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----- f 'i ' 91 Hf rfffilrfafffi 40t Itltlfl PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MORNING KIEL' " THE LOWER COLUMBIA SSth YEAR, NO. 114.' ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1809 Jr. PRICE FIVE CENT cam his COICTED Murderer of William E. Annli Billed for Twenty YearsjSen fence In Penitentiary mt MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL Defendant's Attorneys Will Product Affidavits That Jurora Wert Not Properly Ouardad and Permitted to Ride Over Country During Trial I ' li. -Csplami FLUSHING, May Peter C. Hains. J U A'., tonight faces a prison term of from one to 20 years, probably the Istter. De spite the testimony submitted by the defense to show insanity he wss con victed of manslaughter in the first degree for killing William E. Annli. i Quickly following the verdict of the Jury, Hains counsel declared' they, would produce affidavits to show that the jury bad not been properly guard- d during the trial, and upon this al- legation he will seek s new trial These affidavits will be submitted next Monday, the time set for pass ing sentence. There will of course ,' be the usual motions to set sside the erdkt, but the unguarded jury fee,, SALT y n.FourMn lure 1. the ojil? departure from the e "ypd Proceedurs looking to Ade0B ,he Rio Grande Z ,' .... , . ... paymaster at Gorgoia and beat him Daniel O'Reilly of counsel for he d ,hdr w Helens., said there wa, no evidence fc J h fc Jt h, t0 be. 7Tnl 'mk''' ?'mn,l,uh,e.r' Anderson made a game fight and that it should be either murder In fi , fc Msisfance of , hojse the first degree or acquittal on the, .a. ... , VmA grounds of Insanity. O'Reilly . w "yl i roam the jurors were permitted to jbout the country in an , automobile K 10 "e UI ,n? v.' the suicide, which he declared is '.SRainst the law. He also says the defense will have affidavits to show. that the Jurors were permitted to leave the Jurisdiction" of the county ' and have been on government prop erty at Fort Trotter. The conviction came as a .complete j surprise. It had been expected that! a verdict of acquittal on the grounds of Insanity or a disagreement would result. No one was more surprised thst District Attorney Dewitt, who had asid'all he could hope for was a disagreement. No demonstration oc curred when the verdict was render ed. Hains stopd up throwing back his shoulders in a military fashion while the foreman recited the ver- .At A. h hrnrH the decision Hains f,.' .,, .hit rhalk. He stood I for a few moments Motionless star- 11 The Denver & .Rio Grande pas ing at the jury. Then one of his senger train which left Denver last i.u. ,n,,rt,,H him and he ouietlv night crashed into a switch engine sat. down. General Hains, the con-. Victed man's father, and Major' J. P. east of Ucnwood Springs tins Hains, the captain's brother, broke morning. Both engines were corn down and wept. Mrs. Hains, the ptctcly demolished and the smoking mother, was not present. After the car was telescoped. No lives were Jury was discharged. Juror Craft said lost but several passengers were in that four ballots had been taken. On Jured. none seriously. The passen Mie first ballot the jury were evenly gers were badly shaken up. ' 'vided between murder in the first ,.';, ;ree and acquittal i on the ground,, mm DEClSION. ui nsaniiy. un mo mum, Of h compi omise was reached. R, GETTING BUSY. T. . May ll.-The Globe's ,,'LONIDOlv ' Naples rre. spondent says Roose- NTY SUPPOSED . I vVW Hi -I i T; O BE inks Gasoline launch S. ved , "Aboard IMk "PITTS'BUEG. May It. TvW'ttl ' are missing ana all art; supposed' to"' have been drowned as a Tesulf oftlin' sinking of 'a' gasoline ? launch in' trie 'Ohio river ftear ;'Schoenville', fbtir ' miles below ' Pittsburg 1 tonight. Of1 ' the 3Q occupants, of the -boat -otlly lb ' are known to have 'been saved. All' 'were employed In the Pressed Stee'l' ' Car Co,, at McKees 'Rock plain. Tlte'y fct velta relatives have received news that the colonel, beside shooting Hunt, antelopei, rhinoceros and hip popotamus hue captured a live and remarkable animal hitherto unknown. It ! described a being something between a zebra and a giraffe. HE NEEDS LYNCHING. Boss Trouble Maker At Work Among The Chicago Homes. CHICAGO. May ll.