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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1905)
i' 'I.-"'. ' ' J ' V" " ,t UlLltHf t FULL AttOOIATlD Mill REPORT OOVIHt THE MORJUNQ FIELD ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 155 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS RU IAN NEWS plac of amusement, was opened to th public tonight anJ everyone of the 5200 at wer taken. Th perform i awe began with thy spectable, 'A tank Clrcu on Mars," . Following the clrcu on Mar came 14 spectacular production of American Iclval wimp nr!.i..t)i. In this ther wer battl seen, brlmrlnir large I numbers of mounted men on th stage. ITh (treat hippodrome Unk wa utl lined tn th battle cen, the for part I of th vtag sinking until th stage I represented a, river. Horse and rider rush forward and plung Into th FTFFT A UP IfHTFTl l1- '"'many f.t deep, and many ot uma time. Naval Battle Has Not Been : ( ' Fought. Prosessl JTval National Reform League Being Organized In Russia. ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT. In a Sixty-Seven Psitenger Injured Train Wraok. Vlrksburg, Minn., April 11. TheTa- xpfi & MI1mnIii Valley pnntwrigcr train, south hound, wa ditched near llur1 aiatlon, II mil tiortb of ner at U;3o thla morning. Tha reports BY COMMITTEE OF LAWXERS ' ,1,n 87 p""-wr were injured. ia tram carrying pnyi!iuns naa gon. Ito th scene of tha wreck. It la re ported that the entire train rolled down an embankment. AT ad nighcr Assessment on the ' Older Members. A.O.U.W. RATE RAISED Older Memders of the Order Wll Probably Be Crowded ' Out. Leadera of th Movement Declare That the Plant Do Not Coatemplate an At.ault en Monarchical Reform of Government or Dieloyalty. MYSTERY CLEARED UP. ASSESSMENT IS OUTRAGEOUS If Propoeed Plan la Adopted at Meeting of the Oregon Jurisdiction in Portland the Older Member Who Paid for Year Will Have to Quit St. IWmhura. April 12. Amlni. I amlur Myr thin afternoon preaftit- Portlund, April 12. Higher awwm- ment ratra for men over 1 veara of Skeleton of a Mining Man Found and Identified, Weet Granny, Conn-. April 11 Mya Itery aurroumllnc the dlaapiearane i iyi'ara go f Ixwla Cuma, a farmer, has twn clearfd up by the ldntl(lraton I'd hi letter of cre.lrme to Emonror M 1'' f flothln akeltfton M Hilna at Turk)e H"lo. In dlplo. fund by twr boy at piny. The bonelBlf '' prooaoiy oe adopted by tae inn! !. t-lH'lm niii.h li.l.Tf.i la manl- were nlnioat hldaen from Bliftit ! iwia wnvenuon oi ne junaaiimm fnetc.1 at the flrt Interview with th tweun two large rock within the townlof Oregon. A. O. U. W to be hold w lii..o. i a L. -. u.t.l A I tha llnrmum Kiilllltlat lnmAraj miieror and th tu-w Amilcnn m inmna. rume ui ne ciimiiiiih wnu o " ,F ti,iM.i..i- nwu m ih. uiitiii,rpiiii u. u tlll In a fair iiite of prarva Itnorning. An eirort wua maue at tne llif that I'realdvnt Knoeevrlt hue a. ln, wna (Heiuviy Irtenlined oy Mr. I annum qimvriuion mm jmy ia raise ready allowed the Informiitlon to b Ou-a ae havlnr lielonired to her hue- rate, but It fulled. Local officiate frtfitretVaa.1 I A lull K lkM!tirAllt lh tlf banJ. t.a a dvtotidi'nt whn he now cimndent the new plan unl atanda ready. uin mutual reoueat to Jlaappeared and la thought to have be adopted. undertaka the promotion of pane.' thn polmm. v , I Al preaeni ume men over ss It la euppoeed that Meyer thla aL , n" Iy aon emoon delivered confidential commit .....nn 'M'meni ia aemanaeo on me nlcatlun to thPemiH-ror from Ireldi;nl IIIIIli'L If L I '1V - Vlllllll 2M0 wnUry plan, while mmbcra Riwaevell. bul nn far aa' am t-rtnined HIJUuL I LL I U U IlU If th&i " UZ the enmeror did nut illacuaa a mien-1 ' wh aaaeaament. According to the Uon of pea with the new mnbuU' dor. Meyer" reception followed the traditional old world pomp and cere money observed at the court of Rom- atioffa. He waa received literally In jgreut and aolemn atnte, , . The formation of a proflonal na tional reform leugue to unite ih ac tlvltlea of lawyer, doctor, teachora, engineer and other profenelonul rlaa aa of Rueela to bring about the diwiocratlKatlon. of th government and Inatltutlona Into a reprtcntatlve par llnmeiit and reeponelbl mlnlatry la the ambltloua projcl of luwyer the natloniil rninmlttee of lawyer whhh waa nnlelicd lnai nlitht. The di'lltieratlon of the lawyer carried to the cnnclualon of a direct dlrigiird 1r police order and waa participated In by ITS delegate rep- reacntlng every Judicial district In RurhIii except Hlberla. It reiited In fin organization of a national lcagal propoeed scale members over 54 will pay for the $2000 beneficiary cn the claaelfled plan or th level rate plan $8.40. For th $1000 beneficiary the President Still Enjoying Himself rate will be half of the foregoing, Hunting in Oklahoma. From Rtatlatic of the order It wa figured out aoroe year ago that mem- Ibcra over Et year of age did not pay I In accordance with what wa paid by vounii-r men. It was found that the