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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1908)
ftKr ....... p nZj j 1 1 1 1 f ft i Y' V y J. 4 lfi Mif "J't . j'' Mm S . i a PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA ' -' - ; ' " ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. npreisoro -T 1.. in ' - - - " vhVbifltfMI VtJ litUO I - FI III Hill) SOME Til dub mm But Audience are Ignor ant Until Lot Out DAMAGE IS $50,000 Flames Start From an Electric Sign In Front of the Building POLICE PREVENT A PANIC Soma Tim After th Crowd Lmvm Building Gallery Fall and a Mo. merit Utet 35 Ft of Broadway NEW YORK. Dec 22.-A fir broke out in the Herald Square Thea tre tonight tea minute before the doie ol the performance, Before it wn brought under control It had done tiamtg to the extent of $50,000. driv Inf the actor to the ttreett in their leant costume and caused a great commotion on Broadway, There wa no panic and the audience remained in Ignorance of the fire until it had passed into the street. Fire caught g, from an electric sign on the front of the building and spread to executive offices which are on the second gal lery of the auditorium. When the cur tain was lowered upon the final en semble, the orchestra continued to play while the police at the exits quieted and reassured those who din- covered the smoke in the arallerv. Some time "after the fire was practi cally out the theatre gallery fell and . a moment later 35 feet of the roof on the Broadway end of the building came down. AS CITY EMPLOYEES. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.Mav h sent a message to the city council recommending reform in the attend. ance of city employes at their respec tive olhce. "When I want to find a man anywhere about ordinary hours," he said, "the chances are he is out. If I can't get him what chance has the citizen who tomes her in Ai business got? The hall should close. promptly t noon as any business house does, and the men all be back at 1 o'clock. Then we would know what to expect." FRA ELBERTUS HURT NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A special to the Times from Buffalo says that a falling tree seriously injured Elbert Hubbard, the author and lectrr i- the woods near hi colony at East mirora, . jr., yesterday. While m swing workmen he miscalculate! the distance the tree would fell aril was cruthrd. CEI FLASHLIGHT OF GRAFT SELF-CONFESSED ROBBER Ha Hard Tim In Proving Himself One of the Gang. HIS TRIP TO IRELAND. C1HCACO, Dec, 22.-The Tribune today in a news article says Pat O'Malley who made a bet of $1000 wun )m o Leary, stockyard gambler, mat ne could reach his home in Ire land from Chicago in a week has won hi wager. POISON ANYWAY! COLLINS IS PARDONED BY MANILA. Dec 22. Seventeen int. iers of the Eighteenth Infantrv. its. tioned at Camp Keithlcy, Mindanao, are still ill as the result of drinking seme of the poisonous alcohol that killed ten of their comrades on De cember IS. The alcohol was procured from the post exchange by some cf the soldiers who pretended that they wanted it for the lamps with which they hunted deer at night, Owing to the restoration of ocaccfu! eonrfi. tions in the neighborhood after long disturbances hunting leaves have been granted frequently of late and the re quest was readily granted. A secret FREE ON CHRISTMAS DAY "IT' V, made ! dilu,e ,he ' " " wur jarge numner of the soldiers drank the poisonous 1.' quor with terrible results. ; PORTLAND, Dec. 22.-A strange sight in the detecting of a criminal .tonight was the effort of William Burke, self-confessed member of the , trio which held up the O. R, & N. train Thursday last, to convince the engineer and fireman of the locomo ; tive, that he was one of the robbers. After hours of questioning and recall ing of incidents by Burke, the train men finally were convinced and de clared that Burke and Jack Hayes are two of the gang, at the same time ad mitting that they were mistaken 2i their belief that the men held by the police are the robbers. rt! m s s- J - ' Another stran8e thinK s that Van- inis Piece ef Evidence Said to dk.f, the tramp who was on th- train with the robbers and vhn A. ! Have Pictures of Council- men Getting Money BY DECOY PROMOTERS CHO JIBED TO II IBS U Iff. PLOT- KANGAROO MEAT. NEW YORK, Dec 22.