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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24

running along the canvass pathway in
rush Of gas to the stern end of the
order to equalize weight and right the
airship, they clung desperately to the
netting and frail superstructure. The
long airship and the tremendous
weight OF the engines and the crew
caused the non too substantial en-
velope to burst with loud noise.
The release Of great quantity OF
gas allowed the airship to settle slow.
ly tward the earth and for few mo-
ments it looked as if it would come
down slowly enough to avoid injury
to the 10 men. Some OF them, how
ever, lost their heads before the big
ship could reach ground and jumped
These escaped with broken limbs oi
severe bruises. On nearing the earti
however, the gas escaped with rusf
and allowed the engines and big bag
to come down with great force. Cap
tain Morrell, the inventor, and sew
eral of the engineers were thus caught
and injured by the engines. There
was a panic in the big crowd thai
watched the ascension, when the bis
airship began to tilt. AS it burst anc
fell, women screamed and ran il
fright in every direction. Several o
them tainted. The injured men were
quickly rescued by hundreds Of mer
who rushed forward and with knive.
slashed the vanished gas bag in ;
thousand places releasing those i'm
prisoned beneath. They we're all tax
en- to the Roosevelt Hospital and tn,
Oakland hospitals where with one ex
ception all are doing we'll.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
INDIANS SUFFERING.
Capt. Paul e. Hutton U. s. A. Sur
geon Reports Indians Suffering.

SEATTLE, May 23.-Forty eight
percent OF the adult Indians Of Alaska
are suffering from tuberculosis VIII 'le
practically all Of the children are suf'
fcring from some disease or other Is
the report OF Capt. Paul C. Hutton,
assistant surgeon. U, s, Army. who
has arrived In Seattle from Fort Will
liam n Seward with a detachment OF
the Tenth Infantry, Captain Hut
ton when he went North last summer
had instructions to make a special in
vestigation of. the health Of the Alas
kan natives He will go east at
once and make a special report on
conditions as he found them TO the
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
Conditions among the Alaska In
dians" said Capt, Hutton. ARE the
worst | have ever seen. They are in
describablc.
The natives have no conception
Of cleanliness, and from the habits Of
consumptivcs in the schools and mis-
sions, many children are tubucular
from birth The only salvation lies
in sending instructors and medical
men north and compelling the Indians
10 observe sanitation,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24

OAKLAND, May "a giant air
ship on its trial trip in Berkeley to-
day, rose 800 feet from the earth;
before 10000 people, tilted, burst and
dropped to the ground with its crew
OF 10 men, everyone of whom was
injured. By one OF those peculiar
freaks and fortunate chain OF circum
stances which sometimes attend SEN
sational accidents, these 10 men mi
raculously escaped death. None OF
the injured, with possible exception
of one who is expected to die. Seven
OF them are seriously hurt, and nine
are severely bruised and suffering
from the shock. The accident was
spectacular and a sensational one.
Probably 10000 people from Berk-
eley and Oakland had gathered
around big vacant lot wherein the
great catapillar- shaped air craft had
been filled with illuminating gas.
Five gasoline engines suspended be-
meath the big bag at intervals OF
probably 50 feet each, attended by
an engineer were not put into oper-
alton until well up into the air, then
two of them slowly set in motion the
long propellers reaching out from
either side. The engines were sus-
pended independent of each other and
the vessel did not appear to be equal
lied. Before the ship could be pro-
PEELED further than few feet forward
its end titled downward and the air
ship stood at an angle of As degrees
suspended in the air. The engineers
and other members of the crew seem
ed to lose their heads and instead oi
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
IMPORTERS OBJECT.

NEW YORK, May 23.--It has been
decided by the Board of U. S. Cen
eral Appraisers that cranberries
packed in casks are dutiable property
under the specific provision in the
tariff for "cranberries."
The importers Of the berries OBJ
jected to the action Of the custom au-
thorities in classifying the berries as
fruits preserved in their own juice,
with tax of one cent per pound and
IS per cent ad valorem. In reducing
the assessment Judge Waite says the
berries have not lost their indentity
and should be returned for duty at
rs per cent as claimed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
IMPORTANT ORDER.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Captain
Thomas S. Baldwin, who is building
the new dirigible balloon for the U.
S. army, has received an order to
construct and deliver within sixty
days two observation balloons for
the signal corps of the army to cost
$500 and to be built from a vulca-
nized rubber material he recently in
vented. The new material will last
FIVE times as long as the vanished
silk now used, the inventor says, and
is much easier and safer to handle.
One of the balloons is to be of 1000
cubic meters capacity and the other
of $40 cubic meters.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
Held BY the American Rowing
Association
ON THE SCHUYLKlLL RIVER
Five Different Fights in Contest Over
Course of Mile and Five-Sixteenths
New York Crew Carries Of the
Greatest Honors; Philadelphia Next

