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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19

Rome, July 1S.--Deprived OF rest the
pope spent the day which has just end
ed with serious depression. The doc
tors reported feeble but rapid pulse.
which was generally taken to indicte
a playing out Of the patients forces.
The favorable symptoms reported In IN
morning OF the lowering Of the pleuratic
liquid was sufficiently maintained to
relieve the pontin Of his painful strug-
giles for breath which lately have been
SO frequent. The doctors fear the grad
nal sinking is due to general condi-
ton rather than to the necessity for
another operation which seemed 50 inn
minent on Thursday. The sleepless
night was succeeded by a day during
which the pope Seemed to lack any de-
sire to vary the medical routine BY re-
ceiving visits from cardinals or others.
Both morning and afternoon he remain
ed isolated from all save the doctors
and attendants. The nourishment
which the pontiff took encouraged
the attendants somewhat, but the con-
dition of the patient pointed to the fact
that it had had no beneficial effect.
What Is now mast hoped 70 is that the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
Strange Death
In Chinatown
Nude Body Of Aged Chinese Wo.
man Found on Floor OF
Filthy Shack.
NEAR A LIGHTED OPIUM LAMP
PatrOlman Thompson Makes q
Discovery On Information
of Neighbor.
NEAR A LIGHTED OPIUM LAMP

Lying In the squalor and dirt Of a fil-
thy rear apartment Of the building, at
the corner of Astor and Eighth streets,
In the restricted district, her body par
TALLY stripped OF clothing. and what lit
tie covering remained reeklng with the
foul orders Of the vile den, the dead
body of an aged Chinese woman was
found last night shortly before II
o'clock by Patrolman Thompson. The
paftitioned room was black with dark
ness, there being no windows TO admit
Of light and air. The feeble flame from
the fuming lamp Of an opium layout
shed flicker of light on the dismal
scene on the floor. her head and shoul
,lers hidden from view under raised
matted platform, and the lower part of
her naked body protruding, the legs
llent and stiff from the effects Of rigor
m0rtis, lay the woman.
An excited little Chinese, who gave
his name as Cho Bing. and his occupa-
tion as woodchopper, notified PATROL
man Thompson of the woman's death.
He said that she died at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. DIR. Pilkington, city
physician, was summoned. and with
Deputy Coroner Pohl he went to the
shack where the woman lay. There
was nothing about the place to indi-
cate a struggle Of any kind. the only
thing that looked suspicious being the
position of the woman on the floor and
the fact that she was partially nude.
The Chinaman who told the police OF
the woman's death occupies the nen
room to her shack. He said that she
mad been ailing for some time, and
claimed to have seen her alive about IL;
30 yesterday morning. He gave her
name ts Box Tong Wo, her age as 90
and said she was widow. This latter
statement was confirmed by CAREFUL
ly laid shrine over the door, placed
there to the memory of the departed
husband.
The rooms were searched for valu-
ables, but nothing was found. The key
10 the apartment was also missing, and
the Chinaman said that he did not
know where 1t was.
During the examination Of the room
ChoBing shook the dead body, rubbed
the gaunt cheek bones, examined the
teeth and pleaded long and loud with
her 10 speak He prattled and walled,
coaxed and cajoled., but all in vain,
and then, with tears streaming down
his face, told her not to worry, that
friends wuld take care of her. The
body was raised from the floor to the
platform, where it now rests. DR.. Pill
kington does not think an inquest nee
essary. He says the woman probably
died from the effects of heart failure.
There was nothing in the appearances
of her eyes to indicate death from the
effects of morphine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
IMPORTANT QUESTION SETTLED

