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OOVCR THE MORNING fflLO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LVIV. NO. 244
ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
"It -T WI " ! " ' ' W.
WILLIAMS PAYS
PENALTY OF
DEATH
HANGED AT THE DALLES
For Murder of Alma Nes-
bitt and Her Aged
Mother.
Norman Willlamt Diet Oa Callowi In
County Jill at Tht Dallet. Sheriff
llnvillt Adjusts Cap Before Murder
er Plungtt to Doom.
The Dalle, July 21. Xorman Wit
liamt, the murderer of Aim Xebltt,
ml hrr mother, was hanged at the coun
ty jiiil thi morning. Hi died bravely,
tut without a word either of wnfelon
or npuulanee on hie lij. He lift a
signed statement with hi confessor, but
tlii U not to l made public, .
Without a faltering ttep William
went t the gallows, sustained by liU
father confewor, who faltb be epuued
under the shadow of the gallows; he
wet tlte end without a tremor, so far
tli eye of the crowd could reach.
Only thine who administered the law'a
vengeance noted a slight quiver of the
finger tin. To all other be wa cold
and confident.
The un glared in hi eye and be look
ed downward. Hi face w ahen, but
not more no than an hour before,
"iliive you anythliiK lo say?" aked
Sheriff F. C. Sexton.
"N'o," responded the murderer, with
intracled lip.
It wa the lat word he uttered and
it wa negative, a usual. Sheriff Tom
l.lnville, of fatop county, pulled the
black rap over hi face. Father l)c
mniai Mood behind him with a Uxik
of faith and a limited caudlo in hi hand
Deputy Sheriff llaight had already ad
juted the straps.
1 ion nd and rigid, the aaiin of Inno-
ct-tit women, poisoner of t runt jug wives,
stood on the fatal trap. Sheriff Sexton
pulled the lever and Daniel JCorman Wll
jiam shot earthward to the end of the
ix foot drop and bounded into the air
with a ghastly sound. It wa the end.
At 0:23 o'clock Doctor Ferguson,
Dunne and Itcutcr pronounced life ex
tinct, andthe Hoch of Oregon wa laid
in the plain black -stained 1nx and hauled
way. He wa taken to St. Peter'a
church, where Father Demarai held
the brief service of the Roman Cath
olic Church, after which the mortalNre
main of the wlfeolayer were Interred
in the Catholic cemetery.
The crime for which Daniel Norman
William waa executed yesterday i the
murder of Mr. L. J. Xc.bit, of Omaha,
Neb., and her daughter Alma, near Hood
Jtivcr, Or., about March 8, 1000. ,
Tlie motive of the crime wa the de
eire f William to secure a homefitead
adjoining Ida own lu the Hood River
country upon which Alma Nesbitt lo
cated at hi instigation. Williums la
ter married Alum Xesbitt In order to
inherit, her property as next of kin,
in cae of her death.
Having luid hi plan, on March 8,
lOttO, William enticed Alma and her
mother' Mr. L. J, Nesbitt, who were
living In Portland, to go to the' borne-1
etead where he killed the two women t
statement that tha women bad returnel
ICt waa a fehrloetion.
William, unable to en' the spec
tre of suspicion" finally relinquished hi
homestead and forged Alma Nesbltt's
name to a relinquishment of her claim,
lie then went to British Columbia, and
thence to iJcllliifjIiam, Wah., where he
married another woman, who died un
dif supitouj drcumftt&nci a little
lc than two year ago.
George Kebitt, the Mtn and brother
of the murdered women, wa attracted
to Oregon by reading a newspaper ac
count of tlifli 1 1 ti. tuftit on October
20, 11)03, of Norman William by the
Federal grand jury at Portland, for
having "forged the name of Alma 'e
bltt to hoiuentead relliiitllhnieiit."
(ieorga Neabitt conducted a searching
inveatigation which revealed ft tart-
ling array of evidence of an incriminat
lug nature agn!nt William and which
resulted in Witluima being Indicted in
January, 1 1M5, by the Waco county
Oregon, grand Jury.
The Investigation lntitutcd by (o,
N'eabitt reulted in the dicovery that
the ground under an old chicken kuue
on the William claim bad been broken.
"igging, the aearclier found well de
fined wall of a grave two feet wide,
by eix feet long.
