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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1904)
anal buii Bill I COVIRS THE MORNINQ FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LV1V. NO. 59. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS L Boy With Winchester Is Too Fast for Them. AT LEAST ONE IS DONE Hunter Mistaken for an Armed Patrol of the 0. H AN Company. EXPRESS TRAIN GOES PRE! Ltd Fired at tha Flash of the Rob bars' Ount In the Darknott, Though He Wat Hit by Two Bullets. , Portland, Dee. 12. "Oh, Oodl Joe, I'm thotl" were the wordt that ap prised a young ptdettrlan with Win chatter tonight that hie retittanoo to a "hold-up garnet waa not in vain. Yetter waa the young nian'a name, and hit only fault waa that he waa run ning on a tohedulo a few laps ahead of the 0. R. 4 N. "Spokane Flyer" at Montavilla. Yetter. who waa returning from hunting- trip, and had iraUterad not too many birds, waa making hit way down the track promising himself better luck next time, when a command of: "Hold up your hunda, you a - b!" rang out of the darkness. Thla mandate Just aulted young Tet ter'e mood, and hla Winchester came over hla shoulder like a nan of milk dropping from a top shelf and three drachma of powder nnd an ounce and n quarter of "b-ba" were thaken Into the darkneta. Tetter scored, Tetter did not fire flrat, but fired at the flnah of the gun that arored him on the aide. Tetter waa stunned by the ahock of the ahot thnt hit hla lower rlba, but he emptied hla pump gun In the direction of the "hold-ups,1 and at least one more cried out as If In pain, It la the opinion of the 0. R. A N official that the bnndlta mistook Tet ter for one of the armed detectlvea who have been patrolling the op proachea to the city, and. In thla way, they account for the quick shooting after Tetter waa told to "hold up, For the putt few months the rail- ronda have been the vlctlma of a aya tern of thievery, and have so'fnr been unnhle to fix the guilt of the perpe tratora, though they had a clue to the prime movers In the bualneaa. Thla fill I ii re. It it thought, emboldened the gang to operate on a larger acale. FU8HIMI IMPRE83ED. Jtointte Prince 8eot a Marvtlout Growth Hero. New Tork, Dec. 12. Prince Fuahlml haa concluded hit tour of observation and aervnnta are buaily engaged pre- paring hla baggage for tha homeward Journey. He will leave at 8:45 o'clock tomorrow morning and will atop In Chicago for a duy and will then haaten to Bnn Friincltco tq aall for Japan, In dlacustlug the prlnce'a observa- tlona In America, one of Ut repreaen tatlvea aald of all thlnga he had teen and heard that which Impreaaed him most waa the "Intensified activity of commercial life aa Indicated by the complete transformation of New Tork city since he was Jiiere 20 yeara ago. The commercial activity of the entire country astounds him. The amount of business that Is going on here," anld the Interpreter, "and the wonderful way In wlhlch It la being done have Impressed his highness In a way which he cannot express." Boyt Break Jail. St. Louis, Dec. 12. Using a piece of broken braaa handle of a bureau drawer and the rung of a chair broken off to a point as tools, Austin Logan, aged IB, and Oliver Jones, aged 14, have dug their way through a 14-Inch wall on the fourth floor of the Four. Courta fculldlng, where they were confined In BANDITS 0 the matron's room, and trailed through th opening and tacuptd. Aftor txliif at llbtrty for several hour the boy wort recaptured und taken to the Kour Court, whre they wore lin ked In one of the cell. SHE GETS ASHES. Bum Joke of a Now York Carman on Sweetheart. New Tork, Dec. 12. According to the provision of hla will, the aahea of Frill Herlshel, a well-to-do merchant of Haledon. N. J., will be tent to ?)la bereaved sweetheart In Germany. He left Germany under ordera yeara ago because of aoclallat expressions am pledged hla troth to a young woman but after a time In America he married another and reared a family. Memory of the object of hla early love In Ocr many alwaya remained fresh In hi mind and through hla life he corre sponded with her. When hla will wat read It waa found that he had left hit estate to his ton on condition that his body be cremated and the aahea tent bark to the woman. This haa been ar ranged and tha aahea will be shipped by mall. RUSSIANS TAKE NOTICE. Rootevolt'a Talk Comet tha Slavs. to Ear of 81. Petersburg. Dec. 12. The newt papera here are Just beglnlng to com ment on Rootevolt'a message to con gross, and the reception la generally favorable. With regard to the state mentt on the subject of Klehneff and the Russian Jews. Novo Vyrema says "When eongreae enacta a atrtngent Immigration law to prevent naturalised Americana, who have an Intention of living In - tha ; United States, from shielding themaelvea behind American passports, there will be leaa trouble over the pus ports of American Jews, and Kishneff will have leaa Interest