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VOLUME LXI NO. 161
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY. JULY 14 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ESTATES ARE
DEMOLISHED
Peasants Pillage and Burn
Many Fine Estates.
TROUBLE ON INCREASE
Many Troopi Have Been Dispatch
td to the Disturbed
Districts.
CHOUKNIN'S DEATH HAILED
Revolutionary ProcUmttion Circulated
in Odette, Jubilantly Acclaim, the
Death ef Admiral of the Baltic
t Fleet Residences Bunted.
VERONEZH. July 13.-The whole
province of Veroneith 1 (Tctd by the
xeee ari(ng from the agrarian
movement. Peasant are rising every,
where and turning estate. In Bobrovk
more than 23 etatet were burned and
300 cattle killed or cert led off. The
eUte of Prince Bariantlnky, including
a splendid etock atable. la completely
demolished. In th Garensk district 2000
peasants have started pillaging and
many etate are burned. Trouble north
ward is increasing. In that dUtrict 13
estates, including those of former Min
ister Ycrmoleff, and Count Davldoff, are
burned. Troop have bc. ii sent to the
disturbed districts.
JIEIiSIXCFORS. July 13.-The gover
nor has received order from St. Peter
burg to suppress all meeting In Finland
of Russian revolutionaries and rret
the participant.
ODES8A. July 13. The revolutionary
proclamntion, clandestinely circulated
today Jubilantly acclaims the death sent
ence "Avengingly executed on Chouknln
for the martyrdom of Lieutenant
Schmidt", adding that all leading bu
reaucratic enemies of the people will be
similarly ami summarily removed.
Offered Premiership,
ST. PETERSBURG, July 14.-The
Associated Press learns from a relioble
aourca that the emperor offered the
premiership to Dmitri Shlpoff, and that
later he refused the post on the ground
that he was not a member of the ma
jority party in parliament and the only
cabinet in the present crisis is the ono
composed of constitutional domoerats.
He holds that therefore he cannot even
bo a member of auch a cabinet. Promi
nent constitutional democruts think the
premiership will now be offered to
Count, Hoyden, who though he has the
sympathy of parliament, will be un
able to form a cabinet, although sched
uled for the place among the constitu
tional democratic ministers.
MINER JUMPED CEMETERY..
Takes Up Placer Claim In Jewish City
'of tha Dead.
BUTTE. July 13.-The Herbrew
Benevolent Society controlling the
Jewish cemetery will tomorrow take
action to oust Herman Mueller, a well
known and wealthy saloon man, from
mining in the grave yards, Mueller hav
ing jumped the cemetery as a placer
olalm. The society was given the
cemotery plot by the Northern Pacific
years ago, but mineral rights take pre
cedence. Jewish citizens are Intensely
angry and have pulled off the stakes of
the claim. Mueller's lines also take in
part of the Protestant cemotery.
SERIOUSLY ILL.
NEW YORK. July 15.-It w learned
yesterday, say today's Tribune, that
Charles K. Miller, who recently resigned
a a trti'tea of the Mutual Mf Inur
snce Company. I seriously tick at hi
borne In Southampton, L. I, , Ills con
dition I described, m percarlou by a
friend. t.f ...., ,. . i
Mr. Miller, who is a Juwyer with
ofllre In the Mutual Life Building,'' is
widl advanced In year,' He had been a
trustee of the Mutual ainee 18HS. He wa
a member of the old expenditures com
mit tea of that company which ped
th bill paid to Lyoander W. Lawrence
A Company and others. It ws explained
on their behalf that they had pad
the bill a a matter) of course they
had the "0. K." of one of the vice
president. Thi, however, did not pre
vent the Mutual Life from bringing suit
agalnt Mr. Miller and Robert Ollphant
and Jamc C. Holden the other member
of tha committee, for an acountlng of
the fund alleged to have been Mean
dered through their neglect.
HANG THE DAGOS.
LA CROSSE, 'Wis., July 13.-Wlth
pick and hovrl City Marhall Iar
of Preneott, Wis wa murdered by a
crowd of 30 Italian railroad laborer to
ds v. while attemntlmr to make arret
for violation of the game law. Sheriff
Hamilton of Pierce county, who ac
companied Iaae was severely beaten
nd may die. Five of the Italian were
captured.
Inquest Into Murder Begun in
New York.
WOMAN GIVES TESTIMONY
Says Dead Woman Often Spoke of
Trouble Over Lawyer's Bill For
Service Charged Exorbi
tant Rates.
