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et&tlgmmmjiemm m' -H-Vta-, , w - j.,. , THE MORNING AS,TORJAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 3- HAS BIG STICK OUT ...WARRANT E D P U R E ... . Bernett's Extradt We have ju& put in a complete line-all flavors ifc5 vWiA .W4 L -a) Special Agent Collecting Evl (fence Against Harriman a I HIS ROADS ARE A TRUST 4 fa) 1 AV. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C. Fry Cut Glasa. PHONE 711 PHONE 38?t UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 i HOUSE IS HUNTED Curious Mob Is Attracted in Chicago Streets A JOKE, SAY THE POLICE So Great Did the Crowd Become That Police Had to Use Fire Hose to Disperse it Woman Says It's a Ghost CHICAGO, July 31 Five thous and men women and children pushed and crowded each other last night to get a glimpse of a "Haunted House" at 191 West 21st street. Moth ers with children in their arms and others clinging to their skirts pushed their way through the masses of peo ple in efforts to get a closer position to the "haunted" habitation. Auto mobiles and wagons lined the streets for blocks. Street car traffic on the street was tied up until the police op ened a passage. Thirty uniformed policemen fought the curious crowds, eight arrests were made and the prisoners were locked p on charges of disorderly conduct !At times the police were unable to ope with the crowd and a fire hose -was brought into play. Streams of water were poured onto the crowd, which then fled in all directions. While the policeman were battling with the crowds detectives were at tempting to run down the perpetrators erf the joke, for the police consider the "ghost" nothing more than the work of a practical joker. The de tectives questioned several members ef the family of We Bacheldor, who eccttpied the house and from what they learned they believe that sever al men who attended a party at the Bacheldor home Thursday night when the "ghost" manifestations were heard arc responsible for the joke. Mrs. Bacheldor refused to believe that the "ghosts" are the work of a joker.. She insists that the rappings and other manifestations were the work of a pint. Her brother, Harry Ludding toti, declares that he is positive that kis sister's home is haunted. than a dozen firms have agreed to give employment to women on that date. According to the statement issued by the President Mrs. Belle Reviera, New York state has 75,000 women now idle and it is said places were secured for more than 100 women as the result of the first day's work. ANOTHER ROOF GARDEN. NEW YORK, July 31.-Oscar Hammerstein is to construct a roof garden stop his Manhattan opera house. It is to be the most complete and elaborate in the city and will be devoted to high class musical enter tainments at a time when mnsic lo vers have very little to interest them. The plans have been filled with the department of buildings and as soon as they are approved work will be begun. DENIES THE OUTBREAK. CITY OF MEXICO, July 31.-Vice- President Corral, who is also minister of the interior, has reiterated his tatement of denial of any outbreak on the border. As both the state and interior departments it was slated that the news of the reported fight near Comstock, Texas, was uncon firmed. Made Another Attempt to be Made to Prove That Railroad King' Com bination of Lines ia Against the Provisions of Sherman Trust Act CANADA TAKING GOLD. Bumper Crops And Good Times The Reason. NEW YORK, July 31.-The New York agency of the Bank of Montreal sent an additional $750,000 in gold to Canada yesterday bringing the total eent over the border during the last two weeks up to $3,550,000. A promi nent Canadian banker in New York said that these shipments of gold to AGAINST LUMBER TRUST. GUTHRIE, Okla., July 31. Gov- Haskell has directed Attorney-Gener al West to bring suit immediately gainst the lumber combine in Okla homa in accordance with the agree- men between the attorney-generals of the States of Missouri, . Kansas and Texas. TWO ARE KILLED. PHILADELPHIA, July 31. Charles Humphrey, chief clerk of the Bureau of Police in this city, and Harry B. Blomleyf a well known family of manufacturers, were run down and killed by a train while crossing the tracks of the Reading Railroad at Nicetown station' in the northern section of the city early this morning. The im who were in an automobile were running' at a rapid rate and crashed through the gates at the crossing directly in the path of the train. Th,e ..automobile was turned over and wrecked and both men were buried under it and hor ribly crushed. ROBBED IN LONDON. During Olympic Games Cracksmen Get in Their Work. LONDON, July 31.