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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1908)
V 33rd YEAR. NO. 207 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1808 PRICE FlYE CENTS . , :isT-:T - , . 1 1 FORTY CARS OF SUCCULENT FISH DEPART HENCE TONIGHT Pack of 450,000 Cases ; Broached for Transit VIA THE"NORTHBANK" Will Be Bannered to Tell a Story of Astoria's Real Activity ONE OF SEVERAL INDUSTRIES Oreat Northern Captures Tbli and Other Big Shipment of Thii Pro duct and Causes Stir in Southern ; Pacific Traffic Centers. Thi evening at 6 o'clock precisely, there will Mart from this city, over the Astoria & Columbia River Rail way lines tlx firt salmon train of 40 cur of eacd salmon, the first' of a core of such trains to follow, in the lig commercial task of despatching this splendid commodity over the length and breadth of America, and giving vast uantittes of it, initial tart to the several hemispheres of the world. The train will cross the Columbia river at Coble, going thence to Vancouver, and out on to the con . tinent via the new Hill line, the fa mous" "Xorth Bank" system, and over the Great Northern to New; York and Chicago and other great distrib uting centers' J. I. Springer, one of the live con tracting freight agents of the Hill and one-half millions of pounds of salmon in the shipment; the sum of weight awaiting shipment being 31,- 500,000 pounds, or 787 cars, or practi cally 20 Iralnloads of the succulent foodstuff; all of which it worth get ting into, the field after; and the Great Northern and Northern Pacific people are after their share of it right at the point of departure, and what is more they are getting it. General Agent G. B. Johnson, of the A. & C, is one of the busiest men in the city these days, and he is mov ing every" agency to compass the (Continued on page 5) ASTORIA LAVYER LOSES PAPERS IN CASE WERE IMPORTANT COURT RECORDS IN THE CASE OF MRS. GATES LOST WHEN BADLY NEEDED But by Lv'ny Chance Her Attorney Happened to Have Duplicate Cer tified Copy From Judge McBride and Once Again She Saves Child. There arc many in Astoria who will regret to learn that Mrs. Gates, the unfortunate woman who has been harassed by her husband over the question of their little boy, is still fighting to retain the possession of the child. She went to California from here several weeks ago. having REPUBLICAN CAfJPAIfifl BOOK JUST ISSUED Volume Contains Speech of Taft, Sherman and Bryan NEW YORK, Sept. S.-The repub lican campaign book was issued to day, with a volume of 536 pages. The book contains the" acceptance speeches, of Taft and Sherman, and articles on prosperity, publicity of campaign, contributions, the attitude of the two parties toward colored citizens, guarantee of bank deposits, President Roosevelt's administrations, outline of the work of the sixtieth congress. The platforms of the two parties and Bryan's speech of acept- ance. WILL VISIT DOUBTFUL STATES FIRST day. Yet by great good fortune Cap tain Abercrombie happened to have a certitied copy ot the courts order in his possession, and this he at once sent to Mrs. bates, and that is probably all she will require to show the California authorities that the husband has absolutely no rights in (Continued on page 5) Taft Getting Ready for His Octob , er Traveling Campaign MIDDLE BASS ISLAND. Ohio. Sept, 5. Taft will make his traveling campaign during the month of Octo ber devoting his time principally to those states which are materially considered doubtful, i.' the ideas of both the candidate and the national Chairman, Hitchcock, as expressed to day are carried out. Taft indicated; that although the greatest demand for his presence had come from the west this will not preclude his appear ance in the eastern states and that when the tour is decided on he will undoubtedly reach both the east and west RTHOUS HI HOMELESS BY IIIIESOTA FIRES TO AVOID ACCIDENTS. NEGRO LYNCHED. ALBANY, Ga, Sept. 6. - John Towne, a negro, ' accused of the as sault of Mrs. Joseph Wheeler last Thursday, was captured at Damas cus, Ga., last night and was taken out and lynched. CHINK OF POKER CHIPS '-.BIT Aeronauts Are Discussing Law to Li cense Balloon Men, WASHINGTON, Sept.' 5.