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33rd YEAft: NO. 152 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS FOURTH IS BLOODY ONE At Cleveland Explosion Causes Six Deaths THELIST STARTS EARLY Five Women and a Little Boy Are the First Victims Reported HOLACAUST WAS IN A STORE Poiilbly a Score of Others Are In jured In the Cleveland . Explosion, Many of Whom Are CLrU Panic Followt in Store. CLEVELAND, 0., July 3.-Seven persons, six women and a 5-year-old boy, are known to be dead and pos aibly a score of other more or leu seriously injured ai the result of an explosion of firework in the F. Kresge 5 and 10-ccnt store on On tario street today: 1 The dead: JAMES PARKER, 5 yean old. EMMA SHOOMAk'ER. , MISS MARIE WAGNER, a clerk. Five unidentified girls at the coun ty morgue. Among the injured are: MYRTLE KELLY. MYRTLE RICHARDS. HAZEL DAVIS. " BELLE BERROWITZ. LAURA VOVACK. ANNETTE FA LSI I ERE. . COLD1E MANNHEIM. LIZZIE BAHES. BERTHA CRUNK. CARRIE IJEBBEL. EMMA JUSKINS, LOTTIE JUSKINS. All are clerks in the store, who jumped from upper windor. Some of the girl sustained broken limbs; others cut and bruises. Apanic among the hundreds of clerks and customers followed the ex plosion. Flames and smoke filled all the upper floors of the store. Two of the dead were working at the fire works counter on the ground floor. This counter was situated in the cen ter of the store and box-shaped. The girls were inside the inclosurc. When the explosion occurred they could not escape. They dropped to the floor and sought safely under the counters. The flying rockets and crackers were exploding about them. Customers about the counter had an opportunity to escape. No one stopped to save the girls. They burn ed in this trap. BRYAN IN BANQUET SPEECH. 1 LINCOLN, July 3. -Bryan in a banquet speech tonight said that if the convention did not incorporate in platform in specific and plain cam paign publicity resolution, they must look elsewhere than to Nebraska for their candidate. UPHOLDS BOND ISSUE. 4 , $500,000 Port of Portland by Judge Gantenbein. PORTLAND, July 3-Judge Gantenbein upheld the $51)0,- : (K)0 Port of Portland, bond issue yesterday wheiV he sign- ed an order sustaining the de murred to Slyvester Farrcll's stjit against the Port, J. F. Swigert, A. L. Pease, C. F. Adams, John Driscoll, P. L.. Willis, J., C. Ainsworth and ,W, D. Wheelwright. The suit was a friendly one and brought to test the validity of the bonds voted on by Multnomah county electors last month, It is to be taken to the supreme court at once. . BASEBALL OAMES. Pacific Coast League. At Lo AngclcLo Angeles 4, Oakland 3. , ' At San FranciscoSan Francisco 9, Portland 4. f Northwest League, ' At Spokane Tacoma 2, Spokane 3. At Seattle Seattle 3, Vancouver 4. At Butte Aberdeen 3, Butte 0. , American League. At Cleveland Cleveland 0, De troit 6. At Washington Washington 7, New York 4., National League. At Pittsburg-Pittsburg 7, Chica go 0. At New-York-rNew Jork 8, Phila delphia 3. .At Boston Boston 3, Brooklyn 1. SAN PEDRO YACHT RACE. President Roosevelt Will Start Boats on Long Journey. SAN PEDRO, July 3.-One hun dred thousand people gathered to par ticipate in the most notable celebra tion of any Fourth of July in South ern California, will tomorrow witness the atari- of ocean yacht races from this port to Honolulu. The signal gun will be fired at noon and negotia tions are progressing toward having President Roosevelt at Pyster .Bay give the signal t) send the four J yachts on their journey. It is pos sible that the wire conditions may interfere with the president's partici pation in the event .The yachts to start are the "Hawaii," sent across the Pacific by the Hawaiian Yacht Club; the "Lady Maud" with the col ors of the San Diego Yacht Club; "Gwendolyn II" of Seattle; the "Lurline" of the South Coast Yacht Club. Handicaps Lurline scratch; Gwen dolyns 18 hours; Lady Maud and Hawaii about 8 hours. ( jrH.BOOTH CASE.""'""" PORTLAND. June 3,-The jury case of J. K. Booth, the former re ceiver of the Roscburg land office, who has been on trial for alleged irregularities in connection with land transactions, retired at 5:20 tonight. At midnight tlicy were locked up for the night. .,'. WELCOME OUR FLEET New Zealand Is Making Great Preparations MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN Parliament Will Adjourn For Ten Days to Enable Members to Par ticipate in the Welcome Keenest Interest is Being Displayed. WELLINGTON, N. Z July 3. Arrangements for the reception of