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VOLUME LXIII, NO. 98. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1807. PRICE FIVE CENTS ANONYHOUS LETTERS i ' Flay Important Part In Baxter Trial. DEAD MANSPODY FOUND Clues That May Lead to Clearing of;Baxters and Apprehension of Murders. ' FOSTER MURDER ATWQODLAND TM Deaa Man rouno rteeenuy peeled of Having Been Member f th Gang and Waa Kllld by Hit Companion. & ass m il.. I - PORTLAND. April 10, A special to th Oregonbtn from Kalama, Wah, ay tbl two anonymous latter and the rinding of a dsad man' body at th Identical spot describe In tb let tor, may play an important , part in th , trial of Tom ant , Jam liaxter, father and aon, charged wilh murdor, which will twain At Kalama tomorrow, Tb Baxter aro accused of killing Jama Foster, a follow tramp, at Woodland, Wah., on March lUt lat Tb two anonymous letter were r lv4 hero, at Kalama, last night Both of th communication had boon written In Spokane and under dlfforont date, by two dlfforont men. On data! April T, and received by District At torney Hubbell and tb other written two day before and adJressed to Sheriff Klrby. Th lottor contain practically the aam Information, the writer ay, by going to a point about two and on half mllo from Kalama the body of a man would bo found hidden In the brush 100 yard from th Northern Paclfio track aim that th unknown man bad boon killed with a 32 calibre Winchester, and h was a brother of T a mi a nular Th arrlinra Inl.1 that each had been told aoout the crlm by "hobo" and rather than see th Bsx tor punished for a crime they did not commit th writer said lh hobo de clared he would report to the authori ties and confess to the crime. The sheriff today went to the deslg nateJ ipot and found the body. The victim had boon hot twice In the head apparently while on the railroad track, and the body wh dragged into th bruah, The dead man waa well dressed and about 35 year old. There was nothing on him to reveal hi Identity and It la supposed that the man waa on of the gang Implicated In the Woodland affray . and he la among thoe whom It I known"' that escaped from the pose. It 1 pre sumed that for om reason the man wa klllod by hi companion. TORNADO IN TENNE88EE. Conidcabl Damag Caustd By 8 vr Elootrioal Storm, M'EMPHIS, Tenn., April SO. A meagre report wa received by the Commercial Appeal early today from Covington, Tenn., of a tornado which truck that plaoe last night causing oonilderable damage but, o far a could be ascertained, no live ware lost. Two compresses owned by th Gulf Compress Company wer un roofed and among the other building damaged was th Illinois Central de pot. An Illinois Central south-bound passenger train was detailed at Cov ington for several hours by the storm and accumulation of debris along the track. A sever rain and electrical storm 1 general lit hi vicinity. FRISCO CARMEN. Consrvtlv Mmbr,, Advooat Ptsos, BAN FRANCISCO, April 30,-Th conservative lmnt in th carmen' union I engaged in a dosperat eon tost to prevent th midnight mooting which 1 to b hold in the Central Their tonight from being stampeded by hotheads who may try to fore a trlk vol. A commltl represent ing th older men In th employ of the company bos been making a canvas of the union mobers on the oar an J In th car barn, in th lntrt of peace. It require a two-third vote to declare a strike, and if a secret ballot be taken ther Is Ultl question about th result, but th men will vote first on th matter of taking a strike vote whether by ballot or by a ri sing vote and this question will bo decided by a majority. RUSSIAN POLITICS. Mlnlstwt of War Wants Duema Dis solved Beeued of Attsek en Army ST. PETERSBURG, April M.-Mln- liter of War Rudlger went to Tsarsko Solo today to geport to Emperor Nlch Olas concerning th InolJents in the Douma Monday. A rumor is In circu lation that He baa persuaded th Em peror to dlssolv th chamber because of th attacks on th army. Th so slon of th cabinet tonight, however. was occupied with ordinary business and, on of th mlnltr ald ther waa no doubt tbut that th Douma would ro-assembl on May It. BALLOON FLIGHT Efforts Made for (the Long DiS' s tance Record. STARTED BY 'MOONLIGHT Captain Chandlar of Signal Corp and Aeronaut MoCoy Start From St Louis In An Endeavor To Win the Lshm Trophy, ST. LOUIS. April 30. With a s5arp wind blowing and heavy clouds bank ing the sky, Captain Chandler, U. 