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33rd YEAR. NO. 113
Fifty Thousand
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Gather On the Coast Heights to See Them
Maneuvering of Vessels One of Beautiful
Features of the Great Display
Splendid Marine Parade on the High Seas Excur
sions From AH Directions Cloudy Day But No
Rain-Spectacle of a Lifetime -Enjoyment
Unqualified Wireless From Sperry
Yesterday was "Battleship Day" In
Astoria without any discount at all.
By 4 o'clock in the morning the
whole city was agog. People were
making hurried flight! down the hull
and along the levels of the city,
hunting the open restaurant lor the
earlier breakfatt than they usually
knew; and that dispensed, hurrying
till again to the waterfront to board
the steamer and launches on which
they had secured their passage to the,
various coast points of vantage. And
it was a jolly host wilhal, with jest
nd joke rampant everywhere and
pleasant expectations ahead for all
hands.
The Callender pier was the center
of departure, so to speak, there being
even of the bay steamers and
launches for excursion purposes
berthed there. By S o'clock, the ap
pointed and tidal hour of departure,
the steamers Melville. Wenona, Jor
dan, Julia H., and the launches Hulda
I., and Queen, were soon peopled
with their respective quotas and
swung away down the bay, instantly
followed by the Electro, the Pilot No.
2, the Patrol, and numerous other
wift craft, until shortly a line of a
dozen or more was headed for the
sheltered waters of llwaco Bay, and
65 minutes later each and all were
cnugly docked in the beautiful bight
that lies under the frowning heights
of Canby, and a thousand excursion
ists, men, women and children, were
soon swarming over the headlands,
the ubiquitous lunch basket being the
sign and substance everywhere.
Later in the morning the A. & C.
special trains to the coast resorts left
the city loaded with hundreds of eager
. passengers bound for all the places
Nietween the jetty and Tillamook
Head; and the ocean-going craft of
the hour pulled out for the" deeper
waters with still other hundreds, all
equipped and anxious for the best
possible view and contact with the
great white fleet that was due to pass
the Columbia bar at high noon.
It was a holiday in Astoria after 10
o'clock in the morning. Practically
. very business house, bank and public
and private office was closed, and the
people that remained in the city,
sought the lofty points of view at
tnc propitious hour for catching the
farther sight of the passing squad;
rons; nor will it be denied in any
quarter that the day was one of real
enjoyment to all hands, .
THE
; . : : Length i Horse- Speed in r,. Inch Offi- i V I
Battleships Feet ' Tons Power Knots Guns Armor cersMcn' Commanding Officers i ;
' CONNECTICUT ..I 450 I 16,000 I 21,350 I 18.82 74 j 10 to 12-1 ,41 . 1080 Capt. Hugo Osterhaus '
"LOUISIANA ...... 450 16,000 27,350 '18.82 - 74 9 to 12, 41 840 Capt Richard Wainwright
KANSAS 450 16,000 19,757 18.09 74 9 to 12 41 840 Capt. Chas. E. Vreeland 1
; VERMONT 450 16,000 18,249 18.33. 74 9 to 12 41 840 Capt. William P. Potter '
GEORGIA 435 14,948 25,463 19.26 74 10 to. 12 41 840 Capt. Henry M'Crea 1
'VIRGINIA ........ 435 14,948 23,468 19.01 74 10 to 12 .41 840 Capt. Seaton Schroedcr '
NEW JERSEY 435 14,948 23,570 19.18 74 10 to 12 41 840 Capt. H. H. Southerland '
I RHODE ISLAND, 435 14,948 20,607 19.01 74 10 to 12 41- 840 Capt. John B. Murdock '
'MINNESOTA 450 16,000 20,572 18.85 74, ' 9 to 12 41. 840 Capt. John Hubbard ' '
I OHIO, 388. 12,300 16,507 17.82 44 11 to 12 35 772 Capt. Charles II. Bartlctt
'MISSOURI ....... 388 12,300 15,845 18.15 .44 11 to 12 35 772 Capt. G. A. Merriam
I ILLINOIS . . 388 11,565 12,899 17.45 44 14 to 16 35 772 Capt. John M. Bowyer
-KEARSARGE 368 11,565 . 11788 16.82 44 15 to 17 35 772 'Capt. Hamilton Hutchins
I KENTUCKY ...... 368 11.S40 12,179 16.90 52 15 to 17 35 772 Capt. Walter C. Cowles
'NEBRASKA ...... 435 14.948 21,911 19.06 74 8 to 18 41 840 Capt. R. F. Nicholson ' ,
WISCONSIN '368' 11,552 12,452 17.00 46 14 to 15 34 647 .
