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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1904)
,rxr- J , ' . . f ,, Itttg f , Or JI!jirl'l (x lt COVIRS THE MOHNIN9 FltLO ON THK LOWKR COLUMBMkUMBIA PUMUtNK PUU. AMOOIATtD ABPOnT PRICE FIVE tiamENTS. ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY DECEMBER 22, 1904. WAIiFS OF SIN Runyon Goes to Jail Stealing. for SEVENTY ARE MISSING Took Suit of Clothes to Clean and Made a Little Haul On the Side. PRISON WAITS CARtLESS MAN Othtr Complication May Ari In th Case That Will Mk. It a Stt Offn for tha Yeunj Na'af Do-Wall. tha court order Ita return to Ita own era. Juat at praaont It la "uncertain who tha owner of tha property la. Tha real owner la wanted by tha authori ty. What Sheriff Word Intenda to do with tha property until tha court takea action la not known, but It la aalJ around tha court house that he aelaed It aa a "Maverick," that la. aa a piece of property, animate or Inanimate., that hna no known owner. The object of the sheriff la believed to be to make Richardson appear In court If he wlahea to claim hla property, and If ha doea not appear to have the property con flacated by the atate. Peter and John Grant and Nathan Solomon, proprietors of the club, de clared at the trial of their caaee that before their nrreat for conducting roulette game they had aold the ap paratua to Edwin Rlrhardaon. Rich Ardaon did not appear at the trial, and the deputies of the aherlff declared that he waa a mythical peraon. Richardson did not epienr to defend hie property either, and alt the table were carried oft without molftatlon, In relation to the ectxure of the Port land Club and the Portland cafe two nulla have been filed against Sheriff Word and hla Jcputle In Justlc Reld'a court. The plalntlffa are Peter Orant. one of the proprletora of the club, and "Mike" Solomon, proprietor of the cafe. Each aiiya hla place was seised by force and aika Judgment against the aherlff, JURY RESTING Nan Patterson's Fate Delayed a Day. Given n good Job by nn Aatorla firm mid enttblld to do for himself, a young mnn variously known ita C. O. Ilunyon and Charlie Young, choee the other path, and yesterday afternoon he tripped on a snag thnt apelt police. The peculutlon. aa charged against ugulnat him. la thnt or a theft of 170 from the clothes of a bartender, Fred liKit'Kt. Inquest left a ffi and a $20 gold note In hla veal, and after Run yon got them the waa a collector for a tailoring firm), the notee were mlsa Ihg. A euaplcloua clrcumatance, however, waa thut Runyon hud a good time night before (net, and he waa sufficiently affluent to purchaae an overcoat from a local dealer, and he hud the coat and i& of the money In hla possession when apprehended. At firat Runyon rffiiaml In m knowledge thnt he had tthatracted the money, but he finally broke down and confessed that he haJ found the money In the vest, and. be lug "broke" he auccumbed to tempta tlon and took It. irimn being naked by the officer v.her the money wa young Runyon for he la only boy, acknowledged thnt he hud NO In hla pocket and then conducted the arreatlng policeman to hla room, where he unearthed another $25. Thin, with aome amall change, wua nil he had. beside the overcont. Ilunyon wua taken to the city Jnll mid lin ked up. (in the 27th of hint month Runyon nnnlleil to Allen A Dickenson for em liloyment, und. because he wua dcstl- tute. they gnve It him, and alao aaw to It thnt he did not need for anything Thle, they thought, would be all that ii mnn In hla clrcumatancea could re oulre. but. Instead of being grnteful. Runyon loat no time In "getting Into" hla employer a fur a poaalble, and the atory of hla error la not told In hla theft from Inquest's ocket. Thl iiiiwuver. la the only charge a yet lodged agnlnat him. Little la known of the prisoner' rec ord, except thut a mnn of similar ap pearance wna arrested a few year ngo In Sun Franclaco for forging a check n.. w. P. Fuller A Co. Hla nnme, ita eatitbllahed at the time, wna C. E. Run yon. Hince Runyon, or Young, hna emtiloved with the Commerctitl atreet n.m h- hue not kept up hla collection, and haa been "hort" nearly every week ...... v. ...i-ir,t Hometlme It wna mm e ,.iw twn or three dollar, but ome time It wh more, and the uggregalfe t. not known. A member of the firm tnt-i last