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4. . - To PUBUtHH FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS RKPORT COVCRS THC MORNING fltLO ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 33rd YEAR, WOMANSHOT MAN DEAD William Durrcll Shoots Mrs. Klum. JEALOUSY THE CAUSE Wmted Woman to Elope With Him She Related and He Shot Her. THEN FIRES AT HER HUSBAND Durrell Stated he Hid Been Living t Downtown Lodging Houm With Mra. Klum She Declared it Wn en "Unqualified FalhoocV PORTLAND, Feb. 26V-Jealou be- L-auie of the refusal of Mr. Omar Klum Receive hi attention, Wil liam Durrell, a bone trader, thi af ternoon lot the woman three time and inflicted latal wounus, nuempicu to ihoot the woman' husband and finally shot himself. Durrell died few hour later at the bopital. The thooting occurred on Eleventh treet, near Stark, lc than a block of Washington trcet and within view of hundred of people passing along thi tdoroufchfare. The woman wa carried into a hotel and her woitnds drced. Durrell' body wi placed in an entry way, it being thought he was dead. A few minute later he howed ign of life and recovered sufficiently to make itatement in which he admitted kill ing the woman and aid he- wa jeal ous. He also stated he had been liv ing with her the past three day in a downtown lodging house. When told Sjnt Durrell' dying tatcmcnt, Mr. ICJum said it wa an unqualified false hood. Klum, who is a meat cutter, tay Durrell was infatuated with his wife for some time and followed the woman about beseeching her to leave R'lum. Klum ay his wife repeated ly repulsed the man's attention and thi probably made him desperate. At the hospital, it was stated to- night, that Mrs. Klum had a bare J yehancc of recovering, but in case she doe she will be a cripple for life, one of the bullets havinir struck her spine. Mrs. Klum and husband walking down Eleventh street when Durrell, who had apparently been following the pair approached. When but a few fc?t away, he drew a pistol and without a word of warning fired three time at Mr .Klum. . As the woman fell tr. the ground screaming, "Oh, Cod, he's shot mc," Durrcll pointed ths weapon at Klum and pulled the trig ger. The gun missed fire and Durrell, seemingly having saved the last bul let to take his own life fired fifth sh' t into his own body. move In the regular orbit described) for it are the conclusions Prof. W. W. Campbell, the head of the Lick Observatory, ha arrived at from the development of photographic plate taken at Flint Island several months age. They show the complete ab sence of any planet between the sun and mercury. , For 50 year astronomer have been disturbed-by the problem that mercury does not follow the path or orbit which should be its natural course, and which mathematical tronomy ha outlined for It. That there was tome force pulling from it orbit and that thi compelling force wa the attraction of planet Inter vening between it and the sun was the general theory. Professor Camp bell said last night: These photographic plates dispose of this theory and mathematicians will have to look elsewhere for forces. While the plates have not received their final development they make the absence of planet certain ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1908 IS! OF REV THE TARIFF ATTACKED BY THUGS. ' CIIICACO, Feb. 26.-Three fore- men in the Illinois Steel Work were attacked by murderous assailants last night short time after they had left the yards en route to their homes. Two of the men wire wounded, one seriously, by the thugs who (prang out of the dark alleys and wielded knives, and the third wa (hot but not dangerously hurt a he stepped out of the gateway of the yard. It is thought the attack on these men came from unemployed persons who had sought work unsuccessfully in the mills. The men attacked are among those who received applica tion for Job - j A GOOD SIZED HAUL DalzclI'sExhaustiveSpeech in Senate. : v REPUBLICAN -POLICIES Under H the United States Hat Become the Greatest of Man ufacturing Nations. PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION Residence of Henry A. Pritchett Easily Burglarized. - CARNEGIE'S HOUSE ESCAPED Mr. Pritchett Wa Formerly Prel dent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrance Gained to Hla House by Skilfully Uaed Jimmy GIVES HIMSELF UP. PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. 26. Almost crazy from avoiding detectives for the past three years, Robert Munn con fessed to a friend here that he had killed a man whose name he did not know in a saloon fight, in" Litchfield, III., on July 4, 1906. The friend noti fied an officer and Munn was placed under arrest and repeated hi confes sion. The Litchfield authorities have been notified. ASTRONOMICAL PLATES. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-That there are no planet between the Sun and Mercury and that tclentlitt will I have to build up some other theory 1 . i j io expiuin wny mercury aocs not NEW YORK, Feb. 26,-That an other good-sized haul had been made by burglars in the district occupied by many men of wealth became known last night when it was learned that an entrance had been gained to the residence of Henry A. Pritchett, formerly president of the Massachu setts Institute of Technology and now director of the Carnegie founda tion, and $1000 worth of silverware taken The burglars gained an en trance by climbing along the fence of Andrew Carnegie's residence ad joining, gaining the rear of the Prit chett home, where skillful use of a "jimmy" on a bay window gained them easy admission. Although the burglars crossed the Carnegie prop erly, they apparently made no at tempt to enter the house. After dark last night the force of special police men from Mr. Carnegie's residence was doubled, six now being on duty there. The American Tariff System Wa Attacked by Houiton Who Charged That the Truata Owed Their Being to it, and Urged Iti Revision. WASHINGTON, Feb, 26. -The climax of the general debate on the army appropriation bill in the House came today when Dalzeli, recognized as one