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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1907)
rWOAV, MAV 10, 100. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 0. & S. RAIL V GLASSWARE ! m ol 9 a Just received a large and complete stock of Bar Glassware Table Glassware Ask to see our new line of Cut, Number 149 A. V. ALLEN. PHONES MAIN 711, MAIN 3871 TREAtV WIThTaPAN. United Stetet to Begin Negotiations For An Agreement. BERLIN, May 9. The Vossiche leltung says that It has received from an official source the announcement that the United States and Japan will begin negotiations for an agreement protecting their mutual Interests in the Far East ' Editorially the paper declares America's motive, like Great Britain's and France, la fear of Japan's power. It also predicts that Japan will tear up the treaties as soon as it suits, her purpose to do so. STEAMER BALTIC AGROUND. NEW YORK, May 9. The White Star Line Steamship Baltic, which ran her nose Into a mud bank in the Swash channel an hour after she left her pier yesterday for Uverpoor, was still aground at an early hour today. Tfie sea is smooth and there is no danger to the vessel or passengers. She will be assisted off at high tide. Included in tie list are Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Car negie, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Rogers, the Countess of Yarmouth, sister of Harry Thaw; Baroness de Buren, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kiddle Jr., and Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs. Keep Your Feet Dry. If people would keep their feet dry half the doctors would have to go out of business. Our Dr. Seed's Cushion Shoes are just the thing for keeping your teet dry. v They shed the water almost like a duck's back. We Guarantee Each Pair. Our Specialties Are Loggers and long hand made boots for Fishermen. S. A. G1MRE MS Bond 6t opposite Fisher Bros. IF' YOU USE OUR TABLE QUEEN OR BUT TER LOAF BRED Your own good judgement will tell you it's great success is due to its great merits. We give you the biggest and best loaf in the city for the money. ROYAL BAKERY 505 Duane Street. 275 W. Bond Street. Branch Store, 1335 Franklin Ave. MatineeSaturday AsttOITiSi 2:30 P. M. Prices 10c and 25c I HowardDorset Company, i Matinee Saturday BRANCH UNIONTOWN PHONE MAIN 713 PANTHER ATTEMPTS LIFE OF CALF NEEDED GRUB FOR HIS LARDER AND TRIES TO CARRY OFF MR. MUDD'S VEAL-IS INSTANTLY KILLED MEASURES SIX FEET. F. H. Mudd, who lives four miles from Astoria on the Lewis & Clark river, has gone into the panther killing business. Near the hour of noon yesterday he shot and killed a panther in his front yard that was attempting to make mince meat of a small calf which was tier out In the yard. Mr. Mudd's home Is on the county road and in a thickly settled com munity. Things must have been pretty scarce in the commissary department of the panther tribe to make them bold enough to enter into such surround ings at midday and attempt to abduct a week's supply of raw veal. Mr. Mudd was working near his house when the incident took place. He beard the calf bleating and has tened to learn the cause of t'ne vocal outburst. When he arrived upon the scene of activities he found the panther with a strangle hold on the calf's nose. He Immediately called for a gun and Mrs. Mudd soon appeared, armed with a shotgun and a rifle. With the latter weapon Mr. Mudd shot the panther twice, instantly killing It. The animal measured six feet from ftp to tip. . A neighbor passing near the Mudd home yesterday morning saw two panthers In the road. At sight of him they made off Into the brush. Mr. Mudd's trophy was probably one of them. It is now up to someone to bag the other on. VEINNA CHOIR. German Residents of New York Turn Out to Hear Countrymen 8ing. NEW YORK, May 9 Fifty thousand persons crowded Into the park at Coney Island last night to hear the Vienna choir, who are visiting this country for 13 days' sing. The affair has been arranged to give the German Singing Societies of Greater New Work an opportunity to see and hear the foreign visitors and the members of the societies turned out in force. Huntington and Hammond Be lieved to be Interested. HAWGOOD MEANS BUSINESS Raid' Connection With Enterprise Brought About By Ownership Of Old Grade Is Backed by Huntington The Portland Journal In Wednes day's Issue, gave a somewhat exten!"d and comprehensive review of the