-Gen. James A. Drain, president of the American Press today that his apartment in a hotel here was recently robbed of a few artciles of jewelry of little value and two medals won at Bisley by the American rifle team. The officials of CHICAGO, July 31.-The Record Herald today says: Special agents of the government are in Chicago try ing to collect evidence to substanti ate proceedings for the disruption of the Harriman systems of railroads up on the grounds that the combination is in violation of the Sherman anti trust act. For more than a week Ralph M. McKcnzie, who did a great deal of the preliminary work in the investi gation which the Interstate Commerce Commission made into the affairs of the Harriman railroads has been in dustriously working among the big shippers with a view of ascertaining how the Harriman combination has been used, if used at all, to stifle com petition and restrain trade. On Special Agent McKenzie's new calling list are all of the traffic men of the big industries in the city. It is understood that the evidence is desired for use in connection with suit to be begun by the government which will be similar to the Northern Securities Company which resulted in the disruption of the Hill roads, as far as a building company is concern ed. The special agent's work is directed toward getting information from the shippers with respect to conditions before the combination of the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Ore gon Short Line and the Oregon Rail road and Navigation Company and a comparison between those conditions and conditions which exist today. To the men upon which he has called Mr. McKenzie had not disclosed his. pur po&e further than to say that he is trying to collect evidence for use in a suit to disrupt the Harriman combi nation. It is fully understood by the department of Justice officials here that President Roosevelt has not dropped his fight against the Harri man combination of railroads. 7 I f , ' . t."j A km Cocoa is a food drink for young and old that pleases the palate strengthens the body builds up the nerves quickens the ' mind. It instills qualities in young and old which produce perfect contentment and perfect health and allows one to give A Smile All the While Ghirardelli's Cocoa is a standard com bination of the cocoa bean. It is made with painstaking care and after 50 ,ycars of manufacture stands to-day a perfect , producti 30 cups of a delicious drink 25c JT.ii1?iA,iVf.? "' "' ' "' i)4aU4il I acres DESTROY HIS TOBACCO. I' FIRE DAMAGES WHEAT. RIPLEY, Ohio, July 31.-Two! RP CR0VE' , W 3L-A oi growmg .ooacco pc.ong.ng . ncar . . on , . to Hedrup Elstagcr, near Russell-J yejteri)av fr0m'ome unknown cause ville, in this country, which was 'and destroyed a portion of the grain. ready for topping was cut down with ! , hoes last night by persons incensed J PASTIMES OF MADMEN. because he was said to have pooled , his 1907 crop and afterward sold it Cunning and taganuity Display, by to outsiders. the Insane. Some of the Invention of the Insane are of sclontlilc value. A patient at Vlllejulf Invented a "panlficatlon ma chine" by combining a bottle, a plank JIM CROW CARS. TURNIPS AND WATER, MAYBE. CHICAGO, July 31.-A dinner in courses was server! to 425 vacation school pupils yesterday in the base ment of the Graham school. It cost exactly two cents a head. The din ner wai served by the Students Aid Association of Chicago to demon strate a theory that a good meal could be purchased, prepared and served at the cost mentioned. OFFERED NEW APPOINTMENT f oatyw Trnni t t i n " J cornmning a Dottle, a plana DAIU.