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iSIHE '.,4 1 . . ... cnv-ori ' A Where the Oregon Stops Rolling Read Oar Ads Be fore Esyir.g WW The Associated Press News Service Fresh From the Wires. VOLUME LV11. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1903. NUMBER 21. SA . II III . O: . if-; i -C Ili II El II B 3 I 1 ' I in 8 1 Mil. e THE SMART DRESSER Is smart because he buys PC ' ", . Mi SihtfToci V Mint lbndTolarcd P. A. STOKES FISHER BROTHERS Agents for the Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship CHANDLERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sis. WE NEED rOur Holiday ilock (hit war will be bMr and larger thin tvtr. W , ntd ihf II room for II. Ut our Commercial Sired window. 85c 75c land 65C book, luiubk lor all au. Until Sold 50c J. N. GRIFFIN Don't You Feel Cold These Chilly Mornings? " ' . " " It'i Simply a Reminder that we have a Large Assortment of HEATING STOVES Just in. Call and see them FOARD a STOKES CO. ASTORIA, First Class in Every Respect Bar and Billiard Room PARKER H. B. PARKER, Proprietor CHhod SampleJRooms on Ground . . ASTORIA S. A. GIMRE Opp. Fisher Bros. Store BOOtS and SllOeS on Bond St., Astoria Belli at Close Figuret HAND TAILORED CLOTHING Made by Cronse. Brandcgee & Co. Hart. Schaffner & Marx They cant bo beaten Sold in Astoria by Astoria, Oregon THE ROOM Bad Plumbing will catch the man who put it in, Our Plumbing is holi est and we watch the details of each job and see that every piece of pipo is sound and ovory joint perfect. Tinning and gas fitting. W. J. SCULLEY 470-471 Commercial. Phone Black U4S OREGON American and European Plan , , Free Coach to the House HOUSE .' E P. PARKER, Manager. Floor for Commercial Men . , ' OREGON CARRIES A FINE BTOCK OF BIGAMIST'S THROAT CUT BY HIS WIFE Frank McBride, of Portland, the l Victim of an Assault bv One of the Two Women He Married. Says the Cutting Was Done by a Highwayman, But Story Is Discredited. ALLIANCE'S CREW TO BE HELD One of Then Said to Have An. tuiultcd Murshfield Woman on Trip Up Count Lnt Week. Portland. Oct. 27. It came to light today thut Frank M.'Mc Bride, who has a wife at Tenth and Market streets, and another at S41 Second street, was uwtnulted dunduy night and hta throat sriouly cut. Unless complication st In, McBride will recover. The young man la a aon of Judge John It. McBride, of Spokune, and a nephew of ex-Senator George W. Mc Bride, of Oregon. He atatea that he wh attacked ty a highwayman, who made hla escape, but it la elated that Mis. Mc' Drill, of Second atreet, did the cutting. Each woman denies the ex istence of another wife, and McBride will not vrosecute, ' Mr-Bride taya he haa only one wife, the Market ttreet woman, to whom he haa been married over 20 yean. The other woman says ahe was married to McDrlde 10 yeore ago, when (he wa only 13 yeara old. by Bishop Welter, of the Mormon, church, In Salt Lake. HAS BAD RECORD. Salt Lake, Oct. 27.-Frank McBride waa formerly deputy postmaster fccre, He waa sent to the penitentiary for emheullng government funds. He waa also urrcsted in Baker City, Or. ASSAULT ON HIGH SEAS. Portland. Oct 27. United States DIs trlct Attorney John H. Hall has re quested Hi federal authorities at San FrancUco to place under arrest the en tire crew of the steamer Alliance, which sailed from Astoria this morning fov 8nn Francisco, in order to secure one of their number who Is eald to be guilty of criminally assaulting Mrs. E. A. Ames of Matuhfleld, Or., while the steamer was on her way up the coast on her last trip from Ban Francisco to Astoria. While sick In a stateroom Mrs. Ames was given a laa of drugged water and during the stupor that followed was repeatedly assaulted. When she arrived at Mrhfleld she told her hus band, who wrote a letter to the dis trict attorney, but It got here after the Alliance had departed. The maximum penalty for criminal assault on the high tea Is death. TAKEN AFTER A LONG CHASE Arrest of Man Wanted lu Eng land lor EinbeEEleiiient. Chicago, OcU 27. The Tribune today says: After a chose lasting 14 months and In which two continents were traversed with a detective In pursuit, John Mor rison, assistant cashier of the North ampton bank of London, charged with embeixllng more than $60,000, haa been captured In Chicago. Morrison, with Edward