33rd YEAR. NO. 235
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1SC3
PHICE FIVE CENTS
JURY HAS BEE
Inspects the Scene of
, the Terrible Crime
OPENING ARGUMENTS
State Centers Cass Around tr)e
Blood Stained Clothing
Martin Were
CUTS AND SCRATCHES ALSO
Two Witnee Examined For The
Protection, the City Physician and
the Night Watchman Who Discov
ered tht Body.
PORTLAND, Oct. 8-Thc jury
was completed, the opening argu
ment made, the jury visited, the
scene of the crime and the taking of
testimony began today in the case
of Edward HurIi Martin, eHieulen
aht in the regular army, a West
Pointer and a Spanish-Amman war
veteran. Martin is charpfj! with rhe
murder" of Nathan Wolff, a pawn
broker on the evening of May 1st
last. After the jury wa completed
the prosecution at once stated it
case. The state appear to center it
case around the blood-stained cloth
ing which it declare it can prove
Martin wore onthe night the murder
was committed. A cut "on the hand,
which Martinasert was self-inflicted
while splitting wood, and scratches
on his hands, which the defendant
claim made by a cat, will figure in
the prosecution's cae to some ex
tent. The state admits it cannot
trace Martin's whereabout , after 3
o'clock on the afternoon of the mur-
tier..' ' ,
The defense in its opening state
ment did not enter deeply into the
merits, its main contention being that
at least three men were implicated in
the murder and that Martin was not
one. The defense also denied the abil
ity of the prosecution to connect
Martin with the bloody clothing.
Two witnesses were examined, the
city physician who testified that the
scratches were not indicted by a cat
and the night watchman who dis
covered Wolff's body.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
SPOKANE, Oct8.'-Hugh Tolan,
a teamster, fatally shot his .wife to
night and then killed himself. 'Tolari
had been drinking.
POWERS MAY SOON
CLASH IN WARFARE
Servians Are Clamoring for Bloodshed and Aus
trians Ready Owing to Recent Annexation
VIENNA, Oct. 8.-The , war be
tween Austria-Hungary and Servia
is recognized as a possibility, al
though it is believed here that it can
be averted. King Peter is in a dif
ficult position an account of the
clamor of Servians lor war. The
Austrians on their part have a new
feeling of national enterprise on ac
count of the forward movement in
'the annexation of Bosnia and Herze
govina and would be more ready for
the adventure now, then they were
a week ago. Military precautions have
been taken in Hungary. Bridges are
.guarded and four Danube river mon
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BASEBALL GAMES.
National Lcagua.
New York 2, Chicago 4.
American League.
Washington 7, New York S,
. Pacific Coast League. '.
San Francisco 3, Oakland 3.
Lo Augclc 1. Portland 1 (called
13th inning account of darkness). ...
NORDEN SINGING SOCIETY.
EUREKA, Cal Oct. 8 (I)y Wire
lcs). The Norden Singing Society
of this city will participate in the
Norwegian Sacngerfest at the Alaska-
Yukon Exposition in Seattle riext
August. The Kordens have just re
ceived new music from Seattle for
rehearsal. Lat year, at Astoria, the
Nordens were declared to be the
best singing society on the coast in
competition with 25 other societies.
EUROPEAN Mil IS
BIO PORTION OF WORLD'S
TONNAGE IS LYING , UN
PRODUCTIVE. HAHC0R3 FULL CF VESSELS
Pattengtr Steamers Coming From
South American Porta Have Been
Obliged to Pay For the Privilege
of Carrying Grain aa Ballast.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8.-The
greater portion of the worlds ton
nage for several omntlu has remained
unproductive, reports Consul General
Dicdrich of Antwerp, in furnishing
statistics concerning the depressed
condition of the world's shipping
trade. "Transportation of raw materi
al, cement, rails and structural ma
terials of all kinds, which forms one
of the greatest trades of Antwerp, fell
off to an extent hitherto ' unknown.
The same appears in the courts 'of
other countries.
"Since the beginning of the year,
Rotterdam has lost 744,000 tons over
the same period of 1907, and Antwerp
228,00!) tons. The home ports of the
great ocean liners are filled with stea
mers lying idle and even at Antwerp,
which is only a port of call, over 30
big steamers' are laid up. Passenger
steamers coming, from South Ameri
ca to Europe have . been "abliged to
pay for the privilege Of carrying
grain in order to get ballast. Freight
itors have been concentrated near
Buda Pest, The newspapers contain
warnings to Servia.
THREE KILLED.
.MANILA, Oct. 8. -Charles II.
Trotter, an American, Vincente To:
ledo and Jose Cnyan, Spaniards, were
killed Wednesday - near Lubae, a
province of Pampagna by a party of
Filipinos, armed with loins.- Trotter
j was a contractor . and land owner
and had trouble with the Filipinos
; over a land title which led to the
killing. . , '''' ' ;
badly mm
wis. E. II. SOIL!! IS
REFUSED Oil
Judge Administers Rebuke for
Nonappearance In Court
RENO. Nev., Oct. 8. Judge Pike
today refused to ' gra.it Virginia
JIarncd Sothern, the actress, di
vorce from her actor-husband, E. II.
