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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11
FINDS DEED
LONG HIDDEN
Mrs. Sophie Mattern, Of Brooklyn.
Discovers That She Owns
a Town.
WAS SIGNED BY MONROE
Document Found Concealed Be-
hind Old Picture Where It
Had Lain Since the CAL
vestOJa Flood.

New York, March To- While chang
ing the frame OF an old portrait. Mrs.
Sophie Mattern, of Brooklyn. has
found behind the canvas deed to land
occupied by the present town Of Carr
rollton. Mo-. town Of 1000 inhabitants.
Well known lawyers who have looked
up the title assure Mrs. Mattern that
1t is sound and worth half a million
dollars.
The deed. signed by President Monroe
February 4. 1919. and granting to an
ancestor OF Mrs. Mattern. James Dar-
den veteran of 1912. the Missouri
lani, is in perfect state Of preserva-
tion. II has been hidden behind the
old canvas more than rs years, was
almost lost in the Galveston food and
at length arrived in the possession OF
Mrs. Matten through the Rev. DIR.
Thorpeh. an old friend Of the family.
upon his death.
A few days ago she decided to renew
the frame and discovered the deed. In
vestigation is said to have shown that
the title was duly entered on the rec
ords at Washington and suit for the
recovery Of the property probably win
be instituted at once.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11

Representative Maddox. OF Georgia,
has received this letter from consti-
tuent: Deer Mister Kongresman:
Sum time ago writ to you asking
IL their were amy thing the guvment
cold do 70 make fighting wife behave
herself. aint heard from you and
things is no better. Will you please
Jet me know how can get one Of them
big pizen snakes from Africlxy. / have
always voted for you and this is nifty
little to ask Of you, especially when a
mans wife is always peckin on him"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11
Republican Primaries.

Notice Is hereby given, tnat the re-
publican primary election VIII be held
In the city Of Astoria. Clatsop county,
State Of Oregon, on Saturday. April 2,
1904, for the purpose Of electing a DEL
egates to the Republican County con-
yention to be held in the City Of AS
toria. on Saturday, April 0. 1904, for
the purpose Of nominating candidates
for the various county Offices to be
filled at the general election to be held
on Monday. June Q, 1904 The follow
Ing Ia the number Of delegates. polling
places and judges and clerks appoint
ed for said primary election:
Ward No. i.--Polling place. No.
twos engine house; judges. J. q.
Trullinger. c. II. Stockton, James Ellis
worth; clerks, Jas. Hannaford, chas.
Abercrombie; II delegates
Ward No 2.--PolIlng place. WEIGH
Office Judges, Jas. w. Welch, Sam
Gallich. u. G. Foster: clerks. T. r.
Davis. w. c. Curtis; II delegates.
Ward No. s.--Polllng place. w. r.
McGregor's Office; judges. VIM. Paint
er. l.. Agren and John Nordstrom;
clerks. w. p. o'Brien, Geo. Iceland; !;
10 delegates.
@. c. FULTON. Chairman.
c. J. CURTIS, Secretary.
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IRON TRADE
PICKING UP
Unusual Activity in Business That
Brings on Decided Raise
in Prices.
HOPEFUL FEELING PREVAILS
Season for Building Operations
Has Much 10 Do With Pres
ent Favorable Condi-
tiOns 0fTrade.

