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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-09
EUGENEs TRIP ABANDONED.

ViIboria, September S.-The steamer
Bristol returned to port this morning
She started a week ago for St. Michaels
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-09
PAYS a DIVIDEND.

Portland. Or September S-The circuit
court today granted the receiver of the
Portland savings bank authority to pay
per cent dividend.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-09

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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-09
PRoHIRs CONVENE

Boston September S.-The prohibition
state convention today nominated Profess
sor y. Bascom for governor.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-09
NOTIoRi

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looks, Periodicals, Magazines. ~
are are MOTTO be Taken From The
ono 2-o'a,y : without permission. Any
'.,3', o,'e y ind 9 gully Of such offepse.
W''' be liable to prosecution.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
SPALDIEG FINALLY c0NKlcTED
Found Guilty of fmbezziing Vniyer-
sny Funds-6eary Frustrated
by the Verdict.

CHICAGO, Ill, July 31.-Charles
Spalding, ex-president of the Glove Saw
ings Bank and ex-treasurer of the State
University, was found guilty of the en-
bezzlement of university endowment
funds to-day. The prisoner was almost
Frustrated when the verdict was read. He
grasped a chair for support, and a few
minutes later was led back to his cell in
the CoInty Jail. Judge Horizons charge
was favorable to the prosecution. The
specific charge against the ex-banker was
the hypothecation of $4,000 worth OF
bonds belonging to the university. SpaId-
ing admitted having pledged them to the
First National Bank, but claimed in his
defense that he had used the money thus
secured to pay warrants drawn to meet
current expenses. There are still twenty
five indictments against Spalding.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
ATTACKED BY A MOB.
an Unpopular New York Policeman
loses His Prisoner, but Kills :.
an AssdiIant.

NEW YORK. N. Y. July 31.-Police-
man Thomas Devine was attacked by a
mob tonight while taking a prisoner TO
the station house, and in defending him.
self shot one of the mob dead. Devine
has been very unpopular on his beat, and
on several occasions, when he has made
arrests he has been attacked by crowd.
He arrested James Lynch tonight for
being drunk and disorderly. Before he
got far with his prisoner crowd sur.
rounded him and some one stoned him.
Cornelius O'Keefe thrice knocked De-
vines helmet off, the crowd finally wrest-
ing the prisoner away. Pestered beyond
endurance, Devine finally whirIed around
face to face with O'Keefe and shot him
through the heart. O'Keefe died instantly
Lynch had been hustled out of the way
and escaped. When O'Keefe fell the crowd
cleared out and in a very few moments
The street was deserted save for tie police
man and the corpse. Devine has been sus-
pended from duty and put under arrest
on charge of homicide.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
Missing Grace's Father
Also Mysteriously Dis
appears.
Citations and Warrants Fail to
ESta blish the Place of
His Hiding.
Possession of the Property to Be
Taken by the Sheriff Until an
Assignee Is Chosen.

BOSTON, MASS, July 3L-The mystery
of the disappearance of Grace Stevenson,
the millionaire heiress, who has not been
heard from for nearly four months, is now
complicated by the fact that her father
has vanished too. The court of insolvency
to-day granted the petition for warrant
in insolvency for James Stevenson. Sher-
iff O'Brien will at once take possession OF
all OF Stevenson's property which can be
found until an assignee is chosen at the
meeting of creditors, which is now set
for Friday, September 3.
Louisa Wilson and Sarah Kimball
obtained judgment against Stevenson in
the Municipal Court some time since for
S619, but when they came to levy they
were unable to find any property of his
which was not incum bered by attachment
or otherwise.
Their next step was to begin proceed
ings in the poor debtors court, where a
citation was issued, but when the time
arrived the officer was obliged to make a
return that he had been una Bile to obtain
service.
Stevenson, so far as the officers of the
law were concerned, had mysteriously
disappeared. Another citation was issued,
but he did not appear. Then a warrant
was issued for his arrest, but could not be
found. Mrs. Stevenson, the mother OF
the girl, has not given up the search, nor
have the Brookline police, but almost
every source of information has been ex-
hausted.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
InsMrnenfs Rntd q s,lburb.

