33rd YEAR. NO. 154
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1803
PRICE FIVE CENTS
5 LIVES LOST
IN FLOOD
Highest Water in History
of Lincoln, Nebraska
LOSS UNESTIMATABLE
Chairman Bell Gets Out of Town
by Special Effort of the
Railroads
MANY FAMALIES HOMELESS
Almost Toul Suspension of Rail
road Traffic-Two Other Lives Are
Thought to be Lost Flood Works
Much Suffering.
LINCOLN, July 6.-Llnco!n today
experienced what probably will be
the worst flood in its history, caus
ing the loss of five lives and possibly
two others, the minor injuries to sev
.eral, and the property bis which
cannot be even approximated; an al
most total suspension of railroad
traffic, and the misery to hundreds of
families who were driven from the
homes and tonight are being shel
tered in public buildings and private
residences.
Temporary Chairman Bell, who is
together with W. J. Bryan became al
most hopeless .about reaching Den
ver in time for the opening of the
convention on account of the high
water which has put railroads leading
into and out of Omaha out of busi
ness, left the scene of washout for
Denver at 5 p. m. The Rock Island
line by an ungual effort is able to
arrange for a special train from the
west side of the washout near Rocke
by, Nebraska. Bell and representa
tives of he Associated Press crossed
the swollen stream and boarded the
waiting train which will reach Belle
ville, in time to catch the Rock Isl
and's fast Colorado express " which
will be held for the purpose and are
due in Denver at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
SAILOR SUSPECTED
Ta ftin HM For The Murder
of
Josle Gray of Evansville Ind.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 6.-A
sailor on one of the battleships of
the Atlantic fleet now in this harbor,
who enlisted as Roy Bateman, is be
ing held on suspicion that he is Guy
Prcscott, suspected of the murder of
Josie Gray of Evansville, Ind.
Admiral Sperry telegraphed to the
-chief of police of Evansville that he
would hold the man until the fleet
sails on Tuesday and if no represen
tative of the Evansville authorities
arrived by time the man will be trans
ferred to Mara Island , Navy Yard
and held there until the case is set
tled. - 'v.
' The body of Josie Gray was found
locked in a vault in the furniture
store in Eyansville in which she was
bookkeeper on the nighj of Match 16,
1907. ; '
, Acting on advice from the Evans
ville chief, R. E. Leaf, of Santa Cruz,
came here to-day to identify the man,
if possible. Leaf formerly lived in
Evansville. The result of his attempt
to identify the prisoner will not be
divulged by the,, officers of the ship
. ,.,UlU fin ia hnitirv
Uii Willow HV fvnijj nvi.
$1,560,000 BAIL.
Abraham Ruef Released on Heaviest
Bond In History of State.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6-Abra-ham
Rucf was released from the
county jail tonight on bond aggre
gating $1,560,000, the largest amount
ever given in a criminal case in this
Mate. The sum is aggregate bail on
78 indictments returned by the Oliver
grand jury charging Ruef with bri
bery on which he was taken into
custody for on March 8, 1907. Twen
ty sureties including Ruef's father
and sister and himself signed the
bonds. Others include Joseph and
Leopold Friedman and a surety
company.
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia
6,
New York S.
National League.
At' Chicago Chicago 4, Brooklyn
5.'.
At Pittsburg Pittsburg 2, Phila
delphla 1.
Northwest League. '
At Vancouver Vancouver 10, Se
attle 3.
VISIT TAPT.
Senator Beveridge Holda Conference
With Candidate Several Hours.
HOT SPRINGS, Vir, July 6.-
Senator Beveridge of Indiana, Repre
sentative McKinley of Illinois, and
Representative Burke of Pennsyl
vania, arrived here today. Beveridge
was closed with Taft for several
hours and went over the conditions
in Indiana with great detail Bever
age told Taft not to consider the
affairs of party in Indiana in any
condition , to endanger state next
fall. Taft will have conference with
McKinley and Burke tomorrow.
