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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1906)
Hl0ottfl!i UOVR THK MORNINQ PIILO ON TH1 LOWi tt OOLUMBIA: CM :UtLIHirULL AttOOIATiO PRIM Ria-OHT 1 1 I. ' A ASTORIA, OREGON SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS Vlif .ITMlr. : ffc)nA '"""v ; w . . . t : - - - ; ' 'in TRY TO KILL GRAND DUKE Troops Fire on Command, cr During Maneuvers. SUSPECT EX-STUDENTS Grind Duke Beats Hasty Retreat and Orders Immediate Investigation. PLOT OF REVOLUTIONISTS Source of Where Ball Cartridge Were Supplied Has Mot Bm Located At Yet-Soldiert Are Restless. ST. rETBRSIJL'IW. August 11.-DI patches received during the pat woe! have shown a widespread of agrarian dla ordura. which hav attended Into several more province of Central Russia and art specially fftare in Tullava. The police alo report a portentlous Increa In the activity of the terrorist, which It 1 thought will hardly fall "to remove some high perongc". Attempt made upon the Grand Duke Nicholas and Central Kaulber fortunately were frustrated, but tills due more to the remlne of the conspirator than to the activity of the police. A Barbara Print had ac tunllv succeeded in obtaining the au dlfiice of Kaulhers and was on hi way to hi palace when she accident!- drop ped the bomb, with which to naslnate him. DUKE IS MISSED. Bullet Whlatle by Hla Head Iavestlg. Uon la Started. ST. FETKRSIJURQ. August 11 A rep rtsenlativ of the Aoelated Pre vilt cd the cuard eamn at Krasnoye Mo to day and ascertained that though cvernl arrest had been made in connection with the hot fired at Grand Duke Nicholas Nieholnlevitch yeaterday during the maneuver, today they had not been brought home to any particular culprit. It was only after a long Inveitigatlon, thut it waa determined ball cartridge were fired by the First Hottalllon of Sharpshooter, one of the elite corpa of the Russian army. Suspicion wan directed toward the one year volunteer recruit, who In consid eration of their educational qualification and aoclal position, escaped with only one year instead of four year ervico. Many of thoe arc ex-students and among the principal aprendcr of the revolutionary propaganda among the troop. The officers of the regiment in volved, are extremely reticent concerning tho affair, but from a member of the grand ducal escort the Associated Pre learned that tho incident occurred during a movement of the Ismnilovsky guard and a guard of sharpshooters against a position held by the Seminovsky regi ment. Grand Duke Nicholas was sitting on a charger observing the maneuver from tho top of the entrenchment. Sud denly when tho first Echelon of the at tacking force, consisting of sharpshooter wa from 450 to 600 yards distant a bul let sang high overhead, followed by an other nnd still another. The cry was raided, "they ore firing ball" and the group was thrown into great confusion. After frantic- signalling "Cease firing" was sounded, but the shot continued for ome time. Grand Duke Nicholas re marked when he joined his suite, "It would he more realistic If the troop al ways fired ball during their maneuvers, but this Is unpardonable negligence." How the conspirators obtained ball F I .. ... . . ""-w , f i C mi- - cartridge ha not been an-ertiilned, a tli ammunition alway called In after Ilia men 1 1! turn from patrol duty. It U conjfctiiroj the cartridge were oeeured after the dissolution of parliament, when supplies were ud In anticipation of trouble nil tin trooi succeeded In holding them out after a collape of the trlke. COE BARNARD GUILTY. Jury Find Land Fraud Perjurer Guilty, But Recommends Mercy. PORTLAND. Augnt ll.-After being out about 30 minute tonight the Jury in th ea of Co D. Barnard, charged by the government with having perjured himself by making affidavit that Charlet A. Watson, previously convicted of de fretidlng the government out of home ted, had conformed to all tho require ment of he law, returned a verdict In the Federal District Court, of guilty, but recommended the defendant to the clem eney of the court KILLED BY TRAIN. CHICAGO. August 11.