The Aurora borealis., November 19, 1908, Image 1

The Aurora Boreali
VOL 1.
AUIIOKA, OltEGOX, THURSDAY, XOVKMllKIl 19, 1908.
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BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Condensed Dispatches from All Parts
of the Two Hemispheres.
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
nd Commercial Importance.
The Chinese dowager empress is mor
tally ill.
Roosevelt denounces Haas' crime and
applauds Heney.
A race between balloons fron; the
Pacific to the Atlantic is about to be
attempted.
It is estimated that General Gomez
has been elected president of Cuba by
a majority of 25,000.
The deafh of the Chinese emperor has
been confirmed. The regent appointed
is a friend of reform.
Tr itice de Sagan and his American
wife have already tired of each other,
and may secure a divorce.
Ruefa trial will be continued by vol
unteer lawyers. Some of the best of
San Francisco have offered their serv
ices. Mrs. Conger, widow of the late am
bassador to China, says there is not like
ly to be any uprising following the death
cf the emperor.
A wealthy Montana man, who has
just died, provided in his will that if any
w6men present themselves claiming to
be his wife, each shall be given $1.
Texas has declared a quarantine
against smallpox, yellow fever, cholera,
typhoid fever, bulionic plague or other
communicable diseases. "Other com
municable diseases" is understood to
mean tuberculosis.
Denver has almost zero weather.
The anti-gambling war is again on
in Reno.
Von Buelow is to present an ulti
matus to the kaiser.
Roosevelt says there will be no
slaughter of game on his trip to Af
rica. Samuel Gompers will be re-elected
president of the American Federation
of Labor.
A New York delivery company con
templates tubes for the delivery of
packages.
German miners blame managers for
the recent disaster in which 3U0 men
lost their lives.
The United States Steel corporation
will spend $5, 500,0. o in increasing the
capacity of its plants.
For the first time in the history of
the San Francisco mint, pennies and
nickels are to be coined there.
The emperor of China is reported
dead; the empress dowager dying, and
regent appointed to control the des
tinies of the Flowery Kingdom.
District Attorney Langdon declares
Heney is a martyr to the public, and
says prosecutions will continue 'de
spite the attempted assassination.
The election of Gomez in Cuba is
almost certain. The election is the
first step toward again turning the
island republic over to the people.
San Francisco has voted for munici
pal waterworks.
Liberals are expected to win in the
Cuban elections.
Castro has finished his preparations
for war with Holland.
Six Chinese were drowned in Niagara
falls while trying to smuggle into the
United State.
A German military balloon hit a tree
and fell into the Haltic sea. The occu
pants were rescue.
The fate of Chancellor von Buelow
depends on the kaiser's acceptance of
pledge to keep quiet.
Charles M. Schwab, the steel man,
says real pleasure is not to be found in
palaces, but among hammers and
whistles.
A Philadelphia boarding house has
been blown up by Itlack Hand members
because one of the occupants refused
to give up (1,000.
Members of the boar J of supervisors
of Schenectady, N. Y., have resigned
at the call of citizens. They are
eharged with grafting.
Federal officials who are investigat
ing the Standard Oil company are look
ing for a man who "borrowed" $7,500,
000 from the eompany.
The house committee has begun its
tariff revision inquiries. ,
Roosevelt says he will not run for
the senate from New York.
A committee of San Francisco citi
tens is to inquire into delay of graft
trials.
Five persons were killed by an ex
plosion on a steamer near North Bay,
Ontario.
An automobile collided with a train
near Red Bluff. Cal., and four per
sons were killed.
A student at a Geveland. Ohio, uni
versity has been driven ins3ne by
imagined nazmg.
Z electoral Vote for President J
X Sut Taft Bryn t
4) Alabama jj T
0 Ark ansa a T
California 10 Z
Colorado 5 X
S Connacticut 7 X
Ifelaware S Z
: Florida "s T
Crtxirgia 13 2
4 Idaho s " i
Illinois 27 .. X
s Indiana 15 "2
la 13 . X
4) Kansa 10
4 Kentucky k IS s
lAuiiana S 0
Mama a 4 J
0 Maryland J S s
MaMarhutta IS 4)
0 Muhucan 14 4)
4 Mmnntota 11 ..
4 Miauuiiiji . io 4)
4) Missouri 1H ..
