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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1905)
V UBtieHf FULL AttOOIATIO Mill HIPORT COVERS THE MORNINQ FIELD ON THE LOW Eh COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 157 ASTORIA, OREGON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS fwttittti FARMER KILLS BIER Tbcn He Shoots and Kills a Workman. ALSO WOUNDS TWO MEN , Shocking Tragedies Enacted by a Man Crazed Over Do mestic Troubles. CAPTURED AFTER HARD FIGHT Willum Leduc Slays Mayor Nlckle of Chenoa, IMnoU, Without Warning Barriacadcs Himself in Bank Where Crime Occur He Finally Surrenders lUooiniiiglon, 111., Oct. 2 Mayor ( hail)' Nirkcl of C'lii'iicm, wa shot and killed llil afternoon in the Bunk of (henna. Hugh .lone, a brick uinoii, bIo kllliil iinil two pacr by vc'ie lioi uinl ligltly wounded y Wil liam IiIim, farmer who live near ( henna. Iji-diie, nflrr shooting .lone, dragged 'I'" lNNl.v into the tank vault, l(Mtl t lie ihxfr ami defied irret. Mayor Nickel I-Iih'' tithcr In lnw we cashier of the liank a well a may or of ('henna. Inline came in from hi fui in tlii afternoon, walked into the lia tik, nml, without, warning, shot N'iik -l dead. In tin) Lank, beside Nickel and Hugh .lone, were Cashier Nickel' win ami another small Uiy. The lmy esenped through the back door. After Nickel hud I htm iot, June attempted to grup with the murderer nml wu him self shot. Two mm piling along the Mrect, who IxhIiic feared might attempt too aptnre him, were shot by him, hut 1 lifir wound are not scrinus. An immense crowd, well armed, at tempted to capture the slayer. After nil extended clgc l.edlic surrendered. Imt not until wverul hiinilied shot had Ix-eii tired at him nml other method were resorted to to force him to ur leltilcl. .IiiIH'h' dead body wa removed from the vault, I.ciliie wa brought to the county jail lieiv lute tonight. Domestic, trouble ale helieved to have iiiilinluuced l-cilue's mind. FOOTBALL RESULTS YESTERDAY . Oregon Team Goei Down to Defeat at Berkeley. Vet Poln -Yale, 20; Wet Point, 0. Cnmtiridgo-Harvard, 10; IIioij., tl. Fugine-University tf Oregon, 17; Chcmnwa. 0. Final at Berkeley University of Cal ifornia, 10; .Oregon Agricultural, 0, DEMOCRATS TO OBJECT. New York, Oct. 28.-Thcre will 1 opposit Ion by the democratic, party to placing the nam of William Traver Jerome nil the official Republican ballot. DEATH VALLEY MINER HAS A NARROW ESCAPE Rand-burg, Cal., Oct. 28. A man nanim! Ru'Nnrd-wm was rescued from dith by thirst yesterday afternoon be tween Rodrlgur. and Kramer by the t crew of a freight train on the Santa Fe. The engineer saw what lie uppoed bto lio a man .lying, bet ween the rail and lopped his train. It proved to 1ms a inn's coat made into a bundle with HEAVY ORDERS PLACED. Many Freight Can Required on Int ern Llnei. New York. (Jet. 2.Th New Yoik Cent rat Railroad placed ordera ymter day with several manufacturing com pauie for a total of 23,000 freight eara, calling for the expenditure of about ftVHOO.OOO, ay the Tiura. 'I'liix order exceed that placed at week by the Pennsylvania lUilroad for 21,000 car, which until yesterday wa the largest onU'r for eiiipment ever placed by a railroad in this country. HE DIDN'T MIND THREATS. Vienna, Austria, Oct. 2H. - It in an nounced that the power have dei'ided tu make denionnlrationn ini Tur key' A .in tic jtorta, but not Imt Kuio-H-an Mrt, in order to avoid the up (imrancM of (fivln 'iii'outa((ement to the Macedonian Insurgent, and .that vimultaneoukly a collective note will be prcxciilcd to Turkey. ROOSEVELT AT KEY WEST. Key Wrl, Kla. (k-i. 2H. -The cruiwr Vt Virginia with ltooevelt on Imaril nriivcd oil Key Went at I o'clock. It h iiiimediHtety joined bv the cruiiM'ri ( oloimlo ami I'cnrmylvauiii and a atart made for Hampton IUniiU. The trip will lie made in fnt time. DATTO AL1 IS G000 Insurgent Leader Slain by Cav alry Detatchment, 43 FOLLOWERS ARE PRISONERS Three Enlisted Men Killed and Two are Wounded in the Engagement Dead Bandit Commanded a Gang of Moro Insurgents in the Island of Mindanao. Manila. Vt Troop under Cap tain Frank It, McCoy of the Third cavalry, aide-de-camp to Major Oner ill Wood. inpiied IXitto Ali, head of the Morn Innurjrent