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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1908)
I AN THEATRE Famous Old Play Bouse Burned. ,FIRE SEEN TOO LATE Firs Brigade Worked Heroically But the Fire Had Too Good a Start THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE Tht Theatre Had Bn Clowd Since tht Pantomlne Season Ended It Wti to Have Been Reopened Again on April IB. LONDON, March 25.-Drury Lane theatre, one of the most famous in London, wai completely destroyed by fire early this morning. While the interior of the theatre ia destroy ed and outside at well at the whole interior is badly damaged. The flames were first discovered about 4 o'clock this morning bursting from the win dows. It was then too late to save the structure which burned fiercely despite all the efforts of the fire brigade. There was no loss of life. The theatre has been closed since the pantomine season ended. It. was to have been reopened on April 18. The origin of the fire is unknown. CHILDREN'S HOME. Receives Gift of $70,000 From Child less Couple. CHICAGO, Ma7"24.-Through the interest aroused in the hearts of a childless old couple by a 12 year old orphan girl the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society has been en riched by a gift of $70,000. By this gift the long delayed dream of an in dustrial home for orphan girls has bcome a reality and the resources of the society are doubled. Four years ago A. B. Judy, a weal thy farmer residing near Petomac, III., and his wife adopted a little or phan from one of the homes of the society. Through their interest in their adopted daughter they were led to study juvenile charitable so cieties and Mr. Judy conceived the project of building a memorial school for orphans. Further Mr. Judy proposes to de vote to the society 400 acres of choice farming land valued at $150 an acre, himself and wife to retain a life inter est in the lnnd except ten acres which with a beautiful grove of hard wood timber is to go with the building to the society. The income from the land is to form the endowment fund for maintainer.ee of the school. The contract for the transfer has been completed and today -the property which the society holds virtually amounts to $140,000 as against $70, 000 yesterday and $10,000 ten years ago.' . . The new home is midway between Potomac and Ellis, 111. NINTH GRANDCHILD. Disarranges Plana for Distribution of Millionaires Property. CHICAGO, Mar. 24. An event of great importance to the family of the late Otto Young occured Sunday night in the birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel K. Martin. The boy Jh the ninth grand child to share the iiiiima ii.il w T liiw aiawa t waa the birth of this, their first child, the Martins under the terms of the will, had no claims on the fortune beyond Mrs. Martin's life' interest in its in come, now they have an' heir whose prospects are worth at least $,3,000, 000. It is the first young grandchild to be born into its own rights since the death of Mr. Young. The importance of the event to the four branches of the family arises from the. peculiar provisions of Mr Young's will, In his testament, Mr. Young directed that his widow and four daughters be given practically the entire income from his estate but the principal, amounting at the time of his death to $25,000,000 he left to be divided equally among his grand children. To the family with the most children thereby will receive the most money and the one with none living at the time of the dlstri button will not shire. The birth of the Martin baby had the effect of disarranging calculations in the families of the other three daughters. The prospective share of the family of Mrs. Marie Julia Young Kauffman of Marquette, Mich, who is in the lead with five children was decreased by the event from five eights to five ninth of the estate a loss approximately of $1,875,000, The future share of the family of Mrs. Cecite Young Keyworth, with two children declined from 25 to 22 per cent while that of Mrs. Catherine Young Hobart, one child fell off some $375,000. An addition to any of these three families will help it to regain the loss of prestige suffered through the event in the Martin family. At the same time a repetition in the Martin family will enhance its prospects and still further reduce the others. SLAYER QF SHERIFF Half a Hundred Cowboys In Pur suit of the Murderer. DEAD OFFICER WELL KNOWN The Man Who Did the Shooting Was Horsethief Whom the Sheriff Had Arrested The Sheriff Was Relentless in Pursuit of Thieves. HELENA, March 24. Half a hun dred cowboys in pursuit of the mur derer of Sheriff James Webb, of Yel lowstone county, who was killed on the Musscll Shell near Billings by William Byckfound, a horsethief, who was wanted in Wyoming, whom Webb had arrested. The dead officer was known as one of the best and most fearless men in the State. He served six years as a stock detective and arrested many "bad" men, some of whom he chased from one end of the state to the other before getting them. His relentless pursuit of stock thieves made him many enemies and his life was often threatened. INCENDIARY FIRES. CHICAGO, Mar, 24. The fourth fire of supposed incendiar origin in Joliet within 24 hours occurred last night and, like the fire Sunday night seemed to be directed against one of the leaders of the l"cal option fight. The fire occured in the plant of the Illinois Match Company which is owned by Col. Fred Bennett, the leader of the "drys" The fire last night which followed the fires in the Ruby Grain Elevator, the Leach Windmill plant and the Hardy Machine Shops started in the drying room of the Match Company's plant within ten minutes after the night watchman had passed through his room on his inspection tour. The loss was comparatively small but