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ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1004.
TEST CASE IN
UPPER COURT
Validity of Oregon License Law!
Will Not Be Considered in
Local TriaL
FRIENDLY SL'IT ARRANGED
Orosrou and Washington Will
Submit Proposition to Pis.
. triot Court for Final Pc
1 cision. .
The case of the state of Oregon vs.
Alexander Grant will be tried In the
justice's court this afternoon. The
case had originally been set for trial
yesterday, but by mutual consent the
trial was deferred until this afternoon.
Yesterday the name of jurymen were
drawn and Constable Utzlnger sum
moned the jurors.
The' case' against Mr. Grant, while
Involving indirectly several Important
legal points, will not be made a test
case of the validity of the fishing laws
of this state. Mr. Grant declined this
year to pay the Oregon license after
having taken out license in the state
of Washington, and Fish Warden Van
Dusen's qfflce caused his arrest. In
this case the state is merely after the
license money.
Should the Jury find Mr. Grant guilty
this afternoon the defendant's at
neys. Smith Bros., will doubtless take
an appeal to the circuit court. If, on
the other hand, the case goes against
the state, It will end with the verdict
of "not guilty." Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Abercrombie will appear for
the state. He realizes that it will oe
difficult to secure a conviction from
a Jury. However, he says the result of
the case will not stand as a precedent,
and that, apart from the license monpy
involved, the action will prove of no
particular, importance.
The differences between the states
of Oregon and Washington will be sub
mitted to the United States district
ourt," said Mr. Abercrombie yester
day. "Attorney-General Blackburn
kaa agreed to arrange for submission
f a statement of legal propositions to
the district court, and the question cf
the validity of tbe Oregon law will
be decided there. The suit will be a ,
friendly one, in which, the attorneys-1
general of both states will agree upon
the propositions to be submitted to the
oourt."
Under the present law seiners are re
quired to secure fishing licenses from
both states. It is contended that the
strong nrtn. This particular Sump
son Is without uoi'lioa l No c.e.ii.'st
of muscular marvels now before the
world. He Is now creating a big sen
utlon at the Lyric In Portland.
One of Sampsons marvellous feat
Is performed in public. Monday even
ing he will give an open air exhibition
before the theater, withstanding with
his hands the strain of two heavy
horses pulllifg their hardest In op
posite directions.
Zaccho Is no less a wonder thai
Sampson.' Sufficient to Indicate her
unparalleled strength is the statement
that she will with her teeth lift u plat
form on which stands tfi heavy elec
tric piano at which Is seated the pian
ist, and will hold the great weight
during the playing of an overture.
Another feature, alone more than
worth the prise of admission. Is Ted
McKenna and his dng. Ted's, dog Is
wittwut doubt the most accomplished
canine In America. He possesses al
most a classical education and can do
mbre tricks than a whole box of
monkeys.
There will be n free band concert at
Hedrlck's each evening and a full or
chestra will furnish the music. Don't
miss 'the place,, and don't miss the
show, the best the world affords in
vaudeville, corner Twelfth and Dunne
streets.
EDITORS VISIT ROSEMOUNT
AND HEAR PARKER'S SPEECH
The Democratio Scribes ' Gather at
Candidate's Home, Where Charles ,
W. Knapp Makes Address. '
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Esopus, Sept. 8. Judge Parker
day received pledges of loyal support
from the editors of more than 200 denu
ocratlc newspapers, representing chief
ly the middle west and south. , They
came on a special train from New
York to the Hyde Park crossing, theny
on the excursion steamer St. Johns, on
which they afterward had luncheon
and returned to New York. Speeches
were delivered at the edge of the Rose'
mount veranda.
After the speeches an Informal re
ception was held. Josephine Danels
of Raleigh, N. C, Introduced Charles
W. Knapp of St. Louis as the suokes
man for the editors.
Knapp aws followed by Parker, whose
speech was listened to with the clos
est attention by the editors, few of
whom had ever heard him spoilt he
rote. Fdltors from various sect'or.s of t'.ie
country brought to the tundldate re
ports of the political situation in their
territory.
FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING,
CANDIDATE
FOR GIBBET
Coroner's Jury Finds George W.
Lauth Guilty of Murder in
the First Degree.
VICTIM HAD WILD CARtER
Unseemly Conduct Caused Her
Husoum! to Leave Her Fatta- .
er of Woman Weeps With
, Murderer.
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Much Loss Probable at Spirit Lake,
Kootenai County, Idaho.
