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, -. . ..' -v.p t it- 3?? nan iMm rill OOVI THI MOflNINQ FltLD ON THI LOWIR COLUMBIA ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY DECEMBER 18, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS JAIL DELIVERY Prisoner Make Escape Last Evening. 7 , SAWED A WAY OUT t Men ' are Almost Certain to Be Recaptured Within i Short ' Time: TWO PRISONERS STAID IN OfReer Along Railroad and Water front Hava Been Notlfiad and tha laesp of tha Man la Contld , arad Neat ta Impoeelble. A Jaa.II delivery occurred lt night t tha county Buatlle, end, aomawher In tha rain and mlat, Frad Stanch and Harrr C. Low are wandering fug tlvaa from Juatlc. Thalr own act placaa tham beyond Tha jail-break wi not ; discovered until , ir" o'clock', tout' because of tha kindness of tha sheriff, tha prUonera had been able to do their work ao cleverly that It wa not noticed, and tha man effected their aavape without an alarm being (Ivan. Deputy Anderson, who wna called away from the jail for a abort time. found, upon hit rttum, that two bare In tha door from tha corridor had been aawed with Ruaslan Iron aawa, and the two on aach aldt had been ao bant aa to form an aperture of lomj 14 Inohee, nnd through thin the prlaonera made thdr way. After being out of the cor ridor, It waa only tha work of a mo ment for tha two men to break down tb outer door and escape. Deo use of the Inferior accommoda- tlona of tha old jail. Sheriff Llnvllle directed that the prlaonera be allowed tha fraedom of tha corridor during the cold weather, instead of bslng locked In tha cold, damp cell, and lo this art of leniency the prlaonera owe the chanc that gave them temporary freedom, for their recapture la certain. The work of aawlng the bara waa evidently done during tha temporary enforced abeenc of Deputy Anderson and the offlcera have not aa yet .been able to form a theory aa to where the aawa with which the work waa done were obtained, but the belief la ex pressed that Lowe, whoae record U little known, hud them somewhere about hla person when he waa Incar cerated. The local record of the two men la na follows: Lowe waa arreated for the theft of some ahoea by Sheriff Llnvllle. Lowe atole tha ahoea, had alterations made by the application of rubber heels, and then, by a atrange freak of poetical justice tried to Sell them to tha mun to whom they were conalgned In Astoria. The conalgnee recognlaed tha ahoea aa part of a delayed ahlp ment ha waa expecting, and tha arrest followed. ' Fred Stnnch, who waa an employe of the 0. R. 4 N. railway, waa arreated for theft from hla employers, and; waa followed to hla brother'a home In Washington, where the goods war found, having been shipped there for safe keeping. Stnnch ha a wlfa and children, tut Lowe If not known to hnve any connections and but little la known of hla record. . A peculiar feature of the Jail de livery la found In the fact that two other prisoners, Mattl Johnson (In sanity), nnd John Tenharrl (accused of making Indecent proposals to little girls In Vnlontown), did not attempt to esacpe, and were occupying their usual places In the corridor when the Jailor returned. They were, doubtless cognizant of the prlaonera' escape, but they had little to aay when tnterro gated; In fact Tenhari has no English, and Johnaon waa yeaterday morning adjudged Insane. The avenuea of eacape, unless by a skiff, have been closed on the water front, and It la believed that tha men have either gone along tha Una of the A. A C. railroad or are tramping "croee country," and the officers at ail placea they muat pass have been notified. Sheriff Llnvllle is out of town, having gone up to hla reaerves near Oobla for a duck hunt laat night. It la learned that Lowe to a tele graph operator, and that ha has a paid up card In tha Order of Railroad Tele grapher. This, It la surmised, will Impel him to follow tha line of the railroada out of town, In which case hit Immediate capture la certain. ' Killed By Revolver. Spokane, Dec. 17. Ex-Chief of Po lice E. M. Woydt waa accidentally shot today, the bullet passing through hla body three tnchea above tha heart He waa walking along tha river bank and hla revolver fell from the holster, trlk Ing a rock and discharging tha weapon. There la a alight chance for hla re covery. , Black for Senator, Troy. N. T Dec.; 17. Tha candidacy of former Governor Frank 8, Black for the United Slates aenatorahlp, In place of C. M. Depew, waa announced today by tha Troy Times. Ha waa seen by reureaentatlva of the Associated Prese, but he refused to aay a word on the aubjeot .,- Wrestler's Close Call. Hal Franeteco. Dec. 17. Buaayell the Algerian wrestler, appeared In po lice court today to anawer a charge of mayhem In having bitten Tom Jenk Ina hit opponent, during a contest laat nlaht Jenklna refused to prosecute the case and It waa dismissed. Feverish, Dry Washington. Spokane. Deo. 17. Washington atate Irrigation commission la In session to draft ft law governing irrigation In thla atate (or submission to the gov ernor and legislature. , . , ; ' KELLY IS MISSING Millionaire's Strange Disappear ance Causing