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7sn VOLUME LXIII, NO. 114. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1907. PRICE FIYE CENTS I 1 WOOD TBI PLANS Orchard to be on Stand a Week. H'llRY BY NEXT MONDAY Opening Statement Will be Made on Monday Afternoon or Tuesday IMornlng. EIGHT CHALLENGES LEFT Croat Bttl Will Com With Introduc tion of Orchard Into Court Defease Will Fight Evwy Important Slap of llii Tttttmony. BOISE, Ma 81. It I predicted today tlwt th flrH witnttt (a th Steunenberg will tak th aland on week hence Tlier an at ill eight unexpended per mptory tfhalleng, titers U an add) Uuna! vacancy created by tba Ulnes of Juror Orrlo Cole and under tba ruling -of Judge Wood, th eutlr jury la till open to further examination. Tha siou aobeduled for Thursday afternoon, already a abort on, will be further shortened by tba tima feremry to hear tl xcue of tba apwi.il venire men directly they are assembled in court ad offi doubt Ja expressed of a eompletlon of the Jury by the adjourn went on Saturday afternoon. Those who reduce th proportion to mathe inalkal calculation based on the ex- HnM Of tb trial to date, predict the jury will be finally sworn in acme time on Monday next, that the opening state ment will be erode either on Monday .afternoon or Tuesday morning, and the first real testimony be taken on Tuea day. It i not yet decided whether Hawley or Borah will make tlie opening elate inrnt for the prosecution. It I aaid that they have not eonaldered Uie question, but would take it up inter in the week. The prosecution continue to file the vnme of the witneaeei to be uej in U the four ca pending, and they number nearly 200. Le than one-third will be onllcd in Uie Haywood ca. Harry Orchard, the principal witness for the tate, will prolwbly be on the itand ( full week. Ill examination l expected to cover three to four day nd hl orosaexamlnellon nearly aa long. It 1 believed that he will lie called about one week ater the jury it tworn. Tlie great battle of the trliil will coma with the Introduction of Orchard In court. It la expected there will tie a light against evory important stage of hi ttttlmcmy and that he will be submitted to the strongest cross-examination that the ooniblned liiflenulty and clevernes of the dofense can exercise. Attorney Richardson will conduct the erona-examl nation of Orchard. BROOKLYN HANDICAP. "Won by Jeeksy Miller on Superman by Length, NEW YORK, May 21. - Through line of cheering" thousand Superman, the three-year-old on of .Commando, carrying the Keane colors and ridden by Jockey Milter, flashed under the wire, winner of the Brooklyn handi cap tills afternoon over a course tetlock, deep In mud, at Gravesend. Twenty-five thousand persona saw the mud splashed Keane horse held back until the stretch nd then lent out In front to win In a decisive man ner. Beacon tight was second, a length behind Superman and Nealon wna third. Superman covered the cours of a mile and a quarter In 3:09. The purse was $50,000. ! SUPPORTS FO RAKER. Ohio Editor Mildly Seer Boom Foraker. HAXWKKY, May 11.-' with the recent utters'' aalraiaa Brow a of tba state y 15 eoiniultte wa taken today by I. Mak, a well known publisher of thl city. Mack whll disclaiming authority to speak for anyone except himself aaid be was confident that th senior senator from Ohio would b .returned to bis seat with out alfltoutty when th time arrived for the choosing of hi successor. Ha a Mirted also that much of the criticism recently directed against Senator For aker la certain part of tb stat l unjust and unreasonable. Eulogiilng Foraker a on of th ablest men If not th ablest In th senate today, Mack ys, Taft, while having a delightful personality has never don anything for th Republican party of Ohio, ba never been even a political factor and that, b underaUml it, Tuft ha never claim d or tried to b a political person. A party leader, Made thing h I not to be compared with Foraker, CUBAN'S BOY TACHT. , NEW YORK, Vfay xt.ti lenl yaeltt panUxwt, on of th finest ves els In U New York Yacht Club fleet, haa been old to the government, the price paid being about 1270,000. Tlie rsntooxet we owned by Albert 8. Big- low of Itoeton. , The general Impression U that th Pairtoowt will be converted into a eoast survey vessel Later ahe may be converted into gunboat, THE GOULD CASE Wife Charges Cruel and Inhuman Treatment CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED Mr. Gould Atkt Court To Grant Her ajooo a Ytr Alimony Cass Will Likely Be Tried In Opes Court, NEW YORK, May 81. Development