NEW YORK, n. Y, July 31.-The Her
AIDS Havana special says: The details of
the attack on Havanas suburbs, which
were suppressed by Spanish officials on
Thursday after the attack. have now be-
come public. A band of 800 insurgents
under Colonels Delgado ami Acosta en-
tered Marianao, a suburb OF Havana,
Wednesday night.
They killed one Spanish officer and five
soldiers, wounded several Others, mscheted
the Mayor Of the town, plllaged and
burned six stores and carried away goods
to the value OF $15, 700: During the four
hours they were in the town they lost not
a single man. The Spanish officers who
should have been on duty were spending
the evening in Havana. They Will be
court -martialed
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
ALICE LED A
DUAL LIFE
Miss Barrett's Strange
Death Is Nearing
a Solution.
Now the Mother Admits the
Girl Must Have Commit :,
ted Suicide. ]
But There Remain Peculiar Cir
cumstanoes That Back Up the
Murder Theory. ~,

BOSTON, MASS, July 31.-The mystery
OF the death OF Alice Barrett, the type
writer and bookkeeper, seems to be near
ing solution. The fash of lightning
the smoke and the ensuing confusion
the case one of remarka BILE implications
have hidden the truth for week, but at
last it is growing sim pier. The mother of
the girl, who has proclaimed murder, at
last practically admits that the hand OF
her daughter must have pulled the trigger
that fred the bullet. Miss Barrett misled
and deceived Mrs Barrett. She told at
home how Miss Anita WheeIwright gave
her fine garments. 1t was not so.
She narrated the fairy tale of hiring the
suite for that same woman at the Thorn
cike. 1t was false. She declared that she
took $500 from the bsnk and loaned it to
Captain John Goldman; that was untrue
These lies were nailed to-day.
Alice was in moderate circumstances.
She loved to dress. She doubleday
aspired to be admired by young men OF
considerable means, who would be opbiy
attracted by fashionable clothing and
a lash of style. Her tastes were above her
condition in life, and all this on salary
of So per week. Ever since the tragedy it
has been supposed that when the girls
mother would divulTe the secret of the
identity of the man to whom her daughter
loaned that fatal $500 which disappeared
the mystery would be solved.
| The mother obstinately refused to do so /;
finally she admitted it was Captain John
Goldman, the weII-known author.
But Captain Goldman denies the story
altogether. She did not lend him cent.
| The poor girl spent the money and de.
ceived her mother with this yarn. This
afternoon Marshal Whtcomb stated that,
owing to the fact that $500 in cash and a
check for $35 are missing, he is notyet sat
isfied that Miss Barrett really com mmitted
suicide. II there was murder done the
murderer was the incendiary. ana the
Marshal wishes 10 satisfy himself whether
or not the incendiary is at large.
The other new evidence of murder is
which was found inside her pocket-book
| to-day. She could not have put it there
after she shot herself dead. Did a MUIR
derer's hand place it there? Ii has also
become known that Miss Barrett quite
often remained away from home mig hts
Mrs. Barrett always supposed she was at
Miss Wheelwrights house, but for three
nights she stayed at the Thorndike. She
was not with Miss Wheelwright at all,
| the latter says.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Hans
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
Warns Them Against the
Trickery of Spanish
Agents.
Autonomy Cannot Be Ac-
cepted by the Men Battling
for Freedom.
Home Rule Proposals Must Be Re-
Jeoted, as the War VIII Soon
End in independence.

HAVANA, CUBA, July 31.-Ouban secret
agents in all the principal towns of the
island held by the Spanish have received
letters from Gomez encouraging them to
continue their work in behalf of the army
of liberation. Similar encouragement has
been sent to Cubans abroad
This is the time says Gomez in one
of these addresses, when the faith of
Cubans in the coming triumph should be
stronger than ever. 1 hav. positive in
formation that The Spaniards themselves,
or at least the honest elements among
them, realize their war is hopeless, and
that the best thing to do is 10 give Cuba
up. l have confidence in the patriotism
of Cubans, but wish to warn them against
the willy diplomacy of the Spanish Gov
ernment.
Il wish them to know in the island and
abroad that any reports that we will accept
home rule is absolutely false, and believe
Canovas' scheme of reforms and the au-
tonomist declarations OF Sagasta are only
last desperate efforts of Spanish rulers to
win by base triokery now they know they
can't win by force"
The general has also declared in official
letters to Cuban delegates in the United
States that any home-ruie proposals must
be rejected without a moments attention.
1t is generally believed in Havana since
the failure of the Spaniards to induce Go
mez to accept home rule that secret agents
have been sent to New York to ascertain
the sentiments of the Cuban Junta and try
TO induce them to accept autonomy.
An expedition from Jamaica under COM
mand OF Colonel Uupotec landed safely q
week ago in the province OF Santiago de
Cuba.
NEW YORK, N. Y, July 3l.-Estrada
Palma, the Cuban delegate here. confirms
the foregoing news. The treasurer of the
Junta has received letter from General
Gomez, in which he says:
Il EN- brace you heartily, ana all other
friends there. Work as you have been
doing and as we have been doing here.
The end is approaching. Have faith and
hope"
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
MAY BE GIVEN HIS PASSPORT.
Minister Rodryuez's Interference
With This Gountry's hfairs Makes
Him Very Unpopuiar.

