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PUBLISHES CUU ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 118
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WRECKED ffl
DYNAMITE
Three Large Oakland
Dwelling Houses
HOUSES WORTH $25,000
Owned By J. L Gallagher the
Star Witness In Bribery
Graft Case
SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT
At Perkins and Belmont Street! The
Houses Were Not Yet Occupied
Many Windows Shattered in the
Neighborhood.
OAKLAND, May 26. Three large
dwelling houses built by James L.
Gallagher, the prosecution' star wit
ness in the bribery graft cases, at
Perkins and Belmont streets, in this
city, .were wrecked by dynamite
shortly before inielninht tonight. The
houses were not yet occupied. A
heavy charge of dynamite was placed
in the kitchen of the largest of the
three houses and threw the buildings
completely oil their foundations and
almost completely wreck them. The
houses were shattered while many
windows in the neighborhood were
broken by the shock. John Rollins,
a watchman employed by the con
tractor building the houses, was sit
ting in a small shack back of the
houses at the time and was thrown
to the ground. He stated to Captain
of Detectives Peterson that he was
through the Ihrec buildings shortly
before the explosion occurred. It is
, said that Gallagher was negotiating
deal today for sale of the houses for
$25,000.
ARRIVE AT REDDING.
Automobilist Will Make Trip From
San Francisco to Portland.
REDDING, May 2&-Ferndano
Nelson who left Vallejo this morning
at 3 o'clock in a steam automobile in
vnn effort tomakc time between San
Francisco and Portland in 40 hours,
arrived here at 12:20 this afternoon
and left at 1:45 p. m. They expect to
arrive at Mcdford at 10 o'clock to
night. HEPBURN RATE BILL. .
WASHINGTON, May 26. -The
Department of Justice today agreed
with the coal carrying roads that the
case involving the constitutionality of
the law which requires railroads own
ing coal properties to dispose of their
holdings before May 1, popularly
known ay the commodity clause of
Hepburn rate bill shall be heard be
fore three federal judges in Philadel
phia on June 16 next.
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LITTLE DOING.
Session In Senate Dragged Along in
an Unimportant Way.
WASHINGTON, May 26. -The
session in the Senate dragged along
today in such an unimportant way
that little effort was required on the
part of the managers of the filibuster
to occupy the time by dilatory tac
tics. Conferees on currency bills met
during the day and the Senate was
merely kept in session in hope some--thing
might be done toward substan
tial progress in the work of closing
up the session.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Pacific Coast League.
At Portland --San Francisco 4,
Portland 0.
At San Francisco Lo Angeles 10,
Oakland 4.
Northwest League.
At Seattle Seattle 4, Vancouver 3.
At Tacoma Tncoma 1, Aberdeen 6.
THE LIQUOR EVIL.
GREENSBORO, N. C, May 26.
At yesterday's session of the Southern
Presbyterian General Assembly the
resolution adopted of 1886 prohibi
tion was affirmed. This decried the
liquor evil and "recommends to all
our people the use of all legitimate
means for its banishment from the
land."
McGOVERN-ROBINSON FIGHHT
No Decision Six Rounds Robinson
Had Best of the Contest
PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-
Terry McGovern and "Spike" Rob
inson, British featherweight fought
six rounds tonight. No decision, but
Robinson clearly had the better of it.
OKLAHOMA FLOOD
Flood Waters Cover Refuge Place
Drowns Fourteen
CHILDREN SWEPT FROM TREE
Two Men Drowned Near Henrietta
While Attempting to Leave Home
in Skiff Great Suffering Trains
Still Out of Commiaslo
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 26.-A
special from Collier, Okla., near
the Texas line says that 14 persons
who had taken refuge on the island
forbed by the new and old channels
of the Red River were drowned late
today when the flood waters covered
the refuge place. Three children of
J. H. Robertson, a ferryman, were
carried to death when the river
swept away the tree in which they
had taken refuge south of Lawton.
Two men were drowned near Hen
rietta while attempting to leave home
in a skiff.
PRESBYTERIAN CONFERENCE.
Study of Bible Should be Given More
Attention in Public Schools.
KANSAS CITY, May 26.-Discord
entered for the first time in proceed
ings of general Presbyterian confer
ence while the report p( committe on
administrative agencies was under
consideration. Tjlough a motion to
that effect was voted down, it de
veloped there was decided sentiment
in favor of re-organization of that
committee by changing its personnel.
During the report .of the committee
on colleges dissatisfaction was ex
pressed that the study of the Bible
and Christianity was not given
more prominence by the public
schools of the country.
STRIKERS LOSING GROUND.
Cleveland Street Cars Again Running
on Schedule Time.
CLEVELAND, May 2. - Effectual
stop was put to all further efforts at
arbitration of the street car strik by
a declaration today that the company
will arbitrate nothing that might in
terfere with the men now at work.
The union at once declared all nego
tiations off. Dupont declares the cars
are now running on full schedule in
the city and is ready to operate in the
suburbs as soon as the suburbs are
provided with adequate protection.
