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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, NGYEK2ER 7, 1SC3
HILL RAILROAD PARTY
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PORILffl MBA!
Over (forth Bank.
Mill, of the Great Northern, hurried
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l, n j away ior a irvp uiroiigo me icrnnnui .
FirSt tO CfltCr rOrtlSnd yrds, after waiting some time for
ttie cituens'j committee. From that
point the executive, led by Mr. Hill
and guided by Mr. Charlton, struck
join on foot for the nearest garage,
'where they hired an automobile and
4 for' the next two hours the motored
viiia HAimn . - around town taking in the varioui
ARE TWO HOURS LATE poi.rn. pf .t.
The people of this city rtmcm-
.,'-.; " - ' - . bered for three years the banquet
: .. ." - given during the Lewb) and Clark'
. ' ..'' .-';',. fair at which Hill announced his in
Jr&ln Held at Columbia RiveP tentlon to build a railroad down the
North U.mk ot tlie Columbia river
and the atatement made by him then
that when that feat wa accomplish
ed he might have a further announce-
r , mcnt to make. This wai generally
' ', - , construed to mean that Mr. Hill
Ani..iifTr'r m nMi W0U,J """ounce bi Intention to
RECEPTION COMMITTEE SLOiV,tui!d railroad across central Ore-
gon and his speech tonight was
mmmmmmmm jawaited with great eagerness. The
! great railroad builder, however, in
his address tonight made no such al
lusion to his future plans, His
Bridge for Inspection of
Concrete Structures
Through Change, of Plana at Last
Moment Reception Committee speech consis,ed principally of'felici
and Agent Charlton Meet Them
tation to the people of this city and
several amusing personal experiences
in building the North tank , road
practically only a serious part of his
speech were a few words of warning
, PORTLAND Nov. 6. -James J. "gainst ptactng too much reliance on
"f t . t. " j .i, in ithe lumbering and mining industries,
Hill, that human dynamo of the i Jfr
dustrial worm, ana tne vitav moving ,ion sho,d be turned t0 cultivation
power behind more than 22,000 miles 0f cereals.
of railroads, arrived in Portland at Governor Chamberlain, Covernor
-10;3Q ottlock Uwa morning.. He' was: Meade, United States Senator Ful
accompanied by the most , eminent ton, Mr. Elliott and Judge " Cotton
galaxy ot rauroad magnates ana 01-, and Dr. Lane also spoke,
ficials that ever visited this city at!
one time. ' Hopping down briskly as
a boy of 10, he was the first man to
alight from his private car, Manitoba, 1
attached to the rear of the Hill (
special of seven, private cars.. In one.
hand he held a prodigiously big black I
cigar and with the other he shook"
hands with the waitng newspaper j
men and then refused to jie inter
S BIHUETTED 1ST I
WDM CLUB
viewed with both. ; V!'f. 1 t-
The Hill party made a hurried trip THE HILL
PROSSIMENT
down to Aitoria and to Warrenton
last evening, and strange fas it; may
ecm, it wa the Empire' -.Builder'a
first visit to Astoria or the new ter
minal property at I Warrenton, five
. miles below. They . took ...., short
automobile trip around, Astoria, and
spent an hour at Warenton. On the
way to Portland, the start was made
at 1 o'clock this morning, and a rec-
ord-breaking trip was made to
Goble. The train was then ferried
across to Kalama, and a leisurely
journey was made to Vancouver,
which point was reached about 7
o'clock, .,-
In order to give the magnates an
opportunity of inspecting the new
bridges - and concrete construction
and terminals, the train' was held at
the Columbia River bridge until the
fog lifted. The train pulled into the
Union Depot here two hours alter
It was scheduled to arrive. ;yi '
.' Through a change of plans at the
last moment the reception committee
of the Chamber of Commerce missed
the distinguished party altogether,
two newspaper men and Assistant
General Passenger Agent j A. D.
Charlton, of the Northern Pacific,
being the only persons there to greet
the special as it came to a stop,
though about 300 people were lined
up outside the depot to add an in
formal welcome. ,
Immediately upon their arrival,
the party, split up. James J. Hill,
President Howard Elliott of the
: Northern Pacific; President George
' B. Harris of the Chicago, Burlington Grubcr, general
& Quincy, and President Louis W.j Great Northern.
