33rd YEAR. NO. 170
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1903
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MARATHON
RACE OURS
American Wins Greatest
Victory, of All
DESPITE DIRTY WORK
Italian Fell Exhausted Near Goal
and Britishers Tried to Lift
Him In
YANKEE
RACER IS STRONG
With Stupendous Unfairness, tht
English Officials Give Race to.Ital.
Un Runner But For Very Shame
Had to Change the Decision.
MARATHON WINNERS.
.Hayes, Irish-American, first
Hefferon, South Africa, second.
Forth w, Missouri A. C, third.
Welden, America, fourth.
Dorsndo, luly, had the race almost
won when he fell British officials
helped him over after it was seen he
could not run, and declared him win
ner. The Americans protested; later
Hayes was declared winner.
In the finals for the pole-vault. A.
C. Gilbert, Yale University, and E. T.
Cooke, Cornell, tied for first and sec
ond places, with 12 feet 2 inches.
Clark S. Jacobs, University of Chi
cago; Sonderstrom, Sweden, and
Archibald, United Kingdom, tied for
third, with 11 feet 9 inches.
LONDON, July 24.-Haycs, Amer
ican was today declared the winner
of the great Marathon mad race after
Dorando, Italian, had been given the
honor under circumstances that
evoked an instant protest.
The finish of this Marathon race
had brought out a recordbrcaking
crowd. By 3 o'clock upwards of 80,
000 person had passed in and taken
their seats in the stands, which were
built to hold 90.01X), and it was a
great, brilliant and enthusiastic crowd
that cheered the athletes as they
competed in the contest of the after
noon. The Englishmen, of course,
got the lion's share of the applause.
"The runners are now in sight,"
was announced.
This sttacmcnt was followed by the
appearance of two men supporting a
trown, dark-haired form, wrapped in
an overcoat thrpwn on over his run
ning clothes. The athlete staggered
bewcen his supporters and it was seen
that it was Longboat, the Canadian
Indian. There were cries of "hush,"
while the Indian, who had been
brought up to the stadium in a motor
car, was laid on the grass.
''Italy is in sight," was the next an
nouncement bawled through the
megaphone and through the gateway
staggered brokenly a , form in a
white shirt and red running pants. It
was Dorando. He was pitiable. He
staggered and fell only to rise again
and totter on a few more feet, The
crowd on the track closed about him
and then broke away when he was
able to make another effort. The
spectators were deeply impressed.
There were cries of "stop him," don't
kill liim." There was a cry of "this
is not sport," from every side.
Finally with Dorando, on the
gromid with two-thirds of his lap in
the stadium done and a crowd
around him, cheers broke forth from
the thousands of spectators. The
second runner had come into the
stadium. He was a stocky youth and
on .the breast of his white running
shirt shone the American emblem.
Urged on by his supporters and by
the cheers of the throng, the Italian;
was again on his feet. It was impos
sible to see whether he had been as
sisted up or not, but he made a brave
effort to run. He wabbled along un
til he was 20 yards from the finish.
There were two officials, the clerk of
the course and a big assistant, at his
sides. Theyapparently were giving
him a push every time he was on the
point of collapsing A tremendous
outbreak of cheering, mingled with
shouts of anger from the spectators,
made a pandemonium. The, 100,000
people were on their feet together,
and the confusion was indescribable.
Again Dorando collapsed a few yards
from the finish, and directly in front
of the wires in the stand, whence it
was possible to see plainly all that
occurred. The Italian lay stretched
out prone, and seemed to be faint
ing. A trainer put a bottle to his lips
and some of the others raised him to
his feet. He staggered on, gasping for
the few yards still seperating him
from the tape. Three or four times
he was on the point of falling back
wsrd. The big official, with a hand
at the small of the Italian's back,
shoved him ahead for the last few
feet, while another official helped by
supporting him by the arm. As the
plucky Southerner touched the tape
his supporters let go. He then sank
in a heap and fainted. Doctors with a
stretcher dashed forward and carried
him off Just as Hayes, the American
runner, came trotting heavily and
slowly, but gamely to the winning
post. '
Once more the spectators broke
out into a tumult, but more from ex
citement than from a desire to cheer,
for the Italian flag had been raised
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KILLS SWEETHEART
Because She Called Off Suppos
ed Engagement
HANGS HIMSELF AFTER CRIME
B. R. Stoffel of Echo, Ore., Thought
To Have Been Violently Insane At
The Time Of The Tragedy Let
ter Was Found In Man's Pocket.
