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UlUtHM FULL AStOOIATID PRIM RBPORT OOVBR TNI MORNINfil PIBLO ON THI LOWIft OOLUMMA rsrj VOLUME LXilt, NO. 99. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS HILL LINE STEAMSHIPS r To Ply Portland and San I . Francisco. ; it OPTION ON STEAMERS Intention to Place Tree of Fin est Atlantic Steamers on theNewUne. IARGER THAN THE COLUMBIA Will B Started A loon At The North tank Road I ComploUd Qrt Northern Intend To Hun Orltntal Lino F-em Columbia Rlvor PORTLAND, May I.-J. J. HUI will lav on or th finest teamhlp lina plying blwn Anuria and Baa Fran taco, no on th eoaat, Immediately after tho North Bank road has bn completed, Thl morning a local Hr rlman official announced that ho had len offered th Portland agency of th lino by ono of UUl'a head man 1W Inf In 81 Paul. Th ofter cam to him unaollclted, and, h ha th matter of accepting It undr consideration. "Hill ha option on three of th lt (learner running on th Atlantic Cot," declared th Harrlnwn offlcliU. "to plac on th Columbia Rlvr-Sun Krancleo route. II will hav them tar )at bafor th North Bank road I completed. Th craft hav apkndid passenger accommodation, and each ha capacity for handling mor freight than th Columbia. They ar modern In every respect, and the Columbia la ' not In their claa. Of course, 1 would not b at liberty to divulge tholr name." While It ha generall boon believed 'that Mill Intended Co operate a line of teamcr to Bun Francisco, no one could bo found until thla morning who appeared to know anything definitely bout hi plan In thla respect. Th N Informant tty that one of the matn object that Hill hud In view In build ing a road down the Columbia River , wa for th purpose of getting a direct lino to Hon Francisco. It I explained that the railroad magnate 1 expecting to got a big part of hi traffla from the Bay City by moan of hi steamship line. "I also know It to bo a fact," con tlnued the Harrlrnnn employe, "that IB bulldar of th Great Northern In tend to run an Oriental line out or this port. If anyone Imagine for e minute that Hill Intend to quit reach ing out for trade a toon a the North Bank road It completed he I vry much mistaken. While he I not let ting hi competitor know of every tnov he I making, th entire plan concerning the oporatlon of teamor from the Columbia River to Ban Fran Cisco and the line to the Far East has been definitely settled. He 1 not build ing steamer, for the reason that he does not car that hi Intention should become publicly known at thl time. But he ha Just a good steamer se cured as he could possibly build, which answer hi purpose much bet ter. In about a year from now th Harrlman people will be greatly tur prlsed by the arrival of the HUI steam r from th Atlantic coast." LEGAL BATfLE ENDED. Commonood In 1901., Finally Settled In Plaintiff Favor. DENVER, May 8.-iAter a legal bat tle which hat been waged In th Fed eral Court tlnce 1901, Marie Antoln- vtt Blngr-Blggr, now of London, England, ha reached a tettlement with Mr. and Mr. Peter McCourt, gainst whom th thought tult to t cover from the profit du her a th heir of her father. William M. Bush who, with Ue MuCourts, at on time controlled th Broadway and Tabor Theatre In thl city. In th Federal court yesterday Judge Lewi permitted the payment by th NkCourt to th plaintiff of th mint of 147,100 In final Moment of all claim. The total amount recovered ' by ' Mr. Bingr Digger x said to be In th neighbor hood of 1100,0000, When th suit wa filed In 1901 It caused a mild enatlon becaus of the charge which wr mad In th court Th McCourt who, had been th part nert of Bush, of an amusement Com pany, wer accused of trying to de prive hi ctf of th lntert It hold together with th profit which ha J accrued, through th organisation of another company, In which th Bush lntert wr left out In th cold. LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE. NEW YORK, May .Th strike of longshoremen along to waterfront of both New Tork and Brooklyn hav becom epidemic. Today It la tl mated that nearly 1000 men hav gone out All demand an Increase of at leact Ave cent an hour for day work and IS cent for overtime or night work. A FATAL MISTAKE Supposed Willows Desperado a Man of Noble Birth. COUNT OTTO VON WALDSTEIN Died Fighting What H Believed T I Be a Band of Robber Th Pets ' Mil took the Count Pa Smith th ft f . t k i l muniirw or merggvion. BAN FRANCISCO, May . The Examiner says today: 'The supposed desperado who was killed at Willow Monday night after a running fight with a pose of officers ha been Identified a Count Otto von Waldsteln, of Austria, scion of a noble family of history, nephew to the car dinal and to Prince Wartenburg. one of the richest men In Fran Joseph's empire. Th Identification wa made at Wil low yesterday by Mis Mary Flti- gerald of thl city, who knew him well, after the body of the young nobleman had been exhumed from the potter's field. The Identification wa so com plot that there can be no possibility of a mistake. Count Otto died fighting, believing he wa being attacked by a band of robber, The posso thought It had rn down Smith, the murderer of John Mnreovloh of Oakland. 