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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-05
When Bachelors Were Taxed

There is nothing revolutionary In
modern proposals to tax bachelors.
Two centuries ago every celibate in
England was paying tribute to the
exchequer "for neglecting his duty to
support another mans daughter"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-05
False Alarm.

From the valley there came cloud
of dust and distant rumble. The
man of the stone age rushed up the
mountain and perched himself on the
highest peak.
"Shucks!" exclaimed the fugitive,
as he slipped down to the valley again.
1T is only poor dinosaur roaming
about for his breakfast. From the
noise | thought 1t must be an auto.
mobile"
And the man went back to his
peaceful occupation OF hewing an
apartment house out OF a solid cliff.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-05
Euror.an Nations in Africa.

OF Africa's area of 11,50O,OO0 square
miles, Great Britain owns 2,7OO.OOO
and France 100000, including NADIA
gascar.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-05
WORN TO A SKELETON.
A Wonderful Restoration Caused a
Sensation In Pennsylvania
Town.

Mrs. Charles N Preston, of Elkland,
Pa, says: "Three years ago found
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-05

What a miserable crowd OF pessi-
mists We would BE- II we could see
ourselves az others see us.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-05

A woman willingly promises to obey
a man az the altar but she's apt to
forget 10 deliver the goodn.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
Congressman Williamson Also
Knew All About Opposition
TO Forest Reserve.
EDITOR IS PUT ON THE STAND
0rin L. Patterson, Editor Of Blue Noun.
tain Eagle Of Canyon City, Tells OF
His knowledge OF
Case.

PORTLAND, Sept 4--More evidence
Ia show knowledge Of the Blue Noun.
tain Forest Reserve scheme on the part
OF Binger Hermann, as Commissioner of
the General Land Office, and Congress
man j. n Williamson was brought out
in the forenoon proceedings of the trial
Of State Senator Mays, W. Y. Jones and
George Sorenson today. Only two wit :
nesses were examined and the testimony
Of both had TO 10 entirely with CORE
spondcnce and protest, sent to Hermann
and Williamson. A large amount of this
correspondence was introduced in an eff
fort to show that both Hermann and
Williamson weM fully acquainted with
the opposition to the proposed Blue
Mountain Reserve and both took sides
against the demonstrators.
Williamson was the gamer in one re-
spect during the morning session, in
that the theory formed last week that
he held the remonstrances sent him
from Canyon City for nearly a year,
was disproyed by the introduction of
several letters bearing on the subject
Orin l., Patterson, editor Of the Blue
Mountain Eagle of Canyon City, was
the first witness this morning. He told
of being visited by II, A, Smith, who
wanted him to circulate petition ask
ing for the creation of forest reserve
in the Strawberry Mountain district.
Patterson said the impression given him
was that the Blue Mountain district,
alone, was included within the proposed
boundaries, and that he had no idea at
the time that ii was intended to be So
extensive.
stephen A. D. Putcr the pioneer land
fraud vctemn, will be put on the stand
tomorrow to give evidence to more close.
ly connect the names of the defend.
ants on trial with the alleged conspir-
acy, 1t was at first intended to put
him on today, but Mir. Heney announced
ut noon that he would scarcely be
reached before tomorrow.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
Rainier State Bank Robbers Are
Still at Large.
DETECTIVE IS PUT ON CASE
Peculiar Feature Is That Sheriff Of Co.
lumhss County Has Not Been Mott;
fed and Has Taken No
Action.

