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VOLUME LVII.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1904.
NO. IDS.
EVIDENCE
AGAINST
WILLIAMS
His.
llflW
Brings Out Gruesome Remind
ers of Brutal end Cow
irdly Crime.
Patches of Gray Hair Covered
With Blood Tells Sad Story of
Old Woman's Death.
STRONG DEFENSE
Paraaen Company May Hsve to Fight
In tUrn County.
Ilpokans, May Z5. Some escltement
..;', 4i tl r 11.. has otn occasioned near Northport,
Trial of Murder At The Dalles! h. ..nm nt .
rich claim held by the Paragon Mining
Company. Recently a rich atrlke waa
reported on the Lucky Boy claim, beld
by Hf Parfn Company, and on May
U u found. lht the claim ha1
been relocated by W. Hi Kerr nd II.
Btone of thU city,
Since the discovery General Manager
JBrneet of the Paragon Company ha
had armtd guards petroling the prop
erty and threatens to shoot any one
who. attempts to do any assessment
work on the claim. Mr. Earnest claims
to have $8000 worth of ore on the dump
which the Jumpers have forbidden his
teamsters to remove. He thinks the
claim was jumped to compel him to
settle a suit he brought against one
of the officers of the Paragon Com
pany some time ago.
W. 11. Kerr, one of the alleged Jump
ers, says the claim was found vacant
and It was relocated. Just as any other
claim might be when found In that
condition. He says there is a mine on
which F. Augustus Helnse spent 140.
000 and then lout It by relocation, and
that Is how Earnest became In posiies-
alon of It. Mr. Kerr says his company
projMises to push the work, and the In
dkatlons are that there may be blood
shed.
Will Make Prosfctttlon Show
That MlNHlnjr Women Are
Dead-Must fehow
Corpus IHIcctl. .
The Dalles, Or., May 25. The trial
of Norman Williams, on the charge of
murdering Alma Nesbltt, began la
earnest today with the statement of
the defendant's attorney that the de
fonse will be based upon the Inability
of the prosecution to produce corpus
dllecll, or even to prove that any mur
der was committed at all. The at
torney admitted that there was an ap
parent disappearance of the women
but that that did not constitute mur
der. It Is evident that the plan of the
prosecution is to produce apparently
unimportant evidence which In the end
will form the complete chain necessary
to convict. The principal witness to
day was (leorge J. Nesbltt who related
the efforts of his family to locate the
lost women, lie recounted the finding
of two patches of bloody hair In a grave
under the chicken house on the Wil
liams homestead, together with some
mnnv aiu-lc covered with biooa ana
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iirir, of broken crockery to
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were attached some gray hairs. Nes
bitt Identified the hair
his mother and sister.
The finding of the hnlr was corrobo
Brown Men In British Columbia Von
tribute to Wsr Fund.
Vancouver, B. C, May 85. A special
from Cranbrook says the Japs there are
subscribing largely to the war fund.
Postmaster Beattle sold 1500 worth of
money orders to one Japanese. This
contribution to his country nearly
broke the man. but he said he did not
which ere for that so long as the money was
to help his native land In her mighty
belonging to struggle tho Russians. Quite a
lot of money la being sent in mia way
by Japaneae who work on the railway
rated by the man who drove Nesbltt I nd who do not get good wages
to Williams' from Hood River. L D.
Langvllle. the liveryman testified to
hiring a team to Williams, In which
th vAmori left Hood River ior me
homeatead, since when. It Is
they have never been seen.
Constantino, one of the victims of
Fournler and Labelle, who have since
paid the death penalty for other crimes.
ARMED MEN GUARD MINE.
JAPS 6END COIN HOME.
WYOMING FOR HEARST.
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Found Dteompoted Body.
V&nrnuver. TJ. C May 25. A
patch from Dawson says:
The badly decomposed body of a
Laramie County Instructs Delegate,
..efca . a aaalll al
iii.ffe.rr " otnsr bounuea win .
Cheyenne. Wyo, May 25. Laramie
county at the democratic county con
vention held today elected delegatea to
the stata convention and Instructed for
William Randolph Hearst Laramie
county Is the principal county In the
and democratic leaders say Its
man waa found tWO dAYI 110 On thS
bar at the mouth of Stewart river, j action will be followed by every other
t is thought to be the remains of I county In the state.