NEW YORK, July 13.-Mrs. Mary
Shlppo, who occupied room in the old
S'tanton Homestead In the Bronx, where
Mr. Alice Kinnan wa murdered on
June 8, wa the principal witness at
the coroner's Inquest begun yesterday.
Mrs. Shlppo testified that on the night
preceding the crime there was quarrel
ing for several hours in the apartment
above her; that the noises sounded like
those of a man and two women. Next
day, she said, Mrs. Kinnan came down
stairs looking much worried and said:
"That devil of a lawyer put me to a lot
of trouble." Mrs. Kinnan, the witness
aid. spoke of a bill which she thought
would be $100 for a lawyer, and which
turned out to be $0000.
The witness said she heard voices and
went up to the front piazra about P
o'clock Friday night and found Mrs.
Kinnan lying on the veranda and Mrs.
Stanton leaning over her with a lamp.
Mr. Shlppo testified that she aked Who
struck her and Mrs. Kinnan replied.
"It was the lawyer."
'1 nked what lawyer," said the wit
ness, "but she said nothing more, only
moaned." .
lawyer Burton W. Gibson, who was
the legal adviser of Mrs. Stanton up
to a few days after" Mrs. Kinnan's mur
der, was present at the hearing, having
been summoned as a witness. For several
years Lawyer Gibson had charge of Mrs.
Stanton's property. , 1 '
"How long have you known Mr. Gib
son, the lawyer t" asked Coroner . Mc
Donald of Mr Shlppo. ; i 1 V
"I have known him as long as I lived
in the bouse," replied the witness, "but
I did not know his name until after the
murder." .
"Mirs. Kinnan always' called him Our
lawyer,"' witness said. He called often
sometimes every day, sometimes two or
three times a week." ''
1 Mrs. Shippo said that on the Satur
day after the murder, Mrs. Marie Peren
of. Avenue A, told her that a man in a
saloon at 19th street and Avenue A
IMPLICATE
LAWYER
THAW HAS
NO
MONEY
His Counsel Has Advanced
; the Cash thus Far
WAITSF0RHIS MOTHER
When Thaw's Mother Returns She
Will Be Med for '
Funds.
CHARGES ALtAINST PRISONER
Miss Thomas Has Begun Suit Against
- Thaw For w,ooo Damages
Charge (n Suit Are Too
" Bad to Publish.
NEW YORK, July 13.-Harry Thaw
i reported to be without funds and it
I stated the elaborate plans made for
hi defense cannot be put into execution
until the prisoner I met here by Mr.
William Thaw, who will arrive from
Europe, and approve of the plan. What
money the young man ha bad since hi
incarceration baa been supplied person
ally by hi counsel pending the arrival
of hi mother. In prosecuting the in
quiry Into Thaw's past life, assistant
District Attorney Garvan today had an
interview with Lawyer Joseph A. Shea
and obtained papers in a case in which
She is counsel lor Miss Thomas who
has several suit pending against Thaw.
The suits are the outgrowth of alleged
former relations between Thaw and Miss
Thomas. One specific charge is assault,
for which the plaintiff asks $20,000 dam
ages. While the suits ht've been pend
ing some time it is Raid the subject
matter of some of them is of such an
Intimate nature that they never have
been published.
For the next few days there will be
lull in the prosecution of the Thaw in
quiry as District Attorney Jerome, ac
companied by Assistants Garvan and
Van Divr leave tomorrow for a sporting
trip to the south. It was reported to
day that Thaw's counsel had decided
to abandon the Insanity plea. It la
said this was the good news Mrs. Thaw
took to her husband in the Tombs yes
terday. Thaw is reported to have said
he preferred death in the electric chair
than life in the insane asylum.
wanted to see her about the murder.
She went to the saloon and saw a man
who told her he was Michael Scudo, a
politician. Scudo, the woman said,
offered to give her money for Lawyer
Gibson; 'that she could go to Italy and
therefore not be in New York to testify
against Gibson. Mrs. Shippo testified
that she told Scudo she would not go to
Italy and would not change her testi
mony for any amount of money. She
said that since the murder lawyer Gib
son had offered her $1000 if she would
go away.
INVITE BRYAN.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., July I3.r-Wil-liam
J. Bryan will be invited to address
the democratic state central, convention
of September 11th and 12th at Hartford
if it be possible for him to come to Con
necticut at that time. This was decided
upon by the state central committee at
its summer gathering yesterday.
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES.
Northwest League. ;
At Butte Butte 1, Gray's Harbor 4.
At Spokane Spokane 1, Taooma 12.
Pacific Coast League,
At Portland Portland 6, Seattle 6.
