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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1906)
..." :-. . JT . . ' i ' iO ISjt 'ESS UOVCftS THE MORNINQ FIILD ON THB LOWKh COLUMBIA; U lUBUHiFUlL AMOOIATiO POHT w 'll '0 ASTORIA, OREGON FRIDAY, A tT(j 1ST 17, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUMKLXI NO. 21 OF BrownsvlllePeopleTiireat cn Vengeance. WILL SHOOT NEGROES Acti of Negro Troops Cauje Texas Whites to Arm Themselves With Guns. GOVERNOR A P PEALED FOR AID Texts National Guards Clamor to b Sent to Scene of Trouble Tmi Rangcri Aro On Way Con dition! Not Reassuring. HOUSTON. Texas. Augut 10-A ! 11 from Brownsville, Texas, say fur titer trouble U feared there with the negro troops. The vitisen guard of 150 men I established along the road be tween thlx city anil Fort Brown and If the negroes attempt to leavt the garrl on It l tlie vowed purpose of the citi sens to ahoot them down. Four hundred rille were ild to the citizen yester day. The report Hint officer of the gar rison are lhemelvc afraid of the negro troops linn determined the citizens to take it.) elmwe. Many of the peoplo ate leaving their home on the one side of the city near Fort Brown. Au addi tional appeal la Itclng made to Governor Unburn to aeml troops, Business i nearly supended In the city. It I re. ported the Texa, National Guard, now attending the maneuvers at Camp Mavry Hie clamoring to lie sent to Brownsville. The sensational rumors have inflamed the militiamen and it I now believed the negro raider committed the reecnt nct in Brownsville in retaliation for the reported intention of the Texas militia men to use ball cartridges in the event that the United States permitted negro troops to participate in the Camp Mnvry mnnenrer. Adjutant-General HuHn considers It unwise to send state troops to Itrownsvillo. . Conditions Not Reassuring. AUSTIN, Texas, August 10. Accord ing to a telegram received by Governor I.anhani from the authorities at Browns ville conditions there are anything but reassuring. Wbilc nil is quiet today, it i reported there Is an armed body of men extending from the city proper to the bnrracks, and it is believed if the negro soldiers show themselves there is (lunger of Immediate nod serious trouble. While the governor will nt make public tlie substance of the telegram, and will not ninke nn ollleinl statement, it is learned by agreement with the federal authorities, be has sent a ranger force to Itrownsvillo to preserve order. READY FOR INVESTIGATION. CHICAGO, August lO.-Federal oflle litis believe, that they will bo able to start on the investigation, of the relation of certain railroads with the Standard Oil Company with tlio new grand jury today without 'difficulty. The law requires a minimum of 10 grand jurors to make up a legal panel. The government attorneys prefer to have a full panel, but it was stated by a high official yesterday that the investi gation would proceed if the 10 could be secured. Nine members of the grand jury have already boon taken as accept" able. ','' The government's case Is prepared to tho last detail. Trie same witnesses who gave evidence at Cleveland and before the first grand jury in Chicago last week have been subpoenaed. DANGER OUTBREAK FRAUDULENT DECLARATIONS. Porto Rican Firm Buys Brazilian Coffee and Labels it as Porto Rlcan. , NEW YORK, August lib-Collector of Custom Htraimhan conducted an exami nation yesterday in relation to tlie com plaint by 8wtt Truxton, government agent of the Porto Rico Commercial Agency, that a firm here bad made frau dulent declarations Of a clearance of coffee from New York to Porto Rico. It developed that the declaration were made not by a mcnilr of the firm, but by boy employed by them, fn manifesting aeversl hundred bags which contained coffee as "choice red beans,' the boy omitted to write the word "coffee" n the manifest, the firm explained, Mr. Stranaban told the Arm that the future he would not tolerate such a practice. He said further, that in the future each manifest must b made out by members of the firm. Thus, be said, in cases, where fraudu lent declarations of clearances were made a reapoiiNlble person could 1 held. This decision of the collector will apply to sit persona and firms making manifests of domel!c exports. It was charged that certain firm baa been In the habit of buying low grade Brazilian coffee and after It had wen received here shipping the bags con taining this coffee to Porto Rico, where it was emptied out of the original pack ages sml sent back to this country in other packages as Posto Rlcan coffee. TWENTY-ONE KILLED. NEW YORK, August 