TONG W IS
THREATENED
Portland Chinese Here on
Wicked Errand
LOCAL MAN IN HIDING
Averred That Eight Celestials
From Portland Are
Armed
THREATEN TO MAIM OR SLAY
Trouble Seeme to Have Arisen Out
of Case In-the Circuit Court One
Man Wat Marked For Midnight,
But he Escaped.
There was consternation among
some of the Chinese citizen of As
toria last night over a threatened
long war.
So serious was the matter taken by
j several of the men, who felt that
' their livti wrra .nrlanoi-ri.il tliar ttiiv
fled from their ordinary places of
abode and went in hiding;, Accord
ing to litem, the f a t c had decreed
that death was to come to some one
of the Chinese here last night.,
Eight .Chinese men arrived in As
toria troin rortland on the morning
train yesterday. They are tong men,
it is decarcd, and there is more than
one indication that they came here
with the purpose in view of seeing
that the contention between Uung
Yon and Ung Tung, parties of the
first part, and Scad You, party of the
second party, was to be settled
"right."
In Circuit Court yesterday before
Judge Mcliridc, Uung 'Yon and Ung
Fung pleaded guilty to a charge of
liavinor nssiuiltivl Sead You with a
deadv weapon. Each was lined $51).
The mysterious ins and outs of the
torv are difficulty of comprehension
by the ordinary western mind, but
there was one thing very certain last
night ;and that was that some of the
Chinamen were very scared men.
Scad You is apparenty the man the
tong men are alter. Hut tt seems
that the keen edge of their vengeance
berime somewhat blunted when it
was learned that the two defendants
in the criminal cases were only fined
$50 each; the comparatively light fine
was a welcome surprise to the tong
men. Nevertheless the tong men
wanted to "see" Scad You last night
and searched the town for him, One
of them did not hesitate to tell a re
porter for The Astorian that word
had been left for Scad to "show up"
before midnight, or the fate that
would befall him would be even
worse than he thought. But Sead
didn't show up. He was in hiding.
That the Chinamen who came
down from Portland yesterday are
armed seems to be true. The tong
wars are cruel things, for in them the
Chinamen, usually so peaceable and
quiet, become as vindictive as red
Indians and human life is then held
cheap. v
Several of the local Chinese begged
the Astorian reporter last flight not
to flicntion their names in connection
with the matter, being fearful of the
esuits.
The original cause of the present
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quarrel is not very civur, uui mc
fact that Sead had two ot the tong
men arrested seems to have made him
a marked man, and at midnight last
night was the time set for him to
cease to be, but it looks as if Sead
took time by the forelock and safely
liicd to a place of safety.
BASEBALL GAMES.
3.
American League.
At Detroit Detroit 7, Philadelphia
At Chicago Chicago 3, New York
2.
At Cleveland-Cleveland 3, Wash
ington 9.
At St, Loui St. Louis 1, Boston 9
National League.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia
Chicago 1.
At Boston Boston I, Pittsburg 6.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 4, St. Loui
2.
Pacific Coast League.
At Oakland Oakland 3, Portland
At Los Angeles Los Angeles 7,
San Francisco 6.
At Tacoma Tacoma 6, Seattle 1
MEAT GOES SKYWARD
CHICAGO, June lfi.-Housewives
were called upon yesterday to dig
deeper into their purses for dressed
beef, lamb and pork loins, additiona
advances being about a half cent,
cent and two cents a pound respee
tively. Prevailing high quotations on
stock on the hoof and a broadening
of the outside demand for the manu
factured products were held respon
sible for the upturn in the cuts. The
price of artificial ice was increased
from 35 to 40 cents a hundred pounds.
A NEW N, P. BRIDGE
The Longest Draw Span in the
World
WILL BE COMPLETED AUG. 1
Immense Structure Across Wi'lam
et.te and Columbia Rivera Fast
Nearing Completion Draw Spans
About All to be Finished.