At the depth of aeven feet aeveral
gunnyack were Uiwovered clotted
and etilf with bhxNl, and two large
biuiche of human hair, nlo bloodatain
ed, one buiuh gray and tho other bunch
black, unaweriug the dexription Of the
niiing women' hair. At the trial
evidence wa introduced which abowed
that the hair bad been forcibly aepa
rated from the acalp before the victim'
death. A broken dih with hair cling1
lug to the edgee wa elo found in the
grave. Nothing further wa ever found
William w appnfiended at
lingham, W'aiih., February 8, 1903, and
brought back to The Dallea, Oregon, for
trial.
The evlduce jtlu-t tint wa purely
that yeara bad elapcd, the atate weav-
ed a coil of evidence about William o
atrung that the effort of one of the fine
et criminal lawera In the Northwest
failed to ahaka the impnlon of guilt
in the wind of the jury, and on May
27, lat, William wa convicted of mur
der in the flint degree. The uual ap-M-al
to the Mipreme court of the state
followed, nnl William wa aentenwd
lo bang today.
William' career in Oregon wa not
hi flrnt experience in law breaking.
He la an exconvict of the Nebraska
penitentiary where he wrved a term of
four year for criminal aault upon
the wife of one of hi neighbor in that
atate; and another term for criminal
oault and attempted murder of' hi
itcr-in-Uw at Cbadro J. Neb. Thi
latter crime wa fully a atrociou in
conception aa wa the murder of the
Nexliitt woman. He traduced the girl
and then threw her into a well. Sup
poing her drowned, lie act up an alarm.
Tho glrl'a drea had, however, caught
on a enng and he wa recued.
In addition to hi other crime Wil
liam waa bIo a blganmat, having one
wife living in Nebraaka; another, now
divorced, living In Oregon, not to men
tion Alma Neabitt whom he killed, and
the Dcllingham wife, who died under
aiiplclou circumtanoe.
A peculiar feature of William' car
eer ia that, notwithstanding hi char
acter, in whichever district he dwelt,
until found out in some crime, be main
tained a reputation of eminent renpect-al.ility.
I R El
KILLS 39 SAILORS
v.
U. S. WARSHIP A CHARNEL HOUSE
Starboard Forward Boiler of Gun
boat Bennington Blows Up at San
Diego, Cal. Human Bodies Hurled
In Air. "Bluejackets" Killed Or
Maimed.
San Diego, July it. Broken and blackened, with ber flag flying at half
matt, ber hold filled with fifteen feet of water, the United State abip Ben
nington liei beached oa the ahorea of San Diego harbor. Thirty nine of her
crew lie dead at tht city morguet, tha fate of doren more it aa yet undeterm
ined, three tcore are atretched upon bedi of pain at variout botpitals. Thi ia
tht retult of the exploilon which wrecked tho trim little naval craft and
wrought tuch terrible havoc among her crew thia morning. ,
The placid waters of San Diego bay never before have been the tcene of tuch
diaatter and San Diego city never befort baa been to atirred by auch tcene
of death and Buffering aa thoa witnessed tonight.
..Twenty-one dead bodiet lie tanged with gruesome precision at a private
morgue. Tht stark forma weie outlined in immaculate winding aheeta tht
terrible retulta of the scalding ateam upon their face plainly -showing though
fully hidden beneath the folds.
Thirteen vtctima were ttretchedtipon improvised bien at another morgue,
while five others wert to bt teea at ft third. At the two Utter the work of the
explosion ia terrible in evidence. Tht ftct of every victim it acarred and scald
ed, (a many cam almost beyond rteognit;u.
" At the Agnews hospital tonight art many Injured, suffering almost in every
instance, from scalded bodies.
Several art expected to euccumb to their injuries before the night ia over.
On board the Bennington unharmed members of J he crew are working under
great difficulties to reach the boiler re om and coal bunkers where it ia believ
ed ft doien bodiet are lying wedged inh e wreckage or submerged in the water
which fills that part of tho vessel.
The cause of the explosion has not yt t been determined. There la much talk
among the crew, especially among the i responsible members, of weakened and
leaking boilers, but until a thorough in spection of the wrecked boilers can be
made, no definite official statement la obtainable. , , , , ,
FUNSTON SUSTAINS
INJURIES
In a manner never tatiafactorily ex
plained. After committing the crime, Wil
liam loitered around Hood River for
about a year. Though no one ever step
ped forward to iiwtltute an inveatiga
tion of the whereabout of the two
women, nevertheless, ft suapicion amol
dered in the community that Williams
Monterey, July 21. Oeneral
Frederick Funatotv, commander
of the. department of California
and bi Idc Lieut. Long and
Lieutenant Hurton J. Mitchell,
department iufpectfirj of email
arms practice, received painful
but not serious injuries thi after
noon when an electric car mah
ed Into the carriage in which they
were riding.
Costly Firt at Endicott.
