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(UtUSHCS rUUL At SOCIATCD PRESS REPORT
NO. 246. VOLUME LXIII,
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COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ONTHC LOWER COLUMBIA
ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1607
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MEET DEMAND
CURRENCY
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Eastern Bankers Refute State
ments That They Are Not
Trying to Help West
COMMERCIAL FAILURES LESS
Bra4trtta Say Good Progr Hit
Bta Mad la Changing Condition
With Returning Coundtac Hoarded
Monty It Being Apia Deposited.
NEW! TOOK, Xo. t-LMdlag New
York bank art ' tutting tbemaalv
actively today to meet tit demand of
ththr tounlryl correspondent aa4 de
positor lor currency. They declare that
tbt euBjwuUona made (rota imral
WnUtj soureea that they art not mt
ItgiUmaU demand for currency from
tbt Wttt art tntlrely unfounded and
that they art on tht contrary talcing
amy praetknl maaaur to aid tht Watt
and South. It la admitted cotton whip
menta are seriously checked by tht lack
of amall bilk and the inability of South-
ara banka to handle tbt Immense
juofmH at bulm accumulaUng at
Southern point. On the other band
grain shipment art in better ahape ow
ing to tht gold tecured by St. Paul and
Minneapolis tnke, and arrangement
for paying cash i New York on gnln
Wlla, The total engagement of gold
now amount to $10,000,000 thla total
fcelng materially Increased today by an
Muncementa of eemal purrliiuet not
line to-fore made public. Thlt gold
rill afford a basis for approximately
9200,000.000 and will materially tssist
tba New York Unlit In their effort to
meet tba pressure for currency through
out tht country- The extent of effort
made by the New York bankt to meet
demand upon them It Indicated by the
ahowlng made by the bank tatement,
which thowt that nearly $(10,000,000 hat
disappeared from New York btnkt
Inca lent wcek't atateroent.
,NEW YORK. Nov. 8.-Bradstrt
tomorrow will tay that good progr
lute been made In accomodating tht
country to the changed financial condi
tion!, title too with ttriklngly little
friction, considering the (canity of
currency and the widespread aubetltu
tlon of credit . Instrument for actual
oath. ;
At the tame time the wholesale and
Jobbing trade liat quieted down per
ceptibly and the disposition In Indus
trial Unci I to curtail nrmliwllrm
aver potslble. There provailt thlt week
a rathe more opUmUtlc tone than latt,
tha outgrowth of better feeling In the
Eatt.' Large arrival of gold from Kurop
and theideal basic condition, both at re
gard the purchasing power of the peo
ple, and the absence of large tockt, are
totter than In some preceding year of
tros.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-J)unn ft Com
pany'a weekly review of the trade will
aty tomorrow there are fewer commer
cial failure In the United State thla
week than for two week paat' reflect
ing Improved - condition. The Situa
tion 1 more encouraging because of the
belief that the financial torra la being
weather) remarkably well. Immenie
Importation of gold hat terved to re
lore confidence in bank to a great de
gree and With the returning confidence
much hoarded money 1 being deposited.
tit main line undergoing repair, Tht
repair acre completed latt yesterday
and order were given the Cotton witch
ing craw to ust tht main lin. Tht
ordVr were overlooked aud tht crtw
took tht let house track, which at it
Junction with tht main lin, bad been
out out. Tbt men had no warning, lb
engln plunged into th ditch, Jolting
McGregor and SUuffer from their posi
tion. Doth fell to th roadbed and
wtrt Instantly killed beneath tht en
gln. LOST VALUABLE FOB.
Lawytr Hat Pocktt Plcktr Wkllt l
Court.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8-Robbd In opn
oourt of a diamond fob valued at 91,000,
Lawytr Edward Senkln discovered hi
Iom ytrdjr dirteotly after h had
obtained otntlananc for a client from
Judge Sedler at tba Harrison atrttt
Municipal Court He repmtntad Mm.
