blhops sang Vcnl Creator Spirltus," the . ceremony concluding with the presiding bishop pronouncing the wordB of consecration. A banquet will be given tonight In honor of the new bishop by the Church club of Chicago. Bishop ricadding goes to Portland next Tuesday. Dr. Scadding is the seventh bishp to be chosen from the diocese of Chicago within seven years, a record that has not been equaled by any dioceae in the United States, Dr. Scadding will, be succeeded in tne directorate of Emmanuel church by the Rev. Theodore B. Poster of Grace Ijpia copal Church, Kansas City. CUBA LIBRE SURE-ENOUGH Secretary. Tafl Proclaims the New Status. - LAST MOMENT UTILIZED Preparations for Despatching An Army From Newport News Now Competed. MASSIS ARE INDIFFERENT General Fred Funitoo Will Be In Com mand of the American Forces on the Island Cuban. Flag and Constitution Respected. HAVANA, Sept. A.-Wlth far less ostentation, than nsually accompanies the accession of a new territorial ad ministration, the government of Cuba W8 fumiaiiy tskii o'r tvuay by SC- retary Taft, who, in a proclamation clothed in kindly and diplomatlo tone, declared himself the provisional gov ernor. At noon Taft and his party called officially upon President Palma. " The fact that the government bad changed hands was received by the masses with utter Indifference. The most refined and thoughtful of the Cu bans, while they feci a sensitiveness over the loss of the Wand's sovereign ty, are Inclined to hope thee United States protectorate may be brief, A Cu ban, returning to Havana today, after a one absence, would not nave noticed any change in the form of government, Business continued the same, except for the vigor exhibited by the wholesale merchants,' manufacturers and railroads to retain their former trade, whjch had oeen at a sianusuii lor six wocks. Governor Taft, with a true apprecia tion of the sensitiveness of the Cubans, was careful in taking up bis new du ties and abstained from any act that might have been construed as humiliat ing, nis action In not lowering the Cuban flog .was taken on his own re sponsibility, aa on Friday night he waa unable to get into communication with President Roosevelt. He felt certain, however, the President's friendship for Cuba would prompt him to approve this concession to the broken Republic. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Prepara tions for the military occupation of Cuba moved at a rapid rate today, af ter the receipt of a dispatch from Sec retary Taft urging the sending of the ariuv to Cutis. All organizations making up the first expedition as arrnnged by the general staff were ndvixed of the request of the Secretary of War, and Quartermas ter-General Humphrey and his assist ants began to hire transports and or der supplies delivered Immediately at Newport News, where the first expedi tion will.be mobilized. Sufficient sup plies to last fifty-five hundred men for thirty days are being rushid to that point with full speed, while the prep arations for the immediate departure of the first expedition .were but Httle delayed because of the fact that no communication was received from the President during the day, nnd there wag considerable anxiety until the mes sage containing the President's approval of the steps' taken arrived tonight. It is known that General f'unston will be in command of all the troops sent to Cuba. Cuban Minister Quesada today ten dered his resignation to Secretary Taft. Quesnda stated that the step was not taken as an act of resentment, but be cause he wished to facilitate the Pres ident's policy toward Cuba. HAVANA, Sept 29. The cruiser' Ta- conm sailed tonight for Santiago De Cuba.' ) NORFOLK, Sept. 29. The cruiser Co lumbia, with Secretary Root on board, passed in through the Virginia capes tonight. , NEW BANK INSPECIION LAW. Illinois Banking Law to be Amended to Guarantee Financial Safety. , " ' CHICAfJO, Sept. 29,-Competent bank examiners, whose inspection of an in itituUim will be a iruarantce of it flntuicinl safety are provided for in bill to be introduced at the next session of tbe State Legislature by Represents tive John P. McGoorty of the Fifth dfa trli.'t, who holds that tbe present ays tern of examinations is worse than none, The measure will be a final blow to the perfunctory examination of banks by tst officials. Its most important pro vision will be: Fee system to be abol Ihed,and bank examiners to receive sufficient salary to secure men of abil H.r. , ' ; Bank examiners to be certified public accountants and to be retained perma nently under civil sen-ice. . Aasistanta in sufficient number to be provided and they mut be experts on values of lifted and unlisted