1 " ' Count Otto von Waldsteln loft Aus trla and family six years ago because of a love affair. He fought througn the Boer war, He wandered to Ameri ca, a poor young man without profos slon, to work with his hand for ex iHtence, He followed the reclamation service out west. He quit a Job In Placer county the day before hi death and wa walking toward San Fran cisco, ,. , , '? Francis Korbet, consul In thl city for Austria-Hungary In an Interview on, the affair, 1 quoted a follow! "I have met Count von Waldsteln frequently. HI family Is of the best Waldsteln wa a well educated man and not a loafer or remittance man. He lost hi Inheritance through unwise Investment and cam to California for work. He wa employed in Cali fornia In many capacities In the lost two year and during time he has traveled over a greater portion of the coast. He wa an athlete of no mean ability and th best shot I ever saw In my life." Karl von Rul, secretary to the Aus trlan consul, will take charge of the body. MtiDnn tn nun HIS DIGNITY Senator Borah' on Judge Beatty's Actions ' SCORES FORMER JUDGE Used His Position in Shamless and Dishonorable Way for Political Advancement THE MOYER-HEYWOOD JURY Will Be Guarded Day and Night Wilt Live In House Rented For Th Pur. potse Courtroom Being Enlarged For The Expected Crowd. BOISE, May I. In a statement to day Senator Borah, criticizing the for mer Judge James B. Beatty, who re cently retired from the federal district bench In this state, and who yesterday, In Washington sublmtted an Interview regarding Iduho affair, said as fol low: i hav read Judge Beatty state ment and have only thla to say: Judge Beatty for the past year em to have utterly forgotten the high position he holds. During the last campaign for aenatorshlp he used hi position In a shameless and utterly dishonorable way for hi political advantage. He did not hesitate to demand and receive favor from th litigant who had Im portant litigation In hi court and so conducted himself a compromise to a remarkable extent hi dignity and honor. "I am sure It 1 to credit and ad vantage of the Judiciary that he It on hi way to Egypt" The Jury which will try Heywood, th first of th accused In th Steunen berg case, will keep house during the trial. The Idaho law Is very emphatic, Jurlea In such case are kept in seclu ilon from public contact Sheriff Hawkins has hired a house for them within S00 feet of the courtroom. An official cook will be retained ad ar rangements have been made with local store for good and varied supply of foods. Two bailiff will board with the Jury night and day and the house will be constantly watched. The courtroom Is being partly reconstructed to In crease the seating capacity. Special arrangements for newspaper corres pondents and artists have been made. BOND ROBBERY CASE. Investigation Finished Cat Will Go To Jury en Monday. NEW TORK, May 3. Assistant District Attorney Murphy has wound up hit Investigation Into the Trust Company of America bjond robbery anJ the case will go to the Jury on Monday, The expectation la that Wil liam O. Douglass, the former clerk in the loan department will plead guilty and that Oliver M. Dennett, hit al leged accomplice will fight the case. There It a possibility that Jo jph Qulncy of Botton, Mass., may come to Now Tork and make a ttatement Th District Attorney ha not sum moned Mr. Qulncy to tell what he knows of the case, but Robertson Hon ey, counsel for Douglas wat told that the district attorney would like to have a talk with Mr. Qulncy and learn from him Just what wag" said to - Dennett when he refused hit ' $2,600 retainer. Mr, Honey who It a brother in law of Ex-Mayor Qulncy, went to Boston last night to . tee If ' Qulncy would come her and make a statement uui IIULU NEW ROCK ISLAND BRANCH. looking th Shortest Rout From Chi Mg to Mobil. BBW TORK, May I. it I an nounced that preparation are being mad by the Rock Island to build line that will give th road the short t route from Chicago to Mobil and ventualty from Chicago to New Or leans, Th line In question I to con nect th Chicago and Eastern Illinois, on of the subsidiaries of the Rock I' land, with the Mobile, Jackson, and bo a southern terminus at EvantvlUe, anJ another at Joppa, Illinois, further to the southwest. The new line will through Joppa, to Jackson, Tennessee, th Northern terminus of the Mobil. Thl will not necessitate the construe Hon of mor than 275 mile of the road. MEXICO AND GUATEMALA. Mor Hav Trouble Over Extradition . of Gnral Lima, WASHINGTON, May l.