PHILADELPHIA, May %. = In
the best regatta ever held by the
American Rowing Association, five
different eights beat the record for a
course of mile and hve-sixteenths
on the Schuylkill river this afternoon.
The best mark of the day was made
by the University of Pennsylvania
Varsity eight and the New York
thletic Club, when they rowed dead
heat for first place in the race for
first eights. Again, ip the race for
junior college crews, all three con-
testants, Yale, Pennsylvania and
Harvard beat the former figure, the
time of the victorious Yale crew be-
ing six minutes and 27 seconds. The
other two dead heats were 3-4 sec
onds behind.
The New York crews carried off the
lions share of the honors, winning
four 6rsts and tieing one. Philadel-
phia was second with three frsts
and tie for first One of the biggest
crowds that ever saw a local regatta
lined the banks of the river to witness
the finishes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24

SALEM, May 23.-Thoroughly ex
hausted in his efforts to save the life
OF his young lady companion, Jesse
CJess") Schafer, young man of
Portland, gave up and sank beneath
the waters OF the Willamette River,
at this point, just as two men in a
rowboat arrived upon the scene of
the struggle for life, and snatched the
inanimate form of the girl from his
weakened grasp and from the EN-
brace of death.
The accident happened about 1880
this morning, aud all efforts to recov-
er the body of the young woman,
which disappeared where the water
is 20 feet deep, had been unsuccess-
full up to late hour this afternoon,
Yung Schafer, of whom very little
is known here, drives the automobile
for +. S, Stewart, who is Portland
agent for the United Wireless Tele-
graph Company, with headquarters in
room 4l0, Corbett building
Schafer and a young lady, Miss
Ollie Drummond, OF this city, had
been out for launch ride on the
river, and had just returned and put
the boat in the launch house,
An attempt was then made to walk
to shore on log boom at the foot
OF the ways at Spaulding's sawmill
when the logs rolled and Miss Drum.
mond fell n, Schafer clung to her
and plunged in after her. He swan
for some distance with her and tried
to climb upon log, but she either
tainted or was overcome with fright
and sank twice in spite of him.
Then he cried for help. Sam Miner
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24

and H. Folks, both residents of this
city, were upon the opposite side Of
the river in a rowboat, and saw the
accident. They hastened to the res
cue, and arrived just in time to catch
the girl as she was sinking for the
third and last time, and just in time
to see Schafer disappear from view
Miss Drummond, who is a popular
young girl of II years, is prostrated
from the shock She has until re-
Gently been employed in local ice
cream parlor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
WILL NOT LET UP.
Democrats Propose to Continue Their
Filibuster.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-John
Sharp Williams, the minority leader
of the house, announced tonight that
the Democrats propose to continue
their filibuster till the legislation rec
commended by President Roosevelt
had received cnsideration or final
adjournment had been ordered by the
majority In his view Congress will
not adjourn before the latter part OF
next week.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
COMPLETED SOON.

DENVER, Colo, May 23.-June
sixth the contractors employed on the
new Denver Auditorium, where the
Democratic Convention is to be held
July 7, will walk out of the building
with their work completed.
1t will take week more to clean
up and arrange the seats and do all
the house setting and then the big
convention hall will be ready for the
public
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
Time for Construction Of Dam
Across Rainy River Passed
Over Presidents Veto
DAY WAS A VERY BUSY ONE
Net Results Of Days Session Was
Adoption Of Conference Agreement
on Postofice Appropriation Bill
Other Various Questions Discussed.

