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VOLUME LXI NO. 23
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1906
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ON THE EVE
III ELECTION
No Perceptible Change in
New York Contest.
POLITICIANS CONFI0EN
At no Election Has Party Lines
Been So Nearly Eliminated.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM STATE
Republican. Still Claim 200,000 Major
it y for Hughee and Democrat.
Equally Confidant That Htarit
Will 8 Elaotad.
NKW YORK, Nov. 6. The night be
fore election could not be said to
throw any helpful light on the alt
untlon. At the Republican state
headquarters, the chairman still ex
preanes confidence thitt hla prediction
will be verified that Hushes will have
n plurality of not toss thun 200,000,
while managers of the Independence
League and Democratic state centrnl
committee claim that Hearst will be
elected. It la now cut (muted that
H.Htrct will have 150,000 vote to spare
In Greater New York, to which they
ndd n plurality of 60,000 above the
Harlem bridge,
The political thermometer In Wall
atret varied during the day from 3ty
to 1 on the election of the Republican
governor to ft to 1 anil fell back to 3
to 1 at which figure the greater num
ber of beta were placed. In aplte of
the confidence expressed on both aide
tonight, none would deny that never
before In the hliHory of the state were
party llnea less to be relied upon.
If, the the Hewitt mnnagera claim,
the laboring element of the large
cities, which la uaunlly Republican,
votes for Hearst, there la no doubt but
he will receive a majority In the state
north of the Harlem river. It la con
reded that he will carry New York nnd
Urooklyn. An order wnn Bent out
from Tammany hal Itonlght na follow.
"Vote Htrnlght." Thle la Interpreted
to mean that nil opposition on the
part of aome of the Tammany leaders
ha been nettled, McCarren, who has
been opposing Hearst, Is anld to have
fallen Into line, na he la on the ticket
for senator and would be knifed by
Hearat' friends. It la claimed that
the largest vote ever polled In the atate
will be cast tomorrow.
Contrary to the usual practices of
candidates, this year's campaigners
have carried the canvass right up to
the early hours of election day nnd It
will be a nhort night for party work
ers who are usually early at the polls.
Hughes spoke along the water front
this afternoon and six times up
town tonight, closing the canvass at
Durlan's riding academy. Henrst con
tented himself during the day with
sending out nn appeal to the election
wntchers to be on their guard, but to
night nddriessed flair gatherings on
STRIKE 18 IMMINENT.
Unlets Demands Art Granted Switch
man Will On on Strike.
I.HK7AUO, jvov, ft.- unless aome
sort of a compromise la reached be
tween now and Wednesday night, all
the switchmen who are members of
the Switchmen's Union of North
America, employed on twenty-three
railroads centering In Chicago, will go I
on a strike In order to compel the
railroad to accede to their demands
presented more than two weeks ago.
The railroads are firm In the stand
they took at that time and they will
not grant an Increase of more, than
ten cents.
CAMPAIGN
IS
CLOSED
Forty-Two States Hold
Elections Today.
COULDN'T BE BLUFFED.
RIOTING IN PORTSMOUTH.
HOUSE WILL BE CLOSE
Armed Sailors Called Out and Arrest
the Rioters.
PORTSMOUTH. Bngland, Nov. 5.
The rioting In the naval barracka
which started today was resumed at
midnight and continued until past 2
O'clock this morning. A gang of sev
eral hundred stokers attacked the of'
flee quarters, assaulting the officers,
smashing wlndowa, and otherwise
damaging property. Several police
men who n tempted to enforce order,
were seriously Injured. Armed sail
ors and marines had to be called out.
They overpowered the rlotera and
made many urrests.
No Change in Predictions Made
Last Week as to Lower
House.
NEW YORK THE PIVOTGROUND
EBEN 8MITH.
United 8tates W.ath.r Bureau Pre
dict. Fair Weather in the Eaatern
Statea, Which Will Bring Out
a Larga Vote.
DENVER. Nov. 6. Ebon smith, a
millionaire mining man, who In the
early days brought the first stamp mill
to this state, died here today, aged
75 years.
DEMOCRATSHOPEFUL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. The cam
paign In forty-two states for the elec
tion of representatives to the sixtieth
congress passes into history 'tonight.
