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mm m i UBLIIHtt FULL AttOOIATID PRIM IMPORT OOVIR TMi M0RNIN9 NILD ON Trfl LOWIft COLUMBIA,! NO. 182. VOLUME Ulll, ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907.! PRICE FIVE CENTS MAY HAVE BIG Capitalists Propose to Erect $10,000,000 Concern at This TO UTILIZE BLACK ORE Options Already Placed for Site Surrounds Operations of Large Party From Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Other Eastern Points. i LAND LEAST YEARS AGO TO MAGNETITE IN CLATSOP COUNTY RICHEST ORE IN THE WORLD AND WILL TAKE PLACE OF FINE STEEL AND IRON IMPORTED FROM NORWAY AND GERMANY WHICH HAVE FORMERLY HELD THE PALM FOREIGN ORE DOES NOT EVEN EQUAL THIS RICH ORE. There are propeett of tbt erection of $10,01)0,000 ateel and Iron plant within lew mile of AturU by eastern eapi talitlt according to a tory which eman ate from l'ortUnd. It has long boon known that the black tamlt oulh of Fort Stevttt are rich lu uiagtitiU, which produce the finest steel ml iron in the world, ami the protect are that the- tamlt are going to be utilized iu the near future. During the Lewi and Clark Expotl tion about 10 rarloada of thU and were rut to Dr. David Day at Portland to be totted, and be reported that untold wealth lay untouclwd in the northern part of C'laUop county, a the sand were one-tliird magnetic ore. The die trlct reaches from a mile end a hall aouth of Fort Steven, and back from the coot 4UUO fctt. Nearly two yeart ago Senator Fulton obtained an appropriation of "25,000 from Congrent to conduct a course of experiment with the and which were perfectly uccewful, end much interest wat aroused throughout the country be camw of the finding of the rich iron and atei'l properties in tlilt section. Magnetite it the richest of all iron ore In the world and the fine iteel pro duced in Norway and Ormany from magnetite ha been the envy of the rest of the lion producing world. Dr. Day, of the United State Geological Survey, eerted at the time of tho tests that ' tho and In Clatsop county produced he tame quality of ore at that produced in Norway, and that it was not even equalled by the foreign country. While the plant of tlie eattern capi talist who ere proposing to build up a big iron and tteel industry In this tec tion are unknown, the following report from Portland Is suggestive that tho black sands near Fort Steven will ho utilized at no late date; PORTLAND, August 7.-Muob"my' tery surrounds the coming ' vMt to Portland of a group of Eastern capital ists, all said to be captains of industry MORE TROUBLE IN FEZ. Bombardment of Cata Blanca Only Fuel to Fan Revolutionary Flame, PARIS, August 7. The Tangier cor respondent of tlie Petit Parlsienne lays the seaport of El Araish, in Morocco, is ' surrounded by the Khlot tribosmen who nre excited over the bombardment of Case. Blanco, Die gatet of the town have been shut. Consuls there are de manding warships. A now disturbance has broken out at Alcazar in the Fet region. French residents In tills locality will be Instructed to come to Tangier. NICK LONG-WORTH SPEAKS. HONOLULU, August 7. Congressman Longworth in a speech at the Commer cial Club today said tliat he hoped the Philippines "Would not be long with ui In the meantime free trade with the Philippines would be the square deal and free sugar, would not injure Hawaii." STEEL PLANT Point. SANDS IN THIS COUNTY . . . . . . of Big Condenser, But Mystery HAVE RESULTS AT EARLY DATE lu the iron manufacturing buineat. Plttnburg, Philadelphia, New York ami Cincinnati capital U ttowed away In the long eack, with which It it rumored the distinguished Walton who are to be here the Ut of this week an to pur chase a ite for and ecect a $10,000,000 teel plant within a short distance of Astoria. That option have tlrea.lv been placed, where they may be taken up, nhtiuld condition prove favorable for the erection of the mammoth plant where it 1 now contemplated, l known. Jutt where these option are located Is not disclosed, but they are said to be within a 10'itiiie radius of Atoria. Harry Bush, a Cincinnati lawyer, and countel or several of the caplUlfcts In terested, it due in Portland Thursday of thi week. He will meet here the other parties who are interested in the big deal. Rush ha been making a tour through British Columbia, Texeda Inl and, Southeastern end other parts of Alaska, and it it known b ha option on plenty of iron mine from which the raw material will be obtained to supply the huge plant. The Hush, crowd ha already had ex- peri in mo isonnweet, looking over available) aites for Ui establishment of tuch an Institution, and they have prepared data regarding rail and water raiwportation, for the ore and for hand ling the finished Iron and steel According to Information the syndi cate ha fully decided to erect a plant on the stupendous scale mentioned above, somewhere In the northwest. Puiret .Sound ho been visited, and Astoria is the next place to be Investigated, Hush woe asked point blank a few days ago: "If ,;ou built the plant near the mouth of tho Columbia, where are you (joing to get your iron ore!" "Wo have it in sight now, right where we can lay our1 hand on it,' wtt Bush'! reply. , JJusk is now in the Pugot Sound coun try or In British Columbia. CLEARING TRUNK MURDER. Evidence Points That the Golds Know Something of the Crime. MONTE CARLO, August 7.-Evldenc scoured here indicates that Teresa Wil liams, parts of whoe body were found in a trunk and valise, at Mantcilies, was murdered for her jewels. Mr, and Mrs. Gold, English people, who owned the trunk and valise have been arrested. POPE POSTPONES ELECTION. ROME, August 7.