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Newspaper Page Text- .- V. ... "i, tm i WTc--r t v . ; "TiTTcn AY OCTOBER - 13, 1903. MasssssaasBssssssssssssssssTssTssssTssssTsssWasssTa . - - . - . 7m. , - ' mmH : ' M t . " . I - ' li i ii : ' . ' . T ritcqie Norn nr HARMONY r . -. . - His Free Trade Address Was net Appreciated HIS AUDIENCE HOOTED And Counter Cheered Fcr Cbamberlain When Policy Vas Attacked . . COULD NOT CONSENT TO FISCAL REVOLUTION AX1 OVERTHROW INO OF POLICY OP Ilia. PREDE CESSORS - SHOULD COURT AMERICA'S FR1ENSHIP. LONDON. Oct. J.-Rltehle, roe mem ber of parliament from Croyden, "and until recently the ChanceHor of the Exchequer, delivered a speech tonight on- free trad and the reason for his resignation, More ait audience of 4,000 people at the Croyden town hall." A large liberal element was present and the reception of Ritchie was decidedly Inharmonious, consisting of cheers and hoots .and counter cheers for Joseph Chamberlain. :' Ritchie . mid as Chancellor of the Exchequer he could not consent to a Staca) revolution and the overturning of tbe policy of his conservative pre decessors on the strength of the argu ments of Chamberlain "whose strong point always was his ability to pre nrnt any scheme he championed in a most favorable light" , JiThe former Chancellor of the Ex chequer felt sure the preferential pro posals were merely the entering wedge which would ultimately land the coun try in the. same. position as Germany I where food! taxes had driven the workingmen to socialism. RitchJe asserted that one of the principal questions to be considered! was the attitude of the United States. j This country must try to guard against giving the United States cause for re sult mrnt which would result In her punishing Caitoda. The above state ment resulted in fresh disorder and the singing Of "Rule Brittanla-" Schsms Gaining Favor. j . LrfHtdon. Oct. . The miked reception gjven to Ritchie -at Croyden tonigbt is J regarded as an Indication ' that Mr. I (Oiamberlaln's scheme is iaking hold I pt the country ana is nerceiy avwinj tie Unionist party. Ritchie strongly attacked the Chamberlain policy and dWlared that : K would raise the cost tf 'everything. " Jv j il' WAY L-HAIlbU KAip,.1 f WITHDRAWAL FROM MINIMUM TARIFF PLANp -7 STEAM- V SHIP COMPANIES MOVE. 1: liXEW toRK. Oct. Grain may ba aithdrawn soon from the lls - of ar ticles upon which the London-Liver- lH steamship lines operated from the various Atnntic ports maintain mini mum rates. At a meeting of repre- sf-ntMties of various lines it has been decided to recommend such withdrawal Hiid the matter has now to be referred back, so far .as the foreign lines are concerned, to the owners on the other Id a ho signed the agreement. The International: Mercantile; Company withdrew the antwerp rate last week. and it Is understood to favor withdraw al so far as Liverpool and London are concerned. The , inovement is; being pushed by gfaln Interest throughout the country in the hope of being abla te compete on more favorable terms with reduced railroad and steamer rates against the Canadian exporters. Much American grain is now going by way of the Canadian lines, owing lo the lower tar ins. . -. ; DEATH A MYSTERY j CLAItA ZINK SUCCUMBS SUDDEN LY UNDER CONDITIONS WAR RANTING INVESTIGATION. WHATCOM. Wn... Oct. Mystery j suTTouncM ine ueaui or hiss uiara i Zink. a, 20-year-old girl who died here! last night, and an autopsy is to be held this afternoon by physicians. The girl had been working all day painting the interior of her home.: Along In the middle of the afternoon she went down town sod returned shortly after S o'clock. Soon after she was taken with