NEW YORK, N. ". July 3l.-The
Worlds Washington special says: Senor
Rodriguez, Minister of the Greater Re-
public of Central America, may be given
his passports as a result of alleged undue
interference in the affairs of the Unit ed
States. The protest of Nicaragua against
the reception of Captain Merry as the
representative of this Government has
again brought to the surface the dissatis-
faction heretofore felt at the action oi
Rodriguez.
His letter to the State Department
while the Nicaragua canal bill was under
discussion in the Senate, coupled with
several unguarded interviews at that time,
irritated a number of Senators and
brought forward the suggestion that the
Minister in his antagonism to the canal
had exceeded the bounds of diplomacy.
Friends of the Nicaragua canal now be-
lieve that Rodriguez, who is at home on
three months leave, is responsible for the
objections flied against Merry, and they
are convinced that the Minister prefers to
have the canal constructed by English
capital In such an event an understand
ing has been reached that the Senate will
consider the advisabilty of requesting
the President to cease recognizing Rodri-
guez as Minister, and it is believed the
President would promptly respect an inti-
nation of this kind.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
Resurrected by a Story
Of a Woman's Con-
feSsion.
Murder Of DR.. Burdell, a New
York Dentist, in January,
1887
Publicity Given an Alleged Secret
Which Is Dissected by Ex-
Mayor Hal.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 31.-Dis-
patches from Chicago say that William
Wood. after iealously guarding the secret
for ten years. mas made public the confes-
sion of Mrs. Emma Cunningham, that
she murdered DR.. Harvey Burd ell, New
York dentist, on January 80. 1857. The
alleged confession is said to have been
made to Woods mother years ago. Mrs.
Cunningham was Burdell's housekeeper.
According to her confession she and her
lover, John Eckel, a wealthy leathe er man
ufacturer, killed him as he lay see ping in
his operating chair. Mrs. Cunningham
was tried for the crime, but exonerated,
ard it has since remained one of the
greatest murder mysteries of the metropo-
lis.
Regarding the alleged confession, ex-
Mayor Oakley Hall, who was prosecuting
attorney at the time, said tonight he was
sure that Mrs. Cunningham had never
confessed. He said: aside from that,
there are other flaws in the story. 1t says
that Mrs. Cunningham died in 1887 in this
city. Ex-Police Inspector DllKs, who
worked up the case against Mrs. Cunning
ham, told me not over two weeks ago that
he had recently met Mrs. Cunnin Q ham in
San Francisco. She told Dilks that she
had married wealthy copper-mine owner
in Lower California and was living in
luxury. Eckel established complete
alibi. He was a lodger in DR.. Burdelr g
house, on Bond street. He showed be-
yond shadow of a doubt that he was
not in Burdell's house or near it on the
nj ipht of the m n rd ar
''This story says Burdell was choked,
There was not mark on his body to indi-
cate that he had been. Every body who
knew the inside history of the case be-
lieved that Mrs. Cunningham had COM
mitted the murder, assisted by DIR. Uhl,
also lodger In the house, who commit
ted suicide in the Andes shortly after.
Eckel died several years ago."
The attempts of Mrs. Cunningham to
claim the estate of DR.. Burdell by alleging
marriage to him and her efforts to palm
off bogus heir to the estate caused q
great sensation, which was intensified
later by her confession of the fraud.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
ROBBERY OF
OCEAN MAILS
Registered Letters Are
Stolen En- Route for
Sweden.
inspectors Are as Yet Unable
to Definitely Fix the
Responsibility. =. ...=.. +. !.
Governments VIII Have to Co.
operate to Prevent the Looting
of Sea Postoffioes.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 81 For two
months Postoffice Department inspectors
have been trying to solve the mystery OF
the robbery of European mails in the lat
ter part OF May The erort reached the
Postotfice Department at Washington
Friday that two men are under suspicion.
The manner in which the robbery was
committed shows great carelessness in
handling sea mails, and may lead to q
conference between the United States
postoffice authorities and those of Euro
pean governments, particularly Germany
to devise means for better SAFE guarding
the mails
Among the mail received at the New
York Postoffice on May 18, was a package
of ninety-tw regi tered lie e.ters. from st.
Louis. consigned to town in the south
western part of Sweden. The packages
was safely delivered on the North German
Lloyd liner Saale. but when the mail was
unloaded at Bremerhaven several letters
in this package were missing. 1he sort
ing OF the mail on shippoard Is in charge
OF representative OF the German Post
office Department named Rant and a rep
resentative of our Postofice D epartment
named McCann.
The pouch containing the registered
letters from ST. Louis was put in the post
office-room on board the ship, the key to
which was kept by German chief mail
clerk named Bruggerman. When the
Saale arrived at Bremerhaven the mails
were taken off in tug and loaded on a
train. Bruggerman rode in the mail car
as far as Bremen. The train reach d tn ere
May 81. There it was discovered that two
pouches, one containing newspapers for a
town in Germany and the other contain
ing registered letters for Sweden, were
missing. They were found ON the tug.
The registered mail pouch was empty.
The bag had been cut, the letters rem owed
and the cut sewed up. The inspectors
were unable, from the statements of
Bruggerman, Ranft or Mccain, to fix the
possibility.
Bruggerman and Ranft refused to
answer questions, saying they could only
do so when directed by the Germ an Gov
ernment. The American clerk, Mccain,
according to Brugg erman and Ranft, did
only what he was told TO do He had
made only two trips on the vessel an d
was not thoroughly familiar with the
WORK.
. As yet the value OF the letters stolen
can only be guessed The authorities say
it is several thousand dollars. A similar
robbery occurred on the Saale TWO years
ago. The thieves were never detected.
The authorities are convinced there is a
gang organized for the purpose of robbing
International sea po-toffices. They will
request the German Pcs office to co-op-
crate to catch the thieves
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
KING GEORGE MAY ABDicATE.
Promises to Make Grave Statement
If the Powers Take Control of
Greece's finances.

