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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1906)
8 THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY i, 1900 )OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC DESPERADO m Still another new stock Pattern just arrived. Apple Green, Its a beauty. Haviland shape told any way you want to buy it. We are selling white and decorated dinnerware at wonderfully low pri ces. We have received a very large stock of glassware which we are selling at lower prices than ever before. We are selling a 50 good carpet tacks for 5c and giving you free a beauti ful large picture. Hhu Vo Mien 3 Crockery Store Sole Agents For Baker's Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. Senator Aldrith s finance committee is holding up the free alcohol bill. Be eare ful, senator, there is a. bomb in that bill, and, like Kearney's baby, it will not bear holding up too long. Not if as Rich as Rockefeller. If you had all the wealth of Rocke feller, the Standard Oil magnate, you eould not buy a better medicine for bowel complaints than Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The most eminent physician can not prescribe a better preparation fop colic and diarrhoea, both for children and adults. The uniform success of this remedy has shown it to be superior to all others. It never fails, and when re duced with water" and sweetened, is pleasan to take. Every family should be supplied with it. Sold by Frank Hart, and lending druggist. AWFUL EXPERIENCE Workman Imprisoned in Tunne' and Almost Drowned. MANIAC WHEN HE IS RESCUED Imprisoned in Tunnel Under Chicago River Water Slowly Rises Is Rescued Barely in Time to Be Saved. BAMBOO FURNITURE I PAPER RACKS. I TABLES, , 1 STANDS. 1 1 CHAIRS. I ETC, I (HAND MADE, ELEGANTLY m FINISHED. 1 YeibnV.-.. It l i I 636 Commercial Street, Astoria M n m 11116 new: 1 I: Your attention is called to our new store, now open and ready for business We Do Expert Painting, Graining Paper Hanging and Frescoing GIVE US A CALL The Eastern Painting Decorating Co. No. 75 8th St. 1! CHICAGO. April l.-A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Milwaukee, Wis., says : Imprisoned in a compartment of the partially constructed tunnel under the river, through a break in which wat-r was pouring. John Slater stood for two hour yesterday, watching the water rise slowlc until it threatened to en- 1 gulf him. When at last he waa res cued he was a maniac, hi mind having gin away from fright. His compan ions saw him in his plight, and for a j long time were unable to help him. Lead from the fireboats were let down j into the tunnel and the engine were worked at a furious rate to pump out the water while the rescue work went In spite of everything that eould I lie done, the water ro-e steadily above Slater's waist to hi breast, to his arm I pits and finally to his neck. Fifteen minutes later he would have been drown j ed. Barely in time to prevent this however, the firemen tw-eeeded in open ing the door and took Slater, insane and benumbed with the cold to a hos pital. OUT OF PRISON. Do You Wear oes? Cii We sell the kinds that wear longest and look the best. We handle a special line of Loggers' Shoes Give us a Trial. S. A. GIMRE, GOOD SHOES 43 Bond Sfrwt Opp. Ross Higgint & Co. Ex-bank President Released From Jail j After Six Years. GREEXFIF.LD, Mass. May l.-C. II. Cole, fonner president of the Globe National Bank of Boston, and once a prominnt financial leader of that city, was released from Greenfield jail la night after serving fourteen days ei than -ix years in the institution for the misappropriation of the bank's funds He left at once for Bo-ton and will re turn to his former home at Hingham Miass. Cole's conviction followed a ser ies of financial disturbances in Bo-ton during the latter part of December 1899. The business situation was seriously un settled bv the failure on December 15 of the John P. Spuire & Company, (Cor poration), packers, for .