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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
Infamous Actions Of Murderer of
Architect White.
IMPORTANT LETTERS FOUND
Letters Reveal Fact Thaw Lived and
Travelled Through Europe With
Evelyn Nesbit, Before He
Married Her.

NEW YORK. July 2l.--The World to.
morrow win say:
The motive for the murder of STAN
ford White is indicated in series of
letters written by Mrs. Q. Holman, moth
er Of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to Mr..
White, and after the latter's death
found among his effects. Abraham Fl.
Hummel Of Howe and Hummel. who was
counsel for Mr.. Thaw and also for Stan
ford White, was consulted by the archi-
tect regarding the letters. In them Mrs.
Nsbit Holman complains bitterly of the
conduct of Harry X. Thaw toward her
daughter now his wife, and imploring
White to do all in his power to bring
her back to her mothers control.
In the letters Mrs. Holman refers to
Thaw as a scoundrel william, and a
man with dangerous intent in his heart,
She tells Of an interview she had with
Thaw when they were in Paris, and
declares Thaw wanted her, Mrs Holman,
to sign an affidavit to the effect that
Thaws had never intended to make her
daughter his wife. 1t appears Thaw be.
came aware of the fact that White had
been appealed to by Miss Nesbit, now
Mrs. Holman, and that the architect
architect knew of the quarfels between
Thaw and his present wife, and also that
Evelyn had told her stepfather she was
not married to Harry Thaw at the time
they arrived in Europe and were driven
out Of the Hotel Cumberland. Thaw at
that time had given a statement, which
was afterwards corrobrated from Pitts,
burg, that he and Evelyn had been mar
ried while in Europe. Thaw knew White
was the only person, not Of his family
who knew that his statement was false,
and that Thaw did not marry his pres
ent wife until months later in Pitts.
burg. Just what disposition is to be
made Of these letters is not known at
present. The letters are kept in q safe.
il may be they win be produced if Thaw
should ever be placed on trial for muir
der, and Mrs. Nesbit Holman should be-
come q witness.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
Inier-P Parliamentary Union Meets
in London.
MANY NATIONS REPRESENTED
Delegates Represent Pariiamsnts Of
Twenty Countries United States
Has Delegates Bryan There
Arbitration Discussed.

LONDON, July 2l.-The fourteenth
conference of the inter-parliamentary
union, organized to promote the arbitra-
tion Of peace, opens on Monday in the
Royal Gallery Of the Parliament build
ing. The delegates represent the parlia-
ments Of twenty countries, including
Russia and Mexico, and many of the
Central and South American republics
which have heretofore not participated
in the conferences The union extends
specially cordial welcome to Russians as
representing the worlds youngest legis-
lature. The United States has dozen
delegates, under the leadership of Con-
gresham Richard Bartholdt of Missouri,
including Theodore o. Burton Of Ohio;
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi;
Ebenezer Hill Of Connecticut; Ollie N,
James Of Kentucky; David i. Granger
Of Rhode Island; Henry M. Goldfogle
Of New York, and William ]. Bryan, as
a former member Of. the United States
House of Representatives. The most inn
portant business of the conference CEN
ters around two propositions of Barth-
oldt, submitted in behalf of the Ameri-
can delegation to the Brussels conference
of 1905.
The first proposes an international
congress and the second model arbi-
tration treaty. to be submitted to the
next conference of the Hague. The re-
ports of the two committees appointed
at Brussels Just issued favor both pro-
positions with certain notifications. The
arbitration treaty is favored as it rep
resents compromise between the pro-
posals Of Bartholdt and those of Ernest
Won Plenor, formerly Austrian minister
of commerce, and makes arbitration or
any appeal TO the Hague committee OBJ
ligatory in number of specified cases.
It excludes any question affecting vital
interests. Of national independence or
sovereign authority. The Americans in
sisted upon the specification Of these
features in order TO meet the objections
Of the American senat I, 70 granting an
executive unlimited authority tO arbir
trate.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
INDIANS EXCITED BY
DISSERTATION OF GRAVES

