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VOLUME LXI NO. 70
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1906
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MURDERED
: IN SCHOOL
Revolting Crlmc In Prcs
ence of Pupils.
ASSAILANT A SUICIDE
Unreciprocated Love Leads
Sacrifice of a Young
Teacher.
to
FAMILIES ARE PROMINENT
Hlaiorv of Moit Remarkable Crime
Knows to Ohio I Closed Through
Self Dtrpctlon of Wanton
Murderer.
aiTEUSD, 0 Oct. 10.-In the
irfrnr of sixty pupil In the South
Euclid School, Harry Smith, 28 )'
old, shot to death Ml Mary Shepard.
a teacher, 22 years old, tbk afternoon.
Cornered behind a barn in the of
M home Ja Warreusville two hour la
ter, Smith "hot himself throUtfh the
Wad. drintt Instantly. Disappointment
In love U ild to 1 the of th
cold blooded murder. Smith, who wa
fourth eoMln to Mi Shepard, had
wooed her eoine time And recently w
rlM(!s TU b'l been brooding over
the unhappy ending, of hi court hlp
end thl afternoon went to the school.
After talking to Mis Shepard for few
minute, he suddenly whipped out a
revolver, hoved it against her head
end fired twice In ropld uereIon.
Panic spread among the pupils who
rushed out of the building screaming.
Some girl feinted. Smith wftlked lei
urely to a street car and went to War
renvllle. The new of the crime spread
like wild fire. In le than half an hour
a posse w In full pursuit. The Iden
tity of the murderer wa quickly estab
llihed. Chief Kohler wa notified ana
he dispatched four policemen to Smith'
home. Smith told the conductor of the
it street car ol nia ernno mm iranuw
that they would have to kill him to
get him. He reached home a few min
ute before the police and told hi fa
ther of hi crime. When the jwllce came
. . ' LI 1 . -l.4
In aight the young man became highly
nervous and ran for the bam. lie was
noon surrounded and while the police
were calling to him to surrender, he
blew out hi own brains.
YESTERDAY'S GREAT GAME.
Chicago National Do. A Revengeful and
Successful Stunt.
riinCAGO. Oct. 10.In the second
unrne of the World's Championship se
rice today, the Chicago National's 'took
a decisive revenge for yesterdays de
feat, when they vanquished the .White
Stocking on the latter' own grounds
by a score of 7 to 1. White, and Owens
who replaced him In the fourth, were
hatted freely, an dtne 'Americans' er
rors also helped to Increase the Na
tionals' score. Reulbach, on the con
trary was. In fine form and allowed the
opposing batsmen only two hits. The
weather was bitterly cold, the mercury
hovering below freezing all day. ' As
on yesterday, a few flakes of inow'fell.
Between nine and ten thousand en-
tiiumans, ounuica irom ncaa 10 iuoi.,
1 . .L, .1 1L. '
uravea vne rigr oi n wrra. ;
HAVANA DEFAULTER ESCAPES.
Wrecks Bank and Leaves With Family
. for Parti Unknown ,
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Manuel 811
veira, whose dofaclation at Havana for
$1,000,000 caused the failure today of
J. M. Ceballos &, Company, bankers and
merchant, for between three and four
million dollar, sailed from Havana on
October 2 with hi family for an un
known destination, , , ..'
William W.v Rows, assignee for Co
kilos A Company, stated today that
the aeU of the firm were of a very
substantial eharacter, but require care
ful hut-banding.
It h stated, unofficially, that there
It ground 'of hop that the asxets will
to sufficient to cover all Io, In
which can the Arm will be, able to re
time buslne, ,' ' '
. PLENTY OF OUR OWN.
DETROIT, Oct. 10.-Ther Is a rumor
here that two vossela have been lost
on take Iluron, some distance off from
Tawas City,
. A SAILORLY DEATH.
FALMOUTH, Oct. 10.-The British
bark Gladys from Shields to Seattle,
put In here today and reported that
during a gale on October 7, two sea
men fell from the top yard and were
Instantly killed.
CHAUNCEY RESURRECTED.
NEW YORK. Oct. IC-Senator
Chauncey Depew, for the first time
since last March, today presided at a
meting of the executive committee of
the New York Central Railway. He
appeared to be in good health.
PACIFIC LEAGUE.
At Lo Angeles Lo Angeles, 0; Se
attle, a.
At .Fresno Portland, 0 Fresno, 0
(railed In tenth, darkness).
