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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1908)
33rd YEAR. NO. 174 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS COSTLY AT ABERDEEN Destroys 9 Buildings In Restricted District MAN BURNED 10 DEATH George Griswold, a Drug Fiend, of Montesano, Is Found Dead in Bed LOSS ESTIMATED AT $75,000 Northern Pacific Put Out of Commis sion For Several Hours Hoquiam Flrt Department Make Quick Re aponse to Call For Assistance. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 29.-A fire which broke out here at 2 o'clock this afternoon destroyed nine build ings in the restricted district and the trestle over which the Northern Pa cific Railroad enters the city and for cverui hours threatened to jump the Wishkah river into the factory and residence sections. One fatality re- m lilted, that of a saloon habitue known as George Griswold, a drug fiend, ile was aroused when the tire broke out but was apparently so stupified by the drugs that he fell asleep again. His partly iniencrated body was found on hi bed, in the ashes of the New Brunswick Hotel where the bed had fallen from the fourth floor. The damage is about $75,000 and carried Insurance amounting to $50,000. The Northern Pacific will be tied up for several days. Aid was rendered the local fire department and the Ho quiam department, which made a quick response to the call for assist ance, . At a great personal risk the bridge tender opened the draw across the river and prevented the flames from spreading to the east bank. This act contributed much to the saving of the mills. COLLISJON CAUSES PANIC. SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-The Fcrallone station on the Lake Shore Railroad was the scene ' of a collis ion of a special train bearing about 400 members of the Mission Improve ment Association and their families, and a south bound passenger train. One woman was injured and there was a panic among the passengers. The special had the right of way, which fact the engineer of the regit- tlr II Mill UVCI I WftV.U III "a v v ' WHOLESALE PAPER SALE. About 100 Tons of Print Paper to be Auctioned Off. NEW YORK, July 29. It is pro posed to establish an open market for newspaper print papers in this city. An auction sale of 100 tons of print paper in carload lots is announced for August 5th by John Morris of the American Newspaper Publishers' As sociation. Frequent similar sales arc to be had. It is to be believed that an effort of making a fixed price and to stop the secret rates. ATHLETES IN PARIS. PARIS, July 29. Seventeen Amer ican athletes, who took part in the Olympic games, arrived here tonight, They entered in the games to be held here Saturday and Sunday. Smithson of Oregon, is among the Americans. BASEBALL OAM ES. , Northwest League, Seattle 2, Butte 1, Vancouver IS, Spokane 5. Pacific Coaat League. Portland 0, San Francisco 9. Oakland 0, Los Angeles 9. . ' American League. . Cleveland, 3, Boston 4. St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4, National League. Boston 0, Chicago 6. , ( -Brooklyn 0, Pittsburg !, Philadelphia Cincinnati 4. New York 1, St. Louis 0. CHILD STARTS MANY FIRES. SAN JOSE, July 29. It was dis covered today that the six fires in the past .few days which caused a loss of $55,000 were started by a five-year-old Spanish boy. The youngster se cured a box of matches and made his way from place to place dropping them in inflammable matter. Police were hunting for an organized band of firebugs. NEW LINE TO BUTTE. BUTTE, Julv 29 At 5 o'clock yes terday evening the first train to te run into Butte over the tracka of the St. Paul railroad pulled into the Butte Anaconda and Pacific deot after a pleasant and uneventful trip from Miles City. It bore a party of St Paul officials, ATTEL GETS DECISION. SPOKANE, July 29.-Abe Attel waa given the decision over Eddie Marino of Seattle in the tenth round at Sand Point, Idaho, tonight. ROOSEVELT PLEASED Is Anxious to See Party Work Hard for Taft ' THE VENEZUELA SITUATION Loomia Thinks Castro Is Very Cunning, But Not Sharp Enough to Eacape Punishment From the Many Antagonized Countries. OYSTER BAY, July 29. -Presi dent Roosevelt is very much pleased with the present situation in general, said one of the participants, in a con ference at Sagamore Hill this after noon. He explained that the presi dent is taking nothing for granted and is anxious to see his party every where- working hardest for the elec tion of Taft. The conferees of the president were Timothy L. Woodruff of New York and Francis B. Loomis of Ohio. Loomis stated that he talked with the president regarding the Venezuelan situation. He was three years minister to Venezuela. Said it looked as if Castro is looking for trouble and said He could not un derstand why Castro is antagonizing so "many foreign countries. He said Castro is very cunning but is not sharp enough to escape punishment from these countries. TAFT OFF FOR HOT SPRINGS. Where he Will Remain Until First Week in September. CINCINNATI, July 29. Judge Taft and wife left tonight for Hot Springs where they will remain until the opening of the first week in Sep tember. At that time Taft will return to this city where it is his present in-' tention to remain until election day, The day following the notification ceremonies was a comparative quiet I one. He had conferences with Ar-1 thur I. Vcfrhys state chairman, Wil-1 Hams and Secretary Dover of the na-j tional committee. He was made a! member of the international brother-' hood of the Steam Shovel & Dredg- men. i BOONS BODY !New York Police Baffled By Mysterious Crime EVIDENCE DESTROYED Powerful Acid Poured Over the Woman's Face to Avoid Iden tification TWO MEN HELD IN CUSTODY Young Woman's Throat Cut, the Body ia Then Wrapped in an. Oil Soaked Mattress and Horribly Burned. NEW YORK, July 29.