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COVERSTHE MORNING FIELD ONTHE LOWER COLUMBIA
:iPUBLI8HCS FULL ASSOCIATED. PRESS REPORT
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33rd YEAR. NO. 107
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1908
PRICE FIYE CENTS
DETECTIVES
HAVE A CLUE
Which May Land Wolffs
Murderer
'ONE HAN DID THE DEED
TOOK HER ALL.
Robbed of
15 Yean' Saving!
Elevator.
in an
Chief Gritzmacher Inclines to the
Theory Thatthe Murder Was
Committed by One Man
IS SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE
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The Only Other Development Today
Wai a Telephone Message From
llaliey Saying a Tramp Had Patted
Through There Selling Jewelry.
PORTLAND, May 2thief bl
I'olice Gritzmacher inclines to the
"theory that Nathan Wolff, the pawri
broker, who was murdered Friday
evening wa killed by one man. Hit
theory it supported by the evidence
of At. L Dubois, a cook employed in
the rettaurant near Wolffs pawnshop.
Dubois dcclarci that shortly before
p:20, while waiting for that hour to
arrive to begin work, he stopped in
front of Wolff't show window for five
liiimitc. At this time, the rout door
was wide open and a man whose dc
cription Dubois hat furnished to the
police, was behind the counter. Du
bois says the man had apparently
been moving and come to ail abrupt
stop and staffed directly at Dubois in
a startled maiifwrv Dubois had no
reason to suspect ihv man was not
employed in the place" and thought
nothing of the circumstance until he
.learneil that Wolff had been mur
dcrofl. Dubois says he would recog
nize the man. The detectives have
worked ceaselessly since the crinYtf
was committed but few clews have"
;bcen found. One which bids fair to
be productive of results was the
aundry ;inark on the murderer's col
lar. Several laundries had customert
with a similar mark, but all are people
of good repute. The only other de
velopment today was the telephone
message from llalscy was which
stated that a tramp passed through
that place in the direction of Ifarris-
burg selling cheap jewelry. This man
wore neither a collar nor necktie.
The police' in the' valley towns have
been requested to arrest this man.
CHICAGO, May 2.-Mrs. John A.
Smith of South Chicago, was robbed
yesterday of her savings of IS ycart.
Mrs. Smith, who is 50 years old, went
to a bank and drew out $925, the sav
ing of all those years her husband's
and hers combined with which to
purchase a home. Half an hour later
she Was robbed of her purse which
contained the motley while riding In
an elevator in a downtown depart
mcnt store, Jhe theft occurred as
Mrs. Smith had counted her money in
a waiting room in which a strange
woman was also sitting and who rode
down in the same elevator with her.
While she at in the elevator which
was crowded, Mrs. Smith's handbag
was cut from the handle and taken by
the thief, who the police think, was
the woman she had noticed in the
waiting room.
MONTHLY MlNf STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON', May 2. -The
monthly statement of the directors of
the mint shows the total coinage exe
cuted at the mints of the United
States during April, 1908, wat $28,-
230,682 as follows: Gold, $27,307,560;
silver, $767,000; minor coina, $156,122.
In addition to 'the above 3,593,594
pieces were coined for the Philippine
Government.
Ill
STHICKEN
OUT
Providing for Building for the
Ambassadors
CULBERSON'S OBJECTION
Culbersort Raited an Gbjaction arid
Based if Mainly on the" Fact That
the Subject Had Not taceived
Proper Consideration.
POLICEMAN SHOT DEAD.
tJENVER, May 2.-Making the
fast founds of liis watch, Charles M.
Beck, a policeman, was shot through
flic head and instantly killed in the
store of the Denver Photograph Sup
ply Co., into which store lie had
crawled in pursuit of a burglar, at 3
o'clock this morning.
Beck, ho was accustomed to walk
a si tort distance' into the alleys on his
beat found a window pried from its
fastenings, He evidently followed
through the window Into the darkness
and to fti de,ath. Beck had been a
policemart for about a year. No ar
rests were made.
WASHINGTON", May 2.-The pol
iy sought to be established by the
government of providing and equip
pitf buildings for its ambassadors in
the f6Tign capitals received set-back
in the Senate today where the diplo
matic bill' was under consideration.
Through a point of order by Cul
berson, an amendment to the house
bill appropriating $400,000 for such
mitiuing at raris was stricken out.
Culberson based his objections main
ly on the fact that the subject had not
been properly considered. An amend
ment was placed in the' bill' by the
cuiimuiiee on me appropriation as
the solicitations of a committee-on the
foreign relations and the secretary of
state and was an object of consider
able discussion. The bill. was passed1!
following the eulogy on the life-,
character and public services of the
late Senators Mallory and Bryan were
delivered and as a further mark of
respect the Senate adjourned.