4 Montana I ..
4) Nebraska 8 4
4 Nevada 8 4
4 New Hampshire 4 ..
4 New Jerftey 12
4 New York 39 . .
4 North Carolina 12
4 North Dakota 4
Ohio 23 . .
4 Oklahoma 7
4 Oreiton 4 4,
4 1'ennsylvania 34 ..
:Kh.le Inland 4 .. 4
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South Dakota. 4 ..
Tennessee. 12 4
Texas is
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4 Vermont. 4 ..
Virginia 12 S
Washington S 4
4 Went Virginia 6 ..
Wiaconsin 13 ..
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4 Arkansaa 7 2
: California. I
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4) Connecticut (
4V IVIaware J
2 Florida S .. Z
4 Ceonria 11 ..
4 Idaho 1 2
4 Illinois 6 19 2
4 Indiana 11 2 ay
4 Iowa 1 10 a
4 Kanvaa 8 .
4 Kentucky 8 a
4) Iiouixiana 7 4
4 Maine 4 4
4 Maryland...' S 3 4
4 MainachusetU S 11 4)
4 Mich wan U a
4 Minnesota 1 8 4)
4) Mississippi 8 ,. 4
4 Missouri 10 4)
4 Montana 1 4)
4 Nebraska 6 1 4
4 Nevada 1 ..2
4 New Hampshire. 2 4
4 New Jersey S 7 4
New York 11 26 e
4 North Carolina 7 8 e
4 North Dakota 2
4 Ohio 9 12 4
: Oklahoma. 2 8 4)
Oreiton 2 4
:P'nnny Ivania 6 27 4
Hhoie Inland 2 4
4 South Carolina T . . 4
4 South Dakota. 2 i
4V Tenneaaea 8 2
Texaa 16 ..
I'tah 1 4
Vermont. 1 2 4V
Virxinia 9 1 4
Waxhington S 4
4 Wrnt Virginia S
4 VN'wcnnHin , 1 10 4
.Wyoming 1 4
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New Governors of States
Suta Name Politic.
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2 Connecticut (ieurge F. l.illey K gy
2 I la ware Simeon 8. FennewilL. . R a
2 Honda ...Albert W. Cilchriat.. . . D 2
2 Idaho Jamea H. Brady K 2
2 lllinoia Charlea S. Deneen R a
2 Indiana Thomaa R. Marshall. . .1) 2
2 Iowa K.K.Carroll R 2
2 Kannaa Walter R. Stubba K 2
2 Maxxarhuaetts. . .Klen 8. Draper R 4
Minnesota John A. Johnson D a
2 Miwouri Herbert S. Hadley R 2
2 Montana Edward Donlan R av
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2 Texaa Thomaa M. Campbell. D 2
2 I'tah William Spry R 2
2 W'axhington . . . . S. U. Cogrova R a
2 W eat Virginia... W. E. (ilaaacock R 2
4y Wiaconain Jamea O. Da vidaon .... R 4y
44
WAR AGAIN POSSIBLE.
All Depends on Note to the Powers
From Austria.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 13. Although
an air of outward calm is maintained
at the Russian foreign office, the
Italkan situation has now reached an
acute stage, where everything depends
tijion the nature of the note which is
expected from Vienna today and the
outcome of the mediation which Rus
sia, France and Great Britain have un
dertaken at Belgrade, at Austro-IIun-gary'i
request, with a view to limiting
the belligerent activity of Servia.
If mediation is not successful, wsr is
recognized aa a possibility in authori
tative circles. The Austro Hungarian
Servian relations are too strained, it is
believed, to permit present conditions
to continue indefinitely.
Th Austrian note will definitely out
line the attitude of that government re
garding discui)n of the annexation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina and possible
comjensation to Nrvia and Moutene
sto, and the nature of the note will de
termine wbrther or not aa international
congress can be held.