the American fleet are approaching completion. Wellington and Auck land will be elaborately decorated The keenest interest is displayed in the approaching visit. Parliament will adjourn for ten days to enable the members to par ticipate in the welcome. The govern ment will entertain from ten to fifteen thousand men daily including the crews of the British fleet. American ami British officers to the number, of 650 will be guests at an official ban quet. Three thousand quests . will attend the state ball and there will be other entertainments. At- the reception to officers the presentation of a casket will be made containing addresses to President Roosevelt and Admiral Sperry. . In parliament yesterday Senator Wilfrid deprecated the entertainment on the ground that the tariff and nav igation laws of, the United States, arc hoistile to this country. The Wel lington Post to-day strongly con demns tne senator s auvocacy ot wnat it calls "Such gross international dis courtesy" and contends that the visit is welcome because it will promote, closer knowledge and a better under standing. , I REAR-ADMIRAL THOMAS DEAD Retired Officer Passes Away at Del Monte OF HEART FAILURE Returning From Dinner, Sudden ly Stricken, While Sitting on Hotel Porch HE DIES IN FIVE MINUTES Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas Succeeded in Command on the Re tirement of Admiral Evans, But Retired After Five Days. DEL MONTE, Cal, July 3. -Rear-Admiral Charles M. Thomas (retired) died here tonight at 8:30 of heart failure. The Admiral had just re turned from dinner with Mrs. Thomas and Rear-Admiral Swinburn andMrs. Swinburn and was seated on , the porch on the hotel when he suddenly was stricken, ffte minutes later he passed away. Rear-Admiral Thomas was stationed in command of the At lantic battleship fleet cruise from Hampton Rhoads to San Francisco. On the arrival of the fleet in San Francisco, Admiral Thomas succeed ed in command on the retirement of Admiral Evans. He was in command of the fleet for five days at San Fran cisco when he retired, he was suc ceed by Rear-Admiral Sperry. After his retirement, Admiral Thomas, re sided in California. SMALL EARTHQUAKES. Are Felt in Los Angeles and Nearby Vicinity. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 3.- Two slight shocks of earthquake were felt in Los Angeles and vicinity at 5:02 o'clock this morning, v A few people weer awakened, and here and there a clock was stopped, but the quakes produced no other effect. The records of the Weather Bureau show that the motion was from east to west; that the first shock lasted two seconds and that the other, barely distinguishable, followed immediately. It is believed that the motion was a wave from a distant shock. SAN DIEGO, July 3. -Slight shocks of earthquake were felt here at 5 o'clock this morning, but were unnoticed by the people not in Vhc high buildings. ' CLEVELAND'S WILL FILED NEW YORK, July 3.-The will of Grover Cleveland has been filed with the surrogate of Mercer County, New Jersey and will be probated within ten days when Mrs. Cleveland will come to Princeton from her mother's home in Tamworth, N. H.,. where she has ben staying since the former pres ident's death. ' J . The amount of the estate could notj be learned, but it is said it was larger j than hitherto supposed and would j provide most comfortably for Mrs. Cleveland and the children. Mr. . Cleveland drew the will himself and arranged that the bulk of his prop-j erty should go to his widow, i t v... . ., , ; ;i THE DUMA ACTS " I ST. PETERSBURG, July 3. The :ltiiin has missed its approval of the budirut oi the state revenues amount- inij'to $1,123,000,000 practically w.th- it chaii.ro m the ministerial i:Rures. It is not worthv that the opposition refrained from criticism of the main features of the existing system of taxation. The report of the com mission was supported in con nenda- torys by the constitution democrats and the Octobers who gave M. Ko k'noi;, minister of finance, credit for sound judgement in steering inabak ed through the crisis pf war, revolu tion and famine. WILL CO 25 ROUNDS. LOS ANGELES, July 3.-At the Jeffries Athletic Club at Verrion to morrow Packy McFarland and Fred- die Welch of England will fight a 25 rounds at 133 pounds. McFarland is a ten to seven tavorite tonight. WILL FORM "NEW CABINET. TOKIO, July 4.-The resignations of the cabinet were tendered. There are reasons to believe that the Em peror has already issued instructions to Marquis Katsura to form a new cabinet. . 