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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04
JOBBERS OF THE WEST
ARE HAVING GOOD TRADE
Conditions Which Are Effecting Trade
Throughout the Mississippi Valley
and in the General West.

New York. June s.-Reports to the
International mercantile agency from
prominent western centers reflect fair
ly active jobbing trade with pro-
nounced hesitancy in manufacturing
lines, induced by the growing uncer-
tainty of the presidential campaign.
Most branches of the dry goods trade
have not recovered from the effects of
a backward spring wholesale business
in many sections, averaging below a
year ago. In Oklahoma and Indian
territory merchants are buying less
than usual, and in extreme portions Of
Kansas and Missouri constant rains
are having bad effect upon business.
Lumber, paints and glass are depressed
in these and other sections where build
ing operations have been restricted by
inclement weather. Drugs have bene-
fitted as usual by conditions that OPP
press other branches of trade.
The Kansas City district has been
held back by peculiar restrictions. In
this territory and other sections of the
west merchants are hopeful about the
outlook and expect excellent June
business. Retail trade is picking up
in many sections as is evidenced by the
bitter demand for women's apparel
Consumption of necessities is on the
increase and country merchants are
giving Chicago wholesale houses plenty
of orders, indicating sustained inter-
ior demand.
Further serious embarrassment is |
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04
TO SETTLE THE QUESTION.
Fish Commissioners Will Attempt 70
Close Canadian Trouble.

Victoria, 3. c.. June 2s-Honorahle
Mr.. Fulton. provincial secretary, and
S. p. Babcock, fishery commissioner
for British Columbia viii leave Victoria
for ottawa Saturday to confer with the
Dominion government upon the vexed
and seemingly intermInable subject of
the adjustment Of the fisheries question
as between the Dominion and the pro-
vince. The Dominion government has
intimated to the British Columbia gov
ernment its willingness to have the
whole matter amicably settled.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04
DON'T 90 TO ct. LOUIS

TN YOU call at OF write to the Chi
casa. Milwaukee 4 81. Paul Railroad
once iSl Thirt street. Portland, ore
Low rates TO all points east. In eonnee'
ton with all transcon,inentala.
II. s. ROWE.
General Agent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04

threatened the transportation industry
on the great lakes. where the labor diff
ferences are proving disastrous.
Very little improvement has been
noted in the steel industry, which con-
tinues exceptionally dull. Coke pro-
duction is still at the maximum, but
curtailment Is looked for, the outlook
in general giving little promise OF
greater activity In the near future.
In the south the trade is excellent
with good inquiry for most lines Of
merchandise. Railway traffic In Tex
as is heavy and people are generally
prosperous.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04

see that your ticket rsada via the
Illinois Central n. n. Thoroughly mod.
ern trains connect with all transconti.
mental lines at st. Paul and Omaha.
II your friends are coming west let ~
know and we win quote them direct
the specially low ratsa now in effee,
from all eastern points.
Any Information Ne 70 rates. routes.
ETC., cheerfully given on application.
b. II. TRuMBuIL Commercial
Agent. lts Third street. Portland. or.
J. c. LINDSEY. r. v. q p. A.. ia
Third street, Portland. Or.
p. B. THOMPSON. r. q. p. A..
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04
DEATH ENDS DISGRACE.
For Forty Years Attorney Was Scorn.
ed by His Aequaintances.

Middletown, o., June 3.--George w
Powers, an aged lawyer is dead at his
home here after having borne during
40 years the disgrace Of dlshonorable
discharge from the army because he
knocl.ed down General Mansfield In a
Washington hotel while the general
was in command Of the District of
Columbia, then under martial law.
The intervention OF Secretary Stanton
saved Powers from court martial.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04
RUSSIANS ARE PAYING.