Trouble. FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED Man Waa Vary Aotlve In Irish Poll ties Before He Suddenly Dropped Completely Out of Bight In tha City of Philadelphia. New Tork. Dec. 17. Men prominent In Irish organisations here have been Informed, aaya the Herald, of the atrunge. disappearance of the weult.iy woolen goods manufacturer. Owen Klly of Philadelphia, Kelly waa one of the. foremost aupportera of John E. Redmond and the Irish National League In thla country. It la said he waa last seen laat October 25, at a meeting of the Continental Trust Com pany, of which he la a director In Philadelphia. It la said that he led the element of the Clan-Na-Cloel In Philadelphia which took up the Redmond land scheme for Ireland two year ago. A feud followed, which waa carried Into the last convention of the Ancient Or der of Htbernlane. .Search for Kelly haa beenMrery quiet. hja disappearance being known to few persons. Police and other means have failed to find trace ot ojm, and for some reason which none , would Jls- cloee, there eieeme to be ground to be lieve that knowledge of hla fate la to be found In that city. It wa hie cue torn to come here twice weekly on bualneea. Kelly la 53 yeara ot age, five feet ten Inches in height and welgha 10 pounds. READY TO FIGHT. Gladiator Ar In Fine Fettle for Tuesday. San Franclaco, Dec. 17. Both "Bat- tllna" Nelson and Jimmy Brut nave practically reached the stipulated 132- pound mark for their contest lues- Aav. Today Nelson stoppea regular work and went hunting, declaring he fit and strong. nritt la eaally coming down to the require notch and la leasening the amount of hla dally work. Each man rernvnlsda he will face hla moat form idable for In the ring, and both camp take a rlou view of the coming first. There la not enough betting yet to 6s a atandard. FORT IS SAFE Stoessers Defense Still Holds Japs Off. FIRST GOOD TIDINGS Port Arthur Has Provisions for Three Months on Regu lar Rations. 1 COMMANDER MAKES ESCAPE Fart Expects Relief From the Efforts of the Battle Squadron, Whioh la Now Thought to b Only a Week'a Travel Away. Chee Foo, Dec. 17 (Midnight.) Commander Mlsceneoff, the executive officer of the Russian battleship Pul tava, until tha vessel waa disarmed and who, on December 15 headed the party of ieren Russian from Port Ar thur which reached her In a sailboat yeaterday with dlspatrhea, said to the Associated Pros correspondent here tonight that there ar 15.000 men in the line of forts at Fort Arthur. Continuing, he aaid: "Every build Ing in the town la more or less In jured, and General Stoessel ha put the entire population on a regular ration sufficient to. la them, for three momna. "The hospitals, at thla time, contain over 8000 patlenta, and the Sevastopol ia the only warship that haa not dis armed. She aunk one Japanese tor pedoboat near the entrance to the har bor." The commander's newa la of greater Importance than any that haa been received since the fortreaa of Port Arthur waa Invested months ago. Among other things he relate that Rear Admiral Wlreniua, while making a trip to the entranec of the harbor on a tour of Inspection, waa wounded by a fragment of a ahell which burst near him. and for a time the conaequencea of the wound bade fair to be aerlous. though hla recovery la elnce assured. When Mlseneoft left Port Arthur In hla sailboat It waa the calculation of the beleagured offlcera that the pal- tic, or second Pacific aquadron, waa about 10 days distant. The commander expressed the belief that the fortress cannot be captured by the Japanese for aome montha yet, if at all, for the moral effect of the damage to the town haa been lost and General Stoessel haa moved the gar rison to the walla, dispensed with com forts of all kinds and ta prepared to offer a resistance behind hla battle ments that will cost the Japanese a lose of Ufa they dare not hasard In escalade. Guntrs Improving. Harbin. Dec. it. (Correspondence of The Associated Press). "Back and forth along the railway, now that there la not much In the way of ac tive fighting." writes a ataft corres pondent of the Associated Press., "one meets many Interesting acquaintances, nearly all of whom have something to add to the general story of the war. Coming up the last time acroaa the Itsun river, I waa put up for the ntgnt by the bridge guard. There I an Iron bridge acroaa the river with a little fort at each end and a boat patrolling the river beneath to guard against sudden descente of the Chlneee ban- dlta who are alwaya on the alert to annoy the llnea of communlcaton, even If they cannot cut them. But the railway guard la a very mobile or ganisation and can concentrate a strong force up or down the line at ahort notice while the guard boat makes the river banke untenable for an enemy. "One of the Chinamen on guard at the bridge Is an Intelligent fellow from the aouthern provlncea and he pre- dicta aweeplng changea In China when tha war la over. He does not apeak a though h regarded Manchuria aa an Integral port ot China. e saia: "Whoever wins In thla war la going to take Manchuria. China will not care much. But when the war la over, you are going to aee change In China's Internal economy. Tber are a great many of ua especially In the south who hive studied the Question thoroughly. We know what we want In the way of Chinese reform and w ar going to get them after thla war on the border I out of the way.' "On a nremontory high above the Itsun I perched a pretty Chinese vil lage and here I established one of the neat, clean and compact Zenstvo hos pitals. One of the doctor had much to aay of the wounded of whom he ha handled hundred and een thous and. "Curiously enough.' he said. 