PORTLAND, June 16. -Northern
Pacific trains will be running into
Portland over the immense steel
bridges across the Columbia and
Willamette rivers by August 1.
This statement was made this
morning by Engineer Ralph Mod
icski, under whose direction the
structures are being erected. He said
the bridges are fast nearing comple
tion, and about all that remains to be
done is the finishing of the dravf
spans.
The draw span in the bridge across
the Willamette River is the longest in
the world, being 581 feet. Engineer
Modjeski is carefully watching its in
stallation, as every piece of the great
span will have to lit into its particular
groove or it may prevent the suc
cessful operation of the draw.
Althought the bridges will be ready
by August 1 for traffic, it is not
known whether at that time a regu
lar schedule of trains will be install
ed, There has been difficulty encoun
tered with the Harriman interests,
who object to the Northern Pacific
crossing the tracks ol tlie u. K. &
N. on the west side of the Willamette.
It is hoped, however, that this diffi
culty will be settled by the time the
bridges are finished, so that traffic
will be unimpeded into the city over
the Northern Pacific. Trains over the
new road have been running into
Vancouver since April 10. ,;
The regular annual meeting of the
Northern Pacific Terminal Company
i i-v f i i
was neiu in tne omces oi uie presi
dent, C. A. Dolph, yesterday. Usual
reports were made, and directors for
the coming year named. They are
substantially the same as those who
have served the year just closed.
President Dolph said today that the
meeting transacted nothing out
routine business and that the long-
drawn-out litigation in which the
rights of the Spokane Portland &
Seattle 'Railroad to gam an entrance
into Portland over the terminal com
pany's tracks . was not discussed in
any way, '
iss m ram m
ASTORIAN'S GRAND PRIZE
The Second Prize, tbe Piano, Is Won by Miss Mary
Fossctt by Close Vole
SHAM BATTLE.
GREAT CONTEST CLOSES WITH MUCH EXCITEMENT
Promptly at to O'clock the Contest Was Closed and the Judges
rroceecea in the counting of the Votes Large Crowd
Present to Witness the Results
OTHER SUCCESSFUL CONTESTANTS RECEIVE FINE PREMIUMS
FROM START TO FINISH THE ASTORIAN'S SUBSCRIPTION CON-
lfciT HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS-AND HAS BEEN CAR.
RIED THROUGHOUT WITH GOOD NATURE AND FAIRNESS
ON THE PART OF EVERYBODY.
Miss May Parker wins the Astorian'g grand prize. Her total vote
reached the great total of 1,223,568. Therefore, the Rco automobile
goes to Miss Parker.
. Sccond !".'" won b Miss M"y Fossett. Her vote was
1,110,752 votes. The piano therefore goes to Miss Fossett.
The wonderfully big vote cast will be a surprise to every one.
Oreat as was the vote, nevertheless the contest between the twolcad
crs was close. The difference was only 112,816.
The other winners are as follow: .,
Firat District
First prize trip, Miss Rosie Nordstrom 125,702
Sccond prize scholarship, Miss Clara Larsen 88773
Third prize gold watch, Miss Annie Bue ...86,162
Second District
First prize trip, Miss May Dench 190,945
Second prize scholarship, Miss Lydia Yoder 59,674
Third prize gold watch, Miss Lelah Gilbaugh 41,358
Third District
First prize trip. Miss Ella Powell.. 206,673
Second prize scholarship, Mrs. Arthur Hess.. ............ .....200,156
Third prize gold watch, Miss Edith Smith............... .112,859
Fourth District
First prize trip,' Miss Olive Thompson 48,440
Second, prize scholarship, Miss Elinor Williams... ........27,070
Third prize gold watch, Miss Ida Williamson...... 25,295
Fifth District
First prize trip, Miss Anna Sigurdsen .........47,042
Sccond prize scholarship, Miss Hazel Vannice....... .....40,244
Third prize gold watch, Miss Nettie Utzingcr.... ..............36,429
It was nearly 1 o'clock this morning before the judges completed
the count, and this was a great disappointment to many who were
anxiously awaiting the outcome. But because of the great number of
votes cast and other matters that arose and had to be passed upon, the
vote took much longer to count than had been anticipated.
