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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1903)
."- v ' . rrv 5 "-' ' i b 4 - ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1903. NUMBER Ll ,;., '"In,... ''v.' .'is jffe IfPJ - lfrr. ' 'IV 2 1873 19 O 3 I VOLU3IE.LVI1. ' ; ThU It ahort ttorr on overcoat detail. We'll pan Over all about the propriety of the atjrlei, and the fit, and the Superiority, and the variety of tUei, and the material, and ao on, ana come right down, or rather up, to a little Should wisdom. All gar. a menu maae oy crouse ft Brandegee,Manufac turlng Tailors, Utica, JJcw York, are made with Ceneav houldari and dose-fitting collar. The result of this Is very apparent. Thse overcoats show it at a glance, Whenyouget before the mirror you will B6tice it even more. It doesn't look pad ded. Some shoul ders look as though made by the uphol terer.but there is none ofthatinours. Itlooks clean-cut, well-built andgivestheshoulders an added breadth, but withal attractive. The secret In the making. The same, too, care that'a put in the ahoulders the genuine goodness. P.A.ST0 FISHER BROTHERS AgenU for the Famoui Aikins Saws, Sharpie's Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship CHANDLERS Cor, Bond and 12th Sts. LATEST SHEET MUSIC Received as soon as pub lished. Large Stock on Hand. ' J. N. GRI F FI N THE BEE HiVE . WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SATISFIED. Mens All Wool Suits Latest Styles $81 S9 At Manufacturers Prices Ladies Saits-Before purchasing see our line-The greatest variety of styles to select from This is to bea suit season Buying of us you will get the very latest styles at the lowest prices. EXPERT E10!!HEiNG General Blacksinithing,' Boat "and Cannery "Work. See us for High Class Work. Shop Corner of Fif teenth and Duane Streets, near St. Mary'i Hospital. HOLMES SBIBB RT 1 1 ' i Phone 8801. rV. ' lies CapxttM. Ckxm Vlk4. dn Tort. with the entire garment. The la put In all over," and thus " . Astoria, Oregon Bad Plumbing' will catch tho tnnn who put it in. Our Plumbing is hon est and we watch the details of cncii job and see that every pioco of pipo is sound and every joint perfect. Tinning and gas luting. W.J.SCULLEY 470-471 Commercial. . Phone Black 1H I V It J KES ahcl $10 DYNAMITE EXPLODES ON TRACK Blackmailers Make Fiendish At tempt to Wreck Northern Pacific Train Near Helena. .- -j - - ; - " j A Long Train of Thirty-six Cars Passed Over Rail Which Was Damaged. ESCAPE ALMOST MIRACULOUS Kiitrlno Is Heady to Kindt Men mid IlotiiuU to I'olntM at Wlik-li May Oceur Other Crliued.- tnalne Butte. Mont.. Oct."' A apeclal to the Miner from Mliula says: A re IHirt reached here early this morning that an engine pulling an East-bound eight train was blown up by dyna mite at Avon, on the Northern Pati- tie laitt night. The call was blown off the enslne and the fireman and en- glnoer narrawly ecaped serious Injury. NO CXfES FOUND. Helena, Mont., Oct., . There have ben no dfvelopments In the danymlte iMiiraaes on the Northern Pacific today. Th detectives were able to get no defi nite due. as the heavy rains after the MPlonlon prevented the bloodhounds from following the trail but a short distnnce. An ensrlne In the yards with ttam up is ready to go out on an In- rtarts notke in case the dynamiters hould make another attempt tonight. That the train escaped being wreckei lam night wu a miracle, as K cars aft er the explosion passed over the rail nut of whlvh IS Inches Had been torn. BIG COMPANY EMBARASSED Strike of Employes Itulued an Immense IliisltiettM. New York. Oct. 8-Sterllng F. Hay- wsrd "f this tity bus been appointed receiver of the Morse Iron Works and Dry Dock Company which has op erated a $2,000,000 plant In South Itrooklyn. said to be one of the largest on the Atlantic Coast. The Receiver Is a Director of the Company, He was appointed by Judge Thomas in the Kastem district federated court on ap I'llrftil iu of three creditors whose com bined claims amount to 13.500. Ed mund Mooney of Counsel for the Com- any, said the application for the Re ceivership Nvas made by William A. Thurher, Benjamin Blum and Frank E. KltiNinan for money loaned. "The lioiuled debt of -he company," he sad, "is liyn.OOO. . The unsettled . claims nmntitit to $300,000. There are about ;'00 creditors, the largest being Edward P, Morse, the head of .the concern, with a claim of more, than $200,000. The company about nine months ago tvn able to meet all Its outstanding obligations. There was not sufficient working capital, however. The credi tors agreed to accept notes, the first series of which la due tomorrow. "A strike was declared in the yards May ( which has crippled the concern. The Interference of the labor faction Is partly to bUme for the difficulties. Instead of 3000 men having been em ployed as formerly after the beginning of the strike only 300 were at work." Receiver Hay ward says the liabili ties of the company are about $1,000,000 and that the plant Is worth twice that amount. Hi expresses much bitterness against the lafcor union which, ha de clared, had caused the closing of the yards and the destruction of a splendid business which Mr, Morse had built up in less than 20 years, having begun himself as a workman. The yards employed $000 men when the trouble with the union began. Cancellation of- contracts was necessary and, as fur ther strikes were declared, the number of employes dwindled to a few hun dred. " - WILLIAM S. BISSELL IS DEAD Cleveland's PoHtmaster General Succumbs at Buffalo. . Uuffalo, Oct. e.