for the United Btatee. SMOOT MAY ESCAPE Plural Wives Are Not Yet in Evidence. DIVORCES WHILE YOU WAIT Upshot of tha Trial of tha Senator From tha High Bruin la Not Yet Clear in the Senatorial Inveitigation't. Washington, Dec. 12. Three wit nestet were heard today In the caae of 8enator Reed Bmoot before the senate committee on prlvelegea and elections. The Investigation of the committee waa renewed after a long recess. The flrat witneaa waa Rev. J. M Ruckley, editor of the Christian Advo cate of New Tork, who told of a Mor mon meeting he attended In Salt Lake last summer. During thla meeting, to declared Dr. Buckley, Joseph Smith de dared he would not give up hla plural wives. George Reynolds, a high official of the church, testified with regard to ceremonlea that have taken place In the endowment house, and concerning divorces granted by the church of Mor mon.' John Hamlin told of the marriage of his sister, Lillian Hamlin,' a plural marriage, to Apostle Abraham Can non, which ceremony, he aald, waa per formed under thtf "manifesto" of 1890. Most of the testimony related to the Interior workings of the church of Mormon, and there waa nothing evl- denced,agnlnat Senator Reed Smoot to connect him with any of the alleged violations of the state or national stat utes. 1 The committee adjourned until to morrow. Nominations Confirmed. Washington, Dec. 12. In executive session today the senate confirmed a large number of nominations. Among them were those of Albert L. Mills aa brigadier general i ' Norman Si Rulck, United States attorney for tha district of Idaho; Henry B. Miller of Oregon as consul general to Nluchwang. HOPE IS GONE Mrs. Chadwick Throws Up I the Sponge. HOME TOWN FOR HER Advice of Attorneys Is Entirely Disregarded by the Prisoner. IRI RtYNOLDS SHEDS TEARS nqultitort Retpoet Ag.d Man't Pro dicamant and do Not Prett a Quottion That Causes Old Capitalist Pain. Now York, Dee. 12. Mrt.Ctttie L. Chadwiok waa overcome by today's de velopmenta in her oato, and ahe will, in all liklihood, aoeording to one very olote to her, give up the fight and go to Cleveland without rsquiaition in charge of United Stattt officers. Chadwiok Reconciled. New Tork, Dec. 12. Mrs. Chadwick today expressed herself aa of the opln kin that If ahe must face the charges accumulating against her, she would better do to In her own home city,, and to Cleveland ' she has made ' "up her mind to go. Mrs. Chadwlck's counsel, which had in view the tenablllty of an Insanity plea for a defense, has strongly ad vised her against the atep, but Mrs. Chadwick la superior, as yet, to the wishes of advisers, and will leave In custody today for the Ohio city, and will fa c the chargea of those Interest, ed In the fall of the Oberlln bank, and of the other financial catastrophes to which she Is alleged to have been the chief contrlbutary cause. Reynolds Weops. New Tork, Dec. 12. The aged sec retary of the Wade Park bank pre sented a pathetic picture today as he answered question after question which brought out hla confidence In the woman who was twice Indicted to day by the grand Jury of Cyahoga county for forgery and uttering of forged paper. However, It was ap parent from the stand taken by Irl Reynolds, that protection would be af forded no longer, though, apparently, he still believes his trust Is Justified. There was but one question which 'he attempted to evade that waa the answer in regard to how much of hla peraonal estate had passed Into the possession of Mrs. Chadwick. At this hla eyes filled with tears, he hesitated, and, while hla every expres sion waa hung upon by his questioners, he asked, In a way tret could not be refuaed, to be excused from answering. The question was not pushed, by either attorneys or the interrogation of the Inquisitor. Carnegie la lit. New Tork, Dec. 12. At the residence of Andrew Carnegie tonight It was given out that he is suffering from an attack of lumbago, and that he will not. therefore, attend the impending trial of Mrs. Chadwick In Cleveland. An opin ion expressed by his physicians is the basil of the refusal. Doctor Pipea Up. Paris,. Dec. 12. Dr. Leroy S. Chad wick was located today, and, in an I Interview, he said: The news of Mrs. Chadwlck's trouble Is a great shock to me, but, I refuse to make a statement concerning until my return to America In about 10 days. 1 deny, however, that Mrs. Chadwlck's fortune waa settled upon me. I refuse to discuss any Intimation may have had of Mr. Carnegie's con nection with the matter." Old Servant Dead. New Tork, Dec. 12. Captain John H. Westerfleld an assistant engineer of the United States army, is dead at hla home here. He recently. returned from Frankfort, Ky., where he con tracted "swamp" fever,, while at work on river Improvements. He had ben In the government service many years. MARKET RECOVERS. Panic Only Loads to a , Revision of Prioot. New Tork, Dec. 12. Efforts of speculative holders to realize on ex cessive commitments