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V, -.1 V , ..j i - . . v 1. 4A ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TODAY'S WEATHER. " 1 Forecast for Oregon and Washington! B tfair weather, h J ThiASTOBlAN ha th LC; :. J circulation! flit largest Gf.NLKM. clruU- i tlon, and ths largest TOTAL circuiitlvii ( f & all saoara publlihed In Astoria. f EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIV. ASTORIA, OEEGON, 'WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1895. NO. 2 i .5. 1 r 411 i i I! WJI LJJ Save Time and Money except Saturday and holiday I. JL. OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET. ASTORIA, OR. ALDERBROOK. Take your choice of the three properties. They are all delight fully looated, and the rich and poor alike can find choice lots In any one of them on which to build a home. We have numerous other pieces of property all of which are bargains. HAMLIN'S EXT'N. ASTORIA LAND & INVESTMENT CO., 46a Bond Street, - School Books! School Supplies! At Greatly Reduced Prices. A FULL LtNE OF Oregon Books Slates Pencils Tablets Pens Erasers Sponges Everything Jleeessar-y for School Use. Griffin & Reed. THREE LOTS. In a desirable h cation, 2 blocks from High School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION, On the nevr Pipe Line BoulevarJ -Jmt the place for a cheap Lome. A Block IN ALDERBROOK. STREET CAR LINE will be extendi) 1 this Hummer to within 5 minutes walk of this property Will pell at decided bargain. ACREAGE, In 6 or 10 aore tracts inside the uity limits ''so adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HIL,L,; -:471 Bond St., Occident Block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Ladies' Grey AT 75 Cents a These same garments sell $10 flen's Overcoats These same goods are marked out at all the stores as bargains for $11.50. $6 50 - Men's Suits - $6.50 A Full Line of Shoes and Hats. OREGON TRADING CO 6oo Commercial Street. TORT OrTB NEEDS A BUSTVEfl ass eaa tosnd but ent or two rears at completed to that time? Ths eollrrs X 4rm BT7HISE89 and SHORTHAND COCRSS. For ettslorMs silross, Tixmx $r. - - HOLMES BUSEfESS COLLEGE. - - TOTUJpoa, By saving time you will save money, and by saving money you will save time, and the way to save both is to buy of me yourMen's and Boys'Clo th ing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Umbrel las, Mackintoshes, etc., which are bought direct of the manufacturer and sold for cash on a low margin to all alike. TjJasOn and after November 1st my store will close at 7 p. m., evenings. SUNNYflEAD. Woolen Vests Garment. everywhere for $1. $10 or Real Life I EDCCATTON. Many rtmaf man "4 school wy net taks tutor that ess Includes a short ENOLJHH COTTLSS bs Not Cars Enough to Move the Grain Crop. SERIOUS EQUIPMENT FAMINE Farmers Pressed by Creditors-Rail roads Alarmed at theDelay in Fall Plowing:. In epecaking of the railroad situation the cither day a pi eminent official In the east faid: "Never bt'fore 1ms the railroad equip ment question been so twlous in the West ainll 'JWe roads awe thousands of can short aind have no chance of replenishing their supply. Later on the ahortago will be greater, for grain has only begun to move in flannasit. Far tltie gnuin tonnage alone now inhere aire mot enough, cars. "Farmers feel the deficiency of equip ment more tails season than ever before 'because they were never before bo press ed .by creditors. For a couple of year past they have been running In debt, but their creators were generous and tlinrawd enough to give tlhem plenty of time, realizing that a good crop would come. It came a.l right. Creditors think farmers aire in a position to ;neot Uhelr obllgoitiolns, and so tlhey wouOd be If they couisl dispose of their products inunedi aitely. even at the low prices which pre vail. But itihey cannot dispose cf them fast enough to secure sufficient money to eiattafy their creditors. Why? Largely because the railroads cannot And cars to. convey the products from the Holds to' the markets. Land departments receive letters every day from farmers which j one 'then installments on their land say ing: "Unlets your road sends us tars we cannot pay our dues, and you