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HOTIOR! Books, Periodicals, M3p;a2,i"-.f &c, r6fioilob3Tiibrr:f.iTh3 Library without pcrmiion. Any ' ona JojritJ guilty of such offense, will be liable to Drossauiloa. Where the Oregon Stops Rolling Read Gar Ads Be fore Baying The Associated-Press News Service Fresh From the Wires. VOLUME LVI1. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1903. NUMBER 20. A J Mrvlrfy H THE SMART DRESSER Is smart because he buys I i f 1 l hi M Sihilt iwi U M.r lUndTjilnrtd hJ J'rl- I lY C .M P. A. STOKES FISHER BROTHERS Agents for the Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship CHANDLERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sts. WE NEED rOur Molldiy Hock thli yr will b billr and Urjer (hm tvtr. W , ntd ihclf room (or II. Set our Commercial Street wlsdow. 85c 75c I nd 4S booki, lulublt (or ll ,u. Until Sold 50c J. N. GRIFFIN Si Is iss-' ?szP' I W IX Don't You Feel Cold These Chilly Mornings? It's Simply a Reminder that we have a Large Assortment of " HEATING STOVES Just in. Call and see them FOARD STOKES CO. ASTORIA, First Class in Every Respect Bar and Billiard Room PARKER H. B. PARKER, Proprietor Good SomploJBoom on Ground ASTORIA - . - S. A. GIMRE opp, Fiher Bros, store , Boots and Shoes on Bond St., Astoria Belli at Close Figures f I HAND TAILORED CLOTHING Mado by Cropse. Brandegee & Co. Hart. Schaffner & Marx They cant bo , beaten Sold in Astoria by Astoria, Oregon THE ROOM Bad Plumbing will catch tho man who put it in. Our Plumbing is hon est and wo watch tho details of each job and see that every piece of pipo is sound and every joint perfect. Tinning and gas fitting. W.J. SCULLEY 470-472 Commercial. Phone Black 1243 y OREGON American and European Nan Free Coach to the House HOUSE E P. PARKER, Manager. Floor for Commercial Men - , OREGON CARRIES A FINE STOCK OF THOMAS ACCUSED OF FRAUD LaGrande Receiver Indicted by the Federal Grand Jury at Portland on a Serious ' Allegation. Said to Have Solicited Funds for the Purpose of Influencing Official Decision. MORE INDICTMENTS TO COME Kittl mated That In Kxcchh of One .Million Acre Have ISeen , Secured ly Fraud on Count. Portland, Oct. 26. The United State grand Jury today returned an Indict ment uraliwl Ami B, Thomson, receiv er of the United State land omce at LaOrandtt, Or. The Indictment charge Thomson with soliciting money to In fluence an metal derision for the ap proval of homestead proof which had been held up for Insufficiency of the tame, There are three conn la of the Indictment. One of the witnesses 1 Charles Cunningham, a well known enxtern Oregon aux kftian, who. It la al leged Thomson' approached. The Interior department haa had agent In thU ctate for month st In vcstlgatlnir alleged land fraud, and the Indictment of Thomson la the first re- utt of the Investigation. Humor of gigantla fraud In the public lands of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Call frnla have been In circulation for the punt year, and It I ald the fraudulent entrlw, all told, amount to over 1,000.000 acrwi. It I understood that other In dictment will follow. Aa B. Thomson was appointed na receiver for the LaOrande land office but a few months ago, and was a rest' dent of Pendleton at the time of his se lection. He hn a ranch near Echo, Umatilla county, and Is largely Inter ested In stock. He was born and rear ed on Butter ?reek. being the son of O, F. Thornton, who wa one of Umatilla ccunty s pioneer sheriff. The son was a member of the legislature In 1900 and contributed to the success of Hon. John H. Mitchell In (he final vote. Mr. Thomson Is well thought of In eastern Oregon tnd to the vast majority of the people and his friends this Indictment by the federal grand Jury comes as surprise.) HEINZE'S PROPOSAL SPURNED Denounced ns Subterfuge Aimed at Miners' Union. iButte. Oct. 26. F. August Helnxe this afternoon addressed a moss meet ing of the miners of Butte, over 15,000 men being In attendance. Helnze n ade a counter proposition to the offer of the Butte miners' union to purchase MasGlnnls' stock In the Boston & Mon tana and Parrot t companies nnd thus end the litigation with the Amalga mated . Hetne offerd In behalf of MacGln nls and Lamm to sell shares In the Bos ton & Montana and Parrott companies at the original price paid for them and Interest to the miners' union, provided the Amalgamated Copper Company shall sell to him 'ts Interest In the Nlp jier clutm at