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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27
The Anarchist

[Copyrigh,. 1906. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.1
John Cunningham had been gov
ernor OF Dartmoor prison for thirteen
years. and daring that long interval
not convict had succeeded In making
his escape, The governor battered
himself ON this fact. He lived four
miles from the prison, and the less he
visited ii the better things were run.
Governor Cunningham finally leclf.
ed To write book OH crim!noloe.A
That was perfectly natural thiEs;.
since he had so many specimens at
hand. He meant that hook to be a
standard aud to contain matter TO as
tonlsh the world. He was entirely ig-
norant Of his subject. but he went to
work like a man who means business.
TO get his data he had to have prison
ers brought before him to be question
ed aud to have their heads examined.
Thes governor had boasted more than
once that he could tell a predlsposed
criminal ten rods away.
One of the prisoners called before
the governor was james Broughton,
who had received sentence OF hve
years for embezzlement. The family
was respectable one, and this was
the first offense for hundred years.
Broughton himself had anything but
criminal tendencies. He was well edu-
Gated, well appearing and was remark
cd for his intelligence. The governor
found In Broughton the acme for
which he sought. He put him down as
man who was born with the In
stincts of thief. He did not credit
him with ordinary intelligence. He
found him victim Of homicidal mania
Broughton had entered prison de-
termlned to make his escape II 1t was
within the possibilities. After a years
good conduct he was named for the
agricultural gang, the TRUSTEES who
moved the meadows and raised O
share Of the fresh vegetables consumed
I'm the prison. He had friends outside
30 aid him In 80 far az furnishing him
q SUIT of citizens clothes and q small
sum of money. He had made up bis
mind to 20 to South America, and be
must have several hundred dollars
The fact that he knew not where tc
raise the money prevented his escape
for months. II was not until after the
governor had made him choice speci
men Of criminology that q brilliant idea
came to him. As the agricultural ganl
marched back to prison one evening
Broughtcn was missing, and the alarm
was given. He had found the suit had
been met by a friend with horse and
buggy, and by the time the guards
were securing the country for him thu
convict vas at the governors house.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

transit. are to be tied up, and render"
ed fruitlcss and perhaps, sacrificed
to the issues pending between the
great forces engaged, For nearly a
year a new scale Of time and wage mas
been under discussion in the ofiices
of the railway unions and the man
ageriai Offices Of the lines, and ths
conferences had almost eliminated the
initial cause OF dispute. The train-
men demanded an advance Of II l-s
per cent In the wage scale and day
of nine hours duration. BY degrees
the companies had conceded all but
ia per cent OF the money demand. and
had altogether refused the nine hour
day.
This Is the status OF the controversy
now, and II win eventuate IN the usual
alternative, strike OF immense pro-
portions and Of incalculable loss TO oil
concerned. as well as to hundreds Of
thousands Of outsiders who are not
parties to the mix-up in any way save
that Of patrons Of both, employees and
companies,
Every line west Of the Rockies y
wrought into the huge scheme Of con-
tention. and only the Canadian Pacific
Is left to break the onuS Of the tie-nT
and that Is not to be counted on fol
any sort OF real resistance as II has
lust closed a deal with the o. r. 4
IN. to use its tracks this side Of spo-
Kane into Portland. and the sympathy
Of its employees is likely to be very
largely engaged with the men making
! the fight.
We are not conversant with the mer'
its Of the matter. and can only hops
the cause Of justice win be servet
lwheresoever It may lie, and that th'
trial Of strength and endurance vii
not be long borne by the trainmen
the companies nor the public at large
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27
TRIAL IN siaAr.

1t is with sense Of positive relief
that the western public notes the fix-
ing OF the date and place Of trial for
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone,
charged with the murder Of Governor
steunenberg of Idaho. These men.
through their attorneys have juggled
with all the processes Of the law that
would contribute in any manner to
the policy Of delay and have consist
emily put out pleas and programs and
charges against all courts and officers
charged with their; detention, laying
the blame OF dalliance upon them
rather than upon themselves, We DO
not know to what extent. IL any. they
are guilty. under the charges pre-
ferred, and we want to see them get
the fullest, measure OF Justice. inclu-
ding freedom and vindication II they
are due; bue we are infinitely glad
the issues are to come to head and
the courts are TO unwind the snarls
and chickering's that have made the
names OF the trio q household word In
the west.
They might long ago have been re-
leased had they suffered their cases
to go before the tribunals, especially
In the earlier hours of the deadly con-
troyersy. when prejudice mad hardly
awakened. as 1t has most thoroughly
since.
II they are guiltless they viii be able
to prove it; IL they are guilty they
win be made to realize the burden Of
such guilt. Those are questions Of
law and evidence, Of court, jury and
attorney; 1t is up to them at last, and
the whole Pacific slope Is heartily
glad of II, for the sake Of the men al
bar, as we'll as for the cause Of jus
tice, and public surcease from the
eternal harpings Of the names OF these
three men: for whatever of genuine
public interest and sympathy was
theirs at first has been fiattened to
expressionless inertia, to the distinct
disadvantage Of the men wac might
have made better use of It.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