10. A cable dis natch to the Herald from Rio Janeiro says; A Rnhla fireworks factory ex ploded yesterday and 21 men were Kill ed. Many others were wounded. FRIEND WAS FALSE Husband's Friend Was His Wife's Lover. LETTERS TELL CRUEL STORY Mrs. Scheck Plots in Letters to Stack- pole of How Husband Shall be Murdered Husband Believed in Friend. IjOS ANGELES, August 10. Letters taken from the safe deposit box belong ing to Ernest Stack pole, which had been written him by Mrs. Scheck, were reai today in the Stackpole murder trial. In Mrs. Scheck 'a letters were mingled terms of endearment toward Stnckpole with expressions of her ideas of the manner in which he should kill her htisUind. They even went so far as to profess sympathy for her unsuspecting husband, in one instance writing: "Joel is sick now and I feel sorry for him. I wouldn't have you do anything to him now." ) Alongside the great bundle of missive-! that teemed with protestations of illicit love, the betrayal of the husband and even the plotting of his death, and mar riage with the murderer, were two let ters of another kind thnt formed n pathetic exhibit in the case. These were letters from the husband, Joel Scheck, to Staekpolc, the lover of his wife, and they were confiding, honest, sincere, unsus pecting messages of one man to another, whom he supposed t obe his true friend. As a postscript to one of these letters, Scheck wrotes "We are both lonesome without you. We want you to come back soon, soon, soon." STARTS HOME. ST. JOHNS, N. F., August lO.-Sena-tor Redlleld Proctor of Vermont, who has been here for ten days, started homeward yesterday. It is understood he has been studying the latest phases of the fisheries disputes between the United States and New Foundland. He lias met the governor and other public men. He said he thought it unlikely thnt the Bond-Hay treaty would be rati fied unless it were modified. IB SHOWS NO MERCY Shoots Negro Fiend in Spite of Appeal. NEGRO IS IDENI1FIED Governor Calls Upon Mob Not to Kill Negro, and Disgrace Whole State. APPEAL IGNORED BY CROWD Bob Davis, After Bcbf Recognized by Victim, is Shot Down by Mob Negro Woman Firea the First Shot GREENWOOD, S. C August 16.-Bob Davis, negro who assaulted Miss Jennie Brooks near here Monday, was lynched at 7 o'clock this evening within 100 feet of the Brook house, after being recognized by Mi Brooks. Governor Heyward made a strong appeal to save the negro, but the mob was determined and shot the negro to death, a negro woman firing the first shot. Governor Heyward reached the scene shortly after the negro was captured. A platform was erected on a fence corner on the premises of the victim's father and from it the governor address ed the mob. The governor was cheerei, but the mob removed the prisoner from 'the view of the governor and riddled him with bullets. The mob acted so quickly thnt there was no opportunity to sum mon troops to the scene. The negro was found in a creek bed. He was tied hand and foot and brought to the home of his victim to be identi fied. The young woman lying on the bed with a deep gash in her throat turn ed to the negro as he stood between his captors, tors. "That's the scoundrel," be i'l- "J know him by his eyes." The negro was removed outside the house. "Hear the governor." said someone and the chief executive began an impassione.l appeal in which he implored the mob not to disgrace the state of South Carolina. Concluding he said: "Let us reason together. I feel just as you do. I hnve lived in this country and realize the dangers to which our women are constantly exposed, but there is something higher than wrecking vengeance on that black devil and fiend of hell. You won't enjoy it tomorrow when you look back upon it nil." Here some one came up to the stand and said: ''We appreciate what you say, but we are going to do it. We have stood this thing long enough." Many shouted for the governor go on and he concluded his fruitless appeal to prevent the lynching. COLUMBIA, S. C, August 16. Bob Davis, the negro who assaulted Mis' Jennie Brooks near Greenwood on Mon day, was captured bite this, afternoon near Ninety Six. It is reprted that the mob has planned to burn him at the stake at midnight. Governor Heywarl left on a train for the scene to deter mine what action he will take. The mili tary companies hv that section leing at Chicnmauga, the governor's guards and the Richland volunteers of this city aw being held in readiness to go to the scene. HAVE FAITH IN CITY. SAN FRANCISCO, August lO.-Four-teen years ago a British syndicate bought up at an expense of $10,000,000, seven breweries in San Francisco. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS A SEAT. What the Most Expensive Setatl Will Cost the Sports. HAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lfl. Eddie Grnncy mailed Tex llickard the. plaint for bis big arena last night. The plans were drawn by Mat O'Brien, a local architect of note, who was eruifloyed by Crancy at the request of Rickard. The Goldlleld arena, if O'Brien's plans are followed by the contractors, will not be unlike that erected at Coloma last AdmMim day. Of course, the outside seats, those farthest from the ring will lie raised a number of feet. The ring will be built in a pit, which will give everyone an unobstructed view of the doings In the ring. Provision will lie made to seat 10,000 people, which will lie ample. Though there is a heap of talk about the Cans-Nelson affair at this early date, it is hardly ible the club will sell all its Seats. If there are 7000 people at the ringside Goldfield will do herself proud for she is but a niodet-izd mining camp, and must draw heavily on the outside places to make a crowd. The prices of admission to the big will run from $3 up to $25. To sit at the ringside ami sniff the resin dust will cost you $25, which is not an un reasonable price considering the attrac tion. For a San Francisco sport to se the great event and see it right he must count on separating himself from $75 at least 125 for his fight ticket, $.10 for his railroad pasteboard and Pullman and $20 for his meal ticket and incidental!. The championship affair can be seen for less money, and then again one might set himself back more than $73. It depends on the person, but $75 ought to foot the bills of the average mortal. CAMPBELL CHOSEN Texas Democrats Nominate Gub ernatorial Candidate. CHOICE IS MADE UNANIMOUS Three Opposing Candidates Are Com pelled to Give Way to Thomas Campbell Is Lawyer and Native Texan. DALLAS, Texas. August 10. Thomas M. Campbell, a native of Rusk, Texas, the birthplace of the late Governor Hogg, was this afternoon nominated for governor by the democratic state conven tion. He will, if elected, be the second native governor of Texas. Campbell is a lawyer, but for several years was general manager of the International and Great Northern Railway. The first bal lot, which started last night was not completed until 11 o'clock today. Judge Brooks, receiving the smallest number of votes, was dropped, Campbell, O. B. Col quitt and Judge Bell, being the remain ing candidates. On the second ballot Campbell was nominated. When the roll call was about one fourth completed, Colquitt made a speech withdrawing his name and declaring that Colonel Camp bell should be nominated. A little later liidge Bell withdrew, asking thnt the nomination of Colonel Campbell be made unanimous. The convention did so, whereupon the band played, "The Camp bells Are Coming." Campbell appeared escorted by Colquitt who presented him, merely saying, "The Campbells have come." TRY TO BREAK RECORD. NEW YORK. August 10. An effort to break the automobile record from this city to Ran Francisco in a two-cylinder car started at 3 o'clock this morning from Herald Square. Richard H. Little and Christian D. Hagerty of Chicago were in the machine. NO COMPLICATIONS. TOKIO, August 10. It is confidently asserted that the Aleutian Islands in cident involving the killing and capture of a number of Japanese seal poachers, will be amicably settled without any complications. CONFESSION BY WATSON Convicted Swindler Breaks Dreary Monotony. IN ZACHARY TRIAL Land Frauder Blames Zflchary for Inducing Him to Take Up Claim. WAS PROMISED $400 FOR ACT Witness Arrests the Manager of the Butte Creek Land and Livestock Company Offered Money to Deed Place to Him, PORTLAND, August 10.-The dreary monotony of the thrice told tale, .as broken in today at the trial of Manager Zachary, of the Butte Creek Land and Livestock Company, charged with per jury, in connection with the final proof of the Charles A Watson homestead, when Watson himself now under convic tion of having swindled the government out of a homestead, took the stand and made a full cofession. He said that dur ing the year 189S Zachary induced him to take up a claim. He said he paid no filing fees and asserted that Zachary built a cabin on the land. Watson testi fied that while he had been to the cabin a number of times, he had never stayed in it over night. The witness asserted that it was understood he should receive $350 or $400 for deeding the place to Zachary. When Zachary's trial began this morning Judge Bennett cross-examined E A. Putnam to show that there were many