Are Not Loctins Goods and chattels
Of the Koreans.
Seoul, Korea. June 2.--t4:30 p. m.l
The Russians In the province OF
Hamgyung are said TO be using rouble
notes in payment for goods taken.
Beeves and grain command fair prices.
The above statement hardly corre-
spends with the continental tales OF
looting, yet the japanese report that
Korean fugitives bring Russian paper
money to General San. Twenty thou
sand dollars worth has been sent to
Shanghai via Nagaski for settlement by
the Russo-c Chinese bank.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04

h your chest measure ls 4a. . -
seat would be a little uncomfortable
and weuld cause SEINE comment amena
yeur friends, IL your advertising ss'
psndl,ure cut TOO small for your busl'
nsss chest msasursmsntf
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-04
AFTER THE
MARQUIS
Nobleman Is Chased by Numer
Gus Creditors Who Are Planning
TO Effect Settlement.
OWES OVER A MILLION
Incurred Debts Of over Two
Million and n Half In Three
Years Trotted a lfaSt
Heat.

New York. June S,--creditors Of the
Marquis OF Angelesy have held a meet
ing to discuss plans for securing set.
tlement, says Herald dispatch from
London 1t was agreed ultimately that
there should be deed Of assignment 70
the trustees for the benefit OF the cred
ltors who would get practically an im-
mediate payment Of Is cents on the
dollar.
Lord Anglesy succeeded In 1885 to
the title and estates and within six
years has incurred liabilities amounting
TO more than s2.7sO.O0O, but was fully
insured for si.25oooO,
one OF the creditors announced that
the reason for eonvening the meeting
was because writs had been issued
against the marquis. Judgment had
been obtained against him, but Angelsy
was abroad and out of the Jurisdiction
OF the court.
Adverting to such figures as had been
supplied, the speaker said II appeared
that the unsecured liabilities were
somewhere about sl,2bo.Ooo He said
he was sorry To say that out OF an
income Of s55oOOO a very small margin
was left from which TO llquidate the
liabilities. Among other things he de-
clared the marquis had spent sI.065. 900
for jewelry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
H. p, WHITNEY OBJECTS.
Transfer Tax of Over $222,0OO on
Fathers Estate.

Mineola, L. l., Aug. S.-Notice of
appeal in the matter of the transfer
tax on the estate in the state of New
York of the late William c. Whitney
has been filed in the surrogate's office
here by Winthrop 81 Stimson of 80
Liberty street. New York, attorneys
for Harry Payne Whitney, executor
and trustee of the estate. In addition
to the notice of appeal served on Sur
rogate Robert SeabHry, copies have
been served on George B.. Stoddard
attorney for CharlessF'a Lewis, county
treasurer of Nassau county, and Ed
ward H. Fallows, attorney for the
state comptroller. 2 - 50
1t is set forth in the papers served
that Harry Payne Whitney. as execu-
tor and trustee. is dissatisfied with
the appraisement of his fathers prop
erty and objects to the report of the
appraiser filed on July 81, and to the
order fixing and assessing the transfer
tax on the property He appeals to
the surrogate from the appraisal and
the assessment and determination of
tax and from the order or decree.
The amount of the transfer tax was
$222.222.S4. A rebate of more than
$11,0e was granted because of the
payment of the tax within six months
after the death of Mr.. Whitney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
WOMAN STOPS a THIEF.
Saves $3.50 for Her Husband and
Causes Arrest of Companion.


Newark Aug. s.-But for the vigil
lance of his wife Frederick Herman, a
saloonkeeper of No, 349 West Kinney
street, would have been robbed of $3.50
early this morning. A man called for
a glass of whisky and went into a
back room. Another man entered, also
called for whisky and placed So
bill on the bar. Herman got out his
wallet to make change, when the latest
customer drew him to the street, ex-
claiming:
Look here! Boys are throwing dirt
on your sidewalk!
In his hurry Herman left the wallet
on the back bar. The first customer
ran out of the rear room, picked it up
and was aboutsto dash out, when Mrs
Herman, keeping watch from room
adjoining shouted to her husband. The
man threw the wallet on the floor and
ran. Instead of pursuing the fugitive
Herman took the other man prisoner
and dragged him to the police station
There the man was identified as John
Healy of New York, a "damper man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
APPLE CROP SMALL.
Only Half the Usual Yield Will Be
Gathered.

