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Jttontfatg 5f i UKIHI ruLU ABtOOIATID RIPO'T V UOVIRS THI MOHNINa FICLD ON TH LOWIh C3LUMBl;i J VOLUME LXIII, NO. 88. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS iy JotTt ft A. vt 1 POLICE! T Grand Jury Investigates Mooncy's Statement. RAFfED TENDERLOIN Saloons and Red Light Vice Generally Paid Tribute To His Superior Officers. LATEST MOVE IN RUEF CASE Claim DtUntlon Of a Prliontr, Pand Ing Trial Unlaw Charged With I Capital Offense, la In Violation of Stat Constitution. BAN FRANCISCO, April 20. Cap tain of Police John Mooney, of the Rush-street alatlon, appeared before tha grand jury today to substantiate bla senaatlonal charges recently made thai houses of ill-repute, saloons and red Hath t vice generally, alnea the fire, hav been flourlblng In bla district under tha protection of bla uperlor officer, and Chief Dlnan In particular. Tha Suih-aireet atatlon baa charge of a Inrg resident and ahopplnc dl trlrt. Charge of Inaurordlnatlon hav been preferred agnlnat Aoowy by Dlnan, a a reul,of the format' public declaration. The calling of Moonvy to tha atand ta looked upon a tha flrat tep In an Investigation of the police deportment In which the bribery graft Investlgaiore promise that It ahall be exhauatlve and pro ductlve of roault After tdoney examination, Honey refused to make a statement Indicative of the strength or Mooney teitlmony. Several other policemen are scheduled for appear ance before the grand Jury. A eubpoena la outatndlng for For mer Police Commlealonor Alex O'Orady whom tha prosecution ha thu fur failed to flnJ. According to hi wife. O'Orady I In Reno on a trip for busl tioaa and health. She ntd ho expect to return on Monday. Campbell, Malaon and Drew anJ John J. Barrett, who will defend Schmlts, today filed In the aupreme court a brief, supporting Ruefa con tention In hi application for release on habea oorpu, that pending the trial It I a violation of the atate con tltutlon to keep a prisoner Incarcer ated unless charged with an offenao, the punishment for Which I death. Schmlti' attornoya filed this brief aa "amid curiae" (le.), friend of the court, hoping that a. decision In be half of Ruef will atand their own client In gooil stent! when the tnlal come on, Ruofi trial, which was adjourned Friday on account of Ach' lllno, will be resumed Monday. ; LAWTON MONUMENT. Unveiled by President st Indianapolis On Msmorlal Day, INDIANAPOLIS. Apr. 10. Through the efforts of Vice-President Fair banks, the Orad Army of the Repub , llo and the Lawton monument com mission have been brought to an un derstanding regarding the observance of Memorial Day and the unveiling of the Lawton monument In this city on that day. A aettlement by which the O. A, R. will be enabled to participate In the unveiling now seems assured. Un der the arrangement It Is proposed to have the President speak from a plat form at the northeast corner of the court house lawn at 2:30 or 8 o'clock In the afternoon the address not only being the principal addross of the un veiling but taking place of the memo tlul address for the unveiling but ta king the place of the memorial address at Crown Hill Cemetery. The address at the graves of all the cemeteries will therefore take place during the forenoon. HUGH Vic President Fttlrbankt suld lt night that bo believed the proponed arrangnmente would b agreeable to the President, GARDEN CITIES. log Planned Foe Werklngmen ' NEW YORK, April 20.-Annoum-e ment waa made that the Garden Cities Aaaoclatlon of America, an organlsa tlon lo encourage and aid In building garden cltlea for worklngmen, ha de cided to give He support to three movement for this purpose and I to endorse two other. The altoa of these cities, It waa stated, would not be made public Immediately, because the land Would be seised by speculators. The three sites are on Long Island, In Vltglnla, and la Pennsylvania. The other two now under conltlnra. tlon are In Connecticut and New Jr- aey. The Long Wand tract Is being developed and consists of (OA acres. One factory baa agreed to move there and othera are considering the matter. John Lewie Child is president of the association. Among the director are Felix Adler, Bishop Henry C. Poller and Edward M, Shopard. BANK ROBBED. NORMAN. Okhv, April JO.