PORTLAND, Sept, 4.-No trace up to
late hour tonight was found of the
robbers who looted the Rainier State
Bank of $500 yesterday, other than
to confirm the report that they have
been followed short distance along
the Astoria & Columbia river railroad to.
wards Portland Today detective em'
ploycd by the American Bankers Asso-
rintion took the field, but II he dis.
covered any clew he kept 1t to himself,
The Fidelity company, which insured
the bank against such losses, has been
notified, but according to the Portland
agent has yet taken no action. A pc
culiar feature in connection with the
ease is the fact that the sheriff of CO.
limbio county, in which the crime was
committe, has not been informed of the
robbery and therefore has taken no ac-
ton whatever.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FIGHT CAUSES TROUBLE.
CaHs-Nelson Battle Stirs up Levee Dis.
trict in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.--Violence, and in
one instance murder, was the result Of
the race excitement that developed while
the returns from the Cans Nelson fight
were being received in Chicago last
night The levee district was afame
with the spirit Of lawessness that broke
out at frequent intervals as the parti-
sans OF one or another OF the fighters
yentured an opinion.
ing remark from two others Of his own
ig remark from two others OF his own
race. that did not suit him, whipped
out revolver and killed one of the
men and wounded another. In other
parts OF the city negroes were the VIC
tins of bettors who had lost money on
Nelson. In South Chicago a fight be-
tween blacks and white resulted in the
severe beating Of four negroes and the
arrest OF forty men.
Tn another instance a negro on his
way home was pursued through the
streets and attacked as he fell exhausted
on the steps of the house where he Is
employed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1906
GET WESTERN GIRLS.
New York Theatrical Managers Scour
West for Chorus Girls.

NEW YORK, Sept. A. tSpeciall -
Chorus girls imported from the South
and the far West the ROCKY Noun.
tain district and the Pacific Coast
promise To be- the malnstay of the New
York thcaters this season. In the the.
aters that have already opened there is
IL predomnance Of pretty young women
from the Western States. All summer
theatrical managers in the metropolis
have been embarrassed by a dearth Of
chorus girls Whether this was due TO
the fact that so many had married
pittsburg millionaire and settled down
to life OF ease and unhappincss, or
because most of them had retired on
fortunes frgally saved from salaries
Of $40 week, cannot be asceFiained
Al any rate the young and pretty ones
had, like the ichthyosaurus, vanished.
There are always plenty Of elderly Choir
III girlu to be- had, but New York Is
no longer content TO vt watching the
stage antics OF ancient ladies who ought
to be At home tending to their grand
So the manageN siAply had
TO sconr the country to meet New
lork's demand. The result has been
ever 70 many graceful and pretty girls
from the South and Wcs,,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
PANIC ON STEAMER.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 1.-TWO wo-
men were scalded and $50 panic stricken
passengers spent bad half hour on the
little steamer Henry Koerber on the
Niagara river, The injured women are
Mrs, August Ashcenback and Mrs. Geo,
p. Lutcher of Tonowanda. Both are bad
" bruised but will recover When the
steamer left Tonawando for Edgewater,
a resort on Grand Island, most of the
$50 passengers crowded on the upper
deck. This made the steamer top heavy
and the swift current and rough water
in the middle of the Niagara river caused
her to reel heavily. The passengers
rushed from side to side of the deck,
adding to the msteadiness of the boat.
Sddenly II steam pipe burst, enveloping
the passengers in cloud of steam. The
excitement grew into II panic. The cap
tain swung his boat toward the main
land and with the aid of the current and
what steam remained in the boilers, sue
ceeded in bringing her to q dock, where
the passengers were landed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
RECORD FOR DIVORCES.

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-iSupreme Court
Justice MacLean OF New York few
days ago earned the unenyiable record or
handing out the greatest number of di-
vorce decisions ever given al one time
Thcm were over seventy decisions, and
in forty.hye OF the eases the justice
granted intcrlocutory DEGREES OF divorce
II was very busy day for the clerks
in Alimony Castle, as the old County
Court House is called. According to
the census reports New York has had
10000 diorce- To it, discedit in the
past twenty years. 1t would be inter
c,ting to know TO what extent the mi
gratory life of families who live in fats
and hotels in the metropolis is respon-
sible for this total.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
Refusal OF Illinois Democrats TO
Ask SuIlivan's Resignation
Disliked.
GOES AFTER COMMITTEEMAN
Nehraskan Unmercifully Condemns Sui.
livan for His Political Methods
Affirms Stand on Government
Ownership of Railroads.