STEAMER KNIELKEARN IN
'vioiun if ii ii iidimurti
Young Finn, Henry Tark by Name, Drowns as a Re
sult of the Encounter
LOSES HIS HEAD IN THE SWIFT, ROUGH TIDE
Kearn Blows Call But It Is Unheard in the Head Wind Jakola,
Cousin of Tark, and His Boat-Puller, Escapes to a
Boom, From Which He Is Picked Up
THE WIND AND TIDE PROBABLY DEFEATED THE SIGNALS
STORIES OF THE ACCIDENT AS GIVEN BY BOTH PRINCIPLES
IN THE UNHAPPY OCCURRENCE-PILOT CHARLES JOR
DAN AT WHEEL OF KEARN AT THE TIME-REPORTS OF
AFFAIR WILL BE DULY FILED-YOUNG TARK HIGHLY
RESPECTED AND GENERALLY MOURNED.
Yesterday afternoon, about three
o'clock, as the towing steamer Dan
iel Kearn was swinging down the
bay en route to the Fort Stevens
dock to pick up her rock barges for
the usual up-river trip to the quar
ries, she had the misfortune to collide
with a fishing boat that was beating
down to the fishing grounds, cutting
it clear in two and throwing its occu
pants into the tide.
Captain W. H. Hobson was in com
mand of the Kearn, and Pilot Charles
Jordan was at the wheel at the time,
Captain Hobson being below at the
moment of impact, whither he had
but just gone from the deck. The
FORCED TO STEAL
Was the Plea of George Van
Brunt
SUSPENDED BY UNIVERSITY
Boys Returning Home Attempted to
Steal Red Light From Building
Pleaded Guilty to Charge of Dis
orderly Conduct
NEW YORK, May 26.-A despatch
to the Tribune from Ann Arbor, Mich
says:
That he was forced to steal as part
of his secret society initiation ritual,
was the plea of George Van Brunt, of
Kansas City in Justice Doty's court
yesterday.
Van Brunt and Thomas C. Wanty
of Grand Rapids, spent Sunday in
jail. The boys with several compan
ions, were returning home after a
session at the pipe and Bowl Club,
when a police man says they at
tempted to steal a red light from a
building. He placed Van Brunt under
arrest, whereupon the others tried to
take him from the officer. After a
scrimmage all the students fled,' but
Wanty was captured.
They were arraigned and pleaded
guilty to a charge of disorderly con
duct. Van Brunt was fined $50 and
costs, and Wanty $10. Van Brunt
has been suspended by the University
for one year.
FRANCE'S RIVAL IN MOROCCO.
PARIS, May 26,-Mulai Hafid, the
usurping Sultan of Morocco, is quoted
by the correspondent of the Matin as
saying that he would if necessary
have several German subjects killed
in order to secure the intervention of
France's rival in Morocco.
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story of the sad occurrance as told
by Captain Hobson and confirmed by
Captain Jordan, is as follows:
The Kearn was running free on the
last of the ebb tide and making for
the For: docks to take over the
barges which she was to take up the
river to the quarries for today's ton
nage of rock for the jetty. She was
making good time, as usual; the boat
was sighted under sail and beating
to windward, being then in the port
tack; the pilot of the Kearn noted her
as being in his path and shifted his
wheel to starboard, blowing two short
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STEAMER ACCIDENTS
To Deepen Channel of Long Is
land Sound Entrance
AVERAGE DEPTH TO BE 26 FEET
Congress Has Appropriated $250,000
For Work Most Important Under
taking Since Blowing up of Hell
Gate.
NEW YORK, May 26.-To pre
clude the possibility of such accidents
as that which happened to the Metro
politan line steamship H. M. Whitney
which has been aground at Flood
Rock at Hell Gate, the dangerous
Long Island Sound entrance to the
port of New York late Sunday, the
engineer corps of the United States
army will begin early in June the
work of deepening the channel at
that point. Tl,e work must be com
pleted in two years.
The rock which broke the back of
the Whitney is the principal menace
to navigation. It is only 18 feet under
water. When the engineers get
through with it it will have been
blown away to an average depth of
26 feet, -a sufficient depth to accom
modate any vessel that may desire to
make the passage. The work now to J
be attempted is the most important in
tliis vicinity since the original blow
ing up of Hell Gate two decades back.
Congress has appropriated $250,000
for it.
VARIOUS SUMS GRANTED.
PITTSBURG, May 26.-Various
sums from $400 to $700 were granted
today to the 23 missions in Iowa,
Pennsylvania, California and In
diana by the general committee of
home missions of the United Presby
terian Church in session here.
Mail or Carrier
AT WASHINGTON.
Conference on Military Academy
Appropriation of Bill Agreed to.
WASHINGTON, May 26,-Two
floor leaders of the house again today
occupied the center of the stage and
performed the usuad feat of charging
each other with responsibility for
i the conditions at present existing in
that body. Payne of New York took
occasion to arraign the Democrats
for their filibuster and said the Re
publicans had no apology for their
course.