BERLIN, GERMANY, July 31.-The Post.
known as the EN- bassadors' organ, says
Russia and Germany have pressed Greece
to submit to the scheme of international
control of her finances, and that the
Grecian Premier replied that Greece would
never accept the control proposed. but
would help herself.
- PARIS, FRANCE, July 31.-An Athens
dispatch says in the event of the powers
establishing a control of the Greek
finances, King George will make state
ment of exceptional gravity. This is con-
strued to mean his abdication.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
PANIC lmoNG STUDENTS.

De Pautc Unioerstty Set on Fire and
Destroyed BY Lightntng
NEW ALBANY, IND. July 31.-During
heavy thunderstorm that passed over
this place this morning one of the build
ings of De Pauw University was struck
by lightning and set on fire. For a while
there was great panic among the stu
dents, but fortunately there was no loss
of life, although several OF the INN ates
of the building we're considera bly injured.
The building that was struck was en-
tirely destroyed by the fire resulting. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, but it is
doubtful if that amount will replace the
building and its contents.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
Cnnouns Is Confdenk.

HAVANA, CUBA. July -31.-Canovas,
according to dispatches from Madrid, has
declared that important negotiation will
soon be established with the American
Minister in favor of Spain. The Spanish
Prime Minister declares also that the Gu
ban war will end in March, $685. in tri-
umph for the Spanish army.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
LONDoN-pEkING rIhErLBLE,
Lfberinn RGilroad Directors Are FtJur
t1s0 for Years ahead.

LtOeTtdn hGtTodd Directors Are EtDur-
t's0 for Fears Ah"nd.
LONDON, ENG. July 31.-The directors
of The Siberian Railroad are already fig
uring on a timetable from London to
pekin, which is to go into effect in July,
1901. The journey will occupy less than
fifteen days. Russian trains are much
slower than the west European systems
The present time is thirty-eight days by
Suez canal and twenty-eight days By Can
adian Pacific Railroad.
If an eighty -kilometer speed on the Os-
tend Warsaw section could be main tain ed
throughout, the journey might be accom-
plished in seven and half DAYS. Making
every allowance for the difficulties OF high
speed across the Siberian steppes, there is
a large margin tor improvement on the
estimated forty-Jwo kilometers, or twenty
six miles an hour, from Chelybinsk to
Vladiyostok. From the latter city Peking
will be reached by the Manchurian road.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
TO lxrERpIEW sAL1sBURY.
The American BimetalHc Communion
=" HopeJut" of Results.

