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COVERSTHC MORNING FIELD ONTHC LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LXIIIsN0. 404
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CANDY WAS
POISONED
Was Sent to a Girl Througli
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iuv man
SWEETSTOELLA MILLER
Four Children of the Family
Were Affected But Only
Temporarily.
LITTLE RUTH DIED IN AGONY
Tb Candy U Believed to Have Con
tained Strychnine Ella MUler Who
it 14 Yeart Old Worked for
Schwarichild ft Suliberger Co.
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KANSAS CITY, Feb. 12.-Rutb
Milter, the four-year-old daughter
of Charles Miller, of Kansas City,
Kas., today died from the effect! of
eatins candy from box of cheap bon
bom lent through the mail to Ella
Miller, an older lister. The following
inscription wai on the box: "Sweeti
to Ella Miller, from Cirli of the S.
andS." V '
, The candy U believed to have con
tained itrychnine. Ruth died in agony
10 minute after eating some of the
bon bom. Four other children of the
family were affected by the candy but
only temporarily.
Ella Miller, who it 14 years old,
worked for Schwarzchild & Sulzberg
er Packing Co., until month ago.
She does not believe she has any
enemies at the packing house. She
never had a sweetheart and the mo
tive for sending her poisoned candy is
myster.
TEACHERS GET A RAISE.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-The Chicago
Board of Education voted last night
unanimously to increase the salary of
eveyr teacher in the Chicago clcmctv
tary schools. From $25 to $100 was
added to the annual pay of each teach
er, the new salaries to date back six
weeks, from January 1, 1908.
The action of the board wilt affect
approximately 5500 of the 6000 teach
ers in the city sehols. A complete
new salary schedule was adopted for
the elementary schools, by which the
lowest salary group was raised irom
$550 to $650 and the maximum salary
fo reighth grade teachers raised
from $1025 to $1050. ,, 7 , ,
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
NEW YORK, Feb, 12,-Thc en
gagement of ! Miss Nora Stanten
Blatch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Match and grand-daughter of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, td Dr. Lee
Dc Forest, vice-president , of the
American Dc Forest Wireless Tele
graph was announced last night. Al
though the exact date of the wedding
has not been fixing it was announced
that the ceremony would take place
-before spring. Miss Blatch was grant
ed the degree of civil engineer by
rn,..,,.!! in 190S when she was gradu
ated among the first five members In
a class of 75. Recently she has been
engnged in field work with the New
York city water department. Dr. De
..Forest was graduated from Yale in
1894, receiving the degree of Dr. of
Philosophy three years later.x 7
JUDSON COE DEGENERATE.
Agrees to Exchange Hla 16-Year Old
Daughter for a Railroad Job.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-A' despatch
to the Record-Herald from Los An
gelcs says:
On the witness stand yesterday Jud
son II. Cue, 50 years old, admitted
wrilting letters in which he agreed
to exchange Ms 16-year-old daughter
Ethel fur a position with a railroad.
According to the letters the agree
ment was made in 1902 with G. W.
Smith, who was employed by the
Illinois Centra lat Waterloo, Iowa.
Coe had been summoned into court
by Judge Bordwell to explain the
letters which were Introduced by Mrs.
Theodora Coe in her suit for divorce.
She was granted an interlocutory de
cree. Coe had been previously di
vorced from three wives, and a fourth
is dead. " ,
BUYERS IN
NEW YORK
RAYNER ON CURRENCY BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-Senator
Rayner spoke at length in the Senate
today on the currency bill, condemn
ing the present system of banking in
the United States and incidentally
that the President by hit methods of
fighting the encroachments of preda
tory wealth had done much to inten
sify the panic through which the
country has recently passed. Senate
adjourned after devoting two hours
to the penal code bilL '
APPROPRIATION BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. -The
pent up feeling of the members of
the House on the issues of the day
and other topics were given a chance
to be aired in the House today. The
opportuinty came when the executive,
legislative and judicial appropriation
bill was taken up and a general debate
for an indefinite period begun. As
was the case last week, the President's
and the tariff question were the prin
cipal questions debated. 7
DYNAMITED
A
BANK
Bandits Wreck a Nine Thousand
Dollar Building.