Death List Is Already Seventy
Two AND INJURED NUMBER 2736
Disgraceful Showing of an Insane
nd Unsafe Fourth of July Was,
the worst in Deaths and Casualties
Since 1899 List Will Grow.
CHICAGO, July 6-The Tribune
today says: Seventy-two dead' and
2,736 injured are the second day to
tals of the "accidents" attending the
celebration of the Fourth of July in
the United States.
This breaks all records deaths since
1899. .
The nunber of deaths of this year
rqiorted up to 3 o'clock this morning
is thirteen more than at the same
time last year. In 1905, fifty nine
were dead at the same hour. The
number of injuries however, is only
two-thirds of the average for the
last five years. This is regarded "as
an indiction that the agitation for a
sane Fourth is having its effect.
This year's fire loss is $535,435,
which' is above the average of the
last ten years. I:
ARREST BOMB THROWERS.
NEW YORK, July 6.-Licutenarit
Poterosino and his Italian detectives
FOURTH
S WILDORGY
today are running down the loose
ends of their case against Sicilian,
Guise'ppe Affinto, who until recently
it is charged was the moving spirit
in many of the east side bomb throw
ings. Affintd is now under arrest
charged with'' throwing a bomb at a
house in 74th street. He is a fine
type of the middle class Sicilians.
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STAGE COACH
IS ROBBED
f
White Man and an Indian
Make a Bold Attack
GET $300 AND JEWELRY
Big Shipment of Treasure to
Have Been Made But Coach
Missed Connection
BETWEEN YREKA AND ETNA
l
It is Believed Men Are Making For
Railroad at Gazelle But Authorities
Say. That Their Etfcape is Im
possible. YREKA, Cat, July 6.-The Scott
Valley stage, running between Yreka
and Etna was robbed today on Forest
House Mountain at Robber's Rock
by a white man and a quarter breed.
The Indian covered the passengers
while the -white man took ' watches
and money amounting to $300. The
Wells Fargo box was smashed, but
the amouht" taken 4 nnkhown. A
sheriff and a deputy and two posses
are out. escape is impossiDie. it
is believed the robbers will try to
reach the railroad at Gazelle. A big
shipment of treasure was to have
been made on this stage this after
noon but the train missed connec
tions. It is supposed the robber
knew of this shipment.
NOISES KILLED HIM
Theory Of Physician In Regard To
A Chicago Man's Strange Death;
CHICAGO, July 6. Suffering all
the agony, physical and mental, and
exhibiting many of the symptoms that
accompany death by poisoning, John
Neriza died yesterday, the victim of
hallucination and auto-suggestion. It
is believed his condition resulted in
have no records of poison in their ex
amination of JNenza. Members of his
family declare , that he had eaten
nothing that might cause his condi
tion but the efforts of physicians to
assure him that he was not poisoned
were futile and he passed into a
... - ...
comatose condition and died after
hours of acute suffering. The case
is one that puzzled physicians of the
Alexian Brothers hospital staff and
many of them will attend the inquest
to-day while alienists will also pre
sent to explain the cause of Neriza's
death. A weak mental state is be
lieved responsible for the self-hypnotism.
It was stated by the physi
cians that scores of deaths occur an
nually in the large cities from this
cause.
ORDERLY ELECTION
Since The Resignation Of Senor
Arias, Order Is Again Restored.
PANAMA, July 6, The announce
ment of the resignation , of Senor
Arias as, candidate for the presidency
has resulted in dissipating the threat
ening conditions which Friday were
disturbing the peace of the republic.
To-day the war clouds have disap
peared and resentment seems to have
been forgotten, all things pointing to
an ' orderly election throughout the
country. It is believed 1 the over
whelming majority obtained ' by
Senor Obaldia's part is at the recent
municipal election in most of the
provinces is the chief reason of Senor
Arias' resignation,
MASS OF VERBIAGE.
In Effort to Attract Extremists of the
Union Labor Vote the Queition of
Injunctin Plank It Will be Kept
to the Front at Denver.
