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ASTORIA. OREGON, SUKDAY. MAROI 16, 1902.
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WAS THERE A PLOT?
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INDEPENDENTS
IN THE HALLS
county. Mat Jarvl has been removd
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Was a Conspiracy
to-Kill Gabriel
Jarvi?
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Companions Who Came Home
With Him Say He Was
Not Drunk !
Facts Being Developed in thei, filcta. The coroner.. jury wU,
Jarvi Case Cause
Comment.
SOME REMARKABLE EVIDENCE j
Wife Made Statement After Her
Husbuud Wa shot that He
Hud Fallen and Hurt
Himself.
WltiiesN In Kamu House Sajs He
Knew Nothing of Crime, Hut
Found Jarvl I.J Injf Agulnst
Ilia lUutr and Went Back
to lied and Left
Him There 1
A coroner's Jury was organised at
. , , , . . M
1 o clock yesterday by Coroner Pom
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and an investigation ocgun in ine
, .
wra jamlnd. hut the wife and
.
younger son of the deceased have not
testified yet. The case was continued
over until 10 octovk Monday, when their
evidence will be taken. The evidence
,
of the witnesses disclose some remark-
able facts and some of the witnesses
made remarkable statements.
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The witnesses examined yesterday
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n. C.i.a n, P rkrlnir. Chief
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HitiiocK, umcer atara, aicx. Aswrmn,
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rti.ri.. i?.n!ln T.iMa. Itnhlcnnen and
. . Ipathlzers yet It is because of his ap
T. F. taurln. The physicians and of- i
, . . , ... parent Ignorance and not through any
fillers merely stated the facta recited t , .
, , , , , . .consideration that he had a right to
in yedieraay nmrniUB" abiuiuiu
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rcaurd to the details of the crime and
death. Alex. Anderson and Charles
r. .... ... . .v. .. on.nn.nsn
Runtlo test Hied that they accompan-
led Gabriel Jarvl to Ws home.
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censed had been drinking and were
, .. , a
under the Influence of liquor, but de-
nled that they were drunk. Theyj1"
Mid that Gabriel Jarvi walked per- The dcfnedantl, nat before th. jury.
,., ik. .n .however, on trial, and the attorney
iv iij ntimiui, i v snv .-v.--
able to do this. They also state that
not exceeding three minutes after they
left deceased that Mr Jarvl came to
them and stated that her husband had
fallen down and hurt himself. They
heard no pistol dlscarged and did not
know that Jarvl had been shot until
they reached the place, found him ly
ing on the veranda, and heard the
statement of his son Mat, who had
flrcd the fatal shot. The latter came
out and remarked that he "had te
shoot the oid devil."
But the most remarkable evidence
was that of Tobias Rahkonen, a Rus
sian who lives down stalre In the Jar
v house. He stated that he did not
hear anything at all in the way of
words or kicking the door or a pistol
shot; that he" did not know anything
about the matter until he awoke ot
his own accord and got out of bed
for som purpose, He went to the
door and attempted to open It but
fuond Gabriel Jarvl tying against
the door and could not open It. Be
abandoned the Idea of going out of the
room and returned to his bed and went
to sleep again and knew nothing about
the crime until next morning. The
fact Is that Jarvl waa lying on the
varanda outside of the house In front
of the hall door, the hall door opens
Inside, and, and Jarvl'a body could not
have Interfered with its being opened.
The further fact exists that the door
na,knen' rm pni ,nto th
to have Interfered with opening the
door, would have necessarily been In
Rahkimen'i room, which was' not a
fuel. The further faet - exists that
Rahkonen's wife wu up and watch
ing the officer when they brought th
body of Jarvl down atalra, and It Is
remarkable that she did not"Sken her
husband and tell Mm what was going
on
This evidence Is before the coroner's
Jury and they may be able to solve It
but the coroner finds It too deep for
him. There'ls plenty of evidence out
side of this, howerer, for the Jury t
arrive at the real facts In the case,
but the motive of Bahkonen In giving
such evidence Is what puzzles the cor-
Am.i and ttmiu iillfilnthl with the
to the Jarvl premises tomorrow and
view the scene of the murder.
There has been considerable specu
latlon since the evidence was given In
before the coroner's Jury. The state-
mcnt ot tb' two companions of deceas-
ed that he was not drunk, the wife's
reticence about permitting her hus
band to be brought Into the house,
her statement that he "had fallen
down and hurt himself, the son's
statement that he had to shoot the
"old devil," the queer actions of To
bias Rabkoncn, all lead some to be
lieve that there was possibly a con
spiracy to klU the 0)4 man. The cool
ness of the wife and son Indicates
that they are either the most Inhuman
persons on earth or the most lgnor
est. It may be a characteristic of that
nationality, but it Is certainly a pecu
liar one.
i The tact that Gabriel Jarvl was de-
.
compelled to seek shelter elsewhere.