-M KUlUJ, La., July Jl. A and Binall metallic hIuhl tn which ha $20(X) fine has been imposed on the; bud fitted faucets. Having aet up hi st. Louis, iron Mountain & Southern machine, be produced loaves of bread Railway by District Judge Brunot i the size of a man's head. The bread for failure to provide negro passen-j va food- K1 that It wa decided gers accommodations as food as those ' m'f .T"1"? kntT ?M ' ...... . when It wan In action tho doctor aug- furnished white patrons. The matter I gM a phot(nfra,)h of ,t The was carried to the court by the state inventor watched him as If petrified railroad commission to sustain its! for a moment; then bo fell upon the ruling that equal accommodations mashlne, wrenched It apart and tram must be furnished both races. RETURN FROM THE EAST. FOREST GROVE, Or., July 31. Mrs. C. L. Large and her daughter, Lucilc, who have been visiting for the last three months at Fairmont, Minn., have returned to Forest Grove, CINCINNATI, July 31. -Wade accompanied by Miss Florence Hicks, Canada at this time-were the results j the Olympic games he said have f the sharp demand for money over promised to replace the medals with the border, where, bumper crops are promised and little business reaction lias been felt. The Canadian banks, he explained, Iiave secured large balances in New York and as the end of the month ap proaches and it became necessary to increase their reserves, the call on New York for cash had put the pri ces of exchange to such a point that it was cheaper to bring the hard mo ney from here than to sell on exchange. QN "PROSPERITY DAY." Plan For Women To Get Back Their Jobs. NEW YORK, July 31.-Thirteen women as a committee of the women's league of the state of New York be gan a crusade yesterday which they lope will give employment to .75,000 1 unemployed women by August 15. The leaguers through an appeal sent to business men throughout the state ask that as many of the army of the unemployed as possible be taken back by "prosperity day" Aug. 15. More duplicates. The robbery of General Drain's apartment was one of a series skilfully managed at different large . hotels in London. Another American victim of the robbers is Miss Maude White, at the Waldorf. ARREST BANKERS. Crooked Work Comes to Light In Kentucky Town. OWNESBORO, Ky., July 31.- Warrants have been issued for the arrest of James H. Harris, president of the defunct Owncsboro Savings Bank & Trust Co., Otis Parish, cashier, and I. I. Parish, trust officer of the same concern; James H. Harris is charged with the embezzlement of $7000 of the funds of the institution, Otis Parrish, with having sworn to a false state ment of the condition of the bank, :'wl I. I. Parrish with having made a false entry of $60,000 in one of his ;iffidavits. It is charged that James H. Par rish caused his son, Moorman. Par rish, to make a false entry of $40,000. Ellis, the attorney-general of Ohio, has. been offered the position of assistant-attorney general. of the United States. Mr. Ellis is resting after the strenuous work, proceeding the nomination of Taft, and has asked for time to consider the appointment. .lMMV 60 YEARS' . V EXPERIENCE D a sister of Mrs. Large. -a -w 5 DM1 "... l. . J.!1 Tnanr Marks Copyrights &s. Anton lending n 'e(rh mid dencrlntlnn mm liilcklf uBCOrtum our opinion free whether Hd iivenllon Is prohiiblf piitciilHhl?. Cfmimmilm t.otueirlellf coiitkleiitlul. HAIiUBOQK on I'utenti ient free. Oldest inreiioy forseruriiiff imtwun. l'atemt taken turouitli JI111111 & Cu. recolTC Special notice, without uhnrire. In tha Scieiific Emtfcm. A nandiomelr llltinfratfld veeWj. LnrirRrt !lr MilaUon (it any intentlUc journul. '1 itmh, imr: four month!, tL, Bold byull notfHdmlcrii Branch Offlce. 625 V gt Wacblnmoii. r. V RAILROAD DEMURS. BOSTON', July 31.-A demurrer by the New York, New Haven & Hart ford Railroad as defendant in the action brought against it by the government was lilcd in the United States government wistrict court here today, In substance the document is a demurrer in brief to the substance of the petition of the government and at length to the form of it. NEW ROOF GARDEN. NEW YORK, July 31. -Oscar Hammerstein is to construct a roof ; garden on top of his Manhattan Opera House. It is to be the most complete and elaborate in the city and will be devoted to high-class musical entertainments at a time when music lovers have very little to interest them. The plans have been filed with the department of buildings, and as soon as they are approved work will begin. ' STRIKES LITTLE GIRL. MILTON, Or., July 31. Merritt Willis was arrested a few days ago by his employer, M: A. Pierce, for strik ing the little daughter of Mr. -Pierce with a riding whip for some trivial thing. The case will be brought be fore Judge Gilliland. pled It underfoot The Invention, an xcedngly usyfuj one, wa lost, be cause no oho had seen him make It, and no one dares epenk of It to him. To allude to It Is to bring on a furious attack. Most liuinticH. no nuttor how content' ed they may be, generally cherish a furtive longing to escape. They col lect war from the polished floors, take