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VOLUME LVIV. NO. .17.
ASTORIA, OREGON. WE DNS DAY, MAYT3. 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DISTURBANCES
"Warsaw Bloody Conflict
. Scene,
THE MAY DEATH ROLL
Minor Disturbances Occurred Dur
ing Day But No Casual!
, lies Reported.
DEMONSTRATION TOMORROW
Workmen in All lh Faetorle of War.
aw Have Struck and Effort Will
Be Mad to Bring About a General
Strike Throughout th City.
Waraaw, May 2. Th! May; death"
roll totaled (2, Including 10 persons
who died In the hospitals during tha
night Probably ZOO have been In
jured. Large crowd fathered In the
10th district police station tbla morn
ing, wher 30 victim, men And wo
tnn and Hire children, are awaiting
Identification.
Minor disturbances occurred today
but no casualties are reported. All
day long th Infantry and cavalry pa
trolled th atreeta crowded with peo
pi who did not apere. criticism of what
waa generally termed unneceaaary
slaughter. Popular Irritation cannot
b concealed. Tha aoldlera were evl
lently nervous and open outbreka re
sulting la th replUMon of yesterday'e
terrible eccne wer only averted by
th evident deal re of the-authorities
to prevent a cloah, coupled With a fear
population la moat bitter against the
military and government offlclala and
It la expected that many attempt at
revenge upon officer commanding th
troop ,all of whom ar known, will be
made.
The Pollen preaa la violent on the
subject of yesterday's happenings. The
official Russian paper print abort and
entirely accurate report. ' Th gov
ernor genoraf of Waraaw aald he waa
greatly upaet by the turn in affaire.
The nationalise have arranged an
unuaual demonstration for tomorrow,
th 114th annlvereary of th procla
tnatlon of the Pollah constitution and
dlaturbance ar highly probable. The
workmen art In an ugly and uncer
tain mood. Workmen In nil the fac
tories atruck today and grant effort
ar being mnde to bring about a gen
eral atrlke, but thla la not likely. The,
people have not yt recovered from
their exauatlon and louse resulting
from the Inn atrlke.
, The report conflict regarding th
beginning of yesterday's encounter In
Jerusalem street, Recording to t!a
most general Accepted version when
th procession reached Jerusalem
treet the police ordered the workmen
to stop, but they refused to do no, and
the police officers thereupon fired their
revolvers, giving a slgnnl for the In
fantry to fire. It appears in other
case the demonstrator! were aggres
sive, but In thl instance th soldiers
fired first.
Strike are Inaugurated on a large
acale here at Lod and other cities are
rapidly spreading and 75,000 persons
are on a atrlke In Loda. Cossacks are
. patrolling th street of Waraaw by
companies on account of the danger
of smaller detachment.
COMMODORE 8TOCKWELL DEAD.
On of th Leading Flnanoiara of the
Country Dead In New York.
New oYrk, May 2. A. B. Stockwell,
once one of the leading financiers of
the country, la dead at his home here.
II waa 72 year old.
Commodore . Stockwell, as he was
known, flrnt came Into prominence In
1871, when h became president of
the Pacific Mall Steamship Company.
Stockwell attempted to -"bull" the
stock of the latter and became finan
cially .Involved. He finally went into
bankruptcy and disappeared from the
financial arena.
Stockwell was the eon. of a livery
man in Cleveland, ,0. . He began his
career m a tumr on a Lake EH
steamboat ami whIU thus employed
ntt and married a daughter of Ellaa
How, th Inventor. Hl wlf Inherit
d a fortune of 1 1.000,000 on th death
of tr father, and th purser than b
cam a financier.
In hl celebrated Pacific Mall op
eration, th stock was carried up from
45 to 107. When th craah cam it
fell back to tha low point In two day.
ROBBER IDENTIFED.
Third Man In Portland Hotel Robbery
la Identified.
