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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1905)
u-,. jm '- ' -r. - m W ' W ,.-. im UaU.ltMlt FULL AttOOIATIO Pftfttt ftlPORT COVIflt THK MORNINQ NILO ON TH LOWtfc COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 106 ASTORIA; OREGON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS ) I St i ' ELECTION DAY AT Eastern Cities arc all Astir v With Excitement. NEW YORK'S TURMOIL Philadelphia Mayor and Sheriff Waging Bitter War fare. SAN FRANCISCO STRICTLY IN IT Boston, Providence, Cbieago, Art All la the Swim, But th Hot Battle At to Be PU4 08 U Manhattan and Quaktr City Fighting Begun. Nw York, Nov. .-Ditrkt Attorney Jemm created a sensation at Cooper unloa tonight when, on reaching the pUt (arm h exhibited a plat from , which, h said, circular war about to Le piloted, purporting to contain dine tlon for voting for himself, wljlcb. If follower would hava invalidated piw tioally all th ballot out for aim. Ta city, be said, baa kwi flooded vita thorn tonight, but th plot waa revealed by a ma employ ta tb printing offlc la timai to stop Um lu Whether MoClollaa, Hat nit or Ivan U choaea to rub dMtlalaa of tha ualropoiU for tb next four yaara, pr. settle a problem, whlcfc ia Um far of tradition abaolutrly ualque, baffVe tba aUl! of vn Um meet xperienced fort rasters, aa to ejection raaulU Thia la due to a empUcaUoa arising fro tbo appaaraaaa ia tU of a aew ! ment ivpmaoabnt by Um Municipal Ra form Owaaranip Leegue.-ahlch, under ' the kederehrfi of lfrrt carried on a campaign of extraordinary vigor. To- . I -1.1 IL. - - ml Him tUmmm. M.tfnta u 'lb wm mmmmmm vm 1 . Ity candldale deelaf thetneaiv aW lutrly aasursd of" rlrtory tomorrow. Bet ting on the result, owing to Uia uncer tainty, ia eoneldarably leaa than In former yaara. Ia Wall etroet, thia af UrnonQ Uw odda eauWd t to 1 oa Mo Clelian, 1 to 6 oa trine, and 1 to fj oa IlMbmt. Tba odda oa tb alrctoin af Jrrome wrra about the eame aa on Wc Orllan. An almoat unprecedenUid degree of uncertainty rrgaxding the reault of tba final conflict at the 'polla tomorrow marka the cbo' of what, in many re tperU ia Ute mwt interentln political rama4'n ev wacd In the city of Kaw Tort " 1 . PhiladelpbU Prepare. Philadelphia, Not. 6. The eve f the day PhUadlphla baa been looking for for ix month i, to decide whether Iter municipal affaire ahall coutinmi to b conducted aa In the pat or whether a MfW order of tfiinga ahull obtain, find the altuatioa ao tenia that no Phila delphia will b aurpriaed tomorrow If the pcae of Um city la not eeriouMy dlRtujbed. Mattere readied a crlMe to day when the mayor of the city and the Sheriff of the county, both of wbom are lead. of their reapectWa partlee la- ued aaUfrontatio proclamationa awear Ing to uphold th law and protect Ujei eitiaen afiaJnat th Illegal ballot ef each opposing lid. Tb beftff la . Broclamatloa OaJla Upoa all dtUe- c . . . . i. th city, trh uprmacy th blood-bought righU tor, muat, nd ahall alao aseerta that cerUln 1: -7 uainst ths public peace ar- w 3 aaslet TuUea appointed by? C . . t K-b H i 5pbol4.tta law. and tb mayt ? g ' d ST M, rUd, la' a strongly -worded pr; B ",7 f rpr. W.. wt ' tlon U which h aaya, "Tb pf: a. 2 S . J been offered to aereral election tomorrow." lie add, that of thia "criminal combination" Sheriff Mite I the heed. Milea replied to the ni.y or proclamation, ataUng that he would not reply to L'io vkloua attaka and pentonal abu of the mayor. He aid he would not appoint any rtlra deputies, preferring to placa the whole