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A PUBLISHES FUU AS80CIATIP PRC83 WIPOBT ( ' COVERS THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA NO. 234. VOLUME LXIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1907 PRICE CENTS FIVE CLAIMS REID HAS THE MONEY Vital Question Answered at Regular Meeting of Chamber of Commerce. HUME SPEAKS ON FISHERIES President Ballentine of Construction States Tbt be it Confident he Will be Paid-Real EiUte May Now Take Another Rias Hold Tight , Robert Ballentine, president of the construction company, which will bullJ the first 22 nil lei of railroad at thin end of the Portland-Oregon t Beacoaet Rail road, tpoke at the meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce last night regarding the construction of the line. In answer to a query as to whether Mr. Reid had the money to build it, he Asserted that he waa confident that he bad. Otherwise he would not be going head with arrangements for the con atruction. lie waa postlve about the matter and thereby satisfied a number of doubting "Thomases" In the large audience present. f He had a blueprint of the section of he road to run through the county which calls for the contructlon of the road over the old survey to Clatsop City, where It was graded years ago. Where the survey strikes the Lewis and Clark river, there will be a braneh of the road lull It northward to tidewater. . Mr. Ballentine asserted that he was ready and would go ahead with the con atruction just iu soon as the trouble over the right-of-way had been nettled It seems that there hue been considerable of muchado about 'nothing in this right of way matter according to statements made last night. The Astoria Abstract . A Title Company, it appears, had a suit filed against it before a right of way had been asked on Its property, according to a member. It is asserted that several other land owners report the same eitua tlon. It was claimed at the meeting that the man sent to secure the right of way by Mr. Reid did not kuow his busl ness ,or he would have secured the right of way. i, Other members at the meeting, how over, tated that the suits could not be filed unlets the right of way had been refused. The concensus of opinion that there will be no trouble securing the right of way providing the road means business. At the outset of the meeting, Presl dent Welch squelched Manager Wbyte for attempting to disturb the red tape necessary to preserve the august dignity of the meeting when its leading officer waa present. Mr. Whyte had just fin ished making his report, when he stood up and suggested that as Mr. Ballon tine, of Portland, and Mr. Hume, of Rogue River, who were there by special request, should be given a hearing early in tho meeting. Prsident Welch thought this was 'too high-handed on the part of MK Whyte, and in a manner which indicated he didn't give a d who waa present, he Insisted that the rest of the red tape be administered. This having been ac ootnplished, to the great edification of all present, especially the visitors, the matters pertaining to the city's welfare, and for which the Chamber of Commerce was organized, were allowed to come in their place. ; Mr. Ballentine epoke first and answer d all the questions that he could. He Appears very enthusiastio over the plans for the road. In spite of the peculiar and doubting questions asked, he re mained undisturbed as to whether Mr. Held had the money to pay him pr not He was quite confident that he had. But the only thing that will convince some of the citizens of this town is to see lUr. Reid bring the coin along in an ex press, wagon, with the money in gold not paper gold, and have it tested. It is unknown whether they would like to liave if in. sacks or not probably not they could not see it all at once. It. D. Hume, of Weddeburn, the fa mous Rogue River canneryman, made an excellent speech on the preservation of the Columbia river salmon. He gave a lengthy account of the suocew be hod mot with in Uie hatchery themes on the Rogue River, and is positive that the salmon catch on the lower river can le made larger than it baa ever been, without the need of having a closed fish ing season. "Five years ago," he said, "I took con slderable up-river apawn and after it had been hatched placed the young fry at the mouth of the river and turned them loose. Four years later we had the greatest reaults you can Imagine. "It is my conviction that the present system of operating the hatcheries will never add to the oatch, and this has been proven since they were