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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1904)
(i.: PAGE EIGHT. THE RECORD COLLECTION Sheriffs Office Has Tafcen in More Than $125,000 on the Tax Roll for 1903. TIMBER MEN HAVE PAID UP Balance to & Collected Is Al most $40,000-Property Will Be delinquent After First Monday In April. Tax collection on the 190 roll have exceeded those made for. any like period In the history of the county. The roll this year was a large one about $40,000 greater than the 1902 roll hut up to the time that rebates ceased, March ., 15, collections were $20,090 greater than a year ago, iThe showing Is an excellent one for the sheriff's office, especially In view of the fact that the books have all along ' balanced to a penny. AH taxpayers who have not yet set tled with the county should see to it that their taxes are paid by April 4. On this date taxes become delinquent, and there after a penalty of 10 per cent will be charged against the total amount of the tax. together with In terest at the rate of 1 per cent per month. The law allows property own-. ers to pay taxes in two Installments, and it will be possible for taxpayers to make first payments until April 4. Those taking advantage of the in stallment plan will have until October J to pay the remaining Installment, but after this last-named date all taxes will become delinquent and the rooks wM be closed. With the exception of three or four concerns, all of the large timber land holders have settled. For a time it seemed the timber men were not going to make prompt settlement, but to ward the mldOle of March their remit tances began coming In. As a conse quent the -roll Is pietty thoroughly colle:t-.d so far as timber lund is eoni cerned. " . March 14 was the biggest day in the matter of tax collections in the history of Clatsop county. On that day Dp uty Sheriff Binder and R. CI. Praet, I who bad offered his services wHea ' rw.nntv Anderson was taken ill. col- -- lected more than $21.000 a record which had never before been equaled. After April 4 penalty and interest wilt be assessed against taxpayers making settlement, and these items will in a measure make up for the S per' cent rebates allowed to property holders. The following statement was fur bished last evening at the sheriff's of fice: Total amou nt on . roll $ 17 J.4 47 91 Collections, Including rebate 125.60S 94 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1904. HELD TO THE UPPER COURT Balance to be collected.. .$ 47.84S 97 The amount of rebates on. the. 190S roU was $3717.52; the amount on the 1902 roll was" $3120.36. The total col lections to March 15 on the 1902 roll. Including rebates, was $104,601.81, or $21,002.13 less than was collected this year to that date. Last year's roll was more than $134t000. . Mayor Has Gripps. New York. March 22. Mayor Mc Clellan is confined to his home by a severe attack of grippe. His physic ians expects, howowr. that he will be able to transact business as usual in a few days. 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Miss "Bright Byes" will will find what she Is looking for if I her quest, or that of her masculine, friend, ends here. We are not timid about saying that we make and sell as good confectionery as can be had in THE EASTERN CANDY 8TORE, 506-508 Commercial 8t., Next Griffin's Book Store. Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Worlis manufacturers of " Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. ' General Foundrytnen and Patternmakers. ,. : Absolutely firstclass work. : Prices lowest . N hsn8 2451 Corner Eighteenth and Franklin. Willie Cook Arraigned on Charge of Manslaughter Before Justice of the Peace Goodman. RELEASED ON $2000 BONDS If Found Guilty In Higher Court Lad May lie Sentenced to Ite ' form School, but Not to Prison. The verdtct of the coroner's jury In the investigation of the death of Miss Santra Vilen served the same purpose as an Indictment by the district attor ney's office, and, in accordance with the verdict. 