reponihility for the preaerratlon of the a-e, cm the mayor. The mayor later eald be certainly waa willing to accept th rpouihllity to keep the peace. The rily party elaimi it will carry the city by 00,000. Providence, R. I, Nor. (J. Oa of Ute tharpeat campaigna In the liltory of tb atab cloaial tonlghL Both parUea claim the victory. Tba upper bouae of tbo Igtlatur la conceded to the Re publicans. Boston, Nor. 6. Tba election for statu officers occur tomorrow. Tb Republi can claim th election of their whole ticket, but while confident of electing tba governor and lieutenant governor, th Democrat conord the other four plao on th ataU ticket to the He- public iu, Russia Prostrate rVIth a Weight of Death. FINLAND ALONE IS PEACEFUL Oa a, Waraaw aal BeaaarabU aew tke at:. W'-;:.Vi Cratrat af Baballlaa tad Crl Jew Baiting taa Oriar of tba Day Sick aalng Dtala Still Com. Odeaaa, Nor. 6. Freb disorders ax resorted thia evening ia Um auburb of DaaJiamelniUL Troop war di patched there. Tba theatre of tba towa of AkUnaaa near Odeaaa ia la flame. Tb Governor Oaacral baa aaked aQ editor and Ibey fcave agreed not to publish sccovnta of Um aapptnlnga of laat week for ear of inflaming tba publ!. Tb Odeaaa paparag afpea loaaorroyr for tb Ant Uroa la aln day. Tb aaU Stmt tic dUturbaaea arw reported from all outlying dUtricta. Tba aeaaaaU an greatly excited and art urged oa by agitatora from Odeesa, la view of th entii devattlatB'on of almost all th JwKh mills, shop and factories, Ui trad of Odeeea i threatened with eotnpWt ruin, and wholesale bankrupt oiea are feared Involving U InlemaUon- al credit of Ruaaia. It la claimed In om quarirr Uiat eUmsU of higher than 2000 killed and 6000 Injured, are exaggeraUcm. London, Nov. fl. The Kt? Petersburg correeponclent of the fhiily Mall oj hopclcoa war prevail in the Caucasus. Bildjr on he trn-Caiirftin railroad have b-en wrecked ami the rail are torn up In forty placea. Every male I in arm, and the war cilice is helple. Ita Bucharest correVpondent atatea that terrifying nrw. ttll cornea from KishimlT. Tlie city la strewn with dead. Famine prevails in Bewsraliia and the Jewe are taking refuge ia cellar where they are dying by wholesale. A mob of 1000 p-.tmma engaged In a massacre of the Jewa In Isbmall and a fore of dragoon from Bendery fired on th mob, 42 were killed and 114 wounded. The Bettfrebiaa revolt ta assuming lmmenae proporUon. fit. Petersburg,- Nor. ?. It la aa- nounoed that the Emperor and hie fara AV will return 4the palaoe at BL Pt V burg shortly "Count ' Kitta today, C - ri C 'tP' n to tranqutiuo the cauaeu and HORRORS MULTIPLY of tb I; q lij-g ong wnom m rrmoe tugen of BMW; Z $ y j7 ana M. fconi, twtn or wnora b preser: go R 2. i V to 'TL Count VeronUrXT m - ' r ia ittistiia lAnitar ia atMiiirA nia rs i-ported to nave reigned toe lie 01 SHOOTS FEMALE COMPANION AND THEN HIS1SELF Notorious Criminal Who Murdered Bessie Bouton and Attempted Life of Ellis, Australian Horseman, Trapped By Police. DESPERADO HAD PREPARED Andrew and Woman Lived ia San Fraa cteco Flat Three Week Before They Were Apprthcnded Man Stayed at Horn and Woman Did Shopping With Four Offloer Bamaadiag Admittance to Boom, Andrew Kila Woman and , ( Snatching Mirror, Quickly Send Bullet Through Hi Own Brain. Baa Frncico, Nov. fl. Tripped in bia room by the polio ar! 