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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
Reliance Sets
'----sv--~~
by the Bow

Bristol. h. l., April 15.-with the
mainmasts and most Of its rigging in
place and the bowsprit attached. the
bow of the cup defender Reliance has
settled and she floats now with the
bow much lower than the after part.
Even when the main boom is on board,
and the boat attains her designed bali
lance, 1t is thought that she will still be
distinguishable from the other sO-foot-
ers at distance by a dip forward. IL
seems certain that she has lower free
board than the Constitution by at least
six inches.
The riggers are at work rigging up
double bob stay which Is somewhat
of an innovation In cup defenders.
An extra set of spars, including the
gaff, boom and mast, exact duplicates
of the ones now aboard. are being made
for the yacht.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
Mob Lynches . Negro Charged
With Murder While Sober
Citizens Protested.
CITY ATTORNEY ENTERS PLEA
Policeman Had Been Murdered
and Rage Of a Mob Was
Vented on Negro.

Joplin, Mo-. April l5,--An infuriated
mob took Thomas tiilyard. tramp Me-
gro, from the City JAIN tonight and
hanged him to q telegraph pole The
negro was charged with having MUIR
derad Policeman Leslie, who was shot
dead last night in the Kansas City
Southern Railway yard while endeav-
oring to arrest several negroes suspect
ed Of theft.
Leslie had ordered a number Of ne
groes who had taken refuge In u box
car, to surrender. and when they fall
ed 10 do SO he fired several shots al
the car. During the shooting a negro
slipped from the car and coming up be-
hind the officer shot him through the
head.
The city attorney pleaded with the
mob to allow the law to take Its course,
but without avail. A number OF men
seized the negro and pulled to prevent
him being hanged. For some moments
il was a veritabie tug Of war, but re-
enforcement Of the free end OF the rope
proved stronger, and the negro was
finally swung up.
The lynching OF the Negro served
to only temporarily satisfy the indigna-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
Hisest Tide in
Many Years

New York, April i5.-.All along the
coast the flood and storm was the
worst In years, At Atlantic city and
Asbury Park, the severest Northwestern
that has visited that part of the Jer-
sey Coast since 1898 has been raging
for "a hours. The tide at o'clock last
night was the highest that has been
known for Is years.
Huge breakers are crashing against
the piling beneath the piers and pavil-
ions, and In some places the board
walk, with tremendous force. Heavy
timbers have been ripped up by the in
cessant bombardment Of the waves and
carried out to sea,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
Lantern Starts q Blaze AT Beau
mont That Caused Million
Dollar Loss.
NO EFFORT TO ExTlNGUlsn
Three Blocks We're Destroyed and
Many Derricks Went Up
In Smoke and Flames.

beaumont, April i5.--A lire Oh Spin
lie Top, which started at / o'clock
this morning, did damage that il e.
timated at from ss0e.G0o 10 si.0eo.0oo.
Two hundred and sixty-five derricks
were lost Two hundred rigs were on
the producing wells. The fire started
from a lantern at the Caldwell on Com
pany's we'll The ilywheel .of the en-
gine struck the lantern and ignited the
derrick and the flames spread with
tremendous rapidity, three blocks Nos.
IS, 81 and %. being In ashes by .
O'Clock. No efFogF was amde to ex-
tinguish the fire. for II was impossible
20 get with a hundred feet OF the
flames. No one vas injured.
II Is estimated that two-thirds Of the
companies In the burned district will
be unable to recover from the damage
done BY the fire.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
Trade Of Central and Southeastern
Oregon Will Not Be Lost
to Other Points.
Good News From the Representative Of Chamber
ofCommerce Gains Valuable Concessions
for Oregon Metropolis.

Portland April 5T. b. Wilcox, who went to New York
representative the Portland Chamber Of Commerce for the
Of interviewing H. Hartman regarding the construction Of rail
road from point the r. n line into Central and South
Oegona today wired that his mission successful and that the
O. r. N Co will construct the road within short time.
This announcement it is believed BY merchants here, will
for Portland the trade Of Central and Southeastern Oregon which
feared would be diverted San Francisco Salt Lake
road built from the Southern Pacific the Oregon Short Line
into Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
FOUND DEAD on THE STREET
Ed Sesetom Of the Worlds Fair Saloon Died Suddenly Last Night
mo Violence Was Done-Was Lying Opposite Astoria
Hotel Where He Had Fallen While Enroute
S-aA.~+
for His Home AT Midnight Z

eenth and had reached the block when
he fell, His hat was still upon his
head when the body was found by par
ties going home from the bali at Han
thorns hall. Near 1t lay bundle of
clothes which he was carrying home for
Mr. sandberg, who is bound for Alas
ka on the Berlin
The body was taken at once to the
coroner's office. Two gold watches,
some checks and several dollars In mon
ey were In the pockets.
MIR Segerstrom was born in Holtlax
Sweden, in 1861, and about u year ago
was married. He was member OF
the Improved Order OF Redmen.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16