night to an Aatorlun re porter thnt he could not any what the amount of the dedication t. nr iu. h any yet If any check lire outatund- lug agnlnat them, though he wild no drnft or purlou pnier of any kind have been presented. The action to be taken on the' case will depend upon the good mercy of the firm for which the young mnn women If n complaint la lodged In addition to thnt preferred nt the Inatlgutlon pi in- qulst, Runyon will go to prison, WORD ON WARPATH. Chadwiek Again. Cleveland. Dec. It. The Wade Park bank, of which Irl Reynolda la aecre- tnry and- treasurer, wn taken over to day by the Cleveland Trust Company. The trust company within a few day hna taken over the bualne of five bank of thl city and uburb. FRAUDS SHOW FLAW been 8eizt Prahpnlia of th Laat Port land Club. Portland. Dec. 21. All gambling pnraphenalla of the Portland Club waa aelxed by BherlfT wora mis mumm. .h was removed to the county Jail where It -will be held until the lat of v.- nnmv,ilnir rnae I tried or until Hobson Smiles Some at the Fed ral Grand Jury. ORMSBY HAS MANY TROUBLES No Confirmation of th Report That th Grand Jury Ha Been Tamp ered With by Outsider In th Caie. IS DEFENDANT ARRAIGNED Woman Quails Before Most Mast terful Speech Since Dun-ant Case. DEFENDANT IS CONFIDENT day morning had completed a search of very squar foot included In about four squar mile of country. nd that th fearch would be kept up until at leaat ten aquar mile bad been thor oughly searched. Th ground on which thl search I being conducted I rocky and preclp itoua, and the search fraught with no mall amount of danger to the men engaged. John Quirk, th Denver miner, who thought the body might be that of hi wlf. who had left him, after viewing t remain, said he had been mistaken. George W. Chlldera. who with W. 8. Maunder ! engaged in mining In Bar Creek canon, west of thl city, today give the police a description of a man who waa seen twice In Bear Creek can on by himself and Mr. Maunder two weeks ago. Mr. Chlldera think the woman la the one who w found dead on Cutler mountain and that the man with her waa the murderer. HAHN THE IN Nominated and Confirmed Yesterday. ' CHOICE IS UNANIMOUS Prediction Made by The Astorian Two Weeks Ago is Now Confirmed. 8H0T HIS MOTHER. Evldene Considered by Defendant' Counsel to Be Too Weak to Ad mit of Conviotion, Notwith standing Powerful Address. New York. Dec. 21. Judge Davl did not deliver hi charge to the Jury In the trial of Nan Patterson tonight, but tent the Jurymen home to ret after a day spent In llHtenlng to the argument of counsel. Abraham Levy, chief counel for the defendant, occupied the time of the morning wAalon, and Aaalatant District Attorney Rand took up the afternoon. Both addresses were Impassioned and eloquent. Ievy swayed the listener to tear by hi reference to his client and the home coming to Washington she anticipated. Rand' argument wa a severe ar raignment . of Mlaa Patterson, and when the prosecutor pitilessly con demned the woman aa the murderer of Young, she quailed under hla Invective, After Rand's speech, Levy said: "It waa the most wonderful advocacy of nny cause, and the most masterful speech ever heard In a criminal cae In 25 year. In spite of that, though, I am confident Miss Patterson will be acquitted. ' ; Boy Fall Over a Rock With 22 in Hand. MftMhfleld. Dec. 21. When George L, Stemmermun, with hi wife and son, who live on Coo river about 20 mile from here, were, out hunting ye terduy, about noon, on the hill back of their home and were sitting on a log waiting for the game to make It ap pearance, their little boy fell back ward off the log, the hammer of hi 2-callber rifle etruck a rock and the weapon was discharged, the bullet striking the mother In the back above the hip, coming out at the middle Of the abdomen. She wa immediately brought to town and taken to me Horsefnll hospital. Chance for her re covery are fair. ly In front of the One HuiQjHjHWrfreJ nd Sixteenth atreet subway avtttmt 'Mif- Th fancy work of the subway hHriceentranca' wa wrecked and several aftfgtntl W(nt were severely Injured. I. Faculty Intervention In tHtoQximtfVg&xM af fair began today, and Tnvinfcatn'1eatloa will be made at once witling vTeMbtft vlw to uspendlng the hazer of jflforfg young freshman. Gould did not appear at PoWMhkQJumbl to