The morning Astorian., September 24, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

TIF RANSACKS THE
F. A. FISHER HGLIE
FAMILY WAS -ABSENT, BUT
VERY LITTLE OF GREAT
VALUE IS TAKEN.
A 'hUt hi.i'i into the resi:!cnc ii
Ferdinand A. Fis-hcr at the northwest
corner ! (Irai C avenue and TwetlM
street during the absence of the fam
and ransacked the house from top to
bottom, though very little of value
was taken.
The family has been out of the
city since Monday and returned last
evening, and upon their arrival at
the home found everything in con
fusion. The police were notified and
Patrolman Linville answered the call.
As far as could be ascertained last
evening nothing had been taken ex
cept a talking machine and a num
ber of records, and two shotguns each
of considerable value. Investigation
showed that entrance had been gain
ed through a rear door. The thief
had first entered the cellar and there
secured an axe, with which he first
tried to prise open the rear door of
the house, and failing in this, he used
the axe in chopping and breaking out
a part of the panel. With the panel
broken he evidently thrust in his
arm and turned the key. The whole
job of gaining an entrance indicates
the work of an amateur. '-,
The depredator must have known
that the family was away, for other
wise he presumably would not have
attempted his bungling and noisy job
of effecting an entrance with the use
of the axe.
Once inside he worked at his lei
sure. Drawers were opened and the
contents thrown out, and everything
was pretty thoroughly gone over. A
gold dollar was also appropriated, it
being necessary to break the glass
door of a sideboard to get at it. The
thief might 'have filled a bag with
costly articles, and the fact that he
took nothing but the talking machine
and the shot guns, besides the gold
piece, may be taken to indicate that
the work was merely that of some
boy who was attracted by sucli
things, or the work of a skilful thief
who was in search of something valu
able and took certain means to make
the work look like that of a bungling
amateur. Where the work was done
Monday or Tuesday night is not
known.
FAN CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER.
Dorothy Anson, of Chicago, Quietly
Weds Man Of Her Choice.
NEW YORK,.Sept. 23.-Miss Dor
othy Arlson,.the 19-year-old daughter
of Adrian C. Anson of Chicago, the
former baseball captain, and until last
May the county clerk of Cook County,.
quietly left the home of her sister,
Mrs. Walter H. Clotigh in Montclair,
N. J.,' last night and was married at
Hoboken to Arthur S. Dodge, clerk
in a Montclair Bank The marriage
took place at the office of Justice of
Peace Samuel Engler early in the eve
ning. Captain Anson has four daughters,
Dorothy being next to the youngest.
Mrs. Clough is the eldest daughter
and the second is Mrs. Adcle Cherry
of Chicago. The youngest daughter,
Virginia, lives in Chicago with her
father.
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respectfully requested We are sure
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sult in enlisting you as a permanent
customer. Our goods are all chosen
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point of having everything fresh
right along.
A. V.ALLEN
Phone 711 - Phone 2871
Uniontown Branch, Phone 713
Additional Terse Tales
Bad Fire At Aberdeen-
Word reached this city yesterday
morning of a bad fire that took place
in Aberdeen late on Tuesday night
The cold storage plant and ice ma
chines of the Alexander Fish Com
pany were practically destroyed
the blaxe and the loss is estimated at
$25,000. The plant was used for th
preserving of salmon and the manu
facture and sale of ice. Details are
lacking, -ami what is known of the
affair was sent in via the United
Wireless station on Smith's Point.
Musical Notes -
There was a fine meeting of the
ladies of the Astoria Philharmonic
Society at Logan's Hall last evening,
for the first rehearsal in behalf of the
grand concert that is to be given by
the society of the 11th of next month.
Dr. Emil Enna was present, having
come down from the metropolis yes
terday on his usual weekly profes
sional trip and the work went off
with snap and vigor. Miss Scgrid
Westerlind, the distinguished singer,
who has been resting up in this city
preparatory to her Washington tour,
left yesterday morning, and was ac
companied by Mrs. C H. Aber
crombie, of this city, who, for the
first two or three of her concerts,
will assist Miss Westerlind as ac
companist.
