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VOLUME LXIII, NO. 118. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS f SANK FII TRAP Several Believed to Have Perished. AVORK OF INCENDIARY fire Started in Uvery Barn Many Horses Also Burned to Death. FOUR BODIES RECOVERED Staia Startett in Barn With Candlt in Bucket of Shaving Near toot Hay Many of the Inmates Escaped Half Clad to Street XAN JOSE, Oil, Mjr 89.-TWO Wn tilled bodies were taken from dim trmi fire on Market tret tl'U flr UiMit and with the on identified ft that of John McDonald an employe of the Hon Jut Water Company and one recovered this forenoon, bring in the death lit up to four. Thnt tea or ft dow other bmllea are .in th rulne the fireman and the mrch I UK party have littl doubt from ox initiation of burned jirrmiwr" which re veritable fire trap, and the ti,em.tiit of the keeper of tli lodging liuu. 0. W, Laverty errted to dy on utmplclon of having t fire to the fd store wher tbt bias started. It I alleged that Laverty wm seen jioderday by one of hi forimr m .idoyee in tin act of cutting up " hip roli4 e portion of which was found by the polio nd firemen nd was well oaked with coftl oil. At 3 o'clock tlW morning fire broke out In the reftr of Brown's commiMilon tor nd ft few minutes spread to Lv -crty's livery stable and to the Union I-odglnghoiwe, directly ftbove It. Twen ty homes in Laverty' table were burned but those tn Brown's burn r saved. A Urge bucket in which was ft .piece of candle surrounded by ft quantity of rag, wturated with (oa! oil, wti und In the rear of Brown's place, near . lot of loose lift, Indicating that th fire was the work of n Incendiary. When the Are wa first first discovered there About 40 people enlcep in th Union Lodging House and the stamping of the terrified home In the stable be low gave them timely alarm, Rushing into the hall, half clad, groping their way through the choking, blinding moke, many of the frightened inmates reached the street in safety, LOVE FEAST, labor And Capital To Meet In Chicago On July 4th. ". CHICAGO May 25. A labor ami cap- lUil "love feast" to take place on July 4, li being arranged by a number of labor leador and business men of Chicago. The scheme was given an Impetus lat night when the Associated Building Trades, representing 85 labor ornlsationa with ft membership of more than 40,000 men gave ita Indorse ment to the plan end agreed to co operate in carrying It to ft successful conclusions It la expected many other unions will assist. Vioe President Fair banks lias accepted an invitation to speak on the occasion. Other public nnon, including Governor Folk of Mis ouri, Governor Deneen of Illinois, .United State Senator Oulloin and Hop king and several members of the Illi nois legislature also will be aked to '.j..o.,. ...l.i....,.,.,.., M ill 1.. lield In some large park, Where 10,000 tr 20.000 people can get together. 1 DEFENDS McGRAW'l MEN. President Pulllam Of national Defends The Giants, NEW yoiUC, Miy, 5.-IIarry 'ulliam, president of th National League baa indued statement defend lug the Near York player agalntt erltl dam In the Chicago eerie. II call attention to the fart that but one Njw York player li been removed from the game this ian and ayt ' "Tli Nkw York management is do lug all tn it power to co-ope rate ltb ma in ridding th gnma of objection itil f rat ui and it should not be condemned fur the artlon of few roughs in rwd of 80,00(1 who tnk advantage of the denial of police protection to the home elu,b ft eondltion which doe not exUt in any other city of our circuit. "In all caaei where players of any club hav tmngrd the rule they have been dMpllnd witliout fear or favor, and there will be no deviation from thi policy In the future." SENTENCED TO DEATH. Nineteen Men Charged With Complicity in Plot on Cabrera' Life. CITY OF MEXICO, May 5.-New wa received her yesterday of the Im pr1onmiit and sentencing to death of 19 men charged with complicity In the recent at tempt to ftalnat Preldent Cabrera of Huatemala. FRISCO JAPS KICK Restaurant and Bath-house De mollshed by Mob. OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING JapaoeM Government and Officials Pro test To Secretary Root Who Orders Investigations Through Two Different Routes Protest Sent To Governor. 'WASHINGTON, May M.