-C. W. Ship- pey, 47 year old. a well known real e tat dealer, waa killed by a Per Mar quette train In Englewood at 8 o'clock lt night. Mr. Phlppey was about to board a train to go to the Re Terrace, Mich- where his wife and children are pending the summer. It l thought Mr. Shlppey wa standing too do to the edge of the platform when the train nulled In and waa stmck by the cylinder of the engine, or that a fishing pole In hi hand caught under the ear. In hi pocked wa a newspaper clipping con taining an account of the death of Web tr Bartheller, of 8n Franclwo, who had left Mr. Wilppey H0O.0OO. CHINESE Take Possession of the British Steamer Sainam. ONE MISSIONARY IS KILLED Two Remaining Foreigners Manage to Eacap Oriental Vengeance Four Pirate Are Later Captured by British Warship. VICTORIA. August 11. Detail of the attack on the British steamer Sainam by Chinese pirates on the west river and the murder1 of Dr. MacDonald, a mi lonary and some of the crew were re ceived by the tcamer Monteagle today. Only three foreigner were on board. Captain .Toly n, the chief engineer, and Or". MacDonald. The three white men were chatting on the promenade deck, when the 70 paenger dropped their dlngulse and started to shoot the crew. .lolyn wa shot In the breast a he ran forward to aid the sailor. Dr. Mac Donald, who also ran to offer aid, drag ged the captain to the cabin, where tho threo men barricaded themselves. Two windows remained open and the pirates shot through these at tho men, who had taken refuge undeY a table killing Mac Donald. doslyn feigned dead, and the en gineer hid under the boiler. After rob bing Joalin nnd hunting for an hour for the engineer, the pirutcs anchored the vessel and turned their attention to the passenger, robbing them of everything they possessed, and left after anchoring the steamer. They left in five native boats. On arriving at Samshui the piracy wa reported to H. M. S. Moorhen, which started in pursuit nnd captured four of the pirates. DROWNS IN POOL. NANAIMO, B. C. August 11. That Hector McKemde was kicked Into in sensibility by a vicious horse which be lind on bis farm, fell into a pool of water and was drowned before regaining, con sciousness is the belief of friends of the dead man. The body was discovered with the head under water In a small spring, lie was 70 years of age and lived alone on his ranch. PIRATES INSANE BUT HARMLESS Conclusion of Jury in Not ed lownshend Case. TRIAL IS SENSATIONAL Celebrated English Case Comes to an End Marquis Can Stay at Large. MARCHIONESS WAS PRETTY Trial Compared by Judgt to Comic Opera Marquis Wanted to Marry Wealthy Heiress Waa Fooled All Around. LONDON. Augutt 11. What in legal history will be conidered a celebrated case, wa cont inued today when the jury la th historic old UU of Lincoln's Inn. inquiring Into the mental condition of Marquia ToWnhend, returned the eur ious verdict, that hi lord-hip is capable of taking car of hlmelf, being neither dangerou to bimelf or others, but of unound mind so far as the management of his affairs 1 concerned. The cae developed considerable sen sational as well a unpleasant testimony and wa marked today by the jury' in sisting against the wish of the judge in hearing Townshend's testimony In secret, even refusing the - Marchione permiskion to be present. Then before the lawyer addre had been concluded, the jury announced that they had made up their minds, and after the judge' charges, were out but ten minute. It wa alleged that the Marquis wa unduly Influenced by one, Robbins, whom he had known for 14 years, and the Marchioness testified Robbins' Influence had led to the separation of herself and husband soon after marriage. It devel oped also that the Marquis, finding hi eitote heavily encumbered wa persuad ed to seek a wealthy alliance, and had nearly concluded an engagement to a rich heiress, when he became affianced to Miss Sutherst, whose father, a barrister, wa undischarged bankrupt, but whom the Marquis thought wealthy. Judge Ilucknill severely condemned what he termed the deception of the SutherBts. The case was notahle for flashes of wit and Incident in which the Marchioness, who is a very pretty woman, was promi nent. In fact the judge said if it was not so serious, a matter it might be compared to a comic opera, recalling the fact that the Marquis was once detained by an order of the lunacy commissioner on the grounds that when be wanted to remain away from his wife, as she tes tified, she locked him in a room, nnd now when nil he wanted to do was to stay at home with his wife, it was alleged he was a lunatic. GROCERS TURNED DOWN. CHICAGO, August 11. Spoiled food became an issue yesterday between the wholesale grocers of Chicago nnd the city health department. The grocer asked the health olllcinls to allow them to "pro cess" 42,000 cans of food products that had been condemned by the municipal ity's inspectors. "Processing,"- in brief, is to so treat the foods tluit'they can be marketed. The health department offic ials answered with a vigorous "no." Twelve thousand cans of food have been tagged nnd sealed in crates at one stoi as unfit for food, and Inspector Murray said yesterday that about 30,000 cans were In wholesale grocery store rooms