-In finding the half charred ,body of a young woman early this morning in an iso lated section of "Williamsburg street, Brooklyn, one of the most atrocious and cunningly planned murder mys teries .that have been given to the police to solve, in many years was revealed. Death was caused by a cut across the throat and then in efforts to ut terly destroy all evidence of the crime, the murderer or murderess wrapped the body in an oil soaked mattress and poured oil over the vic tim and set fire to the body. Power ful acid had been poured over the face to obliterate the woman's fea tures and make identification impos sible. The police have in custody two men, one of whom found the body but they do not, it is believed, know anything about the crime. FUNSTON GOES EAST. SA NFRANCISCO. July 29.-Gen-eral Frederick Funston has received orders to proceed to Ft. Leavenworth Kas., and take charge of the military school there on Aug. 1. Unless other appointment is made. Col. Mansfield of the twentieth infantry will succeed Funston as head of this deapartmcnt. WITHDRAW MAURETANIA. NEW YORK, July 29.-The Cu nard line has announced that the Ma retania will be withdrawn from ser vice during November and December to make necessary repairs to her pro peller. The Lusitiania will also be out of service for two weeks in No vember. " i CHINESE EDITOR GOES. Local Consul at Honolulu Protests Against JPaper. HONOLULU, "juTy 29,-The Chi nese consul has made a complaint to United States Attorney Breckons of the utterances of a local Chinese newspaper, the Sang Yat Po, which he claims are disrespectful to and cal uminate the Chinese emperor, The consul asked for the suppres sion of the paper. As a result of the protest, Losun, the editor of the pa per has been removed by the owners. He will leave for Japan soon, TERRIBLE CALAMITY. HONG KONG, July 29, Reports from Canton say that the scenes fol lowing the typhoon of Monday night last were, heartrendering. Thousands of Chinese were drowned. The ty phoon in its loss of, life and damage to shipping eclipsed the typhoon of 1906. MINERS IN SERIOUS CLASH. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 29.-A serious clash occurred near Pratt City between union and non-union miners in which a non-union negro miner was killed and a union man shot through the law, Six arrests were made. Disorders, have been re ported in several parts of the district today but nothing of a serious nature CHICAGO'S HEAT FATALITIES, CHICAGO. July 29.-Two dead, one insane and eight prostrations re sulted tonight from another humid day. The temperature was only 86 but humidity was 69. ARMY MAKING TESTS. Much Interest Being Taken In Dirig ible Balloons. WASHINGTON, July 29.-As the day approaches for the army tests of dirigible balloons and heavier than air macines at Fort Meyer "each day gives further evidence of the interest being taking in the problems of aerial navigation. The initial steps in the formation of a society, national in scope, for the advancement of the science of Serial navigation were taken in Washington by a group of leading scientists. The new, organization, which is to be known as the National Aeronautical Society, will be the first of its kind in America, although there is a score of Aero clubs engaged in working bp public interest by exploiting the prac tical advancement that already has been made. BRYAN HITS TAFT Says That Taft Fears a Republi can Uprising REPLY TO JUDGE'S CHARGES Bryan Will Remain at Home During October and Assist in the Educa tional Work of the. Campaign Through Signed Articles. LINCOLN, July 29 Charging that Taft is not satisfied with the work of the Chicago convention which nomi nater him, and that in consequence he is deeply impressed with the work of the democratic convention at Denver, Bryan today issued a statement in which he expressed the opinion that Taft "Fears an uprising which the republican abuses have caused, and yet he hesitates to adopt his real and substantial reforms." The statement was called forth because of the alle gation made, by Judge Taft in his speech of acceptance at Cincinnati yesterday that Bryan was a destroy er of business. The confirmation was given by Bryan that it is not his in tention to make any extended cam paign, but only to deliver a few speeches at the' central points before the first of October and that during that month he expects to remain at home and assist ,in the educational work of campaign, through the dis cussion of public questions in the form of signed articles, interviews and letters. Bryan has not yet begun the actual writing of his speech of ac ceptance, -but hesitated in his ideas about its formulated and he will enter the work of its preparation in a week or two. GANS AND NELSON AGAIN. SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-The managers of Battling Nelson and Joe Gans signed articles here last night for a 45 round fight before Jas. Cof froth Club on Sept. 9, weight! 133 stripped, rinside. Forfeits of $2500 will be posted. The men take 70 per cent of the gate money dividing 60 to the winner and 40 to the loser. Nelson will get the big end of the moving picture money. WILL TIE ACTION SOON To Revise the Decision Against Standard Oil Co. TIME NOT YET FIXED Bonaparte Denies That W. P. Prentice Was to Give Dinner 'in His Honor SAYS HE D0N7 KNOW THE MAN He Takes Occasion to Deny Reports Published in the Papers, and Says Such Reports Are Expected During the Political Campaign. LENNOX, Mass, July 29.