. iii.
RAILROAD
PARTY
HEIRESS IS GONE.
Meet With Theatrical Agent And
Goes To Him In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.H. H. Wil
son, 31 years of age, a musician and
theatrical agent is tinder arrest at a
police station charged in connection
with the disappearance of Miss Clara
UetJ!, 15 years old, from Kankakee,
III, -
The gril is the daughter of John
Lictz, a wealthy farmer of EHuon,
Minn., and is heiress to a fortune
consisting of a large estate in Ger
many. WiUon' was arrested at his
home yesterday afternoon by detec
tives and the girl was found later at
the Chicago Beach Hotel on infor
maetion furnished them by Wilson.
According to the police, Wilson
met the girl at Kankakee and she be
came imbued with the idea of being
an actress. Wilson returned to Chi
cago October 20 and the girls came
on the same train, In company with
another girl of her age, whose where
abouts and name the police have- been
unable to learn. , .
Miss 'Lieu' had' been attending' a
private school m Kankakee until a
year ago and had lived with her fa
ther's relatives in the city and im
mediately after her disappearance
they telegraphed to her father in
Minnesota, lie came to Chicago and
learned that Wilson had been seen
with the girl.
Wilson refused to tell the father
the whereabouts of, the girl, but ad
mitted knowing where she was,
TO BAR AMERICANS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The French
Jockey Club is about to take action
to bar American trainers and jock
eys from the turf in France, accord
ing'to a private dispatch to a well
known horseowner here, who is mak
ing clans to establish a stable in
France. ' :' J ":" ""
-.The club, it is said, has decided to
establish' a rule requiring three years
residence in France before a license
wilj be issued to either trainers or
jockys to ride. The closing of the
race tracks in New York is said to
be responsible for this rule, the
French club believing a large num
ber" of, tfaincr and jockeys thrown
out of employment here will go to
France. ... ,
GOOD EFFECT OF
ELEC
partment in the University of Arkan
sas. The duties of the new position
will be to visit the various high
schools and other educational insti
tutions of he state, deliver lectures
and ai-'l the management of the
schools in their work.
MR. TAFT WILL HUNT.
Prosperity. Renewed., By;
Confidence of Nation.
MILLS WILL RE-OPEN
Orders Placed Subject to Taft's
. Election Are Released in
Largs Numbers. '
$240,000,000 FOR RAILWAYS
Millions of Dollars Will Soon be
Placed in Circulation Throughout
the Country Insuring the Full Din
ner Pail For AIL
TAFT, Tex., Nov. 6. It is repor
ted at headquarters of the Taft ranch
situated near here that W. II. Taft
and his brother C. P. Taft, owner of
the ranch, will arrive here the early
part of December on a ten days hunt
ing expedition. The ranch embraces
160,000 acres and deer and other wild
animals abound in the pastures. The
most magnificent country home and
hunting lodge in Texas is situated up
on the Taft ranch.
SALT LAKE FlRE.
' SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 6.-One
of the most costly fires in the his
tory of Salt Lake ocurred at 6 o'
clock last night in the plant of the
Inland Crystal Salt Company, loca
ted at Saltair, resulting in its com
plete destruction. The value of the
buildings with machinery, equipment,
supplies and stock was estimated at
$150,009 and against which there is
only $50,000 insurance. "
CONSUMPTION KILLS.
GUESTS OF THE CITY OF
PORTLAND LAST NIGHT
PRESENT
Governor Chamberlain, Mayor Lane
and' Several Harriman Officials
Seated at the Festive Board Ban
quet Was an Elaborate Affair.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.-Mrs.
Anna .Carter, aged 42 years, who was
married three weeks ago to James
Carter, a carpenter, committed sui
cide yesterday in the Hotel Adrian
by inhaling illuminating gas through
rubber tube. Continued ill health is
believed to have caused her action.
PORTLAND, Nov. 6-The cele
bration of the completion f the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail
road, or as it is better known, the
"North Bank Road," an elaborate
banquet was given at the Commer
cial Club rooms tonight at which the
guest of honor was James J. Hill.
uthcr guests of prominence were
President, Louis W. Hill of the
Great Northern; President H. Elliott
of the Northern Pacific; President F.