A rather queer thing had happened
10 the governor ton years before, aud
as tho Incident had been published IL
was common property IN prison and
out. lIe had made trip to Russia.
aided an anarchist without knowing
what tho man was. and after being
shut up In a fortress for a month he
had becn given his liberty and escorted
60 tho frontier This humiliation ran
kicd III Ills breast. and ho was not
backward about saying to freeman or
convict that he would do most any
thing to get square with the Russian
government lie had been 10 outspo-
ken that he had received a hint from
his own government TO moderate his
speech. He took warning by II, but no
stlll chafed. The telephone called the
governor up to inform him that con-
vict had escaped. and while hc was
fusslng about Il the card OF stranger
was brought In. The name was that
of a Russian. and the governor at once
thought OF anarchists and nihillsts and
arbitrary measures and became hot.
There was q confab lasting an hour.
The Russian did not hesitate to conhde
In tho governor. He Informed him
that plot was ON foot to overturn
tho government and raise Z republlc
on its ruins. He was asked TO assist
In the conspiracy. He knew that such
action would make him amenable to
the law. and yet he remembered tho
dreary days and nights In that coll In
the fortress. He had never talked with
more intelligent man. He had never
met with another foreigner who spoke
the Engliah language 80 correctly. M
The warning received by tho great
man was ringing In his earn. but hs
thought Of the miserable food, the wet
straw and the manner In which no had
been bounced out Of the cxar's cotnln'
Ions aud warned to stay out. The tele.
vhone gave him the particulars Of the
convlct's escape and inquired about OF.
fering a reward. but he was too busy
to attend 20 such irifies. He hrst said
no. but as the Russian rose to leave
the house the governor brought out q
bag containing $500 10 gold aud placed
II on the table and turned his back
and began TO hum. the air OF tune.
4 The Russian tumbled to the suhscrip'
tlon aud murmurea his thanks. With
the gold no picked up one OF the GOV
ernor's cards An hour later q train
was bearing him 10 Liverpool. lie was
stopped Oh the way and stopped asali'
as he went aboard Il stcHnier for Snnth
| America. but tbs. card OF the governor
carried him through
The search for Broughton nas thor
ough and long drawn ont ~ u was
the tirst escape from uarttnoor r,l,ler
Governor Canninal,am's rrlgn. he was
| overanxlous for The mnn's cisIllare. ~
the courSe ~ Il lGniii fifty different
men were rrFestei In different parts ~
| England. Int of course none OF then'
| proved 10 10 the t'crsOn wanted MOI
until Rrouehtou reached SnNth All,rr
| leu alid kr,sa that he'e0nld rot bc -
tradite.l did hp give himself away
Then there was fun HI the big prison
and at the governors mnnslon. The
conyIets laughed among themselves
and the press roasted the governor fol
an ass. and the result was a resigna'
don and the abandonment OF the Inter
esting study Of criminology for all tiins
to come. II. QUAD
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

The utter impossibility OF keeping
a good man down is again ILLUSTRATED
| in the case Of william ]. oliver, who
has just been elected to the presiden-
cy Of trust company. Clipping cou-
mons on a mahogany table, under the
soft caresses Of an electric fan, VIII
prove a much easier task than running
a scraper through the baked clay Of
Panama.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27
PORTLAND 70 TAKE STEPS.

