PUiUSHCS FULL AfffQCIATCD PRISt RtPORT
50VCRS THf MORNING HELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
33rd YEAR. NO, 155
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1008
LONG VOYAGE
IS STARTED
Battleships Leave Prompt
ly at Two O'dock
WITHOUT CEREMONY
Scarlet Fever on Board the Ne
braska-Will Be Held In
Quarantine 3 Days
JOINS FLEET AT HONOLULU
Ships' Departure Without Celebration
of Any Kind Make a Striking
Contrait to the Enthusiasm Shown
on Their Arrival.
SAN' FRANCISCO, July 7. Fifteen
battleship of the Atlantic fleet tailed
today on their voyage that is to take
them around the world and end
Hant)ton Roads, whence they started
for latit December. Sixteen members
of the licet, of the Ncbaska, was left
behind became of the outbreak of
scarlet fever among the crew. She
will be held in quarantine three day
and thoroughly fumigated after which
the will join her sifter ships at Mono
lulu. Without ceremony or eclcbra
lion ot nny sort, the licet got away
promptly at 2 o'clock upon the signa
Jrom the Connecticut, and steaming
in a single column slowly wended
their way out of the bay.
There were none of the exciting
and picturesque scenes that marked
the coming of the fleet to this port
after its voyage around the southern
continent of America; no gathering
of the people from distant cities nor
of countless craft carrying thousands
eager to shout their enthusiasm. It
was not because there was any less
pride 'n these defenders of the nations
honor, but two months of close con
tact and the almost daily sight of the
listening ships swinging quietly at
anchor had filled the eye and some
what dimmed enthusiasm. Yet the
picture of these big fighting craft was
none less inspiring to-day as they
steamed in single column between the
I UKRVU UIIII13 Ul UIVT VJIMUCII UHIC VII
tnetr world voyage. lot since they
left Hampton Roads last December
had the fleet looked so trim and busi
ness-likc. Every one of the column
of sixteen, white and buff ships glist
ened in new paint as if new from the
maker's docks and everyone swept
low in the water from the weight of
full coal bunkers and ammunition
magazines.
There were many thousands of San
Francisco's population gathered on
the high hills to-day to watch the fleet
departure but there was no official
recognition of the event. A few bay
craft gave shrill blasts of their whist
les as a parting salute and the watch
ing crowds silently waved adieus.
Beyond this there was nothing to
mark the sailing of the great sea force
as anything more notable than the
arrival or departure of other fleets of
worships at this port.
Two of the ships made the voyage
around South America under Rear
Admiral Roblcy D. Evans were mis
ping from their old positions to-day.
These are the Alabama and the Maine
which arc now far on their way across
the Pacific homeward bound. Their
places had been taken however, by
the Wisconsin and the Nebraska, two
more powerful ships, thus making
the fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry
even stronger and more homogen
eous than that which sailed from
Hampton Roads.
CASE IS ADJUDICATED
'iNUi
i HELIE ID
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.The
deeinioii of the U, S. Circuit Court of
the Second District of Washington,
in the case of the Murhard and Tate
Company against the Portland and
Seattle Railway Co., was sustained
yesterday by the appellate court. I
Suit wai brought in the lower court 1 '
by the Railway Company to condem CCFClHODy 111 LOfldOD IS Z
a right of way for railway purposes,
owned by the Murhard Company in
Clark county, Washington, The land
was condemned and the railway com
pany was ordered to pay $6,000 for
the properly.
Very Simple One
THE SHAMROCK WINS
NEW YORK,JuIy 7.-Frederic
Thonipion's schooner yacht Sham
rock practically won the 325 mile race
for the cup offered through the
Brooklyn Yacht Club by Sir Thomas
Upton. The yacht crossed the finish
line in Gravesend Bay at 5:27:30 yes
terday afternoon, coming to anchor
a lew minutes later. The Shamrock
allows the Mimosa III eight hours,
20mititcs, 59 seconds, so if that sloop
arrives by 1:38:40 to-day she will be
the winner.
IN REGISTRY OFFICE
HEAT KILLS MANY
In New York Suffering Is ln
. tense
TWENTY-ONE PERSONS DIE
In Philadelphia There Are Also
Deaths and Numerous Prostrations;
and Apparently All Over the East
There is a Torrid Spell That Kills.