ECHO, July 24. Elsie Kenison,
aged 18, and B. R. Stoffel, aged 24,
sweethearts for several weeks, are
both Mead as the result of a double
tragedy enacted here about 9:30 this
morning..
Driven insane by a letter from the
girl in which she called off their sup
posed engagement, Stoffel came into
Echo this morning from the ranch of
her stepfather, E. E. Elder, about a
mile from town. .He found .the girl
alone at the home of her grandfather
W, W.'-Whitworth, and entering her
bedroom where she was at work shot
her four times, either wound of which
would have proved fatal. '
An eight-year-old neighbor girl,
who was in the yard, ran in when she
heard the shots, and seeing the girl
wounded on the floor with blood now-'
ing from her mouth hurried to the
barn and told Whitworth, who quick
ly gave the alarm. ,
The murderer Was seen running
bareheaded over the hills to the
north. A posse, headed by Marshall
Hoggtfrd, was quickly formed and
started in pursuit, but Stoffel evaded
his 40 armed pursuers and doubling
back to the starting place entered the
barn and hanged himself.
Two hours later, a member of the , in the way of honors, the work has
posse in returning decided to make j become irksome, and the pay is un
an investigation of the premises. In j questionably small compared with
peering through a crack in the barn j what he could earn at the bar, espe
he discovered the" body of the mur-j'cially in corporation law. It is now
derer in an upright position, and ' as asserted in legal and business circles
he thought, ready to shoot. Taking no that he may be able to get out this
chances he fired through the crack,
the bullet piercing the dead man's ab
domen. '
HEAVY LOSS
BY FIRE
Mill of Vancouver Dim-
I i " .': t j
ocr company Dcsiroyca
- .
DAMAGE ABOUT $30,000
Plant Will Probably Be Rebuilt
Fire Started in the Planing
' Shop
THIRTY MEN OUT OF WORK
Three Houses Burn But Most of the
Lumber- Stock Escapes Flames,
Only Carried $5000 Insurance
Firemen do Good Work.
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 24.-
The Vancouver Lumber Company
and adjoining property sustained a
loss of about $30,000 in a fire sup
posed to have originated in the plan
ing mill of the lumber company
shortly before 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
No one was in the boilerroom when
the blaze got its start, and it was not
discovered until the room was pretty
well fn flames ' In addition there was
delay getting water on the fire,
through whose fault is not yet clearly
defined.
William Tcnney, one of the pro
prietors of the Vancouver Lumber
Company, estimates the company's
loss at $20,000. with insurance of
$5000. '
The planing mill occupied almbst
block, bounded by Grant, Harney
Sixth and Seventh streets. The lum
bcr yard lies across the railway track
Three houses belonging to Mrs,
Rogers, all tenanted and situated in
this block, were destroyed entirely
The loss -on them is $5000, 'with $2400
insurance. Most of the furniture was
carried out.
Opposite the mill block on Seventh
street were "four houses, one belong
ing to W. F. Taylor, to which nearly
$1000 damage was done, with no in
surance; two to Paul Young, loss
$500 to $600: the fourth to W. B.
Crawford, whose loss was slight. Sev
eral houses facing on Grant street
were also scorched.
Fire apparatus from Vancouver
Barracks came down and lent good
assistance. A year ago this month the
Vancouver Lumber Company lost
also its sawmill, seven or eight
miles north of town, causing loss of
$10,000.
Nearly 3Q men wilt be thrown out
of work temporarily at least.
WHY GROSSCUP RETIRES.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Judge Peter
S. Grosscup's early retirement from
the Federal bench was the reason
given and generally accepted . today
for the quick decision of the Federal
Court of Appeals in the Standard Oil
case. The report was to the effect
that the judge desired to clear up his
docket so that he could resign and
practice law as soon as possible,
That the judge has been anxious for
some time to leave the bench and re
turn to private practice has been
known to his close friends. The
bench has nothing more to offer him
summer or early autumn so that his
successor can take hold when the
court opens in October.
