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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WE DN IISDAY, MARCH 23,, 1903.
NUMBER 72.
CONVICTS
LEAD THEM
SENSATIONAL
DISCLOSURES
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COAL TRUST
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TWENTY-FIVE CENTS OFF
For Every Dollar's Worth Bought
Men's ' and Dora' Clothing, Shoes
and Furnishing Goods. This oiler
lasts to March 10. 1903.
CHARLES LARSON
Wei Block
FINE
F ANCY COFFEES
and PURE SPICES
FISHER BROTHERS
Fancy and Staple Groceries
FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.......
" Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen,
Tanners and Loggers.
, V ALLBN Tenth and Commercial Streets
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EVERY piece of cloth wo
u o tit our good-clothes-
making U shrunk before it'
cut up until it won't shrink
any more; an important fac
tor for you to know; one of
tlio things that make our
clothe tit, wear and keep
liape well.
If you're worn ordinary
ready-made cheap " custom
make, you know by coutrut
what right ihrinking means.
P. A. STOKES
Clothier and Furnisher
til CotnrotrcU) Sttwt. I
TEAS
The Chicago
Perfect in touch, speed, dura
bility and appearance, $35.
VISIBLE WRITING
J. N. GRIFFIN
A BATH
Is double luxury If taken
In on of our handsome line,
enameled, or
Porcelain Tubs
We put them In anywhere.
All plumbing and fitting the
best, ; Tou can afford the
prices,
W.J.SCULLEY
Phone Black 2185
t70-472 Commercial street,
Story of Shame Recited By Widow of
the Murdered Man at the
Inquest
Letters Read
By Attorney
While Defending Herself Witness
. Decries Character of Her
Dead Husband.
Huffato, N. Y., March Jl. "Have you
reccHed any Information as to who
killed your husbunl?"
"No. sir."
"You swear you have no knowledge
or Information as to who killed hlmT'
"I do."
These vjutstlons were addressed to
Mis. Alice Hull Uurdk-k this afternoon
by District Attorney Contswortb at the
Inquest Into the death of her husband.
Answers were returned by Mm Bur
dlck In a calm, clear voire." ." The ques
tions fame abruptly, while the dis
trict attorney was driving from Mrs.
Burdlck Information about her rela
tions with Arthur Pennell. '
She had denied that Penned took her
key to the front door of the RQrdick
home while they were In New York to
gether, and had a duplicate made of
It. The district attorney put the ques
tion regarding the key to Mrs, Burdlck
in a number of different forma, but the
sniiwers were olwsys emphatic denals
that she or Peimell had ever ordered a
duplicate, or that the key had left her
possession during her Inst exit from
home.
.Mrs. liurjkk was calmer and more
collected today than yesterday white
testifying.
To complete the exuniluation of every
one known to have been In the Burdlck
home- on the night of February 2,
when E. L. Burdlck was murdered, the
district attorney today culled to the
stand the two youngest Burdlck i-hll
dren, Carol and Alice, aged respective'
ly 13 and 10 years. The district attor
ney questioned the children closely
on the events .that occurred on the
night before and the morning after
the murder of their father. The chtl
dren displayed no more sign of emo
tion than did their granmother, mother
or older slater, while talking about the
death of their father.
Their recollection of happenings at
the time of the tragedy was rather
haiy. , ' I don't remember," was usual
ly the answer they gave when the dl
trlct attorney pressed them close upon
any point.
Mrs. Burdlck's testimony covered the
week in which Burdlck was murdered,
and the nam? of A. U. Pennell was con
scuntiy upun her Hps. She trusted
him Implicitly In everything. The d!s
trlct attorney read a number of letter
wrlttten to Mrs. Burdlck by Pennell,
In which he said life was not worth llv
Ing without her and that death would
not be unwelcome.
Sha knew nothing of ' the document
found In her safety deposit vault bind'
Pennell to pay her 125.000 In the event
of being unable to marry her. Although
It was among Mrs. Burdlck's private
papers In the vault, she claimed to
have been Ignorant of Its existence.
Mrs. Burdlck declared that the last
tme she sar Pennell was on Tuesday
before the murder. He left her that
night In Atlantlo City, arriving In
Buffalo Wednesday. She was Inform
ed of Mr. Burdlck's death by a messoge
from Mr. Hull on the following Friday,
and hastening to her home she reached
hero Saturday morning.
