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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1904)
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1904. PAGE TWO. 1 : FALL TRADE TO BE GOOD Reports From Various Commer cial Centers Are Very En-couraging. CROP CONDITIONS BETTER One Disturbing Element Now Is the Strike of the Buthers, Which Will Influence s Commodity Prices. New York. July 15. Special advices received this week from correspond ents ot the International Mercantile Agency in the chief commercial centers of the country Indicate that, apart from the usual summer dullness, there Is evidence of a better fall trade than merchants have been looking for. Just kow there is the lull in business usual At this season of the year, though some Industries report a demand for their products .that outstrips the prepara tions to supply it The crop situation and the political outlook seem to have cheered commercial-communities and to have removed some of the feeling at doubt and discouragement that has been so marked in the past eight Bionths. The one new disturbing feature is the strike of the packing house em ployes. This dispute over higher wages will directly influence the commodity jurlce barometer, which was declining last month, but may turn in July with provisions and grain both rising sharply. From the west and northwest the re ports regarding crop conditions are more encouraging than they were a week ago. The floods throughout the winter wheat section, though entailing a great deal of loss to growers and railroads, subsided quickly and prob ably left a much smaller percentage of carnage behind than has been claimed. Kansas City reports a few cancella tions in the affected territory and say that crop conditions elsewhere are good. Collections in that section are a little slow but the outlook for fall business is good. St Paul suggests some alarm over the heavy rainfall fa the Red River valley where the pre' clpltancy has been unusually severe Mid-summer dullness in the jobbing trade obtains In St Paul Milwaukee Is more optimistic "Hard times" talk thMre is absent and merchants are pleased: with the general outlook, while some manufacturers in the state who had expected to shut down during the summer have more than they can da. Railroad earnings for the first week in July are somewhat Irregular. When wheat begins to move the latter part of this month the average ought to increase. Indications point to dull season in the iron and steel trade now that the spring demand has been satisfied: Producers are offering no concession In the price list and buyers bare begun to realize that they must meet the schedules offered or go with out the material. side bet may be made should the boys agree to do battle. The boys will be asked to make ISO pounds at o'clock. Manager Levy did not have a whole lot to say about the proposed scrap and tried to pass it all off. Billy Roche would have it appear that he Is also skeptical, but nevertheless they enter tain fond hopes away down deep in their hearts. Brltt has theatrical en gagements in August, but he may pos sibly sidestep the trip if he sees more money in sight by fighting Hanlon. LANDED IN JAIL. Husband of Street Walker Is Suddenly Arrested and Fined. Portland, July 15. Sad was the story told Judge Hogue In the munici pal court by May Stanton yesterday a story that landed William L Bitters in jail with a fine of J10Q over his bead. Wednesday night at a late hour May Stanton and Mrs. Belle Jones were ar rested and taken to the station, where charges . of begging, vagrancy and street-walking were entered against them. May Stanton gave her name at the time as Mrs. W. L Bitters, and when the case was called in the muni cipal court yesterday the man whose wife she claimed to be was there to see the outcome of her hearing. Facts which were brought to light during the hearing caused Deputy City Attor ney FiUgerald to issue a warrant for Bitters, and before he realized what was up he was tried, found guilty and fined the limit "My real name Is May Stanton," said the woman who called herself Mrs. Bitters. Bitters met me eight years ago in Spokane. I was sick then and he took care of me for a while, and I was so grateful that I consented to be his common-law wife. We came to Portland. He worked for a time and supported me. but three months ago I was obliged to walk the streets to get money to pay for the necessities of life. He said he was sorry that his cir cumstances were so that I had to do it I couldn't do anything else, and so I began." Deputy Fitzgerald gave Bitters a strong rebuke, and the court Imposed a fine of $100. This is the first pros ecution under the new ordinance cov ering such cases, which passed the city council June 17 of this year. The Stanton woman was fined $10, as was Mrs. Jones. LANKY BOB LOCKED UP Noted Pugilist Jailed at Coney Island for Carrying Away a Pet Lion. SUPPOSED THE CUB WAS HIS The Animal Got Away, Dob Cap. turel It and One of the Pro- r prietors Said He Might ; ' ' " Have It. New York. July 15. Robert Fits- slmmons, the pugilist, has spent two hours under arrest in a Coney island police station because he refuses to return to the proprietor of an animal show a small Hon cub asserted by the complainant to have been taken with out his consent Fitislmmons' friends finally appeared and arranged a bond of $1,000 pending a settlement of the case. Fitzslmmons recently visited the an- imal show with several other men, in cluding one of the proprietors of the place. While they were looking about a Hon cub escaped from Its cage and the pugilist, after a lively chase, cap tured it He exhibited so