must ex tend Wae time." Fainmers 'have little to fear from Hand departments, which, under stand tihe situation thorougSily, and are Vine least exacting of Hholr creditors. "So serious Is Ulue equipment qutefUon t'hit it is becoming ta general' prediction Vhall Ulte blgtgvtit Wockade on record in the West is approaching. Actual' conditions &eeim to Justify the prediction. "RialVroads sougihit to 'help the farmers during barvetit to secure taboo,, but men ,wvro scturce froon lHho beginning as scarce as men are r.otv. Th result is regarded wIXi much anxiety by the railroads, for the farmers 'were didl'iyd with tlhelr har vest, iwhidh was late anyway, to such an emtent 'that fall plowing wus negf.ecteU. It Is avanmlng , Do observe the small amount of KMs Important work yet ac campCllEhod, oonelderlng tlhe approach of an early winter. It Is evMeut next year's crops -Willi be bdhlnd the standard, even tihouglh nature slhould prove beneficent as It did this season. T-ne work of fall plow ing wwilkl be (faoillbaited and accelerated If tihe railroads had plenty of equipment to relieve tihe tlhe farmers of their Im mense proVhictB on hand. "In justification of the railroads It muft be said tWait usually their equlptnent is sumolent to meat all demands after har vest, and they have many idle cars all tfte rest of tlhe season. It is a happening over which they have no control that tttifis war's crop .proved so enormous. They ere dorng 'the best they can with It, and deserve great credit for their enterprise and skill now displayed. "So great is the rush of traffic 1hat ra'lroads In tr.any cases find thetnedves short of employes, and in several cases it Is said, men who lost positions for aid ing or abetting the big strike of the A. It. U., some of them A. R. U.'men., ere sought and employed." STATE NEWS. Interesting Items Culled From Oregon's Leading Newspapers. Med ford is the latest Oregon town to enforce a curfew ordinance. Hours for tolling are 8:30 p. m. in 'Winter and 9 In summer. The NeWberg council has decided to buy the David spring for $2,100, float bonds aind put tn a. gravity system of water works at once. Curry county hes outstanding warrants aimountlng, wllii Interest, to $34,406. There is $619 cash on hand and the un collected taxea amount to $3,5S3. Ths T:Hamoo4c stae Mon-Jay was fol lowed for half a mile by a pantfier, six miles this side of the north fork, but flnatty the horses distanced ths big cat. An Oregon-grown cotton plant, with baKs, tn the green stage and developed, Showing the coflton ready for picking, has been sent to tSre Albany college by Mrs. H. C. Watson. D. L. Rhodes, a tramp, ttfH from the eait-bound freiglJt train MonJa.y while H wis passing "Tver a high trei f.e. He was fBnt to St. il'n-en's for treatment, an'J t.ere 'U but OXtle hope of his re covery. At a meeting of ths Yamhill' county veterans on Saturday Cost it was decided that a military history of Yamhill county, with a biographical sketch of each vc't-M-np. be published under the auspices of the association. Tfhto preliminary survey for a narrow gauge railroad from the copper mines on Illinois river to Chetco, Curry county, ras been commenced, and as soon as a praMtcahre route can ba found It Is said that bulMIng wlU be commenced. The distunes is between 35 and 40 nrtles. Andrew A. Groves was tried und oc qilttttd at Pendleton on Friday on a charge of killing Indian cayuses and feed ing them to Ms hogs. Match has been written about Urls case, but the evidence did not convince the Jury ss to Groves guilt. Judge Lovett preSMed. A peculiar state of things is reported In connection with the Toledo coi4 mine prci-xi-ty In Lincoln county, from which It oppearo that ths property, after nine separate transfers and much litigation, 4s likely to pass back to the government because the original owner died before proV-m op his claim. Dan Jordan, a colonel man of Beaver HIU, wus arrested yesterday on a chares of intimidating other men M work In toe mine. Dan was brought to town by Mai-SUa! DunlMm. He was arraigned for trial before Justics Jsnntngs yester day affrrnoon. It appears from ths testimony that Dan, tras appointed a committee to make the men quit,' and he began by tefllng a teamster he had better quit and that It nUght be the last time he would go Into . mine it he went in tihiait nlgCvt. TUhi Iteamster thought the movement meant, business and quit work. The prisoner iwaa held to answer before 'Bhe grand Jury. Coos Bay isews. v Princess Llbby has' gone to the tappy hunting -grounds. 