-Stralned relation between Mexico and Guate mala over th failure of th latter to surrender for trial. In Mexico , and General Lima charged with complicity In the assassination of President Bar rlllas Is a matter of grove concern to extradite him. ten thousand Mexl can troop now on the Guatemala frontier will be maintained and diplo matic relatione severed. THIRD TERM STAND President to Quiet Talk of Re nomination. v MEANT HE SAID IN 1904 Th Wi Custom Which Limit th President to Two Trm)s Regard th Substeno Not th Form" Flat trd by Popl't Attitude. CHICAGO, May J. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington. D. C, say: President Roosevelt hat decided to tet at rest all talk that he will be a candidate for the Republican nom!na Hon for the Presidency next year. It wa learned yesterday upon the highest authority that at the proper moment the President will Issue a ttatement to the American people that he will not accept a re-nomlnatlon under any circumstances, and calling attention to the declaration he made on the night he wa elected In Novem ber, 1904, a follow: "The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regard the sustenance and not the form. Under no circumstance will I be a candi date for or accept another nomination The advtstblllty of Issuing a state ment at the present time, hat been forced upon the attention of the Fret Ident as the result of earnest repre sentations made to him by Intimate friends, politician! 1 and people rest illng In every section of the country who wants ' him to run again. The President doet not feel, however, that the time hat come for him to publish a statement; he doet not believe that politics la an all-absorbing question with the American people at this time. Naturally he feels fiatered by ap- ppealt to him to be once more a can didate, but he it Inclined to attribute these tuggestlont rather to the appro val ot the policies he hat Initiated and enforced than to any special desire to keep him In the Whit House. If the Republican party can be Induced to nominate a man like Secretary Root and Secretary Taft, who peculiarly are Identified with the Roosevelt pol icies ,the president believes the coun try will be satisfied for It will be as sured that the progressive programme of this administration will not be abandoned. r Later on, if the demand for Presi dent Roosevelt's nomination ahould continue and should come from a large section of people he will make a state ment of renunciation In the way In dicated above. REFUSED TO TESTIFY Calboun and Mulllay Were . Silent. . ON FRANCHISE BRIBERY Prosecution Must Prove Bribery and for That Reason They Refused to Answer, THEORY OF THE PROSECUTION United Railway Said To Hav Spent $750,000 Ruf and Sohmltx Relvd 565,000 and th 8uprvior Got $85,000 in United Railway Bond. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 Presl dent Patrick Calhoun and Geneial Manager Thornwail Mullally of the United Railways were called before the Jury today for the alleged bribery of municipal authorities in the matter of granting th overhead trolley fran chises. Each refused to testify and were not sworn. District Attorney Langdon said: "We were very careful not to put any questions to them." Asked in thla refralnment wat not for the purpose of leaving tho field free for the Indictment of the presi dent and general manager, Langdon replied: "You may toy It it very significant" Proceeding on the baste of the con fessions before the grand Jury of the 14 supervisor which became public at official records recently, it la the an nounced theory of the prosecution that the United Railways spent $750,000 In bribery, of which f 85,000 went to the supervisors, In bond of the United Railways; to Abraham Ruef and Mayor SchmlU 1365,000, to a-go-be- tween, name withheld, 1100,000. It is the theory of the prosecution that the bonds were not Issued In the names of Ruef and SchmlU but In the names of other persona and were converted Into cash by Ruef and SchmlU through the house of Charles Sutro & Company, Fred Hllbert, a friend of SchmlU, act ing at messenger between SchmlU and Sutro. The others examined today were Sutro and Charles Holbrook, chairman of the board of directors of the United Railways. ' . .