-Tha safe of the State Bank of Agra, In Llncol county, was blown open with dyna mite this morning and about 1100 stolen. The robbers entered the town on horseback. The people were awak ened by the explosion and a running tight ensued. The bank building I wrecked and a posse Is out bunting for the robber. If Allowed to Control Democratic Convention. . CONTAINS RADICAL CHANGES Convention Will Be Asked To Deelsre Roosevelt'e Usurpation of Power Against True Demooratle Prlnoiplss Also Against Government Ownership CHICAGO. April 20. A dlspotch to the Record-Herald from Omaha says: The Democratic national platform of 1908, If W. J. Bryan coatrol the con vention, will not demand absolute gov. ernment ownership of the railroad, This waa authoritatively announced yesterday by James C. Dahlman, na tional committeeman from Nebraska. The statement Is In the nature of an official announcement, for' the reason that Mr. Dahiman Is In close touch with Mr. Bryan and recently has been In conference with him over the plans and policies of the forthcoming cam pulgn. Usurpation of power by the Presl dent will also be made a strong point and the convention will bo asked to declare that President Roosevelt, In this respect as well as in tho mutter of accepting or approving camplagn con tributions, has overstepped true Porno, cratlc principles. Government economics will receive the usual contention and a halt will be demanded In naval extensions, It will be declared that the vast sums being spent on armament, could bet' tor be employed tn Irrigating the plains of tho west. Development 6f river navigation Is t be endorsed. Election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, reforma tlon of civil service rules and a strong foreign policy will be Wrongly pro claimed and pledged. No overtures of any sort are to be made to the Populists, beyond a gen oral Invitation directed to all classes to join Ok Democratlo party In an effort to enforce the principles pro claimed and demanded lirtho Dem oratlo ploform. ; From the same source It Is stated that tariff reform will again become a dominant feature of the pkitform. The platform, aocordlng to Mr. Dahl man, has been mapped out and will contain some radical changes from the document adopted In 1904. While Dahlman waa not able to go Into minute details, he says' the prominent planks In Mr. Bryan's declaration of the principles will concern trusts, the tariff, state regulation and money, the REPUBLICAN XiBINAlN That Appeals to Admin istration Followers. BILL TAFT AND HUGHES Secretary of War From Ohio and the Governor of New York State. VINDICATION FOR ROOSEVELT While the President Is Not Behind This Combination it Is Believed to Meet With His Approval Believed Will Bring Force to Ticket CHICAGO, April 20. A dispatch to the Tribune from Waashlngton says: Tuft and Hughes. That I the tick et which seems to appeal to the ma jority of the administration follow, era and they point out the fact that tlclly concentrated In the two states of Ohio and New York. In each state the President has-been attacked personally, and In each state, He has the right to ask for personal vindication through the en dotaement of a candidate In sympathy with hla point of view on govern ment I matter. The idea of coupling the Secretray of War with a Cover nor of New Tork. has prove a popular It would be about as strong a combi nation as could be Imaaglned. Each of the two men would bring force to the ticket and do It too, tn a state more or less uncertain, according to ordinary political standards. It must not be understood of course, that President Roosevelt Is behind this, but. the names of Taft and Hughes are grouped together so ofetn by peaple who are In the confidence of the President as to give the lmpres slon that this ticket would meet with his approvaal to n extraordinary de gree. STOCK MARKET DULL. Dsmsge to Market Cause Price to Fluctuate. NEW TORK, April 20,-vThe Stock market has lapsed Into extreme dull. nes this week and the price fluctua tions have been Irregular and within a narrowing range. This condition is regarded us normal after the disaster and damage o the recent markets. A process of recuperation of speculative forces is Implied in part. Also an attitude of waiting to discern the ex tent to which events shall verify the fours which He at the root of the de enne or prices, it only has grown former owing to the credit require. ments of large syndicate subscriptions and the recall of credits by interior banks prompted by the previous de cllne In Interest rates. Crops and In dustrial v prospects, possible further financing by the railroads and political and governmental activities have vary Ing Influence. BELIEVED A SUICIDE. CAIRO, Ills., April 20. The coat and vest belonging to iP. H. Strowhurt, general organiser for the American Federation of Labor, was found today on the Mississippi river bank. A search is being made, as It Is believed that while doltrous he Jumped Into the river. railroad ownership plank, of course, being conspicuous by its absence. Constitutional guarantees will have a strong Indorsement, and the accept ance of campaign contributions from trust and large corporatona