'fully awar that bia last avenue oLJtcap bad been barrrd, Milton Franklin Andrew, the murder of Pefe Bouton at thf. mis waavmiirderouMiy aaeeultal and fobbed William Ellis, tf,e Auftma horseman at DiTkeley several weeks tgS - taaiai eamt aad-kaiecT Nalda OU via, nia fuaj eompanion, aadi then aped a bullet into hi own bead causing inetaat, death. - That Andrew for whom tb pollc and the entire country, wero searching, waa fully pre pared for th tragedy that closed hi earUJy career waa ahowa by tba fact that he acted without a moment' hesi taUoo. Bavinf learned 4wl8 AndrtVf and Httda Olivia were living h aa upper Sal at 748 McAllister etrart. the polke department ougbi aeat a detail of two poiicaane aad tww detective ia make tb amL Al though otrUia thai Ute person wanted wart in tb two room apartment, th. offloara reoeired ao ana war after repeated knocking at tb door. At Uta 'moment mm of Um fior brok open Um door, Andrew fired the shot ending the oaraer of hi eompanion. Tb bullet waa fired Into bar right temple and ah dropped dead oa tb bed, fall ing backward, with her hands claaped over her breast. When Ui officer gained entrance to tba apartment tttey found Andrew ly ing on the floor, grasping bis revolver In one hand aad a mirror in the other. Th revolver was of 43 calibre, and but two of the eartridgee bad beta fired. On searching Andrew remain, $130 and aa English sovereign were found, all the money remaining of the goOOO of which Ellis waa robbed. Considerable jewelry waa also found on him. A rambling ty-pcfcvrUten tdaUfnent, presumaldy written by Andrews, em phatically denying the murder of Bessie woman'a stockings. Andrew and hi eompanion had been living at the Mo Allihter atreet house for three weeks. The landlord stated that he believed only tb woman occupied the apart i- I Vloaroyalty. General Skallon, Governor General of Warsaw It la also reported baa resigned. Tb position of Secretary of State for Finland .baa been abolished ia view of th changed conditions. 'Warsaw, Nov. 7. It ia reported that Ute authorities are stopping all tele gram addmsed by the corporation kr to Witt General Bibiokof?, presi dent of tb city baa resigned because he waa unbl to break the atrike, and because the city officials refuse to use the Russian language. Riot bar been resumed at Wola, a suburb of Warsaw, thia evening.' The details are not ob tainable. . - St. Pslersburg, Nov. 7. On the heels of Um announcement of ths successful Finnish movement come tb new of a MEETS DEA HIMSELF FOR THE WORST ment aa tb man had never been seen. Tb police, however, believe the couple pursued the seme biding tactic here, aa, eWwhere, Andrew remaining en tirely indoors and th woman making Bouton, waa found in one of fche dead the neceesary purchases. The attempted murder of Ellis, the AtirlW iMmealer; loilowW be tb theft of a Urge amouat of money from bl person, by Andrew aad bia eompaa ion waa one of the most atrocious ia local criminal hfotory. Andrew and the wewaa lured Ellis to thta country, oa Um promise Utai he waa to become te manager af a large racing tble, wthkb. Aadnw claimed to own. Andrew paeeed as Curtis, aad th wonma aa bia wife. Renting aa elaborate tblihment near. Berkeley, they beaquettod taeir victim, and whll a waa sitting at the table, aavagery attacked Vim. Andrews rushed at the man witk a hammer, and crushed bis soil, after which Ui woman fired two shot Into hi prostrate body aa bo lay oa Um floor. Tbo man and the woman the looted Ui body, taking about 15000 ia American money, but overlooking ia their baste, a large amount of Engiiah currency, and vahiabl Jewel Identified aa Boata Murderer. ' San Francisco, Nor. 1 From photo graph of Andrews, obtained after the attempt on Eli' life, Andrew baa been positively idcntitVcd aa the friend of