ft
FIRST SECTION
16 PAGES PAGES 1 TO 8
UBUtHt rULl, AttOOIATIO ! Rf PORT
OOVIRS THI MdftNINft PIILD ON TH LOWCft OOLUMSIA
VOLUME LXIII, NO 130.
'WORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COOLEST
During Grueling Cross Examina
tion He Has Not Raised
, His Voice.
ENDS MONEY TO FIRST WIFE
Developed . During Crow EaamiBtMon
That the PriunerWltMM Whllo la
Priion Hw Sold Ptrtoaal Belonging
and Sent Money TO HI Fin Wife
. BOISE, Jun $. Th cross minlati
Hon of Harry Orchard t likly to last
through Monday and Tuday next
and po!bly""Umgr, On bard bat now
been on tit tnd H hour. Of Uili
tha alata bad blm la their bands evn
aid a balf hour, la tbia tlma ba told
what appear ha as incredibl tory
and unfolded a earear la which, to
the word of tha leading counsel fur
tha alata, Asintloo trada
and murder a n of Uvlhood." Tha
tory . brought out by counsel or tba
stU wa however, but a ynopis of
play whos act eovor the yar !(
lHUtt. Under the cro examination of
E. F. Kirhanlao-v Orchard baa developed
thia arrive of tragedies, but only dowa
to ltHH. Three mora years and many
murder art vet to be analysrd. '
felowly but aurely the defvnaa I
developing' the line by which It hoj
to break down Orchard' atory. If It U poa
alhle to heap further obllquy upon the
witnes they have dime o by proving
him capable of commuting ptty crime.
Uy bia own admission be la a bigamist
a thief, a liar and an incendiary. He
played traitor to hla employer, lie
deserted two wive and hi child. To
Ml theee Richardson ha forced him to
confes", but under the gruelliug examl
nation by Richardson, ha hat tuek to
hi atory and given it chapter and rer.
PoMible witness after witnrs hit been
named and counsel for the defense, etate
most positively that the pile of iworn
testimony, they will bring to contra
diet Orchard must convince the jury of
the entire fallty of hi testimony. By
their ,quetlon they have plainly indi
cated their Intention to prove that
Orchard was the hired agent of tha
Mine Owner, who, harraaed by the
Wetern Fedemtion of Minera, deter
mlned to wipe union labor from the
mines of Idaho and Colorado, planned
the assassinations, tralnwrcek and rnlne
exploelone that eould be laid at the
door of be Federation and that would
keep the militia oS- the ground while
the non union men worked the mine.
From half a doien states, witnesses wJl
be called to deny Orchard' assertions
Already tba . two men accused by Or
chard of complicity in the plots, which
he anya were hutched by the "Inner
Circle" of the, Western Federation, liave
been called upon to atanj up In open
court,; ; Orchard Iffls lJimtlilod ihem as
the,, men lie named, and' Billy 'Easterly
and Owney .Barne have openly sneered
their denial of the testimony, ( ,
The court' room scene i possibly the
most remarkable ever seen in' any court.
At esnlon after session since Orchard
first went on the stand, a crowd has
ought admission. - Every teat Is filled
long before the sheriff calls the court to
order, while hundreds have been turned
away. -
Prlaoner naywood has a Jiattery of
six lawyer, with whom be consults nnd
ndvisea continually, while the state ha
four. Between the counsel ifor the state
and the defense, feeling i very appar
ent. At every session tnere comes a
quick exchange of sharp words. At times
the ltuation become intense. ITawley
is quick to anger and downright In his
calldown. Borah i keen, quick of
tongue end sarcastle. Richardson for
the defense has a resonant voice that
rise in anger and I Impatient of in
terruption, he frequently illnga a sneer
at Hawley or Borah or thunder his ob
jections when he think their interrup
tion out of place. Darrow sits beside
him as watchful as" a est, alow of action
nnd of speech, he seldom takes part In
the passage aud Is ever roady to
ORCHARD
Ml
COURT
feelltg
smooth, the ruffled
ld,ik; I J,
of ltb'
Judge Wood is, perhaps, tba moav
alert of any of tb principal In the
c. Not a word or mova sec pes blm
lie 1 prompt in decision and permits
no Infringtinent on tb dignity of bis
court. But. tba coolest matt in ourt Is
Orchard. Even under Richardson's
grutlling he ha toldom f changed the
pitch of the tvenly. modulated vole, In
which he told hi awful tale. -At the
clot of Orchard' oroa xamlnatlon, tb
ttat will take blm In baud for redirect
examination and then will coin the r.