Prepares for B'g Influx.
Butte. Mont.. Nov. 13. That the
Northern Pacific experts travel into
the northwest next year to exceed that
of any previous year is indicated by
the statement of President Elliott yen
terdav that the fntnnnnr has oHereo! 93
new passenger coaches, which will be
placp.l ;n th tranaeontinental er vie
next year. Aa increase in the service
throughout the northwest will be made.
SAYS HENEY
RUINED HIM
Rejected Juror Shoots at Prosecutor
During Recess of Court.
Was Ex-Convict Who Mad Been Ex
posed During Second Ruef Trial
Wound May Not Prove Fatal
Ruef Sends Chaffeur for Doctor
and Denounces Crime.
San Francisco, Nov. 14. The San
Francisco bribery graft cases had a
dramatic climax yesterday, when As
sistant District Attorney Francis J.
Heney, who has been in charge of the
prosecution during its course of two
years, was shot and seriously wound
ed in the crowded courtroom by Mor
ris Haas, an ex-convict. The shoot
ing occurred during a brief recess in
the third trial of Abraham Ruef on
the charge of bribery, which is now in
its Uth week.
With four uniformed policemen in
the hall, half a dozen of the prosecu
tion's special detectives within a few
feet, one of them detailed especially
ns his bodyguard to see that no at
tempt was made upon his life, and
several court bailiffs and attaches
scattered about, the aggressive special
prosecutor, whose fearless and relent
es work in the exposure and prosecu
tion of graft in the municipal affairs
of this city, earned him many ene
mies, was shot in sight of 500 persons.
Mr. Heney is now in the Lane hos
pital, and the physicians say that his
wound is not fatal. Haas is in the
city prison. The would-be assassin is
a Jew and a saloonkeeper, who was
drawn upon the jury pjanel in the sec
ond trial of Kuef, and, after having
been temporarily passed by both
sides, was exposed in a dramatic man
ner by Mr. Heney as an ex-convict
and discharged from the jury. Haas
declared after the shooting that Heney
had ruined his life by this exposure,
and that he had determined to kill
Mr. Heney for that reason.
Mr. Heney was leaning over on his
table, conversing in low tones with
Al. McCabe, chief clerk of the district
attorney's office. Directly in front
of him was James L. Gallagher, the
witness, and a representative of the
Associated Press had just walked to
Mr. limey's table, and was standing
at his left elbow, waiting for an op
portunity to speak to him, when a
small man, neatly attired and having
a decidedly Jewish cast of counte
nance, approached the assistant dis
trict attorney from behind in quick
steps, but with deliberation. Sudden
y his right hand shot out, and before
the newspaper man. Mr. McCabe or
John Foley, Mr. Heney's special body
guard, sitting about eight feet away,
could make a move, there was a flush
.md a loud report rang through the
courtroom.
Kuef and his two attorneys, who
were out on the sidewalk, were
startled by the report, and started for
: he courtroom, but were forced down
the steps by the crowd rushing fran
tically out.
"What has happened?" shouted
Ruef to the Associated Press repre
sentative ?s the latter ran out to the
nearest telephone.
"Heney has been shot," was the
reply.
Rucf's automobile stood in front of
the buililing, ami he immediately or
dered his chauffeur to get the nearest
Miysicinn. I he caj" returned a few
minutes later with Dr. A. S. Tuchlcr.
of 703 Van Ness avenue. 1
"My God," exclaimed Mr. Ach. "I
wish I had never taken a criminal
case in my life. I will never take an
other when I get out of this one.
This is a dastardly outrage. I cannot
express myself in strong enough
terms. Mr. Heney did not denounce
this man Haas, if be is the one who
did the shooting. In pursuance of 1m
duty he disclosed the fact, during the
other trial of Mr. Ruef. that Haas was
n ex-convict, and as such had him
dismissed from the jury box. I sin
cerely hope that Mr. Heney will re
cover." The report of the ulitmpUd in.vt
sination spread throughout the city
like wildfire, and caused intense ex
citement and indignation. An immense
crowd gathered around Carpenters
Hall, to which Judge Lawlor had
moved his court this week on account
of the lack of room and facilities in
the temporary criminal court building
Several hundred persons followed the
ambulance from the hall to the Cen
tral Fmergency hospital, and down
town thousands gathered around bul
letin boards.