New York Soldier Will Engage in
Practice.
NEW YORK, June 16.-H real
war is what General Sherman said it
it, mimic war is nearly as bad. So
think the peaceful persons who dwell
near Fort Hamilton, Segate, Bay
Ridge, Bath and around there. As
sisted by several regiments of the
National Guard, the soldiers manning
the forts which are designed to pro
tect New York from an attack from
the sea arc engaging in practice which
will include a mimic attack which
will be repulsed by the forts.
The person are informed that in
the approaching (sham battle the big
guns in the fort, the coast defense ar
tillery, are to be loaded with regular
charges of powder. Even with small
charges the vibraton of the guns re
ports have done much damage to
glassware, wndows in homes, hotels
and saloons thereabouts.
So cautious denizens near the
bay are packing their crockery, glass
ware and electric light globes in
crates and are bracing their walls.
The war department set the example
by bracing up old Fort Lafayette
where much ammunition is stored, as
if it fears the thunder of the big guns
might shake down that anceint structure.
The last few hours of the great
contest was a time of suspense for
many. Promptly at tu o clock tne
contest closed; no more votes were
received after that hour. Hardly had
the hour of 10 arrived before tele
phone messages began to come in
asking if the vote had been counted
nd who the winner was. It seemed
as if the whole town was interested in
the outcome, and perhaps there has
een more than one city election that
did not create as much genuine in
terest as did the Astorian contest.
The moment that the vote was de
clared closed the judges commenced
their work of counting, and it was
no light task to go over the thou-
ands of votes; yet because the vote
had been kept tabulated and in per
fect oder it was possible to canvass
it in reasonably short time, and it
was calculated that the results would
be known in an hour after the
counting began. The judges were
the following well known gentlemen:
Mayor Herman Wise, Dr. J. M.
Holt, and H. T. Minchew.
A curious crowd watched the
judges as they canvassed the vote,
and every Remark that apparently in
dicated which way it was going at
tracted interest.
All day yesterday the outcome of
the Astorian contest was the princi
pal topic of conversation on the
streets and in the homes of the city.
"Who do you think will win the
auto?" and "Do you think that she
will get the piano?" were questions
heard a hundred times. It was not
alone the young people who display
ed the keenest interest, for many an
elderly lady or gray-haired old man
seemed to be as deeply interested as
were some of the contestants them
selves. Of course everybody couldn't win.
There was bound to be disappoint
ment for some of the candidates, just
as the winners are sure to be highly
elated over the signal mark of high
favor that has been shown them by
their friends. For those who do not
win, The Astorian can only say that
it is sorry that it hasn't an auto or a
piano for everyone of the candidates,
It feels sure that they all deserve one,
anyway, ,
The contest has been carried on
with such good nature and fairness
that all the contestants are to be con
gratulated, at least.
But there will be one long sigh of
relief go up from the business office
force of the paper now that the con
test is over. It meant work, and the
hardest knd of work in the office. .
(For Voting Detail, See Page 8)
JEROME'S Aim
To Charges Filed Sent to Gov.
Hughes
HEADED BY WILLIAM KING
Specifications Charge Jerome Threw
Dice For a Dollar a Throw and the
Drinks During Closing Hours of
Thaw Trial
NEW YORK, June 16.-Jerome's
answer to three additional specifica
tions in the charges riled against him
by the committee headed by William
F. King were sent to Gov. Hughes
today. , The specifications charge that
Jerome threw the dice for a' dollar a
throw and the drinks during the clos
ing hours of the Thaw trial; and that
he advised E. R. Thomas, while un
der the indictment in the banking
cases, to get another lawyer in the
place of the one representing him and
that he offered immunity to William
R. Montgomery, the banker, under
certain conditions. Jerome's answer
was very lengthy.