Portland, May J. The police believe
they boev Identified th third of the
trio now under arrest for having
robbed the Portland hotel rathsklller.
the man, who gav the nam of a. If.
Hanlon, Is thought to be Herman
Delhm, who I aald to be a young hue
dangerous diamond thief. The police
state that b la supposed to be th
thief who recently robbed prominent
Loa Angela hostelry of 1300. Another
of the trio, arrested under th naem
f Win, Krnt. who the police believe
to be Wll'lam Barrett, thought to be
the man who attempted to ateal a
I.O.noO sac of gold from a Ban Fran
cisco bank.
Peaoe Talk Again,
London, May J. A Toklo corre
spondent of the Dully Telegraph says,
a diplomatic representative of one of
tha great povtrrs states that unde
niable report are true that President
ftooaevelt Is endeavoring to make
1ua) terms as soon as psslble.
Briber Gets Fiv Years.
Sacremenlo, May 2. Former State
Senator Harry nunker who waa con
victed of bribery, waa today sentenced
to flev yeirs In. the penitentiary.
Absconding Tax Collector of San
Francisco.
SAYS WILL RETURN TO FRISCO
Arrested at th Union Depot at St
Lou! and Admit HI Guilt and Say
H Will Return to 8an Franoiseo
Without Reculaition Paper.
SL Louis. May !. On the request
of the Ban Francisco police Edward
J. Smith, the former San Francisco
tax collector who Is wanted on a
charge of ofnbeasllng some $62,000 of
the funds belonging to the city of San
Francisco and which he collected as
tax collector, was arrested tonight at
th union station.
The night chief of police, Qlllnspy,
made the arrest and stated tonight
that after Smith was locked up and
positively Identified, that he admitted
his identity. Arrangement.1 wer
mnde to secure requisition papers, but
Smith expressed his willingness to re
tun, to San Francisco without them. He
made no further statement concerning
hla defalcation. . 1 -
AGENTS DENOUNCED.
Edueational Meeting In New York
After the Grafter. '
New York, May 2.-At a moss meet.
Ing in the Interest of negro education
here, addresses were made by Prof.
II. Yornoll, ftiuuiolol aecnlaryi '
Wllberforc , university, and the Rev.
II. D. Stlnson, commissioner of Mor
rison Brown college of Atlanta, Ga. 1
Some of the local speakers de
nounced the methods of employment
agencies here. They asserted that of
the 25 concerns engaged in Importing
female coloredl servants! frojn the
south very few were conducted hon
estly. If the negro women had any
money It waa declared they were com
pelled to turn It over to the agency
and when they secured positions here
were forced under a written agree
ment to turn over thelf earning for
two months In addition to paying their
fare from the south,
Tommy Bums Wins,-
Tacoma, May 2. Tommy ' Bums of
Chicago wna awarded the ' decision
over Davy Bnrry of San Francisco in
the 20th round tonluht. Burns though
lighter proved tha faster fighter Barry
was badly-marked at the finish. ..
ARREST
DEFAULTER
WAIT VERDICT
Patterson Case- Decided
Wednesday. .
PROSECUTION CLOSES
Attorney Rand Administers Scath
ing Denunciation of Nan
PattersonJ
JUDGE'S CHARGE TO JURY
One Day More of Suspense and the
Fata of Nan Patterson Will Be De
elded, Whether 8he la Guilty of
Murder or Verdict of Not Guilty.
New York, May 2. The fate of Nan
Patterson will be In the handa of the
Jury tomorrow. Assistant District At
torney Rand completed the closing
argument for the prosecution thla af-
teroon and the court adjourned for
the day. Recorder Coff announced he
would charge the Jury on the open tog
of the court tomorrow. It la believed
that hla Instruction will not be lengthy
and probably before the noon hour the
jury will hnve retired to consider their
verdict
At the close of the argument today
after the prosecutor had arraigned her
In the most scathing terms and assert
ed her silence In thla trial was a con
feaslon of guilt; had declared that her
sister had lied on the stand and her
counsel hat made a plea for her life
on the foundation of fabrication. Nan
Patterson said she still felt that the
Jury would bring in an earrf verdict of
acquittal.