Cleveland, March 1O.--The Iron
Trade Review says:
The week has been one Of decided
activity In the iron trade and with the
Improvement in demand has come some
advance In prices this being most
marked in southern pig iron. Whether
because Of the steel corporations pur-
chases, or because Of other signs OF a
supposed turning point, a number Of
important consumers Of forge and
foundry iron have been on the mar
ket and large transactions have result
ed. Some Of this business was done
at SO at furnace for southern number
two, but $9.2 Is now the common MIN
lmum OF southern sellers, while within
day or two 50. 50 has returned as the
firm quotation OF some furnaces. The
weeks business for the Southern Com
pany was $4,000 tons and another was
not far behind. The heavy pig iron
buying and the developments of the
week in certain finished products have
begotten much more hopeful feeling
throughout the trade, which the com
ing Of the season for building oper-
atlons has done much to increase.
The steel corporations, bessemer pig
iron purchases, and options. are closely
estimated at 10000 tons, of which
about 10000 tons is iron actually taken.
outside buying of bessemer and the
weeks business IN forge iron bring the
total up to 100000 tons. The options
are to be expected on the 10th OF March
and April. Pittsburg district pipe
works have been in the market for
gray forge iron. about15,O0O tons being
taken by two interests. A cast iron
pipe foundry has been buyer OF
forge and other irons to the extent OF
$4,000 tons OF foundry grades. A
number of consumers of foundry iron
in the Chicago district and the central
west have been in the market In the
week and the buying movement has
been broad and we'll sustained. While
S.75 at southern furnaces has been
touched on gray forge, IS is now the
minimum, and in the Pittsburg district
northern forge has advanced to s13,
while central western furnaces that
have shaded s12 at furnace for number
two foundry in recent weeks are now
on a $12. so basis.
The March / report from blast furn-
aces using Lake Superior ores reflects
the steady increase in production in
February. There were 113 furnaces
in and SO out on March /, while Of 166
reporting on February /, 90 were ac-
tive and 81 were idle. The steel cor
poration had four-fifths of its furnace
capacity active on March as against
two thirds on February l..
The Pittsburg district seconds the
more active condition pig iron with o
cheerful report concerning finished
material, though heavy products are
still mch behind the lighter forms.
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Before the Social Economics club Of
Chicago Exclusively women) Mrs. Ed
ward A. Bigelow said the way to
manage husband was to feed the
brute plenty OF well cooked food and
forgive him. She gave no hint how to
manage wives. Probably ditto. with a
new velvet bonnet application.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11

Fresh eggs are now advertised in
the magazines. to be delivered by ex-
press. A smart. careful woman can
make more raising poultry than care
less farmer can make in raising corn.
Women need money of their own; they
can get it raising poultry. BY the way
every woman who raises poultry should
have the proceeds; that money should
not be used to buy tobacco or coffee.
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ASSIGNED TO FAR EAST.
Captain w. v. Judson, Y. s. A, viii
Observe Progress Of War.

New York. March 1O.--Captain w. "
Judson. U. S. A., who has. just sailed
for Europe, is one Of the four officers
assigned by the war department to OBJ
serve operations in the far east.
: II shall be in St Petersburg in two
weeks" he said. ''and will receive word
from the military authorities as to tht
division to which l am to be attached.
shall start Immediately for the front
by way of the Trans-Siberian rail-
road"
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Jury For soskin Trial.

San Francisco. March 1O.-The work
of impanelling a jury for the second
trial Of Mrs. Cordelia Botlkin, on the
charge of murder, will be commenced
today. 1t is expected that at least two
days will be occupied in examining the
talesmen and that the taking of testi-
mony will not begin till either Monday
or Tuesday. BY that time witnesses
will have arrived from Delaware.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11

U. S. Engineer once, Portland, Ore,
Feb. 10, 1904 Sealed proposals will be
received here for 100000 tons. more OF
less. stone for extension Of jetty at
mouth of Columbia river. Oregon and
Washington. until II a. m, March II.
1904, and then publicly opened In
formation on application. w. c. Lang
fit. Major, Engineers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11

authorities are again pressing the Chi
nese to insist on the departure OF the
Russian gunboat Madjur from his har-
Dor. says dispatch to the American
from Shanghai. 1t is asserted that
they have no faith in the proposition to
disarm the vessel.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11

Totat.. 's..,'......... '''..'s',A1z
The committee recommends that the
primaries be held on Saturday. April
2, 1904 q. c. FULTON.
Chairman.
c. ]. CURTIS, Secretary.
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AL LAKE SOAP for toilet and nursery makes bathing luxury
NoTPATENT MEDICINES
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NORTHERN PACIFIC
Time Gard OF Trains