Weston, a Scotland Yard de tective, who effected the capture, Is now on his way to England to answer the charge of defalcation. ' Morrison, after hla flight, assumed many aliases. When1 arrested he was conducting a Jewelry store on Forty third street under the name of Henry Jorgan. He haa also used the names of William Jordln.Henry Miller and Fran cis. During August, 1902, In the temporary absence of the cashier of the London bank, Marrlson, it Is alleged, fled to the continent. The theft aroused the Lon don bankers and Weaton was put on the case. The detective started for the conti nent only 30 hours after Morrison, but the fleeing man had ealled at once for Canada. There he bought a ticket for New York. In New York Morrison lived at a small boarding house for at least two months. Becsmlng nervous he left the city and want to Boston, where he In vested In a Jewelry store. The fugitive did not stay long in Boston. He went to Marlon, Ohio, where he Invested in a' tmMness venture.' Weston came to Mar Ion, where he learned the einbezaler had leTt a few hours before for Chicago. Weston arrived in Chicago only a few days later than Morrison. When arrest ed the fugitive consented to return to England without extradition proceed ings, SIX HURT IN COLLISION. Chicago. Oct. 27. Through the fail ure of a grlpman to drop the lever while passing a cable vault North Clark street grip car and trailer crash ed together last night, practically tel- etroplng the latter, Six persons were Injured seriously of whom one will die, while a acore of poenera were cut, brulned and ahocked by the accident. The more seriously Injured are: Oertrule Oroha, 16 yeara old, both leg crushed; will die. Christopher Aronenberger, legs brok en and badly cut. Lawrence fllnx, head and body bruis ed. ., . y " . Ml Mattle Stark, 21 year old, right hand crushed, three fingers cut off. Otto A. Sumner, cut about head and body, may loose eight of eye. James Wllmer. grlpman, cut and made unconscious. ' The crash of the telescoped cars, with the shattering of windows, could be heard many blocks awnay, and hundreds of persons rushed to assist the Injured. A dozen women had fainted or made hysterical by fright and were carried from the cars, which were tilted up at an angle. Ambulances from three po lice stations were summoned. Fhysl' clans also were called and the wounds of a number of passengers were dressed in the barns of the company and in stores along the atreet. BLACKMAILER ARRESTED. New York, Oct. 27.-Joseph D. Stln son, said to be a member of a wealthy family of York, Pa., ahd formerly at tached to the census bureau In Wash ington, Is under arrest nere, together with H. B. Ollroy. alleged to be the ac complice of Stinson In attempting to extort $10,000 from a New York mer cantile agency. The general manager of the concern. In his complaint, alleged thut Stinson threatened to sell secret records of the agency to rival agencies. Stinson, It Is sJleged, secured the re cords while working In the Chicago of fice, of the agency. It Is charged that he first made hla demands 10 days ago In Chicago, but waa sent here to consult with the head of the organisation. Ollroy was" arrested at an uptown hotel. The missing records were found In the safe of the hotel and turned over to the police. THREE FANITICS ARE KILLED Result of a Itelifrioti Brawl at Doukobor Colony. Chicago, Oct. 27. A dispatch to the TWtune from Wlnnepc. Mao., say 1 Word has been received here of a riot In the Doukhobor colony to the north of Swan lake, In which three per sona were killed and another fatally in jured. Peter Veregln,the anti-Christ of these people, went on a visit to the Yorkton colny. Before he went he called his followers before him and, while they lay prostrate before him, he told them to follow out his doctrine during his absence and to pay no heed to any so called missionaries who might visit them. For a day all went well until a Meth odist minister named Perkins arrived ut the settlement and tried to preach to them. The community divided Itself and one faction of the women stripped themselves of clothing, as they have done on several previous occasions, and started to look for Peter Veregln, their leader and self-styled Christ. Several men Interfered and a pitched battle ensued. In which the contestants used the first tools which came to their hands. TWO NEW RECORDS BY PATCH Smashes Half-mile and Mile Pac Ing Performances. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 27. Dan Patch (1:69 1-4), within 45 minutes elapsed time,- this afternoon smashed two world's records In succession. First he went against the world's half mile pac ing record of 57 1-2 seconds, held by Prince Alert going the Quarter in 28 1-2 and the whole distance in 68 seconds flat. Next he hung out a new world's re cord for a mile pacing to a wagon, making the mile In 1:67 1-4, two seconds better than the time made at Lexington the world's record until this afternoon. Hla time by quarter waa 29 1-2, S3 1-2. 1:23. .'.. Major Delmar also cut a quarter of a second from his time, maklnfe the mile In 1:59 J-4. AND THERE WILL BE OTHERS Hitchcock Dismisses Thomson and Declares Himself. Washington, Oct. 27.-Secretory Hitchcock's first act today was to order the suspension of Asa B. Thomson, re ceiver of public moneys at LaGrande, Or., who was Indicted yesterday on a chargo of bribery. "And there will be others, he said, "whenever similar circumstances are discovered In -xmnectlon with them." DYNAMITE EXPLODED PREMATURELY. Chicago, Oct. 27-Wlndows In scores of houses were shattered and a part of the Boby race track was wrecked last night by the premature explosion of dynamite where the Illinbls Steel Com pany Is nillns in ground south of South Chicago. The shock was felt In Ham mond. Ind.. and In Blue Island. Three fishermen and three railroad laborers were In the vicinity when the explosion nroiirred. Although a search of the debris failed to reveal evidence of their death It Is feared that they may not have escaped alive. CRIMINAL ATTEMPTS DIAZ LIFE President of Mexico Has Narrow Escape at Hands of a Man With a Bad Record In Guanojato. Assassin Rushes Up to Car and Fires five Shots, but the Bullets Go Wild. ARMENIAN LEADER IS KILLED sagatel Sagounl, President of ICevoliitlouary Society, Shot Down at Doorstep of Hid Lodgings. Ouanajato, Mex., Oct. 27 Great ex cltement wa caused today by what (oked like an attempt on the life of Presldmit DIas, who was a guest of the mate government during the festivities here. . The president his staff and guests were passing by Oantador gard en in a street car when a man of the lower class by the name of Ellas Tos- cano approached the car and fired five shots, fortunately doing no harm. Paklo Escanadon, of. the president's staff, rushed from the car and caught the man, wrenvhing the revolver from his grip. The police took Toscano to prison. Toscano Is a man with a bad criminal record and was but recently released from prison , at Grandltas, where he had served a term for homi cide. ARMENIAN LEADER SHOT. London, Oct. 27. Sagatel Sagounl. of the Armenian Revolutionary Society, was murdered at the doorstep of his lodgings at Nunhead, a suburb of Lon don late yesterday evening. The murder was presumably com mitted by a fellow Armenian recently from the United States. The assassi nation had political motive and was characterised by boldness to which Lon don haa seldom been treated. Gener ally It Is expected Sagounl'a death Is only a prelude to other chapters in a story of hitter feud. The murderer, who haa not yet been apprehended, left In the hands of the police two clues, a soft felt hat bearing the name of an American clothing firm and an automatic pistol of recent Amer ican make. ADVERSE REPORT MADE. Paris, Oct. 27-Cable advices received here from Bogota, Colombia, announce that the Congressional Committee of examination has reported adversely the hill declaring invalid the extension of If you want anything good go WELL When you see a fine dress" worn ' hy a lady your first thought is who made it. We are maRing the fine dresses that are now being worn inl the city both on -the street and at the ( fashion able functions. 0 & & The reason; why is that we have the facilities experience and goods to make the best. LET US DRESS YOU UP The Cheapest Place in Astoria for time granted the Panama Canal com pany. This committee aUo killed tb resolution demanding from the United States $20,000,000 and from the Panama Canal company $10,000,000 additional. A resolution has been enacted provid ing for the adjournment of the Colom bian Congress on November 14. There Is a possibility that a resolution of some kind will pose congress regarding the action to be 'taken by the Colom bian government In canal matters, but the situation Is complicated by the presldental election which occurs in December. , BIO DEMOCRATS IN CONFERENCE. New 'York, Oct. 27.