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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
LONG RELAY RACE.
New York Y. M. c. A. Boys To Car
ry Message To President.

NEW YORK, Nov. co. More
than 1000 boy nrrers viii take part
in the Y NJ {. A. relay.race 10
Washington which started from this
city NJ ; o'clock this afternoon. Bear
Ing silver tube containing mes
sage to President Roosevelt. the frs:
youngster viii whisk away from the
international branch Of the Y. M. G.
A. In 2sth street. lie will be quickly
relieved, however, distance for each
relay being limited to $50 yards In
this way fast time will be made and
the number Of participants greatly
increased. In the race to Chicago
last summer each runner covered
more than half d mile
As there win be no running
throughout the night, which is a de.
parlure from the rules Of the race &c
Chicago. the tube will not reach
Washington until late Saturday II
u due in Baltimore at 7 p. m. Sat
urday. four hours from Washington,
according TO the schedule.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
CROKER COMES HOME.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The Cum
ard liner Lusitania, with Richard Gro
ker, former Tammany chief on board,
doeked at 9 o'clock this morning,
having been sighted south Of Fire
Island shortly after midnight.
In connection with Mr., Croker's
visit It has become known that chas,
F. Murphy, the present Tammany
leader, has left the city and gone to
Mount cIemmons, Mich. for a rest.
He will not return to New York, Il
IL said, until Dec. !.
This is Richard croker's first visit
to the United States since 1905, when
he came over TO attend the funeral Of
his son Frank, who was killed in an
automobile accident in Florida.
In view Of Mr., croker's express
wish, his reception by the old guard
Of Tammany today win be very sim
pie,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
DETECTIVE BURNS FILES
CHARGES AGAINST TWO
!. POLICE OFFICERS
THEY GUARDED THE CELL
Charges Also Preferred to Police
Commission Against a Saloonkeep-
er Who Expressed Pleasure at At
tack on MFR. Heney.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 20
William ]. Burns, special agent Of
the district attorneys Office, and
chief detective for the prosecution in
the bribery graft Investigations. last
night filed with the police commits
sion charges alleging conduct unbe-
coming an officer against policemen
Chas, B, Kelly and John c. Attridge,
the two men detailed to guard the
cell of Morris Haas, who shot Fran
els ], Heney and afterward commit
ted suicide, In the complaint it is al
legged that few hours before Haas
took his life the officers refused to
permit Burns to enter the cell and
examine the prisoner in the interests
Of the district attorneys Office, The
hearing was set for November n.
AT the same session Of the board
charges were preferred against Al
bert Baker, a Kearny street saloon
keeper, who is alleged to have ex-
pressed satisfaction when he learned
that Heney was shot and to have re-
viied his assistants in the prosecu-
ton. It is charged that Baker is an
unfit person to hold license to sell
LIQUOR.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
ELECTION FRAUDS.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2O.-More than
so West Side politicians, including
John A. Cook and former business
partner, Samuel B. Panama, have
been added to the list of those who
are charged with responsibility for
the recent primary frauds.
This will make total Of more
than l0C indictments to be returned
since the jury was impaneled, and the
work is MT Salf ever
Cock so.ut cd two years ago Of
grating Ss',c cietk y, the Cir, ~
Court, is new serving a term in the
penitcn,iary
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
Rockefeller NOT So CHEERFUL
WHEN CROSS EXAMINED
RECTOR RESIGNS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2O.-Ths
resignation Of Rev Payson Young,
rector Of the Episcopal church of St.
Mary the Virgin, has been placed IN
the hands Of the yestrymen and ac-
cepted, temporary appointment
having been made to Gil the vacancy.
Rev. DR.. Young recently made de-
mand for an investigation Of char
ges against him connected with the
disappearance Of Edna Clark, the
Berkeley art student. who, after she
had been missing three weeks, was
found in Chicago. Rev. DR.. Young has
been under the care Of physician
for several days.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
ASTORIA OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Il. 1908
GRIEF FOR EMPEROR.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.- Grief
over the oath 81 his emperor caused
Gee Chung chu, well known mer-
chant aid politician Of Chinatown, to
commit suicide tonight by drinking
a bowl Of opium. Observing all the
rites Of death, he held a quantity Of
the drug in bowl mixing II with
tea.
With punk Sticks burning about
his head and at his feet and prayer
paper for the repose Of his soul scat
terd about on the floor and pasted on
the walls, Gee smoothed out his long
queue, brading the beautiful, glossy
plaits, and. spreading the silk tas-
sci at the end upon the head board,
laid down to die after drinking the
fatal draught
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-For over
Ave hours today, John d. Rockefel-
Ter, who was witness for the de-
Tense in the government suit to dis
solve the Standard Oil Company. fac
ed an unceasing FIRE Of questions
from the federal counsel, Frank b.
Kellogg and when adjournment was
taken until Monday the head Of the
oil combine was still being cross
examined on the charge that the
company in its early days accepted
rebates to the disadvantage 0f its
rivals. Rockefeller's cross exaniua-
ton viii probably not be concluded
until late on Tuesday as Kellogg
made It known that he would ques-
tion Rockefeller on every detail Of
the company's business The enor-
nous earning power Of the oil COM
bination was sharply brought out ID
today's hearing when Rockefeller
after stating that the Standard had
paid dividends amounting to $4,000
OOe in 1907, and said ii had earned
as much more which added to the
company's surplus which was stated
by the governments counsel to be
$3OOOOO,OOO.
II was further declared BY Mr..
Kellogg that the company within the
last eight years had earned nearly
half a billion dollars. The course Of
Rockefeller's testimony ran not SO
smoothly as yesterday when he told
his story under the direction Of
friendly counsel, but rapid fire in
terrogations Of the prosecutor al
ways met with unshaken impertur-
bility and readiness of answer except
when, as he explained: 1T Is quite
impossible for me to remember after
IS years. do not recall" Rookie
(Coa::..e5 On page 81
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
TERRIFIC TRENCH EXPLOSION MAY
COST TWENTY LIVES
make their way through water al
most up to their nceks before they
reached q place Of safety,
CAUGHT BY POLICEMAN.


