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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
HoBoKEN's BIG FIRE.
Reports Concerning the Enormity Of
the Disastrous Connagratlon.

Reports Concerning the Enormity Of
the Disastrous Conhagratlon.
NEW YORK, July 2.-The partially
submerged hulks Of the huge North
German Lloyd steamers Saale, Bremen
and Main lie smoking In the upper bay
and North river apparently as tho
roughly wrecked as the Spanish cruis-
ers that ventured out Of Santiago har-
Dor two years ago tomorrow. Like the
Spanish ships, these German merchant
men hold many dead men within their
iron sides. A police patrol fOrbids near
approach to the sunken steamers, and
warns off the curious. who hover about
in row-boats. Eleven charred bodies
now in the New York morgue were
taken from the deck Of the saale. and
divers are expected to bring up scores
Of dead men today.
The remains Of the huge North Ger
man Lloyd piers In Hoboken are still
burning, and hremen are throwing wa
ter upon the embers, but nothing re-
mains to be saved. Charred logs, Sec
tions Of planking' from haIf-burned
scows and lighters and other wreck
age are drifting about the upper and
lower bays compelling people to
pick their way with caution, to save
their screws and paddles.
1t is not possible to state accurately
the number Of dead, but the first re-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
COUNCIL PROVIDES NO LIGHTS
CITY TO BE IN DARKNESS DURING THE
BIG CELEBRATION.

The people of Astoria will feel no
small degree of disappointment and dis
satisfaction over the failure of the city
council to provide or the lighting Of
the city, tonight and tomorrow night,
at the meeting last evening. There were
unfoundad and ridiculous reports in
circulation to the effect that an agree
ment had been arrived at whereby
the city council was to enter into
a long-term contract with the West
Shore Mills Company. While major
ity OF the cOuncilmen were known to
be too true TO the interests of the peo-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED WEEK.
LY EXCURSIONS.

An experienced excursion conductor
whose duties are ~ look after ma
wanta and welfare Of passengers win
be In charge Of Tourist sleeping car to
Chicago via Union Pacific. This car
leaves Portland on "The Portland-C Chi
eago Special" at 9i5 u, M, making close
connections at Chicago with similar
service TO Boston and New York. Ell
derly people and ladies travelling alone
or with children viii find this service
very convenient and satisfactory.
For tickets, berth reservations and
full information. call on
G. w. LOUNsBERRY.
General Agent. o. Il. & N. Co.
or Astoria, oregon.
j. II. LoTHROP, General Agent.
l3j Third st.. Portland. Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03

dal involving Gold Commissioner senk-
leh chprace have been preferred
against him by p, q. McTavish. and
the ottawa government has been
moved 10 appoint oommlsaIon 10 In
vcstlgato the matter
senkler Ia accused OF malicaaanoe In
Office. Specifically his alleged ofrenso
IL the Illegal grants OF fractional claims
10 persons OF whom no was silent
partner,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03

Victor Anderson. James Murphy.
Charles Bencher, Mrs. Ina Nelly,
n. w. Brewers, EGyard Naught
c. w. Brewers, Jacob Nilsson.
lngvald Beinertson, ole &. Olsen.
A. II. Blowers 4 Co, Oregon Produce Co
q. Blomgren. Mrs. A. l.. Piter.
Iaala Bernuk. Piano Mfg. Co.
Pi Chemical Co, L, q. pickel.
Merry Christensen. W. q. pomery
Helen neering. r. Ryan.
Ole Erikson. Leila Russell,
l., A. Ellmaker. Mrs. Lena Roulton.
A. Il. Fleencr. Mrs. Maggle A. Rial
Mrs W. NJ Foster d. Robins.
FLOYD Hardy, Sev, II. A. Schivieh
o. c. Hansell tenberg.
Wingfield Hughes. T. scotland.
b. Hoffman, Alpherd +. Smith,
Johnson Johnson. George Sallee,
o. NJ. Johnson. Bert Schnee.
Meils W. johnson, A. Z. Tucker,
II. j. Lennmutto, Christ Ulrich.
Albert Lassen, lIasel Underwood
Anti Mannikko. Mrs. d, W, Warren
Ed. Ne Nair, ]. Il. White.
Herman Mills, Mrs. Williams
Chas. Minor.
FOREIGN LIST.
Fred woodhouse. Gerardo Scala.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
BEAR TO ARRIVE TODAY.
Revenue Cutter Expected at Astoria
at Two O'CLOCK.