Spokane, July 21. A fire at Endicott,
Waah., today did damage that is eti
mated at about $05,000, with only (23,
000 Insurance.
San Diego', July 21. Twenty- eight
dead bodies are lying at the morgue,
on the pier and on the deck of ft ruin
ed abip of the United State navy, score
of men are lying grievously or painfully
injured In sanitarium, and boapitals,
fifteen eailor are miaalng and prolwbly
found death in the waters of the harbor
at the reault of the exploaion of the
boiler of the United State gunboat
Ifonnington at 10:10 o'clock ibis morn
ing. The number dead o far Is thirty
nine, seriously wounded, so far a ia
known, twenty-two, and painfuly injur
ed, fifty-five.
At the time of the accident the tu.
nington wa lying in the stream. The
warahip bad received order from the
nnvy department at Washington to sail
thi morning for Port Harford, where
she wa to meet the monitor Wyoming
and convey the veel to Mare Ieland
navy yard.
SUam wa up and every thing in read
inea for sailing when, without any warn
Ing, whatever, the atarhoard forward
boiler exploded with a deafening roar.
Immediately it wa apparent that an aw
fill diaaater of some kind had happened
on board the warship. The ferry boat
Raniona wa coming acroa the bay, at
the time of the accident. Captain Bert-
elaen, of the Ramona. hurried to the aid
of the stricken warship. The tug Santa
Fe, launch McKiulcy, government launch
General de Ruey and a large number
of other launches and water craft rush
ed to the aitace, of ihe Bennington
and endeavored to lend every assistance
poeoiblc, ,
By the time the Ramona had arrived
many of the sailor of the Bennington,
who had jumped into the bay to escape
the scalding steam, had been rescued
and the removal of the wounded had al
ready been commenced and wa being
conducted in perfect order.
At the .time of the accident Command
er Lucien Young and Surgeon A. E.
Peck were on shore. On board the Ben
nington were presented terrible tcene.
The force of the exploeion had torn a
great hole in the starboard tide of the
vessel w hich already wa commencing to
list
A section, of the upper deck was car
ried away from stem to stern.
Blood and wreckage were distributed
over the entire ship, the after cabin and
the vicinity of the ship adjacent to the
exploded boikfr resembling ft charnei
house. Over it all hung a great cloud
of white smoke which drifted slowly to
ward the Coronado shore.
Within a. comparatively short time a
dozen pbysiciaos were on the scene at
tending the wounded. A dozen or fif
teen men were blown overboard by the
foKre.of the explosion.
Wit new say they saw human bodies
hurled over a hundred feet upward. The
air wa black with tmoke which com
pletely enveloped the ship. When it
cleared away only a few men were seen
on the decks while a number were Hound
ering in the water. A boat was lowered
from the vessel' side and many of them
were picked up. and taken on board."
Many of the dead and injured were
taken ashore where the undertakers jind
physician were assembled.
The bodies of many of the men were
mutilated beyond reeognitior.
Commander Young, as soon a he reach
cl the ship, gave order that the air
tight compartment be closed to pre
vent the listing of the ship and sinking.
The mazazine had been flooded to pre
vent further explosion.
As fa. as the wounded could 1 re
moved they were hurried in ambulances
carriages, wagons and , automobiles to
the hospitals.
For a long time steam prevented access
to the space between decks where most
of the dead bodies lay. Not until late
this afternoon was the last of the dead
removed from the boiler room.
The boiler which exploded, it is said,
waa regarded as unsafe. Commander
Young stated that during the recent re
turn from Honolulu, steam pressure was
kept reduced in that particular boiler.
When the exploaion occurred, Engin-
REGRO C0L02IY.
Jnique Plan to Obtain Farm Laborers
Ia Idaho.
Salt Lake City, July 2I.-W. II. Moore
if Hawthorne, Florida, ia in Salt Lake
City after having returned from Bear
river valley in southern Idaho, where
he ha made arrangement to establish
a negro colony on a small scale. Moore
propose to bring ten negro families
from the south to lalmr io the sugar
beet firkl and the bead of each family
will be given one acre of land free on
which to establish a borne and raise
poultry end garden truck.
It i probable that If this experiment
ia aucccMful more colored people from
tlte south will be brught to the agri
cultural districts of Southern Idaho to
work on tlte farms.
Will Have Ifo Cigarettes.
New York, July 21. A campaign has
been inaugurated by Commiionec Wa-
tborn againt the ue of cigarette on
Elli island. Their sale ha been for
bidden, and the commissioner has caused
it to be known among the employes
tliat cigarette smokers are not wanted.