New York, July 1s.-The board Of
classification of the United States gen.
eral appraisers has rendered decis-
ion in the protest of a wire company
oyer-ruling the latter's claims as to the
duty on certain cold rolled steel. The
boards decision, which holds that an
additional duty of one cent per pound,
shall be levied on this class of steel,
decides an important question that has
been an issue for several months, and
many imports of the same class are
awaiting settlement of the case. Large
quantities of the merchandise are inn
ported in lengths of 200 to $50 feet and
from four to five inches in width and
very thin.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19

which | am entitled. the virdict is
bound to be not guilty"
When the clerk read the verdict the
aged defendant bowed to the court and
said "all right
When the court convened yesterday
morning Attorney George holland ad-
dressed the jury on behalf OF the de-
fendant, He found a marked similar
ity In the legal fight that has been wag-
ed by Smith for honor and liberty to the
battle OF Horatius at the bridge de-
scribed In ancient classics. District At
torney Allen followed for the state with
clear review OF the testimony of the
principal witnesses on both sides. He
prtfaced his remarks with pleasantly
In rhyme In regard to "Horatius at
the Bridge" sinile introduced by Mr..
Noland. The DISTRICT attorneys paro-
dy follows:
They stood on the bridge at midnight,
CRererring to Defendants Smith and
Lane.l
When the clocks were striking the hour
And the moon rose over the city
Behind the dark church tower.
How often: Oh, how often.
In the days of Aud Lang Syne
Have they broken that same old leg
on the bridge.
I'm the Good Old Summer Time?"
The substance of Judge Mcbride
charge to the jury was technical def
milton OF perjury. He laid particular
stress on the fact that to return ver-
dict of guilty as charged in the indict-
ment the Jurors must be convinced that
the defendant knowingly falsitied his
testimony,and that such false testimony
must have direct bearing on a mater
| ial point at issue. The charge OF the
court was satisfactory to the attorneys
on both sides OF the case. The jury re-
tired TO consider its verdict at
for further instructions and to have
1880 and came into court again at 2'4O
portions of the testimony reread. The
jury stood 10 to for conviction when
the court was appealed to for further in
structions, but upon returning to the
room only one ballot was necessary to
reach a verdict of guilty.
Judge Mcbride discharged the reg
ular panel of jurors for the term immed
lately after Lane entered his plea OF
guilty,
District Attorney Allen announced
that in view of the fact that the de-
fendant Lane had entered a plea OF
guilty, he would dismiss the second in
dictment against him. Lane was in-
dicted on two counts, having perjured
himself at both trials of the suit against
the city,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
WRITES TOO REALISTIC
Publishing House Sued BY Sea Captain
For Writing Him Up.

New York, July 1S.--A sea captain.
Axel Simonson. has begun suit for $780,
900 damages against a publishing COM
pany of this city for alleged libel grow
Ing out of a magazine story, The yarn
as published, described ship wreck
in which the captain was the first to
reach shore in the breeches buoy, leav-
ing his crew and a woman passenger
to care for themselves. Simonsom
says he is captain of a ship of the same
name, that the boat ran ashore not
long ago and that he was not the first
one to get to land. He declares the
story although 1t argues as fiction, has
set him down as a coward, and dam
aged his reputation as a reliable sea
farihs tnah.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
APPOINTED VICAR GENERAL
same Bishop Ordained Him Priest is
Years Ago.

Kansas city, July 1S.-Rev. Father
THOMAS Lillis, rector of st. PatricRs
raris., in this city, has been ordained
vicar general Of the Kansas City
diocese By Bishop John ]. Hogan.
Father Jonn j. Glennon, now arch
bishop coadjutor to Archbishop Kean at
st. Louis was the last vicar general OF
the Kansas City diocese. Father Glen
non was also coadjutor bishop to Bishop
Hogan. Father Lillis who is Al years
of age was ordained a priest eighteen
years ago by Bishop Hogan.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
GRAIN MEN ARE ALARMED

Kansas City, Mo-. July 1S,-Gan
men here are viewing with alarm what
they term the different attitude of the
local railroads in the matter of hand
ling the wheat crop of the southwest
which soon will begin to move and as
sert that the railroads Will try to divert
the grain to other points. The local
terminals of most of the roads entering
Kansas City have been blocked more or
less since the flood.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
WEALTHY WOMAN DIES

