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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

lhe district called the Inland Empire.
tributary to Spokane, has made great
progress in 1909, according to August
Wolf, publicity agent of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce. The mineral
output will be about s34 900, 900, while
the wheat crop is worth nearly $50 600 :
wv the lumber cut from $40 900, 900 to
SZo'ooo'oOO, live stock and poultry, $l6.-
ooo'ooo; apples and other fruits, s15.-
ooo'ooO; farm and garden products. SIG :
OoO,O0O, and dairy about So 900 600
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
The Truth About Opportunity

Don't believe that old yarn that
Opportunity knocks only once at
every mans door, and that if you
miss that first call you have no
hope, says the Michigan Trades
man. Opportunity is no such
gutter. She keeps coming to every
man again and again. You can't
lose her. That's the real truth Of
the matter. From your earliest
days she camps on your trail and
dogs your every footstep. No mat
ter how often you fail she always
has another hope to offer you You
can't get away from her. She
clings to you when the folks at
home have become disguised and
passed you up. She clings to you
when every one else has lost faith
in you, including yourself. She
never leaves you until the under
taker gets you. Truth is expressed
in the profoundly inspiring motto
of one of our wittiest journalists:
''While there's life there's hope"
which, being interpreted, means,
"While there's life there's Oppor-
tunity."
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

Incorporation at lone was carried
Tuesday by an almost unanimous vote.
All the officers nominated at the caucus
were elected. About. go votes were cast
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
Anarchy Prevails.

REGGIo, Dec. 5l.--The state Oi
most irish.iul anarchy prevails. The
mobs Of rufIiaHs roam among the
streets giving full vent 70 their vilest
instincts. They are pilIaging the
wrecked Icwelry stores and banks and
do not hesitate 70 shed blood Of those
who oppose them. A few soldiers who
escaped unhurt have been impclled by
admirable spirit Of discipline to or.
ganize patrols Of their own initiative.
They arc endeayoring to protect the
property that was left intact, but the
criminals fight them. The number Of
criminals has increased 70 such q sx-
tent that the soldiers on several oe-
easions have been forced to ERE on
them. II was only after pitched
battle In which several killed that
sembIanee Of order was restored All
entrances 10 the city or what Is left
Of Il, are guarded by soldiers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
STRONG DESIRE AMONG THE
WOMEN FOR GAMBLING
rs APPARENT.
NAY PLAY DAY AND NIGHT
Women Neglect Their Homes and
Families to Visit Gambling Halls
Law and Order League is Kept
Busy.

CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.--Detectives oi
the Law and Order League we're busy
last night collecting evidence Of
gambling on the part Of women in
various halls throughout the city. The
entrance Of the detectives turned the
assembIages into mass meetings de-
nouncing the so.called Spoilers"
The women in their indignation
gave the detectives valuable informa-
ton concerning the other games,
They urged the detectives to visit a
certain West Side game, promising
them that the women who conduct 1t
would throw them down the stairway.
"This gambling among women Of all
classes Of society" said Arthur Bur
rage FarweIl, Of the league, "has taxi
en- such strong hold upon them that
they neglect their homes and families,
Some Of them play both afternoon and
evening and we shall be compelled to
arrest some Of them before they will
stop"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
AGED PORTLAND MERCHANT
STRICKEN AT AN EARLY
HOUR YESTERDAY.
AFTER VERY SHORT ILLNESS
Head Of Big Portland Wholesale
House Succumbs After Short Period
Of Inconsistencies Family All
Present at the Death Bed.

