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UlLIVHIt PULL AMOOIATSD PRItt RfPORT
OOVIR TMt MORNINQ FIILD ON THK LOWIfc COLUMBIAN
VOLUME LXIII, NO. 82.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1907.
PRICE FIV& CENTS
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AFTERMATH OF
THAW TRIAL
Conference of Lawyers Held To
morrow to Decide Next
Move.
NO CHARGES IN COUNSEL
WSiltvir Chang Ar To B Mad
Will Com Out Thl Wk Thw
Authorise Statement That H Mad
No Chang,
NEW YORK, N. Y.. April 13.-
Bettlng at rest all rumor a to tbotr
present Intention, J. Ruall Poabody,
associated with D. M. DlmM, chief
counsel for Hurry K. Thaw, said to
day after a conference wlih th prl
oner, that th application for Thaw's
release on ball, would be made. He
declined to go Into detail regarding
Ihti action. There were varloua ru-
mora that th haboa corpus prwHl
Inge might be brought The Thaw
family stand ready to furnhm boll lo
almost any amount Jerome annouiic
ed Si would make a atrong fight
against granting th ball to Thaw and
addd that he Intended to prosecute
him for murder In th Aral degree,
thla assertion coming In reply to the
report that he had compromised with
the defendant' counsel on a plea of
Inaanlty and would agree to send Thnw
to Mattetwan. Tho next Interesting
development came when Peabody left
Thaw, after a later vIhIi ami said In
reply to queailoin aa to Ihe siorles.
that Thaw had changed hi counsel;
"Thaw authorises mo to ay thnt thua
far, he haa made no change of coun
sel. You may any that ,aa emphati
cally, na you please. Of courne we
don't know what will happen next
"How dooa Thaw take tho situation'
Ihe lawyer was asked.
'He I very much distressed and
feela budly" Peabody atild,
Asked aa to the prograntmo for the
next week, he wild; "We have no Axed
programme. On Monday we ahull de
eld what I Ihe best to bo done."
Delimit had a long conference with
Thaw today and Mr. Thaw, aaw her
huabanfl during tho visiting hour. A
aomewhat aeniatlonal development
wa the publication of the lettr aald
to have been written by Howard Nea
bit, Evelyn Thow'a brother, giving an
explanation of hi position In the cane
and aaklng for money from Thaw. All
together Thaw spent a quiet day. The
InAux of mall at all dellvorlc which
hna kept that department busy since
he flrat went to the cell, hna dimin
ished somewhat
Mr. Horry Thaw waa wan and worn
when ahe appeared at tho Tomb to
tlay, but seemud lit good spirit. The
other member of tho Tiinw family re
rmtlni'il ut their hotel.
BITTERLY DI9APPOINTED.
Thaw Bear Up Bravly Wa Bur H
Would B. Acquitted.
NEW YORK, April 13. Allhoutfi
bitterly disappointed over the mistrial
oapeclnlly lnco ho had hoped, up to
the very last moment that ho would
bo acquitted today, Harry Tlmw la
bearing up brnvoly. Indeed hla com
poaure I on a par with the romarkn
Iblo good spirits he Showed firing
,much of hi protracted examination
and the wearisome hour bofore the
Jury gave up the task. So sanguine
was he of freedom that shortly before
the Jury came In for the lust tlmo
Into the courtroom, he wrapped up a
largo number' of letter and paper
which ho meant to take with him
from hi cell, when be wa told by
Messrs. Peabody and O'Rellley that
the Jury could not agree, he dropped
hi bundle of paper to the Aoor,
speechlessly dlflenheartened. But he
presently recovered hi courage.
The new of the discharge of the
Jury reached the Hotel Lorraine some
time before the arrival of the auto
mobile containing Mr. William Thaw,
he daughters, the Countess of Yar
mouth, and Mr. G. L. Carnegie, and
Joslnh and Edward Thaw. The pris
oner's mother bore herself with the
fortitude that she has exhibited all
along, and when asked whether he
had anytlng she wished to say, she
looked her questioner straight In the
fac and kept silent. The Countess of
Yarmouth wa also calm, but she wu
paler than her mother.