1t Is credibiy reported that Port
land thinks Astoria altogether too slow
in launching the contest on the legal
ity and constitutionality Of the Port
OF Columbia law: that we win not get
at it In time to permit the organixa-
tion OF the commission at the end OF
the ninety days that must elapse after
its fling by the Governor: There
fore sae Is to have some Of her inter-
crested citizens institute friendly
suit In a Portland court to try out a
Portland measure. at Portland's ex-
pense.
Alright, let her get at II. and IL the
result does not suit us, the right OF
appeal still lies with US and we may
prosecute our issue to the court Of
last resort, when 1t becomes necessa-
ry.
She is not at all sure, herself, OF
the probity of the measure under the
law and the constitution; there are
signs abroad that she really feels she
has bitten off too much an dmay have
to gag some of It back; that, for once.
she has over-stepped the bounds of
equity ana drawn down upon herself
the logical structure of all right-tnink-
ing men. And to quiet her conscience
she had best get busy in the courts
and ascertain for herself the limit Of
her blunder rather than have the con-
viction thrust upon her at other hands.
One Of the cardinal elements OF
proof that the bill was, primarily,
wrong, was the utter absence Of sup
port In the columns Of the Portland
Oregonian during its pendency In the
legislature. There was never a more
loyal paper than that for anything
that was honestly right, and good for
the metropolis; 1t has never failed in
single Instance during its half-century
of existence, to stand firmly by all
things that were designed to uplift
Portland, from inception to consuma-
ton, but In this particular instance,
1t never uttered but one short half
hearted editorial for this wrong thing
until the responsibility for its actual
existence was shouldered by the legis.
lature In the haste, confusion, and
worse, attendant upon its closing
hours.
Astoria and clatsop county care
nothing for the attitude Of Multnomas
county In the premise, it does mo-
make a farthing's difference whethel
she fights or fondles, the Port Of Col
umbia law; we have our own idea
about 1t and they are very deepl'
txed in tae public mind here and oni'
the edict Of court, far removed from
the purview and influence of its bear
ings, pronouncing 1t equitable AM
wholly within the. constitutional in
tent, viii satisfy us. And we ar
equally Indifferent as to who shal
bring the issue to the front.
The oregonian did not approve no
bolster it, as a measure; the Governo
did not sign ii as law; we reject
in both phases, and will accept II onl
when We nave to.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

Engiand's latest armorei cruiser
lust launched. the Indcmitahle. Is
longer ana swifter than the Dread
naught. She In TO have two mates oi
the same class, the Infexible and the
Invincioie. These big ships cost near
'ly ss.ooo.o0o each. A discussion about
disarmament usually winds up In this
fashion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27
STRIKE OF ALL STRIKES.

This week is like to see the inaugu-
ration Of the most stupendous Of all
strikes In the history Of organized la
Dor in the United States.
From fifty to sixty thousand men
in the railway service Of the West are
to be involved, and hundreds of mill
lions Of property, fixed, real, and in
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

A man is as old as he feels; and Mf'
Clevelapds refusal TO have ceiebra-
ton OF the 7oth anniversary OF his
birth indicates that he doesn't feel at
present like joining in any festivities
ON tho ground OF venerable disthc-
tion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

The speaker Of the Massachusetts,
house introduced Mr.. Bryan as from
Missouri" But this is as accurate as
Mr.. Bryan's reference to Nebraska as
my state" 9
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

J. Pierpont Morgan proposes 20 Do
stow 100000 on an art museum at
Hartford, Conn. his native city, Ex-
perlence teaches that art museums
are always lucky In attracting impor-
tan, gifts In money and famous pro-
ductions.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

The strike Of the street-car men In
Louisville, was put out by the food.
Everything that originates In Ken
lucky yields readily to the water
treatment.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

Last April the Mckinley sys,Sm
knocked at the door Of st. Louis
Aprn "a almost here again. and the
respectful application Ii still unan-
swerci.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

Grover Cleveland passed the script
ural age limit yesterday, but it isn't
safe to assume that anybody can take
liberties with him in match at hurl-
ing big words.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

lbattleship Connecticut In New York
|harbor, 1t will not be easy In the next
war TO steal a march on competent
wireless department.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

The safe. certain reliable little pills
that do not grippe or sicken are Dades
Little Liver pills. Best for sick head
aches, biiliousness and lazy hvers
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

The country has outgrown the Wall
street spectators. Their Black Fri
days no longer affect the general call
endar.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

The reporters will never be satisfied
until they compel Mr.. Rockefeller to
give II all away.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

The saive that acts like q pcuiucc
IA Pine Salve Carbolized. No other
salve 10 good for cuts. burns. bcils
and chapped skin. Ask about Il Price
rs cts. Frank Hart's Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27
%%~~~~%~>>&%~%~~% o .
o EDITORIAL aALAD. 4
AA@e%4HAA~H&A<4&& .

As soon as man falls In love with
pretty girl he becomes food for tht
alienists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

II the wires should be cut TO WASH
.lngton we would hardly now what
time to take our meals.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

wireless messages nave been ex-
changed between Point Iona, on the
Pacific Coast, Pensacola, Fla, and the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

There's. naught SO sweet as loves
young dream.
And 1t would sweeter be,
II lovers would only take
A little Rocky Mountain Tea.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-27

Ynsered q pecond-clAss matter July
n r.. "a tie pOss0Gace at Astortn. Ore
gca, HIdsr the acs 81 Congress oi harcn =.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10
THAT TOUCH OF FEMiNINlTY.
Mere Man Never Would Have Thouaht
of Scrub Woman's Scheme.