B. Clarke of the "North Bank"; J. P.
O'Brien, general manager of the
Harriman lines in the Pacific North
west; Governor Meade of Washing
ton; Governor Chamberlain of Ore
gon; Dr. Harry Lane, .Mayor of
Portland;' W. ' W. Cotton, general
counsel of the Harriman lines in the
Pacific Northwest; George B. Harris,
president of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy; Darius Miller, first vice
'president of the same road and A. M
manager of the
CARPENTER FOR
CABINET JOB
Will Succeed Loch Who Can ISava Secretary of the
Navy if Ho Wishes. Quiet Day Fcr Taft.
SUICIDE OF WOMAN.
TOM ITT FJI
BSYAII TUESDAY
LEADER MURPHY MAKES
STATEMENT DENYING
TREACHERY.
OMAHA, Nov. 6.-The Bee will
say tomorrow that the railroads of
the United States have released or
ders for equipment and supplies ag
grega ting . $240,000,000 since election
day. These orders had been placed
prior to election day' contingent on
the outcome of the campaign. -
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 6.
The New Bedford" cotton mills
hope to start on full time before the
first of the year. v.
NEW HARTFORD, Conn., Nov.
6. The cotton mills of Mt. Vernon
and the Woodbury cotton duck syn
dicate will start as soon as their
new machinery can be installed.
FALL RIVER. Mass., Nov. 6.-
Beginning Monday the Stevens Cot
ton Mills will begin operation day
and night. This concern employs 250
operatives " -. , ' , ." . i-. .
WASHINGTON, Nov. .-Frank
lin K. Lane, ..interstate commerce
commissioner states that the indus
trial and financial aspect is improv
ing rapidly. He says a fact hardly
believable but it is true that the total
,of operating revenue per mile of
railroads for the year ending June
30, 1908, exceeds any other year in
the history of railroading mi the
United States, except the year 1907.
It was about $894 or less by about
$61 than' 1907, but greater by $118
per mile per month more than the
year of the last presidential election.
SAN FRAXCISCO, Nov. ".-Tuberculosis,
spread through a rite of
their church, is said to be thinning
the population of the Aleutian Is
lands -at an alarming rate. Dr. Robert
Oleson of the Revenue CuJW Mc-
Culloch who arrived yesterday from
Alaska states that forty per cent of
the natives inthe islands are afflicted
with consumption. He expressed
belief that the ceremony of kissing
the dead is in part responsible for
the spread of the disease. .
CRYAN LOST OTHER STATES
Savs Erie County Where Mack is
Leader Went For Chanier But wot
For Brvan Yet no Charges of
Treachery Against Mack.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 6.-Fresidcnt
elect Taft and Mrs. Taft left here to
night for Hot Springs, (Virginia,
where Taft will remain until 1 hanks
giving.' This is the quietest day Taft
has had; since,-election. JU had a
conference with Myron T. Herrick
.but said afterwards that no matters
of significance were discussed. While
no. official announcement has been
made it is known on reliable author
ity , that F. W. Carpenter will , be
Taf'tY secretary to the president, suc
ceeding William Loeb, who can have
the secretaryship of the navy if he so
desires.
.NEW YORK, Nov. ' 6.-Leader
Murphy of Tammany tonight issued
a statement specifically denying that
Tammany did not support Bryan
He says it is silly to accuse Tammany
of knifing Bryan and the charge is
hoinir made bv nersons who know
better .but who hppejo make politi
cal capita! , at Tammany s expense
"Before 'the convention we knew that
Brvan could not carry New York and
nothine influencecf that belief. Bryan
went behind here just because the
people were against him.. j
S Murphy says Ohio,, Minnesota and
Indiana elected Democratic govern
ors but that Bryan lost them and he
lias not hear! any. charges of treach
ery to Bryan there. Erie county,
where Mack is the leader went for
Chanier but Bryan could not carry
it, and Murphy has not heard any
body charge Mack with treachery.
, "There was no treachery. -The
whole result was due to Bryan's
weakness' and the strength of Taft
which pulled Hughes through."
WAYWARD GIRL DIES.
