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I If ur ! fA &A. 4 " "Ml i0 ruiLiBHtt run aVvociatko press report 'OVERS THE MORNING HELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA II If i V All EIIUH STEAMER HIID MIDEIIOIIED FOR Over 100 lives lost by Burning and Drowning FIRE BURNED RAPIDLY , The Accident Happensd at En- Mflce to the Harbor of . , vValetta, Malta CAPTAIN PERISHES AT HELM elf broadside on lh rock at the mouth of the harbor. Site ti still burning and will be total Ion. Captain littler' body wai landed In the presence of large crowd which tood uncovered, Many of the Arab women, It ia atated, behaved with greater calmneis than did the men, many of whom were panic stricken. . The cause of fire la not known, but denial ha been made that there were explosion aboard. Unqueitionably, however, exploion occurred and it wa it first believed that the rapid apread of flame were largely due to the flowing of naptha NATIONAL GUARD GOES AGAi.NST STRIKERS pure copper will be required for thi worx, J lie mint here hai now been warded the riant to coin all lubsi diary coin required on thi coast and in addition I at work on $8,000, WW ilver COin for the Phili'iinim-n. The completion of thi task will take four moiittu ttcady work. A few of the new five-dollar gold piece known the "countersunk" deign, nave teen coined, the result of the official tent at Wanhington being awainted before more are turned out uy me coin laciory. me design I aid to be very artistic. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1008 yjufiipiflffl mmm dead WAS WELL KNOWN ON Thp. COLUMBIA WHERE HE LAID FOUNDATION OF FORTUNE GOLD BEACH, Or.. Nov. 25.- R. D. Hume died at his home at Weddcrburn, on the Rogue river. DEPUTY SHERIFFS HAVE PITCHED, BATTLE WITH 700 STRIKERS Warthlpe and Naval Launch At tempt to Render Awiatanca But Ara ITnahU P,m 1I-..M. iti Fated Vaaaat-Crew Acta BraJy.l r.ERTU. N. J., Nov. 25,-Fol- ' .lowing a pitched battle between 700 i . striker and 12 deputie today at the uactory oi the National Fire Proofing WOOD PRINCIPAL MATERIAL. Great a the advance in fireproof construction ha been durinir the la - ...... ,L... 1 . . . I ... .vii rr uicr 11.11 occn 110 IC(- rnrrw muni. , ... ... in in ,1 I I... ..j .. ' "" ""7 . , "" uom ar- niormng. He had been I for some chitcct and builder, find thcmselve. week. with kidney tro b e from so dependent on wood to-day that whirl, h, u,A h. . ...ir ' years and for which he had under gone a number of operations. He wa one of the wealthiest men of the Pacific northwest, being eenerallv known a the salmon king. Robert Deniston Hume wa boro f Am.A r: n.4k.. 91 to,? A ,!.!. --..J ..!.... ... " """'. "., Wl-UIUC. ,., l0t3 """7 w"" eniireiy, if. n f f,m;i ,.t i- a nn.rl, nll.n .-.I I..J..J . - - - - ...." ill,. " " " ",.. (jren, nearly all of whom are dead "111.1 un Dianu vn lower uroauwav iri. tr:n:. tr Yu. ... . . "f farmer of emaH means who died in ZX Jl ? Z f UT i9fa Ua m- fi" w" Cecelia A. TllTu. Al , T LV. ; t"011 Bnt. aid to be a relative of Wil- r. r'r r. ,na nr; Him Cullen Bryant, and his second SHIP RELIEF SAFE. Word Received in California A To Her Location And Condition. Ill STATE BERKELEY, CaL, Nov. 25.-Mr. Charles Francia Stokes, wife of Dr. Stokes, who is the commander of tbe I Naval hospital ship Relief for the safety of which grave fears have been entertained, late last night re ceived the following cablegram from her husband, the message coming I A OF MIS SIElLIIECflSE ENORMOUS FORGERIES, wiiwtuv, xmov. 3. it is now they are compelled to admit that the forest of the country are likely to oe the chief source of building ma terial for many year to come. "The use of cement, terra cotla, brick and tone, with a frame work of steel, will make it possible goon VALETTA, Island of Malta. Nov. Z5.-A terrible disaster in which more than 100 person lost their lives, occurred at the entrance to thi port thi morning within fight of tbt whole city, which wa powerless to givt aid. The British ateamer Sardinia, or the .'