Besides the congressional balloting
twenty-two states will elect governors
and Arlnosa and New Mexico will ec
cept or reject statehood. Oklahoma
and Indian Territory will adopt state
constitutions and twenty states will
Colliers Weekly Will Publish the To
bacoo Tru.t Graft.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Norman Hap-
good, editor of Collier's Weekly, Is
quoted In the Times today as having
made the following statement regard
ing the charge made by John B. Mo-
ran, candidate for governor In Massa
chusetts, In a letter to District Attor
ney Jerome, that a story treating of
alleged bribery by what he termed the
"Tobacco Trust" had been auppressed
and would not be published until af
ter the election:
"That Is pure rot. It is true that we
are to publish a story of the tobacco
trust Bind that story will be the story
of the trust from the beginning to
the present time. It Is also true that
a part of the story will deal with In
fluencing of legislation by the trust,
We are very sorry that the story was
not ready for publication some time
ago, for we would have been very glad
to publish It before election."
THE APPLE CROP.
Report 8how. a Large Increase Over
Last Year.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5. The apple
crop In the United States has just
been estimated at 36,120,000 barrels.
This Is 12.62S.000 barrels more than
the 1905 crop.
The estimated crop In New York
state la 4,900,000 barrels, or larger by
1,000,000 barrels than the production
In any other atate. The estimated
New York crop equals the crops In
Maryland, Virginia West Virginia,
Kentucky, and Tennessee combined
and If equally distributed to the people
of the state would give half a barrel
to each man, woman and child.
Expect tO RedllCe'Republican Ma- choose legislatures, which In turn will
jority In Legislated.
elect United States senators.
The United States weather bureau
sees fair weather for the election
throughout the eastern, middle and
southern states, with moderate tern
WASHINGTON CAMPAIGN ENDS h,ri,ur ,n Minnesota and the Dnko
toa and cold In Montana, Wyoming and
Interior of Washington. This Insures
a heavy vote.
President Roosevelt, who yearly nets
the example of good citizenship by go
Ing from Washington to Oyster Bay
to vote, left on this pilgrimage to
night. The congressional predictions
made by the Republican and Demo
cratlc congressional committees, re
main the same as a few days ago.
I Th.a Tlonlihltnnrtu Mnlm thev will hflve
campaign r -
Three Republican Congressmen Will
Be Elected by 30,000 Majority if
the Prediction, of the Com
mittee Are Verified.
SEATTLE, Nov. 6. The
In the State of Washington closed to
night. The principal candidates are
addressing large meetings In their
home towns. The Republicans claim
the election of Congressmen Hum
phrey, Jones and Cushman by at least
30,000 majority, and the Democrats
concede they will be elected by 20,
000. The Democrats, however, hope
to reduce the Rpubllcan majority and
claim their gains In the State legisla
ture will be sufficient to Insure the
division of the state Into congressional
districts. The greatest Interest cen
tors In the legislature as the senators
will participate In the selection of a
successor to United States Senator
Levy Ankney, two years hence,
a majority of flfty-elght In the next
house, and the Democrats claim It by
twenty-two. All Interest Is centered
In the gubernatorial contest In New
York, as It Is claimed that it will
have a great bearing on the next pres
idential election. Republicans are con
Admit of winning, although It Is an
off-year, while the Democrats predict
a landslide.
ROOSEVELT CONTRIBUTES.
MOVED TO PENITENTIARY.
Paul O. Sten.land is Now Residing at
Joliet, Illinois.
the enst side. Roth candidates were
hailed with the same boisterous en
thusiasm which has characterized their
every appearance.
Elaborate police arrangements were
concluded today, the Inspectors nnd
cnptnlns being Instructed by Commis
sioner Bingham and Superintendent
of Elections Morgan, to Insure a fair
election at all hazards. In this city
the counting Is sure to bo slow, in
Buffalo and several other up-etate
cities, voting machines will be used
and from these places early returns
may be expected,
Hearst told his audience tonight
that he Is confident that he will re
ceive a plurality of 200,000 In Greater
New York and that he will break even
In the state.
CHICAO, Nov. 5. Paul O. Stens-
land, former president of the Milwau
kee Avenue bank, and Henry W. Her
ring, cashier, were today sentenced to
Indeterminate terms In the peniten
tiary for embezzlement and forgery.
Stensland's new setence does ot In
crease his period of Incarceration, as
the new term Is concurrent with the
old. Both men will be taken to Jollet
tomorrow.
As.i.t. Pro.ecution In Newport
Amu.ment Association.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Chief Yoe-
mnn rredencK Bunzeii against tne
Newport Amusement Association, will
be called In the Superior Court at
Newport, R. I., today. President
Roosevelt has contributed $100 to
wards Its prosecution, as It is to test
the right of any place of amusement
to debar men wearing the United
States uniform. The defendant's
counsel claims In demurrer that there
Is no law by which an amusement as
sociation can be prevented from pro
hibiting sailors iln uniform from dano
Ing In Its hall.