You can always detect the aesthet-
lc note in the eternal feminine" said
the observant bachelor. "There is
just as much difference between the
x as there was in that old era
when the foxy Ulysses devised his
trick to pick Achilles out from a bevy
of Greek maidens. The other morn
ing I was walking down Broadway to
my Office when I noticed a scrub wom-
an coming from her early task in one
of the big buildings in the financial
district. In her hand she carried a
newspaper that she probably had
picked out of one Of. the waste paper
baskets. When she got in front Of
the excavation for the big building on
Broadway, near Cortlandt street, she
stopped and picked up a piece Of two
inch plank about a foot and a half
long. She stopped and wrapped the
newspaper around that board and
made a bundle as neat as a box Of
candy, and trudged along. A laboring
man might or might not have carried
that piece Of board home, but he
wouldn't have thought of making a
package SO neat that it gave no sug-
gestion Of its prosaic but useful con-
tents."-N. Y. Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10

The records of the general land
office show over a million acres
of land homesteaded in North
Dakota during the past year, and
a greater number of homesteads
taken than in any year since
boom days in the northwest.
Fortunately there is no boom in
the northwest at the present
time. The value of the lands has
been definitely settled, and the
settlers coming are Of a sturdy,
Independent and self-sustaining
class, who will make their acres
pay their way. The rapid dimin-
ution of the public domain has
been frequently commented up
on, and yet the full extent of
settlement will not be realized
until a few years when there will
be no vacant public land for
demonstrating in this state. 1t is
then that the price of land will
advance more rapidly than now
or in the past, and every acre
will come to produce to it's fullest.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10
BAD LANGUAGE IN ENGLAND.
Upper Glasses Adopting Vulgar Words
and Forgetting Grammar.

Apropos of my recent remarks on
the adoption of cockney expressions
and the cockney accent by sta.lhold.
ers at a fashionable bazaar, says a writ,
er in the Lady's Pictorial, l am not
surprised to find that those who are in.
terested in the English language are
taking fright at the terrible havoc that
Is being made with it by those who
ought to know better. AS spoken now
by the masses, English is practically
another language from that spoken,
say, Is years ago by working people.
The school board education has given
yet another accent and tone to the
young person." and 1t therefore de.
ponds upon the upper classes to speak
pure English. But it is more than re.
grettable-it is, indeed, disastrons-to
find them a'tttins The hideous twang
and mca:!aa dsarisns Of expires.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10
Origin of "Buncombe."

Buncombe county, North Carolina.
has lent it's name to the country's vo.
cabulary and is a synonym OF hypo-
critical enthusiasm, not because that
is a characteristic of the people of
that region, but because many wears
ago a member of congress from Bun-
comoe county persisted in making a
speech when the general exodus of
members showed they didn't want to
near 1t. When it was intimated that he
might as we'll stop, he replied:
Never mind, I'm talking to Bun
combe." The word in it's new sense was
hrst applied to the speeches that were
MADE In congress for the express pur-
pose OF being sent home to the admir-
ing constituents and later received it's
present application.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10
A Dream With A Moral.

farmer had 1900 bushels Of
wheat which he sold, not to a
single grain merchant, but to
1900 different dealers, a bushel
each. A few of them paid him in
cash, says an exchange, but far
the greater number said it was
not convenient then, they would
pay later. A few months passed
and the mans bank account ran
low. How is this?" he said,
MY 1900 bushels of grain
ought to have kept me in aHiu-
ence until another crop is raised
but I have parted with it and
have a vast number of accounts,
so small and scattered that can
not get around to collect them
fast enough to pay expenses"
So he posted up a small notice
and asked all who owed him to
pay quickly. But few came. The
rest said, mine is only a small
matter, and I will go and pay him
one of these days, forgetting
that, when all were put together,
they meant a large sum to the
man. Things went on thus. The
man got to feeling so badly that
he fell out of bed and awoke and
running to his granary, found
his 1900 bushels of wheat safe
there. He had only been dream
ing.
The Publisher of the Pioneer
is in the same predicament as
the farmer in his dreams-in-
stead of wheat ours is subscrip-
tions. Note the subscription
label on your paper.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10
A Snap.

Half section 5 miles from town,
house, barn, granary, hog and
chicken house, schoolhouse on
land, no waste land, best Of soil,
for sale on crop payments. Stop
and think, is this not better than
renting.
We also have numerous other
farms, from 100 to $50 acre
tracts, at reasonable prices and
on reasonable terms.
THE BROWN-DANSKIN Co.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10
Foe to Race Suicide

The problem of race suicide will, he
slmplifled by the better housing Of
working people. AS the result of an
mountaineering 81, 500, 0OO-by an
English manufacturer, a garden col
ony for employees is reported to have
a birth rate of Sc and a death rate Of
only nine per 1000; while the child
rem OF seven are three inches taller
ana seven pounds heavier and those
OF II years are five and one.half
inches taller and 20 pounds heavier,
than the average of children Of the
same ages among the laboring classes
of Liverpool.