convulsions, and died at o'clock. Her- family was Inclined to the ellef that fumes of the paint had overcome her. Three physicians, who were called to her assistance declared that site ; was suffering from tf.r)vhisne poisoning. They refused to sign t death wrtln- cate giving any other cause, so the coroner all! t hold' an Inquest should the result of this afternoon's autotmyl Justify that course.. . ! ENCAMPIIENT ENDED - - i "-',; THE "REGULARS .AND MILITIA AT CAMP YOUNG HAVE DE CAMPED. . J CAMP YOUNG. West Point. Ky- tX-t. .Before Major General Bates ana nis stair tbe t1ce deferred re view of aH the troops at Camp Young took J place today and practically brouit to a close the combined man euvers of the regulars and national guardsmen which has been in progress lor ten days. ; :. Remains Wees 'Cremated. Buffalo. Out. The funeral of Mil oa S. BlsselU former Postmaster Gen eral, took place today. The body was ' t WILD MAN IS CAPTUATD. WAL.UA WALLA. Wn, ' Oct. V Cbar',-a Crutbcrs, who has been via- dering star .naked and ' half wild' on Eureka flat for two days, was brought in today by Sheriff Painter, who found tbe unfortunate 'man : in a ' barn near Clyde. ' He made no resistance. Crutb ers wiU be held in jail, to see if he re covers. Delirium caused, by whiskey la said to be responsible for his condi tion. : ; , . .;,... . ; ... - KENNEDY OUTON BAIL. HILLSBORO. Or, Oct!, S. The ball ef Rev. R. 11. Kennedy has been flaed by Justice Bag ley at JlOOd, and he has filed a bond In the sum required, ve following named persons bavins signed as sureties: ; Dr. C. 1 Large,- Walter Hoge. Charles F. Miller. . F, T. Kane. 7. E. Dug in. E. R. Burton. J. A. Abbott, H, Hamilton and- M. Peterson.' all -of Forest Grove, and Dr. J. P. Tamiesfes. Of Hillsboro. . , . 4 ' '-' ANOTHER RECORD SMASHED' . USXINGTON, Ky Oct? Dan Rj paced a. mile to a .wagon today" in 2:04. clipping a second off the- world's record. . . , .,.;'.. ' Helena. Mont. Oct. .KId. Freder ick, of Buffalo, -knocked out Jack Clifford, of Butte, in' seventeen, rounds here tonight. - - . v - . - HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS The Northern Asiatic . Steam ship Lines Reduce Flour Rates Again NORTHWEST EXPORTERS PRO . TESTED LOUDLY AGAINST THE; . ADVANCE AND CLAIMED IT AN UNJUST - DISCRIMINATION ' IN ' FAVOR OF SAN FRANCISCO. " - PORTLAND, Or., Oct. The North ern Asiatic steamship lines. which decided to raise the rate on flour to the Orient to $3, the rate In force prior to the cut last June, have reconsidered their determination and the rate for November at least-will remain lat li t ton. ..... - - ----- - . . : ' : . --": When the Northern : lines concluded . . - to restore the old) rate it was; believed the trade conditions justified ,he ad vance, but the exporters were loud to their protests. It was pointed out that the t rate here against the 13 rate at San' Francisco wtas . an unjust mscrimlnatiohln favo'f the Catifor nia, miners, and 4ntthfe present condt- tlon of the Oriental market," the mil hers In the North, would be practically shut. out.r yr , 4 j Aiiother eveh-tnere5 influential factor. perhaps, was the placing of. tramp steamships In the trade, which offered to carry flour at $3. The decision ar rtv at sljr regards the Novem- KILLED BY TRAMP FARM HAND -MURDERED' ON J TUU.1N ' AND ! II IS BODY r i ROBBED. . i MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. f Leonard C Dare, of Walkerton, Ind was killed on a Northern PacHflc box car at North town Junction last night by tramps, who robbed him of a consider able sum of money which bo carried. As the train was pulling into town the trainmen heard shots fired, snd, hur rying to the scene, saw