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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1904)
PAGE TWO. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1904. MAN HAD BEEN SHOT BEFORE Gritty Veteran Refused to Leave His Post for a Few Bullets in His Body. CARRIED BULLET NINE DAYS Accused f ltcinjr a Strike Break er Chicago Man (Shoots Wick edly Into a Crowd and Wounds Two. Chicago, Aug. Accused of being a stockyards strike breaker, Robert E Close, a watchman for the Santa Fe railroad, has fired eight shots Into a crowd of men standing near the Archer venue bridge and wounded two of them. One of his victims, Frank Hoi leran, was wounded in the side and Is at the hospital, but the other. Andrew Bloom, "0 years old, refused to desert his post at the crossing of the Chicago & Alton tracks, although he had bullet In his thigh. Close was arrested Both of the wounded men were taken to the police station and Holleran ask ed that he be removed to a hospital. It was not so with Bloom. "No, I must go back to my station he said. "After the trains all have gone through then maybe Til go to the hospital, but until then X cant leave." To the remonstrance of the police be replied: "I have been shot before. I lost my arm at the battle of Antietam and carried a bullet in my side for nine days. This hurts, but I must get back to my post." ' The shooting was caused by a mis take. Close was patrolling the tracks of the Santa Fe railroad near Ashland avenue, he says, when he saw boys stealing from a freight car. He fol lowed them to the Archer avenue bridge, where the men were standing. Some one shouted that he was a strike breaker and Holleran tried to stop him. Close became enraged and drew his pistol, firing first at Holleran, and then into the crowd which promptly scat tered. NEW YORK'S SUBWAY. Completion of World's Greatest Under ground Railway. The New Tork subway is the great est underground railroad In the world, and its construction has proved one of the most remarkable engineering achievements of the time. The Man hattan division of the subway is now completed and it is expected that in a few weeks trains will be running and the public in general will have an op portunity to Inspect the wonderful work. The New Tork subway is much long er than any other underground road In existence. In that respect alone it constitutes an exceptional achieve ment. But as an engineering feat it is most Interesting from the fact that it was necessary to tunnel under a popu lous and busy city whose daily opera tions of commerce and traffic could not be Interrupted in order to allow the work of creating this system of rapid transit to go on. The complexity of the problem was further increased by the fact that underneath the surface of the city was a network of sewers, of water pipes and electric wires, all forming a source of vexation unless the difficulties imposed in this way were carefully studied out. The Manhattan borough of the Greater New York is built, so to speak, upon one great rock, and in the construction of the subway the engineers had to drill their way through rock along a considerable pro-! portion of the route. Nearly 3,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock have -been-dug or-blasied-out from-beneath. the streets and buildings of a crowded city, and about 900,000 pounds of dyna mite have been exploded in the task. The system soon to be opened ex tends from the Battery, at the southern extremity of Manhattan Island, to Two Hundred and Thirtieth street on the west side of the city, in a long sweep of miles of four, three and two tracks. It also reaches from One Hundredth street under Central park to the east under Harlem river to Bronx park and One Hundred and Eighty second street, a distance of seven miles. These lines constitute the Manhattan division of the subway which Is about to be turned over to the operating com pany. The line which extends under the East river to Brooklyn and runs to the outskirts of that borough is be ing pushed to completon. The estimated capacity of the Man hattan division for carrying passengers is over 42,000 per hour. The operating company expects to carry about 115, 000,000 passengers per year on the Manhattan division and about 200.000, 000 over the whole system when the Brooklyn lines are completed. The total cost of the division soon to be opentnl will approximate $55,000, 000, Including equipment. The city originally appropriated J3.Y00O.O00 for the construction and ltT addM I 000.000. The equipment will cost the operating company about 