OOVIM THE MORNINQ FIILD ON 17f LOW! ft OOLUMBIA. OMF :UBLIHKtlPULL AttOOIATID P Pit PORT -f3 ,f! ''J r-nn'-jl VOLUME LXI NO. 210 ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hi WATSON IS GUILTY Jury Brings in Verdict After 7 Ballots. LENIENCY IS ASKED Two Jurors Want An Acquittal But Compromise finally Reached. RECEIVE SENTENCE SATURDAY DMndant Woo Will B Sentenced at Sam. Tiro. a. Hendricks New TrUI I. Requ.sted by Attorneys. ItiRTLAXD, August H.-After delib erating (or more than five hour and (king Mvn ballot, the jury found Chart. A. Vatua guilt of perjury in connection with making final proof of a hnmetM-.d in Wheel county, and re turned a .ealed verdlut thb morning. Th. Jury however recommend, full leniency. The jury began balloting lm mediately after dinner yesterday, and reached a verdict at 12:15 o'clock this morning. Vaton will U sentenced Saturday, Two member of th. jury stood in the way of immediate conviction, and th. recommendation for "full leniency" wai a compromise. Th. two dlnter pre faced their stand on the ground that if Wataon thought that a visit to the homestead once In ix month wa. com pliance with the law, he wan not guilty. Judge Hunt, in hl inat ruction, left to tl jury the duty of determining the good faith of the home'tender. lie charged the juror, that if they found that Wataon believed a visit once In lx month maintained a legiil residence, they ahould take that fact into con sideration. Watson waa In court when the ver dict wa read, but displayed no emo tion. Judge Hennett Immediately gave notice of intention to file a motion for a new trial, and wa given 30 dnya In which to prepare a bill of exception. In the Wataon and Ilendriek caws. After the verdict wa read Judge Hunt directed that Wataon appear for aentence Saturday morning, when Ham ilton H. Ilendriek, the Fossil lawyer, and former United St tea Commisalon--r, will be sentenced for subornation of perjury. Watson' bond waa fixed At $1000, which he gnve. District Attorney Rristol conducted the ease against Wataon unaided. The trial of Coo I). Barnard and Clar ence B. Zachary, charged with perjury, began before Judge Hunt thla after noon. Wataon, Barnard and Zaohary nee also defendant In the case against ex-Senator Staiwer, H. H. Ilendriek., F. P. Maya, John II. Hull and others, which in to follow. This 1 known na the "Butte Creek" case, and the charge is Illegal fencing of publio lands, in volving a conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment In bo doing. CRACKER BAKERS MEET. ' PHILADELPHIA, August, 8-Mem-hesr of tho Association of Independent Cracker Baker held thi first session of its. annual convention here yesterday. Thl. Association is composed of more than a hundred manufacturer, from all over the country. The ollleers elected were Charles R. Ciosa, New London, Conn., president j Eugene John, Phila delphia, and Edward Graves, Washing ton, vice-presidents j. H. B. Grubb, St. Louis, secretary, and Joseph G. Me Cturg, Pittsburg, treasurer. FOUND IN BRUSH, Dead Body of Young Woman With Bui let In Head Found Weir Lo. Angelei SANTA MONICA. 'CaL, August The unidentified' body of young wom an well dreueif aud with blonde hair wa. found In the underbrush In Santa Moid Canyon, mile above the Port of 1a Angela, today. Th girl ha been dead month or more and the likelihood I. that .he wa. murdered a. there b a bulb bole through Iter bead. No weapon wa. found nr the body. The Santa Monica au thorities, while utterly at a lo for a clew are inclined to the theory that the young woman wa. ft visitor from the eat to Lo Angele. and wa. lured to th. place by a man in a carriage or an automobile a. the walk I. .everal mile. No woman approaching th. description of the girl ha. been reported mtaalng. CONFERENCE A FAILURE. HAN FRANCISCO, Augu.t . Wltat wa. Intended to be a peace conference between the .hipowner. and tailor.' I union ended In nothing being accom plished today in the way of aettllng th. strike. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES Northwest Lgu.. At Taeoma Butte 1, Tacoma 7. At Hoqulam Gray'. Harbor 4. Spo kane 3. Pacific Coa.t League. At Seattle-Seattle 1. Oakland 0. At Oakland Lo Angele. I, San Francisco 3. At I ah Angele Fre.no 5. Portland 11. FEARS NO TROUBLE Killing of Japanese Will Involve No Complications. PRISONERS WILL BE FREED Government Will Give the Twelve Japanese Poacher. Speedy Hear ingWill Expr.as Regret Over Incident to Japan WASHINGTON. August 8. Although taking the position that the killing of the five Japanese poacher within the territory of the United State, in Alaska, wa justified, this government in all prolwbllity will extend to Japan it. regret for the fatal clash between the native lookout, of the North Commercial Company and the Japanese raider. Thi statement wa. made, to night by Acting Secretary of State B- con. In the meantime the District At torney forAlaska, ia making prepara tion, for a speedy trial of the twelve Japenese taken prisoners. After a care ful investigation by the Japanese charge d'Affair here, the conclusion was reached that the ease was one in volving no international incident. TOKIO, August 8 The Japanese gov ernment does not possess any details of the Aleutian incident and therefore is not in position to express its views. The news is generally received with regret and hope is expressed that no unpleas ant complication, will develop. CZAR MAY ABDICATE. Rumor ' Abroad That Nicholas Grown Tired of Throne. Has NEW YORK, August 8. A cable dispatch to a morning paper from Vienna, says: It is rumored that it is the Czar's intention ' to abdicate. The re-circulation of this report is ascribed to the re actionary councillors violently opposing Premier Stolypin'a reform scheme, which , the Czar supports, the yam adds, that the Czar will appoint Grand Duke Vladimir and Nicholas Niehokie- itch as co-regents. U N IN BIG MUTINY Get Drunk and Fight With Corporal. FIVE PUT IN IRONS Twenty Marines from Receiving Ship Lancaster Cause All the Trouble. ONE MAN'S THROAT IS CUT Sailor. Bring Large Quantity of "Boom" Into Camp and Load Up Court Martial Ha. Been Ordered. PHILADELPHIA. August 8. It be came known today that Ave marine, are in double Iron, on board the receiving ship Lancaster, at the League Wand Navy Yard, and 10 .allor. are under errt,,a th. result of a mutiny on ifonday night, in which two of the mu tineer, were badly Injured. A boating party, consisting of Priv ate. Burnet, Keney. Haggerty, Alder son, Erbe nd Newland, left the navy yard. They went to Gloucester, and. It I alleged .old their uniform. With the money thus obtained, beer wa pur chased, and when the men. returned they had two half barrels of beer in the boat. Thl. they smuggled into camp, and about a score were soon under the Influence of the intoxicant. While in thi condition, the men at tempted to leave the yard, and. when halted, attacked the Corporal. The alarm whistle was sounded and the men of the Lancaster" quick Vy reonded. A general fight ensued, during which sev eral shot, were fired. Burnet, one of the ringleader, had his throat cut, and Kcnsey's right arm wa. fractured. After nearly an hour of fighting, the mutineer, were subdued and the principals placed under arrest. Chief Boatswain Garrett, who was the officer; of the deck when the alarm wa sounded, summoned all hands, and In a few minutes' 40 men, marines and blue jackets, were on the scene of the mu tiny. Burnett attempted to shoot Gar rett, but he was bayoneted by Trumpet er Hess and overpowered. The remain ing mutineer endeavored to escape in to the marshes surrounding the camp, but all were rounded up. Yesterday Captain Miller of the Lan caster, ordered Burnett and Kensey court-martialed. The trial was quick, and although the findings were not made known because the commandant of the yard must pas on them, it is said that sentences varying from one to five years in the naval prison at Chelsea, Mass., will be the outcome. Haggerty and Erbe, who while not taking active part in the outbreak, were in the boating party, were given ten days In double iron in the 'brig on bread and wateu with a full-allowance meal every fifth day. Today Alderon and Newland were before a summitry court-martial board, and the probabilities are that they will be given 30 days in double iron, with their- liberty restricted for six months. NO TROUBLE EXISTS. SPOKANE, August 8. A dispatch from Palousc, Wash., to the Spokesman-Review, says no trouble exists at Potlatch. Idaho, and that the only re ports of disorder along the line of the Washington, Idaho and Montana Bail road are from Princeton, Idaho, where an incipient gun piny took place today. WILL NOT INTERFERE. Governor Gooding Rafusei to Save Nck of Murd.rer. BOISE, Augut 8, Governor Gooding ha refused to interfere to save the neck of William Hick. Bond, and there i now no appeal and it i. certain he and Rudolph Wetter will be executed in the penitentiary on Friday. Bond ' sentenced to be banged for the murder in complicity with Mr.. Jennie Daly, of Charles Duly, the woman' huaband. The crime wa one of the most brutal ever committed In Boi. Wetter wa. sentenced for the murder of L. D. Long near Seceah Meadow, in Idaho County, in a quarrel over a placer claim. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. COVELO. Cal., August 8.-Jacob Frei, who supplies Cbvelo with .now to be used, in place of Ice, left his home 10 mile, from here with a pack of .now about 1 o'clock thi morning and about 8 o'clock wa found dead half a mile from borne. He had been shot under the eye. The indication, are that he wa shot from ambush. ATTENDANCE WILL BE LARGE. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Augut 8. Delegate. to the National Convention of the CaUiolic Total Abstinence Union) who have been arriving here daily since Sunday 'to be present at the formal opening of the convention today were guest last night at a reception held at the Narragansett Hotel. It h expected that when the convention open. 800 delegates representing the 100,000 mem bers of the organization will be in at tendance. REPORT IS DENIED Emperor Nicholas Has No Inten tion of Abdicating. TO TRY PARLIAMENT MEMBER M. Onipko, Peasant Member of Parlia ment, Will Be Triad For Inciting Revolt at Cronstadt Pun ishment Is Death. ST. PETERSBURG, August 8-The official telegraph agency has issued an authorized statement, declaring that the statement published in the Novoe Vremya, that the Emperor intends to place the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch, in command of the whole army, is void of all foundation. M. Onipko, a peasant member of the Kite parliament, captured red-handed at Cronstadt after the mutiny there, will lie tried it is semi-officially announced, according to the rules of war, for in citing and participating in an armed re volt. The penalty is death. The au thorities are convinced that they have a good case against Onipko. and hope it will involve several other prominent men, the extremists of the late parlia ment to such an extent as to prevent the re-election of any future parlia ment. ' Tho official telegraph agency tonight repoits the formation at Yekaterinos lnv, of a reactionary organization, with the purpose to exact a life for a life, for every official killed by the revolu tionist. The murder of ex-Deputy Hatzenstein is an example of this pro ceeding. PHOTOGRAPHERS CONVENE. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., August 8 The twenty-ixth annual convention of the Photographers' Association of America opened here yesterday with an attendance of about 1200. In his ad dress President C. W. Hearn of Boston, expressed the hope that there would be no disruption of interest between the commercial and operating sides of the convention. He advocated the organiza tion , of a national photographic academy. MAY PAT ALL S Stensland's Son Offers to Save Situation. TO USE FATHER'S CASH Vice President of Defunct Bank Agrees to Turn Over $600, 000 to the Receivers. SEARCH ON FOR ABSCONDERS Report From Duluth That President Stenaland la On Steamer Pic tures of Missing Men Being Scattered Broadcast CHICAGO. August 8. Theodore Stensland, vice-president of the Mil waukee Avenue Bank and son of the fugitive president of that institution has come to the rescue of the depositors and tonight it is the belief of those en deavoring to stmighten out the affairs of the bank, that there is an excellent chance of the depositor, receiving al most dolkr for dollar, when a final set t lenient is made. Young Stensland has agreed to turn over the collateral be longing to bis father, said to be $600,' 000 in value, to the receivers. Paul O. Stensland, president, and Henry W. Herring, cashier, are still at large and a search is being made all over the oonptry. Five thousand pic tures of the two officials are being pre pared and these will be spread broad cast throughout the entire world. DULUTH. Minn., August 8. Two Duluth men claim to have seen Paul O. Stensland, the Chicago fugitive bank president within the past 24 hours and in the opinion of the police and the Pin kertons the much wanted man is aboard the steamer America, which left for Port Arthurs Canada, today. The Cana dian