14-year-old Willie" Cook was yesterday arraigned before Jus tice Goodman on a charge of man slaughter. The tad's attorney, John H. Smith, waived examination, and Justice Goodman fixed the bonds "of the boy at (2000. Street Superintend ent Kearney and Archie A. Cook fur nished the necessary ball, and the boy was Immediately released from cus tody. For several days he had virtual ly been In custody, but Sheriff XJhvllle declined to lock him up. The sheriff has formed a warm attachment for the lad, whom he regards as manly in every sense of the word, and while the boy was in his custody arranged matters so the two would be constant ly together, duy and night , Deputy District Attorney Eakln stated yesterday that he had not in dieted the boy, as the verdict of the Jury was sufficient to hold him, being equivalent to an information filed by the district attorney. Mr. Eakln ex plained that the verdict of the Jury was In effect a charge of manslaughter against the lad. and upon that-charge he will be tried In the circuit court The trial will proceed in regular man ner, such as would be observed in the case of an adult, and the Jury wilt And him guilty or not guilty. It will be up to Circuit Judge McBrlde, If the Jury's verdict Is that of guilty, to sen tence the lad. Under the Oregon laW a boy between the ages of 10 and It can not be sentenced to the peniten tiary. In the present case, If the CooSr boy Is found guilty of manslaughter for conviction of which crime an adult would be sent to the penitentiary he will be liable to a terra In the reform school. The law provides a big jump in penalties for children betwen 10 and 16, who may be confined in the county jail for a few offenses' or in the re form school for offenses Which would cause an adult to be sent to the state's prison, or who may be hanged for cap ital crime. But a boy under 18 can not be sentenced to the penitentiary. The statement has been made re peatedly during the past few days that the Finnish people of the city have raised a large fund for the purpose of carrying on this case, and estimates of the amount vary from $1000 to $3000. Judge Wlnton, special prose cutor, said yesterday that he believed these stories had been greatly exag gerated, and that the Sum was suffi cient only to insure proper handling of the case. A delegation of Finns called at the office of The Astorlan last evening to ask that an alleged misstatement ap pearing in these columns yesterday be corrected. The error was alleged to have occurred In the testimony of John Jokela. The Astorlan stated yesterday that Jokela quoted his sweetheart, Miss Christine Lehto, as having said that Willie Cook took undue liberties with her. The delegation which called last evening at this office made the statement that Jokela really testified Miss Vilen told him the lad had lm- nroDerlv molested her at times. The writer was in the court room at the time Jokela was on the stand and un derstood the man to have testified J,hat Miss Lehto made the statement The testimony was secured through the medium of an Interpreter, and it is Just possible an error was made. It was very difficult to understand what was said because of the noise in the court room and' the mixture of Finn ish and English Incident to the taking of testimony. Jokela states that he quoted Miss Vilen, the dead girl, and not Miss Lehto, and the man's state men is cheerfully published. Butler, of Pennsylvania, endeavor ed, unsuccessfully, to have passed an amendment designed to transfer back to "the office of the first assistant ost master-general the Jurisdiction of the free delivery and rural delivery ser vice, which caused Moon, ot Tennes see, ranking as the minority member of the committee, to administer a re buke to those members who are try ing to take front, the fourth assist ant postmuster-generurs duties given to him under the law. He said there was motive behind It all, and certain members, chitting under the recent re port of the poHtotftce department, are seeking t4 punish Brlstow for discov ering frauds In another bureau of the department The 'amendment by Tawney, republican, ot Minnesota, which, was agreed to, prohibits the postmaster-general from ordering out of the postoftlce telephone companies other than the Kelt Telephone Company. MAY BE INCREASED. Devotees to Lewis and Clark Appro priation Hope for Big Things. Washington, March U. By unani mous vote to a voice 'the committee on expositions today ordered a favor able report on a substitute for the sen ate Lewis and Clark exposition bill, carrying an aggregate appropriation of $475,000. The bill as reported pro vides $200,000 for a government ex hibit Including Sv forestry and Irriga tion exhibit, $35,000 for an Alaskan exhibit, and $350,000 for government buildings to accommodate