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'UBUSHEt PULL ASOOCIATED PRK89IREPORT
COVERS THE MORN1NQ FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUMK IATV. NO. 127.
ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1905.
TRICE FIVE CENTS
i &
INVESTIGATION!
Sensation in (he Stanford
Case
CHINAMAN SUSPECTED
Believed Wong Toy Wong Pois
oned Mrs, Stanford in
January Lad
unil iiii.if).l.-i iho trial dally. It
preyed upon )i1m iiilml that Im IihiikIm
i llllimclf (t di'tcrllVO, HI bl'otllUI
'Inn c Viiutfliu wu a wltucs for I lie
ilfi iih. In ii n attempt to Impeach Geo.
Ituth, the young man who curried the
tmdlea from tliu burning building.
Tim appraiser of lh JuIIuh Web
estate filed an Inventory, setting forth
the valuation lit 101,000. Adolph Web
sx eat and sluop Willi and seem lit
(In cnni'i-rniMl (ibout the deuth penult)
IT IS CLAIMED HE IS INSANE
Oatoctlv Ascertain That the Chin.
man Had Had Thr.ali Against Mrt.
Stanford and Ht It Arreitsd and
8tnt to the Intan Asylum.
Hun Fraiiclmo. March 11. Wtiut
coiituxtlon, if imy. ti Wong Toy
Wong, an Insane Chin.? wlih many
Imnglnury treuiu e iiKulimt Mr.
Jnn I Stanford, have with the flrnt
attempted niIi)iiiiIiic on January 14?
Fuel whlrh became public yesterday
i tlllwl till U.-Mlol to txi linked of
Ilia police, lliim adding n new tingle
to th mystery wbh h the d"tectlvo
lii'v btvn utmhlr in IK-M n rale,
In the early stage of the Invfttlgu
tlnii lino lh' first iittt'iiipti'il murder of
Mm, Htunfitnl private tleitvtivra came
arroMN the trail of Wong Toy Won.
Tlo-y (ntntiil that he hud made state
ment threatening to Mm. Stanford
n n. I that lie hud dually written her a
I'M T demanding u huge sum (
nullify. Kur several d.iy tin. t'oln.-m-wna
closely shadowed. IIIh action illil
tint ti'ii'l to iIIhi'Ionk any light on tint
atibjert, anl tht' private detective who
li.ul Iteen engaged hy Mra. Stanford
quickly took hlin Into I'Ulltlllly mi. I llll.l
blm lin k." I up at the city prison.
He wa hurried to tin1 detention
wiiril of tbi Central F.mcrgcney ho,
pliitl anil on February 11 wiin udjudg'
.-.I In". in'1. Ho wim Immediately taken
to the I'klah hospital for the Insane.
Whi'li trli'il before (In' liiH.uilly rout
inlNHlotii'rR. J. K. Clt'iiry anil Captain
J. J. Culltllidan of Morse' tlcttmtlve
(iKi'iiiy niid Ton i of "H l)Uout
nlnvt wi-rt iho wlltii'NH.'it iikhIiihI tlir
Chlni'Mf. They Ii'nIIIIihI llutl om of
tliii fnriiiM of Wouk'h liiMunlly in lo
tliri'iiti-n to kill pt'apb'. ni' of thu
peculiar pliam'i of Ihi cum. uh tliat
the imnio of Mm. Htiuifuril wim not
liii'litlnlK'il In the rnlln- prorei-dliiKM.
lOvi'ii Mr. It. II. I.iiHtlir. the exiiiulnliiK
tiiiytilcliiu, wiin not liiformi'd thai Mra
Hlnnrord'H niiine In imy way tlKUnnl
In the rune. Two day lifter the InMune
'lilnene wiih nelit to the. asylum Mm.
Htiinfonl Mulled for Honolulu. The
fart thill WmiK Toy WoliR had bei'll
nktilkliiK iihoiit the Stanford niannlon
mid nlHo the Tain A ltV renlili'iiie for u
mouth prior to the attempted pnlnin
liiir wim kept out of the eoiirt roiordu
nn well iim from the public.
