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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1902)
wwiwiniBSKWissccira. hi 'uun, ONLY PAPER . UB LlSHED IN ASTORIA WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE . . . i '"""""""" -mmmmmm . . ... i aaaeasss-m 1 ' " 11 ' 111 1 --- ' fj ...i.eiakm-tk ' i AAl1 - ' ' I ' ,, VOU-LV . , . AsrnuiA. orkc.on Saturday. n;i.MmH ? ' - . 1 I ' i lu ii I W 1 I w U' w ...... ... ....... - tt liiti served itlmost one nr at th Una of hi Ueitlw"""! 1 MI 1 f 1 rAnr.m N.me of the warrant drawn during if A3 A rUUUClX J lo--or,'nt leut, only a very aiimll per. centug of themnn been asnea, ana Mr. Smith has laken step la prevent thttlr payment upon presentation. The defalcation over in previous terms will hav to b born by Hut bondsmen, Mr. Smith says, so Hi loss to th city will b mull. 1 : ' Tht nw of tht shoring cam a decided surprise. Juin Nelwn bor Ian envittDW riuiuun. in worn vi th. ex,..rt. will prob.bly rtwulrt fw J CASTRO wi'r limn ii mm " city official! tht full Matonwitt hll bt nmd. h JUDGE NELSON Late Official Had Systematic ally Plundered the City by Raising Warrants. ROOSEVELT WILL NOT ARBITRATE Final Decision Is Dispute Will Go Before The Hague Tribunal. IS AGREEABLE To My Customers Owlaf to ftit ruth Incident to XmM builMM, 1 have not tht tint to tend cATdato ftll of my customers Mfclng them to onU for 1 1903 calendar. I tUrcforo take this method of Invlt taf aH wko have so liberally patronlted m duslnf the ywr Just closing to Dleaw cU and get one of my calen dars. ' As Mmt will be rush of shoppers the for part of the week, I respect fully ask that you get tho calendars Immediately after Xmaa. Very itncerely, , Loan Will Fall 111 lkmlm? anil tli I'f rsoim fur Whom 1 the Amlltor llouRht t hy WMrrHitlH, A sens-itlon ss sprang yeslerdny t- t.mm.n fthn It was inounrJ that th Bi-.'ounts of the late Henry B. Nel son, auditor and mll- Judge of this City, howtd a heavy shortnge. The ea- ai t smuunt of lh-alk-uiion cannm be told, but enough Is known to show that there Is a deficit of fully The first Inilmatton that Judge Not son's affairs had not been honestly con iuttl cams about two ek ago, when h was taken to 8t. Mary's hos nltal for medical treatment. I)epuly Auditor Letwrtniin. In going over tne warrant book, noticed mn peculiar murks on the stubs, and aubemiuent In veetlgatlona. which were quietly innae, bmiiuht to lliiht Ilia dfftiliatlon. Kvcerts have been appointed to ex amine the late auditor's accounts, and within ajihort time the extent of the druU-ation will be known. Judm Nelson was first elected to the office of auditor In 1. Kvlilently the audltor'a shortcomings commenced In lrr. alihough the period over which the defalcation extended Is yt to be actu- ally determined. Kvery month the of- Hrlal plundered the city treasury, and NEW CUP WCFENDKn. KerresholT Rulldlug a Craft to Itcut the Constitution eiJ Columbia, NEW YORK. Deo. W The luteal sd- vits to the Tribune from Bristol, R. t.i whera the new heel sloop Is being hunt to try Issues with the ConslttU' tkin and Columbia for the defense of Atnerlca's curt, show that extra care Is belli tsken In the plating of the lena keel. Tubln luronse plates huvt been snugly Mited to the lend snd secured, to It be hundreds of screws. The edges of the plates butt so snugly that tney farm an absolutely smooth surface, it It said. The work ! regarded as the hHt ever seen on the keel of a cup yacht, While none of the frames nave oeen set ud yet. they are nearly ready snd soon after the stem and stern ixis are In plare. ths frames will be st up at the rate of between six nnn 10 s a., ThMo who are In close touch with Captain "Nt" Hrrehoff say the never saw him to confident as now. He firmly le-lleves thnt he has AnA a boat that W II beat tne Cnlumbla and the Constitution easily, From the water line Up. It Is said the uliins for the new boat show a slight tumble home'" which means that ner beam will be giealer at the water line thin on deck The new boat has a longwr kwl than Following Out the PreslIrit'M Stiff ektlon I KxpwUA to Hpeottltjr IUIm ItlockiMle. has evrol time attempted to obliiln an Interview with Mrs. Vnnrterbllt, He had alea written to Mrs, VanderblH tomplulnlng that her servants would not admit him to the house. rtKEtl CONOKATUlATEH WLE CVmiplctkn of Trans-Paclftc flouree of Oratlflcatlun. Cable III ml yiuimn v v.. f r i i .,w " ' - the shortage was never discovered, the I either the ConlltijJt'jV.VJbe ,fol.!m- , - .tH'iu I a, t 1 I lut h fillet leaatitwf fi 1 Have You Read I IE EST The true story of Lewis otid Clark? FOR SALE BY Ji N. .GRIFFIN' auucnsHOie to obiffin & reed rrHE BEE ' .