day for the lecture. .'ure. The authorities have tkvtjntafcftn up too matter of hi carrying a pt1a(P1ffro1 n1 flr" Ing In the street of New ffcrtfeu70 but claim they are hampered jPnd rfc the r fual of the student to t'rtftifttteloot-t'1 Incident. OEPEW SLATEO.Sl-ATED. APPOINTMENT SATISFACTORY Hi Commission Will Arriv About th First of January, and He Will Enter Upon tha Discharge of Hi DutiesAbout Fab. 1. MYSTERY DEEPENS. I'ortiand, Dec. zi. The nrat aensa tlonul Indictment to be returned by the grand Jury todny was thnt of Frank lln P. Mays, a prominent young lawyer of this city. Mays Is accused of having conspired to defraud the government nut of various public land In Lane and Douglas rountlea, The Indictment however, alao Include 8. A. D. Puter, Horace G. McKlnlcy and Kmma Wat son, alao convicted or conspirac against the government. Numerous others, not known heretofore In con nectlon with the fraud trials are also Implicated. The Indictment alleges thut these person conspired together to, defraud the government. December 23. 1901, by the use of false, forged and mislead ing applications to defraud the govern ment and the Indictment any while the paper In the case are fictitious, those by Puter and McKlnley are actionable. A the Investigation of the federal grand Jury continue, rumor continue to pread. It has been Intimated from one source and another that there I probability of th heads of some of the moat extensive and wealthy timber eyndlcatea In the United Btatea be coming Involved In the tolls of the law. Speculation has Become rue win such practices aa shipping bogus lo cators west and providing them with bonuses to file on land, prove up, then sell out tq the syndicates, the selllng out price constituting little elite than the bonus allowed for the fraudulent transactions, will be looked Into. There have long ben rumors afloat regarding such practices, and many are Inclined to believe thnt they will come In for a close scrutiny at tne hands of this or some succeeding grand Jury, and that some Indictment will be returned on the offenses believed to have been committed. It la rumored that lands acquired In the Grand Ronde reservation may be made the object of Investigation, and It Is said to be not Improbable that 1! or claims In the Roseburg LanJ dis trict, near the Bohemian country, will b made the subject of Inquiry. J known that A .W, Barber, an official (Continued on Pag Four.) Cutter Mountain Cat Present Some Nw Phases. Colorado Springs, Col.. Dec. 21. The police are a far from a clue to the solution of the Cutler mountain mystery as ever, but the effort are being redoubled. The last clew that waa In trielr hands played out this morning, when Ona D. Hoyt, a pretty hairdresser, living in thla city, and who waa reported to have disappeared, was found safe at her room In the Clinton hotel. Inquiries continue to come from other cities for a detailed description of the dead girl, but In no case has the sending of the description resulted In the receipt of further Information or Inquiry, The coroner has In his possession no less than 40 hairpins that were taken out of the coll of hair that was on the head of the deal girl, or picked up at the scene of the attempted cremation of the body. These hairpins are all of stiff wire, there being no small, flexl ble ones, and the number and strength of the pins are taken to Indicate thnt the growth of hnlr was unusually heavy. At their meeting today the county commissioners will offer a reward of $1000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer. The excitement In ee community over the crime I growing dally, a demand being made to run down the crime. Talk of lynching of the murderer, should he be found, was heard today, KROQNLAND ESCAPES Tidal Wave Breaks Over the Big ' Atlantic Liner. OFFICER LASHED ON BRIDGE Storm th Worst in th History of th Antwerp Boat Transatlantic Paasag Storm Lasted Tan Day. I New York. Dec. 21. After a stormy voyage, during which she was struck by a tidal wave, the steamship Kroon land arrived today from Antwerp. The voyage was the worst the vessel, ever experienced. There was nothing but bad weather from the time she left Antwerp on the 10th until she was al most Into port. O nthe morning of the 12th the Kroonlnnd was struck by a tidal wave which brought her to a standstill and sent tons of water tumbling over her decks. The officers of the Kroonland say that the water, when the wave struck, sprung high above the funnels. and sweDt the hurricane deck. The officer on the bridge would have been carried away but for the fact that he took a wrap around the rail with his belt when he saw the giant sea coming. New York Millionaire Ar3HMiAuivinfl UP Queen Bee.