four men de- rending from the roof of the car and hurrying to the woods near by. Lpon investigation. Dace's body was found on top of the car, his skull crushed, and a bullet : hole between the eyes. From papers on Dare s body it was learned that he had worked on a ranch near Coopertown, N. D., saved his wages, and was on his way home when attacked. ; " EIGHT YEARS F0R JBRUTE ANDREAS DIPPOLD, GERMAN TU TOR. SENTENCED FOR WHIP- PING BOY TO DEATH. BERLI.V, Oct. -The trial at Bey reuth of Andreas Dippold, a tutor,. who tied Heinz Koch, fourteen years old. a son of Director Koch,' of the Deutsche bank, to a bed and whipped him to death, ended today. Dlppold-was sen fenced to eight years imprisonment. I While the dead boy's younger brother, I Joacnim. testified to the unnameable tortures Inflicted on himself and his brother, the persons in the court were aroused ' to such a pitch of fury that they threatened the prisoner, who. was hastily . removed by. the officials. Joachim avowed, and the medical ex perts agreed, that Dippold was mora I debased than the London fiend who had been termed "Jack the Ripper. AFTER THE FUGmVEV ,f ; y .. SBSaSSSBSSS , - f TWO liUN BOATS DISPATCHED IN SEARCH OF JOHNSON AND . . HERMAN. .J: ?-!r: MANILA. Oct. . At the request of Governor TafU "AdVnJral Stirling has dispatched tso gun 'boats, the Isle de: Cufoa, and . the - Pampanga, to Albay and Samar, to search the neighboring waters for the little steamer Victoria, with Johnson snd 'Herman, the de faulting constabulary :t officials, on board: A coast-guard vessel has also been sent out ? to , overtake" the fugi tlves if possible. No word of their wherabouts , has yet -been received from any source. .-, r . - OLD STAGE DRIVER DEA' 4 JACKSONVILLE, OrV Oct A .r-Wdrd has just been - received , here " of Ihe death of John ' Ashmeadr at the -home of his niece, hear 'Turner, Or. . He was 77 years old. and was well, known throughout this part of the state. Be fore the advent of the iron horse he was . well known stage driver . on the Oregon-California stage line, snd for nany years since lived at Rock Point and worked for Ben Haymond iu Sua store. " . . . NO TRUTH Hv , ' STATEMENT Anti-Japanese 7ar Sentiment Dees not Prevail HI THE : RUSSIAN ;'Ef.IPHlE Society Not Given To Jingoism And Is Peacefully Dls- r r . posed THE JAPANESE ; MINISTER SAYS - NEWSPAPER? COMMENT REPRO DUCED i nt :.' Russian ; paper, WA8 TAKEN FROM UNIMPORT ANT JAPANESE SHEETS- LONDON. OCT. 9. THE MORNING POST CORRESPONDENT AT CHE FOO TELEGRAPHS: "RUMORS ARE CURRENT THAT JAPAN HAS SENT ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA EXPIRING IN A FEW DAYS" ST.'' PETERSBURG." . Oct. - . Tbe "statepent( publlsfaed . in .-.the,United Stabf. yesterday by. the News Agency ihat an antl-Japanese war sentiment prevailed here Is"' "false. "The' 'Russian society fsi absolutely ; not given,, to "jingoism" and - the government - re mains peacefully disposed. - " ; The J'apanese Minister; here, M. Kur ino, said there were no reasons, .why the governments should! not reach a peaceful settlement. - He added, that although f lie w'as a careful reader of the Japanese newspapers, he found no warlike tendencies In any of the In fluential papers and claimed, the Rus sian . papers cited the ; comments from the unimportant Japanese Sheets. ' New Ch wang, OcL '.r-The .troops of the- Russian - garrison , headef by their baAd playing national airs, paraded the principal streets of the foreign and Chinese ? settlements today, ; ostenta tiously, tut though to emphasize ' the fact that the Russians are still gover nors of this port.1 . '.