New York. July S-Despite an oper-
alton which was expected to save her
life, the widow Of F. o. Matthiessen,
former president of the American
Sugar Refining Company is dead at her
summer home in Morristown. N. =,
from appendicitis Her husband
died in Paris two years ago, leaving
an estate of s15.OOO,OOo. His widow
was large donor to various charitable
works The couple had no children and
the great fortune viii fall to Conrad
II. Matthiessen, nephew.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
ALLEGED BURGLAR RELEASED

Boston, July lS.-John Lankershim' a
Harvard student, and said to be son
of a Los Angeles millionaire, has been
released from charge of having stolen
an automobile. He was about to sail
last week for Frapce when the COM
plant was lodged, The owners of the
machine acknowledged satisfaction in a
financial way and the incident Of the
burglary" which originally was in
yan,aed a. a prank was esblafsa eFOsed
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19

After trial lasting three days. dur
Ing which every legal strategy avail
able was exhausted by the defense In
an effort TO prolong the Inevitable,
Josiah $. Smith was yesterday adjuds-
ed guilty Of the crime OF perjury by a
Jury In the circuit court. and viii re-
ctlye sentence tomorrow. The siguiil-
canee of this verdict is that man who
has been making IA practice In partner
ship with another man 10 rob the tax
payers Of cities that they deemed yul-
nerabie, aiding such robbery by sys-
tematic line Of perjury In swearing that
his partner in crime was injured by
falling on defective sidewalks and by
those methods secured o Judgment
against the City OF Astoria in the sum
OF $500, which Judgment WAS about to
be settled on compromise. has at last
been caught In the meshes OF his own
clumsy work. and now stands convic-
ted OF a crime the maximum penalty
OF which Is 10 years Imprisonment In
the state penitentiary.
The jury brought in a verdict of gull
~ yesterday afternoon shortly before
o'clock, and the prisoner will be
brought Into court tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock to receive sentence.
Immediately after the verdict of the
Jury had been communicated to Charles
r. Lane, alias John Book. alias John
Lane, the defendant In an indictment
charging him with perjury, who is In
the county jail awaiting trial, he held a
consultation with Sheriff Linville and
Attorneys Noland and Donavan, and
expressed a willingness to enter plea
OF gulItys Judge Mcbride was noti-
He'd and the prisoner brought into court
He voluntarily entered a plea of guilty
and will receive sentence at the same
time as Smith tomorrow.
1t Is understood that the prisoner
smith. through his attorneys, win file a
motion for new trial on Monday, and
In the event of the motion being denied
viii take the matter TO the supreme
court on bill of exceptions. In con-
versation with reporter for The AS
torian before the jury rendered Its ver-
dict yesterday. Smith stated that he
was dissatisfied with the rulings OF the
court on the question of admissible evil
dence, but he admitted that the instruc
tlons TO the jury were eminently fair.
II hardly expect to get a verdict prompt
ed BY impartial considerations Of the
facts In the case. but IL II should hap
pen that I do receive the unbiased con-
sideration at the hands Of the jury to
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19

The Car of Russia is probably the
largest landowner in the world.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
PILES IS A CANDIDATE
Seattle Attorney Would Like to
Go to Senate of the
United States.

Seattle, July fS.-Before leaving for
east tonight s. H. Piles, attorney for
Pacific Coast Company, announced he
would be candidate to succeed Sem
ator Addison Foster, eighteen months
hence. .giving as his reason the fact
that he had been petitioned by many
men to enter the race in order TO pro-
tect business interests of Seattle.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
Unexpected Climax to Trial of Defendant Charged With
Perjury In Eff IT to Defrsud City on
False lain For Damages
Prisoners viii Appear in Court Tomorrow Afternoon to Receive
Sensnce-savns to County and City Of Astoria Amounts
10 Thousands Of Dollars

The dgn City NJ
rewarded by securing the
charge of perjury in connection with the
Charles r. Lane alias John Book
ctd the OF $500 obtained Also
through the dient Of Lny voluntarily pleaded
with Smith
morrow The people OF Astoria
saved the
had La persisted in fighting the case
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-19
PROFESSOR IN TOLLS
TURKS Take Him in Hand for Conspir-
ing Against Sultan.