HE LOSES 'THE FOOT RACE younger men were really paying what wa due from other, and to right that condition the supreme lodge gave each Jurisdiction the right to adopt the new rates. That wa three year. President Appear to Be a Whole llgo aa ln,,e that time 28 of the 10 8how by Himself and la Constantly jurisdictions of the United Stafs hav Surprising old Plaln.men, and proves adopted the higher rate with satisfy. a 8killful Hunter for Wolves. liia results. Other Jurlsdlo'dons, tn I eluding that of Oregon, hav been try Ilng to adopt the Increase, and wlh probably do so as soon as all under stand the conditions. Naturally the older members object to the raise, aa It meana "more thnn I double their present expense, and It Is through their efforts that so much Frederick. Oklo., April 12. ThU ha nsNoclntlon and election central bureau been an Ideal day for President Roose of 11 soled legal representative for velt and party of hunters In the big a proposed central committee to draft I pasture. The weather la cool and preliminary plans for th organisation cloudy, enabling horse nnd riders asdelay Is being occasioned In gaining of that body. The lenders of the mo-1 well as dogs to do the best there is the desired change. ment declare that the plans do not In them. The president appears to Th method of assessment I regu- be a Wholo show in himself and Is lated by the number of deaths In constantly aurnrlalna old nlHlnmrten I vear. There can be only 12 rss,s About 15 dogs were taken In eachlments In the year, but there are gen chase and th remainder of .the packjerally less, for assessments are mad. were kept In camp, where their yelps simply to meet the amount of monej could b heard for miles. , needed to defray the outlay. Last year The party goe out ahout 1:30 each there were nine assessments made in morning and returns to camp about I the Oregon Jurisdiction 11 o'clock for dinner. resh horses I When the 12 assessments permitted urj aaddlod by attendant nnd a atartlbv the order to do satisfy the call ol la made about t:S0 In the afternoon. I money needed, the deficiency I mada One of the diversions of the camp lsup by the supreme lodge. This is for a series of foot races In which the the protection of Individual members. presidential party all participate. Hers I That all the members of the Juris he failed to distinguish nlmself, how ever. uneureessful and the Indication are tonight that the struggle will be con tlnued until one or the other submit to a compromise. : ' Beveral clashes occurred today be. tween the police and strike sympathls ers who blocked tbe streets and bar mssed nonunion drivers who took the places of the strikers. No one was seriously hurt,' however, and tonight Montgomery, Ward & Co. declared that they had been more successful today In making deliveries than at any time during the strike. MURDERER NOT ARRESTED! Whereabout, of Torturcioi Unknown to th Polio. San Francisco April 12. Pletro Tor turclcl, the suspected.murderer of Big glo Vllardo, has not yet been arrested, though every effort for his apprehen sion is being made. The general be lief la .that Torturciii Is still In this city. Vllardo will be burrk'd tomor row In the Holy Cross cemetery. A number of Italian women in this city, are resenting what they conlder the cruel treatment Inflicted on Mr. Torturclcl by the police, have sub scribed a fund for her legal protection. They have engaged an attorney to rep resent her at the coroner's inquest and t aid her so far aa Is deemed proper until the question of her complicity In the crime attributed to her bus- band is determined. bunco mm Prominent Chicago Attor V ney Disbarred. SWINDLED COMPANY Charges of Suborination of Per jury Also Filed Against Bunco Man. weight will be employed. The girl will practice' three times a week and are hoping for a challenge In the near future. Th Idea is heartily approved by the faculty. FELIP CHEVES DEAD. SECURED FRAUDULENT ORDER IN3ANE MAN KILLED. Ls 8. Cook of Great Falls Becomes Suddenly Inssn. Great Falls, Mont.. April 12. While driving with his family yesterday, Lee O. Cook, a stockman living near Glaa gow, became violently insane. In his frenxy be lashed his team and In the runaway, wnicn followed, he was thrown, to the ground, sustaining In Juries from which he died today. Ills wife and sister were in the carrlag at the time, but were uninjured. ILL VISIT COAST Chicago Commercial Association to Vbit Coast Cities. - AFTER WESTERN BUSINESS Desire to Beoom Better Acquainted With the Merchant and Jobber of the Pacific Cosst With a View of Strengthening Commercial Relations contemplate nn assault on monarch , lal reforms of the government of dis loyalty to the emperor, but the elimi nation of nbsolltlmn and the establish ment of a partlclnitlon by the gov erned In the direction of affairs. London, April 12. A correspondent at Lnbuan, off the northwest coast of Horneo, to the Dally Mall, says the re port I current