The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, June 11, 1901, Image 1

The morning Astorian., June 11, 1901, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1901)

Page of 4 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.9 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 4 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextJJOTI OH J Bocko, Periodicals, Mzin ire No! to b: T:.:;c:i r-j-rn.;'! L'bijry w.tf.jut .v :. :. One L .iul ,u.,y (J udi of ffiuc. VAlil K IT- L Jl A 1 A . ' win oe '"UmB KYSCCUtlOtl. A Ml i J H VOL. Mil ASTORIA. OKrXOX. TIESOAY, JL'NE 11, 1901. NO. m r ini in ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers Steamfitters HOLI- AOCINTH POR 527 BONO Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Balls, Alasks, Pads, Gloves Ami everything else in that line to miike the boys If yon do not play ball wo can hhow yo.i un elegant FISHING LINES. FLIES, REELS, BASKETS, ETC. GRIFFIN Granite Preserving Eiettles AND ALL GRANITE WARE... Foard 8 Stokes Co. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED. PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Fanners and loggers. A. V. ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets 'I. 1 i "i i r ti Ml ) I We Rent New L C. J. Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shifting. r - , SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STRI3ET Outfits AND AT ALL PRICES line of & REED HIND OF REPUTATION REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION Reputation represent! public opinion. How to get In your favor. Make a first-class. Ti llable article like the Char ter Oak Stove and Range. Every Charter Oak la guar anteed. For aale In Astoria only by W. J. SCULLY. 431 Bond St.. Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. Many new improvements added. Seo our latest " No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Catalogue Free . . . M. ALEXANDER 4 CO. hxolueive Pacific Coast Dealers 246 Htark 8t., Portland, Ore, W. M'KECIINIE. Loral Airent. TRBNCHARD. Cuatoiti Hour Broker , ASTORIA, ORE Uni W. F. 4k Oo asd Facile Kxsmi Ooa. - FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY Chicago Insurance Swindlers Sen tenced (o Penitentiary. PLOT LAID BV A WOMAN Pfoffim ol Scheme by Which She Wat to Oklna the lainraace -Sharp Battle With loiurtoli it Ba la a ft a. (IICAl, June 10. Ir. AufcUni I'n- KT una r. iayian nrowii. on trim or coiinplrJry ti defraud Insurance coit.i;inl'ii '.Iii'oiikIi th'- iValn of Ml.tx Miirtif I,.fi'tili i -li, .VP- thU 'vonliiK fnuiid icullty mid M'titi'ii I'd t Ihf wiil- tcntlury undi-r I it.- iDil.-t'-rrutr.if Uw I'm nk II. Hmll-y, Indlciti-1 with fng- niti! Iwiiwn, hli .i I KiilHy unci turn1'. I Kliit' cvl I'-in-, It In lik.-lv ih.it In ! III .v.'Hi- wllll li IlK'tt (wnti-ii, Tlic evM''!!! - ah' "I that IViK'-r. ISrun, Hmlli-y anil MIhh IX'Tiihach -n- (r.-d Inlfi a cm h j i r. t-y by Ulch Hml-l.-y v :n i i atip'-nr .in :hf ullWin.-.-d Iiiih- liaml of ill'' U"n.t;i. HIh- wn to ! tnki-n III u;i I lli'Ti H;;ir-ntly ln l-v-ln Ii!m thi? IniiiraiK"- whli h uKKr'Kn'd U'i.t'H'. Th.- wiiin.in. In h'-r will, nald tli:it chi- !! r.-il h-r n-miUni t l" vr' p::i'i'.l mil It I nu.tn.H-i tlir.t It tin- It't'-ntl'in to hurry hiT away aft'T tin1 u ion.-i Ji-vh un i rri'inat- nnoth- t lji'dy irin u ifil rrotn tin- nuri.iiiaj Thi woman ln'lm lrk. aororiln(f to :h. p'.iitranl. hu did nod rally and d!"d. Tin liH'iUMt i' ji Iwlil "y AlHtant Ci.r-oni-r Wrerkl'-r. with mi a Jury, and Wr-rkl'-r r-'urm-d ii verdict that the woman d el from latural caun Th'' diath i.f tti woman i ahroude In myt',ry. hatti.i: with insi koknts To Oftli- o -t Kill "I and Two Srrlounlv Wifund 'd. MANILA. Jum- 10. Two hundred In nurKi'tit w-rw mrount 'P'd ly "aptan W. A. Whllh' lm. of th Twfn'y-flrn; In fantry wl'h fifty m"n of that r.iini'tit. nix mlit-n .-ant of IJha. In Ihtiangan pr villi--. Thf inurifnt re defi-ati'l hut Ih'i'lr lonncn huvi" not Wn r''rtnd. Yat-n' troop of Firm cavalry in pur MiWiir th"n. I.'i-iitHii.int Anton Sprlntt'T. of th-Ti'nty-flrt Infanto-. wan klllod. IJru-ti-an: It, of th 'nKln'-er corpn, wan nhot In th'1 lu-ad and howcli and noon died. C:iptaln Wllhrlm wiim woundcl In l" nhou' l'T anil I.hut-,n:int O.arlw B Kamnay. of th Tw.