At Los Angeles Lo Angeles 6. Oak
land 3.
, WILL GO TO WORK.
1IARRISRURO. Pa.. July 13,-Men in
the collieries of the Central Pennsyl
vania bituminou coal district, number
ing nearly 40,000 who have been idle
since April 1, when the mines closed
down because the opeiwtora would not
re-tore the Male of 1!M3. will resume
work practically on the same scale a
in 1005. This wa decided at a con
ference today. The agreement I re
garded at a compromise, and the man
ner of getting an advance In pay and
the operator open hop, arbitration and
check-weighmen.
LOSSES ARE LESS.
Insurance Companies Publish Statement
of Saa Francisco Fire Los.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.-Tbe Call
publihe today statements of 35 lire
insurance companies doing business in
this city which have been filed in the
insurance department of New York.
According to thee statements, which
have been sworn to the gross losses of
35 companies alone were $75,000,000. The
net lotse are but $45,000,000 which
show a reduction to the benefit of the
companie on their ledgers to the
mount of $35,000,000 from the gross
aggregate.
The reinsurance money to be received
by 35 companie is stated to be $12,
000,000 in round figure, leaving the
large sum of $18,000,000 to be accounted
for as salvage. More than 100 fire in
surance companies were loers in Sn
Franeisco. They will all make sworn
return.
AFTER THEIR CASH
Rhine and Moselle Policy Holders
Take Action.
WILL APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT
Will Ask President to Lend His Sup
port In Compelling German Insur
ance Company to Pay
Their Losses.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.-At a
meeting of the policy holders,, of the
Rhine and Moselle Insurance Company,
a committee was appointed to interview
the managers of the concern regarding
the report that instead of settlement.
they bad been offered a gift as refugees.
The committee were advised to appeal
to President Roosevelt in support of the
litigation, to collect the full amounts
due. The meeting passed resolutions
favoring the commencement of a uit
in the United States Court, to get the
earliest judgment possible, on which to
base proceedings in Germany. The sense
of the meeting, was, that if President
Roosevelt could be induced to wield his
powerful influence with Emperor Wil
lhim the chance of payment by the com
pany, would be vastly increased.
WILL REDUCE STRENGTH.
NEW YORK, July 13. A cable dis
patch to the Herald from Rome, says
"Italy has proposed a vital reduction
in the fighting strength of herself and
sister powers, Great Britain and France,
and these nations have, it is said, enter
tained the project favorably.
Signor Tittoni, the minister of foreign
affairs of Italy, who has been in London
and Paris, holding conferences with Sir
Edward Grey and M. Bourgeois, heads
of the foreign offices of their respective
countries Is momentarily expected to
return here. Upon his arrival he will
hold a council of the ministry and hasten
to Racconigi to consult with King Victor
Emmanuel. If, a final agreement is
reached Italy will immediately reduce
her army by two corps, thus taking from
her effective force 60,000 men. ,
BOAT SUNK BY MINE.
HELSINGFORS. July I3.-During the
maneuvers of the Russian Baltio Fleet,
a torpedo boat struck a mine off Bjorke
last night. The bout was demolished but
the crew eaved.
FRENCHMEN
FIGHT DUEL
Bloody Sequel to Dreyfus
Rehabilitation.
M. SARRAUT WOUNDED
Pugiiesi'Conti Assaulted in Cham
ber of Deputies Duel
Ensues.
SWORDS USED EFFECTIVELY
Under-Secretary of State Stuck is the
Lung With Pnglieai-Monti's Sword
Fight Attracts Much Atten
tion Principals Prominent
PARIS. July 13 The scenes of tumult
uous disorder, which marked the enact
ment today of the law restoring Alfred
Dreyfus to the army, were followed by a
bloody duel tonight in which Under Sec
retary of State Sarraut was danger
ously wounded by the sword of M.
Pugliesi-ContL. The duel . assumed the
aspect of a veritable combat between
the government and the opposition as
M. Sarraut's seconds were Ministers
Clemeneeau and Thomson, while M.
Pugliesi-Conti's were M. Millevoye and
General Jacquert, who were drawn from
the elements which bitterly resist the
government's rehabilitation of Dreyfus.
Fight On Floor of Chamber.
The meeting followed a fight on the
floor of the Chamber of Deputies in
which M. Sarraut sprang from beside
Minister Clemeneeau, sitting on the
ministerial benches, on M. Pugliesi
Conti who had been heaping denuncia
tion on the members of the govern
ment, as scoundrels. Sarraut struck
Pngliesi-Conti a stunning blow in the
face. The scene witnessed, was fol
lowed by the wildest uproar, compelling
a suspension of the sitting.