- il, ' The civil ..administrator. M.. Grouse, today stated he.had 'received no ..In structions regarding the' withdrawals. His assistants freely assort that per manent occupation is intended. In speaking . with a, .consul' . who called today to Inquire regarding Russia's in tentions the. facials jjeated .the Ques tion of occupation as Joke. -v ;; A leading-" Russian t newspaper jeX Port. Arthur, whJch Ib regarded MS the viceroy's organ, challenges Japan to contest Russia's supremacy.. In . , Man churia. 'Two ; Japanese, representing themselves as mercttants,. were srrest ed on the railway as. spies, a.fortnight ago and are now vin prison r at ;,Port A rt hur. The Japanese consul m re quest for their release' is ignbrdy. . ' '.Must Modify Attitude. . Yokohama, iOct'S. The -leading', pa pers id voicing the Japanese opinion today shows unusual intense reeling in the far Eastern situation. The Jijl of Tokio says: - - - i :- The o&tience of the people , has reached the ; extreme Mmlt. Though Japan only asks tbe Russian's fulfill ment of the treaty pledges, yet - Rus sia 'is sDoarently challenging her to contest.. - AsahU arguing on uthe same lines. points to ihe moderate Japanese atti tude and the long-:and. seriotwr piwp cation." Both paper sayj . ltussla fmust. modify her attitude - consider ably If an amicable; settlement Is to be reached.". :T-- r.V . HOBO HNDTUCH UNCtE BOY WHO CAME. FROM MADERIA 1 ? HAD HARD RUN OF t l - i - :'. Luck. j-.. . r CHICAGO. Oct: f. Robbed in Bos on -of 6, - alt in his' possession, and irreated ? for -agrancy in Chicago. Manuel -'Josef -, Brum, of the Maderla Islands, had abandoned hope. , Last night he learned .through telegrams that his "uncle, .who he set out to find three months ago, is a millionaire in San Jose, Cat. Vv: -.t; ;' :;:. - Brum, whose mother owns a grocery in a small village in the Maderia' Isl ands, started to find . and . visit his uncle, Anton Paet, , whom he only knew was somewhere in - the - Chited States. In Boston he was robbed, and a fellow countryman ' bought' him a second class ticket to Chicago and told him it would carry him to Cali fornia. ' ' M.V'.V,t- ' Arriving in Chicago, tanable to speak a word of English or tell his destina tion. Brum was arrested, for vagrancy. When -found by the. - police he was kneeling , in prayer at tbe entrance of SL Peter's Roman Catholic churohJ Polk and! Clark streets. -He was al lowed to sleep in a police-station for two months, .and finally the police succeeded in tIooaing the mans relai tives. Brum: was j put - on the right train and leftjChlcago with-a pass to his destlnstion : arid C several hundred dollars his uncle had sent him. . ' ' ' H TRADE HOLDING UP "i s. :. i - 4 :." . '-- CAiCADIAX TAKES EXCEPTION TO H CHAMBERLAIN'S: REMARKS yy-'f CONCERNING AMERICA, ; i LONDON, Oct. ; 9. Addreusing the semi-annual ! meeting ' today ' of the shareholders of the Grand Trunk Rail road, of Canada, the president. - f&r Charles Rivers Wilson, took exception to Joseph Chamberlain's quotation-" "America during his .speech at Green - ock Wednesday, , to the effect that Sir American trade was. falling .off. Charles said he. saw no . . appreciable slackening ot the now of business. The . a impression -which tnE3irought home af ter bis recent visit to Canada, and the United States was that the Industries of both countries were progressing; apd tha thunder other circumstances there seemed to be no reason why their con tinued -; development should not . be mai ntained . -in . spite of the; ill -directed efforts of thex, combinations which, had introduced such disturbing Influences In the natural course of businessJ" ; : ! DEATH OF ALB ANT MAN. i . ALBANY. Or, Oct. .Arianao TSL Bloom, a well known citizen of