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
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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.