NEW YORK, Nov TO- Eleven
children, including babe In arms.
were caught IN coats Of policemen
early today after they had been hnrI-
Cd from windows BY terrified mothers
Is Gre ragged In tenement In South
First street, Williamsburg. One boy
Of 10 years perished. From the third
floor a mother tossed her baby, but
I, was caught by a policeman un-
scathed Ten other children were
dropped into the coats that the re.
serves hastily slipped on, The cause
Of the fire was not aseerlained,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
FAMILIES IN PANIC.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20.--Fiity iami-
lies we're thrown into a panic at o.
clock this morning when FIRE broke
out in the Ashland apartment build
ing, Quick work Of a policeman who
ran through the halls and awakened
the tenants prevented loss of life,
The building, which is Of FIVE stor-
les, caught fire in the engine room,
and the flames jumped up the air
shaft to the left.
The occupants escaped by the
stairways and the FIRE escape before
the 6remen arrived. No one was in
jured, but many were obliged to fec
in light attire, The loss was about
$4,000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21

NEW YORK, Nov 2O.-An explo-
sion Of gas In q deep trench In Gold
street, Brooklyn, In which a number
Of men were employed, today eost
probably 20 liyeS and threw that
section Of the city into . panic.
The foree Of the explosion shook
down hundreds of tons 81 earth
stone and timber upon the men AZ
work at the bottom Of the trench, so
feet below the surface. Those who
were not instantly killed were drown
ed In the great volume Of water
which poured In upon them from
breaking mains or were smothered
by eaeaping gas Some Of the buried
men may have also been burned by
the FIRE that followed the explosion
Among those who lost their lives
were one woman and three children
who were passing through Gold
street at the time Of the explosion
and were carried down when the
sidewalks toppled into the trench
All the others who lost their lives
were men employed directly upon
the work. They included Frederick
W. Seheffmeyer, an inspector Of
sewers, and Samuel w. Trout. fore
man In charge Of the carpenters and
cement workers,
Trout lost his life In attempting 70
save the woman who was killed, He
was caught under falling timbers
and roasted to death. Many Of the
others were Italian workmen, some
OF whom we're known to their EN-.
ployers only by numbers.
A remarkable feature OF the aeci-
dent was that four men who we're
working In the lower part Of the
trench, and who heard the FIRST
sound Of the crumbling timhers, saw
ed their lives BY crawling through a
sewer pipe which led toward East
River. These men were obliged to
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
VICTIM REFUSES TO THROW
UP HANDS AND STARTS TO
RUN-SHoT AT TWICE
THUG IS SOON CAPTURED
Deputy Sheriff Covers Him With
Shotgun Before Desperate Was
Aware Of His Presence Was
Wearing Black Mask.