of an Interesting character are expected to follow the serving of the summon In tha separation suit brought against Howard Gould by hi wife, formerly KaMieryn Clemmoas, tlie aotreee. The bM of particulars, which baa been drawn up, ia a voluminous affair, and charge among other tilings, abandonment and ortufl ami InhuBivnn tkwitmentl Mr. Gould, It is wild, will alo aek the court to grant her $230,000 a year a alimony. A seneational feature Is the allege turn of eonepiracy in connection with the caee. This feature ha already been liivetrtimiMt bv Polk' Conmikwloner ninham, a ome niemlier of the do teotlv bureau are aaid to be involved District Attorney Jervniw ha taken cognizance of the rumors In this regard ami will call on Commiaetoner- Bingham today to learn whether the case n It slkuKU at present, warranre an Imnit ry by Ma offloe, No papers brought in the suit have bn filed yt in tlie county clerk' of fice, as Imuo has not been joined. But counsel for the complainant have an- nounced ' that tlie uminoiM end com plaiirt were served on Dclancy Nicoll cnuneel for Mr. Gould, and this Is enough mulor tlie law of the state to bring tlie suit within the okas of "Oases pending." ' The suit will likely be tried in open court, aa it la not usual to send sepa ration suit to a referee. Howard Gould, third son of Jay Gould and Viola KftWieryn Clommon were married on Ootober 13, 1800, at tlie Holland Hon, by the Rev. Dr. Wil ton M, Smith. , Mias Cleimnoiw waa born in Illinois Hor roal name was Viola Dayan. but in Sim Francisco she appeared in a music al comedy aa Katheryn Olemmona. Howard Gould U 33 yearo old and his wife U yean r so younger, They have not lived together since July, loat, and rumors of separation tuite, divorce suits, and otlher auita have been rife ever sinoe, He liam been (topping ait tli Waldorf Astoria of lato and ihas refused to ills fm his ditTereitce with bio wife. VlrtlUlllIN arw r 1 ,.. . .. wm n UUtSSA Funeral of Three Police Officials. . JEWS AGAIN ATTACKED jews and Students Barbarously Beaten By Cossacks Who Fired Into Houses. POPULATION TERROR STRICKEN Governor In Personal Control of Patrol Owing to Unreliability of Police Troubl Stared By a Shot Being Fired at Funeral Procession, ODESSA, May 20.-The Black Hun dred took advantage of th funeral to day of the three police official asassi- nated at tb Central Bureau yeterday to renew the attack on the Jews. The whole Jewisdi population Is terror strkk en, all of the stores ere closed and the streets almost deserted. Jews and student wer barbarously attacked and beaten and Jewish houses fired Into. One pretext for this shoot Ing was that shot had been fired from the houoes in question, the well known provocative tactic indulged In at Bialy stock and Siedlice, thus being repeated. General Kaulbars, however, under the pur of private instructions from St. Petersburg hsd adopted measures to prevent the disorder growing Into a gen eral massacr and coneuently an other anti-Jewish attack ha been for the time averted. Owing to tbe unreliability of the po lice, tbe governor posted himself and was la peronal control of the patrols at the street corner. The signal for the beginning of trouble today w tbe fir ing of a shot at the. funeral procession (torn a window. This wounded a coseack slightly, whereupon the man's compan ion fired three volleys into the build Ing whence the shot cam. Kaulbars ordered the building surrounded and searched. This waa done and thirty persons were arrested, Including the man who fired the shot. He is a member of the Union of True Russians. . , ASKED TO RESIGN. Burnham of Mutual Life Indicted For Fraud And Forgery, SKY YORK, May 21.-The Herald says that Fredrick A, Burnham, presi dent of the Mutual Life Reserve In surance Company, has been asked by the board of directors of the company to present , his resignation rot later than Wednesday of this "week. In the event of his failure to resign steps will be taken to declare hi , office vacant, and also to elect Archibald C. Haynes to his place. Action looking; to Mr. Burnham's resignation, Is said to b a result of his Indictment and the conviction of his brother George . E. Burnham of fraud and' forgery In connection with the company. The directors said his continuance at the head of the com pany was an Injury to Its business and an Indorsement of the methods which led to the Indictments, AERO RACES. CHICAGO, May ill Airship races un der the, auspices of the Aero Club of Chicago, will be held within two weeks on tha grounds at 64th Street and South Park