"Mr. Rand is a fine orator," she said,
"but I know those 12 men will not hang
a girl on oratory."
Rand consumed practically the en
tire day. He devoted a large part of
hi speech In defense of himself and
hla methods In the present trial He
declared th charges made against
him; by Abraham Levy, attorney for
the defendant, waa unjust and mis
leading,. He denied that he had been
guilty, of suppressing evidence tha
might have helped the Patterson girl.
OUGHT TO BE HANGED.
Automoballsta Murder Growing More
Frequent Evry Day. .
Chicago, May 2. An autolat whole
machine last night crashed Into a car
riage driven by J. C. Clifford Loftls,
wholesale Jeweler, throwing him to the
ground and causing a fracture of the
spine and the base of the skull, Is
sought by the police.
After the accident the chauffeur
threw on full speed and escaped be
fore the person who went to th vic
tim's assistance could observe the
number or secure a good description
of the car. Mr.' Loftls was left tying
senseless In a strike crowd. His In
juries may be fatal.
OLD PEOPLE'S HOME.
Bouton Estate to Be 8olcfv for th
Benefit of the Poor.
Chicago, May 2. A gift of practi
cally $50,000 to the old people'a home
of Chicago from Nathaniel S. Bouton
Is Involved In two real estate convey
ances that have ben filed for record.
It Is proposed to sell the property and
devote the proceeds to the erection of
additional buildings for the house at
Indiana avenue and Thirty-ninth
street
MAYFLOWER MISSING.
Took a Short Sail Around New York
Harbor and Haa Not Been Seen.
New York, May ' 2. With eight or
ten persons aboard ,the yacht May
flower Is said to be missing.' It i
said the yacht is that which once suc
cessfully defended the American cup
In 1888 and recently had been filled
with an auxiliary engine. "
Mrs. B. M. Baker, who purchased
the Mftytlovver, only a few weks ago,
Invited a party of three to accom
pany her Sunday to try the boat There
were four men In the crew. What
course was taken by the excursionists
la not known, but no word has been
received from them nor has the boat
put In at any nearby anchorage so far
as can be learned. No provisions were
carried for the voyage and It was In
tended, according to relatives of those
on board ,to take only a short sail
about the harbor.
ARIZONA WAREHOUSE BURNS.
Big Fire In Sen Frsneisoo Entails Loae
ef $150,000.
8an Francisco, May 2. Fire broke
out in the property of the Arizona
"Warehouse Company, at Sixth- and
King street late yesterday and the
building and its contents were total
ly destroyed. The loss will amount
to at least $150,000. The atock de
stroyed was of a varied character and
thi greatest iJjfflculty was) experi
enced in extinguishing the fire In a
district that contained oil, sulphur
and other combustibles.
The following were among the heav
iest losers:
Alaska Packers' Association, Arnold
Hardware Company, Ames it Harris,
Baker k Hamilton, Balfour, Guthrie,
Bates A Co., John Bowers Rubber
Company, Beek. Wakefield A Co., w.
F. Boardman. A Co., Commercial Pai-
clflc Cable Company, A. Cutset), Hills
Brothers and IL D. Hume.
Murderer Indicted.
San Francisco, May 1. The gTand
Jury of this city has presented an in
dictment against Pletro Torturicl and
his wife, Rosa Torturicl, charging
them with the murder of Blagglo VII
ardo on the night of April 8.
JEFFRIES RETIRES
Champion Pugilist of World Will
Quit the Ring.
GOING IN MINING BUSINESS
His Wife I Opposed to Hi Continu
ing Prix Fighting and th 8tag
and Being Well Supplied With Cash
la In a Position to Retire.