the price they originally patd.together with Interest from that date, and further that the Amalgamat ed company agree to operate Its mines for one year continuously and present a scale of wages to be maintained for three years. President William Scallon, of the An aconda company, tonight rejected the proposition made by Helme. President Scallon characterises the proposition of Helnze as astounding and rldiculoua and unworthy of consid eratlon. "These offers may look In nocent enough on the face, but In reali ty they amount to a refusal to settle the MacGlnnls cases." said he. "They are the turning down of the miners' union proposition, because the con ditions of Helnze's offers are so unreas onably and exorbitant that ther are impossible of acceptance." STANDS BY MESSENGER BOYS Boston Aldermen Remove West- ern Union Poles. iBostcn, Oct. 26. As a result of the strike of the Western Union messenger boys, the board of rildermen thla even ing, on motion of Alderman Lomensy idemocrat) passed an order, by a vote of six to five, providing that the com pany be compelled to remove ail or their pols in the city limits within the next 60 days, and. If the order Is not compiled with, the poles sre to bo re moved by the superintendent of streets. FOR ST. LOUIS AND PORTLAND. Hon Qk. T. Myers, better known as "Tobe" Myers, accompanied by Mr. 8. D. Adair, called at The Aetorlan office yesterday for the purpose of announc- Ing the purpose of Mr Myers' visit to Aatorut. Mr. Myers Is ene of the Lewis and Clark fair directors and also a com mlssloner of the lit. Louis fair having charge of the flih, game and relic divis ion for both fair. Mr. Adair seems amply able to assist Mr. Myers, partic ularly as he I well versed In the early history of this part of Oregon. Mr. Myers reports an awakening In terest In his fair projects. He had no trouble In Astoria In securing Informa tion and In perfecting arrangements to the end that splendid exhibits In each department will be had for both 8t! Louie and Portland, WILL BRING BODY BACK. Ban Diego, Cal., Oct. 2 The United State training ship Mohican, just ar rived on a cruise which will be extend ed as far south a the United States coaling station at PochlUnque bay, has order from Washington, accom panied by a permit from the City of Mexico, to take up the remains of Captain W. W. neslnger and bring them to San Diego, whence they will be shipped to Washngton. Captain Iteilnger, while captain of the Philadelphia, died on board when the cruster at Magdalen bay on ber way back from Panama to this port. Under the Mexican law the body had to be burled there and could not be re moved for two years. This period will have elapsed since the death and burial when the Mohican Is at Magdalena bay on her way north, and the remains can then be brought away. Spirited Finish Of Campaign New York Politicans Will Hold Several Thousand Meetings During the Week, New York, Oct. 26. If the plan of the opposing managers do not miscarry this, the closing, week of the municipal campaign In Greater New York will out strip anything of the kind ever seen here There will be several thousand meet ing held In the five borough by mid night of Saturday. There will be 600 democratic meetings held In Brooklyn borough alone. The fuslonlsts have hired forSaturday night every hall south of Fourteenth, street and east of Broadway. Several automobiles will start with fusion spell binders tomorrow night and continue until the polls open. The leading candidates will do a hard week's work. Both Low and Mc- Clellan will devote much time to Brook lyn, which is, by common consent, re garded aa the battle ground. There seems to be some uncertainty about District Attorney Jerome contin uing In ;he campaign. He Is said to be in 111 health and to have cancelled two or three engagements in Brooklyn for tonight. ' Nearly every minister In the city brought up the election during the Sun day discourses. COST OF THE ELECTION. New York,Oct.26. An estimate made by the members of the board of elec tions fixes the cost of the coming elec tions In this city at $600,000. to which Is to be added $130,00 that was spent In the recent primary elections. In order to give voters a chance to express their desire as to candidates, 2,764,800 ballots have been printed, which Include the ballots for votes on the canal question and 307.000 sample ballots which are to be used to explain to voters how a legal v.)to should be cast. . STEPSON