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vM 1 WML COVERS THE MORNINO FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA PUtUtHCS FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT NO. 199. VOLUME LXIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1907. TEN PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS Jill t I I OFFER IS TAKEN OP Citizens Respond to Reid's Appeal. LINE COMMITTEE ACTS Prominent Men to Secure Right of Way for Line Through Clatsop. AGREEMENT IS DRAWN UP Money and Deeds to bo Held In Escro and WU1 b Nullified If Road U Rot In Operation Two Ytara From Com mancing Work. In response to the statement by Wll liatn Raid that th Portland-Oregon racoat Railway would comment .con struction Immediately If obstruction to th rlirht of way wra removed, a eon carted movement on the part or we C'hambr of Commerce and trading clti Bna of tha city ! been commenced to help tha Una of tha railroad company. Attorney Q CU Fulton. George W. born, F. L. Frker. Secretary Whyte ol tha Chamber of Commerce end otheri talked tha matter ovar Informally yea terdy and all wt'ra convinced that tha railroad hould bava avcry opportunity to "make good." George W. Sanborn wa made chairman of the executive committee, conipoed of tha flrat three men unmed, with 0. C. Fulton as coun cil, and plant to bring the nine property ownere in Clatsop county, who ara "bucking" the railroad, Into the fold of progrca and eii!erprie, wore discussed. The uphot of considerable enthusi tie dlacualon wai that the executive committee will rle by popular subscrlp tlon art amount of money to purchaae the right of way from the land owneue at a higher figure than tlret offered by tha Tort land-Oregon 4 Seaeoat Rail way. The amount offered by Mr. Reld for the right of way will be added to by tha executive committee to a reason able amount for the purchase of the right of way atrip which have been filed for condemnation m the court. The money for the bind will be held In escro, aim) the deed to the properties for tiio apace of two year, during which time the railway will have to complete it line and have car in ojtemtiiin there, on In a given time, to be named when the article of agreement are ilgned. Iteid'a price for the contested right of way strip will also be held In escro .until the ogrceiucut has lieen carried out, the time allowed being two years In which to fullil the contract of building the railroad line ami having it in opera tion. In default of the construction of the railroad, both commencing immedi ately nfler the agreement has been readied and the completion in two year from the beginning, ll contract will be called off and the. right of way will ro vert back to the property owner Thl. in abort, i the proposition that will bo prcacnted to the property own er, and to the railroad company. The executive committee nnd Secretary Whyte will co the property owner per sonally on tha matter and lend their beat effort toward making everything smooth for. the immediate construction of the railroad. It 1 a response on the part of the citizen of Aatoria to Mr. Reid'a bluff, a It were, although the general conviction, 1 that the railroad will be built by the company, and that they are in good faith in the matter. 0. C. Fulton is roponslble for thia idea in promoting a feeling of progresa among the proporty owner and in pav ing the way for the rapid construction of the railway by Mr, Bold and hi ' associate. Undor this plan there it nothing for all parties Interested to lose and everything to gain in the completion of the railway. Overture to the prop erty owner willbe made immediately so that If the plan 1 satisfactory work on the new railway may start at once. The contested right of way ia only about 10 mile o the 120 mile of the road, Nine property owner ara "bucking" th construction and seven have hail con- lemiiation nulla II led against them. A' formal meeting of the executive oiiimlttcB was held In tha Chamber of Commi'itw room yesterday afternoon, and the following agreement drown up by Attorney 0. C. Fulton, for the property owner and the railway company w approved, and will be acted upon If possible) Know All Men by The Freent. That of,., County, Stat of Oregon, in consideration of the aunt of one (II) dollar, In hand paid by G. W. 6AN- HORN, F. L. PARKER and 0. 