6h died at South Slough October 15, after e. life of 1,980 moons. When the whiites came here 6he was ruler of the Coos Bay Indians, and She has been supported! for years by charitable people' atsL4bby, which place was named after the, dethroned princess. Recorder. i v Conductor Pee bier and Bmkenwi Bran- dt-nberg. Tourney and Henderson, of the Nortn-ena irengtut, - www arreelted last week charged -wlto pushing a tramp muntu xuoore on uieor train at NQW Era, the man receiving fatal Injuries. Ttie trainmen denied all knowledge of the af- rair, antt tne coroners Jury found that Moore fell from this train. The arrests men were "discharged from custody. Re view. George Smith, the adopted ton of Mr. and Mrs. John Cox, who Kved near Dralln, accfdently tihot and killed IvimseCf at Gardiner last Thursday evening. He, in company -wtwi Kalph AVhlpple, bad g'one down Hhe river a few dais before on a hunting and flsbJlng trip, and at the rime or the accident was standing on the porch n front of Hon. A. W. Reed's store, leaning wlitlh, his arm scrota the muzzle of his - Winchester ride. It Is supposed that. the gum slipped off and line hammer struck ths edpre of the porch. causing it to discharge. The ball passed through the arm, entered the lower Jaw and went clear through the hMd, klltfng nun instantly, we -was nearly 19 years old. The remalna were taken to Drain and burled Saturday, the funeral tnklng place from tlhe M.- E. church. Sym pathy is extended to; the beceavei family and friends. Podt. . NEVER BEFORE Haa There Been SucCi a Small Rainfall as Thus Season. Portland, Oct. 29.--T!he rainfall since January 1st is 14.49 inches beOaw the nor mal. Never before since the United States weather 'bureau was sstablldhed has there been such a dry season. Hhe average rainfall for October is 8.96 Inches, but so nar were has onCy ffaUen a trace, Which was too small to measure. By the Crowds Who Pressed Into the Courtroom. Durrant'a Case Not Helped by Yes terday's Argument of His Attorney. San Francisco, Oct. 29. The close of the arguments for thie d.-ffiwise In the trial of Theodore 'Durrant to4ay was mnrked by t'ho 8Tatfist crowd that ever strug gled for adnitselooi to any murder trial in Uils city. The judge, Jurors, count officers and attroneys Sbrugg-lod for nearly an lyour 1n the purging throng of men and woman who crowded th corridors lean ing to the courtroom. The sheriff and his deputies were not able to control the crowd, and a requisi tion was made on bhe chief of police for a squad of 20 men. (Ropas wore etretchexl acne the corridors and an effort made to keep the peopOe back, but the ropes wore crushed as oadlly ia pieces of twine might have been. One of the Jurors arose from h'ls seat and Informed the court that he would not enter the room again If he were compelled to fight through such a crowd. The afternoon session was se.vwa1 times Interrupted by thouts of the officers and the crits of women, and the court order ed the sheriff to arreeit all persons who should refuse to go out of the butttlng. The crowd was finally dispersed iwlthout the necessity of nuking- arrests.. When Attorney Deuprey appeared at ths afternoon session to make the closing argument for the defense 1e was ecom n.nled by his wife, nurse and Wis trtwsl- t- n. He looked weak from ths effects of li1 recent Illness and by permission of the court addressed the Jury whIICe seat en). Deauprey's imipialired physical condition was apparent in his orgcinvnit, which was a disappointment - It is garraiMilty c(.r,sld-erc-d tlhat the case would have been Just as strong if he had suhmlttod 1t at the olewe of GeneraO EKtckmson's addrens wltih out any further argument. No evidence had been introduced which he believed esCablMhed the foot that Durra.nt had strangled Mis Ijaimont. The same amount of energy dtnected toward casting sue pic ton