CRESCENT CITY, Cal. July 2l.--c.
R. cuisno. prominent merchant Of this
city. together with Eli Charters and
Allen Baird, were arrested yesterday on
the charge Of violation Of sepulchre.
They are charged with robbing the
graves Of IS Indians, for the purpose Of
securing relics and yaluables, buried
with the body. Many Indians are in
town. but although they are excited no
trouble i expected Al they show dis-
position TO let the law take its course.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22

ST. PETERSBURG, July 2l.--As the
week closes the dissolution of Parliament
with all the grave possibilities involved
in such an event is staring the country
In the face, and the Emperor, discour.
aged by his failure to form coalition
ministry. and the distinctly revolution.
any paths which Parliament has chosen
has apparently been persuaded to risk
a final appeal from Parliament to the
people; or in other words, to dissolve
Parliament and order new elections on
a basis of universal suffrage. A final
conference on the subject of proroguing
Parliament is being held at peterhof and
word may come at any moment that the
dreaded step has been determined upon.
Exactly, who is attending the conference
cannot be learned, but it is understood
the Grand Duke General Trepoff and
other court officials and one or two
ministers are at parlance. Probably the
government is not blind to the fact that
dissolution Of Parliament win be ac-
companied by tremendous excitement,
riots and bloodshed, if nothing worse.
Troops are being massed at st. Peters.
burg, Moscow, and other centers, prepar-
ing to apply physical force, and great
bodies Of additional troops are being
ordered out with the expectancy that
this imposing military array viii over
awe the masses, The socialists and
the group of toll in Parliament have pre-
pared for the emergency. They have
drafted an address for issuance to the
country the moment dissolution is de-
clared. Bloodshed on a large scale with
a dictatorship in the background Is con-
sidered the inevitable sequel to the dis
solution Of parliament but the supporters
Of dissolution claim the Emperor must
take the risk, arguing that new elections
may give definite results and that in any
event it is better to fight, than to alb.
jectly surrender to revolutionary
Parliament
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AT WORK 600
MILE FROM THE POLE

DANES ISLAND, spitzenbergen (by
wireless telegrapby to Hammerfest,
July 2l.--Wireless commune
cation has been opened within 600 miles
Of the Pole, via Hammerfest. Every
thing i progressing favorably at Camp
WeIIman. The balloon-house Is under
construction. Walter Wellman. leader
Of the WeIIman.C Chicago Record Herald
Expedition hopes to start on his aerial
voyage toward the Pole BY the middle Of
August.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
FRANKFORT, WASH TO BE CITY
HIN Will Make North Band Road Ter.
minal at Frankfort Opposite
This city--will Build Great
Grain Warehouses


y PORTLAND, July n tspeciall =
y According 10 the Oregonian. Z
y Frankfort, mere speck on the Z
. map on the Washington shore 4
y opposite Astoria, Ia said TO be the Z
= objective point Of the Hill road 4
. Surveys indicate that this old 4
= townsite lying near 10 deep water Z
. viii be the place where the Hill Z
. grain docks win be built. All Of Z
. this talk indicates that water Z
y grades down the lower Columbia Z
y are 10 be In q shape TO demand =
y similar surveys further up the =
y river. That Mr.. Hill intends 10 4
y route a large part Of his Western y
y Washington tonnage up the north =
y bank road and divert II from the =
y haul over the Cascades IL assured =
= by the report that he win extend .
y the line down the Columbia TO =
. Willapa Harbor. Lumber and =
. other frcights from that section =
. win be brought over to the Co. =
y lumbia and hauled up the river =
y over Portland and Seattle. =
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Treasury
officials in going over Panama Canal
bond bids today ascertained that one
bid for $5,OOO,0OO at $lOs.s7 had been
misplaced. 1t was found among bids of
lower figure. The discovery of this
bid will fix the line between the success.
full and unsuccessful bidders at about
$lOSs5. This bid is one Of several that
were fled by Samuel Byerly, Of New
York. The great bulk Of The bonds go
to Eastern banks.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
czAR CANNOT NOW
N MEET THE KAISER