Sothern, saying: "This, I think, is a
very unique proceeding for a party
to attempt to secure divorce without
appearing in court. ' I think I will
deny - the decree. If the interested
parties do not deem it of enough im
portance to grace court with' their
presence I don't see why their family
disturbances should be aired here."
The court stated however that he
would take the matter under advis
ment until it could be ascertained
whether Mrs. Sothern could find it
convenient to appear in court.
rates to India have been reduced,
"Similar conditions prevailing the
emigration business. In July, 1907,
the Red Star Line transported from
Antwerp 5,170 third class passengers,
while last July the same company
carried only 5,110.
The outlook for better conditions
at the beginning of ' f909, however,
seems good.
NO KELLY-PAPKE FIGHT.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct! 8.
SherifT Knell, acting under instructi
ons of Governor Davidson, has no
tified Milwaukee fight promiter that
there could henceforth be no more
prize fights in Milwaukee referring
particularly to the Kclly-Papke fight,
scheduled for Oct. 15.
RECOMMENDS PATIENCE.
CETTINJE, (Montenegro) Oct. 2.
The reigning prince of Montenegro
yesterday , isued a proclamation ex
pressing the nation's sorrows at the
annexation of Bosnia and Herzegov
ina. He recommended patience to
the inhabitants of these provinces. '
THE DALLES, Or., Oct. 8 -Mrs.
John Brogan, of Antelope, Or., who
was seriously hurt about two weeks
ago in a runaway accident on Horse
Mountain, died yesterday from the
effect of the accident. The body will
be brought here for burial.
flEffl DEFEATS M HIS
FOR 119 COilESS
Next Trans-Mississippi Meeting Will Be Held in
the Colorado Capital
PRYOR'S SPEECH ON STOCK RAISING, WINNER
Many New Resolutions Are Adopted, But Is Thought That Several
of the More Important Measures Will Be Retarted Before
Session Adjourns at San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8. -As
sembling after half a day of recrea
tion the delegation to the ninth ses-
on of the Trans-Mississippi Con-
tcss devoted this afternoon and cv-
ing to practical addresses on the
velonment of the west and brief
leeches explanatory of the resolu
tions under consideration by the var
ious committees. A new flood of
solutions deluged the secretary's
sk during the afternoon. Because
of protracted debates-in.. sessions of
the resolutions committee, it is prob
able that action upon many' of the1 im
portant measures will be retarded.
Denver and New Orleans fought out
the question of the - 1909 , meeting
place on the floor today and Denver
BASE Bill MM
SHIP OF THE WORLD
Chicago and Detroit Commence
6 Day Series Oct 10
CINCINNATI, Oct. S.-Beginning
October 10th the baseball teams of
Detroit and Chicago which have just
won the closest recorded contest for
the championships of the American
and National Leagues, will meet at
Detroit to enter a six-day series of
games for the baseball championship
of the world. The first, fourth and
fifth games arc to be played at De
troit and the second and third, and if
a tie is necessary, the sixth game will
be played at Chicago, . The national
baseball commission will be in charge
but the immediate control of the
games is to be given to two umpires
from each league.
TAFT REGISTERS.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 8. -Judge
Taft became a registered voter today
and after that duty had been per
formed spent the rest of the morning
with A. I. Vorhys in arranging the
details of the Ohio itinerary. It is
not yet completed. "I was very glad
to meet Bryan under such pleasant
circumstances, "was Taft's only com
ment on the Chicago banquet last
night.
WARLIKE ENTHUSIASM.
BERLIN, Oct. 8.-A special des
patch to the Lokal Anzeiger from
Belgrade says that the enlistment of
volunteers is proceeding in the open
aif of one of the public squares. En
listing parties are marching around
the town with drums and trumpets
calling upon the populace to join the
army; " ,f " ' '
TEACHERS MEET.
Rainier Entertains 69 of the Ladies
of Columbia County.
RAINIER, Or. Oct. '8.-Thc
Teachers' Annual Institute for Co
lumbia county began its session yes
terday morning with an attendance
of 69. There will be three days' ses
sions. In the evening a session was
! held at the K. of P. Hall, at which
several vocal selections were given,
and Dr. Luther R. Ryott of Portland,
addressed the large audience.
won'by a margin of two to one. One
of the features of the afternoon was
the address by Col. Ike T. Pryor on
the subject cf cattle raising.
Another address of importance
was that of G. W, Dickie of San
Francisco, who spoke on merchant
marine and its short comings.