ASTORIANS TO WITNESS THE
PASSING OF THE WHITE AR
MADA AS IT CROSSES
THE FLOOD OF THE
COLUMBIA RIVER
WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 1908.
"HON. W. T. SCHOLFIELD,
PRES. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
"THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HAS
DIRECTED THE COMMANDER OF THE AT
LANTIC FLEET TO SAIL CLOSE IN TO
THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, IN
DAY TlM, AND SLOW DOWN TO GIVE THE
PEOPLE Atf OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
FLEET. THE COMMANDER WILL WIRE YOU
THE DAY AND HOUR ON WHICH IT WILL
ARRIVE.
"0. W. FULTON."
FEDERATION CAMPAIGN.
Will be Directed From Chicago Will
Give Speeches Until November.
CHICAGO, May 2,-The political
campaign recently decided upon by
the American Federation of Labor
will be directed from Chicago. Plans
were made yesterday by the executive
board of the Chicgao Federation of
Labor to fire the Opening gun at i
mass meeting to be held tomorrow
when President Gompers of the Am
erican Federation will speak on
"Congress and Recent Supreme Court
Decisions as Affecting Organized La
bor." John Mitchell, former presi
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, will preside. Following that
meeting will come a series of speeches
by labor leaders on the last Sunday of
each month until the campaign closes
net November.
PROF. WHITE SELECTED.
CHICAGO. May 2,-Prof. Henry
Seeley White of Vassaf College, has
Wen Selected by the University of
Chicago to' fill the vacancy in the
Department ol Mathetmatics, caused
by the deatfr of Prof. Heinrich
Masche. Prof. White is one of the
best known mathematicians in Ameri
ca and is president of the American
Mathematical Society.
DYNAMITED
THE EXPRESS
Boiler of Mogul Engine
Explodes
BOTH ENGINEERS DEAD
BASEBALL SCORE.
At Seattle Seattle 7, Aberdeen 2.
At Tacoma Tacoma 7, Spokane 5.
PTE liraioN
The Discovery of the Theft of 48
Sticks of Dynamite Fur
nishes a Clue
RAILROAD OFFERS A REWARD
Many Express the Opinion That a
Defective Rail Caused the Boiler of
the Big Moguel to Explode and Not
. Dynamite.
INCIDENT CLOSED.
MUKDEN, May 2.-The . assault
episode of April 6 at the American
consulate, has been closed. The
American staff has been exonerated
and three of the Japanese officials
have been punished.
Mrs. Cleveland Gives Out a For
mal Statement
EX-PRESIDENT CONVALESCING
Former President Grover cieveiai?
is Not so Seriously 111 as the Pub
lished Reports During the Week
Have Declared Him to be.
0f'C0Mm61''CeV
The above is the cheerful text of tlie telegram re
ceived yesterday, at noon, by President Scholiieid, of
the Astoria Chamber of Commerce, from if. S. Sen
ator Fulton, of tliis State, and city, in response to
an urgent request Sent oil by wire a day or two ago;
ah'd shows that Astoria's commercial body is in the
swim and that Astoria's Senator. i fit work for her.,
whenever he can do anything. .
. This clears the way for a splendid program for
the day when the Chamber of Commerce shall send
out its chartered steamship loaded with a thousand
iglit-seers to view" the passing of the Armada on its
watoPuget Sound. -
Th?6 thing to pray for itf ffeefation, now, is
one of the frious May days thai aWfcfoown to fall
on this favored section just when itf frfwaHted. With
that, and the Ro&ioke, or the Eldely or" 'My other
equal craft, and a thousand loyal stektite, the
broad, sea-view of the" magnificent fleet oii'; HlP 6wn
high: element, will be an e'Vetit to chronicle ih'c'HiilsH
m the1 tablets of memory hereabout.
the the hour, the ship&sd the program1 for1'
j tliiW f tie1 excursion will all be arranged shortly," ahd-: ' '
, , . , - VERDICT OF NC
; ;. Will w dm? and widely announced by the Chamber : :1 .
LAKEVOOp; May 2. That for
uci i ciucni cicvetand is not so
seriously ill as the published1 reports
during the week have decfared1 him
to be, was' the assurance given to fhe
Associated Press tonight The infor
mants who were in a position to
speak if the contrary were true at
least two of the persons who are now
attending' as usual to business would
be with Mr. Cleveland. A sudden at
tack of acute indigestion was exper
ienced during the present week but
Mrs. Cleveland, who gave out the for
mal statement today, insists that her
husband is rapidly convalescing andi
his condition is no more serious now
than it was when his illness originated
;last September.