On the other hand Mrs, Evelyn Na
bit Thaw who reached tho Iloteel
shortly after this', was excited and
flushed, Member of th Thaw family
sent telegram to varloua cltle, even
abroad. The Count of Yarmouth
cabled her huaband In England the
word"!
"The flreat (Disappointment."
A number of Interesting Incident
are being related about tho Jury' Jo
Ing during It long hour In the
room, After the ca had been Klven
to the 13 men Juror Plaft suggested
that the deliberation be preceded
with a prayer. Juror OerMman ob
jected on th ground that he wa of
Jewish faith, but he wa persuaded
to conient. HI conaent wa coupled
with a proviso that he Should be per
mitted to offer a prayer of hi own.
There waa no objection to thla, and
thua the two prayer wer said.
Conflicting account are being giv
en of the nervous traln, the aloep
lea night and th itubborn attitude
on the part of soma of the Jury to
ward the othera Several of th men
say that the past 24 hour of the con
finement was Ailed with uch angry
disputing that at leaat twice one of
the men held out for acquittal almost
cam to blow with another Juror who
waa determined upon conviction. But
Juror Brearley, who furnlahed the pa
lr with a detailed account of hi
and hla fellow juror artsr denle this
and Insists that the nervous strain
they wer all undergoing and their
conscientiousness' resulted only In
som lively arguments which we re
magnlAed Into quarrel.
Rumor are rife, despite statements
tending to minimise them, that owing
to disagreement of Thaw's present
counsel, only Daniel O'Rellleyw III be
retained for th next trial. When
Mrs, William Thaw waa akJ aa to
Mr. O'Rellley'a retention, however,
sho declined to speak of ,t. Then
again, It I reported,- that the -Thaw
family may go back o their original
counsel, tho Arm of Black. Olcott,
Oruber A Ronynge,
Estimate are being mode of the
total cost of the trial. Thl It placed
at about 1300.000 of which about 1200,-
000 folia upon the Thawa.
ARSENIC IN FLOUR
Woman Charged With Poisening
Father, Mother and Brother.
MOTHER DEAD-FATHER ILL
Doctor 8tatmnt That 8h Had
Fignd 8ymptoms of Poisoning
Polio Unsbl To Solv Mytry And
Rla Woman 8h 1 Cool.
CHICAGO, April 13. Mrs. Mary Sin
dek, 22 year old, who wa charged by
the police with murdering hor mother
nnd attempting to poison her father
and three brothers, was' released last
night after the police has examined
her for two hours.
Tho police confessed themselves baf
lied by fno woman's composure nnd
protestations' of Innocence. She Is
still under police surveillance and will
bo watched "by detective until the
coroner' Inquest which has been post
poned Indefinitely.
Mrs. Sladek's mother, Mr. Mary
Mette, 5S year old, died April 6th from
Arsenical poisoning. The drug was
mixed In the family fiour barrel. Mrs.
Motto' dcatr wa caused by eating
some bohemlun fruit buns which she
horelt had made. The father and
three sons also were taken seriously
111 after eating some of tho bun. Frank
Mette' death was' caused by eating
from the effect of the arsenic.
At the police station Mr. Sladek
was confronted with the statement of
Dr, J. N. Waggoner, the Arst physi
cian called in, that he waa not affect
ed by the drug, but had merely feigned
the symptoms exhibited by the rest of
the family. He haa made the asser
tion that he had not vomited as the
rest of the family had, In answer to
a question concerning the polce char
ges, Mrs. Sladek said:
"Let them go ahead: they are most
awfully mistaken."
STANDARD OIL
Found Guilty of Receiving Re
bates Is Liable to Fine of
$28,260,000.
CONVICTED ON 1643 COUNTS
8hipd 1903 Car Of Oil At 6 Cant
Rate Published Rat 18 Cnts Sn
tne Pending During The Motion
For A Nw Trial.
CHICAGO, April 13. The Standard
Oil Company, which ha been on trial
fort he laat six weeks, before Judge E.