Albany died at 'hW home in" this city yester- day aiternoon. i came III wltft scuuc - nieurawMu. B-htxhiikmiirhl nn other- diseases and eventually caused , his death. Mr. Bloom was borii in ; Brown, - county. Ohio, October " 14. : 1846. and, came to Oregon in 1874. , For thirteen years n lived on a farm near Albany, ana men moved into Albany, where he has re sided, the past ( ten years. He -was a highly respected citizen, and; was one of the organizers of the First Chris tian cfcbrcB ni 'this city Deceased leaves wife. s son. Fred-E-i and a daushter. Miss Bertha, In this city. He also' leaves several brothers and sisters,-who- are residents of Iowa. WILL WATCH THINGS CLOSE Fusionists Will Not Allow The Floating of Illegal Voters REGISTRATION Of VOTERS BE- airti terte rdaT1 'BUT FIERCE t STORM ' KEPT " M. V WSvA S-"M f AWAT 'FROM ' TIN ROLLMENT f NO" IMPROPER' REGISTRATION., NEW YORK. Oct.- 9.--The" "registra tion for the approaching: municipal election 'began;'' today; but the storm that was sweeping the 'city prevented thousands" v from ' enrollment.. ' Repre sentatives of the Citizens' Union as serted that the opponents of tbe fusion were planning tb 'fmport and colonize illegal ' voters. They;. aid they ftad engaged auiextra. force of watchers to I guard against fraud and all attempts I at, improper P registration woujo oeiajed the walL ' Wilklns was made to promptly reponw iu uw ouumcim- . . . . n . . . . n n . ent of elections.- ' ? . I : PLAIf IS 'ABANDONED SEATTLE WILL NOT k VOTE ON j BONDS FOR NEW COUNTY .-' - TcOURT HOUSE; SEATTLE. "Wt: Oct.' :-.-.The'. county 1 commtestoners . of King . couhijr' ' at1! al nieetlng Aeld'laie '' yesterday afterioph' decide' to abandon the. election to be I held here .on October 3r.atwhichondsliwereribTooght;to the- ground. 'Haw'ofth for !W twyt. cpufrty court.' house.1" to the J Lamount of. . 1600)00. were .to "be voted upon.-,- vn .the same ffate. tne ciiy w Seattle was to vote upon, bonds Tor a hew, city .baUL -It hi likely, that both wUl.now.be;abdoned.. .i Since . .the. . election., ..was , first n fiounced.. a- great, deal o". opposition to the, measure. has sprung, up. .and It, Is. hot. likely' that ,te bond election would carry.-. The whole;. question will .be; -dropped for a while to see whether some ' project cannot .be . announced which will meet with, .more popular favor..- . . ; .. . i , .The announcement of. the county commissioners came somewhat as a surprise,. as they, have .several times in, the. past week stated, (positively that they-wouldl certainly go on with the elecjtion. .,;.4 ... i. ; .1. Y1TRIQL IN HIS POCKET POISON FOUND ON RdBBER KILL 'S ED; IN. I HOLDUP. IN. CHICAGO .-..' SUBURB. . - ' . ' i CHICAjGOV Oct .-r-Ip the pocketa bi the robber ho was ' killed' last - night near Aurora after having . taken "part In the hold-up of an interurban can on the River - View Park ' line, were found a bottle containing white vit riol' and a' re volver, sifd to be of the ragaxine pattern similar to that sup posed to .'have been, used in. the recent oar 'bsixn . mnrder. ; . Investigation y the. Chicago, police has. revealed the fact that the vitriol was purchased in a Ohicago drug store. . i One: of .the two robbers who escaped at the time one . of their, number . was killed was captured today . J, . r .,; ' : A THEATRE BURNING i - HEAy.Y.LOSS AND NO INSURANCE - AT JBINGHAMPTQN, N. Y, ', ; I " PLAYHOUSE. ' . 13 1 i?',rf Mn vcu s. aii r e svt v a a m rww-va.T e - w . a &I'L'. . ... 