WASHINGTON, May %. .- For
the second time within "a hours the
House tonight following discussion
of two hours, rejected the mail sub
sidy provision for ocean steamships.
Previous similar action was taken
with respect to the Senate amend
ment in the postoffice appropriation
bill reducing the number of days up
on which the weighing of mail are to
be conducted, with the result that the
postoffice appropriation bill for the
third time was sent back to confer
ence, all other features of the bill be-
ing agreed on by unanimous consent.
Altogether the day was busy one.
Conference report on the omnibus
pension claims bill and on the forti-
hcation appropriation bill, which were
agreed to, resolution providing for
remission of part of the Chinese in
demnity growing out of the Boxer
troubles Of 1900 was adopted as was
also a resolution increasing the pay
of over hundred house employees
and officials; the conference report on
enlarging homestead entries in arid
regions from 100 to 800 acres was re-
jected, thereby finally defeating the
bill and the report authorizing the
extension of time for the construction
of the dam across Rainy River in
Minnesota was passed over the presi-
dents veto.
When the Senate met today there
was general understanding that
| nothing would be done to delay the
final adjournment of Congress and
that no legislation would be enacted
beyond completing the consideration
of general supply bills The net re-
suit of the days session was the
adoption of conference agreement on
the postofice appropriation bill, the
items of the latter measure relating
to weighing of mails and ocean mail
subsidies being sent back to confer
ence. Various questions were dis
cussed during the day. Teller re-
viewed the court decision of limita-
tions of federal power under the con-
stitution and referred to the report
that the President had stated in the
letter that he would veto certain legis-
lation if passed by Congess as evil
dence of unwarranted encroachment
upon the powers of state. Teller was
followed by Bacon, who declared the
Presidents statement in his message,
on March rs, that he would veto any
bill not guaranteeing the right Of the
government to charge for power on
navigable streams in connection with
legislation respecting the water power
privileges as "Gross breach Of privi-
leges Of the Senate"
He said the introduced resolution
/ providing that this matter be consid-
cred by the committee on privileges
and elections, but being member Of
the minority he feared his act would
have been regarded as partisan. Owen
of Oklahoma made an effort to se-
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
Killing Was Outcome Of Suffers
interference al Party Going
on al Skaters Home
COMPLAINT or NEIGHBoRs
Shooting Occurred March ist--Dead
Man Was a Longshoreman-p Party
Had Been Drinking and Disturbing
Peace OF Neighbors, so il Was Said

PORTLAND, May 23.-Na,han II.
Suitter, the policeman who shot
Henry Shaffer, a longshoreman to
death, March last, was acquitted to-
night by a jury Of the charge OF man
slaughter The killing was the out
come Of Suffers interference in a
party which was going on at Shafer's
home. The party had been drinking
and the neighbors, so il was alleged,
complained to Suittcr. Version OF
Suitter is that he was threatened
great bodily harm by Shaffer and
fearing for his life, shot Shaffer
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
CALIFORNIAN WINS.
Samuel McVey Knocks Out "Jewey''
Smith in Third Round.

PARIS, May 23.-"Jewel" Smith
the South African heavyweight boxer
was knocked out by Samuel McVey
(colored), of California, in the third
round of a twenty-round fight here
tonight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
Northwest League.

At Observation-Disclosures 2, Ia
coma 2. Owing to rain, game was
called in the seventh inning.
AT Seattle-Seattle 4, Aberdeen 0.
At Spokane-Butte 3, Spokane 4,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
A heroic Rescue
Jesse SChafer Of Portland Lost
at Salem
GIVES LIFE TO RESCUE GIRL

Swims Far in River With Helpless
Maid-Help Comes Just in Time to
Get Her While he Goes Down the
River.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
WAS TO FLY FROM OAKLAND TO BERKELEY
Graft Fell Distance Of Three Hundred feeSome Of the Grew
Lost Their Heads and Jumped..-Accden Causes Great
Panic In Crowd---Women tainted


RELEASE OF GREAT QUANTITY OF GAS CAUSES ENVELOPE
TO BURST WITH LOUD RIPPING NoIsE-vEssEL DID NOT
APPEAR TO EQUALIZE-ENGINEERS AND OTHER MEM
BERS COMPLETELY LOST THEIR HEADS.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-24
BASEBALL SCORES.
Pacific Coast League.

uNNAN WVuSE ASWkWSs
At San Francisco-Los Angeles 4,
San Francisco 3.
At Portland-Portland S, Oakland
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Continued on page 81
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18
ROCKER OPPOSES
SECRETARY TAFT
Governor Hughes, OF New York. and
Tuskegee President, Make Adj
dresses From Same Platform
in the MetrOpOlis--Some
ShrewdneSS.