of the inland of Mindanao, who ha Wen on the war path for mime time pat and killed him, together with hi own mm and ten fol lower. Forty-three wounded Moro were tukcii piiiMiuer ami imiiiy arm and a huge quantity of ammunition wa captured. , Three enliled men of the Twenty Kccond liiiiiytry were killed and two wounded during the engagement. Heavy lighting I nlo rcxrtcd I twecii the conxtahulury nud Moro In urgent near 1-ake I.inguaen, Mind anao. Datto Ali, who for a lou time paxt, has given coiiiderabli trouble to the Amcrici'iu uuthoritie in Mindanao, took the aggrewdve on October III lut. and xince then he Im Iwn killing many Moron friendly to the government, lie recently informed the chief a-nisting the Federal trinipa to capture him that he wn prepared to meet and kill them. Hiiihipet. Oit . 2. Prejulcr Fcjer voray hn ittied the OovernmenCa jito gram of reform which provide for se cret and direct suffrage. $400 bunk diaft pinned to the side. The man was found a abort distance away, where he had crawled to die, and wa taken on board the .train and was taken to Rarstow. He said he had come from Death Val ley; He said he had two burroa, but' they had lxth died from want of water near the railroad. He himcf had been without water for 48 houra. EVERYTHING IN MIL Cbaotlc State of Russian Affairs Crows Worse CAPITAL IS ISOLATED Feeling Growing That Emperor Declines to Make Conces sions to Count Witte. SOCIALISTS CROW BOLDER Scant Store of Provisions in St. Peters burg Is Rapidly Diminishing Two Hundred Thousand Men Are Idle in City Business Partlyxed Ewjrwhere, St. lVtirtuiK, Oct. 2i-I)ay after day pae without the promulgation in Ruia'a new govfrniciitaj organ of a retMjnildv Miniileriah Cabinet to bring order out of the ple-eiit chao. Count Witte, to whom all faction look to aume the l'rcmii rhip, apent iilinit two days at FetcrholT wreatliug with the Kmperor, imtMing upon con dition iu connection with hi appoint ment which his MajeMy i unwilling to grunt. I'pon hi return to St. Pctcr-burg to night, Count Witte announced that the Cabinet project, which had U-cn lying lgned for three clay on the Emperor' table, would not be promulgated rratil tomorrow, intimating tWreny that his programme, which i known to IflcluA a npecie of constitution involving the granting of "four lilHiliei" fiiwdom of pecli, freedom of aiwembly, free dom of the pre, freedom of the per mm had not Im-cii ai-cepted. It i felt here that delay can not long lie protracted -that it U only a quetion of hour to the time when the Kmperor confide the fortune of the rynaty and Ooverninent to Witte' band. Passing From Bad to Worse. Meanwhile, the situation i pacing from bad to worse, with matter at tin moment in a Mate of unxtnlili equili brium. The KcvolutioniHt. encouraged by the inactivity of the Covernnient, nre growing iHildcr and more pcritcnt in the demand made in their upccchc. It U true that there ha Won no dis order in St. lVlendmrg. TrejMifT has contented himmdf with iHiiing wain iirg which, not having la-en cufoh-cd, are tuken by the agitators as evidence of n hick of backbone. Meeting! tyeld in St. Petersburg. St. reterburg, Oct. 28. Depite the notice that no further meetings at the University w ould 1 permit ted, tonight again found the portal open to a group of lawyer and other professional men, onie of whom preached terrorism, one Npeaker advocating "making an example Of the number of high personages." Trepoff to Work With Witte. St. Petersburg, Oct 28. It can be Mated that Trppon, although IW life ha la-en spent a an instrument for de pression, will be Count Witte'a ally in the new regime, having come to realize that the old order of thing needs a change. He i a convert to the policy of giving the people a tthare in. the government. According to the best available opin- km nothing can save the present gov ernment from complete ruin and that Witte come too late. - St. Petersburg Is Isolated. St. Petersburg. Oct. 28. Tbi city is almost completely isolated. The scant at ore of provision is rapidly diminish ing. Two hundred men are idle. The situation i nminou despite the fact that TrcNrf ha MIMlO w.ldier on duty, distributed in every wet ion of the city. Xeviiky Prospect, wa dark