NEW YORK, July 7.-Aftcr a
breathless, sweltering night, which
many spent sleepless on cots or on
fire escapes and in the open streets,
the sun came up this morning with
promise of even greater discomfort.
As early as 6 o'clock the streets were
blistering hot and not a breath of air
was moving. It was not until two
hours later that the weather bureau
thermometer reached the 80 mark,
moving upward by slow stages, but
from that time on the movement was
more rapid. The weather man report
ed 90 degrees at 9 o'clock, but in the
meantime the humidity had fallen
from 78 to 73. As always, the creat-
st suffering was felt in the crowded
tenement districts. Twenty-one per
sons in the greater city died as a di
rect result of the weather conditions
during the last 24 hours. Reported
prostrations numbering hundreds, and
thousands not so seriously affected,
were treated at their homes by private
hysicians.
PHILADELPHIA SUFFERS.
PHILADELPHIA, July 7.-Four
eaths and more than $0 prostrations
occurred iu this city from heat be-
ween noon yesterday and 10 o'clock
this morning. The Government ther
mometer on the top of the Postoffice
building at. 10 o'clock registered 85
A Few Reporters and Poorly
Dressed Parishioners Follow
Bridal Pair
SECOND TIE MADE IN CHURCH
There Was Absolutely no Secrecy
Made About Wedding Says Prince
Helie de Sagan to American and
French Newspapermen.
LONDON. July 7.-Madame Anna
Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan
were married at a registry office in
Henrietta street, off Covent Garden,
loaay. a suoscqucnt ceremony was
conducted at the French Protestant
church on Soho square.
There was absolutely no secrecy
about the wedding. Prince Helie last
night announced to. representatives of
the American and French newspapers
that all the difficulties having been
overcome and arrangements having
been completed, the marriage cere
mony would take place immediately
upon the opening of the registry
office in Henrietta street this morning.
Notwithstanding this, the Prince and
Mme. Gould made a determined effort
to escape the crowd. They had a
large motor car waiting at the hotel.
When the hour for them to leave ar
rived, however, the couple, accom
panied by there friends, left the hotel
by a rear entrance and entering ordi
nary "-abj, drove to the back entrance
of the registry office.
A great crowd, consisting largely
of porters from the Covent Gardens
and employes of a publishing house in
the vicinity, assembled in the street
outside. Prince Helie produced a. copy
of the certificate filed with the regis
trar, establishing his two weeks' resi
dence in the district and the registrar
granted the license.
Mme. Gould and the Prince signed
the register, describing themselves as
had been done in the bans published
iu Paris. Armed with the registrar's
certificate, the party, again leaving
the building by the back door, drove
in cabs to the French Protestant
Church, hidden away in a corner of
Soho square. The cabman misunder
stood their instructions and stopped
in front of St. Patrick's Roman Cath
olic Church, which also faces Soho
squares, and the entire party had
alighted before the mistake was dis
covered. New directions were then
given and the cabs drove over to the
French Protestant Church. The en-
TACOMA GETS GOOD NEWS.
TACOMA, July 7.-What amounts
to an official announcement was made
today to the effect that the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul's Pacific Coast
shops will be located in Tacoma. The
plans call for the building of immense
yards. The cost of the shops will be
over a million dollars.
M CHEERS
BRIDGE CONTRACT LET.
OREGON CITY, Or., July 7.-The
County Court yesterday afternoon let
the contract for a span of bridge at
Eagle Crek Falls to A. L. Lindsey,
whose bid, $340, was the lowest.
KLAMATH"FiRMGETS BID.
WASHINGTON, July 7.-A con
tract has been awarded to the Long
Lake Lumber Company of Klamath
Falls, for furnishing lumber for the
Klamath irrigation project. The con
tract provides for the purchase of 291,
000 feet of lumber at $12 per thou
sad, also of 300,000 feet of dimension
lumber at $15 per thousand, and of
185,000 lineal feet of corner split
splines, etc. ,at 3.10 cents per lineal
foot, making a total contract of $9547.
BURNED TO DEATH
Puts Kerosene Oil in Cook Stove
' to Hasten Fire
ALSO SETS HOUSE ON FIRE
Mrs. G. Ragliaone of Portland Meets
With Horrible Death Neighbor
Tries to Save Her But is Too
Late.