15.000.00rt. Four years ami a half ago, when the city of New York Invited bids for the building of this road, there was no eagerness on the part of contractors and financiers to undertake the work Two contractors, however, submitted bids, John B. McDonald receiving the award of the contract at his bid of JS3.000.000. Up to last June the work had cost htm something over $32,000, 000. The financier who had the cour age to back the contractor In this then doubtful project was August Belmont. He Is now at the head of the company which Is to operate the road under lease from the city. In equipment the subway will renre sent the latest achievements of engl neers and inventors In safety appli ances, convenience, efficiency and beau ty. There will be no dirt, no smoke, no cinders, no rain, no snow, no trucks or wagons to get In the way of trains, and the power by which the latter will be run will be electricity. The third rail system Is to be used, but the rail containing the current is to be covered with a hood so that there will be no danger to life from persons coming In contact with it. The tunnel seems like a splendid arcade with Its width of 54 feet. Its white painted walls and arched roof. The cars, of which 800 will be In use, are noncombustible and, so far aa human genius can devise, indestructible, various contrivances being used to prevent collisions. GENERAL LABOR NOTES. One thousand garment workers in the Chicago are on strike against open-shop policy. The strike of the United Garment Workers in New York against the open-shop has been declared off. The engineers and firemen in several New York packing plants have been called out on a sympathetic strike. Chicago meat packing strikers have begun boycotting meat markets. Two hundred and fifty markets have been placed on the boycott list The 32,000 New York tailors who have been on strike for several weeks have returned to work under the old wage schedule. The International Miners' Congress. In session in Paris, passed a resolution limiting work to eight hours a day. The situation in the New York build ing trades lockout and strike remains unchanged. The strike has been on for several days. Former Mayor W. J. Donnelly of Vic tor, Colo., has moved his family from the Cripple Creek district In conse quence of repeated warnings. Attempts to move meat from the Chicago stockyards caused a number of fights between the police and striking meat packers. Several shots were fired. Sioux City packing house companies have secured a federal Injunction re straining strikers from acts of violence. The writs were served by 700 detect ives. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, in convention at Cincin nati last week, pledged full financial and moral support to the packing house strikers. Five hundred Japanese laborers sent to Santa Rosalia, lower California, to work Rothschilds' mines, have struck because they considered the timbering unsafe. They will stay out until more timbering is put in. The Japanese consul has gone there. Five men who went fo the home of a Cripple Creek miner for the purpose of deporting him, were met at the door by pistol shots from within. The deport ers returned the fire and a dozen shots were exchanged. The would-be de porters then retired. A mob of packing-house strikers stopped a train at Riverside, Kan., car rying strike-breakers to Kansas City, and drove the non-union men from the train with clubs, threw their baggage into the river and set fire to the car. No arrests were made. The 50th annual meeting of the International Typographical union of North America, with 700 subordinate and affiliated bodies present from the United States and Canada, met In ses sion last Monday In St. Louis and con tinued in session all week. All union printers were admitted to the fair grounds Wednesday free. At the convention of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Stationary Fire men, held in Washington last week, resolutions were adopted endorsing the action of the packing-house firemen in going out on a sympathetic strike in aid of the cause of the butchers, A commottee was appointed to raise a re lief fund of $5000 to aid the firemen in South Omaha, Sioux City and St. Louis. JEWELRY ROBBERY Another Mysterious Affair Similar to the Goelet Case in Con cealment of Names. NO REWARD FOR THE THIEF Theft lias Iteen Kept Quiet and Kvery Kftbri Is lining Made to Secure the Ketiirn of the Hoot j. New York, Aug. 16. Detectives arc working on another big Jewelry rob bery according to circulars received to- day by jewelers, pawn brokers