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VOLUME LXI11 NO. ;
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY , 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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ONM
DIFFICULT
House Finds Appropria
tions Need Increase.
FOUR MILLIONS WANTED
One Third of This Sum Has Al
ready Been Granted by
Solons.
PASS BIG BUDGET BILL
General Appropriation Maaaure Pad
by Houm I Incriaia of Twenty
Par Cant Over That Orantad
by Last Laglilature.
RALF.M, Ore., Feb. . The Houno
yesterday loou-d tho general appro
priation Mil toiim 130.000 over that
given by tho last legislature ror the
maintenance f state tnntltutfotm, and
without exception granted the In
croa In alarle, Increase In ofllce
force and oil tho other things Inatltu
tlon superintendent are usually after.
Ttw few member who stood through
It all f"r economy did not deny that
perhap the majority iif the budget
IncroaJH-K were needed, and thiit the
extra money could be used, but that
every Institution In the state and ev
ery other agency for decade from
thin session should K'-t U It need-td
nnd had wanted of the legislature,
without n cent of the demand being
Healed, thl win what worried the eco
nomic members, und what they feur
will worry the taxpayer when they
face tho blggeal' burden ever placed
on thi-lr shoulder by a legUloturc.
ThU appropriation bill Include! none
I the appropriation for educational
lnlltutl"ti. which will demand ome-
thlng like a quarter of a million more
I hlit year: It does not touch the special
appropriation for . the Institution.
which will add more than another
ouarter million to the budget; It do;
not Include the everal down special
comtnUnlon Jobs and new official pro
noaed by the varlou bill, and will
probably bo leaa than a third of tho
total amount appropriated by the leg
Mature to cover the coming biennial
nerlod. Tho total amount approprlat
ed by the House yesterday wa about
11.250,000, an Increase of about 10 per
rent over the budget for the preceding
two year.
A comparison of the present budget
and the former one show an Increuse
In the salary Hat of from 20 to 30
per cent, n well a a general Increase
In the number of employe allowed the
various Ntiite olllclalH.
What the few far-sighted member
In the House ee In the general appro
priation bill passed yesterday that
iilarm them Ih the precedent II nets
for nil tho other biff, special, extra find
unusual appropriations that aro com
ing up. There wan $300,000 et uslde
yesterday afternoon for the purchase
of tho Oregon City locks, there are
the big educational Hpeclal appropria
tion that will be four and five time
thoHo granted these Institutions be
fore; InHtltutlon that do not cine for
a Hlnglo state patient and that are not
charitable InHtltutlon strictly, a In
mate are charged In proportion to
their mean, there I the new school
for tho feeble minded looming up with
a $120,000 bill tacked to tho hem of
Its garment. Besides the legislature
ha boosted the salary of evory mem
ber from $120 to $400 and voted free
tinjiRei to all.
"There has to be an end somewhere,
but I don't ee where It Is going to
he." Raid Farrell. of Multnomah, yes
terday evening, Farrell being one of
h half dozen members of the House
who endeavored to cut down some of
the extra nnproprlatlons.
"it look like $4,000,000 anyhow this
session. Soma of us were pledged to
eennomv and retrenchment; If a boost
of about 40 per cent In the entire state
lug light) If not, then otherwUe. J
say I hops there will be an end to It
somewhere, w alwny have hope left."
WEDS BY FRAUD.
Spaniah Counters'. Marrlai. American
With Italian Hu.bsnd Still Living.
, HT PAI'L, Feb. 8,A Honour Press
pn lal from Hloux Clip, la., any;
' A xult to annul (be marriage of Dr.
Meorge A, ftli kftrd, of Sioux City to the
Countess Llllll lielllnda, nellllit l'odo-
Nil wik Min ti-d Jn the dUtrlct 4'ourt to
lay. Th" CotiiitcK In the daughter
of Mumlittll Martinez t.'smpo, former
(uviriior lli'iiertil of Cuba under the
Spanish rule, Hhe claims' to be a cou-
In of Count Until de Castclluno of par-
U, Hhn doped from her iit.cestrul
home In Andalusia with an Italian
count, who deserted her In New York.
