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r; SIXTEEN PAGES 50VER8THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA PUILI9HCS FULL AtVOCIATEO PRESS REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 128 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRST SECTION in i j 41 ii nil Ti ii WW CONDITIONS IMPROVING Railroad Situation in Mod tana Better SENDING TRAINS EAST Farmers in Gallatin Valley Esti mate Two-Thirds of Crops Destroyed WOLFF CREEK IS UNDERWATER Big Cangi of Men Work on Wash outa But Task is a Tremendoui OnePeople at Craig Are Using Boata in the Streets. BUTTE, June 6 The railroad ait nation in Montana is much improved today and the rain ha Mopped. The Northern Pacific it sending trains east from Butte tonight although the line eat of Bozcman was Hgain tied tip today hy another wahout. The Vmers in Gallatin Valley estimate o thirds o( their crop to be dc ntroyeri. Superintendent Goodcll of the Northern Pacific wiy he ha no idea when the line will be opened. A big gang of men are at work but the task U tremendous. The track it i feared, has been washed out for miles throtihh the Hell Gate canyon. Wolff Creek on the Great Northern is re ported under water. At Iraig it is reported people arc using boats in the street. Manager Smith of th cat Helena smelters, says it will be two weeks before the company will be operating again. The dam at Stanchfield Like went out at 4 o'clock this morning and flooded scores of farms in the valley The Great Northern system today is nracticallv in a complete state of demoralization, so bad that not even a transfer of passengers is attempted In addition to the washouts in the Tricklcy Pear canyon, the track is covered with landslides between Butte and Helena. The Butte, Ana- My.it.tn m.I Piiift t a mi t nmmi. IWIIMtt Mill! I1VIIIV w ' mon until Monday at least, and until that line is repaired the mines of Red Metals north of Butte and the Amal gamated companies have to remain in shut-down. The electric cars have resumed in this city, as has also the electric lights. Three lives are reported lost in the valley below Helena. TOO LATE. University of Washington Eight-Oar Crew Enter Too Late. NEW YORK, June 6.-Word was sent to the University of Washington eight-oared crew that their entry for the races at Poughkeepsie on June 27 was received too late and it will be impossible to accept their entry as all the arrangements have been made. Killing of Sheriff May Result OKLAHOMA CITY, June 6. Fear of a race riot over the killing of Sheriff Garrison by a negro des perado led Governor Haskell to order out a company of militia tonight. The body of the sheriff was brought here on a special train in the morn ing, Rumors that the negroes are arming themselves has been rife all CHICAGO WINS TRACK MEET. Sun ford and Wisconsin Tie For Sec ond Honors, Illinois Third. MARSHALL FIKLD, Chicago, June 6Cliicago won the annual track and fuld meet of the intcr-collcgiatc conference on Marshall Field this afternoon, scoring 24 points. Stan ford and Wisconsin tied for second honors with 2(1 points each. Illinois was third with 18 points. The meet was so close that the re sult were not determined until the last event of the program was finish ed. No records were broken, but May of Illinois tied the Western conference record in the 100-yard dash, ' The sensation of the day was the desperate race in the two-mile run in which Carr, of Michigan, won from second and third contests by inches only. GOLD AT BISBEE BISBER Ariz., June S.-BUhce has been given a sensation by the dis covery of gold almost in the center of the city. George L. Miller, who came here recently from Los Angeles while excavating for a new house in Brewery Gulch, noticed the appear ance ot miartjt being taken out. Miners on the job examined it and declared it high grade gold ore, Spec imens were taken to an assay office which gives these results: Sixty two ounces ol gold S1.Z40; UH ounces of silver $77.28; total value per ton 4L- 317.28. Work on the excavation was m mediately stopped and three shifts of men arc at work, sinking a shaft. 5 Victims of Explosion on Cruiser Tennessee NJURED AT LOS ANGELES Laid to Rest in Harbor View Ceme tery With Military Honors Two of the Injured Will Probably Die All Frightfully Burned. LOS ANGELES, June 6,-Six men are dead as a result of the explosion of the boiler tube on the cruiser Ten nessee yesterday. E. J. Burns and J P. Carroll, two of the most serious ly injured, died today. The board of inquiry convened to investigate the accident completed its first session late today without announcing any result. LOS ANGELES, June 6.-Five of the sailors who arc victims of yester day's fatal explosion on board the cruiser Tennessee were buried today in little harbor view Cemetery, at m Pedro with a military honors, and the six others sufferings from ter rible injuries were brought to this city before noon, and are now at the Angelus Marine Hospital. All these men are sufferng frightful burns and at least two of them are not expected to recover. They are F. S. Maxfield and J. P. Carroll. Both are burned and scalded frpm head to foot. There are three of the injured on board of the ship. Their injuries are not' serious. in Race Riotl evening. Adjutant-General Ganton arrived at 2 o'clock this Sunday morn ing to take command of the militia. Wounded in three places and believ ed to be in an almost dying condi tion, Alt Hunter Garrison's slayer, is hiding a few miles from King Fisher with five or six posses searching for him. Deputy Sanders who was also shot by Hunter may recover. SAILORS BURIED TOIINADO IN NEBRASKA at Least Twenty People NO COMMUNICATIONS Covers More Territory, and Is Most Destructive Storm in Recent Years DAMAGE S UNESTIMATABLE Report From Bryan Says Storm Struck Phillipsburg Destroying Greater Part of Town and Killing Several People. OMAHA, June 6.