of the foremost protectionists of the country delivered an exhaus tive speech in defense of the Republi can party and its policies, in which he upheld the principle of a protec live tariff system and said under it, the United States had become the greatest of manufacturing nations. He don't believe there is any neces sity for tariff revision, but thought it was well to recognize the claims of those who think there should be some alterations. Whatever that re vision was provided the Republicans were successful at the next election, he assured his hearers it would be in accordance with the Republican theory of protection of American in dustries and of the wages of Ameri can workmen. The American tariff system was attacked by Houston, who charged that the trusts owed their being to it and urged its revis ion. i he army appropriation bill was not concluded when the House adjourned. TRANSPORTATION SUBJECT. BATTLESHIP CONSTRUCTION. To be Investigated by the Senate In Executive Session. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. -Just how far the Senate committee On naval affairs will go into the criticism of the battleship construction will be determined at an executive session tomorrow. During the hearing today Rear-Admiral Cappt concluded his statement in refutation of the Reuter dahl article. It was decided today that all officers whose names have been mentioned with the recent criticism of construction shall be called. v CHICAGO, Feb., 26.-At a con ference of shippers throughout the country held here yesterday, arrange ments were perfected to send a num ber of delegations representing the principal shippig industries to Washington to appear before the Sen ate committees on commerce in the senate when they meet on March 3. The committee at that time will, be- begin hearings on transportation sub jects and the shippers will urge the reporting to congress of both the Fulton and Culberson-Smith bills. The first bill will prevent changes in freight rates without good cause and the second will compel the railroads to furnish cars to ship to ship pers within a reasonable time. At the conference were present J. C. Lincoln, of St. Lauis and C. E. Cooke of Chicago, president and sec retary of the National Industrial Traffic League, representing 30 great cities and 80,000 shippers; representa tives of the Chicago Coal Dealers' Association and of the Pacific Coast Lumbermen's Association. HIS VOICE GAVE HIM AWAY. 'NEW YORK. Feb. 26. Identified by his voice by a witness who had not seen him, John Marca, a baker, was convicted of assault in the first degree by ; a jury in the court of general sessions yesterday and was remanded for icntence, which may be 10 year. Marca, it was charged, went to the home of Rose de Matteo on East 214th itreet and when she re fused to admit him after he had call ed to her to open the door, he fired three shot through the door. The witnes wa asked on the stand yes terday if she had teen Marca and could identify him as the man who bad fired the shots. She said the had not een him, whereupon the defend ant' counsel moved for dismissal on the ground that his client had not been identified. When the court questioned the woman she said she knew the voice of Marca, and said it wa Marca' voice that called through the door. Judge Mulqueen held that thi was sufficient identification and sent the case to the jury which promptly com mitted Marca. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26,-The United State Circuit Court of Ap peals yesterday affirmed the judg merit of the Alaska court in the case of Annie C. Lorentzen against Julia Werner and W. G. Morgeau. The defendants borrowed $2500, at 3 per cent a month. The defense was usury, but the lower court gave judgment for the full amount The defendant appealed, but did not appear, and the appellate court affirmed the judgment i HAD TWO CONTRACTS. NEW YORK, Feb., 26.-Heinrich Conried, retiring director of the Me tropolitan Opera House, is quoted as to have said last night that he intends to begin legal proceedings to hold Charles Dalmores, now singing tenor roles at the Manhattan Opera House, to the contract Dalmores signed with the Conried Opera Company recently. It is claimed that when the ainger signed the contract he had already signed a contract with Hamerstein, wmm ROTTENNESS-CORRVPTION Is What the . President Is Warring Against. Positive Anarchists Have Lists of Priests to Be Killed. ONE CHICAGO MAN MARKED "I Am the Moat Logical Man For Assassination I Have Thousand of Friend in the Italian Colony and Also Many Bitter Enemies." CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-A murder will be committed in Chicago within month similar to the Denver as sassination, where the Rev. Father Leo Heinrichs was shot down while administering Holy Communion in St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic Church," asserted Chancellor E. M. Dunne of the t hicago Archdiocese last night. . . . "I am positive that anarchists, anti clericals, or whatever they call them' selves, have prepared lists of priests and clergy to be killed and am cer tain that some Chicago man has been marked," he said. "I am the most logical man for as sassination and although I have thou sands of friends in the Italian colony, I also have many bitter enemies."- Father Dunne said if he was not chosen to be murdered the other can didates would be either Archbishop Quiglcy, the Very Rev. Father Angel lucci of the Church of the Assump tion, or the Rev. Father Francis Gordon, C. R., provincial of the Church of Ressurectionists. w . .. . T, i .Lj r Lieieciivcs uernaccm ana iongo- bardi reported to Chancellor Dunne at the chancellory office yesterday and told him they were instructed to serve as his personal bodyguard. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. -The Senate today confirmed the nomina tions of Louis A. Coolidge to be as sistant secretary of the treasury and Charles P. Grandfield to be first as sistant postmaster-general. SUFFRAGE BILL IN DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 26. -The Universal Suffrage bill passed Its third reading today by 42 vote to 29. NO LELUP IN POLICY Declared the Country Was Better and Not Worse Than it Formerly Was. C0P WITH FORCES OF EVIL The President Today Addressed the Delegate to Department of Super intendents of National Educational Association During Their Reception WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. -That there will be no let-up in President Roosevelt's policy of warring against "Rottenness and corruption" was emphatically declared by the Presi dent today in an address to the dele gates to the department of superin tendents of the national educational association during their reception at the White House. In the course of his address he said: "Fundamentally in its family life and in its outside activities of its individuals, the country is better and not worse than it formerly was. This does not mean we are to be excused if we fail to war against rottenness and corruption, if we fail to contend effectively with the forces of evil, and they waste their time who ask me to withhold my hand from dealing there with. The President advised that the schools more and more train boys and girls toward and not away from the farm and the workshop. He said much had been said about the dignity of labor, but in our education we have tended toward the assumption that the educated man was to be educated away irom and not toward labor. The President also desired that pupils should be taught that it does not atone for small pay to call it salary if by working hard with your hands you get more than if you work with your head only. He urged that the boy be taught to earn his own livli hood and be the home-maker; that the girl be the home-maker; that the father be the bread-winner and the mother be the housekeeper. N PRICE FIVE CENTS me Hudson as a resid ence section for New Yorker, Long Island Real Estate men and property owners met yesterday to consider mean of burying work on the pro jected tunnels under the East River A primary movement in the proce of improving transit connection be tween Manhattan and Long hfcnd the real estate men consider i the opening of the Stoinway tunnel to the Hudson and representations on the subject will be made shortly to Aug ust Belmont of the tunnel company and comptroller Metz of this city. ALDRICH BILL CRITICISED. WASHINGTOnT Feb. 2&-TwU speeches were made in the Senate in criticism of the Aldrich currency bill today. Culberson criticised the meas ure and spoke in favor of the amend ments he deemed necessary to make it of service. Nelson also denounced the measure a of no importance in its present form. The currency bill was on the tnotion of Senator Aldrich made un finished business of the Senate. The bill to revise the criminal laws of the United States was passed. TO HAVE A HEARING. WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. -Senator Borah of Idaho introduced to the President today the delegation pf stockgrowers from his state who talk ed with the President about the hilt. pending in congress requiring rail roads to transport livestock at a rate of 16 miles an hour. The President, according to his visitors, said he ap proved of legislation of this kind.' The visitors are to have a hearing ut.u,c me congressional committees on the biU of Heyburn and MondelL STATUES RECOVERED STRENUOUS TIME. Got More Novelty Than Their Wild- ; est Fancy Bargained For. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-Ac- cording to a story told in the Exam iner this morning Miss Hazel Ed wards and Miss M. Thames, young women tourists of New York, who made the trip to this city by way of the Isthmus of Panama rather than by railroad, for "the novelty of the thing" had all the experience they looked for and a little more. They arrived here at the beginning of the week in the Pacific Mail steamer Newport, and tell of having been ar rested for spies by the chief of police of Guatemala City. After being ar rested at the hotel they were placed, they say, in the care of a matron in the prison and kept there nearly two days until the steamer Newport ar rived. ' Were Torn From Cathedrals In French Revolution. ARE EXQUISITELY MODELED Despite Their Long Exposure to the Wind and Weather They Have Withstood the Action of the Ages to a Remarkable Degree MORE TUNNELS FOR N. Y. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Stimulated by the opening of the McAdoo tun nel connecting New York City and Hoboken, N. J., has resulted in en hancing the attractivenes of the ter- NEW YORK, Feb. 26. -Two Gothic figures torn from French cathedrals by the mob in the French Revolution and after several genera tions a garden ornament have found their way to the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art where they have just been placed on exhibition. f They were discovered by George Grey Barnard, an American sculptor who was making a bicycle tour of France. He was surprised to see in the door yards of the little French towns and around the farm barns re markable examples of early Gothic sculpture. Many of these he bought as "old stones" from the peasants for a few dollars each. The greater portion of them he sold to the Louvre and simitar institutions. The two which the Museum has acquired were obtained from their owners through Mr. Barnard. ; The most valuable is a life size representation of "The Virgin and Child and once was at the entrance of a cathedral in central France. It was cast down by the foes of the church during the reign of terror and the image of the child was broken. The figure of the virgin is remarkable in the exquisite modeling of its drap eries, and strongly suggests the classic Greek. - - "St. Anne" is the subject of the second figure. The statute belongs to the 15th century and in the orna mentation of its draperies suggests the dawn of the renaissance. 'Both statues are of hard Ville de France, and despite their long expos ure to wind and weather and to the wearing effect of the vine which clung to them in the gardens, they havj withstood the action of the f ei to rcmark&tlt Regret,