-Kan.nw meat is to be. served in New York hotels, a local dealer having arranged ror tne importation of 200 of the ani mals for use as food. The tail ia con sidered the great delicacy, but almot every cut is said to be good eatin 6y those who have 6amoled it. Th dealer who hopes to meet with sue rf JIM tv.it w be the Feature of Today's Hearing MAN WHO WAS SERVING LIFE FOR THE MURDER OF HIS FATHER. dared his ability to identify all of them was unable to until Burke had recalled certain events to his memorv . . ' and it was oly after several circum- n acknowledged Burke to be one of . . the robbers. The police are still con- Smtutkm Sprunc When Detective .J ? P" are the r. ... . , , "S"' men ana are malting as great Touch Flash Just as the Councilroen rr. t . . , , . : . . . V"-"JW n eitort to have their captures nd ct- " " ' ed br the o-rand nrv . t .u..:a. j ' - iiui lit a cess in his new venture says he thinks New Yorkers will soon take to kanga roo meat in the same way that Euro peans like American specialties such as wild turkey and quail. Said to ' to Assassbais HIS POWER IS C ft' .. . eye witless to a:;:;is MEDT TESTIFIES ey From Bogus Promoter. PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.-A flash. oitice to have Burke and Hayes In' dieted. Hayes, the man whom Burke accuses of being one of the iranir re frains from commenting on the case. mi only reference to the subject was Governor Believe Collin ia Innocent Wis Convicted on the Testimony of Thm Negro, All Evidence B tag Circumstantial RACE WITH DEATH. CHICAGO, Dec 22.-Death was victor In a race of Miss Ada Grantham to the bedside of her weethear, Emil J. Hilty, who wa ill with ty phoid fever at his home in Birming ham, Ala. An hour before she reach ed that city he died. Mis Grantham .. is said to be prostrated and her nr. ents have hastened south to be with her. NO DRUNK NEED APPLY. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-The Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad will hereafter refuse to carry Intoxicated persons on its road. A the walking TOPEKA, Dec. 22-Covernor Hoch today pardoned John Collins, serving a life sentence in the Kansas peniten tiary for the murder of his father, a well-to-do real estate man of this city ten years go. Collin will be free 6n Christmas day. Governor believes Collins is Innocent. Collins was con. victed on the testimony of three ne groes, an of it being circumstantial. At the time the date set up the plea that Collins wa in love with Miss Florence Babcock, a wealthy young society woman of Kansas Citv and wa assigned at the motive a desire to get his father't insurance money In order to tecure funds to marrv her. One of the negroes has since written a book in which he confessed that his testimony wat a part of the plan, of enemies of Collin to ruin him. The elder Collin wa found dead one morning after t visit to. his ton at Lawrence. AN EXACTING RUMOR. Isauranc of 100 Eubpoenacs to Em- ploye Arouse Suspicion. CHICAGO, Dec 22.-The Issuance of 100 subpoenas, 25 of which were served on employes in the traffic de partment of Nelson Morris & Com pany summoning them to appear be fore the grand jury, started a report toda ythat the mquistorial bodv woult investigate charges of rebating among me Dig packing firms at the stock yards. District Attorney Sima refused to deny or confirm the report. Sims re turned yesterday from a flvinir visit to Washington, where he was in con ference with B. F. Kellogg and At 'torney General Bonaparte. The conference is supposed to he in connection with the move. IILa, i. i Sin jmuiograpn 01 councnmen in the to say after reading a news article act of receiving money from a coy "hich said he was an ex-convict from "Promoter" it it said to be one of Folson!i, was to say that the newspaper the strongest feature of evidence to got ,ne wron Pn'tentiary. oe presented tomorrow when seven members of the council and two for- WILLIAM KNAPP IS GIVEN MOST VIGOROUS CROSS EXAMINATION THE DEFENSE IS V.CnitlED Mr. Axmia Testifies That Thornton Ham Turned Her Back With Re- A!rcady the f.'cvv A Shews Intention ta SeWa Disputes 6C.VEZ HEASS CF THE FLCT Attempt to Assassinate Gomea and Several Minister Wa Decided Far December 18 Castro Apparency Unaware of His Downfall. timi...,- i.-" . "'w. u.ii-A mail car ' "V "ar" ot orlD- loaded with Christmas packages burn erv as corrunt inliV taiinn . . . ... F lMiic' unrn ille..l v. J,;.:" J .1" .M'.hven,aUc,erk barely escaped were made today and it is said noe!jurnplnK t0 are hkcly to be until the hearing to-. coIIsiion betwtJthe g "nd h thTlre o S ? C, TKT Chicag0 & Alt0" " Sgt think are possibly implicated are be- Many of the passengers were badly ins Kent under mirvnll anak A fliati . . - ' "ao" snaken up light is said also to show the detective which worked up the case. This man j is reported to have posed as a member CHRISTMAS GIFTS BURN. 