The body OF Ed Segerstrom senior
proprietor OF the Worlds Fair Saloon.
corner OF Fourteenth and Commercial
Streets. was found lying on the
sidewalk on Seventeenth Street, oppo-
site the Astoria Hotel at Il o'clock
last night,
The coroner was unable last night to
ascertain the cause OF his death. II
was evident that II resulted from nat
ural causes. as his vatuables had not
been molested.
MIR. Segerstrom left the saloon after
II o'clock, intending to go 10 his resi-
dence on Exchange Street, near Eight
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
Held Up a
Mail Carrier

Oregon City, April 15.--An unknown
man held up a mail carrier near Eagle
Creek this afternoon. He cut open
the pouch and secured registered
package. Then he ordered the carrier
to. proceed and disappeared in the
woods.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
Directed Murder
Of General Otis

Washington, April l5.-while ex-
aminIng the papers captured from Fill
ipino Insurgent Agents, Captain John
NJ. Taylor Of the Fourteenth Infantry
has discovered remarkable document
endorsed the back with directions to
kill General Otis. That endorsement,
Captain Taylor insists, is in the hand
writing Of Agulnaldo, the lnsurgent
chief
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
FOR GOVERNORS EXPENSE.

Albany prll 16.--A bin appropriating
$4,000 for the expense of the trip to St.
Louis Fair April 27. of Governor odell.
his staff, and regiment Of State Mill
tia was passed by the Senate today.
The measure had previously passed
the assembly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
wARsHIP FAR INLAND.

Evansville, Ind, April -. The Unit
ed States monitor Arkansas arrived
here today. She Is the FIRST modern
warship to come up the Ohio as far as
Evansville, The Arkansas will take
part in the Worlds Fair dedication at
ST. Louis.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
NEW CATTLE DISEASE.

Helena, April 15. .--Ranchers in the vi
cinity of Augusta are suffering great
loss through the appearance of q mys-
terlous disease which Is killing cattle
by the hundreds. The disease gener-
ally kills In few hours.
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HE REVIEWED THE SERMON.
Sporting Reporter Takes the Place q
&: the 1heolooical ExnAr+

Sporting Reporter Takes the Place Of
o. the Theological Expert.
The theological reporter being out
of the city, the sporting editor was
sent to church, with instructions to
carefully review the sermon that was
to be preached by an eminent visit
ing divine. The sporting editor was
up against a hard proposition, but he
proceeded to make good as follows:
The weather was perfect, and the
grandstand and bleachers were
packed. The Rev. DR.. Blanketyblank
was in the box for the Unitarians,
and he certainly had everything in
the book. When he tackled the New
Jerusalem he used the slow ball artis-
tically, but when he warmed up on
hades he had speed to burn and
whipped them over like q shot. He
had swell control, and never lost sight
OF the plate for minute, especially
after it had been passed around.
"The choir did good deal of root,
ing from the players bench, and. oc.
casionally voice from the bleachers
yelled 'Amen!' Although it was an
extra inning game, he never let. up
for a minute, and had the visitors
properly hooked up throughout, put.
ting some of them to sleep. If he
can only keep up the. pace the big
league for him next season. !''-M1l.
waukee Sentinel. s..
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WHY IT DIDN'T WORK.
7ulIheadedness Of Millionaire Backer
Spoiled Good Thina.