Judge Lawlor reconvened court at
3:15. He had already sent the jury
to the St. Francis HotH in charge of
deputy sheriffs. As soon as a sem
blance of order was restored, the
court ordered Ruef, who has been at
liberty rn bonds aggregating $1.5'o,
(ioi. into the custody of the sheriff
and he was soon afterward taken to
the county jail. His counsel offered
formal objections Mr. Dozier then
demanded that Gallagher, the witness,
be alo ordered into the custody of
the sheriff until his cross exjminatio 1
had been finished. This was refuse!.
Votes for Independence.
San Juan. V. R, Nov. 14 Official
election returns show that the Union
ist party carried all seven districts of
the island. The Unionists advocated
independence and self government.
A S0SQ OF TIIANKSOrVINQ.
I'm thankful that the yrari arc long J
iloaartr lung they 1.
Thar (till ara iarra glaj anil strong
That tr work for m.
Thta, rose 1 rut with carries thrara
And wear anj east awar
Th rosmoa mrouulit million years
To niaka It initio a dar.
Thta lily !' the p.istura bars
Henenlh the malnut trre.
Long era tha ttre-tuM formed In tart,
Waa on It way to uia.
Tha laws of property ara lax
My ueliihlxtr'a farm I Cue;
I'm thankful, though he pay tha tax,
Tha 11 of It 1 uilne.
No ihecliry rliitoli ran loos my grip
On n.4n I have not aown
Or shake my aeiiae of ownership
In thlt)K 1 lo not own.
I'm thankful for my neighbor's wood.
Hit orrhanl, lake, an I lea;
For, while my eyva contlnut good,
1 own all 1 ran see.
I'm thankful for this mighty age,
Thee tisys t-ry.;nj o.nie.
When hope Is auoh a heritage
And Ufa a large affair,
W thank the o.l for lour and high,
Rtxhr, wrong la well we may).
For all the wron of dava goue by
Work goodnesa for to-day.
Mere on Time tableland we ftuea
To thank on leniliHl knee,
To thank the god for all that was,
And la, and la to be.
I'm thankful for the glow and grara
And winsome teauty of the Near,
Tb greatness of the Commonplace,
The glory of the Mere.
I'm thankful for man'a hUih emprise,
HU stalwart atordlnesa of soul.
The long look of hi nkywnrd eyes
That alghts a fnrot glai.
And I feel to thank and Mesa
ftoth thliiK unknown and understood
And thank the stuMiorn thnnkfulneae
That maketh all thliu good.
Bam Walter Fona, In Succeaa. Magattna.
Mrs. Pettingiirs
Thanksgiving Dinner.
i.4.4.4.4.H.4.4.-:4.H-t-t-M"t"f-i-fv
The times la bad," aighed Mrs. Tettln
g'dl, looking as lugubrious as it was pos
sible for a rohj-ch.i'ked dumpling of a
woman to look.
That's so," assented her friend, Mary
Ann ItaWMon.
Ta says 'single misfortunes never come
alone" continued Mrs. IVttingill. "Fust,
ha lost that little b o' money he got
for the meddVr-laud. 1 told hitu "twau't
safe to put It in the 1 uk. Then old Hrin
die up an' diid, so ; have to buy out
milk. An' now Sa. lligglnses young
ones hev all come do 1 with the tncaslea,
la- Kan'a ut of joo; so, of course, pa
can't collect n-nt from him."
"Seems to me I.-aeon IVttingill don't
worry much 'bout his hard luck, sug
gested Mi H.tw'Hon.
"La, nol lie says the Lord will pro
vide; but I toll him the Iord experts folks
to look out for themselves a little." And
the good woman worked sway with re
doubled enerliy on the bedspread that she
fend her friend were engnged In quilting.
