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CAUGHT ON BERLIN
CLEVEI: CAPTURE EFFECTED
BY INSPECTOR BONHAM
AND OFFICER WILSON.
COAST, BAR AND RIVER
NEWS OF THE HOUR
CRAFT ARRIVING AND DEPARTING IN AND FROM ASTORIA
AND THEIR MASTERS, MEN AND MESSAGES
The American ship Berlin, Captain
Thomas Fry, commanding, crossed
in over the Columbia bar at 11
o'clock yesterday morning, bringing
down from Nushagak, Bristol Bay,
Alaska, the salmon pack of the
Portland Packers' Association of 57,-
067 cases: 98 white men and 128
Japanese cannery people. She had a
fast trip down, being 15 days en
route. Mrs. Fry accompanied her
husband on the voyage and reports
a pleasant season in the north, but
she has a scorching report to make
on the cook and cooking that fell to
the cabin tables during the sea voy
ages up, and back. Thirty people
who used the cabins were subjected
to almost starvation conditions ow
ing as the Captain and Mrs. Fry aver,
the utter incompetency of the cook, a
Eugene man by the name of Hunt
ley, who, beside knowing nothing of
his business, was "too wilfully indif
ferent to learnand simply compelled
all hands to take what messes he saw
fit to concoct; and all they say is
amply fortified by scores of others in
volved in the disagreeable mix-up.
The Berlin will be towed to Coble,
where she will discharge cargo.
loss of the salmon ship Lucille in
Bristol Bay on the 19th of last month
She belonged to the S. B. Peterson
canneries, and broke from her moor
ings, going on the rocks in a gale of
wind. She had 168 people on board,
but all were saved; the cargo, how
ever, consisting of 39,000 cases of sal
mon and 1200 barrels of salted fish,
was lost.
The launch Rose City which has
been chartered by Master Fish War
den H. C. McAllister pending the
completion of the new service launch
the "Chamberlain," for use in the pa
trolling of the Columbia river, arriv
ed down from Portland yesterday,
and will be used in guarding the
fisheries hereabout in accord with the
new fishing laws now in iofce.
, The fine French bark Le Pillier,
Captain David, from Hobart, crossed
in yesterday evening, 69 days out,
with an uneventful passage to report.
She will go on to the metropolis on
the first tow line that offers; being
consigned to Kerr, Gifford& Com
pany, to carry wheat to Europe.
The French bark Cornil Bart went
up to Portland yesterday afternoon,
on the hawsers of the Harvest Queen;
the latter being simply loaded to her
guards with a huge cargo of salmon,
shingles- and bark; but a ship more
or less on her lines is no sort of im-
The handsome four-masted bark
entine Puako was towed over to
Knappton yesterday by the Calen
der tug Vanguard, and docked at the
Columbia mills to load out a lumber
cargo for Sydney, Australia. By the
way, the name of this fine craft, like 'pediment to the Queen.
all Hawaiian Island names, is soft
and melodious when pronounced
properly; the "u" is short, the "a"
also, and the accent falls gently on
the final syllable "koM the name sig
nifying the bloom on the sugar flower
down there.
A crew is being assembled and
shipped for the schooner Andrew J.
Olsen, now in "ordinary" over in
"Bryan's Boneyard," and her canvas
is being bent, preparatory to her de
oarture for Hoouiam tomorrow or
next day.
The pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer
is about ready for sea again, being
taut and trim as a yacht with her
new headgear, and a new . coat of
paint on her handsome hull. Sh
will leave out the first moment her
captains can finish up the details of
her repairing and get supplies aboard
The steamer Alliance arrived in
from the Coos country yesterday
morning at 9:30 o'clock, with a good
wad of freight, and a tine passenger
list, the latter including the members
of the Georgia Harper theatrical
troupe, now en route to the Capital
City, where they are billed for an
engagement covering the Oregon
State Fair week.
Word is at hand of the complete
STYLISH
SUITS
The Hammond steamship Geo. W
Fenwick yesterday cleared from the
custom house in this port, for San
Diego, whither she will go today with
2,000,000 feet of good Columbia river
lumber.
For Ladies' and Misses' areere in
perfection and profusion. .They are
made on the new models, exception
ally well tailored and finished, and
cut from the prettiest and most du
rable fabrics. There are novelties in
designs, and the stock is large and
varied enough to afford every oppor
tunity for selection. The prices are
right. Misses and matrons are invit
ed to inspect our stock of new suits.
JALOFF'S
The four-masted schooner Seahome
arrived in yesterday afternoon, from
La Boca, Panama, in ballast, and will
go into enforced retirement in the
classic precincts of Bryan's Boneyard
in Young's Bay.