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Und the further fact that he waa a
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very small and feeble man, apparent
1y no match physically for the son who
islew him, and the further fact that
)
slew him, and the further fact that
there were two men and a 18-year-old
Iwiv In the hnuim thut nlvht. why
tuuiu tiive rumiy .uvnueu mill, it'-ii
i only leads many to state that the
(
i murder was wholly uncalled for, but
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I leads some to think that It la possible
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it hut the act of Mat Jarvl was only
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(carrying out a plan that had been
I
formed to put the old man out of the
,
! wy- While the boy has many sym-
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.take his fathers life,
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'he subject tomorrow when the moth
i
er an'' younger re placed on the
stand. The defendant will not go on
the stand. C W. Futon has been em-
,
,Ioyed to defend him and was nreesnt
j
tun only take such part in the pro
feedlngs as the coroner's jury may
penult.
Following fxntlomen compose the
Jury: C. 8. Wright.' C. W. Loughery.
Frank Meany, D. U. Blount. Alex.
Halmon and Thomas Dalglty.
The funeral of the murdered man
tjas not been arranged. The coroner
does not know whether the friends of
the deceased will arrange for bis bur-
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LABOR 8ITTATION.
Is Asmimlng Normal Conditions In
Boston.
BOSTON, March IS. Labor situation
In this city Is gradually assuming
normal conditions, and today a great
majority of freight handlers, teamsters
and expressmen returned to work. As
announced by Governor Crane tonight,
the disposition of all parties Is to al
low reaosnable time to adjust matters
and in the meantime to be patient.
TRAINMEN STRIKE.
fs Letlared Off on Rocky Mountain
Division of Northern Pacific.
BUTTE. Mont, March 15 A special
to the Miner from Mlsoula, says:
The strike of railway trainmen and
switchmen of the Rocky Mountain di
vision of the northern Pacific railroad
was declared oft this afterndbn. It is
understood that alt men -who went out
will be reinstated whenever the op
portunity exists.
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COLLISION IN SEATTLE
BETWEEN HOSE WAGON
AND STREET CAR.
Injures Three Persons A Skull
Fractured and an Ear
Torn Of).
SEATTLE. March 15. A collision be
tween a hose wagon plunging down
Columbia street hill in response to a
fire alarm and a street-car resulted
t
In the probable death ot one man and
the injury of three others this even
in. -
The- Ibjured eret rzf-iX,
Daniel McGInnls, captain Engine
Company No. 1, fractured skull four
ribs brokes and a broken shoulder
blade.
Charles W. Glllam, plpeman, prob
ably Internal Injuries.
W. B. Kent, driver, ear torn from
head, severe bruises.
Father P. EX Gendreaux, Catholic
Vicar General, ot Dawson, slightly
bruised .
. KILLED BT AN EXPLOSION.
In an Alaskan Mining Tunnel on
Boulder Creek.
NOMK. Alaska, January S. via Seat
tie, March 15. John Nutcher and C. J.
Cornellle were killed by an explosion
in a tunnel of the Twin Mountain
uoict Mining & Milling company on
Boulder Creek, a tributary of Snake
River. ' "
FELL 2600 FEET.
Arms. Legs and Head Torn From the
Body.
JACKSON, Cat.. March 15,-David
de Rlccl fell .Into a shaft, falling 2600
feet, at Kennedy mine. His arms, legs
an dthe greater portion of his head
were torn from the body.
RACING IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. March li-Nearly
5000 people cheered Lord Quex on to
victory In the Crescent City derby to
day. The race was worth MS00 to the
winner. Crescent City d rby, mile and
one-eighth Lord Quex won: Vassal
Dance, second; i'rowl, third. Time,
2:0014.
OAKLAND RACES.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. In the
presence of over 4000 people Slddons
won the Thornton stakes at four miles
over a fast track at1 Oakland today.
Four miles, ' Thornton 'stakes; purses
$3000 Slddona won; Llsella, second;
Bangor, third. Time, 7:30.
A KANSAS CYCLONE.-
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BELLEVILLE. Kas..' March 15.-A
cyclone visited Scotch Plains Dunkard
settlement near here today and did
much damage. A number of houses
were blown down and the Dunkard
church completely- , demolished. No
Uvea were lost
OREGON PIONEER DEAD.
