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VOLUME LVIV. NO. 166
ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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NAN ON TRIAL
Sensational Developments
: Produced at Trial.
SUICIDE THEORY AGAIN
9
Coroner's Physician Now States
Was Mistaken at Former
Trial
THOUGHT IT CASE OF SUICIDE
Or, O'Hsnlon, Who Performed th Au
topty and Who Taatifiad, at Former
Trial That Young Committad Sul
eld, Thinks Ho Wu Mistaken.
Jsew tork. April 25.-Ierhaps the
most Interesting developments In the
testimony tken loiliiy In the trial of
Nun Patterson, charged with the mur
der of Caesar Young, cam when the
coroner's physician, Ir. O'llunlon,
took th witness tttnnd for the prone.
ouilon and nl! In reply to a auction
that he had changed hi opinion thai
Young Iwi.l committed suicide,
l)r. o'Minloi) wan the doctor that
performed tho outop.y on Young's
"body, and nt tho former trial waa on
Important witness for the defense. In
bla evidence today fnr th prosecution
he said:
My, present oplujon l not th
opinion I formerly expred to t.i
coroner, Mr. Brown."
II stated that he did not know of
th rlatlona between Caesar Young
and the defendant. Nun Patterson, at
the time th report was made, In re-
ply to a question by Mr, Ivy, Mia
Patterson's attorney, however, he ad-
mlttd that he had expressed an optn
Ion that It waa a case of suicide, avtn
after he had heard of the relatione
between Mlaa Patterson and Young,
He aald he waa Influenced In hli ft rat
decision that Young committed suicide
by the black spota on the InsiJe ot
the dead man'a fingers, which he be
lleved to be powder stains.
to the hospital. Kelly eacaped with a
bad shaking up. Kent, who rod Preen,
was suspended for the remainder of
the meeting for rough riding. Rapid
Water finished second and Blnlater
third. Time, liia t-J.
CHICAGO WHEAT PIT.
Quiet Dsy In the Gatee-Armour Cam
bllng Joint. (
Chicago, April IB. There was an
altogether different feeling from that
recently In evidence exlatej In th
wheat pit today. The opinion was
generally expressed that the Gates Una
of May wheat waa entirely liquidated.
With th dealing In May Anally set
tied, attention waa turned to July de
livery, Rumor of a contemplated
deal In Chut option under tho guidance
of Influential bulls gave considerable
confidence to th short who covered
freely.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Three-Yeer-Old Child Killed In
Lewleton.
Lewiston, Mnt., April 25. Fright
ened by an automobile, a team of
ham tore up a. hatching; post W
which they were tied today and dashed
down the main street, running over
three children who were playing on
the sidewalk. Marlon Burke, aged
years, was Instantly killed.
DEL NORTE TOTAL LOSS.
TEDDY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL
Hunting Trip In Colorado Exceeded All
Expectations.
Oknwood Spring, April 25. -Presl-dent
Roosevelt's hunting trip ha
been crowned with success far beyond
all expectations or thoe of the moat
sangultio of the guide. Three bears
'wore killed by the pnrty today and
two yeaterday, one by tho president
and one by Dr. Lambert P. D. Stew
art of Colorado Springs, one of the
president's hunting companions, ah
rived here today accompanied by
Courier Chapman. They brought tht
atory of the hunt. The killing ot three
bears was telephoned to them and
thi t understood." that the preahk-nt I
' brought down two of them, but details
are lacking.
The party la almoat snowbound In
Its present location and no attempt
will be made to (tons the divide. Flf-
s teen feet of snow Is on the ground on
the other side and. efforts to reach
Redstone would be fruitless. The
hunters are satisfied, however, for
they reached the center of what the
guides say Is the best bear country
In Colorado. Bobcats are thick In the
country now being hunted, so plenti
ful In fact that many are allowed to
escape without a shot being fired In
their direction. Several fine skin
have been taken, however.
Went Ashor Near th Mouth of th
Coquill.
Marhnld, April 2S. Tbe schooner
IM Norte, which waa capslsed after
collision last Saturday with th
steam achooner Scafoam, has gone
onto the bench near th mouth of the
CVxjutlle river and Is being pounded
to pieces by the waves. She will b
a total loss.
CARL SLE HAS SAILED
Ship Loaded With Arms and Am
munition for Russians.
UNABLE TO MAKE LANDING
It Is Reported 8h Will Attmpt to
Jvtn RojAtvensky's Plot aa She
Carriss a Cargo of Food Suppliss
and Ammunition for th Fleet.
Manila, April 25. The 'British
steamahlp Carlisle sailed from this
port today, having cleared for Port
Said. In some quarters It Is thought
that she will attempt to make a con
nection with Rojestvtnsky's Pacific
squadron, unless Intercepted by th
Japa, who are on the lookout for her.
