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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRCSSMCPORT, WO C0VCR8THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXItf. NO. 294 ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESCIY, JANUARY 21, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS mi1 in OVER AGAIN Defendant's Attorney Re sist the Order. EXCLUDING THE PUBLIC On Ground That District Attorney - Jerome Has An Ulterior Motive. EVELYN'S STORY SHORTENED Hotter and Wit of th Defendant Still th Principal 1b th Great lif Contest in New York Jerome' Cro Examination Will be Seven One. KEW YORK. Jan. 80. Mr. Evelyn Thaw, repeated Iter story today. It lacked the vitality of the Drat recital but the audience listened intently. Justice Dow ling refuted to close the door. The throng clamored (or admit ance and besieged the court houee ell Jay. Jerome, failing to exolude the public retaliated in hi eross-exa'inlnstlon by probing Into all the detail of the Orel trie which the defense omitted on the flint examination. Jerome also (ought r to minimis Evelyn' testimony entirely on the ground that a oonveraation three J ear before the tragedy had no bearing on Thaw' mind on the night of the homl elde. Dowllng overruled the objection. Evelyn wa on the aland all day. Jerome announced at the adjournment that the cross-examination would oc cupy 'all of tomorrow' session. Jerome constantly interrupted her story. He sought to exclude all de tail, alleging Irrelevancy. Jerome' ob jection led Justice Dowling to request Littleton to make hi examination a abort a pouible. Llttloton obeyed, only to find that on cross-examination Jerome indited upon reading from lat year' record nearly every word the witnea thon uttered. He did this under the privilege of framing now question. Littleton objected trenuouly declaring ,1.-1 1 . t II , - . 1 1 vuav uvrviiw, uj reaumg lorinur icaii- mony, in a disagreeable manner, wa trying to discredit her before the jury because he could not discredit her in ny way directly. Jerome's tone characterized moat of the questions put to the witness whom lie attacked in the loudest voice yet used at the trial He plunged Imme diately Into minute detail and made no aeucaie cnoics oi woros, ;,. jj i Littleton' objection to the offensive- ne and impropriety were frequently sustained, Mr. Thaw matched both Jerome and hi assistant, Mr. Garvan, w it hi chief elbow with uggc tions, She fenced a skilfully s she did ,i year .ago. At time she reflected the ;mood amv manner of Jerome; by ' an swering in a strident voice, la m loud - i . i i. 1 ' . ,, . m aey as A own. Jerome s pi u less ag gressive question often struck fire. One when Jerome demanded to know if lie told Thaw certain things, she re torted "Ye, I told him, but I did not use the language you are uiing." i "Don't argue with me, madam," shouted Jerome. He then had the reply stricken from the record. Only one new feature appeared in lier testimony, when she told about Thaw wallowing laudanum with suMdal intent, at Monte Carlo in 1904. Prevlou in New York, he added, Thaw talked of suicide, and suggested that shs also take "poison, a both their lives had been ruined. She humored Thaw at the time and diverted hi mind. When shs left the room he took the poison. , "Wy didnfc you tell us about this at the first trial!' shouted Jerome. "Mr, Delmas said it might make Harry out too crasy," Evelyn retored More Jerome could stop her. . TENNIS SEASON PROGRAM. Soma Crest Player Coming to Contest for Championship, NJSVY YORK, v Jan. StO.-Tbat tbr will be an American challenge this year for the pwfght F. Davie eup was in dlested yesterday by a member of the National Lawn Tennl Association's Executive Committee. . The Assochv lion, however, U not likely, according to Uil authority, to send represent- tive to compete in the English Olympic championship nutchea, Elimination con test with he Doherty Brothers, who ar exported her on their way to Australia to play for the Daviea eup, ar out lined as a probable part of the season' tennl program. Two German player may accompany the Dohertya and the liability of prellmlary matches In this country (with the winning nation to go on to Australia for the final challenge matches. Ptana to this end are expect ed to bo presented end urged for adop tlon at the Association' annual meet ing next month. BANK COMMISSIONERS SUED. 6 AN FRAXCISOO, Jan. SOHenry B. Rue today began suit against the pres ent and former state bank commission ers to recover $10,374 deposited with the California Safe Deposit ft Trust Com pany on the strength of favorable re ports regarding that Institution, Issued by the commission. His faith In offic ial report Impelled him to deposit $10,000 two days before the bank closed. DYNAMITE DOINGS Town of Hammond, Indiana, Has Peculiar Mystery. POLICE AND PEOPLE BAFFLED Explosion Tears up On of the Finest Blocks in City No Accounting for the Perpetrator or Cause Miracle That no One Wa Injured. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Is Out for a De Facto , Port. EFFECTIVE WORK DONE The Necessity for Astoria Provide Herself With a Legal Status. to CHICAGO, "Jan. 20. A bomb explo sion in the finest office building In town yesterday startled and mystified the police and inhabitants of Hammond, Ind. . . Hie' building Is called the Sidmon Mo llis block and in It are the offices of the Hammond Board of Trade near which the explosion Is said to have occurred. Reports as to this nature of the out rage are conflicting. The police denied that they had any clows or even, the theories regarding the explosion. A bomb filled with dynamite and at tached to ' time fuse went off with a tremendous report and everybody with in a distance of several blocks felt the shook. Dishes and window iwere rat tled and the alarm wa general. "Th explosion tons a hole in the roof," sold one of the employe' in the building." It was big enought for a man to drop through. It is a miracle no one was injured, as there were & num ler of men in the building at the time, The bomb- was placed directly over the elovator shaft. The person who placed it there had plenty of time to escape, as the time fuse, to which the bomb was connected, probably burned for 10 minutes' before the explosion oc curred." '- ' ' ' -s ' ; Beside the Board of Trade, the build ing ia occupied by the Lake County Dally Time and numerous professional men. It 1 owned by Sidmon McHie of Chicago. , McHie owns, with his brother, R. H. Minllie, of Hammond, a large grain ele vator at Hammond. HELD UP AND SERIOUSLY SHOT. TAOOMA, Jan. 20. A. W. Thoroely, the Mexican vice-consul, wa held up by two highwaymen and shot. The ball entered the throat and lodged near the spinal cord. He fell to the ground and was removed half an hour later to the hospital where an operation is being performed for the removal of the bullet. NAMESSTANDING COMMITTEES That Immediate Step Were Imperative That a Charter Amendment be Sab mitted for th Initiative of the People of This City at Jan Election. The Astoria Chamber of Commerce went into session at 7:30 o'clock last evening under Us new auspices for tie year 1008, President W. T. Scbolfleld. presiding, and Assistant Secretary J. T- Wallace, acting as secretary in place of manager and Secretary John H. Whyte, absent In California, with the Ad Men' excursion. Ths meeting opened under the regular order of business, and led off with the report of Manager Whyte, compiled with especial reference to this session, and being a aerie of suggestions pertinent to) the hour and the good of the work the Chamber stands fori it included among other things the following list of stand Ing committees for the year, named by the president, which were duly approved by the membership last evening: Executive Committee F. I Parker, G C Futon, & S. Gordon. Promotion CouimlUee Frank Patton, F. J. Carney, Dr. T. L. Ball Herman Wise, J. T. Ross, Xorri Staples, C. J. Trenchard. , J. E. Gratke, James W. Welch. Committee on Commerce and Kaviga tlon J. Q. A. Bowlby, C S. Gundercon. R, . CarruUiers. Committee on Manufacturing and In dustries C G. Palmberg. R. E. Carruth ers, R. M Leathers. Railroad and Transportation Commit' tee a W, Camahan, R. B. Dyer, J. T. Wallace. Legislative and Judiciary Committee F. J. Taylor, G. C. Fulton, A. M. Smith. Committee on Fisheries and Propoga tlon A. Schernockau, C R. Higgina, H, M. Lorntscn. v . Committee on Statistics and Compila tion A. R. Cyrus, Dr. T. L. Ball, B. Van Dusen. " . 1 Committee on' Roads and Highways F A. Fisher, O. W. Carnhan, P. A. Stokes. ,'..' Committee on Membership and Sub scription a M. Cellar, H, Hoefler, Wm. Mtodison, F, N. Clark, Wi. Gratke, V. S. Stokes, T. R. Davies, Norris Staples, Dan B. Allen. ' X Committee on Agriculture and Dairy Ing O. W. Barr, E. Z. Ferguson, A. S. Skyles, William Larson and Geo. Judd. . Reception Committee Herman Wise, P. h. Chenry, Hon. G. W. Fulton, E. Z. Ferguson, C. S. Bro.wn, Dr. T. L. Boll, ft It Cellar, John ft McCue, Dr. W. C. Logan, J. EL Higglns, John Fox, Dr. C. W. Bnrr, John N. Griffin, H. F. Proel, J. H. Smith, Charles Hollbora, Dr. Alfred Kinney, VA. E. Tallant, Dr. A. A. Finch, a J. Trenchard, U. J. Wherdty, R. H. Hoefler, J. E. Gratke, J. S. Bellinger, J. It-Whyte, J. T. Wallace, James W. Ulelch, R. M. Pomeroy, C W. Oarnahan, Dr. a B. Estes. The full report was then referred to the Committee on IPromotion for further treatment as may be deemed best for the future of the Chamber. A R. Cyrus then mode a partial re port on the matter of the desired use of the Fort Stevens rifle-range, saying that Colonel White, in command there, has been seen, and had signified that the range of 600 yards at the fort was open to the use of any organised mili tary or naval group that desired to use It- for practice. . Gabriel Wingate then sprung the sen sation of ths evening in a quiet, but convincing way, namely, the necessity Tor Astoria to provide herself with legal status and equipment a a port, in law; ia ether words that immediate steps wens Imperative that a charter amend meut be submitted for the initiative of the people of this city at the June