Cincinnati, May 2. Immediately
after hla present week's engagement
In Cincinnati In the role of Davy
Crockett, James J. Jeffries will go to
Chicago and fill an engagement for
one week. This will be his last pub
lic appearance. One week from next
Monday, in Chicago Is the time set by
him today for permanent retirement.
Jeffries said: "I am going into the
mining business with Brother Jack.
The principal reason for my retiring
from the ring and from the stage is
that my wtfe objects. I have decided
to quit fighting for all time. The last
fight I had in San Francisco was fair
ly welt patronised, and although T. won
a big purse, there was but Uttle In It
for me. i amwell provided in this
world's goods and am done with it all.
Billy Delaney Is also well fixed and
he will also retire from business with
me."
Wireless Telegraph.
San Franclaco, May 2. The first
wireless telegraphic message from a
coast port has been received here. The
message was cent by Rear Admiral
Goodrich on board the flagship Mon
terey now at Monterey to the More
Island navy yard asking if the Ben
nington had arrived here. The Faral
lon Island, Yerba Buena island sta
tion, both caught the message and
forwarded It to Mare Island, which
replied to it that the Bennington had
arrived on Sunday lost.
BANK ROBBERY.
Blew
Opet 8afe In Gilbertsville
and
8ooured $10,000.
Oneonto, May 2. A bank of masked
robbers rode Into the village of Gilb
ertsville, about IS miles from here,
this morning, blew open the safe In
the private bank of E. C. Brewer and
made gool their escape with booty
estimated at between $5000 and $10,
000. Stanford Wins.
San Francisco. May 2. Stanford
won the second game of ball with the
Japanese today by a score of 3 to 1.
UNION PICKETS
Disgraceful Proceedings
In Chicago.
PEOPLE ARE INSULTED
Carriages and Hacks Are Stopped
and Passengers Threatened
With Violence.
VIGILANCE OF THE POLICE
Store Employes Carrying Bundlee to
Customers Are Stopped, Their Bun
dlee Torn Open and Searched by
Pickets snd Anarchists.
Chicago, May 2. The cordona of
union plcketa stationed on the curb
ing in State street and Wabash ave
nue have been supplemented greatly
in numbers with the result that, in
spite of the vigilance of the police,
carriages and hacks are stopped and
drivers and their fares warned against
attempting to carry purchases home
from the boycotted stores.
Store employes burdened with bun
dlee; are stopped and, their parcels
taken from thera, and torn open and
searched by the pickets and union
sympathizers to see If they are at
tempUh ft deliver goods to custoPt
ers or only carrying their own prop
erty to their homes. After assuring
the pickets that the contents of the
bundles belong to thera they are not
disturbed further.
In one Instance a hired carriage was
stopped in Wabash avenue and the
occupants, a woman shopper, compel
led to get out and walk. Another wo
man, with both arms full of bundles,
was caugh by the skirts and atopped
as she was about to step Into a cab
in Stale street The cab. driver was
warned not to take her as a fare. Un
daunted,' th shopper walked to an
other corner .where she hailed a sec
ond cab. Again she was stopped by
the union sympathisers. Finally she
boar Jed a street car. 1
Only a few hacks or cabs ventured
to drive up to the entrance of any of
the State street stores. In most cases
the drivers request their passengers to
alight on the opposite side of the
street and walk over to their destina
tion. With one exception none of the
firms affected attempted to make de
llverlea in the residence district yes
terday, although all the boycotted
establishment assurances were free
ly given out that the wagons would
start out today.
With few exceptions, the liveries
generally refused to carry passengers
to a boycotted store.
The sidewalks and the surface and
elevated cars ar thronged with men,
women and children carrying bundles
of all sixes and descriptions.
BANKERS' ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting Will eB Held in New
York In Nar Future.
New York, May 2. Bankers from
various parts of the country are gath
ering here to attend the annual meet
ing of the executive council of the
American Bankers' association, at
which a place for the next convention
of the association will be chose ri. It
is stated that Washington will be the
selection. The sessions will begin to
morrow. F. O. BIgelow's name appears on the
printed lists of members of the ex
ecutive council One of the members
stated, however, that the former Mil
waukee banker Is no longer a member
of the association.
