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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS FfCPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 145
ASTORIA, OREGON, TRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE BURIAL OF
CLEVtLAND
To Be Laid in Last Resting Place
Today Funeral Will Be
Very Simple
ROOSEVELT WILL BE PRESENT
The Half Mile of Thoroughfare to
be Traveled Will be Guarded by
Troopi, at Precaution For PresU
dent'i Safety.
I'RINCF.TON, June 25,-The fun
eral of Grovcr Cleveland tomorrow
will be marked by extreme simplicity.
Although he wa twice elected presi
dent, no pomp or splendor will have
a place In there ceremonies. There
will be no bandi to play dirges and
no eulogies to be said. A half mile
of thoroughfare through which the
cortege if to pas to the cemetery
will be policed by mounted soldiers,
lint they will be there for polic duty
only ,nnd as a measure of precaution
in protecting the life of the present
president. It has been Mrs. Cleve
land's desire to avoid anything of a
military nature at the funeral and
only the necessity of guarding Presi
dent Roosevelt who is to be in attend
ance was made known to her that she
consented to the presence of the
troops. The final arrangements and
the names of thoe selected to offic
iate were nt announced until this af
trnoon, when the acceptance from all
had been received.
The officiating clergymen will be
Dr. Henry Van Dyke; Rev. W. R.
Richard of New York; Rev. S.
Peach at Princeton, and at whose
vhurch Cleveland's family attended,
and Rev. M. V. Uartlctt of the same
church. Services wil ,bc held in the
Presbyterian church.
There will be no honorary pall
bearers. Those who will bear Cleve-'
land's body will be Mayor McClcllan
of New York; Paul Morton. Commo
dore Ilennedick, Richard Watson Gil
der, Professor Paul Van Dyke, Dean
Andrew P. West, Professor John G.
llibbcn, Junius S. Morgan, A. D. Rus
acl, Professor Howard McLanahan
and Bayard Stockton. Services at the
bouse which begin at S o'clock, will
be brief. - --
Only those who arc invited to the
funeral and a few newspaper men will
be allowed within the cemetery which
will be guarded by the troops. Pres
ident Roosevelt, Governor Fort of
New Jersey, Governor Hughes of
New York, Governor Smith of Geor
y via, the members of Cleveland's cab
inet, and other notables, arc expected
lo attend. The President will arrive
on a special train, and will be dri;en
direct to Cleveland's home by Gov
ernor Fort, and after the ceremonies
will return at once to Oyster Bay.
The death mask taken today by
Edwin fWilson, the sculptor, when
completed today, showed Cleveland
greatly emaciated during his illness,
SHERMAN RECOVERING.
Physicians Believe he Will be Able to
Travel Next Monday.
CLEVELAND, June 2S.-An offic
ial statement of Representative Sher
man's condition states that he passed
a very comfortable day. His general
condition is most satisfactory and a
speedy recovery is looked for and the
physicians believe that he will be able
to traver by next Monday.
ATHLETES ARRIVING
NEW YORK,"june 25,-Mcmbers
of the American Olympic team are
gradually drifting into the cityi
Among yesterday's arrivals- are For
est C, Smithson, Multnomah Athletic
Club, Portland Oregon; George
Ramey, Middle Distance runner,
Chicago Athletic Club; M. A. Griffin,
Tewnnini, Carlisl Indian School. A
number of western men are expected
to report to Manager Halpin some
time to-day, The report that Martin
J. Sheridan, Irish American Athletic
' Club, would not go to England with
the team is denied. Sheridan says
he will be on hand Saturday to sail
with the other members of the team,
ASTRONOMERS INTERESTED.
Sun Eclipse June, 28 Will Be Visible
In Many Portions of Country.
CHICAGO, June 25-Astroiiomeri
arc interested In an eclipse of the sun
on June 2K. The eclipse, which will
last from 8:40 till nearly noon in
Chicago, will be visible in many por
tions of the U. S. It will be annular,
the center of the sun being obscured
and a ring of light left around the
circumference. Interest of astrono
mers centers in an unusual cluster of
planets near the sun,
It is stated Mercury, Venus, Mars
Neptune and Jupiter will be visible,
nestled closely together in the west
shortly after sunset, This phenomen
on, it is declared, will not occur again
possibly in hundreds of years.
Among the observations to be
made will be that of the star Arctu
rus, which has been coming directly
toward the earth for ages at the rate
of more than 300,000 miles a second.
STRIKE THREATENED
Freight Handlers Want A Wage
Scale Signed For Year.
CHICAGO. Jun725.-Ofr.ciale of
the Freight Handlers, Union began
to threaten to call strikes yesterday.