Hhe married I r. Hlckard In Chicago
nix year ago, and their married life
ha bm-n a and iory. Ir. Itlckard al
b'ges that hi wife's former husband
Count llerinando Hdllndil Ifi-delHdi
l'odefltt of Italy Is Htlll alive, iind ex
lilt.lt m li'tii.i written by the count to
hta wlfo since her second marriage.
Id) seek to have hi marriage to the
fount" annulled, on tho ground of
fraud.
NATIONS MUST BEHAVE,
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 8, The Ktnte
department made public the following
note: president IDlax, acting on the
direct subject of I'realdent ltootvlt.
has sent a note to the governments
of Coma Hl a, Salvador and (iuatemala
asking them to use every effort to
prevent an armed clash between Nic
aragua and Honduras, with the Inti
mation lliut past treaties must bo llvej
up to and that their dispute must bo
referred to, an arbitration board."
REGAL VISIT.
HKM.IN, Feb. 8. KaUer Wllhclm,
It I stated, I plnnlnng a visit to King
Alfonso of Spain to return the recent
visit to Oermany of the Kpnlnlsh King.
The KaUer will go about the end of
March.
Effort is Made to Save Monmouth
By Sacrificing Drain.
MOVE BAFFLED, NOT DEFEATED
Three Schools or None Is Now 8logsn
of Supporters of the 8tat Nor
mal Schools End Is Not
Yet
8ALKM, Ore., Feb. 8. Recrimina
tions are being hurled among the sen
ators who had banded together to save
tho normal chool at Weton, Mon
mouth and Axhland, and to sacrifice
rrnln to the demand that the state
support fewer school of this clans.
Charge arc being made that the con
spirators did not stand pat, otherwise
S. R 134, by Smith, of Marlon, would
not have been favorably reported by
the Senate sitting as a cnmmttteo of
tho whole.
This measure provided for a board
of regents and two normal schools, one
In Kaslern Oregon and tho other In
Western Oregon. After the Senate had
debated for two hours and had voted
on amendments and amendments to
the amendments, Senator Unlley
sprung an amendment simply author
izing tho board of regents to select
two normal schools and not designat
ing tholr geogrnphlcal location
Now, In order to hold three normals,
the senators In the deal are using nil
their Influence among the House mem
bers to have the bill killed. They
have been exerting themselves In
connection with the normal school
lobby and It Is quite In the cards thnt
the House will vote down S. B. 134.
For some time there has been a mu
tual agreement among the supporters
of Monmouth, Ashland and Weston.
It has been an alliance offensive and
defonslve. "Three schools or none"
was the motto. Though defeated In
the Senate yesterday, the triple-alliance
still has a Joker up Its sleeve,
for Senator Caldwell's bill killing the
Drain normal school has been laid on
the table, from which It can be taken
should the House fall to defeat S. B.
134.
FOR TI1KEE
NORMALS
CONTINUES
SADJTORY
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw Takes
Stand Again.
WAS PURSUED BY WHITE
When Spurned by Girl He Ruined
Architect Calls Her
Not Human.
JEROME CAUSES SENSATION
Marriage of Victim Did Not Stop Un
walcom Attentions of Architect
Court Adjourns With Mrs.
Thaw Still on Stsnd.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Evelyn Nesblt
Thaw was today the central figure
again In her husband's trial. She was
still on the stuid with her direct ex
amination unfinished when the usual
week end adjournment until Monday
morning wa made. Taking up the
threads of her story where she dropped
them Thursday, the girl wife of the
defendant, alway telling her story,
she declared. Just a she had related It
to Thaw from time to time, brought
the narrative down to her wedding In
Pittsburg on April 4, 1905, and their
return to New York following their
honeymoon trip In the West. She de
clared she heard White call her on the
street once after this, and that on
another occasion when she passed him
In a cab, she noticed his cab turn
around and follow hers In the direc
tion of a doctor's office, where ahe was
going to her her throat treated. On
Monday she will be called upon to fin
ish the relation of events which. It Is
claimed by the defense, brought on
the explosive Impulse in the diseased
brain of the defendant and caused the
klllln gof Stanford White. Today's
testimony served to clear up many In
complete details as to the full extent
of the revelations she claims to have
made to her husband.