In stocks last week In Wall street took prices down ward and culminated In a crash on Thursday which precipitated a short panic and swept weak holdings off the market in all. directions. With pres sure of forced liquidation relieved there were sharp recoveries and a healthier tone In the market The raid on Amalgamated Copper, the, recom mendation In the president's message for power to fix railroad rates by the Interstate commerce commission, the resumption of gold exports and the banking troubles at Buffalo and In OMo were all assigned as contributory causes In precipitating the break. Imprisoned Oytttrt. New Tork, Dec. 12. Great South Bay, Long Island, the home of the blue point oysters, is frozen over for the first time before Christmas In the memory of the traditional "olJest Inhabitant" The recent mild weather afforded Immense shipments of oysters, both to European and American houses, but the sudden freeze up has stopped all traffic and tied up many boats. The life savers on South Beach are cut off from the mainland by five miles of treacherous Ice. Rich Man Diet. St, Louis, Dec. 12. Benjamin Brown Graham, president of the Graham Pa per Company, vice president of the Mechanics National bank and one of the directors of the Union Trust Com pany, Is dead at hit home here from the effects of an operation. Mr. Graham waa (4 yeara old and waa born at Gra ham Mills, O. He leaves a widow anj one daughter. , ZiON OUT. OF SOAK Interest On Mammoth Debt Finally Paid. CASE WAS AN UNIQUE ONE "Elijah" DowioS Chief Panhandler "Comet Across" With a Largo Fortune to Clot Up Affairs of Religious 8windle. Chicago. Dec. 12. In the annals of bankruptcy proceedings there la no more curtoua caae than that which waa settled today in the payment of the case oustandtng against "Zlon." The entanglements In which John Alexander Dowie became enmeshed a year ago, were released by the cutting the "Gordtan knot" today when Deacon C. J. Bernard, head or tne financial department, In payment of the final 40 per centum, approximately 2140,000 of the original Indebtedness of $4,000,000 made the necessary deposit and cleared the "seventh heaven" of its pall of debt. Thla payment brings to a conclusion the moat peculiar of all the cases In application of bankruptcy In the an nate of the country. 8hipt 8ubtidy. New Tork, Dec. 12. The Chilean budget, says a Herald dispatch from Valparalso,contalna an appropriation to subsidize any Chilean navigation com pany ' running steamships between Punta Arenas and Mexican ports along he Pacific coas. MARKETS Liverpool March wheat, 7s S 3-8d. New York Silver 60 1-4; Union Pa cific 106 8-4: preferred 94 3-4. Chicago May whfat opened up at 21.09 S-41.10, closed at 21.09 3-8 1.09 1-2; barley. 41 48; flax, 21.16: northwestern, 21.24. San Francisco Cosh wheat, $1.50. Portland Wheat export, Walla Walla, 80; bluestem, 85; milling, Wal la Walla, 83; bluestem, 88; valley, 87V4: for eastern shipment, Walla Wal la, 85; bluestem, 90. Tacoma Wheat, bluestem, 88; club, 85. HOWL Or EARLE Chamber to Appeal to the Department, FULTON MAY DRILL Quarantine Station Has Some Specks on Its Clear Bill. WHAT WILL MATE FIN LAY SAY Some of Alleged Compltints of the Crow of Ellerie Are Substanti ated by the Recommenda tion! of Dr. Earle. In accordance with the regulations of the department of marine and hospital service Dr. Earle has submitted to the department an estimate for better ments and improvements for , the quarantine station of the port of As torla aggregating 289.075.8L In the provisions for estimate No. 1 Dr. Earle lays prime Importance upon the lack of communication with the station, where authority . sits on the head of yellow fever, etc. In the re port it ia recited that the present situ atlon of the quarantlen station la such that those in charge have no view of incoming vessels of. any description, especially those upon wfcich there is Infection, and the only means of com munlcation with Astoria seven miles distant, is by a small sail boat or by a large flag by day or rockets by night, and the communication of dls ease is alwaya possible. It la opined by the quarantine officer that the North Shore Cannery Com pany and the Knappton Mill Company could be prevailed upon to participate In a ahore line, though he admits in his report that overtures In that line have as yet proved futile. Regarding water supply the report of the officer has It that a sufficient area of land should be purchased back of the reservation to provide a 200 foot fall to the station, the represent tatlon being made that because of the stratification nothing but surface water can be secured by meana of wells, and this Is not considered conducive to the better health of those who are com pelled to use It especially quarantine patients. The defiling of water by cat tie and 4vogs above the station Is com mented upon, such defilements occur ring In contributory streams. The land which it Is desired to ac quire