PORTLAND, Dec. 3l.-Death has
stilled the heart of one Of Portland's
greatest men. This morning, at Ais
o'clock, Jacob Mayer pioneer, con-
structive genius Of the local business
world, philanthropist and one of the
foremast Masons Of the West, breath
ed his last The end was so peaceful,
so painless that none who has ever
stood beside the dying bed Of loved
one and Caught the autter Of shadowy
wings" could have wished for easier
curcease from the weighty cares Of
earth. From the moment when he was
stricken, yesterday afternoon until DR..
Giesy turned to the ANXIOUS family
surrounding the death-bed and whis-
pered, "the end has come the yener-
able patriarch experienced no suffer.
ing, Consciousness had aed with til.
fatal stroke, and he lay calmly, as if in
slumber, and his passing was only the
folding Of the hands Of sleep.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01

them are inaccessible and II is feared
when reports come in they will only
swell the fatalities. Every fresh dis
patch received is monotonous in its
recital Of death and desolation. The
same heartrending story doubtless viii
come from practically every village
and hamlet in the doomed area.
Hotels Collapse.
II has been impossible to ascertain
whether there were many Americans
at the hotels in Messina. The Hotel
France collapsed and 90 guests were
killed. II Il said none 81 these are
American. The Continental Hotel was
destroyed but il is said no Americans
we're there. Almost all the guests at
the Hotel Trinacria, including ]. C..
Mertens, the Swedish consul, are dead.
Nothing has been learned definitely
as to the number Of Americans in
that hotel, which was the leading one
Of the city.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
DIRTY AND DANGEROUS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 Eggs filed
with carbolic acid were hurled at q
taxicab last night driven BY James
McGregoT a non-union driver en-
ployed by the New York Taxicab CO.
McGregor successfully lodged the
missiles, but several struck his cab.
The matter was reported to the police
but the guilty persons had not been
arrested early today. Marks Of the
acid were visible on the vehicle. The
hurting Of the eggshells filed with
acid is believed by the police to have
been inspired by the now waning
strike Of chaufeurs and cab drivers
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
MANY TOWNS IN ITALY ARE NOT
YET HEARD FROM

the great army Of refugees seeking
safety Or having fallen BY the wayaide.
calabrian coast for 30 miles has been
torn and twisted. From Hagnara 10
Reggie, distance oi rs miles, the
country 10 half demolished. Assist
ance has reached but few ot the VII.
lagos and they are practically without
supplies Of any kind. Al one place
pruning knives are used to perform
operations. Thieves infest the conn
try an the despair Of the unaided VII
lagos Is complete. Hunger supplies is
the motive for the shocking violence
and robbery.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
GRAND AUTO SHOW.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3l.-The ninth
annual international automobile exhi.
biticn opens here this evening at the
Grand Central Palace, There will 81
more than 800 exhibits I, comprising
machines and equipment valued at
more than million dollars. The rae
ing cars, it is expected, win attract the
greatest attention and among them
there win be the Fiat in which Wag-
ner won the recent grand prize at
Savannah. The Benz car, in which
Hemery took second place, viii also
be on view.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
General Declared His Sons Wife
Confessed That She
Loved Annis.
WAS MENTALLY DERANeED
Both General Hams and His Wits
Testify That Their SONS Mind was
Unbalanced At the Time Of tie
Shooting Of Annis

| FLUSHING. N. Y. Dec. sl.-Cen-
eral Peter c. Hains, Of the United
States army and his wife, who are the
parents Of c. T. Hains, now on trial
las 4 principal in the staying Of VIM.
In. Annis, were witnesses ii their
SONS behalf today and testimony
brought out full detail Of the relation
ship Of Mrs Claudia EIains and VIII.
liam +. Annis, that caused the es-
arrangement Of Hains and his wife
General Hsins declared that in his
presence and before his two sons,
Peter and Thornton, the captains
wife made full confession of her
misconduct and that subsequently
Captain Hains manifested such poig-
nant grief from disclosures that his
mental condition became affected.
The confession which the general
declared his sons wife had signed on
the day following Hains' return from
the west was read to the jury. The
general made strong witness for his
son and counsel for defense asserted
tonight that evidence was conclusive
and that Captain Hams was mentally
when he shot Annis and
that the act was he sole doing. The
general viii be under cross-examina-
ton again Monday.
Through the wife Of General Hams,
who wept many times during the
story the defense drew facts that
Hams in his early life eyinced physical
weakness, which his counsel viii en-
deavor to prove through three experts
were pre-disposing to insanity.
General Hams was permitted to say
that his father died from insanity.
Justice Crane directed District Attor-
new Darrin, whose term Of Office ex-
pires tonight to continue as prose.
cutor in the case.
The direct testimony Of General
Hains was in no wise shaken BY the
Iong cross-examination. Justice Crane
held that the general had only been
in his direct examination
10 state what he told the captain and
what the captain had told him. Gem
eral Hains said he never heard his
son Thornton express any enmity TO-
wards w. E. Annis.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01