The quilting frmne was set up In the
"front room," and Its mistress felt a par
donable pride in the red and green thre
ply carpet on the floor, and the somber
bsir-cloth furniture ranged against tba
walls in uncompromising stlffnesa.
"I declare, Mrs. Pettlnglll," said the
spinster, after a while, "you look all beat
out. I'm 'frsid you're workin too stlddy.
It's kindir hard on you doin' this extry
work just at Thnnksgivln' time."
"Kf you'll believe It, I ain't dona noth
In' for ThanksgivinV
"What ! ain't done no eookln'?" gasped
Miss iMwson, to whoie New Kngland soul
this breach of a time-honored observance
was little less ihrtn sacrilege.
"Not a mite," replied Mrs. Pettlnglll.
"I wasn't reckon In' on doin' nmch, tbnea
be In' so hard; then Joel took a notion
that Li it Jane must go to his folks for
Thankngivin' week, so I jest made up my
rnlnd not to worry over the cook In', I
cad ealc'lsted on roust In' a turkey or a
eouple of chicken, but when I asked pa
which he'd ruther hev, he says, Jet let's
fcev some nice codlixh, with boiled beets
and fried pork sauce, seen as wa uster
liev years ago."
"For the land's sske! Why, I never
beard of such a thing that In, for
Thsnksglvin',' stammered Mis Dawson.
WHO SAID PUMPKIN PIEf
THE ANtfUAI
"Nor nobody else, I guess," said Mrs.
Pettlnglll, bubbling with laughter. "Hut,
you see, Llxy Jane just 'botninatea cod
fish, so we aiu't hud none I don't know
when; and her pa's orful fond of It."
"Iear, dear!" thought Miss Dawson, In
silent horror. "I should ssy they bed felt
the hard times. I guess I orter go. Poor
soul!" she said to herself, as she walked
homeward; "she carries it off well, but
they must be dretful poor.'
"I wonder what tuskes Mary Ann Daw
son act so queer," soliloquized Mrs. IVt
tingill. "I s'pose It must be because she's
an out-an'-out old maid."
"Wall, mother," said Deacon Pettlnglll
on Thanksgiving morning, "I hope you
ain't goln' back on that codfish dinner?"
"Dear, no, pa: but It la an orful queer
dinner. I've half a mind to make an In
dian pudding to keep the codQah com
pany." "Just the thing." declared tha deacon,
with a satisfied air.
At that moment there rame a rousing
knock at the door. It was little Tommy
Tompkins, who lived close by. Ha had
brought a two-quart pall of cranberries.
"Tncle John sent ma a bushel of crsn
b'riea," he said bashfully; "an ma 'lowed
you might like to tasta of 'em, 'cause
they're Caps Cod eranb'ries."
"That was reel kind of yer ma," said
Mrs. Pettlnglll, as she emptied the pail
and filled1 It again with rosy-cheeked ap
ples. "Thera ! MeMie yer ma wouldn't
mind hevln' a few of our None-suches;
an' I'll fill yer pockets with butternuts,"
she added.
Before tha good woman could prepare
her codfish and vegetables for cooking, she
ssw Farmer Glbson'a old white horse and
yellow market wagon stopping In front of
1 ha door.
"Wall, I'm In somethln' of a hurry."
said the farmer, a little awkwardly, tak
ing a big parcel from his wagon as he
spoke. "I was on my way home from
Westbury market, an' I Jest thought meb
1 you could use this turkey I bad left
over."
"Why, I dunno but what I'll take It off
yer hands," said Mrs. Pettlnglll.
"I ain't askin' yer ter buy It, Mrs.
Pettlnglll," said tha bluff farmer, with
Increasing confusion. "I winter give It
ter yer. I couldn't sell It nohow," he
added, "an' It would Jest spile." '
"It certainly Is good of yer," said Mrs.
Pettlnglll. "Hut you must let ma give
you a keg of our new cider; It's jest
right for drinking."
scarcely was the dinner well under way
TRAGEDY!