started. The salmon must get up the river to spawn and the young fry must ba turned loose at the mouth of the river to prevent them "being eaten up by the hoard of fish whkb follow the salmon up the river to eat the spawn and the young fish. "Fishing above tidewater should be prohibited and any person operating above point should be paid for their gear and any lots they should sustain. To do this the state fisheries should be turned over to the bureau of fisheries at Wash ington. I am loth to suggest this how ever, because I believe the state should look after its own industries. There cetn to be no other remedy, however, although It goes against my state pa triotism to suggest it." (Continued on Fags 8.) ADOPT U. S. PROJECT DECIDE AGAINST FRISCO UNIONS Hammond Timber Company Up held by Court in Injunction Issued THE UNIONS WANT TO BE SUED Nations Favor America at The Hague Conference. OBLIGATORY ARBITRATION Germany Opposes it While Japan and Italy Stand Aloof Austria end Smal ler Countries Also Vote Against the American Measure. THE .HAGUE, Oct. 7.-The entire Anglo-American project providing for obligatory arbitration, was approved at tonight's session of the committee on ar bitration by 31 to 0. The opponents of the measure are Germany,' Austria Hungany, Switzerland, Belgium, Rou mania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Montonegro. Italy, Japan and Luxemburg, refrain ed from voting. One delegate was ab sent. 1 ' WANT TO QUIT. Cleveland Operators Want Strike Ended on Thursday. CLEVELAND, Oct. 7. The Cleveland News says, upon what may be accepted as indisputable authority, that the teleg raphors' ,strike will probably end in Cleveland ,at least, on Thursday morn A request has been sent to J. E. Mat' terna, local leader of the strike for per mission to return to work on Thursday and it is said if the permission is not granted the men will go back to work of their own accord. The companies stated today that any proposition looking for to re-instatement of all the striking operators will not be considered and that practically all the men employed to take the places of the striking telegraphers will be retained. THIRTY DAYS TO ANSWER. TOPEKA, Oct. 7. The state Bupreme court has issued an order giving the Standard Oil, of Indiana, the Standard Oil, of Kansas, the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, and the International Har vester Company 30 dajys to answer in terrogations put by the attorney-general in en ouster suit instituted by the state in which violations of the Kansas anti trust law is alleged. KtBJwssSlSSBar Claim to Have Plenty of Money, But Court Asserts Injunction of Sailors'. Union is to Prevent Trespass and Law lessness Charged. SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 7-The United States circuit court of appeals today de cided against the Sailors' Union and the Faciflo Coast Marino Firemen in their appeal against the injunction of the c!r cult court on the application or the Hammond Lumber Company, which claimed it had been damaged to the ex tent of 110,000 by the unions' interfer ence with the vessels union packet boat crew by dissuading the crews from sail ing on them. It was also stated that the unions are insolvent and could not pay the dam ages if awarded. In appealing the unions stated they were insolvent, hav ing a fund of a hundred and fifty thou aand, and appellee had relief in suit for damages; that the injunction was violative of their rights; that they had a right to endeavor to improve their con ditions to organize for this purpose and to communicate their desires to others for that purpose. In aillrming the former judgment and so making permanent the injunction the judge gave it as their opinion that "Solvency, or iuulvency of the appel lant is immaterial as, in cases of con tinuing to trespass, the measure of dam ages was difficult to ascertain," and the iuunction was not to restrain the liberty of the j appellants, but to prevent lawlessness. Annie Brown king ill, her mother, sister and Tom Brown's brothers watched at his bedside until he expired, some ten days later, from the effect of his injuries Dy being thrown from a train. The body was prepared for burial by a local undertaker and the expense of the burial borni by Toto Brown's brother, who is employed at the university. Death cast a melancholy shadow over this negro family for a month, when on morning a mail carrier brought a letter for Annie Brown, igned by her husband, and saving: "I hope to see you eoon and and my brothers, too." The family was thrown into