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1 fcf flirt fir w 50VCRSTHI MORNING FIELD ON TMC LOWER COLUMBIA PUILISHCt rUU At fOCIAftO REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 194 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS JURY INDICTS 6 IRE OF THE LEADERS Of the Recent Springfield War With Negroes ON TWENTY CHARGES All Blacks Are Ordered to Leave Buffalo Town, by Sharp shooters MINING CAMPS COMPLAINING That the Whites and Blacks Still Rafuae to Work Together, Each Rape Being Apparently Distrustful of the Other. SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 21. -Six more alleged riot leaden were indict ed by the grand jury, 20 icperate of fense being charged. The jury has contented ittelf investigating the riot .atl.oper'n ting houe except in the case of Abraham Reymor indicted for murder yeiterday in connection with the lynching of William Donne gon. Loper testified today. Testi mony before the coroner' jury yes terday wait inconsequential but his testimony today in the privacy of the grand jury room is important Trouble in small towns continue in the danger spots. At Buffalo, IS miles from here, the following notice is conspicuously posted: "All niggers are wanted out of town by Monday at 12 a. m. sharp. Signed, Buffalo Sharp shooters." Complaints are coming in from the mining camps that the whites and negroes alike, are appar ently distrustful of each other. The city is guarded tonight by dep uty sheriffs and the police with the Seventh Infantry in reserve. BY WIRELESS.. The United Wireless station on the hill reports the oil tank steamer Col. E. L. Drake, as passing the mouth of the river last night bound from San Francisco to Seattle, She reports "All Well." COAST RECORD BROKEN. CIIICO, Cnl Aug. 21. -Another coast record was broken today by Foster D the two-year-old, pacing a mile in 3:134. a quarter second under the record last year by Ray O'Light. BLOW UP HIS HOME THEN SHOOT HIM Is the Fate of Negro Strike Breaker Who Takes the Place of Union Miner at' Birmingham BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 21. t Anthony Davis, a negro non-union miner, whose house at Pratt City was destroyed by dynamite on Wed- nesday, was fired- upon from ambush near his home tonight and fatally in- jured. Quite a number of shots was fired into his body. Davis was work- ing steadily since the beginning of the strike and claimed he had recog- nized the men who dynamited his bouse. Governor Comer has not de- cided what action he will taken in VICIOUS STORi HITS LA GRANDE VALLEY Lightning and Winds Damage Fruit Crop Stops Threshing LA CRANDE, Or, Aug. 2t.-One of the worst electrical and wind storms to visit this valley in many years passed over the city and sur rounding country last night. Thresh ing Is at a standstill as a result. There are many apple trees that suffered slight loss of fruit, and many others were knocked down by lightning. The Unton and Cove vicinities were specially unfortunate in fruit losses. Telephone wires are down in that section of the valley. The valley was thoroughly soaked, and the beet crop is flourishing, as a result of the heavy rain. FRIEND SUIT FIGHT. EUGENE., Or., Aug. 2l-Th City Council solved the bond issue problem yesterday by agreeing with the Williamette Valley Company to fight out a friendly suit, in which the Willamette Valley Company will re fuse to take the bonds, on the ground that ,they are illegal because of the procedure in authorizing them. niAH 11 FOLLOW BRYAN'S MEETINGS WILL MAKE REPLY TO DEMO CRAT'S DISCUSSION OP THE NATIONAL ISSUES. WILL BE AN EXTENSIVE TOUR James S. Sherman Will Undertake Work the Last Week in September Mostly Through the Central and Western States. NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-For the purpose of selecting from the republi can membership in Kansas the most effcciivc speakers for the use of the national campaign, a conference was held tonight, Hitchcock and James S. Sherman, the republican nominee for vice-president. The speaking tour which Sherman will undertake begin ning the last week in September is more extensive than had been expect ed. It is likely now that he will con tinue to deliver addresses, most of them in the central and western states until election day. It is planned now to have him follow Bryan at several important meetings and reply to the democratic candidate's discussion of national issues. the matter of putting troops into the field, A great pressure is being brought to bear upon his augment forces, Reports from the miners' strike district is discouraging. The deputies at the Arcadia Mine, in the eastern part of the county brought to light a plot to blow up the miners' headquar- ters and