New York. Jan. 17.-NeW York pol
iticans attribute q hidden significance
! to the appearance on the same plat
! form here today of Governor Hughes
and DR. Booker T. Washington, the
colored educator and president of Tus-
kogeo institute Nj. Washington IS
admittedly the leader of American ne
groes and his influence will so far to-
ward determining the Southern vote
in the Republican national convention.
That his meeting with Hughes today
may result in increasing the popular
ity of the latter among the negroes IS
quite possible.
That Dr. Washington will not open
ly espouse the cause of Secretary
Taft, despite the friendship Of the ne
gro educator for President Roosevelt,
is almost a foregone conclusion. The
majority OF the Southern negroes, ac-
cording to men familiar with the po-
litical situation in the South, favor the
candidacy of Senator Foraker because
of the stand he took in the Browns
Vile affair.
1t is believed that DR.. Washing
ton is shrewd enough to realize the
impossibility of securing the nominal
ton of Foraker, and farseeing enough
to perceive that, if possible, it would
only be harmful to the negro race,
since it would make racial animosities
an issue of the campaign. DR.. Wash
ington is too firm friend Of President
Roosevelt to advocate the nomination
of the chief executives chief politi-
cal enemy.
All of these facts lead the wise ones
to believe that DR.. Washington will
come out in favor of Governor Hughes
and that he will use his influence to
bring his millions Of admirers to the
same opinion. SO far DR.. Washington
has not expressed himself definitely
on the political situation, but great
pressure is being brought to bear on
him by the negro leaders of the South
To greater extent than any other
man. DR. Washington carries the Re-
publican influence of the South in his
possession, and when he does speak
it will be with the wisdom and tinality
of an oracle.
The Foraker forces realize this and
have done their utmost to persuade
the great educator to announce him
self in favor of the Ohio senator. II
they succeed, Foraker will have a
fighting chance in the convention. II
they fail, the Foraker boom will be
dead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18
- - - --------
NEWSPAPERS COMPARED
WITH H1NDRlLLS

A newspaper has 1000 readers
for each 600 subscribers. A mer-
chant who puts out 1,00o hani-
bills gets possibly 300 "a 800 people
to read, that is.-if tha Boy who is
trusted to distribute them does not
chunk them under he sidewalk
the handbills cost as much as a
half column advertisement in the
home paper. Al! .hc ", r'er and
girls and hals the rlen and boys
read the advertisements. Result
the merchant who uses the news
manor hoe 2 sn0 moro raadnrS tn
each 1000 OF the papers readers.
There is no estimating the amount
of business that advertising does
bring to a merchant, but each dol
lar Invested in advertising brings
to the investor somewhere from $50
to 500 worth of usiness.-Albior
(Mich.) Evening Recorder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18

no receipts. They did not think Of
what that would mean until they
reached Little Rock, where they
changed cars. They were put off OF
the Pine Bluff train because they had
no tickets. Mr.. Moore states that
they were stranded in Little Rock
without enough money to get out.
However, they made up between them
enough money to take one Of the party
to Pine Bluff. He raised enough
money there to come back and get the
rest of them, who meanwhile must
have been living rather humble lives.
For the trouble and the expense the
affair incurred, Mr.. Moore asks that
the railroad company pay him and his
friends the sum of 1904 SIS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18
THE SILK HATS
AND STARVATION
Carrie Nation, She OF the Ratchet
Fame, in the City of Mexico.
Makes Sensational Statement
as Result OF Her Recent
Observations.