.Herman line, hail ing from Liverpool and bound for Alexanderla, with a crew of 44 Eng lishmen, 11 first and 6 second-class English passenger and nearly 200 Arab pilgrims aboard, caught fire and within a few minute wa a roar ing furnace aurrounded by cloud of tmoke, through which the flame burt upward to a height of 200 feet. The fire wa caused by an explosion in the hold. So rapidly did the fire apread that the frantic effort of the erew to operate the fire applratti proved useless and it seemed but a moment before the upper work and mast erhed down upon the deck, while the ships boat were crashed tL . .1. . a oy m tailing 01 aeorie or were quickly burned. Safety lay only In jumping overboard and taking chance of being picked up. Assist ance wa hurried to the burning ea el from all the wafihlp in the har. bor an from the hore, but the work of rescue wa greatly impeded by the atrong tide running. Even naval launches which came a fast as they could be driven were unable to go alongside. Among the Arab there wa a panic that could not be eon- trolled. Many of them were too ter rified to Jump and were burned to death. Other casting themielvei in to the waves were drowned. The erew behaved with admirable, cour age, lervinaf out life-preserver to the Inst and working the pomp. When tfiey became useless, Captain Charles Littler took the helm and directed bit ihip toward the thore a long at it could be navigated. He perished at his post. First Officer Frank Watson, all three engineer, 18 of the ship's company and two first-das pasenger. one of them a boy named Grant, are missing. fifty or more bodies have been re covered and 70 person were rescued. It is Impossible to state just how many were drowned or , burned be cause the list of Arabs is incomplete, but the number will doubtless far ! exceed the estimates, ; After the vessel had refused to 1 A I 1 . a at .1 . . . uocy me ncim me arnica around 1 entire order when the demand re three times and finally beached her- quires. It is estimated that a ton of ITALIAN RUNNER DEFEATS HAYES Company at Keasebey near here in wbicb six of the striker were shot down, Governor For dispatched four companies of the State National Cuard to the icene and tonight the sttcet are patrolled by 250 soldiers. Intense excitement prevails as the striker declare the deputies were not justified in firing upon them. Two of the wounded men are dying in the hospital The citirens fear to morrow when a renewal of the at tack on the plant it threatened. The men employed by the Raritan River Clay Co. went on a strike two week ago for higher wage. The itnkert, most of whom are foreiun ers, declare that they were given to understand that If Taft was elected that wages be restored to $1.50 per day. They now get $1.30. Factory officials deny that any such promise was made. The striker marched to the Perth Amboy Fire Brick Com pany and induced the men to go out there. Each ucceeding day the strikers are increased in number and are marched to other towns in ducing men to go out. At the National plant a number of American workmen remained at work and these were attackd by for eigner as they were leaving their work last night. Today deputies were put on guard. The striker gathered around the factory armed with heavy iron pipes, pitchfork, clubs, stones, and the police say tome of them showed revolver. There followed a bombardment of stones and Chief of Police Burke, who Is In personal command, asserts that the strikers climbed the fence and that the deputies were compell ed to fire to protect themselves. He 1 authority for the atatement that there were but two revolver In po sesslon of the deputies. This, how ever, ts denied by the strikers. Atj least a dozen shot were fired point oianx at tne strikers ana six men felt So far as is known the striker did not return the fire. Upon teeing their companions fall the workmen fled, leaving the wounded on the ground. MORE COPPER COIN. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S.