STRIKE IN BROOKLYN.
Hod Carriers, Brickmasona and Plas
terer Walk Out.
New York, May 2. Work on nearly
all th large buildings now under con
struction In Broklyn has been stopped
by a atrlke of hod carriers, bricklay
ers and piasters' laborers. The de
mands are that an eight hour day shall
be . granted the hod carriers, wjthi
double time for extra work; the em
ployment of none but union workmen.
wit n fi ra f f ee m Ars ..(.. I.
layers laborers and $1.59 for plaster-
20 and 10 cants respectively.
Members of th Builders' Associa
tion declare they cannot accede to tha
demands because Manhattan contract
ors could easily underbid them.
CHINESE MUST GO.
olsvs Chinese Woman Ordered
De-
ported from San Francisco.
San Francisco, May 2. The final de
cision has been handed down by the
United States circuit court of appeals
In the case of Ah Sou, a Chines slave
girl, who was landed at Seattle on the
pretense that she was the daughter of
Mas Sot x merchant of that city.
It was, shown afterward that she
was not his daujrhtar, but the slave
girl of Ah Bun, who had bought her
in China. The court orders that she
be deported to the country whence ,
she came.
BREWERS' STRIKE.
Several Small Disturbances in th
Strike st Sesttle.
Seattle, May 2. Although several
small disturbances occurred today as
the result of the brewers' strike the
special police were not called upon to
Interfere. Five local unions pledged
the brewer? their support and indorsed
the boycott of the local beer. Advices
from the scretary of the international
union indorses the strike and pledges
necessary support No peace over
tures were made on either side.
DIAMOND ROBBERY
James Wilson Arrested for Daring
Robbery at Cincinnatti.
ROBBER MAKES CONFESSION
Refused to oG Back to Ohio Without
Requfctionj PapersJ, But 8uddnjy
Changed Hia Mind and Will Accom
pany Officer Back to Cincinnati.
New York, May 1. A mysterious
$4000 jewelry robbery, committed some
tlem ago at the home of Mrs. William
Caldwell of Walnut hills, Cincinnati,
has resulted in the arrect here of ,
James "Wilson," said to be the "black
sheep" of a well known robbery.
The robbery waa committed nearly
a year ago. In Cincinnati "Wilson" is
sold to have assumed the Identity of
another person and), was known as
Guyer. Recently deterctives arrested
a suspect in Brooklyn whom Mrs.
Caldwell failed to' identify although all
the evidence said to have ben care
fully manipulated by the real thief
pointed to the prisoner's guilt. An in
tercepted telegram put the detetclves
on a fresh scent and has resulted in
the arrest of Wilson. .
Chief Crawford of the Cincinnati
police was notified and it waa planned
to turn over the prisoner to him in
New Jersey. When Crawford arrived
Wilson refused to leave New York
without extradition and papers were
requested by telegraph. It Is now said
the suspect has changed his mind and
has decided to accompany Chief Craw-
rford back to Ohio.
While no light has been thrown on
the mysterv surrounding the robbery
and the alleged establishment of a
double identity in order to throw the
guilt on an innocent person. Chief
O'Brien of the detective bureau here,
Is said to have obtained a ' complete
confession from Wilson.
DEMOCRATS WIN IN SPOKANE.
Floyd L. Daggett Elected Mayor by
346 Plurality.
Spokane, My 2. Floyd L. Daggett,
democrat the present city controller,
was elected mayor today by a plurality
of 340 over W. H. Acuff. republican.
Henry E. Lilllenthali, independent
polled nearly 1600 votes; C. H. Bungay,
socialist, over S00.
Daggett was committed to union la
bor and short hour day. The new
council stands S to 5, until second year
men elected today take their seat
when It will stand 7 democrats and I
republicans. ; . ' . s
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