securities mercantile collateral or real estate and also experts on hand writings. Examination to be not only a thor ough audit, but to include valuation of all securities held as collateral. Loans to stockholders to be Itemized as part of the report. State auditor to have power to close suspicious banks immediatey and dicre tionary authority in refusing charters Directors to be live, not dummies, and to le required to certify m writing to the genuineness of of notes and other securities. PACIFIC LEAGUE. At Los Angeles Los Angeles, 7 Oak land, 60. mm inn inir nnrn ulitiANdMAAtDilCAn Kilted Twenty-Six Marines at One Volley Jesterday. SO SAYS WIRELESS MESSAGE Virginian Pilot Responsible for the Story Which. Is. As Yet Unconfirmed Of ficially Means Business If it la - True. ' NORFOLK, Vs. Sept. 29. The Vir ginian Pilot tomorrow morning will aay: "From a reliable source it is learned by a wireless message received at tiyi Norfolk Navy Yard, late yesterday, stst ing that twenty-five marines and a ma rine sergeant had been killed yesterday in Cuba by insurgents. It is said tbe insurgents sought to prevnt the land ing of several hundred marines on Cu bsn aoil An attempt to verify this message waa not successful, but the . Pilot's source of information is unquestionably reliable." FRANCES WILLARD ANNIVERSARY. Great Temperance Advocate's Grave Dec orated with Flowers. CHICAGO, Septt 29. Flowere from eleven states covered the platform of Wil'ard Hall yesterday fc the services commemorative of the Fiftieth Ann! versary of the birth of Frances Will and. Similar services were held simul taneously in various cities throughout the United States and the floral tributes were sent from these cities to the Chi cago union to be placed on Miss Will ard's grave. Eulogies of the temperance worker were delivered by Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, president of the Central Un ion and Rev. R. W. Hobbs, pastor of the Rogers Park Baptist church and in a recitation by Miss Eva Marshall Shontz. ANOTHER BAD ACCIDENT. , PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29. Three persons are dead and thirty-nine in jured as a result of today's wreck on the Pennsylvania 1 railroad. Engineer Van Arsdale of the New York express, said he saw the block signal and the flagman wildly waving a warning, but could not stop bis train, although he had experienced no trouble at Trenton, the last stop. After the accident ire man Bostwick said he found the angle cock of the third car of his train turned away, which shut off the air from all the cars back of the first tnree. . SOUTHLAND TR N Government Losses Are at All Stations There. LOSS OF LIFE IS GREAT Life Saving Crews on Gulf Coast ire Air Involved in the General Disaster. TURPENTINE ORCHARDS GONE Hourly the Record Grows ia Fact and Figure of Loss of AO Kinds Com munication and Transportation Badly Hampered. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 29. Six drowned, eight good-size sailing vessels wrecked; about thirty smaller vessels sunk, or ashore, and a property, damage of more than one million dollars Is the result of the hurricane on the Mfsaissip. pi Sound. The full extent of the dam age became known today, when a ship at Horn Island was heard from. They are com pletcly submerged. . . , . AH the loss of life and most of the wreckage occurred at the eastern end of the sound about 60 miles from Mo bile. : The worst of the disaster is at Horn Island, where Light Keeper Johnson, bis wife and daughter were swept into the gulf along with the lighthouse, and drowned. The Pascagoula lighthouse was partially demolished and Assistant Light Keepr Pertevent saved himself and family only by the greatest exer tions. The quarantine station at Ship Island is badly crippled. Three men in tbe Klondike building on Ship Island were swept to sea. A shift in the wind came when they were half a mile off shore and this swept them back safely to land. Outside of the shipping, the main property loss to the Sound cities occurred about Pascagoula. Of fifteend lumber millg there, three are badly dam aged, and large quantities of pine lum ber are destroyed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Enormous damage to both life and property at the several forts and naval stations are reported from the hurricane district. General Wade reports six civilians killed and one -soldier missing at Fort Morcrtin and damasre to the post at $100,000." Authority has been tele graphed to Captain Dwyer, eomman dant at Fort Morgan, to make emer -0 . gency repairs, utptam Miller, command ing at Fort Barrancas, reports three soldiers missing, and that Fort McRee is almost totally destroyed and that Fortl