Apple growers state that the apple
crop in Kansas this year will only be
atCut half what it ordinarily is. They
attribute the cause for the shortage
to the heavy rains which fell in the
spring and prevented fertilization
when the trees were blooming. Sucn
apples as are now on the trees are eX-
pected to mature. They are not af-
fected by blight or worms and appear
to be perfectly sound.
Fred WeHhouse of Topeka, the
largest apple grower in Kansas and
one of the largest in the world, was
asked in regard to the matter and
said: I'm an ordinary year we raise
about 10000 bushels of apples on our
two farms in Leavenworth and Usage
counties. This year l do not expect
to pick more than 10000 bushels, if
that much. The trouble lay with the
failure of the flowers to fertilize. The
heavy transforms which swept over
the state all spring are directly re-
sponsible. The blossoms did not ma
ture and fell off,
When asked in regard to the effect
on the price this fall, Mr.. Wellhouse
continued: ST do not think that the
price will be changed materially from
last year, when we received So and 81
per barrel for the general run of ap-
pies and IS per barrel for Jonathans.
There may be a slight natural increase
in the price, but even with only a half
crop I do not believe that the price
other portions of the country the crop
will be fair and will balance our
short ere.'s sfssss ~ "a sts s $50
Near Hutchlfson, in the Arkansas
river valley, the crop is good, but that
is practically the only place in the
state where that condition exists. The
weather was more regular at that
point through the spring. But then
not nearly the, apples are grown in
western Kansas as in the eastern half
of the state and the good crop there
will not have much effect on the
states general output
The half crop condition is about the
same all over the middle west. All
of the states between the Mississippi
and the Rocky mountains complain
of a shorta ge- In New York state the
output will be heavy one, also in the
Pacific states. But the country looks
towards Kansas for big share of its
supply of apples. and the light crop
here will without doubt have its eff
feet on the apple market all over the
country this fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
MANACLED LAD TO COURT.
Child's Sister, Uncle and Aunt Bind
Him With Strap and Chain.

Newark, Aug. S.-With a heavy steel
chain wound around his waist and a
strap buckled tightly about his right
wrist, John Noble, fFail child, IA
years old, whose home is in No. 31s
Ogden street, was dragged into the
first precinct police court this morn
ing. AS soon as Judge Sweeney laid
eyes on the lad he ordered the chain
and strap removed. Then he asked
why so young and delicate a boy
should be dragged in bound and man
acled like desperate.
Robert Fairhurst of No. 2S4 Presi-
dent street, East Newark, the lads
uncle; his aunt, Margaret, and his sis
ter, Margaret, 10 years old, had taken
him to the courtroom. each holding
firmly to the strap or chain. The uncle
explained they had been afraid the
boy would break away. The judge
smiled.
when we were all away from the
house today" the uncle said, he
called in a junk dealer and sold the
parlor stove for 3 cents
lis that all the charge you have
against ilinr?" asked the court.
1T is, replied Fairhurst.
B. Judge Sweeney called the boy into
his office and questioned him. The
lad admitted he had sold the stove and
said he had done 1t to get money to
buy cakes of a certain kind, of which
he was fond. The judge remanded
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
BOYS or Girls?

St Louis, Aug. S.-One of the inter-
eSting features in the Agricultural
Building at the Worlds fair. ST. Louis,
is the guessing contest at the Mellin's
Food booth. Among the hundreds of
baby pictures in this booth there are
20 pictures of boys and girls. The
difficulty is to know which is a boy
and which is a girl. Thousands are
guessing and are trying to get the
900 offered by the Mellin's Food
Company for the one who correctly
guesses the boys and girls in the pic
lures.
There are two very handsome oil
paintings in the exhibit from the Paris
Salon and some marble statues but
the guessing contest is the popular at
traction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
SET DIsLoCATED BACKBONE.
Doctor and Nurses Snap a Copper
Workers Joint Into Place.

Perth Amboy. Aug. S.-Although
the eighth vertebra of his spine was
dislocated, Joseph Dunk. who is in the
Perth Amboy hospital, likely will re-
cover. his physicians say. The bone
was put back in place.
Dunk worked in the Raritan cop
per works When standing on a pile
Of molds he was swept to the floor
by a huge travelling crane. DIR. w. f.
Ramsay found one of the bones of
the spine was out of place. and took
the man to the hospital Nurses held
Dunk's body firmly while DIR. Ramsay
grasped him under the arms and gave
a quick jerk The bone slipped into
position with a snap audible ten feet
away.
The lower part of Dunk's body is
paralyzed. but it is believed it is
owing to a bruising of the spinal
cord. and will not be permanent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
Night Gowns

