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! PUBLISHCS rULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 101
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1003
PRICE FIVE CENTS
A D
AND
DESTROYED
Liner St. Paul Rams the British
Second ClassCruiser Gladi
ator Off Isle of Wight
SEVERAL OF CREW OROIWB;:
' I 158 p6und xlaii Fred Saxe, unat
No One on the 8t Paul Waa Killed
or Injured But the Bodies of Pour
of the Cruiser's Crew Havs Been
Brought Ashore.
SOUTHAMPTON, April 2S.-The
liner St. Paul which left here on her
regular voyage bound for New York
thi afternoon in dense snowstorm
rammed and destroyed the British
second class cruiser Gladiator off the
hie of Wight. The first reports stated
that from 20 to 30 of the Cladistor'i
crew had been drowned but a later in
telligence reduces the number of
casualties. The exact extent of the
disaster, however, cannot be accu
rately known until tomorrow. No one
on the St. Paul was killed or injured
but the bodicl of four of the cruiser's
crew have been brought ashore and
one officer, Licutnant W. C. Purvis,
who attempted to swim ashore is
mitting. Eight injured have been
taken to the military hospital at Cold
en Hill for treatment. It it believed
only few others are unaccounted for.
BASEBALL SCORES.
At Los Angeles Los Angeles 7,
San Francisco 1.
At San Francisco Oakland 6,
Portland 5.
At Tacoma Tacoma 2, Vancouver
0.
,At Spokane Spokane 3, Aberdeen
.5-
At Seattle Seattle 6, Butte 3.
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FINAL SCORE. -
Athletic Contests Ended Last Night
PORTLAND, April 25.-Repreen-tatives
of the Seattle Amateur Ath
letic Club came out with flying col
ors in the three days' wrestling and
boxing tournament for the champion
ships of the Pacific Coast which con-
ciuucu ncrc ionium.
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Of its entries only one failed, Wil
liam Speck in the 125 pound class at
boxing, failed to take the first place.
The bouts throughout were interest
ing nrwl lmmli immft rif til contest.
ants were unevenly matched, most of!' V . " " . .
the antagonists who faced each other fPrtnnt in a house belonging to his
showed practically an equal ability.
This was notable especially in the
135 pound wrestling event tonight,
which wpnf to V. Venablc. of Seattle.
over F. A. Browncll, of the Reliance
Huh of San Francfsco: Vennble threw i
i; ,.,; rtnr 11 mim.to. nnl . ,
seconds of the hardest amateur 'decomposition had set in. Beside the
.1: ; ,!,:, ;, A.ibody, says the account, were bottles
; i hi. vi,im. U ,nt n.iiti rlonr of ,
question.'- After the men had been at,',1hine; .From lhis th spaper drafts
t for about eight minutes, Brownell
managed to get Venable's, shoulders
so close to the mat that the specta-
iuis wiiu were biuscsi iu tuc wicanvia
were confident that Brownell had se
cured a fall.
Summary of championship finals;
Wreatlinsr.
niMinil fin o adTTt Kitsu Tm tA art
of the Seattle Y. M. G' A., won from 1 feature of the peformance of luin
Edwin Mills -of the Portland Y. M. jdrcds of athletes. The annual re-
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125 pound class Edgar Frank,
Multnomah A. A. Club, won from J.
S. KilleenMultnomah. Time 3 min-jthe
uses, 15 seconds, -
135 pound class V. Venable, Se
attle A. A. Club, won over S. A,
Brownell, Reliance Club, San Fran
cisco. Time: 11 minutes, 35 seconds,
145 pound class Frank Vance, S.
A. A. Club, won from Dr, J. II. Tuttle,
Multnomah. Time: 1 minute 25 sec
onds. ;
Heavyweight class II, E, Grim, S,
A. A. Club, won from E, C. Johnson,
Multnoli.ini, Time; 22 seconds.
Boxing. s'
Heavyweight clans-Henry Chroft,
1 S. A. A. C, knocked out E. C John
ion, Multnomah, in the second round
125 pound class Olmar Dranga,
Multnomah, knocked out William
Speck, S A, A. Club, in the third
rouuU
135 pound class Jean West, Mult
notnah, and Gu Rosche, unattached,
fought four round i to draw.
145 pound class Referee forfeited
the match to Cheiter Brown, S. A. A.
tached,4 forfeited the match to Ted
J rntinA s. inur.A u. uanit ,ft ...
vercly he was unable to continue.