SECURE THOUSANDS IN CASH
A Terrific Explosion Caused by the
Dynamiting of the Vault Awakened
Whole .Town Many Persona Ar
rived in Time to See Robbers Flee
RICH HILL Mo., Feb. 12.-Secur-
ing $23,000 in cash after dynamiting
and totally wrecking the nine thou
sand dollar building of the Farmers'
& Mechanics' Bank in this city, five
bandits heavily armed, terrorized the
citizens here at an early hour this
morning after exchanging shots with
the sheriff's posses, escaped to the
rough country south of here. No one
was injured by either the shots of the
explosion. A terrific explosion caus
ed by the dynamiting of the vault of
the bank awakened the town a half
hour after midnight and the popula
tion hurried to the two-story brick
bank building in the center of the
city. Many persons arrived in time to
sec the robbers riding away. Some
of the citizens opened fire on the
fleeing bandits and the robbers re
turned the fire.
; Charles James said the available
cash in the bank was secured by the
robbers. The large brick bank
secured by the robbers. The bank
building was completely wrecked
and many neighboring buildings were
partialy wrecked by the , explosion.
The sheriff' of the county organized
a posse, but as the robbers secured a
good start there is little prospect of
their being overtaken before daylight.
The rough country to the south of
the city will afford a good refuge for
the fugitives tonight.
Merchants Short in Their
Stocks.
EVERY HOTEL CROWDED
Some of the Big Western Houses
Have Sold Out Almost
Everything.
COMING EARLIER THAN USUAL
GRAND OPERA FOR HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-A special
performance of "Aida," at the Metro
politan opera house last night real
ised S12.C00 for the French hospital of
this city. One of the largest au
diences of the season was present, the
cast including Mme. Rappold, Mme.
Homer and Messrs. Caruso and
riancon.
Mora Than Three Thousand Buyers
and Business Men From All Over
the Country Are Now in New York
With Orders. ,
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-More than
3000 buyers and business men from
all over the country are now in New
York with orders for goods of every
variety for the spring and summer
trade. The great influx of buyers
was expected by the jobbing houses
here and is said by merchants to be
an evidence of the return of confi
dence throughout the country. The
general financial depression last fall
and the consequent small amount of
buying af tliat time has left merchants
throughout the country short in their
stocks and for that reason the buyers
are coming to New York earlier
than usual.
Every hotel in New York that
caters to the commercial trade is
crowded and New York merchants
are in a joyous mood at the prospect
of an enormous spring trade.
Mr. "S. C. Mead, secretary of the
Merchants' Association, said last
night: . ' ' v
"Monday was what we call our first
registration for the spring trade and
it proved to be next to the largest
registration day we have experienced
in 10 years. That is to say there was
only one other day like it in 10 years
so you can imagine what joy it
brought to business men about town.
Today as a second registration day is
1 he largest second registration we
ever had. By that I mean in num
bersnumbers of out of town buyers
and out of town merchants. Today
they kept pouring in 'and telling us
of the bright outlook for the spring
trade. They had to come, as their
stock hud run low.
"Sonif of the big western houses
have sold out almost" all of the goods
they had and this means a great era
of prosperity. It means that at least
8000 out of town merchants and their
representatives will buy goods here
for the spring trade. Now the most
experienced merchants in town will
average from each buyer about $10,
000.
This practically means that with the
ordinary trade, $80,000,00 will be
spent in the New York by the buyers
for one spring trade.
"The most peculiar thing about this
is shown by the arrivals yesterday and
today is that new business concerns
have cropped up in the west and have
sent representatives here to buy. They
represent the biggest firms in the
west and from Chicago to Oklahoma
they declare that business is good."
THE CAT ESCAPED.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12 A despatch to
the Record-Herald from Lexington,
Ky., says:
In an effort to dispose of a cat in
humane fashion yesterday Miss Grace
Carr, her sister-inlaw-, Mrs. Carr and
her cousin, Miss Herbert, came near
er death than did pussy. It was a
thieving cat and the family Imposed
;hc death penalty. The caf was caught
and chloroform administered but the
animal struggled to get free. The
drug was spilled and Miss Carr, Mrs.
