33rd YEAR. NO. 196
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1903
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FOUR KILLED III
EUGENE
Biq Bull Causes Derail-
ment of S. P. Train
6 SERIOUSLY INJURED
One of the Company's Oldest
Engineers Dies After Being
Scalded
HEROIC WORK PREVENTS FIRE
Cottage Grove Local Crathet Into
Stubborn Bull Engineer Reverie
Throttle and Seta Brakea But Waa
, Unable to Come to Stop in Time.
THE DEAD. i
-70IIN NICHOLS, Portland, en
gineer. FRANK BOLTER, Portland, fire
man. , . -, ... ,
RAY SVVARTZ, Junction City.
GEORGE BAILEY, Eugene.
THE INJURED.
VERNE APPERSON, Eugene,
back and arm injured.
JOHN WRIGHT, Portland, injur
ed in leg.
JOHN FRANCIS WILBRIGUT,
Pittsburg, Pa., left arm broken and
'back injured.
B. C. GILBERT, Eugene, back in
jured. ALBERT RAH N, Portland, left
arm cut by glass. '
J. A. BARTHOLOMEW, Medford.
bruised.
Others were more or less Injured.
EUGENE, Or.; Aug. 24.-Lying
beside the Southern Pacific track,
Wite evidence of the cause of the
wreck, is a large red bull, his severed
head and neck resting on the oppo-
nir tit the trnrV tn whrr tr rnl-
lision with his tough body threw the
Cottage Grove local at 9:20 , o'clock
last night.
As a result of the derailment, Jack
Nichols, one of the oldest and most
trustworthy engineers of the South
ern Pacific Company; Frank Bolter,
his fireman; Ray Swartz, aged 17, of
Junction City, and George' Bailey,
aged 18, who conducted a- lunch
counter in Eugene, were killed and
several passengers were injured. The
smash happened three miles north of
Eugene.
, The Cottage Grove local, in charge
of Conductor Charles Minkler, was'
coming towards Eugene at its usual
speed, when suddenly the locomotive
struck the bull and the train was
brought to a standstill with a great
jolt. Then followed a grinding of
iron on wood,, accompanied by the
REPUBLICANS SURE
. OF BIG MAJORITIES
Chairman Hitchcock, at Close of Conference With
Leaders, Finds Everything in Good Shape
BOSTON, Aug, 24. At the' conclu
sion of the New "England republican
conference today Chairman ... Hitch
cock, of the National Republican
Committee "announced he found ev
erythingin good shape and the expec
tations of the leaders are that the
JEROMECHARGES W1TI1-
NDATION
Hand, Who Is Appointed to Make
Investigation, Submits Report
ALBANY, N, Y Aug. 24-Richard
f. Hand, who was appointed by Gov
ernor Hughes to take testimony and
report the findings on the charges
filed against District Attorney W. T.
Jerome of New York county by the
minority stockholders' committee of
the Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
today submitted his report to the gov
ernor. 1 he finds none of the charges
proved and all but one disproved. He
recommends a dismissal of the case.
MANY LAWYERS GATHER AT
SEATTLE FROM ALL OVER
WASHINGTON. '
J. B. BRIDGES FOR PRESIDENT
Nominating Committee Submit Entire
List of Officers to Serve For Com
ing Year C C. Gose is Mentioned
as Candidate For Vict-Presldency.
SEATTLE, Aug. 24,-One hundred
and fifty lawyers, from all parts , of
the state attended a meeting of the
Washington state bar association to
day. The following were named by
the nominating committee as officers
for the coming year. President J. B.
Bridges, orAberdctn; first vice-president,
C. C. Gose. Walla Walla; sec
ond vice-president, Jeremiah Netercr,
Bcllingham; third vice-president, C.
S. Shank, Seattle; fourth vice-president,
John A. Shackleford, Tacoma;
secretary, C. Will Shaffer, Olympia;
assistant secretary, W. V. Tanner,
Seattle; treasurer, N. S. Porter,
Olympia.
crash of glass, as the coaches of the
train swayed and caromed over the
tic. . ''
The engine v turned a complete
somersault. Underneath the boiler
was found the lifeless body of Fire
man Bolter. One of he others was
taken piece-meal from the mass of
wreckage, while two others, their
clothes in shreds, were found lying
on their backs where they had been
thrown when the crash came, clear of
the wreck. One was killed outright,
the other was injured. '
A brakeman was first to reach the
engine after the' accident. There he
found Engineer Nichols, face down
wards near the throttle with the cab
seat, upon his back. In aV effort to
free the unfortunate man from the
wreckage, rescuers seized him by the
arms, and the scalded flesh ' came
away in their hands. Nichols was
conscious all the time, arid he was
brought to Eugene hospital, where he
died, at 2:30 this morning.
usual republican majorities in New
England will be rolled up this fall
for the national ticket, 'The confer
ence today was one of the most im
portant to Hitchcock for the reason
that within ten days there will be an
election in Vermont and two weeks
later one in Maine.
