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PUlUSHCt PULL ASSOCIATCO PRESS REPORT HO. 254. VOLUME LXIII. GUARD SHOT BY CONVICTS Sensational Prison Break at Reno. WERE HEAVILY ARMED Took Possession of Butcher Wajon and Drovi Into the Kills. t TWO PRISONERS RECAPTURED Battled or Short Tina With Pom But Finally Samaiind OUttr Co Yict Sboote Himself Wfcta Comrade ; Are Rteaoturtd, RKNO, Nev No. 18.-Tb most sen sational prleoa break that baa ever oo- eurred si th new penitentiary took ptte (hit afternooa at 8:10 o'clock, convlcti Richard Forrett, Jmet Wettoa and John II. Edward, " overpowered three guards, shooting ont through tht hand ' and taking possesion of butcher wagon. 1b tba priwm yard, and drove In to Ua hill. Tha men wart all heavily armed and a battle la expected when they are overtaken. Tha convicts were working in the kitchen when they aaw tha butcher wagon In tba yard. They Immeditely eeeured rille they had con cealed and rushed - for the wagon Throwing tha butcher out, they laahed the horn to a run and eacaped. The guard feared a general break and turn ed their attention to the other prisoner thue giving the wnvlcU time , to get way. Forfeit and Walton were recap tured about four niilea weat of Careon ehortly after 4 oVdock after a abort time battle Kb the poe from behind pile of rock. Edward U tatd to be surrounded a abort distance further on, but particulari are hard to obtain. He ia the niott derate of the three and the offkera believe be will put up a hard battle, Several day ago a hone and . . it Kttuggy war stolen irora a iwnu uvory r stable and the warden of the peniten tiary atatei he believe the guns car ried by the escaped convict were taken to the prison by the men who atole the rig and handed over the wall to the inch a w likely to produce ufen aberration ox at least Irresponsibility for action. AMATEUR ATHLETES, Rulei Adopted at to Statu of College Ptaytri. NKW YORK, Nov: 18-After a long ilTwuolon at it annual meeting today the Amateur Athletlo Unoa finally de eded on tb atatut that college athlete are to bold in amateur, at bletk la the flturt. ' ".' : 11 a reolution, which waa Anally pd, It it decreed that college ath lete may only regUtcr with tha union from two placet, tbeli college and their home town. Tha attempt wat made to confine college athlete to Jthelr college but tba delegate btllevtd ,thlt ehange waa too drastic. Jamea E. fJulltvaa waa unanimously re-elected prveldant of tha union and John J. Dixon re elected too retary and treasurer. John O'Connor If. 0. Ptnnimao, George Ortoa and Ever ett C Drown wart elected vlce-pre!-deatt, la hi annual addreat President 8ulllraa particularly recommended a favorable aotlon on tha proposed Pacific Northweai Division advanced by Dele gate Ooldimith la relation to eporte at the Alaska-Yukon ExposHioo la 1900. WILL HONOR HAYWOOD. NEW YORK. Nor. laV-Wllllam D. Haywood, acquitted of participation la the aasaitlattlon of Ei-Gov. Steuaea berg of Idaho, la expected la New York withia the next few weeka. At the Oatral Federation Union meeting Sun day Albert Abraham, secretary of the Pettrbone defense committee, tald that a demonstration will be arranged la hie honor. !."-"' -.' ' 'About 6 o'clock the men In pursuit of. Edward came across his body on the mountain tide back of the city, It 1 believed that when he aw hi compan ion taken into outody that he lost heart and turned the gun on himself. ' TALKED TO NEGRESS Methodist Bishops Indignant Over Arrest of Brother. WAS FINED $50 IN ALABAMA COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 4 ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1807 PRICE FIVE CENTS 11 nmtf ABi a am tMlnlJuAllb ; TERRIFIES INSANITY IS PLEA. Foundation Laid by Defense in Bradley Trial WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Foundation was laid by the defense today to lay a plea Of Insanity in the case of Mrs, Kradley charged with Senator Brown's murdor, or more accurately perhapa, mental Irresponsibility at the time qf the tragedy. A on previous day, the tmti room wa thronged. The priwiner, frail and weak, almost to the point of collapse, sat behind her counsel, mani festing comparativoly little lnteret. Occasionally she exchanged a few word with her attorney. During the after noon he at with her head buried in her hand without moving. , v Evidence adduced today tended . to throw light upon Mm Bradley' condi tion at time of the tragedy. Newspaper men and physicians occupied the stand most of the day. In each Instance the newspapermen testified that at the time they saw Mra, Bradley after the ajioot lng, she wa greatly agitated, Physician who knew before the murder ,and", who subsequently examined and treated her testified that her physical condition was Editor of Southern Religion Paper Mia takea for White Man and ia Arretted for Talking to Wench Collection Tak en to Reimburse Him. PORTLAND. Nov. I8.