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VOLUME LXIII, NO. 83.
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1907.
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EARTHQUAKE
IN MEXICO
Destroys Telegraph Wires
Details Meager.
LIVES-PROPERTY LOST
At Chilpanclngo 11 Dead 27 In.
jurcd-At Chllopa, Town De-1
stroyed Dead Unknown.
MAY AROUSE V0LCAN0S
And Ciuit Further Lett Of Lif And
Property It It Fesred Thtt Maty
H.vt Lost Their Llvt And Much
Property Destroyed.
MEXICO CITY, April H.-The Fed
eral Telfrath Compnny ha Informed
tlia Associated Press thai last night'
earthquake, Intcrferred with tho work
In of the wire In all part of the Re
public miuih of the line drawn from
Acapulco on the went Coast to Tarn
pIco on th Gulf Count.
From message received t the tele
graph office up to noon It appear that
the ntlr half of th Republic, Includ
ing the lower country ami the Mabn
bell, felt the ihot'k. McsMigea a far
north in Hun Lulu. I'otosl nn.l south
to San Junn Iinutl'ta In the State of
Tabasco, report feeling the shock In
varying degree At Do place how
ever him lot of life or great deetruo
tlon of properly been reported, except
In the slate of Guerrero. The National
Dank of Mexico hat received a tele
gram paying that five hundred live
were lout ns ChllApa and Chilpanclngo,
In Government circles this rrport 1
not creldted.
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico, Thla
city haa been completely destroyed by
an earthquake. The known dead num
ber and the badly Injured 27, The
greatest panic prevail and people are
fleeing to tha open country. The earth
continue to rock, at half hour Inter
valt and many minor ahockt art com
pletlng the work of destruction begun
by the first earthquake,
Word; haa reached here that the town
of Chllnpa, 42 kilometer to the north
ward hn been destroyed. No detail
wero received aa to the number of
dead and Injured. The population of
Chilpanclngo I 7,494 and until the
panic abates, It will bo Impossible to
stnto the number of casualties. The
population of Chllnpa Ik lfl.OOO. No
word haa been received from Tlxttn and
It I feared that It alo -hna been de
atroyed. Itoth the Collma and Jurlllo,
volcanoes, te In thl region and It la
feared the earthquake may cnus'o them
to become more active and destroy
much property and, many Uvea.
ANDULUSIA FOUNDErJE .
GIBRALTAR, April IB. The British
ateamer, Anduluslo, from Swansea, for
Barceleona, foundered on April lj off
the Spanish coast. Her Captain, and
first officer and a tailor were picked up
and brought here. The rent of the
crew are believed to have been drown
ed. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
BUENOS AYRES, April 15. Active
erruptlona are In progress among the
Andean volcanoes In the territory of
Rio Degro, Athes are being thrown
for a great distance.
MAQILL UNIVERSITY AFIRE.
MONTR ISA I April 16,-Thu MeJI
cat building of the Maglll University
If afire. It I the largest of (he
group of structure which comprise
the University. It It probable that
the entire bulking will be destroyed.
The lot will reach half a million,
UNCLE OF KINO IN AMERICA.
BAN FRANCISCO, April 15. The
Rt. Rev. Dun Henrique Bllva Hlshop of
Mtbon, unci of the King of Portugal
anj special envoy of I'lu X to thlt
country, Is In ths cty and the Call
say that acvcordlng to Information
given at HI Mary' Cathedral, ha It
temorarlly tak the plac of Co-adju-tor
In the archdiocese of Ban Fran
cisco mads vacant by the death of
Archbishop George Montgomery. It
I aald he will take up hi abode at
tha parochial residence of 8t. Mary's
Cathedral.
Tho warthlp "Marlon," one of the
last of the old Iron ships' of the Navy,
hti been ordered to be sold at public
auction and strlekon from, the naval
lists. With the paslng of the "Marl
on" there goes practically the last of
this' type of old war vessels" It was
built just after the close of the Civil
War and bridged over the time be
tween the day of the wooden ship and
the era of the modern tea-fighter. It
It probable that the "Marlon" will be
bought In by tome unromantlo dealer
In junk and broken up for the Iron
which she la sheathed.
BEST POSTED MAN IN
ALL OREGON
TOM RICHARDSON TELLS THE
TACOMANS SOME TRUE THINGS
ABOUT ADVERTISING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
In the address of Tom Hlchardton,
Manager of the Portland Commercial
Club, before the Tacoma Chamber of
Commerce lut evening, he aald:
"Advertising haa reached a high
point In the United State and I to
day the greatest tingle Item In the as
set of our country. Neither the
corn, cotton, or wheat crop la com
parable in Importance to the advertis
ing crop. The money spent In the
United State for advertising la great
er than the combined value of theie
three great Maple In first hands.