Bessie Bouton, of Syracuse, N who wa murdered in Cntler'a canyon, Colo rado Spring, tet mondhsl ago. The man was then known aa Milton Frank lin, and ha an aliaa of William Cur tis, , ' Bessie Bouton was murdered and later tHe clothing on her body wa saturated with benxine and ignited. When the re mains were found, thvy were ao' badly mutilated that only two gold filled teeth arrved to identify the victim. Reward aggregating $2500, have been off i red for the arrest of Andrews. strong revival for autonomy In Poland. Diopatchea from Kalish, in Poland, and Thorn in West Prussia, say that flags with Ute Polish coat of arm havs been hoisted on several of the churobes and city buildings. St. Petersburg,-Novk 7.Finnib and Rulsn flags were hoisted this after noon oa the Russian etsiic 'a St Pet- wnburg. Train service, ia ' be resum ed tomorrow. Every tbiug - ui)t tn J Finland and trade baa been re.urr I ' Prague, Nov, a---'V. vjr p-erU. ,. son tinued today, but were not aa eeriou aa those of yesterday Some thirty were injured, but none killed. The University students bar decided to strik. . St Petersburg, (Tuesday) Nov. 7. Tb appointment of Dount Witt aa president of the Council of MinUter waa annoucstl by the Oflicial Mefenger this mnriiirijr, St. Petersburg, Nor. 7. The first train from (X!e sim-e the present dis-ord-ra U-ffsn, arrived here todey after experienciu thirteen delay on the way. -Ht--artf-MMt-sra-a-ararararsta 1TASI5E BOCK PILI San FriM-ico, Nov. g. In upholding the decUion of th inepectors in the eae of the officers of the ateenixhip Santa lUrbara, atranded at Gualala on Octob er 25th, HupenUing Inspector Captain JiVin Birmingham stated be has no pa tience 'with a mariner who strandi a t-am veajtel on the coast of California, when bound to or from the Columbia river or Puget Sound. He add that if the law pUced the mariner responsible for a disaster of that character, on a rock pile ttven for a brief time, it would haye a eaultary effect. QUIIT IN CHICAGO. l1ii-Ko, Nor. fl. Election day In Illi nois promieft to be a quiet one and the indications are, tonight that not over one half of the regular ballot will be polled. FOR COAST DEFENSE Sixteen Million Dollars Needed ' for Completion. M'KENZIE COMPILES ESTIMATE Columbia River Project Ar Iadadel ia tb Badret Over Serea Bnndrei TClkiXTJallara fr CeismUa River Ala Xacraded ia tb latiaut. Washington, Nov. 6L 8ixfca million dollar will b necessary to complete th engineering works of aha fortifica tions of Um SMkcoaat of th Unified States, under Um present plan of the Eadieott board, according to the report of Brigadier General McKmxm, chief of erajinevr. Taer already baa bora ap propriated for thia purpose, 1281,434. rmaamat projeeia at SI differeat paiata kava beea adopted Aad most of them ai wwQ under way. Among the points ar Baa Diego Sea IVaaciaca, Columbia river, aad Paget Soaad. Tbo oVf easa of the Groat Lais aad Oa St, Lawroaca river i under onasid- eratioo. Tb oattmato for tba tomeV- Uoa of tba fortiJeaUoaa do aot eoa- tempUte anything mora taaa tiepro jeeta ouUlaod by tbo Eadieott Board. Modem appliance and additional pro jects which may be adopted by the Taft Board, appointed last summer, aad the tba fortification of th insular posses sions may increase tba estimate wbea additional work ia approved by Con green. It is estimate,! that $463(34 will be required to put. into execution by the engineering department, the scheme of the srtillerj and- signal corps for fire control of the seacoast'de- fenacs. Tb report says: "While the general