upon Rev. J. Gibson, be believed, would have developed! as strong a case against the clergyman. - At tlhe same t ime Mr. Deuprey expressed the belief that Rev. Olbaon had no connection with th crime. THRJEIW UP HIS HANDS. Each Day Brings SonxothHng Startling In tne ilo.mes Murwr Trial. Phlladefphtia, Oat. 29. It became eppar ent that the plc'turesqiue and startling fea turels of H. H. Holmes' career were not to be confined to his destructive wander ings over tihe American continent, for Wiil'.i eaC'i Bucceslvs day comes some hlnft stll more strange and unexpected. Yesterday he dismissed his couwiwf and began to try hlls own case because the court refused to grant the plcia mode by them for a oonMnumice. Tonight after nghitlng single Handed against ths Ire mendoiM machinery of the lorrmumweiiJh and 'the apparently overwhelming evi dence which has been fonrxl around htm, he threw up his hands ami sent for Irs lawyers, Vfnssrs. Shoemaker and Rotan. Then he told the court what he had dons ormI a consent to their continuing with the defenoe was given. A FAT 3ALARY. Seattle, Oct 29.-Jtrfge HanforA tcday flxed ths sarjary of Receiver Burleigh, of the Northern Pacific nallrosd, at $.500 a year. It's In town. I' s ths best; Won't burn nor rourtwn the skin; Won't "yellow your cloth as." You will be agrseAbiy surprised. Sorry you didn't know It sooner. Tomson's Boap Foam, large packages. TO 1 And Burned Alive by an Infu riated Populace. FATE OF A NEGRO MURDERER Seven Thonsand People, Among Them Ladies and Children, Wit ness the Terrible Sight. TyCw, Tex, Oct. a9.-tMrs. Leonard Bell, the 18-year-old wife of ai farener, was esaiuljted amd brutaOhn .murdered within half a mile Of her home last night. The fiend after aissaiuctling her, cut her throat and completely disemboweled her. The negro iwho so torutaHy murdered Mrs. (Leonard Bed iwas captured this morning about 4 o'clock three miles from Kiligorc. Soon after the officers, had him handcuffed a mob of some 300 men, heav Ky armed arrived on the scene and de manded tihe 'InriwedOite surrender of the prisoner, which was reluctantly given. The mob started for the scene of the murder where thoy ainrlved this morning at 3 o'clock. The crowd continued to ga'ther untn nearly 2,000 citizens of TyJer and vlclnlity were their. A few mo ments before the fiend wis brcAiglhlt to the pliaoe u commlttoo was appointed to Investigate his Identity. The witnesses were eummontd SJid queatlofnd. The re sult 'Was a thorough Identification. In a few mJnutes am officer approached from over the hill, followed by 800 determined and well armed inwn. Whn near the cene ths officers were overpowered and aiiuirmea ana the negro, 'Henry H'lCyard, brtoufclKt before tihe committee. He made a fuld confesulon, MHhlvtii in fi-jbdtance Is as follows: "I was coming -down the road and saw MraVBell In tlhe road. Slhe was scan-d of me and I know that 1f I paued her she would euy I tried to rape hor, and I concOuded thfat I would rape her and tihen kill her. I cut her throat and cut her In another pdace and then loft."1 He wiote a note to his wife end gave It to the sheriff. It reads as follows: "I am arrested by 'Wig" Smith. You know wh'it tJhey .Wltl do wltih me. If t don't see you any more, good bye. Henry," Alffter hita confession and Identification. a vote 'won taken as to 'the mode of pun ishment.'' It -was unoinlmouaty agreed to burn him aMve and that 'he should suffer the penality on the public square. The wne of march was then taken toward he square a 4 o clock. The head of the line entered 'Main street, where no less th'an 7,000 peopCe were assembled. Large 'crowds of ladies and dhildre-n were con gregated on the awnings surrounding the public plaza. The scafToOd was erected tn t'ho center of the square. Wagons loaded w'tlh ktadllng wood, coal oil and-straw were driven to ithe scene and nluced In position. The -negro was then given an opportunity to sneak, tout his words weire 'inaudiible, but while he offered up his last prayer nis woras could toe heard for sev eral Mocks. He iwaa then kuihed to the iron that extended thirouah the ola'tfortm. and Mr. Betl. the hmisfband of the imunlpr. ed .woman, applied the match and