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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1906)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 10Q0. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTOItIA, OREGON. New Arrivals We Have Just Received a Large Line of JARDINIERE The Celebrated Mat Grun in Latest Shapes A. V. ALJLBN, WHERE ALL PEOPLE GO FOR BARGAINS Sole Agents for Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. BANK HELD UP. Robber 8our On Thousand Dollar From Midland Bank. NKWTON. Knna,, Nov. 13, The Midland National Hunk in Newton was held u this afternoon by one man and robbed of $1,000. Tho robber presented a letter to tho cashier, tell ing him what to do, at the same time telling the oterks and banker that they would all die together should they attempt to make an effort to de tain him. Klve ortslx person who were In the bank were all ordered Into tho vault nnd locked In. The robber then took the money and escaped. TRIED FOR MURDER Chester E. Gillette Being Tried for Killing Sweetheart. SUICIDE WILL BETHEDEFENCE KILLED BY NEGRO. Patrolmen Chart Blackstock and Wm. Bailey Killed. ASHEVILLE. Nov. IS.-Flghtlng bravely In defense of their police cap tain. Patrolmen Charlas Blackstock and William Bailey of this city, were shot to death tonight by a negro who bad wantonly killed one negro and fatally wounded another. After shoot tng the two negroes. Will Harris, as he calls himself, a desperado, for whom a reward has been standing for a long time, was met by officers head ed by Captain Page tn the center of the main street Page received a bullet In his arm and ordered the officers to fire. Before they could do so, Blackstock fell dead with a bullet In his chest. Bailey shot twice without hitting the negro,- who then shot and killed Bailey. The ne gro escaped. Several armed posses are pursuing the murderer. At 2: SO this (Wednesday) morning the South em Pacific railway dispatched a spe clal train to Tryon, 40 miles away. to secure bloodhounds to aid In run ning the negro down, who at last re ports had taken refuge on the Bllt more estate. CHARGES OF BRIBERY. Standard Oil Company Attempt Bribe the Jury. to FINDALT, 0., Nov. 13. Charges of alleged attempts at bribery of a mem ber or members of the petit jury In the probate court here In September, during the prosecution of the Standard Oil company, are being pressed this afternoon at an adjourned session of the grand Jury which convened today. Several members of the jury who sat In the trial of the case In which verdict was rendered finding the Stan dard Oil company guilty of alleged vio lations of the Valentine anti-trust law, were Interrogated, while the ut most secrecy is maintained, the prose cutor, David, who conducted the pros ecution of the Standard Oil company, Is directing the grand jury Investiga tion and stated this afternoon that all rumors in connection with the al leged bribery would be gone Into thor oughly. It is expected that the jury will make its report tomorrow after noon. NOT UNDER SUSPICION. Senator Fulton Not Implicated Umatilla Reservation, in WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. From Land Office sources it Is learned today that the Investigations of the Uma tllla Indian Reservation were Initiated to ascertain the connection of J. H. Raley and other Oregontans with the wholesale entry of large areas In the ceded strip of the reservation. This verifies Secretary Hitchcock's state ment that Senator Fulton Is not under Investigation. The senator's name was brought Into the case by reason of his having introduced a bill to validate the title of a large number of entries now be lieved to have been made In the In terest of Raley and others. From this same source it Is learned that Senator Fulton was misled, at the time the bill was Introduced, and this explains his testimony before the committee. BRICK WALL FALLS. Wal Fall at Twelfth and Market In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13. With out a moment's warning, a brick wall at the corner of Market and Twelfth streets fell over this afternoon, bury ing several workmen under tons of debris. Two were probably fatally In. Jured. Hundreds of intjn worked fran tically nil the afternoon removing the debris, but found no more victims. PURCHASED RAILROAD. HOUSE OF JACOB. Senator Clark Own Ventura oV B' kersfisld Road. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 13.