Seems as though we should sit up and
take notice and give advertising ser
ious attention under such conditions
"Now cotton, com and wheat have
their season: advertising Is A twelve
month harvest and no holidays. Ne
cessity creates something of a market,
while advertising Intensifies needs and
dully add more demands than mere
lull and tasteless necessity could In
vent, much lost pay for. Advertising
supports more people directly than
do?, the manufacture of shoes and
clothing, ml Indirectly great armloH
if our population are dependent upon
It for the larger percentage of their
Income. . i:'im
"Advertising I tho greatest force
In our modern civilization and when
not Imposed upon never fallB to bring
relume. The nrtlcle advertised must
bo forcefully and truthfully prosented,
and the truth Is decidedly more es
sentlal than the force. Tho a dyer
tlser, whether he present a State, city,
towfij-lot or a cake of soap, must tell
trie truth or failure Is certain. The
llur In advertising Is both knave and
fool.
"The general belief that the success
of the present National administration
la due to the strenuousnoBS of the
Chief Executive, combined with a most
convincing sincerity and directness, I
true, but It Is universal authorised
publicity that la reaponslble for the al
most unprecedented confidence In
Roosevelt-and publicity la but a syno
nym for advertising.
"Thirty year personal contact with
advertising haa given me a great re
spect for It rank among our assets,
and I am firmly convinced that Its
ARBITRATION
CONFERENCE
National Peace Congress
in Session.
CARNEGIE TO PRESIDE
Welcoming Address By Mayor
McClellan of New York-Letter
from President
NOTED FOREIGNERS PRESENT
Elihu Root Secretary Of State Made
Speech Of The Day Carnegi Sayt
"Errtperor William Holdt The Ptae
Of Ths Nation In Hi Power.
NEW YORK. April 15. The Nation
s Arbitration and Peace Conference,
today begun real activities. Secre
tary Root In hi speech pointed out the
propositions which tho United Statu
will have to make at the coming con
ference at The Hague. He warned
his- hearer not to expect too much at
i second conference. The Presi
dent In his letter to the Congress ex
pressed the hope that the coming in
ference might result In the adoption
of an International arbitration treaty.
Andrew Carnegie In an address paid
tribute to Presdent Rooselvelt and ex
pressed the wish that Roosevelt might
be the peacemaker of the future. He
declared however, that Ernpror WU
llam 1 the man among all men .who
holds the peace of the nation In hi
power. The other speaker of the
day were Governor Hughe', Mayor Mc-
Richard, W. T. Stead and Oscar 8,
Straus, secretary of the department of
Commerce and Labor. Straus spoke on
the subject: "Peace of Nation and
peace within Nations."
SUICIDE IN ROME.
ROME. April 15. The bodies of two
Germans, Gustavo Pflffer, and hi
fiance Flora Run, have been recovered
from the Tiber where the couple found
death. Financial trouble led to the
double suicide. The couple had tied
their bodies together before leaping
Into the water.
.CUBAN DELEGATES TO HAGUE.
HAVANA, April 15. It has been de
elded that Cuba shall send three dele
gates. The others' have not yet been
chosen.
percentage of Improvement during the
past twenty years 1 greater than has
been achieved by any other branch of
human endeavor. Fifteen yoars ago
the most commonplace and Indiffer
ent editor would have been offended
had It been suggested to him that his
advertising pagog were more general
ly read than his editorial page. To
day only a superlative vain old bache
lor editor, and a club-man at that,
dreams that his audience compares
with the S. R. C. multitude that pays
tribute to the well written, carefully
edited fact-containing announcements
made by the department stores.
'By comparison the newspaper
stands first among advertising medi
ums and the local newspaper should be
and generally Is', the pulse of the com
munity It represents. You can judge
a city by Its representative papers
more accurately than In any other
way, and this Is especially true of the
advertising columns'."
CONSULATES MERGED.
Honduras Cutting Down Expense And
Ha Niearsgusn Representatives.