Men on the island say that the male,
immigrant are nearly all addicted to
the habit. .
CHINESE BOYCOTT ON
IN EARNEST
Shanghai, July 21,VTlie boy
cott of American good ia now
working but it has been agreed
that the completion of all run
ning contracts for aupplies will
be allowed. Meantime all the
Chinese ho refuse to sell
American goods, including Stand
ard oil. AH schools and colleges
in thU section have, decided to
discard all American book.
BALFOUR II
STAY UNTIL
OCTOBER
TO LEAVE PARLIAMENT
Understood Prlmcir Will
main Until End of
Session.
Premier Balfour to Dissolve Parliament
In October. No Authorative State
ment to Be Made Until Monday. De
cision May Be Modified.
SECOND TRIAL
BEGINS TODAY
New Jury to Try Williaiwoh-GcJ
ner-Biggs Case Secured.
No Timt Lost in Selecting Jurors. Cast
Will Begin Again in Federal Court at
io o'clock Thia Morning. Examination
of Witnesses.
London, July 22 (Saturday)
It ia understood that Premier
4 Balfour has decided to remain in
office until the end of the session
and will dissolve parliament in
October. No authoritative state-
ment, however, will be made until
Monday and in this interval the
decision may be modified,
EARLDOM EXTINCT.
Seventl Karl of Cowper Dies Leaving
No Heir.
London, England, July 21. Reginab.
De Gray Cowper, seventh Earl Cowper,
who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
from 1880 to 1889, is dead. . There being
no heir ,the earldom is now extinct
Earl Cowper was born in 1864.
The baronies of Dingwall, and Lucas,
which Earl Cowper held, go to his ne
pliew, Auborn Thomas Herbert, son of
Auberon E. W. Herbert (third son of
the- earl of Carharvonj;and Florence
daughter of the suth earl of Cowper
and the barony of Eutler is shared by
him with hi sister, Ethel Anne Pris
cilla Herbert, his sister, and Lady Ami
oel, wife of the Admiral of the Fillet
Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, sister of Earl
Cowper. . f
Portland, July 21. Little time was
lost in securing a new jury to try the
Williamson, ftessner, Biggs ease today.
The examination of witijscs will
commence tomorrow. The jurors ares
James Green, farmer, Douglas county;
L A. Ross, farmer, Jackson county; R.
D. Collins, farmer, Washington county!
W. W. Scott clerk, Creswell, Lane coun
y:t R. W. Porter, blacksmith, Oregon
City j John Mock, farmer, Multnomah
countyj 8. A. Thorp, farmer, Benton
countyj Henry Keene, farmer, Marion
county; A. B. Lewis, merchant Cottage
Grove; V. P. Barkley, fanner, Benton
county; George Kirk, farmer, Lane coun
ty :s M. S. Adams, carpenter, Dayton,
Yamhill county.
Granted New Trial.
Olympia, July 21. The supreme court
granud Joseph de Pasquale, convict
ed of man slaughter at Walla Walla, ft
new trial.
De Pasquale killed Dominico Di Val
erio in September, 1904, during a quar
rel.
Goea to Penitentiary. " J
Chicago, July 21. Daniel Kipley, for
mer city detective, nephew of former
Chief of Police Joseph Kipley, was ta
ken to Joliet Penitentiary to begin his
sentence of fourteen years for the mur
der of Joseph Hopkins in 1902.
Kipley shot Hopkins in ft quarrel
founded on jealousy over ft woman.
Baseball Scores.
San Francisco, July 21. San Fran
cisco, S; Oakland, 2.
Portland, July 21. Portland, 0; Ta-
coma, 2.
BRIH GETS DECISION
OVER "KID" SULLIVAN
(Continued on page eight.)
San Francisco, July 21. Jimmy Britt
is still light weight champion of the
world. He was swarded the decision
over "Kid" Sullivan tonight in a 20-
round contest in which Britt was the
bright and shining star. He out-pointed
Sullivan in nearly every round and al
though he did not knock ont the husky
youngster from Washington, demonstrat
ed beyond all doubt, his superiority.
As the referee said: "It waa a stake
horse against a plater." '
Britt gave a marvelous exhibition of
the scientific bout His generalship wa -perfect.
During the whole fight Sulli
van rcver landed an effective blow.
He did very little leading and did most
of his fighting in clinches, when he would
play his right against Britt's ribs. Sul
livan made a number of futile efforts,
but Britt's clever footwork kept him
out of danger and a straight left to the
nose would straighten Sullivan up and
stop his impetuosity. Britt was very
careful all through the fight.