PORTLAND, July 7-Mrs. G. Rag
liaone,' a Greek woman, was fatally
injured here this afternoon by an
explosion of a cook stove in which
she had used kerosene oil to hasten
the fire for supper. She died between
9 and 10 o'clock tonight. The flames
from the stove set the house on fire
as wi. as ner clothes, the woman
ran shrieking to the yard, but before
a neighbor threw a bucket of water
over her she had breathed the fire
with fatal effects.
FOR BRYAN
The Democratic Leaders'
Strength Grows
WANT CRAY FOR VICE
Parker Called for and Reads His
Resolution of Tribute to
Cleveland
SESSION LASTS BUT 2 HOURS
Hicks Withdrew Resolution Thereby
Averting a Bitter Fight Chairman
Bell Delivers an Address Amid
Loud Demonstrations.
BASEBALL GAMES.
purees, nnrl street thermometer retr
' I 4. -1. 1. t.!l i u.
tered several degrees higher. The;""" U1"u
humidity at the same hour was re
corded officially at. 83 per cent.
BOSTON IS SWELTERING.
BOSTON, July 7. The hot
hich struck this city eight days ago
continued today after a breathless and
exhausting night. At 10:30 o'clock the
weather bureau instruments register-
89 decrees. No deaths had been re
ported since yesterday. Up to 10
o'clock this morning t three prostra
tions had been reported.
90 DEGREES AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, July 7-The day here
was exceedingly warm, with the ther
mometer up to about 90 degrees.
trucks and Mme. Gould and the
Prince had to make their way through
a maze of traffic.
The ceremony was quite in keeping
with the simple character of the
. k..i u ..I i um.:i
wave i viiujv.il, uui u was iaiuci iuuk. vv illic
it was proceeding, several photogra
phers who had come in with the
party, took snap-shots of the couple
as they stood at the altar.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the pastor, as is the custom of the
church, presented Prince Helie with a
bible and then congratulated them.
After this he led the way back to the
vestry, where the church register was
signed. The witnesses were Baron de
Montenilliat and C. Bonchauvin. The
only other persons with the party was
Prince Helie's private secretary.
American League.
' At New York-New York 3, 4, De
troit 8, 11.
St. Louis St. Louis 3", Philadelphia
2
At Washington Washington 0, 4,
Chicago 1, 7.
At Boston Boston 8, Cleveland 6.
National League.
At Chicago Chicago-Brooklyn; no
game; wet grounds.
At Pittsbury Pittsburg.Philadel
phia; no game; rain.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati 4, New
York 3.
At St. Louis St. Louis 1, Boston 4.
Pacific Coast League.
At Portland Portland 4, San Fran
cisco 3.
At Oakland Los Angeles 3, Oak
land 2.
Northwest League.
At Spokane Spokane 9, Aberdeen
8.
At Vancouvtr Vancouver 10, Se
attle 9,
At Butte Butte 15, Tacoma 8.
FUNERAL OF MRS. SHEPARD.
OREGON CITY, Or., July 7.-The
funeral of the late Mrs. Lillian Shep
ard, who died suddenly yesterday
morning at the home of her parents,
Mr. and, Mrs. Clark N. Greenman will
be held Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock from the family residence.
Mrs. Shepard was born here 46 years
ago, and had been a resident of Ore
gon City all her life.
DENVER, July 7.-With cheers
from 10,000 throats and with the
swell of the political oratory and the
inspiring spectacle of the vast multi
tude of people, the democratic nation
al convention began its deliberations
today.
The session, lasting a little over
two hours, was notable more for the
impressive magnitude, and spectacu
lar opening, than for the business ac
complished.' It gave however an op
portunity for the opening echoes of
the convention enthusiasm in a key
note speech of the temporary chair
man, Bell of California, in a heated
skirmish incidental to the contest in
Pennsylvania delegation and finally
the unanimous tribute to the late
Grover Cleveland. But the enthusiasm
of the opening was comparatively
brief, with the intermittent and tern
pestuous, without that long of sus
tained frenzied clamor which is still
reserved for the future.