The United States revenue cutter
Bear is expected to arrive in the lower
harbOr this afternoon bot later than
2 o'clock. She signalled the Philadel-
phia early yesterday morning to this
effect, at point about fifty miles north
of the mouth of the river.
The Bear comes here from sltka,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
A NEW TRAIN.

The Chicago. Milwaukee q 81. Paul
Railway Co. will place In service April
29.h n New Train between 81. Paul and
st. Louis. called the Flying Dutch
man." The train will have through
sleeping cars and be FIRST class
throughout Ask any ticket agent for
particulars or address
c. ]. EDDY. General Agent.
Portland. Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
DESPERATE CAUGHT.
Fugitive and Train Robbcr surrenderp
Without Fight.

TUCSON. AriE, July s,-willlam
Stiles, train robber ana fugitive, has
been arrested at Casa Grande, near the
home Of his mother Hc was taken by
surprise aud was powercsu TO resist.
lie Is known ~ a desperate man, and
the officers here arc surprised that no
was arrested without u iight lie was
taken to Tombstone. stiles Is the man
who released Alyord and Bravo Juan.
and he has been In the mountains with
them aimee.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
the amount Of water which he'd build
AMERICA GETS MANY AWARDS.
United States Stands Next to France
at the Paris Exposition,

CHICAGO. July s,-F ], V. Skin.
who 10 In Chicago for n short visit. has
received a cableHram from Commission
er'Gcnerai Peek saying that the awards
In the United States sections az tho
Paris Exposition were most aatlatac.
tory, especially In the section Of mining
and motallurgy, and that the United
states COMES next to France In nearly
every group, Mr., skin la director ot
the mining section.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
LETTER LIST.

Letters FOR the following. named per-
sons remain unealled for at the AS
toria post otiice:
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03

DAWSON June 6. via San Francisco,
July aside from cleanup results,
the matter OF greatest public interest
IN the KlondIke at present Is the scan
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
POISON.

the external Contagious
G ny within the grasp Of the monster before the true nature the disease
known In other the blood quickly filled with this poisonous
swollen glands uc patches in the mouth ulcers
throat
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03
MALTEAsANcE Ar KLoNpIKE.

Serious Charges Against Canadian
Gold Commissioner
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-03

FOREIGN LIST,
Fred woodhouse. Gerardo Scala.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
TOO LITTLE DEBATE.
senator Green's Opinion Of the 9e1v.
Ices Held in an Episcopal
4 Church. 4s; Isl

Senator Benton, of Missouri, one of the
most conspicuous figures of the century in
either house of congress, had formidable
antagonist in Senator James Stephen Green.
Congressman Hit, according to the Chicago
Chronicle, relates this anecdote of the two
gladiators: -..-s.. ss. 90 3.
Senator Green was not only man Of
splendid genius, but of charming manner.
He boarded atFthe National hotel, where he
was popular with men and women. The
latter found out that the senator was not
much of churchgoer and insisted that he
should mend his ways in that regard. One
Sunday he was late for dinner. The women
asked him why. i.
81 have been attending divine worship
replied the senator, gravely.
To what church did you go, senator?'
asked a woman. =;
II don't know answered the courtly
Missourian. L walked up the avenue, turned
up Fourth street and entered a church on
the left-hand side This was an Episcopal
church. ~.
How did you like the services?' asked
another woman. +
+: lit appeared to me- answered the SEN
ator. that there was too much reading of the
journal and too little debate.'"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
FACTS AND FIGURES.

A man walking ten miles a day
would require nine years to cover all
the streets of London.
London pawnshops do business
amounting to nearly million dollars
weekly. =
Nevada has a population all told of
45,761-about one-fourth of the aver
age congressional district. &
The French government has liber-
ated in Madagascar during the last
four years above 100000 slaves.
Geneva, which has just concluded its
census of the canton, reports that the
city has total population of 100. 761,
of which 32,079 were born in the city.
2s,o52 are natives of other parts of the
country, and 40,63o are foreigners.
4 Official figures recently compiled
show the main line mileage of mail
roads in Missouri to- be nearly Z, COO.
This total is likely to be considerably
increased this year. GIL: =.s
The number of vessels passing
through the Sault Ste. Marie canal.
prior to May was 427, carrying 49,
1872 tons of freight. In 1899 no freight
passed through the canal before.
May L.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
THE EAST.