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WASHINGTON BAR ASSN
NAME CANDIDATES
COLUMBIA RIVER
FOR THE
Reduced to. Cases, of
Cans,
INCLUDING ALL THE
Columbia River Totals, Pius the
mon Market to Satisfactory Status of Supply and Local
r Packers Are Not Complaining
The Asforian is pleased to present the following authentic futures cover
ing the salmon pack from the mouth
1908, which closes today, at high noon,
years, as follows (reckoning the case,
Columbia River Packers' Association........ 80,000
Union Fishcrmn' Co-operative Packing Co.. 29,000
Sanborn-Cutting Company 20,500
A. Booth Packing Company 18.000
Altoona Packing Company.
Pillar Rock Packing Company. ... .......,.
J.'G. Megler & Company........ ...........
Tallant-Grant Packing Company. ..........
P. J. McGowan & Sons (two canneries)....
Warren Packing Company (two canneries).
Seufert Bros. Company,.
Totals.
To the foregoing .total for
' figures attained in the pickling and
try, towit: ' - ' -
Columbia River Packers' Association..... 1500 tierces
Union Fishermen's Co operative Packing Company.! . . . ., 850 "
Tallant-Grant Packing Company... 300 "
Sanborn-Cutting Company 150 "
Warren Packing Company....,... 350 ... "
Schmidt & Company t. 750 "
J. Lindenbcrger, Inc 350 "
Vansycle . . ; 350 "
Klevcnhausen & Company $50
Total ...............5150 tierces
This output of pickled salmon will figure to 5,665,000 pounds,
or 2832 tons, which reduced to cases, stands for '. 84,960
And to this again, must be added the net cases of frozen ;
fish (steelheads) at 10,000
Which yields a grand total in cases of....... 335,460
Or 16,102,080 pounds of prepared fish.
The splendid total brings the pack,of 1908 well within normal figures and
with the Alaska packs well above all expectations, the salmon market is. on
firm basis and the packers are generally quite well pleased with the catch and
the prospects at hand.
L0IIEIIIY11 -.DUES'
HAUL AT YELLOWSTONE
Desperate Bandit StopsEight Stage Coaches and
Lines Up Jourist Passengers
ONE VICTIM FORCED TO
Youth Is Ordered to Dismount and
lieves Passengers of $2,000 in Cash Besides Valuable
'''" Papers and Jewelry
LAKE HOTEL, Yellowstone Par,
Aug. 24. The greatest stage hold-up
in the west for many years at least,
in the number of coaches held up, oc
curred today within the boundaries of
Yellowstone Park. The work 'was
done by a lone highwayman and the
passengers were absolutely helpless
in his hands as no, guns are permitted
in the park to either the drivers or
tourists. In all, it is estimated, from
the statement of the passengers that
something like $2000 in cash was ob
tained, drafts .worth $10,000, other
papers and transportation, besides a
rich haul in watches and jewelry. In
MOB PACK
YEAR 1 908
Forty-Eight One-Pound
Each
KNOWN PROCESSES
Sum of Alaska Packs, Brings Sal
of the Columbia river for the season of
in "comparison with the two preceding
always, at 48 one-pound cans): r
1J6
1907
1908
75,000
21,000
17,000
15,000
8.500
11,500
10,000
11,000
12,000
21,000
5,000
85,000
38,000
15,500
13,500
13.00Q
12,500
10,000
10,000
12,000
23,000
8,000
14,000
11,000
10,000
14,000
19,000
18,000
12,000
.246.500 196,000 240,500
1908, must be added the following
freezing departments of the indus
ASSIST HIM IN WORK
Hold Sack While Robber Re
'all 21 coaches left Upper Geyser ba
! sin this morning. The highwayman
was encountered about" five miles
further on a.t a lone point along the
banks of the creek which is lined with
bushes. The first lot of coaches, num
bering seven, and following each oth
er closely, passed the place unharmed.