OMAHA, Neb., July 6.-The fol
lowing injunction plank drawn by
former Mayor Dunne of Chicago,
has been given out. It was said that
Mr. Bryan has requested Judge Dun
ne's membership on the resolutions
committee so it is believed that this
plank represents Mr. Iryan's views:
"The right of a court of chancery
to intervene and protect the status
quo- between litigants is unquestioned
but no such writ should issue exparte
and without notice except where U
is clearly made to appear that irre
parable injury will result unless the
writ issue immediately ' and without
notice, and in suth cases the motion
take precedence of all other legal
business in the court issuing such in
junction and shall be heard and de
termined before any other business
is considered in such court. In all
cases where injunctions are issued,
with or without notice, an ample
bond shall be exacted of complainant
sufficient to cover all damages re
sulting to defendant-from the issu
ance of such a writ, including reason
able attorney! fees incurred in mov
ing to dissolve such writ. In all
proceedings for contempt for viola
tion of an injunction enjoining the
commission of any act, which by the
common law or by statute is made
a crime and which is not committed
m the presence of the court the de
fendant shall be entitled to a jury
trial upon the issue of facts as to
whether he has committed such crime
and thus viclated such injunction
We favor , the passage of a law
amending the chancery practice so
n to secure these results."
FlflES IN FORTUND
Flames Break Out in Dexter
Stables and a Shingle Co.
KILLS ABOUT 70 HORSES
Damage to the Dexter
. About $40,000, and to
Company
the Gold
Medal Shingle Company About
$22,000; Cause of Origin Unknown
PORTLAND, July 7.-The Dexter
stables at Fourth and Ajikeney were
destroyed tonight by fire, which broke
out about 12:35 a. m. The loss to the
delivery wagons and trucks together
with the structure will amount to
about $40,000. About 70 horses were
burned to death. ,
A fire today of unknown origin de
stroyed the plant of the Gold Medal
Shingle Company in this city, and
burned the roof off the Portland As
bestos Company. The loss is $22,000 '
of which $20,000 was on the shingle
mill.
STUDENT BRINGS SUIT
Against Stanford College Professor
For False Charges.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.
Claudius Raymond, a Stanford Col
lege student whose home is in Den
ver, and who was expelled from the
college last May by the students af
fairs committee on a charge of writ
ing obscene letters, has instructed a
firm of lawyers to bring suit for
heavy damages against Prof. A. B.
and the other members of the com
mittee, Raymond's father is now on
his way from Denver to assist in the
prosecution of the case. Handwriting
experts have been, retained in Ray
mond's behalf. They have been at
work on the letters which brought
about the student's' expulsion and it is
said have declared them not to be in
Raymond's handwriting.
NOMINATION
SEEI1S SURE
Wave of Br an Sentiment
Greatly Increased
HO SECOND PLACE MAN
New York Delegation Appoint
Committee and Name Judge
Parker as Representative
PARKER CHANGES RESOLUTION
Conditions Would Have Changed Had
New York Swung Its Votes Against
Bryan Will Adjourn as Mark of
Respect to Cleveland. '
DENVER. July 6".-Above the
hubub of the strenuous day before
the democratic national convention,
these main developments stand out
prominently. - The wave of the Bryan
sentiment has increased to an appar
ently overwhelming and irresistable
point and the nomination'of the. Ne
braskan seems now assured beyond a
reasonabledojjbU, aJ efforts to unite
on a vice-presidential candidate
proved futile and the convention will
begin deliberations tomorrow with
contest for the second place wide
open. The majority of the Pennsyl
vania delegation in caucus named CoL
Guffel, the National Committee is in
open defiance of Bryan's demand, for
his displacement and is on the heels
of Guffey's, stinging the pubic ar
raignment of Bryan as a hypocrite,
ingrate and a falsifier." The New
York delegation appointed a commit
tee to draft the platform and named
Judge Parker as the New York's rep
resentative on the platform commit
tee.
Caucuses was silent on the presi
dential and vice-presidential situa
tion. The Democratic National Com
mittee held their first meeting to con
sider the contest which resulted in a
dismissal of the McCarrens of New
York contests and the seating of the
Sullivan's Illinois delegates.