-Informa tion that the Japanese have been sub jected to ill treatment and indignitie in San Francim-o came to the Ktate De pnrtment today from two sources, end Secretary Root baa taken measurea for the. protection of the Japanese through two channel. Amlador Wright, at Tokio, cabled tiwt the Jap restaurants and Jap bath lion in San Francisco bad been de moliahed by ft mob, and Viscount Aokl, the Japan? Amlwsndor tare, laid be for Secretary Root dispatches from the Japanese counsel-general at San Fran' eluco detailing the aame occurivncca. Root at oncu made a request on At tor ney-Gcneral ItonnjiArte, that the United States District Attorney In San Fran cisco lie directed to make an immediate Investigation, Bonaparte thereupon tele graphed botb the United States District Attorney and tho United States Mondial at San Francisco to forward their re port by telegraph. Beside setting to work the machinery of the Federal Govermnent, Root telo graphed the Information to Governor Gillette of California. In this telegram he called upon California to perform the duty imposed upon her by the treaty between the United States and Japan. which stipulates that Japanese shall have the right to reside in the United States and shall have full protection to their persons, property jind .'business. No reply has been received; from Gil Ictl. Ties double move affording protection to the Japanese was token by Root because of what Is regarded as doubtful authority vested in the officers of the Federal Government to prosecute viola tion of the criminal law. Till secre tary did not go so far aa to say the Federal Government is without author ity in this respect, In the absence of proceeduro by the ette, but he admits that the Federal jurisdiction may be weak, As to the merit of tho ease Root la Inclined to aaerilie the occur rences, both reports of which come through Japanese sources, to the dls- (Oontinued on Pago 8.) HILUONAB INDICTED Grand Jury Finds More Bribery. RUEF STICKS TO ELISOR Others Indicted Give Large Bail RequlredThe Boss Makes no Effort $3,350,000 BAIL REQUIRED Enormous Sum Required of Person In dicted For Bail Ruefs Ball Alone Reaches Total of (i,a6o,ooo Grand Jury Adjourned Until June io. SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.Six more millionaires nd multi-millionaire-., some of them well known throughout the country, (fell under the accusation of the Oliver Grand Jury this evening. when Uiat body ju-t U-fon adjourn meat till June 10, returned 14 indict ments Jointly agaiuxt (!. II. Umucn J. K. Green and R I. Ilrobrk, charging them with th attempted briiiery of puhlid official and 14 indictment jointly agamt Frank G. IMim, F.ugcnc IV SabU and John Martin charging them with the bribery of publio official With the former group, Ruef waa jointly indicted; with latter both Ruef and Bchmila. In H 28 indictment were found today, containing 120 count and calling for bail bonds in ft total mu of (Ii00,000. Umbsen, Green, Bro- Wk and Ruef ar ftccuaed by the grand Jury ni offering a bribe of (1000 each to Supervisor Boxton, Coffey, Coleman Davia, Dutfey, Fumy, Gallagher, lurri gan, Keller Lonergan Mamlock Mo Guahin, Phillips and Wftlah on Novem ler 10, 1000, to ftwmrd to the Parkside Company a street railway franchise, This franchise was voted on December 31, 1900, but owing to lite bribery graft Investigation getting under way about that time, the Park side deal was aban doned and no money wa parsed, say the prosecutor. .In addition to the money to be paid to the supervisors it 1 at teged Ruef and Schmita wero to have $0000 each fop 'Veeing'' the deal through. Indictments against Drum, De Sabla, Martin, Ruef and Schmlts charge them with giving a bribe of $3000 each to Supervisors Boxton, Coffey, Cole, Davis, DulTey, Furey, Gallagher, lLwrlgan, Kel ler Lonergan Malock Fhilllp Wilson and Rea in consideration of their vote, ant March 12, 1000, by which the legal gas rate for 10O0-O7 was fixed at 85 cents, It Is also charged by the prose eutlon that Ruef and Sehmila received large sums in connection with this deal. " The grand jury late in the afternoon adjourned to Judga Coffey's department of the Superior Court, where Foreman Oliver filed -2'8 true bills. Coffey issued a bench warrant for each of the indicted men fixing the bail of each at $10,000 on each of tha 120 counts, and announc ed that no arrests would bo made until the accused have an opporunity to come into court Monday morning and give bail. Bail bonds in total amount of $750,000 were given in Judge Coffey's court to- lay by President Calhoun, Assistant 'President Thorn well M'ullalley and At torney Tirey L. Ford and William M. Abbott of the United Railroads; Vice- President Louis Glass and Agent Theo dore V. Ilalsey of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company and Mayor SchmiU, all of whom with Ruef, were indicted by the grand jury yester day. Ruef made no effort to supply the $140,000 bonds required of him, as he refers