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VOLUME LVIV. NO. 15
ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, APRIL 25. 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AN EMBEZZLER
Frank Bigelow ofMilwau
kcc Arrested.
CONFESSES TO CRIME
Admits That He Is a Defaulter in
Sum of Nearly a Million
and a Half.
REMOVED FROM PRESIDENCY
Bigtlow Wa President of the First
National Bank of Milwaukee ana
Confesses That Ha Loit tho Money
In Speculating In Stook and WhaaL
Milwaukee. April 24.-Frank 0. Ulge
low, until today president of the First
Nullonnl bank of Milwaukee, waa ar
rested today, charged wlih embexxle
ment of over 1109,000 of the bank's
fund The arrest of BlgeUiw followed
hl ronfesiiluii 1o the board of director
of the hntik llwt he was a defaulter t
the, extent of 11,450,000. Following
ltlglow'a muff-union he was removed
from the presidency of th bunk and
the facta at once laid before the fed
eral authorities.
The complaint waa worn to by
I'nlted Htates Plwtrlit Atorney Hutter
flfld.. It charge Frank O. Ulgelow.
na ' president' of the First Nutlonal
bunk, hue embessled a sum of nmniy
exceeding llOO.fWio. The complaint and
warrant ere Identical with those In
the tllgelow case made oit for Henry
II. CIoll, assistant bank fcashler, but
Ooll baa not been found up to 7 o'clock
tonight.
Ulgelow wus taken before Unte.
Stale Commissioner Hluo.lKOod to.
night.' He waived a hearing and waa
held to tho federal grand Jury undei
115.000 bonds, pr. Horace M. Iirown
and Arthur MrGnoch certlllid as sure
ties and Blgetow was released. The
next federal grand Jury has not been
summoned but vls expected to meet
some time this monih.
Ulgelow' confession was made at n
special meeting of the bourd of direc
tors Saturday evening and continued
yesterday and all last night. In ad
dressing his fellow directors lllgelow
said he had a painful statement to
moke; a confession that he had mis
directed the funds of the bank and an
examination of his books and n, com
parison of flguri-s would show that he
wns indebted to the bonk to the
amount of over $1,450,000. This money,
he said, had been lost In speculation
In wheat and Blocks. Not a dollar of
' It. could be recovered and the only aum
he could offer toward recompensing the
bank were personal securities valued
approximately at $309,000.
The confession of Blgelow astounded
the bank directors. Blgel&W was rec
ognlxeJ as one of the foremost finan
ciers for many years. He had been as
sociated with the First National bonk
In various capacities for morethan 18
years and his business connections
with trust companies, manufacturing
concerns, real estate deals and other
similar ventures numbered scores. He
was honored a year ago by the election
to the presidency of the American
Hankers' Association.
In making the statement to the di
rectors of the bank, Ulgelow Bald, he
bad been Involved In speclatlng sev
eral months ago. This was inWall
street. Later he had been a persist
ent bull In the wheat market end his
recent losses there had added to heavy
reverses on Wall street. From small
manipulation of bank funds he had
extended his defalcations until his
' shortage hud reuched Its present Btage.
He saw no opportunity or possibility
to make up the amount and, therefore,
confessed. '
It Is stated that at the meeting of the
directors, which waa almost continu
ous for 36 hours that it was stormy at
times, Several plans were 'suggested
for protecting the interests of the
bank. One was to accept the resigna
tion of the president and permit him
to go to Europe and the directors make
good the shortage. This 'would ef
fectually protect the bonk, The pro
posul met with a determined opposition
from the directors who demanded that
tht defaulter be punished. The plan
to makV up th ahortable waa ap
proved and Ulgelow removed from the
presidency of the bank and referred to
the federal authorities.
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Blgelow Is left a poor man by specu
lations and ho surrendered his se
curities to the bank. At on time he
waa rated as a millionaire and this for
tune ia lost ft well as the sum taXeti
from the bank. HU total losses In
speculations of various kinds In two
years la estimated at more than 13,000.
000. He hat a magnificent home on
Astor street, and his family la on of
the most prominent socially In this
city.