of the city awaiting "process" treatment before being sold a whole some food. DECOLETTE MOT ALLOWED. Admiral Goodrich Complains That Petty Official Waa Snubbed at Tacoma. TACOMA, Aiiirust II. Admiral Good rich, of the Pacific squadron, ha ad- dres-ed li-tter to Mayor Wright, of this city, complaining that during the atsy of the fleet in Tacoma harbor a petty officer of the Navy wa refused adrnl- ion to a dance In the Old Elk' Hall. Admiral Goodrich write: "For the sole reaon that he wore the uniform of the American Navy," adding i "I trust the celebration of In dependence on the part of Tacoma em bodied sentiments of patriotism and ap preciation for thoe who have undertak en to fight the country' battle, but in view of thl piece of unwarranted snob bish nc I am forced to entertain lively suspicion. Unles Tacoma deire to serve notice on the Navy that vlit her are unwelcome, it behooves you. Mr. Mayor to bring the offenders in this case to sure public account." The dance wa at F. P. Sloane's danc ing academy, and I known as a public hall, where admission I charged. Sloane sav that he objected to the sailor be cause his shirt wa open a great deal at the neck, exposing the sailor chet. He claims the right to say who shall attend his dance. TURK DID IT. BATUOM. August 11. An invetiga tion of the murdep of William H. Ste wart, the American vice-consul here, who wa shot at hi country reidmee on May 20 has proved that it was not due to politics, but wa committed by a Turk for private reawns. POLICE ON TRAIL Trying to Find Murderer of Young Woman fn California. HAVE SEVERAL GOOD CLUES Identity of. Woman Found Murdered in Temescal Canyon, Near Santa Monica is Not Yet Fully Established. SANTA MONICA. August 11. Acting on the theory that the young woman found murdered in Temescal Canyon was brought down the beach, the officials are carrying their investigations into the vicinity of Calabasas, a few miles above here. They believe the mdnight reveals that have taken place there, may afford a clew to the solution of the puzzle. The identity of the woman with Possey Hor ton, when he found the body, Is being traced. Horton's record of the trip down the beach and hi return borne, is being tabulated. A more minute examination of the remains and of the garments has disclosed the fact that another bullet besides the one that entered her head, penetrated her body. She had been shot through the chest, a powder burned hole in her corset cover showing where the ball bad entered. FOURTEEN MEN KILLED. KATTOWITZ, August 11. -Fourteen men in a coal mine at Renard near Sielce were killed today by the breaking of a rope, while their car was descend ing into the pit. FAVOR SALT WATER SYSTEM. SAN FRANCISCO. August ll.-The Fire Commission yesterday approved a recommendation of Chief Shaughnessy, favoring the establishment at the earl iest possible date of an auxiliary salt water system, so planned as to protect the business portion of the city. The chief urged that cisterns holding at least 100.000 gallons be established on the various hills throughout the city. Two high-power fireboats were also recom mended for use on the water front. BEATEN BY TV0 LENGTHS Portland Secures Second in Senior Fours. N0N PAREILS VICTORS Race From Start Heart Breaking Struggle Between Portland and Non Pareils. RAVENSW00D TAKES THIRD Westerners Finish Two Lengths Ahead of Long Island City Four Winni peg and Metropolitans, Fourth and Fifth, Respectively. WORCESTER. Mass., August 11. Charles S. Titus of the Non Pareil Boat Club of New York gained his title as champion single sculler at the 94th an nual regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen on Lake Quins iga- mond. Of the nine championship, con tests today, four were won by two leneths. two bv six and two other by 20 length, while the ninth, the senior eight-oared race, resulted in a foul which caused the referee to decide it must be re-rowed tomorrow. The most interesting contest of the dar was the international four-oared contest, in which five crews started in cluding the famous Portland rowing club of Portland. Oregon. It w'as a straightaway course down the lake, one and a half miles and from the start it was a fight between the Non Pareils of New York and the Pacific Coasters. The two crews were nearly on even terms at the half way buoy, but coming down the home stretch the Non Pareil quartet drew ahead and won by two lengths. The Portland crew sprint Id continual ly for the last hundred yards, but had to be content with second place, two lengths ahead of the Ravenswood crew of Long Island City, and four lengths ahead of the Winnipeg men and seven lengths ahead of the