that thre large fleets have been sighted south of Borneo, CHINESE HIGHBINDERS. Offer Reward for 8ples in th Imml grsnt Ssrvio. Seattle, April 12. The member ot the Seattle Masonic fraternity have engaged an attorney nnd have made a public tatement acknowledging that they have offered a reward of $50 for nny Information establishing the Idcn tlty of nlleged Chinese spies In th employ of the government Immigrant oinciHis, inieniiing, iney say, io expei such spies from membership In the order If they proved to be members. They deny, however, thut circulars have been Issued placing a price or $1000 on the head ot China Jack, the local Chinese Interpreter, aa reportea In the Seattle papera. YANKEE CIRCUS. New York Opens a Popular Plao ef Amusement, New York, April 12. The Hippo drom, New York, newest and largest Concession Grsnted. x Portland. April 12. It I announced that the transcontinental railroads have yielded to the petitions ot the North Pacific Coast Jobbers' .Associa tion and that there will be a partial readjustment of rates from coast .point to the Interior. It Is stated iIko that the 100 mile rulo established for Kpokiyie will be atlll maintained. It Is claimed that the changes will put Portlund, fcWttle and Tacoma mi k parity with Interior points while It will be fair to the Jobber of Spokane. diction might understand the provls- Ina of the new method, a pamphlet has been Issued, setting forth the n cesslty for the change. It explains that the guarantee fund for members over 66 years cannot be made to meet the demands upon it. In the various local lodges the matter has been care fully considered, and now It ls be lieved that It will not be possible for the proposed change to fall of adop tion. , , Prof. F. rtarthol,4 of Citrvallls Is president of the Oregon Jurisdiction, and Newton Clurk of Portland js recorder'. CHICAGO STRIKE. Bss.Bsll 8oors. . At Oakland Portland 3. Oakland (II Innings). At San Francisco Tacoma 4, San Francisco 1.- ; , At Lo Angeles Seattle 5, Los An geles 2. , . ' Un- Effort for 8ettl.rn.nt Proves vailing. Chicago, April 12. Efforts were made today by Mayor Dunne to have the controversy between Montgomery, Ward A Co. and striking employes submitted to arbitration but It was A delegation of the Chicago Com mercial Association left here tonight on a three weeks triD .through the northwest and west. These men are connected with the leading Industries and mercantile establishments of Chi cago and they go west with the Idea of becoming acquainted with the peo. pie and their surroundings, resources and special feature of the different section. . . '. . The party will occupy the hotel Pull man car during the entire trip. The) left on the Burlington for St. Paul nnd will go thenec over the Northern Pacific, Oregon Railroad ft Navigation Company, Oregon Short line and TJn ion Pacific through Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. En route they will be Joined by representative of the stock yards Industries of Chicago, who are also making a tour of the north west, ' ' Ttta delegation! wi)l visit among other places April 22, Spokane; 23, Seattle; 24, Tacoma; 25, Portland; 28. Boise. Stops will also be made of an hour or two at, intermediate points, The delegation Is due on it reurn in Chicago, on May 55, Among Other Things H h Aecussd of Buncoing th American Trust and 8sving Company Out of $2700 and Securing Appointment as Receiver. SMILEY 80AKED. Grsin Handler Secretary Must S.rv. ,' Three Months. Topeka, April 12. The mandate in the supreme court in the Smiley case has been sent to' the district court in Rush county with order that the Judgment ot the lower court be Car ried out according to law. Smiley ls secretary of th Kansas Grain Dealers', Association, which the United States supreme court recently declared to be In violation of the Kan, sas antitrust law. He was sentenced to serve three months In Jail. Chicago. April 12. Accused of at tempted subornation of perjury in de fending disbarment proceedings,- Wm. Eugene Brown, formerly a member of the Kansa legislature, and more re cently president of the Indiana Club of Chicago, ha been arrested. He was taken before Justice Richardson, who set the hearing for next Tuesday and released Brown under bonds of $5000. . The warrant waa sworn out by J. Scott Matthews and John L. Fogle, secretary of the bar association, and waa served Immediately - after the bearing of testimony In the proceed ings for his disbarment before Master of Chancery O. Fred Rush. The charge wa the result of repre sentations by Charles T. Haas, a de tectlve. that Brown had offered him $200 if he, and others, whom he might select, would swear to certain state ment which he said Brawn had ad' mi t ted to him were false. Supporting Has in his statements, Mlas Mable St area, a stenographer in a detective agency, testified that she and Has had been instructed by Brown in a re hearsal less than an hour before. La at