-N0 little ex citement and some Indignant comment wa the result today at the session of the general committee on Home Missions and church extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church at tha statement of Bishop Earl Cranston hat Wesley Jone. of New Orleans, the editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate was arretted at Birmingham, Ala., while en route to Portland and fined $30 for talking to a negres. The Bishop asked that a contribution be taken to reim burse Jone for the fine. Bishop John W. Hamilton declared Ithe State of Ala bama ought to refund the money but this proposition wa declared out of the question, by Bishop Luther B. Wilson, who was presiding, a, collection wat tak en and will be forwarded to Jone, who has already left this city. Bishop Cran ston stated later that Jones though part negro, would not be taken for one of that race, at first sight, and the Birming ham police mistook him for white man, Bishop I. L Thomas, colored, Held agent 0 the board stated that lie knew, no law which would) justify the aweat. VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT. the Manufacturer' Association. The whole management of the Van Cleave ult wa Wt to President Gomper an', the executive council. The Federation May expressed itself at favoring the absolute exclusion of all immigration from Ala and the island of the Pacific to the Cnlted State or it Insular pot eion, ' Panic Stricken Italians Desert Homes. ANOTHER SEVERE SHOCK Province of Rt;,lo dl Ckl&brt Again Visited by Etrth Quake. PEOPLE CAMP IN OPEN AIR Inclemency of Weather Adda to Gravity of Sitaatioa Subttrraoeaa Grottoa Abiding Place of Homelea People Shock Mot Severe at Branchalon. ItlJGGIO DI CALABRIA, Italy, Nov. 18. The province of Reggio dl Calabria wt visited by another tevere earth quake thit afternoon. It wa especially sever at Branchalon, Ferruttano and Bianco and a number of house -were flattered or damaged. People who re turned home after the earthquake of October 27 ar agate panic stricken mad have fled to the country. Some are camped In the open air while other have taken refuge in aubterranean grot to. The gravity of the situation ia In creased by the Inclemency of the weather. DRAFTS MIES LYNCH. ST. PAUL, Nov. 48. President Lea noon of the fit. Paul baseball club, ha drafted Mike Lynch, manager of the Tacoma Club, and will offer him a simi lar position on the St. Paul Club. ; ' ADOPTS REPORT. Judge Anderson Holdt Bank't Bookt Are Competent Evidence. t CHICAGO, Nov. 18. Judge Anderson, in the Walsh trial today ruled that the books of the Chicago National Bank and of other Walsh enterprises cotatituted competent evidence and that counsel for Walsh had no constitutional rights to exclude them. Following this victory for the prosecution through testimony of Natlnal Bank Examiner Hoxey pro ceeded to trace 10 Instance of alleged Irregularities in the accounts which it it contended constitute misapplication of funds of the bank. I Provide! For Assessment to Fight In junction Suit NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 18. The Ameri can Federation of Labor, amid great enthusiasm, today adopted unanimouil the report of the special committee on tbe boycott of Van Cleave-Buck Stov & Range Company's injunction suit now pending at Washington which pro vide for the assessment of a 1 per cent per capita tax of all afllliated unions international and local to be used in fighting this euit, and aa a ceneral de reuse fund against all other attacka by WILL ABANDON CAMP. Pbllantbropiit Tiret of Doing for In- gratet and Impotton. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18. After five year of philanthropic effort directed to ward tbe cure of consumptive, N. 0. Neltoa of St. Loult, a capitalist who established a hearth camp at Indio, Cal, wbert handred of patient have found health or improvement, it tald to have decided to abandon the undertaking. The tettlement, picturesque because of ite array of tent, will disappear on December 1 and the land will be cut up into raacbe tracts. It it said, ia explanation of Mr, Nelaoa'e action, that violation of the rules and abuse of tbe privilege, together with numerout Im position, combined to bring about this deciton. CHICAGO'S CURRENCY. , Clearing -Hoote Certificate! of Aaoimt Ufioofioo Soon ia Circulation. CHICAGO, Nor. 18.-Six million dol lar! la new clearing-house check, kept in active circulation, probably will be sufficient for the financial needs of Chi cago until normal conditions return, ac cording to eitimatea made yesterday by those in close touch with the situation. At the opening of business today there wat in circulation or ready for disburse ment at tbe banks 12,423,000 in the new medium. . Up to Saturday night $1,680, 000 had been prepared, chiefly in de nominations of two, fives and tent and $;&,000 wat- added to IhJa amount yet terday. . RECOMMEND MERCY. Brakemaa Who Confessed to Crime Dealt With Leniently. BOULDER, Colo, Nov. 18.-ifurder in the second degree, with a recommenda tion of the minimum sentence of 10 yeara' imprisonment, waa the verdict re turned against W. J. Reaves, a railroad brakemao, who confessed that he and another railroad man act fire to the Colorado A Southern Railroad yard which caused the explosion of dynamite and killed three men and destroyed tev eral hundred thousand dollars worth of property the night of August 10. . MORE HOLIDAYS. SALEM, Or, Nov. 18. While fully satisfied that the financial situation in the State of Oregon is very much im proved. In fact, almost restoljd to nor mat conditions, and that the banks of the state are in fair condition to handle the situation ever at thia time,, Governor Chamberlain this morning proclaimed continuation of the holiday , season for the entire week. ypww'f Si f v:vi From now until Thanksgiving the foutballiot will show us that he is no Mollycoddle. , . PRESIDENT Congratulations Pour Into White House. MONEY FROM HOARDS ttany Applications for New Certificates Already Re ceived. ' CONGRESS WILL LEGISLATE President'! Letter Save Bank From Saa lAdmioistratlon Ritea to the Occasion aad Financial Stringency Win Soon be Hittory Gold Behind Certificate!. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Satiafaction waa general today ia banking circle because of the government's plan of re lief to the market by the issue of $50, 000,000 in Panama bonds and 100,0OO, 000 in one year treasury certificate. The issue of abort term certificates wat more of a novelty and attracted more discus sion. The general opinion it that both measures would tend to draw idle monev prom private hoards and thereby break tbe premium on currency anr restore normal conditions in the money market. 80 strong wat thit feeling that it was understood that gold engagements would practically, ceate after today. Interna tional bankers declared that gold already engaged ia aa much at New York can justly take from Europe under strained condition! which prevail there and to take more would be only to compel its return at a later date. . The issue of short term obligations bankera declare will meet admirably the demands of the present occasion, because they can be taken up and paid for at the expiraton of their term from the treasury cash balance which can then be withdrawn without danger from the cus tody of national banks. The response from the public to tbe offer of the new securities is expected to center largely on the certificates. Panama bonds pay ing only two per cent and telling at a premium are expected to go chiefly to the national banks to be used aa a basis of circulation. , WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. President Roosevelt has been commended and con gratulated throughout the day on the wisdom and success of the financial re lief measures launched yesterday by the administration. Many telegrams from all parts of the country, including New York, Chicago and other large cfties have been arriving all day at the White House. The President received word from Buf falo that his letter expressing