2 Mork. ; the . fire in7 the iitone opera houe was Practically ' under contrDL without hivinjsr ' injured; the front of th Mlatafs la-fiilch: mre 'contained Stone Hall, . several business offices. the lobby sftd the theater offices. AH the scenery of Paal Gilmore's company in "The Mummy and the. Humming jBird,! " a hich 'appeared at the house last evenihg.' had beert removed before the fire began. Loss, $35,000;" no insur ace.; v"V";'"1 ' " " T -'"" TRADE R?0RT GOOD iAcinc eoAst show up well DESPITE SLOWNESS OF " , ' -'- "TRAFFIC : ' . ' - NEW Y-ORl Oeti-a.Bradstreet's tomorrow. . will . say: The . best tradt advices, come from the Southwest! - .3 - -1. u V . . froiii th .esf,. .where, corn -is turning out oetterhan . expected; from the Ps- ciac coast, , wnere. traae. Is still un. fiualifledly, good despite, the . slowness .of the. new; wheat and other crops to j 1 move, and froml oortlona of thx Rmilh.1 move, and from" portions of .the. South. - - FOR LIBERTY 1 . Convicts In Utah Penitentiary i Attempt Delivery ; V , i - - . ?....-..-! - -St . - - " - DESPERATE FIGHT ENSUED - . ' - nilC rilMiUU fUUWUf A W U Guards Injured; Two Con- tlcts Escape OUTBREAK OCCURRED AS CON- WHEN : "TWO GUARDS WERE OVERPOWEREDESCAPES ARE BEING PURSUEa -j . . ; " -. . SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct. : As" the i result' of an attempt at a wholesale delivery of, prisoners at the Utah Pen itentiary, tonight. oae .prisoner-.was killed; one guard - was Wounded, another was . beaten almost into insensibility, three' prisoners Were wounded and two I others, under death sentences, escaped. The dead:'; - . . ; : , CONVICT FRANK DAYTON. : Wounded: ---v... : i . Guards Wilklns and Jacobs. ' Convicts1 Ed Mullan, Abe Majors and Harry-Waddell.; I5 Escaped: Nick Haworth and James fnch,- sentenced' to death. are seriously hurt! A' posse .of prison guards with several bloodhounds was promptly started on the trail of the trfc escaped convicts, but owing to the darkness and the wild nature of the county no results' arx looked for .to night. ; ' ' ";: ;:i ; 'The outbreak occurred this, evening just as the prisoners were being placed In their cells for the night by Guards Wilklns and Jacobs. Two of the pris oners overpowered. WUkins and Jacobs) the former being shot- and- slightly Wounded and the- latter frightfully beaten.- - -, ; The convicts released five other pris oners. , and the seven then compelled Guard Wilklns to march at their head e nd with the assistance' of ladders. tsscend nr st A the first c-enviet reat-het 'th loh lie guard who' w as' ori the wall opeixed fire, 4i nd the guards a-ho " were In . the offlce' hastened - to the''' scene. ; Guard Driggs- -reached f the wall Just , as Day loo and- Mullah were descending on the outside, 'i He-fired,1 killing Daytohl The second -shot' .'struck Maflan, '' " ,who 1 .The other five convicts had suceeed fed- in : reaching fhe -groand .Outside the waai'when they were fired upon -by the other,, guards. Major and ; Wendell was -T shot, . -"but', 'contlmjed his filpht. .ynch escaped uninjured, it is believed. Two of. the prisoners were armed with revolvers, r Where" they"' secured the iij GIRLS IN CANE RUSH FRBSHGIRLS" AND ! "SOPHS . BLACK EYES. PULL HAIR AND . -' V , TEAR CLOTHING; TOPEKA. Kan-Oct,-9, On the big sta,ge of the "Washburn College chapel. In front of ant tuidience of &00 people. lastnight. there was . fierce color fight between the girls of the freshmen and sophomore classes, in - which 35 sophomore girls . tried to "rush." 40 freshmeh girls off the platform.' Tables and chairs were overturned, the pres ident's chair " was smashed to pieces, clothes were torn, hats , were lost and eyes1 blackened. In the fierce rough and tumble fight. , 4 , in occasion was the annual cane rush, and the girls of the rival classes had been . trying for an,. hour to yell