At Oakland Oakland, 0; San Fran
cisco, a. '
APPEAL BY MINERS
Stcuncnbcrg Cast Before Federal
Supreme Court.
BITTER BATTLE IS PROMISED
Flagrant Malfeasance Charged Against
the Chief Executive of Colorado In
cident to Alleged Con
' splracy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lO.-The Su
preme Court of the United States heard
arguments today In the cases of Moyer,
Pettlbone and Hcywood, officers of the
Western Federation of Miners, In primm
In Canyon County, Idaho, In connection
with the Stetincnbcrg murder. The
case ernes to this court on appeal from
a decision of the federal court In Ida
ho in refusing to grant writs of ha
beas Corpus. The case of the prison
er wan presented by K. F. Rlchardcon
of Denver and C. S. Darrow of Chicago
af rt Woh hv W, TT.
Hawley of Boise.
Tho present controversy Is over the
manner In which' the Idaho authorities
spcured jurisdiction over the men. All
of them are residents of Colorado, and
it is asserted In their behalf that they
were kidnaped in purounnce of a con
spiracy to which the governor of Color,
do and .the Idaho authorities were par
ties, ami hence the jurisdiction was ac
quired by fraud, Tho act was denounced
as "flagrant malfeasance of executive
duty from the contemplation of which
right thinking people turned with loath
ing.' Hawley contended that the ex
tradition proceedings had been entire
ly regular and referring to reflections
upon the Idaho and Colorado authori
ties, said that the courts there could
not afford to countenance such abuse
of high officials by counsel. He took
the position that even if it were true
that tho governor of Colorado had con
nived at the. removal of the federatliin
officials In an irregular way, their rem
edy was an notion for damages and that
the status of the prisoners could not
be affecW by any such course on the
part of the Colorado authorities. v
FUNSTON
RETURNS
Incipient Rebellion Prac-
tlcally Crushed.
NO RESENTMENT FELT
Cubans Believe Intervention of
United States Was Fully
Justified.
RETURNING OFFICER DISLIKED
Though Absent from Island on Leave,
Former Revolutionists Believe
They Were Deserted to Further
Private Ends.
HAVANA Oct. 10,-Oeneral Funston
will return to the United States with
Secretaries Taft and Baoon Saturday,
leaving Cuba in charge' o( Governor Ma-
goon and General Bell, Secretary Taft
setd that General Funston had been
summoned to Cuba because he was ac
qualnted with many of the insurgent
chiefs and it wat thought that he oould
aid the Provisional Government, as he
did, In bringing the men to an agree
ment. Funston, the Secretary says,
was placed in command of the troop
merely a a convenience until Bell ar
rived. Many Cubans of the Moderate
party were outspoken against Funston,
alleging that be deserted them In the
war to throw off the yoke of Spain.
Taft does not take any cognizance of
this bitterness, as he was familiar with
the circumstances under which Fun
ston at that time returned to the Unit
ed State. The General was tick and
had the consent of General Garcia and
other leaders who appreciated his long
service given in theip cause.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Among the
passengers on the steamer Morro Castle
which arrived from Havana last night
were Juan OTarrill, who was secretary
of state and justice In the Palma gov
ernment, and Jacob Sleeper, former sec
retary of the American legation at Ha
vana, Mr. Sleeper Is here on leave of ab
sence, after which he will go to Cara
cas as first secretary of legation. He
will go' to Washington today to report
to the State Department. Mr. Sleeper
said that the Cuban people seemed to
feci the neeesity of the action taken
In their affairs by this government and
that they were none the less" friendly
to the United States,
SAME OLD PROTEST.
Negroes of South Will Never.
Common Public Service, .
Have
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-Representative;"
negroes of the South have com
plained to the Interstate Commeree
Commission regarding the "Jim Crow"
cars In use by the railroads In- the
South. The petition states that they
are In , violation of the Hepburn bill;
that negroes are denied equal privileges
with the whites and forced to ride in
"Jim Crow" cars, which are usually
filthy and uncomfortable, and are also
refused permission to eat in the diners
and to occupy berths in the sleepers,
because of their color,
TEDDY, JR.'S, ROOMMATE TRIED.
Decision Reserved in Case of More No
toriety than Importance.
BOSTON. Mass., Oct. 10. Shaun
Kelly, room-mate, of Theodore Roose
velt, Jr., at Harvard, charged with an
assault on Policeman Lawrence Fraher,
was tried today In the municipal court.