A brief note of sympathy from Pen
neil came to her house that day. She
never heard from him or gay him, she
said, between that time and the day
he was killed, by his automobile plung
ing Into the stone quarry. . ,
Before leaving the stand Mrs. Bur
dick took occasion to say In reply to
questions from her attorney thut noth
ing Improper or Immoral had occurred
between her and Pennell. At the same
time she said her husband was fond
of the society of other women, and for
some reason not lulte clear she said
that Mrs. Pennell was quite famllar
with the dining room and "den" In the
Burdlck home. '
Lone Robber
Commits Murder
Driver of Btuge Escapes Amid a Vol
ley of Shots.
I'klnh, Cal., March 24.-A lone high
wayman commanded the stage running
between this point and Mendocino City
to halt this morning. The bandit, see
ing that a shot gun meiwenger sat
beeide th, driver, fired Inatantly, kill
ing Q. A. Overmeyer, the messenger.
The driver Harry Owaley, smid a rain
of bullet, escaped beyond the range
of the highwayman's rifle uninjured.
Sheriff Grace of Sonoma county Is on
the scene with his trained bloodhounds,
and it is expected that the robber wilt
be captured. The stage was held up
In the same spot a month ago. It
thought by the same man. Today's
str.ge carried a havy treasury chest.
Rioters Kill
and Destroy
Water Ordinance Cauvcs Blots That
Result In Awful huln.
Port of Spain, March 24. Twelve na
lives were killed and 60 wounded
many of them non-combatants and
women, during yesterday's rioting,
The government buildlngwas destroyed
by fire by the rioters and the police
barracks was damaged by tire and wat
er. The rioting had Its origin In the
new water ordinance, which reduced
the water allowance per head and In
creased the water rate. -
The court house was surrounded
while the legislative council was in ses
sion discussing the water ordinance
The mob broke through the police lines
and stoned the building. The rioters
then demolished the contents of the
lower floor of the government building
and se4 fire to it.
Wife Aurderer
Judicially Dead
Ruling of Illinois Court In Insurance
. J ' - Case. !. 1
Chicago, March 24. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Mount Vernon, III.
says;: '; , . , , - . .. ' m .."
The Illnjls appellate court for the
Fourth district has decided that when
a man Is sent to prison for the murder
of his wife he Is judicially dead and his
children are entitled to the Insurance
on the life of the murdered woman
even If it was taken out In favor of her
husband. . This Is said to be a point of
law never before raised or passed up'
on by the supreme court or either of
the appellate courts of this or any
other state.
.Assistant for
Cortelyou
E. E. Clark to Be Assistant Secretary
of Commerce.
Washington, March 24. The Post to
day says:
E. B. Clark of Cedar Rapids, la.,
president of .he Order of Railway Con
ductors, Is slated for the place of as
sistant secretary In the department of
commerce, Mr. Roosevelt told a call
er recently that he had practically de
cided upon an assistant secretary and
a western senator Is authority for the
statement that Mr. Clark Is the ap
pointee In view.
American Troops Relieve Surigao
Recently taken By Band
of Ladrones
FLED AT APPROACH 0FWHITES
Murderous Robbers Will Be Pur
sued By Three Companies
of InfantryStory
of Capture.
Manila, Starch 24. -The town of Su
rlago, In the northwestern part of the
island of Mindanao, which was cap
tured Sunday by Ladrones, was reliev
ed today. The American officials and
foreigners were found to be safe.
Eighty Ladrones, led by 10 escaped;
convicts, participated In the attack on
Suriago. They had 20 rifles and 40 bo
loss and succeeded in surprising and
rushing the constabulary barracks, and
stampeding the constabulary. Inspec
tor Clark was killed at the first rush.
The Ladrones captured SO rifles. The
American officials, the women and the
foreigners sought refuge In the gov
ernment 'building, where Treasurer
Klly, a former Indian scout, assumed
command. The defenders of the build
ing w-erearmed with shotguns, and re
futed the demands of the Ladrones to
surrender. They held out until the
town was relieved today by a force
of constabulary sent from Tactoban
The Ladrones fled at the approach of
the constabulary. Three companies of
United States infantry will reach Su
riagjr and then probably will start, in
pursuit or the Ladrones.
The government forces operatnlg In
Albay province, island of Luion, have
established ' a concentration xone, In
the center of that province, 27 miles
longnd 10 miles wide, tnd have a
res of detachments of troops follow
Ing tile various Ladrone bands. ,
Anniversary of
Queen Bess
Notable Gathering and Exhibition in
' t , Honor of Queen Elizabeth.