Ed MoNebb 'who recently eaud th
rrt of Mr. Emma Volta, Cbarle
MiEwsn, Municipal court tuttedlaa and
A. J. Jauueiowskl on a charge of con
piracy to obtain money under falat
prtteoa.'
Mr, MeKabb waa not reedy to pro
teed, and tht lawyer bllev that a
pickpocket got hi fob whll b waa
arguing for delay.
DIES FROM WOUNDS,
GOLDFIrXD, Nv, Nov. 8.-V. L.
Klin who waa fatally (hot Wadnaaday
night whll la tbt act of teaHng from
tht Amalgamated Nevada Reducing
Work, died today without recovering
eonsrtouanea. Grlpper now declared nei
ther b nor Klina bad anything to do
with tba robbery. .
GETS FIRST PRIZE.
PORTLAND, Nov. 8. ha J, a cheat
nut mare belonging to R. fl. Jenkln of
Aatorla waa awarded flrt prist at tbt
afternoon Mlon of th bona ahow,
Th mare wa la Claaa 8 for mare 4
year old and over.
SHOT-PARAMOUR
Slayer Claims he Mistook Man
(or Burglar. -
CREW SAVED
FROM WRECK
But Passenger Who Was Lashed
to the Rigging is
Drowned.
BALANCE TAKEN TO SEATTLE
RAILROAD MEN KILLED.
Waa Jotted From Running Board of
Engine,
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Nov. 8.-Con-duotor
J. C. MoOregor and Breakman
J, J, Stauffor, of the Santa Ft Oolton
witching crew, lot their live laat night
a mile north of Colton by being Jolted
from tltie running board on the head
end of their engine, which had plunged
into the head end of an Ice houae track
ued during the past few day while
POLICE HAVE OTHER THEORY
Many Endearing Letter Found la Ef
fect of Dtad Man Which Were Written
By Wift of Andrtw Dtttch Who Did
tht Killing.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 8.-The hoot
ing affair. In which Harry Feme of this
city waa killed laat Tuesday night, 1;
Andrew J. Detoch at the latter home,
where Ferree beared wa Inquired into
today by the cornor'i inquest, Detach
committed to jail. Ferree wa found ?y
ingin tha '.all outnide a bedroom occupied
by Detach and hi wife, Detach claimed
he mistook Ferret for a burglar aad
hot through the door, but among Fer
rcc" effect were found .many endear
ing letter from Detach' wife. When
confronted with these Mrs. Detsch con
fessed her relation with Ferret and
aid ber hueband learned of them.
DcUoh however), maintain he mUtook
Ferree for a burglar and did not know
of hi wife' relation with Ferree. The
police are working on the theory that
Detach, who ia a traveling salesman,
learned of his wife' conduct, compelled
her lure Fence to her room and then
(hot him d he wa about to open the
dooft
ORGANIST GOES WRONG.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8. A depateh to the
Tribune from Atlanta, Ga says:
Dr. J. Lewi Browne, organist of the
Sacred Heart Church, wa arrested last
night, and charged with attempting to
shoot Father Gunn, the priest in charge
of the Church.' It 1 stated Dr. Browne
had been drinking. Brown conducted
the musical festival at Cincinnati last
yenr and was one of the organists in the
great recital at the St. Louis World's
Fair.
Burton Ktlly, a Saa Frandaco Boy it
Only Om of Eight to Lot Llf-Crw
Lived ob BUak Island For Ovu Wttk.
With littlt Provision. .
SEATTLE, Nov. 8. Tbt aohooner
Glen of Saa Francisco, on a voyag with
uppllea to th station of tbt Pacific
State Trading Company, waa wracked
at Ikltak waa on IkiUk Bay, Unlmak
bland, September 30. Burton Kelley,
aged 19, of 6aa Franciaoo, wa drowned
whll kubed to tha acbooner rigging.
