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Coroner's Jury In Jennings Murder
Case Says He Was Justified
In Killing Jennings
RECOMMENDS RELEASE
""Sheriff, However, Is Still Detainlnj:
Slnyer In County Jail Add!
tional Testimony.
(Special to the Times.)
Astoria, June 19. The coroner's
jury in the Jenning3 murder case
resumed its session at 1:30 yester
day afternoon. Mary Spellman gave
the first testimony. The evidence
showed that Jennings and Mrs.
v-JA Bowlshy stayed together two nights
C-in her (Mrs.
Spcllmnn's) boarding
t- house in Astoria.
Captain Oleson, of
tho Alliance, followed. He told of
taking the gun from Bowlsby after
tho shooting. Bowlsby made no re
sistance. Oleson asked Bowlsby
what he had done, and the latter re
plied he had shot a son of a b
because he broke up his home. Fol-
lowing, Tom "Whitney told the samo
story he had told the Astorlan.
Then came the two brothers of
Mrs. Bowlsby, who Identified the par
ties and told when the sister arrived
at their house. Onn of tha brothers
said Jennings told that he would th department of agrlcultlre are
either have the woman or Bowlsby's , buildlnS ln th various states and
scalp. When all the evidence was ' torrltries ft the Union. Here in
submitted the coroner locked up the 0reSn "model roads" have been
jury. They had no difficulty arrlv-,buiIt at Pendleton and Salem. The
ing at a conclusion, though It took road at Salem was one of the attc
time to get it into words. , tlons at the Oregon state fair last
Eventually it was as follows: "We, year- Jt starts from th railroad
the undersigned jurors, sworn to in- track at the falr grounds and extends
quire into tho cause of death of for a distance of three-quarters of a
Cleve Jennings, on oath do find: miIe toward Silverton. The road is
Cleve Jennings camo to his death at macadamised and was built under the
Astoria, Clatsop county, Oregon, ' most approved system, consisting of
Juno 1G, at St. Mary's Hospital; that jthreo layers of crushed rock, which
his death was caused from a gunshot lwere rbUed w,th a heavv and Power
wound in tho body inflicted by aiful fetoam roller- Another of these
weapon in the hands of H. Bowlsby.
Wo find that after fully considering
the evidence submitted to us tho
shootnng was justifiable, and there
fore recommend that tho defendant
bo released from custody. The ovl
dence shows that the defendant and
wife had liver together in peace and
happiness for a period of over fif
teen years until a serpent entered
their household in the shape of Cleve
Jennings and destroyed their home.
Wo are, furthermore, of the opinion
on account of the lack of statutes
. covering crimes of this character that
tho said Bowlsby was fully justified
In shooting Jennings."
Medio is considering the verdict
and will decide later if the murder
charge will bo proceeded with.
Bowlsby remains ln tho county jail.
run SIMPSON BOAT WRECKED.
'' Sun Francisco, Juno 10. Tho
Schooner Louis, owned by the Simp
son Lumber Company nml bound for
San Francisco from Gray's Harbor
Jvns wrecked todny off Fairallone Is
lands. No lives lost.
BATTALION MUTINIES.
Kill Company Commander and Fire
At Contrails Ave Arrested.
Kiev, June 19. Last night tho
21st battalion of Sappers, 450 strong,
mutinied. They killed tho com
mander of the third company and be
gan firing at random. Five loyal
battalions summoned, called on the
mutineers to surrender and they re
plied with shots, wounding four loyal
soldiors. Tho loyal battalion fired
nnd tho mutineers fled. Two hun
dred and fifty-eight wero arrested.
Tho others escaped.
Dukes Win Fight.
Denvor, Juno 19. Frederlo Dukes
of Cripplo Creek got tho decision ovor
the Bantam weight champions, Jim
my Walsh, of Boston, In tho teuth
round last night.
Moro Confessors.