Tho board of directors late today
Issued a alatement declaring the bank
absolutely solvent. They announce
that Ulgelow andttls associates will be
prosetutod to the full extent of the
law.
SHOUTING IN TEXAS.
aMMsshie
Three Men Killed at a Loeal Option
Mate Meeting.
Hempstead, Texos., April t4,r-Con-
re. man John M. rickney and three
other men were killed at a mass meet
ing here tonight, called for the pur
pose of petitioning the governor to
send rangers ber to enforce the local
option law. A relative of J. N. Drown,
a leading lawyer and leading anti-pro-hlbltlonlnt,
It Is suld began the shoot
ing which became general In an In
stant. The dead are:
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CONttUKSHMAN J, M. PICK N BY.
JOHN E. MILLS, a prominent farmer.
TOM riCKNET, a brother of the con-
grcssmnn.
fttx. Tbompklns, private secretary
of Congressman Pickney, and Rollln
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Rrown, Botj, of J. N. Brown, are badly
wounded, but hbw seriously cannot
be learned. Many armed men are on
the streets tonight but it Is not be
lieved there will be any more trouble.
The governor haa been notified and
will send rangers here. When the
trouble began Tompkins was making a
speech. Brown had the floor. He used
language which was objected to and
at the aame time grasped Thompklns
by the coati Congressmen Pickney
sprang forward and the shooting be
gan. - No one appears to know who
fired the first shot, though it is said
that a kinsman of Brown fired and
Congressman Pickney; was the'i first
to fall. A number of men appeared
to have been engaged In the shooting
and something like 100 shots were
fired.
CRUISER RALEIGH AT CAVITE.
Sent to Protect Philippines from Rus
sian Squadron,
Washington, April 24. The United
..States cruder Rulelgh, which some
days ago sailed from Labuan, Borneo
for Cuyos islands In the Philippines,
has arrived at Cavltv, according to a
cable report to the navy department.
It is assumed here that the Raleigh's
captain had reason to believe that
some ships of hostile fleets might en
ter the Philippine waters in the, vlcin-,
lty of Cuyos island.
The navy department haa been ad
vised that the gunboat Vlllaloboi
soiled from Shanghai for a cruise.
While not 'stated In what direction the
vessel has gone, it is believed her mis-
slon la to observe the movements of
hostile fleets In the event that they
turn toward Philippine waters.
COURT HOUSE CASE DECIDED
The Oregon Supreme Court Has Reversed Judge
McBride's Decision.
THE LEGISLATIVE ACT
Constitutional Prohibition Forbidding Counties to Contract Indebt
edness in excess of $5,000 Upheld
by the Court.
PERNICIOUS EFFECT OF A
The Court House Will Be Built, Provided th Next County Court la of the
,8sme Opinion as the Present One, as There isNto Ooubt it Meets With
the Approval of the Largest Taxpayers, and Is an Absolute Necessity
for the Growing Needs of the County,
Salem, Ore.,, April 24. The supreme
court of Oregon hanjed down an opin
ion today in the ClaUop county court
house case In which It reverses an
opinion rendered by Judge McBrlJe at
the February term of court. The,de-
ctnlon Is In effect a construction of
section 10 of article XL of the coiwtl
tutlon of the state which provide;
"No county shall create any debta or
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THE PROPOSED CLATSOP COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
liabilities which shall singly or In the
aggregate exceed the sum of $5000, ex
cept to suppress insurrection or re
pell Invasion."
The decision was In the case of A.
Urlx et a vs. Clatsop county on ap
peal from Clatsop county, to restrain
the county from letting a contract for
building a court house and levying a
special tax for the same. The opinion
was dcllverel by Judge Bean and is a
construction of an act of the legis
lative assembly authorizing Clatsop
county to levy a special tax running
through a series of years fur the pur
pose of building a court house. The
opinion states that the act was de
signed to enable the county to avoid
the constitutional prohibition, andxthat
a contract to pay a special or certain
sura of money, although to be col
lected by an annual tax In the future
ia creating an indebtedness contrary
to the provisions of the constitution,
and therefore void.
