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Grinrti t- - - 5 Tbrt r. v. rary w;f; ."i HUM rjfl VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1903. NUMBER 287. 1873 : 19Q3 A Good. p igure 4 Vfrai lTf Pleases the eye We sell tbe highest grade of clothing at figures which please everybody. Perfect style, tailoring, fit and quality here combine with honest prices. A Trial Convinces Agent for the famous Dunlap Eat P, A. STOKES ROOSEVELT IN DANGER Armed Lunatic Persists In Efforts to Enter Presence of Chief Executive of Nation PRACTICES WITH REVOLVER rrewldriit. Attracted Ily Nciifllc Canoed In Making ArrcMt And View The Proceedings Pure Prepared Paint Sold Only By Fisher Bros NEW HAMMOCKS Large assortment of unusually hand some tfoods just received. " 75 cents to $5.00. J . N . GRIFFIN. Plumbing Troubles Imperfect rlumbinar innkca If rcai irouuie. u you nave mi iinncrftct job, hotter fix it. "We'll tiinko it right for yon. Whether it's rejnir or new work we respond promptly, do it well and get yonr iipprovt.l with out pay. W.J.SCULLEY 470-471 Commercial, Phone Black 2243 Oyiter Bay, Bjt. 2.-Henry Well orenner wu arrested t 8agan,o:e Hill last nlht while making persistent ef forts to see President Roosevelt. The man wae armed with a revolver fully loiuleo . He was placed In the town prliton. Wellbrenner, ho la the eon of a truck farmer near here, Is undoubt edly mad. Wellbrenner was taken to Mlnola, L I., tonight and placed In the custody of the county authorities. It appears that President Itoosevelt was awnre of the trouble as a secret service officer had been with Wellbrenner last night. Vhn Wellbrenner returned the third time with a denvutd that he be permit. ted to see the president, an officer seized him and drew him out of the ve hicle over the front wheel. The muffle attracted the president's attention. lie appeared at a doir overlooking the driveway from the vrunda as WcMr breitner was being- taken Into the stables, but returned to the library Hi most Immediately. . Wlelbrenniy has been practicing with his revolver recently, but he would give no reason for his Interest In marksman ship and today said he could not shoot very well. It is thought that hard work and trouble over his father's farm Indebtedness had something to do with upsetting Wellbrenner' i mind. The Incident has demonstrated com pletely In the opinion of officiate here, the wisdom of the close and systematic guard which Is maintained at all times over the president. MOLLY M'GUIRES ARE ACTIVE Responsible For Many AWers in Anthracite Regions 'J Nothing Pleases to well at nicely laundered linen. We have the neatest and most sanitary laundry In the state and do the best i work. , ALL WHITE HELP. Corner Tenth and Duane street. , 'Phone 19M. The Troy Laundry ft THE BEE HIVE "Corsette" Wrappers and House. Dresses Are Porfect Fining, Stylish and Comfortable tin. tags Bare Light Corset Stays and ' " Laoet to Support Form NO HIGHER IN PRICE THAN COMMON WRAPPER MILLINERY ELEGANT LINE OF FALL STREET HATS THE BEE HIVE New York, Sept. 1. Continued crim inality In the anthracite coal f)Uls of Northern Pennsylvania has not only aroused a feeling of Insecurity umong the residents of the poorly prelected mountain districts, but the authorities are becoming very much puzzle 1 over the mystery surrounding the numer ous murders committed there, n 'cord ing to special dispatches from Tama-qua. The coal and Iron pollc: r.:-A letee- tives declare that the spirit of Molly Maguire brotherhood is (is tr .ig In certain loo (ill ties as during th curly 7('B, when crime was rampant thi UKh- out the coal fields. The local authorities of S . ulkill county have endeavored to fern t out and hunt down the murdvreis, but all efforts have prove'd futile. Five men recently are asserted to have received missives bearing the suggestive skull and cross bonce, but paid no attention to them. . From the mystery surrounding sev eral unprovoked and bloody tragedies In Luxerne, Columbia and Luckawan na counties, It Is believed that some oath-hound organisation Is resonslble for the crimes. The police of Columbia county have already arrested several suspects. the strike situation In the Cripple Creek district demand their appearance. Sev eral rumors gained circulation to the effect that Hherlff Eobertson of Tellf county had requested Governor Pea' body to send