-Many famil lei on the West Side have been alarmed by a man who rang their doorbells and informed them that a member of their family had been in jured in a streetcar collision and had been taken to the County Hospital. He represented himself as being an investigator for the Chicago Railway Company and apparently was intoxi cated. More than 50 telephone messages were received in the hospital within a few hours ssking for information. About 25 persons, some of them hy sterical, called at the hospital and wanted to see their relatives. All of them lived In the same district and had been informed by the same ta dividual. JAPAUilti BEAT PAYMASTER FOURTEEN japs aiiauiv rai MASTER THOUGHT THEY WERE BEATEN. rimnrn ins samiaiuB siitu shkiu Park City. Two of the Japanese were , . - .n,.i,; . ht 0hers Andeon wa, bruil. td and bleedini but not iniured per- manently. All the Japs have been discharged. ANOTHER TRAIN WRECK PASSENGER TRAIN CRASHES INTO SWITCH ENGINE AND " CAR IS WRECKED. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.. May and a string of emnty cars 60 miles BALTIMORE. May 11. In the final round of a 15-round go here to night. Young Corbett knocked down Harrv Scromrs of this city.' The bell saved Scroggs and Corbett was fore en to oe cumcm wnn vc DROWNED in the Ohio River and All to Have Perished. Iliad been working overtime and left . 'he works to cross the river in unch. The boat is said not to have n intended to carry over twenty ins. As the boat sank it created riesi ion tnal carnea " ",c ':l 1 wn with it. Others attempted riimL ashore but wtre chilled by tc? sW 'ater and became exhausted. HP U TO SEATTLE FI """ "" All Transcontinentaljtoatfs are Preparing for Additional Train ServlceCommencing May 16 HILL AND HARRIMAN AT OUTS Interstate Commerce Commission Preparing a Decision in Contro versy Between Hill snd Harriman Which May Be Taken to Courts. CHICAGO, May ll.-The Record- Herald will saytomorrow: Competition for passenger traffic to and from the northwest this year promises to be intense on account of the exposition at Seattle, All roads extending into the northwest are pre paring for additional train service. The Chicago & Northwestern and Harriman lines will put on a Chicago and Portland, special May 16. This train leaves Chicago at 10 a. m. daily arriving at Portland at 8 o'clock of the evening the third day. In connection with this it is rtr mored that the Interstate Commerce Commission is preparing a decision in the controversy between the Hill and Harriman lines which will open the Portland gateway. At present the Hill lines will not accept through passengers for the northwest turned over to them by the Harriman roads at Portland. Should the decision go against the Hill lines it is then even doubtful if the gateway will be open ed in time for the exposition busi ness .as it is expected that the Hill management is prepared to take the question into the courts. BETTING BIG MONEY. Game American Lays $50,000 To $5,000 On The Home Horse. NEW YORK, May ll.-Sporting circles were greatly interested last night in the announcement from London that a single bet of $50,000 to $5,000 had been laid against the American colt. Sir Martin, in the English Derby. It is one of the larg est bets, made in the Winter book for many years. The backer of ' the horse is said to be an American. The derby will be run May 26, on the second day of the. Epson Sum' mer meeting. Sir Martin, owned by Louis Winans of Brighton, Eng., who bought him from the American horseman, J. P. Madden,, for a big sum, is training at Newmarket under the care of J. Cannon. Reports of his condition have caused more bets to be placed on Sir Martin than on any other horse in the big event, ' riTOii ii Pit of HIS VERY LIFE . FRANTIC MOTHER IN NEW YORK STARTS BAD TEMPER OF THE CROWD. NEW YORK, May 11. In re sponse to a message that her seven-year-oldson had ben run .over and killed by a Second Avenue trolley car" at One Hundred and Fifth Street- Mrs. M. Alman ran to the scene and attacked the motorman and a street car company inspector, tearing part of their clothes from their person. Two policemen took the frantic mother to her home and there she tried to commit suicide by' stabbing herself with a brcadknife. Her hus band disarmed her before she could accomolish her purpose. In' the meantime the motorman had' locked himself inside the ear as a orccaution against a crowd of more than 500 widly excited persons who were trving to attack him. To res cue him the police reserves com mandeered a grocery wagon backed it uo to the car hustled the motor man into it and drove him rapidly to the police station. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL. National League. Philadelphia 1, Pittsburg 7. Brookly n2, St. Louis 1. New York .1. Chicago 4. Ronton 8, Cincinnati 10. American League. St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 0. Cleveland 1, Boston 5, Chicago 5, Washington 3. Detroit 16, New York 5. Northwest League. Portland 3, Tacoma 2. Spokane 0, Seattle 6. 9 Aberdeen 4, Vancouver 1. Coast League. Oakland 4, San Francisco & Sacramento 1, Los Angeles 2. Portland-Portland No game. BY WORD OF MOUTH. Oral, Honor Bets To PrevaU At The Belmont Races Tomorrow. NEW YORK, May ll.-Audust Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club and probably the most influen tial man in horse racing in America, declared last night that when the Bel mont park opens on Thursday it will be possible for persons to visit the track and back their opinions orally, without fear of being molested and that they will receive ample protec tion from the racing association. He said that the recent anti-betting leg islation applied only to bookmaking. in which a record is maintained. ' "There will be betting on a small scale." Mr. Belmont said, "for the excellent reason that there is no law that prevents it, but there will be no bookmaking or any violation of the present law. GUARD TAFTS HOME WASHINGTON, May ll.-Prepa- rations are being made to guard President's Taft summer home at Beverly Cove, Mass., while the President is there for the .summer. CROOKS GROWfNOBOLO- ER II HEW Yd MAKE A RUNNING GRAND STAND PLAY ON THE OPEN THOROUGHFARE. NEW YORK. May It.-More than a dozen snots were nrea late iasi night in a Wild West holdup in the crowded streets near the Plaza of the Williamsburg bridge, Brooklyn, by two men who had stopped four young men at a dark corner below the bridge. When their intended victims turned and fled the assilants with drawn revolvers pursued through the crowded thoroughfares firing several shots to right and left to keep away any who might attempt to interfere. A mob of men and boys took up the chase, led by a po liceman and fireman. One was ar rpstpd before davlidht today and identified by the four young men. JAP STUDENTS STALL. Refuse To Longer Attend An Un popular School In Tokio. TOKIO, May 11. Fifteen hun dred students of the Commercial their school insignia and then dis inc today at which resolutions were passed declaring that they would no longer attend the school. After the mass meeting the students formed a line in front of the building, sang the school sonr, bid farewell, removed their school insignit and then dis persed- The trouble in the Commer- .cial High Schqpl commenced some time aco when the stuaents peuuon ed the government to raise it to the rmk of a University. Their request was- not granted, but the minister of ..duration sousht to effect a com- nrnmise bv establishing a new com mercial course in the college ot iaw - - . . .. , i at the University of Tokio. The trouble culminated last week m a hre which nearly destroyed the building. It was supposed that the hre was tne work of enraged students. DANGEROUS QUARTETTE. MANILA. May 11. The destroy ers Barry, Bainbridge, Decatur and Dale convoyed by the auxiliary crui ser Rainbow, will depart for China Saturday en route to join the third division of the Pacific squadron. The destroyers will, participate in the maneuvers which will be held soon by Rear Admiral Harber's fleet. II STILL Oil TIE Prosecution Endeavors to Trace the Ford Deposits and Recalls Chief Clerk of Wells-Fargo BANK TAGS SHOW DEPOSITS Records of Officers of the Railway System and Deposits in Various Banks Was Evidence Offered Dar ing Trial at Saa Francisco. - SAS FRANCISCO, May ll.-Vio tor Rossetti, chief clerk of the Wells Fargo-Nevada National Bank, was recalled to the stand on the resump tion of the trial of Patrick Calhoun today.