-HIVE ii Black and Colored Wool TtfTeta Speolal of Ladles' India Silk silk Waists 4.00 Whlto and LlghtColored Wslits ,t .,,.a.BO :. r J'.i-"m ijwmw T--L - Now la tbo opportunity to get a Cloak si a big reduction. Bargains Is liadiei' snd Mle' ; Cloaks-long asaiters and 27 : In. lengths. gcB DISPLAY IN WINDOWS Children'! Dress,, In latest styles Da(Dly; Jn NeokwMr i .tMtonisbwgly low prices. Handkerchiefs snd Mnffleri. gee Us for Holiday Goods THE BEEHIVE auditor nlwsy swtesarui "tn talkln the cMtncil ways and means committee out of the notion of expert Ing the book. ' The auditor's defalcation was the re sult of a thorough system of warrant raining, For several years pat he had been engaged In the buying of warrants for Astorlons a ho Invested In city stript. and nearly all persons uhnu rlnlnia were allowed by the council received cash Instead of war rants, the auditor taking their receipt When a claim for W, for Instance, was tirented, It was referred to the proper council committee, and at the following meeting of the council would be allow ed. When th claimant called at toe city hall the auditor would pay him In cash, the money having been left with him by warrant buyers. City warrants are made payable to bearer, and after paying the claimant the auditor wouiu make out the warrant. A W warrant would be made out for $JJ, not, .how- ever, until the slgnuture of tn mayor had been attached to It. Mr. Leber man first noticed private marks on tho stub book thnt were used by the audit or a memoranda. All sorts of murks were used, such as three straight lines with th flgur e below them. These marks served to remind th defaulter of the amount In which he raised the warrant, the mark abov referred to meaning that he had added 36 to the warrant. As the stub book showed both the ex act smmint of th claim and the amount in which the warrant wits drawn, the auditor wa enabled to make a proper showing at any time he was called upon to do so. as he couiu have called off th correct amount to the official who wis delegated to check him ud nv thus raising warrants, Auditor Nelson stole between 13000 and &000 It is recalled now that th auditor al ways refused to permit persons other than himself to go Into his private of flee. but. as he was addicted to the use of Ikiuor It was generally thought that he had whisky in his safe and Kepi neoDl but of th offlr In order that they would not learn of It On several dlff went occasions City Attorney Smith advised the ways and means committee to have th book of Auditor Nelson expurted. but the audi tor always talked the committee out of th Idea, saying the city could not ar ford to pay for the work. He was re garded as ucrupulously honest, nnd for this reason the books wr never gone over. The police court fines and forfeitures which amount to a very large sum an nnniiv. hnvn nil bepn turned over to Cltv Treiwurcr Deulcy City Attorney Smith states that the ritv will not lose any large amount Judge Nelson's bondsmen for his first term (1898-08) wee W. L. Itobb and Mnrtln Foard: for his second term (1898-1900), August Panlclson and ft.. .in t.nnn! for" his third term nflofl-02). Charles Lorson and George A xt ..i. th- latter his brother. Thus far no bonis have been discovered for JU anJ she I also .t be a trifle longer over all. Her floor will be flatter ana hr bllaes rounder than tho of th other two. TOO HASTTf KANSAS MOD H ANCI9 THIS WRONG MAN Two Brothers Become Implicated Murder and the Innocent On Suffers. In lnTTMIURO. Kan,, Dec. S. A nrohublllty bj existing that In th lynching of Montgomery llodley her yesterday morning for killing Po n..nmi it male th wrong man was hanaui! and Xhlle Montgomery Clod ley was Implicated In th trouble, he did not fir th fatal ahot. , It Is believed thut Joe Oodley fired the shot from th oirteer's revolver and then mad hi escape, leaving hi brother to suiter at th hand of th mob. The mother of th boy called upon a firm of physicians In this city today