Spokane, Sept. $. Forest fires are
laws of the state. In this respect arera8'ng violent,y 0X1 the "hore8 of Splr,t
unconstitutional. The question of the
boundary line between Oregon and
Washington is also involved. It is
probable the legal statement to be
agreed upon will include all the points
at issue, and when the district court
renlers a decision the matter will be
Anally settled.
lake and near Coeur d'Alene City and
Rathdrum, all In Kootenai county, Ida-
j ho. Wild beasts are being driven from
the timber into the open. Many sum
mer homes owned by Spokane people
on Spirit lake are threatened.
NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM.
Burglars Use Csrbolie Acid.
Chicago, Sept. I. Miss Mabel Mc
I Pherson, 1218 Sheridan road, discovered
two burglars in her room early today.
New Bill at Hedncks Win Be Greatest ; They threw the contents of a bottle
Show Ever in Astoria. (containing carbolic acid upon her,
Manager Hedrlck is determined that j burning her face and neck. Mlsa Mc
the standard of the Astoria stage shall jpherSon la a sister-in-law of Benjamin
be raised. His latest achievement in F. Crawford, president of the National
securing attractions for bis popular I Biscuit Company, and is visiting at
and progressive playhouse ia in the his home on Sheridan road. Miss Mc
biu to commence on next Monday even-I Pherson will recover, but she will be
ing. The list la headed with Sampson scarred for life. Tbe burglars secured
and Saccho. ja quantity of sHverware and Jewelry
Sampson, quit naturally, should be ; and escaped.
KATHERINE WADE
Graduate Optician
At the Owl Drug; Store
Sunday hours 12 to 2
No Charge for Examining the Eyes
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We can lre.s.s you in stylish garments made to fit
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PlilCES MODERATE.
i fcrr hautala a rautanen t
Oregon City, Sept. 8. The relations
of murderer U. W. Louth and the
father of his victim, J. M. Wood, are
peculiar. The latter sympathises fully
with Louth, and yesterday visited him
hi the Jail. He wept over him as If
he were his own son Instead of the
slayer of his daughter, and called him
Oeorgle." It seems that Lauth, be-
ause of his Infatuation for the Jones
woman, contributed largely to the sup
port of the Wood family, where both
he and his paramour lived.
The coroner's jury, Impaneled to In
quire into the cause of death of Mrs.
Jones, the victim of the Insane Jeal
ousy of George W. Lauth, on Tuesdtiy,
this morning returned the following
verdict:
"We, the Jury impaneled to investi
gate the cause1 of death in the case of
Mrs. Lenora Jones, find that hr name
was Lenora B. Jones, and th.it s:ie was
aged about 2S years, and that flie came
to her death at the Good .S.t.uurltau
hospital, Portland. Ore.
'We find that George W. Lauth pur
posely and of deliberate and premed
itated mnllre killed said decerned by
shooting her with a pistol September
1904, about 9:30 a. m., In Oregon
City, Clackamas county, Or.?., In a
house located on the south side of
Fourth street, between Main street and
the Southern Pacific railroad, from the
effects of which shooting said deceas
ed died September 7. 1004. Date 1, Sep
tember 8, and signed by J. S. Purdom,
R. Moore, J. A. Tufts, John Vounger,
W. H. H. Samson, A. M. Km-'.'
Dre. W. K. Carll, J. W. Nun Is and J.
M. Lowe conduciej Kn aa.ccy yes
terday afternoon, which lasted Into the
evening. They made a complete exam
ination of the course of the ' bullets
striking the unfortunate woman, and
determined that death was caused by
four bullets fired from a SS-caliher re
volver. Today the coroner's Jury was
Impaneled, and the physicians testi
fied to the-above facts.
The murderer, with the gibbet star
ing him in the face, does not spend
many pleasant moments In the gloomy
county Jail, where he Is the only pris
oner. Yesterday afternoon his picture
was taken, but few words could be
gotten out of him. He sat stolidly for
his photograph in the gloomy Jail cor
ridor, while at tbe same time In the
next black an autopsy was being held
over the body of his' victim, Mrs. Len
ora Jones. He ate a good dinner yes
terday, but he could not eat any break
fast nor supper the day before. With
absolutely nothing to do and hear
ing no sounds, he has plenty of oppor
tunity to brood upon his serious con
dition and to realize fully the plight Ip
Which lie has placed himself.
Hia ohly requests yesterday were for
newspapers, but, these have previously
bean kept from him. Papers were given
him today. He showed interest when
a olgar was given him yesterday, but
ha spends his time smoking cigarettes
and to brooding. He wears a most se
rious look oo his face, and apparently
fears the worst.