7ullheadedness OF, Millionaire Backer
Spoiled Good Thing. :
when l was young" remarked the
seedy man, 81 was an inventor. And
one day when I had the disease badly
I invented q machine which l called
Mother, dear because it would call
you carly. It was a clockwork ar
rangement which was meant to stand
by your bedside, and at whatever
time in the morning it was fixed for
it would drag you out of bed and force
you into your clothes. There were a
lot of other things attached to it as
well, such as machine which would
black your boots and an arrangement
for making cup of coffee and frying
bacon, and so on. Well, got it all
completed at last, and it worked beau
tifully; and then I got a millionaire
to come and look at it, so that he
might find the capital to put it on the
market
Well,' said the listener, breaking
in upon the silence; didn't it work."
"Yes," replied the inventor sadly;
''it worked very we'll. But that. idiot
of millionaire insisted on trying it
himself; and he laid down on the
bed the wrong way: for the machine,
so 80 thatsi dFagged him out the wrong
way up, and the boot-brushing appar-
atus got to work on the top of his
head, while the other end poured hot
coffee down the leg OF his trousers,
and when he finally got free, he broke
up my humble little home with the
patent. That discouraged me, and I
haven't invented anything since.
Ah-h!"
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an introduction; had called and made
himself as agreeable as he could.
Shortly afterWard, having served
his apprenticeship on that particular
round of the ladder, he left "the road"
to become one of the company
OF course they Correspondents
desultory exchange of remarks about
the weather; had she read such and
such a novel? and papa's health. Un-
til one day letter came-the old
colonel had responded to "taps."
Jane was going back to her people. Il
am all alone in the world" she wrote.
It had been particularly trying
day with Caruthers. In the first
place he had met Muriel in the morn
ing, on his way to business, out walk
ing with that pocket edition." the
sight of which always irritated him,
carrying as it did in it's sturdy little
body the infinite presence of that
other one.
Caruthers could not understand for
the life of him what Muriel saw in that
boy to be so fond of him.
He received Annabel's letter just
before noon, and all the rest of the
day he kept the picture of her in his
mind as he had first seen her on the
shaded streets, with her tender. be-
loved charges.
Far from the maddening crowds
ignoble strife" he quoted softly, as he
boarded the first train, and some
hours later found himself in the little
Kentucky hamlet where dwelt his
ideal. He brought her back with him,
his bride. Her picture face and in
genue manners won for her immediate
popularity among certain effete ones
of his SET Sorry little ideal. Unable
to gauge CIR properly weigh the unac.
customed attentions.
Coming home from his Office one
evening Caruthers found note on his
dressing table, addressed to himself
in the wavering, childish handwriting
he knew as his wife's. 1t read:
-"Forgive me, Jack! l never, loved
you. You took me from the life
hated. I hated everything; l believe
even hated my father, but most OF
all I hated those children! Harry and
l expect to be happy together. Good
by. .Annabel." 'z~~~. II. ~.
"Harry!" he whispered; Harry
Williams!" - ..:~'~ -.
Like a flash it came to him. The
import of Williams dislike fol. Muriel
Wyndham. Her avoidance of him. ::
1T is all my fault" he said, crush.
ing the paper in his hand. Il have be:
trayed my trust and my trust has
been betrayed. insisted on Mur;el's
receiving him. ! bep1ight him here! "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-19
Young Old People Of To-day.

. People quit: growing old at 40 half
a century ago. They quit it when
they ceased thinking themselves old
at 40, ceased dressing old at 40, not
to speak of drinking themselves: old
at 80: The young man Of 50 or 60
now wears the natty sack tweeds: or
serges that his son or grandson ears, "a !,
topped on with a *jaunty hat. He goes
to baseball the races; he keeps up
with the procession and is Ml%in for "a
good time in moderation, healthfully.
The young woman with him IN white
or. colors, with the gay hat, who has
the manners Of q youthful, but. self,
respecting girl Of 20 in the last cen.
tury, is his wife, perhaps q grand
mother, but none the less young and
happy yet. They feel young, they
dress young. they believe themselves
young by the. Great i Horned sspoo,nii
they are young - LouisYills Herald
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The Second Half