$3,000, 000 and the closing of the Broadway National bank the following morning. The Squire corporation bad a large amount of pa per in the Globe National Bank and ieavy withdraw! followed the packers failure. The Globe bank failed on Di cembcr 21. Cole, whose health became impaired had gone to Los Angeles, Cal, after re signing his position as president of the bank in the fall of 1800. He was ar rest in California, charged with mis Appropriating .'000.000. On April 14 he pleaded guilty to three of the counts of an indictment. (Continued from page 1) through Smith' temple. Smith did not die instantly but lay groaning in u terrible manner, while the crowd of armed ineu, which hail guarded the railroad tmek. en me ault ing over the wire fence which endowed the truck of In il-li between the roil d I bed and the river. Mistake Is Feared. ror n few momcnU there wns a find ing ot aiiMety on the part of Draper and the others immediately oonceuied .with the shooting for despite the tell? tale blue can which the dvinir man wore him Ins general description there was a possibility that a terrible mistake had been made. These tears were quickly allayed by Detective snow, who arrived in a few minutes, and positively identified the wounded and expiring man as Frank Smith, the criminal. Snow mid Detective Resing had arrested Mondav week for the rob hery of the Troutdale posturl'iee. and the man who had daringly escaped hand over hand on a thin electric light wire from the Portland city jail. Congratulations immediately followed and there was a gigantic cheer from the throats of the army of manhunters Meanwhile, Smith, with a jagged hole in his temple, was breathing heavily. "Put another bulet into him and' put him out of hi misery," siiid o pos-einan. 'No" cried another. "He had no merey on others, so let him suffer." Dragged From Brush. The outlaw was dragged from the brush to the railroad track and laid on a hand-snr. A dozen men pushed the car the quarter-mile to New Kra. Smit'i groaned the entire distance and had not died when the posse liegan wiring for transjiortation home. When a search was made of Smith, his revolver was found plugged with cotton. The wtawn was clean, and in one pocket the deperado had 111 cartridg es for hi 41 calibre revolver, w ith which he snuffed out the life of Patrolman Han Ion, of Oregon City; Sheriff Shaver, of Clackamas County, and Captain Hen derson of Woodburn. Willing to Surrender. There are some who contended that Smith's plugged gun indicated that lie vra willing to surrender, and that lie hoped to be taken alive and was try ing to hand his weapon to Draper when the latter shot him. Agaiu-t thi- is the argument that the men who lined the track and covered every outlet of escape had repeatedly called Smith to come out and they would t'ivc him a chaiue. An Ideal Trap. A better place to trap the outlaw could not have Wn deigned. A short niarter-mile south of the lilt.- hamlet of New Kra there i- a thicket of wil lows, cottonwood and a few fir Why Pay More THE SfflMTON DRY GOODS CO, Offer many special inducements. Here are just a few of the numerous bargains and extreme ly Low Prices they will offer for the coming week, Specials in Dress Goods $1.39 Fancy Mohair Suiting for 7!b OSe Fancy Mohair Suitings fop 50c C5e Fancy Mohair Suiting for 33c !5e for school suiting, "all color" (Mo 121e Wash Good 71c 15c and 20c Wash Goods 10e Every piece of dre-s goods in the entire stock has been reduced from one third to one half below the or riginal price. Ready to Wear iSRirts 70e Udien I'p to daU walking tkirU all go for about one half regular price. Petticoat In either ilk or uieroerUcd a large and eomplets assortment in black or colored will be on dale at a greatly reduced price. The above list of prices comprise only a very few of the many Special Bargains offered and you are cordially invited to visit tho store where you can be convinced this is the best place to make your purchases. To The Cash Trade Only oooocooooxxxoooox PREPARING FOR STRIKE. SCRANTON. May Notwithstand ing that many operators are of the opinion that a strike will not be de clared every company is making prepar ations to resume work in the mines in case a strike is declared at the con vention, which opens on Thursday. The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Company is laying plans for operating all its collieries as soon as a. strike is declared and it is said that many other companies have a large force of men engaged and waiting