-ten Be. ; New York. Dec. 21. A cofereAc,erence of republican called by SenatoW Wa.lt in the Interest of the re-elwttog?oflfnM of Sen ator Depew held according tf program at the Fifth Avenue hotel today? Wks'y. was Ji session about three hours aidWJiunl adjourn ed after appointing a cbtMmlte(mitte of seven, headed by ex-LleutennLiWl!'lt ov ernor Woodruff, to wait tfportwM?n CDI1, who was not invited, and Hfld.IrtfeAn10 Inform him of the sentiment express! BWe,l at the conference. Woodruff wa accompanied by De pew. who met O'Dell laterP' II later. O'Dell aaid he did not' koWn'hdV,ow what took place at Platf cohfeifce?offlrence, but said he knew whoever waa choeeWaBychosen by the republican organization :;bWdle wold be Washington, Dec. 21.-Presldent j ronfPWnc Senator PfitfeWB p,att ",d Roosevelt today sent to the enate the i ,t WM a truly representative atfontkVfa"tlon and nomination of Hon. John Hahn aiclear,y showed the sentiment m-M ot lhe postmaster for Astoria in place of I . . ,tate troneivlrfPf1y Sn avOT Granville Reed, whose term expire, on, re.eiection of DepeW. fcf Dnw.. January 7. At the short session of the i ' senate yesterday the nomination was confirmed. ' '.. : , Hon. John Hahn has resided In As toria for the past 30 year, and al though not taking an active part In politic he ha been more or less Iden tified with the business development of the city. He ha served one term a mayor and two term in the state leg islature.., At the sessioi) In which Hon. C. W. Fulton was nominated as United States senator he took an active part. and it was due in a great measure to his Influence that Mr. Fulton was suc cessful. In recognition of these serv ices, it is understood that he wa the choice of Senator Fulton for the poai tion of postmaster. He received the unanimous Indorsement of the Oregpn delegation, and being a gentleman of unimpeachable character, hla appoint ment was made. - Mr. Hahn will re ceive his commission by the first of January, but will not probably enter upon the discharge of his duties before Fabruary 1. The appointment of Mr. Hahn will meet with popular favor. He is one of the most enic prising busi ness men of the city, identified with the growth and prosperity of the city and county; a man of strict integrity and possesses the necessary qualifica tions for the Important position to which he has been appointed. The Astorian published two weeks ago that Mr. Hahn would be appointed, and our predictions have been verri fled. There were several applicants for the position, and the appointment of Mr. Hahn is a recognition of his valu able services rendered in securing the election of Senator Fulton. ROSEVELT ON lADlUBflR Expression is Best the PresihtPresident Has Yet Given, t Given. - - DELIVERED FROM A N-,LPlT Ratter Understanding Btw&ni E&ftv,sn ployr and Employ I Su4eWJ ct'9ni ly Expressed by th. EoniVP Eeutiv. Head of th. Govern mfitP0V,rnm9nt- Em- ONE IS CAUGHT. Jail This Wheals Slabs for Us of Aftrnoon. That the way of the transgressor Is hard 1 no better exemplified that in the case of the young Jail-breaker, Lowe, who wa captured by Sheriff Llnvllle and returned to the county Jail, where the two bar that gave him free dom are now still open. In defiance of another Jail break. ; . . ,! Yesterday afternoon Lowe was en gaged In carrying slabs In to feed the .. a j i.