Total championships as follows t
Seattle, 7, Multnomah 3, Spokane I,
Olympia 1.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Carries $1,450,000 for Mouth
of Columbia Improvements
THE ESTIMATE WAS $ 1 ,700,000
The Estimates Submitted for the
Next Fiscal Year Far Exceed the
Estimates for Like Expenditures in
Any Previous Year In Our History.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The
sundry civil bill reported to the House
today $1,450,000 for the continuing
improvements at the mouth of the Co-
lumbia river, and $336,000 (or continu
mg work on the Celilo canal. The
estimate for the former was $1,700,-
000, and for the latter $500,000. Other
items in the bill are: Vancouver Bar
racks administration building, $65,000
two aounie oarracks, $s,auu; one
barracks, $34,500; Crater Lake Park,
$3000; care Alaska insane, $28,000
Fort Stevens, new barracks, $91,970.
CONFLICTING STORIES.
Regarding
the Death
Chaulnes.
of Due de
' PARIS, April 25. Notwithstanding
the official report that the Due de
Chaulnes died' from natural causes,
the Paris newspapers print various
versions as to the manner and place
of his sudden demise. The Petit
- Tmirnnl enva ilit t L- AA In a amtll
sister, the Duchess d'Uzes on the Rue
Van Dyke. He retired Thursday
night according to the Petit Journal,
and not appearing Friday morning,
"ant entered the apartment and
found hlm dead " bed his features
presenting a livid appearance as if
containing cocaine, ether and mor
the deduction that death was due to
an overdose of drugs affecting a na
turally weak heart,
COLLEGE SPORTS.
i Hundred Athletes from .Prominent
Universities Compete.
PHILDELPHIAt April 25. The
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j Field today under the auspices of the
! University of Pennsylvania were of
highest order. One world's rec
ord, that for pole vault was broken
by W. R. Dray, of (Yale) 12 feet 61
inches. Dray tried to clear 12 feet 10
inches but was too tired. The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania won the blue
ribbon event of the meet which was
the one mile relay for the champion
ship of the United States. Her only
opponent was Chicago who ran Penn
sylvania to a sensational finish.
PRACTICALLY
BLOWN AWAY
Five Towns Demolished aud 15
Villages More or Less Laid
In Ruins
DEATH LIST GROWS HOURLY
Train Lost on the MobUe and Ohio
Railway Somewhere Between Cit
roneui and Moran City Causes
Grave Fears for Safety of People,
ATLANTA, April 2S.-Up to nine
o'clock the total dead as the result of
Friday's tornado are, including the
four states, 305, injured 1213.
NEW ORLEANS, April 25.-Prob-
ably half a thousand lives were lost
and a hundred or more persons fa
tally and many times this number
painfully hurt, together with a
property loss running into millions
of dollar is the record so far of the
tornado that originated in the west
two days ago sweeping Texas, Arkan
sas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Geor
gia. It has left a path of death, deso
lation and want in its wake, seriously
interrupted all communication and
brought about chaotic conditions in
many of the smaller towns.
Mississippi, which has already been
sufferer from more than one tor
nado this year has borne the brunt
of the winds and rains. The estimates
of the number who lost their lives in
that state place the death list at near
300 with a thousand or more in
jured.
In Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and
Georgia, death list total: Dead 340,
total injured 1213.
Death lists are also large with ser
ious loss of life in Arkansas and Tea
nessee. Authentic information in many
instances is lacking owing to the
crippled facilities fos communication
and lack of time to form anything like
an accurate estimate of the damage
done in many sections. In half
dozen communities martial law has
been declared, so terrible has been
the destruction and so helpless the
stricken pcopl left by disaster. Scr
ious disasters occurred in some places
including Amite, La. Looting and
other crimes have been reported but
hese instances on the whole have been
rare. - Sveral places have issued ap
peals for aid and in Mississippi, Gov
crnor Noel has asked for tents for
the homeless. Utter misery was found
today at Purvis, Miss., by the relief
parties, Despite the fact that the
little town boasted yesterday of 2500
people and that there were but 900
there today, still there are not suf
ficient accommodations in the wreck
ed village for even - the wounded.
Negro mammies and little black chil
dren lay wounded and helpless under
the broiling southern sun. Some brok
en bones, some partly . crushed and
others have been wounded by sticks
and splinters. These unfortunates
were lucky if they had a blanket to
cover them or a wrecked couch to lie
upon, There is no shelter in the town
for the walls that remained standing
had no roofs and by a strange freak
of the tornado many of the trees that
had not been uprooted have been!
snapped off a few feet above the
ground. The money loss at Purvis is
estimated at a quarter of a million.
At Aimte, La., half a million and in
Washington Parish from one half
to a million. 1
ATLANTA, April 25.-As the re
sult of last night's storm 25 persons
are dead in Georgia and at least 100
injured while many others 'received
bruises and scratches from the flying
debris in a dozen towns of the state.