A7S0CIATCD PRC88 REPORT
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Oregoniahs and
Those who choose Fort Canby, Mc
Kenzie Head and North Head for
their sight-seeing put In the long
waiting hours in rambling over ihe
beautiful hills and beaches and in
specting the lighthouses and forts, the
weather observatory and the wire
less station, and the cveV-interesting
life-saving station, and in visiting
around among the impromptu camps
of the day and jollying generally. By
10 o'clock the crowd began to be
augmented by the swarms of sight
seers from the interior and scores of
teams .and wagon laden with all
manner of good-natured folk and the
ever-abounding lunch-basket and the
hilts and hollows and roads Were soon
black with visitors. It is estimated
that not less than 4000 people con
gregated -on the.up-lands from the
Canby light to that on North Head.
At 10:30 the smoke of the fleet was
picked by the hundreds of glasses
that were brought down by the visi
tors and from that moment the in
terest in the. quest of the day quick
ened and developed with every mile
of nearness of the beautiful ships. The
day offered but one draw-back, and
one only; the sun did not come out
and stay out; it was clear thethe sea
was quiet beyond the great barrier of
the Columbia and the reefs that flank
it on the north and south; but it was
murky and dark, and the sunlight was
sorely needed to brighten the details
of the spectacle in all its stages, from
the time the smoke-clouds were noted
to the south of Tillamook Head, un
til the last of the splendid ships
swung away into the dim north.
By 11:30 the ships were in plain
view, and their progress was marked
by the interested thousands all along
the coast line. They were seen to veer
into the great bight beneath .the
giant headland of Tillamook,' and
their passage in there niade every soul
of the north shore wish he or she had
gone to Seaside or Cearhart or Clat
sop Beach, or the Jetty, because it
was evident they were closer inshore
there than they could be on the reaches
above the Columbia, and the reports
from the Oregon side of the Colum
bia, 4ater in the day, proved this to
be the case, for the ships were within
a mile of the great host of watchers
in the bight and offered a magnificent
view almost in detail. ' '
As they passed out of the bight
they strung out in single file and made
for the lightship, and then moved in
FLEET THAT PASSED
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ASTORIA, OREGON,
Washingtonians
again toward the Washington shore
passing on the landward side of the
lightship and about four miles at sea.
The spectacle was splendid and in
spiring even at that distance, and the
long line was reviewed with profound
delight and interest as it drew away
into the. north, and the people linger
ingly withdrew from the headlands
and made their way back to the
waiting home fleet assembled in the
quieter waters of the Columbia. The
line of ships was divided into four
squadrons, as follows:
First The Connecticut, Kansas,
Minnesota and Vermont. '
. Second Georgia, Nebraska, New
Jersey and Rhode Island.
Third Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio
and Missouri.
Fourth Wisconsin, Illinois, Kcar
sarge and Kentucky; with the hospital
ship Relief in attendance upon the
fleet .
The Roanoke excursion was the
most notable of the special ventures
of the day. She left port with 515
passengers on board and made splen
did connections with the fleet, circl
ing in and out and around the 17 fine
fighters in such fashion as gave her
people all possible opportunity for
close and critical view of each and
every vessel. She sighted the fleet at
12:30 just outside the bar and bore
down on it at once and got into wire
less communication with the flagship
Connecticut as she approached the
line.
