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Wealthy Lumberman
Roundly Fleeced.
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BE NEEDS A GUARDIAN
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Kavanaugh Says He Met By Ap
pointment Several Well
Groomed Men.
BETS ON A WRESTLING MATCH
! Thought he Hid Met Company
of Gentlemen Sports, But Cisco
red Ceng of Crooks, Who Fleec
d Him to the Tune of 137,500.
"Ruitniart lion" fay he' does not want
to bo niUundcrMood b the American
public.
"I would like to have It understood"
he said, "that whatever may be the
outcome 'of the match between Cotch
and myself it will be an absolutely
square content in which the bct man
will win." While HackenKhmidt
feci fine he li nut quite in the bcM
wrestlingl conditions! have f been
working for 'the' pant year and have
had little time In which to train, but
I know that with two wccki training
I will be in perfect ilmpe."
To keep himself In shupe, on the
way over the giant competed in pott
to races on deck, and aroused the
itrangeri by the swiftnes with which
he could carry hit giant ilie from one
bucket to another. "
When he was told that Cotch wai
a great wreitlcr, he said;.
"I'm glad to hear it. If he l a
good u reports say, he it, our bout
ihould prove a good one.".
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1808
AW
Alia Assaulted the Guards
With a Razor,
RUSTY SERIOUSLY CUT
The Adding of a Second Murder
to Denver Record Avoided by
Deputy Warden.
QUAKER OATS MAN DEAD.
LOS ANGELES, March 14. -Ed
ward Day, the millionaire head of
the Quaker Oati Manufacturing Co.,
of Cleveland, died thU afternoon from
uraemic poisoning, lie was 73 yean
old. " " A C i-' 7 '
NEW ORLEANS March, 14.-J
E. Kavanaugh, a wealthy lumberman
of Davenport, Iowa, reported to the
police today that be had been fleeced
out of $37,500 by 'gang in New Or
leans which posed at representative!
of a prominent sporting club. Kav
anaugh say that while travelling in
the middle west he was approached
by a man who told him that, there
wai a crowd of wealthy men in New
Orleans, who werewilling to risk all
they had on a wrestler here, but he
knew a man named Marsh, from
c-.ti who could throw the New
vyni ww--
Orleans wrestler , and that opporlu
titty presented to make a lot of money
Kavanaufih say that he met, by ap
pointmcnt, several well groomed men
who said they had a wrestler named
. Gorman who could beat the world.
A match was arranged and Kavan
augh bet $37,500 on Marsh. The match
was held In secret. Marsh won the
first fall but when the the men went
to the mat the second time Marsh
auddenly began bleeding at the nose.
A man who said he wa a doctor de
clared that March wa dying and ad
vised Kavanaugh to get out of town
if he did not want to be arrested.
KNOCKED OUT IN EIGHTH.
. SAN FRANCISCO. March 14.-
"Cyclone" Johnny Thompson, - oi
Illinois, knocked out Johnny Murphy
of this city in the eighth round of i
20-round bout this afternoon.
THE WAGES OF SIN
Pastor who Eloped With Young
. ..Woman Ask Help. f
STRUGGLE OF LIFE TOO MUCH
NEEDS OF PHILIPPINES.
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 14.-W.
Morgan Shustcr, formerly collector
of the port of Manila, now a mem
bcr of the Philippine commission and
secretary of the board of public In
struction, arrive here yesterday on
the Liner Manchuria.
He says that the Philippine con
cress so far has proved a success.
The native legislators have accepted
their new responsibilities in a proper
spirit and such laws as they have en
acted are good.
"The Philippines", he is continued,
"need a chance to sell their , sugar,
'tobacco, and other products in the
U. S. They also need capital to dc
velope their resources but, will get
neither until the tariff is modified in
favor of the islands. i '-
"In spite of all obstacles, however,
wonders have been done in the is
land especially in and about Manila.
,We have now a good water supply,
scientific sanitation, a good lighting
and street car service and first class
shipping facilities. The harbors have
been improved, and when the tariff
gives them a chance the islands will
be ready to take it. (
)
WRESTLING MATCH.
NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-George
-Gackenschmidt, the champion wrest
ler of the world, who will meet Frank
Gotch, the American champion, in
Chicago, on April 3, who arrived in
this city yesterday on board the steam
er Lusitanla, said he was in good
health and confident of his ability to
loeat the American champion. s ihe
We Are Different From the Other,1
Said Cooke. "We Cannot Ask
Friends to Help us, Because we
Threw Aside Friends; I'm Just Tired
SAN' FRANCISCO. March 14.-
Jcre K. Cooke, the deposted pastor
the Episcopal Church at Hempstead
L I., who ; eloped with Floretta
Whaley. about a year aso, and who it
is said, telegraphed yesterday to Mrs,
Kezich Whaley, the girl's grandmoth
cr for help, and that he and family
were ill and destitute, were located
in this city last April. ..Thev couple
were found living in a suite of rooms
on Masonic avenue, well to all ap
pcaranccs, and with comfortable
surroundings. $
The baby alone looked pale and
peaked but the parents attributed
this to the hot weather.
In Interview the former rector
admitted that he had telegraphed for
help, and admitted that the struggl
of life had been too much for him.
and that he had made a failure of
everything. ':'j,..J
"We arc different from the others
said Cooke, "we cannot ask friends to
help us, because we threw aside
friends. We laughed at the world
and the world will laugh at us. Late
ly I have begun to realize that no
man, however strong he may or how
ever great may be his incentive, can
not buck the world. It is older than
us and stronger."
In reply to the question: "You are
comfortable and seemingly have all
you want," he laid, "It is not a mat
ter of material comfort, its the know!
edge that one if an outcast. It is the
understanding' that to the kind
hearted you are an object of charit
able curiosity and to the others just
a simple cad. These are things which
no man can fight and I am just tired."
Cooke has some friends who say that
as son as it is known that he, is in
want there will be no trouble about
his getting everything that he needs.
They say that it is only by reason of
the fact that he has not told any one
of his straits that be is in trouble. .
DASH
FUR
LIBERTY
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, .. ANARCHISTS DISPERSED.
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CHICAGO, Mar. 14,-Neariy em
anarchists. Socialists and others as
sembled last night in front of a va
cant store building at 392 Dearborn
Street to bear a lecture by . Emma
Goldman, but were disappointed.
Forty or Fifty policemen, with in
spector Wheeler in charge, told the
crowd to go away. .
The police were there to enforce an
order that came to Assistant Chief
Schuetlcr from the building depart
ment warning him to permit no, one
in the structure which was declared
to be unsafe.
Harold Leclair Nickes, the counsel
lor retained mysterious persons for
the purpose of holding a demonstra
tion during the removal of the body
of Lazarus Averbuch from the Pot
ter's field and, the performance of a
private autopsy, refused yesterday to
reveal the names of men and women
who employed him.
TRAIN WRECK
TV0 KILLED
Frisco Passenger Goes Off
the Trestle.
SEVEN BADLY INJURED
The Train Was Wrecked on
Trestle While Going Across
Spring Creek.
NOT KNOWN HOW HE GOT BLADE
Alia Struggled With the Two Men
Like Wild Man and Had to be
Beaten Unconscious Before he
Would Give up.
DENVER, March W-Giuseppe
Alia, the condemned assassin of
Father Leo, made a wild attempt to
escape from the county jail today.
He assaulted a trusty with a razor
blade that he secured in some un
known manner, seriously cutting him
in the neck. The adding of a second
murder to his Denver record was
avoided by Deputy Warden Carpen,
who rushed to the trusty's aid. Even
with the two men struggling agains
him, Alia stmgglcd like a wild man
to escape and had to be beaten un
conscious before he would give up.
Alia afterwards absolutely refused to
talk to anyone. Baron Tosti, the
Italian Consul, claims the outbreak is
further proof of Alia's Insanity, but
Attorncv Widdicombe, who, under
the court's order, conducted Alia's de
fense said: "I was not the least sur
prised when I heard this morning
that Alia attempted to murder the
guard In an attempt to escape. I re
garded the man as a dangerous man
even while I defended him and I had
no belief that he was insane."
FAVORABLE REPORT.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. It
was officially stated yesterday that
unless some new infection appears
Dr. Rupert Blue's report to the fed
eral government regarding the plague
situation will be a favorable one.
The report indicates also that the
imminent threat of plague has been
successfully defied. All danger iShot
oast, but the authorities have the
situation so well in hand that by con:
tinning th? sanitation work they will
be able to stamp out every trace of
infection.