SALEM, Or, Nov. "a footpad
tonight shot and perhaps fatally
wounded DR.. c. H. Robertson. who
thrust his umbrella in the footpad's
face on a command to throw up his
hands and started to run. The thug
fired two shots at the doctor. Two
hours later man wearing a black
handkerchief for a mask and armed
with a big revolver was captured by
W. w. johnson, deputy sheriff, who
stole up behind the man and covered
him with a shotgun before the despe-
RADIO was aware Of the deputy's
presence.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
DOUBTS TAFT.
Cannon Says he Doesn't Think That
Taft is Sincere Regarding the
Tariff Revision.

DANvILLE, Nov TO- = When
Speaker Cannon's attention was
called to a story at Hot Springs, Va,
that Taft would oppose cannon's
reelection for speakership on the
ground that Cannon did not under
take in good faith to revision Of the
tariff. Cannon said; q do not be-
iieve the President-elect will under
take the organize the House. In
common with the President ! en-.
dorse the Republican national plat
form and am entirely willing to abide
by the action Of the Republican eau,
Gus to determine the organization o.
the House Of the 6ist congress"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21

NEW YORK, Nov 20. - Colonel
William c. Liller, chairman Of the
national league of democratic clubs
in statement issued tonight re-
garding his calling a meeting Of rep
resentatives Of all Bryan clubs and
democratic organizations throughout
the country to be held at Washing
ton December 8, 9. 10, next, said the
purpose Of the league was to main
tain intact the organization now ex-
listing and to strengthen the league
so as to eliminate the work Of re-
organization at the beginning Of each
campaign. Liller says that the de-
feat at the recent election has not
dampened the enthusiasm Of the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21

probably be reelected except Vice
President Daniel +. Keefe, and even
he may again be voted into Office. 1t
is reported that the miners win sup
port Keefe and they have the largest
vote of any union in the convention.
President Gompers was presented
with a handsome silver loving cup
and Mrs, Gompers d diamond ring,
Gompers could scarcely control his
feelings as he thaked the convention.
Resolutions commencing Roose-
welt in the conservation of natural
resources was unanimously adopted,
A resolution that the Federation will
erect building for its uses At Wash
ington, D. G., also was adopted.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
GERMAN SUICIDES.

PARIS, Nov. 20.--A special dis
patch from Berne, Switzerland, to
Count Rhenar, states that the sec
ond secretary Of the legation here
jumped from a window today while
suffering from an attack of fever and
was killed. He was the son Of
Baroness Won Nie1st, Morganatic
wife Of Prince Charles Of Baden and
was engaged to the niece Of Prince
Won Buelow. the German imperial
chancellor.
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INvEIoLEs HIM TO DISREpU.
TABLE SECTION OF CITY
AND ATTACKS HIM
IN PRECARlOUs CONDITION.
Assailant Commits Suicide In Prison
Cell by Hanging -- His Name 10
George Ballard and Was Two
Termsr and Morphine Field.

SAN JOSE, Cal, Nov. 2O.-shot
twice in the abdomen by a notorious
convict, two termer and morphine
iiend after being inyeigled to dive
in a disreputable section Of the city,
Rey w. Starbird. one Of the most
efficient police officers and detectives
in the city, lies at the hospital in a
preearious condition. His assailant
is dead in the morgue, having taken
his own life In cell in the city
prison by hanging His name Is
George Ballard.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
GOMPERS is STILL
IN FULL CONTROL
Some Of the Contents Of His Report Adopted and,
He Thereby is Fully Endorsed

DENVER, Nov 2O.--At no time
since the opening convention of the
American Federation OF Labor has
there been any doubt that Gompers Is
in complete control, but II was
thought possible that a part Of his
report might be materially amended
or his political course condemned,
The report was before the conyen-
ton a day and a half and although
after vigorous discussion Of some Of
It's contents il was adopted this af,
ternoon and Gompers thereby is full.
ly endorsed,
Tomorrow there win be an cleo
tion Of officers and special order Of
business All the old officers will
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
ALLEGED FoRGER ARRESTED.

