PAGE EIGHT.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1904.
MAYOR JONES
PASSES AWAY
Toledo's Famous Chief Executive
Succumbs After an Illness of
Several Months.
UNIQUE FIGURE IN POLITICS
Father of Direct Primary Law
and Leading Exponent f the
Eight-Hour Day and Lab-
or Reform.
Toledo, O., July It Samuel M.
Jones, the "Golden Rule" mayor, died"
this evening as the result of a compli
cation ot disease. For several days
Mayor Jones had been dangerously ill,
and his death was not unexpected.
Several months ago his health began
failing, and for a week the physicians
had been without hope of saving his
life.
Mayor Jones was (3
to know where her wealth was con
cealed. She told him she had no trees
nr and In return received a kick In
the face.
Three more thieves then entered the
room. One was a woman.
TheineiT bent over the aged and
frightened woman, and while one drew
her hands behind her another bound
her wrists with thongs. The blood was
trickling down her hands and one of
the men laughed. "It may loosen her
tongue some," he said.
Next her feet were tied securely and
she was told that It she did not reveal
the hiding place of her money she
would be tortured with live coals. The
suffering: woman pleaded that there
were only a few dollars In the house.
Another twist was taken In the bonds
and she cried out that her money was
In .her trunk. It was but to gain
moment's relief from pain. The trunk
;was smasnea to pieces ana me tor
ture was resumed.
CAN NOT CARRY WEST VIRGINIA
Elkins Declares Naming of Davis Will
Avail Nothing There.
Wheeling, W. Va, July It United
States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, in
years of age nis 8peech a temporary chairman of
and one of the most unique figure, , inj republ,can tat- whlch
American politics, fie was me j.aiucrj
of the direct primary method of making ,met here todaf 8a,d:
.nominations and a stanch exponent of "The democratic party, In Its desire
labor reform and the eight-hour day. t0 capture this state, has nominated
Born in poverty in Wales and brought for vice president one of our most dls
to America when but an infant, histinguished citizens and the foremost
early years were filled with the hardest i democrat in this tate, but In this, as
of work. He entered the Pennsylvania jn m08t everything else, the democrats
oil fields, made the foundation for a ma(je a mistake. Senator Davis, to
fortune which became a reality whenlWnom I am so closely related, and for
he Invented an oil well appliance, anduhom t cherish feelings of the highest
then became the president of the Acme regard, admiration and affection. Is a
Sucker Bod Company In Toledo. Here man 0( affairs and an experienced
he established reform methods of la- gtate8manf having served hi state
bor. In 1897 he was elected mayor of creditably in the senate for 12 years.
Toledo on the republican ticket and with these qualifications and this fit
again In 1899, 1901 and 1993, on an in- ne88 he should have been named for
dependent ticket He ran for governor the first place, instead ot a man without
on an independent ticket and was de- a record and without business or poll
feated. tical experience.
"Perhaps no gubernatorial campaign -west Virginia can not be beguiled
was ever conducted that attracted more jnto giving up protection and sound
attention than that In which he ran as money to make Judge Parker presl
n independent His methods were the dent even If by so doing they make
most unique In the annals of American Senator Davis vice president I have
politics. Employing a military band, not the slightest doubt of victory next
be gradually extended the Idea until November. There is no good reason
he carried with him an entire wagon wny a republican should change his
circus of the old-time type. He used vote on state and national politics, but
to address his hearers after the pro- many and weighty reasons why he
gram was partly concluded and ex- should not The democracy of West
plained that one reason for his carry- Virginia advocates the astounding pro.