-Actuat-ed by the death of Charles Oliver Jones at Waterville, Maine, Wednes day, and the falling of his airship, the "Boomerang", leading aeronauts are seriously discussing the advisability of the enactment of a law to tend to prevent accidents of this character. It is proposed to make it illegal for any one not holding an aeronauts license from the recognized Aero Club to make an ascension. Several Towns Near Du luth Wiped Out TREMENDOUS LOSSES HUGHES 111 DAVE BIO FOLLOWING GOVERNOR FAIRLY MOBBED BY ENTHUSIASTIC HEARERS AFTER MASTERLY SPEECH Astoria Saloons, Too, Are Said to Be Open Sun days, While "Blind Pigs" Are Flourishing GAMBLERS ARE RETURNING TO THE CITY THINK BRYAN A DREAMER Both Beveridge and Hughes Deal ' Kindly With Democrat, Whom they Refer to as a. Dreamer of'Impos . sible Things. systems, has been in the city for. ccn granted the custody of the While PoflCO HaVB Suppressed SeriOUS CHmeS Against PerSOnS limit- Iruiur onnnati tn noi-iir t1iU flu- child bv Illclfff McRrirfe. hilt linrillu flection of the usual, routing of this had she arrived there before her hus aplendid shipment for the old vogue hand also made his appearance and, route, to the lines he stands for, and from what little is known of the mat it is a distinct" departure, in more1' here, evidently tried again to get ways than one; for the Oregon Rail- the little boy. But Mrs. Gates is with. way & Navigation Company has prac-, her brother and his family there, and tically invariably handled the bulk of, that she put up a spirited defense oft With Stem Hand, Yet Sheriff's Office and Police Haven't Managed to Handle Saloons and Games of Chance the packs of the lower Columbia and, her rights is deemed probable. Alaskan fields in the past, and has, events she wrote to Captain past, suffered a radical rupture of its pre ccdence In this behalf. It is jurft such invasions as fthia by( At all! Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town.' Mother Goose. the recent order given by Mr. Harri- man for the immediate construction of the Lytic road from Hillsboro and Portland to Astoria; and for. nil im provements and developments' that shall, accrue in the territory of the Southern Pacific Company in this "neck of the woods." ,The train out tonight will broach the 450,000-case packs from this great depot. There will be about 600 cases to the car, or 42,000 pounds, and one A k rtutr-- r- .i. . . i , . t , I lyuruiK uic uasi lew wccus mcic has been a noticeable return of a lot rs who left Astoria Irtue ttiin turn imirfi niYA its competitors that is responsible for. tody of their boy. . ' r . u. .i 1 1 i t its moral delinquencies and became a "closed town." The gamblers had no use for a town that wasn't a wide- rrr rn a an1 f t cr" tt-nraA crn in ad on August 8 taken all the papers c . .. . n , , . . xi- cc i . , . Seattle, some to Portland, and some is ntv VrV vs uuavi ivnTlllK Ilia t . v t . . , . , . t . up in the wilds of Nevada. rppnmt frr fliAin An aHnrt tin a than , , . . . A, I But meantime it is evident that when the attorney announced that he had "lost" them. They are still lost; at all events they have not been returned to the clerk's office to this crombie. who was her attorney here, asking him to forward her a copy of of the mMer the court s order granting her the cus-' ... , aunicumig Captain Abercrombie says he went to the court house to 'get a certified copy of the order and was told that the husband's attorney, -C.J. Curtis, YOUNGSTOWN, O., Sept. 5. Aside from formally defining .issues of both national and state, at the opening of the republican campaign in Ohio here today, according to the republican critics, developed an im portant fact, namely that Governor Hughes, of New York will be in great demand outside of his own state dur ing the national campaign. The Gov ernor following a masterly effort by Senator Beveridge not only held the attention of thousands who had beeni listening to other speeches for hours, .' ' catcs that they deem themselves quite ibut moved them to a vigorous out- Flames Sweep Property Wocth Many Millions of Dollars Railroads Out FOREST FIRES CLOSE IN Chisholm, Town of 4000 Inhabitants, Suffers Biggest Loss Dozens of Smaller Settlements Completely Destroyed Covers Many Counties. their games, and when the Celestials become emboldened it' usually indi- safe behind the protecting skirts of some one "higher up." , But while there has been gambling going on for the past year, it has been mostly done in a quiet and tim id way. The important fact now is that, within a few months of the, burst of applause and was fairly mob bed when he finished by hundreds who pressed forward to shake his hands. Senator Beveridge and Governor, Hughes made impressive speeches dealing with the national issues while coming municipal election, these governor Harris, re-nominated by his gamblers have the temerity to return, Partv devoted himself to state ques to the city. That- must mean some- j tions- Bth Beveridge and Hughes DOUBLE TRAGEDY J FOLLOWS! HIS RUIN Massachusetts Man Murders Wife and Commits Suicide After Losing Half Million . EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Sept. S.Thc bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Kimball' Slieldon was found at their residence today. The body of Mrs. S,heldon