Portland. Oregon A Soaeoast Railroad Company's movements up to date, and the account was to say the least very convincing. It would see that, Mr, Reld's connection with the enterprise la brought about by his ownership of the old grade up the Nehalem Valley. This, will be utilised by the new com pany of which Mr. H. Hawgood, of Los Angeles, Is the president. It seems a plain business proposition that any new railroad company would be anx ious to use this grade which has al ready been constructed. The Journal's story la very concise and accurate and serves best to In form local people of the actual condi tions From this account It seems more than ever conclusive that Mr. Hawgood's company means business and that the road up the Nehalem Val ly will be constructed almost Imme dlately provided there are no obstacles thrown In the way. The Journal artl clo In full follows: Huntington Interests are reported to be back of the Oregon A Soacost Rail way Company, for which a determined and successful fight was made at the last session of the Oregon legislature to secure permanent common user rights over the proposed bridge that Is to be built by the Harrlman companies across the William Rlver at Oswego. A number of flying rumors, some of them known to come from absolutely good authority, are In the air, forming a basis for belief that the Huntington and Hammond Interests, who recently sold the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad to the Northern Pacific at a good' profit, are reinvesting their money in a big plant to open the coast territory with more railroad transportation facilities than have heretofore been planned. The past connections of the Hunt ington people here, and their fortunate speculations In Oregon roads have Induced' them to continue In the rail road business in this territory, H. Hawgood, who is the president of the Oregon & Seacoast Railway Company, has for years been a close confident and consulting engineer for E. H Huntington, and Is at present chief engineer of the San Pedro, Los An geles & Salt Lake road, is taking an active part in the project and was In Portland, a few weeks ago looking over the field. A. B. Hammond, who Is associated with Mr. Huntington, has been" acquir ing large holdings of waterfront and tldelands between Astoria and Point Adams within the last 60 days. The project has now reached a point where the promoters are forced into the open with a portion of their plan and they have made their first formal proposal to the Astoria Chamber of Commerce. The Oregon & Seacoast Railway Company has men In the field with right-of-way propositions to land own ers along their proposed route guar anteeing to build the first 18 miles of the line between Portland and As toria within seven months from date of signature of th) agreement deliver ing the title to the 60-foot strip neces sary for right-of-way. At first glance It would seem tharNfnls contract would be Impossible of fulfillment by the railway company. But It Is discov ered on Investigation that the 18 miles is already graded and ready for ti)e lion. This grade Is owned by William Reld, who in 1892 undertook to build the coast line of the Astoria & Colum bia River road and "went broke" In the panic of the following year. In the settlement of his affairs he' retained ownership of the 18 miles Of grade from ClaLtsop City, on the Seaside ex tension of the Astoria & Columbia River road, to a point Inland 18 miles, Forced to Leave my Present Quarters, I Will Sell all Clothing, Rubber Boots, Men's Furnish ings and Oil Clothing At Lovesf Bottom 25 Per Cent Off on Men's and $4 Underwear for $3.40 $3 Underwear $2.25 $2.50 Underwear $2.00 $J Underwear 2b'c Cashmere Sox Oc, three 50c This is Your Chance To Buy Goods Cheap v The Workingman's Store !! Is going to move, June Jst, to first door west of Ross, Higgins & Co., on Bond street. Ch&i, Larson Prop. at the summit of the range, and In cluding o, partly driven tunnel at the pass between Saddle and ltujnbug mountains, , This grade is still tho property of Mr. Reld, who Is the socretary of the Oregon & Beacoast Railway corpora tion headed by Hawgood and backed by Huntifigton. The tunnel remains the property of the etato of the con tractor who undertook its construction and who has since died. J. S. Talbot a well-known engineer and contractor, has been retained by tho Oregon & Seacoast company as surpcrintendent of construction, nnd work is to be