New York. July 1s,--A report has
been received by, Rev. DR.. J. L. Barton
of tile American board of foreign mis-
sions. regarding the seizure and im-
prisonment recently BY the Turks of
Professor Tenekijian, Of Euphrates coll
lega. Harpool, a graduate Of an AM
erlcan college in Turkey.
The professor is charged with con-
spiracy against the sultan and with
fomenting revolution. The report as
serts he has been subjected to cruel
treatment. Representations are being
made in the matter to the state de-
partment at Washington.
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TO EXAMINE Mrs. FAIRS MOTHER
Chier Contestant for Millions Yer, III nj
caldwell, y. D.

Supreme Court Justice Dugro has signed
an order for the examination of Mrs. Han
nah f. Nelson before the trial of her suit
against Mrs Herman Oelrichs and Mrs
W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., over the estate OF
her daughter, Mrs. Caroline d. Fair, wife
OF Charles Fair, n brother Of he defendants.
When Mr.. and Mrs Fair were killed almost
instantaneously In an automobile accident
in France n year ago, a dispute arose as
survived her husband she inherited his
and her other relatives became entitled
to a considerable fortune.
Mrs. Nelson and the others compromised
the matter by an agreement with Mira.
Oelrichs and Mrs. Vanderbilt. by which
they received about SIZE, 900 in settlement
OF their claims. They brought suit some
months ago, hOwcvcr, 10 have this agree.
ment vet aside on The allegation that the
defendants misrepresented tho facts con-
corning Mrs Fairs death. They said
they could prove that Mrs, Fair survived
her husband by several minutes.
Mrs. Nelson. ii is said, is now very i'll
at Caldwell, n. j., suffering from acute
gastritis. II is feared that she may die
at any moment. being al old woman and
feeble, and as her test monv is very neces-
sarv to success in the suit instituted by
herself and her relatives, their counsel,
Chandler 4 Beclman, applied for an order
for her examination. Justice Dugro granted
the application on condition that the de-
PENDANTS counsel. Jay 4 Chandler are per-
mitted 10 cross examine the witness. George
Putnam Smith will be- the commissioner.
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the only benefit. The flooding has fer
tilted the soil not only for this year, but
for four or five years to come. The deposit
OF alluvium has considerably raised the
land, so that the back portion of the plan
tation has been brought out of tho swamp
and will in future be capable Of cult
walton.
Some years ago crevasse occurred
on the Mulberry Grove plantation of T. s.
wilkinson, former Member Of Congress
from New Orleans. 1t was bad crevasse,
and Mr.. Wilkinson lost nearly his entire
sugar crop; but when the high water was
over and the balance sheet was struck ,
u was found that the river alluvium had
flled up the swampy lands in the rear
OF the plantation, and had actually added
TO the cultivable area of the plantation,
200 acres, worth probably 500 an acre.
occurrences like these make it verv
dlffcult to estimate accurately the losses
from overflow in southern louisa ma
and sometimes to determine whether there
have been any actual losses
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the nature of the method of construction
employed, not by the benevolence Of the
contractor or dependent on the Judgment
of the chief engineer If Broadway doesn't
get that justice in form that cannot be
taken away, then who is to say that il will not
suffer as Forty -second street and Fourth
avenue have suffered? Engineer Parsons
is sure that no one would think Of building
the subway in Broadway az it was built
in Fourth avenue. Welt there has been no
revolution in ditch digging since the Fourth
avenue lbway was begun Why wasn't
Fourth avenue protected from the bank
ruptcy ditch2 II was led to believe that
traffic would not be disturbed, Just "a that
promise is now made 10 Broadway.
Promises have proved to be fmy visions
in subway building. Broadway has too
much at stake to rest on promises.
Alexander Shaw. secretary Of the CON-
mittee &C nifty who are to make protest
10 the Mayor and the Rapid Transit Com
mission. said yesterday:
THAT was good point for deep tunnel
made in THE sun yesterday, / mean the
reference 10 the London underground
roads which have their stations at the
Top RraueS Oh the tlnneI so tnat tney VIII
be closer TO the surface. Some people
have thought that the argument for n
subway such az can be built in an open
ditch was strong in he theory that deeper
tunnel would mean long dcscents to reach
the service and long climbs out That
system would shorten the distance. We
expect, Of course, that the marlborough
company would provide elevators any
way just a. the companies do in London,
and that answers the arguments against
a deeper tunnel"
Twenty-one TO let signs were still dis
played on three blocks Of Forty second
street yesterday, and in one block three
whole buildings are marked FOR s,le.
or to let for long term Of wears" There
isn't much Broadway property between
Forty-second street and Fourteenth street
in the market now. but one real estate
dealer remarked that three years of sub
way work along the street would paint
a lot Of signs and make business for TIE
bankruptcy court.
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THESE WOMEN RAISED IDEAS
they Wanted 10 Pay OF . Church Debt
and Adopted Novel Means.