The dmertcdn Bimetdifc Communion
HopeJut" of Results.
LONDON, ENG, July 3l.-The Ameri-
can BimetallIc Commission has about fin
ished its London efforts. The mem bers
will have an interview with Salisbury at
the END of next week, when some definite
announcement will be made of what Great
Britain is willing to do for bimetallism
The Commissioners then go to Berlin
and ST. Petersburg Wolcott and ex-
Vice-President Stevenson express them
selves hopeful of the result OF their
arguments on the British Foreign Secre-
tsry, but they are absolutely ignorant as
to the real intentions of Salisbury.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
BOATING ON The MoNoNaAHELA

Ercursfon of Foun0 Peoples Alliance
Delegate, at rihsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa, July 31.-A boat
ride on the Monongahela River took up
the time of the delegates to the biennial
convention of the Young Peoples Alli-
ance OF the Evangelist Association this
morning, and no business session was
held. At the afternoon session Rev.
Theodor Gaeher of Cleveland read a
paper on "The Mission of the Young Pc o.
ple's Alliance in Large Cities.
The rest OF the session was taken up
with discussion led by Rev. G. A.
Thomas of Cleveland and Rev. L. H.
Saeger OF Akron, o iio, on 81 The Best
Methods OF Work in Order to Carry Out
the Aims of the Organiza ton"
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
BURNED BY KOENrGES RArs.
MISE Mo Donald Seeke Damages for Hei
1erribIe Injuries.

Mtss mcDOHdt0 SeeEe manages JOT HeT
Terrible Injuries.
NEW YORK, N. Y, July 31.-Miss
Josie Mcdonald, who was badly burned
by Roentgen rays, has placed her case in
the hands of lawyers and will seek dam
ages for injuries. Her condition is still
serious.
DR.. Griswold, the family physician, says
that never in his experience has he seen
such terrible burns. From the top OF
Miss McDonald's head to the wrist on the
left side, which was exposed to the X
rays, the skin is gone completely, and the
flesh looks as though it had been roasted.
The victim endures terrible agony con-
stantly.
She is deaf in the left ear, and whether
she will regain her hearing is matter. of
con lecture. Drs. Shields and JernIgan,
dentists, took her to DR.. NJ. ]. CConnell
to. have x ray photograph made of her
left jaw to locate the cause OF my teri
Gus pain. Two lengthy exposures were
made.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
Eynnoe,i,t Moody Ab9.tto to B,t,r,

TORONTO, ONT, July 31-It is re-
ported that Evangelist Dwight L. Moody
will soon retire from active work and tn
his successor will be Rev William Patter-
son, pastor of Cooks Presbyterian Church.
Toronto. Patterson took very active
part in the meetings conducted in Toronto
by Moody couple of years ago. After
that he assisted Moody in series CT meet
ings at Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
Mtnht BE Andres,. Bnr,aon.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, July 3l.-Eleven
steamers which shortly leave for the
Yenisei River will make = tn orough search
of the White Sea for an object seen float
ing by the captain of the Dutch steamer
Dordrecht, which it is surmised night be
the balloon in which Andree started for
tn e north pole.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
APPAL1Ise FLOODS IN EUROPE.
Hundreds of Persons Drotcned and I'M
nlense Irncfs Dernstated.

LONDON, ENG, July 31.-Dispatches
from various Continental news centers
confirm the reports of the appalling ex-
tent of the floods in Prusslan Sflesia and
consequent large loss of life and almost
incalculable destruction of property. Hun
dreds of persons have been drowned and
immense tracts of country submerged.
Dispatches from Vienna report the drown
ing of large num ber of persons in ad ja-
cent provinces. A dispatch from st.
Petersburg says that $50 persons have
perished in the foods of Southern Russia.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
Ito usu zoatn yi.,s This Country.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 31.-Consul-
General Uchida OF Japan was informed
to-day by cablegram that Marquis Ito
would visit this country next month. Ito
attended, the Jubilee ceremonies as one OF
the suite of Prince Takehito. Special En-
bassador from Japan. After the jubilee
Ito started on tour OF Europe. He will
not stop over while here, but proceed
straight to Vancouver.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
an Fo.!er Leay.s England for Home.

LONDON, Enc, July 31.-John W.
Foster left for New York by the st. Louis
from Southampton this morning.
EN- bassador Hay and the mem bers of
the United States Embassy were at Wafer
loo station to bid him farewell. Prince
Chang Yen Hoon, the special Envoy of
China to the jubilee festivities, is also a
passenger by the ST. Louis.