two hundred employes in the factory will be thrown out of work for a month. This fact led to a crowd of angry workmen making . threats if the in cendiaries are found. A number of arrests have been made. MAY COMM UTE SENTENCE Fate of Orchard Under Advisement. JUDGE WOOD HOPEFUL What Action the State Board of Pardons Will Take Cannot be Surmised. COULD BE OF USE TO STATE If Orchard is Sincere, in the State ment he Makes That he Desires to Make All Posaiblc Reparation, he Should be Willing to Live. BOISE, March 24,-What action the state board of pardons will take when it meets April 1 in regard to the recommendation of Judge Fre mont Wood to commute the sentence of death to life imprisonment in the case of Harry Orchard cannot even be surmised. It is the general im pression however that the action rec ommended by Wood will be followed. Judge Wood expresses confidence that the sentence will be commuted. Today it was suggested to Judge Wood that Orchard has stated that he prefers death to life imprisonment. Wood replied: "If Orchard is sincere in the statement that he desires to make all possible reparation for his crimes he should be witling to live if there is a possibility of his be ing of further service to the state. If Orchard be hanged nothing would prevent Jack Simpkins from walking the streets of any Idaho town with impunity. INSUFFICIENT DAMAGES. NEW YORK,Mar. 24.-When a jury in the supreme court at White Plains yesterday brought in a verdict for $2,000 damabes against the New York City Railway Company in a suit brought in behalf of Patrick Moran, a boy of fourteen for the loss of a foot, Judge Morschauscr sent the jury back for further deliberation. "I do not think the amount is sufficient" said the judge. "If you find for the plaintiff at all I think you must figure on the amount which will compen sate the boy for the loss of his foot and his suffering. If you find there was contrihutary negligence, then you must find for the company." The jury after going out the second time, returned an hous later with a verdict of $8,000 for the plaintiff. He sued through his mother as guardian for $75,000. GAVE POSSE THE SLIP. RENO, March 24. The bandits who held up Edward Hoffman, the manager of the Coalition Mine near Rawhide Sunday and who were sur rounded by a posse that night gave their pursuers the slip and escaped to the southward. It is thought they headed for Death Valley. The posse is still in pursuit but with little hope of a capture. REPORT UNTRUE. LEXINGTON, March 24.-A re port is in circulation today of a set tlement having been reached between the American Society, of Equity and the American Tobacco Co., was de nied at the office of the secretary of the Equity Society in Winchester this afternoon, the ' statement being that there was nothing in it. DEFECTIVE RAILS. Forty People Hurt by Trolley Lea? ing the Rails. DETROIT, March 24. -Over a score were injured this afternoon, two of them seriously, and nearly an other score received minor hurts when an interurban car on the Ann Arbor branch of the Detroit United Railways in-bound was derailed by defective rails and plowed across a brick pavement into a store building. The car was wrecked and the front of the building demolished. TO GIVE BOY A HOME. SPOKANE, March 24.-"Jesse Hart," the boy suspected of being Cecil Brittan, the kidnapped Oregon boy, has mystified R. L Brittan, the father of the stolen child. Brittan was at first positive that the boy was his son, bnt the boy insists that he is Jesse Hart and his story is backed up by Mrs. L. M. Hert, a variety actress of Wallace, Idaho. The lad is strong ly like Cecil and is familar with the Wild Seven Devils region and the tollgate country as the lost boy would be likely to be. Brittan is now planning to take the boy and give him a home. BOXING CLUB. LOS ANGELES, March 24. -The Jeffries Athletic Club was formed here today for the purpose of holding 25-round bouts at Vernon. James J. Jeffries is president of the club and will referee the fights. The club in tends to hold its first bout during the week in which Admiral Evans' fleet is in Los Angeles ports. FORCE REPUBLICANS To Some Action on Employers' Liability Law. DEMOCRATIC' FILIBUSTERING A General Debate on the Agricul tural Appropriation Bill Continued Throughout the Day Except for' a Brief Time When Sulser Spoke. WASHINGTON, March 24.-The determination to conduct a filibuster on all occasions where an opportun ity presents itself in order to force the Republicans to some action on the employers' liability law and other measures is deemed necessary of enactment was announced by Wil liams, the minority leader in the House today during the consideration of the agricultural bill. He said he had waited until today to see some evidences of their intention to tran sact business which the people are demanding but finding none, he had reached the conclusion that the time was ripe to force the hand of the Republican party. The Democrats cheered the announcement. A gen eral debate on the agricultural appro priation bill continued throughout the day except for a brief time when Sul- zer by way of retaliation for the ac tion of the House yesterday in elimi nating from the record his speech of Saturday last sought- to have ex punged some remarks of Dalzell re garding the rules. In fact, however, he was unsuccessful. Many demo crats refrained from supporting his proposition. MATRIMONY 1 NEW YORK, March 24.