Ing with him the "greatest aggrega- position, should it come into power In
tion on earth," was that the children the state, to disfranchise 15,000 loyal
might be pleased. His admirers claim colored republicans and rob them of
that it is doubtful If a more kindly- the rights of citizenship guaranteed by
hearted, fair-play, loving man ever fig- the constitution. an$ for which many of
ured in Ohio politics, and this feature them and thir fathers fought in the
did much to overbalance the grotesque- war of the Union. Republicans must
ness of some or Ws acts. and will resist this proposition, because
" it is not only wrong in itself, but un-
Torturtd for Her Money. fair and unjust to a large body of law-
Chicago, July 1L With her wrists abiding, worthy and Industrious citl-
and ankles tied by robbers with leather tens.
thongs, and with a gag In her mouth, "President Roosevelt has given the
Mrs. Elizabeth Tangney, 75 years old, people a wise and pure administration
reported to be worth 1500,000, was left that commends Itself to all of our peo.
to die In her lonesome rooms on the pje. The president has so commended
third floor of the building at 138 West himself to the people that he has been
renominated without opposition, and
with him for vice president Charles
Warren Fairbanks, one of our purest
ablest, most experienced and conuerva
tive statesmen. Under the leadership
of these men, with a flag of protection
floating high over it, the republican
party will triumph.
"President Roosevelt already stands
as one of the remarkable figures In our
history. He walks hand in hand with
destiny, and at times seemingly com
pels it to da his bidding. The Amerl
can people will not turn away from
him to risk or follow one untried man
on an ambiguous, evasive and un-Am
erican platform. The democratic plat
form says: 'We denounce protection
as a robbery of the many to enrich the
few.'
"On the gold standard and sound
money questions, It Is silent as the
grave. Bryan prevailed and sound
money and the gold standard were cru
cified on a cross of silver.
GOVERNMENT
IS DEFEATED
Astoria Railroad Company Wins
- Suit Instituted to Require it
to Reduce Rates.
JUDGE BELLINGER DECIDES
Holds That Local Line Cau Not
Ite Made Party to Land-Uraut
Arrangement Blade With
Northern Pacific.
Harrison street
Four robbers, one of whom was a
woman, had tied the thongs so tightly
that every movement caused the aged
woman agony, and at each attempt to
scream the gag cut into her tongue.
For several hours after the thieves left
her home the woman'' struggled with
her bonds, and finally freed one hand.
She rolled over and over through a
doorway into the kitchen, where she
got a knife from the table and cut the
leather which held her a prisoner.
She then became unconscious. It
was two hours before she opened her
eyes and crawled to the home of a
neighbor, on whose doorstep she lay
until discovered in the morning.
The robbers entered the house at 8
o'clock Sunday night Mrs. Tangney
was lying on her bed and was fully
dressed. She felt a hand pressed
against her forehead and looked Into
the muzzle of a revolver. A tall man
was standing over ber and demanding
ZZZZZZHZ
zzzzzzzzz: ( - i .
VOULD you like to have your sight restored
f so you can see as you did five, ten or
twenty years ago ? r: :: :: ::
Glasses are not emblematic of age and are
far more becoming than the ugly frown which
becomes a habit when the eyes are on a strain. .
I Have the Bert Modem laitrumdti for Dctectlif Asy Defect la Visios.
HATHERINE WADE, Graduate Optician
At Owl Drug Store
Portland, July 12. (Special) Judge
Bellinger yesterday. In the suit of the
United States against the Astoria Co
lumbia River Railroad Cbmpany, ex
pressed the opinion that the company
is not required to transport fretght and
passengers for the government at on'
half Its regular rates.
Land-grant roads must carry govern'
ment freight and passengers at 60 per
cent of the regular charge. The As
toria & Columbia River Railroad Com
pany uses the track of the Northern
Pacific company from Portland to OO'
ble, and. as the Northern Pacific Is a
land-arrant road, the question was
raised if the Astoria line does not also
come under the half-rate provision
when it uses the track of a land-grant
line.
Judge Bellinger called attention to
the fact that the Northern Pacific com
pany still carries freight and passen
gers for the government between Ooble
and Portland for SO per cent of the
regular rate, and said he thought the
trackage arrangement between the two
companies was not a violation of the
contract between the United States and
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
United States District Attorney John
H. Hall appeared for the government
and United States Senator Charles W.
Fulton for the railroad company. Judge
Bellinger, after a few minutes' ques
tlonlng. Intimated that his decision
would be In favor of the Astoria ft
Columbia River Railroad Company.
The position of both sides will be sub
mltted briefly in writing and the de
cislon of the court will then be made.
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COO PE
"THE DIG STORE"
to be superintendent ot the Umatilla
Indian school In Oregon.