ASHLAND, Ore., March ,15. James
Clark Tolmnn, one of the widely known
pioneers of Oregon, who was .promi
nent in the affairs of the state for 60
y eras, died today In 'his 90th year.
Elect 95 out of 162 Delegates to
the County Con
vention.
SIMON FACTION DEFEATED
A Quiet Election With Little
Excitement Democrats Did '
" Not Vote Republican
Vote Small.
PORTLAND, March IS. The Repub
lican primary election today resulted
In the success of the Independent tick
et With few outlying precincts ' in
Multnomah county to hear from, the
Independents elected about $5 out of a
total of 1S2 delegate to the county
convention. Result Is a defeat for the
faction of the party represented by
United States Senator Simon.';''
Contrary to expetcatluns, the elec
tion passed off quietly and orderly.
Owing to the bitter fight that has been
waged prior to election day it was pre'
dieted that the day would be an excit
ing one. Voters were quiet and order
ly and not nearly so much interest
was manifested as was expected. The
vote did not -reach anything like the
full registration. s j
Democrats remained away from the
polls and took no Interest In the fight
to any etxent
The Simon faleion was confident of
victory to the last moment The
friends of Senator Simon were greatly
encouraged over the victory of Gover
nor Geer in Marlon yesterday and re
garded It as a good omen that .point
ed to the victory of the Simon fac
tion. Governor Geer toeing allied with
Senator Simon.
The county convention will meet next
Wednesday for nomination of candl
dates. Tomorrow and the remainder
of the week will be a busy one with
delegates. Each crowd of delegates
elected will hold a caucus tomorrow.
County officers seeking renomlnatton
fought for the straight out Republican
ticket, and now that it' was defeated
the election of a new .set of officers
out and out is predicted. They had to
fall with the losers. But the Simon
faction claims to have made no prom
ises before hand It was, It was prob
ably different with the victors.
ROAD TO NEW ELDORADO.
Union Pacific Preparing to Build
- Road.'
OMAHA .March 15.-The Union Pa
cific is preparing to make a route to
Thunder Mountain mining country in
Idaho, and is sending several sun-eying
parties to select the best route.
Five routes will be sun-eyed from
points on the Oregon Short Line from
Red Rock to Weiser, Idaho. It Is stat
ed at headquarters that travel to that
country has already become large and
preparations are making for the mov
ing of several thousand people to
Thunder Mountain during the splng.
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Still Hammering at the Subsidy
Bill There Will be More
Amendments.
GREAT PENSION BILL , DAY
Republican Reciprocity Confer
ees Still Tied UpAppoint
inent of PoNtmasters
Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Dlffer.
ence of opinion of the Republican side
In the senate subsidy bill today. Al
lison indicated that he was not sat
isfied with the measure as It stands
now and gave notice of amendments,
limiting the time of its operation an4
limiting also the amount ot money an
nually to be paid from the treasury on
account of It Spooner took exception
to some provisions of the measure.
He was not certain that the bill
would accomplish the great results
which its advocates clalnU for it and
he urged that before Its enactment in
to a law, definite information upon that
point ought to be furnished to con
gress. He gave notive of in amend
ment providing that the bill might be
amended or repealed by congress with
out, however, impairing any contract
made under It's provisions.
Teller made a speech In opposition to
the measure. Elkins made an address
in support of lt 'i ?oi!jh . Went
Virginia senator admitted that be
would prefer adoption of a iiolicy of
discriminating duties. ' ' '
GREAT PENSION DAT.
WASHINGTON. March 15.- The'
house devoted today to private pen
sion bills, paswlng ZZ9 bills and clear
ing the calendar. This is the largest
number of pension bills ever passed
by the house at one session.
Earlier In the day a resolution was
adopted .calling 'upon the war depart
ment for Information concerning the
government transport service between
San Francisco and the Philippines.
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RECIPROCITY CONFEREES.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The Re
publican Cuban reciprocity conferees
remained in session until 5 p. m. to
day. Chairman Payne-made a state
ment that the 'situation was as It had
been last evening: that no agreement
had been reached and that the con
ference had adjourned to meet Mon
day. . . f
POSTOFFICE CONFIRMATIONS.
WASHINGTON. March 15-Confir-matlnns
by the senate: Postmasters
Montana. G. W. In-lng. Butte; A. M.
Rennett. Miles City; A. J. Stephens,
Lewlston." , Idaho. J. H. Bruce. Wei
ser. .
REAR-ADMIRAL RETIRED,
WASHINGTON. March ' 1.-Rear-Admiral
John A. Howell next to Ad
miral Dewey, ranking officer of navy,
reached age of 62 today and waa
placed on' the retire list.
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