-nty-flrnt Infantry, wan nhot In the left nld". Both are a-r-Immly woundi'd. T i acnc'anta and mi" prlvul were n.-rlously wounded. The Amerlcin offli-or wer.- pliinnlna- in attack a force of InnurKentn wh'.ch wan ahead of them when tlvy were fired on fro'n one aide. yol'No oorru: sitkmdfjs. Tw o Bodlen Found In the fire it North .rn Hotel In Chliwg-r CHIOAOO. June 10,-Slde by nide each with a bullet hole In the temple, the dead bodies cf a young couple, who were reglntered ao Hartman and wife, were found In their beds at the Great North-rn hotel this "venlntr. Th- woman was Identified as Rine Le Zebrebe. a variety actress. knoTi an Hose Zlobebe. The father of the dead man la said to be a wealthy tobacco dealer In business In New York City It Is MipponeJ that the case Is one of the runaway marriages, with death as the result of .1espniidnoy over the ob duracy of an unforgiving father. Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION. BOSTON. June 10. Streaming Into Boston from every Quarter of the glob'' came the delegates today to the semi centennial and lnterna:lonal Jublhe convention of tho Young Men's Chris tian Association of North America Practically every civilized country In the world will be represented tomor row when the convention will be call ed to order. A B RESTED FOR PORGBRY. CHICAGO. June 10. After being chased through :he streets by two de tectives and crowds of people, a young man who gavt the name of Melville Chester FlndUy, and who said he was the son of a wealthy business man of Kansas City, and a graduate of Yale, was arrested this evening on a iharge of forgery. CONDITION OF WHEAT CROP. Reports of Spring Wheat Well Up to the Average. WASHINGTON, June 10. Prellmln ary reparta of the spring wheat acre age Indicate a reduction of about 1.W0. 000 acres, or M per cent. There la an increase in acreage of two per cent In Mont mm and elv-n per rent In Wanh liiK("n. There In n decrease of eight per cent In Oregon and four per cent !n I'luti'i. Ttii- average condition of spring wheat on Ju:ie Int. wan ninety-two an com pute, with 87.3 at the corresponding dine of If. mi year, The mean of June average f"r tin: Inxi ten yearn In 828. The average for Oivgon In 93. and the average condition of winter wheat de clined during May 6.3 point. the con dition on June I being H7.8. HKLIKVKD TO UK BBHT. K'r 'harli- Wllxon Talkn on American IK-om(tlvea. N K V YOIIK, June 10.-Th- Tlnien na v: Kir f'harle Wllnon, pr'-nldent of the (Irand Trunk Itn'lway Company of Canada, who wan controller general of tin Na'lonal IMn 'ifflrc, of Greit Brlt taln, from 1K74 to 1M4. arid finance mln-li-r to Ktcypt fr'm 1S77 to 1X79, In In thin cllv. him Jut completed hln an nual Irmpe't'.lon of the lirand Trunk nyht'-m In Canaila and the t'nlted Htaten. In an Inicrvl'-w with a r'-ttorfr re-K-trllnif American md BrPlnh o(omo- tlvi-n In India and elm-wtiTe. Sir Chailen n.ii'l. "Vi-M. I have ri-ad the ntrlcturi-a of Sir Alfred lll.'kin.i'i m th" contractn pla--i-d hy Indian railway rompanle with Aini rliiin llriiin. I hnvn read alno the i -ii.-m.-iitH of Ixrl Ci-orif'' Hamilton. rr'-lary f ntate for India In reply. My opinion In that Sir Alfred Hickman will he Informed that the l!ri!hh Koyern nient plaied the i-.itr:ictn for ocrorni ilvn with Am-rlcaii firmn leiaiute it h-peveil (heir to ! the l-.st that's all " AI'MITTKD TO THE ACADRMY. WRST ltHNT. N. Y.. Jun- 10-Of the fifty-nine candidate who reported for the entrance examination lant week, only twenty-two panned successfully. These, together with IDS others whi qualified lost March, took the oath of allegiance and were admitted to the military academy today. Only ab'nit half if the third clans were permitted leave on furlcugh today. The others ar under purtirhment and will not be gi anted leave of absence until about the middle of July. TO AID NONUNION MEN. Action Tak"n by Machinlsta' Associa tionFund Amounts to $150,000. TOItONTO, June 10 The Internation al Machinists Association, In convention today, d-vldel to extend financial aid to '.lie non-union men who went out with members of the association. Since May 10. iver $46,000 ha bi-en distributed among the strikers. Presi dent