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PUILISHCS full AfVOCIArCD PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 203
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1003
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SENATOR ' FORAKER ADDRESSES
SOLDIERS AT FORf BS
At the 42nd Annual G.
A. R. Encampment
LARGE CROWDS ARRIVE
Unveiling of Great War Monu
ment Attracts Thousands to
the Historic Spot
STRAIGHT, SENSIBLE IDEAS
Ohio Senator Sounds Keynote of
- Public Power end National Regula
tion by Force, and Praia t the
Arm. ' '
TOLEDO, Sept. 1-A itrcet parade
of civil character preparatory to the
G. A. R. parade of veteran tomorrow
and the dedication at Fort Meigi, the
monument at Pcrrysburg, 12 milei
from Toledo, divided intercut today in
the 42ml annual encompment of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Forty
thousand journed by trolley and boat
to the historic spot where General
William Henry Harrison in "1817-13
checked the ambition of the British
General Proctor. Many Kpeeches were
made, chief among them being the
utterances of Senator Foraker, Gover
nor Harris and General Bennett
' Voting, representing Governor Will
on of Kentucky, who was unable to
be present. The ceremonies of the
unveiling were very Impressive. Sen
ator Foraker said In part:
''When General Harrison fought
here there were but 18 states in our
Union, now ther are 46. Then we
had less than 10.000,000 of population;
now we have 87,000,000; then we
fronted only on the Atlantic; now we
FUMES KILL SAILORS.
; BOSTON, Sept. l.-Succumbing
to the deadly fumes of burning pitch
and oakum deep down In the fore-
peak of the British bark Puritan as
she lay at anchor in President Roadi
today four seamen were suffocated
and a fifth partly was overcome be
fore rescued from death by hit ship
mates. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by a spontaneous com
bustian, It did but little damage.
BIO TREES IN DANGER,
STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. l.-News
from Murphy's which is connected by
wire with the Calaveras Big Trees
Hotel, tells of a forest fire in the
grove of mammoth trees near where
the "Mother of Forests" stands, , a
monster sequoia 327 feet high and 78
feet in circumference and that the
great grove of big trees is almost
certain to be greatly damaged unless
a change, of wind comes. The valley
in which the grove is situated con
tains 93 monster trees, ten of which
are 30 feet In diameter.
Fill Hi ILLINOIS
WORRIES LEADERS
ENTIRE BRITISH
ion ship
CREW
Great Storm Sweeps English
Channel, Doing Much Damage
NEATH WALES, Sept. l.-It is
now believed that the entire crew of
32 on the British bark Amazon, from
Prto Talbot for Iquique, were drown
ed. The bark was driven ashore at the
height of the storm and was soon a
total wreck.
PORTHMOUTH, Sept. l.-Th
storm that last night swept the Eng
lish channel was one of the most se
verest exeprienced in a long time and
from all parts of South England and
Ireland reports are coming in all day
of the damage to shipping, and the
rescues by coast guards and life boats.
In many wrecks there was also the
loss of life,
HITCHCOCK FINDS AS MUCH
TROUBLE THERE AS IN
NEW YORK STATE.
FIGHTING AMONG FACTIONS
Bitterness to Great Between the Hop
kins and Fosa People That Repub
licans Decide to Form Harmony
Program to Protect National Ticket
CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Chairman
Hitchcock of the republican National
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
Washington 6, Boston 0.
Detroit 0, Cleveland 1.
St. Louis 3, Chicago 13.
Philadelphia 3, 4, New York 4, 0.
National League.
Philadelphia 4, 9, Brooklyn 2, 0.
Boston 1, 0, New York 4, 8.
Chicago 4. St. Louis 5.
Cincinnati 2, 2, Pituburg 10, 9.
Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco 12, Oakland 2. .
Los Angeles 5, Portland 0.
Northwest League.
Tacoma 7. Butte 3. '
Seattle 7, Spokane 1. .
INTERFERES WITH
FLEET PROGRAM
Wet Weather Puts Damper on
Festivities at Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Sept. l.-In spite
of the rain which fell all afternoon,
the '' streets of Melbourne were
thronged with pleasure seekers. Over
3000 men of the fleet ashore fraterniz
ed the people. Several football matches
were played. Fully 1500 people at
tended the reception given by Admi
ral Sperry aboard the Connecticut.
Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, gov
ernor of Victoria, Lady Carmichael
and Premier Deakin were among the
guests. In the afternoon Lord Mayor
Melbourne gave a reception to the
Admiral's senior officers of the fleet.
The rain is providing a damper on the
festivities. '
LEAGUE DRAFT PLAYERS.