'the majority of our wounded ar ahot In the head. I attributed thla to the shrarmel bursting In the air. The Japanese artillery haa been responsi ble for the moat of our casualties ao far. It la the moat effective arm of th Japanese aervlce. " We have many example of the atolcsm and devotion of the Midler who come under our care. I wa at terwiln a dvlnr Cossack recently. He waa In terrible pain. I stopped to ask him at the end what message he bad to send to hi parents or relative He rave me the number of hla rifle and requested that It should be sent hla commander. Another soldier limned In here on foot. He had re fused to let the atretcher men eary him aaylng there -were othera wno needed the atretchera more. Hla foot waa amDUtated within an hour. "In the field hospitals the men are out 2S in a tent They preserve their discipline. even In bed and elect one of their tent mates usually one ot tne leu severely wounded a commander All this la quite Independent of the regulation. The wounded take or ,w from their tent chief and when ever there ! a shortage of helper and there usually la, they help the doctors (Continued on Page Four.) WILL RELIEVE CITY t a ... j. . Increase of Taxation on Valuation of Property. COMMITTEE REPORTS MONDAY Drain en the City Treasury Haa Not Been 8evere in the Past Year, But on Other Hand, Few Street Have Been Improved. A meeting of the charter revlalon committee of the city council waa held last evening for the purpose of com pleting It report, which will go to the city council on Monday. The full com mittee, Including the city attorney and the city engineer were present The discussion ran through several hour, though the report as It will be presented, was unanimous In its tenor. Recommendation Is made that the existing provision for an assessment of 75 oer cent of the assessed valuation for street improvement be Increased to 100 per cent, or the full assessed valu ation. Under this arrangement there will be no Increased revenue, but the city will not In the event ot Its adop tion, be liable for the excess, and the oroperty must bear It all. The drain age on the city resources has not been severe In the past. Only the lots will be assessed in the future, and not the improvements. That la, the value of the lots will be aaaessed for Improvements, but the value of the Improvements will be de ducted.- Wholesale Indiotmanta. Brook Haven. Miss., Dec. 17. Start- ting developments In the Lincoln County Whltecap cases were brought to light today when It wa announced that a member of the state legislature and two members of the board of sup ervisors of Lincoln county had been Indicted by the grand Jury, charged with being connected with the White cappers' organisation. The names of those Indicted are: T. M. Montgomery, representative, and J. C. Bryant and J. B. Willis, members of the board of supervisors. The total indictments will reach from 350 to 600, which la a comparatively large percentage of the county'a male population. Japan haa Just received some new submarine boats. Most of Russia's warship are aubmarlne now. IS NOT GUILTY So Says Mrs. Chadwick In Her Pica Yesterday. SHE STAYS IN JAIL Mdicine Denied Her for Fear of a Possible Suicide in Her Cell. TALE OF CLEVELAND WOMAN Intimates That Mrs. Chadwick la tha Higheet-Priced Folly Since Mare Anthony Lost Ceaaarahip Over tha Queen of Egypt Cleveland, Dec. 17. Mrs. Chadwick waa arraigned before Judge Wing in the U. S. District court today, pleaded not guilty on every charge, and de cllned to give. bail. She wa remanded to jail to await trial. President Bechrwlth and Cashier Spear of the Cltjiens National bank of Oberlin, were arraigned at the aame time and allowed to depart after fur nishing bonds, each In the amount of 25.000, an Increase of $15,000 over the bond furnished previously. There were few , persona abou the jail when Mrs. Chadwick entered the carriage to be taken to the court house nor waether anyone , about the federal court building or In front of It . She entered the court room ao heavily veiled It -was impossible to see her face. She walked feebly, and wa supported at every atep. After leaving the court room Mrs. Chadwick found a carriage wa not in waiting. To avoid being stared at by people in the hallways, the deputies took her back to the second floor. There she remained till the carriage was procured. . On reaching jail Mrs. Chadwick was perceptibly weaker than when she started Into court. Mrs, Chadwick re quested medicine, brought from New Tork. be sent her. It Is in possession of Jailer Eggers, and Dr. Wall