Tba other tva survivor returned to
Seattle on tht ateamef Yuckatan. Tht
Glen drovt aebort early ia tba morning
in South wet gait. Tbt tight men
took to tba rigging and Kelley, who
waa paMcnger wa lashed to make him
aft, , During tha blacknesa of tbt night
and tba confusion of tbt atorm, tht
eight men clung on for Ufa and no on
knew bow or when Kelly waa killed, al
though Captain Bucknam tat he be
lieve tba boy wat drowned by tbt Im
menat e which drov over th tchoon
er. Kelly wa buried in tba Sand of
Unlmak Ialand, living Survivor there
for a week with littlt food until taken
off by a sloop and carried to Unga. The
Glen wa a two -matter acbooner owned
in San Francisco. She waa built in
Maihileld in 1883. V'r
by lat jear'a ealthquake, which rose
to over 300 feet above the, aea ha al
mot dwindled away a a mult of tub
marina disturbance. 7bi peak wa
dlcovred by olllcer of tbt revenue
cutter McCulluch for which it wa
named. v
ROSENBERG RE-ELECTED.
Annual Conference of Fiabermen'i Union
End Deliberation.
SEATTLE, Nov, 8.Tbe annual con
forenc of th FMiermea' Protective
Union of Wahington, Oregon, California
and Akwka ended her today. Tot Usher'
men have decided to aak for a great
deal of legislation, most important of
which will be a law to givt their dat
tha benefit o ftht maritime law. Many
laws governing tha location and man
agement of flh trap will be aaktd,
amour which art tha abolishment of
fUh trap wbkh art a menaoa to naviga
tion! opening lead of Puget Sound
trap so the flih may reach tha rivers
during tbt 36-bour cleat period; and a
vote in tba granting of permit for
new trap.
Ed. Rosenberg, of Astoria, waa re
elected secretary tod treasurer of the
Union.
( PLEAD HOT GUILTY.
DURANGO, CaL, Nov. 8 William B,
Maaon aad Joseph Vanderweidt, accua
ed of murder In the killing of Joaeph
Walker, a United State Secret Ser-
vlca Agent at the Heaperua mine Sunday,
pleaded not guilty when formally ar
ralgned today. At tba request of the
prosecution no date waa set for the
trial. Walker body waa today taken
to Denver. On the ame train were a
number of government officer. There
ara atill in thl city, assistant attorney
General Hall of tha United State and
a force of Secret Service men.
DENIED JURY TRIAL.
Iron Moulder' Cat Coma Befor Judge
Barnei.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8.-Membcr of the
Iron Moulder' Union of America were
denied a jury trial yesterday by Judge
Bame in the superior court. The case
la one Involving a long standing con.
troversy between the Employer' Asso
ciation and tht Union.
The association, representing nine
local firm, k eeking to have made per'
manent an injunction granted in Sep
tember, 1000, restoring the member of
the Moulders' Union from interfering
with tha butines of tha petitioner.
The association also asked the court
to puuiah 12 officer of th union for
contempt of court for alleged picketing.
r VIEWING REGATTA.
Mr. and Mr. Carnegie Attend Princeton
Rowing Contest.
SKW YORK, Nov. 8. Mr. and Mr.
Andrew Carnegie are In Princeton to
attend old Nassau's regatta today.
The distinguishea visitor will view the
contest from a yacht which will follow
the crew along the canal that 1 paral
lel to the lake.
Mr. Carnegie hat presented' a magnifi
cent cup, on which the winning crew will
have its class numeral engraved.
It waa Mr. Carnegie who made rowing
possible at Princeton by providing funds
for the construction of an artificial lake.
The cost wa but $400,000.
FORGER ARRESTED.
MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 8. Otto
Virguti, wanted for forgery by Sheriff
McNeill, of Proaser, Wash., was arrested
here hut night by Deputy Sheriff Beihl
upon a description which was sent here
several day ago. Vlrguts admit his
identity. It i understood that he ha
a long' Hat of forgeries attached to hi
career. '
MOUNTAIN DISAPPEARS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8.-Captain
Tillin of the whaler Herman, arriving
in this port this morning from the Aro-
tio, reports that a terrirlo earthquake
occurred at Unalaska about a month
ago and that McCulloch Peak, created
, YESTERDAY FOOTBALL GAMES.