- , , , Notwithstanding his position he is satisfied that the Jurors know nothing ot the alleged transactions, Calhoun said tonight that the company has bribed no one and that It is for the prosecution to prove bribery, and tor that reason Mullally and he had re fused to testify before the grand jury. DEMAND ANARCHISTS RELEASE. Spaniards Want Men Rld Who Throw Bomb at King and Quoen. MADRID, May 3. A resolution was adopted at most of the May day meet Ings In the province demanding the release of Ferrer and Nakens who are charged with being implicated In the attempt which was made by Morales upon the lives of King Alphonso and Queen Victoria, when they were re turning from their wedding ceremony Ferrer was the director of an anar chistic school at Barcelona and he it accused of knowing that Morales would throw the bomb at the royal pair, and of arranging tor Morales' escape after the deed, Nakens was the editor ot th Republican paper, Elmotln, published In Madrid at the time, and he acknowledges that he gave Morales a letter after the bomb throwing, recommending him to the good offlcet of friends. . Naken confession cansej a great sensation a h had been considered an enemy of anarchist. ABANDON NEEDLES BRIDGE. Santa F Preparing for a Nw Route Into California. i BAN FRANCISCO, May 1 The an" nouncment la made that the Santa Fa la to abandon It bridge over the Colo rado river at the Needle and build on) further down stream a part ot a new; route Into California for fast passen ger and freight service. The abaa donment also mean thai that portion of th present main line between Am boy on tho Mojave desert, thl tata, and Athfork, Ariz., wilt also be aban doned for fast service into and out ot California because of Its heavy grade) along it Toe new bridge te to cross th Colo rad at Saloroa. BOXER TROUBLES AGAIN, j : ': ; LONDON,Mayj I. Th Ttln Tin correspondent Of the Standard say that the door of houses la th fiatlvs quarter have been smeared with bloott at waa done on the eve of the boxer uprising, : The people are greatly alarmed. The native newspaper warn th authori ties that there is great danger of l revival of Boxerism if the smearing t allowed to continue. LAND FRAUD CASES Mays and Jones Both Given Stiff Sentences. FINE AND TERM IN JAIL Former Senator May Wa Fined 10,000 and Four Month In Jail W. N. Jon 2O00 and Eight Month For Fneing Publie Land. ' PORTLAND, May . Former State Senator Franklin P, Mays and W. N. Jones were today sentenced by Fed eral Judge W. H. Hunt in connection with the land fraud cases ot Eastern Oregon. Mays punishment was a $10,000 fine, and four months in the Multnomah county jail and that of Jones is $3000 end eight months in the county jait Mays' sentence was stayed until No vember 1, in order to give him tlm to appeal. The sentences of Hamilton H. Hend ricks and Coe D. Barnard. Implicated in the same case went over until Sep tember, because of the objections ot the government to the manner in which the defendant's bill of excep tions was prepared. , The defendants in this ca,. wera convicted of attempting to defraud th government ot an Immense area ot public land by illegally fencing It. WAIVED EXTRADITION. Murderer of Wealthy Auctioneer Got , But S8 for His Trouble. BUTTE, Mont, May $. Deputy Sheriff C E. Burkhardt, of Denver, arrived yesterday after Zeke Shire, th, self confessed murderer .of Maurio Chaplin, a wealthy auctioneer of Den ver, two years ago. Shire's relative are endeavoring to prove an alibi tor Shire on the night of the murder but he last night declared that he had de ceived his mother as to his where abouts on the night of the murder, and instead of belna- at the ranch, whera his relatives claim he waa on the night of th killing, he wat in Denver, extradition and to return to Denver with the officer thla morning, but he preferred to be hanged at Butte In stead of Denver, as the execution thera would worry his mother and distress hit relatives. Shire saw Chaplin display a roll of bills at a gambling game, and con fessed to have followed him home, where he murdered hlra, getting but for th deed.