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33rd YEAR. NO. 117
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HEAVY RAIN
AT OKLAHOMA
Six Dead-Hundreds are
Homeless
CROPS BADLY DAMAGED
Railroad Tracks Washed Out in
Southern Part of State,
Bridges Gone Over
WORKS GREAT HARDSHIPS
Along Valleys of North and South
Canadian, Cimarron, Arkansas, Wa
ihita and Red Rivera, Thousand! of
AcresCrops Greatly Damaged.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 25 Six
dead and from four to five hundred
homeless, thousand of lowlands in
undated, a hundred house washed
away or damaged, railroad and wagon
bridges are gone over, a large area of
the southern part of the Mate and the
tracks of nearly every railroad oper
ating in the state cither washed away
entirely 6r damaged seriously, in
those sections visited by heavy rains.
Along the valleys of the north and
aouth Canadian rivers, Cimarron,
Arkansas, Washita and Red River,
thousands of acres growing crops
been damaged and many homes have
been wasljed away.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS.
300 Men Arrested, In Hope For Clew
to The Holme Mystery.
CHICAGO. May 2S.-Spurred to
action by the murder of Robert C. P.
Holmes, whose dead body was found
in an alley last Thursday the Chicago
nnlit'o .irret,1 404 miMl vpstenla V.
V Ragged street beggars, well dressed
idlers, negroe! from "crap" games,
old and young, were picked from the
army of the unemployed and locked
tip.
All were searched but none of the
Holmes jewelry was found. Though
they arc not held as suspects, the
police admit that there is a possibility
of getting a clew to the Holmes mys
tery through the wholesale arrests.
A HEAVY FAMILY.
NEW YORK, May 2S. Lieut Ar
chibald Taggart, the biggest police
man in New York, six feet, six inches
tall and 300 pounds in weight, has re
tired after 20 years on the force. He
will become a butcher.
Toggart earned several medals for
bravery. He comes of a Newburg
family, noted for the number and size
of its members. There are eight sons
and three daughters, whose total
weight is 2,344 pounds, an average of
213 pounds and whose total height is
68 feet, 3 inches, an average of 6 feet,
2 1-2 inches. The father, now dead,
stood six feet in height and weighed
more than 300 pounds. The mother
was of average size.
HEARING CONTINUED.
PORTLAND, May 25.-Edward H.
Martoin and son Hugh Martin former
captain of detectives of New York
were today arraigned in the state cir
cuit court and pleaded not guilty to
the charge of murdering Nathan
Wolff, pawnbroker in this city a few
days ago. On motion of Attorney J.
P. Kavanaugh of counsel for the Mar
Jin case had the hearing continued un
til June 1.
PORTER'S DEATH.
To Investigate the Death of Jaa. J.
Rosengren,
DENVER. May 25.-Howard Le-
monds of Frederick, Oklahoma, is in
j;iil here pending iuvestgation into the
death of Jan. J. Rosengren, porter at
the Columbia Hotel, who was found
dead in Lcmond's room in the hotel
yesterday from a bullet wound in the
head. Lemonds denies the killing
but admit! that the revolver found in
the room and from which a shot had
been fired wai his property. When
first arrested, the police say, Lemondi
stated that Rosengren had called him
an offensive name but persisted after
that he did not shoot him.
ROBBED DETECTIVE.
Chicago Detective Robbed While in
Bed by Negro.
CHICAGO, May 2S.-A burglar
with a humorous turn of mind who
picked as his victim a detective noted
in his district as an expert "thief
catcher" is one of Chicago's latest ac
quisitions. The midnight prowler
broke into the detectives' room while
he lay aslep in bed, appropriating two
diamond cuff buttons, sticks pins,
other article! of jewelry, and lome
cash, which he found under the detec
tive'! pillow.
The thief added insult to injury he
left the policeman's gun, not even
removing the cartridges before he
left, but he took hi! star.
Detective Sergeant Percy Reynold!
was the victim of the midnight raid.