' CINCINNATI, Sept. l.-The Na
tional Baseball Commission allowed
the following drafts:
American LeagueBy Cleveland
from Los Angeles, Easterly; by
Washington from Portland, Groom.
National League By Boston from
San Francisco, Beck.
CZOLGOSZ INSANE.
SHARON, Pa., Sept. l.-John
Czolgosz, a brother of President Mc
Kinleys' assassin, was today sentenc
ed to the workhouse. The police
claim he is insane, the case will be
investigated.
t t . mi i.
. iace oowi oceans, a ncn our muusmcs Committee, has found that the politi-
were lew in mirnoer sua rcsmcicu in
character; now they are multitudinous
cal problem of Illinois is causing him
and expanded. Then we had only ".much worry as the Hughes situation
Is in New York. The recent primar
ies engendered so much bitterness be
tween the Dcenen and Yale's faction
over the governorship and Hopkins
and Foss factions over the senator
ship that the party leaders of the state
who will be held responsible for the
success or failure of the national tick
et have found it necessary to direct
mcir attention to the tormation of a
harmony program. If possible to do
so Hitchcock will be drawn into the
case as arbitrator.
During the day Hitchock conferred
with Speaker Cannon, Representative
McKinley, chairman of the national
committee; Senator Hopkins, Gover
nor Deenen and others. The republi
can congressional committee opened
headquarters today in the Auditorium
Annex.
simple and primitive conditions; now
the most highly developed and com
plicated known to modern civiliza
tion. ,
"But greater than the expanse of
our domain, greater than the multi
plication of our wealth, greater than
any power that has come to us, great
er than any glory we have achieved,
greater than any of our physical ac
complishments, has been the improve
ment of our people intellectually, mor
ally, and in all that makes for good'
citizenship.
"There never was a time when they
stood less in need of a statutory
Btraightjackct, or when they less de
served to be discredited in their own
estimation and before the world by
official censure and public criticism.
"A government under which the
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HUNTERS UNEARTH
MYSTERIOUS CRIME
PETERS AND ROBERTS' PORTUtNO
LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR PR
CARRIES BIG MAJORITY
NOT
REAR ADMIRAL GLASS DEAD.
PASO ROBLES, Cal, Sept. 1.
Rear-Admiral Henry Glass of the
United States Navy, died late this
afternoon of heart failure following
an operation performed several days
ago at his home in Berkeley. He was
brought here for his health, but the
result was he could not regain his
strength.
KILLED IN SON'S, PRESENCE.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Sept. 1
John G. Clifford, president of the
United Oxygen Chemical Company
was blown to pieces in the plant of
the company today in the presence of
his 18-year-old son Roger, when a
tank of oxygen charged to 2200
pounds exploded. The boy was unin
jured.
Republicans Win Election
in Vermont State
BURKE BADLY BEATEN
ACCIDENTLY SHOT.
HEPPNER, Or., Sept 1. James
Kernan, herding sheep for W. S. Bar
rett, accidently shot and killed him
self yesterday near Austin.
SAVES FIVE LIVES
ONLY TOUR DAYS
Democratic Opponent Is Defeat
ed by AboMt 28,000 Votes
by Prouty
Big Fire Completely Demolishes the Big Furniture
Concern at Front and Davis Streets
LOSS $120,000 INSURANCE CARRIED $65,000
Fire Is Supposed to Have Started on the Davis Street Side
Department Do Effective Work and Soon Have the
Flames Under Control
PORTLAND, Sept. 1. At 3:45 carried, are as follows: Value of
o'clock this morning fire completely ' building, $60,000, insurance $25,000.
destroyed the three-story furniture ' '
and mattress factory of the Peters &
Roberts Company, located at the cor
ner of Front and Davis streets
with insurance at $40,000,
I me Duiiamg presented me appear
.ance of a ruin this morninir. Windows
The an(j doors are gone, the floors fallen
north end of the building is complete-. in, with some of the interior walls
ly gutted, walls cracked and partially piled upon them, while the whole
tumbling, while the south end of the rests upon heaps of broken, burned
structure is badly damaged. That and ruined furniture. Rolls of tapes-
portion may also have to come down, tries, cloths and leathers line the
The valuation of the building and sidewalks, all charred, burned and
stock, together with the insurance water-soaked.- ,
LOS ANGELES MAN DOES
SOME FINE WORK AT, THE
SEASHORE. .
IS A POWERFUL SWIMMER
Arden Day First Saves a Woman,
Then a New York Tourist, Next a
Little Girl and Also Finally Rescues
an Elderly Man From Undertow.
