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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1906)
Oft' ft fifilTlilirflil UiUtHie FULUAttOOIATIO t u ftlPOMT COVM8 THE MORNINO FIHLD ON THK LOWEh COLUMBIA;) 1 ? I 0 , VOLUME LXI N0. 73I ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS DEFAULTER IS FLEEING J., if i'.ii : Millionaire Criminal in Own Yacht at Sea BACKED REVOLUTION Scheme Upset By United States Intervention Which Altered His, Plans. INTIMATE FRIEND OF CASTRO Official Bellev That He Will Aim for Vtneiutbj and Um Oowrnnunt Friendship to Ward 08 Appre htntlon for Crime. .'NEW YORK, Oct. ll-No deflnlt clew to the whereabout of Manuel Sll velra, tli nit a who aluconded In hla oMtt tesmor with 11,000.000 belonging to J. M. Ceballoa Company, of thla city, which precipitated tha assignment of the firm. ba bn gained. It (a stat ed that Silveira U a close friend of President Catro of Venemela and from thla it U argued that he will put'lnto a Venenuelan port and um tha friend hip of Caitro a a protection against arrMt. , Inquiry among tha moat Important hou.M connected with Cuban affairs failed to discover any deposition to regard tha failure aa Indicative of any general commercial or financial weak ne In the Wand. So far aa the de falcation of Silvelr was concerned, it earns to be agreed that the interven tion by the United Stales government had upt some of his ambitious plan In that direction. What the plans were la not known, but they are sup posed to be connected with the success of the revolutionist The exact meana employed by Silvel . ra In obtaining the money which he Is Mild to have embewled waa explained yesterday by Attorney William N. Cromwell. Ceballos k Company was one of several local concerns which speculated heavily in the pay warrants of the Cuban revolutionary soldier. These warrants. Issued by a commission! In different part of the Island to the men who had fought in the revolution, were freely discounted by their holders about four year ago. Because of the delay In the govern- ment negotiations for a loan, these war rants were aold to speculator! at from 20 to 60 per cent of their face value. Cebnllos k Conipnny bought up about $2,000,000. Of this amount $1,000,000 worth of the paper was sent to wivcira for collection, while' the balance was denoslted with the Treasury Depart- ment In Havana." The Cuban loan waa Anally arranged through Shcyer k Co., and payment on the warrants was made. While no statement oi the condition ..of the afTlnrs of the tlrm will be ready for several days. It la undortood that a number of banking houeea In New York have quite a large amount of Ceballos paper, most of It well secured by collateral, 1 They are criticised occa- sionally for embarking In too many venture, for being too Impulsive In the development of Cuba, but it appears to be granted, everywhere that their ability would have been suflleient but for Sllvclra's untoward action. According to Frederick Uphnm Adams, the magazine writer, who has been with Silveira In Cuba, Silveira is a little bit . of a man not Ave fectttall and weighs less than 00 pound. His"wlfe weighs over 200. Sllveirft lived well, but not above his means. Ills oftlces were the Anest In Havana and he waa celebrated yfor the originality and good taste of his entertainments. Ten years ago, ac cording to Adams, Silveira ws a clerk In a Havana bank. He became asso ciated with' Ceballos shortly after Cuba gained per Independents, I ; NEW YORK, CK 12-Wlillam Nel on Cromwell, counsel for Ceballos' k Company, the Investment firm which assigned on Wednesday, with liabilities of between three and four million dol lere, having been forced to the wall, it la charged, by defalcations of the firm's Havana agent, Manuel Silveira, stated tonight that cable advice reoelved to day indicate that Silveira had not e yet touched any port of the United State or Smith America. The future of the firm depend upon the examina tion now being conducted m Havana, MONUMENT TO MUSICIAN. Great Operatic Composer Memory is Honored. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. The monu ment to the Italian composer, Verdi, rccUd At 72 ud street and Amsterdam Avenue, by the Italian of New 101, I to be unveiled today with procession al ceremonies. The unveiling will be conducted by Italian Consul General Danchla and wjll be preceded by a pa rade of 1,900 members of the Italian eocletles. LAJOIE MARRIES. Great Base Ball Player Adopti Hy menal Halter. BUFFALO. N. Y. Oct. 12.