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ASTORIA, OREGON, TEUSCAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1903
KC FIVE CENTS
60r,lPERS ST
BEFORE TIIE
!hirt "fit
IF Ffaed for Contempt
I Will Goto Jail. ;
FEDERATION MENACED
Assertion Brought Ont Byt DIs
jcusston of the Treasurer's
I - Financial Report,1' '
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INDEPENDENT PARTY URGED
In Miming of Federation of Labor
Yesterday Question of (safeguard
lrs Fundi tn Anticipation of
Fin on Compere Raises Discussion
DENVER, , Nov. 16. - President
Samuel Comperi, in th convention
of tht American Federation of Li
bor today, xledsrtd that if he wit
found guilty and fined in the con
tempt proceedings pending against
bim in ali!(itoo, be 'Would go to
jail before lie ' would pay hit fine or
allow the' federation to' pa it' for
him. The itatement was made dur?
injaVdisussioft on the! treasurer's
report, the committee recommend
td that ImaiedUtdy following the
adjournment of the convention the
executive council take up thepropo
aition of placing iti funda where
they might be Removed from any
danger of ''attachment. The report
brought on -a political discussion in
which aeveral member favored the
formation , of au independent . nolit leal
party. , Treasurer Lennori stated that
he had discussed the safeguarding of
fundi with attorney and all i had
agreed that it was impossible with
out resulting at aometime in perjury.
Gomperi declared that the standing
of the Federation it being menaced
by courts of law through the Slier
man anti-trust law. He said that no
matter how the pending ; cases - re
suited, .the United .State supreme
court had declared that organiza
tion! conspiracies and combinations'
are in restraint of trade. "Under the
Sherman anti-trust law," Comperi
went on, "Honest business cannot be
conducted, much less honest straight
forward labor organisations." 1
He further declared that the decia-
JUSTICE WORKED
if - :-' I J ' ' w fi el . "5 rf e. m . . ..
"WITH! RAPIDITY
Peter Van VHssinger After Securing Over $100,
000 Hakes Appeal jor Punishment and Gets It.
CHICACO, Nov.' lten 'Wii
Vlissingen, a real estate dealer,
classed-for years among the first of
, Chicago'! prosperous" and reputable
business menj, confesied - today to
having ; obtained 5 through - forged
notes and deeds more than $100,000,
At his own urgent appeal to be pun
ished he was sentenced a, few hours
later to the penitentiary. Following
is the chronology of the episode:
1:30 P., m. Confronted by detec
tive and asked to go to the criminal
court building. ""'
2:00 P.1 M. Confessed." '- " " "" '
3:1S'P, M.-Grand jury indicted
him. v , ' v , t-
4:15 P, Mr-Prisoner brought to
: bar. .
5:00 P. M. Sentenced for a pcr
' iod of 1 to 14 years. 1 u'h :
:. 5:15 P. M.Locked , up 1 in the
county jail preparatory to being tak-
A IDS: Oil
HIITY
Hi
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iluns of the supreme court had but
mne object,) namely, to tie up men
M labor, to (heir work to cripple men
of labor in their right to work or
their" right not to work."
Gomners asserted that he Is not in
love with the ' Democratic " party, It
not a Democrat, and never will be.
lie owes allegiance to no party. 1
am a trades unionist." He says no
kne has denounced the Democratic
party more than he, "But when the
Democratic party made our conten
tions its own, it would not only have
been ingratitude, but cowardice to
desert It."
SH0OT1H0 iff PDHTLAND
RESULTS FATALLY-
HARRY DALY, BARTENDER,
f SHOOTS HARRY KENNEY
A SALOONKEEPER., - ."
DALY PLACED UNDER ARREST
I'
The Quarrel Is Supposed to Haw
- Been Caused by Misunderstanding
-Over Bustnet - Matters Kenny
Thought at First Not; Serious, jr
PIRTLAND, Nov. 17 2 A.
During a cniarrtl tonight between
Harry Kenny, a saloonkeepe and
barlcnder named ifarry 'Dafy,' who
had formerly been in Kenny's em
ploy, baly shot and killed Kenny.