each; other .down from, the tops of the thapel seats. Suddenly . one of the t rehsmen girls . appeared on the plat form waving the, rival, class .colors. Then the.' claahi came. It wa4 at least twenty- .minutes before . . tbe faculty couid separate the two bands and re store peace. -J, j General Miles for 'president. . TOPEKA Kan Oct. t.The Topeka. Democratic Fhunbeau Club,, the. largest Democratic orgtanlxatlon in the state. has unanimously - endorsed!. General Miles for President. ; . r -.. SHRINERS AT ASHLAND FIFTY NEW MEMBERS ARE TO BE INITIATED THERE TO .. . NIGHT. - ' '.-j , The 'Mystic Shriners will hold forth In full force tonight In Ashland. The occasion is only an orrilnaj-v nuwlin or the local order, but fifty new mem I nrs are to be initiated that night and I they are going to snake the most of the occasion. Last nlht fifty? Shriners TrTm - fnrtlAJIsrl Wan nrann ihA. Aark j-jand tram.' and they were Joined In this city fcy Judge Geo. 1L Burnett; State Treasurer C. S.- Moore, of Sa lem, and: Banker H.' Hirschburg and Dr. OUs D. Butler and wife, of Inde pendence. .This is the ' first time in eight ye.ars v that " Portland Shriners have gone outside of Portland on. such an occasion. The Portland people were having a merry time on the trip.' uid as -the train passed Salem they ilium lnated the place with fireworks. . . In preparing shrimp for salad.' take out the intestinal vein, running down the" back of the shrimp, and remove any shells which may adhere. Pour boiling water over the shrimps and let stand lor nve minutes then drain and coou ftOBBEDr 21 G AME"AT ASTORIA. ASTORIA, Or, Oct- A 21 game at the. Sunnyside saloon' was -robbed on "vVednesday ,eenlng of 40-4n silver by bystander jvho was not noticed at the time.: IteH In the evening-a man .-, drunk, and when he was searcnea about 3 was found on) him. and as his general appearance aia noi war rant his having that much money, he was suspected of being the one who had robbed1 the gambling game. It proved subsequently, that the man had had been around, the saloon about the time of tine robbery. , He is. being neia to answer to the . charge of robbery. and the authorities believe that they can substantiate them. SIR THOMAS EMBARKS.. V NEW CORK.y.Oct. '.Slr Thomas Llpton sailed for England today ' on the Cedric. Sir Thomas said that, he was not feeling as well sis he looked1, but thait he expectedf to gain strength on his way to England.- - Sir Thomas bade : good-bye' to H".' IL 'Davies.' his agent irt this country, and Charles Webster: who were the - tmly persons at the dock to see him oft." He would not talk about the possibility of his challenging again for the $p? The Cedric also carried J. Coleman Dray ton. Hans Schwegg. Astro-Hungarian vice consul' at Chlcs!D P. P. White- aker. M. P. 5 and W. ' H. , Truesdale. president of the Delaware, .Lackawan na, & Western Railroad. TESTIFIES IN OWN BEHALF Murderer Tlliman Says He Expected Editor Gonzales To Shoot EDITORIALS AGAINST HIM HE AS " , BITTER , AND EDITOR WOULD ' REGARDED i THOUGHT . SHOOT HIM ON SIGHT DIDN'T FIRE SECOND SHOT. 1 LEXINGTON, S. C. Oct, 9. The ex- aminatlon ; of" James R. Tillman, who went on the stand during the last hour yesterday as a witness in his own bet half, was resumed Joday, 4 He . wall asked what impression was made upon him by the editorials written by Mr. Gonzales. He replied that they were intensely bitter. ...... ' , In reply tp questions, Tillman said he had been In such close places that he could not come , to Columbia and say what he had : sajd on : the stump. He said It had been reported to him that the opera . house . in Columbia, where he waato speak,, was to be packed, and he was not to be let . out alive, .v He stated that if that threat was carried out, it .would be. the most destructlYe tragedy i.in,. South Caro lina..