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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
"OVCRSTHC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
33rd YEAR. NO. 127
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BASEBALL SCORES.
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NEGROES
Sheriff Killed-Deputy and
Negro Shot
POSSE IN HOT PURSUIT
Open Fire on Sheriff When He
Attempts to Arrest
Alf. Hunter
MURDERER 0E SUSIE PRIDE
Pacific Ciast League.
At San Francisco San Francisco
0, Oakland 6.
At Portland Lo Angeles 4, Port
n,i 2.
Northwest League.
At SpokaneSeattle I, Spokane 3.
At Seattle Aberdeen 5, Vancouver
EASTERN SCORES.
National League.
At Philadelphia Pittsburg 1, "Phil
adelphia 4.
At Boston Chicago 4, Boston 2.
At Brooklyn Cincinnati 4, Brook
lyn 1.
At New York-New York 2, St.
LmiU, 4.
American League.
At Chicago Chicago 2, Washing
ton 1. '
At Detroit Detroit 8, Boston 7.
At Cleveland Cleveland 6, New
York 4.
.Shooting Took Place Three Miles
' East of ' Hitchcock, Okla.-Ceorge
W. Garrison, the man Killed, Dep'
uty Wounded is Unknown.
OKLAHOMA CITY. June 5.
Sheriff George W. Garrison of Okla
honia City was shot and killed, an
unknown deputy wounded and a ne
gro shot in a battle that took place
ili r' niilixt rant of Hitchcock this
evening. According to reports re
ceived here seven negroes took part
in and opened lire on the sheriff when
he attempted to arrest Alf. Hunter,
alias James Kingsbury, who killed
Susie Pride in Oklahoma City, May
10 A l.mir i it:ince IrlPDllOllC IrOIll
Hitchcock is to the effect that a posse
of 50 have gone in pursuit of the five
nctrrocs. who escaped. One hundred
Wn arc gathering arms and ammunfc
tion and will leave on a special train
nt midnight for Hitchock from here
200 GRADUATES.
ANNAPOLIS, June
cresence of thousands
5. In the
of persons
from all over the country, 201) mem
bers of Class 1908 were graduated
from the United States Naval Acad
emy today.
AGAINST ANTI-SALOONS.
WASHINGTON, June 5-The con
vmtinn the International Grand
Lodse of Good Templars placed it
self squarely on record against the
compromise anti-saloon movements
mu-h as the "Model saloons" anti
rpmnlv St was resolved to the total
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suppression of liquor traffic.
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON
CRUISER TENNESSEE
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CUNARD S. S. COMPANY.
LONDON, June 5. The issuance
by the Cunard S. S. Company two
days ago of 600,000 in 4 per cent
mortgage debentures stock, redeem
able between 1911 and 1920 at 102,
suite price 97, has been a success and
the lists were closed this morning.
Ten Others Injured-Vessel Running at Ninteen
Knots An Hour Under 335 Pound Pressure
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS UNKNOWN
FLOOD GROW
Steampipe on Statboard Side Engine Bursted With Fourteen
Men in Engine Room Whose Half Naked Bodies Were Show
ered with a Torrent of Steam and Hot Cinders
THE CREW WERE ON THEIR SEMI-ANNUAL NAVAL SPEED TRIAL
CATASTROPHE OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER 0F7ICERS
LEFT ENGINE ROOM ON THEIR TOUR OF INSPECTION
INJURED ACTED IN GREATEST HEROISM IN AIDING UN
FORTUNATE COMRADES-OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION HAS
BEEN ORDERED.
gelcs hospital tomorrow. ;
The Tennessee, flagship of the sec-'
ond division of the Pacific cruiser
fleet, left Santa Barbara this morning j
at 10 o'clock with the Pennsylvania,
Washington, Colorado, and West
Virginia on semiannual speed trial
provided by the naval regulations.
Admiral Sebree had ordered the
cruisers to speed and the Tennessee
had just concluded a series of evolu
tions and started straight away at
a speed of between 18 and 19 knots.