-William 8. Blssel former postmaster-general, died at 10:15 o'clock tonight. At noon he sank Into a deep sleep and It was with difficulty he was arroused at Intervals during the afternoon for nourishment and medi cine. The end came easily and peace fully. Members of his family were at his bedside. Blssel suffered from com plications thought to be akin toBrlght' disease. INTENDS TO FOUND EMPIRE Frenchman's Scheme For Ele vation of Black Race. New York. Oct. t-Ths secret of M. UiUudy's attempt to found an empire in Afrlf t out, mn a Ilvrald divpatcb from London, "he Pully Mall today ntmrt that rh young Krtrnch million- r, who li do m Lotidun on tuni ncn, dmirci flrt to obtain the con wnt o Kuporean poww. who claim to hav tnfluen ovr the territory on which h hft Aenlgni, to eittabllh along the north went ooaat of Afrlc an umpire larger .han Itodla to be en (titled the Cnlted Stat of Liberia. Here It If alleged he propowg to found a fUte peopled by negroea from Am erica, eapeclally from the Southern fitatee, ho would receive grants of land and be encouraged to found a country of their own. , If M. Lebaudy obtain All the territory he dealrea he Will hove a country rich In minerals, India rubber and coffee. , WOUNDED BANDIT CONFESSES Ills Xante Is llarahman And He . lias Dune Time. Portland, Oct. I. "Jim Connors," the bandit now at the Good Samaritan hospital , undergoing treatment for wounds received when be, with three others, attempted to hold up an O. R. A N. train September 23. today ac knowledged his Identity. lie stated that his name Is Oay Harsbman and that he once lived In Arlington. Or., where he has a w ife and three sons liv ing at present. He denied that his sons participated In the attempted hold up. Ilarshman has served terms at Ban Quenlln, Cat., and the federal prison at McXIeJ't Islsnd, Wash., for counterfeiting,. DARING ROBBERS. Manila, October . Oeorge Herman, Chief Inspector and O. J. Johnson, constabulary supply officer, both sta tioned at Mleasmis, Mlndarno, whose accounts were under Investigation, took ICOOO from the safe, seised a steamer and started for Borneo. Run ning short of. coal they stopped native vessel and took from ber a new upply. A steamer baa been sent to Borneo to Intecept the fugitives. PAUL WESSINOE HERE. Paul Weselnger, representing H Welnhard brewing interests, was In the city-yesterday looking after the firm' business at this place. . Mr. Wesslnger Is prominently connected with the Le wis and Clark fair, being chairman of the grounds and building committee and Is one of the-present executive committee. He was one of four that made the selection ot the fair site. CONVENTIONS MEET TONIGHT. New York, Oct. .There was a lull today In the political campaign that extended to the suspension of the pro tracted correspondence between Con troller Grout and Mayor Low, the lnt ter declaring that he had no further comment to make. Interest now awaits the action of the cltisens" union and re publican conventions tomorrow night. when It Is Intended that nominations to replace those of Grout and Fornes shall be made. s CREDITORS LOSE HEAVILY. Chicago. Oct. . Creditors in Chi cago and other cities have lost heavily by the failure of the .Racine Knitting Company owning factories In Racine, Helott, Rlpon and Stevens Point, Wis., and employing several hundred people. Creditors forced t to file a petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are more than $350,000. The factories will not be shut down but the changes will lessen the expense caused by having officers in all four cities. , - AFTER THE GRAFTERS. Chicago. Oct. . After hearing an explanation from Mayor Harrison con cerning the municipal "graft" charges the Chicago city council last night vot ed to establish i system of espionage over the city employes. It also appoint ed a committee of nine aldermen to con duct an Investigation of the city de partments. Three confidential agents, or detectives. It Is provided by the ac tion of the aldermen, shall Be employed by the civil service commission to be nsslaned In different departments at different times and furnish the conv mission with Information which may lead to the detection of dishonest deal Ings. In this way the council proposes to make discharges for "graft" possible even under the present rigid civil ser vice laws regarding proof . BIG FIRM TO BE REORGANIZED. New York, Oct. After several meetings of creditors and .Important stockholders it has been decided, ae cording to