List night thnaigh the failure) of street lights but U illuminated tonight by a search light of iich dauiling brightne that only confusion reult friMn its blind ing ray.f Tlie confusion wa augmented tonight by an attempt of the C!owack and Cendarme to clear the sidewalk. Bualneu Ptralyted Everywhere. St. Petersburg, Oct. 28. The situation in Mocow paralh-l that in this city. The same paralyi ha aeized Russia' second city. People are defying all pro hibition. The provisional Oovernment, already organized, 14 waiting to exercise it power. The University ia barrided aganst troop and meeting are held there and elsewhere. Similar condition exist In other cities and town. The xpu)ation i In-coming more violent. The troop are in full iHmesion in many place and have been in a measure successful in their effort to preserve a nemblance of or der. There i no relaxation of the rail road strike, which has spread even to central Asia. The strike on the Tran-Sila-rian road i interfering with the return of troop from the war. There i no confirmation of the report of mu tinies on the Russian warship. POLICYHOLDERS Illinois Men Seek to Recover Pre miums Paid. CLERGYMEN HEAD MOVEMENT Two instiunu Ci) iptniet aie Mide De fendant! to the Suit Wiaconsin In surance Commissioner Favors Dis tribution of Surplus to Policyholders. Oalesburg, III., Oct. 20. Alleging that $.'410,000 of the aurplu ha been squan dered eviyiteet ofj the policyholders headed by Theodore A. Vincent, pastor of the Central Congregational church of tlii city. yesteYday '. began suit against the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company, of Ttfinnetqxdi, ami the National Life & Saving Com pany, of IV Mi line, to compel the re turn of an aggregate of ncveral thous and dollar paid by the plaintiffs In premiums. These men originally held policies in the. Dc Moines company, which, on August 22, transferred.it busines and assets to the MinneaolU company. The property thus transferred comprised ."iOO.OOO aseta and $250.(KN) surphu, to gether with all book, account, and pol icies. The policyholder were given to understand that their intesicM were protected by the transfer. It i alleged that hince then the com pany 'a affairs have liecn ioorly con ducted and that it is practically insol vent and adiout to be reorganized on a different basis such a would destroy the policies of the IV Moines Com pany. Recommends Division of Earnings. Madison, WI., Oct. 20. Insurance Commissioner II. Ort, in h annual re port recommends the enactment of state laws to compel life insurance companies to nuvke an annual distribution of their surplus among policyholders. He also recommends a law requiring companies to furnish annual report, of a gain or loss exhibit. COSSACKS ARREST SOCIALISTS. Warsaw, Oct. 28. The Coack ar rested 120 Polish socialist at a Jewish Rund meeting in the forest near Pab iauice in the Government of Pvtrokoff this morning. When the ncV reached Petrokoff workmen attempted to recue their com rade. . The troops fired on them and one workman was killed and twenty eight wounded. A LMD I PER CENT Directors or Enterprise Bank Must Dig Up. SENSATION IS SPRUNG National Bank Examiner Brings Suit Against Andrews for $50,000 OTHER POLITICIANS IN LINE It Is a Surprisingly Dull Day When a Surprise Is Not Sprang in Connection With the Enterprise National Bank Scandal Other Surprises Promised Pittsburg. Oct. 28. Several sensa tional development wee sprung today in the investigation of the affairs of the F.nterprie National Rank of Allegheney City and more startling disclosures are expected to follow. National Bank Examiner John B. Cunningham, receiver of the Knteqirie National Rank, entered suit against W. If. Andrew, Territorial Delegate from New Mexico, for over o0,000, charg ing him with fraudulently conspiring with F. R. Nicholls, hi private secre tary and T. Lee Clark, the dead cashier, to unlawfully procure funds by pro ces of negotiable paper. It i intimated that more suits involv ing prominent persons will be entered in connection with the failure of the hank. It was reported late this after noon that a shortage of $300,000 in cash was discovered in the accounts of Cash ier Clark. It wa discovered, it