the flames ilhot upward, enveloping the ne gro in flnerta of Are. AGAIN IN TROUBLE. George O'Drlein Amredtod In San Fran cisco for Trgery. Sain Francisco, Oct. 29. Geo. O'Brien, of Ohilcago, Is In the cD'ty prison awaiting an examination on a charge of forging a 110 check. The prosecuting attorney Is iwHllns; to Jet 'the matter drop, but the AngJoCafJifar'nlan bank upon which ths forged paper was succaufully Impend, proposen to nuike an exunpli of O'Brien and has employed counttel to prosecute him. O'Brien saye he Is 33 years old. and Is a son of MlarHn O'Brien, a wealthy Chd cagoain. The ptlswir ffiys he was for merly altitatlhed to the utaff of the Chi cago HenjM. He was extravagant and d:ilpatcd and lit is said his relative have more tlhan once wtervwued to save him from prosecution. Fltvafly It was decided to send hirm 'West, and his father pur- chowd him an' Irttaret't In the Seattle Morning Telegnaiph, citf which Gcforge be came managing editior. LOCHREN'8 REPORT. The Commlftoibner of Pensions 'Makes Pointed Suggestion. Waifhlngton, Oct. 29. Com m!el oner Lotihren, of tihe pension office, in his an nuofl rport makes several pointed sug' gostlons under tlhe head "Patriotism and Pensions." He says: ."Those who enHlsted early and fought the 'battles of ithe war were not moved by imcrcMiary corrtlderatlons, and unli kdtuilly disabled did mt Nhow hiete 1n applying far pensions manlfeated by those .wibo enlisted nearer Wis close of the war, for llarge bounMen and did little actual enrvlce and wtto fare now nldlslest 1n clam oring Ifor more pensions. As co(nr"rna with tHils lacter ckrs the real soldiers have been modest m prefe.v!ng clailms for pensions. The commissioner saya chat many dis reputable and Inco npeteit men are en gaged as petnlon attorneys and surgested Hhat none but reputite men be allowed to practice In pension easeu. IHihionert attorneys have given much trouble by systematic criminal amd fraudutont prac ticea. Tins report hows that the number of pensioners June 30, 1894, was 969.S44, a net increase of pensioners during the year of 808. The appKopriatlon for the year was 1100,000,000 and there was paid during the year 1138.607,337. The natimate for pen sions for USfl are 2140,000,000. WILL HAVE TO WAIT. Wellington, Oct. 20. Controller of the reriwrnry lionler btai decldod that Con-giresrmen-elect are not entitled to rov emment staltlonery urttlJ they have taken the oath of office. Heretofore members eleot have been aJlowed to draw on tfojlr staitlionery allowances as It became due monthly after Miardh. 4th, the begin ning of tVIr term. THE PACIFIC OABLI5 SCHEME. London. Oct. JS.-fhe Pacific eabls '1voctl by a number of Rritlrti co kn an J Carauia, mads a decided ad v nce today at & meotinj of representa flvti here of rewind, Amiralla, New 7a! jml and ths twuvn African colonies, It was felt by the meeting that exciu rtv concessfon of Ifawall to an Arner. lean Cabto Company If ratified, sroutd tncirease the cost of the proposed cable, as the jlne would have to be landed at some other point. , , G. W. B0OO3 JUGGED. Tacomu's ex-City Treasurer Arrested Yes terday at Jacksonville, Or. Tacoma, Oct. 29. E-Clty Treasurer George W. Bogigs was arrested this after noon at a central point near Jackson. vllle, Oregon, by Sheriff Parker, of tihi's county. The arrest was made on two warrants sworn out teite Saturady night by Mayor Orr and resuits from iui inves tigation following the recent bank failure which has disclosed more fully than was known before the transactions 'of Boggs iwhlle city treasurer. He casied war rants as they were issued with' city funds, instead of calling In old ones, his pur. pose being Jo sustain the city's credit. Before he went out of office he placed waranlts saldj to amount to 212,000 in va rious banks, receiving credit as cash. These banks have Bines failed1, the city losing the deposits, tass uncertain future dividends. One warrant charges Boggs with larceny toy embezzlement of J109.000 the second witib unlawfully using 1180,000 for purposes not authorize by law, I'oggs was . tried on a charge similar to the first one tn September, 1894, and twos acquitted. He readily ga.ve himself up on hearing that he iwas wanted. The sheriff and this prisoner WII5 arrive here tomorrow. MARKET REPORTS. London, Oct. 29. Hops Pacific Coast, 2 15s. - . . . - New York, Oct. 29. Hops, dull. Liverpool, Oct. 29. Wheat Spot. Steady! demand, moderate; No. 2 red winter, 6s SHd; No. 2 red spring, stocks exhausted; No. 1 hard Manitoba, stocks exhausted: No. 1 California, 6s Bd. Fortlland, Oct 29.