Portland, Juno 19, Eleven moro
furnlturo firms pleaded guilty ln the
United States district court to re
Btralnlng trade, Among thorn woro
E. P. Vorur, Quoon City Furnlturo
company; Robert Folsom, Baker City
and V. Btrablo, Pendleton. Tho lat
ter paid 110, others were fined ?25.
EXTRACT FROM VERDICT.
"The evidence shows that the
defendant and wife had lived to-
gether in peace and happiness
for a period of fifteen years un-
til a serpent entered their home
In the shape of Clove Jennings.
We are, furthermore, of the
opinion that on account of tho
lack of statutes covering crimes
of this character that the said
Dowlsby was fully justified In
shooting Jenning3."
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National Government Will Build
Sample Near Forest Grove Or
egonSenators Fulton
and Bourne Cooperate
That the national government Is
taking much Interest in good roads is
evinced by the "model roads" which
the government experts sent out by
I roads is to be built at Forest Grove
. ln Washington county, which is be
coming one of tho Williamette cen
ters in dairying. Hundreds of tons
of milk are hauled from various sec
tions in the vicinity of Forest Grove
to the condensed milk factory located
there, and tho road question Is one
that has been a source of perplexity
to tho citizens of that section of the
country becauso of the manner In
which the road3 are- cut up in the
winter time by the wagons that haul
the milk. The Forest Grove Times
says:
"The good roads division of the
department of agriculture will In the
near future build a model road In the
vicinity of Forest Grove, under the
direction of S. C. Lancaster, one of
Its experts. Senator Bourne recently
took up with the department the mat
ter of good roads demonstrations ln
Oregon and was assured that tho de
partment would do everything possi
ble to aid the people of this stato ln
their offorts to improve their public
highways. Tho division of public
roads is handicapped by having a
limited force of engineers and a de
cidedly limited appropriation. Mr.
Lancaster will take with him a corps
of men and the necessary machinery
for use in building the samplo road
near Forest Grove. This point was
chosen because conditions hero aro
similar to other parts of the Wllliam
etto valley, and moreover, because it
ts accessible to Portland and can ba
readily reached by farmers from all
over the stato who have occasion to
visit tho metropolis.
Next season Mr. Lancaster will bo
assigned to deliver lectures on good
roads ln Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, In sonio Instances building
demonstration roads. It Is at tho
Joint request of Senator Fulton and
Senator Bourne that Mr. Lancaster
was assigned to this work for noxt
season."
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STIUKKIl'R WORK.
San Francisco, Juno 19.
Four hundred telephones woro
put of commission this morning 4
by cutting tho cables south of
Markot street, There aro still
124 linemen on strlko out of the
original 187.
Discovery That Some States Arc
Packing Public Lands Meet
ing Causes Sensation
TO BAR COUNTERFEITS
Issue New Cards of Admission and
Only Genuine Delegates Will
Receive Them.
Denver, Juno 19. A sensation was
sprung in the public lands conven
tion today by charges being made by
both tho administration and anti
adm'lnistratlon forces that the con
vention was being packed. The antis
charged that a number of men who
were not properly accredited dele
gates had been given seats. An or
der was made to issue new cards of
admission and to" see that only the
genuine delegates received them.
When the committee on credentials
reported it was found fhat 47G dele
gates were accredited to Colorado
and 145 to Wyoming and the balance
of the States scarcely 100.
Colorado's representation was later
cut to 39 G, It being stated the first
figures were In error. It developed
that all of Colorado's delegates,
whether present or not, had been
counted, while in the case of the
other States only those present were
allowed to count. A report was sent
back to the committee with Instruc
tions to bring in its report according
to a call of tho convention. The
committee will bo heard the first
thing In the morning, and if it obeys
its instructions, it will give a vote
for every person whose credentials
have been sent to the convention,
whether they are present or not.
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GIGANTIC THEFT.
New York, June 19. O. M.