The steamer Lurline arrived down
last evening with fair business on
both decks, and in her manifest was
200 barrels of cement for use in the
construction of the new Sidewalks
around the court house.
The Spencer was on her dot time
yesterday coming and going. She
took out as a passenger from this
city Contractor Charles L. Houston,
bound for Portland.
The dandy Heather will leave out
for Coos Bay and other lower coast
points today or tomorrow, deeply
loaded with all manner of supplies
for the various stations.
The fine steamship Roanoke is due
down and at the'Callender pier early
tomorrow morning, en route to Eu
reka, San Francisco and Port Los
Angeles.
The steamship Breakwater is due
down from the metropolis this morn
ing outward bound for Coos Bay,
with plenty of business.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore was
among the getaways from this port
yesterday, bound for Tillamook Bay
with freight and passengers.
The steamer Cascades cleared from
this veMerdav,, with 550,000 feet of
The arrival of the good ship Ber
lin from Alaska yesterday developed
a passing tragedy, in which Inspector
Bontiam, of the federal immigration
service in this city, and Police Ofhccr
Joseph B. Wilson, took conspicious
and clever part in the capture of an
escaped Japanese criminal, who is
badly wanted m the courts of Los
Angeles, Cal.
On the 4th of February last, in the
City of the Angels, there was a des
perate row in the Japanese quarter,
which resulted in the cold-blooded
murder of one K. Okasaki by a
countryman who was known by the
distinguished cognomen of I to, but
just how he came to bear the name
of the great admiral is of small in
terest measured by that the Los An
geles police subsequently took in his
capture. The murderer was traced to
San Francisco, where he was lost
for a time, but when the Alaska fish
ing fleet sailed from there, an intima
tion was given them that Ito had
sailed on the ship Columbia, for the
Nushagak river; and thereupon the
police of the whole coast and the
federal departments were apprised of
the man and the crime, and constant
watch has been kept on the coast
from Southern California to North
ern Alaska. When it was found that
Ito did not attempt to return on any
of the San Francisco fleet from
Alaska, it was thought he might try
to get back on the Berlin, and warn
ing and descriptions were sent broad
cast
Inspector Bonham, always on the
alert for just such contingencies, had
the description of the man and call
ed in the service of the Astoria po
lice, Officer Wilson being assigned to
the task, and both officers went to
the ship when she was towed in yes
terday afternoon, determined to get
the fugitive if he were alive and on
board that particular ship.
In the due course of the immigra
tion inspection the 128 Japanese on
the Berlin were lined up and passed
under rigid scrutiny by Mr. Bonham,
with Officer Wilson sharply on' guard
to nab the man that tallied up with
the marks and signs registered
against Obasaki's murderer, and it
was not until the one hundred and
twenty-fifth man slouchingly and fal
teringly approached the officers, that
any gleam of certainty appeared in
this ugly concern; but almost in
stantly Inspector Bonham passed the
quiet signal and Ito was in the hands
of the law and its irons upon his
wrists. The strong clement in the
decriptive matter supplied the officers
was the fact that the murderer had
lost the first joint of the left little
finger by ampuation, and his was the
cardinal point on which the seizure
was made. The man fitted the bal
ance of the description closely
enough to justify the arrest; he was
of the height declared within a frac1
tion of an inch; he wore a soft tan
hat; he owned and had with him, but
not on him, a black sweater which
was said to be among his effects; he
admitted on the spot having been in
Los Angeles about the time of the
murder and that he had gone north
on the ship Columbia, all of which,
in conjunction with his intimate ful
filment of the physical traces set up
in the criminal circulars sent out,
warranted the seizure, and he will be
held pending the action of the Los
Angeles authorities in the matter of
extradition.
It was cleverly done and there
no doubt in the officers' minds as to
the identity of the man who now lies
in the city prison, and both are en
titled to credit for the expeditious
manner in which the work of appre
hension was carried out.
ELECT HEW PRESIDENT COUNTY TREASURER IS
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OF ATHLETIC CLUB BUSY
VALUES
CAPT. ABERCRQMBIE RESIGNS BUT WHETHER TAXES WILL
AND MR. G,C. FULTON IS
, ELECTED IN HIS STEAD
BE HIGHER OR L0WER DE
PENDS ON THE LEVY.