DAVIS FEELS YOUNGER.
Vice
Presidential Nominee, However,
Refusee to Talk en Money.
Elkins, W. Va., July 12. Many con
gratulatory telegrams have been re
ceived by Henry G. Davis since bis
nomination for vice president on the
democratic ticket The expression of
weariness which the convention left
on Mr. Davis' features has disao
peared.
"1 feel 20 years younger," he ex
claimed when he came back from a
horseback ride, flushed from the vig
orous exercise. "I'd rather ride than
go fishing, even," he added with a
laugh. The vice presidential candi
date refuses to talk on the money
question. He has made no campaign
plans but has arranged to meet Sen
ator Hill In two weeks for that purpose.
Tribes Oppose the Plan.
Paris, July 12. The government Is
prepared to adopt forcible measures to
maintain order In Morocco and carry
out the plans for French supervision
of customs, France acting In co-opera
tion with the sultan. Reports Indicate
some of the tribes are seeking to pre
vent the carrying out of customs su
pervision, which the sultan granted to
France.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Psoifio Coast.
At 8eattle Portland, 3; Seattle, 8.
American.
At Boston Detroit. : Boston. 12.
At New York Cleveland, S; New
York, 1.
At Washinion St. Louis, ; Wash-
ington, 2.
At Philadelphia Chicago, 4; Phila
delphia, (.
National.
At St. Louis Brooklyn, 0; St.
Louis, 4. .
At Cincinnati New York, 7; Cincin
nati, 4.
At Chicago Boston. 3; Chteago, 5.
Lost Bank Books.
There Is hardly one of the thousands
of depositors In the savings banks of
Massachusetts and ot every state, for
that matter but will be Interested to
know that the supreme court of that
state has Just decided a case that
might at any time be paralleled In his
experience. It all arose over a lost
bank book, and the finding of the court
Is In the Interests of the people.
The case In point was this: In 1894
died John H. Webber of Cambridge, Jdonft
note la haaltly scribbled on a couple: Big Cut in Wage,
of leaves from a blank book, and the Fall River, Mass July it. It was
envelope is postmarked from this city. J practically nettled today that a gen
The park police have been notified to(eral reduction of wages la the cotton
keep a lookout, as the note suggests a mills of Fail River will be ordered, to
suicide In the park, hake effect July 25. It is expected the
It Is unsigned and reads as follows: proposed reduction ordered will aver
"To the Coroner: It Is about the age pr cent. More than 25,000
old story. I have loved and lost, not
only my love but ail that I possessed
In this world, and now I have made
up my mind to leave this cruel world
and all that It holds. Deserted, that Is
what I have received for trusting a
heartless woman, and now I will leave
by the short route as I du not want
to live to be tempted by another,
"I will not die a hard death, for I
know something about drugs and 1
will go to some deserted place, prob
ably the park, and go to sleep, never
to wake again In this world.
"Do the faithless woman no harm.
My God, no, that Is not my creed! A
life for a life? No! She can live and
repent till judgment day, unless she
does the same with someone that may
take the law in their own hands.
"I am not Insane, I am of per
fectly sound mind. By sundown to
morrow I will be no more. Give It to
the papers, so. that she may read it
and see what her faithlessness has
I hope that God will forgive me
leaving to his credit In the Cambridge for ,, mgh cU My nam , w
Savings Bank the sum of I1.T44. But'gn , , am very we kn0W Jn
the bank book disappeared, and the,cUyj and Mm of (
bank refused to pay the money to the ho(1 for j w q ner
operatives will be affected.
THE FAIR ROUTE.
via Chicago or New Orleans to 8U
Loils, Is one that gives you the most
for your money, and the fact that the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL offers unsurpss
sed serv'ce via these points to the
WORLD'S FAIR, and In tola connec
tion to all points beyond, makes It to
your advantage, In case you content
plate a trip to any point east, to writ
us before making final arrangements
We can offer the choice of at least
a dosen different routes,
a. IL TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent
141 Third street, Portland, Oregon.
J. C. LINDSET. T. F. P. A.
141 Third street, Portland, Ore,
F. B. THOMPSON, F. A P. A.
Room L Colman Bldg, Seattle, Wash
Attacked by Torpedo-Boats.
