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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
BILLIARD COMPETITION.

NEW YORK, April 2S.--Five anna
teur billiardists win begin their com.
petition for the international champ
ionship at 1872 balk line tonight in the
concert hall OF the Liederkranz Club.
All matches OF the tournament will
be Of 400 points duration. Lucien Re
Role, the French entrant, who will be
seen in the opening contest has count
ed an everage OF a fraction over 20,
and high run Of l27 in practice since
his arrival in this country. His care
full manipulation and correctness,
combined with the remembrance OF
his defeat of Wilson ]. Foss in Paris,
when the American led him by more
than 200 points, caused him to be the
favorite. Re Role has held the Euro
pean title FIVE times and only lost it
just before sailing for this country
Jerdin Poggenberg Of this city who
meets the Frenchman in the first game
has held the national title, His best
practice at 1872 has produced an
average of p OLA with high run OF
I2o.
Proggenberg will meet Chas. f.
Conklin Of The Chicago Athletic As
sociation and also former national
champion, in the first matinee game
tomorrow. Corklin's best practice
shows an average OF II 32-3o and a
high run Of SO, yet his dogged per-
sistence in play is sure to help him
through many hard games. Calvin
Demarest Of Chicago, present nation
al champion, has averaged II, and 100
is his best run. +, w Gardner Of
Passaic, N. T., also former champ
ion, has averaged IS and his best run
is an, even 100.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.

VICTORIA, B. c., April %. News
was brought by the Empress of India
today of a series OF disastrous con
flagrations at Peking involving loss
Of many lives due to incendiarsm
Nine fires took place in as many days
at the end of March and beginning
OF April and dynastic rebels are con.
sidered responsible and wholesale ar
rests have been made,
The floods at Hankow, briefly re
ported by cable were more disasterous
than was stated in the earlier reports,
the loss Of life reaching more than
5000,
Naval review Of unprecedented
scopeis planned by the Japanese to
welcome the American squadron on
its visit to Kobe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S.-The
jury to try Ruei, the former political
boss Of San Francisco, was completed
this afternoon after both sides had
exhausted the peremptory challenges.
The taking Of testimony will COM
mence tomorrow afternoon. The jury
will be kept under close surveillance
during the entire periods Of the trial.
Tomorrow morning will be devoted
10 hearing the motion for change OF
venue II being alleged by the defense
that Ruef cannot be given a fair and
impartial trial. The work Of impannel-
ing the jury occupied 10 days. and
over 600 names being drawn before
the IL men were selected. The par
ticular charge upon which Ruef will
be tried Is the offering Of bribe Of
$1,000 to Jennings Phillips for his vote
on the trolley franchise.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
Presidents Reference to Multi
milIionairss Eyokes Applause
THE DREAM OF AGES"
Madison Predicted That Roosevelt
Politics Would Prevail at the Next
National Republican Convention
Paid Glowing Tribute to President

! WASHINGTON, April 28. = os-
tensibly considering the sundry civil
appropriation bill the house devoted
most of the time today to speeches
covering a wide range Of subjects and
concluded the session by giving an
attentive hearing to the Presidents
message. When the portion of the
message referring to the multi-mil-
lionaires Whose son is a fool and
his daughter a foreign princess" was
reached, it evoked a storm of APP
plause. Lake, OF New Jersey, made
some caustic remarks concerning the
Presidents applause on the Demo
cratic side. Madison, predicting that
the Roosevelt politics would prevail
at the next national Republican con-
vention, paid glowing tribute to the
President, declaring his forestry
achievements alone had realized
"The dream Of ages"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
BROKE HIS HANDcUFFS.

NEW YORK, April 2S-Trying to
repeat the trick which gained him his
freedom in Switzerland, Jost Sattler
who is wanted in that country on a
charge of highway robbery and at
tempted murder, broke the handouts
which bound him to detective near
the Jefferson Market police court yes
terday and started on run down the
street. He was caught after a short
chase and in court was held in $S,0OO
bail for forty eight hours to await adj
vices from Switzerland Herman
Handrick, chancellor Of the Switzer-
land consulate, appeared as prosecut-
or,
When Sattler was arrested in Swift
zerland, he broke his chains and es-
capped from gendarmes who had him
in charge, seriously injured two Of
them.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
GOING upi
Big Balloon Being PILED With Gas
at North Adams.