O'Connell says that the special strike fund, amounting to over $130, 0o, was still Intact. THR CABINET ASSEMBLED. WASHINOTON. June 10. In response to messages from the preside t this evening all members of the cabinet now In the dty jrwemoled at the White H us.. The object of the gathering la not known. JEAliOl'S WOMAN'S DEED. MEXICO CITY. June 10,-At San Oeronlmo, Senora Vlllavenclo, madly Jealous of a Spanish priest named Mar clo, on account of another woman, pen etrated the priest's church during the houl of confession and shot him dead. THH CHINESE INDEMNITY. WASHINGTON. June 10 The gov ernment has formally communicated to the foreign powers the Impossibility of Joining in a Joint puarantee for the paymenr of the Chinese Indemnity. TMvCLAHSD A DIVIDEND. WASHINGTON. June lO.-The con troller of the currency has declared a dividend of five per cent In favor of the creditors of the Insolvent First Na tional bank, of Helena, Montana. PIOW FACTORIES COMBINE. CIUCACrO, June 10. Plans for the combination of twenty-one of the larg est plow factories In the country prac tically were completed today. The cap ital will be $75,000,000. CHARGED WITH PERJURY. OHAMA, June 10. The preliminary examination of James Callahan on a charge or perjury was continued In the county court today. CONCORD FOR UNAUASKA. WASHINGTON, June lO.-The gun- boat Concord left Yokohama today for Unalaska, where she Is to assist in en forcing the liquor laws. OLD OFFICER RESIGNS. CHICAGO. June 10. Dennis Sweenle. chief of the Chicago fire department for over half a oentury, resigned tonight owing to 111 fcealth. EMTOMBED IN A BURNING MINE Fate of Thirty Miners in Penn sylvania Coal Mine. SIX MEN WERE RESCUED Cauld Olvt Na laioraiatioa Rtirdlo Thtlr Uafertaaatc Com rid ti Nor What Hi4 Cjok the Fire Rtacac Piny at Work. If)UT ICOYAU Fa.. June 10. The I'ltlnh'irffJ Coal and CokeK;om;-an' shaft No. 2, at this plae. la again on fire affr st:-aily running for nevn years end more than 30 rien are In the mine, many of whom It is fi-ared will never be heard frm aiin. It In thought the fir- ntar-;d from an explosion and that six mf-n w-r.: !n the mine at the time. The inen b? Ing Jack Teoples. I'ony Hickiej, Frank Invenport. Daly. Lawr.nce ;'e:;.-r and John Sakes. K.iki-n and Z"tl t w.-re not near the po:nt whTe the expl-i-slon occurred, and on tn arrival of th ren-ue pirty they wer quickly brough: to the mirface tft-r b-lrg near ly overcome by the after-lamp. They ruM give no information as to wha: had caused the Ire and told r.eu-m that f.jur other men wen- en.ombel Aft-r 7 o'clok Superintendent Mc Comb, of Went New ton. Denis "WorK. the pit boss, Michael Boy. foreman of the Fuclid mines, and wveral other bosnen. with abiut twenty inn, went down shaft No. 1 and have not been heard from sine. About thre hours after the rescu-- party had been In th? mine, two more e plosions were beard. ON THE RAMPAGE. Wild Man Escaped From Tacoma Mu seum and Runs the Town. TACOMA. June 10. Yesterday after noon the police were called to arrest a suppospj burglar on A street. When they arrived they found the man had entered a nous by the rear window. The officers followed and when the stranger saw tbem approach he seized a board an I pounded It to splinters over their heads. Reinforcements were sent for. Cbi"f Fackler being left alon". the man sprang at him with a hammer but the latter dodged and Sergeant McCoy, who had just entered wrenched the hammer from his hand. A denpt-rate fight to put handcuffs on the man followed. The man was en dowed with Inhuman strength and snarled and growled at the men at tempting to overpower him. One of the man's arms had fallen free and a haid cuff was snapped. The other arm as doubled under his breast on the floor and In spite of the efforts of a halt a doxen men he could not be male to give up. Finally. Sergeant MeCoy managed to wrench the other arm out and the other cuff was fastened to his wrlat. When taken to the station It was dis covered that the stralnger ras a wild man who liad been on exhibition here and who had been locked out of his house. GREAT INTERTST EXHIBITED. Debate in Reform in War Office Eagerly Looked for by Members of Parliament. NEW YORK, June lO.