WALLA WALLA. Wah, Nov. S.
Whitman won from the University of
Washington football team by tb cort
LIFE FOR PROPERTY
Engineer in Saving Town Meets
With Death.
SECTION GANG IS DESTROYED
Train on Which Wert Explosive Take
Fir and Explosion Occur Whll Pass
ing a Gang of Mexicans Ran Train
Half a Mile From Town.
DOUGLAS, Ariz, Nov. 8. The death
Ust a the result of the Xecozari ex
plosion yesterday is now placed at 14
or 15, all Mexicans besidea John Chi'
holm, aged 13, who was riding on the
train when the explosion occurred. The
train on the narrow guaga railroad to
the Pilar mine in some way caught fire.
In the train wens two cars of explo
sive and the fact that the concentra
tor and a good part of the concentra
te were saved Is due to the bravery
of the Mexican engineer of the train,
Jesua Garcia. Garcia after calling to
the rest of his crew to jump, ran the
train away from the town. ' He had
proceeded about half a mile when the
explosion occurred and he was blown
to atoms. It is reported that another
member of the train crew stayed with
him and waa killed. The heavy death
list is due to the fact that the explosion
occurred just as the train was passing
a section gang.
VICTIMS
IRE
LITTLE
'Jack the Ripper" Murders
Berlin Are Cleared by
in
Confession.
MIND BECAME DISORDERED
Patient at Asylum far Infant Make
Heartless Statement at to Detail of
Shocking Crimea Wa In Saga at
Mother and Sitter.
BERLIN, Nov. 8. A aerie of crime
resembling those of th "Jack tht 2Ip
per" murders, only here the victim were
little girl, instead of women, baa been
cleared np by tba confession of a print
era apprentice named Paul Miaow, an
epileptic 22 yean old, who recently
waa confined in the asylum for tbt In
sane at Heraeberg. ' Authorities of the
institution wert informed that Minow
bad been talking in a rambling manner
of murder. Suspecting him of having
committed murder tfcey encouraged
him to talk with tbt result that he
freely related in a heartless manner how
ha had been taunted by his mother and
rister- with laziness, had gone oat into
streets in a rage and vended hi feel
ing by stabbing four little girls, one
after another. He then rambled about
tba city for awhile and eventually re
turned home, Hia mind became so dis
ordered that ha waa ent to the aaylum
a week later. The Police have confirm
ed Minow'a confession.
CHEWS GUM.
MAY FILE PAPERS.
SALEM, Or, Nov. 8. Holding that
the recording of mortgage deed, etc., is
a ministerial and not a judicial act, the
attorney-general rendered on opinion to
County Clerk F. S. Fiolds,- of Multno
mah, informing him that these duties
may be performed by the County Clerk
during the holidays.
Steve Adam Listen to Testimony of
Phillip Conple. t
SPOKANE, Nov. 8. A special to the
Spokesman-Review Rathdnun says:
Steve Adam heard like a voice from
tha grave today, the evidence of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Phillips giving the de
tail of the circumstances surrounding
hia movement at the time of the kill
ing of Tyler. Unmoved, Adams cat
twirling hi lead pencil or chewing gum,
bis head against the wall, hi eyea shift
ing, but there was no smile on hia lips
a during the first'daye of the trial All
day Attorneys followed the path nude
by Mr. and Mm. Phillips at the first
trial Frightened out of .the country
by threatening letters and dynamite,
Phillip and bis wife refused to return
and tell what they knew of the wild
experience along Marble Creek Id ISM.
Accordin gto the attorney in the case,
they are making better progres than
at th former trial Tomorrow the
state will go back to the finding of Ty
ler' body,
FORGETS THE PLACE.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8.-At a time when
she needs money badly1 in her fight fir
life, Mr. Don McDonald, charged with
the murder of Webster Guerin has for
gotten the hiding place of $18,000 worth
of bonds given her by her latehus
band, Michael C. McDonald.