Unforhmately the weather was too
rough to permit Admiral Sperry to
make good on the proposition that he
take lunch on board the big liner, a
matter that was seriously regretted
by all her passengers, for it had been
one of tNic especial attractions of the
deep water, excursion that the com
mander-in-chief would board the
Roanoke. There was considerable
seasickness on board, and the sickest
of the Roanoke's crowd rallied long
enough to declare his disappointment
in the non-appearance of the admiral.
The trip was barren of all accidents,
save the loss of a hat overboard and
even that was not remarked by its
sick loser until he got inside the bar
again. The crowd was full of fun and
the trip was eminently successfully in
all ways. A fine moving picture film
was captured by Messrs. Fritz, Sutton
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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1908
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ENTER STRAITS JUAN DE FUCA
PORTLAND, May 21.The United
Wireless Telegraph has received a
message from the Atlantic squadron
reporting that the battleships entered
the Straits Juan Dc Fuca at 12:30
thin mornincr. with the sea calm and a
four-mile wind blowing from the
south and raining.
UNINSTRUCTED DELEGATES.
HARRISBURG, May 20.-Aftcr
one of the hardest fights within the
party for several years the demo
cratic state convention nerc today de
cided not to instruct its delegates at
large to the Denver convention for
Bryan. It was clean cut victory for
the democratic machine headed by
Colonel J. M. Guffey, of Pennsylvania,
a member ot the national committee.
The Bryanites under the leadership of
the executive committee of the Bryan
democratic league had a large follow
ing and they fought to the bitter end.
The 64 district delegates who were
elected in April and the convention
had nothing to do with them in the
matter of issuing instructions.
RAYNERS ENTREATY
Declares His Belief That the Commit
tee on Military Affairs Would Not
Report His Resolution During the
Present Session of Congress.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-Senator
Raynor again today made an appeal
to the" Senate for a vote on his resolu
tion "Authorizing and requesting" the
president to appoint a court in inquiry
to investigate the charges against Col.
W. F. Stewart, of the coast artillery,
stationed at Fort Grant, Arizona.
Raynor declared his belief that the
committee on military affairs would
not report his resolution during the
present session of Congress and asked
that a modified resolution which he
had prepared be acted upon by the
Senate without the intervention - of
the committee, Objection being made
to a further consideration of the reso
lution it was postponed.
LI HIE CRITICIZED
Connecticut Joined in Voting Against
the Resolution by Which the House
'Adopted the Conclusions of the
Committee as Its Own.
WASHINGTON, May 20. -The
mittee which have been investigating
the charges of Representative LHley
that the members of the house
have been improperly influ
enced in connection with the torpedo
boat legislation; that Lilley had vio
lated his obligations as a member and
had acted in bad faith with the com
mittee and was in contempt of the
house, was sustained by the house by
a vote of 157 to 82. Five hours of the
session were devoted to his case, four
of which were consumed in reading
the report. Connecticut joined in vot
ing against the resolution by which
the house adopted the conclusions of
the committee as its own.
Williams of Mississippi denounced
Lilley as being guilty of treason for
which he said he should be expelled.
It was a noticeable fact that five mem
bers of the special committee Bou
tell, Olmstead, Stevens, Broussard
and Howard sat together throughout
the proceedings and none of them
submitted any remarks in connected
with the report. A partial conference
report on the sundry civil bill occa
sioned a lively debate. It was adopted
and the conferees will continue their
efforts to arrive at complete, agree
ments. . . '
20VERSTHE MORNING FIELD ON
mm. wish
HEARTLESS MURDER DONE
ON DEEP IH YESTERDAY
John McClellan of Nasel
By Michael Campbell
FIVE BULLETS ENTERED THE VICTOR BACK
Bad Blood Said to Have Existed Between the Men Murderer
Did Not Even Change Color During the Killing and
Coolly Walked to His Nearby Home
SHERIFF AND CORONER OF
MURDERED MAN PROMINENT AND RESPECTED CITIZEN OF
LOWER COLUMBIA COUN TRY-LEAVES WIFE AND SEV
ERAL CHILDREN FEELIN G IN THE DEEP RIVER VALLEY
VERY PRONOUNCED ON C HARACTER OF RASH DEED.