The demurrer will be heard today,
and If It Is sustained Bunzle's counsel
will carry the case to the Supreme
Court. If not allowed the case will
go before the Jury on its merits.
AETNA BANK FAILURE.
Requisition for Defaulting
Has Been Granted.
Cashier
ST. PAUL, Nov. 5. Governor John
son has granted the requisition pa
pers for the return to Montana of P.
E. Garalde, who Is wanted for for
gery in connection with the failure of
the Aetna Banking and Trust com
pany at Butte.
MADE A RECORD.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Thomas Kln-
sey, purser or tne American liner st.
Paul, which returned yesterday from
the English channel, finished his 901st
trip across the Atlantic ocean. Mr.
Klnsey holds the unique record of
having crossed the western sea more
times than any other living man.
In the figures his mileage amounts
to about 2,703,000 miles on the Atlan
tic alone.
JOINS THE UNION.
Jacob Schiff, the Finanoier, Join. Stone
Ma.ons' Union.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5. Jacob Schiff
became yesterday a member of the
Journeymen Stone Masons and Setters'
union No. 84, of Greater New York.
The financier took a pledge not to work
for less than 70 cents an hour and
never to have anything to do with a
non-union Job. He was Initiated by
William J. Skinner, business agent of
the union and then he got his card.
The formality of making Mr. Schiff a
union workman was necessary before
he could lay the corner-stone of the
new synagogue of the First Hungarian
Congregation of Ohob Zedek.
RIOTING
IN VIRGINA
National Guards Called Out
for Election Day.
CONFLICT IS EXPECTED
Police of Williamson West Virginia
and Federal Officers Mix
Up in a Row.
8EVERE GALE.
CAUSED BY ARRESTING NEGRO
Mayor, Chief of Police and Other Of
fieiala Arrested for Interfering
With Federal Officers and Feel
ing Is Intense.
Steamer. Wrecked Along Cos it of No
via Scotia.
HALIAX, Nov. 5. The dispatcher
today have been pouring Into this city
bringing news of vessels wrecked or
In distress; of wires prostrated and of
damage done by a severe gale and
rough sea along the coasts of Nov la
Scotia, Cape Breton, New Brunswick
and Prince Edward Island. Four ves
sels were driven ashore, another hav
ing everything movable on deck
washed away, was forced to put back
to port and the turret steamer Bell,
which went ashore on the north side
of Prince Edward island last week,
was driven further ashore and will
probably be a total wreck. The Nor
wegian bark Adeona tried to weather
the gale off Cape Breton, but dragged
anchors and grounded 6n North Reef.
According to the latest Information
her crew of twelve men are still on
board and in imminent danger of be
ing swept overboard or dying from
exposure.
HELD UP BY NATIVES.
German Constable and Friend Assault
ed Sunday Night.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 5. While the
constable of the German consulate was
walking with a Russian friend Sunday
night, between Woosung and Shang
hai, they were attacked by two na
tives. Both were seriously treated
and almost stripped of their clothes.
They managed to escape and hide in
the paddy fields. They arrived here
today.
WILLIAMS MARRIED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Harry Will
lams, the song writer, and Miss Caro
line Demlngl of Detroit, were married
in this city Sunday. Mr. Williams Is
native 'of St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs.
Williams will make a short Journey
west to visit the parents of both,
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Nov. 5.
Companies G, H and L of the West
Virginia National Guards, are mobO'
llzed and under arms here awaiting
orders to go to Williamson, where
rioting has already occurred and where
serious conflicts are expected on elec
tion day. A Democratic policeman of
Williamson had a clash with the Re
publican sheriff of Mingo county and
while no blood was shed, there is ev
ery possibility of a bloody conflict to'
morrow. The officials and police at
Williamson are also In trouble with
the federal officials resulting from the
arrest of Deputy United States Mar
shal Day by the police.
The Republicans claim his arrest
was for political effect because he se'
cured the arrest of a negro who had
been arrested on suspicion of Intent
to vote illegally, while the William
son officials claim he is guilty of
statutory offense. Fifteen deputy
United States mashals went to Will
lamson today in charge of Major Lyons
and arrested Mayor BInson, Chief of
Police Chaffln and other officials and
several citizens, charged with inter
ferlng with federal officials. The feel
Ing on both sides is intense and
bloody riot Is looked for tomorrow
when the polls open. The National
Guard will leave tonight for Wllllaml
son 'and will arrive there tomorrow.