The Carlisle waa chartered by th
Russian government and loaded with
arms, ammunition and food supplies
for the Russian garrison at Port Ar
thur. She sailed from Vladivostok on
November 20 last and was unable to
iniik a landing at Port Arthur or re-
urn to Vladlvlstok. When S00 miles
east of Yokahama, the Carlisle lost
her propellers. Under sail she worked
Into the harbor at San IMgucl on th
east coast of Luson, from whence sh
was brought to Manila and repaired.
BANK 15 SAFE
Milwaukee National Bank
Solvent. !
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STATEMENT IS ISSUED
Confidence Is Reported to Have
Been Restored in Bank's
Condition.
SHOWS ASSETS ARE ADEQUATE
Board of Director of Milwauke
Chambr of Commerce Express Con
fidenee in Bsnk and Will Not With
draw Dsposits from the Bsnk.
abatement filed by United States Sen
ator John H. Mitchell. Judge Billing
er held that the government could
show by affidavit that George Quia
ton, one of the jurors whom It was al
leged was disqualified, waa capable of
acting In that capacity. District At
torney Heeney announced that h
would file the necessary affidavit at
once. ,
It was agreed that the ruling In the
Mitchell tao should be extended to
th - other cases In which pleaa In
abatement had been filed by th de
fendants Indicted by the same grand
Jury. The derision means that Mitch
ell and all other defendants must stand
trial on (he merits.
RUSSIAN FLEET.
EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKE.
8 A NT A CATLANIA WINS.
Fsvorite in Hsndioap Stakes Carriss
Off th Prix.
Now York .April 25. In the pres
ence of 15,000 persons, the Albermarl
stables, Santa Catallna, at 8 to 1, won
the If'OOO excelsior handicap at Ja
maica today, defeating a good field.
Preen was added aa a at.arter and fin
ished first, but was disqualified for
fouling. Jockeys Fullur and . Kelly
were thrown heavily to the ground a
a result of Preen's crowding and were
carried off th track. Fuller received
a bad cut on the leg and was removed
Lsrge Number of Lives and Property
Destroyed.
Lahore, April 25. The lieutenant
governor of the Punjab, In th course
of a public address on behalf of the
earthquake fund, stated that he hoped
the deaths by the earthquakes had not
exceeded 15,000, but within the affected
area, seven hundred square miles, with
a population of 250.000 nearly every
building has collapsed or been rend
ered uninhabitable. ' ,
CASTRO TO BE ELECTED.
A President by Any Other Name
Would Smell as Sweet.
Caracas, April 17. For the first
time since he advanced himself to the
head of the Venexuelan government
six yf.'irs ago, PreKldH Castro Is
making a tour In the Interest of the re
public. , ,
Congress, which will convene on
May 21, will elect Custro as th con
stitutional president of Venesuela for
six years and end his service as pro
visional president.
Milwauke, April 25. Confidence ha
again been restored In the banking In
stltutlons of Milwaukee and the run
on th First National bank and Mil
waukee Trust Company caused by th
defalcation of Frank O. Blgelow. until
Monday president of th bank, of ovet
1.000,000, Is a thing of the past and
banking affaire In Milwaukee have ai
sumed their nominal conditions.
Will two other banks affected were
entirely separate Institutions, th fact
that they occupied adjoining buildings
and soma of the First National officers
were directors In th affairs of the
trust company, caused many deposit
or to bellev that one waa a part of
the other.
Before th hour for opening th
banka had arrived, a meeting of the
Milwaukee clearing nous association
waa held and a committee from that
Institution, after examining the assets
and colateral of th First National
bank lasued a reasaurlng report. )
Th report waa printed In large type
on plackards and pasted on the win
dows of the First National bank and
wer also displayed in various store
windows on Wisconsin and East Wat-
er streets. Following thi waa a state
ment lasued by the board of directors
of the First National bank, announc
ing, with absolute posltlvenesa, thai
the banks were perfectly solvent
On top of this cam th word from
the board of directors ot the Milwau
kee Chamber of Commerce announcing
Its decision not to withdraw the cur
rent expense fund from the Flwt Na
tional bank. All thes statements had
a reassuring effect on depositors at
to the stability of the bank.
One of the moat spectacular happen
in its today waa the action of Mayor
Rose In walking dovsa Wisconsin street
In full view of a crowd of depositors
who were waiting to withdraw their
money, with $500,000 In currency and
gold In canvass bags. Surrounded by
policemen and detectlvea he walked
Into the bank with the treasurer. This
money was a part shipment from Chi
cago banks and some other Milwaukee
banks. At noon the street assumed
its normal appearance and the run
was over.