Croat-examination. It eems hardly pos
sible therefore, that b will b dismissed
befora the ed gt next wwk'
On of the Interesting feature of
today' examination w th develop
ment, that Orchard, sine hi confine
ment In the penitentiary bat received
letter from bit first wife, who be de
serted In Canada In 100 and that he
baa tent her money, tb greater part of
tha $119 which ha had obtained, earn
from the sal of a locket and chain, a
flhlng rod, a gun and a revolver togeth
er with soma other little thing. , II
said the Wsrden had disposed of them
for blm with the undentandlng that the
person buying them eould hav , them
"After hi trial" Orchard aald tb
warden told him that he received a part
uf this money from Governor Gooding.
It I possible tb Governor may be call
ed a a wltae to explain tha transac
tion. MM TRAGEDY
Girl Put In Asylum for Murdering
Her Mother.
SHE ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM
Bertha Bcilstein, Who Murdered Her
Mother and Waa Committed To Initn
Asylum and Who Escaped, Ha Died
In Lot Angeles From Tumor oa Brain
U3 ANCKLKS, June 8,-Tbe body of
Bertha Bcilstein, the young woman who
died In thia city under the name of
Olga Miller, and who escaped from
Pennsylvania insane ayslum, where she
had been committed after killing ber
mother, ia being guarded by the officer
dny and night. Telegraphic advice
from the east today indicate tb Inten
tion to dispute the identity of the body
it being aid the real Bertha Belisteln
sailed for Europe, several weeke after
he is said to have died In thia city.
According to the advices, the legal
determination of Mis Beilstein' death
involves the title to a considerable for
tune. ,
CHIUAiSO, Juno 8. In connection
with the death at Los Angeles, of Ber
tha Bcilstein, who killed her mother in
Allegheny, IW' in October, 1880, and
escaed from the Pixmont asylum for the
insane, where she was eonllned, Kdmund
V. ' Wander; of Chicago, Inst night said
"I aided Mis lJeilstoin while she was
in Chicago nntTdid o purely out of
ffricndhip foe fIic family. I nursed her
as a child, and she wrote to me many
pathetic letter from the Allegheny
jail right after she killed her mother
in Octobef, 1H01). She also wrote me
from the insane asylum at Dixmont,
Pa. ... ' V
"She escaped from the asylum be-
twgen the 10th and 20th of October last,
and reached my mother' house. She
was drenched through with rain. My
mother gave her a hot bath and the re
mained there for two days. Fred Bell
stein, her brother, my brother, Alfred
and I together, raised $100 and sens hor
to Lo Agnelea Cnl. '
"At Lo Angeles she remained with
relatives of mine until they came back
to Chicago. Then she got a plnce as a
dining room girl nt tho Boslyn Hotel,
nnd earned $.10 per month. Aft(r a
time she Wrote ut that Richard Hardy
wanted to many her. She said she
told blm her full life's history. We ad
vised ber to wait;
"On May 21, I received a letter from
Bertha saying she was in fine health.
The Banie day we got a telegram from
Hardy saying "that she was low and1
flm KILLED
FORTY INJURED
Tornado Sweeps Illinois, Indiana
and Kentucky Doing Great
: Damage.
GROWING CROPS DESTROYED
Property Damag Will Beach Many
Thousand of Dollar House' Ware
Swept Away nd Bridge Demolished
Cradyrille, Ky, Sufien Severely.