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-W. J. Bryan, as
the guest of the local Democracy, de-
livered within eight hours two ad-
dresses. His first speech was made at
luncheon given in his honor by the
Iroquois club and dealt entirely with
the political issues and economic ques-
tions of the day. His second speech
was made at banquet in his honor by
the Jefferson club and was devoted to
National Committeeman Roger c. Sui
livan, whose resignation Bryan demand
ed, but who was endorsed by the recent
state convention. which also declared in
favor of Mr.. Bryan as the next Demo
cratic nominee for president. Bryan not
only scored Sullivan and his political
methods numerically but Informed the
Democrats present. many of whom were
delegates to the recent state convention,
th"t II bhVN oNNNFtCu huiAlNdH lHtN
could not endorse him in any way, He
informed them emphatically that he
would have the non-approval of the
Democrats of Illinois, and that he re-
pudiated their recent endorsement of
him. In his afternoons address in sup
port of his recent utterances regarding
government ownership of railroads, he
said that there was no more corrupt
ing influence in politics than the rail-
roads. He declared he had reached the
conclusion that this corruption could
not be eliminated until these natural
become the property of the
government. He was opposed to central
ization, but believes the state can best
do that which concerns the state alone.
He therefore believes that instead of
having all the railroads under federal
control the local lines should be owned
by the State governments, and only the
trunk lines by the federal government
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
Agree 10 Go Back 10 Work and
Submit Wage Question
TO Arbitration.
STRIKE BREAKERS ATTACKED
Great Mob Hurls Stones and Missiles at
Stoekadc and Guards Return Fire
with Bullcta--Mob
Returns.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4,--The car
mems union late tonight voted to %
back TO work and submit tho question
Of wages and hours TO arbitration. This
action was taken AT mass meeting Of
the union, Before becoming effective,
however, II must be- ratified by seven az.
hlatcd unions. This, II Ia thought. will
he easily obtained and ms result the
strike will be declared off The first
shots aimee the beginning of the strike
were fred this evening by the strike
breakers nj car barn nt Turk and
Fillmore streets and resulted in the
arrest oi John Poole, guard from New
York on the charge Of assault TO mur'
der. A wild and noisy mob surped about
the ear house all day, and there was
Intense excitement nj times. Several
riots occurred during the afternoon and
Il required the utmost efforts Of the
police TO maintain semhlancc Of orr
der. The shooting was the rulminatiou
Of efforts on the part Of tho strike
breakers guards to drive n@&y part Of
the crowd. which had climbed upon n
fence surrounding the barn from which
vantage point they invited the strike
breakers TO desert and exchanged bad
image and insult. with the guards,
When the latter attempted to drive of
the men pcrchcd on the fence, the tenn
per Of the crowd became ugly and II
began to shower the guards and strike
breakers with stones and other missiles,
One Of the guards knocked man of
the stockodc and laid his scalp open
with n club. Just which side began
hostilitics is disputed, but as the stones
began to ny about fifteen guards be.
gan firing from behind the stockadc
The mob broke and ran as the bullets
struck the lumber piles on which hun
drcds were standing. c, L. Furniss, nm
electrician. wns severely injured by be-
ing struck by some missile, stone or
gOncing bullet, which ripped open his
face A number of Others received
slight injuries. Intense excitement
Wigned and the mob, innamed and
worked to n frenzicd pitch by the shoot
ing, quickly returned and delivered n
broadsidc of stones or any missile they
could lay hands on A number of the
Strikebreakers were hit and received mi.
nor injuries. The police had great diff
flculty in driving back the crowd. The
rioting continued for over an hour and
great crowd surrounded the car house
tonight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
ROOSEVELT, JR., NOT PRESENT.
Report That He Attended Cans Nelson
Battle Found 10 Be Untrue.

GOLDFIELD, Sept. 4.--President
Rickard Of the GodGeld Athletic club
stated today to the Associated Press
that President Roosevclt's son was not
at the Gans-Nelson fight He Ia not
in Goldheld. Richard explained the mat.
ter by saying that four or five days
ago New York lawyer thought he
recognized young Roosevelt. He told
Larry Sullivan, the announcer, at
the rngside, yesterday. and Sullivan re.
peated the statement to the audience
His words were quoted by a telegraph
operator. The New York man later dis
covered II was a case OF mistaken iden-
tity.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
Chicago Bank Wrecker Finally
Captured.
MAKES A FULL CONFESSION
Milwaukee Avenue Bank President Cap
tured in Tangier-Blames Herring for
Failure of the Bank-Was Cash
ier's Tool.

