The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-07-02

fantry. two regiments of cavalry,
and battery of Is guns, fed in
somewhat disorderly fashion toward
Tomu Ching and Shimi Cheng. Our
casualties are estimated at 100,
while the losses sustained by the
enemy are believed to have greatly
exceeded these figures
st. Ldnis, June 2S.-A souvenir
hunter'smania, coupled with a dis,
regard fer the rights of property be-
longing to another, has cost Santos
Dumonethe loss Of several thous-
and dollars, besides, in all probab bill
ity PREVENTING him from being
competitor in. the flying machine
,events az the Worlds Fair.
! The vsndals entered the big sheds
in which the airships are stored,
cutting away pieces of the silk COW
eripg ofthe Santos Seventh, which
is the latest pattern of airship bHilt
by Dumpnt, to be used by him in
the aerial contest at the fair.
The magnificent machine is prac.
/ tically ruined, and repairs, II .is
found, cannot be m ade for. the In
itial fight of July 4, as originally
intended. )
How Che entrance to the shed was
gained and the great pieces Of silk
cut from the frame work of the ball
loon Is q mystery, as there are eth
Ter watchmen or workmen constant
Ily around the big machine.
!, The aerenaut, although disoour-
taged, at!once announced his inten-
ton Of endeavoring to repair the
damage in time to enter the fret
contest, but the difficult part of this
is not go much on account of the
work to be done as in the time re-
quired for thorough drying and
hardening Of the composition COW
ering which is used over the silk.
Great regret is felt not only by the
/ fair management, but by visitors to
the exposition as we'll, because San
tos Dumont's attempts have been
looked forward to with more inter.
est than those of any other aeronaut
he having been nearly the pioneer
of anything like successful aeria
navigation s-zssA-.li-..-.s..-i4
! Portland, June 28.-Frank Gug
lielmo, the young Italian saloon
keeper, charged with the murder o
16-year. old Freda Garacia, wal
brought into the state circuit cour
before Judge Cleland 1880 clocl
this morning fer trial, and the tasl
OF securing jury was begun by th'
lawyers in the case, District attor
ney John Manning for the, state
and Dan R. Murphy for the defense
Guglielmo was pale but self-pos
sessed. He was clean. .shaven ans
well-dressed. He kept his eyes fix
: ed on the floor and sat throughou
, the proceedings almost motionless
Close behind him sat the mother
father and two young sisters of tn
lgirl he is accused of killing. Al
the parties to the case seemed to b
entirely free from emotion as tn
examination Of jurors went on, bu
. Guglielmo became noticeably pale
when the district attorney began dis
: eussing the death sentence with ju
trors who were asked concernin
: their preconceived ideas Of capita
Q punishment.
: OF the first II men called int
4 the jury box only three were accept
: ed, all the others having frml
fixed opinions of the guilt of tn
9 accused. All of them had read tn
t accounts in the newspapers an
I were satisfied that they had state
J. facts sufficient to warrant the cor
8 viction of the prisoner.
: One juror, farmer residing som
distance from this city,, stated tbs
Q he was not a competent juror in thi
: case, because he could not give a
It italian fair and impartial trial.
p. The questions of Attorney Mul
J ply to the jurors tended to ascel
% tain clearly their views Of whs
8 constituted murder in the first d.
gree and whether they believed
o verdict of guilty as charged in tn;
3 case should be rendered if no prs
b meditation or deliberation wei
IT proved.
n Objection was made by the di
IS trict attorney to some forms
b questions put by Attorney Murph
IS as to what they should do shoul
n certain features in the case arise.
% "The law defining the qualifc
r tions of juror" eaid Judge Cl
'e land, sis this: If his mind is, I
t. any preconceived opinion go 6xt
that he cannot apply the law
given by the court TO the facts
=, given by the evidence, and cam
70 render verdict accordingly, th'
10 be should be excluded. If he ca
III bo chou1d ho rnfo;Do1