elec tion for the establishment of the Port of Astoria, with all th adequate and incident authority attaching to such an organization and embracing every atom of iter commercial rights in this river and harbor. The idea took immensely and while there, was no particular "hurrah" about it, it was evident that the suggestion was exactly in line with popular conception of what wa essen tial to mak the attitude and latitude of the port fixed and definitive. A a feature of this reception, the matter re sulted in the appointment of a special committee consisting of Messrs. Win- gate, A. M. Smith and J. W. Welch, to formulate a draft of the procedure neces sary for the launching of the work in good and sequent shape, at the next re gular meeting of the Chamber; and this will be done. It is hoped that th at tendance on that night, Monday, the 3rd day of Feburary, will be so great and so unanimous on this live issue as to en sure it early and complete presenta tion to the people at large. Dr. Bair then took occasion to mani fest his exceeding interest in the expan sion of the membership of the Chamber to the round sum of 600; and a a con sequence, be was immediately made chairman of -a special committee to en ter into a competitive effort with the regular committee on Membership and Subscription, for a sixty-day try-out in this behalf, the losing committee to stand for a dollar dinner to the losers. The proposition went with a whirl, and big results sre looked for. . Mr. Wingate made an apt and per suoslve talk for the establishment of a flour mill here, if only of a capacity of 100 barrels a day; and his suggestion was promptly passed up to the commit' tee on promotion for definite action in the near future. The president and secretary of the Chamber were appointed a special com mittee to revise the order of business of the Chamber and have the same printed and properly distributed among the members, without delay. Mr. Cyrus submitted a plea for ad' vice from the Chamber as to what he might tell an intending settler in this country from abroad as to the possibili ties warranting the establishment of a slaughterhouse and sausage factory, and the matter will be disposed of at the next session. The meeting waj a live one and will bear fruit in the next few months of an extremely valuable sort, especially in the matter of creating the Port of As toria by due process of law and popular sanction; the which, it is hoped, may be wrought out with good grace and certain success. LAI FRAUD TESTIMONY Zachary Acted as Advance Agent; SECURED LARGE AREAS Suggested the Idea of Filing on Homesteads and Erect ing Their Cabins. HOME COOKS CRITICISED, One Season Why Ken are Disposed to Strong Drink, XEW'YORK, Jan. 20. That women cook so badly that drive their husbands to drink was the statement made yes terday Supreme Court Justice Green baum, in an- ddres at the Hebrew technical School for Girls. After des cribing the excellent work being done by the school, the justice said: In this country, the cooking ia far from what it ought to be, particularly in the country districts, where nature has endowed the soil with all that should make for ideal conditions as to food. Yet, the average woman there know nothing about oooldng. The cooking is vile. Children are nourished improperly. The wage earner, the bread winner, does not receive proper food to sustain him." I have no doubt that many men go to saloons at night just because they are improperly nurished at home." ALMOSTCONCLUSIYEEVIDENCE Prosecution Elicited Statement That Government Blank Were Filled Be fore They Signed Them -Extract of Land Law Not Sead to Entrymen. BANKER GAVE CUE. Robbers Follow Sleepwallking President Into Bank, CHICAGO, Jan. 20. A despatch to the Tribune from Jackson, Miss says: A unique confession was made yes terday to A. F. Thompson, president of the National Bank of Hattiesburg, by James Harper and W- T. Smith, bank robbers, brought back from Seattle, Washington, where they were caught after a long chase.' Harper says the bank president walked in his sleep. He and Smith twiotched the bank for several nights, according to their confession,, and frequently witnessed Thomason enter with the aid of his door key. They never dreamed that he was not in the full posession of his senses until they saw him under an electric light with hie eyes closed. Then the robbers say they conceived a pkn to enter the bank with Thomason and to gag him if he came out of his trance. K They declare that Thomason gave them the combination to the safe, which tJiey looted and that they left, leaving Thomason asleep in the Dank, PORTLAND, Jan. 2a With testi mony that appeared almost conclusive from several witnesses in the so-called Hall-Mays conspiracy cose, the govern ment 'disclosed to the jury how, during the year 1900 and 1901 the Butte Creek Land, livestock A Lumber Co. secured large area of public land in a manner the prosecution alleges was fraudulent and illegal The prosecu tion made wonderful progress today with the deveopment ot its case. From 11 o'clock in the morning