- ju l n.llllt.irlv Stnnrh Coroner Law burled the remains or jau nren, aim m u.u . his partner, is maoe oi ieini om.i and 1 Mill, at large. ! Clues are numerous as to the where abouts of Stanch, but tne oniy cer- the girl today In Evergreen cemetery In tlot provided by the county. The body as put In a coffin and the hitter en cased In a box, the county commission ers offering to defray the expenses of decent burl".! for the unfortunate girl, rather than permit her to be bur led In the grave of a pauper. The Jaws and the hair of the dead girl have ben saved for Identification purposes, and the coroner Is confi dent that if any one appear who knew her In life the girl can be Identified. At noon today Sheriff Grimes de tailed six more men to go to the hills surrounding the scene of the murder and Join the search for evidence. The herirr stated at this time that the men who had been at work since Sun talnty that ha developed showed him In the vicinity of the foot of a trail leading to the highlands above Youngs bay. Officers are hunting for him, antt his escape, or a fight, Is n hourly ex pectation. , Russian Grain. San Francisco, Dec. 21. The collier Wyefteld, which has been In the north ern oil trade, haa been chartered for a cargo of grain, rumor has It that the grain is for a Russian port. JAPS DESPERATE. Unprecedented Seal to Ba Basi of th Next Attack. liimliin Dec. '21. The' telegraph' Chefoo correspondent ilay the steamer Lady Mitchell, which sailed for Tslng tau with supplies, ammunition and dynamite, reached Port Arthur during a snowstorm .four night ago. .Also, It ,ls rumored the Japanese were com pelled to evacuate a postlon of Eta mountain, owing to a flanking fir and tin explosion of Russian mines from jwhlch they lost heavily. The Japanese, the correspondent hdds, are employing thousands of cool ies in making strong the forts of Dalny Hnd around Port Arthur. They ex press a determination to capture Port Arthur before the Chinese New Year. An attack Is preparing that will be on a hitherto unequalled scale, and will mean either success or a terrible dis aster to the besiegers. SISSY FUDGED. Pt of Gould Family Abnt from th Soph Dinner. New Work. Dec. 2I.JAUhough King- don Gould was not present to grace khelr dinner, the Columbia sophomore had a merry gathering tonight up town at the Broadway hotel. In a fight to day the ophomore succeeded In cap iturlnB H. B. McCutcheon. vice presi dent of the freshman class, and his brother. The battle, took, place oireci- Washlngton. Dec. 21.-' I Nlo iraP do mean to talk about every seven tnW but to feel it in the Intervene likening six days, to feel it on th part of ti BMi f " ployer with hi employes, on nhP5p1frtO the part of the employes with the emplfcyefc em?!ye,$ Three-fourths, probably nine-tetS,'be-tentl18' j the labor troubles that sometime tfWnetlrnes as sume so ominous a form wouW VtffflBF?0Ula van s If you could Interest the peSple Utf P0Ple , each side to approach the matterhlnhAenatter ln spirit of each striving to care ' e tflscaM J0 fellows as he cares for himself. imBeI'- 1 not mean for a moment to negleef n8lect nl own interests. I want a man'-MtaW"" t0 taM, care of himself, for If he does hotf W4i8 not om body else will have to take careofahe ' CRr 01 h1' want him to remember th4t?efflber th' . ..vin. f himattPlfif himself, he has got to try to do hi duty by dtife otb,n ' t. ... wi- nh .his. fellow men U ne wilt appruttcii ma khu" j. in the spirit which makes the'uWW ' the word brother a genuine terrf,"6 l"m' '7 f stead of a term of hypocrisy, thefltf-'"''- I flculty of dealing with the great -VfcW tlons Jtwt arise will be minimised iPimmlied- lf not entirely done away with. "thv . T hnn. to the steadv irotilSV "u' . the Christian spirit in this couiry,thls eontr; j not merely among our congregate0""""1 j .ii their .Ipnlinrn s among the members ln tneir dealings ; i with one another, but among thV-miWr?" the me1 I bers of our congregations In their1 'tfeft?-1" thelr a 1 i ings with all mankind, in oVttfl ,n aettl" . .h-i, foiwa ith thVWeiPtth the men and women round about them; a'nlhithem; and l" i no way can we so spread the powetl'ft'ndne Power s"u influence of our church, In no waT&arV1 no way can ; - .: . .. Loutlmnnv to it. -1 we so effectively Dear testimony to ixr in no way can we so help in its gMhm lt8 T0Wth' as by showing that we have beeac1! been- ac" cording to our abilities, doers Wttn doer8 of m word as well as hearers, not heareri not neaxe only." ' 1 ' i i r , , Englishman Wina. :7'n Wm- Buffalo, N. Y., Dec, 21.-Frank'Go?cfi7Frank 0otcl of Buffalo tonight lost a hantffclfp handlcai wrestling match to Jim Parr, an 42Hg-Parr- an f n llsh wrestler. Gotch undertook toundertook J' throw the Englishman three tlriie1 inhr ximea " one hour. He succeeded In thrbwtJf in throwini Parr , twice in 23 minutes and. 4" ' nd 40 "eo onds, , , , , . ,