District Attorney Jerome sent a
thrill of excitement through the court
room late In the day by vigorously
protesting against "this defamation of
the dead," and declared the court had
a right to limit such testimony "until
competent evidence 1 adduced to show
that this man U or was of unsound
mind."
The question which called forth
Jerome's protest was whether or not
Harry Thaw had at any time told her
about "other girls who had met a fui6
similar to hers at the hands of this
man."
"What man?" snapped Jerome.
"Stanford White," replied Delmus,
"Who else?"
Justice Fitzgerald decided In favor
of Jerome, und Pelmns promised to lay
a broader foundation and show the In
sanity of the defendant. Mrs. Thaw
declared that White during the year
which followed her experience In the
room of mirrored walls, repeatedly
sought to have her visit him alone;
that White, cried, pleaded, scolded, did
everything that coud make me come
to see him alone. I refused and he
told me I was cruel, that I was as cold
as a fish and not a human being. I
told White I didn't care to trust him
Thaw accused Evelyn of improper
relations with White after her return
from Europe. "I told him It was a lie,
and I had not," she testified with em
phatlc show of feeling. Mrs. Thaw tes
tified that she met Jack Barrymore,
an actor, at a party given by Whte,
and that Barrymore asked her twice
to marry him and that one on occa
sion she replied, "I don't know."
Whllte told her she would be fool
lsh to marry Barrymore, and so had
her mother, "and we all quarreled and
tho upshot of the whole thing was that
Mr. White said I ought to be sent
away to school, and I went to New
Jersey."
The day's proceedings began with a
continuance of the reading of letters
from Thaw to Attorney Longfellow,
written after Evelyn' revelations to
her suitor In Pari. There were oth
er, too, which Thaw had sent to the
attorney to deliver to MU Nesblt, who
at that time would n't see him. Tho
letter were rambling, Incoherent af
fair. Mr. Thaw told of her expe
rience with Stanford White and Abe
Hummel, concerning the alleged affi
davit which she made charging Thaw
with having taken her from her moth
er against her will and treating her
with gross cruelty. Hhe said they filled
her mind with lorle of Thaw and
about hi "crueltle to girls." The
witness declared she never signed a
paper In Hummed' office, but admit
ted signing one In White' office. White
cautioned her against Thaw and s;ld
she must be protected from uch a
man. liter she became frightened
about the paper and It was burned In
Hummed' office, Hhe did not know
the contents of the paper she signed.
Mrs. Thaw's testimony wa amuHlng
at time, in her Interjection of the
names Harry Thaw applied to law
yer, anil White's agitated tiuestlon
Ing as to what she had told Hummel
about him. She declared she had told
Hummel nothing, "'Well.' White said
to me, 'there I something wrong some
where. He has Just squeezed a thou
sand dollar out of me, and the Lord
only know how soon he will squeeze
another.' I then remembered having
told Hummel when he threatened
things about Thaw that he better be
careful for Mr. Thaw knew a lot of
terrible thing about Stanford White."
Hummel endeavored to have Evelyn
sue Thaw for breach of promise, but
she said If there wa any breach of
promise It was on her side. The de
fense endeavored to get Into the evi
dence the wills of Harry Thaw and
Evelyn Neablt Thaw, executed on the
night of the wedding at Pittsburg.
There were o many Interlineations,
corrections and erasures, that Justice
Fitzgerald ruled them ort until they
were proved. Delmaa said the inter
lineation and a codicil had to do with
proof tending to show the Insanity of
the defendant.
