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NO 153. VOLUME LXIII, 1 1J ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 6. 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS ) 'Hum f Runyan Did Wot Leave IheClly.- ' Betrayed By Woman to Whom Ho Had Given Urge Amount ' ' of Money, 4h LOSES IN HIS SPECULATIONS He Had Sustained Heavy lot In Sp etiUtion Undet An Assumed Name Accounts .Carried .With .Brokerage Bouses Hart Bn Unartbd. KKW YORK, July 5.-Chtr B, Kunyaii, th mlwliig teller of tbs Wind or Trust Company .,. who .disappeared with alwut 0l.Om ot the company's money several days no, whs srrested In thl city today. Itnnyan .curried Michel containing $,".4,410 vhm srrest d and Mr. Carter In rtn home he was captured, and tu whoi lio taid lie Tid glvrrt $15,1100 u also detained by Iht police, " ! Rtinyan w found In th apartment of Mrs, Carter t 01O Went 1441 It street where he had ln inc h walked out f th bank on Saturday latt with the money-ldcn suitcase. Mr. Carter re ported to tht police thai Itunyan was in her flat and five, detectives accompanied her to the house. She furnished them a key to the apartment ami while two detective entered the room othera re mained outside. A the detectivet en tered Jtunysn standing In front of a chUTotiHr, turned suddenly on the oill cers, a revolver In his hand. The d tantlwt' rushed upon him and he drop ped the revolver and calmly submitted to tftlng handcuffed, aaying, "The jig I lift ie up.' Chester U. Runyan. wat the Utant paying teller of (he EX-BANK1 f EllER NJA1L 1 Windsor Trust company, who fled on Saturday last, , with 100,000 , of stolen iVney. The Plnkertons, who were In ' charge of the hunt notified by ' ca We the police authorities of all the im- portent Kurljei and British port, , iav)twM at the principal count cities and the South American count rles. ThatJRunvnp wm not the Immaculate young man hit employers thought lie4 wat. nn to She , day inwei'jff WtU hU suit casVtt tiffed with the trust company's nioncy, U an eatabllahed fact. .'! u;ui For weeka before hi disappearance, he lmd boBii speculating in slocks, under the name of Martin 0ba4 li,UUt ..Speculative, accounts that he carried with tlirce itock brokerage houses have been unearthed. ' ' " ' ,", ' ' ', Ife had sustained heavy loses In'tlrcse venture and at Ieai n week ljefore ne tied nad ,qiei f iQ.niK) to nmkf jjood IiIh margined account. It W believed that (10,000 wa atolen at various time and the theft may have been extended over a period of aeveral month,' On July 1st, tho cheking up df the trut compnny'i eah on hand would liave revealed the ahortage and It is believed Runyan deoldcd to get away with all he could. . v Itunyan was very careful with bi doallng Mhrtin Chase. lie even diagulsed hit writing to that It bore no resemblance to bis own. Aa Martin Chase lie wrote heavily and plainly, shading ach letter. Ho wrote backhanded ft farther disguise.- .I . CAEFIELD OK INSPECTING T0UR.; I. CAIUJSUVA.D N, M., July B.A tele , mm received here yesterday saye that yjfti"c R. Garfield, secretary of tlie ln- 1 prior, .will 'vmltj Qaansbnit, August 20. Mr. Qnrfleld 1 coining bore to Inspect the jiuvei uinHt irrigation pivjvet, lis will I ccmupinlcil by F, 11. Howell, chief euglneer of the riHiUtiuitlon airy. Ice, and other olllclalt. ' " u (!00:j an ....i .