ROME, Dec. 3i.-Ths estimates ol
the death roll Of the earthquake nov
cease to concern the Italian people. Il
is enough 10 know that the eatas-
Hophs IA overwhelming. The figures
would add nothing 10 the grief Of the
stricken nation, nor move 70 greater
effort oi those on whom the work d
relief and rescue has fallen. Most inn
poFtAnt Of all now Is the question Il
the living. Thousands OF those who
escaped the falling walls or swell Of
the tide, are now starving, without
food or shelter They cannot long
survive their suiEerings. The la,es.
reports at Rome state that there had
been many in.eFmisten shocks follow.
ing the FIRST Of which the greater part
Of the destruction Is attributed.
The British warship Minerva re.
ported by wireless that two severe
shocks occurred at Messina last
night Professor Rieeo, director Of
Mount Emma observatory states that
his instruments recorded AZ distinct
shocks after the FIRST but that during
the last II hours the instruments had
been almost motionless. Etna and
Strombaf are quiet and he Is positive
that the earthquake is not Of volcanic
but Of geological origin, similar to
that OF i7ss. The horror Of the sltua-
tion in Messina and Reggie grows
with every fresh dispatch One Of the
correspondent places the death roll
throughout at 10000 but this appears
to be extreme. Others make their
outside estimates at 100000, but the
official estimate as made by Minister
Of Marine still holds at ll5,0O0.
Relief expeditions that have been
making their way to Reggie have en-
ccunteFed tremendous distractions ali
aong the route. They report IS pro.
vircial villages besides those already
mentioned IN caIabria as having been
completely ruined, This would lndi-
cate that the earthquake did not con-
fine Its work Of havoc to the coast.
What has become Of inhabitants of
those villages is known. Those
that were left alive after the destruc. |
tion Of their homes doubtless joined
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
GENERAL HAMS AND his WIFE
ON WITNESS STAND


CHICAGO. Dec. 81. President =.
r Ripley, of the Santa Re, says the
Inter-O Ocean today, viii probably be
called as witness BY the Interstate
Commerce Commission IN the inquiry
now being made BY that body into
the lumber industry Of the Southwest.
It has been shown during the investi-
gaticn that Mr.. Ripley, as president Of
the Southwestern Land Company. was
interested in the lumber situation in
the Southwest, and that bis road has
built 1870 miles Of trackage in order to
reach a mill owned BY the Industrial
Lumber Company, which had bought
5000 acres from Mr. RipIey's land
company.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
REGARDING THE OPERATIONS
OF SECRET SERVICE, SAYS
SENATOR HALE.
SENATORS NEVER sHADOWED
Investigations Into the Secret Service
VIII Not be Conducted in a Sensa-
tional Manner Inquiry to be Pro-
longed Until After March 4.

WASHINGTON, Dec, 81. That
the proposed inquiry BY the Senate
committee on appropriations into the
methods Of the secret service will be
comprehensive was stated today BY
Senator Hale, acting chairman of the
committee. This announcement was
called out in intimation that the in.
quiry might be prolonged until after
March 4, to permit summoning of
President Roosevelt before the com.
mittee as private citizen to testify re,
garding the operations of secret serv-
ice Prefacing his remarks that the
investigation will not be conducted in
"a sensational manner, Hale said that
the work Of the secret service has
been greatly and startlingly amplified
during the last years and it is this
situation that has attracted the atten-
tion Of the Senate in the foundation
of its investigation, The Presidents
message is only secondary iii its inn
portance as affecting this investiga-
tion. He says his report will not be
limited as the answer to the message,
He also said that there is very little
in the Senate investigations that has
to do with intimations that members
of Congress in either House have been
shadowed Or spied upon BY emissaries
of the secret service.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
All Opposition to Ms Nomination
DIsappearsC. P. Taft
MithdraWs Name.
FORAKER ADMITS HIS DEFEAT
Advice Received That Roosevelt Was
Alarmed Lest Fight Between Taft
and Burton Would Give Foraker a
Chance Of Reelection.