..At the present time the cause, of
the uarrel is not known but ia sup
nosed to have been over a miannder
standing ' regarding business matters.
,The bullet from Daly's revolver en
tered Kenny's left shoulder and at
first, it .waslhought that while the
wound, was serious it was not neces
sarily'5 fatal r ! ' J...
, Kenny was removed to the Enter
gency Hospital st once and later by
the advice of the physician was tak
en to the Good Samaritan' Hospital
Where all efforts in his behalf were
miade. He gradually sank, though
conscious to the last, until 1 o'clock
'this mornjng when he breathed his
. Daly was Immediately arrested af
ter (lie crijiw and now lies in the
tlty prison and a chargeof murder
will be placed against him today.
en to Joliet tomorrow.
Van Vlissingen confessed that he
had been ensaired in foralnc docu
ments for 18sto 20 years and that
through thes spurious documents at
least 25 persons would lose the total
aggregate of $700,000. Van Vlissen
gen said the monev had arOne to nav
interest and had been lost in busi
ness. ' 'r,n i .-.-. v.
' Van Vlissingen is about 54 years
old and was married in 1897 to T
fisie Roosevelt , Blend, said to be
distant, relative to, President Roose-
.... . .
-vclt. He was" the publisher'
of
(he Real Estate News; vice-presi
dent a1 nd' director '"of ' the" Cook
County Real Estate . Board and was
'th eman who reduced the brokerage
rate on mortgage deals from 6 to 2j
jpe cent. A peculiar thing in con
'nectton . with bis case is that he 1
tt .great interest in the welfare
,boys.
FIRE AT TILLAMOOK,
TILLAMOOK, On, Nov. 16-
Fire starting Sunday morning in the
Olson building, back of 'Vcrrick's
bakery, destroyed : everything in
that building and endangered sev
eral other, including the Tillamook
hotel, the opera hmie the Sturgeon,
Brown's, shoe store, Case's machine
yhop and Edmund's grocery ttore.
F. 1 Sappington, groceryrnan, . lost
$3000, with $-'(100 insurance. Other
losses: Vcrrick's bakery, $1000; Tal
matc & Johnston, attorney, $20X);'
Dr, R. T. Baals, who had just In
stalled an X-Ray machine, $1200.
The Masonic Lodge and Eastern
Star bad their lodgerooms in the
building and lost everything. The
building was worth $4000, ' ni- be
longed to A. O. Wilson, of Portland.
In all the loss will amount too over
$15,000. " ' ' .
There is strong impression that
the fire was started by some drunk
en men who were loafing in a shed
at the rear of the building.
prosecutor Wins point.
LA PORTE, , Ind, .Nov. 16.-
Prosec'utor Smith played a , trump
card today when Andrew Hclgelin
identified letter written to him by
Mre. Gunness regarding threats of
Lamphere, which were outlined in
these dispatches the day Hclgelin
arrived at La ' Porte, Correspond
ence between Heleglin and the. First
National Bank was, also offered m
evidence, Cashier Pitneri having
identified a photograph of; Andrew
Hclgelin as the man who came to
the bank with Mrs.. Gunness in Jan
uary and drew M out-$2900. 'Mrs.
Gunness fs supposed to" have mur
dered, Helgrlin on January 14 , -
SECOND BALLOON 0. K.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jvov.'o-The
racinsr balloon United States, was
sighted above Suirrel Inn on the top
of the San Bernardino range at
7tS tonight ' It crossed the ridge in
northwesterly direction about .6000
feet above sea level - ir -
CHARGED WITH FLEECING.
OAKLAND. Cat., Nov. 16. -Re-
bekah Butler, a Gypsy, wae arrested
today on a charge of fleecing a far
me of, Jorth YaVima out o( $2Q00,
She wai released today. ( The North
Yakima authorities have reported
thaj no warrant has been; issued, It
is claimed that the arrest is the re
sult of Spite work. ... .
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IN HIS DEATH
I?
MATTHEW HERMAN DIES AF
TER HORRIBLE SUFFER
ING OVER K MONTH
GREAT FEARS TOR .OTHERS
Just Before he Died the Unfortun
ate Man Asked Thai be Strapped
. to Hla Bed, and Requested Every
body ip Leave the Room. " v .v '
ELBERTON, Ga., Nov. 16.