According to tho federal provisions
prisoner cannot plead guilty until
Indicted by the grand Jury. Blgelow,
therefore, did not appear In court for
trial and will not appear until the
grand Jury considers his case. As
sistant United States Attorney Hen-
Ings says that In all probability only
one Indictment can be returned, but
there may be a number of counts In
separate Instances.
It Is understood that the grand Jury
will meet about the middle of May.
Blgelow spent the dn at home and
declined to be interviewed. Up to a
ate hour tonight no trace had been
found of Henry . Bell, the deposed
assistant cashier of the bank.
PLEA IN ABATEMENT.
Senator Mitchell Must 8tand Trial on
Merits.
Portland, .April 25. Judge Belling
er of the United States circuit cour
ruled In favor of the government on
every point regarding the plea In
Ncbogstoffs Boats Going to Mt Ro
Jettvensky's Fleet.
Paris, April 25. DIspatchea from
Saigon to the Petit Journal state that
nine warships, supposed to be Nebo-
gatoff s detachment of the second Pa
cific squadron, doubled Cape Baker,
50 miles northeast of Saigon, the night
of April 25. .
TECHNICAL DEFENSE.
Hallena Packing Heus Man Tri to
Mitchell th Court
Helena, April 25. M. 8. Dunn of
Helena, representing five Chicago
packing house . companies, against
whom an information has been filed
In the United Stat district court by
the attorney general for alleged In
fraction ot the anti-trust laws, today
hied a motion to set aside the Infor
mation on the ground that the Infor
mation was not sworn to or filed by
the county attorney of Lewis and
Clark county, and no permission
granted by she court to file the In
formation.
WILL BE NO Fill
TRUST THIEVES
Aetna Trading Company
Box Stolen. r
BY MEMBER OF FIRM
Stolen by One Member and Dis
covered at the House of
Another.
GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP BOX
Order Will B Asked to Deposit Box
Containing Evidenc Against Beef
Trust With Grsnd Jury to Keep th
Thieves From Stealing It
trible to visit hfm at his mountain
home In a few days that he may for
mally deliver the measage, which la
that the president is averse to Geron
iimVs petition that bis tribe be trans,
ferred to Arizona, but that when' the
president conclude hi western trip
he will take up the matter of giving
the tribe their freedom
JANANESE FLEET HEARD FROM.
I on th Lookout for th Russian Pa'
ifio Squadron. t
New York, April 25-The northern
waters of th aea of Japan the Tsu-
garu straits and La Perous straits are
illuminated every night by ten search
lights of Japaneae torpedo boats, so
cables a Herald . correspondent at
Shanghai. The object Is to prevent
the passage of the Vladivostok squad
ron. Blockade running to Vladivostok
has ceased, owing to the vigilance of
the Japanese.
The only foreign visitors la Nagas
aki are the captains of captured ship
attending th prize court at Sasebo.
Th Japanese fleet Is now probably
to the south of Formosa awaiting Ad
miral Rojejtrensky.
FJRE IN COAL MINES.
No Bid Battle Expectek Between
n. mm
Russians and Japs.
TORPEDO ATTACK PROBABLE
Th Rport That Engagements Had
Already Occurred Is Scouted by th
Admiralty as Neither Fleet Haa
Been Within Fighting Distano.
St. Petersburg, April 25. Admiralty
critics are coming to accept the view
that there will be no great or general
action between th fleet of Russia
and Japan for some time, basing the
belief on stragetic and tactical reas
ons which will Incline Togo to avoid
decisive battle until he has male
every effort to demoralise the Russian
fleet by torpedo boat attacks and an
Interference with the transports by
his cruiser division.
The admiralty last evening scouted
the reports of an engagement which
was reported to have already occurred.
pointing out the great distance sera
rating the places where the dispatches
are supposed to have originated, and
the naval dispatch states that dls
patches from every sourceshould not
nly be doubted but even mistrusted.
Chicago, April 255. The Tribune to
day says:
The strong box containing the pa
pers of thi Aetna Trading Company,
which were stolen from the residence
of C-ustav Freund, one of the members
of the firm, last Wednesday night, has
been discovered In the residence of
Willis Heron by a detective.
The Aetna Trading Company has
figured, in the Investigation of tPi
beef Industry by the federal grand
Jury.
Secret service men'had been detailed
on the case, but when they asked that
the papers be dellvred to the gov
ernment they were Informed that they
had been given ' to Clarence L. Cole,
man, son-ln-iaw of Mr. Freund.
Mr. Freund Is out of the city.
An Impounding order probably win
be asked by the government today so
the box can be taken before the grand
Jury.
Heron said he was awakened by a
sound In his chicken coop early Wed
nesday morning. Going to the door
he saw three men whispering together
and one carried, a bundle, Finally
they went away and Heron followed
them to a railroad track nearby.
Under a viaduct they took a coup
ling pin and broke the box open. They
saw that only papers were In the box
and, after looking them over, hurried
ly thrust them tq the ground and went
away. Heron picked up the papers
and kept them until he saw an offer
of a reward.