is owned variously as follows: Eighty acres by John T. Borchers, acres by the state, and the remainder by the North Pacific Improvement Company. The tract of land In question would supply the 'station and Its streams for years with fuel and water, and is looked upon with eyes of longing by the officials of the department. Mr. Borchers has offered his land for $50 an acre, but the North Pacific want $1000 for theirs, the belief being expressed that the terminus of the rail road will eventually be at that place, and that the quarantine station might well be located bn Sand Island, Of course the government could con demn the necessary acreage for the purpose, but attention will be paid to (hie protests of those who own adjac ent property on account of the diffi culties that would attend the close proximity of infected patients to those who have property in the vicinity. Dr. Earle, with his recent experience. evidently has In view a steamer for his own use, for In nils recommenda tions to the department Is one request ing the purchase of the Electro for $14,000 to be used as a quarantine boat. the statement being made that the physician has an Intimate knowledge of the boat in question from the time her keel waa laid, and he does not now believe her duplicate could be pur chased tor $18,000. Representation is also made that the Electro is the only boat on the river suitable for the serv ice. In his report, which waa submitted at a reading to the chamber of com merce last evening, Dr. Earle passes tore ttricturea upon the conditions of quarantine that cause the casual ob server, even, to reflect Of it he says: "In consequence of the lack of ap pliances It is necessary to use the 'pot method of fumigation by sulphur, be cause a vessel with three hatches can- ' not be used without moving the ves sel several times, wherefore the pur chase of galvanized piping and of tha necessary lengths of rubber hose is recommended. ... ,. In view of Dr. Earle's recent experi ence with the, steamer Ellerie, the In terview that baa been reported and denied aa having been given by the mate of the vessel, the bearing of the report that waa submitted to Mi cham ber of commerce last night at a read ing by the secretary, has an Import ance that could not have been vouch safed, were it not for the recommen dation of the chamber that Senator Pulton be requested, upon the strength of a unanimous vote of the chamber. to forward the recommendations in the quarantine officer's communica tion to the department , Senator Fulton will have a hard Job. The remainder of the report as sub mitted and referred to legislative ac tion is the same as has been printed a number of times before, and Wve sig nificant part of the submission, as at present quoted. Is contained in the ac tion of the chamber In referring It to the senator fromthis district. Other proceedings at last , night's session were found In the dropping from the rolls of derelict members, the request being made that names be not printed. A copy of the report of Dr. Earle was ordered sent to Tom Richardson, who will doubtless be glad to have It The weather Is rainy and discursive litera ture, since Kant has been read and Emerson condemned, Is scarce. Jorhan Boats Palmar. ' . London, Dec. 12. Ben Jordan "beat "Peddlar" Palmer tonight on points in a 15-round fight for the English cham pionship. - ' JURORSlNSTRUCTED ' Nan Patterson Case Has Some New Developments. HUMAN SKELETON PRODUCED Prosecution Seeks to Show That Mr. Caesar Young Could Not Have Fired' the Fatal Shot Himself. New York, Dec 11 In the trial of Nan Patterson today, not without con- ! test appeared the most gruesome ex hibit ever produced in the routine of court processes that land a culprit be tween the fatal electrodes that rasp the life from condemned criminals In New Tork state. It was a human skeleton. The exhibit waa made use of In the examination of Dr. Philip O'Hanlon, th coroner's physician, and the object was to demonstrate the course of the bullet after it entered Caesar Young's body. The prosecution contend that it went straight to the spine, which . would not fciave been the case had Cae sar Young killed himself. ' The expert testimony occupied most of the morning session, but there was a sensational development when Judge Davis, from the bench, stated that a gross Impropriety had been commit ted by a New York newspaper wh'lch had printed Interviews with the wives of the Jurymen. In his remarks he made it evident to ttve jurors that any communication, even with members of their families, in relation to the case would merit the severest penalty that could be Imposed by the court. BARKENTINE WRECKER. Crow Arrives on the Vosssl That Res cued It Today, San Francisco, Dec, 12. Th crew of the barkentlne Addenda arrived to day on the steamer Ventura from Syd ney. The Addenda waa ashore near Wellington on October 14, and became total wreck, the crew being rescued with great difficulty.