a state of superstitious dread, and as the letters kept coming with their words of cheer and all expressing a hope of an early meeting, the nerves of the Brown family began to get warm in the bearings, and and they appealed to Mr. Pa ton for an explanation of these messages and money from the beyond. Mr. Paton, who has served as mayor and alderman, newspaper man, school trustee, poet, author, and is at present librarian of the university, is not a be liever in 'Bright Eyes" or any other af finity with the power of talking through ether. He suggested a case of mistaken identity and justified the belief by t letter from the postmaster in West Vir ginia which stated that Tom Brown was well and that day sending money to his wife. - The family have been reunited and Tom's brother at the univereitv wonders who lies buried at bis expense in the col ored cemetery. POOR CLERGYMAN CAN'T PAY Has lis a Week, With Occasional I50 , Earned in Insurance. BURIED THE WRONG TOM Negro Family Mourned and Then Brown Came Back to Life. Charlottesville, Va, Oct. 7. When the Gulick, father of Ernestus Gulick, was examined in supplementary proceedings yesterday in the city court in reference to his ability to pay a judgement for $1,500 held against him by John S. Gar dner. Mr. Gulick is at present employ ed! as he expressed it, "to teach Sundays, attend prayer meetings and attend to the pastoral work of the church in the Third Congregational church of Water- bury, Conn., where I now am, and have been since March Iat. He professed his entire inability to pay 1,500, but declared that he had no intention of defrauding his creditors, and would pay them as soon as possible. J lIe said that his total income at any tune is about $12 a week, with an oc casional $25 or $50 which he earns as a life insurance agent. New York, Oct. 7. The Rev. Uriah D. new reached Annie Brown that Tom Brown, her husband, was desperately hurt and at the point of death in a West Virginia town she hurried to her employ er, Mr. John S. Paton, and begged his help in bringing her husband to the University hospital. , A small sum of money was necessary and this was forwarded to the proper authorities, who bundled up the injured negro and sent him to this city, where i STRIKE SETTLED. RENO, Nev., Oct. 7. The Tonopah & Goldfield aRilroad strike has been set tled. . ANOTHER CHICAGO ASSAULT Chicago, Oct. 7. Mrs. Clara Ray, aged 42, a trained nurse, while on her way home at an early hour, was dragged into hallway by a negro and assaulted. She has identified Jefferson Minor, who has been arrested, as her assailant. WILL RENEW BIG DIVORCE CASE Millionaire Hartje Will Spend His Last Dollar to Secure Vindication. far off. Sometimes it was o late that it was impossible for me to go homo for the night, and then I have gone to her home, "There we have found Mi. Hill in the kitchen with the dinner in prepara tion. The potatoes were boiling on the stove and the corn was all nicely husked and also boiling. The dinner was also in readiness, end it was a good one, too. So you see, ladies, we must give Mr. Hill some of the credit for too great work Mrs-iHill has been able to do and is doing in the cause of temperance." The applause . which" followed tho tir nieoAuroo iinnt 1 mcoe ' Mmil of hi conipIishments would HE DISCOVERS MURE LETT Cn5 , have done Mr. Hill's heart good could he have but been present to hear It. Asks Court to Reopen Trial Against Wife Whom he Charges Being Untrue to Him Negro Co-respondent Said to Have Hade Confession. PITTSBURG, Oct. 7. Interest in the sensational Hartje divorce suit has re vived by the announcement of a petition filed by the complainant, Augustus Hartje, with justices of the superior court sitting in Philadelphia, asking that the case be reopened so that additional evidence alleged to be damaging to tho defendant, Mary Scott Hartje, could be heard. '- The millionaire paper manufacturer has, it is said, discovered a package of letters alleged to be written by the two sisters, of Mrs. Hartje, and by Thomas Madine, the coachman co-respondent, and he desires to show that the respond ent is guilty of the charges brought against her by her husband. " The letters also are alleged to have made a confession to the attorneys of Hartje and have turned over to them masses of documentary evidence. v The attorney for Mjrs. Hartje stated today that the letters had no bearing on the case. Harje says the tetters vindi cate him and that he will spend his last dollar to secure vindication. Mrs. Hartje is out of the city. TROPICAL WAS NEWS. IS