To lounge dejectedly in his chair,
gazing pensively at the mantelpiece,
had become one of Bob's daily occu-
pations. Perhaps the white letters,
WrEL:L-ES-LE-Y,' standing out con-
spicuously on q pennant in the center
had fascinated him. Perhaps the mere
knowledge that she had given it to
Elm made Fate seem less cruel.
Pc, that as it may, the Wellesley
sDennant held the: place Of honor in the
room. the: spot wherein the football
players heart had hitherto stood.
A long row; of pretty faces reaching
across the wall told their own story
Of 2 brief reign. And now, where each
In turn had stood, hung an inanimateI
pepnant. ::.>:....
Tom was rudely:- recalled from
dreauland by a knock at the door.
. "Come int" he shouted, inhospita-
bly, and without looking around.
Whats up, Bob?" inquired Ned
Summers, entering the room in foot
bali attire. why are you incoming
around here? The fellows are wait,
ing,,. ,..s >..,; .:.ly- i; :: ::
!; Hasglanced about 81 the room for
5sone expl4natt of oh,ssaeatfI
mental disturbance. -.
Hang football" was the uncivil re-
sponse.
Ned vented his feelings by whistle
Of surprise.After a minute he laid q
hand on Bob's shoulder.
whats the matter, old chap?" he
asked. do you want those fellows to
wipe us OF the face of the earth on
Saturday? One might think so from
the way you've played this fall. I'd
suggest that you were in love, but
hello!" ..,.
His eye fell on the pennant on the
mantel. where's her picture? Who.
is it now?"
That's the question-where is it?
She didn't give me one."
Bob's detected air was so unusual
as to cause Ned to look curiously at
him.
II say, Bob, is your brain affected?"
he asked, half seriously.
mo; tell you, Ned, it's my heart.
I'm hard hit"
"Why don't you tell herr"
why don't you ride to the moon in
an auto?" Evidently there were rough
spots in Bob's temper.
Come, Bob, what's it all about?"
Ned's expression was one of bewilder-
ment.
II tell you, she won't, listen to me.
met her at Green Lake in August.
She spent the summer there with her
mother, and on the afternoon of the
night she was to leave I tried to tell
her all about 1t, only to become en-
tangled In one Of those sarcastic con-
versations which ended in quarrel.
To cool of went out for a turn in
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She Wanted to Know.

Among the fads of the Hon. Benja-
min F. Tracy at his fine farm in
Tioga county was the breeding of
pigs which had something more than
a local reputation as pork producers,
so that fancy prices we're paid for
hams and bacon from "the Tracy
hogs" One day party OF young
people were shown around the place,
fair bud being the ex-secretary's
companion. She seemed intensely in
terested in the animals, so much SO
that Mr.. Tracy asked he~ about it.
well, I'm very curious you know,
and I'm eager to find out which one of
the famous Tracy hogs it is that fur
nishes the boneless n!"-New
York Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-19