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P. A. STOKESi 0ne Prlce To Evcr?l""!y
BATTLE HAS BEEN FOUGHT
AT SANSURIPO, RESULT OF
WHICH IS NOT YET KNOWN
Russians 5&id to Have Offered Stubborn
Resistance to Advance of Japanese
at That Place,
Averted That Internal Disturbances of the Empire jlas Been Fol.
lowed by Wholesale Hangings at Warsaw, Moscow and
Constradt Epidemic Greatly Feared Among
Russian Troops at Front.
fchefoo, May 26. lt a. m.) A junk
which left Dalny on the night of the
23d and which arrived here today, re
ports that the Japanese army had then
reached Bansurlpo, which Is north of
Dalny and southwest of Nangallen. The
Russians offered stubborn resistance
to the advance of the Japanese and a
battle was fought at noon of the 22d at
Bansurlpo, the result of this battle was
not learned by bearers of the news.
The advance of the Japanese Indicates
that they have recovered from the re
ported reverse at Klncbau. Russians
at Talienwan have prepared to deitroy
the town upon the arrival of the Jap
anese. The Rusalan plan Is to have the
troops on Lino Tung peninsula fall back
to Port Arthur after, harassing the In
vaders. From the best Information obtain
able, It Is learned that the Japanese
have landed near Klnchau and are ad
vancing along the railway to Port Ar
thur. Those that landed at Plteswo
are traveling down the east side of the
peninsula to Dalny and those that land
ed at Pakushan ar going to reinforce
the Fengwangchng army. v
Internal Disturbances.
London, May 25. The Standard pub
lishes a dispatch from a Russian corre
spondent. In which the paper says It
places great confidence, containing
most sensational statements regarding
the alarming condition of Russia as a
result of the present war. The corre
spondent asserts that disturbances In
various cities have been followed by
wholesale' execution without any civil
trial. It Is said that 600 persona have
been hanged In Warsaw alone, and
many others have been hanged In Corn
atadt and Moscow.
This correspondent asserts that even
the most sober minded are drawing
ominous conclusions from the signific
ant fact that reatments stationed In
European Russia have been retained In
their places and only the reserves have
been mobilised for the front
The Standard in an editorial says it
publishes this correspondent's state
ment under reserve, but It thinks there
are Indications, such, for Instance as
the sinking of the battleship Orel, that
the normal disaffection of the popula
tion of Russia has been greatly stimul
ated by the war.
N. section foreman at Cataldo. Sim
mons, who resides at Tekoo, bears a
good reputation.
FIGHT OVER NEGRO.
Fight at Takusha.
Llao Tang, May 25. A wounded
Cfossack whd arrived at gayollentai
yesterday reports that fight took
place north of Takushan on May 20, in
wnlch the Japanese ambushed Solnla's
Cossacks and nearly wiped them out.'
The Cossacks were patrolling when
they fell in with three squadrons of
Japanese cavalry, who retreated. The
Cossacks followed and fell Into an
ambuscade. The Russians lost three
officers and 30 men.
Epidemic Among Trops.
St Petersburg, May 25 The greatest
precautions are being taken to prevent
the outbreak of an epidemic among
the troops In Manchuria. Men espe
dally trained In disinfecting are to be
dispatched to all big camps by the Red
Cross Society, and according to reports
received the sanitary conditions are
fairly god. Some sporadic cases of
typhus and smallpox were segregated
early. Apparently there Is no danger
of epidemic. Conditions In Korea, on
the other hand, are described as ter
rlble, and doubtless are responsible for
the sickness prevailing In the Japanese
army. "
Mobilizing Soldiers.
Paris, May 25. The St Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
says:
"I am able to affirm that Russia Is
preparing to mobilize 2,000,000 soldiers
In European Russia on the conclusion
of the war with Japan.
News From Kuropatkin.
St Petersburg, May 25. The em
peror today received the following tele
gram from General Kuropatkin, dated
May 25: .
"There has been no change in the
general situation In the direction of
Fengwangcheng or Gulf Llao Tung
with regard to the position of the
enemy. It is an established fact that
40,000 Japanese troops have been con
central ed at Fengwangcheng, and there
are four line regiments and 50 guns
at Plyamln, , .
Japanese at Piyamin.
Llao Tapg. May 25. Staff Captain
Tlvkv ' hu iut returned from a
daring scouting expedition to the vll
lage of Piyamin, eight miles south of
Fengwangcheng. He reports that the
whole Japanese division with, artillery
la at Piyamin. ,
Llao Tang, May 25. Chinese scouts
report that the Japanese advance is
falling back on Fengwangcheng.