PREPARING BILL
N.
Y. May Buy Their Tunnels by
Act of Legislature.
NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-To enable
the city of New York to buy the
completed sternway tunnel under the
East River, Corporation Counsel
Pendleton announced yesterday that
he has prepared bills to be introduced
into the legislature whereby the mun
icipality may be empowered to pur
chase railroads already constructed
or in the course of construction. Mr.
Pendleton decided yesterday that the
boad of estimates is as powerless as
the public service commisson recent
ly found tsclf to authorize the pur
chaes of the tunnel, which Theodore
P. Shonts and August Belmont re
cently ofcred to sell to the City for
$7,243,800. The pending legislation
to be introduced Monday night in
both senate and assembly is expected
to obviate all difficulties.
GRAIN INSPECTION
Resolutions Adopted Opposing
Grain Inspection Bill.
UNIFORM WORKING IN RULES
As Neat to Uniformity in Practice as
Possible Under the Varying Char
acteristica of Different Sections of
the Country In Soil and Climate.
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WASHINGTON, March i4-Gram
growing, shipping and exporting in
terests today adopted resolutions op
posing the principle expressed by the
grain inspection bill now pending in
Congress. The resolutions recommend
that efforts be made on the part of
the grain exchanges to secure the
adoption of uniform wording in the
rules relating to grain inspection and
also as near to unformity in practice
as possible under the varying charac
teristics of the different sections of
the country in sail and climate.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Madame Freemsttadt I announced to
sing" in "Rhincgold," and "Siegfried"
Mme. Lefler-Burckard will take the
leading feminine rolej in "Die Wal
kure" and "Goettef-Dammerung."
Mme. Norenas only appearance will
be in "Die Walkure" Burrian and
Curgstaller are the leading tenors for
these pieces. - Gustave Mahler is
scheduled to conduct "Pie Walkure"
and "Siegfried,' while Alfred Herb'z
will occupy the conductor's chair at
the performance of "Rhinegold" and
'Cotter Dammerung."
AN IRON BOLT ON THE TRA
vn
The Engine, Baggage Car and the
Mail Car Were Plunged Forty Feet
Into the River Wreck Occurred
Eight Miles West of Bristow.
BR1STOW, Okla., March 14. Two
persons were killed, one fatally hurt
and seven were more or less severely
injured when the , Frisco passenger
train was wrecked on a high trestle
across Spring Creek, eight miles west
of here this afternoon. The engine,
baggage car and mail cars plunged 40
feet into the river. An iron bolt on
the track is believed to have been the
cause of the wreck.
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
CHICAGO, March 14. -Imprison
ment for lift was the verdict of the
jury yesterday that tried Howard
Steele, tolored, convicted of attack
ing Mabel Miller, 17 years old, near
tier home last December. Steele was
identified by the girL ' She said that
he struck her and left her Unconscious
in the snow. A neighbor found her
and took ber home. The jury agreed
after a few minutes' deliberation.
Steele protested that he was inno
cent.
FAST TIME ON TRACK.
NEW ORLEANS, March 14.
Meelicje, who has just, arrived from
Pacific Coast and almost despised in
the betting won th Cassic $10,000
Crescent City derby today and at the
same time broke the track record at
k distance of 1 1-8 miles. A big and
brilliant audience pinned its faith on
Chepultepec at 1 to 3 n the betting.
Time was 1:51 4-5, 2-5 of a second
under the track record. In the bet
ting Meelick opened at 4 to 1 and
was backed down to 3 to 1.
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NO ONE TO COLLECT RENT.
NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-Whcn R.
S. Copley of Stapleton, S. I. collected
his rent at 44, 46 and 48 south Prince
Street, Flushing, early in December,
1906, he informed one of the tenants
that his only relative, a brother, had
died a month or so before and that
he was himself a bachelor. That
same month Copely himself died.
No one has since appeared to ask
for the rent of the apartments and the
six families have lived rent free. The
lucky families are those of Catherine
Cantwell, Mrs Christine Nix Freder
ick York, Louis Diets, 'John Moore
and the Misses Brickets. They have
maintained the property in good re
pair at their own expense.