"1 hiul hi'iird about the liimilie t'lil
lieKe," Hiild fnptiiln of DeleitlveN ltur-
nett hint evening, "but I did not Klve
blm more than piwmIiik notice, heciuiHc
there wan no way In which he could
have Ruined im entrance, to the Ktnn
ford miiiialon. The I'hlneH, wiih under
the delualon that Mm. Htnnford owed
him MometbliiK Ichh than $30,000, which
lie declared he hud deposited In the
Plnnford ITnlvernlty Trunt Hank. He
wrote a letter to Mm. Stanford, after
haunting her two renldencen, and that
In tin fur na the matter went. I don't
think he could iowllily have had any
thing to do with the attempted poison
ing." The teatlmony ngnlimt Wong Toy
Wong wiui that he hud threatened to
kill aeveral prominent Chinatown cltl
7.ena bernuxe they hiul Differed a re
ward of 15000 for hi odHnsHlnatlon.
Want Pool Rooma Clottd,
Bixiltane, Wanh., March 11. Armed
wllh ft protent ngalnat the poolroom
whbh la about the only form of vie
nrw nllowed In Kpokane, 22 women
ciilleil, upon HiKikune'a iniiyif today
wlih a demiind that th polrwima lie
tltmeil. 'liny declared that the law
piohlbliliig gambling wua Intended t
embnice i-oolroiiiua In Itx provlMlona
They further niutrd that young boy
were being lej on the road to ruin In
the. poolrooma.
The mayor explained that the pool
rooma were conductwd under IIiviikc
luaued by the city loonill, and he did
not r how they could be legally
cloaed. II promlxed to look Into tha
tiuitler and have the boy burred. The
wen repreaeiitei the redernted Ro
cp'ty of the Womun'a C'hrlatlan Tern
ptyaru I'nlon organtuKtloim of thd
city. They did not appear pleuwj at
the remilt of their Interview with the
mayor.
Stole Diamond Ringa.
Seattle, March 11. Five diamond
rlnga, valued lit 11000, have ben etoten
from Mra. Oeneva H. Kimball, who re-
idea In a fimhlonable iKmrdlng hount
In thin city. The police ore working
on the theory that aonve one In tii
hous who knew where the rlnga wore
kept, atole them.
They Got Their.
Denver, March 11. I'eter Miller and
Michael Iwwd, who were convicted of
dealing 31 H ballota and aulmtliutlng
iilhi'ia at the election On November 8,
have been ncntclu fd lo Uwf mid tlv
yeura In the penitentiary.
ARE INVESTIGATING
Miss Berner Accused of Standford
Murdr
WEBER MURDER.
Henry Vaughn, Committed to Inaane
Atylum.
Auburn, March 11. A a result of
the Weber murder, Henry Vaughn was
today committed to the1 Insane aylum
nt Agnews. During the trial Vaughr
hecame greatly Interested In the case
THE WOMAN WAS SURPRISED
Profetsor Jordon of Stanford Univer
aity Does Not Believe the Stories
and Statei That Mils Berner Would
Have no Object in Doing It.
Honolulu, March J 1. Detective H
Iteyuoldo. of the San Kranclmo police
di'imrtnient and Captain Jules Call-
u nda n of Morse's agency, nnd two In
terview tmlay with Miss Heruer In
ciiiiliection with the .lentil of Mis. Jane
Htnnford. Miss Iterner was apparently
greatly shocked by the Hun Krnnclsro
newspaper statement that suspicion,
to a certain exlent, had been directed
ugnlnst her. Detectives Reynolds and
Callundnn hove taken charge of the
case here nnd High Sheriff Henry has
declared that he Is no longer conduct
ing the Inquiry,
The results of the Investigations of
the visiting detectives will be report
ed to the authorities at Hun Francisco
and It Is probable that very little of
the Information secured by them will
be given out here.
They will return on the steamer Ala
meda, nnd Tresldent Jordan. Timothy,
Hopkins and Miss Herner will nccom
pnny them, having In their care the
body of Mrs. Stanford,
President Jordan Is disposed to op
pose any theory thnt Miss Herner had
In any way any connection with the
death of Mr. Stanford. He says thai
she had no motive to wish for the
death of her benefactress and that she
ho lost a position more valuable than
her legacy of $15,000 will b to her.
Service will be held next Wednes
day at the Central Union church be
fore the steamer Alamada leave at
9 o'clock, and President Jordan will
speak to the alumni of Stanford uni
versity and the Cnllfornlnns who will
attend.