-The local mint has completed 10,000 pie ces of the 300,000 copper colnt re cently ordered by the treasury de partment and is prepared to fill the proof materials will do away with the need of using lumber in a com paratively few years it a very crro neous one All of the various fire proof materials going into the ap proved construction of the more sub stantial buildings are used in great er quantities now than the world dreamed of a few years ago, yet the heavy demand for lumber continues. That wood predominates is shown by the annual building records. Of the permits used for buildings erec ted lat year, approximately 61 per cent w4tt constructed of wood, and the remaining 39 per cent of fire re sisting material, according to a re port issued by the Geological Sur vey on operations in forty-nine lead ing cities of the country. These (in ures are the more significant when it is realized that they only represent the building activities in the lareer cities: they do not take into account the construction of dwellings, stores wife waa Mary A. Duncan. At the age of 7 years Mr. Hume was taken into the family of Robert Deniston, with whom he remained till he came to California in 1864. For several years he was in the employ of ITapgood, Hume & Co., who operated the first salmon can nery In the United States on the Sac ramento river. Afterward he came to the Colum bia river, where he laid the founda tion of his large fortune in the fish eries, building and operating a enn nery there for ireveral years. In 1876 he came to the Rogue River and bought the salting works of Rfley & Stewart. He built a cannery on the south side of the river at Ellensburg also a hatch. These, with his store, wharves and other buildings, were burned in 1893. Mr. Hume took a great interest in the propagation of salmon and prob and other hnillinr t tk. i,!,...,nH. M7 w tbe best informed man in of small cities and towns scattered the wor,d on ,he "ubJect PPearw8 over and not included in the forty- at one t,me befor eomm'ee of nine cities In which the reckoning it ccnrt? t0 exP,ai" " wo- He made. na wrlttn many pamphlets and In towns anH small Mr. ,. newspaper articles in connection usually the predominating building with the work which are now material con- I and it is safe to say that if P""' "andards.- Me built the the statistics had included Retires for hatchery on Ek "er- all places of whatever size, the per- 'ards turned " over ,0 the Kvern centage of wooden construction mcnf of the Uni,ed Sta,M- He a,so would have been much greater. Thee had a Pr,va,e hatchery on Indian figures, as a rule, are only for the reek- JM,t above Go,d Beach- corporate limits, and the suburbs of Soon after omin to bold Beach these cities have each very large he commenced buying up the lands amount! to be added. .The cost, also, alon& the rlver and ocean ont is relatively higher in these cities he fina,ly controlled all the river than. In towns nearer the base of the frn,aRe r mote than 12 miles up supply. ARCHIBALD STILL ON WITNESS STAFID GIVES SOME FURTHER INFOR MATION AS TO STANDARD CO.'S EARLY HISTORY the river, and seven miles of ocean frontage; this gave him a monopoly of the fishing and brought millions to his purse. At the time of his death he not only controlled .the Rogue but prac tically all the waters of Curry coun ty, besides interests on the Klamath river in California. A line of his own boats carried the products to Marshfield, where they were trans ferred for shipment to San Fran cisco. directly from Sorsogon, a town on oracticalv settled that th frit-rr ri a the outheastern coast of tbe Island of Peter Van Vlissigen will remain of Luzn, Philippine group: around the $1,500,000 mark, as Re- iihip injured by storm. Arrived ceiver W. C. Nihlart n., it 1,.. nere an wen. cant say how long we evening, "and the creditors will be will remain; awaiting further instruc- doing well if they realize five or six uons irom Manna. oer cent on their invetmn me neiiei sauca trora Manila Mrs. Van V ss n will nv K. Nov. 15th from Guam, Ladrone made penniless either, for the $72- group, carrying cable operators to 000 assets are largely made of real inai j',ice. Ine vessel was due on estate and her dower rights must be rrmay last out noming nad been satisfied. heard of her until Dr. Stokes' cable to his wife, who is at present living here, arrived. It was feared the ship had foundered in the storms which have swept the eastern seas recently as she made heavy weather of the voyage with the Atlantic fleet from Samoa to Australia, rolling so much at times that it was thought she would turn over. The ship was evi dently blown far out of her course and made the coast of Luzon for shelter and repairs MANILA, Nov. 25.