-iWlheat, nnch'ingsd. MINERS' UNION MENACE ENDED. WaCJace, Idaho, Oct 29.-The (Miners' Union menace Is envied for the present, Ninety-five of the non-union men wihtt were threatened at MuCOan enlist 3d today in une stame tninitia and others are beuuj enroLtu tonight. 1'ney haivs rifles and ammunition sufficient for their present needs. John 'Eklund, the man who was beaten Into Insensfbtlilty at Qem on dun- day evening, ft Wallace today.- Ai- Utiougih the 'beating was wHnestKd by dozen persons, none Would be found who dared to testify. - Things Look Favorable for th Mill to Come Off! ' '' " Officers and Fighters Dodclnir Around, Bnt the Latter are Best ing; the Former. Hot Springs, Oct. 29. The moves mads on 'the pugilistic dvess board today are f uTJ of greater Inlterast than has developed at any time sines Hot Springs as se jpobed as the Ibalttlte STxrand by the man agens of the figlft. As the time for the mee'tling of the gtadlatons had drawn so near What WOdhlng short of sttuitegem aind extreiine Measures wouU1 prevent it. Governor Clarke aind Attorney-Genera) Klmiworahy put their heatls together and dcdlded to use both by virtually "kidnap ing" Fitsslmmons before he reached Hot 8pr1n(U nd carrying him to Little Rock, where he would be So tightly bound by bonds to keep the peace that he would be glad to got out of tlhe state without even, seeing Cartrttx. TUelr ptiina, how ever, were thwartted at every move. Oorbelt, Brady, Bendlg and Secretary wheciocK, of the Florida AthJetIo Olub, are alt under arrest here and out of the hands of the local authorities, hence 'Bhe attorney general dannot get servlec on them now land take them from this county for trial, as he contempaed doing He was too slow. He "tipped his lhamd' nnd tost his gialme. The officers from this county are armed with warrants for Ju nia,n and FUtzsilJmnnomy arrest, and are now doubtless wloh thorn some where in Texas piloting . itheim to Arkansas, where the warrants iwUl be served upon them and they wt.l ibs prisoners of the Garland County offtcors, and when Governor ClurV and the Sheriff of Texarkana proceeds to serve his papers ho will And that hls war rants ore no good. That the fight iwlM take place between nnw and November 2nd seems to be a cer- falrily. ANSPLUND TOUND GUILTY. Of Com.nlltlng an Aijaailt wiui a XAuigtr ous Weapon. Portland, Oct. 29. Dr. A. A. Ausp'iund wan tonilhit foundi guilty of committing an assauCt with a dUJigerous weapon upon Dr. . R. MOJmeM. In ths tatter's office In the Dekum block, August It tast. The jury was out four hours. Ths pen alty Is from six months to ten years In the penitentiary, or from one month to one year m the county jail. A fins may also be imposed. Dr. Ausplund en tered Dr. Moimts' office and dcn-.andVd that he sign a retraction of a remark derogatory of Mrs. Chambers, a Cady physician at the Fbrtland Hospital. Aus- plunU drew wis reVouver wnlle Hcimes was reading 1h statement handed him by Ausplund. When Hoimes Cooked up he was confronted by Auspiund's revol ver. He WJt Ausplund with h's flit and at the same time drew his revolver. Both men comenmced to fire and exchanged four shots. It was thought both were mortally twounded but botSi men recovered. Joe Man ley m his flight across the con tuncnt Is a vert table Reed blrl. Highest of aQ la Leavening Power. 