Following the refusal of railroads
running into Chicago to sign a wage
scale for a year. The railroad officials
offer a month to month contract and
say if freight business does not im
prove soon a cut in wages is inevit
able. The contracts under which the
union men have been working ex
pired June 20, and when a committee
called upon officials of the railroads,
asking a renewal, only the Burling
ton appeared willing to maintain the
present scale. Late last night, union
officers were told the Burlington had
joined with the other roads and
would not sign the cintract.
DEMOCRATIC MEET
Says Bryan Will Be Nominated
on First Ballot
MEETING SET FOR JULY 6
Bryan's Running Mate Will be John
W. Kern of Indiana it is Said
Chairman Taggard Arrives at Den
ver Much Enthused.
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DENVER, June 25,-Thomas Tag
gart, chairman of the National Dem
ocratic committee arrived today,
bringing with him the vlce-prcsidcn-tial
boom which he will put forth with
enthusiasm. He says Bryan will be
nominated on first ballot and his run
ning mate will be John W. Kern of
Indiana. Taggart has called the meet
ing of the committee for July 6 when
the principal business will be to hear
the contests for scats of delegates.
These are comparatively few in
number. j
The conference between Taggart
and the other members of the com
mittee tonight when it was decided
tyat t lie consideration of contests
will begin on July 6. Taggart ex
plained that little time will be requir
ed as a number of the contests are
small, In .reply to a question Tag
gart said he knew he would not suc
ceed himself as chairman of the com
mittee but would not state who
would.
SIOUX CITY, June 25,-The Iowa
Democratic convention with enthus
iastic cheering for W. J. Bryan wound
up this afternoon's convention, after
adopting a platform and nominating
two candidates for supreme judges.
NEW BELTS & PLATES
WASHINGTON, June 25.-A
white web belt with plate has been
adopted by the War Department for
the use of enlisted men on duty at
the general recruiting stations, The
white belt will be worn with the
white uniform by the enlisted men
posted at the main entrance of each
recruiting station. Every officer in
charge of a general recruiting dis-J
,trict will make requisition at once
directly to the commanding officer of ,
.the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Is-1
I land, 111 , for the belt plate and
white belts. i
THE COLUMBIA
DAK
SURVEY
Results of Soundings of Govern
ment Engineers Shows Max
imum 25, Minimum 24 Ft
CHANNEL OVER MILE WIDE
The Survey Maps That Are Made
Public Shows Channel to be Twice
as Wide as Was Reported Several
Days Ago,
PORTLAND, June 25.-The sur
vey maps of the Columbia river bar
were made public today by the United
States government engineers and the
result of the soundings made show
the maximum of 251 feet and mini
mum not less than 24 feet in the
channel which is 6000 feet, over a
mile wide. Two or three days ago
it became known that the survey
would make a showing of the channel
being not less than 3000 feet wide but
not until today when the exact figures
were made public, that it became
known that the government engi
neers had found the channel twice
that wide.
INSTRUCT REPRESENTATIVES
To Submit To The Committee On
Resolutions.
WASHINGTON. June 25,-The
National Liberal Immigration
League has announced that it has
instructed its representatives in Den
ver to submit to the committee on
resolutions of the democratic nation
al convention the three recommenda
tions which it submitted to the repub
lican national convention with the
request that they be incorporated in
the platform. These are for the
maintenance of the present immigra
tion laws; for a law providing for
transportation of immigrants and na
tive Americans of the laboring class
who go from congested districts to
the unpopulated regions of the coun
try to settle there, and for a law pro
viding for the deporation of alien
residents who have been convicted of
felony. . -
POSTAGE INAUGURATION"
May Be Changed To The Anniver-
sary of American Independence.
LONDON, June 25. Speaking in
the house of commons, John B. Lons
dale, Conservative, suggested that
the prescribed date for the inaugura
tion of Penny postage between Great
Britain and America be changed from
October 1 to the anniversary of
American Independence as a token
of amity and goodwill. In reply
Postmaster General Buxton said.
But the Postmaster general at Wash
ington. Mr. Meyer and himself had
decided that for administrative rea
sons October 1 was the better date.
MY. -Huston said in this connection:
The actual date is really of minor
importance. The arrangement in it
self is a token, of amity and good will.
PITTSBURG FIRE
Loss
About $500,000 Caused
Electric Storms.
By
PITTSBURG. Pa.. June 25. More
than one hundred thousand barrels of
oil were consumed by fire, three valu
able oil refineries destroyed and an
estimated loss of about $500,000.
caused by electric storms which pas
sed over Western and Northern Pen
nsylvania yesterday and to-day.
JAPANESE AVOID TAXES.
MUKDEN. June 25-Evideoce has
been obtained from official sources
here of the existence and operation
of a system by which Japanese com
merce in Manchuria has secured gen
eral exemption from the inland taxes.
These concessions were obtained by
intimidation and by a show of force.