-The Tribune s London eorreap indent says: Among the members on both side of the house of commons the greatest Interest is exhibited in the report of the committee on reform 'n tbe war office administration and there is much eagerness for an opportunity to debate the recommendations. The committee has suggest-Jd several questions invit ing the government to name a day for discussion. It Is no doubt very difficult In the present backward condition of business for the government to find time for a new army debate but they will certainly be strongly pressed to dj so. as the subject is felt to be of more than ordinary Interest and importance. Advanced reformers among military members at parliament appear on the whole to approve the report cf the com mittee. Naval Experts Awaiting Result of In- Naavl Exports Awaiting Result of In- vestUTiti.m of Mare Island Explosion. NEW YORK. June 10. While navy smokeless powder has demonstrated its keeping qualities In every test known to science, naval ordnance experts are awaiting with keen Interest the result of the Investigation at Mare Island where a magaaine was wrecked by an exDloslon several days ago. says a Washington special to the Herald. While ordnance, exoerta inslflt that navr smokeless powder is safe, they hare lost algt of the- fact tnat explo sions, havt occurred at the Indian Head proving groundn. Mare Inland, the Du rx.nf. Powd -r Work and the works of Iaflin A Rand. In none of these tests ban the came been established. Navy smokek'si powder Is made un iW the formula of the bureau of ord nance. The gun cotton from which the powder Is developed Is subjectej to the standard heat tent of 150 degrees for thirty minutes. A sample of the fln lnhej powder In subjee'ed to a heat test of 212 deTe--n for ten minutes. In many can it stands this temperature for an hour. The ignl'lon test of smokeless powder must not fall below 241 degrees. If the sample shows no signs of de. roniponitl in as a .-esult of these tests and the Inspection .nvle during man ufacture Is satisfactory, the lot It rep-ren-?nt bj accepted. When tord In magazineg several boxes have their lids loosely In place and It Is the duty of the Inspector who visits the magazines dally lo examine the powder to ascer tain if deci npiel-lm has set In. Wh.-n smokeless powder decompose It throws off nitrous vapors. The odor and appearance change so that detec tion n easy. It-ar-Admlral O'Neil states that the force of the expl s!on d-stroys the cause and In the Indian Had proving sround ca-, it was Impossible to es tablish a reavm for the explosion. HAYSEED IN TOWN. o:d Man in New York Loses His Hotel and IVjO. NEW YORK, June 10 Augustus Rathbone. 7S years old, of San Jose. Cal., who Is now staying In a Brook lyn hitl. arrived here Wednesday af ternoon with $23 .ind a check for $500. The city had changed so much since his last visit that he became completely be-wild-.Tid and lost. A detective was assigned to hunt for the old man's cash and check. The de tective easily found the first hotel Mr. Rathbone went to. but It was a long time before he found the second. At last the trail led 10 the Atlantic hotel In Brooklyn. The proprietor. Augustus Strauw. Imediately recognized Rathbone as a man who registered there last Wednesday and he left his baggage and valuables and disappeared next day. Strauss gave Rathbo.ie's belongings to the detective. Rathbone is a native of Provld ?nce, R. I. In 1852 he left there to go We3t. where he made his fortune. Th? old man !s on a tour of the world and came this way to obtain another glimpse of Nsw York and to visit his old home In Providence. ALASKA TRANSPORT DELAYED. The Rosecrans Canmt Be Repaired Owing to Strike. saH TACOMA, June 10. The transport Rosecrans and the reveune cutter Bear were towed to the Puget sound naval station, Bremerton, yestetrday. The au thorities expect that work will proceed no faster at the naval station than It would at Sea-.tte or Tacoma, inasmuch as the machinists and bollermakers are expected to refuse to work. A delegate from the unions is vUidng the naval stations and will tndeavor to persuade the men to refuse to work on either vessel. ISSUE STILL EVADED. Government Will Not Pass on Destruc ion of the Maine. NEW YORK. June 10.