Matthew Berman, the merchant who
was bitten by a mad dog on , the
night of October 1, died . yesterday
after an illness of two days, , of
hydrophobias 'j i i- ; ri . f
Mr, Berman did not become vio
lcfit until a few hours before i his
death. One great, fear in his lucid
moments seemed to be that he
would Injure somebody. Finally he
broke loose frm his attendants and
jumped through a window. He was
brought, back to the house, but later
broke, away again, 'and ' Tunning to
the bathroom, drank water as if he
could never get enough. ( He seemed
to be burning up with thirst,! 'Later
h asked that he be strapped to his
bd, and this request was cimplied
with: A. i") '- . ?'.;; , - !
After one of his paroxysms, just
before he died, he asked that every
one leave the room. Though strap
ped to the bed, his fear that he
would injure ! someone was so freat
that he wished to be left alone,
f.l
BOUNDARY II
IS DECIDED
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Oregon Has Jurisdiction
Over Sand Island.
VICTORY FOR FULTON
United . Slates Supreme Court
Renders Decision of Much
' Importance.. '
HAS CAUSED COMPLICATIONS
Principal Advantage is to be Deriv
ed From Fishing Licenses Which
Amount to Considerable During
the Year. - n '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The
Supreme Court entered a decree for
Oregon in the suit , with Washington
involving a determination of the
boundary line between the two
states. The decree maintains the
middle north" charMiel of ttte- Colum'
bia 'river as a legal boundary, " and
gives Oregon jurisdiction over Sand
Island. The decision was rendered
by Justice Brewer, and concludes:
"When in i great river like the
Cbluihbia there are two substantial
channels, and propers authoritfes
have named the crater of one as a
boundary between bordering ' states,
the boundary remains the same, and
cannot be moved to the other chan-
nel.'although thr latter may by na
turl caSfeer tecome the main chan
nel." .r: : , " if
Senator Tiles represented Wash
ingtonand Senator Charles W. Fulton,-
represented Oregon. - ,
In maintaining that the - middle
north channel of the Columbia Riv
er is the legal boundary., between
Oregon" "and Washington, Oregon
obtains control of Sand Island, Des
demona Sands, and a number of
other smaller islands. The organic
act under which Oregon was admit
ted to the 'Union specified that the
boundary between the states was the
ship channel. At that time, the mid
dle north channel was useA Subse
quently Sand Island filled out and
the old. channel became practically
obliterated,; and was used only as a
seining ground.-When the old chan
nel passed away and the new chan
nel,1 near the Oregon shore, became
established, Washington claimed jur
isdiction, over ;'to the new' ''channel.
This Oregon has, successfully re-
: ;The boundary dispute . has caused
endless '' complications. Fishermen,
to be on the Safe side, took out li
censesr from both Oregon and Wash
ington and secured deeds from each
state. The government has control
of the seining grounds, wfcich fur
ther complicated and involved the
situation The government has leas
ed the, seining privileges each : year
to the highest bidder. i. .'.; 3
Commissions were appointed by
both Oregon ' .and Washington ;,' to
take evidence and at thek sessions of
the fcommlssion pioneer pilots were
summoned. yho testified as to the
channel In arriving at its' decision,
the1 United States ' Supreme Court
has evidently given the testimony1 of
the ! pilots great consideration. The
Supreme'. Court, holds, practically,
that the, shifting of the channel to
ward the Oregon shore and i away
frorri ' the Washington side has not
altered the original boundary.. The
old ship channel, now. no jonger in
existence,, therefore continues, as' the
legal boundary between Oregon and
'Washington. '; ! ; 1 w
The . principal advantage ' which
Oregon will obtain from the : decis
ion is that it will reap the benefit of
the fishing license privilege, which
aijiounts to a considerable sum of
money yearly. . The fishermen will
Wlso be benefited, for they will no
longer have to pay fee to two
istates, and suit will probably soon
be .brought to compel the State
Treasurer of Washington to refund
nhe fee collected for licenses on
tmen doing business on Sand Island
land the other islands involved in the
'litigation.'". ".:;"'"" ," ' ; ' "i". "
MAY OTIS ARRAIGNED.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. May L.