M.'Landls, In the Unfed States Dis
trict Court on tho charge of having
received rebate, from the Chicago and
Altqn on shipment from Whiting In
diana to East St. Lous, Ills.1, was found
guilty tonight, on 1463 counts, were
dropped from the Indictment on ac
count of errors. If the verdict Is sus
tained, the oil company It liable to a
fine of 128,000,000 at the Elklns law,
under which the Indictment charged
the company with having violated, pro
vides for a Ane of $1000 to $20,000 for
each offense. Pending the motion for
a new trial which the defendants coun
sel raid would be made Immediately,
no action will be taken by the court
towards collecting tho fine. Th In
dictments charged that In the ship
ment of 1903 car of oil, th company
accepted a rate of six cents for 100
pound when th published rate was
IS cent. The Jury wa out less ttan
three hours and reached a verdict on
tho first ballot.
8AN FRANCISCO GRAFTERS.
Bulletin Withdraw Charg Mad
Agaimt Paper, Might Hindar Ruef.
SAN FRANCISCO, April IS. Re
sponding to a letter from Fremont Ol
der, Managing Editor of the Bulletin
withdrawing the charges brought by
him the Grand Jury today, voted no
true bill against John P. Barratt, News
Editor of the Examiner and formally
dropped the Inveatlgatlon that follow
ed the alleged confession of Eddie Gra
ney, that at a cost of $800, Barrott
had hired him and James Coffroth to
cause a wholesale ballot box stuffing
In the primaries of August 104. Mr
Oldor In hi letter stated that h
would withdraw the charges because
their pursuit at this time might hin
der and hamper the Ruef, Schmltx
prosecutions. Asked whether todays
sections by the Grand Jury precludes
that body from taking up the Barratt
Investlgotlon at a later time, Heney re
plied: "They 1 no law to thnt effect."
The grand Jury wa In session for
an hour today but no testimony was
taken.
JAPAN WITHORAWTROOPS.
China Thank Japan For Taking Her
Soldier Out of Manchuria.
TOKIO, April 13. When the man
agement of the Mnnchurlan Railways
was transferred tq Bnron Goto' com
pany on April 1, the Japanese govern
ment commenced withdrawing the
remnant of the troops employed In
Manchuria. This work was comple
ted on April 8, whereupon the Imperial
government at Pckln warmly thanked
Japan, who It Is' expected will reduce
It railway guard to less than one
half the number of men a stipulated
by treaty negotiation at Portsmouth,
N. H., which limited the number of
guards to Ave men per kilometre,'
WHITE ART SALE.
Effet of th Lat Stanford Whit
Brought $177,377 at Auotion.
NEW YORK, April IS. The second
and last evening of the sale of Stan
ford White' pictures at Mendelssohn
Hall, brought returns of $31,260. This,
with the $20,272.60 of the Arst eve
ning's sales make a total for the 125
picture of $51,532.50. The furniture
and decorations recently sold brought
1125,804,60. Maying the total real
ized for the entire sale, $177,377.
STREET CARS CRA8H.
Five People Injured In Lo Angel
8trt Car Wreck.
LOH ANQELEH, April 13. Shortly
before midnight a Short Line car
crashed Into the reartof a Monrovia
car after palng through a switch
which hid been left open. Five per
son wer Injured, Including two of
the carmen and L. Kenny of Cincinnati
0 who sustained a fractured skull
and may be fatally Injured. Motor
man II. R. Wilcox had his leg broken.
Mr. Jula Camp and Mra. Charles
Mendenhall, passenger who live at
Passadena, were severely cut and
brulited.
RECORD BROKEN.
Olympic Club Gain Victory Over
Stanford In Track Meet.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal...
Stanford defeated California In the Arst
baseball game of the season by a score
of 1-0. The game waa a snappy one.
The Olympic club, track team, thl
morning defeated the Varsity by a
margin of 4 and $-3 points, the score
being S l-i to 68 2-3. Olympic shat
tered two coast records. Cheek in
the 220 yeard hurdles, made a record of
25 seconds, and Glarner won the 880
yard run In one minute 58 1-2 seconds,
COIN COLLECTIONS.
Italian King Has Published Book on
Hi Coin Collection.
ROME, April 13 A Itotatlse on
numismatic written by King Victor
Emmanuel, has Just been published.