8. Signal Corps and Aeronaut McCoy, of Now York, started tonight on the long distance balloon trip they have been trying to take tor three day. They hoped the wind would carry them east word and that they might land near Washington, D. C, but Immediately upon leaving the ground the balloon took a southerly course, veering slight' ly to tho west. Captain Chandler Is making aerial observations for the government and carried instruments to measure the alttude and the speed. McCoy hopes to win the Lahrn cup offered for the longest distance oi continuous flight. The weather was not favorable for ballooning, the air being heavy with moisture and tho temporature "almost at (reeling, but the flight was made in order to have tho benefit of tho moon light without which a flight would not have been attempted. Several carrier pigeons were taken along and mes sage will be sent back to St. Louis. Captain Chandler said before starting that they expect to be In the air about 48 hours. The "America," which Chandler and McCoy ascended, Is the second largest balloon in America. It has a displace ment of 78,000 cubla feet and a lifting power of SG00 pounds. MILLIONAIRE TO PRISON. YONKERS, N. Y., April 30. Wil liam E. Dodge, of New York, son of Philanthropist William E. Dodge and son-in-law of Henry T. Sloane, the millionaire carpet manufacturer wo today sentenced to serve 10 , days In prison in addition to paying A fine of $100 for auto speeding, FIRE AT mem Runkhousc of Kcllv Mill Burned. " INMATES ALL ESCAPE Started in Kitchen and In an Hour the Building Collaps ed a Smoldering Ruin. CALLED TO ASTORIA FOR HELP Local Department Had No Appsratus That Would Bo Of Us So Refused the Request Jspsmwe Laborers Es caped But Lest Most All Effects, A bunkhous used for sheltering the Japan laborers of th Kelly Mill at Warrenton wa burned to th ground lost tvenlng by a Are that originated In th part used a a kitchen. The fir wa discovered at about 10; 40 and an hour later th building had collapsed and wa practically a smouldering ruin. As far a could be learned ther was no loss of life and th damage to the building and con tent could not b estimated until the Japanese contractors re heard from. Th loss will b principally to the effect of th Japanese laborer who wer In the building at the time the (Ire started, they escaped from the burning building In all stage of dress and undres, but took th whole as a joke and laughed and Jested among themselves. The bunkhouse was a long, low structure estimated to be about 30 by 170 feet and was situated across the Sktpanon creek, east of the Kelly Mill It was fortunate for the mills that the wind was from a favorable direc tion, else the mill Itself ' would, no doubt, have gone too. Every precau tion waa taken to aee nothing of the kind should occur a general alarm was blown from tho whistle of both the Kelly mill and the Old Oregon mill, the hose was laid and th men were on duty ready for any emergency. A telephone call was received by the Astoria lire department saying that the Kelly mill was on fire and that It was thought the town was doomed. A there wa no apparatus available that would be of any use to them the local department wo com pelled to rofuse the request. The ruddy glow on the sky cast by the flames was noticed in the sky by many Astorlans and the report that the entire town was burning up spread ' with great rapidity. BUSY JUROR. Investigates On Own Responsibility and May Cum Mistrial. NEW YORK, April 80. Excessive seal by a Juror in the murder case of Mme. de Massey, now progressing In tljo criminal branch' of the Supreme Court caused an abrupt adjournment of the trial yesterday, and may result In a .mistrial. Mme. de Massey who Is reputed In some quarters to be a bar oness, is charged with having fatally shot Gustave Simon, a waist manu facturer last November in his office In a Broadway business building. A dispute over the wages .paid is ald to have led to the man's death. The juror whoso absorption In the cose caused summary action by Jus tice Blanchard, who Is presiding over case I George W. Guernsey, a book keeper. Without asking the permis sion of the Court or being accompa nied by any fellow Jurors, he visited th seen of th alleged crlm and ex amlned' a stairway there. Justice Utanchard hurriedly adjourned court to give himself time to consult author ities before deciding whether the trial can go on under these