4.r WSJ tS 111 1 i 3 i I '. r . at Bit lWJll.n?;: SI i . i. AN ASTOHIAN ABROAD Interesting Letter From IXrs M.J. Kinney. W. C. T. O. CONVENTION TALK Equal Purity for Men aid Wo&en Letter From Thoo. Eooieveldt, Head of N. Y. Police Dep't. Ballkrtore, Md.. Oct. 21, ISM. Editor Astorian: " As many of your reaW? s are from the Eot, pofhiaps news froun the odd home may be of kitertsit.' As I made no (top between Oregon and Pennsylvania ex cept a few hours In Omotia, there Is but Mttue of intereirt, alt least to me. In that part of the journey. In Omaha, I visited tor' a few hours the school of Mini Mary White, formerly a te&clher of Astoria, and found her still much: interested in ths welfare of Astoria, but happy in her work In Omaha, '' . I arrived tn 'Pennsylvania in time to attend for a day ithe state convention, of the 'Woman's Christian Temperance Un ion of that state. They rejoice tn a mn barnhlp of 17,000 women, m'ith a county or- ' Conization' in every one of the G9 coun ties of PennByCvaitia. The convention w a bold tn Hsjrrisburg, the state capital', and Gov. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, not only ofHcfaCly welcomed the convetutoa to Kar rWburg, but ba and bis wife gave a "re ception" 'to the delegates In the executive chambers, beautifully deoorate.I with flowers for 'the occasion. When a pollt kui trkmi auglgested to tlhe governor that he might injure his political prospedos by so ipublldy tWjwing his appreciation and respect for 'this temporancs cause, he re puted: "When, I caa not welcome to w it dst these tvobte worketu, our wives and sister,' I ahiall wiOngly cease to be gov. rnor,' .-'.'.,. ' - Wflwa X arrttvad in Baltimore Otcpber IS a great National Purity Congrees was In session with deOegates snen and women, from al parts of the United States. The purity question was vhs-uUted,'; without gloves in that old conservative ctty of BattUmore. Theodore iRooseveidt, who his become so famous In New York as su perlntendanit of the pot tee departiment, sent to the Purity Congress the follow ing communldalHon. Mr. 'Powell: . Dear Sir: Tou can stats to the con grows tJhat so long as I am head of tlhe poJfce depai-tment of ..Nawi York City, fallen men-t. a,, men fbumd frequenting houses of 111 fume, iwUI receive precisely the same pumtehtnvmt as faClm women. (Blgned) THEO. ROOSBVBLDT. Sairon Powell, Anthony Corrotoclc, Mrs. Mary Iitvertnore, Francis Wllliard; El bridge Gerry, ' Dr. Kellogg, of Battle Creek 6anlta.rtiumi Dr. Cheney, M. P., of iBattfcrrtore, and biocts of others gave ringing (words in favor of equal purity for men and women. On Friday, Ostober lTtih, the great Na tional Convention of the W. C. T. V. opened in atusle Hall. There were pres ent 880 defeguitiea from every state and territory In the United States, forty-s! 4 bate and territorial presidents being pres ent on the executive committee. The governor tot JJUr.and was on the program to (welcome us In the nam ot the state. The mayor of the vtty of Bal timore in ringing words welcomed the convention n the name of the ctty coun. ell, A represent tatlvs of the ministerial association weloomed us In ths name of the protectant ichurches of BaCtlmore, while a CaUibllc priest representing Car dlnal Gibbons, who was detained on bus iness, welcomed us in the name of the Catholic ohurdh and read us a letter front Cardinal Gibbons declaring himself In fa vor of total abstinence. ' On last Sabbattti fifty churches of Baht more invfted Oodles to fill their pu'pits. I preachmd at I: JO pi m. tn tli pulpit of Trinity BpAseopU church. Southern California Is trying very hard to bring the ociwentton next year to Los hiiweie. Letters of Invitation have been presented to the convention from Gover nor Budd, of Collttornia, from the Los tngdtas city couneff, and from the Beard of BfucaUon as iw' as from the Califor nia W. C. T. U. San Fmnctoo and Se. -altltle have oiMo invtted it I longed to In vite It to Oregon, but could offer ho Invitations like those of California. NARCI83A. iW. KINNEY. RAILROAD LARORBRS MILLED. The Dalles, Or., Oat. 29. Carl (Barken. Une, a laborer on ths work gang for the rallraod, was killed near Hosier this af ternoon. He was working near the tiim shovel excavating when a large amount of sand and gravel came down the moun tain stdt) completely burying him. Wlsen taken out In a half hour's time life was extinct. WANTS THK BIG? FIGHT. Phoenix, lArli., Oct 29. Ths Phoenix Athletic COUb today wired the manaxws of the Corbettt-tFltsxImcmo s fight that the dub will put up at toO.OoO purse and olj insure lmmusuty from arrcsit If the tVlit comes off tttere. Latest U.S. Gort Report "Mi. ' r-t . '- I Si .. tka.