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ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1808 PRICE FIVE CENTS FATAL FIRE war suips sail DEAD r ' Admiral Evan's Fleet Sailed for Magdalena Bay. MoiDcr ana iwo imiarcn a long run to next stop the Victims. LAMP WAS OVERTURNED A Policeman Noticing the Flames Issuing From the House Turn ed In an Alarm. HUSBANDAND FATHER MISSING A Number ol Man Wert Playing Cards When the Fire Started from the Exploding Lamp They Ran Out Without Giving the Alarm. - PITTSBURG, Feb. 29.-One worn an and two children were burned to death, the husband and father it mint ing, two house were destroyed and a third badly damaged by a fire that broke out on the tecond floor of 3110 Breeton avenue to day. The deads old, found In corner of yard. CHRISTINE BAUCHAUCK, four years old, found in a (mouldering mattress. f' ,.. '" v' MRS. J. BAUCHAUCK, mother of two children, found burned to a crisp. . The missing: . J. BAUCHAUCK. . , The bodies of the woman and the children were not found until after the fire had been extinguished. J, Bauchauck, the husband and father, seeing the sleeping room Titled with smoke, became . excited and leaped from the second window. He hat not been since teen. It is reported that he ran to the rear of the building and in an effort to. save his wife and children, it is leareu, mat ne was aiso Durnca to The house at 3110 was a three story flat building and was occupied on the first floor by John Kalinowsky, who conducted a butcher shop. It is said that a number of friends of Bauchauck were engaged in a game of cards on the second floor, when by accident a lamp was overturned. Bauchauck, it is said, was himself asleep when the fire started from the exploding lamp. The card players are said to have run from the build ing without giving the alarm to the other occupants of the house. Bau chauck almost suffocated by the smoke was awakened. ' A policeman, notic ing the flames issuing from the house turned in an alarm, Before the en gine reached the scene the house at 3112 had caught fire and was in flames. Both houses were destroyed jn less than an hour.,' ... ; VV',,.,l'. Signals Went up Prom the Connecti cut the Flagship Thit Morning and Shortly Afterward! the Battleships Were Steaming Out to the Ocean. CALLAO, Feb. 29,-The Ameri can fleet tailed today for Magdalena Bsy.'lower California. Signals went up from the Connecticut, the flagship this morning and shortly afterwards the battleships were steaming slowly cut to the ocean for their run to the next stopping place. The fleet de scribed semi-circle the great ships moving to the southwest and when they passed the Peruvian cruiser Al mirante Grau, from which President Pardo and the officers of State' view ed the departure, each of the warships fired a salute of 21 guns. The Peruv ian cruikr replied when the Connec ticut was passing and there wat dip ping of flags, from the other vessels In the harbor and a ringing farewell from the thousands who had gathered to watch the ships of friendly na tion as they swung majesticaly out to the sea. The steamer Cashaposal, crowded with spectators accompanied the fleet for some distance from the shore, but as the battleships gathered speed she was left astern with the, enthusiastic rcruvians sun watching and waving handkerchiefs. Thousands of sight seers on different points of vantage on land witnessed the magnificent and imposing scene. QUESTIONING OFFICERS Naval Committee After Construction Views. TESTIMONY COMMENTS FRUIT IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. ' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29,-The orange and lemon crop of Southern California has this year broken' all records, and though the average price for the fruit has been lower than two years ago, it is thought that the total receipt will be greater than ever before. Fruit in all sections of the South is in excellent shape and the car service is good. No- damage to ... . . -. the crops has been sustained this year, the weather having been mild. A VEILED CHARGE WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-A veil ed charge was made by Mann in the House today during the considera tion of the army appropriation bill that some government officials or employe had yielded to the influence of the land syndicate with a view to selling the government a tract of land near .Washington, D. C, and an appropriation of $250,000 for 6000 acres was provided for which Mann denounced as far beyond it's value. He thought there had been undue temptation to somebody. He at once aroused the ire of Young who, spring ing to the defense of the committee on military affairs, indignantly denied that any member of it had been ap proached by anyone but the Secre tary of War or his subordinates. The provision was stricken out on a point of order. The army appropriation bill was shortly afterwards .passed. The total" amount carried was $84,- 757,566. CO ag SUBMARINE CONVOYTLOATED ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 29.