NEW YORK, April 15.-Followlng
the sensation In hostilities In Central
America announcement I made that
th Hodureati author! tie huve ap
pointed all Nlcaraguan consul, con-7
ut general, charge d'affaires and
ministers' both of this country and
abroad also to represent Honduras,
The policy of the new Government of
Honduras Is to retrench and thl 1
stated to be the main reason for marg
lug the consulates, etc., of both coun
trie. Pie Dolands, consul general of
Nicaragua In thl city will hereafter
serve In a dual capacity for hi coun
try and Honduras'. Dr. Salvador Cor
dova. Consul General for Honduras iat
thl port having resigned.
It I stated that M. Plchon, French
Minister of Foreign Affair ha asked
M. DelavanJ Minister of Norway and
M. Dumaine charge d' affaire at Mu
nich to explain their attitude owards
the cabinet policy regarding the Vati
can as alleged to be revealed In the
paper of Mgr. Montagalnl seized at
the nuclature In Parte.
CARNOT FUND.
PARIS. April IS. Captain Carnot,
son of the former President ha given
120,00 Oto the French Academy to be
given to the Carnot fund for widows
of workmen who -have been left with
families.
TCSTEJDAY AT HIGH
SOON
SALMON 8EASON OF 1907 OPENS
WITH MAGNIFICENT WEATHER
AND A . NORMAL CATCH OF
FISH.
At high noon yesterday the salmon
fishing season for the Columbia river
district opened to the thousands' of
men and boats usually engaged in that
great Industry.
Six men were a bit too eager and
went after the beautiful and gamey
fish about nine hours too early In the
day and were captured, boats', nets and
gear, on the river above Tongue Point,
and were taken to the respective courts
on the sides of the river on which they
were caught: Anton Anklch and Joe
Greget being taken by Water Bailiff
Settem, before Justice Goodman by
whom they were promptly fined $50.,
and the costs of the suit, each, and the
same was paid, thus reducing the pro
fits of the first days haul that much
and putting them on the suspecteTkilst
for the whole season.
Four men were nabbed on the Wash
Ington shore, by Water Bailiff Bur
ton, and they were severally mulcted
In similar sums' by the Justice over
there. Their names were: Andrew
Zamberlln, of Pillar Rock; Anton Bo.
godnmlsch, Anton Macarronlvitch and
Martin Tarabocha, of Broookfleld. They
paid their score without a whimper and
will go ahead with the fishing and try
to forgot the bad break.
It Is no easy matter to particularize
as to the Initial catch, yesterday
as the reports from the canneries' are
meagre and unsatisfactory and lack
anything like actual details, the con
clusion being that It was not even nor
mal for an Initial break; but of course
It bear no significance as to what will
follow for the season.
iThe day was magnificent and the
tides played In good season for suc
cessful hauls all over the territory and
the least that can be said or R is that
It wa apparently, satisfactory to the
fishermen themselves'. There will be
practically 3,200 boats in the work here
this year, and the old-timers are san
guine fo a fair season.
State Fish Warden J. I RleslanJ. of
Washington, accompanied by Deputy
Burton, came over In his service
launch, the Nola, yesterday, return
ing last evening up the river,
PROSECUTION
SUSTAINED
Dunne Disqualifys Sheriff
and Coroner.
AS UNFITTED BY BIAS
Sustained Defense and Refused
to Order Special Venire. '
Regular Jury List Used.
APPOINTED BIGGY ELISOR
Grand Jury To Probe United Railway
Graft Than The 8an Francisco Gas
And Electric Company Receives The
Spotlight Of Investigation.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. For the
second time since the trial of Abe Ruef
for extortion was begun, Superior
Judge Dunne today formally disquali
fied the Sheriff and Coroner, of San
Francisco, as unfitted by bias, preju
dice and personal Interest to perform
any of the functions of the former's
office In connection with the trial, and
for the second time appointed William
Blggy. Elisor and admlnlstreed the
oath to him. In the course of today's
proceedings both the defense and pro
secution scored important points un
der the ruling of Judge Dunne. The
prosecution submitted three motions,
for the disqualification of Sheriff O'
Neill and Coroner Walsh for the Issuing
of the s-peclal venire and for the ap
pointment of an elisor to summon it
Against these motions the defense en
tered a spirited objection and was' sus
tained by the Court on. one point. The
Judge refused at this time to order a
special venire holding that there ap
peared to be no good reason why the
ordinary venire should not be sum
moned from the jury list, on which 1475
names still remained. Fifty slips were
accordingly drawn from the trial jury
wheel and Elisor Blggy was directed
to have the new venire in court Wed
nesday morning.