Dennet, a broker who was ar-
rested on a charge of theft of
4 more than half a million dollai-3
from the Trust Company of
America, pleaded guilty today
to the charge of receiving sto-
len goods. The theft of the 4
bonds was made at various 4
4 times by William O. Douglass,
loan clerk, who Is awaiting trial.
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County Recorder Flooded With No
tices of Prospective Settlrs
Trouble Anticipated.
Albany, Ore. Tho rush for lands
In Linn county has not abated. Tho
lands of tho Southern Oregon & Cali
fornia aro still eagerly sought and
each day finds" the county recorder
busy filing notices of intention to pur
chase, and a return of the tender and
rojection of the stipulated price of
$2.50 per acre by tho railroad com
pany. Over 100 of these notices of
rojection have been received and
placed on record. Many have a spe
cial clause to certify that the appli
cants are actual settlors on tho land,
cltlzons of tho United States nnd
residents of tho State of Oregon.
Not satisfied with the raco for
these railroad lands, those with tho
land madness aro making a sys
tematic search of tho records for
homesteaders not complying with tho
laws relating to resldenco and lm-.
provemont, and nro filing contests.
Tho county clerk has 12 contests on
his docket, and many moro In pros
pect. Every claim that is not occupied
by tho original ontrymon as a homo
nnd actual placo of resldonce will bo
Jumped and contested.
A largo portion of the homostoad
ed lands in tho tlmborod area aro
moro valuablo for tlmbor than for
agricultural purposos and tho contest
will center on this fact. Altogether
tho ontryman on a homostoad will
havo difficulty ln holding his claim
unless ho Is found to bo an actual
and bona fled rouldont on tho land
entered.
Those In a position to state allege
that every homestead ln tho torrltory
adjoining Albany and In Linn county
will be the object of a conteat.
Judge Goddard Once Picked As Or
chard Victim, Testifies In Hay
wood Trial at Bcise
DEATH CAME GL0SE
Bomb Was l'laectl Under Gate
Through Which He Would
Have Passed.
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Boise, June 19. The Stato
today made dramatic produc-
tlon and proof of the Goddard
bomb and besides offering fur-
corroboration of Orchard's tes- !
tlmony, secured a ruling under
which a number of denuncia-
tory articles published in tho
Miner's Magazine, the official
organ of the Western Federa-
tlon of Miners, will be admitted
J as evidence.
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Boise, June 19. To Justice Lu
ther M. Goddard himself today fell
tho task of telling tho story of the
finding and preservation for use in
the evidence of the bomb with which
Orchard tried to kill him. The vet
eran jurist testified that the first in
formation he received about tho
bomb camo to him from Orchard's
confession, which was shown to him
at Denver Feb. 13, 190G, by Detective
McParland. He at once returned to
his home and in his gate discovered
tho screw eye which Orchard said he
placed there. Tho witness said he
examined the ground outside the gate
where Orchard said ho placed the
bomb and found a slight depression
with the soil packed very hard
around It. The bomb was dug up
next day by General Bulkley Wells,
who, using a pocket knife, cut the
soil away and raised tho pine box
containing the bomb. There was a
small phial on top of the box and
attached to a rubber cork of a phial
there was a piece of rusted wire. .
The bomb and its attachments
were at onco taken to tho office of
the Plnkerton detective agency and
carefully sealed In wrappers and en
velopes that were signed by a half
dozen witnesss, including Judge
Goddard, and afterwards placed in a
vault, to tho door of which flvo
seals, including that of a notary, were
attached. There they rested until
tho following May when, believing
tho Haywood case was to come to
trial, they were removed in tho pres
ence of, tho samo witnesses, and nil
save three of the forty sticks of
giant powder contained In tho bomb
exploded. The explosions occurred
In tho presence of tho witnesses at a
point ln the suburbs of Denvor. Tho
bomb itself, 12 giant caps, and two
wrappers torn from tho sticks, woro
saved as evidence. Senator Borah
produced the several packages and,
commencing with tho phial passed
them fto Justlco Goddard, who broke
tho seals and Identified tho artlcl03.