-The con verted.yacht Hist, which acted as a convoy to the submarines, was floated is afternoon after (. having been aground on Cove Point . bar since last Wednesday. Lieutenant Court- enay is aboard the ship and it is re ported that she is not injured. GLOVE MAKERS STARVING. PRAGUE, Feb. 29,-Thc financial crisis in the United States has had a mournful echo in the Erzgcbirge, the mountain district in the north of Bohemia, where the glove industry has bene destroyed temporarily. All the factories have been shut down and thousands of men, women and young girls have been reduced to starvation. The total output of kid and leather gloves amounted to 12, 000,000 dozen pairs a year, and nearly all of these were for the American market. When the American shop keepers stopped their orders distress followed immediately. The glove workmen are now emigrating to Germany. ; BUYS SUGyVR OUTPUT. CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. : 29. The sugar producers' association of Mexico, which control the sugar oiiptut and market of Mexico, has purchased the entire output of the sugar mills of this country, for the present season. The association will export .approximately 25,000,000 pounds of sugar. The total produc tion is estimated at 250,000,000 pounds. Capps Followed Hill's Testimony kWith a Statement Contradict Ing Much Hill Said. STRUCTURAL SEPARATION It is Imperative That There Should be Some Improvement Said Lieut Commander Vogelgesang Ameri can Turret! Inferior to Other Ships WASHINGTON, Feb. 2?.-The Senate committee on naval affairs to day heard the statement of the naval officers who had been quoted as criticising the construction of battle ships and upon whose authority it had been suggested Reuterdahl charges' were made. Lieutenant Com manders Mill, Vogelgesang and Cap tain Fiske were questioned concern ing their views on naval construction and Rcar-Admiral Capps was asked questions and commented upon their testimony as they proceeded. Capps followed Hill's testimony with statement contradictory to much that Hill had said. . V: K Vogelgesang testified that the re suit of the examination was to show that there should be some structural separation between the turret probes and handling rooms on board the bat tleships which does not now exist and never existed in the service." It is im pcrative, he said, that there should be some improvement. Replying to question he said he believed Ameri can turrets to be inferior to those of foreign ships. He thought that such disaster as that on the Missouri could not have happened on a foreign warship. A flarcback would have been avoided by a different method of construction of turrets of those ships. Capps said to Vogelgesang. that if he would propose something to ren der the turret absolutely safe, he would earn the undying gratitude of the navy department. Capps added that the accident on the Missouri would never have happened had not the ammunition been brought out in the manner never contemplated by the regulations. Captain Fiske testi fied that he had little experience that qualified him to comment on the question of proper watcrlines and turrets. ABSTRACTED PAPERS ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-At to day's session of the hearing of the government against the Standard Oil Company, Edward C. Armstrong, formerly clerk in the Standard Oil office at "Baltimore admitted that he had abstracted papers from the office of the Standard relating to informa tion received by the Standard con cerning the operations of competitors and had shown them to his friends among the independents. CLOSES ITS MILLS. . PAWTUCKET, R.; I Feb. ) The mills of the State Cotton Com pany have shut down for two weeks. At the office it was stated that the closing was for the purpose of mak ing certain changes in the machinery. For over a month the State Company has been under a four-day schedule. The closing affects 1000 operators. ORDERED PRINTED Knox's Pittsburg Speech to be a Senate Document APPROVAL OF THE COUNTRY To This Contribution of the Litera ture of What May be Called toe Topic of the Time No Tribute Need be Paid. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Tbe two speeches made hy Senator Knox of Pennsylvania at Klamazoo and Pittsburg, the former on the railroads and the latter on the waterways, have not only won the commendation of President Roosevelt but they have also received most cordial approval from the newspapers throughout the country. The railroad speech is rec ognized as one of the strongest pres entations of that subject that has ever been made, and the Senate had such a high opinion of Senator Knox's address on the waterways that it or dered the speech printed as a Senate document to be distributed broadcast throughout the country. I A sample of the editorial commen dation which Mr. Knox's Kalamazoo speech has received U taken from the Brooklyn Eagle, of February 12. That paper says: "Presuming the President to keep a calendar, be should decorate the date February 1 1. Also, he should add to the possessions he most highly prizes a full report of the speech made to the Lincoln Club in Kala mazoo last night by Philander C. Knox, on the Unifed States Senators from the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania to whom he owes a debt of gratitude. Incidentally, the big stick and the spear may be retired from service. They have become obsolete. l hey have become by comparison crude and course and ineffective With the speech they are not worth mentioning in the same breath. Sig nificantly.. Kalamazoo is the birth place of the Republican party of the present day. . . . ' . ,.. . . . "To this contribution to the litera ture of what may be called the topic of the time, no tribute need be paid. It speaks for itself. It is such a mas terly presentation of the administra tion case that every effort heretofore made to commend this case to the approval of the country is dwarfed, becomes a pigmy of comparison. It rises all the higher because its tem perature is low. It is dispassionate as cnsunguisnca irom declamatory it takes refuge f in rhetoric nowhere, abuses nobody, leaves no ugly taste in the mouth. The President is to be congratulated. A giant has aided him with a giant's strength." . , PETER CARAMIA. DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON Pat Garrett Killed By J. Wayne Brazie. RESULT OF A QUARREL Brazie Had Leased Ranch From Garrett and Used it for Pasturing Goats. SELF DEFENCE IS CLAIMED Pat Garrett Was One of the Last of the Prominent Gun Fighters of the Frontier Days He Killed "Billy, the Kid." Indicted by Federal Grand Jury For Using Mails Fraudulently. '1:1 , SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29.- Among those indicted by the federal grand jury yesterday was Peter Car amia on the charge of using the U. S. mails for fraudulent purposes. Ac cording o the evidence offered to the grand jury, Camaria, alias Lucanof, advertised in' Roumanian newspapers for laborers to come to California and then collected $20 as a fee for his services from each of the persons who entered into negetiations with him. He was arrested last Mav. SCHWAB BACK. NEW YORK, Feb. 29,-Cftas. M. Schwab who returned from Europe vpffrr1nv aftar tin ahcAHM yt .......... days said; "There is a feeling of apprehension in England as to what the future may bring forth. This I am inclined to believe is simply a reflex of condi tions in the U. S. i As far as this country is concerned it is my opinion that no men or combination of men could possibly keep America in a state of financial depression." EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 29.-Pat Garrett, well known the continent over as the man who killed "Billy the Kid," a notorious outlaw and one of the last of the prominent gun fighters of frontier days," was shot and killed by J. Wayne Brazie, a" young ranch man near us cruces, a. in a dispute over the terms of a ranch lease. , . Garrett had been on a visit to one of his ranches and in a buckboard with a friend was returning to Las Cruces, when they were overtaken by Brazie. A quarrel ensued and Gar rett is said to have reached for his gun. Brazie fired twice, both bullets taking effect and Garrett 4elt dead. Brazie then went to Las Cruces and surrendered. He was locked up in the county jail after making a statement to the officer that he shot in self defense and that he did not draw his six-shooter until Garrett had reached for his shotgun in the bottom of the buckboard. The quarrel between Garrett and Brazie arose oyer a ranch that had been leased by Brazie and on which he had pastured a herd of goats. Garrett remonstrated with his leassce and declared that goat pas turing was in violation of the terms of the lease. He threatened to resert to the .courts to prevent what he thought was a breach of contract and the men quarreled. Since then both