SEAT OF MR
Russian Army Still Re
treating Northwest.
JAPANESE IN PURSUIT
Kuropatkin Is Contesting Every
Inch of Ground Hoping to
Save Army.
300,000 HAVE BEEN KILLED
Lotiea in the Greateat Battle of the
War I Estimated at Over 300,000 on
Both 8idea in Addition to Enormous
Loss of Manitiona and Stores.
Tie Puss, March 11. For many
vorst all the npprouches to Tie Pan
are covered with troops, artillery, bug-
gage transiorl. ull pressing north.
ward nd 75 mile away with a stron
guard of troops, commanded by Kuro
patkin and retiring slowly and dog
gedly, disputing with the Japanese
who ore piirituelng them, the Hussion
ire covering every foot of ground lh
ir.ler to cover the retreat of the reui
irmy.
There Is no doubt but the buttle of
Mukden has been the most bloody In
the history of the world. The losses In
this defeat, whlrh was the most blttei
yet experienced by the Husslun nrmy
by moderate computation Is not less
bun 300,000 men on both sides. The
Russians In addition have siicrltlceo.
norinous quantities of munitions of
war and stores, the greater mrt of
which were burned before leaving
Mukden. It Is Impossible to say nt
this time whether the Russians will
able to put up another fight and
hold Tie Pass or whether It will bt
lecessury to continue the retreat to
liirbln, but the rank and file, who
military qualities never shone so
IniKhtly, are far from being panlo
trlckcn, and under capable leadership
ml given a brief time to strengthen
heir positions, they may be able to
heck the enemy ut this point.
St. Petersburg, March 11. Seml-of-la
I statements tonight are as fol-
iws:
"We are authorized to declare mom
aiegiirlcally that all statements to
he effect that It Is the Intention of
he Russian government to open pour
Mirletirs with a view of concluding
euce is absolutely without foundation
uch reports are derived from Japan-
se source. It Is known that the Jap-
nese government Is at present nego
ittlng a loan with Hrltlsh and Amer-
'iiii bankers and that she la also try-
tig to negotiate a loan with the Stand-
id Oil Company, giving a a gtiaran.
e the naphtha deposit In the north
f Japan and Sughaltcn Island us se-
uiity. Interested, parties Interested
a the encouraging reports are as
sured of the success of the loan for
100.000,000.
er a considerable part of hi army have
already arrived and Joined hands with
tht- reserve fn preparing a position
behind wbh b the defeated army may
n.nd shiJK.'d. Kuropatkin hlms'-lf Is
with the rear guard and wo reported
Saturday afternoon In the vicinity of
Synanzla, 25 mile below Tie Pass,
having accomplished uome 15 mile of
hi retreat and being already beyond
tho Jaw of the trap a originally set.
How many of hi men he will b
obliged to l.-ave behind and whether
any of the unit of his army were "cut
off or captured before hi retreat Is
not stated.
POISONED CANDY
Sent to a Prominent Woman at Pitts
burg.
Pittsburg. March 11. A box of bon
bon sent through the mall and bear
ing a New York postmark, cme near
causing the death of the wife of a
Pltuburg attorney. Who the attor
ney I has been kept a secret, but the
candy has been given to chemist foi
analysis and is said to have contained
corrosive sublimate. One analysis was
made In the laboratory of the Pltu
burg Forge A Iron Company by th
company' chemist, and one wo made
by An Allegheny pharmacist. The lat
ter found that each piece of candy con
tained poison.
STILL Ul i
And
the Japanese
After Them.
are
MAKING FOR SHELTER
Russians Retreating Northward
With the Enemy Pouring
in Hot Shot.
SIXTY THOUSAND CAPTURED
BEAUTIFYING CITY.
Colfax Women Take a Hand in Clean
ing Up.
Colfax, Wash., March 11. At a re.
cent meeting of the city council, Mr.
Jullu Llppitt, Mrs. Wilson Johnson,
Mr. Jame Cairns and Mr. R. H.
Lace, members of the Ladle" Athena.
eum Club and all wives of prominent
business and professional men of thl
city, called upon the city council per
sonally and offered the co-operation of
the club with the city official in clean
ing up and beautifying the city and
procuring a ite for a public park. The
matter was referred to the street com
mittee, who were empowered to act la
conjunction with the women.