0. FUL TON, constituting the executive com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce of Astoria. Oregon, trustees, the receipt whereof 1 hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto akl 0. W. Sanborn, F. L. Parker and 0. C. Fulton, truteee, their tuc ccasor or assign forever, a right of way , feet la width, being In width on each aide of the center line or the railroad of the PORT-LAND-ORKOON & SRACOAST RAIL WAY COMPANY, the same ia now surveyed, located, staked out and adopt ed scrota, over and through tha follow ing described premise ia the County of Clatsop, in the State of Oregon, to-wit: The aaid pretnisea are hereby convey ed to 0. W. Sanlwrn, F. L, Parker and 0. C. Fulton, trustee, aforesaid, to be held and conveyed for the following iie and purpose, that I to sayi Provided and upon the xpr condi tion that tha said PORTLAND OREGON 4 SKAO0A8T RAILWAY COMPANY, shall within ,. day from the first day of September, 1D07, in good faith, begin at some point at or near Clatsop City, actusl construction work on it roadbed on .it preaent surveyed line, and shall on or before month from September 1, 1007. actually construct from a connection with the line of railroad of tha Astoria k Colum bia River Railway Company at or near Clatsop City, thence easterly along It present surveyed line, not less than ten (10) mile of good substantial roadbed with cut and fill, culvert end bridge. accordingly s such roadbeds sre gener ally constructed for a flrtt-elan stand' ard gauge railroad; and shall alio .on or before years from September I, 1007, have constructed a completed line of standard gauge railroad with (Coatiimad en Fag a.) Boys Discover Medical Students Hooible Work. PARTIALLY COOKED BODIES Or. Thornton and J E. Jones, a Medical Student, Arrested But Are Released Were Preparing Skeleton For Scien tific Purposes. PORTLAND, August 87. Three hu man bodies in a big vat was the grew some And made by William Karl and Verna Melntyre, two small boys, while bathing in' the Willamette River, ou the cast shore of Ross Island yester day afternoon. The lad were badly frightened and reported their discovery to Police Captain Moore. Cnptaiu Moore immediately dispatched Harbormaster .Hpeler and Detective John Price with the two boy to the scene to make nn investigation. When they reached the place where the boys said the bodies were to be found, they beheld two hu man skull half submerged in the vat. The harbormaster and detective made a careful survey of the camp and then conducted a more minute investigation of the vat ,in -which they found part of three human skeletons, from which the flesh had been partially cooked. It was seen that the place, was the rendezvous ol medical student, who were cooking the flesh from the bodies for the purpose of preserving the skeleton for scientific purposes. A the flesh wag cooked from the bones, it and the water in which the bodies were cooked, were dumped into the Willamette Rivor. Further investigation revealed the fact that the plant belonged' to J. E. Jones, n medical student, and Dr. D. 0. Thorn ton, of the Good Samaritan Hospital, and that their headquarters while cleaning skeletons was in a nearby houseboat. Under a bed in the houseboat was found a large box. of human bone. . . , (Continued on Page 8.) HI IS Bellows at Witness Evad ing His Questions. LAWLER ADMONISHES Delmas Accuse Him of Trying to Bullyrag John W. Gilkyson. B0XT0N RECALLED TO STAND He Testifies That Bums Told Rim to Deny That Be Made a Confession But Finally Admits That ha Thought it Was to ThrowiHewspaper off Track. SAN FRANCI900, Auut 87--During the Glass trial today there occurred an other clash between Heney and Delmas. Heney wa examining John W. QQkJ on, assistant to the general manager of the telephone company. Gilkyson ihowed no excels willingness to answer and took long period to frame his replies. Heney, finally exasperated, bellowed the question at the witnese winding it ud with a sarcastic query aa to whether the wit ne understood. Attorney Delmas protested that the witness ought not be "bullyragged." "And I submit shouted Heney, "that he ought to be bullyragged if this is I'ullyragglng. it Is perfectly evident, your honor, that he i trying to evade the questions. He i getting just the ort of treatment hat he needs." Judge Lawler told Henev to control hi manner in addressing the witness and if the responses were not forthcoming promptly to submit the fact to the court nnd that the court would deal with it. Dr. Roxton was recalled and reiterated hi previous testimony that W. J. Burns, detective, commanded him to deny be fore the public that he made a confes sion. Under Heney' question Boxton admitted that Burn "did not tell me to throw the newspaper off the scent. It is considered perfectly legitimate to de ceive newspapers, possibly to extent of fnUe oath," was Dr. Boxton s answer. SOLOIST LACKINtJ AT THEATER. BERKELEY, August 27. Owing to the inability to secure a soloist for the Half Hour of Music in the Greek Thea ter,' for this date, it is announced that the Sunday program will not be resum ed until September 1. REBUKED France: Mo'n Dieul Calm your Moroccoesque excitement or M. Spain am myself will make so grand demonstration on your face! , MONEY MARKET SEES A LIGHT. Expects Big Government Bank Deposit; And J. P. Morgan Baa Returned. NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-There waa a report In Wall Street yesterday that the secretary of the treasury might soon de posit 1.10,000,000 of public funds in the bank. Should this be done it would be of material aid to the money market. 