1 MAYOR WANTS DIVORCE. EUGENE, Or., July 3. -Mrs. Sarah Matlock has began suit in the Lane county circuit court against J. D. Matlock, Mayor of Eugene, for divorcer on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs. Matlock alleges that since their marriage, about eight years ago, they have had frequent quarrels over property own ed separately by them, and that Mayor Mattock has used cruel and harsh language toward her. They have been living apart for two months, Mrs. Matlock, who is in very poor health, is living with her. daughter, Mrs. Robert M. Pratt, wife of 'a Eugene capitalist. SHOT BY HIGHWAYMAN. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., July 3. Because he ran when a highway man attempted to hold him up on Yakima avenue at 1 o'clock this morningMadge Lynch, chauffeur of the Washington garage, of this city, and umpire fo the local baseball team is in the hospital with a bullet wound iivjiis back. The hol4up man, who has not been arrested, held a gun un der Lynch's nose saying "If you run I will shoot." Lynch promptly bolt ed, and the highwayman fired, the bullet striking him in the left shoul der, The young man continued to run and reached the garage, where he fainted. The wound is not thought to be serious. HE DIES FOR LOVE Mississippi Farm Boy Suicides Good and Plenty POISON, BLOWS HEAD OFF Took Morphine For One Girl, Lau danum For Another, and Uses Shotgun For the Third, and Thus Goes to His Reward. CHICAGO, July 3. A despatch to the Record Herald from Hazenlhurst, Miss., says: , Unable to decide which of three women he really wanted to marry, Eli Hood, 17 years old, a boarder at the farm house of Eli Graves, yester day decided that the best way out of the difficulty was to commit suicide in such a-manner that each of the wo men , would know that he had killed himself for her. For Miss Carrie Nelson, 18 years old, he swallowed sixty grains of morphine; for Mrs. Eva Spellman, aged 35, he drank four ounces of laudanum and for Miss Henrietto Mc Donad, aged 16, he put the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger with his toes. Beside his body was found on a table a paper wrapper that contained the morphine. On it was scrawled "For Carrie" The empty Laudanum bottle stood On a slip of paper on which was written "For Eva" Ant empty envelop on which the picture of a shotgun had been drawn was inscribed "Henrietta" Except that he had been acting queer ly and that he had become despondent Graves said he saw nothing in his be havior that would indicate that he contemplated suicide. DENVER IS ALL READY The Decorations Arc Very Elaborate and Beautiful BRYAN PEOPLE ANGRY Parker Arrives and Announced His Intention of Defending the Nebraskan WILL MODIFY RESOLUTION Vice-Presidential Situation Shows no Change Members of New York Delegation Deny They Will Make Fight Against Bryan. DENVER, July 3-Denver is bril liantly decorated with National colors in honor of the national convention of the democratic party which con venes here next Tuesday. No private decorations are permitted and the plan for each street to be carried out in a single night greatly to the sur prise of the visitors. The decorations and very elaborate and beautiful and splendid lighting effects ande made on the main streets, making them as brilliant as day. Probability of a row 'at the con vention over the wording of the resolution eulogizing the memory of Cleveland is somewhat diminished to day. Parker who drew up the resolu tions which the Bryan men construct ed as being a direct slap to their lead er, arrived today and at once an nounced his intention of defending Bryan and that the resolution was printed merely as a tentative draft and that while he is still determined to offer the Cleveland resolution, and he considered himself the most ap propriate persjon to do so, its exact wording will be determined after he consults members of the New York delegation. Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader also asserted that the Cleveland resolution is proper for the New York delegation to con sider before it was offered in the convention. That no resolution will be introduced until it is submitted to the delegation. The Bryan people early in the day were still angry and j disturbed and declared they are heart ily in favor of the resolution eulogiz ing Cleveland and are willing that it be introduced by Parker, providing he so modify it as to eliminate the past differences between Bryan and Cleve land. The members of the New York delegation deny .they intend to make a fight on -ryan personally but say if they can satisfy themselves, the chances for success are bright with another man at the head of the ticket and will do all they can to nominate and elect that man. They do not favor the anti-injunction plank. As soon as possible New York's con fer Josiah Marvel, the campaign manager for George Gray and Fred K. B. Lynch who acts in a similar capacity for Johnson, purpose accu rately declaring the strength candi dates other than Bryan and ascertain if it be possible to keep from the Nebraskan enough votes to provent his nomination on the first ballot. If these caucuses deevlop that it is a futile attempt to defeat Bryan and ef fect will be made to organize for an attack on anti-injunction plank. Vice-presidential situation shows no particular change during the day although. Martin W. Littleton of New York added strength to , his boom. Chas. A. Towne, of Haver, still claims he will receive much of the strength of the empire state. Kern of Indiana is favored by some of western delegates but declares he is not seeking the place. The committee of arrangements for the national convention completed or der of business convention and the session of the national committee to be held on Monday. Convention pro gram is outlined for four sessions be ginning Tuesday, This would carry the convention through to Friday af ternoon unless a fight in the commit tee or on the floor should prolong de liberations. An adjournment imme diately after the temporary organiza tion perfected in respect to the mem ory of Cleveland. Although this fea ture does not appear on thi formal program. Governor HasTtell of Oklahoma, who had been mentioned for the chairman of the committee of reso lutions arrived tonight. He said he would strive to have incorporated in the democratic platform the two fea tures of the principles of the Okla homa state constitution declaring the radical modification practice, federal courts injunction proceedings other than calling for a' guarantee of bank depoists. Congressman Francis Burton Har rison when asked if he is a candidate for . the vice-presidency he said: '"Should the delegates of this conven tion select me for the second place on the ticket I would accept the hon-' or," but said he favored the nomina tion of Gray as tending to promote the harmony party. He spoke also in faovr of the antiin junction plank platform. WOMEN AT CONVENTION. DENVER, July 3. Colorado and Utah have each elected a woman- delegate-at-large to the Democratic convention Mrs. Mary C. Bradford of Denver and Mrs. H. J. Bayard of Salt Lake. As alternates, Sarah Ven tres of Salt Lake City and Mrs. M. F. McCook, of Brighton, . Colo., have been chosen. Their votes will be the first to be cast by women in any Na tional convention of Democrats. Mrs. Bayard has not reached the city, but Mrs. Bradford, who lives here, is tak ing an active interest in the conven tion. She is a widow and a grand mother, educated and experienced on the lecture platform, and as a writer on labor problems, an has been iden tified with politifcs for 15 years. "' J. C. HARRIS DEAD. ATLANTA, July 3. Joel Chanler Harris, the editor of the Uncle Remus Magazine died here today after a short illness, aged 60 years. BURY 214 BODIES Victims of Terrible Explosion Followed by Fire SIGHT DRIVES MANY MAD Three Women Drop Dead When They Recognize Bodies of' Their Husbands Hundreds Are Injured by Horrible Accident UZOVA, European Russia, July 3. The bodies of 214 recovered from the Rikovsky mine, the scene of the explosion yesterday, were buried to day. - Today the horror situation was added to by a fire which penetrated the galleries where 150 miners im prisoned made the efforts of the recuers almost useless. Fifty-three bodies were taken out today and 75 injured were taken to the: hospitals. Of those 10 died. Thre women drop ped dead when they recognized the bodies of their husbands. A number of others have gone mad. ( 5 KILLED, tO INJURED. Town of 500 in New Mexico Swept Off the Map. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 3. Five are killed and 40 are seriously injured by a ter- rific storm which today swept throught the towns of Sunny- side and Fort Sumner on the . Santa Fe cut-off in Guada- loupe county last night. All the fatalities are in Sunnyside, a town of 500, practically ev- ery residence and business building in town is wrecked. The storm was not a twister. It was accompanied by a ter- rific hail storm.