8evral Liv Lot in Banff, B. C,
Coal Mine. .
New York, April 25. A disastrous
fire to raging In the coal mines near
Banff, B. C, according to a Tribune
special from there. It haa been burn
ing, for days, but assumed alarming
proportions Monday night when flames
broke from the Inner shaft, two miles
in tbe mountain. All the Umbering re
placed after tbe landslide of two years
ago has been burned. The damage to
heavy, and it Is feared that several
persons have lost their lives. ,
PRESIDENT LOIIBERT
Accorded a Popular Ovation On
Visit to, Bordeaux.
CARDINAL SHRIT OF TOLERAT
PromisM to Rspct th Opinions of
all th Popl Irrespective of Relig
ious, Philosophical or Political Ques
tion of Citizen.
HAIR-PULLING MATCH.
RAILROAD MAGNATES.
Harenonixlng of Antagonpstio Inter
ests Looksd For.
New York, April 25. A harmonis
ing of powerful and recently antag
onistic Interests In the financial world
has been accomplished, says the Times
today which probably will check the
ambitions of certain Pacific railroad
interests. It is learned from excel
lent sources, the paper contlnes, that
an understanding has been reached by
the so-called Rockefeller Interests, the
Morgan Interests and the Hill Interests
by which the holdings of Union Pacific
stock of these men and their friends
111 be voted as a unit for purposes of
Ming all question affecting not
nly this property but its relations to
other railroads as well and that as a
consequence of such understanding It
is probable that the proposed 2100,-
000,000 Issue ot preferred stock of the
Union Pacific may not be authorised
at the meeting which la to be held on
May S at Salt Lake City. All the
men directly concerned In the matter
decline to talk about It for publica
tion or to make any direct statement.
Women of the American Revolution
Disagree on Officers.
Washington, April 25. At a meet
ing of the national board of managers
of the daughters of the American
revolution. Mrs. McLean, the newly
ejected president geieVaJ, presiding,
Mrs. McLean refused to recognise Mrs.
Walter Weed of Washington. D. C,
as the duly elected vice state regent
for Montana. Mrs. McLean's reason
for refusing to recognize Mrs. Weed
as a member of the board ot manage
ment was that the election had not
been certified by the congress. Mrs.
Draper, who managed Mrs. McLean's
campaign, declared that she had let
ters from Montana proving that Mrs.
Weed was not the choice ot the ma
jority of the chapters ot the atate for
vice regent ; ,
WAS PAST THE LIMIT.
Joseph Morris of Nw York Dies, Aged
101 Yars.
New York, April 25. Joseph Morris,
who was to have celebrated his 101st
birthday today, is dead at his home In
Belford, near Red Bank, N. J. On his
100th birthday Mr. Morris acted as
best man at his grandson's wedding.
APPACHES ARE PRISONERS.
President Roosevelt Sends Messsge to
the Apsch Chief.
Lawton, Tex., April 25. While hunt
ing with President Roosevelt in the
Indian pastuer reservation, , Qulnah
Parker, the Comanche chief, was given
a message by the president for Gero
nlmo, the Apache warrior, who la a
prisoner of war at Fort Sill. Parke
expects a committee from the Apache
Bordeaux, France, April 25. Presi
dent Loubet was accorded a popular
ovation when he arrived here to at
tend the dedication of the Gambetta
monument The president made a
number of brief speeches In replying
to the presentation of addresses of
welcome to 'the 'archbishop of Bor
deaux, M. Loubet spoke of the cardi
nal's spirit of toleration, conciliation
and patriotism. To the Jewish rabbi,
M. Loubet said:
"You may be sure I shall always re
member my duty and remain faith
ful to the principle ot tolerance and
respect all opinions whether religious,
political or philosophical for these bind
together our citizens and assure our
country its proper place as a free re
public" In answer to an address of the rep-'
resentatives of the Protestant clergy
ot this city, the president said:
"Neither parliament nor the execut
ive power la animated by any thought
which can cloud the complete exercise
of all religions and th freedom ot all
beliefs."
PANAMA CANAL WORK.
Going
Chief Engineer Say Work
Ahead on Plans.
Chicago, April 25. John F. Wallace,
chief engineer of the Panama canal,
haa arrived In Chicago to visit his
horn for a week or ten days.
The work ot building the canal, h
said, is going forward under definite
plans and with satisfactory progress.
All the work Is being done In accord
ance with the plan recommended by
the first Isthmian commission which
waa headed by Admiral Walker and
upon which the Spooner act was based,
the 90-foot level canal to cost approx
imately 1194,000,000.
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Bassball 8or.
Portland Tacoma t, Portland 0.
Seattle Los Angeles , Seattle 4.