Preparing For Camp-
Second Lieutenant Sutton and
Quartermaster Sergeant Schroeder of
the First Company went to Fort
Stevens yesterday to secure some
equipment that will be necessary in
the encampment of the First Com
pany over at Young's river. A cook
ing outfit and a few other things are
required that the company has not
on hand. Next Saturday night the
encampment will commence and will
continue until Monday morning. The
boys are hoping for fine weather, and
highly interesting time is antici
pated by both officers and men. In
the afternoon at 2 o'clock, if the
weather permits, a sham battle will
be held.
Break In Pipe-
Several good sized holes were dug
in the street at the corner of Franklin
and Eleventh streets yesterday by
workmen who were seeking a break
in the water pipes. How a break
council occur there is difficult to con
jecture, as at that point there is no
movement of the ground. It is said,
however, that the pipes put in there
were not of a good quality when
laid. These holes in the street will,
of course, be filled up as well as pos
sible, but experience proves that such
repairs are seldom if ever as good4as
the original work and it seems unfor
tunate that such repairs are necessary
with the consequent bad places in the
streets to mar the comparatively
new improvement.
Franchise Not Accepted
The Northwestern Telephone Com
pany, which asked the common coun
cil for 'an extension of time to Octo
ber 10, and again for an extension
for 90 days further in which to ac
cept its franchise, has only about a
week more in which to accept the
franchise for its automatic system o
'phones. The council refused to
grant the extensions at the las;
meeting of that body, and there is'
said to be some question that the
franchise will be accepted now. One
or more of the members of the coun
cil expressed themselves as being op
posed to granting such extensions. It
was said that if the time comes when
there is an organization which tands
prepared to finance such an undertak
ing the council can then grant the
necessary franchise, instead of per-
K r.T. !(:n- extensions while efforts
arc made to get money together to
start the business up.
Ear Wagging.
Only animals with long and drooping
eare are able to .wng them. A rabbit,
fc:' l:iHf.au can (!o what It I:ken with
Its ear, dropping one or both and lay
ing them fiat along Its back when
dashing through thick cover. Hares
are still more brink in ear movements.
But short eared beast, like weasels
and stoats, are unable to wag their
o.-.rs In any degree, although they have
enough ear to wag If they had the
power.
Accurate.
' "See here, landlord," said an angrj
tenant after he had signed the contract
for a year, "this bouse Is full of sewer
gas."
"Yes, that's what 1 told you."
; "Told me?"
"Yes. You asked me If there was
gas In every room, and I said there
was." London Answers.
THE MORNING ASTOWAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
President Answers Bryan
(Continued from page 1)
less direct evidence against him, than
there is against Haskell.
Taft refused to form any sort of
alliance with Foraker notwithstand
ing Taft was informed that his failure
to do so would prevent his own ad
vancement. With a hundred fold
elcarer evidence against him says the
president, Bryan secured Haskell as
chaiman of the platform committee
and treasurer of the campaign com
mittee. The president, proceeding,
declares that Haskell's unfitness for.
public trust is abundantly shown irre
spective of his actions in connection
with the Standard Oil interests. The
president says that passing over Has
kell's veto of the child labor law, that
his name appears as one of the de
fendants in the various suits brought
by the government to prevent the
Creek Indians from being defrauded
out of part of they" lands, he calls at
tention to "Prostituting to a base
purposes of the state university as set
forth in an article in the ."Outlook"
last September." The president quotes
at lengthy from this article as evidence
that Haskell is guilty of a breach of
trust. The article is a .bitter arraign
ment of Haskell in which the danger
of putting a party in power is sug
gested, if that party is actuated by
the same spirit as has actuated the
democratic authorities in Oklahoma.
It charges Haskell with. repudiating
Cleveland's motto: "Public office is
public trust." , 1 .
The president next takes up a por
tion of Bryan's letter regarding the
alleged mistreatment of the democra
tic leaders by the republican leaders
and of the misrepresentation by re
publican managers of the democratic
attitude in the present campaign.
Roosevelt says he is not in charge of
the campaign but is greatly interest
ed in it and that he has shown Bryan
that Haskell is unfit for the position
he' holds. Regarding the attitude of
the democratic party Roosevelt says
clearly. He goes on to say that
Bryan has indeed advocated measures
more radical than he (Roosevelt)
hos, but the prime defect in them is
that they will not work, and in his
opinion, would put the country into
hopeless and utter confusion.