The Investigations of the Grand Ju
ry will .turn this week to the United
Railways' and the overhead trolley
franchise graft , Theoutcome of this
line of Inquiry is expected to result
In the most sensational disclosures and
charges that have yet been made. The
telephone investigation was practically
ended Saturday and when the Grand
Jury meets tomorrow It will be on a
new line of work. It is' possible that
one or two other witnesses may be ex
amined in connection with the tele
phone briberies before the final In
dictments are returned, but those will
be put on the witness stand at odd
times' and will not interfere in any
way with the other line of Investiga
tion. It has not been determined who
will be the first witness called in the
case of the United Railways but It is
probable that several prominent off!
clals' will be Bubpoenaed at the outset
of the inquiry. Beyond going ahead
at once with the trolley nqulry, the
Grand Jury has not mapped out Its
future line of work. It Is a matter of
some doubt how much time will be
necessary to conclude the work In con
nectlon with the United Railways bri
bery case, but it Is understood that the
next corporation in line will be he
San Francisco Gas & Electric Com
pany. FIRE IN NEBRASKA.
BENEDICT, Nebr. April 15. The en
tire business portion of Benedict and
a part of the residence district was'
destroyed by fire today.
GLORIFIER WINS RACE.
Glorlfier, J. H. McCormlck big chet
nut horse, fresh from a successful win
ter campaign, at New Orleans and the
Second choice In betting won the $19,
000 Carter Handicap at the Aqueduct
track today beating Rose ben by a
length and a half. Don Diego, was
third, Demund the favorite, finished
fourth and Oxford who also heavily
played was' fifth. Time of the seven
furlong wa 1:28 1-5. Twenty thou
sand persons saw the race. .,
ARMY GRAFT.
Army Officer Asks Investigation Of Re
eord While Quartermaster.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 15. A spe
cial to the Post-Intelligencer from Port
Townsend say that Lieutenant Her
bert Garfield Millar "of the coast ar
tillery attoched to the Fort Flagler
garrison would be tried by court mar
tial which would convene next Wed
needay. Lieutenant Millar Is a ne
phew of James A. Garfield one of the
martyrd presidents of the United Sta
te a;.d the son of a wealthy steel
operator of Harrlsburg Pa. He is charg
ed with conduct unbecoming, an officer
and a gentleman.
JAPAN VI8ITS ITALY.
GENOA, Apr., 15. A Japanese naval
military commission head by Admiral
Yamamoto is visiting the Naval es
tablishments and arsenals of the Ital
ian Government As a result of their
Inspection of Italian methods. It is
stated, as probable that Japan will
order some war ship built In Italy.
CLATSOP'STAXESFOR
1906
ROLL PRACTICALLY CLOSED AND
TURNED OVER WITH THE EX
CEPTION OF THE SECOND HALF
YEAR PAYMENTS,
Yesterday morning Sheriff M. R.
Pomeroy made another turn-over to
County Treasurer Sherman, of 40,
923.71. The total collections on the 1906 tax
roll up to the 15th day of March
amounted to $228,626.24; the rebates on
which reached the sum of 86,989.88,
thus reducing the roll, to that date, to
the tune of $235,627.07. And up to
April 1st, another $15,000 was taken
In. The total tax amounting to $270,
000. This Indicates that there has been
good work in this behalf and compare
with any year of recent record, If it
does not exceed many of them.
There Is still to be collected about
$20,000, but the large bulk of this Is
Involved In the second half-yearly pay
ments and will not figure until It or
part of it, becomes delinquent in Octo
ber next.
Sheriff Pomeroy went to Seaside yes
terday on matters connected with the
civil dockets of the country.
A sheriff's sale trans'plred yesterday
at the court house in the amtter of the
Judgment heretofore rendered in the
case of Milton Young versus Alec.
Strebe et. al., the property sxld being
lot 2 and 3, of block 1, of Hill's Ad
dltlon to Ocean Grove, at Seaside; the
price realized being $SO0, as against
judgment and costs figuring at $484.82.
DROUGHT BROKEN.
MADRID, Apr., 15. Welcoming
ranis in northern and central Spain
have broken the drought and relieved
agricultural situation which was be
coming desperate. The country peo
ple had been in great distress be
cause of the lack of rain and the
crops were threatened.
PRESENTS FOR SPANISH HEIR.
MADRID, April 15. The beautiful
and costly layette made for the use of
the royal baby has been blessed by the
Pope. His Holllness will also send
a handsome robe for the Infant which
was made by the most skillful nuns in
Rome. The Queen Is experiencing ex
cellent health and drives out dally.