STEF BY-' S-fEF.-
MAYOR AND TRACTION OF-
FICIALS PREVENT A STRIKE
'lr CLEVELAND, May 2. After vot- that will avoid a strike. The
nig 145 to Uo in favor of a strike,
the conductors ahd motormeri of the
Municipal Traction Company tonight
; practically reached an agreement
with the mayor and- traotion officials
men
failed to. secure the 2-cent per hour
raise but were given to understand
that they may expect an increase when
the traction company shows a suffic
ient surplus. .
House Coii!deVl'the-ClWesAnvoprU-
WASHINGTON;'- Ma'yK 2 Para
graph by paragraph under" a?1 suspen
sion of the rules' the 'sundry' bill' was
considered in the Houe todayi Tlie
consideration of the paragrSph' mak
ing an appropriation' for 'the1 "geologi
cal survey and the reriikindef ot the
bill was postponed by agreement 'until
Monday. The house after V spirited
debate passed the bill ' autliOrikihg
the appointment by the president ' of
an additional member of the Philip
pine commission. The bill. appropri
ating $25,000 for the relief of the
tdrnado sufferers in the South "was
passed without incident. The: h6usf
adjourned until tomorrow.
STOCK MARKET STRONG.'
NEW YORK, Ma'y-.The Cdany
volume of transactions' m ' stock ran
to over a million shares "oh twodas
of this week. Prices wer ifte' highest
since the panic of last October! This
marked a culmination of the risYand
prices afterward reacted to some ex
tent and the voume of the "market
shrank. The exhaustion of the short
interest in the rise conduced to" this
result. The effect of the success of
the Pennsylvania bond sale waned
somewhat. The quarterly report of
the U. S. Steel Corporation was not
of cheering effect. The heavy expan"
sion in surplus of idle freight cars- in
the half month to Aoril IS was not
iked. Money continued easy in SDite
of gold exports and recall of govern-'
menr deposits and crop news wa
favorable.
NOT GUILTY.
in tr a r i r . .
vKrtuu, way i. At 8:50 to
night the jury in the case of John
V3n..:De We(ie and John Mason,
charged ith killing U. S. Special
Agent Walker near Hesperus, a few
miI'e5 ,f.romi here last November,
brought in verdict of not guilty.
Both men' were immediately rearrest-
rd. fl,a,,cMrg of a conspiracy to
murder ,Wa ker: It is understood that
.their, bonds "will! be fixed at $20,000
eacn. ,
BUTTE, May 2. A coronera jury
tonight brought in the verdict that
Engineer Charles Hale and Charles
Ming, who lost their lives in the
blowing up of the Burlington express
near here, came to their death as a
result of a wreck caused by dynamite.
The discovery of the theft of 4? St'cH?.
of dynamite from the powder house
near the scene of the wreck has af
forded the officers a clue which is
now being run down. Just what th
clue is the authorities refuse to state
and give it as though it is intimated
hoodlums are suspected. The officers
are at a loss to find a motive for the
wrecking of the train and inclined to
the opinion that the dynamiting might
have been done with the idea of caus
ing' f-xcitement. Fireman Ehle is in
a dying ctit5on toni&ht and ,ittle
hope is expressed for'1"4 verv- A
number of passengers were verV
bruised but none sustaind serious in-
jury. A score of railroad detectives
ar? on the scene and every conceiv
able kind of a rumor it being run to
earth. Despite the fact that the' en
gine crew of the first engltU declare
they tawa flash light precede the x--plosion
and that the passengers and
others who rushed to the scene imme
diately after the explosion declare
they eoftld plainly tmell the odor of
powder, many express the opinion
that a defective rail caused the wreck
ing of the borfef of the bitr
and caused it to explode. Men fa
miliar with dynamite' declare that h
absence of any hole in the ground is
evidence that dynamite Was nnf Heart
This theory is sqouted by the railroad
officials who have offered ssnnn t.
the apprehension of the perpetrators
of the outrage.
CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, May 2. -The
Republican members of the house of
representatives will hold two cau
cuses next week, one on Tuesday and
other on Friday. At Tuesday's meet
iag they will decide whether there
shall be financial legislation '
the present session and at the second
session they will consider th ai..
abi hty of other important legislation
including the amendment to the Sher
man an'ti-trust law and the re,i,.;
of injunctions." s
TWENTWIVE AILE RACE
WON BY SIDNEY R. HATCH
ST. LOUIS, "May 2. Displaying a
remarkable reserve strength at the
finish of the wearying run of v 25
mites; Sidney R. Hatch 'of the first
today for the third time, won the Mis
sour. Athletic Club's Marathin race
and gained the right to represent
America m the Olympic games this
summer at T 4 ti. .
rment of the'A: C -of Chicago, distance in 2:m Is
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