Admiral Sebree, when in the engine
room, had just taken a note of the
dial recorded by the steam pressure
of 235 pounds and had not left the
room a half minute when the ex
plosion occurred. One of the tubes had
exploded and this one in the bottom
tier. The break was less than six
inches in length. An official investi
gation has been ordered.
The Tennessee arrived inside the
breakwater this evening.
ING WORSE
Conditions Are Critical in
Montana
BOAT RACE.
SOUTH BEND, Meg., June S-
In the race from Harwich to South
Bend yesterday, a distance of 46
miles, the yacht Brynluld was the
winner; Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham
rock was second, while Heather was
third.
ANOTHER MYSTERY
Engineer Thrown from Forty
Foot Bridge
FIRST ROBBED AND BEATEN
Employed by Northern Pacific Co.
Was Found Yesterday in Critical
Condition, Expected to Die High
waymen Still at Large.
TACOMA, June 5. -Edward J
Costello, an engineer on the Northern
Pacific was beaten, robbed and thrown
from a 40-foot bridge last night.
He was found this morning and
will probably die. The highwaymen
are not apprehended.
SAILS FOR FRISCO.
PORTLAND, June 5. In water
ballast, the Asucion sailed yesterday
for San Francisco
DEAD:
GEORGE WOOD, water tender, Scanton, Pa.
E. C. BOGGS, second-class fireman, Woodlawn, Ala.
A. REINHOLD, machinist's mate, second class, Germany.
GEORGE W. MEEK, fireman, first-class, Skidmore, Kas.
PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED:
S. STEMATIS, first-class fireman, Norfolk, Va.
F. S. MAXFIELD, second-class fireman, Toughens, Pa.
SERIOUSLY INJURED:
E. J. BURNS, coal passer, New York.
WALTER S. BURNS, coal passer, Brooklyn, N. Y.
J. P. A. Carroll, fireman, second-class, Hartford, Conn.
SLIGHTLY INJURED:
R. W. WATSON, fireman second class, East St. Louis, I1L
R. F. RUTLEDGE, coal passer, Athens, Pa.
G. M. CORNS, fireman, second-class, Ironton, Ohio.
A. HAYED, water tender, Brooklyn, N. Y.
H. FITZPATRICK, fireman, first-class, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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j Bishop Potter Re
ported Very III f
NEW YORK, June 5. Bishop Henry C. Titter is at his home in
Cooperstown suffering from nervous breakdown! He has been sick
for a month or more. A 'clergyman close to the bishop declared
that the latter's indisposition had induced him to abandon his trip
to Europe. He had intended to leave in a day or two for London
to attend the decennial Lambeth conference, June 15.
SAN PEDRO, Cat., June 5.-A ter
ribe accident to the United States ar
mored cruiser Tennessee occurred at
11:08 this morning, while the vessel
was steaming at a 19-knot an hour
speed trial off Point Hueneme, Cal.
The steam pipe on the starboard side
of the engine burst under a 335-pound
pressure, killing four men almost in
stantly and injuring 10 others. '
The explosion the cause which is
unknown, occurred a few minutes af
ter Admiral U'Riel Sebree, Captain F.
B. Haward and Chief Engineer Rob
ertson had left the engine room af
ter their tour of inspection.
There were 14 men in the fire room
when the lug on the inside of the
boiler blew out releasing a torrent
of steam, coal dust, hot ashes anl
cinders through the ash pit, shower
ing the half naked men.
A blast from the steam ventilators'
told those on the deck of the acci
dent. Lieutenant-Commander Rob
ertson, a navigator, instantly sounded
a general alarm and dropping twenty
lines of hose to be ready for instant
use in case of fire.
Within the doomed fireroom No. i
amidships, on the starboard side,
which is one of the enclosed fire com
partments, the survivors were hght-
fireroom, No. 11, and died almost
immediately. The surviving seamen,
all of whom were injured, acted in the
greatest heroism in aiding their
mates.