since pleading guilty 10 days ago, to remain In the close custody of tlr Bigg and hi eight anntd guard. With tha exception of Schmitz, each of the men indicted yesterday gave surety company bond, Mayor Schm'iU brought a hi sureties Preoident Tom William of the California Jockey Club ftnd for mer I'firk .Cotnmianlmier William 3. Dlngce, mi h of whom qualified In the sum of $100,000, Kach of the six cor poration official Indicted today will be called on Monday to furnish bait bonds in the sum of $110,000, the Mayor, Ruef bail required will be 2W,QuO; of ft toUl of $100,000. The grand total of the ball demanded on all of the 335 Indictments for bribery,' at tempted brilicry, extortion, conspiracy and perjury thus far returned by the Oliver Grand Jury a the tet partial result of Investigations into the munici pal corruption I fXUXMXW. REVOLT IN TURKESTAN. Brother of Shah Started Trouble and Caused Anxiety. PARIS, Miiy 25.-A dispatch froid Teheran, Peroia, says that Sdar Dowle, brother of the Shah, who recently start cd ft revolt in Turkestan proving with 15,000 followers, ha advanced to Neh- vendu. He hit sent order to the City of Itamadan to provide him with sup plies. Anxiety prevails at the palace in Teheran nd troops have hastily befn mustered and sent to the front. SLOWLY SINKING Mrs. McKlniey Not Expected to Live Many Hours. CONTINUES UNCONSCIOUS Attending Physicians In Doubt Aa To How Long Before The End She Is Kept Alive By Concentrated Nourish ment and Stimulant. CANTON, May 25.-That Mrs. Mc Kinley is falling into ft deep sleep seem ed evident ftt 11 o'dork tonight. How long the spark of life will lat before the final flutter is a question which the attending phyeicias would not under' take to answer. That they think, how ever, that her vitality and the action of concentrated nourishment and stlmu lants may keep her alive ten hours or more Is indicated by ft scheduled con' fcrence of Doctors Portm&nn, Eyman and Roey for 1 o'clock Sunday. Against this hope, however, is the set statement that the dissolution may occur at any time and careful vigil will lie kept for indications of the end. Mrs, Mc Kinley continues unconscious. The following official bulletin was is sue,! from the McKinley home at 8:15 o'clock tonight: The doctors report that Mrs. McKinley continues unconscious and h slowly losing strength although stmiulnm and concentrated nourish nent have been administered freely. There appear little or no prospect of improvement.' MUSIC TEACHERS MEETING. Meeting Held in Carnegie Holland Formed New Association. NEW YORK, May 25. About forty music teachers held ft meeting in Car negie Ilnll last night and formed the National Association of Teachers of Singing. ' Mme. Zeigler presided ftnd after a short address introduced the vice-pres ident, Arthur de Gutohard, as the spenker of ihe evening. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. Coast League. At Portland Portland 0, Los An geles 0. At San Francisco San Francisco 2, Oakland 4. Northwest Leacrue. At Vancouver Seattle 1,. Vancouver 0. At Spokane Butte 4, Spokane 5. At Tacoma Tacoma 5, Aberdeen 11 innings.) ANGRY TIGER KILLS GIRL Victim JBut Four Years Oil BURSTED DOOR OF CAGE Ferocious Circus Animal Stalks Through Crowd of Specta tors Unhampered. SHETLAND PONY IS KILLED Finally Killed With 3a Calibre Revolver ta Hands of Spectator Women and Children In Panic Other Animal In Uproar. SALT LAKE CITY, A special to the Herald from Twin Fail, Idaho, says a tiger escaped from the menagerie of the circus there today, killed , little girl and ft Shetland pony and was finally de patched by ft brave spectator armed with ft 32 calibre revolver. The tiger broke down the door of his cage by beating it with hi paws. He first xprang upon tli pony. A keeper drove him off with aa iron bar. The beast at tacked; , second and third pony and when driven away by the keeper, leap ed into the crowd. The guns kept for an emergency like this were too far away to be available. A panio fol lowed. Women, grasped their children and dragged them from the' path of the maddened animal. The screams of the frightened spectators, mingled with the tmmpejings of the elephants and the crimes of exciied animals in the crowd Through the crowd the tiger rushed toward the main entrance. Mrs. S. E. Roacil and her four-year-old daughter Ruth could not get out of the way and were knocked down. Holding the mother with bis paws the tiger sank its teeth in the neck of the child who died two hours later. J. W. Bell, ft "blacksmith, was stand' ing with his wrfe ftnd children near Mrs. Rosell. Thrusting his family aside Bell drew ft revolver and opened fire at a distance of three feet. When the first bullet struck the animal in the ehoul der he winced, growled angrily and lashed his tail against the wall of spec tators. The second shot caused aim to release Mm. Resell and at the third took flight. Bell followed and sent three more bullets into the beast as it ran outside the tent. In the open air it crawled some distance, then in a final rally it started back toward the crowd. Bell had reloaded his weapon and was ready to renew the combat but the tiger wa mortally wounded. He fell over on the ground dead. BARRETT COMING TO SEATTLE. Director of Bureau of American Repub lics to Represent Administration. WASHINGTON, May 23.