troops to bis assistance, but bo;h the sheriff and General Bell deny the truth of the stories. The Mine Owners Association of the Crip pie Creek district has offered rewards for the conviction of the persons guilty of the assaults yesterday nd also for the arr?st and conviction of the men who burned the shaft house of the Bun set-Eclipse mine recently. FATHER MURPHY RESIGNS Controversy Over Will Causes Priest to Be Transferred New Tork, Sept. J. The Rev. Pat rick J. Murphy, C. 8. P., has resigned from the Paul 1st order In this city Having been released from the obit Rations of the New York archdiocese by permission of Father Deshon, superior of the Puullst order, and ArchbishoD Farley. Father Murphy has affiliated with the Davenport, la., diocese and Bishop Cosgrove of that see has ap pointed him professor of history In his dlocesean theological seminary. Fath er Murphy's resignation Is the culmln atlon of a controversy which has last ed more than a year. It Is said to have been brought about finally by the part Father Murphy took In the Jane Morris will case. John Hughes, a nephew of the Rev John Hughes, assistant superior of the Paullst order was alleged to have In fluenced the woman In the matter of willing 14000 to the order and Father Murphy Is said to have been accused of urging the woman's relatives to bring a suit to recover the property. - DENSE FOG AND FLAT CALM Reliance and Shamrock Do Not Cross Line New York. Sept. l.-The fourth at' tempt to sail what was expected to be the concluding race between Reliance and Shamrock failed miserably today. The yachts were not even sent across the line. Both boats were towed out to Sandy Hook by a lightship in a dense fog and flat calm and waited for two hours for wind to blow away the fog, The accompanying fleet was reduced to just 33 craft. At 12:30 o'clock the at tempt was abandoned and an announce nient was made that another attempt would be made tomorrow. GOOD WOMAN'S SAD FATE New York. Sept, I. Mrs. Mary Long once wealthy, is dead from caroonc field iioisoning at a Brooklyn hospital. Several years ago her husband died, leaving her a fortune and a handsome home in Williamsburg. Soon she be gan to give help to all sorts of unfor tunate families and as the appeals for aid multiplied her fortune disappeared. Her home was lost through the fore closure of a mortgage and finally she was driven to seek assistance from the folks she had helped. Most of these penrms are said to have turned her away and, as she was too old to pro euro employment, she committed sui cide. . . . NAVY IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH Admiral Dewey Says We Have More Ships Must New York, Sept. 2. Admiral George Dewey has contributed an article to the current Issue of a navy periodical in which he gives the strength of the fleets that Great Britain, France and Germany could assemble for their sum mer maneuvers as compared with one small fleet assembled at Bar Harbor. "Our Immnse coast line and our rap idly Increasing world trade," says the admiral, "demand a navy. We must have 4t for our own protection and it rests with the Navy League to instill this idea into the minds of all classes of citizens until the pressure, of public opinion gives us such a navy as Is needed for the country's prestige or safety," . The (British fleet that Is, In home waters alone, forming but a fraction of the British navy which would be avail able as an evolutionary squadron In cludes 30 battleships and SO cruisers. The home French fleet Includes 16 bat tleships and 11 cruisers; the home fleet of Germany eight battleships and Ave cruisers. TROOPS IN READINESS Denver. SepU I. Adjutant-General Sherman Bell is quoted as saying that orders have been Issued for the state troops to hold themselves in readiness to turn out at a moment's notice should FOUND A WAY TO QUARREL Chicago, Sept. 2. William Slpes, a deaf mute, had a quarrel In written conversation with his wife last night and at its climax shot her five times,- inflicting wounds from' which she will probably die. V'hen the po.!oe arrived Slpes at tempt to escape and while climbing on the -oof of his house was dragged back by detectives. He pointed his re volver In their faces and pulled the trigger, but all the bullets had been dis charged at his wife. In the house the police found roughly written notes which had made op the