-The Cirre D'ltalia announces that the Pope has postponed the election of cardinals scheduled for tomorrow because of the present anti clerical agitation in Italy. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. At San Franclco San Francisco 6, Los Angeles 2. At Portland No game. AS WIXLMAN HEADS POLEWARD. Shade of Sir John Franklin Tills dashing for the pole seems to have gotten new wrinkle since I tried it. BOILERMAKERS QUIT Strike of All in Pacific Division on S. P. Declared. IT HAS BEEN ANTICIPATED Reno Workers Walk Out But Say They Have No Grievance Strike it Alleged to be on Account of Company's Failure to Discharge Abusive Foreman. BAKKRSFIKLD. Cal., August 7.-A strike of boilermakers which affects all men employed in this capacity by the Southern Pacific Company devision went Into effect this aitcrnoors Fifty men laid down their tools in response to an order from tlie strike committee of the National Union, A strike has been an ticipated for several weeks. , Superintendent of Motive Power Small arrived here lat night. He went into a conference with tlie strikers' grievance committee and after a two hours' ses sion neither Small nor the committee had anything to say. It was learned that the confereee were unable to reach an agreement. Small will leave for Sau Francisco to night. The primary cause of the walk out is not known, but it is asserted it Iras to do with the failure of the com pany to remove on alleged abusive fore man In the Los Angeles shops. RENO, Nev., August 7. The boiler makers employed in the Southern Pa cific shops walked out this afternoon on Instructions from the president of the union. They ay they have no grievance. Boilermakers, employed at the local Southern Pacific shops walked out this afternoon. . It it understood that the men walked out as a result of a refusal of the company to reinstate the boiler makers helpers who struck on June 18 and to depose W. H. Cartel' a recently made foreman of tlie Los Angeles shops, BATTLESHIP MAKES RECORD. ROCKLAND, Maine, Auimst 7. The new battleship Connecticut; the first battleship of the first-elnss built bv the government, made an average speed over a measured course today of 18.76 knots. The fastest mile was 19.01 miles. A ' sister ship, the Louisiana, built bv contract, under the same conditions, made an average of 18.59 knots. SELECT BUT TWO JURORS. SAN FRANCISCO, August 7-The en tire venire of 50 talesmen was exhausted today In- the Halsey trial Two juror were secured subject to peremptory challenge. - UNABLE TO FIGHT Doctors Say Burns' Stomach is in Bad Shape. RUMORS SAY IT IS EXCUSE It Will Permit Gans to Meet Britt in Goldfield or Frisco Which it Better Match Gam May Claim Forfeit! to Cover Expense. LOS ANGELES, August 7. Following a conference between the managers of Joe (ians and Jimmy Burns who were to light here August 10, and Manager MeCWey of the Pacific Athletic Club, it was announced this afternoon that the fight had been indefinitely postponed owing to the fact that Burns is physi cally unfit to participate. The club physician and another doc tor are said to have pronounced Burns' stomach in such a shape that he will be unable to fight. Tonight McCarey stat eu that nans is determined to claim a part of the forfeit sufficient to cover his expense Tonight a local newspaper sent a third physician to examine Burns but the result of the investigation has not been made public McQuy admitted he heard rumors to the effect that the coming event had been sidetracked to permit Hans to par ticipate in a fight with Britt at Goldfield or San Francisco. He stated he would investigate and if he found any reason to credit this belief he would take ac tion with regard to forfeits posted by both men. '.; . STORM STOPS TRIAL. But Negro Jordan Will Have Hearing Tomorrow as a Suspect. PITTSBURG, August 7. -Thomas Jordan,' the negro janitor1 of the First National Bank of Turtle Creek, is un der arrest for disorderly conduct la con nection with the disappearance of $4550 about a week bo. was taken before a justice of the pence for a hearing today. J During the proceedings a terrific thun der storm arose and Turtle Creek over flowed, flooding the town. Lawyers, bank officials, constables, and detectives were forced to seek shelter and the hearing suddenly terminated. It will be taken up again tomorrow. The storm is the heaviest of the season. Lightning) struck a number of buildings but none were seriously damaged. KILLED AT A CROSSING. AUENHURST, N. J., August 7. Four employes of the Norwood house were instantly killed tonight in m car riage which was run down by a Penn sylvania train at' the crossing here. PEARY FOR THE POLE. . ' . NEW YORK, August 7.-Com- murkier Robert E. Peary says that unlet "Old Mother nature play a new trump card thi time," be certainly will reach the Pole. He ay hit equipment are the same a on the last trip, but he expect to profit by the lessons of that trip. Last time 4 he would have retched the Pole - but for the easterly ice drifts; thl time be will go farther wet by land, and instead of heading directly north he will bead northwest, thus getting the benefit of the early drift of which not him? was known until the last expedition. BOTH CLAIM PRIMARIES. Williams Contest Undecided Will Count Vardamas Ballots. JACKSON, Miss., August 7. The Democratic state executive committee meets tomorrow to canvass the returns and declare the result of the recent primaries So close is the senatorial race that interest is at fever heat. For the past day or so there has been all sorts of rumors of destroyed and lost ballot boxes, but when traced down, the reports have been found to be with out foundation. The meeting tomorrow promises to be sensational, there being predictions that trouble will arise in the event of there being any compromise measures to be resorted to. Both candidates claiming the canvass it will result in their nomination, Var daman by hare majority while Wil liams' friend claim it by at least 1000. DECREE MODIFIED. Supreme Court Decides On Van Duten Land Case, OREGON CITY. Or., August 7.