Toklo, July 12, noon. Admiral Togo
reports that at midnight, July 11, tor
pedo boats approached the boom which
blocks the entrance to Port Harbor
harbor and attacked the guardshlp
Diana with torpedoes. The result has
not been ascertained. The Japanese
boats returned undamaged.
Noted Handball Player Dying.
New York, July 12. Phillip Casey,
former handball champion of the world,
Is reported to be dying at his Brook-
lyn home from a cancer of the stomach,
He has been m poor health fpr nearly
year.
Casey trained John L. Sullivan for
his fight with James J. Corbett
The Westher.
Portland, July 12. Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho r Wednesday, fair,
with rising temperature.
Southern Idaho: Showers and thun
derstorms In east portion.
McNioholls Appointed.
Washington, July 12. The secretary
the Interior has appointed Charles
McNicbolls, ntfw special Indian -agent,
of
administrator of Webber's estate, on
the ground that Its by-laws contained
this provision:
"No person shall receive any part of
his principal or Interest without pro
ducing the original book, that such
payments may be entered therein, un
less It be proved to the satisfaction
of the trustees or the treasurer that
such book shall have been lost or de
stroyed, in which case a legal dis
charge will be given."
The institution further held that no
evidence of the loss or destruction of
the book had been furnished, and the
administrator went to the courts to
get his money. It has been awarded
him, the supreme bench ruling that a
savings bank has not the power to
make Itself or Its officers the arbiters
as to whether a depositor's bank book
was destroyed or lost
Of course there Is nothing In this
decision that should be taken to en
courage carelessness In the handling
of bank books, comments the Boston
Journal, yet it Is well that depositors
know their newly defined rights in the
matter. A knowledge of the ruling
may at some time or other save many
a man or woman anxiety and delay.
with my last breath. Good-bye for
ever, Dear Coroner. Excuse the paper."
- Night Was Her Terror,
A case came to light that for per-.
slstent and unmerciful torture has per
haps never been equaled. Joe Golo-
blck, of Colusa, Calif., writes: "For
15 years I endured Insufferable pain
from rheumatism and nothing rellev
ed me though I tried everything known
came across Electric Bitters and it's
the greatest medicine on earth for that
trouble. A few bottles of it complete
ly relieved and cured me." Just as
good for liver and kidney troubles and
general debility. Only 60c. Satisfac
tion guaranteed by Chas. Robers, drug
gist
Brutally Tortured.
"I would cough nearly all night
long," writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate of
Alexandria, Ind., "and could hardly get
any sleep.I had consumption so bad
that If I walked a block I would cough
frightfully and spit blood, but, when all
other medicines failed, three 11.00
bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery
wholly cured me and I gained It
pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed to
cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bron
chitis and all Throat and Lung Trou
bles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial hot
ties free at Chas. Rogers' drug store.
The World's Pair Route.
Those anticipating an eastern trip,
or a visit to the Louisiana Purchase
exposition at St Louts, cannot afford
to overlook the advantages offered by
the Mlssurl Pacific Railway, which, on
account of ita various routes and gate
ways, has been appropriately named
"The World'! Fair Route."
Passengers from the northwest take
the Missouri Pacific trains from Den
ver or Pueblo, with the choice of either
going direct through Kansas City, or
via Wichita, Fort Scott and Pleasant
Hill.
Two trains dally from Denver and
Pueblo to St Louis without change,
carrying all classes of modern equip
ment. Including electric lighted obser
vation parlor cafe dining cars. Tea
dally trains between Kansas City and
St. Louis.
Write or call on W. C. McBrlde, gen
eral agent, 124 Third street, Port'ind,
for detailed Information and Illustrat
ed literature.
adies' sins, SKIRTS
. and GAIS
8TRANGE NOTE TO CORONER.
Unknown Writes a Letter Suggesting
8uioide, But Is Likely a Hosx.
San Francisco Bulletin: A letter
which may indicate a tragedy, but
rather suggests a boax, was received
by Coroner Leland the ether day- The
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