-...w ha . REPORT 0 NEW SECURITIES. Induitrlal ITefdi ten Prtitfnf Yet, Not Al Light At Indicated. , i V 'I - ' . - Jl ' W ' . ' naiiwiu M new :rui1ti la the failed tiUttt'h the flrt half of never vVwa paralleled. The gran fotal autbotised Is 1178.7101 alretdy .7U0,42$OO t wn iiea aioi January "i, leafing MWiSO.400, of Will year's Output t be old in addition to large carry -er rrotn y pwiout year, ) jrbt rallr have aimlied la tlx month tor 7?.40, 600; tuuluslve of (2,000 AX ajiiuwttoed by the Mill roads and St. Paul 1H De cemlK'r. Industrial neeila liaea Wn Jirflng )( not so Uglt aa ft tf tal of tmjl)XM would indicate. i ' mwt prominent feature of 1807 financing to date hat been the unprtwe dentVyi heavy ' offering of abort note paying very generoui returns to invee tore-from five to eight percent, and, in exceptional oases, even more. Alto gether 303.651,000, of thU form of .e eurltlea ha been put out SAILS FOR EUROPE. Will Investigate Effect of Capital Pun itbment Aa Deterrent of Crime, 1 1 Km .VOWC. July t-SUte' Senator E. It Aekerman of New jtmy, will ail for Europe toon with a oomnt!rion from Governor Stokea to investigate the (rf't of capital punishment aa a deter rent on crtmo there. Governor Blokes, it I stated ,lt much Interested in the aliolition of capital punlidiment, pro id liig It can be shown that life Imprison ment would be a greater deterrent to crime..' ! :.;.'..,: v , .i IIM ACCIDENTS Fourth of July Causes Many ;l" Deaths and Injuries. SAD RESULTS OF ENTHUSIASM statistics Show Large Number of Accidents Resulting In Loss of Life and Limbs More Fatalities Expected From Tetanus. CHICAGO, July fi.-Thirty seven men women and children are dead and 2.133 are amtimcd, lacerated or burned as 'a result of yesterday's execs of patriotism in the nUlted States. The number frf dead docs not include five drowned dur ing .the day. ....,.. ....,.. , The roster of the dead i four more ing, after the fourth, not including flv :Imm..J ... 1 i Unfortunntely, the death roll will in crease day by day, and even the late dayVbi'-Ai igusf will witness addition- to ifcTetann, that gTlm nftwmath gmipowdtw, wound, .cJftima it rictlms acorc ; andev,!!!; by, hundred wlts alter the fourth. New York- lends nil (lis citlo. nf tl. Uitied tttitAfihh tiumber of klllel and Injured. Ten persons are dead in that city while six more are so serioutj- ly iiurt, mat it is expooted they will die within a few hours. At the New York hospitals, 423 Injured persons were treatt ed. No record was made of the numbe) of dispensary cases cared for.7"7"". I The' police doubtless averted a greater casualty list by arresting 428 men and boyt for oarrying weapon. A i There were 110 flres In greater New York during the' day. These figures break all Fourth of July records for this metropolis. ,: ! Plttuburg, Philadelphia, ran New York a close second in the grim race, nine persona yielding up their lives on the altar of freniiei patriotism. J Chicago, although the second city of the country, added only' two dead to the nation's total, S Springfield, 111., supplied three victim's. , (Continued on Page 8) THE eras 7 .i.'iii httl f.n M ii' ! (.!)( ii. i nn l ii t, )(;!?! '" Impi)slDg'!fil$play:;wrbc Made.; ....... - ' i'h uni:2 ;'! v. i"-.;t ttijtiAttti . ..t;ll!!b !iiA 4) :UTi(T ' f, Washington and , Tennessee Will be Brought From French ' ; Coast to Participated Z-,. BAnLESHIPS,CRUISERS WILL BE A GRAND SIGHT No Significance Is Attached To The Mobilizing of This Fleet In Pacific Water As Relating To War With ' Japan. WASHINGTON, July 5.-U it con ceded that Admital Evan will haw charge of the fleet which will go to the raciflV, It will contlst probably ot sixteen battleahlpt and a many col lier. The armored cruder Washington and Tennessee now In French" waters, are under ordera . to immediately refit and proceed to (he Pacific Coast to form art of an armored cruiter Kjuadron to be assembled there. It may be possible that they will be detained and accom pany the battleship on the cruise. When Admiral Evana arrives off the coast the fleet will be increased by the atimilon ot the battleship Nebraska, which haa just been completed and is awaiting the rounding out of her crew. The battleships Oregon and Wiaconin now at Dremerton, . will probably be ready for sea by next March o thai they may be added to ho fleet wbiclh will comprise 10 battleships besides the armored and protected cruisers of the raclflc fleet. The composition of