At the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges dur
ing the week ended on the sth aggre-
gated $1,655,695,172, against $1,333, no.
Os7 the previous week. The decrease
compared with tn e corresponding
week of 1899 was Sc.
In the United States there were FOG
business failures in the seven days
ended on the Sth, against 100 the week
previous and $50 in the corresponding
period of 1899.
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 10th were: Philadelphia,
gal; Brooklyn, $40; Pittsburgh. .535;
St. Louis, .513; Chicago, 500; Boston,
.444; Cincinnati, .395; New York, 1875.
On the stand Mayor Van Wyck adj
mitted that he owned stock in New
York's ice trust.
In a collision of cars on the Oak
landBeach electric road near Warwick,
R. l., four persons were killed and 25
injured, three probably fatally.
Paul Gibier, founder of the Pasteur
institute of New York city, was killed
in a runaway at Suffern, N. Y.
Peter Richarz, aged IA; William
Griffith, aged 10, and Oscar Louch,
aged nine, all of Sheridan, Pa, were
drowned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
TEAR UP THE TRACKS.
way and Seriously Embar-
raAx Lord Roberts,.

LONDON, June 1.-THE Beers have
torn up 81 miles of Lord Roberts vital
line of railway between America Sid
ing and Roodeval. 1t is a bold raid
and vexatious, but it does not fisquiet
the military authorities as yet, for
they expect Gen. Kelly-Kenny to drive
off the marauders and to reopen the
line. The rapidity of the advance of
Lord Roberts cannot have permitted
him to accumulate large reserves of
stores. Therefore an interruption of
the railway. even for a week, must
embarrass the army and may bring
the forward operations to standstill.
Nothing has been heard from Lord
Roberts for three days. This raid on
the railway, the strenuous opposition
to Gen. Rumble, and the nimble es-
cape of Commandment General Botha's
division have forced the war office OBJ
servers to the reluctant conclusion
that the war is not yet over.
Gen. Butler is in Boer territory. Dis
patches of correspondents with him,
filed Sunday at sunset, describe the
corps as camping at Gansoloi, close to
the point where the frontiers of the
Free State, the Transvaal and Natal
meet.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
AN UNEXPECTED RESULT.
1t Was the Mother and Not the DauEh-
ter Who Accepted His Conn
pliments,

"Say," said the man with worried look.
do you remember giving me lot of ad
vice on how to conduct my own love affairs
about two months ago."
Eyes," replied the man with the wise ex-
preston, relates the Baltimore American.
"Told me if I wanted to win the girl
should make love to her mother?"
"Uh--huh."
"Said if could get the old lady on my
side all I had to do was to toddle around
with ring and say: 'When? to the girl
The wise man nodded.
"Said for me to compliment the mother
on her youthful appearance" continued the
worried man, "and give her a jolly about
how sad / was that the young ladies of the
present. were not to be compared with
those of the past?"
eyes. Yes. You won the girl, supposed"
YES, 1 did-not. The Old lady has sued
her husband for divorce and me for breach
of promise"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
PLATFORM OUTLINED.
Republican eaders Discnas Its Prob-
able Plank* at u Dinner to
Senator Hanna.

Washington, June 1.-THE repub-
lican platform was the principal top
&c of discussion, and all the planks
which it will probably contain were
gone over at length at dinner given
by Senator Hanna Saturday night.
Those present were Senators Spooner.
Depew, Fairbanks, Davis and Bever-
idge and Postmaster General Smith.
On the authority of leading repub-
lican senator this outline of declara-
ton of party principles can be given:
1t will declare that the insurrection
in the Philippines has been stamped out.
excepting guerrilla warfare and civil
government is being established; con-
graduate Porto Rico on territorial gov
eminent and Hawaii on annexation:
commend McKinley's administration as
thoroughly American and prosperous:
declare for gold standard: favor reduc-
ton of war taxes:S reaff1rm Monroe doc
trine; advise vigorous foreign policy and
construction Of Nicaragua canal: con-
denim trusts and indorse legislation passed
by the house; reaf1rm protection and
reciprocity policies, and declare Cuba
will be given freedom as soon as is SAFE
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
CARELEsSNEss WITH MONEY.