Never Rallies From An,. Operation
Performed In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.-The
death of a 16 year old girl and an
autopsy disclosing that a criminal
operation ! had been performed, has
led to the arrest of Dr. G. W. O'Don
nell and the detention of James H
Gibson, wha may be charged as an
accessory. UiDson has made a state
ment to the police involving the phy
sician. 1 ' .. .' ' '. ';''
Vesta Van Vlack, the dead girl,
came to this city several weeks ago
from Cove, Oregon, in Gibson s com
pany and has since lived with him as
his wife. Gibson stated to the police
that he had endeavdred to obtain the
consent of the girl's parents to their
marriage but had been refused. Af
ter reaching this city he says a fur
ther effort to obtain the sanction of
the girl's father was made, but- con
sent: was again withheld. It was af
ter this, Gibson declares,' that the
girl went to the office of Dr. O'Dori
nell. Later she was operated ; upon
for appendicitis by another "physician
and from this she. never rallied. Ap
plication for a burial permit was re
fused by the coroner and the autop
sy revealed that death was due to
blood poisoning following an opera
tion forbidden by law, ; 1
irse is iion in fi tai iii; fi
COiHIED FELOil
SANK INTO WATER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.-Ac-
cording ' to officers of the revenue
cutter MCCulloch, which has return
ed from a cruise in northern waters,
Mount McCulloch, which last year
thrust its head up from the center
of Bogaslov Island, sixty miles west
of Unalaska, has disappeared in the
throes of another volcanic change.
In its place it is said, is a land locked
bay hree miles wide, into which the
cutter Bush sailed and made sound
ings. It was found that the water
showed a depth of from eight fath
oms at the edges to 25 fathoms in the
center. Mount McCulloch, which was
first seen a year ago, when the cutter
after which it is named arrived off
the coast, had a Tieigb of 300 feet
cntenceu to id
Uiitiiiwiua vsj
CURTIS A FREE LIAII
Msrss's Attorneys J f:
Stay cf Ex::-:;:n, Which
V2sCrar.t:i
SCHMITZ'S MOTHER DEAD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6,-Mrs.
Charlotte W. Schmitz, widow of San
Francisco's pioneer musical director
and mother of Eugene . Schmitz,
former mayor, died yesterday at her
home in this city, aged 80 years. Mrs.
Schmitz who was the daughter of a
captain of English cavalry, was born
in Ireland and was connected with
the WidehanT family or Cork. She
came to San Francisco in 1851.
V7 ILL CO IITEST ELECT! 0 II
IIFGOIOOII
JUDGE REFUSES TO SET CAIL
While Morse is Sente.'iceJ to Impri
onment Curtis is,' Released on Sus
pended Sentence Owing to Recom
mendation to Clemency by Jury.
- THE NEXT CONGRESS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6 According to
today's returns frOm congressional
istricts through the country the
Republicans gained two over last
night's figures. According to reports
already received the next house will
consist of 173 Democrats and 218
Republicans.
DEADLY GAS RANGE. .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Three
persons were asphyxiated . from , the
fumes from a gas range here late to-
SEATTLEAfID F0HT110
CLUBS BREAK M
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN IS
CONVINCED THAT STEV
ENSON HAS PLURALITY
WILL DELTiD A RECCIT
Errors it is Claimed Have Been
Found la Several Precincts Three
Ballots to Stevenson in Each Pre
cinct Will Elect Him.
EACH WINS EQUAL' NUMBER
OF CONTESTS IN FIRST
NIGHT'S EXHIBITION.
POUCE STOP COXING CO'JT
Frank Wins Wrestling Match From
Kincaid, Smith Easy For Venable
Harris and Niecken Win Boxing
Contests An Interesting Card.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6-Tne re-elec
tion of Governor Deenen will be
contested, according to a signed
statement, issued tonight by the
Chairman of the Democratic Central
Committee. The chairman says he is
convinced that with a correct count
and an honest contest. Stevenson has
a plurality of the vote cast Tuesday
for governor and that he shall de
mand a recount. ; DeneeVs plurality
is estimated at , 23,000. Errors have
already been discovered, ; according
to the secretary of the committee in
several precints and he explained
that if only three ballots in , each
precinct were ; taken : from : Deneen
and priv-en to Stevenson the latter
would Seem to have won. '
NEW YORK, Nov. 6,-From a
cell in the Tombs prison, Charles W.