.swsr- "'
when thera was another knock, and Leila
(JrahHin, the minister's little daughter,
made her appeara: .a with a basket oa
her arm.
"Oh, Mrs. IVttingill," she cried, eagerly,
grandma sent us some of her very owa
mince pies for Thanksgiving, and mamma
wants to know If you wouldn't accept two
of them with her love?"
'Wall, I never 1" ejaculated Mrs. Pet
tlnglll. "Twas uncommon kind In your
mother. I'll just fill your basket with
apples and butternuts.'
Five minutes Inter pretty Tilla Graham,
who lived next door to Miss Dawson, pre
sented herself with a heaping dish of hot
doughnuts.
"Mother was trying a new recipe," the
young girl said, "an she thought you
wouldn't mind her sending you a few, ae
you was so busy."
"I swum! that looks somethln' like,"
raid the deacon as he came home front
church.
His wife prudently refrained from
mentioning tha various donations. Fae
congratulated herself that as it was now
past noon, they would probably be allowed
to dine In pence. Vain delusion! Scarcely
were they sealed at the labia when Miss
Dawson appeared, bearing a delicious
looking chicken pie.
"You see," sho said, breathlessly, "I
knew you hadn't no time for chicken fli
In's, so I Jest bnked this pla when I bed
tha oven bet up."
"I'm sura you was Just as thoughtful as
you could be, Miss Dawson, retarned
Mrs. Pettlnglll. "An' I'll accept tha p
ef yor.MI stop an' help us est It."
After some urging the spinster consent
ed, and out of compliment to ber tba
chicken pie was cut. Hut as she glancei
at the platter of flaky codfiah, cooked to
Just the right degree of tenderness, flankea
by dishes of crimson beets, mealy potatoes
and feathery biscuit, she confessed, "1 do
believe I'd ruther hev some of that than
tha pie." And when she had finished her
repast with a dish of Mrs. Pettlngiil's
golden-brown Indian pudding she declared,
"I dunno when I've relished a meal so
much."
"Jest come here a mlnnlt," said Mrs.
Pettlnglll, conducting her guest to the
pantry, after the deacon had gone out.
"Now, whatever do you s'pose Is the
meaning o' that?" and she pointed to the
array of eatables with a look of perplexity
on her rosy face.
"For the land's snkes!" cried tha spin
ster, blushing guiltily.
Mrs. IVttingill surveyed her visitor
wonderlngly.
"Why, you don't mean to say" she
began, and then she burst Into a laugh.
"Mary Ann Dawson, I 'most think you're
a goose," she said, when aha had recovered
her breath. "Do I look 'a though I didn't
hev 'nough ter eat?"
"I never said any such a thing," stam
mered Mis Dawson. "I Jest happened
to mention to I ho minister's wife an' Miss
Graham 'bout ymir tn'ln' bo busy; an' you
know you was talk in' considerable "bout
the hard times an' an I ha codfish,"
faltered Miss Dawson. "Hut I never
thought "
"I ! you needn't tsk It to beirV In
trrrupte.l Mrs. IVttingill. "Hut I dasn't
tell pa. llowaumever, I guess I give 'em
as good a they sent. There's one thing
I can't make out, though, an' that Is "bout
Farmer Cilmon. He lives a good two
mile from here, c ha couldn't very well
hear anthing."
"Msyb I can explain that," said Miss
Dswson, with a conscious blush. "You
see, Mr. lilMn and mn ealculstln to
get married "bout Christmas time."
"Well, ef that don't beat all P ejacu
lated Mrs. IVttingill. "I guess he'll be
real g'od provider, an I'm sura I hope
you'll bappy. Now, s'poaa be might be
eomln' over to your house to-night?"
"I a'pose ha might," returned Miss
Dawson.
"Well, ef you'll Jest gt him to call an
tske tbe donations over to Ham lllg
gin sea' we won't say another word bout
'iro. Well, I do declare," soliloquised
Mrs. IVttingill, after her friend had gone,
"Kf that don't best all. And bint a con
firmed old bachelder, and her an out sn'
out old eaaid. People's Home Journal,