The president says he puts Taft'd
deeds against Bryan's words. Taft,
he ays, has done nothing he wishes
forgotten. Bryan, the president de
clares, has apparently said much he
nd the democratic party wishes for
gotten. He specihes Bryan s present
and former plans regarding the treat
ment of trusts; past utterances on
government ownership of railroad and
his advocation of depreciated cur
rency. Roosevelt says for several years he
has been fighting in the interests of
the publie to gain control over the
business combinations, but he has
been as much hampered by the ex
tremists who advocate radical legis
lation as by the re-actionists. The
president says he holds it entirely na
tural for the great law defying corpo
rations to wish Bryan's election
rather than Taft's because Bryan's
plans to put a stop to abuses of this
haracter are wholly whimcrical. The
president then quotes at length from
ovemor Hughes' Youngstown address
in which Hughes analyzed at length
Bryan's recent plan for control of the
trusts. '
The president concludes by saying,
that no law defying corporation have
anything to fear from Bryan except
what it will suffer in the general
paralysis of business which any at-
empt of Bryan's to reduce to prac
ice what he, has advocated would
ring. This paralysis . would affect
the wage workers, farmers and small
business men more than it would ef
fect the great bu?iness men.
MAY OUST HASKELL.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23. It became
nown that at tne democratic Head
quarters tonight that several commit
teemen are preparing to use every in
fluence to bring about the removal
of Governor Haskell as treasurer of
"the national democratic committee.
BASEBALL GAMES.
National League.
Roston 7, 4, St. Louis 2, 1.
New York 2, Chicago 1.
Philadelphia 0, Cincinnati
1.
Brooklyn 1, Pittsburg 2.
American League.
Detroit 1, Boston 4.
Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2.
St. Louis 5, Washington 4. ,
Cleveland 9, New York 3.
Pacific Coast League.
Portland 6, Oakland 3.
San Francisco 0, Los Angeles 5.
Aberdeen 4, Seattle 0.
Forest Fire Rages
(Continued from page 1)
from LufTenholt and Fietdbrook,
The run was made through a seething
furnace of flumes, nt high speed and j
passengers expecting that every mo
ment would be the last. The fire
through which they passed was so
hot that the paint was shriveled from
the sides of the cars and several
women fainted. The Intest report is
that at Ficldbrook the fire Is under
control, but that at I.uffcholu, the
town is completely wiped out and
the flumes still spreading. It Is stated
however, if . the wind keep up
through the night the entire district
from Ficldbrook to Trinidad will be
swept over. s Up to the present no
deaths have been reported. Fatalities
if any may not be discovered tintil
after the fire burns itself out.
Trolley Cars Clash
(Continued from page 1)
The Baldwin "tripper' had waited
on the siding for the regular Phila
delphia inbound car to pass, and then
proceeded toward the Baldwin works,
the crew being unaware that an ex
tra car was coming toward them on
the same track. As a heavy fog pre
vailed, a collision was inevitable,
WOMAN'S WIT UNCERTAIN.
At
Whin This Wife Failed to Ap
preciaU Hubby's Peasantry.
"Don't always rely upon the ready!
wit of a woman," snld the muu who
Is sometimes pleased to consider him
self an onrlo, "That ready wit busi
ness Is sometlmi'H prone to get way off.
"For example, my wife and chlldreii
had been staying In the country for
several weeks, and I was regular with
my letters, ns every loving busbnnd
should be. Finally on the day before
my wife was to start for borne I con
cluded my letter to her with these
words:
- 'This will be the last letter I will
write to yoti for n long, long time.'
"When I got down to my office the
next morning I found a telegram from
my wife waiting for me. 'What on
earth do you mean? read the dispatch
"Later a registered letter camo from
her. She had blotted almost every line
with tears. What It was all about I
could not Imagine,
'UIU IIUl iMi j i ,
"Then my telephone bell rang, andniKnt
when I answered I heard my wife';
voice speaking over the long distance
u?. t w it , .i .u .
"'Ob, Johnr said alio. 'Is that really
you? I thought you had committed
suicide? "-Washington Post. '
Remedy For Choking.