The largest loss of life is reported at
Cave Springs, where nine were, killed
and many injured,
NEW ORELEANS, Aoril 25.-
The dead, more than two 'hundred,
the injured at least 500; these were
the firm facts which came to light in
he early hours today when a little
of the wreckage of vestcnl.-iv's t.-ir.
nado in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Albania had been cleared away. The
tornado lasted altogether about 12
hours striking promiscuously one
town after the other from before Hay
light on Friday until mid-afternoon.
Many hours after they struck, trains
bearing nearly 200 injured came
crawling cautiously out of the Tor
nado, leaving behind them one town,
Purvis, Miss., utterly demolished, five
other practically blown away and
15 little villages in more or less acute
stages of ruins. With these wounded
came the details of dne of the worst
wind disasters in the history of the
Gulf states. First of all it became
known that negroes comprised most
of the dead.
The identified white dead early to
day numbered 42. In addition it was
reported that four whites had been
killed at McCallum, Miss., which
would bring the white dead list up to
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Santa Barbara's Flower Festival
In Fleet's Honor
WATERFRONT A MAZE OF COLOR
Cities and Villages For Miles Around
Are Practically Sending Their En
tire Population to Swell the Multi
tude and Join Floral. Festivities.
SANTA BARBARA, April 25-The
fleet arrived here this afternoon and
anchored in two long squadron lines
off State street The ships were sight
ed shortly after 2 o'clock this after
noon and came to an anchor a little
less than two hours afterwards. Great
crowds lined the beaches and the
piers butting into the ocean. Mayor
Boeseke and Rear Admiral McCalla
(retired) went aboard the flagship and
extended an official welcome.
SANTA BARBARA, April 25.
Last night might have been called
decoration night or transformation
night If anything were needed to
announce that the flower festival is
at hand and that the United States
battleships fleet will arrive in the
channel today, the decorations in
progress on the boulevard, in the
Plaza del Mar ,and elsewhere would
tell the story. The whole waterfront
will be a maze of color. Pennants,
lanterns and banners are all arranged
to make charming picture and setting
forth the fiesta.
Great crowds are flocking to the
city. Cities and villages for hundreds
of miles around are sending practi
cally their entire population ;there
will be a vast multitude watching the
fleet as it comes into the channel at
o'clock this afternoon. All the
stores will be closed in celebration
of the occasion. There will be a still
greater crowd at the parade Monday,
as that day also will be a general holi
day. The first -to great the fleet as
it drops anchor, and extend , official
greeting in the name of the city will
be Mayor E. F. Boesecke, and mem
bers of the executive committeee of
the League including the following:
Admiral McCalla, U. S. N, retired;
Frank T. Underbill, J. R. Fithian, A.
IE. Petersen, Robert Wagner, G. A.
White and Stewart E. White.
For every morning, afternoon and
evening during the stay of the fleet
there will be entertainments, sports
and social functions. Admiral and
Mrs, McCalla, Commodore and Mrs.
Bull, and Mrs. Frank T. Underhill,
are among those who will act as hosts
of the admirals and officrs of the
fleet. The Civic Leacue which has
done all the work connected with the
festival, has endeavored to provide a
good time for all comers, especially
the the city's guests the men and
officers of the fleet. In all the prep
arations for the j-eception, artistic
mottoes predominate.
The chief features will be a parade
and floral bombardment on Monday
and. N the dance of the flowers on
DECORATION
NIGHT
HILL VOTE
ON MONDAY
Another Day Spent on Navy Ap
propriation BillHale Gets
Agreement for a Vote
NO HOPE FOR FOUR SHIPS
Senators Beveridge and Piles Sharply
Criticised For Their Statements
Yesterday by Aldrich, Perkins and
McCumber.
WASHINGTON, April . 25.-An
other day was spent by the senate in
considering an amendment to the
naval apropriation bill but a vote was
not reached at the close of the dis
cussion which was participated in by
a dozen Senators. Hale secured an
agreement for a vote before the ad
journment of the Senate on Monday.
A canvass of the State made during
the day indicated that the four-ship
program will be defeated and that the
Senate has changed several votes.
Much of the discussion today was de
voted to the improbability of a war
being forced upon the United States.
Senators Beveridge and - Piles were
sharply criticised by Aldrich, Perkins
and McCumber for their statements
of yesterday and several heated col
loquies occurred. Beveridge will re
ply to them on Monday. Afthe con
clusion of the debate, a number of
minor bills were passed and the Sen
ate adjourned until Monday.