- - . . - - .V ... Mr. Tillman, said he .. was. walking down the street.after the adjournment of , theState Senate. June ; 15 in com pany ." with r Senators ,Taiburn and Brpwn.,'. At the. transfer station be said he noticed Mr. Gonsales down . the street looking, at him. very lntently.l; He said .he (Tillman) had on his overcoat buttoned. . He. said- he never took his eyes off Gonzales, aiid that Gonsales did not take hiseyes.pff. him. ?.He said Mr. Gonsales had on an overcoat, light ly buttoned, wijtb hands, hi his pocketn, thumbs . sticking opt. . Gonzales -cut dlagnoaily' across in front of him. and the thumb of . his. right hand, disap peared in. his , pocKet. . .tfce said . ne thought Mr. Gonzales :. .was .j going , to draw a weapon, ajui he drew first, say Ing "I got your message. . Thenes sage, he said. ..referred to the state merits - reported to him by witnesses. These slatemebts . were to the effect that Gonzales said.. he had made Till man show th. white feather twice be fore, and would do it again. ,The defendant, said he did not fire a second shot, as Mr. Gonzales did not draw a plstoL On cross-examination the defendant said be had reason ro egpect, from -fhe moment he saw- Gonzales, that. Gon zales would shoot when. they met. He also said he sent word to Mr. Gonzales to come to the meeting -at the opera bouse in Columbia, .and make his Charges then, saying he did this so he could reply to them. .. , TO ASCERTAIN THE FACTS DISTRICT - ATTORNEiY. 1NVE3TI. GATING s CHARGES i - MADE . . AGAINST E. C. PARSONS. , As ia result of the charges made - hy Julia M. Parsons against her husband. 3- C. Parsons, in the complaint for. a divorce filed in the circuit '- court on September 29, in , which .she alleged mat ner husband . was .guilty of pur loining several articles' of jnerchandise from, the State Insane Asylum, while employed - Uiere as an . attendant, the matter has been brought to theatten Uon of District" Attorney Ilart; who is making an investigation of the matter If the charges are found to be true crininai proceedings : will no doubt be instituted against the accused. At the time the complaint was filed by. Mrs. Parsons, .the. Asylum authori ties detailed several officers of the in stitution to visit the dwelling house of Mr. and Mrs. Parsons for the purpose of identifying the. articles alleged to have been " stolen.. The merchandise, consisting pf frfankets, , .sheets , and other articles of bed clothing. Iwas found and;- takex back to - the AByrum, but when confronted. by the authori ties. Parsons denied his guilt and de clared, that the articles were taken to his house by some other party for the purpose of cashing a., reflectiau .Jtpon his character... ' ,.' " k , -; -ANOTHER BOTTLE HPAX. . NEW : YORK.' Oct .--If T a : bote which has been found -on the beach at Kew Rochelle, is genuine, the bottle which held. It had floated thous ands of miles from the Pacific Oceah, where It was thrown - - into the sea more than - a year ago b ysome ship-a-reckec saUors. - The note said: Shipwrecked- on island, 21 July, 1902. South Pacific 'Ocean. ' neighborhood 24:18:16V not far - from FIJI Islands. Whoever finds this document please send relief to party of eight. ' We re on the .brig' Helvetia II," please send help in, the warns of God. - - - v -"MARTIN. Mate Brig Helvetia II. No record of the Helvetia. II. -can be found. . . - Number 15 - ;' a . In tbe Smith Fruit Farm s one t the best In the tract. Almost 7 acres. 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