MODEL HUSBAND Vine tw-A f Wil l I jfKM-xA. fkfsg jr 'Him1 THE CZAR'S IDEA OF THE COM POSITION OF THE THIRD DUMA. Preparations for a Third Duma are no w under way in Russia. News Item. CHICAGO, Oct. 7. At last that rarity, the model husband, has been discovered. He has been traced to his bur, his habits and accomplishments have been studied, and the beauties ofj his character depicted to a waiting and incredulous worfd.j The discovery was first made known to members of the Cook county branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance union in convention assembled at the Wabash Avenue Methodist Episcopal church yesterday afternoon. The an nouncement that the ideal of the sex lived, breathed, and had his being in the person of Robert K. Hill, husband of their beloved president, Mrs. Emily M. Hill, was received with nods and smiles of approval, accompanied with gentle applause from the W.' C. T. U. members. v Though in the world of business and affairs Mfr. Hill is and will continue to be, known as the genial member and officer of several insurance and fra- terna! orders, henceforth, among the feminine portion of Chicago's residents, lie will be known as a model to be held uj to the husbands who are not models. . The startling announcement did not come from the lips of Mrs. Hill, and so can not be assigned to prejudice or affection. It came from Miss H. Ken nedy, vice president of the organiza tion, who is Mrs. Hill's ardent friend and coworker. It was Miss Kennedy who in intro ducing Mrs. Hill for . the presidential address unwittinglyp made known the beauties of her friend's home life and the domestic accomplishments of Mr. Hill "It is largely' to the credit of Mr. Hill that our president has been able to carry on her great work," said Misa Kennedy. "I often have wondered how she waa able to do so much and such great work, and I confess I didn't see how she found time for housework. Bait now I understand. "It was through Mr. Hill's ability and willingness to help out. I have often been engaged in 'an afternoon's temperance work with Mrs. Hill when we were -out lata) and dinner time not. Several Porta Change 'Hand at Guns . r. Muzzle. ' ;';"::'' ' SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 The steam er San Jose from Panama today brought wordof the capture of the Port of Aca julta during the latter part of Septem ber by the Honduras forces after a bat tie with the army of Salvador. ' ' The attack is said t have occurred during the absence of the gunboat York town which was looking after the Ameri can interests on -the Southern Coast. The Yorktown was proceeding north at tho time. ' ' Three months ago Acajutki was cap tured by Nicaragua when the gunboat Momotombo shelled the place and drov the governor to surrender. Since that time no further trouble is expected. . DYNAMITE PACKAGE Find Fifteen Sticks Near a Den . verHome. CLAIMS A WHOLESALE PLOT Clerk Overhears Plan to Assassinate Governor Buchtel, Edward Chase and Others Police Seeking Number of Suspects . DENVER. Oct 7 A package of IS sticks of dynamite were found by the police last night in a vacant lot in the rear of Edwartf Chase's residence, 142 Race street in this city. A search is being made after Kemp Rigelow, a clerk in a bookstore who reported he had over heard two men discussing a plot to blow7 up Chase, Governor Buchtel, and a num ber of other prominent citizens. A strong guard is being maintained at the home of Chase, who is wealthy, and who waa for many years head of a syndicate which controls the policy shops and principal gambling houses in the city. OFFICIALS CLASH. Leaders Among Telegraphers Not in Harmony. NEWt YORK, bet. 7. 'Percy Thomas. deputy national president of the teleg raphers today resigned 1 and National President Small announced he will make his headquarters here to conduct the strike of the telegraphers from this ctif. Thomas' resignation is reported; as the , outcome of Small's action at the strik ers' meeting yesterday, declining to en dorse the local union in its move to call out all the leased wire operators, wheth er under contract or not. RAISE WAGES. Non-Union Mem Get Second Advance in Yeaf. TOPEKA, Oct. 7.-Tbe Atchison, To- peka- and Santa Fe Railroad has an nounced an increase in the pay of all telegraphers on the system. It went in to effect on October 1. The increase ranges from $2.50 to $4 per month. The increase came as a surprise to the men. This is the second increase in the last 12 months, the increase that time being eight per cent. The road employs non union operators. I