NEW YORK, April 28.-With q
capacity OF more than $4,000 feet OF
gas, American biggest balloon, the
Conqueror, will be launched in the
air Friday afternoon OF this week
at North Adams, Mass, The new bal
loon has been built here for Dr. A.
Helland Forbes of this city and in
ii he expects to try for the Linn cup,
going west for the ascension. The
balloon Is made of cotton and the
linen and its large size will enable It
TO remain in the air for long time
under favorable weather conditions.
1t will be shipped tomorrow to North
Adams where Mr.. Forbes, accom-
panied by Leo Stevens, its maker, w,
Fitzhugh Witehouse and Henry
Whitehouse Of this city will make the
initial ascension in il. Mr.. Forbes
was yesterday granted an Official
pilots license BY the Aero Club OF
America, Of which he is member,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
TAFT THEIR GUEST.
Redcross Society Meeting in New
York.

NEW YORK, April 2S-In intro
ducing Secretary Of War Taft to a
meeting OF the Red Cross Society at
the Waldorf-Astoria this afternoon,
VIM. Cary Sanger. president Of the
New York Branch Of the organization
will read q commendatory message
from President Roosevelt. Secretary
Taft. who Is president Of the Ameri-
can branch Of the society will speak
on the tuberculosis camps and home
emergency first MD.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
sHERIFFS DEATH.

NEW YORK, April 2S There is
sorrow in the sherifPs o%ce because
of the sudden death Of deputy Sheriff
JOS, Bell, captain of the squad that
takes prisoners to Sing Sing. In ii
years he took $4,000 prisoners from
the Tombs prison and delivered them
to the various penal institutions to
which they had been sentenced. He
had the reputation Of never having
lost man.
1t was Bell who took Harry K.
Thaw to the insane asylum at Mattea-
wan. Daniel O'Reilly ,one Of Thaw's
counsel, and went along says Bell
caught severe cold while conducting
Thaw from Fishkill Landing to Mat
taewan and that he really never re-
covered from it. T guess that trip
killed poor Joe Bell" said Mr..
O'Reilly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
Gathering Of the Catholic Her
archy In New York
SIX THOUSAND PARTICIPATED
The Occasion Was a Public Thanks
giving Upon the Completion cf 100
I Years of Catholicism IN New York
Very Impressive Ceremony.


NEW YORK. April 2S-Not since
the last plenary council Of Baltimore
has there been such gathering OF the
Catholic hierarchy as that which as
sembled today at St Patrick's Cathe-
dral and offered public thanksgiving
upon the completion Of the 100 years
of Catholicism in New York With
but two exceptions every archbishop
in the country was present with all the
leading bishops and the numerous
heads Of all the religious orders. The
thanksgiving is in the form Of
ponti6cial mass in which 5000 par
ticipated. The ceremony was very
impressive and beautiful
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
]. EaIzeII Brown Gives Informa.
ton That Will Add 81, ,O00,-
600 to DepositOr's Fund
ALSO CIPHER CODE BOOK
He Also Told the Receiver and As
sistant District Attorney Hof Cook
Which Will Cause Receiver to Re-
tain Certain Properties.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Isl.
Dalzell Brown the yice-president and
manager Of the California Safe De
post Trust Company now under a
sentence Of rs months for embezzling
securities today gave information to
E. J. Lebreton which viii add one
million dollars to the fund for the
depositors. He also gave other infor-
nation to the receiver and assistant
District Attorney Hoff Cook, which
will cause the receiver to retain GER
tain valuable properties Brown also
gave up the cipher code book which il
lis expected will reveal much to the
investigation of the banks affairs.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, April 2S--In con-
ncction with the international con-
grcss on tuberculosis to be held in
Washington September q to October
~ next, the Smithsonian Institution
recently offered a prize Of 81 500 un.
der the Hodgkins Fund for the best
treatise on "The Relation Of atmos'
phcric lar to tuberculosis 1t was
announced this prize would be award
edly a committee appointed by thc
secretary OF the institution In con
junction with the officers Of the in
tcrnational congress.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

TACOMA, April 2S-George S.
Klontze, aged %, shot and perhaps
fatally injured his girl wife while they
we're wheeling their eight-months-old
infant along the streets today and
then shot himself. The tragedy fol
lowed violent quarrel Of which there
had been many
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
HEART ON RIGHT SIDE.