The decision was reserved. Fraher tes
tified I hat no blow were struck j that
he was Iripped and was injured by fall
Ing egainst a settee. He was on plain
clotfcej duty that nkht. Se saw four
vc-ung men apparently assaulting an
olhrr and he ran to interfere. While
chasing one of the men, he said, Kelly
tripped him. ', , .
Kelly testified he thought young
Rooevelt was being pursued by an m
knon man and be was justified in de
fending him. Kelly admitted that be
pushed the officer-, but was not guilty
of tripping hirn. Roosevelt corrobor
ated Kelly's testimony.
NEW DOCK AND LARD COMPANY.
LOS AXGrXHS, Cat., Oct. 9Tbe
incorporation of the Wilmington Land
& Land Company was announced to
day. The capital is $500,000, mainly
subscribed by the leading citizens of
Img Beach and Wilmington. The
company proposes, and to this end has
applied for permission to the War De
partment to dredge deep water Inner
harbor northwest of Long Beach by
ejtcavating channel for 600 feet along
the bulkhead line of Wilmington Bay
Mormon Island, contiguous to the Inner
harbor now In course of construction
by the government.
PLENTY OF TIME.
HONOLULU, Oct. 10.-The steamer
Ventura, from Auckland, due here yes
terday morning, has not been sighted.
COMMANDER EN ROUTE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lO.-Ceneral
Jocelyn left tonight for Vancouver
Barracks, to take command of-the De
partment of the Columbia.,
BEAUTY FOR SALE
Royal Purple of Opulence Worth
Sacrifice.
MEANS INADEQUATE TASTES
Possessed of All the Charms That Ap
peal to Man, Chicago Girl Driven to
a Self Instituted Slave Mart, to
Find Appreciative Mate.
cnnCAGO, Oct. 10. With an offer
to sell herself to the highest bidder as
an "American woman slave," another
Mary McLane sprang into notice to
day. Pretty, talented, but lacking
wealth, she has offered to sell herself at
public auction and has issued a long
typewritten inventory of her charms
and virtues. Strangely blended in the
girl's remarkable document is the tone
of hope and cry of protest. Of wit,
too, there are bright flashes." In short,
she is a queep study for psychologists.
Miss Elizabeth Magie, once in the
government employment at Washington,
1). C, later a resident oi jsew ion
and since last .Tulv an occupant 'of room
at 307 Chicago avenue, is the young girl
in question. She says that at present
she is earning $10 a week as stenog
rnpher and well, she has silk' under
wear tostee and a pocketbook that per
mits only gauze. . .
Miss Magie declined today to admit
that some hidden motive was responsi
ble for the singular outburst. Hei
"White Slave1' offer, with its accom
panying inventory, Nspoke for itself, she
said. Here is Miss Magie's remarkable
proposal, her seemingly frank, certain
ly daring, estimate of herself s
For Sale.
To Highest Bidder, Young Woman.
American Slave.
Intelligent, Educated, Refined, True,
Honest, Just; poetical, philosophical;
broad-minded and big-souled, and wo
manly above all things.
Brunette j large gray -green eyes, full,
passionate lips, slpendid . teeth; not
beautiful, but very attractive; fea
tures full of character and strength, yet
truly feminine; height 5 feet 3 inches;
well-proportioned, graceful, supple. Age
well, she isn't very old, but she
wasn't borti yesterday.
WASHINGTON
TALKS TAFT
Absence Brightens Polit
ical Prospects.
CUbAN TRIP SUSPICIOUS
Admiring Preas Rusehs Into Eulo
gistic Poetry in Absence of
Anything Better.
CABINET CHANGES PROBABLE
Washington to be Made the City Beau
tiful of the World-Through Efforts
of Park Commission and Con
templated Strnctnrei. .
By Sheldon S. Cline.
Washington, October 10. With the
President back in the White House,
Washington . has taken) on 'new life.
Members of the cabinet, with the ex
ception of Secretary Taft, are at their
posts, the diplomatic corps is begin
ning to return from the New England
waterinjr places and the hotels are
filled with statesmen, big and little.
Mr. Roosevelt is up to his eyes in work
and, of course, is happy.
The President had no more than
crossed the White House portals un
til rumor got busy with prospective
changes in his cabinet. There will be
at least two vacancies during the com
ing winter. Attorney General Moody
expects to retire about January 1, and
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw per
haps a month later. It is known that
Mr. Roosevelt has decided to summon
George von I Meyer, now ambassador
to St. Petersburg, to a seat in the
Cabinet but it is uot yet" determined
which portfolio he will occupy.