-After the day's conference of the leading government prosecuting officers and Frank B. KelloKK of Minnesota, one of the special counsel for the govern ment in certain civil suits, it was an nounced by Attorney-General Bona parte that an effort will be made to secure a revision of the recent decis ion of the United States circuit court of appeals in the Standard Oil case and that an application for re-argument of the case and a motion for modification of opinion woud be sub mitted to the court Although no time is fixed, action of the govern met will be taken at the earliest pos sible moment. In discussing the var ious aspects of the case Bonaparte took occasion to deny the report pub lished in certain papers to the effect that W. P. Prentice, a son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, had given or was to give a dinner to the attorney general, Rockefeller and Judge Gross cup. Bonaparte said he was not ac quainted with Prentice. He says dur ing the political campaign one must expect stories of this character. "Bar ring its other merits," said Bonaparte, "the report is wholly free from any taint of truth." . BIG ALLIGATORS FIGHT. In New York Zoo One Big Saurian Is Killed. NE W YORK, July 29.-A fight to the death between two alligators fur nished several hundred visitors to the Bronx Zoo yesterday with a specta cle rarely seen north of Mason and and Dixon's line. The fight took place in the forty foot pool beside the reptile cage. ; Te two boss alligators swam around in circles. Finally finding ' that it was impossible to catch each other naping, the two big reptiles closed with a rush. By the time the keepers entered the inclosure every other al ligator had left the pool. The figh't resulted in the death of one of the al ligators. ASKED TO BE ARRESTED. Little Rock Man Begins To Do Queer Things In Chicago. CHICAGO, July 29.-J. B. Ensign 33 years old, said to be the head of a hospital at Little Rock, Ark., as ar rested at' the Victoria hotel last night on a warrant taken by J. H. Kepen. Ensign said he wished to be arrested so that he would not get into any fur ther trouble, He denied being a phy sician and said- that he was a drug salesman. The police say Ensign ?ave to two guests of the hotel, checks which Were not honored and 'hat he owes a hotel bill and on an automobile. FOR BIG GRAND STAND. - SAN FRANCISCO. July 29.-The commissioners of Golden Gate yester day voted $5,000 for a grand stand. Acording to recent plans the seating capacity of the stand when all com pleted will seat 150,000 persons. An appeal for a public subscription to carry out the work will be made. BOY STOPS SUICIDE. SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-The heroic work of 15 year old Walter Murphy saved a greek named Luchin ini Gustani from death from the foot of Buchanan street when the lad un aided pulled the Greek out of the wa ter. The Greek had flung into the bay seeking to commit suicide, but the prompt work of the lad prevented him from carrying out his urpose. LOST IN THE WOODS. Aged Woman Frightfully Bitten By Mosquitos and Flies. MENOMINEE, Wis., July 29. Mrs. John Smith, 70 years old, wife of a prosperous farmer of McAllister, is lying in a precarious condition at her home as the result of exosure and being terribly bitten by mosquitos and flies while lost in the wood3 for three days and nights. Owing to her ad- will recover. Mrs. Smith lost her vanced years it is doubtful that she way while picking berries and it took a searching party of three to locate her. She was finally discovered Mon day night lying near a pool of water with flies and mosquitoes swarming about her prostrate body. TAFT ESCAPES SHOT Man Fires Shot Gun at Steamer Island Queen . MRS. RUSSELL SLIGHTLY HURT Identity of the Shooter is Unknown But Shot is Thought to Have Been Meant For the Republican Candidate. CINCINNATI, O., July 29.-The steamer Island Queen was fired upon during her trip up the Ohio River last "night w ith William H. Taft and the notification committee and guests aboard, and Mrs. Russell, of this city, standing on the hurricane deck, directly under the seat occupied by the presidential candidate, was struck in the face and breast by a number of small shot. She was not seriously injured. Very few of those on the steamer knew of the occurrence, 'and Judge Taft was not told. A shotgun was used, being fired by a man from a shanty boat moored on the Ohio side of the river. The identity of the shooter is unknown. The Island Queen had steamed slowly around the bend at Dayton, Ivy. and was near the middle of the river when persons leaning on the larboard rail saw a man emerge from the cabin of a shanty boat moored on the Ohio bank and fire a shotgun. He was in his shirt sleeves and wore a straw hat. : Mrs. Russell gave a scream and de clared she had been shot. She was hurried into the cabin, where it was found she was not seriously injured. One of the shots had penetrated the skin over her left eye and another had struck her on the chin. The dist ance was so great that the charge of shot had almost spent itself when it reached the boat. A number of pel lets pierced her decks. A man stand ing by Mr9. Russell's chair was also hit by1 one of the shots, but he was not hurt. The officers of the boat stated that they would make an investigation in order to learn the identity of the mis creant who fired the gun.