Avemie. This was decided on at a meeting of the club held last night. According to tha club officers the mic oess of Its plan are assured through the promise of financial aid from sev eral sources. BROWNSVILLE TESTIMONY. Mexican Editor Swore That Mai Wer Negro Soldier. WASHINGTON, My 21Paullne D. Pwlado, editor of a Mexican newspaper In Brownsville, and ah eye witness to (he shooting of Frank Natous, the only man killed in tlie' affray, testified today before the senate committee on will tary affairs. When th shooting began Predado was sitting in th court at th rear of Tillman' Saloon. According to bis story, a saloonkeeper named Crixell, who conduct a place aero the street from TUlrnsn's rushed in, excited ly ervln "The negroes srs out." Tlie door of Tillman' place were barred and Natous ran across the court to bar the gate leading to the alley. The negroes got there before Natous. They fired several shota and Natous threw np his hands exclaiming, "Oh, my God," anj fell dead. One bullet gnued Preclado's hand and another ped through bis coat. The men went on down tb alley shooting as they went. Preeiado swore positively that the men were negro soldier. . ' ' NO MORE PARADES. CmCAGO, Xfay 4t.-Cblef of Polic SMppy yesterday announced that- no more paraatos In which red flag or ban nail are displayed will be permitted in Gilcago. The CSiief's attitude is due to the abundant show of red. color in tlie Mover -Haywood "Sympathy pa rule Iat Sunday." ' " v'.' Prize Fights and Open Saloons Area CURSE TO CIVILIZATION Governor Buchtel Characterise the Three A a Curse The Governor's Power Limited By Adoption of New Charter. DENVER, May Sl.-Henry A. Buchtel answering articles in the publio press and personal letters addressed to him, yesterday issued an addres to the pub- lie explaining Why he is powerle to act in preventing the prizefight sched uled to take place here tonight between Harry Lewis and Jimmy Gardner. Tbe governor said that the adoption of new charter for Denver which took from the governor the appointment of the fire and police board deprived the chief exe cutive of the power to coerce the city offlciaJa and unices they are willing to act of their own accord lie cannot com pel theia to, Incidentally Uie governor names three conditions as curses to our civilization, namely, tlie open saloon, the prizefight, and the so-called yellow newspaper. ' : SPANISH HEIR CRIED. During Christening Ceremonies, Consid ered a Good Omen. MADRID, May 21. From a source re garded ag unquestionable It is learned that the neeeesity for abandoning her Intention to nurse hear chM caused the Queen of Spain her first moment of gricif since her marriage. She resisted M long as possible, but finally yielded when she wae told that the realisation of her wishe would risk the health of the prince aa well as her own. She is now consoled by the knowledge that she established a record for queens of Spain, having nursed her first born ten days Inntead of having a nurse engaged be forehand, as has always been done. The nurse te described as a splendid bru nette of 23 years. Spaniards are delighted because the baby cried during his christening. Ac cording to ancient Spanish superstition this presagea long life, GARDNER-LEWIS FIGHT. DENVER, May 21. Jimmy Gardner won the decision from) Harry Lewis in the tenth round touigh NEORO WOMAN LYNCHED Her Body Riddled With Bullets. ANGRY MOB OF WHITES Was Told to Run and Then Shot- Son Shot Where He Stood. i NEGROES KILL WHITE MAN J. One Whit and Two Negroes Dead sd Seven Injured I Remit of Attempt to Capture Negro Who Assaulted White Woman. GLAXTON, Ga, May 21 Two negroes were lynched, one white man and two negroes dead and seven other persons injured is the result of an attempt to capture a negro, who last night attempt ed a criminal assault upon Mrs. Laura Moore, a widow, living near Manassaa. The dead are: JOHN HARE, white, farmer. SAM PADGETT, negro and daughte; aged 10 years. Lynched: Padgett's wife and son. Injured: , , W. J. PIERSON, shot in th stomach and arm, probably fatally. JAMES U. DANIEL, shot in the eye may die. DR. J. L. KENNEDY, serious. FLEM PADGETT, colored. A son of Sam Padgett, serious, and his two daughters. rttteea persona early today sur rounded the home of Sam Padgett whom they suspected of barbonng a negro who had criminally assaulted Mrs. Moore and demanded to be allowed to search the house. Permission was given, but when within 30 feet of the house, those inside the building opened fire, killing Hare and seriously injuring Pierson. uaniei and ir. uennedy. rue