-The tornado which passed over Southern Nebraska and portions of Kansas Friday even ing, was most destructive, and covered more territory than any sim ilar storm, that has visited the state in late years. At least 20 persons are known to be dead and five are fatally injured and score of others are less severely hurt, some dangerously. Ad ditional reports received tonight state that several are killed at Byron and Courtland. At Fairfield more than 40 buildings arc more or less wrecked and some arc demolished. Loss, $100000. In the vicinity of Hickley, one or more fatalities are reported. At Geneva the storm wrought great destruction. The storm covered such a wide area and has been so destructive that it almost caused a panic among the rural inhabitants. Hundreds of farm ers drove into town last night and today arc seeking shelter, many of them being homeless. SUPERIOR, Neb., June 6.-A tele phone message from Bryan says that Friday's tornado struck Phillipsburg, Kansas, destroying greater part of the town and killing several people. The town of Courtland, 15 miles cast of Phillipsburg was struck, and several c-uialties resulted. It is in detinue whether Doth towns were sufferers or whether the two reports cover jthe same tornado. The details will hardly get through tonight, un less by messenger as all kinds of communication is cut off. PLOT TO DEFEAT GOVERNOR. Money Offered Statement Legislators. No. 1 PORTLAND, June 6.-Bribery and other pressure is being brought to bear on Statement No. 1 members of the Legislature. A conspiracy has al ready been effected for the purpose of disorganizing the ranks of the 52 Statement No. 1 Senators and Repre sentatives and thus defeating the wish of the people as expressed at the polls that Gorge E. Chamberlain be sent to the United States Senate. One of the agents of the plotters, who design . to trick the people by I tampering with the Legislature, is a young lawyer who has been mixed up with shady transactions in the past. Other agents n the game are business men who take an active part in politics. The information that bribery is be ing attempted is no idle rumor, for it is known positively that at least three House members elected from Mult nomah have been approached. How many more have been "felt out" by the agents of the conspirators is not known yet, but at least three of the Representatives-elect admit that ef forts have been made to tempt them. Kills PORTLAND SAYS GOOD-BYE. PORTLAND, June 6.-H took Portlandcrs almost seven hours to bid farewell in a suitable manner to the rose carnival and fiesta, which has been in progress here for the past week. The carnival inaugurated with bedlam bells, cannon and shierking whistles. It was concluded with a pandemonium from tin horns, sqtiak- ers ana a dozen other contrivances fashioned to produce everything but harmony, in tile hands of the restless sea of more than a hundred thousand people that surged up and down the streets from early evening until far past the hour of midnight. The car nival has been a continuous success from start to finish. There has never been a year before when the roses were so plentiful nor attractions so numerous. PATRIOTIC WOMEN. NEW YORK. June 5.-The officers of the National Society of Patriotic Women of America, a new organiza tion, visited Ellis Island yesterday to study the conditions of immigrants among whom they are to work. The society of which Mrs. J. Heron Cros man is president is to start classes among immigrant children, with paid teachers to instruct in "Practical Pa triotism and to enligten them as to their civic duties and privileges." The society was organized on May 6, at a meeting held at the residence of Mrs. Oliver Livingston Jones and has been incorporated. Its members arc drawn largely so far from patrio tic societies, but this is not limited by ancestry. II May Be Put Forth by the Repub lican Committee Managers PREJUDICED IN TAR'S FAVOR No More Evidence Will be Put Be fore the Republican National Com mittee by the Allied Candidates in Contested Cases. CHICAGO, June 6. -No more evi dence in the contested cases will be put before the Republican National Committee, by the ailed candidates according to a decision reached to night at the conference between the managers representing the interests of Knox, Fairbanks and Hughes. The mangers for Cannon did not partici pate. Convinced that the national' committee is at present constituted, and is prejudiced in favor of Taft and that all the delegations instructed to vote for Taft will be seated by the committee managers of three candi dates named, decided upon radical course, lhey talked the matter over nd called a meeting for late tonight. They also expect to have sessions to morrow and may put forth a definite program and when that has been done, to issue a statement to the pub lic setting forth their reasons for re fusing to continue their cases before the court of the first instance, for such is the national committee. The conferees decided that if they presented their claims to the commit tee and receivd nothing- but defeats it would give them a "black-eye" before the convention. On the other hanif it was admitted that their neglect to go before the national committee may weaken their case before the superior court. Determination to take steps outlined therefore was not a hasty one and the conferees stated that they realized full well what the step mean9. CHATANOOGA HOLD-UP. CHATANOOGA, June 6 One man shot dead and twowomen wounded in a hold-up which occurred tonight near the southern limits of the city. " DEFINITE PROGRA MULTNOMAH 11 WINS The University of Oregon Nearest Competitor NO RECORDS BROKEN Wins Field and Track Meet-of Pacific Northwest Amateur Assn. With 53 Points LANAGAN GOES AFTER RECORD Feature of the Meet Was Finish in the Mile Race Devolt and Clark Were so Close That Both Carry Tape, But Devolt Wins. PORTLAND, June 6.