WILL ADOPT NEW RATES.
N. P. Will Obey the Interstate Com
merce Order Soon.
TACOMA, July 24. It was offic
ially announced by' the Northern
Pacific Railway Company today that
the consideration given by the trans
portation lines in the recent decision
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mrssoin on the question of rates for
forest products has terminated in the
announcement by the railway lines
that the rates recently fixed by com
mission will, as soon as possible, be
put into effect by the railways not
that they think the trials are just-
but that they will submit to the In
terstate Commission's order. No ap
plication Jot temporary injunction
agains the order will be made, nev
ertheless, the railways expect to bring
suit, urging that the rates are unex-
cusable and asking the determination
of th? courts to that effect.
FATAL HEADACHE POWDER.
MONROVIA, Cal., July 24
Henry Canoil, 63 years of age, a
merchant of this city, died suddenly
at his home today. It is believed
that a "harmless headache powder"
hastened his end. He had suffered
with heart trouble for some time and
. eh.
was a frequent user of powders
which contained acetanilid, a strong
depressant, in dangerous quantities.
ENGINEERS ASSEMBLE.
DENVER, July 24.-The Amalga
mation of 16,000 miles of Harriman
lines into one system is the subject
of conference of the chief engineers
of all the Harriman roads who have
assembled here.
S
Nineteen Redskins and Two
Mexican Soldiers Killed
PAPAG0S USUALLY PEACEFUL
But Soldiers Arouse Their Anger by
Setting Fire to Their Villages
.When They, Refuse to Return to
the Reservation!
TUCSON, Ariz., July 24.-A des
perate battle betwen Mexican troops
and .the Papago Indians, occurred
Tuesday at the Imaculada Ranch near
Cetro, a Colorado mining camp in
the district of Sonora, 19 Indians, and
two soldiers were killed and five sol
diers wounded. The encounter result
ed from an attempt to return the In
dians to their reservation. The Pa-
pagos are usually peaceful but the
depredations by this band caused the
government to take action. The sol
diers burned the Indian village which
aroused the anger of the Indians who
opened fire Captain Baron sounded
retreat. The Indians pursued, sud
denly the troops stopped and fired
with terrible effect.
MEETS MANY LEADERS
Day of Acquaintance Making For
Taft at New York.
NEW YORK, July 24.-During
Taft's stay here today he was met
by practically every district leader in
Greater New York, a number of state
leaders and politicians of various de
grees, in fact it was a "Day of ac
quaintance 'making" as Taft himself
put it. So far as Taft now intends,
this will be his last visit to New
York until after the election. He
will reach Cincinnati tomorrow and
expects to return to Hot Springs af
ter notification of supremecies.
HILLSBORO, Or.; July 24,-The
will of the late Alanson Hinman, the
Forest Grove pioneer, who died Mon
day last, was filed for probate here to
day, and is valued at $20,000. '
INDIAN
START WAR
4TH REG'T
GETS TROPHY
At the Salem State Militia
Rifle Shoot
TOTAL OF 53 POINTS
The Aggregate of Winning Team
Was 856 to the Third Regi
ment's 803
CAMP WILL BREAK UP -TODAY
12 Men Who Will Represent Oregon
at the National Shoot August 6
Will Practice on the Salem
Range.
SALEM, Or, July 24.-The Gover
nor's trophy match, the most-coveted
prize in the State, Militia Rifle Shoot,
was captured this afternoon by the
team composed of eight picked men
of the Fourth Regiment Infantry, by
total of 53 points over all ranges.
The aggregate of the Fourth team
was 856 and that of the Third Regis-
ment 803. The teams were composed
as follows:
Fourth Regiment Sergeant Potts,
Major Hamlin, Lieutenant Stewart,
Corporal Perdue, Private Shields,
Captain Houck, Corporal Ferguson,
Private Fisher. .
Third Regiment Sergeant How
ard, Corporal Romaine, Sergeant
Schwarz, Corporal Rider, Sergeant
White, Corporal Abrams, Captain
Scott, Sergeant Royal.