Otis, charged with inciting a con
spiracy : against her : mother's life
was arraigned today in the munici
pal court and the hearing' was set
for November 25th. She -was ac
companied by a number of friends
belonging to the . Bible class of
which she is a member '
SHONTS A GRANDFATHER.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-A cable
gram from Theodore Shontx.' from
Paris received today announces that
a son was born to nit danghter
Duchess De Cha tlnes. Duke - De
Chalnes died in Paiis last spring.
MYSTERY IS
SOLVED.
' B051UN. Kov. ,-.10. Alter ran
autopsy and nearly 24 hours, of in
vestjgation, the local police, an
nounced today that they are - satis
fied that Mrs. Charles (Chick) Stahl
the widow of the American-1 League
baseball player, whose body was
found in the, doorway to a house. in
South Boston, died from natural
causes and that she was. not robbed
of any jewelry. .
REVISIOn OF
::;."';b:;s
TARIFF
SECRETARY WRIGHT ON REC
ORD AS CHAMPION OF FREE '
ENTRY OF SUGAR.
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GENERAL EDWARDS PRESENT
Secretary of , War Declares That the
Philippines Could Supply, the Ac
tual Increase in the . Demand For
, Sugar in, the United States.
WASHI NGTON, Nov. 16. The
allegation that the so-called , sugar
trust controls the price paid the
grower and : the price charged '' the
consumer," ,the Secretary of War in
putting himself on record as cham
pion of the free' entry of Philippine
sugar and '" the general "stand-pat"
attitude Of the beet sugaV- growers
who" "appeared before the ways" arid
means 'committee of the, house" were
the features of today's 'hearing, on
the' revision of the tariff as it would
affect sugar: " Secretary Wright and
General Edwards, chief of the insu
lar'! bureau 'were present. Secretary
Wright 'said if is 'not possible that;
the' Philippines ''could supply the ac
tual increase in the demand for sug
ar 'year by" year Ty the ' United
States' and that in that case there is
no 'reason ' why the islands should
affect the market until beet and cane
sugar is produced
wall shall incease 1,800,000 tons. He
said It would' be 50 years before' the"
beet sugar industry would increase
m output so as ,to l -be affected!
Chairman Payne said that the bbjec
tion to a reduction in tariff was on
account of the menace of Cuban
sugar. Secretary Wright set out that
in case of the Philippine product
ther is no danger of its Increasing.
V Representative Fordney said the
same- argument was'put forth: when
the duty on Cuban sugar had been
reduced and that while Cuban pro
duction had increased large, the beet
sugar industry had not inceased ?very
much. Secretary Wright said three
years ago a trustee said to a repre
sentatfve . thar the American Sugar
Refining Company, owned 51 per
cent of the stock of all beet sugar
factories, and that that might be a
reason why the beet .sugar industry
in this jtowrtry had" not grown rath4
tr than because of the importation
of Cuban sugar.
BIER C011I COflSIDER
AS VERY
GENDARMES REINFORCED.,
PARIS, Nov. I6.-Count Kheven-
huller, , ambassador of Austria-
Hungary, has informed Foreign
Minister Pinchon that. Austria-Hungary
as a measure of precaution" has
strengthened her forces ,; of gendar
mes on the banks of the Drina and
organized a flying column of police.
"So far as I .know, no other military
measures have .been adopted,", said
the count this afternoon, "And re
ports that, preparations are being
made for- an imposing military dem
onstration probably are incorrect."
f EXAMINATION POSTPONED
NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-In the
taking of testimony in the govern
ment anti-merger suit for the pur
pose of dissolving the Harriman
system, which was announced to be
gin by Special Sxaminer Williams in
this city has been postponed until
December L -
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;G(ii;:oii';S(iiT '
JUDGE WOLVERTON REN
DERS ' DECISION IN CASE
k TMillNST M C K. K. .
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DECISION AFFECTS MANY
John Snyder Brought -Suit Against
Railroad Company to Compel the
Transfer of 160 Awe at $2.50 Per
Acre 100 Similar Suits.