and reauested them to treat her son Joe for a unshot wound In th neck When asked to tell wher he was sne refused. Th officer' revolver has not vet been found and It Is thought by th authorities that the man who kll led Hlnkl still hss It In his posses slon. If Jo Oodley I captured th officers will have a hard task to protect him a neonl her Insist that the aame treat ment will b given him as hi brother received. AD DEATH OF SANTA CLAU8K The Annual Chrlsjmns Accident This Time In Ohio. rmcAQO. Dec. 16. Forest dale, a IS year old boy, attached to the Salva tion Army, was fntnlly burned Inst ninht while Playing Santa Clause to m poor children, says a special to tne nee nrd.ileruld from Hamilton, Ohio The accident occurred at th Snlv' tlon Army' hall, where the annum Christmas entertainment for the poor was in projrrcs. Young Gale was ... ui,.,t in mils of cotton and worn a long beard of similar material. As he ws frisking around a tree picking off the s-ifts for each child, his olothes tg nlted from a candle. Th fir leaped un envclonlng him almost Instantly. His false beard burned and he lnnaiea the flames, aala wn taken to the hospital, where he died 20 minutes Inter, WAftltlttrjTbNV Dec. M. -PreeKlent Rooaevelt.wlll not be th arbitrator of w. vanatMiana coHtrorerer, , mc ' whole vexttkvu subject wtU b refer rA tn The Hsau tribunal. ' Rnltomlsed. this wa the situation as It had resolved Itself at th conclusWm of th cabinet " meeting ;tooy, m meeting was not so lortg a th session usually are. All th members, excrpt MreUry Root,, Wr present, Tne vantmelan nuratton ws the principal and practically th' only topic of general concern under sonsweranon. ikr Hay nreeented tho results ot nte cable correspondent with the govern ments at London, Wrlin, itomo ana Careen, In accordance wim me sua- ..,mn mod by I'renldont Roosevelt, through Hecretary Hay, President Cas- tn was retforted to bav agiwd to suo mit the difficulties to the arbitration of .k. iMhrnitti i The Haauer Th Euro- ln powers not only consented o suo- the controversy to armiration. to while they had expressed a preference for an arbitration to be cowiuetea oy v.i,l..nl ftoosrvelt, they hnd assenteo to hla eurtlon that th matter W r UmA to The Haitue. ; The presentation of th case met tne i.,.,t.. i,i,r.v. nl of th cabinet. No fear is enoressed by the administration in th. Mnnrne dot lr n Will l orougni Into th controversy In any manner thnt miaht result In n embarrassing Httuiition for th United States, nec ,t!irr Use Is preparing a not to the power in which th gratmeauon oi this government I expressed for the course aareed upon. No Intention Is given of th condition which ma have been Imposed by th European powers or bv President Castro premium to .k. ..i.iip.iinn. it la known that Great Britain wa willing to submit the subject to th arbitration of President r.u...v.lt nractlcally without con-i dltlon. hut th suigestton Is made that one, and perhap two of th otner involved nroDosed om con ditions which might have proved em harraaslna- to the president had he un dertuken the responsibility of determln Ing the question.' it Is understood that eom money must oaes. but It I also known that th amount of cash to be required of Voneaucla before arbitration Is . not nearly so lara a had been stated. It la not possible to learn either whether th allle Insist upon apologies rrom rastro. and while it I assumed that the Uockado will b speedily raised, no arrangement to that end has yet ben made., 8ALRM. Deo. 2,-Oovernor Oeer to day tent ;h following congratulatory dispatch to th Postal Telegraph and Cable company at San Francisco for transmission to Governor Dole, at Hon olulu, to b nmong the first message aent by trans-Paelflo cable when coiif- plet4 tomorrows , 'To Prasldent Pol. Hawaii-Accept th congratulation of th people of Oregon upon the establishment or a Megraphlc communication with your distant Island territory. May It be a f re runner of uninterrupted patriotic ud commercial community of Interests between your people and those of the parent country. T. T. Oeer, Governor Of Oregon," NO. IS FIREMEN MEET DEATH IN FLAMES Huge Wail Crashes Down Upon Them With Fatal .. Results. ! BNGU3H NAVT RBGULATIONB. Introduiiion of Modern Ideas Meeis , Favor and Criticism. N'RW TORK, Pec. W.