1 he return of J. P. Morgan I expected to be of some benefit to the stock mar ket, a there wai feeling in Wall Street yesterday that something might be done toward supporting the stock owned by the Interest associated with him. ' It was said yesterday that the com mission houses in the Wall Street dis trict were carrying probably $200,000,000 les stock for customers than was the esse a year ago. It was asserted that five firm alone now were carrying for customer 1100,000,000 less stocks than twelve montba ago. Brokerage houses stc sold out ss a general thing. The executive committee of the di rector of the Erie Railroad Co. held a meeting yesterday, but nothing was done in regard to the dividends on the pre ferred stock. It is expected that some action will le taken at the fall meeting of the board of directors next Wednes day. OLIVER JURY AX OBSTACLE. judge Dunne Will Not Proceed With the Parkaide Cass Until Legality is Settled SAN FRANCISCO. August 27. De fendsnt Umben, Brobeck and Green appeared In Judge Dunne' court today in connection with the Parkside bribery case. Judge Dunne announced he will take no further action in the ease until the supreme court decides matters af fecting the Oliver Grand Jury' pending there. LOSS WILL BS t7S,ooo. . ... SAN FRANCISCO. August 27. Genersl Msnager Schwerin to- 4 day began aa investigation of 4 the cause of the sinking of the 4 steamer Acapulco yesterday. He said the preliminary examina- 4 tion did not result in fixng tha 4 Illume. 4 4 The loss "to the company will 4 4 amount to $75,000. The cargo ia valued at $115,000 but it is im- possible to estimate how much can be saved. 4 4 Wrecker Whitelaw has been 4 engaged to raise the Acapulco 4 4 and hope to have the vessel 4 4 afloat by tonight or tomorrow. STREET CAR WRECK. ' LA CROSSE, Wis., August 27. A fast passenger train on the St. Paul Railroad struck a street car filled with passengers at the crossing here today. One man was seriously injured. WILL SUPPORT BRAZIL. RIO JANEIRO, August 27. It is of ficially announced here that a score of bsser government will support Brazil's position regarding the organization of a permanent iuternational - arbitration court LAST MUTE MESSAGE Name 'Plate of Steamer Columbia. FOUND AT MUSSEL ROCK Mrs. Gibson, Wife of a Former Member of Columbia's Crew, Makes Find. LETTERS SHOW ABOVE SAND Regarded as a Strange Coincidence That the Board Should Float to the Home of an Old Member of the Crew of the Columbia Other Relics from Steamer J- , 1 . '' SAN FRANCISCO August 27. After tossing for weeks ovet mile and miles ol waters the shattered name plate of the ill-fated Columbia has been picked up on the ocean shore by the wife of an old sailor who cruised in the wrecked k vessel when she was one of a proud fleet on the Atlantic ooast Strange coin cidence that thi board with its gilded letters should finally float ashore near San Francisco whence the doomed ves sel went out to carry scores of men, women. and children to watery graves. Stranger still, that it should be recov ered by the helpmeet of one who knew the old vessel in the long ago and that it ' should find a resting place after its uncertain voyage in the home of one who knew it when its lettering was bright and when it was securely nailed in its proper position on the pilot house. It was Mrs. AI Gibson who recovered the broken name plate of the Colum bia. Mr. and Mr. Gibson live at Edge- mar on the ocean shore near Mussel Rock. The sea rolls to the beach of Edgemar the floatsam and jetsam of many wrecks and in ' the home of Gibson are many trophies of the Pacific mute witnesses to disaster that have brought sorrow to homes all over California. On last Thursday as Mrs. Gibson was walking along the shingle near her home, she found a shattered board half buried in the sand and led by some impulse, turn ed it over. It was painted black and bore the gilded letters, M B I A. Mrs. Gibson guessed at once that it came from (he Columbia and bore it home knowing that it would interest her hus band who was once, of the