CHICAGO Sept, A cable dispatch
to the Tribune from Tangier says:
Paul Stensand's confession, made to
Assistant States Attorney Olson yes.
terday, clears up much of the mys.
terry surrounding the events leading up
to the crash which involved the ruin
of the Milwaukee Avenue Bank. He
took much of the blame upon himself,
but declares that Cashier Herring was
a torger and that Herring got most of
the money, He eXonerated his son,
Theodore and the bank directors. He
declared it lie that he had spent any
money on Leone Langdon Key, or any
other woman. He declared that he new
er spent more than 5000 n year him
self, and all the money he stole he put
into real estate or investments in the
hope of making good" In his heart
of hearts he was glad he was no long
er a wanderer on the face of the earth.
why" said he, "think of signing a
name not your own! 1t is worse than
stealing, | did not know it would be
SO hard to be a fugitive"
StenSland did not delude himself eth
er with the idea of escaping punish
ment.
"Nou have not yet been found guilty;
you have chance to make a fight in
court" was suggested. Stensland
laughed and said:
81 know what Chicago jury will do
to me. l know Chicago juries!" He
said he had made up his mind to flee
Thursday preceding the Sunday in which
he left Chicago, On Wednesday night
he westled with the problem whether
to blow his brains out or run. In the
hours Of darkness he decided to kill
himself, but postponed the act until
dawn and with the sunlight came the
primal instinct to hold on to life and
flight won over death.
His preparations were hurried, He
had surrendered his life insurance pol
icy for $4,000 and had received $s,-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
SHE MEDDLED.
Woman Opens Boarder's Trunk and is
Shot by Burglar Trap.

SEATTLE, Sept. 4.--Mrs. Emma Dali
ley, proprietor of a lodging house, was
shot and instantly killed this afternoon
by burglar trap arranged by one of
her boarders in his trunk. Mrs. Daley
and another woman went into the room
of the boaNer, named Gene Basterene,
and Mrs. Daley remarked to her COM
panion, 81 wonder if my keys will open
this trunk Sitting her action to the
word, the woman inserted her key,
turned the lock and lifted the lid. There
was report, and crying Pm shot,"
Mrs, Daley fell dead. The officers have
not yet located Basterene.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
JONES TAKES CHARGE.
Succeeds William Sproule as Manager of
Traffic Department of S. P.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Al. A.
Jones, who succeeds William Sproule as
manager of the Traffic Department of
the Southern Pacific, took formal charge
of the office yesterday. Mr. Jones was
formerly in charge of both the freight
and passenger departments of the South
ern Pacific lines east of I'll Paso. His
headquarters were at Houston, Texas,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
FLOODS RUIN CROPS.
Villages 0bliterated and Food Sources
Destroyed.

lahore, Indin, Sept. 4.Floods have
devastated large section of Behar dis
trict, Whole villages have been oblit.
Grated, great areas of food crops have
been destroyed and the indigo crop is
ruined. There are nine feet of water
on the low lying lands, The inhabitants
have sought refuge in the hills.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
TWo-THIRDS SYMPATHIZE.

HAVANA, Sept As the days pass
with no appreciable diminution of the
revolution, the apprehension increases.
The most conservative testimony from
the country districts of the Provinces
of Pinar del Rio, Havana and Santa
Clara is to the effect that two-thirds of
the people are insurgents in sentiment
if not in fact.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
JOHNSON REN0MINATED.

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 4.-The Demo-
cratic state convention today renomin-
ated John A. johnson rs candidate to
himself. Not only was John
son lenominated, but also spoken of as
the logical running mate of Bryan in
1908, Continued applause greeted Bry-
ans name, although one or two dissent
ing voices were heard on the stage,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
LIEUT.. COLONEL Spit DIES.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.--Lieutenant-
Colonel James Split, Eighth Infantry.
died at his residence in this city today,
He had been in ill-health for a num-
ber of years. He was appointed ca
det at West Point from Ohio in 1874.
He had seen service during the Span
ish war and Philippine insurrection.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
LAuRIFR'S BROTHER DIES.