| COLUMBUS, Dec. 3l.-All opposi.
tion 70 his nomination having disap-
peared during the last "A hours, Rep
Itesentatiye Theodore Burton will BE-
named BY asclanlasicR for United
States Senator succeeding Joseph B.
Foraker, al the Republican caucus
called for Saturday afternoon. G. r.
Taft, brother Of the President-elect,
formally announced his withdrawal
from the race today. All other can
didates followed. Foraker learning
that the delegation from his home
county Of Hamilton, pledged to Taft,
would be turned over to Burton adj
mitted for the first time that he is no
longer in hope for reelection. With
in two hours all Of the "fayorite sons
and dark horses" have been swept
from the field and Burton was lett
supreme,
The caucus Saturday so far as ii
has to do with the nomination Of
Senator will be perfunctory. Burton's
election will come on Tuesday, jan
uary II, He will serve out his con-
gressional term ending March T.
There was talk that Taft might again
be candidate in 1911 and would have
the support oi the United party if he |
so desired, but Taft declared he had
no thought Of what the future might |
hold and did not desire his friends to
drive a bargain.
Former States Attorney Wade H,
Ellis returned today from Augusta
where he went to consult with the
President-elect and brought reply
from him. Advices have been receiv.
ed at Augusta that Roosevelt was
alarmed lest the fight between Taft
and Burton would give Foraker a
chance Of reelection. In spite Of this,
however, it Is expected that President.
elect sent word that So long as his
brothers believed he could win he de-
sired they would stand by him, He
would not have anything done that
would injure the party in the state.
c. p Taft, with the assurance, his
friends say, Of IS votes as against SS
,laimed for Burton, was reluctant to
withdraw. Late yesterday, however,
ie determined to get out Of the race.
Taft and Burton parted today in cor
lial relationship, Burton called on
Taft and the latter repaid the cour-
esy, Burton also called on Foraker.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
SHOT DOWN WHEN HE TOLD
STRANGER THE WRONG
TIME OF DAY.
FILIPINO DOES SHOOTING
George A. Brown Killed BY Joe
Nicholas, q Man Whom he Had
Never Before Seen, Dies Later Of
Injury.

SEATTLE, Dec. Sl.-Georgs A.
Brown, who was shot down in the
streets Of Port Blakeley Tuesday
night died in this city tc day. He was
killed for no other reason than that
he told Joe Nicholas, Filipino, the
wrong time Of the day and endeavored
to correct himself a second later So
far as he could tell he had never seen
Nicholas before, Mrs. Brown was at
his side when the shot was fred,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
HAVE BIG TrME.

PORTLAND, Dec. 3l.-The year
1909 was ushered in tonight with the
accustomed bedlam of cowbells and
tin horns, accompanied by shouts Of
tens Of thousands Of merrymakers
who paraded the principal streets from
shortly after nightfall until after mid
night.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
TROLLEY ROBBERS
GET LONG SENTENCE
Judge Gantenbein Makes Quick Work IN failing All
Miller and Herman Schwartz

PORTLAND, Dec. 81. LANDED in
the penitentiary at Salem in is hours
after the commission Of their crime.
is the speedy manner in which justice
was meted out today to AL Miller and
Herman Schwartz, the pair who stole
Rose City Park car last night
after robbing the car Judge Canten.
bein sentenced Miller 10 IL years I'M
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
ITALY IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3l--It is expect
90 that all the Italian organizations
combined Is expected to send At least
one million dollars to the earthquake
sufferers, None Of the American FIRE
insurance companies does business In
Italy, Il said, and only d small sum
is carried by British concerns,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
AMERICA Is READY.
'If Need be U. 8. BattIeships VIII b
Ordered to Italy