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London say Jdr. Ahold-Forrester, rather than th Earl Htlborn la believed to be th real au thor of th brltlsb admiralty' new na- vul scheme. Aa mleht have been expected, the regulation ar already provoking a great deal of crltlelam. , They ar far too revolutionary for some of Knglnnds senior naval officer, but the younger rank welcome th new order of things a being a big step In the direction of the democratlmttlon of , the British navy. '; .. , CHRISTMAS FRACAS IN WALDORF ASTORIA f Insane Man With Grievance Creates a Scene, , ; -T- v ' , . noUOH RIDER DEAD. Wude Good Record In Spanish-American War. NEW YORK. Dec, It-Dr. Frederick L. Hrady. who wa a member of Itoose- velf Rough Riders, In the Spanish- American war, Is dead In a hospital her from typhoid fever. In the Spanlsh-Amerkan war he wa In the engagement at Laa Quaslmas, the battle of Ban Juan Hill and the siege ot Santiago, making an honorable record. THE BOttlES ARE RK0VEREB Factories Jn the Brooklyn Hifcf IMntrtct Sutler tv Fire a ; ofKenrly Itnir 'Million. ' NEW YORK, Pec. M-lD Ore whith hot throug flv factories In th river front district of Brooklyn this morning after 1 o'clock three romn ", led. three were badly injured ana more than f 400.000 damage was done. list cf d-,ad and Injured Is n THE PEAD: MICHAEL O'TOOLB. flr-'msn of en gine No. M; on water locr. THOMAS JEFFRttW. Ilremnn. wster tower No ; crushel out of rieognl tlon. BATTALION CHIEF THOA yP PINOER of Twenty-third Battalions skull fractured: arm and leg broken. THE INJURED. Thomas McCarthy, fireman, engln No. (8, on water tower; right k-g frac tured and right hip crushed. William McCootey, clllsrn; skull crushed. " Beginnlngamong the Inflammable ma terial In th cooperage plant or ar buckle Bros., at Plymouth and Bridge streets, within a half hour the nam wer (hooting from all th building snd all th available fir engines of Brook lyn, with Chief Purrey In charge, wer trying to save th district. Th cooperage plant of Arbock! Bros, la an old fashioned five story building. It wa filled from top to bottom with material tor making bar rels, th refuse from the carveMwr work, old barrel and loose odds and end of lumber and fear were enter tained that the fiamea would spread to (Continued on Page 4.) Oregon City Woolen Mills ...-.' .''''','" BLANKETS MAnCONI CONGRATULATED. CLACK BAY, N. 8., Doc, 26.-The following message was received today by Marconi In reply to hi wlrles tele gram to the Italian minmier oi in a rino: . - ; ..... 4 : 'CJonsI lerlng the cooperation of the navy as a duty which was owed to you, I am happy and proud to have been re sponsible for arranging that It should be given. I congratulate you cordial ly upon the great success obtained. NEW YORK. Pee. 26. Consterna tlon was caused In the red sitting room of th Waldorf-Astoria Christmas af tornoon by the action of a powerfully built man, evidently a foreigner, who attacked a man and woman among the guests before he. was finally subdued. arrested and removed to a hospital tor examination as to his sanity, on entering th lltlng room the atranger grabbed amassing guest, by the nrm, shook his disengaged flKt In his fuce and said, rapidly and with decided accent: 11 i You're rich, and you have had a good Chrlstma dinner. The nv eroachments of organUcd capital on the poor of th country hav driven tn from pillar to poat until I cannot get work.' What right have you to eat when I am etarvlngT" Attendant rescued th guest and the excited mnn then sprang at a young womnn. He snatched a fur boa from her neck and then began to berate her In similar language. She creamea but ftt that moment the detectives rushed in and began a struggle to sub due him. , No papora or anything thnt would Idonlfy th man were found In hie pocket, All the way to the hospltnl he raved of the Inequalities brought about by wealth. : The prisoner Is said to be the same mnn who, during the Cornelius Van derbllt Illness has frequented the neigh borhood of Mr. Vanderbllt's home and NONE BETTER ; We have them in White and all Colors Per Pair $3.50 to $i2.00 C. H. COOPER a . I TALK HAPPINESS "The World la Sad Enough Without Your Woes.M-t? MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY By CooKing your Xmas Turkey in a i ' '' : .., . ' '. ' Vr ' ' ' SUPERIOR RANGE ECLIPSE HARDWARE C0.J