principle of the fir control system baa been saUsfactorily determined and adopted, the actual de tails on which costs largely depend, are still in condition of experimental devel opment by the artillery, and it ia anti- ipated that the cost of actual construc tion will probably hugely exceed Um abov sum when luch development is complete. Work baa been progressing oa the forUflcaUon for the defense of Manila Bay, and Subiga Bay, and oa Ute pur chase of si tea for fortifications ia Ha waii. A tract oa Um Columbia river and one oa Puget Sound were also ac quired during the year. Tb total esti mate for forUficatioa work under Um engineer department for the fiscal year 1007, amounts to U,424,153, divkkd aa lol'ows: ' . ' . "Construction of gun and mortar bat teries, $4,000,000:' moderiniiing older emplacement, $492,500; site for forti fication and aeaeoast defense, $500, 000; searchlights for harbor defenses, 1500,000; protection, preservation and repair of fortifications, $300,000; pro- (Continued oa Psge fl.) HON S. ELH : ViTHDRAVS i . Business Engagements ; Compel Him to Do So ' REGRETS THENECESSITY Grateful for the Honor Extended ; by His Old Time : Friends. v STEP TAKEN IS TAKEN FINALLY , Discovered Inability to Serve la th Contest Very Shortly After Permit' Ung Us f Bis Name, Bat Deferred Action for Conference With, Party. At S o'clock yesterday evening the Aa torlan was put in possession of th fol lowing lettt-r, wftch i entirely self -ex- . plana tory, and indicate th poaiUv purpose of the gentleman who wrote It, aot to reconsider it under any sort of w Asferia, Nov. flth, .l04 "Editor, Moraine; Astoriaa: 4 "Under Um impulse inspired f. by Um receipt of numerous end ' urgent telegram from kiadly disposed friend aad buiinee aa- toeiataa ia Astoria, during my d kto aUy ia Saa Franciaeo, I f wind penniasioa for the aa af my nana m tba mayoralty coa- 4 4 Uet Beadiaf ia. this (dby aad took auch otber stepa aa war ' aeceaaajy ta Um premiaea. Witlv-' t La a few boors aitsr avadiaf fbat '. dSapatim 1 waa eoofroatad wtiA . . a aad important, baaiaaa ccs- 4b gsfctaeaU tbat eompeDtd bia mliiatioa that I mast, ta Joa4 t 4 , fee to tb people here and to wf awa affair, reliacjuisk tb boa- 4 or, but dVsrred formal wftl. 4 drawal until I could return aaut eoufer with those wa wer far. most La extending to ma o vara. ed aa eipreseoa of their eoafl- dene aad esteem, and Jtaviag dona this, I now, most respect- fully and gratefully, but wit 4 absolut finality, withdraw from ' a position made untenable by Um exigencies of my growing buel- e ' neas. "With great respect 8, ELMORE." The Astorian with a host of other ia thia city, must deplore th fact of Mr. Elmore'a eafortrd retirement from th field. ITi prorainenc in th busineas world, bia social standing, bia intimacy with public affair and th breadth of-' his training and experience la all pub lie and pdivate activities, equipped, him especially for Um post to which bia par ty and bia friends called him La this in stance; and while there are none to be grudge bim aa atom of th large ac cruing to bim from his advancing com mercial affair, there ar maaytto sin cerely regret the imperative, but fruit- . leea, issue of their wish la th easa - No step" bar beea taken La thta Juncture aa yet, and it will Ufdly bo conceded ia any quarter that tbe domi nant party ia thia city la quit bereft of resource. Mr. E'mors unavoid able retirement but makes room for another good maa when the party wilt, delight to honor, wherever that ehsicw may fall UQllbWIVU ft CIS 1U cvnuvavu " r'f V