WASHINGTON, Dec. LA men,
orandum showing the location and
proposed disposition Of the Atlantis
battleship feet is now before the
State Department, for use when the
decision is announced to offer the
Italian bereavement assistance Of
these vessels and their crews in car
ing for the sick and wounded. The
matter has not yet been taken up with
the Italian government.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
KENTUCKY CITIZENS
ON WAR PATH
Jackson TerrOrized BY Armed Bands. County
Judge Takes to the Woods


JACKSON, KY Dec. 81, This
town tonight is terrorized by armed
bands Of Sheriff Ed Callahan and of
James T Deaton and Rash Sebastian
for the shooting Of whom Callahan is
to be tried, The main street lies be-
tween the court house where the Cal
lahan faction is located, and the gen.
eral store Of the late Judge Hargis, III
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01

which are the Deaton's, In the woods
near Lost Creek is County Judge
Taulbee, declaring he will not return
to try Callahan unless the governor
sends troops to protect him from the
two bands Of armed men in Jackson.
Governor Wilson Is out Of the state
and Lieutenant-Coyerno Cox has 50
far refused to send troops,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
PULLMAN PEOPLE LIABLE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 81 Judge
seawell decided yesterday that the
franchise Of the Pullman Company is
exactly the same as that Of any rail-
road corporation, and must pay the
state $S6,5lo9S, It's delinquent taxes,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01

lprisonment and Schwartz to IS years.
Following is chronological experience
Of the paid, ending with their incarna.
tion in the penitentiary:
Robbed and stole car at ti:30 D.
M; Miller was arrested at o'clock;
Schwartz captured at 2;4s; aFraigasd,
1880; indicted, o'clock pleaded
guilty and sentenced al $3.50; left for
the penitentiary at 4sls p M
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
RECEIVES FIRST WIRELESS.
Minister Of Marine Has Dispatched 4
Torpedoboat % Ascertain Facts.

Minister OF Marine Has Dispatched
Torpedoboat to Ascertain Facts.
ROME, Dec, 3l.-The Vita states
that a wireless message from the
straits Of Messina reports that Lizard
Islands, a group of volcanic islands
near the coast Of Sicily have disap-
peared, The total population Of these
islands numbered 2SOOO and must in
evitably have perished, The minister
of marine has rushed a torpedo boat
to ascertain the facts,
Towns Still Unheard From.
There are still numerous small vii
lagos in calabria from which no
news has been received. Many 81
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
FIGHT STOPPED.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Dec. 3l.-The
Hart-Schreck fight was prevented by
police officials this evening. It may
be pulled off secretly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
4UPTON NAY BE DEAD
American .Consul at Messl-
na Reported 10 Have Per.
Ished-hOt Credited.
ROCKEFELLER r SENDS $4,000

American Red Cross Has Approx
matsIy 100000 For Earthquake SUI
ferers and Much Of the Money Has
Already Been Sent to Rome.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-01
THANKS AMERICANS.
Baron Also oratifisd For Aid Render.
ed BY Red Cross.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. = Baron
Des Planches, Italian Ambassador,
called on Secretary Root and Assist
ant Secretary Bacon today and ex.
pressed gratitude Of his government
and people over the sympathy of the
United States with Italy. The baron
was profoundly gratihed for the aid
rendered through the American Red
Cross.
Red Gross Active.
Active work on the part Of the
American Red Cross was character
lied today when approximately $780,
600 already available BY Il from prev
ious funds and those that have been
promised, much Of Il has been already
eabied to the American embassy II
Rome to be turned over to the Italian
Red Gross.
Lupton Reported Dead.
Ambassador Griscom has cabicd
from Rome that local newspaper
has q telegram from Messina that
Stuart X. Lupton, the American vice.
consul there. ID dead, 40 we'll as Con-
sui Cheney. Some doubt ID expressed
d
a. the State Department as to correct
ness Of the report because since the
disaster . message has been received
from him.
Rockefeller Gives $4,000.
John D. Rockefeller today teIe-
graph $4,000 to the Red Cross for the
earthquake relief fund.