Carr and Miss Herbert were over
come. A physician, after several
hours' work manager to save the
women, meantime the cat escaped.
ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BANQUET.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 12.-With fourl
United States Senators, as many Con
gressmen and several hundred of the
most prominent business men of the
Pittsburg district in attendance, the
annual birthday banquet of the Pitts
burg Chamber of Commerce wai held
at the Hotel Schenley here today.
The chief speaker was Senator Knox.
ARMING THE MILITIA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Acting
Secretary of War Oliver today made
the important announcement that the
Department was now ready to arm
the organized militia of the country,
100,000, itrong, with new army rifle.
The Governors of several States may
have the rifles on requisition and turn
ing in the Krag-Jorgensen guns.
"GOSHEN" SYSTEM EXPLAINED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12,-Morton
Frewen, of England, a member of
Parliament spoke before the house
committee on banking and currency
today explaining the old Goshen
system which provides from a reserve
of silver bullion as security for trade
dollar certificates not redeemable in
gold, but in silver. Frewen declared
that the Goshen plan could be applied
in this country without disrupting the
present currency system.
iiiDOLEY TO COFFIN
Takes Exception to an Article
Published Sunday. '
MAKES REPLIES TO CRITICISM
Ridgeley Says the Law Regarding
Over-Certification is Rigidly En
forced, Regardless of Letters of
Coffin, "or Any Scandal Monger"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Comp-
troller of the Currency Ridgley today
replied to the criticism of former dep
uty Comptroller Coffin, who stated in
an article published Sunday, that the
nutoinal banks were daily violating the
laws which prohibit loaning more
than 10 per cent of their capital and
unimpaired surplus, to any one per
son and which prohibits over-certih-cation.
Ridgley says' that Coffin's
charges are really made without any
knowledge of the facts and are inten
tionally false. Whatever 'may have
een policy during Coffins regime,
Ridgley states that since he came into
office there had been every effort to
enforce the law. Ridgley says that
the law regarding over certification is
rieidlv enforced, regardless of the let
ters of coffin "Or any other scandal
monger. Ridgley declares that the
proposition that officers of the leading
banks in New York city are so fool
hardy as to daily violate the law and
render themselves liable to imprison
ment as criminals is too obsurd for
serious belief.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-Asv the
memorial of the centennial of the
Roman Catholic diocese of New York
which will be observed at St Patricks
Cathedral on April 26 plans have been
formed to begin on that date a move
ment for paying off the indebtedness
on the cathedral, according to state
mets made after yesterday's meeting
of 200 priests of the diocese at which
arrangement were made to that end
the clergy, it was said, pledged them
selves to aid the archbishop in can
celling the cathedral's debt within
two years.
WRONG MAN
HELD UP
Stupid Joke Costs Him
His Life.
HE ORDERED'HANDS UP'
Policeman Not Recognising His
Friends Pulled His Gun
and Shot Westle Dead
PUBLIC SENTIMENT WITH COP
Last Evening While Hepner Was on
His Way to Work Wetle Recog
nised Him and Thought it Would
be a Good Joke to Scare Him.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. -John G.
Wetle, an employee of the city engi
neer's office, came to his death to
night while endeavoring to perpetrate
a stupid joke on Policeman F. D.
Hepner. Hepner is a recent recruit
of the police department and, was a
friend of Wetle, Both Jived at Fulton,
a suburb of Portland -This
evening, while Hepner was Otf
his way to work, he was recognized
by Wetle, who thought it would be
smart to hold up the new recruit
Wetle had hid behind a clump of
bushes and as Hepner came along he
stepped in front of him pointing his
pipe at the policeman and ordered
"Hands up." '
Hepner did not recognize his friend
nor did he take time to find out that
it was a pipe instead of a revolver
which was threatening him. He pulled
his gun and shot Wetle dead. Hepner
surrendered himself. Public senti
ment justifies Hepner in his actions
as the city for several weeks has
been overrun with hpld-up men and
other bad characters.
1000-yard runs while the special relay
race wilt bring together the crack
teams of the New York Athletic
Club and Boston Athletic Associa
tion. 7 :."'.