Morse now directs the efforts of his
counsel, to procure his freedom, .he
having been sentenced today to serve
IS years in the federal prison at At
lanta; Georgia, for -mis -application of
the funds of the National Dank of
North America and for having made
false entries in tbe books of the
bank. Alfred II. Curtis, the former
resident of the bank who was tried
jointly and convicted with Morse
was given his liberty today, under a
suspended sentence, . - . .'
While Morse's lawyers immediate
ly applied for and obtaned a stay of
execution for ten days after sentence
had been imposed it is probable that
Morse will remain a prisoner in the
Tombs until Monday as Judge
Morse has refused to admit him to
bail. Morse's lawyers late today ap
plied to the United States court of
appeals for a writ to show cause why
their client should not be, admitted
to bail and a writ was granted but
not returnable until Monday. Morse's
lawyers say their client comes to
fight, "To the last."
, SUICIDE OF SPECULATOR.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. T
LITTLE ROCK,, Ark., Nov, 6.
The general educational board of the
United States has announced a con
tinuous appropriation of $3,000 for
the support of a new chair and de-
PORTLAND, Nov. 6.-The Se
attle Athletic' Club and the Multno
mah Athletic Club broke even here
tonight in the first of a series of in
ter-club boxing and wrestling tour
naments. Each won one boxing and
one wrestling match out of the four
events scheduled. In the 125-pound
wrestling match, Edgar Frank, Mult
nomah, took the first fall from Bert
Kincaid, Seattle, in nine minutes and
ten seconds. Kincaid was uncon
scious when the decision was given
and forfeited the event to Frank.
: F. Venable; of Seattle, had little
difficulty with Ed Smith of Multno
mah, in the 135 pound wrestling
match. He wort two straight falls in
six minutes and 27 seconds and seven
minutes and 18 seconds respectively.
In the 125-pound boxing match,
Billy Speck of Seattle was taking the
eount in the second round when the
police stopped the bout and Harry
Niecken of Multnomah was given the
decision. ;: ;;
Cal Harris, Seattle, won the 145
pound boxing bout from C. C. Ralph,
hut it took an extra round of milling
to enable the referee to make a decision.
ALAMEDA, Cal., Nov. 6. James
Hennessy, formerly a traveling sales
man,, but more recently a speculator
in mining stocks, committed suicide
yesterday by shooting himself at his
home in . this city. Failure to obtain
employment and the fact that he bad
been recently swindled out of a con
siderable sum in a mining deal are
said to have influenced Hennery's
action. One cf his dati'''t?r-i, Miss
Mary Hennery, i9 well Inown un
der the name of Anne O'Hagan as a
magazine writer.
PL ANS ON FO 01
RE-ELECT FU
N
lay Try to Break Ranks of 'Statement Flum
One Men,-It. Is Said.:
PORTLAND,, Nov. 6. Supported
by an organization now forming,
Senator C. W. Fulton will attempt to
prevent Governor George E. Cham
berlain from being elected to the
United States Senate to fill the va
cancy caused by the retirement of
Fulton March 4. There are enough
Statement No, I members of the
Legislature to elect Chamberlain if
they keep their pledges, but ettorts
are now being made to induce a suf
ficient number to prevent the elec
tion of Chamberlain. Ways and
means of carrying out the plan to
elect someone other than Chamber
lain are now being sought.
The argument of Fulton ; and his
followers is that the Legislature
should elect a ' Republican to the
Senate instead of a Democrat. Al
though Chamberlain defated Cake,
wh.o defeated Fuiton in the primar
ies, tor the popular vote, the I'ulton
people assert that when Taft carried
Oregon it proved that the people re
pudiated their votes of last June for
the Democrat,
Various methods of bringing about.
the defeat of Chaniberlain arc under
discussion. One phis favorably con
sidered is to have the Republicans in
counties which did not go fcr Chant-
bcrlain to prepare a motion ttreinz
their Senators- gnd Feirp..?Rtative
to vote for a Rr'Wh-an. TUa .Ki
tion i3 that IV.; uny :.: :A
in event of C',: ,'. 1 .-it tuw-
down, 'alt!l-"t.-;ii tit..' cf Tii'-r-
dore B. Wikr, ;r.s-s v.",. n ,.sve &
mentioned in I.',.,;:,"; h-:s
ficiaries.