confidence in the financial soundness of the country had been printed in several languages and distributed among depositors -who were making a run on a bank there with the result that the run was checked. Before business closed at the treasury today many applications for the new certificates for- the new indebtedness had arrived. The fiscal uses to which these certificates may be put will make the demand for them very "general, according to the op n ion of experts of the depart ment. Assurance was given today that the gold reserve was behind these certifi cates and this fact, added to their interest-bearing feature, will make them eagerly sought. A, hint contained in the President's lettei', that financial relief from Congress was assured resulted in many inquiries as to its exact status. It is admitted the President has consulted freely with 'eaders of both houses of Congress by mail and in person, but just what the present status of the legist lative plans are is withheld. One point of unanimity is certain, every Senator and Representative who has called at the White House during the financial street hat been free to tay that financial leg! httion would be the first business of the next eiiion of Congress. Beyond thia. unanimity eeavet. ft FATAL BURNING. Body of Supposed Janltret Found ia Rooms After Fire KANSAS CITY, Mo,' No. 16,-The ' body of an unidentified woman, up poeed to be a janitreaa, wat found ia one of the roomt'of the Missouri build ing at 3 o'clock thit morning after the firemen had subdued a fire that ruined tbe interior of the building. The womaa it still unconscious and may die. , . Tba Kansas City Star building and the Corn Belt Bank building, adjoining, were only slightly damaged, and the At- tockted Press offices ia tbe latter build ing escaped injury altogether. ine junsae City Star suttaioed a lot of 120,000, canted by water. Nine hun dred roll of white paper aad other property is the basement of the Star building were ruined. The total tote will aggregate $45,000. SALE DECREASES. People Are Hot Buying Diamonds free Thia Year. NEW YORK. Not. 18. The imoorta- tioa of diamond and other preeiout (tone for the first ten month of thit year thowt a decrease of more than fa,- 000,000 compared with the correspond ing period of last year. Importers be lieve that for the entire rear the de cline will be about $10,000,000. They tay the decrease it chiefly in diamond. ine railing off since the beginning of October has been especially marked. ' In that month the import a were worth only 40 per cent of thoee of the corresponding month of last year. The total valuation of tbe imported stones this year up to the present month ia $30,540,910. Ia the same period of 1906 the total wat $48.-971,717. DEFENSE NEAR END Important Witnesses Testified at Yesterday's Trial. TOOK ADAMS DOWN THE RIVER Steamboat Captain Remembers he Took Defendant Down St Joe River-Court Refuses to Allow Detective to Answer Question Mason Identifies Signature. SPOKANE, Nov. 18. A special to the Spokesman-Review from Rathdrum says t the defense in the trial of Steve Adams expect to conclude its case Wednesday. Kapid progress was made today, the defense putting on several of its most important witnesses. Among them were Fred Price and Newt Glover. Detective McParland was recalled by the defense to fee asked if he told Adams there would be big reward for the convictions of the murderers of ex -Governor Steun- enberg. The court would not allow the witness to answer.- Alvin Mason was recalled by the prosecution to identify his signature on the hotel register at St. Joe, which placed Jiim there on the day of August 18, going to Wallace and re turning August 24. He testified prev iously he went to Wallace August 16 or 17 and returned the 20th at which time Adams was at his home. Boule was mur dered August 20. Eli Lair, captain of . a river steamer, remembered 7 having taken Adams down the St. Joe river about 'August 8 or 9. BILLS OF EXCHANGE. , , PORTLAND, Nov. 18. A meetinir of bankers and grain exporters was held today to discuss means of realizing on London bills of exchange given for wheat. These bills require 60 to . 90 days to realize' upon and immediate dis posal of them was the problem which the meeting failed to solve. 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