KILLS HIS FATHER Shoots Him Because He Struck Wife With a Bar. Chicago, Oct. 26-As he was about to strike his wife with an iron bar, Nicholas Rolle has been shot and killed by his stepson, Henry Walscheld, 18 vears old. Rolle came home and went to the kitchen, where his wife was pre paring dinner. He was abusive and threatened her because dinner was not ready. While they were quarreling young Walscheld returned. He started for the kitchen and as he reached the door saw Rolle raise an Iron bar and strike his wife. The youth drew a revolver and fired at his stepfather. Walschled was arrested. He said his stepfather had abused his wife on several occasions and he him self had quarrels with the man because of the latter's ungovernable temper. SETTLEMENT NOW IS IN SIGHT Russo-Japanese Treaty To Be Concluded Shortly. London, Oct. 26. Official Information from both Tokio and St. Petersburg, says the Berlin correspondent of the Standard. Is to the effect that drafts of the Russo-Japanese convention have hwn unnroved bv tho Jxar and Count Lamsdorff, Russian foreign minister. Only slight alterations In these drafts are needed to effect settlement of all difficulties by amicable compromise. ' SNOW IN NEW ENGLAND. Boston, Oct. 26. Snow fell for the first time this season In many places In New England. CONFESSES THE SECRET OF HIS LIFE Sensational Disclosure by Dowie Touching His Birth and the Manner in Which He Got His Name. Admits to Vast Throng That He is Not the Son of John ' . Murray Dowie. FATHER WAS SCOTCH OFFICER Mother Married Dowie Only to Give Offspring a Xame Itenewa Ills Scoring of the Press. - New York, Oct. 26. With broken voice, with tears streaming down his face, and his body shaking with emo tion, John Alexander Dowie, befcre an audience of 10,000 persons, tonight an nounced that he was not the eon of John Murray Dowie. of Essex, Iowa, from whom he takes his patronymic, but that bis father was a British army officer of high family by "Scotch mar riage.'' He heaped vllllflcatlon and de nunciation upon John Murray Dowie. who, he declared, had his mother be lieve her marriage to Dowle's father was shameful. .The army officer having been taken away by his relatives, bis mother, In the first flush of her shame, had sought to give her son a name by marrying John Murray Dowie. The revelatlo nwas made at the end of an hour's tirade against the press of this city. Its treatment of his work and hlnwelf being styled the "conspiracy of falsehood." Reporters were denounced "yellow dogs and poisonous reptiles who have wrecked thousands of homes and brokm thousands of hearts." Powle's confession was brought out by the publication this morning In a newspaper of letters from him to John Murray Dowie. After eulogzlng his mother and giving an account of the deception practiced on her, he said his father was a man of high standing and died leading troops during a charge in the Crimean war. Dowie burst into Invectives of the bit terest type against the press for pub lishing the letters. He raged like a man crazed at the enormity of the In jury done htm, and then, as If spent by the exertion of his tirade, broke down and wept. At the close of his address Dowie pro nounced this benediction: "God look down upon the irresponsi ble band of criminals who write papers end publish their lies and have mercy on them. Have mercy, O God! and grant grace to the country, and muzzle. M1U UIIU FAQ The Cheapest I UsaSaMVR nnd, it needs be, destroy the newspa pers." r , , j NEW RULE FOR SHIPMENT OF BODIES. Baltimore Oct.24. Representatives of railroad companies and the National Association of Undertakers have Just completed a conference with the mem ber of the State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America In this city on the transportation of dead bodies A a result nine rules wereadopted which will go into effect July 1, 1904, and. after that time It will be Impos sible to ship the body of any person dying either of smallpox or bubonic plague. Bodlea of persons dying of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, ery sipelas, glanders, anthrax or leprosy will be shipped only under the most complete conditions of disinfection,. r SAILORS RESCUED. Honolulu, Oct. 26. The last missing boat of the wrecked French bark Con netable. de Rlchemont wa picked np today by the Inter-Usnad, a steamer. It contained the boatswain and seven of the ctew of the lost vessel. All were alive, though in starving