Wm. Levy, alias George Davis, a
negro, under arrest, is said to be the
burglar. Reynolds asserts he was
chloroformed before he was robbed
A
Young Woman Poet and Chicago
Dentist .
HE ENDS LIFE WITH GUN
Girl Was Found Lying Face Down
wards With Face in Shallow Pool
of WaterSome Think She Held
Face Under Till Drowned.
CHICAGO, May 25. A young wo
man artist and poet and a man who
had a reputation as a writer of verses
committed suicide yesterday. The
girl was Florence Ferrin whose body
was found in Zion City where she had
lived.
The man was Dr. Howard N. Lan
caster, a Chicago dentist. He ended
his life with a pistol.
The body of the girl who was only
20 years old, was found lying face
downwards in a shallow pool of water.
The water was barely deep enough to
cover and those who entertain the
idea that the girl committed suicide
by drowning say that, if she did, she
must have held her head under water
until she drowned.
Berney Ferrins, a sister of Florence,
is the Zion City girl who went to New
York to intercede with Gov. Hughes
on behalf of Chester Gillett, the mur
derer of Grace Brown.
Excusing himself from a party of
friends who had gathered at a dinner
in honor of his return from a South
ern trip, Dr. Lancaster, the poet-artist
went to his room in his house and
shot himself in the left temple, dying
almost immediately.
Dr. Lancaster was a poet of some
ability. With his professional duties
and his literary work the burden
proved too great, and a year ago Dr.
Lancaster's health failed perceptibly.
A month ago he went to Alabama to
recuperate.
He returned home Saturday show
ing little improvement,
DOUBLE
SUICIDE
ATTACKED BY
THREE IN
" ' ' r .
New York Bank Employes
Carrying $43,000
WOMAN TO THE RESCUE
Thugs Threw Pepper in Faces of
Victims, Waitress Struggles
With Leader
WAS ON THE WAY TO BANK
Man Captured Gave Name as Cassimo
Ricobono Hie Father and Three
Brothers Arrested on Suspicion
Woman Brings Policeman to Rescue
NEW YORK, May 25-While three
empolyes of the Jefferson Bank were
on their way from the branch office
at Clinton and Houston streets to the
main bank on Canal street, carrying
$43,000 in cash, they were attacked on
First street by three men who jump
ed on them and threw pepper in their
faces. The leading thug attacked
Edclman who carried the money while
the two other robbers attended to
Edchnan's companions. Edclman
tried to shake his assailant off but
was geting badly pumelled when
Mrs. Eva Javornicka, a waitress in a
near-by restaurant grappled the lead
er and screamed for a policeman.
She made so much noise that the
policeman heard her, and coming to
the rescue frightened the other two
thugs away. The patrolman was right
upon the man who attacked Edelman
before he could shake himself from
the woman's grasp. He was captur
ed, and gave his name as Cassimo
Ricobono, The police tonight arrest
ed Ricobono's father and two broth
ers on suspicion.
SUIT TO BE FILED.
In Federal Courts at Portland This
Week.
PORTLAND, May 2S.-Upon the
arrival in Portland of B. D. Town
send this week, a suit wil be filed in
the Federal courts by the United
States government to compel the res
toration to public domain of 3,000,000
acres of public land now held by the
Oregon & California Railroad Com
pany under the railroad grant con
ditioned upon the railroad company
disposing of these grants to settlers at
$2.50 per acre. If the allegation of
the government is correct, the rail
road has broken the obligation to the
government by failing to so dispose
of these lands.
Tracy C. Becker of New York, the
assistant to Attorney-General of the
United States, has begun getting evi
dence to be used in the untried land
fraud cases which will be taken up
by the federal district court on June
2. The first cases to be tried will be !
that in which J, H. Booth, ex-federal
grand selected today and considera
tion immediately begun of evidence
connected with alleged land fraud
said to have been committed in
Umatilla county. Subpoenas have
issued for 118 witnesses, principally
residents of Umatilla county. It is
expected that fully ten days will be
required to present the evidence to
the jury. The alleged frauds are in
connection with 25,000 acres of unal
lotted lands originally comprising a
part of the Umatilla Indian reservation.