Attorneys Richardson and Darrow
for tho dofenso objected to all tho
evidence and all oxhlbits and moved
to strlko out everything, but the
court ruled against them all along
the lino. Mrs. Soward, at whoso
homo ln San Francisco Orchard lived
during a part of tho tlmo ho was
conducting operations against Frod.
Bradloy, gave ovldonco strongly cor
roborating Orchard's account of his
acts and oxporloncos in San Fran
cisco, Besldos confirming Orchard's
recital as to tho tlmo, movements
and locations, slio testified sho found
lead and wood shavings In Orchard's
room, and a scrow oyo, string nnd
bottlo attached to tho closet door,
whero Orchard had been experiment
ing, Sho said her lodgor had a very
heavy suit caso, and sho mudo up her
mind ho was un invontor.
John L. Stearns, ugoiit at Denver
of tho .Mutual Life Insurance Com
puny, confirmed tho story told by
Orchard about applying for employ
ment as a solicitor for tho company
boforo 1)0 went to Canyon City to kill
ox-Governor Peabody and produced
lettors of recommendation which Or
chard furnUhod. Ono waa from Pot-
tlbono, another was signed by Horace
N. Hawkins for the defense, and It
Hewitt, Bell and Simpson Given Per
mission to Install Electric
and Gas Plant
BOND FIVE THOUSAND
Must Begin Work Within Ninety
Days Completed In Year's
Time.
At a meeting held Tuesday evening
tho city council of North Bend grant
ed the Hewltt-Boll-Slmpson Syndi
cate a thirty-year gas franchise.
ThQ syndicate has given the city a
$5,000 bond pledging that they will
3tart construction within ninety days
and have tho plant completed far
enough along In a year to furnish all
the business section with gas, heat,
light and power, and It Is also pro
vided in the franchise that the gene
rating plant must bo built in tho cor
porate limits of the city of North
Bend. The franchise Is the same as
the one granted by Marshfleld, with
tho exception that In North Bend con
struction must be started within
ninety days and ready for business
within a year, while the Marshfleld
franchise provides that construction
must start within nine months and
ready for business within a period
of two years. Both cities will be
served from one generating plant and
the granting of the North Bend fran
chise with the terms as stated makes
it that Marshfleld, too, will havo gas
service many months sooner than the
Marshfleld franchise provides for.
Tho Marohfiold franchiso wn3-
granted February 2S, 1907. Attor
neys Maybee and Pixley renresntcd
the syndicate before the North Bend
council.
Astronomer Dies.
London, June 19. Professor Al
exander Stuart Herschall, .distin
guished astronomer, died today at
tho observatory hospital whero his
grandfather Sir Elmer Herschel and
Sir John Herschel made most of
tholr discoveries.
Brownsville Affair.
Washington, Juno 19. Senator
Foraker today left for Ohio whero on
Thursday at tho Wllberforco univer
sity he will review tho testimony of
tho senate committee on the military
affairs in tho Brownsville inquiry
and mako a defonso of tho negro
troops.
Earl Says "No."
London, Juno 19. Tho Earl of
Munster when asked tqday regard
ing tho report that ho was engaged
to Mrs. Potter-Palmer replied: "Tho
report Is absolutely untrue." Tho
aftornoon papers printed dispatches
from Chicago roportlng an engage
ment, with photographs of tho par
ties. v
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"JAPS" AGAIN.
San Jose, Cal., Juno 19. Tho
labor organizations In this city
threaton to voto against .tho
proposition to bond tho city for
$175,000 to lmprovo tho flr0 do-
partmont and pnrk unless tho
Japancso tea garden In tho park
14 Ifl rfiinnvorl. Thn pnimnlunlmi- ?
ors took tho mattor under nd-
vlsomont.