until the court adjourned at 5 o'clock in the evening five witnesses testified. In brief, the testimony was to the effect that Clarence B. Zachary, the fore man of the company, served as a sort of advance agent for the corporation in its alleged land-grabbing. The witness declared, knew where the land was lo suggested the idea of filing on the homesteads. They declared that he pro posed to erect their cabins and look after the cultivation and attend to nth er requirements of the homestead law and he agreed to purchase their claims for about $300 when the final proof was completed. , , They testified that these applies tions were filed with H. H. Hendricks, another member of the company, who was at that time United States com missioner. None of the entrymen, they declared, knew where the lond was lo cated when they filed their applications and none of them ever visited their claims more than two or three times and then for periods of but 10 to 15 minutes each. When the proper time arrived, the witnesses declared, each appared before Hendricks, except one who went before James S. Stewart at the Dalles and signed the final proof papers. When their final receipt ar rived from the land office, they testi fied, they transferred their property to the company and received the stipulated consideration. Judge Webster for the defense cross- examined the witnesses severely and sought to bring out that they knew they were perjuring themselves at all times when the acts in question were commit ted.' This caused the prosecution, in re direct examination of" one of the wit nesses, tp elicit the statement that an swers hod already been filled into gov ernment blanks before thy signed them, and that the extracts from the land laws contained on the blanks which axe supposed to be read to each entryman for his guidance and protection were never read to them. , TEE INCIDENT IS CLOSED. ' WASBJXGTOJf, Jan. 20. On the ground that it was sought to enjoin Secretary Cortelyon from doing what was now an accomplished fact and sought to invoke the injunction power of Cortelyou, Judge Gould today denied George W Austen' application for am order preventing the Secretary from al lotting $2100.000 Panama bonds to certain national banks. This practical' ly ends the suit. WARNED Possible Attempt to Ciow up Battleships. OUT FOR BUSINESS. REPORTED KILLED IN WRECK. ATLANTA, Ga,, Jan. 20. Four per sons are reported killed and a number of others injured in a wreck on the Atlanta-Birmingham & Atlantic Rail road, near Shadna, Co., today. , CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Eleven newsboys were arrested . last night for shouting "War is declared between the United States and Japan". The boys for hours hod gone through the streets giving ut terance to the Sensational yells, They were selling a weekly newspaper and meeting with a large sola until vioti mized persons called up the police. The boys were released after having been warned.' ONLY ONE NAME MENTIONED L Few Have Treated the Story Ser iously, Others Have Regarded it as Fantastic and Many Have Dismissed it a a Myth. PARIS, Jan. 20. The reports from Rio Janeiro that the Brazalian authori ties were, warned from Paris of the possible attempt to blow up the battle ships is true. ; Recently certain suspicions indicat ing the existence of a plot to destroy a part of or the whole fleet at Rio Janeiro or in the Straits of Magellan were aroused and communicated to Rio Janeiro and Washington. A chartered steamship was reported to have con veyed explosives for the use of the con spirators at Rio Janeiro arriving there about the middle of December, and John Fedher mentioned in the Rio Janeiro dispatch was one of the men alleged to be implicated in the conspiracy. The plot is supposed to have startling rami ificationa but the evidence is for from conclusive, resting upon the statement of an individual whose record is proved to be bad. The whole affair is regarded 'with skepticism and the presumption is that it may have been a deliberately concocted scare. ; In any event, it is not believed that if the polt existed, the timely warning and precautions frustrated the plans of the conspirator ' and compelled them to transfer opera tions farther south if not to sbandon them entirely. A few have treated the story seriously, others have regarded it as fantastio and many have dismissed tt as a myth. Today reports from Rio Janeiro have been characterized as an other weird chapter of fantastic recital. It is believed here that the action of the Rio Janeiro police grew out of informa tion forwarded to Rio Janerio from Washington and Pari. The administration has admitted cognizance of knowledge of the belief of ulterior designs at (Rio Janerio. The warning received through ths ambajttj at Paris was vague. The officers are skeptical, pointing out that such a plot could succeed only with the use of ap proved apparatus operated by experts. AGAIN THE STORK. MADRID, Jan. 20. It Is semi-official- ly announced that the Queen of Spain is again en ciente. The accouchment is expected in July.