well taken by the various members of
the company.
The first honors of course fall to
Miss Buchanan who takes the role of
Clarice Dalroy, the wife of Captain
Racket. the role taken by Robert
Mansfield.
Jack Forester made his first ap-
pearance in the cast last night and
was very we'll liked. Dolly Jarvis was
cast as Katie, the maid. and did her
part very acceptably.
Adelaide Florence was good as the
Jealous old maid and Homer Sibley
who played opposite was up to his
usual standard. -
Dorothy Benton is not in the cast
this week. but she sings Tommy Was
a Bad, Bad Boy" very prettily and she
always gets several encores.
Captain Racket" will be given
every night this week and an entire
change of specialties are introduced.
The curtain rises at $3.50 and the
street car service has been all that the
public has wanted. Cars run to all
parts of the city after the perform
ance is over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
Bethany College Notes.

Lindsborg. KAN Aug S-Prof
Charles d. Wagstaff has completed his
summer work and went to Salina
August 4 for a vacation. He expects
to remain there during the greater
part of August.
Andrew Monson, college 100, is
spending a few days at his home in
western Kansas.
home in Raymond, .Neb., August for
a short vacation. Miss Stephens has
been called to take charge of the
course in public school music next
year.
Rev. D. Brunstrom. college '03, and
family left for Moline, ILL.,, August 4.
From there they will go to New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, where Mr.. BrunStrOm Will
continue his studies at Yale university.
DIR. c. r. Carlbert delivered an adj
dress at the picnic at Usage City Au-
gust 8. From there he went to
Brookville where he delivered another
address August 4.
Alfred Swenson, Elmer and Rosco
Peterson have returned from Garfield
where they went to help in the wheat
harvest.
Paul Carlson. who has been on the
Jefferson guard in st. Louis since
April /. is back in Lindsborg.
L. E. Swenson, who has been study
ing here this summer, went to his
home in Logan, Kan.s Aust 1. He will
return this fall to enter the senior
class
President Pihlblad is in New York
in the interest of the college.
Alden Anderson, commercial '04,
will return this fall to take up the col
lege course.
Alfred Rydberg. conservatory '04,
has a very good position as organist in
Ishpeming, Mich.
Gustaf Iofgren. conservatory OF,
has a good position at Campeilo, Mass.
The prospect for large attendance
next year grows brighter every day
The demand for rooms is very large.
1t is to be hoped that the houses now
under construction will be ready in
time for the opening of school, Sep
TENDER 8.
The college department will be in
better shape for thorough work this
year than ever before in our history
A good per cent of the new students
intend to enter this department. 80
DR. Alfred Pearson. college '93, who
has been visiting friends in this vicin-
ity for some time, returned to st
Peter, Mimi, August /.
Miss TfIlie Nelson, college 80, and
Miss Annie T. Swenson, college 'O3,
are visiting friends in Clay Center.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
MISS BUCHANAN SMOKES.
Uses Corn Silk Cigarette in Captain
Racket

Lorraine Buchanan smokes a cigar
cite in the second act of the play
Captain Racket which is running
this week at the Vinewood park
theater.
shocking says the prude.
But it isn't quite so bad as it seems.
The play is written so that it is neces-
sary for the leading lady to use a
cigarette in one of the scenes. but
Miss Buchanan smokes make-believe
cigarette which resembles a real one,
and which could not be distinguished
from a real cigarette except upon close
examination
Miss Buchanan cannot smoke the
tobacco as it makes her deathly sick.
But it is imperative that a cigarette
be used in the play. so she has had a
lot of phoney cigarettes made for use
in this play
Last night upon the opening of the
new bill the largest crowd in the his
tory of the Lorraine Buchanan COM
pany at Topeka was in attendance.
The crowd was a record breaker, and
the play went Oft very well. Captain
Racket is the best production which
has been given at Vinewood park
this season, and the company playing
it has caught on.
The characters for the piece are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
INCENDIARISM.
Building on North Kansas Ave-
nue. Set on Fire.
Floors Had Been Saturated With
Coal Oil.
NINE LIVES In DANGER.
Physician Called to Resuscitate
Mother and Daughter.
The Occupants Barely Escaped
With Their Lives.