For the first time tonight the oppo
sition disclosed in figures showing
what might have happened had New
York announced its 78 votes to be
swung against Bryan. According to
this table the total of 349 votes or
considerably more, was enough to
block Bryan's , nomination, if they
would have swung into line with
New York. The meeting was had late
today by the various anti-Bryan ele-
meni during which the situation was
fully canvassed and a practical agree
ment was reached that it is futile to
continue fight in view of New York's
inaction, .... .. ' ,: , ;
Tomorrow's proceedings will be
brief and after the preliminary organ
ization is effected adjournment will
be taken as a mark of respect to
Cleveland.
Tonight the anti-Bryan men made
another effort to concentrate the op
position against the nomination of
the Nebraskan arid claim they are
now encouraged for the first time
since the delegations began to ar
rive. The movement was not how
ever, taken with deep seriousness by
the men who are leading the Bryan
forces. The greatest effort was made
to keep the meeting a secret as well
as the conferees. The place where the
meeting occurred was in the Equit
able building and as fas as is known
those present were- Daniel F. Cohan
and William ' F. . Sheehan of ' New
York; Colonel Guffey, former. Sena
tor Smtih of New Jersey; A. F. Cox
of Georgia; C. L. Straus of Maryland;
Josiah Marvel of Maryland, and Fred
erick B, Lynch of Minnesota. The
meeting was largely directed by
Shechan, who declared the only way
to focus the opposite to Bryan is to
give standard around which it could
rally. There '.. was a consensus of
opinion among those present that if
New York will declare against Bryan
is still a chance of defeating him.
It has been understood from the
first that New York would not vote
for Bryan if it believed the decesive
result could be obtained by casting
their vote for another candidate who
meets the favor of the Empire state.
Among. the members of the' new
national committee ' elected tonight
was Milton A. Miller of Lebanon, Or.
Aiong the members of committee
on resoltutons elected tonight was
Robert D. Inman of Portland, Or.
THE FRIENDLIEST FEELING
All War Talk Is Silly Between The
United States And Japan.
CHICAGO, July 6.-r-,;There Is
absolutely nothing in Japan except
the friendliest feeling for the U. S.
"War talk is silly," declared Kame-
taro Hayashida, special representa
tive of the mikado and chief secre
tary for the house of parliament He
reached Chicago Yesterday, coming
at the command of the mikado to
confer with architects of Chicago
and other principal cities regarding
the erection of buildings for which
the Japanese government has ap
propriated $12,000,000. He says the
Mikado wants American workman
ship and American ideas for the build
ing of the palace. "We consider", he
said, "that America has the best of
almost everything. America is our
friend, our neighbor and our brother
and we want closer relations with
America." i
The secretary will start for Wash
ington y omght to visit President
Roosevelt.
MURDERER CHOSEN
For Presidential Candidate on
Socialist Ticket
PRESTON, SERVING 5 YEARS.
M. R. Preston Expressed no Surprise
When Shown the Telegram An
nouncing His Nomination Knew
His Party Would Recognize Him.
CARSON CITY, Nev., July 6.-M.
R. Preston, who is serving five years
in the penitentiary here for murder,
and who was nominated on the So
cialist ticket at New York for the
president of the United States, ex
pressed no surprise when he was
shown the telegram announcing his
nomination. From his cell he gave
out an interview tonight in which he
said he was confident that his party
would recognize, him one way or
other. He refused to say anything
further at this time on the advice of
his attorney.
PASS THROUGH LINCOLN
' LINCOLN, Neb., July 6.-The
Johnson special from St. Paul and
the King's County democracy train
from New York arrived at two
o'clock this morning. Despite the
late hour there was plenty of life in
both delegations, and half their num
ber were up to see Lincoln. Mr.
Bryan had expected to meet the
Kings County , men but a six hours
rain strom and the late hour made
it impossible for him to do so.
;. .Herman Metz, one of the delegates
on the Brooklyn special and who is
city comptroller of New York City,
admitted he was a "receptive candid
ate" but did not take too seriously
the proposal of Mayor Dahlman of
Omaha to boost him for second place.