After the sitting and while the mem
bers were still in the lobbies, Pugliesi
Conti sent his seconds to Sarraut. It
was decided to fight Immediately with
swords and the principals and seconds
were proceeded by automobiles to Ville
Dauray, where the combat occurred.
The fight was short, but desperate, last
ing only 30 seconds.
Sarraut is Wounded.
Sarraut made a quick onslaught and
blood soon flowed. At first it was
thought Pugliesi-Conti was wounded, but
Sarraut cried "I'm hit." And then
fainted. Expectorating blood he was
conveyed to the residence nearty of
Deputy Edinond Gaston on whose prop
erty the duel was fought. The doctors
who examined him found a deep wound
in his right breast penetrating a lung.
The surgeons consider the wound ser
ious, but not necessarily endangering
Sarraut's life.
MILLIONAIRE SOCIALIST.
NEW YORK, July 13.-J. G. Phelps
Stokes, the young millionaire who for
several years has devoted himself to
work in the slums of this city, has
formally announced that he will cast
his lot with the socialist party. The
announcement was made in a letter to
the executive committee of the inde
pendence league which was made public
today. . -
RECEIVES AMBASSADOR.
TOKIO, July 13. American Ambassa
dor Wright proceeded to the Imperial
palace this evening, where he was receiv
ed in private audience by the emperor,
to whom he presented a letter from
President Roosevelt, It is reported
that the letter is of a purely personal
nature. ' "
FACES MURDER CHARGE.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13,-Ernest
II. Denicke, attended by his counsel and
his aged father, E A. Denicke, a banker,
appeared in court today to face a mur
der charge preferred against him by
District Attorney Langdon. He was re
leased on $25,000 bail
BENSON BOUND FOR THS ISTHMUS.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-Ernet S.
Penson, general auditor for the Isthmian
Canal Commiion, will sail for the
tathmus today on the steamer Colon
from New York.
ROOSEVELT PICNICKING TODAY
OYSTER BAY. July 13 President
Roosevelt' and his family are enjoying a
picnic today at Eaton's Neck, on the
Sound.
BRYAN EATS WITH FAMOUS MEN
LONDON, July 13. Secretary Ridge
ley Carter, of the American Embassy,
and Mrs. Carter, gave a luncheon today
in honor of William J. Bryan and Mrs.
Bryan." Tboe present included James
Bryce, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and
Mrs. Bryce; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Asquith and Mrs. Asquith; nenry White
the American Ambassador to Italy;
John Morley, the Secretary of State for
India; and Dr." Nansen, the Arctic ex
plorer. MITCHELL IS SAKE
Brain of Youth Shows He Was
Not Crazy.
EVIDENCE MOST IMPORTANT
Death Was Caused by Severing of the
Cartoid Artery Rumor That
More "Holy Rollers" Are Com
ing to Seattle. . '
SEATTLE, July 13. That George
Mitchell was a sane man when he slew
"Josuah" Creffield, was the conclusion
arrived at by physicians today who
performed a post-mortem examination
on the young man. His brain was nor
mal in every detail
The bullet which entered Mitchell's
head went in below the left ear and
ploughed through his head, lodging in
his right jaw bone. It did not touch
his brain. Death was due to a hemorr
hage caused by severing the cartoid ar
tery. Mitchell's sanity is expected to
have an important bearing on the case
of the two women, when they are put
on trial for murder. The report that
the "Holy Rollers" are assembling in
Seattle, has caused activity in the po
lice department. Chief Wappenstein
states he has had enough of this sect
and no more of them will be tolerated
in Seattle. The police are now working
on clews, which may implicate several
others of this sect in Mitchell's murder.
EXPORTS LARGE.
WASHINGTON, Juy 13. The advance
statement of the exports of provisions,
issued by the bureau of statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
shows that the total value of provisions
exported, exclusive of live cattle, hogs,
and sheep, at the principal ports of the
United States for the fiscal year 1906
was $101,056,535, against $152,530,073.
TAKE DRASTIC ACTION,
NEW Y'ORK, July 13. The stewards
of the jockeys club, the controlling body
of the Eastern Turf last night took
drastic action in the matter of the
horee Go Between, which won the sub
urban handicap at Sheepshead Bay when
entered as a gelding and was subse
quently protested on the ground that he
was a stallion. The trianer's license of
John Shields, who handled the horse,
was revoked. Several of his other horse
are disqualified for 30 racing days.