Two Women In Butte Engage in Shoot
ing Affray.
Butte, May 25. Millie Cody, a denl
sen of the Dillon tenderloin district,
better known aa "Carrie Nation," waa
fatally shot through the head by Mar
sello Gonzales, a pretty little French
girl, about 18 years of age. It appears
the two redllght women had an alter
cation over the affections of a negro,
and Millie Cody, filling up on liquor,
proceeded to throw the French girt
from her crib. The Cody woman burst
the door In when Miss Gonzales fired
point blank, dropping the advancing
woman in her tracks. The lower jaw
of the woman was shot almost entirely
away.
LOWER JAW REMOVED.
Necrosis Patient Undergoes Delicate
Operation in 8eattls.
Seattle, May 25. Dr. F. B. Whiting
yesterday removed the entire lower Jaw
of Louis Usanza,. a cook who was suf
fering from necrosis that had set in
following the extraction of a tooth. The
Jaw was rotting. Physicians agreed
that eventually a hard substance re
sembling bone will granulate and give
the patient a Jawbone. The operation
made it necessary to remove the flesh
from the entire lower portion of the
face. For the present the patient Is
neither able to eat nor speak. He Is
fed by artificial methods. He will re
gain his speech as oon as the wound
made by the operation heals. The
surgical operation is one of the few of
the kind that have been performed on
the Paclflo coast. It waa entirely suc
cessful.
AMONG THE SAVAGES,
Party Braves Indians in 8sroh of
Weslthy Mine.
Vancouver, B. C, May 25. A party
of adventurous miners has left for the
north to Investigate a copper find in
the country of the blodthlrsty Chllcot
ens. J. Anderson is the guide. He says
the mines were kept secret for a num
ber of years by the Indians, but a friend
of his gained the confidence of the tribe
and got information leading to the
formation of the party. In early days
the Chllcotens murdered several part
ties which went after the treasure In
their district The Indians have ever
resented encroachment on their terrl
tory. However, they have now a more
wholesome opinion of British law than
they possessed In those bloody days.
HELD ON SEROUS CHARGE.
Conductor Said to Be Guilty of As
sault on Lady Passenger.
Harrison, Idaho, May 25. W. R.
Simmons, an O. R. ft N. freight con
ductor, was arrested at Harrison yes
terday on complaint of Mrs. Samantha
McClatn, on a charge of attempted
criminal assault The alleged attempt
was said to have been committed at
Watts Station, on the Wallace branch
of the O. R. & N. Sunday, May 15,
while Mrs. McClaln was a passenger
on Simmons' train.
The complaint was placed In the
hands of Prosecuting Attorney Wilson
of Kootenai county, who declined to
prosecute the case on account of in
sufficient evidence. The complainant
is the wife of P. B. McClaln, O. R. &
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At Seattle Tacoma 1, 8eattle 8.
At Los Angeles Oakland 1, Los An
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At .Spokane Salt Lake 8, Spokane 2.
At Butte Boise 4. Butte 8.
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At Philadelphia Detroit 4, Phila
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At Washington Cleveland 7, Wash
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At Boston Chicago 1, Boston 2.
At New York St Louis 7, New
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At Brooklyn New York 5, Brook
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At Chicago St Louis 4, Chicago .
TEN MINERS
KILLED BY
OAS FUMES
Were Riding Through Tunnel
Locomotive When Sulphur
Fumes From Engine
Reached Ihem.
Forty of the Fifty Miners on Trra
Escaped Death Narrowly--Some
Unconscious.
MEN SIGNALLED EN0INNEP?
Efforts to Resuscitate "Victim
Failed Foreman .IV a
Among the Un.
fortunates.
Wllkesbarre, Pa, May '25. Tw
miners were suffocated by gas aa
sulphur fumes from a locomotive tla
afternoon in the workings of the Sum
mit Branch Coal Company, WlHlainw
town. Dauphin county.
The tunnel in which the disaster oc
curred is used by the coal cornpa
to convey coal mined In the workings
In Bear Valley to the breaker In Wil
liams valley. The men employed a
Bear valley, who reside la Wllllama
town, have made a practice tor ytara
of riding to and from their work ea
the cars. About 4 o'clock this aflet-
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