The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-30

ANOTHER THEORY.
PITTsBURa, Oct. 29.-The Chroni-
cle-Telegroph to-day prints q letter
from young American in London,
giving the theory and results Of an
investigation Of a London detective
in the Whitechapel murders who de-
clares that the'crimes were commit
ted by woman, or by a man dressed
in woman's clothes.
BUTLER GOING TO MICHIGAN.
LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 29.-Gen. B.
F. Butler left yesterday for Michigan
to stump the state for Harrison and
Morton.
LOST SCHOONER.
| SOUTHWEST HARBoR, Maine, Oct. %.
AN incoming schooner from New
York, reports that on the Oath she
saw an unknown schooner sink sud-
denly off Jeffrey's bank. It is be-
lieved all on board must have per-
ished.
DEATH OF JUDGE.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Judge VIM. K.
McAllister, of Applegate court, one
of the most noted of the bench OF
Illinois, died suddenly at his home in
Ravenswood this morning, of heart
disease, aged 70.
MORE YELLOW FEVER.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-Surgeon
Hutton. at camp Perry, Fla, and sur
geon Uuquhart, at Like Oak, Fla,
have telegraphed the surgeon-gen-
eral that they have undoubted evi-
dence of the existence of yellow fever
at Baldwin, Fla.
GONE TO WEST VIRGINIA.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 29-Judge
Thurman and party left for Wheel
ing, w. Va, this morning.
BANDIT KILLED.
HAVANA, Oct. 29-The famous
bandit, Victor Fiagoso, has been
killed and some of his companions
wounded by the civil guard.
AFFAIR DECISION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-In an opin.
ion rendered by justice Bradley in
the supreme courtSof the United
States to-day, he declared unconsti-
tutional all state laws imposing
| license tax on commercial travellers
not residents of the states imposing
them.
| ANOTHER CANDIDATE.
BOSTON, Oct. 20. - Twenty-one
women in convention yesterday nom
mated Miss Alice s. Stockton of
Wheaton, as the candidate of the
equal rights party for governor oi
Massachusetts. The candidate is 26
years Of age.
AN AGED MAN.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.-Nathanie
Wattes, aged SO years, died of pneu
monia in this city yesterday. He was
one of the patriots who on September
l3, 1914, repulsed the British attach
upon Baltimore.
RUMoRED SALE.
PUEBLO, Oct. 29.-It was rumored
here to day on good authority that OF
November lat the Missouri Pacific
will assume and take control of the
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Rail
road, the latter eing absorbed by th,
Gould system. 1t is also stated tha
larger shops will be built ut once fo
the consolidated roads at this poiu
and that the Fort Worth engines art
to be marked Missouri Pacific"
THE PoPE's COMPARISON.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-The Daily Tel
egraph publishes an interview will
the Pope, in which he refers to Kaise
| William as young man who, having
succeeded to the German throne
makes tour Of Europe, then visit
the Vatican and interrupts their pri
vate interview by suddenly introdu
cling his brother, Prince Henry, befor,
his Holiness had time to discuss
l,grave and important questions o
state and religion. The Pope draw
comparison between Emperor Fred
erick and the present ruler of Ger
many, very much to the latter's dis
advantage.
CENTRAL AMERICA.
Il PANAMA, Oct. 29. There Is NJ
doubt, if the utterances of the pres
be accepted as reflection of publ
opinion, the people of the Centra
American republics ardently desir
to effect the proposed union of th
five republics into one large nation
The only divergence of opinion in re
gard to the question is whether tn
union shall be confederacy. Th
preponderance of public opiniol
seems decidedly hostile to the federa
, form of union.
DYNAMITE IN POLITICS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The Pos
looks up the antecedents of Mez
zeroff, the dynamiter, who opened
school here to teach the use of dyns
mite in politics, and says his name
q Rogers. He was born in Belfast, an
was at one time practIcing phys
clan in California.
THE WHITE PASHA.
,l CAIRO, Oct. 29.-Dispatches frol
Wady Halfa state that the white ps