CHICAGO, Junt 8. Twenty-nln are
known to be dead and 40 person in
jured eonitltut the list of casualties
resulting from storm of tornado ever
ity which 'swept over Southern Illinois
and Indiana and Central Kentucky last
night and today. Tb property damage
will reach many thousands of dollars.
Houses were swept away and bridges
demolished and thousand of acre grow
ing crops destroyed.
Uradyville, Kentucky, was the worst
sufferer. A cloudburst deluged that vil
lage, of ITS people, shortly ater mid-j
Highland 21 persons were drowned at
N'ew Mlnden, 111. The tornado this
morning killed Ave people nd injured
half a docen other. At 'York on tbej
Wabash River, three person were kill
ed and 30 Injured by a tornado which
descended upon that town last night.
At Duquoln, Tfl., many house" , were
blown down and four person injured.
REFUSED TO CHEEX.
Imperial Blue tfussjrs Balk at Cheer
ing For the Csar.
ST. FETKltSllURG, June 8,-Milita
ry officials are eagerly discussing a se
quel to the occurrence at Tarkoe-Selo
lent week during the Emperor' birth
day fete. A colonel of the Imperial
Blue Hussars called to the aquadron on
the grounds for cheers for the Emperor.
The command waa received In dead ail
ence. The colonel who waa a personal
aide de camp to the Bhtperor, ha teen
entenced to 15 day confinement in i
fortress. The captain has been sent
enced to 30 day' confinement in I
fortress. . '
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE.
Difference of Opinion of Counsel Hold
Schmitt Case Back.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.-Owing to
a difference of opinion a to the adinis
nihility of certain evidence, the trial of
Mayor Schmiti made but little progress
today. But one witness was on the
stand and his statement was not con
eluded when adjournment was taken
until Monday. . .
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE. '
NKW YORK, June 7. William Aaron
son, n expert agriculturist and1 man
ager of a farm at Florence, N. J., hnng
ed himself in a barn after, brooding
over the fact that this early crops a
the result of unseasonable weather.
needed money. Fred Bcilstein and I
raised $50 and sent it. Hardy wa ar
rested on a charge of placing poison in
her milk but when the autopsy disclosed
that she died from a tumor on the
brain, he was exonerated from blame
and released."
In her last letter to Wander, Bertha
Bcilstein asked if it would be safe to
get back to Allegheny "oon" and claim
her share of the mother's estate. In
the letter she snids ; ; '
"You know the awful and frightful
conditions under, which I left Pittsburg.
I fear being caught and placed among
those lunatic." , ,
Chicago relatives claim that certain
Pltsbnrg relatives some time ago spread
the report that Bertha had gone to Eu
rope to claim her bare of her mother's
estate. The estate today is worth about
$0000. Bertha's trial cost the family
$11,000.
BLACK HAND OUTRAGE.
Attempt To Blow Up Br Foundry
With Giant Powder Failed.
h10llK, June 8. An apparent
attempt to blow up tha Nathan Bras
Foundry at 08 East 100th street was
made early this morning when a charge
of giant powder exploded at the en
trance to the factory but without ef
fect A charge of equal size on the
Opposite aide df the building did not go
off, OfficinI of the firm said they could
not account for the explosion. The re
port wa heard over an area of many
block an dcaused a panis in the Tre
mont district, the people thinking it a
"black hand" outrage. . -
NUN KIDNAPPED.
Sitter BorTomca Seised By Two Men and
Taken la Carritge.
IJL'JXTH, Minn, June 8. Slater
Borromes, a teacher at St. Clement'
Catholic cchool, was kidnapped In
most sensations! manner by two men
who, driving rapidly away In a eloaed
carriage yesterday afternoon, escaped.
The screams and entreaties of tb nun
s she was carried bodily Into the street
by ber abductors, attracted several
hundred student of the school and per
sons In the neighborhood and before the
carriage wa half a block away a howl
ing mob waa in pursuit They were
soon distanced, bowerer.
SMITH IN TROUBLE
Theodore Smith' Formerly of As
toria Arrested in Russia.