-The Mult nomah Amateur Club won the field and track meet of the Pacific North west Amateur Association there to day, taking 53 points. The Univer sity of Oregon was its nearest compe- j titor with 23 points, Olympic of San Francisco third with 19 points, and" Seattle fourth with 17 points. While the Multnomah's athletes accredited themselves in good shape, it is only tair to state the predominence ot local club entries which had much to do the result. There were no records broken today, and only one attempt was made. This was by Lanagan of the Olympics, who went after the Northwest record in a pole vault which is held by Gilbert of Multno-i mah at 11 feet 7 1-2 inches. ' Lanagan s best performance today i r . T. c .u f. 1 feet. The sensation of the after - 1 noon was the finish in the mile run. Devolt of Multnomah and Clark of the Seattle Athletic Club were so close together that they both carried! the tape with them. The judges were ! first inclined to declare it a dead heat, 1 and only after a 15 minute discussion j TOPEKA, June 6. The govern it was finally decided to award the ment weather officials here predict race to Devolt. Price of the Tacoma that the Kansas River will g0 above mgn acnooi maae a oriinant snow ing in the 220-yard hurdles and it was unfortunate, that one of his competi tors knocked the hurdle under his feet, and cut his ankle. The Tacoma boy, notwithstanding that he was thrown out of his stride, secured sec ond place in the event. BARTENDER STABBED. Negro Fatally Injures John Reeder of Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 6-As the result of a savage attack, appar ently committed in a drunken frenzy, John Reeder, for some time past em ployed as day barkeeper in the Quelle saloon, is lying at St. Joseph's Hos pital at the point of death, suffering from ten serious knife wounds. That attack on Reeeder was made about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Jack McDonald, a negro, who has been Twenty-Three Buried in the Gold King Mine SILVERTON, Colo., June 6.-Twenty-three are missing and may be dead in the Gold King mine at Gladstone, as a result of the fire which destroyed the mine buildings last night. It was discovered today that three men were missing and a party of thirty-four went into the mine to find them. The missing men I about town but a short time, coming j here, it is said, from Red Bluff, Cal. j Just what was the inception of the trouble is a mystery. Apparently, however, Reeder had incurred the ire of McDonald by ejecting ;him from the place. The first seen of the affair was at the front door of the saloon. Reeder was standing in the door of the saloon, when the negro suddenly j whipped out a knife and jumped upon him. Only two or three person were in the vicinity, and before these could interfere Reeder had been terribly slashed about the face, arms and body, the most serious cuts being in the back, puncturing both lungs. Within a few seconds the negro had been placed under arrest and turned over to the officers. As soon as pos sible Reeder was taken to the hospi tal. HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. Portland Society Ladies Escape Death by Narrow Margin, PORTLAND, June 6.-Miss Helen F. Spaulding, Mrs. L. VV. Sitton, Miss Sitton and Mrs. Gale, four of the most prominent ladies of this cfty had an escape from death today nothing short of miraculous. They were returning in an automobile from Oswego six miles south ctf Portland and while descending a steep hill, where the road skirts a gorge of 100 or more feet deep the stearing gear got out of order. The chauffeur lost control of the machine and it pitched over the brink of the gulch. The vehicle slid some distance down the hill without overturning and lodged against a tree. , TOPEKA IN DANGER Kansas River Threatens to Flood City SUNDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT , it ' Weather Officials Predict That River . , win go Aoove riooa a cage reopie Moving Out of Lowlands Business People Preparing For the Flood. V I """" . i flood stage by Sunday night or Mon day. Many people in lowlands are moving out and the business interests in the lower part of the city are pre paring for flood. BASEBALL SCORES. Pacific Coast League. At Portland 'Portland 4, Los An geles 2. At San Francisco Oakland 9, San Francisco 1. Northwest League. At Spokane Spokane 10, Seattle 9. At Seattle Aberdeen 1, Vancouver 4, EASTERN GAMES. National League. At New York-New York 3, Chi cago 14. At Pittsburg 5, Cincinnati 8. are supposed to be on the fifth level, and when the rescuing party reached the fourth level they met bad air and gas. Fourteen managed to escape but twenty were overcome. Two special trains with 300 men accom panied by doctors and nurses were sent to the mine tonight from Silver ton, and late tonight a second rescue party entered the mine.