the gov ernment, Alaskan, Philippine, Hawaii an and oriental exhibits, as well as a separate building for forestry and Ir rigation. Plans for the government buildings are to be prepared by the supervising architect of the treasury department, the buildings to be erected under con The appropriation for the buildings ; Includes the cost of preparing the grounds and light. The coining Of 250,000 souvenir gold dollars Is also authorised. Chairman Tawney will re port the bllL The Tawney bill makes no reference to Sunday closing. When the house passes the sub stitute bill the senate will refuse to accept It, and the measure will be sent to conference. All the conferrees are favorable, and It Is hoped to have the appropriation Increased to $750,000. The conference committee will consist of Senators Burnham, Hansborough and Daniel and Representatives Taw ney, Sherman and Jlartlett BOB ottiiig' FOR Boys Men an Our showing of Spring Suits aiiJ Top Coats Is at , ' unequalled ono. Every Now Stylo. ; ' ' , " 1 , Every New Material. Men's suits range from $12.50 to $27.50. Boys suits range from $2.50 to $8.00 ( Now Spring Styles in Shirts, Fancy Vests, Neck . wpar, Gloves. Collars, Etc. New Spring Styles in llawcs Famous 13.00 Hats; Derby's nd Soft Styles. ' 53.00 ' riT 3.00 ON THE SQUARE Fisher Bros.i. Company '. DKALF.HS IN- . Paints, Oils and Glasa, Hardware, Iron and Steel, Groceries, ProvMons and Crockery, Sliip Chand lery and Bout Supplies, SlcCormick Mowers and It a k os, Corrugated, Iron aud Building Material, Hardwood Lumber. FISHER BROS.. COMPANY High, Revolver 8core. New York. March 22 Sufficient re- turns have been received by the offlc lals of the United States Revolver As- j soafatlon to show that the winner of the revolver cup In the reeent match j Is E. Sears, and of the pistol cup, Dr, I E. Hi Kessler, both of St, Louis, they having entered the shot under the rules of the association at that place. The highest scores made at San Fran cisco, Chicago Springfield, Mass., and Boston have been sent In, but none of them approaches the phenomenally high score made by Sears a total of 477 out of a possible COO In $0 minutes. BARRELS MADE TO ORDER New Shop, COR. 17th and DUANE, STREETS. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. M. O. STANOVICH Wade Estate Valued. Pendleton, March 22. Appraisers of the C, B. Wade eRtate today Hied estl-; mates 'of their valuation at $334,438 with liabilities at $331,000. Of this $12,000 is mining stock of practically no va'ue. Rumored Ameer It Poisoned. St Petersburg, March 22. A dis patch received from Ashkabad, the capital of the RuHHlan Trans-Caspian territory, says rumors are current there .that the ameer of Afghanistan has been poisoned.. , 8ure Lamorna Is Wrecked. San- Francisco, March 22. So firm has become the belief that the ship Lamorna , lias been wrecked, that to day she was posted for re-insurance and offered at 45 per 6ent. WORKING OVERTIME. -Eight hour laws are Ignored by those tireless little workers Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions ar always at work, night and day, curing Indigestion, Bili ousness, Constipation, Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant safe, sure. Only 25c'at Chas. Rogers' drug store. QUIET DAY IN HOUSE. Most of the Time Devoted to Pott- office Bill Bitternett 8hown. Washington, March 22.-Outslde of a few routine matters the house de voted the entire day to further dis cussion of the postofflce appropriation bill, but disposed of only ftne page. ' IT. a Custom House, Astoria, Ore gon, March 19, 1904. Sealed propos als will be received at this building until 2 o'clock , p. m. 'Wednesday, March 80, 1904, for furnishing fuel, lights, water, miscellaneous supplies washing towels, hauling ashes, and sprinkling streets for this building during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, or such' portion of the year as may be Seemed advisable. The right to reject any and ail bids Is reserved by the Treasury Department W. L. ROBB, Custodlaa Royal Cream Flour Royal Cream Oats No troublo to please the men folks with bread made of I'oyal Cream. ' Royal Cream' Onts for breakfast put vigor land: life into everybody." oard & Stokes Co. Something New Ranges, Stoves, Iron Beds end Furniture of all kinds. Also a good assortment of Second Hand Goods at Lowest Prices ' L; H. HENNINGSEN $ CO. $04 BOND STREET, ASTORIA, OREGON. PHONE, RED 230$