An attempt was made Sunday morn
ing at $3.50 O'Clock to burn down the
building at SIC North Kansas avenue
where were sleeping nine people
Coal oil had been poured in liberal
quantities throughout the halls of the
building, and had it not been for the
accidental discovery of the fire by
Jerome Colvin, a liveryman, it is al
together probable that c. H. Cave and
family and six others who rented
rooms from Mr.. Cave would have
persisted. AS it was the occupants of
the building were barely able to escape
The fire was discovered and re ported
by Mr.. Colvin so promptly that the
fire department was able to handle it
with the chemical engine. The dam
age to the building will probably not
exceed $50. ~
Mrs. C. H. Cave and her mother,
Mrs. White, were nearly overcome by
smoke, and DIR. H. H. Keith had to be
called to revive them after they had
made their exit from the building.
Mrs. Cave lost her way while trying to
get out of the building and it was
some time before her husband could
find her, on account of the exceedingly
dense smoke. She was trying to get
out through another door, which was
locked.
The people who were sleeping in the
say IAldl tAicy AAdO just man
aged to get out through the rear door
of the building when the flames burst
through the same doorway.
The fire had been started about
half way uD in the front stairway.
Kerosene had been poured along the
hallway and in front of each door of
the sleeping rooms. 1t seemed like a |
deliberate attempt to burn the build |
ing and all its occupants. When Mr..
Colvin saw the fire in the middle of
the stairway, it was burning too fast
for him to go up, but he yelled up the !
stairway and awakened Mr.. Cave, who |
imm ediately awakened the nine peo- |
pie who were sleeping on the second
floor.
Mr. Cave rents the second floor of
SIG as a rooming house and owns a |
restaurant next door. The building is |
owned by Miss Dolly Curtis, sister of |
Congressman Curtis. 1t was insured |
for 81, 600. The first floor is occupied by |
]. Nystrom'S shoe store and J. P. Spet- |
ters cigar factory. Neither of these |
places sustained any damage. Mr.. Cave
states that he has no idea who was |
guilty of trying to burn him out.
Chief Wilmarth says: TT was one of
the most villainouS attempted incendi-
airy fires 1 ever saw. 1t would have |
been bad enough had the building mere
ly been occupied by stocks of goods.
But there were nine people sleeping up
there. and they would have all perish
ed had the fire gained much more head
way before being discovered. Our
chemical line got at the fire so quick
ly that we were able to find plenty of
traces of kerosene in the hallway, be-
sides the strong odor of kerosene which
could be detected in the building"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
PASSED AS BOY FOR YEARS.
Little Girl Led Gang of Youthful Ma
rauders Around Atlantic City.

Atlantic City. Aug. S.-Passfng as a
boy for three years, a young culprlt
arrested three DAYS ago was found to-
day by Police Captain Maxwell to be
a girl With two boys. Is years old,
she was arrested for robbing a store
in the Penrose road. Since then she
has been in Jail attired in boys clothes
In the Juvenile court today the child
confessed her sex. She gave her name
as Ada Parker and age as IL years
She said she was the daughter of a
bayman and had been passing for a
boy for three years. She formerly
had lived in Newark. Her mother had
died three years ago and her father
had started to tramp to this city with
her. He had dressed her in overalls
and she had assumed boys garments.
No one had discovered her sex, not
even her boy companions whom she
had led in many small robberies in
the suburbs.
When the girls companions were in
formed their leader was a girl they
would not at first believe it. She was
sent to the reform school for girls in
Trenton by judge Higbee- Before her
departure she was dressed as a girl
for the first time in three years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
A REoU1srT1oN FOR HAvENs.
Mitchell County Man Must Answer to
Charge of Embezzlement.

Governor Bailey today granted a
requisition on the governor of Mime
sofa for the return of Fred B. Ravens
to Kansas to answer to the charge of
embezzlement in Mitchell county. Lee
Maxey, general agent for the Illinois
Mutual Life Insurance company for
northwestern Kansas, is the complain
ing witness. He alleges that Havens
was appointed agent for the Illinois
Life at sBeloit last June and a month
later he collected some insurance prem
iums and then left the state. He has
been located at st. Paul and is under
arrest there. Sheriff Eresch of Mitchell
county has gone after him.