SLAYS GOVERNOR
Kills Victim and Makes Desper
ate Fight for Freedom.
SHOOTS ALL WHO INTERFERE
Russian Terrorist Kills Governor and
Two Policeman, Wounds Another
and Commits Suicide Victim
Red Cross Commissioner.
PENSEA, Russia, Feb. 8. S. A.
Alexandrovlsky, governor of Pensea,
was shot and killed by a young man
as he was leaving the theatre last
night. In a desperate attempt to es
cape the assassin also killed Assistant
Chief of Police and a policeman and
wounded the manager of the theatre.
Before tho terrorist could be captured
he shot himself and during the night
died in a hospital without being Iden
tified. The bullets which he used in
Ills revolver were discovered to be
poisoned.
M. Alexandrovlsky, who was well
known as chief commissioner of the
Red Cross in the field during the war
between Russia and Japan, had Just
stepped out of the door of the theater
when a youth pushed his way through
the crowd and shot him in the neck.
He fell dead on the spot. The assist
ant chief of police, who was standing
near the entrance, tried to draw his
revolver, but was shot dead by the
terrorist. Seeing it was impossible to
get through the crowds outside the
building, the murderer dashed Into the
theater, firing wildly. The manager
attempted to grapple with him, and the
murdered fired at him, but the shot
missed the manager and killed a po
liceman. In a second attempt to cap
ture : the assassin, the manager was
severely wounded.
The terrorist fled through what he
believed to be one of the exits, bu.
found himself in the ladies' cloakroom.
An attendant, realizing the situation,
pointed to some stairs as a means of
egress, and as soon as the assassin dis
appeared, locked the door benlnd him.
The stairs, however, led to a loft and
the murdered subsequently was found
unconscious from a bullet wound, from
which he died in the hospital.
ON
IIEK
TAX BILL
House Debates Measure by
Tax Commission.
HAS EXEMPTION CLAUSE
Three Hundred Dollars is the
Amount Proposed to
Exempt
ACT ON WOMAN SUFFERAGE
Measure Passed by House Placing
Equal Suffrage Before People of
the State of Oregon Without
Resorting to Petition.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8. The House
started consideration of House bill 89
as a committee of the whole this morn
ing. The bill Is the general tax bill
offered by the Tax Commission, and
lays a basis for a new system of tax
ation on all classes of property and
provides for the collection of reve
nue. It is the most Important taxa
tion measure before the legislature.
The House adopted the first four sec
tions before the noon recess and add
ed a clause to section 4, exempting
$300 worth of personal property, chiefly
household goods.
By the narrow margin of one vote
after several members had changed
their votes during the otount, the wo
man's suffrage amendment joint reso
lution, Introduced in the House yes
terday, was carried this morning. The
resolution places the question of equal
suffrage before the voters without
compelling the advocates of the cause
to secure the necessary petition. Mr.
Davey explained this was merely a
courtesy to save the women the cost
of a petition, but hU vote alone saved
the day 3. decided opposition to the
reopening of the suffrage question be
ing shown by the country members of
the House.
The entire House has taken a hand
In the Deschutes county fight that has
to this time been confined to the dele
gation from Crook, Klamath, Grant
and Lake Counties. Yesterday in or
der to strangle House bill 347. provid
ing for the formation of Deschutes
county, the delegation from the four
counties opposed ta the division had
the measure taken from the committee
on counties and given to the special
committee from the four counties in
terested. This morning the opposition
that is fighting for the new county
had secured the support of the ma
jority of the Multnomah delegation,
and Northup moved that the measure
be taken from the county delegation
and be referred to the committee on
irrigation.
The delegation fought this and the
charge was made by Coffey that this
move was being made to punish some
members who had supported the Mult
nomah minority last night.
Northup then moved to refer the
bill back to the committees on coun
ties, and this was carried. Thla means
that the bill for Deschutes county will
not be strangled, but will come before
the House.
WORLD'S LARGEST DRYDOCK.