i said that loans were made without proper security to prominent person, and that the evi dence uncovered by the examiners it so complete a to be almost sufficient ground for the prosecution of the per son involved. Stockholders Must Dig Up. Washington, D. C, Oct 28. The Con troller of the Currenscy has ordered an assessment of 100 per cent against the stockholder of the Kuterprise National Rank, of Allegheny. Pa. NEGRESS AGED 133 YEARS PASSES AWAY. Dispatches Say Nothing of Her Being Former Body Servant of George Washington. I. Angeles, Oct. 28. One hundred and thirty-three years was the age of Caroline Rogers, colored, who died yes terday, if tht e sitive statcmems of Vr numerous relatives be true. There'' is r.o positive documentary evidence that the woman's age was a represented, but that she wa far beyond the cen tury mark seems to admit of no doubt. Perhaps the best proof of her extreme ag i the age of some of her relatives. At the funeral, which took place today, OHIO DECLARES WAR ON THE INSURANCE COMPANIES Akron, O., Oct. 28. uo warranto pro ceedings were commenced in the cir cuit court here today by Prosecuting Attorney Hagelbarger, on the advice of ex-Attorney General Monnett, of Ohio, against the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany to oust them from the state by taking the franchises from them on the ground that the companies misused and wa attended by half the negro population of the city, the chief mourn er wa a grandson of the deceased, him self a gray-hain-d negro, nearly 70 year of age. There wa also a granddaughter aged J5 and the -e mourner were com--forted by their own child, one of whont U herself grandmother. The deceased left a daughter aged 00, who reside in San Diego and other daughters who re side in varum parts of the South. Mr. Roger, according to the state ment of her relative, was born in Mobile, or near there, on March 17, 1772, It i also stated that she was' married fifteen time. Her last husband died many year ago. THEY ESCAPE INDICTMENT. Denver, Col., Oct. 28. "Not a true bill" was the return made by the grand jury in the ease of President W. O. Brown and other officers of the defunct Western State Bank, and Presklent .. J. Hill and other officer of the defunct Denver Saving Bank, charged with re ceiving deposits when they knew the bank to be insolvent. SPANISH CRUISER SINKS. Fellar, Spain, Oct. 28. The Spanish armored cruiser Cardinal Cisoero sank near Muros, Province of Comnna today after striking a rock. The crew was saved. CUNLIFFE WEAKENS ExpressRobber Tells Where $5000 Is Cached. FOUND IN A BABY CARRIAGE Pinkertona Intimate That Wife of the Robber Knew Where the Money was Concealed, bat Mrs. Cunliffe Emphat ically Asserts That She Is Innocent. Pittsburg, Oct. 28. Detectives today located f000 of the $101,000 stolen by Cunliffe from the Adams Express Com pany in the lining of a baby carriage at his home. Mrs. Cunliffe broke down today and confessed where the money was secret ed. Cunliffe had previously made a written confession that he had given the money to his wife, while she persist ently denied until today. Six thous and dollars are still unaccounted for. MRS. CUNLIFFE INDIGNANT. Says She Knows Noting Wlatver About the Stolen Money. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 28. Mr. Cun liffe tonight, at her father's house, made the following statement: "I emphatically deny that as a re sult of any confession made by me $". 000 of the money stolen by my husband wa found in a baby carriage at our home in Pittsburg, If the money was found, a stated by Robert W. Pinker ton, it was on disclosures made by my husband. . "I maintained throughout the ordeal to which I was subjected by the de tective that I had none of the stolen money nor had I hidden any. The alle- ' gation of Robert W. Tinkerton, regard ing a confession made by me, is ab solutely false." their powers for the past five year in violation of the laws of the state. Thirty-three interrogatories were sub mitted to the companies to be answered and an appointment of a receiver wa asked. Contributions to Campaign fund, and money paid to" lobbyists in legis latures in the guise of fees are made an important factor ia the suits. . J i