- and the prosecution continued its efforts to show that the ?20(X),000 in currency drawn from the mint by Tirey L- Ford, former general coun- el of the street railway company, on telegraphic orders from the defend ant, and $85,000 of which it was al leged was paid to the Supervisors for the trolley franchise,- did not go through the regular channels of the company's banking business. Deposit tags from the bank, showing money posited by the railroad'company from April' to- September, 1906. inclusive, were introduced in evidence and from these it was shown that but little over $121000 in currency was- deposit ed by the company in that time. The same process was pursued as to the Union Trust company ana the Crocker National Bank. In each case transcripts of the private ac counts of officers of the company. where any such existed, were read into the record for. the same pur pose. Charles Holdbrook, vice-president and chairman of the board' of direc tors of the company, was then re called. On cross examination . Mr. HolbTook tsated that he had taken some interest in' and made some in vestigation of the relative merits of underground and overhead electric systems. He declared that he had decided that the overhead system was more efficient. The inquiry in that direction met with an objection by Mr. Heney, who admitted that he had sought on direct examination o show that he had sought on- direct examination to show that the- direc tors had not acted independently in selecting the overhead system, but contested the materiality of the- re sult of Mr. Holbrook's investigations. THREE LITTLE LADS. From Seattle Find Their Weary Way in the Oregon Metropolis. PORTLAND, May 11. Lured to Portland from Seattle by the glowing description of the beauties of the beauties of the Rose City given by a homesick Portland boy, Jim Morn son, alias "Funnyface"; Ed Baldwin, nacknamed "Stiff," and Emmet Lee, alias 'Aimless," Seattle boys, aged 13 years each, brought up in Portland this morning, hungry and so home sick that their description of the Se attle exnosition made them cry. To the juvenile Court officials this morn ing the boys told their story. They had been told wondrous tales of Portland. They started to Portland accompanied by $2.35- Careful econ omy retained 35 cents of their orig inal capital to them when they were taken into custody. They said their last meal was a oiece of pie and glass of milk each, eatne yesterday. Telegrams were sent their mothers, and the boys will be held at the JJe tention Home until the parents are heard from. . The boys say they are members of the Seattle Newsboys' Union. Ed. Donnely, who returned from Portland last night, was on the boat that picked these poor little tads up at Kalama and he says they were a pitiful sight when they came on board, cold and hungry and home sick. CORBETT ONCE MORE. Has A Couple Of Sporting Engage ments With Good Money Up. . NEW YORK, May U.-Young Corbett has received a telegram from Promoter Coffroth offering him a IIll Jo ?3(JU0 purse for a 25-round bC with Jimmy Britt some time in the near future. - Britt is in Europe at pres ent but is expected to sail for home as soon as he receives Coffroth's of fer. The proposed fight will be at Colma, Cal. Corbett and Harry ScrOggs will fight 15-rounds at Baltimore tonight and a red hot argument is expected. It Corbett wins this battle, he says he will be ready to take on Lea Cross at 133 to 135 pounds. Cross has shown no desire for a fight with Cor bett, but the experts agree that much depends cm the outcome of tonight's encounter at Baltimore. SAME OLD LAND STORM. .VEW YORK,"May ll.-Co!gate Hojt, who has just returned from an automobile trip through Europe nd Africa, was last mght the guest of honor of Ohio Society at a ban quet where he said that he bad en countered a fierce blizzard in the Sa hara Desert "We were on our way to El Katara the center of the Sahara Desert, said Mr, Hoyt. "when we were over taken by a blinding snowstorm. The snow piled high in drifts on the land and the wind was biting cold So far I can learn it was the first time that snow has ever been sees in the desert 1 mm m m Sill BIUOI LUTHER G. BROWN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPING FREMONT OLDER, THE EDITOR. SAN" FRANCISCO, May 11. The