CHICAGO, April 2S.-coroner's
physician II. G. N. Reinhardt discoy-
cred yesterday that the heart Of Paul
Grgzgswigski, who was killed Sun
day night by Tony Flax, was on the
right side Of his body. Gragzgswigski
was stabbed on the left side, the knife
cutting the pulmonary artery, caus-
ing him to bleed t6death.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
AN OPEN LETTER.
Mayor Wise Appeals to the
. Citizens.

= To the Civic Improvement
. League:
= A crisis confronts our fair
q city and call upon you, as
= Mayor OF Astoria, not to file
= local option petitions in any
= precinct at this time.
= We are now engaged in
. fight to protect and preserve
. our fishing industry which
y means bread and butter to
y thousands Of men, women and
= children, it is a hard fight at
= best, but we will surely lose
= that fight II we continue in our
y internal warfare. All OF our
. money, time and energy should
= be directed toward the saliva
= tion Of the industry which
= means almost everything to US.
. In the presence Of an outside
= foe it is not only the part Of
= wisdom but also the part OF
= patriotism to overlook family
. quarrels and unite for the
= common defence. Sincerely,
: HERMAN WISE,
. Mayor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Out of
town delegates to the convention Of
the General Society, Daughters of the
Revolution were welcomed yesterday
BY the New York State Society with
a reception at the Plaza Hotel There
were more than FIVE hundred guests,
prominen members of the society from
all over the country, A feature Of the
occasion was the presentation Of a
loving cup to Mrs John Howard
Abeel, the retiring regent Of the state
chapter,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
"A Special Meeting Of the Com
mon Council
RESOLUTION WAS REJECTED
The Petition Presented by the Civic
Improvement League Was Follow
ed by the Resolution Which the
Council Was Called to Vote on.

A special meeting Of the common
council was held In the council cham
Der last night to pass upon resolu-
tion introduced by Councilman Hend-
erson AT the reqeust Of the Mayor
the Civic Improvement League pre-
sented a petition which was as fol.
lows;
Astoria, Ore, April 28, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council, Astoria, Oregon.
Honorable Sirs:-Tn response to a
request from the Mayor OF our city,
the Civic improvement League Of AS
toria, Oregon, adopted the following
resolutions and respectfully present
the same to the city council:
Resolved, That If the city council
Of Astoria will pass a resolution limit
ing the district, in which licenses may
be granted, to precincts numbers two,
three, four, and FIVE, Of this city; and
il the saloonmen of this city will
present to the Mayor a written agree
ment in which they pledge themselves
to obey th Sunday closing law, and
that minors, women, or gambling shall
not be allowed in their places of busi-
ness, no local option petitions will be
filed by us in the City OF Astoria for
the period Of two years,
Resolved, Second, that it be the
understanding that if, by any means,
saloons be allowed in precincts num-
bers one, six, or seven, or II any items
Of this agreement be violated, then
the whole agreement shall immediate
" be null and void.
Civic Improvement League Of Astoria,
Per w, M. WHITNEY, Sec.
WIN. ROSS, President;
G. G, RARICK.
ALBERT CARLSON,
c. L. OWEN.
The Mayor and seven councilmen
were present, the absent ones being
;Mr, Belland-who has FIVE months
leave Of absence-and Mr.. Leinen-
weber. The resolution was:
Resolution by Councilman Henderson
Whereas, there is an effort being
made in the precincts in the city Of
Astoria now closed to the sale Of
liquor under the local option law to
submit the issue thereof to the voters
at the next general election, and
Whereas, such action threatens to
open the issue throughout the entire
city of Astoria to the injury of busi-
ness and business interests,
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
common council Of the city Of As
toria:
That from and after the present
-------- IT
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
ACTIONS POSTPONED.