and money lenders In New jork ami oiner large cities. The value of the missing articles Is not nearly so great as In the Goelet case. Descriptions of the theft are similar to that sent out In the CJoelet case, however, In that no name is given of the person robbed or ft any reward of fered for the arrest and conviction of the thieves. It sems to be another ease In which the owners will be satis fied with the return of the stolen prop erty. The circular says that all ad vances made on the Jewels described will be refunded and a recompensatlon paid for any trouble that may be ne cessary. The circular says that the Jewelry was stolen on July 7 last On that date the safe of the Clark estate ut Cooperstown was robbed of valuable Jewels and private papers. The fourth article In the list of stolen Jewelry Is described thus: Red enameled watch, about the size of a half dollar, marked in the case Florence L. Stokes, July l.M Chicago Shellfish. Ex-Justice Julius M. Mayer Is very fond of things that come out of the sea, and while in Ch'cago recently at the republican convention he sought to Indulge his tastes In one of the well known restaurants there, says the New York Times. After a survey of the menu, he called one of the waiters and ordered a portion of little neck clams. "Very sorry, sir," said the waiter, "but we're out of clams." "Bring he a nice broiled lobster, then," said the Judge. "There lBn't a lobster left," said the waiter. "This is very annoying," said Judge Mayer, taking another survey of the bill of fare. "Let me have some soft shell crabs. We're out of soft-shell crabs, too," replied the waiter, looking rather shamefaced. "Then why do you keep these things on the bill? Have you any shellfish at all?" he demanded. Only eggs, sir," replied the waiter. Pears' What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it clean and not hurt it. Pure soap does that. This is why we want pure soap; and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears' is pure ; no free alkali. You can trust a Toap tharhaThbKting in it, that's Pears'. Established over I oo years. NEW COMERS Who wish to learn the English language should attend the PACIFIC LUTHERAN ACADEMY where they will receive special instruction in reading, spelling, composition, letter writing, etc., until they can take up the regular work. "Write for our catalogue. DEPARTMENT B, PACIFIC LUTHERAN ACADEMY. Parkland, Wash. WHY WE WIN There Is nothing too good for the ooonle of the northwest Nowhere is this more fullv realised than by the management of Kllers I'lano House and nothing liner in the way of musi cal Instruments can be purchased any where in the country than at our es tablishment t'holcest pianos, finest reed organs, the Pianola, the Aeolian tlrchestrelle, the great Kimball pipe organs, nmke the largest and most remarkable collec tion of high grade Instruments car ried anywhere by a single firm. Lowest prices and easy terms of pay ment give us a price prestige enjoyed by no other firm. Kvery instrument we sell In addi tion to Its regular factory guarantee for five or ten years, which Is also countersigned by F.llers I'lano House, has our written agreement to rcruml every cent paid If it falls In any way to fulfill everything claimed for it This is the Kllers way, and we can safelv say there Is no other way so ml vantageous to buyers, from n price ns well ns a quality standpoint. Our Special Sale In Astoria Is draw ing rapidly to a close. Why pay J.'.oo later for a piano when by a little effort on your part you can secure one from us now for $210? An old. reliable make, too, at that We are permanently established in Astoria, and we live up to our prom ises and make good our guarantees. We keep your piano In tune free of charge the first year. Notice, we not only promise It, but do It. Special Sales rooms, 422-424 Com- merclal street, near Ninth. A. R. Cyrus, Local Agent, F. N. Smith, Salesman In Charge. EILERS PIANO HOUSE. Permanently established in Astoria since January, 1901. Headache Tablets Cause Death. Martini Mortensen, a 20-year-old girl recently from Nebraska, was found dead Wednesday morning thres miles north of Junction City. She was house keeper for a man named Anderson, near whose place the girl's parents live. She was healthy, and the only cause assigned is an overdose of headache tablets. The coroner held on Inquest Wednesday afternoon. The girl was a hard worker and good looking. No cause Is assigned to lead to suspicion of suicide. T. E. PEISER COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPER. Everything In the view line, exterior or interior. Flashlights of banquets, parties, etc.; developing and finishing for amateurs; portraits made at your own residence. 