PORTUGAL QUIET. '
LONDON, Feb" 12,-The Times
this morning publishes a long Lis
bon dispatch relative to recent events
in Portugal. It says that the situa
tion is improving daily and that the
government adheres to its policy of
conciliating public opinion, but that
it would be a mistake to consider aU
danger over.
DECISION IN A LEASE CASE.
HEALTHIEST CITY IN U. S.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-With the ex
ception of Milwaukee Chicago wasj
said by Dr. Drake, statistician of the
health department to be the healthiest
city in America.
Chicago's death rate was for 1907
was given at 15.25 per thousand popu
lation based on the federal estimated
popalution of 2,107,620.
"I have taken the deaths as report
ed by each city and figured against
the population as given by the depart
ment of commerce and labor," said
Dr. Drake, "ad Milwaukee is the only
city that excels Chicago's record." .
W. C T. U. BUTT IN.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. -The women
of Chicago yesterday for the first
time became identified in a public
manner with the controversy over the
Sundav saloon. The Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union decided to
send a committee to the election com-v
missioners to protest against placing
upon the ballot at the April election
the proposition of the United Socie
ties for local self-government, de
signed to obtained a referendum on
the Sunday saloon question. The ac
tion was decided at a meeting of the
executive board of the Union.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-That a
lease of an apartment in a hotel bars
the lessee from recovering daraager
from the hotel for articles stolen was
decided yesterday by the appellate
division of the supreme court Dam
ages cannot be claimed even if the
thefts are those of an employe; the
decision 'further holds in the case of
Chas. J. Steinau, who sued the hotel
Majestic for the value of a scarf pia
that he knew no one but an employe
could have taken. The court held
that the plaintiff having leased was
not a guest, but a tenant of the
landlord. .4
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KICKED BY A HORSE
LEADS, N. D., Feb. 12.-From the
kick of a horse" received a week ago,
George W Glover, son of Mrs. Mary
G. Baker, the Christian Science lead
er, is suffering from parlysis of one
leg that threatens to become perma
nent The kick re-opened an old
wound received in the civil war.
STIfilUUTESHIPPING
Railroads and Lumbermen Agree
to a Compromise.
HAUL LUMBER AT OLD RATE
Under This Agreement the Railroads
Hope to Stimulate Lumber Ship
mentsEntire Matter Will be Pre
sented to Judge Hanford Soon.
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.-At a confer
ence held here this afternoon between
attorneys of the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific and the North
west lumbermen and business inter
ests a tentative compromise of the old
rate question was reached by the
railroads offering to haul lumber at
the old rates leaving it optional with
the carriers whether or not shippers
be required to put up bonds to guar
antee the payment of the new rate in
case the railroads secure a favorable
decision from the interstate commerce
commission. Under this agreement
the railroads hope to stimulate lumber
shipments and the lumber and shingle
manufacturers gain a point in not be
ing absolutely obliged to put up
bonds to guarantee the payment of
the new rate. The entire matter will
be presented to Federal Judge Han
ford as soon as the necessary details
can be agreed upon.
INDOOR ATHLETIC CARNIVAL
) NEW! YORK, Feb. 12. for its
annual indoor carnival in Madison
Garden, March 10, the New York
Athletic Club has arranged an elabo
rate program of events including five
relay races, 10 handicap races, three
scratch events and three special mvi;
tation races. The best middle and
long distance runners in America are
expected to take part in the 600 and
MINISTER WU SAILS TODAY..
TOKIO, Feb. 12.-Wu Ting Fang,
minister from China to Washington,
will sail for America tomorrow on
the Pacific Mail liner Siberia accom
panied by 32 students. He spent two
days at Yokohama. During his stay
here he called at the American em
bassy and had a long talk wth Min
ister Thomas O'Brien. He was en
tertained at a luncheon given today
by H. B. Miller, the American consul
general at which Minister O'Brien
and other officials were present.
. DRINKS BELLADONNA.
SILVERTON, Or., Feb. 12.-Roena
Harper, aged 10 years, died at Scotts
Mills this morning from having taken
belladonna by mistake for cough
medicine. ,