circumstances. Guernsey's actions was learned by th rather startled court from th ju ror himself. A policeman was on the stand testifying to his finding on a stairway in th Broadway building, the revolver, with which, it 1 alleged, Mme. do Massey shot him. Ouernsey who had questioned other witnesses suddenly put a question to the police man about th stairway, and before th witnesses could answer volun teered the Information that he wa fa miliar with the stairway because he had looked over It "You had no business to go there at alt," said Justice Blanchard sternly to the Juror. Guernsey asked permission to make a statement but hi request wa re fused. -V "No siaement will be permitted" said Justice Blanchard, sharply. He then adjourned until today. BURNED TO DEATH. Woman Loses Life in Now Work Tone rnent Fir. NEW TORK, April 10. Miss Sarah Oowan, 32 year of age, wa burned to death early today In a fir which dam aged the five-story tenement at 239 East Thirty-eighth street Miss Mc Oowan lived on the top floor and her escape was cut off by the flames. The firemen made several daring rescue of other imperilled tenants. ON RACE SUICIDE President Takes Exception to Magazine Article. EXPLAINS VIEWS TO EDITOR ..... .-i-i a "In Average Families of Natlv Descent in Some States Birth Has Fallen Below th Death Rat Which Means Rao Suicide." NEW YORK, April 80. In abetter to the editor of the Review of Reviews President Roosevelt takes exception to certain statements made in an ar ticle on "The Doctor in the Public School," published In the April nura ber of the periodical and takes occa sion to renew his expressions on the subject of race suicide. "This writer state clearly," says the President "that it is an erroneous Idea to assume that the' average fami ly should have a larger number of healthy children than the present birth rate showed. , The vital statistic of a state like like Massachusetts shows that there the average native Amer lean family of native American decent has so few children that the birth rate has fallen below the death rate. This, of course, means race suicide, and it ought to be understood that after a while there are no children to go to school. The question of their health In school would not even be academic, Contunlng Mr. Roosevelt says: "The greatest problem of civilisa tion is to be found In the fact that the well to do families tend to die out; there results in consequence, a ten dency to the elimination, Instead of the survival, of the fittest and the moral . attitude which helps on this tendency is, of course, strength when it is apologised for and praised In a magaalne like yours. "Our people could still exist under all kinds of iniquities in government; under a debased currency, under of ficial corruption under the rule of a socialistic proletariat under wealthy oligarchy. "All these things would be bad for us, but the country would still exist. But It could not continue to exist It It paid heed to the express or implied teachings of such articles as these." BOMBARDED PORTLAND Costa Rica Hurls Solid Shot Over City STRUCK EMPTY HOUSE Frightened Women and Children and Was Cause of Mystery Until Explained. LIFE SAYING APPARATUS Complying With Government Regula tions. Fired Cannon and Guy Rope ..Broke Allowing th Murzle to Swing Around and Send Ball Over City. PORTLAND, April 80. A lx-Inch solid shot, three Inches in diameter, burled itself in the side of an empty house on the corner of Fifteenth and Pettygrove streets this afternoon. after narrowly missing the planing mill, and frightening Into constrna Uoo the men, women and children in the neighborhood. The source of the shot which was one such as Is used in the life-saving apparatus on shipboard, was a mystery until tonight when it wa ascertained that it was fired from a cannon on board the San Francisco and Portland steamer Costa Rica. The government regulation require the firing of this cannon one every three months, the officers were complying with the regu lations when on of tho gay ropes broke allowing the muxxle of the gun to veer around Into tine with the city. CABRERA HAS NARROW ESCAPE. While On Drive, Accompanied by 8tsff, Mine Explode Under Roadway. GUATEMALA, April 29. President Cabrera narrowly escaped assassina tion today. While on his customary drive early thi morning, accompanied by his staff, an explosion at first sup posed to be a bomb, occurred, killing the horses