It consists of an enumeration for the
reproduction and description of his
collection of coins, said to be the most
complete In the world. The King will
present copies to the principal for
elgn museums. Toe work w'll not be
put on sale.
, MILK RIVER ON RAMPAGE.
GREAT FALLS Mont. April 13.
Milk River, a tributary of the Mssourl
In the eastern part of the state 1 a
raging torrent Already two fatali
ties have been reported. It is known
that more have met death hut no par
ticulars are obtainable.
BRYAN Was absent
Jeffersonian Dinner Was Carried
Through Without Him.
HE WAS NOT INVITED
Committ, Invitation Neglected To
Send Him A Bid And H Did Not
Attend Alio Thr i Factional
Feeling In Club.
. NEW YORK, Apr., 13. The Democra
tic Societies and clubs. In all parts of
Greater New York, tonight, celebrated
Jefferson Day. The Democratic Club
held its annual banquet at the Wal
dorf Astoria; The Womans Democra
tic Club, of the city met at the Hoff
man House; The Independence League
had as Its guests, William R. Hearst
and Attorney General Jackson.
There was some discussion of the
Democratic Club dinner over the fact
that W. J. Bryan was not present nor
had he sent his regrets. It was said
by several persons that the dinner
committee had decided to invito Bryan
but had appointed a sub-committee to
attend to the Invitations. This com
mittee is was said had not forwarded
an invitation to Bryan. There are
two known parties in the club one fa
voring Bryan and the other opposing
him.
ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL.
LONDON, April 13. Two German
Aernauts, Dr. Wegener and Adolph
Kock descended In balloon today at
Enderby, near Leicester. The balloon
has covered the 613 miles from Berlin
In nineteen hours.
LOS ANGELES FIGHT,
LOS ANGELES, April IS. George
Monslo was awarded the decision at
the end of the twentieth over Cyclone
Thompson,
LOTTERY GRAFT
INVESTIGATION
Wealthy Men Arrested for Viol
ating Anti-Lottery
Law.
GRAND JURY IS AT MOBILE
Indicted 24 Prominent Men From All
Ovr Th Country Fiv Of Thm
Are Said To B Worth On Hundred
Million Dollar.
MOBILE. Ala., April 13. The Uni
ted States Grand Jury, today. Issued
24 Indictment, alleging conspiracy In
violation of the anti-lottery law. The
following have been arrested and have
given bond: Albert Baldwin, Sr., Presi
dent, New Orleans National Bank;
Chapman Hyams, Capitalist; Frank
T. Howard. Receiver of New Orleans
water works; David Hennemorrta. Al
bert Hennemorris, Edward L. Pennac,
Lewis C. Graham and Paul Conrad, of
New York, Francis X. Fitzpatrick,
Boston; James L. Shaw, Washington,
D. C, William F. Johnson, formerly (of
Cincinnati; C. W. Bradow and Jame
Rea, of New Orleans; General William
L. Cabell, Dallas, Texas; E. J. Demar
est and John M. Demarest of New Or
leans; Robert K. Thompson, Mobile;
William Henderson, Harrison . Hen
derson, formerly of Brooklyn but now
of New Orleans.
Five of the indicted men are estima
ted to be worth a $100,000,000. A con
ference, was held In the office of the
United States District Attorney Fri
day night, atnee then the secret service
have been watching those to be arrest
ed. Three hour after the indict
ments were returned, the men were ar
rested. Fftxpatrlck pleaded guilty to
day and the sentence will be passed
May 27.
JEFFERSONIAN DINNERS.
Three Dinner At Which Several Pro
minent Man Will Speak.
NEW YORK. April 13. There will
be three Jefferson Day dinners in this
city tonight On will be the animal
Jeffersonian dinner of the National
Democratic Club of thl borough. It
will be held at the Waldorf Astoria,
Among the speakers will be Senator
Isidore Raynor, of Maryland; Colonel
G. B. M. Harvey and Martin Little
ton. The Independence League will give a
dinner at the Hotel Savoy. The spea
kers will Include W. R. Hearst and
Delphln M. Delmas. The Woman's
Democratic Club will commetnorajte
the anniversary with a dinner at the j
Hoffman House.
DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION.
Only Real Daughter of Revolution
Celebrate 100th Birthday.