the ImprawlonK of locks and make keys from empty sardine boxes, apoon ban-! ciea or anytblng to bo found. Dr. Ma rie's miiseum Includes a collection of knives of strange and unbenrd of shapes. Some of them have blades made from pieces of glass or slate and Bet In handles of corset atools. Objects Harmless in thouiHelves become dan gerous weapons through tho Ingenuity of madmen. Insane sculptors are as common as Insane painters. Tho Insane sculptor hews out course statuettes, fantastic animals, ferocious little homed anil grimacing di-vils. An ex-mechanic carves nil bin soup bourn. That his old trade Is still In his memory Is shown by the little screws that he makes out of the smaller pieces of bone, lie works all day at his ao'nxeless and ridiculous tnf.k. Another lunatic who believes he It the Incarnation of the soul of Hofl;:obub. puttsi's his time i-m vii: iu,y i it;n Olll or W()0(I. K:K'3 pair of bin creations ore Joined to gether, now nt the necks, uow at the shoulilfra.-n.!!in E. Meyer In Har per's Weekly. wu somewhat demoralised, ' and la 1831 the Republicans followed tha ex ample the anti-Masonic party had aet tha year before aud met In conven tion In Baltimore to nominate Henry Clay. . Tho Democrat held their first national convention In the aaroa city tha following year, nominating Martin Van Buren for rice president. Tha dominating figure of tha party, Andrew Jackson, needed no Indorsement of bis candidacy for the presidency. The Democrat In 1833 and IM0 nomiuafeJ Van Buren for tha presi dency In Baltimore, and tha Whig nominated Clay In the same place In 1844, when tho Democrata named Pollc ' In 1833 Romulus M. Saunders Intro duced tba two-thirds ml to the Demo cratic convention, and It was adopted. Tho customs Installed at these earlier conventions which succeeded thatyran ny of tha caucus chamber have been continued and added to from time to time, and tho convention today are merely the descendants of those that nominated Clny and Van Buren. Charles Wadsworth Camp In Metro politan Magazine. Subscribe to The Morning Astorian. i tains full Associated Press reports, NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. They Succeeded the 8ytem of NomN nation by Caucus. Conventions have not always nomi nated our president's and vice presl dents.. For more than thirty years presidential, candidates were named by a caucus made up of members of the house and the senate. This system died when In 1824 tho caucus Insisted upon by Martin Van Buren and other friends of -William n. Crawford of Georgia defeated Crawford, which threw the election Into the house on account of the scattering electyal vote caused by the entrance of Clay, Cal houn, Jackson and John Qulncy Adam's In the race. This fracas elected Adams. The campaign of 1828 In consilience "V.Pt.V IV-.-., ; H orison. '. A man calls lTtbe horlxon where tha fjirth and the sky seem to meet, but a woman's notion of the horlton la the families she can aee moving In from behind her front window curtain. If, further, they bang out their washing In a spirit of candor, they are, of course, oil the more so. The borlKon la caused by a number of things, chief among tnem the gregarloua Instinct Only for this next door would mean as little as tariff revision or pure food or International arbitration. It takes a star or something of that sort to rise above the horizon, but a very ordinary woman may fuel above It. Life. Tht Cult of th Hot.l. " I "Hotel''' Is a French word, but a thoroughly British Institution. If Its great hotels were suppressed London would no longer be London that is to my, the London of society, the theater, literature, politics, art flnd fashion., The hotel Is one of the essential factor of London life Milan Corrlere Delia Serra. A Comparison. jMrs. Giles (anxlbusly asking after reVtor's health)-Well, sir, I be glad you says you be well, but there you be one of these "bud doers." as 1 calls 'em (gle 'em the best o vlttels, and 'I don't do 'ein no goodi-tnere be pigs like thatl-London Punch. First Nocttsity. "How would you define a 'crying need? " asked the teacher of the rhetoric elnss, "A handkerchief," replied the solemn young man with the wicked eye. Chi cago Tribune. The great and the little have need of each other. Shakespeare. His Idea of Him. Bill Did you go to see that boy actor last night? Jill-Yes. "Did he get a band?" "What he ought to have got was a" shingle." Yoni ers Statesman. Subscribe to The Morning Astorian.