' This proof of the woman's mental
aberration, cited by her "counsel Col. J.
Hamilton Lewis, was sufficient to induce
Judge Bianteno yesterday to permit her
case to go over until the December term
of court.
"The condition of my client is piti
able," said Colonel Lewis. "She cannot
talk connectedly of the events connected
with or following the shooting. I have
tried to talk to her 60 times that I
might be ready for trial but I have not
been able to get a coherent atory.
"What could be more convincing that
her insanity ia real than that she is
unable to tell me where she has hidden
valuable bonds. Her inability to pro
duce these bonds ha delayed the set
tlement of her husband's estate. She
ha spoken to me frequently of those
lost 'bonds and I have done everything
in mjr power unsuccessfully to bring
her back to some remembrance of where
she placed them. She doe not know
tha exact value of tha bond, but I
suppose It I around $18,000. Tha bond
ara of tb Lake Street Elevated Road,
and other West Side propertiet in which
McDonald wa interested."
IMMENSE ARMOR PLATES.
NEW) YORK, Nor. 8. Much lntereat
1 being taken by crowd of onlooker
well by engineer and contractor In
tba peed and accuracy with which im
mense armor steel plate, weighing 17
ton each are being unloaded and put Is
position in tba basement and sub-basement
of the Carnegie e deposit torn
pny building at Broadway and Cedar
street. They will be part of th big
gest eteel safe deposit vault in tht
world. Tha vault, wltjffc will b ready
for use next March, -will weigh 1218
ton. It i a two story structure with
special elevator eod stairways between
the lower and upper storie. The In
ner dimension of the fewer vault,
which t many feet below the sidewalk
are : Length 19 feet, width 30 feet I
inches, hebjnt 8 feet 4 tche.
There I an entrance to both vault
and an emergency entrance through a
plate of the same thickness. The main
door weigh 40X00 pound each. Tht
joint of tht door art liquid and nan
proof. Tht ateel slabs used are con
struction of the vault are eimilar to
those on the United States battleship.
MAKE INVESTIGATION.
PORTLAND, Nov. 8. District Attor
ney John Manning hae begun an investi
gation into the affaire of the upended
Title Guarantee k Trust Co. and the
method pursued by that institution in
the making of loans. w
Preferred creditors, such . as State
Treasurer George A. Steel and Ladd &
Til ton, are not to be protected to the
detriment of the general depositors of
the defunct Title Guarantee & Trust Co,
; No additional depression hot been felt
on account of the failure of the bank.
fJIEBT
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Criminals Prosecutions May Re
sult from Report
CONDITIONS WERE NOT BEST
Representative of Comptroller of Cur
rency Find Affair Which Lead Them
to Make Minute Xeporta on Two
Prominent National Banka.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Reports that
criminal prosecutions as the result of
conditions disclosed by the present
banking situation in this city are immi
nent, gained widespread circulation in
financial circle today.
It was said that representatives of the
Comptroller of the Currency who have
thoroughly investigated the affair of
the two national banks which have ben,
prominently mentioned in connection
with the present trouble, found condi
tions which led them to make unusually
minute reports, the precise nature of
which cannot be learned. . When United
State District Attorney Stimson was
asked about the matter, he said no de
cision had been as yet reached to prose
cute any one in connection with the
recent bank trouble. He also said any
such decision would be made here and
not in Washington. Stimson said;
"Any statement that a decision has
been arrived at, whether in newspapers
or elsewhere, is wholly false." .,,
FLOODS FRENCH CITY.
MARSEILLES, France. Nov. 8. A
hurricane swept over this city tonight
causing immense damage to dock and
water front property. The gas works
were flooded by the terrific downpour
that accompanied the stonn and , the
city was plunged into darkness. A
number of people were killed by col
lapsing houses, but in the confusion and
darkness it Is impossible to determine
the extent of the casualties tonight.