was on the bed with a deep wound in her head while the body of Mr, Sheldon in an adjoining bathroom with the gas jet wide open. The opin ion of the medical examiner is that Sheldon killed his wife and then com mitted suicide. Mrs, Sheldon is 70 years old. According to Jfriends he lost a half million dollars in unfortun ate investments in the past few years. they have not forgotten that dear old Astoria, and yet air these months they carefully remained in their dist ant exiles, until something must have happened to suddenly bring them back. To a man viewing the field from a vantage point up in a tree it looks as if there must have been something to bring them back. It j looks as if the word has gone out that there is to be "pickings" in Astoria once again. The word must have gone out among them that there are plans on foot to open up Astoria once more; and more especially the tip ; must have gone forth that gambling is not interfered with here under the pres ent police and shrievalty regimes, That, gambling is going on in As toria is known to every one who has half an (eye. ' Any policeman will tell any enquiring citizen so. . Any cigar store man, if, he thinks he is talking to a, "friend," will tell,; the ame story. Chinese lottery men have been growing so careless that they don't even make any "bones" about thing.. It evidently means that they have some reason to think that the town is once again going to "open up" in the manner that will best please them. That there are "quiet" and "gentlemanly" games , going on in saloons and in the back rooms of cigar stores is information that every one knows, but the presence of these men evidently means that there is to be something more than this. How bold some feel in their w-ishes to have the town wide open once again was well indicated during the Regatta. One man who keeps a saj 1 rw-M nair f Via w f rftnt w n f a1 k( iwii ii.ui iii n nivui vih uiuvu w run a "country dance" in opposition to the country dance under the au spices of the Regatta committee. This dance would have been simply a re crudescence of the old dance-hall orgies-and worst of all, under the widely advertised and innocent guise of a "country dance" it might have enticed many an innocent and guile less girl to its shameless - grasp. Mayor Wise had to take decisive steps to prevent this. He went to the (Continued on page 8) dealt kindly with Bryan in personal capacity but insisted that he is a dreamer, a preacher, not an executive. l$oth "speakers insisted on revision of the tariff from a protective to ai maximum and a minimum basts in a line the policy of Germany and France. . DULUTH, Minn, Sept 6.-The forest fires that have been burning for three days closed in on several towns and small settlements near Duluth today wiping them out, ren dering ten thousand homeless, de stroying property valued at several million dollars, and sweeping over lands in many counties in Northwest ern Wisconsin and Minnesota. It is believed some lives have been lost CHISHOLM, Minn, Sept S.-The town of 4000 people on Mesaba Iron Range, 90 miles north of Duluth, is completely wiped .out. Hibbing, five miles from Chisholm, is ' surrounded by fire tonight and the city was in grave danger until the wind shifted. The entire northern portion Douglas county, Wis, is on fire and several small settlements have been destroy ed. Renshaw, a village 25 miles west of Duluth, is surrounded by fires to night, with no hope for the town. Hundreds of- farmers driven home and passage along the roads is diffi cult Owing to the heat and smoke. At Bayfield, Wis, the property damaged is $700,000. . Fire descended Chisholm almost without warning or consternation. Hundreds sought refuge in flight without attempting to rescue their effects. AH conveyances pressed into service and tonight the Great North ern, the only railroad running into Chisholm, took 15 box cars crowded with homeless people to Hibbing. Nashwauk, 50 miles northwest of Duluth, is surrounded and tonight the outskirts of the town is burning. Buhl, Minn, 12 miles east of Chisholm is cut-Off by fires that are burning down to the town. Wrenschall, 20 miles northwest of Duluth, appears doomed. (Continued on page 8.) LOSS AT RAWHIDE ABOUT $800,000 Provisions Arrive From Surrounding Towns, Re lieving Suffering Rebuilding Started RAWHIDE, Nev, Sept. 5.-Pro-visions arrived today from many points and relief has ajready been do nated probably sufficient to last until the stock telegraphed for hy local merchants arrive. The report that two bodies have been found is un true. The work' surveying prepara tory to re-building is progressing. The estimated loss by fire is $800, 000. Total insurance about $30,000, at the rate of 15 per cent having been prohibitive,