; "Tlnltilnir Ilia Inft nrm n lilch n mil
- --
can will relleve-choklng much more
reiifvu-i-uoKiug iuucu murr
MnlJIf 'ttinn tl.n a.ii- .V tin, utt.lnn AtiV. I
back," snld n physl.-lnn, "and It i
well that every one should know It.
for often a person gets choked while
eating wmw mere is no one near to ; "Lone-tome Town" was an unm'-Jak-thump
him. Very frequently at .meals jablc
ret choked while eatlnir. and the cus-
tomary manner of relieving them Is to
slap them plmrply on the hack. The j
effect of this U toVt the obstruction
about by ralulng the left hand, of the
child as high as possible, and the re
lief comes much more quickly. In
happenings of this kind there should
be no alarm, for If the child acea that
older persons or parents get excited
the effect Is bad. The best thing Is
to tell the child to raise Its left arm,
nnd Immediately the difficulty passes
away."
The Popping 8ton.
"The popping stone" marks the spot
where Sir Walter Bcott asked Miss
Carpenter to marry him. It Is situated
In the beautiful valley of the Irtblng.
at Gilslnnd, an Inland watering place
near Carlisle. The popping Rtonc l
vlxltcd by many tbounnnds during the
summer months, and It Is said many n
laggard lover has had bis courage
screwed up to popping point at this ro
mantic spot. In the immediate neigh
borhood may nluo Ik? seen "Mumps
riii." which Scott Immortalized In
"fluy M.'uinerlng." while a. little far
ther afield the Itoman wall and Lnner
cost priory prove attractions to vis
itors to (JilHlund. London Chronicle.
Hardships of the Very Poor.
Little Marlon, having few real play
mates, has supplied herself with sev
eral iiiingliinry ones, with whom bug
has many KiirpriHliig experiences. Ilcr
mother recently overheard her playing
with her large family of dolls and en
tertaining a visionary caller.
"Yes, Mrs. Smif," she said, heaving
a deep sigh, "we are poor, tcrribiy
poor. We are so poor that I have to
apauk my babies to keep .them warm."
Womon's Home Companion. .
Costs 8ometimes.
"There's no use talking about It a
chronic dlHontro Is an expensive thing
to have,"
"That depends. Mine never cost me
anything."
"What's your trouble?"
' "Kleptomanla."-Cleveland Leader.
The Biter Bit.
Hewitt Who was that fellow who
In a fit of absentmludedness tried to
light his cigar from the electric light?
joyietij He's a loko writer who makes
a specially of Jokes about countrymen
blowing out the gas. New York Press.
VEEKEHD AMUSEMENTS
AT
BOSTONIAN MINSTREL MAIDS
FRIDAY; "UNCLE JOSH"
SATURDAY; KOLB AND
DILL, SUNDAY.
. i . . jr
"UNCLE JOSH"
"Uncle Josh Perkins", will undoubt
vtlly attract ft targe audience at the
Astoria Theatre when it is produced
there Saturday night as the piece ha
proved one of the most popular
all rural comedies that have been
produced In recent years. While
"Unete Josh Perkins" has a most in
teresting plot, the lines arc well writ
ten .the characters well drawn, an
the action natural and not forced. To
add to the production, 11. II. Frazc
has equipped it with a complete
scenic environment, while the actin
company is made up of the very bes
metropolitan talent , and Includes
well known local' favorites.
The next offering at the Astoria
Theatre will he the Roctonlan Mia
Mrcl Maids, composted entirely of
young ladies who are indeed a novel
ty as an organization. To sec this
performance, first you smile then yon
grin, then an explosion of laughter
prevails. The performance I rcfinet1
in every respect and . one of the
greatest novelties of the season
They sing the latest songs, dance the
daintiest dances and spring the clean
et of Jokes. The St. Paul Dispatch
says: "They are an organization of
young ladies who arc individually am!
collectively, performers of merit,"
The Calgery Albertan. says: "The"
Lyric Theatre was packed to tin
doors last night when the manage
mcnt presented the musical novelty
the "Boston Minstrel Maids." and
they certainly arc maid, and the
made a great hit. All the songs are1
catchy and of the latest variety. This
performance is undoubtedly the bes
attraction Manager Willis ha
brought to Calgery in many moons.
the company will be seen at the
local playhouse tomorrow. Frlrl.iv
KOLB AND DILL.