authorities have been notified and before the passengers are allowed to de part, a thorough search will be made for Stensland. JANITRESSES ON STRIKE. Chicago Women Will Strike in Sympa thy With Window Washers. CHICAGO, August 8. The first family strike to be recorded in the labor movement in Chicago was ordered yesterday when 260 janitresses voted to uuv 0 spuaqsnq im jo pre sq; o) o3 an increase in wages demanded by win dow washers in large buildings down town. Mrs. Felicia Prendergast turned the tide of sentiment in. the janitresses meeting. Several speakers pointed out that the wives of the strikers ought to stay at work and earn a living for their husbanders while the latter 'were out of work. "That is a false doctrine," objected Mrs. Prendergast. "Women ane sup posed to be helpmates of their hus bands, but they are not their salves. Moreover I believe we can assist them better by refusing to scrub the floors and stairways in the big office blocks The vote was practically unanimous in flavor of laying down mops 'and brooms in 20 skyscrapers tomorrow morning. SIX PERISH IN FIRE. OMAHA, August 8. Thomas Daniels and his five children perished this even ing in a fire, which destroyed the family residence at Oak Park, a suburb of this city. Mrs. Daniels was seriously burned and may not recover and Daniels him self was seriously hurt in an attempt to save his family. DEPO STATE WANTS MONEY. Firm Who Bid Bond, in Tender. Check In.tead of Cash State Object. JACKSON, Mich.. August 8. A cn- sation wa caused here last night when it wu announced that the state would not have the benefit of $30,000 bonds, same awarded to a Chicago firm on July 2. A representative of the firm came here and tendered certified check. to Governor Vardaman for the amount of the bid including a premium of $12,100. The Governor declined to accept th. check, but demanded payment in cur rency under the law which the firm declined to give. A. a result the deal is off for the present and will not b renewed unlet the governor or firm make, concession, a. to exchange. The bidder, hold that their , bid contem plated payment in check, and not in currency, with delivery of bond, in Chi cago. The governor hold the firm's check, for $30,000 a. a forfeit. COMING WEST. CHICAGO, August 8. That hi in valid wife might gain her health and warned against a hurried trip to the Pacific Coasty H. J. Taylor of Syracuse, N. Y., is transporting hi. family and Charles Robertson. brother-in-law, across the continent in a "Prairie Schooner." the start was made on May 6 and yesterday the covered wagon ar rived at South Chicago. Taylor, after feeding hi. team and buying provisions to last for day., set out for the West last night Hi. wife to already improved in health. SOLDIERS KILLED Texas Army Maneuvers Brought to Sad End. BULLETS INSTEAD OF BLANKS Soldier is Shot During Maneuvers in Mountains Perpetrator Unknown . Another Soldier Dies From Injuries In Fight. ' AUSTIN, Texas, August 8. Another enlisted man in the regular army wa. killed in the maneuvers at Camp Mabry today. Jesse Cantisa of Fort Worth attached to Troop K, First U. S. Cav alry, was shot during the maneuvers in the mountains, and died shortly after noon. All the men were supposed to have blank cartridges end it is not known how the killing occurred. Roger W. Lockhart, a member of the Texas battery of field artillery was hurt, it is said in a personal encounter and on it being ascertained that he wa badly hurt he was sent to the city hospital where he died today. STEAMER HAS CLOSE CALL. Engine Shaft Breaks and She Is About to Drift Into Rapids, When Saved. OGDENSBURG, N. Y August 8. United States revenue cutter Dallas returned yesterday from her flret trip over the district which extends from Ogdensburg to Oswego. Many steamers that enter American ports were boarded and numerous vioations of navigation regulations were found. A closer watch than usual is being kept over the pas senger boats this year. Yesterday a passenger ferry steamer plying between here and Prescott, Ont., was tied up by the cutter officers for lack of papers, her license having expired. The steamer Alexandria of Preston, Ont., bound down the St. Lawrence to Quebeo with passengers and freight broke an engine shaft yesterday while passing here. She wa9 caught and tow ed into Prescott for repairs. Ten minutes later the steamer would have been in the rapids. i