PORTLAND
Leaves Arrives
Puget Sound Limited. .7:26 a m s:B . m
Kansas City-st. Louis
Special .......... .11:I0 m s:46 . m
North Coast IAmited $50 o m 7:o0 q m
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express :. .......ll:4b pm sos . N
Take Puget Sound Limited or North
Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points
Take Puget Sound Limited for olym-
pia direct
Take Puget Sound Limited or KAN
sas City-St. Louis Special for points
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train service ON 0ray's
Harbor branch.
Four trains daily between Portland.
Tacoma and Seattle
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11

"A dose in time saves lives" DR..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup; natures
remedy for oughs colds. pulmonary dis
eases OF every sort
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-11
Republican County Convention.

HoPNp"SaH @oHuSJ SVHsSHHV"
Notice is hereby given. that a Re-
publican County Convention for Clat-
sop county. State OF oregon, viii be
held at the City OF Astoria, on Satur-
day. April 0. 1904. at the court house
at 10 o'clock a. m, OF said day. for the
purpose OF nominating the following
county officers TO be voted for at the
state election to be held on Monlay,
June 8. 1904. and electing 10 delegates
to attend the Republican state con-
vention to be held at the city Of Port
land, on Tuesday. April IL. 1904. and
10 delegates to the congressional con-
ventlon;
Two representatives.
one county clerk,
One sheriff.
one treasurer.
One county commissioners.
one CORONER.
One assessor.
One surveyor.
Justices OF the peace and constab-
les In the various precincts.
The various precincts Of the county
are entitled to one delegate at large
and one delegate for every rs votes
or fraction over OF the votes cast for
f. /. Dunbar for secretary of state. the
apportIonment being as follows:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE.
Employees of Iroquois Theater Held by
Police.

Chicago. Ian 2-Archibald Bernard
chief electrician OF the lroquois the
ater was taken into custody by the
police during the day and Will be held
pending an inquiry into the causes OF
the disaste..
After being closely questioned for
two hours by the police Bernard was
formally charged with "manslaughter.
Besides Bernard seven employees o
the thoater are under arrest. They
were caught as they were about to
leave the city, acting on the advice. il
Is said. OF the assistant stage man
ager
The men are William Carlton,
stage manager, Edward Cummings,
stage carpenter; Frank Jandrow. r.
NJ. Cummings, f. Engle. Thomas Me
Queen and s. J MaZoni, stage hands
and scene shifters.
Chief O'Neill is watching twenty
other employees who will be apprehend.
ed If there is any attempt to escape
from testifying at the coroner's In
quest.
Later in the day the employees OF the
Iroauois theater and members OF the
Bluebeard company were arraigned in
court. the charge being manslaughter.
The bonds were placed at $4,000 in
each case.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
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EASTERN FINANclER tETo RE-
COVER SEVERAL + .ORED
THOUSAND pL ,RS,
PROPERTY LOCATED i fGALIFoaNIA
ONE OF THE pEFENf ,NTS A FOR
MER MEMBER or THE SEN
ATE or THAT 5-ATE.

San Francisco, Jan. Robert J.
Anderson. representing Eastern people.
among them Frank S lewis Of the
Reading railroad and Ill and II
" Douglas of The Lake ,Suaatt0r Con.
solidated COMPANY S !. ing John s.
Davis Of Amador, G. Edward A.
Davis. his brother, an Frank Hall Of
this city. to recover S 10 600 paid do.
PENDANTS for the Sweepstakes mine
near Weaveyille and for compensa
ton for expenditures d the property
amounting to some hundreds 81 thou
sands OF dollars.
Anderson the plaintiff alleges that
the mine which he aud his associ
ates bought for $4,000 600, payable in
installments in sl50.O00 each, was
"salted
John f. Davis, onf OF the defend
ants, has representel Amador and
other counties of California in the
state senate. has been superior Judge
AMI is now code commissioner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
SIZE OF EXITS TO FIRE
ESCAPES CAUSES COMMENT