SEATTLE, Nov. 20. Elliott A
Archer, known in Seattle as c. Ar
cher Carter. employed as a solicitor
in Seattle for the Tacoma Power
Company, was arrested tonight on
the charge Of being fugitive from
justice. He is wanted at Newark, N
j, on charge Of having committed
forgeries aggregating $4,000. He de-
clares his innocence. He lived il
Seattle for four years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
REFERRING TO PROTECTIVE,
TARIFF ON LUMBER AS
ASKED BY LUMBERMEN
BOUTELL OF ILLINOIS TALKS
Government Must Raise ssOO,OOO,OOO
in Revenue and as a Result Indus
tries Must be Protected - Ways
and Means Committee Active.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 "a
universal grab game" was the ap.
peIation given the tariff by Represen-
tative Champ Clark Of Missouri to-
day at the hearing before the ways,
and means committee on the tariff
schedule for wood and wood manu-
factures.
The administrations policy for the
preservation Of the forests figured
largely in the argument. Several
lumbermen said they wanted pro-
tective tariff on lumber because other
articles we're protected by law. This
called forth the term, "Grab" from
Clark.
Representative Boutell, Of Illinois,
asserted in the defense of the protec-
tive tariff that the government must
secure $300,OO0,0O0 in revenue and
that as a result the industries must
be protected, That free trade in
lumber would tend to prevent the
devastation Of American timber lands
was the opinion expressed by Clark,
who said It would not matter IL Can
ada devastated her forests, Boutell
argued that American forests would
have a supply of lumber for both
countries II the Canadian forests
should be depleted and suggested
that some broader scheme than 4
tariff should should be adopted fol
reforesting the United States and
Canada.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
HIS LAST SMOKE,

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov. 20.
Falling asleep with his pipe in his
mouth, Adam Borthwick, a brick
layer, set FIRE to his bed in the Queen
rooming house last night and was "a
tally burned before he could Be res
cued.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
TAKEN 10 CALIFORNIA.

PORTLAND, Nov. 20 Alexander
Latham, wanted in San Francisco in
connection with the bribery graft
cases was taken to California tonight
upon reQuisition from that state,
Latham was arrested here several
days ago.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
CHINA WILL MoURNE.
Court VIII go Into Mourning For
Three Weeks.

TOXIC, Nov. 20.-It is announced
that court will go into mourning for
three weeks owing to the death Of
the Emperor and Dowager Empress
of China.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
OFFICIAL PLURALITY.

JEFFERSON CITY, Nov 20
Taft carried Missouri my a plurality
Of 1926 according to the tabulation
the official returns made BY Cover
nor Folk today.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
VOTE TN idaho.

BOISE, Nov. 2O-The ofsSial vote
of Idaho is: Taft, s0,00i; Bryan,
34.6O0; Debs. 63os; Chain. l74O;
Hisgin, 2O7.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
GRAZING LAND BURNING.

Ell PASo, Texas, Nov, 20.-An
area Of 500 square miles of grazing
land lying north of Roosevelt, l. T.,
is on fire, No lives are reported
lost
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
Accident Occurs in Busy
BrOOkIsn Street
WILD PANIC FOLLOWS
Force Of Shock Shakes Down
Hundreds Of Tons Of Earth
and Stone
ONE MAN ROASTED TO DEATH

Samuel w. Trout Foreman Of Work
Gang Loses His Lie IN an Al
tempt TO Rescue Woman and Child
Who Were Killed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
DEFEATED BUT ARE
NOT DISCOURAGED
Chairman Of National League Democratic Clubs
Will Call Meeting Of Organization

members Of the party but has awak-
ened them to the necessity Of prop
er organization.
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Though Fire Is Confined |
Small Area Gas Has Pene-
trated Various Sections
WILL TRY TO FLOOD NINE
Red Lodge, Mont Scene Of Con-
fusion and Heart-Rending Sighss--
More Than 100 Men Removed
From Mine Exhausted.