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gavo thnt Orchard was thon traveling
undor tho namo of Thomas Hognn,
nnd was a very strong ondorsemont
us to elmraotor. Rlloy HarrlB, who
worked for Roach, a plumber, who
inndo tho lead casing for tho Pou-
body bomb, told of tho call of Or
chard at Roach's shop In Danvur In
May, 1905, tho making of tho casing
and delivery of tho nrtlclo to Orchard,
whom tho witness Idontlflod.
Tho morning sosslon was dovntod
to arguing tho admissibility of tho
articles published In tho Minor's Mil
gazlne. Judgo Wood, uftor taking a
noon recess to examtno tho articles,
doctdod to let certain of tho articles
go before the Jury and will tomorrow
flttnMft tvhlnti nt tm as will tin 1.
BW and whlch cluaedt
C. Y. Reynolds of Portland Shoots
And Fatally Wounds llurl-
burt a Musician
WERE OUT WALKING
Murder Interrupted Slroll In Park
Shot Three Times In
Abdomen.
Portland, June 19. In what ap
pears to have been a flt of jealousy,
C. Y. Reynolds, proprietor of a bath
house in this city, this afternoon shot
and probably fatally wounded Georgo
Hurlburt, a musician who arrived
here yesterday from Walla Walla.
Tho shooting occurred at Reynolds'
home, 1SG Fourteenth street. From
what can be gathered from a meagre
statement made by Reynolds, Mrs.
Reynolds has been corresponding
with Hurlburt regarding musical
matters for a year or more. Last
night Hurlburt called at the Reyn
olds house and was refused admis
sion. About two o'clock this after
noon, Reynolds says hl3 ten-year-old
son called him by 'phone and at Mrs.
Reynolds' Instructions told him sho
could not come to Reynolds' estab
lishment, as sho promised.
Reynolds says the boy added his
mother was going for a walk in tho
park, and the little fellow thought
something was wrong. Reynolds
rushed home, meeting Hurlburt and
Mrs. Hurlburt leaving tho house.
Without a word, tho husband drew
a revolver and commenced shooting.
Hurlburt attempted to hide behind
the woman, but sho darted into the
house. Reynolds then shot Hurlburt
three times In tho abdomen. Tho
lattor, although mortally wounded,
ran nearly half a mile to a drug
store, whence ho was taken to the
Good Samaritan Hospital. It Is
stated thero that ho cannot survive
tho night. Reynolds says ho wns.
onco a scout under General Custer,
and ho and his wife came here from
Donver about a year ago.
Marshfield Subscription Corn mil tec
Soon Get Down To Work
In Earnest J. W. Flanagan
To Call On Citizens
That tho Marshfleld-Douglas-Coos
Electric Subscription Committee
moans to raise its share of the $250,
000 was ovldonced yosterday when
It was decided to put the subscrip
tion list In tho hands of J. W. Flana
gan, who will approach every man
in Marshfield. Mr. Flanagan has.
boon absent from tho city for sevoral1
days on a fishing trip to Ten MIIo,
but Is expected homo today. Al
though tho books havo been opened
for bovoral days nothing has been
dono In this city ns yet, while tho
city of North Bend has ra sod sev
oral thousnnd dollars, L. J Simp
son having subscribed $10,000 tho
flrst day the books woro opened.
It Is bellovod by many In a posi
tion to know that thoro is no ques
tion but thnt tho moneyed citizens
of Mnrshflold will contribute
Outsldo capitalists have already
mudo a bid to flmincu tho road Just
us soon as It Is proven to thorn that
tho local pooplo bellovo In lr by giv
ing their support. Ono firm hns
oven gono so fur ns to stato they
will not only build tho road and opcr
uto It, but will finance It themselves,
paying back tho mouoy that tho local
capitalists put lu It, providing they
uro assured tho roud Is favored by
resldonts of Coos uud Douglas coun
ties As soon its enough mouoy la
rulsod to form n corporation It la
llkoly that samo of tho oastorn Arms;
will bo Interested to tho extent that
tho road will bo built eutlrely by out
sldo capital.
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