condition, hav Ing been almost entirely without food since October 14. , ' WHY SOUTHERN RAISED RATE Compelled to Force Lumber Ex- ports to Sea Route. San Francisco, Oct. 26. Congestion of freight on the northwestern lines of the Southern Pacific has resulted In a radical move on the part of the freight traffic officials of the road. A a partial rolution of the problem of handling the lumber trade of the' north with insufficient-facilities, thy have decided to cut down the amount of traffic by e tabllshlng a prohibitive rate on lumber shipments from points on the Oregon coast to Sin Francisco. The advanced schedule will go into effect the first of next month and the high rate will force the northern lum bermen to send their shipment south by water. This rate will not affect In. terlir mills. LEAVES THE NAVY. Washington, Oct. 26. Rear Admiral Francis Bowles today tendered bis res ignation in the United States navy to the'preeid-jnt and requested that It take effect November 3. Constructor L. W. Capps ,now on duty at the New York navy yard, has been selected by the president for the vacancy. Admiral Bowles Is leaving the naval service to accept the presidency of a private ship building company In Massachusetts. OREGON MURDERER CAPTURED. Boise, Oct.26. A special to the States man from American Falls says: Harry Egbert, .vanted In Oregon for murder, was captured at Rockland this morning by a posse of citizens while at a livery stable where he kept his horse. He escaped once and secured his gun, which was in the barn. He fled to a thicket, but surrendered when the posse began to fire Into It. If you want anything good to Dunbar's J Visit Our STORE And. see our fine showing of black and colored Suitings. All the newest styles and colors in 1 Silks, Velvets, Velvpurs and Corduroys. Styl ish waistings and Blanket Eobe Novelties. Veils in an infinite variety of new styles. "All the newest Dress Trimmings, Lace Collars, Chiffons, Liberty Silks, Ostrich Boas, Neckware and Kid Gloves.. Women's Muslin Underwear the new est and daintiest. The most desirable light weight wool underwear. Our Suit department is simply a wonder to all who visit it, so complete are its lines of Ready made Suits, Separate Skirts, Coats, Cloaks, Jackets, Children's Wraps. llHIllVir 'I1M11 MiUIIRIIII U7WlilPaaiJ Place in Astoria for DYNAMITE IS USED ON BANK SAFE Robbers Blow Off Door of Sheri dan VauIkSeaire ,,$7000 ' in Coin and Make -Their Escape. ' , Raided the Little Town at Early Hour and Were Not Seen. . Until To Late." r ' ; POSSE HAS GONE IN PURSUIT '. : i Believed Can? Is Same That Tried Unsuccessfully to Rob Bank at 5ew. ' .' berp, Ore. x . Sheridan, Or., Oct. 26. Safecrackers early this morning secured an entrance to the Scroggin & Wort man bank and. Mew open the safe, securing about $7000 In coin. Valuable papers and other documents were teft untouched. The bank building la situated in the center of the town, but,, by choosing the early , hours of the morning, when everybody waa asleep, and with everything envel oped In a thick fog, they awoke only one man, Mayor E.H. Eakln, who Urea across the street, upstairs over his store. There has never been occasion tor guarding property hitherto and the' town has no nlghtwatchman. e The gang effected an entrance to the building by using a sledge hammer and, picks, which bear the stamp of the 3outhern Pacific Company. They drill ed a hole In the safe near the combina tion and Inserted a heavy charge of giant powder, which blew the safe door off. but did not wreck the building. It was this explosion that awoke Eakln. Eakln went to the window juet In time to see the men come out of the bank and Join another who had evidently been on guard. The" entire party jump ed ' Into buggy and drove off in a southerly direction. ,,'? 1. Eakln quickly secured a rifle and took three shots at the fast disappearing; men. The firing and ecfeams of Mrs. Eakln, who had been awakened by the commotion aroused . the townspeople and a posse of armed men was soon on the streets. The bank officials at once sent out the alarm in every direction? by telephone. Sheriff Sitton arrived here at 8 o'clock, but, as the robber bad secured such a start, he decided it would be futile to organize a posse. From the manner and, hour of the robbery, it Is generally thought tn irans is the -?ame which attempted to rob the Newberg bank last Monday , BASEBALL SCORES. At Seattle Seattle 5; Lob Angeles 7. i Fine Goods Refill