ordered It be not given her, aaylng she Is under hla treatment and, while the drug may be perfectly hanr.less, neverthe leaa he is Unacquainted with the pre scription and doea not care to have her take the medicine. Sheriff Barry today la of a firm de termination not to allow either Emll Chadwick or Freda Swanstrom, nurse, to see the prisoner. Both have been heretofore allowed to call n her. Bringing article to Mr. Chadwick 1 a violation of the jail rules, he de clared later, because of the sheriffs refusal to allow them to see her. CHADWICKRESENTFUL. Will Not Talk Concerning His Wife' Plight Paris, Dec. 17. Dr. Chadwick of Cleveland, who Is still here, resents further inquiries concerning the case of Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick. or his connection with It He spend much time following American papers. WOMAN'S RECORD. Worst Sine Marc Anthony Lost Throne. Cleveland. O., Dec. 17. "A good woman who has been maligned! Why, she is one of the wickedest women alive, and one-thousandth part of her vlckedness hasn't been told." Thus mok Mrs. George Soihers of Lucia street last night In referring to Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick. Mrs. Somers, ho formerly was Miss Delia Rowe. was for years confidential maid and companion to Mrs. Chadwick. 'Did Banker Irt Reynolds appear to be a close friend of hersT' Interrogated the reporter. She leaned back In her chair and laughed. I should think so," said she. "For yeara Iri Reynolds and Mrs. Chadwick have been as close, almost, as two peas in a pod. 'On an average of two or three times a week for year he used to call the house, frequently dining there, and moat of their usually long talk were behind the doora of her boudoir, and if th doctor or I hap pened to be there we were sent away to aome other part ' oi the mansion. During ' the time 'I wa with Mr. Chadwick It wa but rarely that a lady called, but there wa a very large number of substantial looking men who called to aee her .and when I go down street now I often see them in big concern, in bank and othr place, or in their automobile, and most of the men Mr. Chadwick re ceived In her own private room, (end ing away the doctor If he happened to be at home, or me, and sometime she would be In her boudoir with a caller for several hour. "A for money, I believe she has enormous stores of both money and jewels. One day she showed me a lot of tin boxes, filled with gold and paper money, and bonds and all that, and small steel safes full of the most mag nificent jewels, and told me that all this wealth wa Just a safe and a safely concealed as It would be In any bank vault "Oh, those piercing black eye of her. While I would be doing up her hair I would find them reflected back at me from the mirror in a strange. fixed stare, and once I remarked to her, Why do you keep those black, black eye fixed on me so steadfastly ? " 'Because," she said, 1 like to study your wonderful sky blue eye with their strange contrast to your dark hair." "I wa never afraid of her not in the least; but some of the servants were. One waa so frightened of her that whenever Mrs. Chadwick drew near she would tremble from head to foot" "Do you believe that Mrs. Chadwick was Mme. DeVere?" queried tte re porter. "Do I!" exclaimed Mrs. Somers with Continued on page 7. STEAMER IS BURNED Nine PerspnsLose Their Lives in y - New York. TWO PASSENGERS ARE MISSING Origin of th Fir Not Known Cargo Wa a Valuable On Craw and Paasengere Picked Up by Tug Boata in th Sound. New York, Dec. 17. Nine person, Including two passengers, lost their Uvea early today in the burning of the steamer Glen Island, bound from New Tork to New Haven. The steamer drifted aground on Captain's Island, In Long island and was burned to the water's edge. The vessel left her pier In North river at t o'clock last night with 10 or 12 passengers and a heavy cargo. The fire was discovered before mid night off Execution point m the sound. How It started is not known, but sud denly the whole boat was seen to be come filled with smoke and the elec tric lights were extinguished. Boats' were hurriedly lowered and all but two passengers and seven members of the crew escaped. One of the lost passenger waa a man and.. the other a woman, resldenta of New York. None of the names has yet been learned. A tug which sighted the Glen Island afire dashed to the scene and picked up the passenger and, crew from . the small boats. They were placed aboard the steamer Corning and brought back to New York. , ' Thte Glen Island belonged to the Starln Transporfatlon line. Her cargo was a valuable one, but the loss Is not yet known. . ELKINS HUGE ESTATE Over Thirty Million Dollara Waa Hia , "Clean up. Philadelphia, Dec. 17. William L. Elklns. the street railway magnate and flancler who died In November. 1903. left an estate worth $31,578,000 according to figure gleaned from the first account of the executors. 8INEW8 OF WAR. Mule Saem to Nw a Great Deal of , Hay. San Franclaco, Dec. 17. A secret order for J000 ton of hay ha been placed in thl city, and th circum stance indicate th order la on be half of the Ruaslan government