-John Bar rett, director of the. Bureau df American Republics, left Washington last night for Seattle to represent the Adminis tration and made an address at the breaking of ground on June 1, for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in 1000. Mr. Barrett had ft talk today with the President, who will send a word of greeting containing his beat wishes for the success of the enterprise. MACHINISTS STRIKE. Prediction Made That by July t, 16,000 Will be Out -NEW YORK, May 25. The 3000 ma chinists and helpers along the Erie Railroad between New York and Chi cago were called on a strike yesterday 'or aa increase in pay and for the aho lition of tho piece work system. Two hundred and thirty-three mea quit la Jemy City ami prcs dUpaUihea report bout 400 men out ftt other pobits. This strike, it wa declared in labor circle her la't night would be follow ed on June 1, by a strike of 16.000 ma ehinist in Greater New York and vtcini ty In the general demand for tn 9 hoot work day, FRISCO CASS STONED. Cars and Crews la , Various Sections Were Stoned. SAN FRA-VCTSCO; May .-Considerable violence of minor character at tended the operation of car by tha United aRilroad today. Instead of be ing confined to the district south of Market street which has bees the cen ter of the demonstration by the union sympathizers since the line in that part of the city were opened, atoning of care and aasault upon strikebreaker; were repotted by the company to fcav occurred, today, In many other sections of tie city, Some of the cars returning to barn bore evidence of ft well-aimed fusillade of bricks and stones. QUEEN AND PRINCE WELL. MADRID, May 25. Tho afatemenfc that Queen Victoria ha discontinued nursing her baby i Incorrect, Tha Queen and the prince are doing well. FORCED TO SERVE Boise Talesman Opposed to Death Penalty. ACCEPTED BY BOTH COUNSEL Twelve Remain of Special Venire Likely That Another Will Be Called Monday Court Making Every Effort To Fill Jury From President Venire. BOISE, May 25. The unusual spec tacle of accepting a juror opposed .to capital punishment except as an ex treme measure for the protection of so ciety against war and anarchy and plead ing his own disqualification, came today in the Steunenberg case. His retention after he had clearly shown he was dis qualified, raises ft question as to tho regularity of the proceedings. J. E Tourtellotte, an architect of Boise, is the juror and his retention seemed clearly due to the willingness of both side to gamble on his views when the jury reaches the supreme solution of the case, the state on the hope that it can meet his ideas as to anaivhy and the defense on his opposition to the death penalty. Tourtellotte came with, the rest of the talesmen early in tho day and his direct examination by Borah developed in mild form hi scruples against the infliction of the death penalty in an ordinary murder case. His acceptance by state was ft surprise that was within a few minute intensified by the views brought forth by the questions propounded by Clar ence Darrow of the defense. Tourtellotte swore that he was opposed to capital punishment except in time of war and when society must defend itself aguiust organizations seeking to destroy it. lie declared that society had no right to take from a man anything it could not give, but as for anarchists, if they were the kind of men he thought they were, he would hang them on fight. The defense seemed under the impres sion that Borah was not in earnest, and probably on that theory passed him, too. When the jury filed In after lunch, Tourtellotte stood in his place and claiming the attention of the court said be waa disqualilcd to sen's in the case. He again asserted that he va opposed to capital punishment and pointed out that it would be impos sible to take the oath necessary at the outlet of the trial. Judge Wood read the statute covering the matter and it showed that the juror having consolent i (Continued on Pnge 8.)