NATIONAL DEFENCE
ST PETERSBURG, Mar, 14. The
committee for national defence yes
terday began a final discussion of the
naval estimates. The drafting com
mittec a report recommending aband
onment of the plan for the construe
tion of new battleships in 1908 and
asked for increase of appropriations
for torpedo boat destroyers, sub
marines and hospital ships and the
acceleration of their construction say
ing:7 y -..v:
"In view of the situation in the
Near East and the constant possibil
ity of sudden xomplications there
may be decisive value in rapid opera
tions." The report also insistently
demands that the" Black Sea fleet be
kept cruising ten months each year
and continously on: a war footing.
The proposal to suspend battleship
construction was warmly opposed by
several, of the committee men;
BANKER FRIEDBURG.
i BERLIN, March 14. The credi
tors of Sigmund Friedburg, a private
banker and owner of a financial news
paper, who disappeared from Berlin
in February, met in thU city yester
day to hear the report of the receiver.
They were informed that they would
receive about one quarter of one per
cent of their cla- the" assets Of
Fneb;;rg being $2750, and his liabili
ties $17,000,000; '
Started in Basement of Natchez
Drug Company,
ACTIVE WORK OUTLINED
NEW YG&X Mar. 14.- Plans for
active work Were outlined yesterday
by committees of the newly organized
New York Women's Branch of the
National Civic Federation at meet
ings attended by women prominent
in the social world who have enroll
ed themselves among ; the active
workers. Factory conditions are to
be investigated by special committees
appointed yesterday. Ten days will
be spent by the society women in
visiting industrial establishments as
well as places of government employ
ment, such as Governors Island and
the custom house to find out what
has been done and what is needed for
bettering the workers environment
' BARELY A LOOK-IN,
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Caf,
March-14 Stanford overwhelmed the
Olympic Club on the track' today' at
104 to 18. The visitors took only-one
first place.
JAPENESE WARE SALE.
NEW YORK,Mar. 14.-Thc five
days of sale of the Colonno Collec
tion ot Japanese paintings, pottery,
bronz and lacquers closed yesterday
with total returns of $27,649. Yes
terday's sale brought in $4,440. Many
prominent persons have atended the
sale. John D. Rockfeller jr. and O.
H. P. Belmont have made a number
of purchases. W. Hinkle Smith, S.
S. Laird of Philadelphia, I. N. Philip
Stoke'S, Cooper Hewitt and others
were present
SEASON CLOSED.
NEW YORK, Mar. 14. Closing
the season of grand opera at the
Metropolitan' Opera House, Mana
ger Conried announced yesterday, a
cycle of performances in which the
Foyr Mystic dramas of Wagner's
"Nieblungeh' Ring" will be presented.
The cycle will begin Monday even
inic.' April3 and" Tuesday Thursday
Mnd' Saturday-evenings of that week.
EIGHT KILLED; ONE INJURED
Immediately After Explosion Wreck
age Caught Fire, Setting 18 Houses
Ablase City Under Martial Law
Local Militia Companies on Duty.
NATCHEZ, - Miss., March 14.
Eight dead, another badly injured, and
property valued at many thousands of
dollars, and a mass of wreckage, as a
result of an explosion of gas late to
day in the basement of a five-story
building occupied by the Natches
Drug Company. The dead are all
women. The explosion tore away the
rear wall of the building, which, in
falling, crushed into an adjoining
tenement building.
Immediately following the explosion
the wreckage caught fire, and a stiff
wind, which was blowing, carried
huge sparks to the north and west,
setting fire to 18 residences, seven of
which were destroyed. All business
was suspended and the city has been
placed under martial law, with the
local militia companies on duty.
STOCK MARKET UNSTEADY.
NEW, YORK, "Mar. 14.-The rise
in prices which was gathering force
in the hesitating fluctuations of last
week, made its appearance this week
with considerable increase of anima
tion in the trading. Belief that the
contraction in industrial and business
activity had reached its limits, The
situation, ripe for improvement was '
the basis factor in the movement. It
was fostered by various rumors, some
vague' and some circumstantial. Re
ports of the intended permission by
the interstate commerce commission
for an advance in freight rates by the
railroads, with a view to prevent the
need of wage cuts, was' a central fac
tor in the week's market. Constant
digestion of profits kept the advanc
ing tendency irregular and unsettled.