breaks in the rimrock forming part of the fence and that there was not a complete inclosure after all. but the witness would not agree with this theory. He admitted there were breaks in the rimrock, but said they were nt abrupt declivities, where stock could not pass through. It also developed in the course of Judge Bennett's questions that every, body in that part of the country was in the habit of fencing government land, and that the company thought it no particular crime on its part to do the same thing. Clyde Brown, who was a witness in the Hendricks, Watson and Barnard cases, was recalled to testify regarding the contract he had with Zachary to take up a place and turn it over to the com pany. Witness said the company agreed to build a cabin and a fence, but that he never saw any of these improvements until after they had been made, and that was while he was herding sheep for tin company.'' He slept on the homestead only one night. , State Senator Franklin Pierce Mays, ex-Representative Willard N. Jones and eGorge Sorenson, charged with conspir acy to defraud the government out of several hundred thousand acres in pub lic land, will come to trial in the United States Circuit Court Monday. MUST PAY TAXES. CHICAGO, August 10. The Board of Review yesterday added more than $7,000,000 to the personal property as- 1 sessments of 33 estate judged to hnve been undervalued by the county assessor. More estate will be heard today and further large increases are expected. Charles T. Yerkxes' name was placed high in the list of deceased Cliicagoans who failed to pay taxes during life, on the value of their personal property. A back assessment of $2,000,000 for 1005 was placed against his estate. EXPLOSIONS ARE TERRIBLE Eight Mexicans Are Instantly Killed American Injured, EL PASO, Texas, August 10. A Her ald dispatch from Chihuahua states that eight Mexicans were killed and A. L Lewis, an American employee of the Robinson Mining Company, was Injured by the explosion of two cars of dyna mite yesterday. This explosion was caused by an explosion in the Andre scobelite factory two blocks away, In which three were killed and thirty wounded. The factory was wrecked. The shocks were felt all over the city. DID NOT TAKE MILLION. AKRON, O., August 16. A report of n examination of the of the County Treasurer, filed today, charges former County Treasurer Smith with a short age of $755,000. This amount wa found mining from the vaults. The Prosecut ing Attorney says a demand will be made on Smith for the amount. SIX HURT IN WRECK. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. lO.-Three cars of a west-bound freight train were derailed last night between Auburn and Newcastle, from some unknown cause. Six men who were trying to obtain free passage were injured, none fatally. WARSHIPS IN HARBOR AT TANGIER TANGIER, August 15. As a result of the anti-French demonstration sev enteen warships anchored in the harbor this morning. OFFICERS ELECTED Grand Army Veterans Choose New Officers. CONTEST KEEN THROUGHOUT R. E. Brown of Zanesville, Ohio, u Elected Commander-in-Chief Place of Next Convention to Be Settled. MINNEAPOLIS, August 16. Com mander in Chief R. E. Brown of Zanes ville, Ohio; Senior Vice-Commander, William H. Armstrong, of Indianapolis; Junior Vice-Commander, E. B. Fenton. of Detroit; Chaplain in Chief, Archbishop John Ireland; surgeon general, W. H. Johnson of Lincoln. Neb. These were the officers elected today at the annual meeting of the Grand Army. All other officers are staff appointments and will be announced later by the new com mander in chief. The strongest oppon ents of Brown were C. G. Burton of Mis souri and Captain P. H. Coney of Kan sas. Both withdrew when it was seen the election of Brown was a certainty. Seven candidates were nominated for senior and junior vice-commanders, but all withdrew in favor of Armstrong and Fenton and both were elected uani mously. After the electio, the place for holding the next convention was dis cussed, but an adjournment was taken before a vote was reached. Voting will be resumed tomorrow. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES Northwest League. At Butte Butte 11, Spokane 6. At Tacoma Tacoma 5, Gray's Har bor 4. Pacific Coast League. At Portland Portland 4, Oakland 3. At San Francisco Seattle 3. San Fran cisco 1. SHOCKING REPORT. KINGSTOWN, Island of St. Vincent, August 16. An earthquake was exper ienced here on August 14, and several shocks and tremors was felt on St. Lucia. There were four shocks here on August 2, and on St. Loucia, and within the space of six hours,, there were til distant shocks.