conversation of the deaf man and his wife and which apparently had led to the attempted murder. MINISTER IN NEW ROLE Man of Good Works In Jail Hilfsboro For House Breaking at DENIES THAT HE IS GUILTY Women Identify Prlnonera Bur glar Who Entered Residence, Taking Money and Watch - Hlllsboro, Oregon, Sept. 3. Rev. H R. Kennedy, fcrmerly pastor of the Congregational church here, was arrest ed today on a charge of burglary. Early Monday morning the house of B. H. Warren was-entered by a mask ed burglar who tried to chloroform the family. He entered the room of Mrs. Mackmde who being aroused by the burglar commenced screaming. Miss Warren and hjr father ran up stairs and all threo, were confronted by the burglar who held a revolver in his hand. He made them hand over about $10 In money and a gold watch. The man with the mask was familiar with the premises, for he knew each room occupied by th? occupants, kne their relationship, and knew where to And the ladder with which to reach the upstairs window. He wore a black der by hat, suit of black clothes, black socks, and left his shoes at the foot of the ladder. He evidently made no at tempt to disguise himself other than to wear anask and change his voice, and he v.as positively recognised by the two wonen, who knew bim well. Word was e nt to town and shortly n't'i- the sheriff, marshal and others were on the ground searching or th' robber. Miss Warren claims she recognized the minister by his voice and clothing Kennedy Is a cultured man and baa a wife and three children.' He came here nine months ago from Albany but was soon dismissed as pastor because be dd not devote enough time to church work. Lately he has been timber cruising. The prisoner was arraigned and com mitted to jail in default of J1.000 bonds, and will be given a preliminary exam- naton tomorrow. Kennedy denies his guilt. MUST QUIT FOOTBALL TACTICS Grotesque Positions To Be Oblit erated From Dancing STATUE OF McKINLEY New York, Sept. 3. A bronse statue of President McKinley, which was sue cessfully cast here a few days ago, was shipped today to Ohio. It will be un veiled at Toledo,, September 14, the an nlversary of President McKlnley'i death, and will stand in a park in front of the courthouse. The statue, which Is 10 feet high, represents President McKinley standing In a characteristic attitude, his left arm behind his back and his right hand holding a manu script, waiting for the applause to cease, The amount subscribed for the statue,- xis.uuu, was raisea Dy me citi zens of Toledo the week after President McKlnley's death. for coAsrmo trade New York, Sept. 8. A new steam ship company has been organized to engage In coastwise trade between this country and Panama, under the Peru vian flag, says a cable dispatch to 'the Herald from Lima, Peru. Nearly all the stock has been subscribed for and the directors elected. The company Is negotiating In Europe for eight steam ers, each of 1,600 tons and a speed of 18 knots New York, Sept. 2. Foctball tactics on the ball room naor must stop no more "Yale glides'' or "Harvard dips" or distorted attempts to tread a meas ure in two-four time when the music calls for three beats in a bar. Such Is the ultimatum of the Ameri can Socltey of Professors of Dancing, now in session here. War has been de clared by the professors on whit they call the Invasion of their special field by college students. The dancing of the two-step to waltz time and the grotesque positions asnumed by the dancers are evils attributed to the col lege fads that vitiated the public tfiste. Some of the students," Eaid. a pro fessor from Terra Haute. Ind.', "Invent series of Simian contortions and foot ball tactics and give It a college name, and the public thinks It is all right because the college men do it. "Now, we want to stop this and bring dancing back to the old style of grace ful carriage that enabled the dancers to express the beauty of motion to music. ' "A majority of the pepple now seem to dance a two-step to waltz -music This is not right. The two-step is eas ler to teach, as It Is In common time and dancing it to waltz music Is not a correct movement." Attention was also drawn to the neg lect in the large cities of the old square dance, which are still taught in the smaller cities. " Delegates are attending the conven lion from all the leading cities of the United States. dent says that Brazil's demand to ac quire the Acre territory still holds good, and as the only means of estab- llsning order among the Brazilians and avoiding international comollcatlons Bolivia has agreed to enter into new negotiations. TRIES TO MAKE STRONG POINT Attorney for Ex-Congressman Questions Indictment's Legality New York, Sept. 2.