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VOLUME LXIII, NO. 68.
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1807.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THAW IS
EXAMINE
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Inquiry Conducted Bebin
. Closed Doors.
THAW SURE OF RESUL
Lawyers for Defense More Thai
Satisfied With the
Outcome.
SCOPE OF INQUIRY LIMITED
Investigation It Into Mental 8tat of
Prisoner As Judged By Layman and
Experts Ara Ruled Out Procedure
Baffles Jerome.
NEW YORK. March IJ.-lUrrjr
Thaw for two hours, today, submitted
hlroaolt to a running Art of question
of Justice FlUferaid and tbe lunacy
commission appointed, to determine
hl preent atata of mind. Tha examl
nation waa conducted behind closed
doora anT after, an adjourmunt waa
taken until Saturday, tomorrow being
Good Friday. No one connected with
the hearing would dlaauwi the detail
of the Inquiry. Thaw went willingly
and confidently before bl Judea and
when ibe aecrct aeealon concluded hla
attorneys appeared with smiling facea
and declared they were more than satis
fled with the coure of the proceeding,
Jerome hurried away from court, do
cllnlng abaolutely to aay one word
about tha oommlaalon'a work. Tha
moat Important feature of the day's
roccedlnga waa to limit the scope of
the Inquiry, to the exuet language of
the statute, to determine solely who
ikjip Than, la hla tn.liiv tnaiindnrirtand
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stand nature of the court proceedlnga
agalnat him arid la able to ad viae the
counsel In rational manner, Jerome
announced to the commission that all
Hj.tho medical experts he haa employed
lind advised him mat Tnaw waa Buf
fering from a typical cae of paran
cla. He offered to adduce testimony to
aupport this statement,' but tha com
mission waived It ai.1de, saying the
purpose of the Inquiry waa a very aim
pie one and had to do, not with any
classification of mental diseases, but
with the miaoner'a preaent atata of
mind aa Judged by the laymon. Tne
commission got under way with a rush
thla afternoon and plunged at onc
Into a personal examination of , the
dofondunl. Dlsttlst Attorney Jerome
protected at first that he would not be
able to proceed, aaylng he would like
to have hie medical advisors present.
He finally atated that he would have
no objection to the examination going
forward providing he wae permitted
to reaerve hla cross examination. The
court "forthwlth settled tho matter of
the presence of experts' by excluding
them from the room along with, every
one else except the defendant, hla coun
ad, Jerome and Aaatstant District At
torney Garvan. Aa to the cross ex
amination by the .(District Attorney, the
commlaalon raid that matter would be
taken up who nit was reached. It la
atated that during moat of the two
hour Thaw waa before the commlaalon
thla afternoon the notes and ' letters
he had written to hla counael since the
trial began were under consideration.
' The commission asked him to explain
the lnoldents of the trial which had
called forth certain of the letters plac
ed before the commlaalon by Thaw's
. 4 ' Tl I A PDV.J. it
9 k IU1 11CJ id TTOB iUV A C VT Kit
awered the questions calmly and went
Into lengthy explanations of some of
the notes he addreed to Oelmas while
his trial was In progress, Thaw's ex
amination waa no( concluded today,
The commission could not determine
whether or not the physical examina
tion of the dnfendant would be neces
sary, There waa an intimation how.
ever that the commission would con
tent Itself with, an observation of him
during hla mwital examination. fl
v MILLIONAIRE SUICIDES.
William Proetor Dies of Self Inflicted
Bullet Wounds.
CINCINNATI. Mareh 28.-WIHIam A.
Proctor, prealdent of the Proctor and
Gamble Co., and aon of one of , the
flrm'a founders, died today from a bul
let wound velf Inflicted at his home In
Glendale suburb of thla city, Coro
nr Cameron began an Investigation of
tbe circumstances of tho shooting and
meantime refused to makt any state.
ment except that ; Proctor had died
from a bullet wound. Proctor waa
widely known in business circles and
was a prominent layman In the Pro
tenant Episcopal church, to which In
stitution he waa A liberal jrlver. His
wealth was estimated at many mil
lions, most of which had been mad by
hlmaelt He waa noted for hla co
operative schemes for the division of
profits with employes. . .
TERRIBLE TRAIN TICK
CALIFORNIA
FIRE CONSUMES ROLLINQ STOCK.