' A welcome announcement to local
. ... , , , ,
" be the forthcoming
; engagement ol.tlie well known and
popular German dialect comedians,
! Kolb and Dill, in their New York an
:c. r- ...
, .-Jan riuiitiicn success Loiiesmnc
fnum " Tlx.. -I-., .
- . MV.iv VIVVVI
German dia-
j '"ticians -will appear nt the Astoria
! theatre next Sunday night for a
I limited engagement of one night.
0Ul m INCW Uiicago BB(I aU o
Ihe prominent cities of the east. It
ran for four months at the Circle
Theatre, New York city, ' playing to
and this has been
the rule wherever Kolb and Dill have
since appeared in this laugh-producer.
There are more -than 40 people in
the company and the cast numbers
among others the Broadway prima
donna, Maude Lambert and Billy
Clifford, Charlotte Vidot, ' Carlton
Chase and Edith Whitelcy, J, A.
Raynes, Ernest Van Pelt. Miss Lam
bert has been a Broadway idol for
several year and her song hits in
"Lonesome Town" arc still being
whistled ;n the great metropolis.
Messrs. Kolb and Dill promises us
the New York production in every
particular from principals to chorus,
as well as the same elaborate scenery
and gorgeous costumes which were
one of the many features of the long
run at the Circle Theatre,
SAN FRAXCISCO, Sept. 23.-Cap-tain
Samuel D. McAllister of the
Thirty-eighth Company, Coast Artil
lery, has been ordered to appear be
fore a retiring board at Washington
D. C, and according to announcement
made to-day will in this manner es
cape a court martial on a charge of
being "morally unfit for service in the
U. S. Army." Captain McAllister who
is well known in social circles, is said
to have absented himself from the
Presidio without leave. Me has twice
been obliged to appear before a court
martial on similar charges and in each
case was dropped a few files.
" A Crab Habit.
Ontch a fresh crab, uimhIi tho end of
one of lis claws nnd watch with wjat
tierce wrath It will tear off the muti
lated member. Is It pride (hat enu;e
him to do this hit of Btirgleal work, or
la he afraid of blood poisoning, or Is It
becauae the maimed clurv might ob
struct his speed or entangle him In. the
Bubumi'lne botany? Tho crab la an In
teresting creature and, like his big
cousin, the lobster, Is as scrappy as a
game bntitam, often losing a limb In a
OPERA
HOUSE
THURSDAY, BEIT. 2
AMUSEMENTS.
THE GRAND
THEATRE
Commercial and Ninth Jjtreet,'
Tonight
AN ERROR OF JUSTICE
BATHERS' RACE
SUMMER BOARDERS TAKEN IN
TROUBLE OF A NEW DRUG
CLERK
, f. V
SON'O
"Would You Like To Have M For
Sweetheart" I
VIEWS "
Trip To Pennsylvania and New Jersey
This Theatre It equipped with
the latest and most improved electri
cal Machines. Don't fail to tee these
pictures.
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM
MONDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY,
ADMISSION 10c Children 5c
Astoria Theatre
v
FRIDAY,
September 25
A Brilliant Musical
Novelty
THE
"Bostdnian
Minstrel Maids"
With a bevy of Pretty
GirlsCatchy Music
and Latest Song Hits.
Prices 25, 50, 75, $1
Sale opens at box office
on Thursday, Sept. 24 at
11 a. m.
Astoria Theatre
Saturday, Sept. 26
The Big Fun Show
UNCLE
JOSH
PERKINS
An Everlasting
Success
Singers, Dancers and
Comedians.
See Uncle Josh at the County
Fair
Watch for the Big
Parade of the Hayseed
Band.
PRICES: 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c
Box Office Open Friday, Sept. 25th.
Astoria Theatre
One Night Only
Sunday, Sept. 27
the two great
German Comedians
KOLB DILL
Direct from 100 nights' run -on
Broadway, New York, assisted by
Maud Lambert and Billy Clif
ford and a company of 40 people
in Judson C. Brusie's musical
comedy,
"LONESOME
TOWN"
Pretty Girls,
New Scenery, New Costumes
PRICES "
1.50,1.00, 75 and 50
Sale Opens Saturday.
Exchange.