much in terest In the animal that the man mentioned told him to take St home. When the rightful owner demanded Its return Fitzslmmons refused and his arrest followed. BRITT AND HANLON TO MEET. Prospects for Another Fight Between Men Said to Be Good. San Francisco, July 15. Jimmy Britt and Eddie Hanlon may meet to settle their long-standing grudge in this city ere many moons have waned. The Hayes Valley Club is hot after a match between the two native sons and even now a representative of that organiza tion is on his way to Los Angeles to undertake the task of talking the eonquerer of Corbett into mixing it with Hanlon. When Eddie made a proposition a short time ago for a match with Britt many seemed to think the matter a Joke. But the promoters of the Hayes Valley Club evidently Imagined that there was a chance. Manager Morris Levy and his able assistant, Billy Roche, have not said a great deal, but they must have been thinking some, otherwise they would not have gone fee the expense of sending a man all the- way to Los Angeles to bring the boys- together. George L. North, well known In sporting' circles, has been deputized to try and coax Britt into a match with Hanlon. He left for the south last night with instructions to sign the men at all costs for a 20-round go in this city In September. It is well known that Hanlon Is Just aching for a chance to try and wrest Britt's irorels from him, but the latter may aot be willing to accommodate him. North has been instructed to sign the men for 60 per cent of the receipts and Britt Is to receive a 5 per cent bonus for signing up. The question of the referee will be settled later and a SUICIDE OF ELOPERS. Man and Girl Drown Themselves After Running Away From Home. Roseburg, Ore July 15. Double suicide is now the accepted verdict In the case of William Ford and Emily Bogard, whose bodies were found Tues day morning in the Umpqua river, near Millwood, 25 miles northwest of Rose burg. The tragedy Is the common topic all over Douglas county. In which it is perhaps the most shock lng tragedy that ever occurred. Ford was middle-aged, married, ana naa four children. Miss Bogard was the 16-year-old daughter of A. H. Church Ill, a well-known resident of Millwood. Ford's eldest child is aged 6. The girl's parents knew nothing. It Is said, of the relations existing be tween her and Ford until the morning of the elopement, which was so soon followed by their death. Mr. Churchill telephoned Sheriff McClallen of Rose burg after the elopement, asking him to come Immediately and arrest Ford, but the Sheriff informed Mr. Churchill that he would have to come to Rose burg and swear out a warrant first. The next word that came to Sheriff McClallen was the tidings of the drowning In the Umpqua, parties from Millwood having gone out to trace them. Coroner Twlchell and Deputy Sher iff Bogard went to Millwood yester day to hold an Inquest. The dead girl was a niece of Deputy Bogard. WILL INCREASE THE NAVY. Portugal Figuring on Having Vessels Built in America. New Tork, July 15. The government of Portugal recently decided to in crease the royal jiavy by one battle ship and one torpedo boat and a com mission consisting of First Lieutenant Authogia, Captain Rollaperelara and Lieutenant Captain Carniero were delegated to visit the principal ship building plants of the United States. They have Just arrived and after in specting the plant at Newport News will visit all the great yards, returning to Lisbon in October. Before the first of the coming year It is believed that the award for the construction of the vessels will be made to an American firm. . I Is the Emperor III? Pekin, July 15, noon. The report that the emperor of China Is seriously ill with dysentery is not confirmed here, Robbers Bind and Gag Woman. Georgetown, July 15. Three men bound and gagged Mrs. Nellie Shaw of Georgetown last Sunday evening and ransacked her residence, secur lng $10 In coin and some small articles of Jewelry. Mrs. Shaw was found about an hour after the occurrence of the deed by her daughter, Miss Anna M. Shaw, and a young man who boards at the house, gagged with a doille and bound to a piano. The doors and win dows were all locked and the key to the front door thrown into the yard. In the early part of the evening Mra Shaw was seated on the steps when a hand was suddenly thrust over her shoulder and across her mouth, pre venting her from making an outcry. At the same Instant two men leaped up from below the piazza and seized her. She was roughly dragged Into the house, thrown to the floor, gagged and bound to the piano. The men then ransacked the residence, securing $10 and some small articles of Jewelry. The men then closed and locked all the windows and on leaving the house made fast all the doors. Mrs. Shaw lay bound and gagged for about an hour, when her daughter and the young man returned and released her. JAY. TUTTLE, M. 1). PHYSICIAN AND 8UUGEON Aetlng AMtitant surgeoa ' I'.S. Maria Honpltal INrvlee. ' j Office hours: 10 to II am, 1 to 4:10 p.m 477 Commercial Street, tnd Floor. Dr. RIIODA C. HICKS OSTEOPATH 1ST Mansetl Bldg. " S71 Commercial 81 PHONE BLACK a. J 0. W. BARR, DENTIST Mansoll Building; 573 Commercial Street, Astoria, Ore TELEPHONE RED 20(11. Dr. VAUOIIAN, Dentist v , Pythian Building, Aitoris, Oregon. Dr. T. L. CALL Dr. F. I. Friedrich, , DENTISTS 524 Commercial street. Astoria Ore. Dr. W.C.LOGAN DENTIST 578 Commercial St., Shanalian Building C. J, TRENCH A RD Insurance, Commission and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent Wells-Fargo and Northern Paciflo Express Companies. Cor. 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