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept a.-~Sr Wilfred
iAnrier lett yesterday for Athabaska'
willie His youngest brother, Henry Lau.
rcr died suddenly from aploplexy,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
Hepburn Makes Bitter Attack on
Administration.
IS KISSED BY IRRIGATIONlSrs
idaho's Senator Tells Congressman Reed
er to Keep His Ideas to Himself
Calls Audience "Geese" for
Kissing.

BOISE, Sept. 4.-The policy of with
drawing vast areas of the public do
main from entry under the land laws
in order to create forest reserves and
conserve water supplies for the purpose
of irrigation, which has been vigorously
opposed by influential interests in the
West, had its defenders and its oppo-
nents at tonight's session of the Nation
al Irrigation Congress. The debate was
marked by bitter attack on the ma
tional administration by United States
Senator Hepburn and a vitriolic ex-
change between Hepburn and Congress-
man Reeder Of Kansas. AT another stage
of the debate. Hepburn was persistently
hissed by the audience, and to obtain a
hearing was forced to declare his in
tention to finish his remarks. The as
semblage was disorderly and the chair
and the chairman was compelled to call
for order.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05
Pinchot Upholds Roosevelt.

Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot in an
address stated that Roosevelt's policy
put public land to the best uses possible.
He mentioned the difficulties to be met,
the demands on one side that the stock
men be kept off reserves and the de-
man of the other stockmen to have free
access to them. He admitted mistakes
had been made, and other mistakes
would be, Senator Hepburn followed
and took the national administration
severely to task. One charge that he
made was that two-thirds of the area
had been sea aside for reserves and the
hopes blasted, that the state would new
er amount to anything except as a good
quiet place for poets todream. Wash
ington, he said, was almost in as bad
shape, He denied the right of the ad-
ministration to assume the prerogative
of "giving" to the people, The people.
he said were sovereign in this country.
Hepburn declared that the Cassia re-
serve in Idaho had ben created at the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-09-05

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
SUICIDE,
Mysterious Death Of Fourteen-Year-
Old Chicago Boy.

Chicago, JAN. 3.-Earl Dean, four
teen years old, was found dead in the
kitchen of his mothers fiat in Hyde
Park. The boys head and shoulders
rested on a pillow in the oven of a
gas range, with the unlighted gas es-
Gaping from the burners under it. His
hands were tied behind him and his
feet were bound with one of his
mothers aprons. A handkerchief was
knotted loosely about his neck.
The fact that the youth was bound
and that the back door of the fiat, in
which he was alone, was unlocked
gave rise to a strong suspicion of
murder. Nothing in the rooms, how
ever, had been touched. Furthermore,
the placing of the cushion beneath
the lads head was taken as evidence
of preparation for taking his own life,
a precaution that probably no MUIR
derer would have taken.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Chino-Japanese treaty regard
ing Manchuria and the Liaotung PENN
sula has been signed at Peking. The
most important of all of the provisions
OF the treaty is an article Whereby
China agrees to ODen to the worlds
commerce and trade sixteen principal
ports and cities in Manchuria, includ.
ing Hardin, the modern Russian cap
ital of the province and it's most i'm
portant railroad center. Japan also
secures a lease of Port Arthur and
valuable railroad concessions.
The state department has received
information by cable that an attempt
was made in Bogota Wednesday to
dispose of President Reyes as an Incl.
dent to a plot for overturning the Co
lombian government. In consequence
there were many arrests of prominent
men, who are to be tried by court.
martial.
The trial at London of Hugh Watt,
the former member of parliament
charged with melting hired agents to
murder his divorced wife, Julia Watt,
and Sir Reginald Beauchamp, ended
with a verdict of guilty. Watt was
sentenced to five years penal servi.
tude.
A dispatch from Constantinople
saws that the Turkish consul at Ba
toum reports that the Armenians are
massacreing Tartars at the rate of 500
daily.
J. Luciano de Castro, the Portuguese
premier, and the members OF his cab
met have rendered their designations,
which we're accepted by King Charles.
The sultan of Morocco refuses to
agree to the. holding of the interna-
tional conference on Moroccan re-
forms at Madrid instead of Algeciras.
Raymond Pr%efontaine. Canadian
minister of marine and fisheries, died
suddenly at Paris.