The act of the legislature referred
to is aa follows:
"The county court of Clatsop county
Is hefeby authorlxed and empowered,
at its January term, A. D. 1905, to levy
a special tax upon all the taxable prop
erty In said county, not to exceed 6
mills on the dollar, for the purpose of
constructing, erecting, completing and
furnishing a court house in said county
to be continued thereafter through
such a series of years as the said
county court shall order at sold term.
That the order of said county
court) levying such tax s)iall
be spread at large upon the Journal of
the court and shall specify plainly:
(1) the amount of such yearly levy;
(2) the' number of years the same shall
run, and the last year the same shall
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
MOSSBACK CONSTITUTION
be collectable, and (3) the purpose foi
which said tax shall be levied. That
thereupon, and without any further
order, to be made thereafter by such
county court, euch levy shall be held
to be good, valid and existing levy,
and the tax thereafter shall be col.
lectcd each and every year thereafter
for and during the series of years
which the same shall be levied by said
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court at said term, in the same man
ner that all taxes are collected, but ail
moneys collected thereon shall be kept
separate and deposited with the county
treasurer, at the same time and In the
same manner that all taxes are by law
required to be paid to and deposited
with the county treasurer, and the
same shall be by such treasurer saf;ly
kept In a separate fund to be known
and designated aa the "court house
fund."
That it shall not be necessary at any
subsequent term of said court, or at
any subsequent term thereof when
taxes are by law required to be or
shall be levied, to again levy said spe
clal tax, but the same shall continue a
good, valid and existing levy from the
date thereof, and during each year
thereafter until the full aeries of years
designated by eald court at said term
In January, 1S05, shall have expired,
without any further order In the pre
mises and the same shall be collected
accordingly"
The above la the part of the act
which the supreme court holds uncon
stitutional and in direct conflict with
the constitution of the state. There Is
no question but the act was framed to
get around the constitutional prohibi
tion, being the only way In which the
county could enter Into a contract for
the completion of ' the court house
without waiting until the entire tax
levy could be . collected, which under
the present low assessment of prop
erty In the county would require about
15 years. If the property of the coun
ty were assessed at Its actual cash
value, as the law requires shall be
done, but which ,1s not observed, suffi
cient money could be raised within
three years to build the court house.
The constitution of the state of Ore
gon was adopted September 18, 1857,
nearly 0 years ago. and might hav
been sufficient for a young state with
about 20,000 population, but It has out
grown the old mossback Instrument,
which ha retarded the growth and
prosperity of the state and placed it
behind Its sister atafe of Washing
ton and In Ave year will be behind
Idaho. ' Several attempt have been
made to have a new constitution com
mes urate with the growing needs of
the state, but It has been opposed by
the Oregonlan and cow county repre
sentatives In the legislature.
County Judge Trent-hard was seen
yesterday and asked what the county
expected to do for a court house. He
stated that it waa a title early, to map
out any definite plan of action, but pre
sumed that the county would have to
wait .until the annual taxes could be
levied and. collected and a sufficient
sum realized to complete the court
house. The county may pcmibly have
to lease a building for court house
purposes, as it Is impossible to fix up
the present old shack, and impossible
itr use It for any length of time. .
Several large property owners were
interviewed end all expressed regret
at the decision of the supreme court.
If there was the same amount of en
terprise in Astoria aa obtains in Seat
tle, there could be sufficient money
raised in one week by subscription
to build the court house. One promi
nent gentleman has suggested the or
ganisation of a joint stock company,
with sufficient capital to complete the
court house under the contract here
tofore made, and wait until the taxes
are paid in for reimbursement Whetn
er there are sufficient enterprising cit
izens In Astoria to do this is not
known, but the citizens and tax pay
ers ought to hold a meeting and de
vise ways and means for completing
the court house this year. There Is
no doubt the county court would be
willing to pay 6 per cent interest on
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the money advanced. It is to be hoped
that the citizens will come forward
and show the same energy and determ
ination as exists in other cities and
towna.
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SNOW IN COLORADO.
Two Feet of Snow Falls In Twenty
Four Hour.