Columbia's crew when the vessel plied oii the At lantio coast. "Yes, ' I remember the board well," said Gibson to his wife when she showed the .board, "it is the nameplate of the old .boat, and comes from the side of the 'pilot house. Brave Captain Doran stood on the bridge beside this board as his ship went down." Gibson was a member of the crew of the Columbia in 1SS5 when the steamer was on the Atlantic Coast.. He left the vessel after many voyages when she was sent around the Horn to join the 0. R, 4 N. fleet in this port. The Gibsons have other melancholy souvenirs of the wrecked Columbia. Life preservers bearing the name of the wrecked vessel that must have floated passengers before the . waves claimed them as victims and tossed tha. empty belts down the coast, copper cans of hard tack and many other articles that came from the swamped lifeboats. But they treasure most the nameplate of the vessel that some curious fate bore from the stormy Mendocina coast and the wreck, to the calm 'beach at Edgemar. TROOPS ARE IN PERSIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 27. The Porte has decided to send a commis sion to investigate, conjointly with the Persian commission, the allegation that Turkish troops are now in Persian ter ritory. If true, , the Porte will order their withdrawal. IMPORTANT DEAL. Tha Telephone System and Electric Plant of Seaside Sold by tha Willamette Valley Co. A deed was entered for record at tha county clerk's office yesterday in which the Willamette valley CO. transfer all their property to the Seaside Dght & Water Co. According to the deed the Willamette Valley Co. transfer to the Seaside Com pany the telephone system of Seaside and West Seaside including pole Jines, wires, machinery and apparatus pertain ing thereto; franchises from Clatsop county and from Seaside; rights of way on county roads; agreements, etc. . Aa agreement with the Pacific States Tele phone t Telegraph Company for the establishment of an exchange and mak ing rates to be charged until June, 1916, is among the transfers. The intention of the deed is to trsns fer all the property, assets, franchises and interest of the Willamette Com pany to the Seaaide Company. The 'deed is dated Aug. 19 and was acknowledged in Portland end the consieration is one dollar. BRUIN EVADES EDWARD. . : KLAMATH FALLS Or, Aug. 27. E. H. Harriman and hi party concluded their tay at Pelican Bay Monday, after pot ting in several strenuous day hunting for bear. The party 4 had a number of guides and a 4 4 pack of bear dogs, but no bear 4 were found. Bear are not aa 4 4 plentiful aa they ' were a few years ago, and it is , rare occur- 4 rence when one is killed. Mr. 4 4 Harriman enjoyed the outing 4 4 and did not mind sleeping out at night in a drenching rain. 4 ' W0MA1TS BODY FOUND. LAKE HOPATCHONG, N. J, August 27. The body of Agnes Maguire. who disappeared Saturday night, was found in the lake near the place where she was lost FULL DINNER PAIL FOR TAFT. s , FORT SOOTT August 27. Secretary of War Taft was presented with a luncheon here placed in a massive tin dinner pail made to typify the full din ner paU campaign. Invests the FlocVs'.Moneyin Fire Clay and Looses. OTHER SCHEMES ALSO'FAILED Preacher of the Gospel Had Better Luck in the Pulpit Than in the World of Business Suit to Recover Money Shows Financial Conditions. , PIWSBURG, August 27.-Rev. John H. Morris, pastor of Pentecostal church, at Mount Washington, a suburb, took a flyer in high finance which cost him and the members of his congregation , $300,000. Members of Pastor Noma flock until yesterday had dreams of becoming millionaires. Now they won der whether they are going to get any of their money back.. , ..... " The , true state of affairs became known when Mrs. William Waters, who had invested $10,000 in Dr. Norris' en terprise, started suit to recvoer her money. Dr. Norris promoted a mining company and had the offices of his con cern in the basement of his church. With $300,000, obtained from the aale of stock, he bought 1000 acres of Ohio land containing coal and fire clay. A development company was formed to exploit the land, but that venture did not succeed and the pastor formed a firebrick concern. This was no" more successful and the pastor then bought a silver mine. This scheme went to the way of the others and finally a re ceiver was appointed. MOORS DRIVEN BACK. OASA BLANCA. August 27. The French and Moors had a sharp engage- : ment late yesterday six miles from Gen eral Drude". camp when a party of . mounted Algerians had an encounter with the enemy. Reinforcements of ar tillery drove the Moors into the hills There were no French losses. t