shoot down the deputies and soldiers who might turn out. The ac- tivity of the officers prevented any trouble. Bfill'S FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH HITS REPUUIJ TARIFF Starts the Ball Rolling Before a Large Crowd the Des Moines Base Ball Park PLATFORM BREAKS DURING HIS ADDRESS Says the Aim of Kis Party Is to Secure Justice in Taxation, and Believes Individuals Should Contribute According to Benefits Received DES MOINES, Aug. 21. Compar- ing the attitude of the two dominant parties on the tariff question William J. Bryan, the democratic candidate for the presidency at the baseball park in this city tonight before a vast audience fired the first gun of his campaign. He attacked the republican tariff revision and asked if the demo cratic party was not justified when it included in its platform the declara- tfon that "The people cannot safely entrust the execution of this import ant work to a party which is so deep ly obligated to the highly protected interests as the republican party." "The whole aim of our party," he said, in summarizing, "Is to secure justice in taxation. We believe that each individual should contribute to the support of the government in proportion to the benefits which he receives under tb potecti :g govern ment. We believe that a revision of the tariff approached gradually, ac cording to the plan laid down in our platform, will equalize the burdens of taxation still more If the republican' TILLAMOOK - ASTORIA RAILROAD MAY BE STARTED SO 0 N Renewed Interest Is Being and Hill Interests in Oregon HARRIMAN REPRESENTATIVE IN TILLAMOOK The Fact That N. D. Miller, the Adds to the Belief That the Road Will Soon Invade Western Oregon. Announcement is made from Port land that both the Harriman and Hill interests are displaying a renewed ac tivity in the questions of railway mat ters in the State of Oregon, and it begins to look as if there is now a chance that work will again be com menced on the Lytle line to Astoria, and also on the line to Tillamook. The fact that Julius Kruttschnitt, the chief assistant to Mr. Harriman, was recently in Astoria and is now in the Tillamook country, makes it appear as if the entire matter will be soon renewed, and this is corroborat ed by other circumstances that bear directly on the matter. In the Port land Oregonian of yesterday was a long article on the question, which says in part: "That important railroad develop ments, second to none in importance to Oregon, are impending, and that definite announcements of new trunk lines in this'state will be made within the next few weeks, is the belief of those in close touch with transporta tion matters. Both the. Harriman and Hill systems are believed to be laying their plans for new railroads in this state, and the projects have progress ed so far that it is believed the two systems are on the eve of beginning at party is to have the support of the people who find a pecuniary profit in the exercise in taxing power, as priv ate asset to their business, we ought to have support of that large major ity of people who produce the na tion's wealth in the time of peace, to protect the nation's flag in time of war, and ask nothing from the gov ernment but even handed justice." While Bryan was speaking at the ball park the temporaryplatform on which were seated several hundred people, collapsed. Nobody was hurt and there was no panic, but Bryan was interrupted only five minutes while arrangements were made for him to continue his speech from the grandstand where he finished his ad dress". Upon the conclusion of the tariff speech, Bryan addressed an overflow crowd in the auditorium and empha sized his views regarding the election of senators by a vote from the people. Bryan left for Chicago tonight. He will remain three days and have fre quent conferences with his campaign managers. Shown by the Harriman Hill Engineer, Is Located Here, work. Because .f the progress being made it is not unlikely that James J. Kill, when he attends the banquet that will mark the opening of the North Bank road, will have further announcements to make of new mil age to be constructed in this state, similar to his original declaration that he would build the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, which he made at a banquet given him here during the Lewis and Clark Fair. "From the Harriman people, too much is expected by the time the next construction season opens at the latest. Not only Mr. Harriman's presence in the state, but other sig nificant moves by the officials of the system, foreshadow important devel opments. "Furthermore, activity by the Hill interests means railroad building by the Harriman system as well, in order to maintain the