-In the case of the Columbia Land & In vestment Company, respondent, v. the Van Dusen Investment Company, appel lant, from Clatsop county, the decree of Judge T. A. McBride in the Supreme Court was modified and the case was remanded for correction by Justice Eakin. This is an action to establish the line of division of the water frontage be tween the two owners of tide-lands and water frontage on the south shore of the Columbia at Astoria. There was a dispute a to the starting point of the dividing line; one claiming it should extend due north from the shore point of division, the other from the shore point of division at right angle to the pier head line. The supreme court de cide the government's new pier head line in front of the properties should control, and orders the decree drawn accordingly. FREE HOMES BRING BRIDES. NEW YORK, August 7. According to passengers who arrived yesterday on the steamship Colon, from Colon, there is an influx of brides to the canal zone and all because the government there has offered separate home for every mar1 ried employe. MOYER RETURNS QUIETLY. , DENVER, August 7. Charles H. Moyer and wife returned very quietly to Denver- last night. Their friends were not aware of their return. Tlie object of their coining unbeknown to friends was that they desired no demonstration as Moyer thinks such things unneces sary and do no good. CHINAMAN ADOPTS WHITE BOY. POTTSVILLE, Pa.. Aug. 7. Through document filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of Schuylkill county here yetserday, Charles Sing, a Chinese laundry man, becomes the foster father of Charles Hunt, a white boy of Phila delphia parentage., The boy'a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, all of Philadelphia, are parties to the agree ment. They agree that tlie boy's name shall be Roy Soo Sing, that Charlie Sing shall be his father and in return the boy becomes the legal heir of the laun dryman. ' : r OPERATORS .STRIKE Quit Their Telegraph Keys : Yesterday. iLna. - t , .t OVER FORTY ARE OUT Claim That They Wilt Make Dis- charge of Ryan Issue for Strike. . LAMB SAYS IT IS A LIE States That He Received Only One Peti tion That Se Be SeinsUted and the Strikers Walked Out Before He Could Reply to it Ko Settlement Tomorrow LOS ANGELES, August 7 All oper ators employed, by the Western Union Telegraph Company walked out this afternoon. Only one man, it is stated, remained. There was no previous inti mation of the etrike. . " The walkout followed the refusal of the Western Union to reinstate a dis charged operator today. At 6:30 an hour after the men walked out, there were five men working the keys. The men held a meeting tonight to decide about future action. According to an unofficial statement there it no prospect of the men return-- ing to work before tomorrow and even then their return is doubtful. The strikers declare their intention to make the reinstatement of the discharged operator the Issue. In a statement tonight District Super intendent Lamb said he had had no re quests for negotiations and he could not assume any connection between any thing that ha happened and the walk out of the men. Late tonight Superintendent Lamb said, regarding the statement made by the telegraphers, that it is an issue of lies. He said that he received no peti tions except one for the reinstatement of Operator Ryan and did not receive that until 4 o'clock today, and the walk out bad occurred before he had given any reply to it. Lamb says Ryan was discharged for deliberately delaying messages. There are about 50 operators involved in the strike, practically all of whom have walked out. MENACE OF BLACKS. Are Banding Together In Cuba And sending Out Resolutions. HAVANA,' Aug. 7. The negroes in the province of (Pinar del Rio are organ izing an iedependent party with the pur pose os upiiiting the black man and niacins; him on a Dlace where he mav re. ceive greater recognition and public- of fices. The 'best of feeluura do not at present exist between whites and blaol and the government officials fear that with the l'egroes organized they may perhaps become a menace to peace. A negro politician Batrell Oviedo, is a prime mover in the agitation. He has ent broadcast a memorial setting forth what the negro has done for the island and what a small share of natronasre has ' been given them. Copies of memorials have been sent to President Roosevelt and Secreterv Taft and to the diplomatic corps. TWO KILLED. MILWAUKEE, August 7. A race to Okautchee, a distance of 25 miles, withi supper as a prize and $25 as stakes, ended, in a irightful accident to one of the cars and the death of two of the occupants? and! the serious injury of two others. The machine collided with a bridge spanning a creek near Brook field Junction. The wrecked machine is owned by Al derman Koerner. ;