men went armed and it was common talk of the territory that they were looking for each other. Garrett was sheriff in Lincoln county, N. M., in the early 80's and . his campaign against cattle rustlers was replete j with daring arrests, pitched battles and bloody encounters with .; cattle thieves. The best known of his ex periences was when an officer of the law he killed "Billy the Kid," who after the killing, according to some reports, two score men was lodged in the penitentiary only to escape. Gar rett took up the hunt anew as soon as he flearned of the escape and, located the outlaw in a house on Maxwell s ranch near Carrizod, Lincoln county. Garrett was in the room where the kid was to come to rendeous and as the outlaw stepped into the place with his gun drawn and covered Garrett the officer killed him. Garrett ful filled his own prophecy that he would die with his boots on. At the inquest held this afternoon, the coroner's jury at Las Cruces returned a verdict that Garrett had come to his death as the result of gunshot wounds inflicted by revolver in the hands of Brazie. The sole eye-witness was Carl Adam- son, whose version of the shooting was that Brazie threatened Garrett. Brazie threatened Garrett. Brazie declared the shooting was in self- defense and made no other statement. FORTY KATES Organization of an Encasipsiext Last Evening. HIGHEST E2AXCH CF CSCER Will be Known is Clatsop Encamp, nient No. 68, I. O. O. F. Grand Patriarch Beckwith and Grand Sec retary Sharon and Suite, Initiators. Last evening and far into the night the grand encampment officers and visitors from Ellison Encampment of Portland were busy initiating Forty members into the mysteries of the highest branch of the Odd Fellows ordef. , It is necessarily slow work to in itiate such a large number and at' midnight they had a recess and en joyed the good things spread before them. The encampment is still in session as this paper goes to press and have so far only elected John Habn, Pa tiarth; E. C. Younce, Senior Warden; A. V. Anderson, Scribe, The Portland visitors are: H. M. Beckwith, Grand Patriarch; E. E. Sharon, Grand Scribe; D. J. Hart, V. L. Leisure, L. G. Reynolds, Max Steele, Dr. S. W. Stryker, J. L. Tindall, Geo. E. Seaverns. UNIQUE TRAFFIC SYSTEM. NEW YORK. Feb., 29-In addi tion to having the tallest buildings in the world, New York has the great est number of strata of passenger travel, for there are spots in the city where with subways, tunnels, pas sages street traffic already moves on five levels, one under the other. It seems probable that in the near fut ure the number of levels will be in creased to at least three and possibly more. Engineers who have, been studying the crowding of the city's streets with wagons, carriages, autos and pedestrians all recognize the necessity for some means of relief. A plan therefore has already been advanced and is receiving considera tion which if adopted will make New York uniqlie in the manner in which it handles these modes of travel. Incidentally it would result in cutting off two stories from every building in the congested district, not on the top but the! bottom. Briefly outlined this plan, which would place the respect of London, Paris or any other city in the world, is as follows. At what is now the second story level would be established a superstruct ure above the present street level for foot passengers only, with three mov ing sidewalks moving at three rates of speed in each direction. One story below this, but still one story aoove tne street level, would come another structure for cabs, carriages and autos, all of which would be forced to come within a certain weight limit. On the present street level would be the surface car lines and all heavy traffic. To prevent this heavy traffic composed of trucks and delivery wagons from ascending to the level of the lighter carriages above, inter-communication would be ' by means of inclined ways, hung by balance. Should any vehicle above the stipulated weight attempt to as cend these inclines to the higher level the incline, after its center had been passed, would gently tip down and lead again to the original level. Thus would the three great classes of traffic be separated to the benefit of all. Various experts who have con sidered the plan assert that in spite of its startling innovations it affords' the best solution of the problem yet offered. Once put in force, with these three new levels of travel, in addition to the subways and below them the tunnels, New York would be the first and only five-story traffic city, or, counting the elevated lines, six-story city in the world.