The state shoot will probably finish
today with the completion of the
National marksman's reserve match,
open to all citizens of the United
States, for a government marksman
ship badge, and the pistol shoot be
tween commissioned and rtoncom
misioned officers of the militia.
The officers and men of the camp
were tendered a military ball and re
ception by the Salem Board of Trade
at the Auditorium Rink last evening
and accepted the hospitality almost to
man. Camp will probably break up
tomorrow with the exception of the
candidates for selection for the team
of 12 men who will represent Oregon
at the National shoot to be held at
Camo Perrv. Ohio. These men will
continue practice on the local range
until August 6.
MAY RUN AGAIN.
Hughes' Announcement That he Will
Again be Candidate is no
Surprise.
SARANACINN,. N. Y.,,July 24,-
The announcement of Governor
Hughes that he would accept the
nomination for governor if his party
desired hira to be again its candi
date was not unexpected in political
circles, While many of the promi
nent political leaders are not in the
city tonight, the opinion is generally
expressed, that no opposition will be
made to his renomination if a well
defined sentiment is developed de
manding it.
BRYAN LEAVES FOR CHICAGO.
LINCOLN, July 24.-Bryan left
for Chicago this afternon accom
panied by ex-Governor John G. Os
borne of Wyoming, and a corps of
newspaper men. Bryan was greeted
by a large crowd of democrats. After
much protest Bryan was induced to
make a speech which he did from a
baggage truck. .
S. P. FILES SUIT.
Against Interatate Commerce Com
mission For Excessive Rates.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-A
suit filed today in the United States
circuit court in behalf of the South
ern Pacific and Oregon and Califor
nia Railroad -against the interstate
commerce commission alleging that
the constitution of the United States
was violated in ruling the fixed and
what is said to be an excessive ratet
on shipments of green fir lumber and
lath from Oregon points to San Fran
cisco and Bay points. Judge Mor
row issued an order to show cause
returnable August 3. In April, 1907,
the Southern Pacific put into effect a
rate of $5 per ton on rough green fir
lumber from Willlamette Valley
points to San Francisco and vicinity.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, June 1, last, reduced the rate to
$3.40 and $3.06 according to location
of shipping point. , The railroad com
panies alleged that the Hepburn Bill
and the other interstate laws are un
constitutional, ' ;
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
Cleveland 0,. Detroit 4.
National League.
Brooklyn 1, Chicago 2.
New York 2, Pittsburg 1.
Philadelphia-St. Louis game
post-
poned.
Boston 2, Cincinnati 3.
' Pacific Coast League.
Portland 12, Oakland 1.
Los Angeles. 3, San Francisco 1.
, Northwest League.
Vancouver-Tacoma game postpon
ed; rain. '
BUS DROPS 20 FEET
Five People Injured in a
way Accident
Runa-
TEAM FRIGHTENED BY TRAIN
Four Women and a Boy Have Nar
row Escape From Death One
Woman in a Serious Condition and
May Die.
PORTLAND, July 24.-A dispatch
from Stevenson, Wash., to the Port
land Oregonian, says that four wom
en and a boy were injured at Carson
Landing, by an overturning hotel bus.
Mrs. Amanda. Doty, of Dexter, Iowa,
had her skull fractured, and is in a
serious condition.
Mrs. W. S. Slaughter, of Portland,
had her shoulder blade broken. Mas
ter Holt Slaughter, had his head and
face cut. Mrs. Droies of Portland is
slightly hurt. Miss Ruth Potter had
her leg badly cut-and is internally
injured. The accident happened just
after the passengers had landed from
the steamer Dalles City. An ap
proaching train of the north bank
road frightened the horses and they
ran away.. A narrow place in the
road caused the bus to drop over a
20 foot embankment. The injured
were taken to Stevenson on the Dal
les' City and are now in the sanitar
ium there.
GETS $1625.
RENO, Nev., July 24. -A verdict
of $1625 was returned in the case of
Kathryn Collins against the broker
age company because she was obliged
to sit on a chair of her typewriting
desk that was several inches too high.
HAYES A COUNTER JUMPER.
NE WYORK, July 24.-Hayes, the
winner of he Marathon race is 21
years of age and is employed in one
of the department stores here. Last
year he won the Boston Marathon
race.