It I the consensus of opinion that
this Is a atep In Oie right direction and
that it is doubtful If there are many, if
any, cltlea of the size, age and wealth
of Colfax, whose street and publio
place are In such a deplorable condl-
tlon. There 1 much enthusiasm over
thl matter.
8TUCK AT SUEZ.
Church Unsafe.
New York. March 11. A contractor
ha examined the Fifth Avenue Bap
tist church nnd reported to the trus
tee that the building is unsafe. It
ha been decided that no more serv
ice will be held In the church until
repairs are made. The Fifth Avenu
Baptist church In the one which John
D. Rockefeller attends when in the
city. John I). Rockefeller, Jr., con
duct a Illbie class there.
St. Petersburg, March 12. lleneral
ogl's slare of tho enveloping scheme
as already been sufficiently chronicled
General Kurolkl was to spring the
other Jaw, which I closing In between
Sadlaputxe and Mudzyandunl and
rlklng the river at Fu aPss bit decp-
Into the Russian flank. Whether
t'lieral Rennenkampff' corpse or
en General Llnevltch' army was cut
off to the eastward by this stroke or
whether they have already turned on
the central army, it is Impossible to
learn, but even If these forces are cut
off they might have a chance of con
ducting a retreat.
Astoria Mossback.
, San Francisco, March 11. A mag-
nlflcent living specimen of the Cali
fornia condor has been shipped from
her for the Central park too In New
Vork. It measures 11 feet from tip to
tip.
TRAVELTO PORTLAND
Kuropatkin I Fleeing Toward th
Mountaina and Sends a Mournful
Meaaaga to Emperor and Don't Know
How Many Man He Has Lost.
St. Petersburg, March 12. It 1 re
ported in military club this afternoon
that General Kuropatkin ha lost 30t
gun and about 60,000 prisoner, be
side the same number of killed and
wounded. The Associated Press learns
that the dispatch received by Emperor
Nicholas from General Kuropatkin last
night, In addition to announcing the
retreat of the Russian armies, added
"Our retreat Is being conducted with
enemy harrasslng both our flanks. The
second army under Blderling has suf
fered the heaviest, both In killed,
wounded and prisoners. How many is
surrounded Is unknown.
Large Number of Settlers Ar
riving Daily.
LOOKING FOR LOCATIONS
Hundred of Colonista Ar Arriving in
Portland Daily and Are Met by Rep
resentativea From Different Counties
Who Find Homes for Them,
Toklo. March 11. The Russian
forces are now retiring from Mukden
northwarJ. They are flanked on bota
sides by the Japanese troop In pur
suit and are suffering heavy losses.
London, March 11. A dispatch to
the Japanese legation from Toklo say
"A Japanese detachment ha reached
Pu river, 13 mile north of Mukden
and is inflicting considerable damage
on the retreating army."
St. Petersburg, March 12, 2 n. m.
Russia still ha an army In the fui
east and the line of the retreat Is not
rut. Oyama's trap was again sprung
too late to nab the prey he desired
and though pounded on the rear and
both flank by artillery nnd losing very
hehvlly In killed, and wounded and
prisoners, Kuropatkin with hi main
portion of the army are still Intact,
falling slowly back to Tie Pass, whlth-
Portland, March 11. Hundreds of
colonists are arriving In Portland dally
They are met ut the trains nnd hotels
by representative from different coun
ties who furnish them with newspa
pers und llternture descriptive of tht
different sections of the state. They
are desirous of taking up their resi
dence In Oregon and grow crops this
year on land that can be bought or
rented.
Home are taking advantage of the
stopover privileges to make Investiga
tions at various points along the trans
continental railroads over which they
are Journeying In the Willamette val
ley.
For a week past through trains have
been bringing the colonists to Port
land, many of them only stopping here
between train then hurrying on to
their destination. Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho, the railroad men say,
hfe the states receiving the greatest
amount of people on the rates that
went Into effect Marc'.i 1. Iowa, Mis
sourl. Illinois and Kansas are said to
be the states from which the bulk of
the travel originates.
Northern lines are bringing In a
large number from Minnesota, most of
whom ore going to the sound as It has
been well advertised In the east and
they are attracted there by the Induce
ments offered. .
A Gamblers' Paradise.