'Plver When She Ran Aero. Float 1 7! m ,r" " to Her Injured Husband. . , posaest.on HOLT GUILTY. .1 co:.::.:ittee coopletes TARIFF MI COMMENCE WORK OF REVIS ING PRESENT LAW INTO A BILL. between town is not particularly good a decided diminution In that class j expected. The reason issitrn. ed is that some of the car have no smoking room and it Is not desired SPECIAL SESSION IN KiPfJH . HI M . I " '"""VII partment with women and children. of a firm anxious t.o sell a pavement to the city. With other detectives in j SEATTLE, Dec. 22,-Afer dcliber uic room ne is sam to nave induced "ating 24 hours the jury tonight i cuunciiman to ich ot me negotia- Drought in a verdict in the federal tions to secure the passage of this J court finding James H. Holt guilty of icgisiauon ana names ot other mem- murder of Bandman Henry E. John un x-uv wtn iv snare uie oriDe ana son at fort Worden last fa that they were tired of promises and j - . wanted some real money. Just as the detective was peeling of $100 and $300 in bills from a big roll, the flash was touched off. It is stated the council man broke down and wept It is prac tically admitted that a number of "Decoy promoters" were introduced to trap the councilmen and that many temptations have been offered the members during the last six months. HER NIGHT RIDER OIES CfilSSiO:! ANOTHER POUCH STOLEN. i Missouri Town Growing Famous For Postal Outrage. SHREWD PORTLAND GRAFTER CAUGHT German Poses as an Employment Agent Secures Honey From Women But Gets Ho Jobs Carnegie' Testimony Does Not Prove aausiactory to the Committee n.l i Utterly Useless a Far Desired Information is Concerned. PORTLAND, Dec. 22. Benjamin Franklin, a German who has been operating an employment agency and who claims he was at one time chef ifor the late Grover Cleveland, was jarrestcd here today, charged with ob itaining money under false pretenses. i ne uermiin accusers, wno are mostly women, declare that they de posited fees with the agent ranging from $3 to $9 for which they were to :be (furnished positions. They state that -the German furnished none of them v?ith working places. Today an irate crowd of women who believe they have been defrauded by the agent went to the German's offices demanding their money back. The German finally broke away from the women and getting his family rode in a car to the depot. A small mob fol lowed him thither, arriving before the train pulled out. The German eluded his mirsucrs a icrnnA t;m k. going to aliotel where he registered as J. A, Wells and wife of New York, Here he was discovered by the oo- lice and arrested. German ad IlliftC.t to the police that he had servd a term at San Quentin for bigamy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. -The House on ways and means committee completed today Its hearings on the proposed revision of the tariff and sub-committees consisting of Repub lican members of full committees be gan work of revising present law into a tariff bill. This bill is to be submit ted to congress at a special session, which it is understood Judge Taft will call next March. In order to complete its work in time, the sub committee will hold daily meetings behind closed doors until the bill has been formed. Carnegie's testimony yesterday did not prove satisfactory to the committee. "One prominent Republican member said today that his testimony was practically nil as far as information of use to the com mittee is concerned. UNION CITY. Tenn.. Dec 22.- Whcn Mrs. Anna Jackson, one of the state' witnesses this afternoon in the night riders' trials was excused from the stand she turned to Judge Jones and said: "I will not leave the court room without armed protection. I know these men." Mrs. Jackson told a vivid storv of several visits of the night riders cor roborating Fred Fehringer's testi mony on many details as did other witnesses, and identified by name at least 27 members of the band. She was followed on the stand by her daughter, Miss Dora Jackson. 18 years old who corroborated her moth er, the last witness of the day was Will Russell, another alleged night rider, who has turned State's evidence. Russell came to Union City after the Rankin killing and made a confession. He was trembling with fear and couM hardly raise his voice above a whisper. Russell is under constant guard, but he believes that he will be killed in spite of these precautions. Russell's story was practically the same as that told by Fehringer. WILL RUSSELL TURNS STATE'S EVIDENCE, CORROBORATES FEHRINGER'S TESTIMONY m, JACKSON IS EXCUSED Russell is Under Constant Guard But Believes That ho Will be Killed by Band in Spite of Precau tions. FLUSHING, N. Y, Dec. 22.