EL PASO. Tex., MarcR 28. The gen
eral shops of the El Paso ft South-
efctern RUmd At Carrixexo, N. M,
Including the rounJ bous And car
ahops and Ave new engines were com
pletely , destroyed by fire last night.
causln ga loss of 1190,000. Tbe Are
originated In tho tool room and ta sup
posed to hava caught from a cigar
ette of a Mexican laborer. About ISO
men are thrown out of employmnet.
Passenger Train Dashes Through Open Switch
Highest Rate of Speed. .
At
TWENTY-SIX KILLED AND HUNDRED WOUNDED
Ten Cars Leave the Rails and Four are Smashed Into Pieces.
' Helpless Italians in Day Coach and Smoker Impal
ed on Wreckage and Caught in Debris.
such a move has greatly alarmed the
other states.
AID 'FOR BONILLA.
HAVANA, March 28 A report Is
current here that an expedition sailed
from the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba
lately W Join the forces of President
Bonllla In Honduras'. It Is said that
there are some Americans In the ex
pedHlon. A Honduran agent haw been
recruiting here for several weeks. The
expedition was not a large one, for all
Its members embarked In a small
sailing vessel.
GENERAL CANTRO PREPARED.
CARACAS, via Port of Spain,' March
28. General Cantro telegraphs that he
haa raised an army of 6,000 men to
meet the emergency In Venezuela, and
that he has defeated all divisions of
the revolutionists who invade the
province of Achlra from four direc
tions. He reports the General Penal.
oa to disheartened and won't fight. ,
LUMBERMEN AFTER PROTECTION
FLORENCE ROBERTS THEATRICAL TROUPE IN ONE PULLMAN
Train Wreok la Unpartlled in History of Southern gaoifio Company Engl.
neer and Fireman Oisoover Mistake Too Late and Jump For Lives Both Are
Bsdly Scalded Nearly All Killed Art Very Poor Italians Only Twp of
The Number Killed in the Wreok Were Americans.
REFUSEARBITRATION
Employes Say general Managers
Must Make Terms.
DELIVER ULTIMATUM (TO THEN
Only Way To Prevent Strike On All
Railroada West of Chios go Roads
Favor Intervention By the Federal
Government.
CHICAGO, March 28. The contro
veray over the wage scale between the
General Managers of the western rail
roads and tholr employes In the train
service cannot be arbitrated. The only
way In which the strike can be averted
Is for the officials of the road to make
terms.' with the men. This Is the ultl
rnatum lstmed by the representatives
of the trainmen's unions after a meet
ing tonight to consider the decision of
tho railroads axklng the federal gov
ornmont to try to bring about a set
Demerit by mediation along the lines
provided by the Erdman act.
The General managers tonight, ad
mitted for the first time that the situ
atlon la very grave. The crisis la but
IntanKlfled by the tact that no com
promise haa been effected with the 15.
000 firemen whose' representatives are
here negotiating higher wages and an
eight hour day. Another conference
waa held today between the General
Managers and the firemen but without
result .f'. : .
Secretary Thompson of the General
Managers' Protective Association auld
tonight that they were watlng to see
what the government intended to do.
He AUd he believed that when
the labor leaders' receive the word
from Washington that the government
had been asked to take A hand in the
controversy they will look at the
matter In a different light and be wil
ling to submit to arbitration. Con
tinuing, Thompson -said "We are not
looking for trouble, but we have mode
all the concessions we can afford un
der present conditions and as soon as
the men become reconciled to this, the
better It will be for every one concerned.
COLTON Calif, March 28. Twenty
six people were killed and about one
hundred Injured, many fatally,' about
the crew of the switch engine. Ten of
the most datroua wrecks in the his
tory of tbe Southern Pacific Railroad.
While running at A high rate ofapeed
to make up for lost time, the west
bound passenger train from New Or.
loan to San Francisco ran Into a
switch which had been left open by
the crew of the ajyltch engine, en of
the fourteen coaches left the rails and
four of them were smashed Into splin
ters. Tbe dead ore mostly Italians wbo
occupied two of these care, the moker
and the day coach, there being only
two Americana killed, so 'far aa Is
known, although aeveral of those
CHICAGO, March 28. Lumbermen
and lumber Interest of the . Middle
West are to organise to protect them
selves from moil order houses, that
are ruining the trade of the lumber
dealer and the lumber Interests gen
erally. Tbto action is tbe result of a
meeting of lumbermen representing;
the Middle West that closed here yes
terday. ' Future ; action was left In
control of a special committee. Oper-
to close It The signal was not given atlona of the mall order houses, espec-
In time, as the switchman could not tally in their sale of woodenware and
reach the switch before the overland other articles made from lumber,, will ;
plunged" through. The engineer of the be Investigated. If sufficient evidence
passenger, saw the impending catas- 1 found to issue a call for another
trophe only the instant before he struck meeting, the organisation will be
the switch. He had no time even to formed and the fight begun.