The secretary of the treasury has
very large directory Of careless people
Of people who have money to burn or
otherwise destroy, and who appeal to him
for reimbursement. Uncle Sam is kind
enough to restore lost money when he is
satisfied that it is actually out of ex-
lstence, and the treasury department has
to look after this branch Of his financial
affairs.
A woman in Indianapolis got ten dol
lars in greenbacks mixed with greens
she was preparing for dinner, and
boiled them into an almost unrecog-
nizable mass.
"A Washington man, a couple of weeks
ago, went in person to the secretary of
the treasury to get $35 for some badly
mutilated bills that his playful pup had
been exercising with for an hour.
A Boston man took from his pocket
what he says he thought was piece of
paper, and burned half of it in lighting
the gas. The gas light revealed the
fact that he had used $40 bill for a
lighter.
An Ohio man wants to sell the treas
ury department mouse net for 500.
He says he had that amount in bills
in bureau drawer, and that the mice
appropriated it in bits to build q home
in which to rear their family.
A loving philadelphia papa has
asked $50 for few strips of green
ish paper and n score of pellets of
the same material. He says they once
constituted $40 bill, which his pet
boy had torn to pieces, rolled into
balls and blown through glass tube
at the cat, canary bird and nursemaid.
A Kansas farmer has sent a lot of
chopped bills that he says represent
$40. According to his story they were
in the pocket of a vest that was hung
on feed cutter, and when it was be.
ing operated the corner of the vest
that held the money got between it's
knives and with the money was torn
in shreds. The claim is now in process
of adjustment. -. =. s,.ss.z 81 .{...g +
A Vermont farmer has sent to the
treasury department mass of rem
nants of bills that approached the
lcondition Of pulp, and asked for $3.50.
in return, which, after some delay, he
received. He said he had very careful
II hidden the money under the raft,
Iers of his barn, and somehow it had
lgotten into the hay and bran fed to
lone Of his cows. The COW was chew
ling the green feed when its nature
ssvas discovered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
4 WEEKS HISTORY I
The Important Happ enings Of q
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South. /. .a
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.

Adjournment of congress was de,
layed by a disagreement between the
senate and house as to whether the
navy or coast survey should make ocean
surveys. The debate in the house was
oneTof the most bitter during the SEES
sion.
The first session of the Fifty-sixth
congress came to close at five O'Clock
on the 7th after session lasting 1877
days, during which time the number of
bills introduced was 12,152; total
passed. 1918; public acts, 1888; private
acts, 932. The appropriations amount
to $7oo,729, 476, of which $137.247,155 is
on account of the Spanish war.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
NATIONAL BANKS.
More Than 100 Have Been Chartered
Since the New Financial Law
Took Effect,

Washington, June II. - Chairman
Brosius, of the house committee on
banking and currency, has prepared
report relative to the operation of
the new financial law from the date
of it's passage, March IA to June L.
This report shows that since the new
law went into effect there. has been
an increase of 104 in the number of
national banks, an increase in the ag-
gregate of capital stock of nearly ST.
100000, and an increase of bank note
circulation of 6,714.323.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
At Hts Old AO me.

Rochester, n. y June l1.-Gen. E..
S. Otis, who is to be the city's guest
next week, accompanied by his wife
and daughter and Capt. Laighton, OF
the United States army, arrived; in.
Rochester at 3:l5 o'clock in the morn.
ing, coming through from Chicago,
He made a flying visit to his old home
on the Liell road just outside the city
line and left for Washington during
the day. When asked if there was any
thing he could add as to the subject
of the Philippines he said: .The war
in the Philippines is over; that is all
there is to say about It now - = =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15

1conoclasts are continuing their
work, the latest vandal in the field of
history asserting that Phil Sheridan's
famous ride had nothing to do with the
victory at Winchester-that the union
troops had turned the tide of battle
and the confederates were in retreat
when the general arrived. 1t will be
difficult to destroy the confidence of
the American schoolboy in Sheridan's
ride, despite the iconoclast's frantic
efforts, nor will the story of that day
be changed as long as men live who
fought with little Phil' and were in
the battles of the Shenandoah.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15