RIVAL WEATHER BUREAU.
HIGHWAYMEN CAPTURED.
Fight
Between Highwaymen
Street Car Condcotors.
and
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. A Portland,
Me., special to the World, says a des
perate fight took place In the center
of the city at midnight between four
highwaymen and three street railway
conductors. Two of the conductors
were fatally slashed with razors. A
mob of 600 followed the robbers and
captured two of them.
SHOT AT HOT SPRINGS.
SEATTLE, Nov. 5. A special to the
Post-Intelligencer from Juneau, Alas
ka, says:
Norman E. Smith, a Tenakee hotel
man, and former famous bicycle racer,
has been killed at Tenakee Hot Springs
by Robert Reld. The shooting was
without warning, Reld emptying both
barrels of a shot gun charged with
buckshot Into Smith's body and head.
Established in San Francisco
Can Be Depended Upon.
That
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., Nov. 5. In
formation has been received here of
the intended establishment of a rival
weather bureau In San Francisco. In
Cuba and Mexico there has been
founnVd a "Weather Plant," said to
have extraordinary powers In forecast
Ing not only atmospheric but seismic
disturbances. Its botanic name is
Abrus precatorlus nobllls. Professor
Josef Norvack, an eminent Austrian
recetly arrived in England with 22
cases of these - remarkable plants.
They have been found peculiarly sen
sltlve to magnetic and electric influ
ences. When changes In these occur
its twigs and leaves perform peculiar
and abnormal movements.
DIED IN THE HARNESS.
New York Candidate for Congress
Died Last Sunday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Dr. William
Travers Glbbs, who attended Con
gressman John H. Ketcham In the
illness which resulted in the Congress
man's death Sunday, said that Mr.
Ketcham went into the race for Con
gress this year practically knownlng
that it would cost him his life. He
wanted to "die in harness," however,
and would .not listen to medical ad
vice on the danger of exerting him
self in another campaign. He argued
that activity was his life, the doctor
states, and that he could not live and
not be active. i
CHURCH REMEMBERED.
Syracuse Church Will Get a Stained
Window from Mrs. 8age.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5. Mrs. Russell
Sage has arranged to make a grift to
the First Presbyterian church of Syr
acuse, where she and her parents used
to worship. It will be a stained glass
window 30 feet high, and 14 feet wide
on the subject of St. John Baptizing
the Saviour. It is in memory of the
Rev. John Watson Adams, D. D., who
was the first pastor of the church, and
who baptized Mrs. Sage some year!
ago.
COLORADO
ELECTION
Party
Leaders at Sea Over the
Result Tomorrow.
BETTING FAVORS BUCHTEL
Estimates Made by Committeemen
From All Parts Of the State,
Show That the Election Will
Be Unusually Close, i
DENVER, Nov. 5. Party leaders
are at sea as to the result of the state
election tomorrow, being unable to es
tlmate accurately the vote to be given
to Judge Lindsley and W. D. Hay
wood, respectively independent and
socialist candidates for governor. The
betting is odds 2 to 1 in favor of
Buchtel, Republican candidate over
Adams, Democrat. John F. ' Vivian,
Republican chairman, claims that out
of a total of 190,000 votes Buchtel will
poll 92,000. The Democratic chairman,
Mr. Smith, claims that Adams will poll
100,000 out of 200,000 votes cast. Lind
sley believes he will get 70,000 votes
The socialist chairman believes that
Haywood will receive at least 80,000.
Both Democrats and Republicans are
hopeful of getting control of the leg
islature which will elect a senator and
of electing the three congressmen.
CALIFORNIA ELECTION.
Both Sides Claim a Victory for Gov
ernor Tomorrow.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 5. With
the election but a few hours off, the
predictions vary as much as at any
time during the campaign. The Re
publicans claim Gillette will be elect
ed by nearly 30,000 plurality. The
Democrats claim Bell will have over
8,000 plurality, while the Independence
League claim Langdon is a sure winner.
CARL WASCH IS DEAD.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Carl Wasch,
wealthy German resident of White
Plains, who was formerly the valet of
Prince Bismarck of Germany, died
October 29 of heart disease. The old
man told many interesting anecdotes
of the Iron Chancellor, and he had a
collection of souvenirs he had maqe
while in Bismarck's service.