Many art familiar with tbe history
of Mrs Jones, hi victim, about whom
nothing commendable Is being said.
About four years ago she lived with
her husband. Tom Jones, at Canemah.
Tho who knew the couple then have;
no good words for the woman, although
they say the husband was a good fel
low who loved his vifa and worked
hard, saving his money. The condui-t
of frs. Jones Is said to Have been so
flagrant that the two separated, she
going away, and everywhere she went
she is credited with having been bad.
Their two children were kept by the
parents of the woman, and Jones, who
Is now the mate on the Grey Eagle,
a steamer used in towing logs by the
Spaulding Lumber Company of New
berg, was In this city Sunday., While
hre he made a trip to the Wood home
and saw his children. It Is understood
that the. two were not divorced, but
Mrs. Jones Is said to have been about
ready to sue for a separation.
the annual report of Major General
M.tcArthur, commanding the depart-
.cent of California, Is the strong Ian
guage usod in reference to the treat
ment In San Francisco of the soldiers
returning from the Philippines and
mustered out there. He says the great
eat matter of concern which occupies
the attention of the deui'lmeiit Is to
get the soldiers returning from the
Philippines into possession of the
money due on their final payments a ml
safely out of the city before they can
be swindled. The Ingenuity of the
criminal classes of Sun Francisco to
effect this purpose, he says, and the
simplicity und apparent Inability of
the soldiers to protect themselves ure
alike amaxtng. everything has been
done In the premises that la possible
in behalf of the soldiers' Interests.
Quoting from Colonel Markley, the
chief paymaster, on this subject, Gen
eral MacArthur writes:,
"The stupidity ami Imbecility of
these 'short term' men coining from the
Philippines 'are almost unbelievable.
Young Americans umply ablt to take
care of themselves anywhere, uitJer
any circumstances
abroad,
senses
States
prey of the shurks found In every bl
city. Instances and figures could be
given to prove that out of 200 of these
men paid off and permitted to go to
the city on leaving the bout, with rail
road tickets purchased and money or
ders (payable to themselves at the
homes), SO would turn up next morning
robbed of everything, many danger
ously Injured by blows and dniKH. On
one occasion, out of 30 men who fool
ishly stayed over one night, 13 turned
up next morning, beaten, robbed of
ticket'. crOcs nnd c!t:;.."
A 8.itlrfacNry 're!ess telejjral:
system ha ieen maintained at Fort
Mason and AKatrtu Ishutd, the dctall:i
being very muih improved In design
by the o;ieiato:s In charge.
General .MacArthur, In conclusion
corammuld the staff ot!l ims for efficient
servUe,
Correct Clothes for Men
ERE are clothes
that strike the
happy medium
where merit
and moderate
price meet la
style, fit, fabric,
usyHsM iNt,A..c. and tailoring
they are eaual to fine custom
maclesi but they cost you no
more than ordinary reaoYmades.
See that this label
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WANTED Wants for the want co
lumn of the Morning Astorlan. .
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Is on your clothes and stop
wasting money, time and patience
on ine other Mnds. a
Equal to fins custom-mada In til out
pries, Ths makers' guarantst. and
oun, with tvtry garment Wt are
Exclusive Distributor! In this city.
FOR SALE At Gaston's fsd stable,
on Landla harness maehlno, on
20 horse motor, one starter box, 33
feet Mneh leather bsltino, 30 feet
4 .play 8-lneh rubbsr bolting, 1 pair
butcher's wall loalos, 1000 grain
saoksi ons Smith 'Premier typewriter.
.. JAPANESE GOODS.
Now stack of fanoy goods Just arrived
a Yokohama tuiir, Cat) and see
,tho, latest novsltis from Japan,
rcumstances. while In service I . Hv ' 'i
seem to take leuve of their I 'I' )"
when they arrive on I'nl.ed JffiMaMMtl
soil, and willingly become the I sssw '
SHOT BY AN OFFICER.
Seattle Policeman Is 8corod for Al
leged Indiscretion.
Seattle, Sept. I. Both his liii-.bs par
alysed and suffering Intense agony
Charles Anderson, the victim of Detee-
uve a. u. . Lane s "spectacular gun
play. Ilea In Wayside Mission hospital.