prestige i of the latter in this state. "Perhaps as important a move as has been made lately in railroad cir cles here is the trip of Traffic Man ager J. G. Woodworth, of the North ern Pacific, to Tillamook. Mr. Wood worth, after consultations with promi- (Continued on page 8.) ROBBED. MURDERED AND THROWN Ifl RIVER m If - ". . r A German Known as "Russian Pete" Meets Horrible Death MARYSVILLE, Cal., Aug. 21. With his hands tied behind, blood oozing from his mouth, and a gash in his head, the body of a German known as "Russian Pete" was found in the Feather River today. He was evi dently murdered and robbed and then thrown in the river,. BASEBALL GAMES. American League. Washington 3, Detroit I. Philadelphia 8. Cleveland 7. Boston 7, Chicago 8. New York 3, St. Louis 4. National League. Chicago 5, Boston 3. Pittsburg 2, Brooklyn 1. St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3. ' Pacific Coast League. San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 0. Portland 1, Oakland 2. Northwest League. Tacoma 1, Seattle S. Butte 3, Spokane 3. Vancouver 0, Aberdeen 4. HARRIMAN CALLS HIS CHIEFS HOI WILL HOLD CONFERENCE WITH ASSISTANTS AT PELICAN BAY TO HEAR O'BRIEN'S REPORT It Is Thought That the Meeting Will Mean More Than the Construction of the Road to Klamath Falls, as Proposed. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 21. E. H. Harriman has summoned to Pelican Bay for a conference Julius Krutschnitt, who is known as the chief assistant to Mr. Harriman in all his railroad business, E. E. Valvin, vice-president of the Union Pacific system, and William Hood, chief en gineer of the Pacific system, as well as a number of other prominent rail road officials connected with the Har riman lines. The object of this con ference means more than a consider ation of the road to Klamath Falls. It means that J, P. O'Brien, manager of the Harriman lines in the North west, who , has just . made a trip through Central Oregon with Gover nor Chamberlain, is making a report upon the country to the north of here STRIKERS BATTLE WITH HINDU MEN Strikers Use Stones and fend Themselves With TACOMA, Aug. 21. Maddened by the sight of 40 Hindu strikebreakers fitling th:ir places in ths Northern Pacific yards 50 Italians armed with stones, clubs and other weapons, twice today engaged with the Hindus in a pitched battle but were repuls ed by the latter with bullets. One Hindu is in the hospital with a bruis ed face and the foreman was struck by a stone. No other casualties were G If II iSAULTED BY Authorities Make Effort to Hide the Crime ATTACKED BY 32 MEN Her Escort, a Petty Officer, Is Beaten Senseless by His Comrades TWENTY-SIX MEN ARE HELD Young Woman is Left Bruised and Unconscious For Several Hours, After Which She Manages to Crawl to Assistance. DENVER. Aug. 21. A news spec ial from Laramie, Wyo., says that while every effort is being made by the authorities of Camp Emmett Crawford, the military maneuver grounds, to keep the fact a secref, it is known that an atrocious crime was committed last Sunday by members of the artillery battery who assaulted a young woman and leaving her bruised and unconscious on the ground. According to the story of a non-commissioned orhcer he was escorting the young woman when they were attacked by 32 men of the artillery battery. The officer was beaten into insensibilty with a gun, and the unfortunate young woman was dragged to an isolated spot and assaulted. After lying half dead for hours the victim of the outrage re vived and succeeded in crawling to a house some distance away and told her story. Twenty-six men are alleg ed to be implicated in the outrage and are under arrest and chained together in the camp prison. They are under constant guard to prevent lynching as sentiment in the camp is strong against them. Six of the alleged as sailants escaped but three were appre hended at Rawlins today. The other three are still at large. and that Mr. Harriman and his offic ials will consider the advisability of the extension of the road from this city through to Natron and making it the main line of the Southern Pa cific between Portland and Sacramen to. The officials are expected here at any time and the conference will be held upon their arrival. Clubs and Foreigners De Powder and Lead reported.. The leader of the strike has prom ised Miyor Linck that there will be no further trouble tonight and to morrow he will have a conference with the railroad officials. He will not vouch for the behavior of the strik ers after tomorrow night, if the Hindus remain at work, and they must protect themselves. The rail road officials say the Hindus will be given every protection. They have appealed to the sheriff for deputies. ' SOLDIERS