SMALLEST VOTE SINCE 1832
Republican Plurality is Slightly Less
Than in 1900 Party Retains Com
plete Control of Various Branches
of Vermont Government
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt,
Sept 1. The republicans won the
election in Vermont today carrying
the state for Lieutenant-Governor
George H. Prouty, of Newport for
governor by about 28,000 votes over
James E. Burke, of Burlington, his
democratic opponent The plurality
is the smallest in the presidential year
since 1892, when it was only 18,950
and. was followed by a democratic na
tional victory but it was larger than
in 1888 and on!;' slightly less than in
1900. As Vermont is the first state
to vote during the presidential cam
paign there was much interest
throughout the country as to the size
of the republican plurality. The re
publicans retained a complete control
of the legislature and executive
branches of the government of Vermont
LOS ANGELES, Sept l.-Five
lives, saved in four days in the remar
kable record of Arden Day of this
city at Ocean Park during the j at
week.
Day is one of the best known swim
mers in Southern California and
spends a great part of the year at
the beach.
His record of the past few days is
by no means his first work in life
saving. " During the past three years
he has saved a number of persons.
aj, UC8au w uukc.ois record Dy. DEED ISLAND, Me., Sept. 1.
saving a middle aged woman who was Seven summer visitors out of a parity
swept from shallow water into a hea- f ten drowned by the capsizing of a
EXPECT CONFESSION.
OAKLAND, Sept 1 The police
say they have completed every link in
their chain of circumstantial evidence
against Gustav Arkell, who is being
held for the alleged murder of Mrs.
Alice L. Donahue. The police are
confident that they will secure a con
fession from the prisoner. Beyond
protesting his innocetj.ee however Ar
kell has nothing to say up to this
time.
BOAT CAPSIZES; SEVEN DEAD.
Find Body of an Unknown Woman, Badly Decom
posed, on Road Near Seattle
SEATTLE, Sept. l.-A badly. de
composed body of a woman was found
buried beside a log ona skil road near
Juanita this morning by Robert Mc
Corkle and son, W, H. McCorkle, of
Seattle, who while hunting came upon found no due
the' head of a woman in the middle of missing.
an old road where it had been carried
by wild animals. After a five-minute
search they found the body lying be
hind a fallen tree, covered with under
brush and logs. The woman was
partly dressed. They investigated but
No is is known to be
POSTAL CLERKS ARRESTED.
HAVANA, Sept. 1. Postmaster-
General Hernandez completed the in
vestigation on the shortage of bureau
supplies and vouchers, which the de
partment control " to issue stamps.
The exact defalcation is over $53,000.
Two clerks have been arrested.
EXPLORER HEARD FROM.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. l.Sven Ho
din.the Swedish explorer, who in 1900
started from Chinese Turkestan on
a journey of exploration to Thibet
and who was last heard from in the
Summer of 1907, has sent a letter to
his parents here, which they just re
ceived, stating that he and his party
are safe" and that they will arrive at
Simla early in September.
DUEL ON STREETS.
MANZANILLO, Sept. l.-In a
street duel Saturday night which was
the outcome of a political quarrel,
Manuel Elias', editor of the Conser
vative El Vigilante, was shot and
killed by Manuel Estrada, editor of
the Liberal paper, El Reporter and
also Liberal candidate for congressman
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
SAN BERNARDINA, Sept. 1.
Theordore Sanila, a Mexican, has
been found to have his heart on the
right side. The County Medical As
sociation has become interested in
the case and offers to pay his way to
Paris that he may be studied by ex
perts there. He has refused and is
working as a day laborer here. He is
perfectly healthy.
vy swell of .the sea. He leaped in af
ter her anct brought her to shore.
The following day he saved a tour-
35-foot sloop in Penabscot Bay off
this island today, six women and one
man succumbing. The three who were
saved were men who managed to hold
ist from New York as he was sink- j onto the tender until a boat from the
ing for the third time.
A little girl was rescued from the
tide close to shore and the rescue of
an elderly man brought Day's record
up to four on Friday. Yesterday he
saved a man who had been caught by
the strong undertow.
shore picked them up exhausted.
ADVANCED RICE CROP.
TOKIO. Sept. 1. According to the
official forecast the season's rice crop
will be 18 percent above the average.
HIGHWAYMEN BUSY
ACROSS THE RIVER
Automobile Party Relieved of Valuables by Masked
Men Between Hoquiam and Aberdeen
HOQUIAM, Wash., Sept. l.-P. in a lonely section of the road be
McDonald, accompanied by two worn- tween here and Aberdeen. McDonald
en, went on an automobile ride early resisted the robbers and was beaten
this morning and were held up and into insensibility. The chauffeur was
robbed of about $1600, and some dia- relieved of $20. No trace of the rob
monds by three masked highwaymen bers has been found.