the fleet today is as follow! Battleship Connecticut, Maine, Mis ouri, Virginia, New Jersey, Alabama. Rhode Island, Illinois, Kearsnrge, Ohio, Minnesota, . Vermont, Kanaaa, Georgia, Oregon. Wisconsin. Protected cruisers Charleston, Chi ga .; Cruiser Wllwaukee, St Ixiuis. Ounlioat Yorktown. The armored cruiser squadron of the raciflc fleet which wllf have headquar ter in iwiifornia water will be com posed of the Washington,,, Tennessee, California and South Dakota. Rwir-Admlral Stockton will command the armored cruisers squadrnvhe. Ten nessee being hiip-fla'aalf a 3 'fa v K YORK, July . Admiral Evans who ha) ipent some time in tae Bniok- lyn navyar'dllodar'nf tiliei no Avartike significance W-ilipluris fat the pmetice cruise that will take his fleet around the Horn over a cruise of 14,000 mile h IM M , absurd,? i he-. aid ito "the Asso ciated Press, 'iTo, construe apiearance of una iui uiiuiuMo uguiuig nuei in me icr ritorinl' waters df lour coast as a deunoftratioii to; impretm tbo j friendly government of Jnpai. . , . "'it 1 silly!to' talk of waf with Japan. Because some toughs wrecked Japanese restaurants in San Francisco there is no more reason for wnr with Japan than there, would be for war with China, If a few hoodlums on the eastside should ton '.' Chinese laundrr."' '!i ' 1 , OYSTER BAY, July 6-Rear-Admiral W. N. Brownson, who lunched with the President today stated that he did not know what ships i wonlif compose ! the fleet to. go to the iPuoiflc. All he knew about' the intended cruie was what be read in the newspapers. He aalds "The statements of Secretary Metcalf and Secretary eb would indicate that tlie cruise 'may be made somewhere, at some time, but that Is all I know about the matter.; BRITISH EMBASSADOR DENIES. Dtclarti He Did Not Make Commenti On Oklahoma Constitution. 1 "' " 'i u' " NEW YORK, July S British Amba ador Bryce ,ln deI'tch to the World from his summer borne at Intervale, ,N. II., declares he did not make the com ment on the Oklahoma constitution at tributed to him. : The dispatch follows; -m atawmeMi wnicn quote as t- trlbuted U in ' wafdlnif mariti of Oklahoma' iSofl(Untl.ul in wYtft tf' nn.' founded. ' I Invariably teftrsed to ex-J pre my opinion on Itl provisions, as I bar invariably refused to y a ay thing whatever on any Amerkaa politi cal question tine I came to the United 8tait In an ofllcial tp&elty.n J MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH, OFlA. Bulgaria. Julv 5. A court - martial thl morning sentenced Petroff, the murderer of Premier Petkoff, to death,' Ili two accessories were con demned respertlvelyto life Imprisonment and IS years' penal servitude. The Premier was assassinated at Sofia, Much II, while walking in Bora Garden w(th other Mlnirter. The assw fired three ouiiett into me rremiert nooy and ne died Instantly. The murderer waa dimissed employe of the Agricultural Rank. RECONCILED AT TOMB. Son of Garibaldi and Wife Who Were Ettranged For Yeara. ROME, July S.-Rirciotti Caribaldi son of the Italian patriot, and hi wife and daughter, were reconciled at the tomb of Gariltaldi yesterday where all three had gone to participate in the ceremonies commemorating the een tennial of the patriot' body. Ricciotti Garibaldi and his wfe have been es tranged fop year. .. .,x HAYWOOD TRIAL More Evidence Contradicting Or chard's Testimony. ADJOURNS UNTIL MONDAY Court Express Wish That Attorneys Will Use Time Until Then By Ar ranging Their Desires As To Inatrne , t ion To Jury and Stating Them. ' ,1 f I I '.