will re ceive severe condemnation. The plat form will define the necessity for ad proper use of money contributed for running campaigns. STANFORD WON. In Annual Field Meet Between Call omia and Stanford. BERKELEY, Cat, April 20,-Slx new Intercollegiate record were es tabllvhed at the annual field meet be tween California, and Stanford : today. Stanford won the day by a final score or IS point to 67, Fred Lftnugan (Stanford) after winning the pole vault at 11 feet lltf Inches tried for the world's record, clearing the bar 12 feet 4 Inches, which I but Inches lower than the record. Three Inter collegiate records were broken by each college. Demamlet (California) clipped four seconds off of the mile run, time 4 minute and S3 1-5 seconds. crowles (California) etabliaed a new record In the high hurdles. Time IS minutes 4-10 seconds. Nash (Stanford) knocked 10 2-S sec. onds from the record for two miles. Time: 10 minutes, 10 l-i seconds. Hall (California) cleared the bar In the high Jump at (14 feet The mile relay was won by Stanford In t min ute". It 1-S seconds and was the sixth record. PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD. Siomund D. Rosenbaum, Prominent San Francisco Msn, Dies in Berlin. SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. Big- mund D. Rosenbaum, for many years prominent in financial circles In San Francisco and other coast cities, died In Berlin Wednesday morning of heart failure. He was a native of Germany, M year of age. He came to Callforlna In 1852. He waa heavily Interested In paper mills In Oregon. Phenominal Fall of Snow in the . Middle West FREEZING WEATHER ON TOP Half a Million Dollar Damage Est! mated to Have Been Done to Fruit Tree Vegetation la Covered With 8now and Harmed But Little. DENVER, April 20. According to the local weather bureau a measure ment, 18 Inches of snow fell here dur Ing the storm which swept over Colo rado yesterday and a part of today. Freexlng weather is anticipated to night but little damage anticipated as vegetation Is concerned as most of It Is covered with snow. Half a million dollars Is the estimated damage done to the fruit trees in the Arkansas Valley but it is thought that the larg er fruit raising districts have escaped great harm. POLITICAL QUARREL. Attempt on 8panish Politicians L f e But Esoapea Injury. BARCELONA, April 20. Great ex cltement has been caused In the city by an ' attack upon Senor" Salmeron, the head of the Republican party here. Ho was attacked while driving to a mceetlng a number of shots being fired. Senor Salmeron escaped Inju ry but a friend, Senor Cambo, who was with him waa wounded. Tho hor ses drawing the vehicle were killed. The assault arose over the struggle over the election or memoers or tne Chamber of Deputies, which Is to be held Sunday. PLAQUE OF TOADS." Roada Covered By Thousands at Long Beaoh, California, LONG BEACH, Cal.. April 20. People north of the Willows, near here are puxxled to explain the plague of toads which is bothering them. For five days the roads in the neighbor hood ahve been covered with thou- sands of the little animals and people driving have been unable to avoid crushing them In great numbers. The sensation pf running over so many is sickening. There Is no water within a mile of where the toads are thickest yet every morning thousands and thousands appear in the road, this number decreasing as the day advances. TREACHEROUS ASSAULT Young Girl Beaten is Fatally by AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT Going Home From Work at Mid night and Had Lost Sense of Location. WAS ASKING HER WAY HOME After Promising to Show Her the In foment Suddenly Attacked and Cruelly Beat Her Into Insensibility Her Recovery is Doubtful. SAM, FRANCISCO, April 20. Ethel Zelgatlon, a 17-year-old girl waa fa tally beaten by an unknown man at Sutter! Street and Central avenue at o'clock this morning while on her way to her home on Lobos Avenue. Miss Leigh ton Is employed at down town town candy store and 'does not finish her work until after mid' night She had but recently moved to the Point Lobot district and was unacquainted with the streets In that neighjborhood. On her way borne she asked a man who passed by ber to direct her to her home. He bade ber follow him. They bad proceed ed but a short distance when the man turned and savagely attackeed ber. The girl waa picked up a tew mo menta latee. and taken to the park hospital There it was found that her skull was fractured and that she had sustained other internal Injuries. The attending physicians say that she will probaably die. Her assailant escaped. ENTOMBED MINERS ALIVE. Labors Rescued A,iv After Twenty. Four Hours. CHICAGO, April 20. A dispatch to the Tribune from Escanaba, Mich., says: Caught in a mass of coal, Frank Erlckson, laborer, was caught bead foremost Thursdaay through a chute at the Rets Coal Company's dock and after being entombed under the 25 tons tor nearly twerttyf-flour hours, was rescued alive yesterday. Although bruised from head to foot and sustaining serious Internal inju ries, hopes are entertained for his recovery. Ertckson's disappearance was not discovered until late Thursday night and crews 'dragged the bay through out the night, thinking that be had been drowned. Yesterday when a car of coal was being dumped at the rail road yards, feeble shout was heard from tne outsiae. The car was quickly emptied and Erlckson found alive and unhurt He said he, hod heard men passing near him throughout the night and bad shouted) repeatedly, but could not make himself heard. HAS SMALLPOX. WASHINGTON, D. C April 20. The county attorney of Shoshone county, Idaho, who Is in Washington, developed a case of smallpox today and was taken to the contagious hos pital. BASEBALL 8CORES. Coast League. SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.- -Port- land 2, Oakland 5. LOS ANGELES, April 20. Los An geles 0, San Francisco 2. Northwest League. SPOKANE,- April 20. Spokane 9 Tacoma S. SEATTLE, April 20. Soattle 0, Butte 6. MONUMENT PROPOSED. To Commemorate Detreat of Conti. nental Army to Fort La. NEW TORK, April 20. Th Fort Lee memorial committee baa an nounced that Sculptor Carl T. Teffs design has been accepted for the bronze statue to be erected to com merorate the masterly retreat of the continental army from New Tork to Fort Lee during the Revolution. The sight la at Parker's pond. Fort Lee and the monument which will be un veiled In October, In full view from Manhattan and the river. Sculptor Teff described the mono ment as follows: "On a granite base will stand aa upright, oblong boulder weighing 40 tons. Clinging to the bouhler will be bronze figures of two continental stairs, each 714 feet high. The design Is emblematic of soldiers scaling the palisades. RESTAURANT MAN MURDERED. 8hot and Killed By Discharged Walter in Presence of Wife. ' OAKLAND, Cat, April 20. John Mackovich, proprietor of the Gag Kitchen on Thirteenth street and on of the best known restaurant men in this city, waa shot and killed tonight In tbe presence of bis wife and a num ber of customers, by a discharged waiter named Frank Smith. Smith. who bad been discharged during tha afternoon, approached Mackovich from behind, and drawing a revolver fired five shots, each of which took effect and Mackovioh fell and died almost in. stantly. Smith then escaped and up to an early hoar this morning had not been captured. Anti-Toxin Hoped For Will Rout Stopped Fever. DR. E. SliMSON FLEXNER Experimenting With Serum Which It la Hoped Will Kill Carebro Spinal Meningitis Germ Or Be Exact Dip loccus Intracellular!. NEW TORK, April 20. Dr. E. Simon Flexner of tbe Rockefeller In- stitute for medical research, who has been searching for a remedy for cere bro spinal meningitis, "spotted fever," believes be la near the goal. In trac ing the virulence of the disease and to discover a check he has Innumerable mice, guinea pigs, rabbits and mon keys. A practical antt-toxln will be brought out as a result of the re search, It Is hoped. Dr. Flexner believes that fresh guinea pigs' serum can destroy all the germs present, with the Important provision that the number shall not be too great The serum may be used aa an antl.toxln Is near the point of com pletion. Should another epidemic oc cur it is believed that the researches of Dr. Flexner will assist the medical profession to a most decided degree tn taking care of It and In preventing the usual large percentage of mortal ity. The beginning of Dr. Flexner1 work was after -the cerebro. spinal meningitis epidemic during the winter of 104 and the spring of 1905. In the period of one epidemic there were about 4000 cases, The deaths num bered 2429. The percentage of deaths was 73.5. The tremendoua fatality caused scientists all over the world to take up -the subject of finding a remedy. The germ has the remarkable name of dlploccus Intracellular. Every ex periment seemed to show that Its life was short It was also shown that the germ waa to be found In the nose and ' the pharynx, and hence easily com municable. It Is found later, however, that although the germln itself with out attention might be of short life,' under certain conditions Its period of existence was not limited by a few i months. Cold Is deadly to it COLD IN TEXAS. EL PASO, Texas, April 20. The mercury has dropped 17 degrees In the three hours before t o'clock and at that hour registered 40 degrees be low. It is still growing colder and there Is every indication of snow.