BILL PASSED.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-A bill
was passed by the House today au
thorizing the sale of surplus of unal
lotted lands of the Spokane Indian
reservation and to place timber lands
of the reservation in the national
forest.
CLOSER RELATIONS.
KANSAS CITY, May 25.-The co
operation and closer relations leading
ultimately to the union with other
churches of ihe Presbyterian faith,
duty of church to the negro and re
ligious education were important sub
jects considered by the general as
sembly of Presbyterian Church to-
dv- i i :!
CREW ARRIVES.
Six Members of the Ill-Fated Cacique
Crew Arrive.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. -Six
members of the crew of the ill-fated
British steam Cacique, which burned
200 miles west of Point Selina, Ecqua
dor, April 23, have arrived here by
train from Mayquil. The crew, 31 all
told, took to the boats, and after
three days were taken on board the
torpedo boat destroyer Liberator
Bolivar off Point Selima and after
ward transhipped to the cruiser Cota
paxi which took them to Guayaquil
The steamer Cacique left Seattle, Sep
tember 20, 1907, bound for Mollendo,
Peru. Her ill-luck began when she
was forced to return to San Francisco
to get oil. While taking oil at Loibtos,
she was driven ashore by a gale. The
delay prevented her from getting to
her destination, thus she was forced
to lay idle for three months at Mol
lendo before she could dispose of her
cargo.
Report That Mrs. Harry K. Thaw
Intends Doing This
SHE WANTS TO BE TRUSTEE
The Agent of Thaw Estate Says That
Executors and Trustees Have Ab
solute Control of Harry's Interests
in the Estate.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 25.-on-
cerning a report that Mrs. Harry
Thaw will abandon proceedings to
annual her marriage and attempt in
stead to be appointed trustee to her
husband's estate, Frank Semple, agent
for the Thaw estate said today that
the executors and trustees under the
will of William Thaw have absolute
control of all of Harry's interests in
his father's estate. The fact that
Harry is insane, Semple declared,
could not in any way alter the terms
of his father's will.
CURRENCY LEGISLATION.
Was the Chief Topic Among Con
gress Leaders.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The
currency legislation was the chief
topic conversation among the leaders
of Congress today and it gave rise all
sorts rumors agreement of conferees
on Aldrich-Vreeland bill. Many Re
publican members of Congress did
not seek to disguise fear of Congress
adjourning without passing an emer
gency scurency bill failure to take
action would be disastrous to the
majority.
Early today there was reports cir
culated that there was a movement
on foot to dove-tail the bills.
DROP
PROCEEDINGS
ADJOURN
IS HURRIED
House Disposes of Great
Amount of Business
COLUMBIA CHILD LABOR
Project for Reduced Hall of Rep
resentatives Was Defeated
By Large Majority
RESULTS OF DAY'S BUSINESS
Prescribing Penalties for Selling Gov
ernment Property by Soldier Au
thorizing Sale of Unalloted Land at
Spokane Reservation.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Work-ing
under a heavy pressure with a
single eye to adjournment at the
earliest possible moment the House
today disposed of a great amount of
business. The net result of the day's
business was: Agreement to confer
ence reports of the sundry civil bill,
pension appropriation and District of
Columbia child labor law. Bills were
passed removing discriminations
against naval officers, authorizing the
sale of unalloted lands at Spokane
reservation, the encouragement and
development of the Alaska coal de
posits; prescribing penalties for sell
ing government property by soldiers.
The omnibus public land bill was sent
back to the conference. The project
for a reduced hall of representatives
was defeated by a large majority.
BISHOPS CHOSEN.
BALTIMORE, May 25.-Dr. Wm,
A. Quayle of Chicago and Dr. Chas.
W. Smith, editor of the Pittsburg
Christian Advocate, was chosen bish
ops on tenth and twelfth ballots, re
spectively in the M. E. general confer
ence today. The thirteenth ballot was
taken and the result is said to have
been no election.
SENATE IN SESSION.