WASHINGTON, April 2S-No &C.
tion will be taken at this session OF
the Kahn bill forbidding interstate
commerce in convict-made goods
The committee on labor yesterday
agreed to call for briefs and printed
testimony and to postpone a repor'
on the bill until the next session.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
SEATTLE RELIEVING STAND.

The fleet committee OF the chamber
of commerce has decided to erect a
reviewing stand capable of seating
10000 to be used in reviewing the
parade when the fleet visits Seattle
in May. The stand will be on a va
cant lot in the very heart Of the city.
The committee believes stand ac-
commodating 10000 will be none too
large to accommodate the crowds ex-
pected to be in the city when the fleet
is here.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WANTS HER PROPERTY.

NEW YORK, April 2S Emma
Eames, the opera singer, filed a
complaint in the supreme court Of
New York yesterday against Julian
Story from whom she was divorced
a short time ago to recover large
amount Of personal property which
she says belongs to her although still
retained by her former husband,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
SUICIDE AT SEA.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S- Tim
othy Bresnan, wealthy Eureka lum-
herman, committed suicide Sunday
by jumping overheard from the
steamer City Of Topeka when off
Shelter Cove on its way from Eu-
reka to this port.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
TRoLLEYs COLLIDE.

DETROIT, April 2S-Two large
interurban trolley cars collided this
afternoon rs miles from here. Nine
were killed and about so were injured.
A mistake in orders was the cause of
the sad accident
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
WANT IL BATTLESHIPS.

SEATTLE, April 28-With but one
dissenting voice the Seattle Chamber
Of Commerce today passed resolu-
tions which favor the retention on
this coast of not less than II battle
ships.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
BASEBALL SCORES.

AT Los Angeles--Los Angeles 2,
Oakland 8 (l0 innings).
AT Scattle-Seattle II, Aberdeen 8.
AT 1'acoma-Tacoma 8, Spokane 5
III innings).
AT Oakland Portland 7, San Fran
cisco |.
AT ancouyer--Butte 2, Vancouver 1.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
1000 PEOPLE MAssAcRED.

TEHERAN, April rs Dispatches
read in parliament stated that the
Kurds around Urumiah, town Of
Persian Armenia, had pillaged So vii
lagos and massacred 1000 people.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
APPROPRIATION BILL.

WASHINGTON, April 2S The
District Of Columbia appropriation
bill carrying $ll,s0o,OOO passed the
Senate today.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29

WASHINGTON, April 28 Pen
sion appropriation passed the Senate
in four minutes II carries $685.
053,OOO
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
TB.r!:, "s,+.,:. ! ,sIIURY
Y IS Completed
Over Six Hundred Names We're
Drawn Before the Twelve Men
We're Selected
OCCUPIED NINETEEN DAYS

A Motion Will be Made For a Change
Of Venue il Being Alleged That
Ruef Cannot be Given q Fair and
Impartial Trial.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17
THE COMING CONTEST.

The campaign for the April conven-
ton has been fought and won. The
progressive republicans control it and
will elect delegation of their own
faith to the National Convention.
There is breathing spell now until
the April convention is over, and then
the fight will open again. One phase
of the fight for the June primaries is
practically settled by the result of
those held in March i. e. the progres
sives have majority in the state and
Governor Crawford will be nominated
for senator, Senator Vessey will be
nominated for Governor. with progress
sive candidates for congress and the
minor state offices. The large MAORI
ties both of delegates and of the
popular vote polled, with full vote
cast in the towns and a light one in
the farming precincts, where the pro-
gressive strength lies, insure that
much.
The important thing remaining to
do is to secure a Legislature which
will not ignore the primary nomina-
ton for Z. S. Senator as the stalwart
legislature of 1905 ignored the pop
ular will expressed by a constitution
al petition. Already few men an
nounced their candidacy for the legis-
Iature and have declared for the re-
election of Senator Kittredge. Not
one of these is entitled to single re-
publican vote. Senator Kittredge him
self, is not entitled to single repub-
licau vote, unless he answer the ques-
ton, whether he will be bound by the
result of the primary in which he asks
for support from the republican vol ers,
who act in good faith, have right TO
insist on equal good faith on the part
of the candidate. - Journal World
Spirit,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17
THE SUGAR TRUSTS SECRECY.

