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50VER8THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
PUILI9HCS FULL AtVOCIATEO PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 128
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1908
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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.
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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.