Yesterday afternoon at 2:25 o'clock,
John M. McClellan, of Nasel, a man
of 55 years, and one of the best known
and most highly respected citizens of
the lower Columbia territory, was de
liberately shot to death by Michael
Campbell, on the deck of the power
launch Lexington, as that vessel ap
proached Wilhelm's Landing on Deep
River. . ' '
The story, as given by an eye
witness of the tragedy, and a man of
unimpeachable character for probity
and disinterestedness, is, that Mr.
McClellan was standing on the deck
of the power launch as it swung into
the landing, and noting Michael
Campbell on shore, nearby, and ap
proaching the river bank, called out
to him a reproachful message about
his, Campbell's, having once "lied
about me," the exact wording of the
call having not been heard clearly by
anyone present. To this taunt Camp
bell and began talking to two friends
who stood on either side and very
close to him.
Without a word of warning Camp
bell drew his six-shooter and taking
deliberate aim at McClellan's back,
fired three shots into him, and his
victim fell across the housing of the
launch, dying and gasping, sent two
more bullets into his body; then cooly
replaced his revolver in his pocket,
picked up an empty cream can, and
leisurely strolled back to his home.
When he fired the shots he was not
more than eight feet from his victim,
one of the friends of the murdered
man being powder-burned from the
latter shots. The 'whole affair did not
occupy more than a single minute of
time, and was a simple case of sheer
and heartless murderaccording to the
SOUTHERN PACIFIC EXPRESS
NO. 16 WRECKED AT PINOLE
DISASTER MAY HAVE BEEN CA
ENGINE, EXPRESS, AND BAG
AND TURNED OVER THRE
. OAKLAND, Cal., May 20. The
second section of the Southern Pa
cific train 16, known as the Oregon
express, which left Oakland mole at
8:50 tonight was wrecked at Pinole
at 9:40 p. m. One man was killed and
four injured.
Express Messenger . Cummings,
dead.
Injured Fireman Cody; will die.
R.' J. Ward, engineer; will die.
THE LOWER COLUMBIA
PRICE FIVE CENTS
1
Deliberately Shot to Death
at Wilhelm's Landing
WAHKIAKUM COUNTY NOTIFIED
estimate of everyone who saw it. It
is said that Campbell did not speak a
single word nor change color during
the dastardly transaction. .
It is said that there has been more
or less bad blood between the two
men for sometime past; that Camp
bell once suffered defeat in a law
case on the testimony supplied by the
dead man, and that on this score
Campbell had once, not long ago, had
an encounter with McClellan at Nasel,
in which he beat the latter pretty
badly with his fists; and that this was
the ground-work of the desperate
tragedy of yesterday.
Word was instantly sent to the
authorities at Cathlamet and the
sheriff was notified of the murder and
left at once for the scene of the
crime and no doubt has the murderer,
in custody at this writing. The body .
of Mr. McClellan was brought on to
this city and delivered into the official
care of Coroner W. C. A. Pohl, who
will hold it subject to the orders of
the authorities of Wahkiakum county,
Captain J .W. Babbidge, of the Lex
ington deeming this to be the most
practical way of disposing of a very
startling and dubious problem thus
thrust upon him, and it is approved
on all sides as the only proper thing
I to have done in the premise. The
feeling up and down the river in
Washington is very intense and the
murder is condemned in unmitigated
terms everywhere.
Mr. McClellan leaves , a wife and
three children upon whom the fear
ful burden of death falls with crush
ing force and these bereaved ones
have the deepest sympathy of the
whole citizenry of that country, be:
sides that of many devoted friends on 1
this side of the Columbia.
USED BY BROKEN RAIL THE
GAGE CAR JUMPED THE TRACK
E COACHES LEFT THE RAILS.
Express Messenger Birmingham
was badly crushed about the waist;
may recover.
W. W. Rodehorer, helper on ex
press car; fractured ankle.
The wreck is said to have been
caused by a broken rail. The engine,
express and baggage car jumped the
track and turned over.' Three pas
senger coaches left the rails, but re
mained upright. No passengers were
injured. ;
WAR!