BERLIN, July 2l.--The Associated
Press was semiofihialiy informed today
that Emperor Nicholas has seat . mes.
sage 10 Emperor William informing The
latter that the internal situation In Rms.
sia Il such that he Is determined 10
forcgo his intention 10 meet the German
Emperor beyond the frontiers Of Russia
as previously agreed upon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22

PORTLAND, July 2l,--The 0ngonian
tomorrow will say that activity Of the
Northern Pacific surveyors and right
of-way agents from Kelso to the mouth
Of the Columbia gives rise to the belief
that Hill intends to carry wheat from
the Palouse fields TO u point opposite
Astoria and there load grain ships using
empty cars as shingles from Southwest.
en Washington points TO the East. BY
loading ships nearer the sea Hill expects
10 cut ont towage and pilotage, and
economic in other directions, Such a
move on the part Of Hill may involve a
contest between Hartman and Hill for
the control Of the Astoria and Columbia
river railroad. Ii Hills scheme works
out at predicted, II may be necessary
for the Hartman interests to follow the
same policy on the Oregon shore that
Hill win pursue on the Washington side
of the river.
II is believed that Hill has an option
on the Astoria and Columbia River rail
road and there are indications that Har-
riman Is aiming to secure control of the
road. The fact tht A. B. Hammond
owner of the Astoria and Columbia River
road will arrive in this city next week Is
believed to have some bearing on these
rumors
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
KEEP HANDS OFF.

NASHVILLE, July 2l.--Judge Chill.
dress, Of the Circuit Court. today grant
ed an Injunction restraining all of those
who claim to be still Cumberland Pres
byterians from interfering in any way
with the services, property or indieia-
tories OF the Presbyterian Church form
erly known as the Cumberland Presby-
terian.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22

Mcclure oi the Astoria b Columbia
River road and their visit NJ this time,
together with rumors gives ground for
tho belief that there viii be big things
doing Ia the railroad line very soon.
In the event that either Hill or fiar.
riluan secures control Of the Astoria &
Columbia River road. Astoria seems
assured Of being made the terminal for
oriental trade In grain transportation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
MEAT MEN In ENGLAND.

LONDON. July 2l.--The London news.
papers report that a number Of Chicago
meatpackers contemplate opening pack
Ing houses and warehouses In this coun.
try. They add that sites in Lancashire
and London are being inspected, but no
names are mentioned.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22

Regarding the rumor that Frankfort
Il to be made the terminal, for the North
Bank route, and that Hill win there
erect large grain warehouses and cleva-
tors, local railroad officials when inter-
viewed would say nothing, which would
throw any light on the subject.
II is however, believed that negotia.
tions are underway II not already com
pleted whereby Astoria will reap some
Of the benefit from the struggle between
Hill and Hartman. The first Of this
week Chief Engineer Miller Of the Port
land & Seattle road, and Contractors
Shields and Porter were in Tho city in
consultation with Superintendent John
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
EIGHT HOURS THAT'S ALL.

WASHINGTON, July 2i.--Aeting Sec.
rctary Of tho Navy Newherry. In accord.
anec with the directions Of the presi.
dent today issued an order 10 all bureau
chiefs. directing that the eight t.hour law
be strictly enfoced.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
SAT DOWN ON ICE.

ST. LOUIS, July 0l.--George Cherry,
while carrying a chunk Of ice, into a
residence was oppressed BY the heat, and
sat down on the ice, then rolled over
unconscious from heat prostration.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
Delegates Convene At Rio Janerio
on Monday.
CONFERENCE IS IMPORTANT
Delegates win Spend Six Weeks Taking
Up and Settling Vital Questions
Secretary Root In
Attendance.