NEW YORK. April IS. Mrs. R.
Miller, the only real daughter of the
Revolution, was' 100 years old yester
day and she made a day celebration
of It at her home in Mount Vernon,
Mrs. Miller's father, Colonel Heth
Webb, was a lieutenant In the coast
guard during the revolution.
Mrs. Miller played the double role
of hostess and guest of honor and
from all parts of the state came her
children, grand children, great grand
children and one great great grand
child came to do her honor. She was
not too feeble to receive the hundreds
of callers who passed in and out du
ring the day.
STOCK MARKET BULLISH.
NEW YORK. April IS.-The stock
market has become bullish and profes
slonal and the movements uncertain
I and Irregular. The Immediate relax
atlon of money wanted here and abroad
has been followed by renewed reports
of contemplated note Issues, by the
railroads.
The terms at which Issues were made
were told gave assurance that little
4mpjrovemdnt had Ibelen brought by
this form of borrowing and by the
easing off of time and call money mar
kets. Signs of Instability In prices
t
of copper, although denied significance
by the large producers, had a depres
sing effect on chare of copper com
panies. ' Crop prospect have come
Into view as a stock market Influence.
Announcement of Intended proceeding
against the Harrtman system with ma
terials gathered in the recent inquiry
has had a revived Influence In the market
MEASLES IN IOWA.
CHICAGO, April' 13. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Oilmore City Iowa,
says:
Seven dead, 200 stricken with mea
sles, and the schools closed for week,
1 th situation that haa developed here
In the last lew days. The entire num
ber ha passed away within the last
ten days. Those stricken yesterday
were Clifford Hunter, aged 14 and
Mra Ben Warren, 42 year old. An
attempt to open the public school af
ter being closed for ten weeks, met
with a strong protest from one of the
leading physicians of this fown, when
only 100 pupils out of a total of 250
appeared.
ANNUAL DINNER HARVARD MEN.
NEW YORK. April 13. President
Charles W. Eliot of Harvard spoke last
night at the annual dinner of Harvard
men at the Hamilton Club, Brooklyn.
President Eliot devoted much of his
sueech to ridiculing the generally ax
pressed Idea that Harvard is a rich
man' college. He said that there
are a thousand Harvard graduate la
.need of employment at the present
time. Dr. Eliot advocated college
athletics.
E A. Wllman of Boston, who was
one of the speakers, said that he knew
of an Instance in President Roosevelt's
college life that would account for his
attitude today. '
He said Mr. Roosevelt was one day
walking alone on the college campus
when a student much larger than him
self got In his way and caused Roose
velt to strike him. Shortly afterward
Mr. Roosevelt himself got In the way
of a smaller man and was punched by
the little man. Since then Mr. Whit
ney said, Mr. Roosevelt has made It a
practice to hit every man, big or lit
tle that gets In his way."
IS
Lays Northward of Cape Argo
Light House.
DYNAMITE CARGO ABOARD
Unless Unloaded It Is Predicted The
Incoming Tide Will Pound The Barge
And Cause The Dynamite To Ex
plodeVessel Will B, Total Wreck.
MARSHFIELD. Ore., April 13. The
barge Chinook, which went ashore last
night to the northward of Cape Araga
will be a total loss. She has a quan
tity or dynamite aboard, but at eight
p .m. there had been no explosion as it
would have been felt at Marsnfleld and
Empire City and it is safe to say the
Chinook was high and dry at that
hour as tide was at ebb. Every effort
will be made to unload the dynamite
before tile incoming tide again starts
pounding the illfated craft to pieces.
It Is most likely the larger part will
be saved as will also her rigging and
gear. The vessel herself will be a to
tal wreck. .
It is stated on good authority that
had the dynamite exploded, It would
have demolished the Cape Arago light
house. ASSAULTED AND KILLED.
HOUSTON, April 13. A message
from Kirby, Texas states that about
noon, today, Mrs. T. T. Tissue, wife of
a well known farmer In that vicinity
was criminally assaulted and later kil
led by a negro. -
BASEBALL SCORES.
LOS ANGELES, April 13,-Los An
geles 2; Oakland 1.
SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco
2. Portland 1. .....
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