-Admiral Sper ry today receivd a tclceram from the hospital ship Relief, five days over- SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 25. The due at Guam for which port she "'e rd Italian car with for cylin sailed from this harbor, Nov. 15th, ders that hummed like giant bumble the message comine by wav of Sor- Dees anl with American driver to sogon, in Southern Luzon, and stat- day on the first international light tng that the ship was badly damaged car race ever held in this country. by a typhoon which was encounter- 'n doing so the car and driver set the cd on Nov. 18th during which the big record of 52.56 milea an hour for engines were disabled. Fire broke out 196 miles over part of the circuit on the Relief but was promptly got- which tomorrow will be used by the ten under control, the crew of the grand prize racers. . Hilliard, of ship showing splendid discipline. The Boston, in the Lancia car, proved Relief is now proceeding to Manila the winner in the elapsed time of under her own steam, repairs to her three hours, 43 minutes, 33 seconds, engines having been made by thejBurman in a Buick finished second, crew. I more than six minutes behind the The news confirms the fears that winner. Lorimer, in a Chalmers- were entertained here that the Relief Detroit, took third, Hearns in a had met with disaster as she did not Buick fourth, and Pooles, Italian The Count Attempts to Get Custody of Children HATTER Ifl COURT IHllCiDIER ITALIAN CAR WINS AUTO RACES HELD AT SA- VANNAH RACE COURSE AND GOOD TIME MADE. arrive at Guam on time. car Isotta, wa fifth. OUTLAWS TO ORGANIZE. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Nov. 25.- The California State Leaeue. "out laws, are to come into organized baseball January 1, 1909. This is the ALL DUE TO TAFT I viiicauu, ivov. 3. An expen-1 diture of $1,600,000 for new equip ment ana power was decided upon by the board of directors and man agement of the Rock Island system news brought back from Fresno by ycsicruiy. inc oraer win comprise Henry Barry of the Los Angeles ball 01 lutomouves ana u au-sieei pas- team, who returned yesterday .Bar senger cars, in connection with the ry declares that the outlaw will he order, i-resident a. U Wmchell w;th the Coast Learni from now on Maicu mat tne comnanv nas annnten wul ,u. k..:vi. . .c .v. . " VU fcUC 1U33,U1G CJltCpUUU VI IUC ...1 .ra consinicnon lor nearly an Stockton team, they are ready to its cars, including baggage and mail come into th fnW now A .m.M cars and day coaches. The railroad probably make formal application officials declare their belief that the this week but they desire to await railroad business WOUld continue tO the cominir of Present R,n Tolin Counsel for Castellane Unmer cifully Scores Prince De Sagan 'V.' SOME SHOCKING STATEMENTS Anna Gould New Husband Accused of Many Laches Including Forgery of Notea Amounting to $30,0CO Tbe Fair Princess Also Flailed. increase rapidly. EfiGLISHLTAH TOO OUCH FOR ABE ATTELL son of the American League and the other big league magnates who are to visit the coast with him about December 20. RESCUED FROM WATER. AMERICAN DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE. HIS OPPONENT BEING GREAT FIGHTER MADISON SQUARE. N. Y., Nov. 25. Dorando Pletrl, of Italy, de feated John J, Hayes of this city in a renewal of the Marathon race to night. The distance was., 26 miles 385 yards, the same a the Olympic : Marathon which Haye won at Shep- ! herd' Bush, London, last summer, Dorando held the lead from start to finish, finally winning by about 60 ; yards. Hayes was in the lead five time during the race, but only for ' a few seconds each time. Dorando' time wa 2:44:20 2-5; Hayes, 2:45:05 1-5. Hayes weakened in the last half mile and the Italian won handily. Dorando' time tonight was nearly 11 minutes faster than Hayes made when he won the race, at Lon don. Hayes then covered the dist ance in 2:55:18. REMANDED TO JAIL. NASHVILLE, Nov. 25. -No re quest has been made for admission by Robin Cooper and father, Colonel Cooper, who were arrested in con nection with ex-Senator Carmaek' death, when they were arraigned to day. Counsel for the defense at tempted to have the ease et for the January term of court but Judge Hart allowed the state' request for December 8th. The court then re manded the prisoners to jail. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Detailed information of much magnitude and diversity of the Standard Oil Com pany s business was given by John Archbold, vice-president of the com pany, on the resumption of his tes- GIFTS FOR FLEET. NEW YORK, Nov. 25,-Christ mas gifts to officers and men on the world touring battleship fleet now at Manila will be carried on the sup ply ship Celtic, but as she will not timony today in the hearing of the the Brooklyn navy yard until federal suit to dissolve the oil com- ""dale of December, rernembran hlnatinn ArrhhnM nM i, at th ces from sweethearts and relatives Standard which by eliminating job- wiU be ltile ,aie.in rea(:hin& their bers and retailers, stepped in and destination. The Celtic will meet the greatly reduced the price of oil to flft either at Negro Bay, Morocco, consumers. The hearing adjourned or at Gibraltar. The fleet is due at after a brief session until Monday NeK" Bay on Bec- 31st AM " w' when Archbold will, resume. Coun- braltar Feb. 6. Asidfr from Christ sel for the defense :; probably , will present the Celtic will carry place William Rockefeller on- the "early is.uuu eggs, auu ton ot meats. stand Immediately afterwards. hundreds of chickens, Hour, meal and " 1 . .. ,1 . l.iil. !' Archbold said that in the 80's fears l0" supplies tor me oauiesmps were widespread that the supply of crude oil would be depleted and BLACK BLOOD FADING. that accordingly he parted with some of his shares at 70 to 80 cents NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Miss LU- on the dollar. Much of the day was lie Devereaux Blake created some spent in spreading on me recora ng- thing of a sensation yesterday at a ures showing the production and meeting of the Society For Political consumption of on in ihkj and at Study at the Hotel Astor in a 6s the present time. Archbold did not cusson on "Criminals," by saying, af- thmk much of the possibilities of the ter reference had been made by oth mid-continent oil field! when they ers to the record of necroes in crim were discovered and caused laugh inal annals: "White blood is now so when ' he recalled that at that time mixed with black blood that the real he said "He would undertake to negro is being wiped out. In 100 years drink all the oil they produced." from now I dont suppose there will These oil field produced 70,000 be one left and evervbodv. broadlv barrel each day and Archbold said speaking, will have a strain of negro he was mistaken in hi! early judg- blood in their veins. I cannot say that ment. II will regret it. There were others Archobold s testimony will prob- who did not take this view. ably last several days. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-E. M. Forberg and Edward Callaay, of the crew of the pilot boat Lady Mine narrowly escaped death in the break ers on the bar at the entrance to this port yesterday when the yawl in which they were going to fetch Pi lot McCullough from the bark Tur- T.ns ANr.mpc: v. eA.Jgot upset. The men were clad in -r ' v-J v, nuc I. ..... ... . . Attel. hitherto th nAS,t,A wi,. oots and oilskins and had a hard struggle to keep afloat until Mate more than his match tonieht in Christensen in another small boat Freddie WeUh th Pno-tut, tii,f. came to their aid. I he accident was weight and one of the greatest little the resuIt o the stron wind which fighters that ever appeared in a ring had .kicked UP an. cross S.M on in this city. Attell never had a tne bar- K1 wav turned over chance from the beginning of the the and ,hc sa,lors c,un .t0 fight to the finish. The doughty little the half submerged craft until Chris champion seemed to lack confidence. tensen' with thrilling display of His blows lacked vigor and his gen- Pluck and skill, succeeded in taking eralsh o was not what t ha Wn mcm aooara ms own ooai. his res- There was much infighting in every cu.ed mcn were exhausted but other- round and in this alone did Attell Wlse unnurt. show to any advantage. In long exchanges Welsh was his master both in offense and defense.