Carson City, New. March 11. The
legislature has repealed the bill com
pelling all gambling to be conducted
on the second floor. Thl measure prac
tically makes Nevuda a wide open
gambling state.
London, March 11. The whole re
glon surrounding Mukden Is today one
vast battlefield. East, nortn and south
of the Sacred City heavy fighting con
tinues between the shattered remnants'
of the flower of the Russian army and
the ever victorious veterans of Japan
The mikado's forces are rapidly push
ing north In an effort to cut the line
and make the victory complete, and
the Muscovites are fleeing In dlsord
ered masses, worn out with fatlgu
and hunger and discouraged by defeat.
The Japanese are shelling the re
treating forces und their loses are very
heavy. If Kurokl can cut the line of
the railway between Fushan and Tit
Pass the destruction of Kuropatktn's
force will be complete. Whether the
latter will succeed In breaking through
the cordon of the enemy or whether h
will be forced to surrender Is not yet
definitely known, but Indications point
to the complete shuttering of his
forces,
APPLYING FOR WORK.
New York Strikers Want Their Jobs
Back.
New York, March 11. Realizing that
their light against the Interborough
company has been lost, nearly all of
the old employes In the subway and
elevated railways today crowded the
offices of the company, seeking their
former positions. Some 3000 men ap
plied for reinstatement, but not more
than 500 were accepted. The officials
lalm to be satisfied with the men who
have enabled them to break the strike
and none of tne leaders will be taken
back.
Had a Brother.
Neenah, Win., March 11. A tramp
63 year old, giving hi name as John
Hays, was sent to the workhous foi
creating a disturbance in a millinery
shop where he went to sollct money
for food. Hay claims to be the broth
er of former President Rutherford B.
Hay and showed the police a photo-
graph of R. B. Hay and also letters
which he asser'a were written to him
by his alleged brother.
Russian Navy as Bad Off as Karo-"
patkin.
New York, March 11. Admiral Ro
Jestvensky 1 not returning to Euro
pean waters, according to a Time dis
patch from St ePtersburg, which as
sert that the batleshlp In the fleet
are unable to pass Sue canal with
out unloading. The admiralty declares
it 1 unaware of Rojestvensky'a Inten
tion as he doe not report his movements.
STORY ABSURD.
Dr.
Wood Who Performed Stanford
Autopsy Disagree.
Honolulu, March 1L Dr. C. B.
Wood, one of the physicians who per
formed the autopsy on Mrs. Stanford,
considers the story that she died of
angria pectoris as absurd. He Insist
that the prenence of strychnine poison.
which is foreign to bicarbonate ot soda
lh the Boltle, disapprove the theory
that she died a natural death.
CHADWICK IS GUILTY
Cassie Convicted by a Jury at
Cleveland.
ONLY ONE BALLOT TAKEN
Jury Found Her Guilty of Entering
Into a Conspiracy to Defraud by
Procuring Checks on National Bank
When She Had No Fund on Deposit
Cleveland. March 11. The Chad-
wick case occupied the attention of
the United State court today, most or
the time being occupied by arguments
of the counsel to the Jury. The court
harged the Jury and they retired for
deliberation. After being out a short
time, during which, only one ballot
was taken, the Jury returned a verdict
of guilty as charged in the indictment.
She wus tried on a charge of con
spiracy to commit an offense against
th United States in that she entered
Into a conspiracy to procure certifi
cates of checks on a national bank at
the time when she had no money In
the bank. Mrs. Chadwick was very
much affected by the verdict and had
to be led from the court room.
Cleveland. March 11. Mrs. Chad
wick was found guilty on seven counts.
which related to certificates witn no
funds on deposit. On ull of these the
Jury found against her. According to
law she can be fined on each count not
more than $10,000. nor imprisonment
for more tan two years on each count.
At first Mrs. Chadwick fulled utterly
to grasp the meaning of the verdict,
but when the Import dawned upon her,
her limbs Beemed to give away beneath
her and she sank feebly Into a chair,
her head fell forwurd on her hands and
there was a succession of strangling
sobs came from her.
She was carried Into the office of
Marshal Chandler and placed on a
sofa. An attack of hysterics followed
which lasted fully 15 minutes. In
about a half hour she recovered com
parative composure and was then taken
to Jail.