-A speciat to the Tribune from Washington says the government will resist the proposition that the Spanish treaty claims commis sion should undertake consideration of the question of responsibility for the destruction of the battleship Maine In Havana harbor on February 13, 189S. that question being involved in a batch of claims wlileh have recently been pre sented to the committee, reciting dam ages for loss or life tthrough that dis aster. STEAM SR OPHIR ARRIVES. AUCKLAND, X. Z., June 10. The Brltsh steamer Opb.tr, with the Duke and Duchtw of Cornwall and York on borrd, arrived here at noon today. ROBERT BUCHANAN DEAD. LONDON, June 10. Robert Williams Buchanan, poet and prose writer, Is dead. He was bom in August. 1S41. GETTING BETTER. VALPARAISO. Chile. June 10. Pres ident Errazuriz, ef Chile, is slowly re covering. WHEAT MARKET PORTLAND, June 10. Wheat. Walla Walla, 59&60. SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. Wheat. December. 102; cash, 97H. CHICAGO, June 10. Wheat. Septem ber, opening, 70ft70tt; closing, 69H. LIVERPOOL, June 10,-Wheat, July. 5s. WHd. SILVER MARKET - NEW YORK. June-10.-4311, 6. TUBBS DENIES BEING HERETIC Utterances Not in Opposition to the Methodist Church. BELIEVER IN EVOLUTION Says It It the Method Which 04 Employ! to Briof About Oreal Thlap-Orthot'oi aas Liberal Elcmeal Llalaf lo for Struggle. SALINA, Kas., June 10. Professor Frank D. Tubbs, recently removed from the chair of natural sciences In the Weslcyan University for alleged heresy, said today: "I knew no'.hlng of the movement to oust tne until the thing was actually done. I am lot a heretic. I chal lenge any one to point out a single ut terance of mine that is In opposition to the doctrines of the Methodist church. "I am a constant believer In evolu tion as the method Thlch Gixl has em ployed to bring great things about m this world. I believe in the right of every man to inquire where the Bible came from, who wrote It and what Its purposes are." The orthodox and liberal elements of the Northwest Conference of the Metho dist church, apparently, are lining up for a struggle as the result of the dis missal of Professor Tubbs. It appears the trouble has been growing for more than a year and -he dismissal of Dr. Tubbs brought the crisis. SU CHIN'S CASE. Will Probably Be Allowed to Land as a Trader. SAN FRANCISCO. June 10. Collec tor of Port Stratton recommended to the treasury department today that Su Sh'.h Chin, the Chinese reformer and scholar, be allowed to land under sec tion six of the exclusion act, as a trader. The Chinese authorities of this coun try are very anxious to keep Su SWh Chin out of the country for political reasons. He Is a leader of the reform party which Is seeking to place Em peror Kwang Hsu on the throne Instead of the dowager empress. Pending the decision of the treasury department, Su Shlh Chin Is held In the detention shed at the Pacific Mail dock. Collector Stratton says that there is a reward of $50.or.o on his head and he has taken this means to protect him from assaults by any sympathizers of the dowager empress. DOING VERY NICELY. Mrs. McKinley Gaining Strength and Able to Sit Up. WASHINGTON. June lO.-Dr. Rixey when he left the White House at 10:15 tonight said: "Everything la encouraging. Mrs. Mc Kinley Is doing very nicely. She Is gaing steadily. She sat up In the roll ing chair several times today, aggre gating probably an hour. We are very much encouraged by the steady Im provement." BOYCE TO HANG. TACOMA, June 10. The supreme court decided that it could not pass on the Rand law which does not go Into effect until June 14. and there fore a writ of mandamus is granted directing the superior court to Issue a death warrant for Boyce. MANLEY FOR GOVERNOR, LEWISTON. Me., June 10. A special to the Lewiston Journal, from Augusta, says Joseph Manley has announced he is a candidate for governor and the suppression of the whisky traffic. TO FIGHT THE TRUSTS. TOLEDO. O., June 10. Land has been purchased for the largest linseed oU mill in the world which will fight the trusts. PPL Baking Powder Makes the bread more healthful. Safeguards the food against alum mcoaota to hcahlt of th poca4 (by. I 4 "