jury in the case of Attorney Luther Brown, accused of having kidnap ed in 1907 Fremont Older, managing editor of the Bulletin was still out at midnight The case went to the jury at S o'clock this evening and the members of that body have been wrangling ever since over important points, principal of rhich, is whether Brown requested the constable who took Older out of the city in an automobile- to- do so without giving him an opportunity to inform his friends or his- attorneys of his arrest. The testimony regarding this issue was called' for by ' the foreman at 10 o'clock and the voices of the jurors in- the argument could be heard a considerable distance from the jury room. Shortly after midnight the jury were locked up for the night- FOOLISH DUKE. " ROME, May 11. Court circles are agitated over sensational reports that have reached the government about the Duke of the Abruzzi. It is re lated on good outhority that -ins one of the fits of depression to whichthe Duke has become subject of late,he attempted to kill himself with a re Tolver on the way-out to India, but was saved by a member of his suite, whose suspicion had been aroused and who had kept a vigilant watch oyer him- Letters from members of the expedition report that the Duke is utterly reckless. WISE LITTLE CASTRO. BORDEAUX, May 11- It is re ported at Santander that former President Castro of Venezuela has decided ot take up his permanent residence in the Island of Teneriffe. POSTAL EMPLOYEES J STILL Six Thousand Employees way Mail Clerks Have PARIS, May 11 The Chamber Deputies after a stormy session four hours today adjourned the de bate on the interpellations on the postal situation until May 13- The response of the employees was quick and decisive. Within a ha'.f an hour the federal committee had ordered a general strike and all the railway mail clerks walked out in a body. An tuff an. Substantial Progress Iliads Yesterday's Sess!snScfiec tries are Maintained I PRICE PAID M CCriCJE' Schedule Covering Products of Lr Was Passed Over as Senator A; rich AnnouBced he Desired to Ma- Some Chances ui Payne B3L WASHINGTON. Mav 11. S stantial progress was made today I the discussion of the tariff bill, tl amendments of the committee finance being upheld in the senate substantial majorities. The feature the session was the general disci :sion concerning the general disp l ity between the wholesale aad retj prices. Republican senators declar: this was so great as to demonstr;' that the duty levied by the protect;? tariff had a smaal effect on the pri. paid by the consumer. I A feature of the. discussion w precipitated by Senator Scott, hi self a glass manufacturer. Tj schedule covering the products I lead was passed over upon the s gestion of Senator Aldnch beca he said the finance committee de ed to make some change in the tier as had beerr - previously reco mended. ; B1IIIE WILL IIIIIT BBlSIC' MAN ACCUSED OF GRAND LA CENY CONNECTION WITH CLEVELAND LETTER. SAN FRANCISCOi May II B denburg, who is accused of graf larceny in connection with the s; of an article to the New York Tin; purporting to have bee written Grover Cleveland was brought ii f court today and created surprise I announcing that he was willing I waive extradition and agreed to turn to the east without any res:" ance. This action, it is said, was i on the advice of his attorneys. f STRAIGHT UP AGAINST ITS NEW YORK. May 11- John M rill of 127 Taylor Boulevard, Loif ville, Ky., and Clifford Webb of Fourth Avenue Nashville, Tei both bright lads of 17 years and I longing to good families, applied i the Municipal lodginghouse last ni.;; for a place to sleep. They bad tended a boarding school they s; and had decided to come to N York and tarn their living at Coi; Island. For two days they had b f without food and the police last ni j sent messages, to their relatives. latter having asked New iork oi ers to watch out for them. ON STRIKI in Paris Including -Raj Decided to Walk Out ofihour later a meeting of 6000 p' of ; employees took up the battle and ammously voted a strike. No g enthusiasm was shown but a d. mination to force the hand of s government. Minister , of pi works Berthou, the governm onl spokesmen declared that nei he or Clemenceau promised the missal of Secretary Sirayen. :