RED NECKTIE THE CAUSE
Man Said To Have Lived la Astoria
la Danger of Going To Siberia For
Wearing Red Necktie an the Street
of Riga, Russia,
NEW YORK, June 8.-The Central
Xewa Bureau sends out the following:
Theodore Smith, formerly of Astoria,
Oregon, has been imprisoned -at Riga,
Russia, and hi fjenda are fighting to
save him from going to Siberia. Smith
waa arrested and thrown in jail for
wearing a red necktie upon the street
of Riga. Just what specific charge has
been placed against him ia not known,
nor what offense the wearing of a red
necktie constitute in the Russian penal
code. The supposition is that to the
minds of the Russian police the red
necktie denote or ia used as a badge of
some of the anti-government societies
or that the wearer) wa of the anarchis
tic following. It is believed that Smith
win perfectly innocent of the siguill
ounce of wearing i apparel he adorned his
person with. .... .
The name of Theodore Smith doe not
appear in the Astoria directory nor was
it possible to identify him with any of
the Smiths living here, at the early hour
this morning that the dispatch waa re
ceived.
TURKISH PRINCE IN AMERICA.
I - -
Hat Made Application For Cititenship
and Intends to Remain.
NEW YORK, June 8.-Shaban Bey
Gotsclia, who ia reported to be a Turk
sh prince oi high rank in Albania, and
who has lived in nearly every country in
Europe, according to a statement to
Clerk Donovan of the United States
naturalization bureau, has made appli
cation to take out first citizen's papers.
After trying many countries as a place
of residence Shaban Bey has decided to
make the United States his permanent
home. He is a military engineer . by
profession.
MURDERED HIS AUNT.
ST. LOUIS, June 8. Detectives today
arrested Edward Bergmann upon the
charge of ; having killed Mrs. Kate
Qnernhelm, his aunt, on March 7. Chief
Smith stated the prisoner hiid confessed.
TAFT PROSPECTS
ENCOURAGING
Political Fortunes of Secretary
Taft Said to Have Good
Outlook, a
OHIO ALMOST SOLID FOR HIM
Secretary. Taft Befor Starting Oa
Stamping Tour of Northwest Re
viewed Hi Political Prospect With
Burtoa and Vorhya.
KARLSRUHE, Germany, June 8.
Karl, Hau, the professor of Roman law
at the George Washington University,
Washington, D. G, who 1 in prison
here, charged with the murder of hi
mother-in-law, Frau Molitor, waa vii
ed by the Governor of the prisoner to
day and informed that his wife had com
mitted uicide by drowning in a lake
near If aefflkon, Switzerland. The Gov
ernor had quite a lengthy conversation
with the professor which led to the re
port that ha bad confessed. Mrs. Han
came to Karlsruhe two days ago" and
had a king talk with her husband.
She left in a state of depression and
went back to Pfaeflikon. On arrival
there, Mr. Hau went swimming in the
lake. Attendants taw her swimming
about but later noticed the was no
longer moving. A boatman brought the
body ashore. A long farewell letter
wa found in ber clothing in which she
declared that it waa impossible for ber
to longer live apart from ber husband.
notwithstanding the charges against
him. '-
TIDAL WAVE DETAILS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8. The first
details of the havoc, wrought by
typhoon and tidal wave in the Caroline
Manda in the bitter part of March were
brought here today by Rev. G. H. 'Jag-
now, missionary who arrived on the
steamer Coptic. , The tidal wave ren
dered loOO people homeless and 250 men,
women and children were drowned on
one island alone. Twentyq-five persons
were lost on another of the email isl
ands. The typhoon lasted three day.
CENTRAL PACIFIC LAND AGENT.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8. The posi
tion of Central Pacific land agent, made
vacant recently by the death of William
P. Mills is to be given, it is said, to
Charles W. Eberlein, who is already at
the head of the Oregon & California
land grant and the Southern "Pacific
railroad land grant In Oregon and this
state. The duties of Central Pacific
land agent are, it is said, to be com
bined with his present duties.
LABORER KILLED.
Frisco
Police Looking For Chauffeur
Who Run Down Man.