Williams accused by the majority
of doing nothing in the present ses
sion.
A conference on the military
academy appropriation bill was agreed
to. Among the bills passed today
are: promoting the safety of employes
on railroads by requiring the equip
ping of locomotives with ash pans
that can be dumped without the em
ploye crawling under the engine, and
promoting the safe transportation of
explosives.
NEW YORK, May 26-The Clyde
line steamer Seminole which went
ashore near Long Branch, N. J.,
last night was floated at 4:23 this
morning, apparently uninjured.
MORE EVELYN THAW
Withdrew Suit She Instigated
for Annulment of Marriage
IS DISMISSED WITHOUT COST
She Withdrew Action Because She
Believes Husband's Present Condi
tion Demands Her Continued Loy
alty to Him.
NEW YORK, May 26. -Mrs.
Evelyn Thaw, through her counsel
today, withdrew the suit she insti
tuted for the annulment of her mar
riage with Harry Thaw. The motion
for the withdrawal was sanctioned by
the referee who had been appointed
to take testimony and the case was
declared discontinued without costs
to either party.
Immediately following the dismis
sal of the case, Daniel O'Reilly, Mrs.
Thaw's lawyer, said that Mrs. Thaw
had been an unwilling party to the
suit and she took no part in it only
because the pressure brought to bear
by her husband's relations. She
withdrew the action because she be
lieves her husband's present condition
demands her continue loyalty to
him. O'Reilly declined to give the
name of the relative who had brought
pressure to bear on Evelyn to bring
divorce proceedings.
GOES TO THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May 26. -Under
suspension of the rules the house yes
terday passed the omnibus amending
the navigation laws. Among other
things it exempts ferry vessels from
port duties, provides for the appoint
ment of steamboat inspectors for
Hawaii and granting to local inspec
tors authority to regulate the length
of tows of sea-going barges. It now
goes to the Senate.
PRISONERS GO EAST.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.
Deputy United States Marshal Towle
left last night with two prisoners for
the East. One was Jos. Epstein, an
electrian of the third class, from the
cruiser California, who is en route to
Chicago to face a charge of imper
sonating a secret service officer and
M. W. Church, to Grand Rapids,
Mich., on a similar charge.
NEW YORK, May 26,-The White
Star Line proposes to place in com
mission a cadet ship for the training
of seamen and officers for its vessels,
and has obtained the square rigged
Coolie ship Mersey.
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COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED.
Correspondence Solicited . -"SfKSB Str. ,
MACEDONIAN
SITUATION
Baron Speck Von Stern,
burg the Ambassador
OFFICIAL GERMAN VIEW
Germany Is Ready At All Times
to Consider Any Suitable
Proposal
QUESTION OF GREAT INTEREST
Appears That Doubts Are Still Aris
ing Amongst Some Powers With
Regard to Germany's Attitude to
Balkan Question Says the Baron.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Baron
Speck von Sternburg, the German
Ambassador to the United States, has
an article in the forthcoming outlook
giving an official German view of the
Macedonian situation. The ambas
sador speaks with full personal as
well as official information, as he was
Germany's agent at Belgrade for
sotse time and made a study there
and in Macedonia of existing condi
tions. He says:
"Owing to the fact that the Ameri
can press took much interest in a
statement I recently made regarding
Germany's policy in Macedonia, and,
further, that I have received various
letters from interested parties asking
me to give these statements a wider
view, and owing to the fact that from
news circulated by a portion of the
European press it appears that doubts
are still arising among some powers
with regard to Germany's attitude to
the Balkan questions, a question
which at the present moment is of
such general interest, permit me to
give the following particulars.
"From a general point of view, Ger
many holds the opinion that the main
tenance of the status quo is in the
interest of all the powers, Germany
agrees with the whole civilized world
that the unbearable state of affairs in
Macedonia urgently calls for a rem
edy, and that steps must be taken to
put a stop to the continuous blood
shed, murder, and outrages there.
"But Germany is convinced that all
measures bearing upon this subject
will only have a possibility of suc
cess if they receive the firm support
of all the powers, acting in absolute
harmony with each other.
"Germany is ready to consider ser
iously and favorably any suitable pro
posal, from whatever side it may
come, by which the present state of
affairs in Macedonia can be remedied,
and is prepared to give her full con
sent hereto, provided that it meets ,
the consent of the other powers.
"The question, what measure are
most suitable? is a matter of discus
sion. At the first glance it seems
doubtful to the German Government
if a larger or smaller increase of the
police force would give the desired
result, but she is far from rejecting
this idea abinitio as unfeasible. Ger
many regards with some skepticism,
however, the idea of placing the com
mand of the Turkish troops in the
hands of Christion officers, even if
this is done by allowing European
officers to direct the movement of the
troops without their being actually
in command of such troops when
actually operating.
"In any case, it holds the opinion
that the task of elaborating practical
measures destined to change or at
least to ameliorate the state of af-
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