-Some-what peculiar circumstances attend the engagement of Miss Mildred Barnes to Robert Woods Bliss, sec retary of the American Legation at Brussels just announced. Miss Barnes is the daughter of Mrs. Wm. H. Bliss second wife of Wm. H. Bliss, who is the prospective groom's father. Some years ago the elder Mr. Bliss, then a widower, with one son, married Miss Barnes' mother, after the death of the bride's father.. INVITATIONS ACCEPTED The Battleship Fleet Wtil Visit China. SOCIAL CALLS LIMITED All Other Invitations Should Any be Extended Will be Declined With Thanks. A CABINET SESSION DECIDES The Fleet Must be Home on Wash ington's Birthday so That President Roosevelt Can Participate in the Welcome 10 Days Before he Retires WASHINGTON, March 24. -The battleship fleet will visit China as well as Australia and Japan and be home on Washington's birthday so that President Roosevelt may par ticipate in the welcome before his re tirement which occurs 10 days later. In deciding at the cabinet session to day to accept the invitation extended by China it was also determined that the limit of social calls had been reached and that all other invitations, should any be extended, will be de clined with appreciative and regretful thanks. ISSUE STATEMENT TODAY. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal March 24 Professor Clark, chairman of the student affairs committee, an nounced this evening he would issue a statement tomorrow morning in regard to the cases now under inves tigation. He gives no intimation of the committee's probable action. It is surmised by the students that at least a part of the 247 will be dis missed. " President Jordan, president of the university, refuses to talk on the question. The original 12 students suspended have prepared an appeal to Jordan if the committee will not reinstate them tomorrow. No stu dent body meeting will be held until the decision is announced. The statement made by Professor Whitaker, a member of the student affairs committee in a formal address today is taken by the students to in dicate that the decision of the com mittee tomorrow will be for the sus pension of the 247 students who have confessed to participation in the parade. Professor Whitaker said in effect that it was only natural that the 247 should be suspended as they were as guilty as the twelve already suspended by the committee. SUICIDE BY GAS. NEW YORK, March 24. -While John A, Cisco, an aged retired bank er, lay dying of pneumonia in his resi dence on 40th street near Fifth ave nue, his wife, worn out by her de voted attendance upon him and shocked by the verdict of physicians that he could not recover, committed suicide last night in an adjoining room room by turning on the gas. Mr. Cisco's condition is so critical that he has not been informed of his wife's death. Mrs. Cisco was 70 years of age and the couple had been mar ried nearly half a century. , SEA DUTY. WASHINGTON, March 24.-Lieui tenant-Commander Logan, secretary of the general board of the navy, has been assigned to duty as navigator of the battleship Idaho. ' DEFECTS IN PUBLIC BUILDING NEW YORK, March 24.-Defects in the new custom house recently completed in Bowling Green and oc cupied by various federal government offices were reported yesterday. Cracks have developed in two large columns flanking the main entrance on either side. Their material, Ital ian marble, has failed to withstand the rigors of a New York winter. Workmen yesterday were engaged in encasing them and in erecting props for the arch which they help support They are likely, it is said, to be re placed by columns of American granite. CURRENCY BILL ADVANCED. WASHINGTON, March 24. -The currency bill was practically given the exclusive right of way in the Senate today until it is finally dis posed of, by the announcement that Senator Aldrich that he would move tomorrow to give it that status in the Senate. La Follette concluded the third instatement of his speech on the currency bill A question brought out the statement by Aid rich to the effect that he hopes to see the creation of a joint commission of the Senate and of the House author ized to consider a permanent cur-' rency reform. '.''' -; " : " V HELD FOR TRIAL. NEW YORK, March 24.-Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., was arraigned before Justice Olmsted in the court of special sessions yesterday on the charge of speeding his automobile. Mr. Vanderbilt pleaded not guilty to the charge. The case was adjourned and Justice Olmstead held the de-. fendant in $100 bail. REACHES THE COAST American Car Arrived In San Francisco Yesterday. WAS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE The Car Will be Thoroughly Over hauled and All Repairs Made and Will be Shipped to Valdez on the First Boat SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. The American car in the New York to Paris automobile race reached the ferry slip and was driven aboard the ferry at 3:37 this afternoon. Twenty minutes later it was rolling along Market street accompanied by no less than two hundred other auto mobiles. The car will remain here several days, undergoing numerous repairs and a thorough overhauling. It is not badly damaged, apparently, by the trip across the continent It will be taken from here to Valdei by steamer. The time for leaving here has not been definitely settled but it may not be able to start until the early part of May. TERRITORIAL CONVENTION. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 24.-The democratic territorial central com mittee has met in Phoenix and fixed May 28 as the time and Tucson as the place for holding the territorial convention to elect delegates to the Denver convention. The republican convention has been called for April 8 at Tucson. REPUDIATES HIS VOTE. CHICAGO, March 24. A despatch to the Tribune from Peoria, 111., says: A. W. White, a juror in the case of Jac P. Nau vs. the Standard Oil Co., yesetrday repudiated the vote he had cost giving the plaintiff $8000 dam ages thereby necessitating a new trial. Nau sued for $25,000 damages. White was one of two jurors who , held out against the plaintiff until the court refused to accept disagreement.