Suddenly queer, s:.ecstatics little.
crow, a sort of gurgle of 1ey% came
from the room beyond. Heirfshed.
toward the sound and a moment later
emerged with 4 bundle Of something
in long. white skirts and topped BY =:
bald little head. It clutched tightly q
bottle half filled with milk.
He stopped mechanically and picked
up the crumpled note that had fallen
on the floor, and spread it out. so
he could read it again. At the bot
tom there was scraw1ed line he had
failed to see the first time:
Il have taken Sarah, the maid with
me-" -,
Numbed, dazed, his mind refused to
grasp the situation. He raised his
eyes DULY. The small figure, still
hugging its source of sustenance
dropped against his shoulder asleep.
His half conscious vision halted at
a photograph which for some reason
Annabel had always kept standing on
her desk-Muriel Wyndham.
In the old days Caruthers had al.
ways taken his hopes, his ambitions,
his griefs, and laid them at the feet
Of Muriel Wyndham. So, now, as by
mere force of habit-certainly there
was no illumination in that stricken
face--he carefully wrapped the limp
little body in a great fleecy robe and
hood which he found on hook be.
hind the door, and, still with the air
of one without will, he turned of the
light and went out.
Jack Caruther's walked steadily
along in the dusk of the summers
evening, holding closely his precious
bundle, until he reached the residence
of Muriel's uncle. Muriel herself stood
at the gate t.,
IL was expecting Ted," she said
by way of explanation. do you know
he thinks the world of little tom and
Tommy just worships him.
"Muriel! Muriel!" said Caruthers,
thickly.
He thrust the crmpled note into her
rand and she read it by the waning
light.
She stood for a moment, with
averted face, irresolute, the evening
breeze tossing the lace scarf at her
throat, her white gown drifting about
her.
Jack" she said, jerkily, using the
parlance of her college boy brother,
"you-you-you got what was coming
to you!" /
She turned swiftly, making to go in.
ito the house; but stopped as suddenly,
l. The floating ends OF her scarf had
scaught on thing and hecket1aAert
flight. She put up her hand sto@ loosen
the obstruction and touched some.
thing warm and sofa tiny baby fist
clutchlng tightly the hlmy meshes Of
lace. A pair Of blue eyes-Annabel's
eyes, a little rounder, scarcely NOR
infantile in expression-gazed un.
winkingly into her own. The tiny fin
gers chung persistenly to her scarf.
She stretched out her arms sud.
denly, peremptorily.
"Give her to me-" she cried in q
voice that was still a sob.-Chicaso
Tribune.
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Notwithstanding that relatives, mu.
tual friends, society, and the world
in general had selected Muriel Wynd-
ham as the future Mrs. Jack Caru-
thers, no intimatiOn of such pOssi-
bility had ever come to notice on the
part Of the two persons most con-
cerned.
OF truth there was certain physi.
cal resemblance, which may have held
its own occult explanation. Brown
hair, with glints of red; hazel eyes,
heavily lashed, except that the one
pair that looked into the other pair
had deeper, darker light, the differ
ence of it's own tenderer sex, or, per-
haps, a rarer nature.
But Muriel Wyndham-well, Harry
did not like her for one thing. Be-
sides there had been some one else.
Muriel had been widowed at 10.
When the sound of that terrific ex-
plosion in Havana harbor had rever-
berated through the hearts of men,
young Tom Wyndham was one of the
first to enroll with the volunteers.
There had: been romantic, flight to
the Gretna Green across the state
border
They had run away and got mar
led" had promptly confessed, and
were as promptly forgiven by over
indulgent parents, as we'll as the
equally indulgent uncle with whom
Muriel and her younger brother had
always made their home. So when
Tom Wyndham steamed away on the
special with his regiment, he left be-
hind wife instead of sweetheart
to wait and watch for his return
But that was long ago, as. youth
counts the years, and had it not been
for that extremely small person, 'The
Pocket Edition of Tom Wyndham," as
Muriers uncle called him, Jack might
have been able to forget that other
But forever that soldierly figure,
which his mortal eyes had never be.
held, loomed up before his mental
vision whenever he thought of Muriel
and the gold mine of content that her
compaionship might mean to him-to
some other fellow.
Jack had never been able to ex-
plain this peculiar dislike for one so
utterly charming and universally well
liked as was Muriel Wyndham. In.
deed. Harry himself had never ex.
pressed it in SO many words. Only
when Muriel was the subject, fit.
ting, disagreeable expression Of coun.
tenance, a bit of skillful innuenco
and quick change of subject left the
Intangible impression. And Muriel
too, seemed to prefer to avoid Harry
Once during the earlier days of his
business career, when one of the steps
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-19
second half a. he had played badly IN!
the first, and all becaussphs saw . fseo
behind the flying spennant.

second han AZ he had played badly In:
the first, and all becaussphe saw q feeo
behind the flying spennant.
"But you played so much better in
the last halt, Bob," said Lourene, as
She put a little hand in the two biz
ones in the deserted grandstand. Two
other thoughtful young persons were
walking in an opposite direction. "You
saved the day" r..
mo; you did it, replied Bob, look
ing ridiculously happy and forgetting
to release the hand. he held. "You
won the game. But 1or the sight of
your face, SO unlocked for, behind that
pennant, should" have fumbled
through the whole game. A part of
my anatomy was wanting"
And long time afterward, when he
had taken of his football clothes and
had regained some of his equanimity,
he said. "Do you suppose, dear, that
you could help me win the battle Of
life as you did the gam, today You
can-but will you?"
1T it is so easily won, Bob," she
said.
And they began on the second half
of the game.-Dorothy Blackmore in
Boston Globe.
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An Especially Fast Horse.

Harris Cohen, the Baxter street
clothier, whose recent death revealed
the fact that the money he had made
in business had all been lost in horse
racing, was anything g but an Irishman,
yet frequently he made bulls.
One of his bulls concerned a horse
he had just bought. A man said this
horse was a poor one-said it could
not compare with a certain animal of
his own.
:'Rubbish!" Cohen retorted. Grub
bish.! Why that horse of mine can
stand still faster than yours can gal.
lop."-New York Tribune.
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The "Pocket Edition Tom Wyndham."
from the foot of the ladder where he
he'd begun to learn tho business"
which had led to junior partnership
in the firm of which his father was
president. Jack had to serve q certain
length of time ION the road And it
was on the read that Jack had met
Annabel Riley. -, - ,.z,~,.....,,. =,