525i2 Commercial Street, Room 8 (Over Peterson & Brown's.) JAY TUTTLE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Acting AwUlant Burgeon U.S. Marine Hospital Service. Office hours: 10 to 12 a.m. 1 to : JO p.m. 477 Commercial Street, 2nd Floor. Dr. RIIODA C. HICKS OSTEOPATHIA Mansell Bldg. (73 Commercial 8t PHONE BLACK 2005, C. W. BARR, DENTIST Mansell Building 573 Commercial Street, Astoria, Ore TELEPHONE RED 2(Xll. Dr. VAUGIIAN, Dentist Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon. Dr. T. L. BALL Dr. F. I. Friedrich, DENTISTS B24 Commercial street Astoria Or. Dr. W. C. LOGAN DENTIST 678 Commercial St., Bhanahan Building C. J. TRENCHARD Insurance, Commission and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent Welli-Fargo and Northern Faclfio Express Companies, Cor. ELEVENTH and BOND STS. Columbia Collegiate, ;Pre, paratory, Com mercial and it-: trneriiir UlliVClJllJ Grammar Grade ArnY to catalogue Courses. Boarding school for youg men and boys. BOX 339, UNIVERSITY PARK STATION Portland, ' Oregon. aniimnimiirtiimimmiiirTmmiiiniiTTiT FRESH AND CUR.EDJM EATS Wholesale and Retail Ships, Lodging Camps and Mills supplied on nhort notice. LIVE STOCK JIOUUHT AND SOLD WASHINGTON MARKET - CHRISTENSON H CO. S HOTEL, PORTLAND The Finest Hotel In the Northwest PORTLAND. OREGON. CENTRAL MEAT MARKET U. W. Morton anil John Fuhm.su, Proprietors, CHOICEST FRESH AND SALT MEATS. - PROMPT DELIVER! 54a Commercial St. Phone Main 321. T7!lnfov5fo Pnnflnry ILItUUI ilU XVUUIlIlg that is necessary is to lay. mil and cement It. It require uu palntitig, oontiug, sanding- or graveling ( any kind at ntty Write u for prices and descriptive The Elaterite Roofing Co. HATS TRIMMED FREE A big reduction nlo on hats. All kinds of ladies' and childruns' furnishing good, liair switches and pompadours. :: :: :: MRS. R. INGLETON, - - Welch Block. First National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK Capital Paid io 1 100,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits $.'5,000 Transacts a general banking business. Iutereet paid on time deoiti. J. Q. A. BOW LB Y. 0. 1. PETE H SON, FliANK PATTON, J. W. OARNElt, Presideot Vic Preaideut Cashier. Asst. Cashier Jft8 TENTH STREET, ASTORIA, ORE. rCto. H. George, President, The Astoria ASTORIA, OREGON. DIRECTORS GEO. n. GEOROE, r.EO. W. WARREN, W. H. BARKER, AUG. HCHERNECKNAU. L. MAN8UR. PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS. First NstloiiHt Bank PurMnwl, Oregon. Hank of New York. N. H A.. New York Coallaentol Nullouul BunlcClitcaijo. AN ASTORIA PRODUCT Pole Bohemian Beer Best Iu The Northwest North Pacific PRAEL & COOK TRANSFER CO. Telephone 221. J)rayinMnd Expressing All goods shipped toourcare will receive special attention. 709-715 Commercial Street. Treasury Department, TJ. S. Life- Saving Service, Washington, D. C, July 26, 1904. Sealed proposals will bs re ceived at this omce until 2:00 o'clock p. m., of Friday, August 26, 1)04, and then publicly opened, for the construc tion of a floating boathouse for Grays Harbor (Washington) Life-Saving Station. Specifications and drawings, forms of proposal, etc., can bs obtained upon application to the Superintend ents of Construction of Life-Saving Stations, Paclflo Coast, Room 85, New Appraisers Stores, San Francisco, CaL; to the Assistant Inspector of Life-Saving Stations, Coasts of Wash ington and Oregon, 13th District, Ta coma, Washington; or to this Office. Horace L. Piper, Acting General Superintendent. cxxiixrnxxixiuxrrxxxxxxxrrxxi ' completely prepared am! flninhe.1 rtlcv wueu It leave, the factory. All time. It is rigidly guaranteed. matter. 10 Worctittr Bid. PortUnd, 0r, Geo. W. Wirrtn, VlccPrtildtnt, r o mii-. .... r..Li. I National Bank trucker- ftoolwortu Nut. Bunk. H, V. Brewing Co. Office Constructing Quartermaster, Astoria, Ore., July 28, 1904: Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will bs received at this office until 10 o'clock a. m August 27, 1904, and then opened for the construction and plumbing of an addition to a frame guardhouse at Fort Stevens, Ore. United States re serves the right to reject any or all proposals. Plans can bs seen and specifications obtained at this office. Envelopes should ha marked "Pro posals for construction," and address ed, Captain Goodale, Quartermaster, Astoria, Oregon. "Neglected colds make fat grave- aue uwui sv Syrup helps men and women to a happy, vigorous old age. i