Will Be Begun At San Francisco And
Rushed to Completion.
SANFRANCISCO, Feb. 8. The lar
srest drydock in the world, with a stone
and concrete basin big enough to hold
nm, in nt tho hntlAshlma nf tho TTnt-
' Oil J in w.v v- ---"
(ted States Navy at one time is about
to be constructed at Hunters Point by
the Sna Francisco Drydock Company
at a cost of $1,250,000. The land has
alreadv been surveyed adjacent to the
two docks the company already has
in ODeratlon and the work will be
rushed to a SDeedy completion.
It is understood the work has been
undertaken with the encouragement of
the Navy Department, which la also
said to have expressed a wish that It
be carried to an early completion.
The new dock will, It Is said, be 1009
feet in length 170 feet longer than tile
famous dock at Glasgow and 225 feet
longer than the Alexandra dock in
Belfast harbor.
PASSED AT LAST.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. The Sen
ate has passed the Indian Appropria
tion bill. Senator , Frazier made an
address to maintain state's rights, af
ter which the army appropriation bill
carrying a total of $81,500,000, was
taken up. The army measure was
partly read for the approval of com
mittee amendments. Adjournment was
taken when, because it was apparent
that considerable debate was to be oc
casioned by an amendment to permit
the government to receive' reduced
rates from the railroads for transpor
tation of troops and supplies for the
army and to allow army officers and
their families to accept free transpor
tation. The adoption of this amend
ment will be a modification of the rail
road rate bill passed at the last session
of congress.
WANAMAKERS LOSE HOME.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8. Lynd
hurst, the country home of John Wan
amaker at Jenklntown, was destroyed
by fire tonight The loss Is one mil
lion. ITALIANS ASSASSINATE.
PATERSON, N. X, Feb. 8. Justice
of the Peace Robert C. Borteso was
killed In his office tonight by an In
fernal machine sent by express. The
judge was active in the capture of
Italian lawbreakers recently.
JAPAN CONFISCATES.
PARIS, Feb. 8. A dispatch from St
Petersburg announced that Japan has
confiscated the Russian Re' Cross
property at Port Arthur.
ARE FOR FREE RIDES
Anti-Pass Bill Meets Untimely
End at Hands of Solons.
V0TE0N MEASURE VERY CLOSE
Senate Turns Down Measurs by Small
est Margin of Session, Members
Standing Fifteen to Fourteen
in Its Favor.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8. The Senate
went on record this morning against
the anti-pass bill adopted by the peo
ple last year, but was was harmless
owing to the absence of an enacting
clause. It was lost by one vote.
Hedges introduced the bill endeavor
ing to line up the Senate on the ques
tion. The Republican members dodgeo
by adopting an amendment providing
passes for state officials, taking tbe
features from House bill 271. This
amendment kills the purpose of the
anti-pass measure. Hedges fought for
his bill an hour, objecting first to In
definite postponement, which he won,
then against amendment. As a com
promise, Malarkey moved that the
bill be re-referred to the railroad com
mission for a second time in order that
House bill 271 might be reported back
and adopted first, which would kill the
anti-pass bill. This was voted down.
A final vote was taken on the amend
ment, which nullifies the anti-pass
bill, stood 15 to 14, the closest vote
of the session.
Those voting for the amendment:
Bailey, Beach, Bowerman, Hart, Hod
son, Johnson, Malarkey, McDonald,
Miller of Marion Mulit, Nottingham,
Slchel, Whealdon, Wright, Haines.
Against: Bingham, Booth, Caldwell,
Cooke, Cole Coshow, Hedges, Kay,
Laughray, Laycock, Milt Miller, Schol
field, Smith of Marion, Smith of Uma
tilla. SAFEGUARDS ELECTIONS.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. Represen
tative Hearst Introduced a bill In the
House today to prevent corrupt prac
tices in elections, by making bribery
a felony and prescribing other safe
guards for elections.
i budget Is economy why we are snin