pose then returned the fire, killing Sam Pad gett and the daughter, aged 10 years, and wounding the two other girls, ngei 6 and 13, and two of his sons, aged 20 and 22. The posse then retired for re infomement. The new spread rapidly and by 10 o'clock 300 armed men were on, the scene and started in pursuit of the negroes who had escaped. One of them was captured and taken before Mrs. Moore but she failed to identify, him. The negro, however, was identified as the man Who shot Hare and he was started for Reidville jail together with Padgett's wife and on, , On the " way the officers were over taken by about 75 men who took the prisoners from them. The woman was told to run and she did so and was riddled with bullets, her son being shot to pieces where he stood. The negro who assaulted Mrs. Moore has not been captured but it is reported that he is surrounded and in all probability, he has. been killed. VATICAN FINANCIAL REFORM. V Expenditures Limited To Income From Lanaed Property and Money Invested ROME, May 21. It is stated on good authority that the Vatican's scheme of ! financial reform provides that expendi tures be limited to income derived from landed property and invested capital Hereafter- th Vatican will not rely up on the contribution to the Peters Pence Fund. The application ftf the reform is imminent. It is hoped that it will in crease the independence of the holy see and prevent attempts at financial pressure, ' SPECIAL GRAND JURY., President of Metropolitan Life Charge! . With Forgery, NEW YORK, May 8I.-Th .pedal grand jury which ba been, investigating the Metropolitan Life Isnrane Com pany, ttxUy returned tea Indictment against the company' president, Jolfli B. liegeman. Seven Indictment wt) on cbarg of forgery in the third degree while the other three charges wer per jury. All are tweed on what have b. coma to be known as "Year-end tran sactions." ' . . WRECK SURVIVOR. . Four Year Old Boy One of Twa Per . cons Saved From G. B. Lockhart NEW YORK, May 21. -Douglas) Faulkner, four years old, arrived her yesterday on the steamship , prinj Frederick Hendrik from Curaooa. He wa one of two survivor of tb wreck' ed bark G. B. Lockhart and was brought her to be given to his grand mother, ir The brig O. B. Lockhart hut summer waa sailing for Curacoa, in charge f of Captain Faulkner, wo had his wife and son on board. The brig struck a reef about 30 mile from Curacoa and all bands had to take to the boat and try to get ashore, A big surf was run- ning and the boat upset. The mate, with the boy, managed to get through the breakers to tlie ehore. THE SCHMITZ TRIAL Application tor Substitution of Trial Judge Denied. A NEW VENIRE SUMMONED Placed In Hand of Sheriff Instead of An Elisor Schmits May Be Taken Into Custody Later In Trial lm panelling of Jury Tomorrow. SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. Unles the present intentions of the prosecu tion are changed, an elisor will not have part in the selection of the jury whfch will try Mayor Schmits on the charge of extortions This determination was expressed by Judge -Dunne today when he discharged from service all of th talesmen remaining over from the late Ruef venires and gave into the band of Sheriff O'Neill the summoning of a new venire of 60, returnable tomorrow morn ing. Whether it is the intention of th prosecution to order Schmitx into cus tody during the trial is not known. Heney has stated there is no such pres ent intention, but it is gathered from interviews with various members of the prosecution that this may be done a little later. Dunne today denied tha application of the defense for a substi tution of trial judge, which application was based on an affidavit charging that Dunne is biased and that Spreckels and others who are the financial guarantor of the bribery graft investigation are carrying out a conspiracy to dethrone, the present administration in order to themselves secure valuable railway and water franchises. It is expected that the Impanelling of the jury will begin tomorrow. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. Coast League. At San Francisco Oakland S, San Francisco 11. Northwest League. At Vancouver Seattle 7, Vancouver 3. At Tacoma Taeoraa 1, Aberdeen 3, CONDEMN ROOSEVELT. BOSTON, May 1. A resolution con demning President Roosevelt and Secre tary Taft for the presidency and sup porting Senator Foraker was passed to day at a mass meetng of the colored people at Fanueil Hall, DICK HYLAND WON. OGDEX, May 21. Diok Hyland to night knocked out Billy Finnucane in tha third round, ' '