SEVENTEEN
CONFESS
Only One Supervisor Is
Obdurate.
IN THE BRIBERY CASES
Detwiier Has Been Located Hid
ing Within a Few Miles
.", of Toledo. .
BANK OFFICERS SUBPOENAED
No Further Indictments For Graft Re- 1
turned .By San Francisco Grand Jury
Home Telephon Company Offlolate
Examined Regarding Bribery.
whistle a warning or set the brakes.
He called to the fireman to Jump and
one fro meach aide of the cab, they
both leaped from the engine. Neither
waa able' to get clear and both were
caught in the wreckage and terribly
scalded. The engine ploughed a great
distance along the right of way. The
broken wreckage of the day coaches
and smoker were hurled all over it
Helpless passengers imprisoned In
wreckage called frantically for help,
and those of the passenger' who were
PEASANTS
BOLD
Many Are Killed in Conflicts With
Troops.
among the Injured will die within the - not Injured at once set about their ""-SITUATION IS AGGRAVATED
next few hours. Of about eighty Pull
man passengers, only two received
sotlous Injury. One of tbe Pullmans
which left the tracks, waa occupied
by the Florence Roberts theatrical com
pony, but only two of the twenty two
members af the company sustained In-
Judy. Miss Roberts escaped unscathed.
The wreck was caused by the crew
of the switch engine leaving the switch
open. . , ; """
It Is said that after the engine had
passed through the switch the englneer
remembered that the switch had not
been rethrown , and frantically whistled
to the switchman who was In the yard
cue. Dozens were lifted from the wreck
age and placed on the beds Improvised
from seats taken from the coaches and
bedding taken from the Pullman.
Colton was the first place notified of
the accident and hundreds' of persons
hurried to the scene, but it was half
an hour before medical aid could be
secured. The Italians in thejjay coach
and smoker met a horrible fate. The
helpless foreigners were terribly cut
and torn to pieces.
Death came to a score of them in-
stantix. Many were impaled upon
pieces of wreckage. All of the dead are
men excepting one, an Italian woman.
Troops of Roumanian Government Ae
tive But Efforts To Suppress Agra
rian Disorders Unsuccessful Impoe
sible to Ascertain Loas of Life So Far,
' When Informed that chairman Knapp
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion and Commissioner of Labor Nelll
were coming to Chicago to endeavor to
effect a settlement of the trouble,
Grand Master Morri&ney ot, the Bro
therhood of Railway Trainmen, stld the
committee- representing the men would
hear and consider any suggestions com
ing from governmental, aources,,: but
that action would not be unreasonably
delayed awaiting the necessary Inter
vention. He ' ahvo said the trainmen
are not 'unmindful of the public's right
in the matter and they" are not going
to do anything hastily, He said one
thing Is certain, though, and that Is
the men will . not recede from their
demands. If the government officials
can persuade the railway officials to
grant demands, everything can be ad
Justed, but unless this Is done he does.
not see what can prevent a strike.
SWALLOWED PINS.
Richmond Woman Held Them
, Mouth While at Work. . ,
in
GALE IN BERMUDA.
HAMILTON, March 28. Owing to
a gale which has raged for the last 86
or more hours and which shows no
signs of Abating, the steamer Bermu
dlan Is delayed in departing. ; Tbe
wind is so high she cannot go through
the channel. A British cruiser having
tried for' hours to reach the anchor-
age without suoces6'.