At meeting of the director of A . considerable number of people
the Astoria Amateur Athletic Club ,mv(f e,,"f !, ,hc '"' of the county
last night the resignation of Captain ,rca,l,rcr. Mr. Cornelius, recently to
Abcrerombie as president of the or- iml",rc 1,1,0 amount t valuation
ganijentioti was. accepted, arid G. C, llm luH ,H'cn I',tfc,, "gainst their
Fulton was elected in his stead. Be-rr,,imi um ycur MM are
cause of his numerous othPr HiirW ,8"ei1' om -iire discontented and
principally with the First Company, ,ome a,re "K7 wi,h what ,hfy ""d
Captain Abercrombie found it imnos- s" na,ns' u,c,r mnm'
sible to devote all the time that w Generally speaking the valuation of
necessary to the A. A. A. A. Club Prolcr'':' in the city will go up,
and therefor .deemed it best to rc-Jan" the val"c. 0,1 8" rcal eMa,c' ""'
siiin. In the selection of Mr. Pl!ft properties and on timber will be
the organization mav deem itself for- Nust ab(n,t doubled.
tunate in securing a president who As ,hc val,,ati(n 8 "P. the rate
will probably do much to cive the of awsment. or levy, should go
new club a fine standing in the com- down 10 a corresponding degree, nev
munitv and to make it a success in "Ihelcss il ' "ol Pihlc to accu
every way. At the meeting last night rMe,y forccasl what ,hc ,cvy wi" be
.Mr. H. I, rrael was elected vice
president. The officers are:
J. M. S Hawthorne, secretary; E.
R. Blair, treasurer; and Fred J. John
son, W. A. Eigner and A. V. Allen.
Jr., directors.
m a a
me ciud nopes to dc in its new
The city council will fix the rate for
the city, and the rate established will
include the county and school taxes,
while the county court will establish
a levy for the county districts, includ
ing the school taxes. ,
Last year the city levy was 57 mills
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building at the corner of Eleventh " ,nc ,lol,ar' w,,uc u,c co,,n,y lcvy
and Duane by the first of October, waa"
it is, ot course,
quite probable
that the rate will be much lower this
year for the city, but whether it will
be only relatively and not absolutely
lower than last year will of course not
be known until the rate is establish
ed. The big sums spent by the city
authorities out of the general fund
naturally will make the rate pretty
high.
Mr, Cornelius says he is not afraid
of complaints being made of the rate
throughout the county, but it is evi
dent that lie anticipates continued
complaint within the city because of
.L I I!. t
will amount to the ,ne "re Pmi.iurci "ere.
One of the school districts in the
county has already sent in its school
levy, but how it is enabled to do this
is not dear, as properly the Jcvy
cannot be made out until the valua
lions are all made and the budget of
anticipated expenditures figured out
The board of equalization will meet
on the third Monday of October, and
the rolls will all be added up by the
county treasurers office before that
time.
Some of the properties in the Elk
Creek district, and along the coast
or very soon thereafter, and it ia
starting out under very fine auspices
Already the membership, of the sen
iors is 275, more than sufficient to vir
tually insure the success of the club.
The seniors pay an initiation fee of
$2 and thereafter each month the
sum of $1.25 in dues. Room will he
made for (the boys, also, and for the
juniors the initiation fee is but $1,
and the monthly dues only 75 cents.
It is hoped to arrange so that the la
dies may have days and hours set
apart for their exclusive use of the
gymnasium and baths, and in that
event their fees
same as for the juniors.
The building should prove an ex
cellent one for the purposes .of the
athletic club, as the plans were espec
ialy drawn by an architect and every
detail is being carefully looked after.
Most of the apparatus required "is
already at hand, as an heritage of the
former athletic club, and new appara
tus will be secured when the condi
tions warrant. Best of all the entire
matter fs in the hands of gentlemen
whose presence at the head of the
nrtrnni:ilirin will nsnnre ihnt it will
be conducted on a proper plane and Kenerally, will perhaps be valued at
that it may be considered an honor to
be a member of the A. A. A. A.
Especially in a city like Astoria,
where during the winter months the
rainfall prevents much of the outdoor
life that many find so pleasurable and
desirable, should a fine athletic club
flourish in the very best of shape.
It is understood that definite ar
rangements for an instructor have
not yet been made. ,
about three times
two years Ago.
what they were
IMPORTANT CONFER
ENCE PLANNED
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DEFEAT CUMMINS.
Forty-two Standpat Republicans Pre
vent His Election.
mg.
The United . Wireless station on
Telegraph Hill, reports the U. S.
transport Thomas" bound from Ma
nila for San Francisco as being 745
miles out of Frisco last night. She
expects to arrive at her destination at
daylight Saturday morning.
TEA
Is there a better way to
keep the family longer at
table, to keep it together?
Vour ttoctr rrfnrn. rouf moner U o ico't
DKS MOINES, Sept. 9.-True to
their pledge to one another 42 stand -pat
republicans in the state legisla
ture today prevented the election of
Cummins to the United States sen
ate to fill the unexpired term of the
lat W. B. Allison. The stand-paters
with the 45 democrats who voted for
Porter they outnumbered the 65 re
publicans who voted for Cummins.