-Tes- timony of a character designed to cor roborate the stories of the killing ot W. E. Annis which have been told during Thornton Haines trial, was developed today from several of th prosecutions' witnesses.. William Knapp, member of the Bav Side Yacht Club, was given a vigor ous cross-examination after testify ing that while sailinz toward the dnrk after an impromptu boat race he heard the shooting and saw Mrs. Annis run ning down the runway. "I saw her move across the float." continual Knapp. "Then she was stopped and she went back up the runway again. Some one took her by the arm at the runway. I could not see who stopped her because she was hidden by the jih of Annis' boat" Mrs. Annis testified yesterday that Thornton turned her back with a re volver when she ran across the float ! toward her injured husband. John C Stephens, a fellow club member of Annis, testified that he heard the de fendant say after the shootine: "I came to protect my brother and would have shot anybody that interfered." Both Knapp and Stephens asserted that there was noticeable interval be tween the first and subsequent shots fired by Captain Hains at Annis. CARACAS, Via Willemstad. Bee 22. The end of the rule in Venezuela of Cipriano Castro has come, the dic tator who has governed the I . - j with a rod of iron ever since he took 1899 is now openly charged with conspiracy to en- campass the assassination of the man whom he left at the head of the re public when he sailed way on Novem ber 23 for La Guaira, nominally to se cure skilled medical aid in Berlin for a malady of long standing and is to day thoroughly discredited. The Bank of Venezuela has cabled its correspondents at Berlin and Paris cancelling the unlimited letters of credit given to Castro and no one in Caracas believes that he will ever dare to return to the capital. At a conference yesterday between Gomez and the German minister who has been in charge of the interests of Holland since the Dutch minister left last summer, it was agreed to suspend operations of the decree issued by Castro prohibiting the trans-shipment of goods destined for Venezuela. Pending the signing of a treaty the Dutch warships will be withdrawn. The attempt to assassinate Gomez and several ministers was decided on Friday night December 18th. Gomez heard of the plot and personally ar rested the conspirators in the nres- ence of their armed friends. The men concerned in the conspiracy were Castro's closest friends and known- adherents. A prominent lawyer has filed accusation in the high court charging Castro with complicity in a plot to assassinate Gomez and pro posing the impeachment of Castro. (Continued on page 6) FISHER SHOOTING BY EYE WITNESS. 1 " KANSAS CITY, Dec. 22.-A mail pouch containing 60 pounds of regis tered Christmas packages consigned to Eastern points was stolen from the baggage room of 22nd and Grand avenue belt line today. Although the postofiTce officials refuse to make a statement it is believed the contents are very valuable. There is no money in it. - After the pouch had been placed in the baggageroom, the bag gage master stepped out to check a trunk. When he returned the pouch was gone. A negro loitering in the vicinity is thought to have secured the pouch. f.Iiss Vera Ourkhart Formerly Fisher's Stenograph'! Gives Testimony of Ouch importance Read the Morning Astorian's Christ mas advertisements for bargains. PORTLAND," Dec. 22.-That Ralph B. Fisher, prosecutor of the State Bar Association, who was killed bv I. A. Finch, the disbarred lawyer, was shot from behind and without warninsr: that he- fell with his feet under his desk and his overturned chair beside him; that the bullet which caused death ranged downward and that there were no sounds of a quarrel before the shooting nor signs of a physical contest evident, was the bur den of the testimony presented by the State against Finch, whose trial is now in progress. The purpose of this evidence was introduced by the prose cution with the apparent purpose of combatting the contention made bv Finch's counsel in their opening state ment that Finch was shot in ,-ir defense during an altercation and af ter he had been hit over the head wirh a notaries seal. Miss Vera Burkhart, fishers stenographer, the only eve witness otthe tragedy, told a simple, straightforward story which withstood all the attacks of Finch's lawyers. It was she who testified as to s..,i. denness of the shootimr. 1 ;,, 1, i. practically directing his own ! . During the direct examine takes copious notes, and he many if not most" of the n- asked during the cross e..i,v.' i