China has concealed -the situation for
fear of losinsr the revenue she derived
on merchandise in transit belonging
to those nations who did not coerce
her.
AMMUNITION EXAMINED
For Sham Battle Shows That Shells!
Were Loaded With Ball.
CHICAGO, June 25. A dispatch
to the Tribune from London, Ont,
says:
Examination yesterday of the am
munition to be used for the sham bat
tle to-day by the 6,000 volunteers in
camp at Niagara revealed the fact
that one quarter of the supposed
blank shells were loaded with ball,
caused by a mixing of shipments.
The inspection would not have been
made in the ordinary course of event,
but Brigadier Hazen of Toronto, was
led by a feeling of unrest and ap
prehension to investigate, thereby
been a great loss of life as the an
nual sham battle is always realistic
affair.
RESIGNATIONS LIKELY
LONDON, June 25 There was a
rumor in the lobby of the House of
Commons last night that the resig
nation of Lord Twcedmouth, presi
dent of the council, and Lord Lore
burn, Lord high chancellor were im
minent, and that Mr. Haldane, secre
tary of war and Winston Spencer
Churchill, president of the Board of
Trade, would be appointed Lord
Chancellor and Secretary War re
spectively. '
SLEEPER INCIDENT ENDED.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The
American government is not looking
for any further trouble in Veneuzela
and with the recall charge D'Affaires
the Sleeper incident is ended from a
diplomatic standpoint, except so far
as Castro may complicate the situa
tion by some official action. The gov
ernment still has almost a dozen con
sular officers in Venzeula and there is
no intention to re-call them.
DOG IYARNS FAIRLY
Intelligent Bull Dog Arouses In
mates of Burning House
8 PEOPLE ESCAPE DEATH
Fire Starts at Home of Charles Fos
ter at Portland Mrs. Foster Faints
After Rescuing Children From the.
Flames. -
PORTLAND, June 25 If Carnegie
medals for heroism were given to
dumb beasts, Judge, a white bulldog
belonging to Charles Foster, a liv
eryman, residig at 430 Hoyt street,
would be entitled to the largest gold,
diamond-studded, badge of reward
ever bestowed. It was due entirely
to the remarkable intelligence of the
animal that eight persons, including
four children, were saved from hor
rible deaths by cremation at an early
hour this morning.
As it was, Mrs. Charles Foster was
seriously injured by falling from the
portico of the Hoyt street residence
after having passed her children to
a place of safety; Judge sustained a
number of painful burns about the
body, and two maltesc kittens were
incinerated.
The spectacular fire, attended with
so many sensational incidents, occur-
red shortly after 1 o'clock this morn -
ing, and before being finally extin-lbe
guished completely destroying the i
v.i.nv wwu yvi null Ul UlC UWCUIUJJ
and contents, entailing a loss of sev
eral thousand dollars.
The bulldog, who is wont to sleep
at the foot of his master's bed, was
allowed to usurp a Morris easy chair
in the dining room last night for his
couch, and that eight charred form:
v. iv.n.a
arc not now occupying slabs at the i ... "u,t " "- a"u
morgue' can be directly attributed to, m
the; sagacity of the' canine. j :
In addition to Foster, his wife and; , SAILOR WILL BOX.
two children, Helen,, aged 11, and! ,
Harold, 8; Mr; Foster's sister Alice, j SYDNEY, N. S. W. June 25,-The
14 years of age; his brother, Wilbur, ; Syndicate which has charge of the
and Will Estey, occupy the two-story boxing contest for the week of the
frame cottage: Five-year-old .Walter American fleet visit has arranged for
Dusenberry, a playmate of the.chil- Mike Schreck, the American heavy
dren. was a guest iii: the" house last , weight pugilist, to come to Australia
night. , and participate in the events.
HARVARD
RACE FROM YALE
Yale Team Is Badly Crippled In
the Start and Looses by
Over a Mile
STAR GRISWOLD FALLS DOWN
President Not Present But His Fam
ily View the Race Taft is on
Hand to See His College Defeated
by Rival School.