Twelve Nations Have Agreed to Ar
bitrate Future Disputes.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25.-
With little discussion and publicity the
senate has at this session passed on
37 treaties more in number if not in
importance than had been ratified dur
ing the twenty years preceding. In
making effective so many agreements
with the nations, in the advancement
along three distinct lines. Twelve
nations have agreed by treaty with
the United States to arbitrate future
disputes, which is taken to mean noth
ing less than that the world has now
been established on the plan of ar
bitration. The foundation for con
tinued friendly procedure in adjusting
questions with the orient is believed
to be contained in the treaties and the
legislation in respect to Japan to
which is added the friendly visit of
the fleet to that part of the world.
A basis of settlement has been ar
rived at with Great Britain by which
long standing questions between Can
ada and the Uunited States are assur
ed of satisfactory adjustment.
To these important international ac-'
complishments, directed throughout
by Secretary Root may be added a
number of lesser magnitude. The
territory available as asylum for the
fugitive from justice has been further
restricted through extradition treaties
with Spain, Portugal, Uruguay and
San Marino, while naturalization
treaties have been concluded with
Peru, Salvador and Portugal.
The gain for arbitration is regarded
as a distinct victory for American dip
lomacy, initiated by the instructions
to the American delegates to the Ha
gue conference. The result so far is
the approval of general arbitration
treaties with Great Britian Japan,
France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland,
Mexico, Portugal, Netherlands, Swed
en and Denmark. Besides the gen
eral arbitration treaty, eleven of the
treaties resulting the Hague confer
ence were approved. As to the Or
ient, the important accomplishment is
the bringing of Japan into the group
of nations committed to arbitration.
In the adjustment of the Canadian
questions, a century and a quarter of
strifs will be brought to an end. But
greater even than this is regarded the
moral effect on the world of two great
powers of the world making practi
cal use of the arbitration principle.
This principle is to be invoked in ad
justment the New Foundland fisher
ies question.
In but one instance did the senate
fail to comply with the request of Sec
retary Root on the question of treat
ies. It failed to approve the conven
tion for the regulation and transmis
sion of wireless messages. It is pre
dicted this treaty will be agreed to
later.
KILLED BY FATHER.
Thirteen-Year-Old Lad Ran Within
Range as Parent Fired.
ST. HELENS,"o7, May 25-While
crane hunting yesterday afternoon,
George Barger accident shot and
killed his 13-year-old son. The boy
had accompanied his father on the
hunt, but had become separated from
him. Barger saw a good chance to
bag a crane and fired. The boy, un
seen by his father, had run within
range, and the rifle bulet penetrated
his brain, killed him instantly. Barger
is prostrated with grief.
OHIOLEAVESSEATTLE
Battleship Goes to Bremerton
for Supplies
TO BE DOCKED AT FRISCO
Eleven War Vessels in the Harbor
at Seattle Attract Thousands
Grand Parade of Marines and Land
Troops Today.
SEATTLE, May 25.-The harbor
today presented a beautiful marine
picture to large crowds assembled
from all parts of the northwest.
Eleven war vassels lay in stately
majesty in wide crescent extending
from Smith's Cove to the south end
of the harbor. Early in the day the
Ohio detached and went to Bremer
ton to take on supplies for the trip
to San Francisco where she will be
docked. The sailors were entertained
today at Woodland Park with a bar
becue and athletic sports, while the
officers were attending a reception by
the society women in the afternoon
and an elaborate banquet tonight. To
morrow there will parade 6000 ma
rines and land troops from Fort
Lawton.
UNDER INDICTMENT.
Officers Are Charged With Bribery in
Southern Oregon.
ROSEBURG, Ore., May 2$.-The
land officials who were charged with
bribery in connection with the alleged
acquisition of public lands in Southern
Oregon, Becker stated today cases
against ex-Congressman J.. N. Wil
liamson and ex-Congressman Binger
Hermann at one time commissioner
of the general land office at Wash
ington will be tried by S. F. Heney of
San Francisco late this summer, Wil
liamson and Hermann are under in
dictment in contraction with Oregon
land frauds.