City Of Mexico, Jan. 11.--"Catholi-
cism is the greatest curse of Mexico.
Fat priests wear silk hats while the
poor worshippers, who support them
in luxury, are starving to death. Your
churches are adorned with millions Of
dollars worth of gold and silver, while
devout adherents of the faith go all
but naked, and have reached the most
degraded stage of human existence.
The religion, the liquor, the cigarettes
and the degradation of the poor are
the curses Of Mexico"
Thus declared Carrie Nation, Of
Ratchet fame, who has recently been
making a lecture tour of Mexico Upon
her arrival here Mrs Nation announced
that she had buried the Ratchet" and
that she now depended upon moral
suasion for the salvation of belight-
ed souls. The liquor dealers Of Mex
leo are great believers in advertising
and hoped that Mrs. Nation would in
dulSe in q few smashing expeditions,
but she refused TO oblige them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18
NOTICE.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dee. 81. 800.
BY virtue OF authority vested n
me l will receive bids up to and
including noon OF the 31st day of
January, 1908, Tor the hire SAT,
keeping and working OF the Jehcr-
son county misdemeanor prisoners
for the next two years. Bids TO be
filed with the county clerk and
opened at noon January 81, 1908,
said bids 10 be marked Bids for
County Prisoners" and certified
check for $1,000 to accompany bid,
which check will be returned when
successful bidder enters into bond
as required by law for compliance
With his bid.
JAS. GOULD,
l2-313Ot County Judge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18
BLOOD RECIPE
EASILY MIXED
Better Than Patent Medl
cine and Said to Build Up
the System.
VERY EASY TO MAKE
Relieves All Forms OF Blood Disor.
ders by Restoring Proper Action OF
the Kidneys--Said to Overcome
Rheumatism

All medical authorities are
agreed that the blood is the great
source OF disease or Of health in the
human system. If the blood is pure,
the individual is trong and healthy.
IL the blood is impure or diseased
then there is sickness or decay in
the whole system.
Rheumatism is strictly blood
Csin6ase. 1t Us caused by cNccs-
aive uric acid Sores, pimplcs, ETC..
mean bad blood. Catarrhal ai1ec-
tions must be treated through the
blood TO get permanent results. 10
get well. TO feel strong, hearty and
vigorous one must have good clean
blood and lots of it. You cant clean
the blood thoroughly unless the kid
neys are made active. Bad blood
means clogged, inactive kidneys and
liver which causes, too, such symp-
toms as backache, nervousness.
bladder and urinary u1hlcultles ana
other sympathetic troubles.
Here is il simple home remedy
and the hecipe for making it up
is as follows:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce, Compound kargon one
ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparil-
la three ounces. Shake we'll in a
bottle and take in teaspoonful doses
after each meal and again at bed
time. The ingredients can be OBJ
tanned at any good prescription
pharmacy at small cost.
Here the readers Of this paper
have simple yet powerful and eff
fective remedy for all forms Of
blood. tidnev and bladder diseases
which should relieve rheumatism
and eatarrhsD affections and .-e-
place that weak, WORKOUT indiffer
ent feeling with strength, vigor IL
hoaiih
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18
IT. CRAVENS DIES
AT FAYETTEVILLE
VA, Ore of Arkansas Ole tnIHchst
Was Prominent a. Il Business
Wan and known Through
o,,t the state.

Fayetteville, Ark., IAN i'.-Sol'
! +. Craycn5. onr Of the pioneers
Of Arkansas. u graduate OF IVES
Point commander Of Il Cohfede'-
ale reg. ment during the Civil War
prominent business man and well
known throughout the state, died
here Yesterday OF pneumonia. 'ol'
Cravens was about II years old ana
is survived by his wife and i've
children. The children include Two
cons William Cravens and Hat
Crayons. and three daughters, MIA
Vol Walker, Mrs. Oliver CraVehs
o,d Irc Gregg. Col. Cravens had
heen confined to his bed for several
week.
Col. Crayens was engaged in the
ineurance business here and was al
en- identified with other commercial
interests.
He has a brother, Col. William
Cravens, residing at Fort Smith.
Col. Cravens was cousin OF JoT-
dan r. Cravens, whose daughter
Mrs. +. B. T. Hollenberg, lives at
617 Cumberland street, Little ROCK.
His nephew, Benjamin Cravens' IS
q member Of Congress from Fort
Smith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-18

STRANDED FOUR
James Moore Sues Iron Mountain for
$500. Alleging He and Friends
Got Left Here Short
on Money.

James Moore and his friends must
have had a most unpleasant journey
from TeXarkana to Pine Bluff if what
is set up in the complaint of a suit
against the Iron Mountain, which Mr..
Moore has brought in the Circuit
Court, says the Little Rock Gazette.
Mr.. Moore is suing for S30465. He
states that he and party of four
friends We're travelling from Texar-
kama they bought through tickets TO
Pine Bluff by way of Little Rock. Be-
fore they reached Little Rock, he says,
the train auditor came through and
took up their tickets and gave them