-rhrough the presence of several leading men in the democratic party In this city. It has been learned, says the Herald, that a conference at which were present Wil liam J, Bryan, David Bennett Hill, ex-denator Charles A. Towne, of Min nesota, Frank Campbell, chairman of the New York democratic committee, and J. N. Carlisle, chairman of the democratic executive committee, has Just been held. It Is asserted that the meeting convened in the rooms of an up town hostelry, occupied by Mr. Hill, but nothing could be learned, a to the subjects discussed or the result. Sen ator Teller, of Colorado, who also Is here, was asked what he knew regard ing the matter. "It must be coincidence," he said, "I am here from Washington for three or four days on private business." TAKE NAVE OF BELLINGHAM Whatcom and Falrhaven ote for Consolidation. Whatcom, Wash., Oct. 27. Whatcom and Falrhaven today voted to coneoll date under the name of Belllngbam, after Belllngham bay. In Whatcom the vote was 1582 for and 252 against; In Falrhaven, 530 for and 239 against WAGES WILL NOT BE REDUCED. New York, Oct. 27 Emphatic denial Is made here by representatives of sev- eml important western s railroads i to widely circulated rumors that a con certed effort was to be made by the western roads to reduce wages. The opinion was generally expressed that no such plan was under consideration and In some quarters that such a move would not be feasible. Reductions In expenses are being made by the west ern roads in common wun muse ln otner parts 0f the country, but thte Is being accomplished In the main by re duction In shop expenses and In con struction and improvement work. TRIO IS INDICTED. ; Portland. Oct. 27. The United States grand Jury today returned indictments against former Uulted State Commis sioner Miss Marie L. Ware, of Eugene, Horace G. McKlnley and S. A. D. Puter, timber, land operators, charging them with forgery in the uttering of forged signatures in the southern Oregon land fraud cases. : DRESSED PAYMENTS ARE MADE PROMPTLY Sensation Caused in SL Louis . Financial Circles by Run on the Leading Banking -Institutions". ' Long Lines of Depositors Hurried for Their Money and Get ' It At Once. , . . FALSE. REPORTS THE CAUSE Alleged Failure of One Bank to Negotiate Big Loan at Chicago Excites Depositors. St. Louis, Oct. 27 From shortly be fore 1 o'clock today until the closing hour, 3 o'clock, runs were made on the savings departments of three banks of St. Louis. The run, so far as it can be traced, was started by a rumor said to have coma from Chicago to the ef fect that two directors of the Missis sippi Valley Trust Company had re cently endeavored to negotiate a loan of $2,000,000 in that city and had been refused, and like a prairie fire it spread In a flash. With a rush the corridors of the Lincoln Trust Company, Mercan tile Trust Company and Mississippi Valley Trust Company were filed, the line jof men and women with bankbooks In their hands stretching out Into the street ' . . '."v. ' ' ' . As soon as the runs started, every facltlly was afforded for the prompt payment of deposits and amounts were oaid raoldlv regardless of their size. The presidents of the different national banks assembled during the afternoon and issued a, statement that the banks are perfectly aolvent and amply able to liquidate all demand. AH banks closed at $ o'clock, ue usual closing hour, and gave out word they will open tomorrow morning at tho usual hour. At a metino- of the different savings hanks it was decided to enforce the 60- day clause in order to prevent further runs. TROOPS TO 00 HOME. London, Oct. 27.-In a dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria, the correspondent of the Times says an order haa been issu ed for the complete demoralization of the Bulgarian reserves, all of whom will return to their homes tomorrow. This apparently marks the end, the cor respondent concludes, of the war scare lor this year . " to Dunbar' LADIES Fine Goods