attached to the presidential carriage, and wounding the coachman and Injuring several of the stoc offi cers. Careful Inspection showed the explosion waa caused by a mine. Conspirators dug tunnels from one of the group of houses rented by a man named Rafael Robll, placed ex plosives under roadway and connected them by battery to RObtl's house, and from there discharged the mine. Many suspects have been arrested. ROOSEVELT AND TAFT. Thoy Aire Groat Friend But President Go To Root For Advio. WASHINGTON, April 80. A good story concerning the relations existing between President Roosevelt and Sec retary Taft and the President and Secretary Root Is told by one who Is familiar with the goings on among those who comprise the first tier of the administration. It run as follows; Mr. Taft's personal relations with Mr. Roosevelt are close and cordial. They are more like chum than mere fellow-offlclals. But the President Is the elder and the dominating brother. This Is )not merely true because he Is the superior officer. He Is the more forceful and determined, and it Is likely he would dominate Taft if their official positions were reversed. The President and Secretary Taft are much alike in habit of thought. Taft rarely acts as an adviser to the president It is seldom he in luces the president to take hi view of a mat ter when it happen the president ha views of hi own. Mr. Roosevelt said recently that ho and Secretary Taft almost invariably looked at thing in th same way. He could usually toil bow Taft Would view a question before be opened his mouth to discuss It Hence, the president Is said to hav declared, when puzzling problem came to him, ho usually sought th advice of Secretary Root rather than that of Secretary Taft a to tho bet way of solving them. ' I Root when called upon for ad vie. give it to the president as he would to a client A proposition is stated to him and he tells what he thinks about It. There Is a warm friendship exist ing between the two men, dating back to their youth, and Root know Roose velt like a book. Be doe not aiway convince a a rule ho does not for in these latter days the president ha come to act on his own Initiative without consulting the members of hi cabinet COLONIST FIGURES. Nearly 4AO0O People Took Advantage of Spring Colonist Rates. SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. Low spring colonist rates from the east go out of existence today. The Southern Pacific reports this class of travel to California very large. For the 58 days beginning March 1 and ending April 27, it aggregated 39,118 people, or a dall yaverage of 6S8.Z. For the same period of lost year this travel amount ed to 33,452, or a dally average of 643.3. The net Increase for this spring la therefore (468 or 19.3 per cent UK RELEASED Cut off by Sudden Rush of Water Friday. REACHED BY COMPANIONS Men Wore In An Exhaustsd Condition and Wer Loft In Mine Until It Can Bo Drained, Being Too Weak To Swim. PITTSBURG, April 29. After being imprisoned since last Friday noon in the Berwlnd White coal mine at Foust well, the seven miners shut off from the world by a sudden rush of water, caused by the breaking of a wall In an abandoned mine were rescued at 10 o'clock tonight The men were greatly exhausted. Owing to their weakened condition It was decided not to bring them out until afteh the mine had been drained, The men were reached at 10 o'clock by Stlney Rodon and Charles Ream who made a dash through 50 feet of water-filled head ings. Early in the day a brother of one of the Imprisoned men in company with three others made a futile effort at rescue. ; They came bock and sold that much more pumping would have to be done. The efforts at pumping were redoubled and at 10 o'clock th water had gone down far enough to permti another attempt and Roden and Ream volunteered. Our an hour elapsed before thoy were heard from and then Ream came swimming back, reporting the seven men alive and in good condition, hut until more pumping was done it would be impossible to. bring them out as they could not swim. It was then re solved to allow them to remain there until the heading had been pumped out TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. Coast League. At Los Angeles Los Angeles . Oakland 2. At San Francisco San Francisco 5, Portland 4. Northwest League. At Aberdeen Aberdeen 4, Tacoma 11. ; At Seattle Seattle 0, Spokane 2. At Vancouver Vancouer 3, Butte I.