SAN" FRANCISCO, June 8. Charles
Quiuley, a laborer employed in the
Golden Gate Park was killed early to
day neap, the Stanyan street entrance
and the police are looking for a chauf
feur who is thought to have run blm
down. The first theory that it was a
case of murder was disproved when the
body was identified. '
INDIAN TERRITORY PRIMARIES
.- I - ' -: ' '
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 8. Returns
from the Democratic primarie received
up to x ociocit wis morning waicaie
that Lee Cruce, of Ardmore, I. T., has
been chosen as the nominee for Gover
nor by a plurality of. 15,008. M. L.
Turner is probabl defeated for United
State Senate by T. P. Gore, of Lawton,
or Roy Hoffmen, of Chandler.
;' ji -
RACE WAR.
YAZOO CITY, Miss., June 8.-In the
race war clash near this place late to
day, three negroes were killed, four
white men wounded and two negroes
seriously whipped.
R0EBLING MEMORIAL
Statute To First Engineer of Brooklya
Bridg.
NEW YORK, June 8.Trenton's me
morial to Colonel Joha A. Roehling,
builder of the great span acrosa Niagara,
first engineer of the Brooklyn Bridg
and founder of the vast structural iron
and steel work of Trenton is almost
completed. It is an beroie statue of
Colonel Roehling seated. William Cou
pe re, sayg that he expects to tend th
statue to the foundry in a few week.
The statue will cost about $25,000 which
has been rai-ed by the people of Tren
ton. It will le unveiled ia tb city ia
October. )? f , $
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES.
Coaat League, ,
At Portland Portland 2, Sea Fran-
Cisco ,' r i -
At San Francisco Lo Angele 8,
Oakland 1.
Northwest League.
At Spokane4-Tacoma 4, Spokane 7.
At Seattle Seattle E, Aberdeen 4. ,
EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 8. -The
village of Seraii, 60 miles east of Van,
on the Turk o-Persian frostier, wa de
stroyed by an earthquake, yesterday.
Slight shocks were felt at Van. '
FIRS. HAU A SUICIDE
Could Not Live Apart Front Her
Husband.
PROFESSOR HAU IN PRISON
Former Professor at George Washing
ton University Charged With Murder
ing Hit Mother-in-Law Wife Com
mitted Suicide By Drowning In Lake
WASHINGTON, June 8. Secretary
Taft spent the four hours, preceding hit
departure tonight on an extended in
spection and speechmaking tour of the
Northwest, in reviewing his political
prospects a presidential candidate,
his adviser being Representative T. E.
Burton and Arthur L Vorby, both of
Ohio, No formal announcement follow
ed the conference, but no concealment
was attempted as to the roseate report
which were made. Ohio it regarded as
being safely under control of the friend
of Secretary Taft. Of 48 delegates to
be elected to the National Republican
Conventio nalj but the two, who come
from Fore ker's home district, are re
garded as certain Taft men. For the
first time the condition at large was
spoken of. The political fortune of
Taft outside of Ohio are aid to be good
and the outlook said to be most en
couraging, although the situation is not
yet capable of detailed analysis.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
BILOXI, Miss., June 8. Captain John
Walker shot and killed his wife and
then himself today. Captain Walker
was an officer in the United States
navy with Perry on his memorable trip
to Japan, was a captain in the Confed
erate navy and at the time of his death
was president of the bank of Biloxi.
He was one of the beat known men in
this section of the south. Tie tragedy
occurred during a dispute. , ,
DELMAS ARGUES FOR GLASS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8. A motion
was argued last night in Judge Law
lor's court to set aside the indictment
brought against Louis Glass, of the Pa
cific States Telephone 4 Telegraph Com
pany, on the charge of bribery of Su
pervisor Sanderson. Attorney- Delmaa,
for the defendant, attacked the validity
of the grand jury and argued that there
was no evidence to show Glass had com
mitted a crime or that bribery had been
committed. The attorneya for the prose
cution will reply to Deltnas', argument
on Thursday next.