One of the messages received to
day was from E, H, Harriman, who
stated that he was greatly disappoint
ed that he could not be with the con
vention. Harriman declared that
there , was much in . store if there
I could be co-operation with 'the 'rail-
roads.' v-''r ,'''.' : ," '" ;
! . Harriman expressed his desire to
'co-operate with -the conevntion and
asked that the convention recipro
cate. ' ' "
CIUCABO IIS III
LEAGUE PEM1T
TYPHOON AT MANILA.
MANILA, Oct. 8. Another ty
phoon passed close to Manila and
still hovers nearby. A gale blew last
night but was not troublesome to the
fleet which had received ample warn
ing. Although the fleet is already to
tail, Admiral Spcrry has postponed
the sailing until tomorrow (Satur
day) morning. This t was the hour
originally scheduled.
Thirteen new cases of cholera and
two deaths occurred in Manila dur
ing the past 24 hours ending at 8
o'clock Friday morning.
WRIGHT GETS MEDAL.
PARIS, Oct. 8 The governing
committee of the Aero Club of
France has awarded its gold medal
for 1908 to Wilbur Wright, the
American acroplanlst.
CALIFBELL TRIAL OFEflS
if HMET
THE TOWN IS CROWDED WITH
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN
THE CASE.
SEVERAL ASTORIA WITNESSES
All of Yesterday Was Taken up With
Empanelling a Jury And it is
Thought That Evidence Will be
Taken Today.
CATHLAMET, Wash., Oct. 8.
Cathlamct is all agog with excited in
terest anent the Campbell trial. The
town is. overflowing with people of
diverse, but specific interest in the
affair, there being something like 70
witnesses on hand on both sides of
the case. The defense is represented
by the following well known attor
neys: Messrs. Dan J. Malarkey of
Portland. J. Welch of South Bend and
J. C. McCue of Astoria, all of which
goes to show that the matter at bar
is one of extraordinary interest.
The impanelling of the jury is not
yet finished but .will probably be
closed today; and, it is hoped, in time
for the night session the court has
ordered . in this behalf. Astoria is
well represented in the matter there
being a number of prominent citizens
here under subpoena, towit: Sheriff
M, R. Pomeroy, Captain J. W, Bab-
bidge.W. C. A; Pohl, the ex-coroner,
William Campbell, the defendant in
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WATTERSON MAKES
ATTACK ON "TEDDY"
Declares Republicans Have Started Campaign cn
False Note, With a Candidate of Straw
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 8-In a
speech tonight Henry Watterson said
of the republican party, 1 "Having
pitched its campaign on a false note,
starting out with a man of straw on
the platform of imposture, no argu
ment is too absurd, no illustration is
too rank for men and interests that
do not mean to be dislodged if fraud
and force can save them. Nicholas
Long worth,.- the. president's son in
law, says he , did not say it but 5000
listeners say lie did, notes cf two
stenographer say he did. What
boots it whether he did or not? No
one who knows what is going on in
Record Crowd Witness
flev York's Defeat
BY SCORE OF 4 TO 2
Cubs Were in tha Cream cf
, Condition, While Giants
Were Nervous
CHICAGO VTO CI THE THiHD
Cuba Make All Their Runs in Third
Inning and in Seventh Giants Get
Their Last Tally Greatest Attend-,
ance in History See the Game.
NEW YORK, Oct. -Chicago 4,
New York 2.
In the presence of a record-breaking
crowd, which swamped the polo
grounds and left many thousands out
side, today's baseball game was
played in deadly earnest straight
baseball with no frills to settle as a
tensely dramatic situation as the
most ardent lover of sports could
imagine. Chicago won and New York
lost the national league champion
ship. ' ' "
The large black headlines in the
newspapers New York, 2; Chicago,
4 are like mourning captions over
the story of some great personages
death. And yet, - probably Manager
McGraw's words ' after the game
epitomizes feelings of the army of
New York's followers:
"I do. not feel so badly about the
game; we merely lost something we
had won before. The spectators who
know the game, however, bitterly
they may feel over the tie decision
which made today's game necessary,
seem to concede that the work of
Chicago team today was practically
perfect. The giants were outplayed.
Chicago was in splendid form. Bril
liant errorless fielding, snappy base
running and opportune hitting in the
third inning, won the game. New
York could not hit at the critical
times. Mattehwson favorite of fa
voritescould not keep his invincible
arm power and the effect of the mo
ment's lapse could not be overcome."
Immediately upon the gates being
opened today, hundreds upon hun
dreds fairly hurled themselves into
the enclosure. The stands rapidly
began to fill. When the sale of tick
ets ended there was not a seat hard-
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the national capital and has been go
ing on for a long time need be told
that they are undermining the popu
lar foundations of our democratic
government and converting it into
an imperial -republic with nothing
wanting of monarchism , and titular
nobility except the nomenclature.
"The White House h already the
palace of a King Shy and should not
a member of the court circle blurt it
out that Taft, is expected to merely
hold down the job for Roosevelt,
since it was thought premature to
run Roosevelt for his immediate suc
cessor." .- Vt-S-i '-; '