The impression among the officers'
crew, Reinhold and Meek were
martyrs to duty, for they were found
dead where the others had escaped
They stayed at their posts to the
last. The accident served to demon'
strate the complete efficiency of the
naval fire drill. There was no con
fusion. .
"It was a hell-hole," said one of
the survivors. "Everything seemed
to be all right, when, without a warn
ing the shower of hot cinders, steam
and ashes burst out of the fire-hole.
The boys dropped all over the room,
ENTERS UNIVERSITY.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-Geo.
Barry McMillan, graduate of the
University of South Africa, and of
the Elsenberg Agricultural College
will enter the University of California
with the freshman class this fall, as
the first representative to the U. S.
from Cape Colony. He is beng sent
by the Cape Government to study
agriculture. He is the son of the
chief clerk of the MSnster of Agricul
ture at the Cape.
RAILROADS ALL TIED UP
All. Streams Continue to Rise
Great Damage to Crops
and Livestock
DAMSTHREATEN TO GIVE AWAY
DRAGGED
12
BLOCKS
Runaway Horse Victim Thrown
from Surrey
FOOT CAUGHT IN HARNESS
James Kennedy, a Ranch Foreman's
Terrible Accident Witnessed by
Many Who Were Unable to Assist
Him Badly Hurt; May Recover.
PORTLAND, June 5. Thrown
from his surrey at Third and Davis
streets, while his horse was running
away, about 12:30 o'clock this after
noon, Thomas Mays, a ranch foreman
in the employ of James F. Kennedy,
was dragged by the heel across the
Steel bridge to Holladay avenue and
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Great Northern Branch Lines Out of
Service, 150 Miles of Most Valuable
Track in Danger of Being Washed
Our Heavy Rains Continue.
MISSOULA, June 5. This evening
the flood situation in Western Mon
tana is growing more serious each
minute. Helena is cut off from the
outside world, without railway, tele
graph or telephone communication.
For a short time this afternoon the
telephone connection was had.
It was learned that all the streams
in the Helena district were overflow
ing, great damage to crops and live
stock. The Great Northern's branch
lines are out of service, the main line
is cut in several places. AH streams
continue to rise. The Northern Pa
cific lost several miles of track east of
Missoula today and at several points
the Boots have driven the telegraph
operators from their posts. At Gar
rison nearly all the residents have fled
from their homes and camped upon
the hills in the rain which is falling
steadily.
None of the dams have as yet col
lapsed but are in a critical condition.
This afternoon the Northern Pacific
released by wagon, two hundred pas
sengers east of Missoula. To be sent
on a made up train. '
The damage to the road on the
St. Paul line between Missoula anl
Butte will not fall short of a million
dolars and is becoming greater all the
time.
At midnight the Northern Pacific
surrendered the fight against the
water east of Missoula for the pres
ent. Unless the rain stops there will
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none of us knew what had happened. !
Those of us who were able to scram-1
ble'to our feet opened the door and
when the room cleared we began
dragging the boys out."
There was no wreckage, but the
explosion as described by the surviv- j
ors was frightful. So great was the
blast of soot and steam that every j
man in the room was blackened from
head to foot, while those who were j
close were back were literaly cooked i
alive. There are sixteen similar com
partments, separated with steel doors
Head-On Collision
Eight Are Killed I
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ing for life. Reinhold and Meek were ! and men in the adjourning compart-
struck dead. Boggs and Wood Crawl- ments did not feel the explosion. The
ANNAPOLIS, June 5. A Kead-on collision of two special cars on
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the Washington-Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad tonight, J
eight were killed outright, scores of others seriously injured, some J
fatally. The colision was due to confusion of orders. One car was J
proceeding from Baltimore to Annapolis, others running from An- J
napolis to Baltimore. The latter was well filled with passengers. J
ed or were dragged into the adjoining , injured will' be taken to the Los Anr