-A tele- gram signed by Napoleon Lajoie received here from Niagara Falls, announces that the great baseball captain wa married there yesterday. The bride was Mrs, Myrtle L. Smith of Buifalo. Nationals - Win the Fourth Game of the Series. LAST MONEY FOR PLAYERS Immense Amount of Money Will Go to Winning Team if Present Atten dance Continue Throughout Series Flayed in Chicago. CHICAGO, Oct. 12. The world's championship base ball serie Is again even, the local National ' League team today defeating the American League, one to nothing. Each aide has now two gnnies to its credit. . Aitrock, tor tne Americans, ana Brown, for the National, were In the bos. Brown is In excellent trim and gave hi rivals but two passes and al lowed but two hits, holding the Amerl cans hitles until the eixth, when, with two out, nahn lilt cleanly to center. Jones ended the Inning by flying out to Schulte. The Nationals earned the run which won the game. Chance sent a Ay to abort right field,, reached third on sac riflces by Stelnfelt and Tinker. Evers placed a pretty single over third and Chance scored. -.TU. vrca.thcr srss ..tht.r"" . p?? of the series and 18,385 people paid admissions, the biggest day so far re corded. This is the last game In which the players share the gate money. The total receipts of the four games amount to $61,855, of which $33,402 go to the players, seventy-five per cent to the team winning the seriea. ' AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY. New Jersey Revel In Luxury of Mail Service. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Person liv ing on rural delivery route No, 1 of Paterson, N. J., have given the carrier, rotor F. Lydecker, an automobile In which to make his deliveries. PROMINENT CHURCHMAN DIES. HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 12. Rev. Kom.wl .Tmmes Andrews, leader In the Catholic Apostollo church, died at his home hore yesterday, after a brief illness, aged 89 years. CHAMPIONSHIP EVEN GALLAGHER IS Acting Mayor of Bay City In a Funk EVIDENTLY LACKS SAND Deprecates Organization of Mun icipal Committee of Safety There. CRIMINALS ARE IN COMMAND City at Point of Desperation, Caued by Prevalence of Thug and Murderer and Acting Mayor Afraid to :: , Stand for Only Relief. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-Discua-ing the propriety of the organization of a Committee of Safety in this city, tomorrow, to deal with the petty crim inal that Infest the city, Acting Mayor Gallagher said, today j "There shall be no lynching In this' city, and I sincerely hope that at the meeting to be held In Union Square to morrow, the leaders will have enough sense to do nothing that will injure the city. , , They will call it a Oomlmttee of Safety," the Mayor continued, "but other cities will call it a 'Vigilance Committe,' nd that will do Irrevoc able harm to San Francisco. It would be a confession that the people of the city are not capable of protecting them selves, and when I y the people, .1 mean the authorities io, whom. the peo ple have vestea the power of govern ment. The plan U un-American, the usurpation of powers for auppreasing crime, by unauthorised persons, is a crime In Itself. I shall regard it as euchi and will not permit it" The general alarm causciji by- nu merous reporta of hold-ups and robbery, has seriously affected the attendance at all places of amusement. Hotel man ager and others entrusted with the handling of large auraa of money have mado elaborate prepartiona for defense and there) is a general arming on the part of the citbeens. TO SAVE STEVE ADAMS. Attorney from Idaho in Oregon in In terest of Suspect. BAKER CITY. Ore., Oct. .-Ex- Governor John T. Morrison, of Idaho, and John F. .Nugent, an attorney, of Boise, are In thla city as attorneys for Steve Adam, one of " the suspects charged with the murder of the late Governor Steunenberg of Idaho, and t.hov held a conference today with J. W. IJlard, an uncle of" Adams, and one of the lending ranchers of Baker coun- ty.' v Adams is now conAned in jail at Wal lace, Idaho, on the additional charge of the murder of one, Fred Tyler. In nn interview with ar representa tive of the Morning Democrat, Mr. Nugent is quoted as saying that the prosecution in Idaho of Moyer,' Hey wood and Pettibone, is part of a po litical play for the advancement of the personal interests of certain Idaho of ficials. SANTA FE WILL RAISE FIRS. Eucalyptus Farm to Furnish Material For Future Construction, SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12. The San ta Fe Mag . bought y the San Diegonito