the Herald to organise the International Fire Engine Company which is capitalised at $9,000,000. Charles E. Brocke, vice-president and Goorge R. dUdwell. former collector of the port of New York and managing directors of the combination, have re signed. A committee has been appointed for tho purpose of drawing up a new sohema of capitalization and readjust ment of the company's finances and a report is expected In a few days. Div idends at the rate of T per cent were pnJd since 1901 on the preferred but It waa found necessary to pass the de claration in August, The stock Is not widely distributed. The company has a controlling tnterst In properties at Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltl mora, Ulnilra and Beneca Falls, N. T.; St. Paul, Minn,, and Worcester. Mass. POLICY IS DEFINED TO BIO CROWD Chamberlain Makes Masterly Pres entation of His Campaign at Enthusiastic Olas-' gow Meeting. Speech Is Calculated to Enlist the Support of Great Work- J ing Classes. COLONIES WANT PROTECTION Say Political Struggle Is More Important Thau Boer War ' and CuIIn Our Tariff an Abomination. Glasgow, Oct. Whatever may be the opinion held regarding ti.e great question which Chamberlain has raised or the probable lusue of bis campaign. it is generally admitted that be baa opened it in a masterly manner befit ting the momentous occarion, and that he cat ho longer be accused of neub- ulcslty In presenting his case. . For nearly two hours tonight, only refer ring occasionally to fairly full notes for figures and statistics, he held a vast and -mthuslastic audience absorbed by one of his finest oratorical efforts. He spoke with more than his custo mary energy and persuasiveness lack' Ing nothing In lucidity either of phrase or argument, while his appeal to the working classes, upon whom, more than any section of the community. the success or failure of bis preferen tal scheme will depend, was eminently calculated to enlist their support. St. Andrew's hall where- he delivered his speech was packed with men and women, cheering, singing, and waving li.indkercblefs. as the chairman. Sir Matthew Andrew, led Chamberlain to the platform while the organ played: "See. U.e Conquering Hero Comes." When the applause which greeted his arrival subsided. Chamberlain be gan to speak, and, In addition to encour aging cheers from dme to time In the course of his oration, he was greeted at the close with a great demonstration The points of his speech attracting re markable attention was his eulogy of Balfour, his representation of the com ing struggle as one greater in conse quence than the Boer war, his declara tion that all working men In the colo nies were protectionists and his descrlp tion of the American tariff as an abom ination. According to him the Increas ed cost of the new duties to the labor er would be 1-2 tathlngs (4 S-4 cents), to the artisan 10 farthings (5 cents), while the saving by the proposed re duction to the laborer would be 18 far things (S cents) and to the artisan 19 farthings t9 1-2 cents). Chamberlain said: x "The protected countries, wmcn, you have been told, and I myself one time believed, were going rapidly to wreck and ruin, have progressed Infinitely better in proportion than ourselves, and, instead of our remaining the work shop of the world, w are sending less and less "of our manufactures aoroaa. while the protected countries are send ing more and more of their manufac tures here. We have reached our high est point." RICHARDSON RETURNS. Sun Francisco, Oct. 6.-Superlntend- ent Daniel S. Richardson has reappear ed at his office in the postofflce after an absence of some weeks In Washington, whore he was summoned before the federal grand Jury In the investigations of the dealings of the Postal Device and Development Company which re sulted In the Indictment of Postal In spector James W. Erwin, August W. Machen and George W. Beavers for conspiring to defraud the United States When interviewed he said: "I will say that it is absolutely false that any testimony of mine was Instru mental in securing the indictment of Erwin, except as to maters ywhich he himself had admitted to the inspectors understand.' MINES START UP. Bake'rsfleld, Cal., Oct. fi.-Tho Yellow Astor mine of Randstourg is now run ning with 175 employes, which is almost the full complement of men needed in one mine and mill. All the other mills in the vicinity of Randsburg are also In operation, excepting only the Butte, i-hlch It is said will open again within a few weeks. - - The former members of the miners union have for the most part found em ployment for themselves somewhere In tho district or have left the camp for other parts. It Is said that not more than $0 members of the union are now- making their headquarters in the town. The new miners are for the most part experienced men from the middle west and many of them are men of families. POUL PUY FEARED. Los Angeles Oct. i.