WASHINGTON, July 2l.--The third
international American conference which
will be called TO order at Rio Janeiro,
Monday, is one OF great trlology Of
American family gatherings during the
close Of the past, and the beginning Of
the present century destined, In the
opinion OF publiclsts, to have a most
important bearing on the future Of the
nations OF the Western Hemisphere,
Conceived in the mind Of the late Sec.
retary Blaine, the idea of bringing into
close relations the different governments
of North, Central and South America
had not only sentimental and political
but also business.like side that at
once attracted the attention of Europe.
For up to the early '90s, owing in large
part to difficulties Of communication to
lack Of cables, 10 the mutual absence Of
knowledge Of the resources of the two
continents Of the Western Hemisphere,
the commerce between North and South
America had been insignificant in volume
and the commercial nations of Europe
were monopolizing the trade of Latin
America.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
PARLIAMENT
DISSOLVED.
Emperor Nicholas Takes
Fateful Step at Last
NEW ASSEMBLY CALLED
March sth, 1907. Time for Con-
vocation Of Newly
Elected Assembly.
DICTATORSHIP IS INEVITABLE
With Dissolution Of Parliament Blood
she'd Sure to Come - Group Of
Toll Will Issue An Address
to the People.
DICTATORSHIP IS INEVITABLE
,AAAAAAAAANAANANN

ST. PETERSBURG. July q. 4
} 3;l5 A. M.--An Imperial Ukase I
} has been promulgated dissolving 4
} parliament and fixing the time 4
} for the conyocation OF the newly 4
elected assembly as March 5. I
1907. 4
} A second ukase places st. 4
} Petersburg in a state of extra. Z
ordinary security by the deelara- Z
ton Of a minor form of martial =
} law A large part Of the province =
Of Kiey where armed uprisings =
are anticipated on account of the =
dissolution Of parliament, i =
placed under martial law. Con- =
ditions Of the new elections will =
be published later. =
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
Victoria Cuts Chehalis Completely
in Two--passensers
Thrown in Sea.
While Princess Victoria Is Leaving Van.
couver, B. C., Harbor at re Knot
Clip, She Strikes Tug chehaiis
With Terrible Results.

VANCOUVER B. G., July 2l.-Ten
persons lost their lives in the harbor this
afternoon when the steel steamer Prin-
cess Victoria. which was leaving port fov
Victoria and Seattle ran into and cut in
two, the tug boat Chehalis, with Is per.
sons on board. bound for the oyster beds
al Bluden Harbor on the northern coast
of British Columbia. The party on the
Chehalis included the owners of the
beds and representatives of an English
syndicate, who contemplated the pur-
chase OF the oyster beds.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
RESULTS ON THE DIAMOND TODAY.
Pacific Coast League.

Pacific Coast League.
At Seattle Portland g. Seattle 0.
At Oakland Fresno |. Oakland 1.
At Los Angeles--Los Angeles |, San
Francisco 3.
Northwest League.
At Butte--Butte 10, Tacoma 4.
AT Spokane A. Gray's Harbor Q.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22
First Conference in 1889.

So to meet this condition and to effect
an exchange Of natural and manufac-
tured commodities to the mutual benefit
of the countries of North, Central and
South America, after many months of
negotiation necessary to allay the
jealousies Of the lesser states, in 0cto.
Der, 1880, representatives Of all the re-
publics Of the three Americas gathered
in Washington and after-a brief tour Of
the principal industrial cities of the
country, were called to order by Secre.
tary Blaine to consider measures for the
common veal
Many important subjects were discuss
ed during that conference; in fact it has
been thought that the program was too
pretentious, but substantial results were
achieved. The survey for the intercon-
tinental railway, now making rapid
strides toward completion, was inaugu-
rated. Provision was made for securing
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-22