ranch, about thirty miles north of Snn Diego and will start a eucalyptus farm. The trees will be planted to be used NERVOUS In the future for tiesi The wood ha been tested and found to be the best known for railroad ties, a H resist the action of the element and la eas ily worked. It is the plan of the Santa Fe to plant 700 acre of the wood each year and have a perpetual supply of hand. ' The ranch purchased contain 8,850 acre and the tree will be placedat once. . '' BRUTAL THUG JAILED. i':Z '-. i"'v:'';'' Victim's Gold Watch Fastens Crime on Auailant. , SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12-Walter Moore, an allege! highwayman, Is In custody, and hi arrest brings to light a brute! robbery which occurred on the evening of October 8. Herman MIn thorn, a fireman running on the coast ing vessels from this port, was the victim. He waa badly beaten np' by the . man who assailed him at 8:30 O'clock on Main street, between Howard and FoVom street. He w relieved of a gold watch and a chain and $40 in money. Moore had been charged with the robbery a a watch and chain such a described by Minthorn when ne re. ported the robbery to the police, waa found upon his person. RIOTOUS INDIANS RELEASED. VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct 11 Eight of the Babine Indians, who had been tenteneed for complicity in the recent riots at, Hawlton, were taken to the provincial Jail at New Westminster and released by Sheriff Armstrong on an order from Joseph Pope, under aecre tary at Ottawa. WITTE IS SATISFIED No More Strenuous Politics for Displomat. INSISTS HE HAD ENOUGH Will Hot Discuss Government That Ha Repaid Invaluable Service With, Base Ingratitude and Desires No More Power. PARIS, Oct. ' 12. Count Witt when questioned today by the Associated Press as to the matter of St. Peters burg reports of a movement in Russia to induce him to resume the direction of the Russian financea, said: "Never, never will I return to power. I do, not desire to speak HI of the Emperor, who Is still my Imperial Master, and to whom I owe everything, nop of the gov eminent, nor of my country, but I have had enough. You cannot make that statement too emphatic DESPERADOES CAPTURED. Tanana Bandits Again Unsuccessful in Efforts, to Escape. SEATTLE, Oct. 12. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Dawson says: '. Hendrickson and Thornton, the es- iapci.Scsftra?? . of the Tanana dis trict were' captured Tuesday "near Na tion.' City, below Eagle, not far from where they escaped last week from the steamer Lavelle Young, while en route to Seattle. , Both men had wandered several days through the woods without food or shelter and were in such a bod condi tion that they did not resist the officers. The capture was made by Deputies Gerts nd Villeneve. SANITATION FOR NEW ORLEANS. After 188 Years Without Underground I-. ' System. NEW ORLEANS, Oct 12. The first time since this city was founded, 188 years ago, a modern sanitary and un derground sewage system was put into operation last night. The pipes con nected are part of a $24,000,000 sewage drainage and water system, building of which began eight years ago. LOCKOUT IS THREATENED Caused By Too Many Sym pathetic Strikes. CONTRACTOR'S LIMITS Fifty Thousand Buildings Trades Employees are Concerned in the Issue. RIVAL INTERESTS INVOLVED Competition Over Installation of Pneu matic Tubing Cause of Trouble That May Tie up All of Chicago's Building Interests. CinCAilO, Oct 12. A lockout of fif ty thousand building trades employes is threatened as a result of numerous sympathetic strikes on various build ings now being erected in the down town district. At a conference today be tween union representatives and several contractors no solution of the difficulty was reached and at the close the eon tractor issued, an ultimatum, which was in effectj "Return to work or stay away forever." Strikes are said to have been caused by the rival Interests of the Bteamfitters and plumbers' unions a to which trade ahall install pneuma tio tubing. RUSSIAN MEMORIAL DWINDLES. Presentation Without Ceremony Meets Wita Political Approval' LONDON. Oct. 12. The Associated Press learns that the idea, of sending a British deputation to present the me morial of sympathy? to the dissolved Russian Parliament waa abandoned at a meeting of the promoters of the plan held here yesterday. Sir George Scott Robertson. M. P., who was regarded as the most important of the delegates, caused surprise by announcing his in tentkm to withdraw. This led to a long discussion, culminating in the de cision to abandon the idea. This means that the memorial will be taken to St Petersburg by one member of the pro posed deputation and presented without ceremony." FRUIT TRANSPORT IMPROVED. Southern Companies Combine to Facil itate Handling of Products. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-The Southern Pacific, Texas & Pacific and Missouri, Kansas k Texas, jointly have formed the Southern Fruit Dis patch company for the quick transpor tation 'of fruit to Kansas "City, Si. Louis and Chicago and thence on to New York, and the East. The first train will leave Los Angeles OctobeT 15.' ';. ; ;.,;.::"!:.,:. The train is to have precedence over all others, except those carrying pas sengers. The Missouri, Kansas k Tex as will try to get the train from Fort Worth to Kansas City, a distance of 500 miles, in 20 hours, which is ' an average 25 miles an hour. BIG DEER KILLING. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. A Madrid dis patch published here today tells of a unique hunt that was given this week in the royal forest near Lagranja by King Alfonso. His Majesty invited a battalion of troops known as the Caz adores de Madrid to join him and the court in a big shoot and every member of the battalion from the colonel to the latest recruit' traveled to LaGran- ja to take part. The slaughter of deer wa terrific, .dozen falling at a time. The reason for holding the bunt which , latd through Wednesday and Thurs day was that the forest had become so overstocked with deer that the pas turage wa insufficient. The forester estimated that it was neceesary to kill 200- TW0 KILLED ON TRESTLE. BUTTE, Oct. 12-A Miner special from Livingston says I E. Van Pelt, of Madison Hills, Ohio, , and Avery Moore, of Glenn, Mich, were instantly Idlled yesterday In the collapse of trestle on the Northern Pacific railroad, on which they were working. A large rock fell from the side of a fill and struck the trestle, eausing its collapse. JUST A STATE FIGHT. BOSTON, Oct. 12. District Attorney John B. Moran late tonight formally accepted the nomination for governor, tendered bim by the Democratic state convention For several days there has been considerable doubt whether Mo ran would remain in the field. He ha : not. accepted the resolution endorsing Bryan for the Presidency, which wa adopted by the Democratic f state con vention. In his letter) Moran say: T am attached in no way to Mr. Bryan or Mr. Hearst. This is to be a state fight, not a national one. Bryan ism and Hears tiam must be eliminated from the contest" : ' PACIFIC LEAGUE. At Fresno Portland, 3; Fresno, 2 (10 innings). . . . : VILLIAFJ ACCEPTS Same Old Promises Again Re ' uvinated. HIS LETTER SOUNDS FAMILIAR Tffersonian Principles Again the Slo gan to Resurrect the Decadent Am bitions of the Old Line De mocracy. . . ELMTHA, N. Y, Oct. 12.-In a let ter of . acceptance of the - Democratic nomination for governor of New York State. William Randolph Hearst says that the Democnaic party must be ruled by the principles of Jackson and Jeff ersn and that individuals and classes seeking special privileges must be driv en from the ranks. "The Democratic convention at Buffalo did this : very thing in a most conspicuous and effec tive manner. Democrats, so called, but seeking special privileges In reality, were driven over to the Republican par ty, where those of their class furnished. "The line is now clearly drawn be tween special privilege on the one hand and equal opportunity on the other. The Democratic party purged of thia state of corporation control and pledged to end the boss control through which corporatins act now has an pportunity to serve tie people as efficiently as it out m ia ituio oi iiwwut son.'' ' .-' "The Democrats of today must de clare, and they must mean, that no mat ter how great wealth individuals or corporations have, that wealth must not be an irresponsible dominating power in the government. 'The people beyond any question de mand open primaries and the passage of direct nomination laws, In order to bring the government directly under the control of the people." The letter concludes: ,., "I promise faithfully if elected to do all I can as a citizen of the United States in office to realize and apply the great principles of the Democratic par ty. And I pledge myself to work with , others to rid the Democratic party and as far as possible all branches of the government of that plutocracy trust element tha seeks to mle both parties and destroy' the Democratic party ut terly." ,