-Georgs Monroe, who sum tints ago brought from Joplln, Mo., to take the place of one of the striking miners at the Yellow Astor mine, at Randsburg, has been found dead and mantled beside the Hants F tracks near Kramer, A suspicion of foul play is entertained, though Mon roe's death may have resulted from his falling off a freight train. Both legs had been severed by the car wheels. THERE WILL BE JOY. Aside from giving . N. Laws a grand reception last Sunday, the local Eagles did a very neat thing in presenting Herman Wise, worthy president, with a handsome gavel, the head made from a plw e of yew that eame from a block house near Manila and the handle be ing ot Iron from a belaying pin taken from a vessel tost on the eoast of Af rica. .-,t' i. .'"if' ' , On Sunday next a pleasant time will he had. W.' E. Sshimpff, Joseph Schamberger and City Attorney A, M. Smith will be transformed from bus tards to full grown Eagles on that oc caslon and joy- will be manifest In the local band. - Eagles are enthusiastic and patriotic and both wilt be. much in evidence at next Sunday's gathering, as at the last session over the return of their esteemed brother from the" scenes of the grand aerie's tabors. . 0001) PERFORMANCE.. A. W. Stanley and wife.' better known to the vaudeville -world as "Stanley and Scanlon." are giving great musical performance this week at The Louvre, Charles Wlrkkala's place. These performers are a great musical team and their renditions are equal to the best that will he seen on the vaud evllle stage la the larger cities. . As a result Mr. Wlrkala's popular resort Is well patronized nightly. The perform ers will remain the rest of the Weefc. TAXES NOW DELINQUENT. The collection ot taxes ceased Mon day night and all unpaid taxes are now delinquent. Deputy Sheriff Binder has not yet footed up his rolls and it is im possible to stata the amount of the de linquent roll. It is thought, however, that the roll will not exceed $3500. as compared with a $3600 roll last year. LOGGER DROWNED. A logger waa drowned yesterday on the Nasel, while rafting logs. His body waa brought to the city last night and taken to Pobl's. The man was about $4 years of age and had only recently come to the coast from Maine. BASEBALL SCORES. PACIFIC COAST. At JPortland Portland 4; Oakland 1. (Twelve innings.) At Seattle Seattle 7; " Sacramento S. At San Francisco San Francisco I; Los Angeles I. COUNTY COURT MEETS TODAY. The county court will meet In reg ular monthly session today. Several important matters are to be acted up on. . Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Wcrlis Manufacturers ef Iron, Sled, Brass and Bronze Castings. , : General Foundryuicn and. Patternmakers. Absolutely lirstclass work. Prices lowest. Pbsr.s243f. P. A. TRULLINGEI CIGARS AND TOBACCO Two Stores Nbthin Pleases : .so well as nicely laundered linen. -We have the neatest and most sanitary laundry ia the state arid do the best work. All White held. Oor. Tenth and Dnane St. 'Phone 1991 . The Saves Half rf it is Nr ia s4 w. Sieves LAWS. 527 BOND CHARGES AGAINST OFFICERS Colorado National Guard Alleged To Have Been Made Up f Grafters . Who Worked On a Big Sale. Said to Have Padded PavroHi. ' , " ef .. : Employed Superflous Officers and Pilfered Generally. GOVERNOR TO INVESTIGATE Has Ordered Court partial and Gniltj Ones Will Be Brought to Justice Regardless of Their Itank. Denver, Oct. t. Governor Peabody today gave out the following state- ment: . . ' "Charges and specifications against men and officers in the Colorado na tional guard have been filed with me which will be immediately Inquired in to. They are charges of a most serious nature and I tihall order a court-martial 4 investigate them thoroughly. , Ko one found guilty will be permitted to . escape punishment, no matter whether an officer of the highest rank " or a private without rank." The governor declined to give any. names, but it is announced that Sher man, M. Bell, Colonel Frederick Grows, paymaster-general; ' Colonel Frank' KIHball, assistant paymaster-general; 1 Major . Arthur M. Williams, General Chase's adjutant, have been ordered to Denver, Among the charges are said Padded pay-rolls, employment of superfluous generals- and colonels who draw the salary of their rank, but who ' perform sergeant's duties, general ex- travagance in the commissary depart- . menu the securing of rake-off from contractors, the Issuance by the whole sale of transportation, the purchase of spoiled beef for the enlisted men at high prices and carlessness and reck- . lessness la the handling of finances that la said to be appalling. CIRCUIT COURT ORDERS. Judg McBride yesterday handed down the following orders In the cir cuit court: - Columbia Loan & Investment Com pany vs. Van Dusen Investment Com panydemurrer overruled by consent and defendant allowed until December to answer; plaintiff allowed 10 days thereafter to plead. The case was re ferred to C. E. Runyon to take testi mony. In the case of A: C. Fisher vs. 8." D. Adatr, default was entered. Corner Eighteenth end FrEr.lL Commercial St. Troy Laundry the Fuel STREET ft