of British Columbia. The party on the
Chehalis included the owners of the
beds and representatives Of an English
syndicate, who contemplated the pur-
chase OF the oyster beds.
List Of Drowned.
The drowned are: Mrs. r.. H. Brice;
Hilda Mason; little girl who accom-
panied Mrs. Brice, name unknown; Bar
ne Benwell, aged Q, son of J. 0. Benwell;
DIR. Hutton, of Rock Bay Hospital, an
expert on oyster propagation, who was
going north to examine the oyster beds
of Blunden harbor; P. j. Chick, formerly
purser on the steamer Cassiar, and Sec
retary- of the British Columbia
Native Oyster Company; VIM. H. Craw-
ford a deckhand of the Chehalis; two
japanese firemen. and one cook, said to
be Chinese.
The saved are: r. FL Brice, freight
clerk of the steamer Cassiar and vice
president Of the British Columbia Native
Oyster Company; Captain Howse, mas
ter of the Chehalis; J. O. BenwelI a
commission merchant of this city; P. G.
Shallcross, commission merchant of
this city, and representative of Brit
ish capitalists; R. N. Rich Of Victoria, a
friend of Shallcross; and c. A. Doan
engineer of the Chehalis.
Tide Was Swift.
When the Chehalis entered the mar
rows at the entrance the Burrard inlet
the strongly flowing incoming tide
swung her across the channel. The
steamer Princess Victoria, following
close behind, crashed into the Chehalis
and cut the tug in two before the speed
of the steamer could be checked. The
Princess was travelling at a rate of 10
knots, and the Chehalis at eight knots,
when the collision occurred. The Che
halls was struck amidships and all on
board thrown into the water. The
Princess Immediately stopped, threw
over life preservers, and lowered FIVE
boats, which cruised about for an hour
picking up the six survivors. 1t is doubt,
full if the bodies Of any missing can be
50 strong Is the current at the
scene Of the accident.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-27
TINES GLORY.
william Shakespeare.

Times glory is TO calm contending kings,
Iounmask ialsehood, and bring truth 20
light
To stamp the seal of time in aged things.
To wake the morn, and sentinel the
night
To wrong the vronger till he render
right,
To ruinate proud buildings with the hours,
And smear with dust their glittering
golden towers.
To I'm with woum-holes stately monuments
To feed Oblivion with decay Of things.
To blot old books, and alter their contents,
To pluck the quilts from ancient ravens
wings,
To dry the old oaks sap, and cherish
springs
To spoil antiquities of hammered steel.
And turn the giddy round of Fortune s
wheel
To show the beldame daughters of her
daughter,
To make the child man, the man a
child.
To slay the tiger that doth live by slaugh-
ter.
To tame the unicorn and the lion wild;
To mock the subtle, in themselves be-
gliled,
To cheer the playman with increased crops
To waste huge stones with little water
drops.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-27
slanderlne Llnooin's Memory.


That Abraham Lincoln was grossly
slandered during his lifetime is not sur
prising He was in public life during
period OF unexampled political excite
ment when partisan passion was at fever
heat, blind and unreasonable. The facili-
ties of intercourse and communication
were not what they are today, and it was
only natural that the people Of a large
section Of the country misunderstood
both the man and his principles and SLAM
derod both accordingly. To many people
of his day he was rough uncouth, un-
cultured, and in some respects a political
mountebank And so he suffered.
Today the whole world knows what a
great man Abraham Lincoln was, and
in this country there are thousands who
honor his memory and pay tribute TO his
greatness, although half a century ago
they reviled him and believed they had
good grounds for so doing Therefore,
it is amazing to learn that there are those
who are still engaged in slandering the
memory of Lincoln by revamping one Of
the meanest of the ISLANDERS that were
cast against him during his active poll
tical life The meanness Of the aspersion,
its absolute falsity, we're fittingly set
forth by Henry Watterson in his recent
address OF welcome TO returning Ken
tuckians during the "home week. at
Louisville "Therc is one thing which
seems proper on this occasion to say Of
any doubt which that may have been
cast on the paternity Of Abraham Lin
coin" he said. "and that is that there is
not, and never has been, a shadow Of evil
dence or reasonable conjecture of any
sort to support it. Those who repeat it,
or discuss IT, merely betray their ignor-
ance, if they do not display a vicious ten
doncy Nancy Hanks was a modest,
well reared young woman. Her people
were as respectable as any people OF
the vicinage Not a breath of scandal
was ever heard until she had lain in her
grave half a century. Abraham Lincoln
was her second child, born nearly three
years after her marriage to Thomas Lin
coin. To impeach her integrity is to
discredit that of any and every mothei
who lived in those early days in a part
Of the world where the home was sane
tuary, the marriage tie a religion anC
lewdness contemplate"
Thus delicately and honorably, ont
who on the field of battle opposed the
principles of Abraham Lincoln, nov
raises his eloquent voice 10 denounce {
foul slander upon the memory Of one o
the greatest citizens Of this great Republic