The iron doors were closed and
locked and 1t was then seen that the
inner doors were so close to the steel
shutters that they could not be open
sl with the shutters fastened. This
exit is not sufficiently high for an or
dinary sized man to walk through
without STOPPING, and when the jurors
learned this fact by personal expe-
rience there was considerable com
ment among them. The jury then as
cended to the top gallery where the
greatest loss of life occurred.
Coroner Traeger pointed to the bal
cony rail. which was bent in several
places. and said that a number OF
spectators had jumped through these
openings to the lower floor. An in
Bpection was then made of the exits
leading to the fire escapes and the
juror- were told that the bodies OF
the dead were piled ten feet high in
front of these doors when the police
reached the scene after the fire
"If those doors were locked some
body was criminally negligent said
Juror Finn.
"'Fhe exits are too small, anyway
said Foreman Meyer, as he measured
the doors leading TO the fire escapes.
In both balconies there were hun
dreds OF grewsome relics of the catas-
trophe scattered between the seats
where they had been dropped by the
terrified victims.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
BUILDING ORDINANCES WERE
NOT STRICTLY ENFORCED.

Although the Iroquois theater was
undoubtedly the safest theater in Chi
cago il became evident Thursday that
the city building department had not
strictly enforced one or two sections
OF the building ordinances.
Section 1S5 Of the local building
ordinance provides that in buildings
OF the class to which The iroquois
theater belong, there shall be sys-
TEN of automatic sprinklers. There
were no sprnklers in the theater and
Deputy Building Commissioner Stan
hope. when this was called to his at
tention. replied:
There was no sprinkler system in
the theater but the provision about
the ircn doors made ii unnecessary
for fhe theater to have them"
Section 1873 of the ordinance pro
vides that theaters be equipped with
fire alarms connected with the city
fire alarm system. Mr.. Stanhope
said
"The Iroquois had fire alarm con
nections. | did not see the box, but
that is my information"
City electrician Hyland said The
Iroquois had no fire alarm connection
with the city alarm system. No appli-
cation is on file for any such connec-
ton"
The alarm of fire. In fact was
turned in from box over half
block distant from the theater.
The law provides. also, that there
shall be a ventilating shaft at the rear
of the stage which will conduct flames
and smoke away from the auditorium
in just such emergencies as arose
Wednesday The Iroquois theater
noSsnsScd no such Yentilating shaft.
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j. laws or Harry l. roWers wuuu
leave Chicago | would lock them up
Immediately Rut they will remain.
Both are citizens Of Chicago. men of
good reputation and men with busi-
ness interests.
Il am only summoning Mr. Davis
now to ask him about the fire in a
general way and to get his guarantee
that the members of the Moonlight
Double Oetette' will not leave Chicago
before the inquest. Otherwise it may
De necessary TO take the entire com
pany into custody
Although members of the Blue
beard" company who had been ques-
toned by The police We're allowed TO
return to hotels detectives were sent
also The detectives We're ordered 10
make headquarters at the hotels and
watch the members of the company
10 see that none left.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
SHOT BY ROBBERS.
Colorado Woman kittod and Her Son
Seriously Wounded.

Denver. Jan. Q Mrs. Amanda
Younabood was sha and killed and
her son Robert was seriously wound
ed ny three men wAc attempted 10 rob
the grocery store ouductcd bE the
family at VaINeFde
The robbers eains entrance 70 the
store on tho plea az calling a doctor.
Once inside thew ordered Thomas
Youngblood aged sEty-three, TO throw
up his hands. Tbc old man refused
and erappled with The robbers Mrs.
Youngblood ran to the assistance of
her husband, al tfe same time calling
for her son who "as III an adjoining
room The robbers Immediately opened
fire killing the gad mother. wound
ing the soa and zen made good their
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
ALLEGED FEUD VICTIM.
Montana Sheepherder Murdered While
Guarding His Flock.