-). M.t .M .' ,?H vi.;s ' BOISE, July 8. The beginning df the end of the Haywood trial was reached today. ( Counsel , fop t the, defense, an nounced "an exception to three or four Witnesses in the case In direct examlria,-. tion which is before the jury. Moyer wilj be .called Monday ,ndx,f iuyWjfol-; lijwed ,0 Haywood, vtb afendant Judge Wood Thas'a'ked counsel on both sides to subimt their requests forin structions to the jury. He informed counsel that he Wrid. consMrr,theMje W requests and will affree with 'counsel U rtifly-'forJiid gtHWyoT'atwptmgoflces- to , hlt , J9trucUons shall he in oruei tftat ftrRiirnentS on ootn suies may: '"l"nr""' ' " 'm vmning, ina. be limited to whftt the jury, will Kftl-iT,k.rwlat, the,,curt;wants to know lowed to consider in the evidence. Court! was1 adjourned "tliis1 'afierrioon; 'untilj W40.000 against the' Standard Ojl Co. Itonday,! the- court expressing1 hope that! of Indiana What: corporation qowns the biteTva) ;w(U be; ntflited hf counsel !. the defendant company! in preparations that would prevent .fur-J What capital has this holding com ther delay in bringing the ease to as. Pany .' ' ' , ,, i speedy a' close as possible.1 It la ex- "What Were the 'earnings of the Sold- pected that rebuttal evidence on behalf.ing company for the years 1903, "04 and of tlie swe will commence on Wednes-j'051 .,.,., ,,; ij.j , ! , .5 tc; u ,si day, perhaps Tuesday, much depending' . yho owns the Union Tank Line Com. on the extent of cross-examination of j pany j .... i in 4 j !4 41. .i " .. ,7.4 . J" 4 ,Vr noon the possibility of a verdict or dis- agreement within two weeks. Some " . j. , 4. , uneasiness- on part of the jurymen s' ... , " . . 1 a result of their long confinement de" veloped thia afternoon. Just before ad- iournment of eourt Juror Russell turn. ed to the bench and asked the Judge it . ... ..w . ... . . 4. Q .. tnei two flays' adjournment. He ex-' plained that some of the" jurors' were disinclined to take; walks and for that reason 1 the .other jurymen were unable to take exercise to which they were ar- (Continued on page 8) DOVN TO BUSINESS 111 '.)(.:,! i :!( ili!i ,,tr I ',''HV-ri hhA ff;.'1 . -fit tt.- fv uUf- I T. JU11U U. AUttitltlltl li III ' ft-ii- '' ' 'l;hW'-n CMcago. i L i GUEST OF SON-IN-LAW 1 ' ' - ; ' f-t Will Appear ES WiUlCSS In COUfl To-Day in Standard Oil Case. - ROGERS MAY ALSO APPEAR Rockefeller Under the Protection of The United State And Secret Ser vice Men Will See That He la Not Molested Or Annoyed. ., CHICAGO, July" 5.-John D. Rocke feller will be in Chicago thi afternoon or early tomorrow morning, ready to appear as a witness before Judge Ken nesnw M, Land is in the federal court in the cases of the Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana which I accused of re ceiving rebate from, the Chicago and Alton railroad. ! is Mipposed that ,!! H. Roger will also appear in court a it is announced that i be baa returned from Europe tiiough he may not arrive in Chicago ii. time to . participate in tomorrow morning's proceedings. Mr. Rockefeller will be the guest of his son-in-law, Harold F. McCormick at Bellevue Place and Lake Shore grove. He will be under the protection' of the United States and secret service official will tee to it that he is not molested or annoyed Vhile under ;the jurisdiction of Judge Landis' court. While Mr. Rockefeller is on his way to Chicago, while he is here. an.T while Ka I Nn...-.in . - i:. 1 L - 1 . iv-vuiuiug vu m uuuiB, no may noi be molested or approached by process servers from state courts .where has presence as a witness may be desired. This is rule which obtains even with the humblest and poorest witnesses sum moned by the United States courts. Just as protects the poorest, t will protect Mr. Rockefeller. Doubtless, too, Mr. Rockefeller ' will be guarded by federal secret service men a' his temporary home in Chicago.; ji..isu'.'.t;il tA Fourteen of the sixteen persons sub' expected to ; appear, in the court , room,, , It .to .from ".these, witnesses uuugn utiiuis iiopes io yuiuui iu- 'i or max ion wnicn win guiue mm in axing the amount'of fines to be imposed upon fiosr9m, theChicaago and Alton off before imposing the maximum , fine of 1 hat payment did the Chicago and Alton make for use of cars of the ,,. . T. . . . . . . 