His condition la critical. Lane says he
shot Anderson because he thought he
was a burglar, while Anderson was
merely 111 and had crawled Into an al
ley. Lane, in plain clothes, called to
him to throw up his hands. Anderson
did not understand the commund, and
Lane fired Into his back, striking It at
a point near the region of the base
of the spine.
iudlgnation Is strong against the of
ficer. In his efforts to prove that An
derson Is a burglar Lane yesterday
searched the wounded man's room, and
claims to have found a dark lantern
a mask and other burglar tools. Twenty-four
hours before the same room
was searched by three newspaper men
who found nothing of the kind. At
police headquarters It Is openly stated
that some one placed the burglar ar
ticles In the room that the detective
might find them to make his defenss
stronger. N
.Lane baa been Involved In two other
shooting affrays and one alleged brutal
assault in which he 1 now tbe defend
ant In a suit for false imprisonment.
HOW SOLDIERS ARE SWINDLED.
General MacArthur Refers to the Sub
ject ,in His Report.
Washington, Sept. The feature of
BATTLE WITH HORSE THIEVES.
Sheriff of Malheur County Wounded
During Encounter.
Wallace., Idaho, Sept. I. A report
was received hero today from Thomp
son Falls, Montana, that Sheriff Law
rence of Malheur county. Oregon, and
Hess and Chester, the two horse thieves
who escaped from the Malheur county
Jail August 7. mat Tuesday night at
a atorc on the Flathead river, Montana,
and exchanged shots. According to
the report, the sheriff sustained a -scalp
wound at tbe first shot. Ho returned
the fire and one of the outlaws fell,
shot through the shoulder.
During the excitement and darkness
both horse thieves escaped. Sheriff
Lawrence has been on the trail of ths
robbers 10 days, following them
through the Coeur d'Alenes over Into
Montana. They are supposed to be
headed for the Flathead reservation.
Notice to laxpayort.
The county . board of equalisation
will convene at the county clerk's orrtc,
on September St, 1904,, and. tfoullnue
In session dally thereafter for a period
of one week, for the purpose of pol
iticly examining the assessment roll for
tho year 1904 and correcting all errors
In valuation, description or quality of
land, lots or other property, and all
Interests are nc tilled to appear at the
above time and phr for the purpose
of lodging objections, If any there be,
to said assessment,
; T. S. CORNKLIl'H.
Assessor of Clutsop County. Oregon.
Dated Astoria. August 29. 13C4.
ObeIT'15-CENT MEAL
You oi always find tho bsst 19-esnt
msal In the alty'fct tho Rising Bun
restaurant, No. (12 Commercial street
First-class meal tor loot nloo eako,
' eeffoovple, or doughnuts, Bo. U. 8.
restaurant, 4)4 Bond street.
Wanted At Gaston's (sod ttabls, hldss,
wool, furs, saoks, rubber, metala, etc
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WOOD. WOOD. WOOD. ,
Cord wood, mill wood, box wood, any j
, kind of wood at lowest prloes. Kelly, (
tho transfer man. 'Phono 8211 Black,
Barn on Twelfth, opposite opera
house.
Nctics to Watsr Ccniumari.
Saturday. Sepienibrr R is :lhr last
day on which to. pay witter rater 14
avoid t:ie penalty ehutgd nil Ji-;!,;-quents.
Export Chiropodist.
Mrs. O. O. Fletcher, at Occident ho
tel, room 7, will remove corns, bunions,
warts, moles and Ingrowing nails with
out pain or soreness. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Rsad tho Astorlan Wants.
PIANO TUNER.
For good, reliable piano work sea your,
local tuner, Th. Frodrlokson. 2071
Bond (treat 'Phono Red 2074.
Lump Coal Lsrg Li"p Ring up,
3. Elmore V Co.. Main 1961, and or.,
der a ton of Ladysmith coal. They
deliver it.. Select lump oo.il.
PARKER HOUSE
H. B. PARKER, Proprietor
; Free Coach
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Large Sample Rooms on
" Ground Floor.
Rooms 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50
per Day.
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LIBERTY TO BE CLEANED.
New York, Sept. 8.-VThe statue of
liberty, erected on Bedloe's Island in
1886, Is to be repaired. It has be
gun to show the effects of the weather
which . detracted much from its ap
pearance. The war department, which
now has control of the Island, will huve
the statue thoroughly cleaned, the
bronze tablets repaired, the masonry
renovated and an electric passenger
elevator Installed, to replace the wooden
stairway running to the observation
tower.
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Compnny of Oregon is tbe "Oldest Trust Company in Oregon."
It hns ninple capital nn i resources, md is the place to deposit your
ivioK!, It issues Hptcial Certiflalei cf Deposit, on wbicu it pays from
three to foiir per cent interest, and which can be drawn at any time, by
giviDg a certain number of days notice. We sball be glad to Bend, you out
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