A few months ago Claus Spreckels,
the largest individual stock holder of
record in the American Sugar Rein
ing company, popularity known as the
sugar trust, made a fight for greater
publicity in the reports of the com
pany's affairs. At the January meet
ing the management promised him to
make an explicit statement of the
company's assets. The annual report
has just been issued and comparative
ly little real information is contained
in it, About all that can be derived
from it that has never appeared before
is the summary of earnings, showing
total of SS,749, POI, and a surplus, af-
ter paying dividends, of $2,440,36l.
Under the administration of the late
Mr.. Havemeyer as president, the trust
paid in decade about S63, 100000, in
dividends, besides increasing it's as
sets S26,000,00O, and writing off Sl4,-
100000. This means that in ten years
The trust took in profits over Sl00,000,-
600 from the people who are its pa
irons.
Mr.. Spreckels, in his fight for great
er publicity, probably is actuated by
his interest as s'ockholder. But the
public, with the interest OF consumers,
has still greater right to know the
| inwardness of the trusts business
The company might say to stock,
holders with some show of reason that
so long as they are paid their divi'
dends they can have no complaint
But being a monopoly, it cannot say
to the public that it has the inherent
right to exact, by secret processes, as
large an amount of profits as it can.
And SO long as big monopoly like
the sugar trust fights against public.
ity, the impression will prevail that
there are inside facts about the trust
which would not look we'll in print
| Sioux Falls Press.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17

direct for all officers-the correction
of many evils which have become a
stencil in the nostrils of every honest
citizen have all cost more than money
could ever repay.
1t is pleasure to know that the
common people the bone and sinew
of the commonwealth have rallied
to the support of those who have had
the courage of their convictions and
are now defending the people against
a return to close corporation railroad
lobby, whisky trust, Standard oil
combination. Brookings Register.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17

KITTREDGE's record in the senate is
comprised of just two things which he
considers of sufficient Importance to
entitle him to re-election-his vote
against Reed Smoot, the Mormon
senator, and his blistered feet. Great
record for eight years, and so much
of public interest doing in that time.
The wonder is that be didn't accident
ally fall upon something else. Don't
see how he so successfully avoided
doing something worth mention.
What a wasted opportunity will be
written in his life's history.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17
CORN CONTEST.
De Smet. S. d. April 10, 1908

De Smet. S. d. April 10, 1908.
To the Boys of the Rural Schools,
Kingsbury county
The farmers of this state ought to
raise more and better corn. Do you
want to try your hands at it9 Corn
contests have been held in neighbor
ing states, and some in South Dakota,
and now we propose one for the boys
of the rural schools of Kingsbury
county.
Any rural school boy under Is years
of age enrolled in school this year
may enter. The seed will be furnish
ed by the county superintendent, but
each boy wishing to enter must write
for his own seed enclosing &c to pay
the postage on it. The conditions on
which the corn is sent are as follows:
a package of seed will be presented
on condition that the boy receiving it
shall plant 300 grains of it in a square
with the balance in two rows planted
on the south and west sides to ferti-
lie and protect the inside rows: that
he will cultivate it and harvest it and
exhibit ten ears at some Farmers
Institute in this county next winter,
the ten ears for exhibition to be taken
from the inside square and nowhere
else.
1t is further agreed by the boy re-
ceiving this corn that he will comply
with the rules governing the exhibit
of corn at the Farmers Institute, and
that he will as far as possible follow
the suggestions sent him in regard TO
keeping the record of growing the
corn.
The seed furnished will be Mime
sofa No. l3. The prizes will be S5,
So, and 81 in cash,
Wishing you a successful summer,
Sincerely yours,
A. III. Seymour.
p. s. Tell the girls we'll have some
contest for them before the year ends.