Kalispell. Mont. Jan 2-An un-
known sheepherder in the employ of
Mcdonald & Fruit, a large stock firm
near here. was found murdered on the
Flathead reservation and his sheep
roaming al large
deadly feud is on between the
shecpmen and cattlemon Of Northern
Montana and this murder, it is be-
licved, is one of the results
BY the side of the dead man lay his
revolver cooked and ready for use.
He evidently was killed before he
could fire The sheepmen are swear
ing vengeance and il is feared more
blood will be shed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
coRONER'S JURY VISITS
SCENE OF CATASTROPHE.

The coroner's jury visited the scene
Of the disaster during the evening
The jury first went to the stage and
Deputy Coroner Buckley pointed out
the spot where the fire was discovered.
The seats in the first rows on the
drst floor were burned, but back Of
that the orchestra chairs were in good
condition.
All that was left of the $50 pieces
OF scenery used in the production of
the extravaganza were small piles of
ashes where the scenery had dropped
and burned on the stage. The steel
frame Of the arc lights. one of which
Is said to have caused the catsstrnnha
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
SUBSCRIPTION LISTS OPENED.
Fund Being Raised for Pressing Work
of Relief.

Chicago. Jan. Public realization
of the horrors Of the Iroquois disaster
has led to the opening of number Of
subscription lists to raise funds for
the pressing work of relief. Sir Thomas
Upton cabled from London that he
stood ready to contribute 81 900.
President Granger Farwell of the
Stock Exchange has appointed a COM
mittee of five to receive subscriptions
and a long list of brokerage houses
Immediately pledged themselves to
contribute.
President Farwell said that 1t would
be wise 10 gel funds pledged even ii
no use should be found for the money
He expressed the belief. however, that
much could be accomplished by cash
assistance
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were piled In conmslon neaI ,nv l1un.
of the stage.
The jury questioned Coroner Trae-
ger regarding the asbestos curtain
that had become fastened when an at
tempt was made to lower it and said
they did not understand why ii was
put in unless it could be used under
all conditions in case of fire
The members OF the jury while en-
gagged in inspecting the stage frequent
ly remarked that the protection against
fire seemed to them to have been in
adequate. The jury then climbed the
stairway leading to the first balcony
Here the plush covering of the seats
was found to be burned on every seat
from wall to wall and from the front
row of the balcony to the last. An in
spection was made of the exits leading
to the fire escapes at the north end of
the building.
These doors are much too small.
they should have been three times as
large said Juror Finn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-02
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY BOD
les TURNED ovER.TO RELA.
TlVES FOR BURIAL.
C0RoNeR'S JURY VISITS THE THEATER
SCENE OF THE AWFUL CATASTRO
PIE CLOSELY SCRUTiNiZED
BY THE MEMBERS.

Chicago. Jan 2-Pitiless investiga.
tion of the Iroquois fire horror divides
attention with the burial of the dead
The removal of the bodies from the
public morgues to private undertaking
establishments developed a fresh un-
certainty in computing totals Of dead
and missing The count of actual
corpses most generally agreed upon
was 5S2. including $50 identified and
132 unidentified. Lists OF missing vary
greatly. one authority putting the to-
tai at 3l2. Injured are figured at 104.
Coroner Traeger has issued an ap-
peal to the public TO notify him OF all
nre deaths that have escaped the rec
ords
1t has come 20 my notice" said
Coroner Traeger, that bodies of some
persons @ele removed from the ten
porary hospitals and relief stations
opened by merchants in the vicinity of
the theater directly after the fire with
out any records having been made by
the police
In the hurry and confusion per
sons who could identify remains We're
allowed to take them to their homes
without question. | understand that
this occurred in a few instances. /
have also learned that some OF the
injured were taken TO private resi-
dences and hospitals without the maxi
Ing OF any record and it is reported
to me that some have since died
Il ask that any cftiZen knowing of
Any such occurrence report the matter
to my office at once"