Pickens stiffened! severely. The naval tucs Uncas and Hercules from tnis city and the Oceola from Key West, have been ordered to Fensacoia to rcn der all assistance. Superintendent Kim ball, of the life saving service, received a report today that the Santa Rosa life saving station" was destroyed and the crew without money and ciotning. MERIDIAN, Miss, Sept. 29. De layed mails from Hattiesburg bring ad vices of the great havoc by the storm It is estimated that 50 per cent of the yellow pine timber is destroyed and it s feared many lives have been lost, au the turpentine orchards are ruined and the loss is estimated at millions. In Hattiesburg the loss is estimated at one million. Gulfport and Scranton are reported in a deplorable state of de' struction, but no estimates of the fa talities or -the damage are at hand. ISSUES BULLETIN OF PROGRESS. California Promotion Committee Shows Present Condition of Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29. In the Bulletin of Progress issued today, the California promotion committee says: "September has been a notable month in the progress of San Francisco to- ward recovery from the effects of the big fire, and also in the progress of the state in all industrial and commercial lines. Reports from railroads entering California show that tourist and colonist traffic has Increased enormously. Labor supply i stjni irkidequate, especially in ordinary laborers and skilled artisans in the building trade in San Francis oo. Every school building in San Fran cisco is crowded to its limit, the en rollment of pupils being 29,803., It is estimated that 15,000 more would ap ply for admission were there a conven tion. Investigation into cost of living in San Francisco shows that in all but rent there is no increase over prices pre vailing before the fire. . Rents of resi dence property have increased about an average of 15 per cent. Of the 208, 000,000 insurance on property loa in the fire In San Franciifco, $150,000,000 has been 'paid. All the interior cities report heaviest busioeits in all lines in their hl&tory. AWFUL WORK 07 CONSCIENCE. DEKVER, Sept. 29. Advices which reached the Denver Times today say that Harry Orchard, the self-confessed murderer of Governor Steunenberg, has become a raving maniac and is now confined in the hospital ward of the Idaho penitentiary. ' BRTAN "SHOWING" THEM. KANSAS CTIT, Sept 29. William J. Bryan addressed an enormous crowd m Convention Hall here today. Gov ernor folk and (senator btone aiso , spoke. The meeting was attended by prominent Democrats from all over Mis souri, including nearly every member of the state central committee. m HOI? IFMFI) President Eats With the Sailors at Their Mess. VISITS ATLANTIC SQUADRON Dines With the Boys on the Berth Deck and Bars Napkins Jackies Howl Themselves Hoarse When He Leaves. . BARNSTABLE, Mass.. Sept. 29. President Roosevelt visited the North Atlantic fleet off Cape Cod today and left with enthusiastic praise for the officers' and crews. " The crew of the bat tleship Missouri on which President Roosevelt spent the day, cheered them selves hoarse when he left the ship, lor they had an honor presented to them that was entirely unprecedented in the navy.' The President and his guests sat down to dinner with the jackies. This feature of the trip was a sur prise alike to officers and men. ihe president had the same mess as was served the sailors, even to eating with out a napkin. The President departed for Oyster Bay after he had received a long mes sage, during the day, from Secretary Taft. ; " - ..... ...... . . . .... FIXED FOR ANOTHER TEAR. . MILWAUKEE, Sept. 29. At the an nual meeting of the Chicago, Milwau kee & St. Paul Railroad today, Ros well Miller, Peter Geddes, William Rock efeller and John Ay Stewart were elect ed directors to succeed themselves. All other directors hold over. The old of ficers were all re-elected. .Reports on the progress on the Pa- cific Coast extension -, showed several hundred miles of new road complete in Montana and Washington, The ru mors that E, H. Harriman had become not only a director but chairman, were not' verified. Neither was the rumor that the capital stock would be increased. RUSHING RAILWAY WORK. BOISE, Idaho, Sept 29. The action taken today by the , directors of the Northwestern Railway, at Huntington, indicates the early construction of the line down Snake River from Hunting ton to Clarkston is to be rushed. The profiles of the first twenty-three miles out of Huntington are approved, alsd those of the first eighteen miles out of Clarkston. It was announceu later by , the Utah Construction company that it , . , A -1. l wouia nave a nunarea leamg hi worn. bv Nov, 1.