- In one of the preliminaries Monte Attell won the decision from Mike Kutchos of San Francisco. PARIS, Nov. 25. The. first day! proceedings in the tuit of Count Boni De Castellane against hit for mer wife who wa Mis Anna Gould and now wife of Prince Helie De Sagan, for custody of hi three chil dren was characterized by a strong denunciation of the Prince and Prin cess by M. Bonnet, who represented Count De .Castellane. The court room wat crowded. There were more American and English pres ent than French. Prince Helie and the Count glared at each other for four hours while M. Bonnet pleaded that the custody of the children be confided to their grandmother, Mar quise De Castellane, because the marriage of Madame Could to the Prince had polluted the atmosphere of their home. He described the marriage as a catastrophe that has resulted in the quasi abandonment of the children and without mercy raked De Sagan' past, his early life, hi amorous adventures wilh ques tionable companions, bis ostracism by his family. The months he had spent in jail before the case charging him with the forgery of notes of the value of $80,000 which was not press ed through the intervention of hi father, and his amorous escapades ever since his marriage. The Princess" reputation after she fell under the influence of De Sagan was likewise assailed in scathing terms.' M. Bonnet described her conduct with the Prince on both sides of the Atlantic and spoke of the scandal which he declared it caused. M. Bonnet offered to bring proof of many of the incidents to which he referred. In all there are 39 different counts in the indictment and such an array of scandal has seldom been witness ed even in a French court. Specta tors laughed uproariously at the statement that Prince Helie wa anxious to seek a monastery and their laughter was even, augmented at times as M. Bonnet dramatically enacted some of the scenes. M. Bonnet asked for $60,000 a year to care for the children but was willing that the court should fix the amount. .It is evident from today proceedings that M. Bonnet had de tectives constantly on the track of the former wife of his client. De (Canxzued ots page 6) LAMPHERE'S CASE IN JURYS' HANDS LA PORTE, Ind., Nov. 25.-After deliberating four hours today with- BISHOP AT BANQUET. CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Bishop F. M. Bristol of the Methodist Enisco- pal church, was a guest of honor out reaching a verdict, the jury in the last night at a banquet given by the Lamphere case at 10:45 o'clock was Chicago Methodist Social Union at locked up for the night. The entire the Auditorium hotel. j. ...j i t. . Before he became a bishop, Dr. - . . ... Bristol was pastor of several Chica- "P aD0Ut1 13 minutea wmcn was go churches. The reception was his conmed by the judge in charging farewe annearanre in CM raro nre. ",c JUT- ine court laiu me great- paratory to his departure for Buenos ft sterss on the following: ."If you Ayres, South America, where he will eheLve. that theLse Partles met their take up his Episcopal residence after V a"y . c.r way lnan.lal a'" Tanuarv 1st leea tne indictment, still you j i , ... , . . .,. may mm me acicnuant guilty oi ar son, under this indictment, provided Subscribe to The Morning Astorian. you believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant burned said dwelling and that said dwelling was of the value of $20 or upwards," The court instructed that this ver dict could be found regardless of "Whether or not any human being was killed as a result of such burn mg. The jury was given six forms of verdict and instructed to sign the one upon which it agreed. The forms were for guilty of murder in first degree, death; gtiilty murder first degree, life sentence; guilty murder second degree, life sentence; guilty manslaughter; guilty arson; and not guilty.