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The parade promises to be not
only much larger than any of previous
years but also more beautiful. No
commercial floats will be admitted
and the participants have been re
quested to avoid the grotesque. Only
the beauty of the decorations will be
considered in the awarding of prizes
and the judges will be artists and
connoisseurs of recognized ability.
As the parade doubles on its coun
ter marches on the boulevard by the
ocean, there will be a bombardment
of flowers. The gardens of the en
tire coasts for miles oq both sides of
Santa Barbara have been stripped to
provide ammunition, and after the
battle the line of march will be buried
in blossoms. In the dance of the
flowers, a large number of the most
beautiful women in Santa Barbara so
ciety will take part, and in the cos
tumes, the scenic effect, and in the
grace and beauty of the figures, it is
expected to be a spectacle that will
be one of those longest remembered
by the men of the navy.
STOCK MARKET STRONGER.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Improve
mcnt of the investment conditions
was the principal factor in the Broad
ening and strengthening of the week's
speculation in Stocks. The success
ful sale of the $40,000,000 Pennsyl
vania 4 per cent 40 year bond issue
was the dominating influence of the
market. The large subscriptions for
this and the placing of half the issue
with influencial foreign banking
houses led to far-raching inferences
of re-establishment of railroad credit.
Received confidence of investors at
home and abroad and the stimulating
effect on commerce and industry to
be looked for as a consequence, un
favorable trade advices, notably from
the iron and steel trade and continued
shrinking in railroads earnings were
ignored.
FORGED TELEGRAM.
Wire Sent Senator Cassidy to Stand
by Governor Was Tampered With.
ELMIRA, N. Y.( April 25.-An an
nouncement made here that the vote
of Senator Cassidy against the race
track bill was due to a telegram from
Congressman Fassett at Washing
ton which had been tampered with,
has caused a(cnation. Congressman
Fassett is here to attend tomorrow's
congressional convention, said last
night that the story was true. The
day the race day bills came up in the
Senate, Congressmen Fassett and
Dwight united in a telegram to Sena
tor Cassidy, which it is said, when
filed, urged him to stand by the gov
ernor. The telegram when it reached
Cassidy read: "Not to stand." An
investigation was started and it is
aid it was found that the telegram
had been changed in Washington.
Mr. Fassett said he had a letter from
the manager of the telegraph office
in that city admitting the forgery, and
stating the operator had been discharged.
COLLEGE BOAT RACE.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.
The Un,!YSrs!ty 0f California eight
won from the Stanford crew on the
Sausalito Bay course of 2i miles to
day by two and half lengths. Time,
13 minutes 18 seconds.
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MANIFESTLY II Alii
National Guardsmen Denounce
Arguments Against Armory Bill
ABUSIVE, BUT NOT LOGICAL
The Writer of the Argument Must
Never Have Known That National
Guard Fought Spanish-American
War Military Mainstay of Country
PORTLAND, Ore., April 25.
"Manifestly unfair; abusive, but not
logical or a statement of real facts."
That is the estimate placed by pro
minent National Guardsmen on the
argument against the Armory bill as''
advanced by the Oregon Grange m
the publication lately issued by the
state dealing with legislative meas
ures to come up for vote under the
Initiative and referendum at the June -election.
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In fact the argument against the
bill is not conspicious for its logic.
The Grange, in the beginning, says
it is not opposed to the National Guard
and then goes on to say that the
Guard has been chiefly useful in riots
and labor troubles and that the con
struction of armories would consti
tute a species oj graft.
The writer of the argument must
never have known that the National
Guard fought the Spanish-American
war, the Oregon Guardsmen as vol
unteers in the Philippines, bringing
unending glory to this state, and that
the National Guard is now the only
military force upon which the United
States could depend in case of inva
sion or other emergency. There is
only a handful of the regular army,
it requires a year to train volunteers
so the Guard, 110,000 strong, is the
military mainstay of the country.
As to the hints at graft, and there
is nothing more than slender, un
founded hints, no department of the
state government has been so free
from charges of that kind as has
been the Oregon National Guard un
der the administration of Adjutant
General W. E. Finzer, who has prac
ticed the most ripid economy pos
sible.
It is hinted by the Grange that
should the appropriation be allowed
for armories, other communities which
succeed in-the future in becoming the
station of new companies would be
asking, for armories. That would be,
nothing out of the way. Certainly
the people of say, Klamath Falls,
Grant's pass, Astoria or other pos
sible stations would not be grafters
if they asked the state to ""provide an
armory for military company which
was -giving its service gratis and
which stood ready to respond to the
call to arms at a minute's notice.
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