It was during the absence from
American soil of William J. Bryan that
his presidential boom grew to formid
able proportions. Washington is now
confronting the fact that while
Secretary Taft is in Cuba the Taft
presidential boom is progressing like
a House on nre. uiner aspir
ants are consulting maps and col
lecting date as to desirable places for
sojourning abroad. - i .
When President Roosevelt sent Mr.
Taft to Cuba he placed his War Secre
tary in the way of great opportunity,
and, likewise of great peril, politically.
It seems to be the unanimous verdict
of the country that Mr. Taft has risen
to the opportunity, and side-stepped
the peril. The New York Sun voices
. . . -. .-.--.-... ...
stanzas under the caption. "Big Bill
Taft" which are worth reproducing:
He knows the arts of peace and war;
He knows when to refrain,
And when to emphasize his views
In ways exceeding plain.
It'a a. bad day for the seallawags
And those who live by graft
When things are so that they collide
Against Big Bill Taft
As special envoy you're all right I
We'll send you ships and men,
And if you want more of the coin,
Bill Taft, just ask again.
For Uncle Sam will understand '
A word is like a draft
That calls ' for honor upon sight
When from Big BUI Taft.
Members of Congress from the West
who have arrived in Washington this
week report that Mr. Taft is now be
ing seriously considered as a president
ial possibility, though he was hardly
mentioned a month ago. This does
not mean, however, that Taft would
have any easy task in the "winning of
the West." Vice President Fairbanks,
Secretary Shaw and Speaker Cannon -all
are strong west of the Alleghanies,
and in many instances they have
pledges that will not be violated.
i Washington continue to take more
Interest In the New York campaign
than in any other state. The prevail-,
ing opinion i that the chances
are very largely against the , election
of Mr. Hearst, but Washington opln-,
Ions of New York politics is not neces
sary for serious thought. In f act
New York Itself appears to be very
much at sea as to the probable out
come. .'.'V- '.':-"' -''-t
: During the past week the " writer
has talked to prominent Democrats
from all parts of the country, and the
concensus of opinion seems to be that
even the election of, Mr. Hearst will ;
not seriously affect the national Dem
ocracy in the next presidential canvass.
This opinion, however, is not unani
mous. A number of men, who' sren-
erally know whereof they speak, have
expressed the conviction that the e
election of Mr. Hearst will arouse a
strong tide to act in favor of Mr,
Bryan's preachment of public owner
ship of railways, and that it will be
impossible for the next Democratie
convention to ignore the issue. One
man who is of this .way of thinking
was from a Southern state; another was
from the Middle West, and a third from
the Pacific Coast.
On the other hand, a majority of
men . from the South who have recent
ly visited Washington insist that the
solidly-Democratic section is and will
continue to be unalterably opposed to
government ownership and the out
come in New York cannot seriously
affect public opinion. Another "note
worthy fact is tha Democratic 'con
gressmen Who represent districts largely
rural, no matter from what part of the
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RAILROADS ACCUSED
Lumber
Manufacturers
the Action.
Behind
DISCRIMINATIONS ARE UNJUST
Advisability. Considered of Bringing
Action to Revoke Charter of ,
Northern Pacific Railroad
as Result of Case.
SEATTLE, Oct. 10. Alleging dis
crimination . against ' the shippers of
forest products in the matter of car
supply by the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific companies and
the failure of both to keep their equip
ment, rolling stock, and motive power
up to the demands of ' the business
which it is alleged, they should have
forseen, the shingle mills bureau yes
terday employed counsel to investigate
the matter and ascertain the Tights
of the shippers in a case before the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
perhaps also the State Railroad Com
mission. The attorney, Austin- S. Grif
fiths, of Seattle, was instructed to con
sider , the advisability of thd road;
bringing suit to revoke the charter of
the Northern Pacific Railroad. A fund
is being raised for the purpose, and
the Iiumber Manufacturers Association
of the Northwest, it is understood, will
help in the contest. ,
NOTHING TO SAY.
HAVRE, Oct. 10. General Oushakoff,
of the Russian array, who is In pur
suit of bis wife, who is fleeing from her
husband in the company of Gabriel Es
sihoff, arrived today on the steamer La
Provence. He refused to be inter
viewed.' S. P. REINFORCING ITSELF.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. The f
Southern Pacific has purchased the San '
Francisco 4 Coos Bay Steamship com-.
pany, and "Wi1! operate the line in con
nection with the new line building from
Drain to Coos Bay, and with the Coos
dudes two steamers, the Breakwater
and the Czarina.