NEW LONDON, June S.-Amid
the deafening din of whistles and
horns and amid shouts of collegians,
the Harver 'varsity eight shot their
boat over the finish line tonight, win
ning from the crippled and distance
Yale crew that classic of American
college aquatics, on the Harvard
Yale 'varsity boat track. Instead of
the race, Harvard finished the last
mile and a half alone, while far be
hind the Yale limped along with but
seven men at the oars with Griswold,
the strokeman, who had been relied
upon to set the winning pace, he went
forward, faint from terrific strain of
the opening two miles. Up to this
time it had been a struggle worthy
of the best traditions of the old an
tagonists. Added zest was given to
the race by the interest President
Roosevelt has taken, and although
the circumstances prevented his at
tendance, his' family was on hand
and witnessed the race from the
yacht Slyph. Yale was more fortun
ate than Harvard in having her dis
tinguished champronTSecretary" Taft,
present in the flesh. The race rowed
through a lane a hundred feet wide,
flanked either side by innumerable
craft of every description from little
sloops and motor boats to big reve
nue cutters. Yale splashed at the
start and gave Harvard a slight ad
vantage. At the half mile the crews
were almost side by side, Harvard
slightly ahead; one mile. Harvard still
in the lead; two miles, Yale spurting
and lessening gap; two and a half
miles, Harvard still in the lead and
Yale fihgting like grim death. Then
came the decisive moment. When the
final stretch was almost in sight,
Griswold, Yale's stroke was seen, j
pitch forward, an4 moment later
straightened "d succeeded in
rowing perhaps 20 Strokes, then col
lapsed again. The whole $K ceased
rowing then. Thence it was ncr onS"
er a race. Harvard swept on a
crossed In over the finish line. Her
time was 24 mintues 10 seconds.
Griswold was helpless from the
boat and tha Yale crew, seven of them
finished the face. As they crossed
the fimsh line, (ffy were given tre
mendous ovation for their pluck,
Yale's time was not token. Earlier in
the day tit? honors weYe" divided, Yale
four defeated Harvard by two lengths
and Harvard freshmen eight defeat
ed ale by three lengths. At the
Yale quarters k' Was found that Gris
wold suffered from nervous collapse.
He was not over-trained and was rfot
out of condition. He' soon revived.
BY WIRELESS-
PORTLAND, Or., June' 25'.
Word from the United Wireless
telegraph station on Telegraph Hill,
in this citv. reDorts the United States
' battleship Nebraska at midnight to
50 miles south of Tatoosh Island.
and proceeding to San Francisco.
HOLLAND MAKES CLAIM
LONDON June 25-The Daily
Telegraph's correspondent at the
Hague learns that Holland has made
claim against Venezuela for redress
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AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
STOCTON, Cal, June 25.-Miss
Emma Schuet lost her life and Miss
Emma Walsh, both of Stockton, was
seriously injured in an automobile
accident of Bumham about seven
miles from Stockton last night. The
machine was driven by J. P, Sargent
and the other occupant of the ma
chine wasW. L. Dudly, according to
best information received here. The
two men were thrown clear of the
automobile and escaped with bruises.
' GUARDING APPROACHES ,
v. a!
LONDON, June 2S.-The Times
Teheran correspondent says the
troops are guarding the approaches
to the British legation with orders to
shoot all fugitives seeking sanctuary
there.
Two of the Nationalist leaders,
says the correspondent, were hanged
in the royal camp. Anxiety is. felt as
to the fate of the others under arrest
despite the Shah's verbal promise to
spare their lives.
J. F. JACOBSON LEADS.
In Republican County Conventions
Held Throughout Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, June 25. The republi
can county conventions held through
out Minnesota today to elect dele
gates to the state convention which'
July i will nominate the state ticket.
According to the Pioneer Press at
10 o'clock tonight, J. F. Jacobson, the
candidate for gubernatorial nomina
tion will have 296 instructed delegates
and 1500 "favorable." Attorney-general
Young is given 137 instructed
and 46 favorable. Ex-Congressman
Synder, 113 instructed; Joel Heat
wole, 20 instructed and 10 favorable.
Necessary to nominate 772. Many
counties have not yet even been heard
from.
CASE OF J. B. BOOTH
Arguments of the Counsel Con
sumes Most of the Day
$800 WAS PART OF SALE
The Defense Will Attempt to Prove
That the Check Was Given as a
Deposit on a Tract of Yaluablej
Jjmberland,'
PORTLAND, June 24. The argu
ments of the counsej consumed most
of the day in the case &f J. H: Booth,
charged with accepting money for
giving advance information while re-
ceiver of Roscburg land office.
It developed from argument of de
fendant's attorney that the defense
will attempt to prove that the check
for $800 for which the government as
serts was given for information was
given to Booth as a deposit on a
tract of valuable timber land. The
examination of the first witness' had
not been concluded when the court
adjourned.
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
Af Cleveland Cleveland 3. Chi!
go 2.
At Detroit Detroit 1, St. Louis 4.
At Boston Boston 2, Washing
tori 1.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia i, 1,
New York 0, 2.
National League.
Aa Chicago Chicago 7, Cincinnati '
6. '
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 0, Phila
delphia 6. ,
At St. Louis St. Louis' 3, Pitts
burg 4.
At New York New York 10, 7,
Boston 14, 4. '.
Pacific Coast League.
At San Francisco San Francisco 7,
Oakland 6.
At Los Angeles Portland 15, Los
Angeles 0.
Northwest League.
At Seattle Seattle 5, Tacoma 7.
., At Spokane Spokane 3, Aberdeen