fall Judge Dunne entered an order disbarring Brown from practic ing in the Cook county circuit court, and when similar proceedings were brought in the supreme court 'he aP pointed J. Scott Matthews to repre sent the circuit court. Mr. Matthews was assisted by Secretary Fogle. The charges in the disbarment pro ceedings are very complicated, but briefly, the first count charges Brown with swindling the American Trust & Savings bank out of $2700 on May 8, 1901, and these counts accuse htm of fraudulently procuring an order P' Dolntlna- him receiver for his own property. Early Governor of New Mexico I Dead t Hi Horn. Albuquerque, N. M., April 12 Fe lipe Chaves, grandson of Franci Cox- tvlefr Chaves, first governor of New Mexico, under the Bexlcan regime, and son of Joseph Chaves, one of the early territorial governors under the United State, 1 dead at his home in Belen. a village south of here, aged 71 yeara. Death wa du to cerebral hemorrhage. tnave wa probably the wealthiest Mexican citizen of this territory, bis fortune' being estimated at from $1.. 000,000 to $2,000,000. One son and two daughter survive him. Jose Chaves, tne son, is a tock broker In New Tork, He cam across the continent In a special train, arriving a few hour too late to see hi father alive. CASTRO INSOLENT. Unci Sam Liable to Take a Fall Out of Him. Washington. April 12. The text of President Castro's reply to Mlnlater Bowen 1 now before Secretary Taft. who ha decided not to send It to President Roosevelt, but will take It undl r consideration hlmstelf. H stated that the communication fill the description conveyed by Mlnlater ' Bowen in his cablegram as to the form of expression, which he declared to be. insolent , Negro Arrest.-. Coffeyville, Kan April 12. A report comes late tonight from Lenaph, IS mile south of here, tn Indian terri tory, that the negro who ' assaulted Mrs. Griffith in Coffeyville Tuesday morning, had been run down and cap tured. The new causes great excite ment here and lynching threats are being made. - 5 HYDE'S BIG SUPPER. Stockholders of Equitable Object to Paying for the 8am. Albany, N. TN April 12. Superin tendent of Insurance Hendrickji re ceived a formal application today te Inquire specifically Into the charges that the Cambon dinner and fancy dress ball arranged by James H. Hyde were paid for out of the general fund of the Equitable Life Assurance So clety, and also into other allegations of extravagance on the part ot the management of the corporation. The request came from Senator Edgar T. Bracken ot Saratoga, who is attor ney for Charles P. Penfleld of that place, one of the policy holders. THE LITTLE DEARS. I Girls Organize Baseball Team and Will Play Ball. New Tork. April 12. A basebaU team, composed of girls is in process of formation among the students of Erasmus hall high school In Flatbush, Brooklyn. The fair athletes of this institution claim to have been first to wear the divided .skirt while playing basket ball and later Introduced the rational gym nasium costume, bloomer and all. Now they assert themselves a the first to still further Invade the realms of masculine sport. A ball somewhat lighter than the regulation and bats of much lightei FAREWELL SUCKERS Kansas City Get Rich Quick Con cern Closes Business. MESSAGE TO THEIR VICTIMS Th. American Mercantile Association, After Swindling Hundreds of Vic tims, Announce That Company Hat Permanently Retired. Kansas City, April 12. The Ameri can Mercantile Association, alleged to be a "get rich quick" concern, with an office in a dowjntown office building, haa been closed and this notice posted on the door: "Good-bye, suckers, good-bye!" The whereabouts of the officers of the corporation is not known. The company's head office was at St Jo seph, Mcs and from there a notice has been sent out to its subscribers an nouncing the suspension In the follow ing words: "The officers of the. American Mer cantile Association take this mean to announce tto you that the business of the corporation has been suspended and that it will be unable to complete or carry out the contract with you." When this notice waa received by . the Kansas City subscribers, the ma jority of whom are laboring people, they flocked to the concern's office. : The subscribers had agreed to pay $1 a week for 80 weeks on the prom ise that they were to receive $100 at the end of that period. Many work ing girls and laborers had been mak ing payments for month past. One woman had paid $7.50 a week for 68 weeks. , . The American Mercantile Associa tion began business in May, 1904, and its books which were left behind by its officers show that it had many subscribers. Fear Rpt.ian Interference. San Francisco, April 12. The fear of Russian Interference with contra band laden steamships bound for Ja pan port are again beginning to effect shippers. The Doric, which sails to morrow, ha received orders to go from here direct to Midway and there wait Instructions.