According to Mr.. WI Tung Fang,
the Chinese minister, the proper name
of the organization referred to as
Boxers" is zee Ho Chuan, which, in
the vocabulary of the Middle King
dom, means righteousness, harmony
and fists"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
White IL Reticent,

Berlin. June 1.-THE attention of
Mr.. Andrew d. White. the United
States ambassador. was called by the
correspondent of the press to Amer
lean dispatches connecting his name
with the vice presidential nomination.
Asked for a formal statement on the
subject, Mr.. White declined to give
this, saying he could not discuss the
nomination, because it had not yet
been offered to him
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
Brings Much Cold Dust,

Port Townsend, WASH, June Ii
The steamer City of Seattle arrived
Saturday night from Alaska with $780,
600 in gold dust and 260 passengers,
most of whom are from Dawson. Thus
far five boats have reached the lakes
from Dawson. and the rush for the
states is fairly on. Among the return.
ing Dawsonites are many women and
children. Up to May %, it is stated, the
cleanup had reached $1s,0OO,000. The
season opened from three to four
weeks earlier than in any previous
year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
A Most Unu.u.l Action:

~ New York, June 1.-THE New York
stock exchange has taken an action
which is said to have few precedents in,
the history OF the exchange. and or
dered the dissolution of brokerage
firm of which one of its members is a
party. Under the power conferred BY
the constitution of the exchange, the
governing committee has warned
Paine, Schuyler & CO., that they must
dissolve partnership within the next
30 days. The firm is composed Of Sid
sney s. Schuyler, who is the board me M
Der; J. Overton Paine and the latter's
brother, Thomas B. Paine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15

The significant" feature Of the large
immigration of farmers in the older
states to the wheat regions Of Mime
sofa and North Dakota is that the
large estates and acreage of farms, of
which so much was said a few years
ago, have been cut up and sold to-
actual farmers in tracts of 800 acres.
Some of these large farms contained
from $4,000 to 10000 acres. The infer
ence is that the smaller scale of farm
ing brings the most economic results.
With the late machinery, farming re-
quires the careful watching and per-
sonal supervision of the owner. 81.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15
VAN WICK UNDER FIRE.
Mayor Of New York Testines Regard
Ing His Connection with
.sss@-1 :t.}. xes the Ice Trust. at

New York, juno 11.-Mayor Van.
Wyck Saturday, in sworn testimony
before Justice Gaynor, of the supreme
court Of Brooklyn, confessed, under
examination by lawyers in the pro-
ceedings begun under the "anti-
Tweed" provision of the charter, that
he now owns 4,2OO shares of the stock
of the American Ice company, known
as the ice trust, and that large
amount of the stock was still unpaid
for. He declared he had been advised
to buy ice stock by C. w. Morse, presi-
dent of the company, and his intimate
friend John +. Carroll, deputy leader
of Tammany Hall. When Messrs.
Morse and Carroll We're put on the
stand later they fatty contradicted
this statement, saying they had never
so advised the mayor.
1t developed from the mayors testi-
mony that he understood at the start
he was going to get in on the "ground
floor" or. as the mayor expressed it,
he was to- get, the stock at "rock-bo
tom prices" He bought 5000 shares
of the company's stock in April, 1899,
$500 preferred and 1850 common,
from c. w. Morse, president of the
company, for $25O,0OO. For this, he
said, he paid $4,000 in cash and the
remaining 100000 in mis- personal
notes. One of these notes for $50, 600
was paid only Friday. The mayors
testimony also shows he subscribed
for $250,0O0 of stock par value in the
copper trust in the same month he &C
quired the ice stock, thus buying $780,
900 worth of stocks in less than three
weeks. He admitted that he had been
receiving ten per cent. dividends on
his 4,200 shares of stock, although he
still owes $15O,O0O for them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-15

A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala.
tells of the bodies of IL italian laborers
being found dead in the woods near
there. They were part of a gang Of la
borers employed in building new rail-
road, and were killed by eating poi
soned meat. The cook in the contract
ors' camp noticed that things were be-
ing stolen from his kitchen, so he poi
soned some meat and left it where it
could be easily reached. The Italians
ate the meat, and not one of them lived
to tell the tale,