BUTTE. Nov. 2O,-A FIRE this
morning in the Northwestern I'm
provement company's mine at Red
Lodge has caused the death Of three
miners and probably the death Of
many more. Over 100 men were re-
moved from the mine completely ex.
hausted and almost dead. The
rescue was accomplished BY the fire
department and so volunteers. Ow-
ing to the confusion which followed
the outbreak il was impossible to OBJ
tain any accurate figures Of the num-
Der Of men in the mine. Pipes are
being laid and il is expected that to-
night streams Of water will be turn
ed into the mine which is burning
furiously but in a comparatively
small area. Smoke and gases have
penetrated various sections,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21

The Morning Astorian contains all
the local and Associated Press re-
ports,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-21
oil Magnate Claimed II Was,
Impossible to Remember
After 50 Years
ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY

Witness Stated That the Company
Had Paid $4O.OOo.OOO ii Dividends
in 1907 and Had Made u Much
More.
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I.ATER.

A careful check Of the miners of
the Northwestern Improvement Com
pany's coal mine at Red Lodge
shows three dead and six missing.
Despite the stories Of the rescued
miners that a large number OF men
are still in the mine, the mine offie-
iais state that all the men have been
checked tonight. The FIRE is still
burning tonight,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-30
THE NE1GHBORS OF A BELL
COUNTY FARMER CATCH
BLACK BRUTE.
HOLD HIN FOR SHERIFF
The Prisoner Is Taken to Bolton and
Placed in Jail for Safe-keep-
ing-ReCogniZed by
Officer.

! Temple, Texas, Jan. 30.--Sheriff
/ ing to the home of W. O. Meadgen,
farmer living near Troy, by very
urgent telephone call, where, upon
! his arrival, he found a posse of
about twenty of the farmers in that
vicinity holding negro who had
been accused of attempting an as
sault upon the daughter of Mr..
Meadgen. The farmers were in a
high state of excitement over the
revelations that had been made, and
the sheriff hurried his prisoner to
the Jail at Bolton, where he is safely
detained.
/ During the night Miss Meadgen
was awakened by some one tugging
at the clothing on her bed, and she
began to scream Justify. Her screams
caused the culprit in the room to
take fight, and the members of the
family came to her aid Finding no
one III the room, lHe Idlnliy III luelf
hurry were inclined to attribute the
young lady's fright to nightmare,
but she asserted positively that some
one had been in her room An inves-
tigation soon revealed that she was
right, and search was at once made
for the negro, and he was soon
found. After his capture the sheriff
made more careful examination of
the premises and footprints were
/ found in the yard and on a tin roof
that led up to a window in the young
lady's room. The sheriff was salts
fed that crime had been attempt
ed
When first arrested the negro was
very sullen and said little. Later he
admitted that his home was in New
Orleans and gave the name of G.
d. Fisher. The fellow has been en-
ployed on the Meadgen farm during
the cotton picking season, and since
then has been doing odd jobs for
the farmers in the neighborhood of
the Meadgen home, being allowed to
sleep in a cotton seed house on the
Meadgen farm through the generos-
ity of Mr.. Meadgen.
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WaXahachie for interment arriving
on the Central at 11:15 Thursday
morning. A funeral service was held
over the body at the First Presbyter-
ian church at 1870, subsequent to
which the burial took place at the
city cemetery. The last sad rites were
conducted by Rev Leonard Gill and
Rev. Mcleod the latter being pas
tor of the church at Ennis. A large
@uneral party accompanied the re-
mains from Ennis and many Waxa-
hachie friends Joined in paying a
last tribute to the memory of this
good woman
Mrs. McDuffie is survived by ten
children. They are George G.. Nc
Duffie of Antlers, Okla; w. J. Nc
Duffie and Mrs. O. E. Dunlap of
Waxahachie, Mrs. w r. Lancaster
and C. e. McDuffie of Ennis, J. s.
McDuffie of Dallas, R. r McDuffie of
Lawton, Okla; Mrs Lizzie Spencer
of Kansas City; Mrs Ollie Pittman
of Amarillo and n. A. McDuffie of
Lawton, Okla.