commenced at once. J. T. Whaltcy. a Portland attorney. Is acting In a legal advisory capacity, They ttave made a proposal to tho Astoria chamber of commerce flegnrJ Ing terminals at that clly, and are securing rights of way through the territory from Humbug mountain and the Nehnlem toward Portland. The route Is practically decided upon to the Willamette river at Oswego. It Is said the road will he an Inde pendent line and open to exchange of traffic with both the Hill and Harrl man Hnes at Portland nnl In, the Ne halem territory, it will be essentially a short line of low gradients between Portland and the sea, and passes through Saddle mountain tunnel at an elevation of only l,100,feet, ' Once at tho Willamette river, the road will be ablo' to cross at affair toll over the Harrlman bridge there, and como Into Portland terminals already mndo, as It will be able to favor equally tho Hill and Harrlman lines as a feeder. It (is reported from Los Angeles thnt W. F. Herrln has spent several days there In close company with E. H. Huntington In an effort to effort an alliance, The story goes further and saysjhe Harrlman attorney proposed a consolidation of the entire Hunting ton railroad Interests In southern Cal ifornia' with the Southern Pacific, but Tlhl M $5 Sweater for $3.50 $4 . " $3 $3 " $2.40 .80 Apron Working Shirts for 40 that the proposition was declined by Mr. Huntington. It is known In Pott land that the Harrlman Interests have withdrawn their oposltlon to construc tion of the Oregon & Seacoast Railway. They made their last stand against It In the legislature fight against the common user clause of the Oswego bridge charter. WRECK VICTIM IN8ANE. Girl Injured in Railroad Wreck Ad judged Ineene. I CHICAGO, May .-Llt!lan M. Mil ler, ono of the Injured In the wreck of tho Pennsylvania railroad IB-hour flyer. In which Mayor Fred A. Quc also was Injured on the night of Feb ruary 22, was adjudged Insane by Judge Pond In tha County Court yes terday. Miss Miller's Insanity is snld to have been a result of the shock she received In the wreck. , Miss Miller, who is 22 years old, had been visiting friends In the east and was on her way to Chicago when the. wreck occurred. ) The county officials know lltVlo of her family, except that her mother lives somewhere In Kentucky, CANAL EXCAVATION. Nearly a Million Cuble Yards Taken Out In Panama During April. WASHINGTON, May 9-Nearest yet to tho goal of 1,000,000 cubic yards of excavation p:r month In the Jigging of tho Panama canal was the accomplish ment under Colonel Ooethals, manage ment In April, according to a cable report from the engineer In charge, received at tho office of the Isthmian Canal Commission yesterday, It states that during April the excavation In Culebra cut amounted to 879,527 cubic yards and at the Gatun lock site to 108,000 cubic yards, v , "MAN Prices ! I Boys' Suits 1 Overalls, ' 65c pair for 50c cents. 557 Commercial St. I SHIP LUMBER SOUTH, ALBANY, Or,, May .-After June 1 lumber destined, for San Francisco and California Volnl from the Curtis Lumber Company's big mill at Mill City will be shipped direct to Yttqulnii Bay ovr the Corvsllls k Eastern rosd, and transported from (hero to Califor nia by means of vessels, Tho Infor mation was given out yesterday that tho Curtlss Company had chartered tho stoamer Leggett to carry lumber from Whqtiltm to the flay City, Th Leggett Is snU to have a capacity of 1,500,000 fw., it in stated unofficially , that the company will In tho future confine nil Its southern shipments to ' tho water route, Tho Curtlss Lumber Company hns recently gratly In creased the capacity of Its Mill City plant and now Is able to urn nut 125,- 000 feet of lumber per day. 6U8PECT8 CAPTURED. 8heriff and Poisa Go After B.ll.vsd Northern Psoifio Bandits, MISSOULA, May 9. Two men be lieved to bo the Northern Pacific train robbers have been arrested at Arlee, 27 miles west of Missoula. The sheriff nnd posse left hnrp tonight on a light engine' for Arlee. POITOU WRECK. MARSEILLES, May 9,-Tho latest reports recolvca here concerning the loss of the French steamer Poltou which was wrecked off tho coast of Uruguay are to tho effect that 40 pas sengers and eight members of the crow lost thoir lives. YE8TERDAV8 BA8EBALL SCORES. . Coast League. At San Francisco Portland 4, Oak land 6, Northwest League. At Seattle Seattle 4, Vancouver 3. At Tacoma Taeoma 5, Butte 2, FROA MEXICO" Friday, Saturday, and Sunday V