Standpattcrns declare they will dcadi
lock the legislature. Both sides say
they will not yield. Standpatters of
both houses scattered votes among
half a dozen candidates.
TAFT TO TOUR SOON.
Candidate Will Make Extensive Trip
Before November.
it adheres plainly and simply to the
suggestions outlined by Mr. Allen in
his interview:
"Section 158. The mayor is hereby
authorized to create by appointment
subject to the approval of the coun
cil, a commission compbscd of three
members, each of whom shall be
resident taxpayer 'of the city of As
toria. The commission so created
shall be styled 'The Sanitary Investi
gation Commission of Astoria.' The
commission shall continue until dis
solved by a threeourths vote of all
the members of the council of the
city of Astoria, and any vacancies
caused by death, resignation or oth
erwise, shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointments
were made,
"Section 159. The commission pro
vided for in the preceding section
shall have power, and it shall be its
duty to make a full investigation of
the sanitary condition of the city of,
. , j
Astoria in ho fur as the same is af
fected by the ebb and flow of the
tides, mid if it tdtiill appear to such
cimiii:isMiii practicable to improve
such sanitary condition by the con
miction of a ncawall and by tilling
the lands now covered by the tide
within the limits of the city of As
toria, then Midi commission shall
cause to be prepared comprehensive
plans nml specifications for the con
struction of such works iiikI improve
ments' as the commission shall rec
ommend, together with on cstimato
of the cost thereof.
"The commission sluitl have au
thority In employ such engineers, in
spectors, laborers and clerical assist-
ancc nccrsi.il ry to the performance of
the ditties herein prescribed; provid
ed, however, that no expnditurea
shall be made or Indebtedness incur
red in an amount exceeding $10,000.
"Section 160, Each member' of the
commission shall receive the sum of
$5.00 per day for the time actually
employed in the performance of hie
lutics.
"Section 161. Bills' for the com
pensation of the members of the
commission and for expenses incur
red hereunder shall be paid from the
general fund of the city of Astorift
upon certificate by the three mem-
hltt rtf tit Kiltimld ufr-taa uiliaH kaiiw.
tersigncd by the city auditor, and
he council of the city of Astoria It
hereby authorized to include, from
time to time, in the general levy of
taxes such sums as may be necessary
to cover the amounts so paid out of
the general fund.
"Section 162, The commission shall,
from time to time, report in writing
to the common council the result of
their investigations, and such "reports,
as well as the records of such com
mission, shall be public records of
the city of Aitoria.
"Section 163. No work of general
improvement for the reclamation of
lands within the city of Astoria cov
ered by the ebb and flow of the tide
shall be undertaken before the com
pletion of ftie investigation , by the
commission hereby created."
It is said that the interest in the
seawall i growing rapidly among
the taxpayers of the city, and that
this concern i to be manifested by
the attendance of a large number of
them tonight; a fact that is not un
usual in any particular, save that the
demonstration seems to have been a
long time in materializing, consider
ing the vital nature of the project
and the extraordinary bearing it has
upon the part these men play in the
civic affairs of Astoria. At all events
the matter will have an airing that is
somewhat overdue, but which will be
none the less appreciated by the
thousands in whose interest the work
is going forward.
MOLTEN LAVA RISES.
HONOLULU, Sept. 9,-Following
slight earthquake which occurred on
the island of Hawaii last Friday the
molten lava in the crater of the vol
cano Kilauea has risen from its ustjal
level, a ditsance of KKl feet in a few
hours, A second shock occurred
Saturday and following this the lav.y
began to rise again. At the present
time it has risen 4(10 feet or to within
1300 feet of its driginal level, and is
still rising.
TO REBUILD 'FRISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.-Over
a dozen bids have been received for
the $3,200,000 worth of municipal
bonds for general improvements, and
comparison of the figures to be dis
closed late today will be of consider
able importance in local financial
circles, as indicating the returns to
be expected for the remainder of the
issue amounting to nearly $35,000,-
000. The bonds are non-taxable, will
be acceptable as basis for the issuance
of emergency currency and will bear
interest at 5 per cent. Several eastern
concerns are heiicved to nave made
offers.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 9,-That Taft
will make a complete, extensive tour
of the United States before the No
vember election was annouccd tonight
as a personal intention of the candi
date. Details will be announced later.
Taft made many speeches today,
principal effort being at ' Sandusky
where he said if he was elected he
would follow Roosevelt's policies of
business honesty. Tonight Taft is at
the home of his brother in this city,
from whe the campaign for . the
month of September will be com-ductcd.
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