MACON, Mo. Aug. s,-A mortgage OF
5000 upon the First Baptist Church was
publicly burned at a jubilee service this
week. The lions share of the glory for
paying off this debt goes to the women of
the church.
When they undertook the work thew
started to collect, not cash, bur dens
They reasoned that if they provided ideaa
the money would come OF itself SO pre-
miums were offered for ideas Every idea
that seemed promising had a fair trial.
The idea that seemed most successful
was an elaboration Of plan orig mated AZ
Quincy, Ill: In that town the church
issued book OF quotations Every persor
who contributed 10 cents could have his
name printed prominently over his favorite
quotation from the classics
=, The Maco2 idea mlraced wider field
There were those who didn't care TO borrow
their literature, II was therefore provided
that every real or fancied poet or prose
writer could have his production hand
somelv printed, just az written, at 10 cents
line. Besides Offering chance for fame
the plan furnished good experience for
young writers, because IL taught them IN
economic space.
One poetic artist put up 40 cents to get
this tender sentiment in:
This world that we're living In
Is mighty hard 10 beat.
thorn comes with every rose:
But amt the roses sweet
The most unpopular man in town paid
10 cents 10 get his name alongside this
quotation from Holy Writ:
Woe unto you when all men shall speak we'll
OF you.-Luke vi. 20
Among the quotations from the poe,s
the following lines distanced all others ,,r
n favoritc
Honor and shame from no condition y,...
Act well your paTt--thrTe ALI Ihs hnnor III.
The book was n dazzling SUCCESS. Everv.
body IN town took a copy. and some OF tho
amateur authors bought several conia.
to send 70 their friends in other towns
Another idea that was developed to
profitable point was the manufacture Of
rugs or mats from rornshucks This was
presented by Mrs. c. r. Haverlv, who ra.
membered how her mother used to make
such articles for the log cabin home in the
pioneer days, In the early fal! the women
of the church drove out to a farnbo,sr
and asked the owner for the shucks they
would unwind from his corn II wss n
stupid farmer who wouldn't lump M n
proposition to get his corn sh,cked free
The shuoke were brought 10 town and
under Mrs Haverlv' \ directions white hands
wrought skilful shapes for muddy feet.
The mats sold readily at from, so cents o
81 apiece,
Several hundred dollars were nctted from
these two ideas, and then came an inspirs-
tior-~"The Woman'a Exchange" II was
called, A range was installed in the base
ment Of the church, ard upon it were de-
veloped such tarts, puddInes and cakes
as mother used to make These were soId
on Saturdays. From $50 to $25 was taken
in every Saturday, So urgent haS been
the demand for its pastry creations that
the church bakeshop is still continued.
and the surplus revenue will he devoted
TO the minister's salary and expenses.
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