Metropolitans. The time was 9 minutes and 8 seconds. REPAIR SPRECKELS MANSION. SAN FRANCISCO, August 11. The Claus Spreckels mansion on Van Ness Avenue ia to be restored at an exendi ture of $800,000. According to the terms of the contract it will be ready for oc cupancy within a year. Before the fire the Sureckels mansion was one of the most prtentious homes in America. The marble in the hall alone cost over 11XJ, 000. The rest of the house was fur nished in corresponding style. In less than an hour the famous art treasury, paintings, tapestries and carvings were reduced to heaps of ashes and charred stones. The house was completely gut ted bv the fire. HEADED FOR MEXICO. FORT WORTH, Texas, August 11. Paul Stensland, the banker of Chicago, was in this city, according to Henry Ad ams, a former Chicago commission broker and is said to be on his way to Mexico. Adams said he traveled all the way from New Orleans to this city with the absconding banker without knowing his bank had failed. Not until he read the account in a local paper did Adams know that Stensland was fleeing. Stens land told Adams he was going to Mexico on a trip in the mountains for his health. Whe asked how his bank was progress- in, he declared it to be in a most pros perous condition. The police depart ments of all border towns were notified. ADULTERANTS ARE USED. Canneries of Fruits and Vegetables on Coast Use Poisonous Ingredient. LONDON, Augut 11. An attack on the fruit and vegetable canneries of the Pacific Coast is made in a letter dated Los Angeles and signed Rudolph E. Scbwerin, which Is published in the Saturday Review of thi week. Th writer declares that the good from th canneries referred to are not quite all they are represented to be. "Copper, arsenic and sulphuric acid." he says, "are some of the ingredient that enter into the preparation of the goods, and what is quite as objectionabl is the practice of soaking the labels off old canned stock, often many year old, and isuing the same under new covers as the season's latest pack." Mr. Scherwin say that th United States Inspectors' guarantees are worth less, and that foreign nations should re quire that all imports of these Pacifta Coast good be vouched for by their own inspectors. The Saturday Review doe not say who Mr. Schwerin is. i FIRES NOW UNDER CONTROL. CENTRALIA, Wash., August II. Numerous small forest fires have been raging around Centralis for the past week, but very few of them have don any great damage. Most of the fires are) under control. Last week a severe fir was burning In the Boyer Lumber Com pany's timber near Grand Mound, and some good timber wa destroyed, VV ed- neday and Thursday fire were burning ing in the vicinity of Walville. and at on time all the mill men were called out to fight flames. Kl BOOM CALIFORNIA 1 Advertising Bureau Established in New YorK City. LABORERS ARE IN DEMAND Dearth of Labor in the Golden Stat Bids Fair to Become Serious Problem Unless Speedily Remedied. NEW YORK, August ll.-Colvin B. Brown of San Francisco has come to New York to open an eastern bureau of th California Promotion Committee in th Waldorf-Astoria. He represents the commercial body of California merchants a agriculturists, with offices in San Francisco, whoss province it is to boom California, earth quake or no earthquake. "Our work of exploiting the resource of the golden state is not interrupted by such small things as an earthquake and fire," said Mr. Brown last night. "Thera is more field for promotion work now than ever before." Incidentally the eastern representative of the California Promotion committee ia here to help the people at home to se cure labor. According to his statement there is a dearth in the labor market throughout the whole of California that bids fair to become a serious problem. Mr. Brown quotes Andrea Sbarboro, president of the Asti-Swiss Colony, aa saying that there wil be smployment for 10,000 men in the vineyards of Califor nia during the months of September and October when the grapes are garnered. Unless laborers can be brought out from the East the vineyards will suffer heavy losses. Mr. Brown had visited the labor in formation office for Italians in this city and laid before Mgr. Rossati the oppor tunity open for Italian immigrant labor in the vineyards of California. Since th too serious a one to be overcome of problem of transportation would prova too serious a one to be overcome by pros pective laborers in the California vine yards without aid of the promotion com mittee manager has written to the grape growers at home advising that they combine and furnish transportation to the tfalians in New York willing to go out to the coast.