CONVENTION
ENTHUSIASM
Opened at Moon Yester
day COLISEUM IS PACKED
Senator Burrows' Speech at the
Mention of Roosevelt's Name
Starts the Cheers
WISCONSIN FOR LA FOLLETTE
Names of Taft and Root Also Send
Cheera Ringing From Gallery to
Gallery in the Big Convention
HalL
A WOMAN IN THE CASE
.FRESNO, Cal., June 16.-Late
last night at a ranch near Fowler,
her. The men quarreled over a wo
her. HThe men quarreled over a wo
man, Turpin was arrested. He claim
ed self-defense.
EUGENE PRINGLE DEAD
CHICAGO. June 16. A despatch
to the Tribune from Jackson, Mich.,
says: .
Eugene Pringle the oldest member
and president of the Jackson County
Bar, and for more than half a cent
ury prominent in Michigan politics,
died at his home in this cty last night
of apoplexy.
Mr. Pringle was the man who con
ducted the Mass meeting at which the
Republican party was, formed in the
western part of this city "under the
Oak". .
Twenty years after he deserted
that party and became a democrat.
Mr. Pringle was born in Otsego
County, New York, in December,
1836. .
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. Eu
gene P. Murphy, who was the repre
sentative sent to take possession of
Alaska in the name of the ,U. S. at
the time that territory was purchased
from Russia, died yesterday at his
residence here aged 63 years.
Mr. Murphy, who was born in Al
bany, N. Y. graduated from West
Point in 1867, and the year after re
ceiving his commission, was sent on
the mission to Alaska, He retired
from the army to enter civil life as a
merchant in this city in 1871.
CHICAGO, June 16. Amid scenes
and stirring enthusiasm the republi
can convention of 1908 began with
deliberations at noon today in the
presence of the assemblage of more
than 14,000 with the sounds of pa
triotic airs aternating with the
frenzied shouts of Roosevelt, Taft and
other popular heroes. The first tocsin
in the struggle was the graceful ora
tory of the Michigan senator, J. C.
Burrows, whose speech initiated the
formalities which started this mo
mentuous' gathering into, motion. The
opening session lasted less than two
hours and was less notable for the
business accomplished than for the
opportunity afforded seeing again
this stirring picture of the people as
sembled every corner in the country
to select the candidate for president.
The actual work was quickly accom
plished and tonight the various com
mittees are preparing for the more
important business to come.
Early in the day all the roads in
Chicago turned toward the huge
stone pile called the Coliseum. Here
centered the convention throngs con
spicuous among which the Ohio dele
gation with a huge silk banner bear
ing the portrait of Secretary Taft. At
the front and in the rear of the great
building was besieged by a stead
stream of humanity, until at noon al
most every seat in the structure was
occupied and great crowds stood out
side to catch the echoes from within.
Just as the opening hour arrived, the
Ohio delegation swung down the
middle aisle bearing aloft the big
Taft banner.
"Taft, Taft," went up from thou
sands of throats as the well known
face of the secretary-candidate was
borne to the front. Cheer after cheer
re-echoed from floor to gallery and
back agairr, and for a time Chairman
New was unable to proceed with the
opening formalities.
Again Wisconsin stirred the echoes
with real college yell, which sounded
through the building and exploded
with a final "Rah, Rah, Rah, Wis
consin," closing it all with the cry
"La Follette."
It was not until 12:18 that Chair
man New stilled the tumult and with,
brief formalities introduced the tem
porary presiding officer of the con
vention, Senator Burrows. The ven
erable senator stepped forward, with
a ponderous roll of manuscript in his
hand. Slowly the confusion died away
and he began to speak. The first
words were audible bearing five feet
away, but he gradually warmed to
the subject and the well rounded sen-
tences carried to the remotest corn
ers. But it was not the speech cal
culated to set the blood tingling. Not
until the senator made the first men-
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