After the first of the second lot of
eight coaches came along the high
wayman stepped from the bushes and
ordered the driver to halt. The rob
ber did not molJst this driver or any
of the other drivers. - On the first
seat sat F. Drew of Orlando, Florida,
and stepson, P, Gaskins. Drew was or-
PRESIDENT WILL ENTER
TAIN ATHLETES
Members of the Team Will Visit
at Sagamore Hill Monday
NEW YORK, Aud. 24.-President
Roosevelt advised the local commit
tee in charge of the reception to the
American Olympic athletes that he
will be glad to have the members of
the team visit him at Sagamore Hill
next Monday. He also notified the
committee that he had requested the
navy department to arrange for a re
ception of contingents from the naval
service and marine corps in the pa
rade Saturday in this city.
S L .
MAY BUILD ROAD FROM
TO
IDAHO AND OREGON MEN
FORM IMPROVEMENT CLUB .
AT MARSHFIELD.
URGE INDEPENDENT CAPITAL
Governor Chamberlain Says in Speech
That Harriman Does Not Encour
age the Drain-Marshfield Railroad
For Completion Soon.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 24-The
Southern Oregon and Idaho Improve
ment League formed here today to
encourage building a railroad from
Idaho to the Pacific. Governor Cham
berlain who was one of the speakers
said Harriman did not give encour
agement that the Drain-Marshfield
road will be completed in the near
future. Marshfield business men urged
that independent capital be encour
aged, and promised to take large
blocks of stock in such an enterprise.
A large number of prominent men
were present from Idaho and the in
terior of Oregon.
dered to hand over what he had,
amounting to $90. Gaskins, a boy of
18 years was ordered to dismount and
hold the man's sack. This he did, at
the point of a gun, all along the line
of eight coaches. In one of the
coaches, Forest Stevens, of Wilkes
barre, gave a nervous laugh whicfh
seemed to enrage the hold-up man.
Stevens was otdered to dismount and
also accompany the highwayman.
When he got out, he started to go
around the rig, but was summarily
ordered to come back and got a
whack over the head witlrthe barrel
of the robber's rifle for his pains
When the last of the eight coaches,
was reached, the highwayman re
marked that he had a good mind to
shoot Stevens anyway and did fire a
shot over his head.
ID
II
BRYAN ARRIVES FOR
THE NOTIFICATION
State Fair Building at Indianapolis Will Accomo
date 15,000 People
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 24. Col.
Bryan and party arrived here from
Chicago this evening to participate
tomorrow in the gathering at which
John W. Kern will be formally noti
fied of his nomination for vice-president
by the Democratic party. The
notification meeting tomorrow at the
State Fair Grounds building will ac
commodate 15,000 people and over
flow meetings will be held if neces-
H' q
10 INVESTIGATE
WALL STREET
COST
Think Sales Were Match
ed to Pretend Activity
SMALLER BROKERS TIP
Committee Appointed to Inter
view Brokers Who Do the
Enormous Buying
1,000,000 SHARES TRADED
Almost Three Times as Much Trac
ing Done on Saturday Than on
Monday Arouses the Suspicions of
the Authorities.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-A special
committee or five members of the
stock exchange will conduct an inves-
took place on the floor of the ex
change Saturday, when more than a
million shares was bought and sold in
enormous blocks and in such a man
ner as to arouse suspicion that the
sales were so matched at to create
fictitious impression of activity. The
governor of the committee of lli ex
change took up the mattcl altct the
trading closed today and Iff. S Erkf
session authorized the president Of
the exchange to appoint an investiga
tion committee. The trading on Sat
urday amounted to over a million
shares, while during the nve hours of
trading today only 387,000. Some of
the smaller brokers who trade on the
floor for other brokers, were report
ed to have given the names of three
or four firms as having done practi
cally all of Saturday's enormous buv-
iny. Through them the committee
may be able to trace simultaneous
order to buy and sell.
OFFICER'S WIFE MURDERED.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-The wife of
Major-General C. E. Luard was mys
teriously murdered this afternoon in
a desolate wood near Seven Oaks,
near this city. No trace of the mur
derer has been found, but the motive
appears to have been robbery as
valuable rings were taken from the
woman's fingers. Mrs. Luard was
shot with a revolver, and from the
position oT her body she apparently
faced her assailant, who must have
shot at close range. , ,
sary. Bryan's journey from Chicago
was marked by enthusiastic receptions
at every station the train stopped. He
delivered five speeches and shook
hands with a large number of people.
In all his remarks Bryan expressed
his confidence in the righteousness of
democracy's cause, and never failed
to impress upon them his satisfaction
with the Denver platform and urged
it to be read with care.