4. , . . r Period covered by the indictments on ... ... . . , wnich the oil company was tried and eonvi0tedt ' ; ' V - . now mBny care wel, Snipped " 108 Hnw Irom o ,St - Ijmi 1 . Mn ' null C:i T..!. St. Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis. 111. T r UOiF A. i :J f, T .rj-'ll -.1 HZ'Ji. .' Why w as the 'rate of 10 cents inserted in some of the Chicago and Alton's way bills during the time covered : by the indictment t ; . :' ;:; vn ' . What course counsel for the Stand ard Oil will adopt is not disclosed. DISAFFECTION GROWING. Revolt la Being Preached And Nation " ' Are "Training To- Fight. " . LONDON, Juiy 5Depicie rom India- report' fiust- ta' disaffection among the natives i rapidly increasing. J Ac ewdflg t 1 eorTesptwdent wbff H mado J several toura of Betigat ""' being jia.va 7 Majr V stwF mHM tV' Ilv Ha sit- declares that the serkmtm 'f-the uati0)iraanUy.nlfa(! Jbjr. the Ejiro- pean .juj, IodiftryrfttimeFarrnerly the discontent wat 'confined' to' tfev Hlg1tr,tut no lt;liaa.iprai4W)on rf ijjfj n t V$ t r"ia a amon t, peaan(a and coolie. Aa organization tnown as national volun teers ha branciieV in nearly every (own and villaoe and tales of lawlessness and oppression bv these volunteers corns from every district. The rural polios are weak, the correspondent states and the people are gradually looting respect for order and authority. An aUrmiM feature of the situation, it it stated, h the growing number of assault on Eu ropean. ' j.1'. "' Another correspondent at Simla, re port that sedition - is extending into the central provinces. ATTEMPTED JAIL BREAK. Jaler Single -Handed Frustrates Six Des ' perate Inmates Kills Ringleader, RATON, N. M.r July 6.-I an at tempt yesterday by half dozen in mates of tbe county, jail to overcome the jailer and gain, their freedom, ft prisoner named B. Rows, who was the ringleader in the jail breaking attempt, was shot and instantly killed. The at tempt was fiiwtrated by the jailer, John Gale, singlAanded. The other Inmates were forced back into their cells at tht point of the jailer's gun. COAL HIS CLOSED Affects Pacific Coast Coal Supply Extensively. THREE MINES ARE EFFECTED The Shutting Down of Three Mines on Disputed Property, la Rock Springs, : Wyoming, Will Cans Further Short ages of Coal in the West. .; ROCK SPRINGS, WyO., July 6. Aa a result of the suits filed' by the gov ernment sgainst tbe Union Facile Coal Company forcing : that company ; to abandon property alleged' to have been illegally secured from, the government, three .big mintes .situated, on, the dis puted property closed up. , The effect will be to cuse further shortage of coal in- tlw west.'.'. ? -'t :.! vAn j.t, . : I'iJA ii ., 1, ii,, niiji'J lit fi'oos .r LOSSES BT FIRE.. J-v v n-?d).h.is .aurmi? j'"t rt;.ji a.:!; ol 1 "!t t!is!S ".', Interesting Compilation, of Fire Losses v- , In United States and Canada.,,., Hi?i f .j fieu i'J-r-ij'i: ; ;. 1.- i KETSv 'YORK,- J uly i The ' losses1 'by fire in ' the United States and Canada during June,, a .compiled . from , the record of . the Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Bulletin aggregate $14,765,- 00. This brings the total fire waste for the first half of 1007. up to $117,457,500, as compared with $377,605,550 for the year 1906, ; but these figures Include $280,000,000 chargable to the San Fran cisco conflagration, ... .1 PLAN TO ASCEND 10,000 FEET. ST. LOUIS, July 5. The balloon St. Louis, recently purchased by Russell E. Gardner for entry in the Aero Club bal loon tournament in October, was used in ft test trip today by H. E. Honeywell, a professional aeronaut, accompanied by H. F. Cartwright, secretary to Mr. Gar dner.,,, The balloon shot straight up and drifted slowly east It was the inten tion of the aeronauts to remain up all all day and endeavor to reach an alti tude of 10,000 feet. 1 INDIAN KILLED BY FREIGHT CAS.