for the result of the convention. lew fir tree-. between the railroad and the Willamette P.iver. This endo-nre extends fop about half a mile, and i- about 00 i fWt broad at it. widest part. Owing to its position a get away was impossible. The railroad track was guarded on the east, New Era was on the north, the river was on the west and the the south were guards. with a penknife and a t st showed gold. He proposes to melt the chain and clean up -everal hundred dollars, Mr. Her-iii-mevcr accounts for the gold in hi well chain by saving that the water inii-t contain jjold in minute particle. which, through precipitation, have be come lodged in the holes eaten out by the alkali. If hi- il-aniip pans out as hoped he propo-es to Me all the wells in Shrnddnn and put in chain pumps. Floods the body with warm, glowing vitality, make the nerves strong, quick en eirriilation, restores natural vigor, makes you feel like one born again. Hoi lister's Kooky Mountain Tea. 25 cent. Sold by Frank nart. STRIKE IS DECLARDE. DL EL J H, Minn., May I .The great Lakes' marine strike was officially in aufiirated at the head of the lakes at midnight. Orders were received from President Keefe of the Longshoremen's Union, call ing them out. The tug men. however were not notified and they were working as usual. William Jones, of the Lake Firrtmeti'J Assdjiintion ln.-t; night re eeived a telegram from I'lcjiieut. Keefe calling upon all members to quit work at midnight. It is possible however, that this does not affect boats belonging to the Lum ber Carriers' Association, men employ ed on the boats carrying mails or men who have signed papers for round trips. The men on boats subject to strike orders are union mates, firemen and others. FINDS GOLD IN CHAIN. SHERIDAN. Mont.. May .Herman Jlermsmeyer, a son of the fatherland claims to have stumbled on an eaey way of gathering gold. Ho has an ..old fashioned chain pump in his well, and a short time ago he discovered glistening particles of gold dust cling ing to the chain. Investigation brought out the fact that the wdiole length of the chain, about 100 feet, had been filled with small holes by the action of alkali, and these holes, says Mr. Her- msmeyed, were full of pure gold. He dug' out the, contents of several holes ISLAND IN BALIN0S BAY. SAN FRANCISCO, Mav 1. -Profes sor E. Knowlton has just returned from a 30-mile walk to P.olinas liny where, he says, there is evidence that the recent earthijuake had its center. In the immediate vicinity are the towns of pVse.i vero. Half Moon Ray and La Honda, whose inhabitants are nearly all Portugne-e, who were among the first settlers of California. Few, if anv, of the houses in that vicinity, escaped damage, but no fatal ities occured. There is now an island in Bolinas Bay, where there were formerly mud dy shoals and on cither side of the island the water is 70 fivt deep. Sciatica Cured After Twenty Years of Torture. For more than twentv years Mr, J. R. Musev, of .TJ22 Clinton St.. Mimic- npolis, Minn., was tortured by sciatica. The pain and suffering which he endur ed during this time is beyond compre hension. Nothing gave him any perma nent relief until he lined Chamberlain's Pain Halm. One application of that liniment relieved the pain and made sleep and rest possible, and less than one bottle has effected a permanent, cure. If troubled with sciatica or rheu matism why not try a 5-eent bottle of Pain Malm and see for vourself how (inicklv it relieves the pain. For sale by Frank Hart, and leading druggists. BEVERSP -O SPICES, o COFFEEJEA, BAKING POWDER, FLAVORING EXTRACTS AholuhPuriry, fines!" Flavor. Crtartsr Sf rer$h, fcuoiubk Prion CL05SET&DEYER5 r PORTLAND, OREO OH. - J "PaleBohemlati LaaeriBeer" THE BEER FOR THE HEALTHY WEALTHY AND WISE on draught and In bottlei Brewed rider miliary condition and propeny aged right here In Amor la. North Pacific Brewing Go. ASTORIA, OREGON. No home is Complete without Morning Astorian, C5c. per month J &p The model finish for Floors, Furniture, Etc. Easily applied, quickly driedjwears like iron. Watch Our Show Window CASTOR I A lor Infants and Children. . The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of B. F. 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