PORTLAND. Nov. 16. Litiga
tion between the United States gov
ernment ana the Oregon & Califor
nia aRilroad Company in which the
government is said to have declared
forfeit the company's land grant in
Oregon, valued., at. about $4,000,000
made its' first appearance:, in : court
today when Judge Wolverton decid
ed that the United States district
court could not entertain, a separate
action against the railroad company
institued by a settler: named John
L. Snyder, who filed a suit to force
the company to deed him 160 acres
for a consideration of $2.50 per acre.
The court held : Snyder's proper
course is to petition to intervene in
the main suit of the government
against the railroad company. There
are . about 100 suits similar to Sny
der's besides about 700 petitioners
who seek to" intervene in the main
tilt,! .-j jr, ' V ' ."'
JOdke Wolverton .'also gave the
Union! Trusf, Company,! mortgagee
o the' Oregon & California, SOdays'
tune m omur.ito! thetgovernments
complaint, after the, date by which
the railroad 'company must interpose
any" objections it may have. -'"''
WON'T RECOGNIZE
! IblSOUALIEJCkTION
Amateur Athletic Union
Vjth Great Britain
NEW. YORK, Nov. 16. - The'
Amateur' Athletic Union -which met
here today refused to recognize the.
disqualification of J. C Carpenter by
the Amateur Athletic Association of
Great Britain, which occurred after
the Olympic games. The' Union ralso
declared that being registered with
the: Uniorf a.' member shall not bt al
lowed to compete" in international
competitions until the management
FAVORABLE
Bullet Was.. $i'cc:fuHy
Removed last. II
AYDONE SPLINTERED
Ruefs Case Called in Court and
Request , for, Change cf
' ' Kenua "ada
PUBUC FEELING IS STKO.NS
Judge Lawler on Request of Prose
I cution Continue Case Until Today
to Allow Introduction of Counter A
Affidavit by the State, - . '
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.,
With- Judge Lawlor's courtroom-
thronged with policemen, special de
tectives,' deputy sheriffs and other
peace . officers and while; the streets
were guarded by mounted police and.,
many, patrolmen,: the trial of Abra-,
ham Ruef was resumed today. As -
expected , the . court asked . for,
change of venue, declaring - that
Ruef could not , obtain a , fair and .
impartial trial in.. this. city,, which is :.
his right by law, and supporting the -
declaration with affidavits signed , by..
Ruef and his attorneys ta which was.
attached clipipngs from newspapers, :
describing mass meetings and other
gatherings and utterances that, fol-,
lowed thefiattaek upon Heney, These ,
the defense alleges are sufficient ev-.
dence of public feeling , that would
prvent an impartial trial of the de
fendant When the defense com
pleted its statement," the prosecution
asked for a continuance in order -it'
might have time to prepare counter
affidavits. '' : : ' ' ''-' '' r " " '
"This, Judge Lawlor granted, or
dering' the case adjourned until to
' morrow mdning. ' Tonight a ' con
feence of attorneys for the prosectti
tion was held at which affidavits sup
porting the contention of the prose
cution that fair and impartial trial
can be. had in- this-, city, . were pre
pared.! '..' -!:.'-." t
The police department and special
"detectives headed by W, - J. Burns
are very much at outs as to where
and. how Haas obtained the weapon
which ended his life. Burns, -who
searched Haas, maintains that he
had no weapon on him at that time
and the . jail authorities are equally
positive . that it was : not ; passed - to
him after he arrived at the prison.
, So. great has,- the friction become
that, the meeting. of several figures
prominent in the, graft, prosecution
tonight, was called it is believed,, to
consider the advisability, of .remov
ing. Chief,, of .Police Biggy. No in
formation, on this subject has been
made public, however. ,
Again Enter sControversy
in Carpenter Case.
of events is approved by the Ameri
can" Athletic Union. After hearing
the, report of J. K. Sullivan of the
Olympic' .committee, the- union
adopted a resolution of the hearty
approval of. Sullivan's actions and
thosej of the American committee in
withdrawing Carpenter.. Taylor and
Evans; from the final "of the 400
meter race. Sullivan was re elected
president.