BUCHAREST, March 28. Th ef
forts of the government to suppress
the revolt of the peasants . have met
with only partial success Troops axe
now acting with Increased energy. A
large number of rioters were killed In
the numerous' conflicts with the sol
diers, but as yet there has been no sign
of -permanent amelioration of condi
tlons. On the contrary the rioters ap
pear bolder and more determined,, and
CHICAGO, March 38. A dispatch to today the situation la undoubtedly ag.
me iruiune rrom Kicnmond, va., Mrs. gravated. It is still Impossible to ev
C. H. Lewis waa taken to the Vlrglniafen approximate the loss of life since
State Hospital, the victim of an acci-the beginning of the disorders, but
dent which carried a moral for other! there was good reason to believe' that
women. She was In the yard, hang-1 the reports have not been exaggerated.
Ing the week's washing on a line and I FEAR
pinning the clothes' up with ordinary
pins. These she carried safely In .her l, BODY SWEPT ELEVEN MILES.
mouth until she sneezed suddenly and
swallowed a least half a dosen of I Ashland, Ore., Mar. 28. The body
them. Since then she haa suffered ln-of Herman Henry, who was drowned
tense agony and at the hpspltal It is! March 17 while ; attempting to ford
said her condition Is critical.
FEAR COMPLICATIONS.
WASHINGTON. March 27. Thd mo
ment has not yet arrived whn Ameri
ca and Mexico can intervene to stop! of the raging storm.
the spread of the waf In Central Amer
Emigrant Creek haa been recovered.
It was found near Phoenix, having
been carried II miles by , the swift
running stream.. Searching for the
body had been continued, all week and
today a large posse was out in spite
This young man,
who was 20 years' old, was returning
lea. This was the decision arrived at J to his work on a neighboring farm
in the conference of Secretary , Root I from a Sunday visit At. the. home of
and Ambassador Creel today. It la I his parents. In attempting to ford
feared that the collapse of the Bonllla I Emigrant Creek on horseback, he was
government to Honduras ana the con-1 swept Away by the current. The
sequent installation of a provisional I horse returning to the father's farm
government in accord with that of .without a rider furnished the first
Nicaragua will result in a combined intimation of the accident. The stream
attack upon them by other Central in which he was 'drowned is swollen
American republics. Apprehension off by the recent rains. ' ;
SAN FRANCISCO, , March 28. No
indictments were returned today , for
graft or bribery by the grand Jury.
Only six witnesses were examined,
three of which were Home Telephone
Company officials and their examina
tion It Is said to have to do with the
fund of 8300,000 said to have been sent
to San Francisco by certain of the com
pony's officers for use in bringing the
Supervisors to grant the Home Com
pany the competitive franchise la tale
city. The other three were officials
and employes of the Pacific States Tel.
phone Co, at the time the Supervisor's
bribes are alleged to have been paid.
When questioned at the close of the
grand 'Jury session as' to the subpoen-
laes served today on the officials of th
Western and United states National
Banks of this city Heney would not
say what they would be expected to.
testify. Heney said he hoped to clean
up the telephone bribery deals on Sat
urday, and to turn to the Investigation
of other felonies next week. It is Im
possible to even Intimate at this time
how long the Investigation will last he
added, it is alleged, that thus far sev
enteen of the eighteen Supervisors nave
confessed to the grand Jury, their ac
ceptance of bribes.' It Is stated that
the only supervisor who has not con
fessed in exchange for a promise of
immunity is George F. Duffy.
It is authoritatively stated that In
addition to the indictments already re
turned against vice President Glass of
the Pacific States Company, that the
grand, Jury is now prepared to Indict
him. for bribery., also to Indict Super
visors , Duffy, Furey and Sanderson.
Detective Burns stated tonight that A.
K. Detwiier is secreted within a few
miles of Toledo, conferring with friends
as to the advisability of giving himself
Burns said that his men know where '
Detwiier Is and are prepared to pro
duce him as soon as the prosecution is :
ready to attend to his case. ,
FATAL PISTOL DUEL.
Two Men Injured In Texas Town One
Fatalr Murderer Escapes.
COWIE, Tex, March 28. In a pistol
duel here last night between Walter
and Robert Hargroves and In which he
and Town Marshal John Adams and
Constable John Walker on the other,
an outcome of the recent shooting of
Walker Hargroves and , In which , he
believes the others were implicated.
Walter received; wounds which will
prove fatal, and Adams was serious
ly wounded. After shooting, Walter
Hargroves locked himself in his room
and defied arrest. While a mob was
forming with, the evident intention Of
lynching him, Hargroves surrendered
to . the police. , Rdbert Harjgroves
escaped. , ' ',