-Counsel for ex- Congressman Edmund H. Driggs. who is under Indictment In connection with the jxmt office frauds has been filed In the United States circuit court, Brook lyn, a brief as to the constitutionality under which the Indictments were found. The point Is made that the statute of limitations shall be liberally construed in favor of his client. The contenton Is that Driggs did not qualify as member of congress until, December, 1899, while the money or check from the cash reg ister company mentioned In the case was given in- May of that year. HOT DAY IN LONDON New Tork, Sept. 2. Tuesday proved one of the hottest of the year in Lon don, says a dispatch from that city to the Herald. The maximum was only 2 degrees under the highest point reached this year. Only a few days ago the temperature fell to within an approach able distance of the freezing point, so that the sudden change was felt to an exceptional degree. Many cases of prostration were reported. ADDRESS BY SECRETARY SHAW Chicago, Sept. 2. Two hundred bus iness men from all parts of the country listened to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw talk on "The Business Outlook" at a bauquet given tonight at the Aud itorium hotel by the Notional Assocla- lon of Merchants and Travelers. Great interest was attached to the speech tonight. IDAHO LEADS NORTHWEST Makes Best Showing in Wheat Crop Over Both Her Sis ter States TOTAL OF 34,750,000 BUSHELS Eatiniate For Oregon Hoi A High Aa Formerly Washing ton Shows Marked Decrease Prtkmd, Oregon, Sept. J. The an nual estimate of the Oregonian of the wheat crop for Oregon, Washington and Idaho places the total yield in the three statrs for 1903 at 34750,000 bush els, divided as follows: .Washington, 19.100.000; Oregon U, 400,000, and Idaho 4.250,000. The output is nearly 20 per cent below that of last year., .The late rains make th? ciop two or three weeks later than usual which makes It more difficult to forecast accurately, though the above figures are compiled with the best data obtainable and are believed to fairly indicate the outcome, considering the conditions. There la still a consid erable amount of spring wheat that is so late that it Is in danger of frost and fall rains, either of which might change the result somwhat. Of the three states Idaho has by far the best crop, fully 5 percent better than last year. Oregon comes next with a decrease of about 10 percent as compared with, last year, " while the Washington crop Is about 25 per cent short of last season. FUGUE DECLINING New York. Sept. 2. The bubonic plague, which has been' raging in Iqulque, la now steadily declining, ac cording to a Herald dispatch from Valparaiso de Chile. WOMAN MOUNTS ANDES Chicago, Sept. "2.rA dispatch to the Record-Herald from Albuquerque, N.M. says: - Miss Annie Peck of New York who has achieved fame as a mountain climber, accompanied by Dr. Albe AV. G. Tight, president of the Univt-rsty of New Mexico and two Swiss guides has successfully ascended MountSorata In Bolivia, the highest peak tv Y An des. This- th Bret -time -tAj sinM has been scaled. ! DIPLOMAT DIES AT MUNICH New York, Sept. 2.-The Rev. Dr, James Corning, the celebrated pulpit orator and historian and diplomat, is dead in Munich, according to a private dispatch Just received here. Dr. Corn ing was 72 years old and had been ac tive as a minister for the lost 20 yejors, was one of the most celebrated art his torians of the present age and had lec tured both here and abroad on his fa vorite subject: He was at one time American cousul at Munich. He was an intimate friend of President Lincoln, General U. S. Gnant and Hsnfy Ward Beecher. WILL AVOID TROUBLE New York, Sept. 2. President Pan- do's message, read at the opening of the Bolivian congress, gives considerable prominence to the relation between this country and Brazil, the latter being the only nation with which (Bolivia Is not now In perfect accord, says a La Pas dispatch to the Herald. 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