-The Times today prints the following dis patch from Ventura: There Is a rumor that Senator Clark of Montana has purchased the con trolling Interest In the Ventura and Bakersfield Railroad, which is known as the Burson line, and that the road will be Immediately completed between the coast and Bakersfield. About IS miles of the road has already been constructed. Two Women Inmates Whose Combined Age is 215 Years. NEW YORK. Nov. 13. Two women whose added ages are said to be 215 years, are inmates or the home for the Daughters of Jacob for Old Peo ple, In this city. Mrs. Aronwald claims she Is 104 years old and Esther Davis says she Is Just seven years older. Both of the old women have married. They have seen five generations pass away. They have seen Napoleon Bo naparte, both having been In Paris when the famous soldier was mak ing his try In unmaking nations. FACING A FAMINE. Colfax, Washington, is Out of Both Wood and Coal. COLFAX, Wash., Nov. 13. Colfax is not only suffering from a coal fam ine, but also a coal oil, or kerosene famine. For several days the mer chants have been making strenuous ef forts to get a small supply to relieve the present situation a little, but they report today that they are as far from accomplishing this as they were a week ago. Several stores as well as many residences use kerosene for lighting purposes and since the supply of oil has given out all have had to either wire for electric lights or burn candles. Much concern Is being felt over the situation, as heavy rains are daily falling and the temperature Is falling. Do You Realize That you need shoes for the rainy season that has now made Its appearance. Just Arrived for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN .FALL 8TYLE8, SMART DE3IGN8. That please the eye, lend comfort to the feet and give perfect durability. SUBWAY COMPANIES. TRIAL OF THAW. District Attorney Jerome Ready Take Up the Case. to NEW YORK, Nov. 13. District At torney Jerome said tmilght, that the trial of Harry K. Thaw would be moved for trial for the first week In December. He said the court which would try the case had not been de cided upon, but probably would be be fore Recorder Goff in tho court of general sessions. BONDS FOR RAILROAD. Chicago Still Considering Question of Municipal Ownership. CHICAGO, Nov. 13. An investiga tion Into the proposed consolidation of the Edison & Chicago Subway Com panies was ordered last night by the city council. The committee on gas, oil and electric light was Instructed to ascertain and report what effect the projected merger would have on the city's power to reduce electric current rates and to take over the subway business at the expiration of the fran chle in 1929 San Diego Will Build Road to Colo rs do River. SAN DIEGO. Cat., Nov. 13. At a meeting of the common council last night an ordinance was passed sub mlttln gthree amendments to the city charter to a vote of the people on January 29. The purpose of the amendments Is to empower the city to vote bonds for building a railway to the Colorado river and to authorize the city to construct such road should the bonds be voted. NEARY KNOCKED OUT. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13. George Memsic tonight knocked out Charles Neary In the second rund of a twen ty-round go. BE CHARITABLE to your horses as well as yourself. sort your horses need not suffer, Try a bottle of Ballard's Snow Lini ment. It cures all pains. J. M. Ro berts, Bakersfield, Mo., writes: "I have used your linament for ten years and find Jt the best I have ever used for man or beast." Hart's Drug Store. PANIC ANTICIPATED. THE BEST MADE DR. A. REID'S CUSHIONED 8H0ES: Feet don't ache or tire. .Investigate the quality and be convinced OUR 8PECIALTY LINE of Logger's Shoes Guarantees Satis faction to the Wearer None Better but a Leader of All. S. A. G1MRE 543 Bond Street, Opposite Fischer Bros. .Secretary Shaw Refuses New York. Gamblers More Money. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw today reiterated his determination to let the Wall street speculators stew In their own grease, and not again rush fed eral asistance from the treasury. And they are stewing, too. Call money was as high as 12 per cent this morning. Bankers say that unless something Is done a million dollar stock pool will have to be unloaded. Drastic liquid ation would mean a big fall In prices before normal conditions were restored. Several times already this fall Shaw has gone to the relief of the stock market with large sums, but it is be bleved that the insatiate clamor for more funds has at length wearied him, as each occasion of asistance In the past has been but the furniHhlng of additional sinews for reckless scecu- latlon, o Dancing Proves Fatal. Many men and women catch cold at dances which terminate in pneumonia and consumption. After exposure, If Foleys Hoey and Tar Is taken It will break up a cold and no serious re sults need be feared. Refuse any but the genuine In a yellow package. T. F. Lauren, Owl Drug Store. PHOTOGRAPHIC MARRIAGE. But It Didn't Work in States. the United HERKIMER, X. Y., N"V. 13.-Much better progress In selecting a Jury to try Chester E. Gillette, the young man accused of the murder of his sweeN heait, Grace Drown, was mnu yester day than hud been generally expected. Nine men, most of them fanner were chosen. Gillette, who Is oly 22 years of age. evinced no sign of anxiety as he nt In court Monday. He sprawled out comfortubly in a chair and chewed gum, smiling broadly at times at the answers given by some of the tales men called to qualify n Jurors The prisoner has many relatives, some of them wealthy, and of social prominence, but none of them wia In court yesterday. Gillette lawyers were appointed to defend him by the county. Nothing developed during the session to Indicate what the defense would lie. The theory In the court room seemed to be thut the claim that Grace Hruwn committed suicide would prove to be the defense. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hrown. par ents of Grace, and three sisters of the dead girl are In Herkimer. They did not go near the courthouse, but newspaper men saw them. Mrs. Hrown Is bitter against the prisoner. Kho scouts the Idea that her daugh ter committed suicide. District Attorney Ward proposed to have the whole story of Grace Brown's romance with Gillette recounted from the time of their first meeting. For this many witnesses will be rnll'-d anil they will tell a connected story of the pair's aciUJiintance. TEACHERS ON A STRIKE. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13. Th commissioner of Immigration has or dered that Huda Sunada. the 14-year old photographic bride of Ichltnre Sunada, a barber In Sacramento, be deported to Japan. She arrived on the steamer Korea. She stated that she had been married by the photo graphic custom of her country and had never met her husband. ELK ELECTED, BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 13. Dr. W. H. Havll ind has been elected state sena tor for Sliver Bow county on the Dem ocratic ticket, a canvass of votes show ing that he ran far ahead of his tick et In this county. Dr. Havlland Is grand trustee of the natlona lodge of Elks. The legislative assembly to which he Is elected will select a Unit ed States senator to succeed W. A Clark. RUS3 HOUSE LEASED. San Francisco Hotel Property Leased by a Syndicate. RAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13. The announcement Is made that the site of the old Russ House on Montgomery street from Bush to Pine, has been leased to a local syndicate for a term of twenty years. The Intention, It Is said, Is to erect a modern building thereon to cost $1,250,000. The lessors are to have ihe option of purchasing the property for $2,000,000 within five years from commencement of lease. Some ft the nicest people in the city five in, furnished rooms; people are moving at frequent interrals. Tell them in a small ad. now attractive your rooms are. If your rooms are really O. K, you'll have no trouble in get- fang them rented through one of cur want ads. Try it. Write Salmon Teacher Quit and Prin cipal Askd to Resign. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Nov. 13,-Wblte Salmon furnished considerable of sensation yesterday when It became known that the new schoolhoiise which has been opened but two weeks, and which Is the pride of the residents there, had to be closed on account of n strike by the teachers. An addi tion was made to the building this fall. In order to accommodate the In creasing number of pupils nnd the schonl directors found It necessary to employ thiee teachers and a principal The principal was a woman, but mar ried, and the other ladles are not, and this Is Raid to be the cause of the trouble. The teachers are young and pretty nnd the townspeople there say they were much soiiKht after by the young men of White Salmon, who were wont to bask In their smiles to such an ex tent that their superior. In teaching the young Idea how to shoot, object ed. The young ladles were strangers to White Salmon, coming from va rlous places In the state, nnd set up a bachelor maids' establishment where they lived together nnd entertained their friends. This Is said to have bcn considered .too uncrmventlonnl by the principal, who reprimanded one of the young ladles so severely that she resigned her position and the other teachers being in sympathy with her. laid down the rod and made n complete walkout. This action coming to the cars of the board of directors, a meeting was called and after hearing the facts In the case they decided to make a clean sweep In the matter and re quested the resignation of the prin cipal which was promptly forthcom ing. The young ladles have left for their homes, likewise the principal, and there Is no school In White Salmon's new, big white school house, which Is the pride of the town. The school directors, however, are making an ef fort to secure new teachers, but as most of them have been engaged for the winter's season, they anticipate they will experience considerable dif ficulty in getting them. GRANTING REBATES. New York Central to be Tried on In dictments. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. The New York Central will bo called to the bar again today before Judge Holt of tho United States Court, to answer sup plemental Indictments for alleged granting of Illegal rebates. The Amer- lean Sugar Refining company will also be arraigned as a defendant on sev eral counts In the same proceedings. It District Attorney Propose to Hav th Whol Story of th Romano Produced in Court to Es tablish th Crim. We Enter the Field for Business! 8 11IJ1 AT118 TWELFXHSI. ThoOWl Mtand or John II. Mitlud & Co. We Open With Complete nnd Fine Lines in Each Department and Expect to Maintain Them. 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