New York, March 24. The Royal
Qeigraphtcul society commemorated
yesterday the thres hundredth anniver
sary of the death of "Queen Bess,'
says a London dispatch to the Trib
une. There was a series of short ad
dresses In the lecture hall of London
university and the achievements of
Hritiah explorers in the Ellxabethian
reign, and a deeply interesting exhibl
tion of relics and curiosities weie re
viewed. Mr. Gosse delivered an ad'
dress on the 'areer of Sir Walter R
leigh, laying stress upon the versatal
ity and accomplishments of the heroic
figure of the Elizabethian age.
The exhibition of reitces Included
mementos of Queen Elizabeth, Raleigh
and Drake. Instruments, maps and
charts used by early British navigat
ors, a complete collection of the writ'
Ings of William Gilbert, Queen Elisa
beth's physician, many books from the
Elizabethian period, the famous Moll-
neaux globe from Middle Temple and
a miscellaneous lot of Italian dials, as
trolobcs and nautical Instruments.
Among these treasures were seals of
Raleigh as governor of Virginia, Cap
tain Lotherl'8 spoon from the' strait
of Magellan and Richard Uakluy's
leather jugs from the Westminster
school.
Will Receive
Royal Homage
Princess Louise Will Continue a Prin
cess In Spite of Saxon Court
New York, March 24. It Is learned
from nn authoritative source, says the
Vienna correspondent of the Herald,
that the former crown princess will In
future bear the official title of Princess
Louise of Tuscany, with honors due a
royal highness. ' Her father, as grand,
duke of Tuscany, has the perogative of
granting titles, and has conferred this
one upon his daughter with the con
sent of the emperor.. It Is said that
the king of Saxony's manifesto caused
an unpleasant sensaton at the grand
ducal court, and that a reply, formally
protesting against some expressions,
has been drawn up and is now on its
way to Dresden. The Allegemelne Zelt- j
ung announces that Princess Louise
also is about to publish ft reply to
the manifesto.
Not Necessary to Stay In Jail So
Long As the Prisoner Has
Plenty of Money.
RECORDS WERE MUTILATED
Chief of Police and Detectives
Stood In With the Lawyers
and All Had a Share
of Rake-off
Kansas City, March 24. The Investl
ga'on of the police department, started
by charges of crooked work filed last
week by Jailer Todhunter before the
board of police commissioners, has. al
ready developed sensational disclos
ures and Willi be pushed. Todhunter,
In his testimony, declared that the
jailers have made ft practice of tak
ing money from prisoners who have
any service rendered them, and also
have regularly taken money from a law
yer for throwing cases bis way. Other
charges' made during the Investlgaton
are to the effect that a sergeant and
other officers in th station have stol
en from drunken prisoners.
Another case testified to 'was that
of a prisoner who was released without
trial upon the payment of $125 to a
lawyer, who was, It was asserted, es
corted to the man's cell by city detec
tives. These detectives later. It was
stated, went with the prisoner to a
pawnshop that he might pawn bis dia
monds to secure the money.
Something of ft sensation was caus
ed when Sergeant Snow, who sad been
directed to produce the police records
of arrests in the Westport dsirivl, to
show the entry of the arrest of a man
from whom Todhunter was accused of
having received money was called.. The
record had been mutilated, tour sheets
having been removed.
SILVER MARKET.
Sliver, 48 1-4.
GOLD and SILVER
Negligee
FOR MEN
New Spring
at
C. H. COOPER
ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO.
f lumbers and
Steamfitte
525-527 BOND STREET
Companies and Operators Have
Restraining Order Served
On Them By Court
MUST NOT CONTINUE COMBINE
Determined Stand Taken Against
Clique Formed for the Pur-. ,
pose of Keeping
Up Prices.
hicago, March 24. Ten Indiana coal
companies and 10 indvidual operators
were restrained by Judge Kohlsaat la
the United States circuit court today
from continuing th!r combination for
the regulation of coal prices and out- .
put The defendants were given until
April to show cause why the order
should not be made permanent. The
corporations and Indlvduals enjoined
are the same recently tried in the state
court on the charge of raising the price ,
of coal and restricting the output In
Illinois, thus causing the coal famine
in Chicabo last winter. Judge Chetlan
dismissed the case on the ground that,
the charge was aganst the feleral law
and not against the statutes of Illinois.
The injunction granted will stand un
til further order of the court.
No oppostion was off ?red In court to
entering the ordir. When the notice
was first served upon the defendants
some days ago the appearance of each
was entered with the exception of the
Wabash Coal company, which was
represented In court by its attorney. In
the meantime, however, the matter
was taken up by the coal operator
with the attorney-general at Washing-,
ton. and by him referred back to Dis
trict 'Attorney Bethea. " Attorneys for
the operators refused to state what
acton w ould -be aken by the mineown
ers lnthe matter.
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and BOYS.
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