Ihe day was devoted chiefly to
primary formalities and the commit
tees appointed are now at work per
fecting the permanent organization to
be presented tomorrow. The tide of
Bryan sentiment sweeps on, gathering
force as it proceeds, and tonight the
chorus ui "Bryan," "Bryan," is well
nigh universal. With it is the steadily
swinging undercurrent for the nami
nation of George Gray of Delaware as
vice-presidential candidate and thi
movement has now assumed definite-
ness which promises to merge it
soon with the seemingly overwhelm
ing current moving toward Bryan. An
initial outburst of enthusiasm today
came just after the session opened
when the silken banner bearing the
portrait of Bryan was displayed. Im
mediately there was a storm of wild
applause which died away after half a
minute of explosive demonstrtion. The
appearance of temporary Chairman
Bell was another signal for an out
burst. He came forward amid a burst
tribute and iu strong far-carrying
voice, and easy gesture, he delivered
the ouening address of a full hour
long on righting of the public wrongs,
punctuated with yells as come the
phrase-tickled fancy of the throng.
It was not possible that the great
applause came from the delegates at
Bell's impassioned declaration that
the writ of injunction should not be
turned into an instrument of oppres
sion. Again there was an uproarious
applause when he arraigned the re
publican campaign contributions
without a "Cash register." After re
ferring to Taft as "Bisected candi
date" he adroitly turned his speech
into panegyric for Bryan, reference to
the Nebraska leader bringing forth
tumultuous applause. The appoint
ment of committees were quickly dis
posed of. For a moment the Penn
sylvania row threatened to throw the
convention into a wild uproar. That
PRICE FIVE CENTS
state presented two ets of officers,
representing contending factions. 01
lie James of Kentucky voicing the
Bryan sentiment endeavored to refer
tl.e fight to he credentials committee.
Against this Colonel Guffey and his
lieutenants, pale and pesticulating,
wildly and sought to Interpose the
protest But it was no avaiL For t
time pendemoniu'm prevailed. And
then the smooth running machinery
consigned the question to the creden
tial committee where Bryan's advo
cants are supreme and the Guffey
forces retired, full of wrath and dis
gust. The presentation of the reso
lution of respect to the memorv of
Grover Cleveland, brought to the
front the two notable figures of Judge
Parker and Governor Francis of Mis
souri. The resolution as adpted emu
lated from Bryan's friends and were
presented by I. N. Dunn, of Ne
braska, who will make the nominat
ing speech for Bryan. Thev were no
sooner read than a shout of "Parker,"
Parker, showed the generous temo-
er of the convention towards the for
mer leader. Judge Parker was ore-
vailed to mount the platform where
with a resonant voice he read his own
resolutions of tribute to Cleveland,
closing with tact the full omission to
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LOG RAFT SIGHTED
Towing From Astoria to San
Diego Again Seen
17 MILES OFF CAPE BLANCO
Report of . Captain Smith of the
Steamer Daisy That Just Arrived
at San Francisco, Was Seen on
July 5.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.-The
log raft towing from Astoria by the
tug Dauntless for San Diego has
again been sighted. Captain Smith of
the steamer Daisy, arriving today
from Willapa with 790,000 feet of
lumber, reports that on July 5th
about 11:30 a. m., he passed the huge
timber raft 17 miles southeast of
Cape Blanco. Captain Smith said
that the weather was clear with fresh
northwest winds and a smooth sea.
JACOB SLEEPER ARRIVES.
Is Called From Venezuela Because
They Refused to Arbitrate.
NEW YORK, July 7. -Jacob
Sleeper, formerly the charge d'affaires
of the American legation at Caracas,
whose departure from ' that post
marked severence of diplomatic rela
tions between ths United States and
Venezuela, arriving in New York to
day and will go to Washington im
mediately. Regarding the probabili
ties of war between the United States
and Venezuela in result of the unset-"
tied relations, Sleeper said: "Well, I
have been recalled as a result of
Venezuela refusing to arbitrate our
diqfferences. What next step shall be
taken remains with Washington."
AUTO RUNS INTO BOY.
SEATTLE, July 7.-John Ward, 7
years old, was fatally, injured last
night when an automobile driven by
Frank X. Shreiner, manager of the
Merchants Cafe, ran into and knocked
the lad down, fracturing his skull and
breaking his jawbone. The affair was
purely accidental. The boy was play
ing in the road at the time.
MEET AT HOT SPRINGS.
HOT SPRINGS, Vir., July 7.
Executive committee of the republi
can national committee will meet here
today. From the sessions Frank H.
Hitchcock will be elected chairman,
and Rerresentative McKinley of Illi
nois, will be made treasurer of the
national committee.
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