Trinidad, April 24. Two feet of wet,
heavy snow cover thl section and the
Indications tonigth are that the storm
Is not yet over, a the weather Is still
treatening. Purgator river, which over
flowed it banks last fall and caused
damage to the Santa Fe road of half
a million dollars, Is raising rapidly and
grave fear are entertained that the
devastation will be repeated ,
Owing to the destruction of the- wat
er mains supplying Trinidad, the busi
ness section of the city is entirely
without water. The mains cannot be
repaired until the river recedes.
LOTTERIES SUPPRESSED.
Mexican and Honduras Lotteries Raid
ed by Officer.
San Francisco, April 24. Acting,
under Instructions from Washington,
the federal authorities today began
what U declared to be an active com-
palgn against lottery companies.
Officers connected with the United
State marshal's offlcefl secret service
and postoffice officials, raided the local
agencte of the Honduraa and Mexican
lotteries and surprised the employe
in the act of handling a large quantity
of ticket. A large amount of paper
and package were also necured aa evi
dence. A number of employe were
arrested.
U SINNERS
Sermon By Rockerfeller's
Pastor.
SCORES MILLIONAIRES
More Time Given to Drawing
Room Politeness Than to
Christianity. ' '
CARD PARTIES AND CHURCHES
Fashionable Women Go to Card Par
ties in the Afternoon and Theater
in th Evening and Churches to 8how
Stylish Garments and Create Talk.
Clevelanj, April 24. The most hope
less people in Cleveland are the mil
lionaire. They are sending their son
and daughter to perdition. They rear
a boy, send him to the dancing master;
be learn how to enter the drawing
room properly, and how to aay empty
things properly, and he 1 lost This
Is the most appallng spectacle in tho
world, declared the Rev. Charles A
Eaton, pastor of the Rockefeller Euclid
Baptist church, at the noon meeting
for men, yesterday.
The theological seminaries, he' con
tinued, are complaining that they can
not get students. Tears ago mother,
knowing that they were to have chil
dren, prayed to God that they might
be boys and that they might be preach
ers of Christ's gospel. Can you con
ceive of a modern mother making that
prayer? -
If the parent have ordinary mean.
the mother now goe to card parties
in the afternoon, the mother and fath
er go to the theater at night, and In
the morning the' father wakes up with
a scheme to skin hi neighbor. The
nurse takes care of the children all
day. The son of modern wealthy pa
rents is a fool you may gave him a
million dollars and an automobile and .
he Is a fool still. With ten millions
he is a consumate fool, and with SO
millions he a fool described by an adju
tlve I am not allowed to use.
All over Cleveland there are home
with fine servants, fine furniture and
the members wear fine clothes, but
there are no souls. Father, mother
sons and daughters with no soul.
There is nothing In these houses. They
are working to crucify themselves. Oh,
my God! Somebody has got to do the
work.
SUITS FOR DAMAGES.
Colorado Mining Companies Sue We-t
ern Federation of Miner.
Denver, April 24. Suit for Jam
ages aggregating $1,000,000 were filed
in the ' state and federal courts by the
United States Reduction & Refining
Company and a number of Cripple
Creek mining companies against the
Western Federation of Miners and its
officers! The complaints all charge
that the defendants, with unlawfully
conspiring to injure plaintiffs, prevent
ed their mining and shipping of ore.
DECLINE IN WHEAT.
Big Break In the Chicago Wheat Mar
ket Reported. '
Chicago, April 24. Wheat for May
delivery sold down to 92 cents a
bushel, a decrease of 7H cent, com
pared with Saturday's closing quota
tions. At the close the market rallied
to 93 cents.
The sensational decline today, fol
lowing the big break of last week, re
sulted in a general liquidation, partici
pated in by John W. Gates, the erst
while bull leader. Millions of bushel
of May wheat changed hands , and
ownership during the day exciting
session.- At the close of trading, it Is
claimed by close observer that all the
enormous line held by the Wall street
clique had been liquidated. The mar
ket steadied late in the day on im
proved demand, Armour & Co. being
credited with heavy purchase of both
May and July option.