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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09

smooth the uiied ieelIhss Of eitb,
side.
Judge Wood Is, perhaps, the mos.
alert Of any Of The principals 10 the
Gaze Not a word or move escapes him.
He II prompt In decision and permit,
no infringement on the dignity Of bis
court. But tbs coolest man In court Is
Orchard Even under Richardson's
gruelling he has seldom changed the
pitch of The evenly modulated voice, IN
which he told his awful tale. At the
close 81 Orchards cross examination, tho
state will take him In hand for redirect
examination and then win come the 70.
crossexamination. II seems hardly pos.
siblc therefore, that he win be dismissed
before the end of next week.
One of The interesting features oi
today's examination was tho develop.
ment, that Orchard, since bis ccnane-
mont Ii tho penitentiary has received
letters from his Grst wife. who NJ ie.
serted Ia Canada In 100 and that he
has sent her money, the greater part Of
the slls which hs had obtained, came
from the sale Of locket and chain, a
fishing rod, q gun and q revolver togcth.
or with some other little things He
said the Warden had disposed Of them
for him with the understanding that the
person buying them could have them
after his trial. Orchard said the
warden told him that he received part
Of this money from Governor Cooling.
1t IL possible the Governor may be call.
ed as witness to explain the transac-
tion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09

needed money. Fred Beilstein and
raised $50 and sent it. Hardy was ar
rested on a charge of placing poison in
her milk but when the autopsy disclosed
that she died from 9 tumor on the
brain, he was exonerated from blame
and released"
In her last letter to Wander, Bertha
peilstein asked il 1t would be safe to
get back to Allegheny soon and claim
her share Of the mothers estate. In
the letter she said;
"You know the awful and frightful
under which left Pittsburg.
/ fear being caught and placed among
those lunatics,'
Chicago relatives claim TINT certain
pitsburg relatives some time ago spread
the report that Bertha had gone to Eu-
rope to claim her share Of her mothers
estate. The estate today is worth about
$4,000. Bertha's trial cost the family
$1,000.
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RoEBLING MEMORIAL.
Statute To First Engineer Of Brooklyn
Bridge.

NEW YORK, June s.--Trenton's me.
mortal to Colonel John A. RoebIing,
builder Of the great span across Niagara,
first engineer Of the Brooklyn Bridge
and founder Of the vast structural iron
and steel works Of Trenton II almost
completed. II II an heroic statue of
Colonel RoebIing seated. william Cou-
pere. says that he expects To send the
statue u The foundry III feS weeks.
The statue will cost about s25,O00 which
has been raised BY the people of Tren-
ter. II will be unveiled III the city IA
October
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
ruRKIsH. PRINCE IN AMERICA.
Has Made Application For Citizenship
and Intends to Remain.

NEW YORK, June s.--shaban Bey
GOtscha, who is reported to be a Turk
ish prince OF high rank in Albania, and
who has lived in nearly every country in
Europe, according to statement to
Clerk Donovan Of the United States
naturalization bureau, has made appli-
cation to take out first citizens papers.
After trying many countries as a place
Of residence Shaban Bey has decided to
make the United States his permanent
home. He Is d military engineer by
profession.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
BLACK HAND OUTRAGE.
Attempts To Blow Up Brass Foundry
With Giant Powder Failed.

NEw YORK, June s.--An apparent
attempt to blow up the Nathan Brass
Foundry At s0s East Tooth street was
made early this morning when a charge
of giant powder exploded at the en-,
trance to the factory but without ef-
feet, A charge o. equal Size on the
opposite side ~ the building did not 80
oii. Officials cf the firm said they could
not account for the explosion. The re-
port was heard over an area Of many
blocks an dcauscd 4 panis in The Tire
mont district, the people thinking II d
sbiaek hand outrage.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
Girl Put In Asylum for Numbering
Her Mother.
SHE ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM
Bertha Beils,ein. Who Murdered Her
Mother and Was Committed To Insane
Asylum and Who Escaped, Has Died
In Los Angeles From Tumor on Brain

los ANGELES, June s.--The body Of
Bertha Deilstein, the young woman who
died In this city under the name Of
Olga Miller, and who escaped from a
Pennsylvania insane ayslum. where she
had been committed after killing her
mother, is being guarded by the officers
day and night. Telegraphic advices
from the east today indicate the inten-
tion to dispute the identity Of the body
Il being said the real Bertha Beilstein
sailed for Europe, several weeks after
she Is said TO have died in this city.
According 10 the adyices, the legal
determination Of Miss Beilstein's death,
involves The title to considerable for
tune.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

BILOXI. Miss, June 8. Captain John
Walker shot and killed his wife and
then himself today. Captain Walker
was an officer in the United States
navy with Perry on his memorable trip
to Japan. was a captain in the Confed-
crate navy and at the time Of his death
was president of the bank of Biloxi,
He was one of the best known men in
this section Of the south. The tragedy
occurred during a dispute.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
TIDAL WAVE DETAILS.

SAN FRANCISCO, June S.--The first
details Of the havoc wrought BY a
typhoon and tidal wave in the Caroline
Islands in the latter part Of March were
brought here today by Rev. G. H. Jag
now, missionary who arrived on the
steamer coptic. The tidal wave rem
dered 1900 people homeless and 250 men,
women and children were drowned on
one island alone. Twenty-Five persons
were lost on another of the small isl
ands. The typhoop lasted three days.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09

CHICAGO, June SIN connection
with the death at Los Angeles, Of Ber
tina Beilstein, who killed her mother n
Allegheny, Pa, In October, 1889, and
escaped from thelDixmont asylum for the
Insane, where she was confined, Edmund
W. Wander, of Chicago last night saidl
Il aided Miss Beilstein while she was
ip Chicago and did SO purely out Of
friendship for the family. nurseJ her
as child, and she wrote to me many
pathetic letters from the Allegheny
Jail right after she killed her mother
in 0ctober 1900. She also wrote rue
from the insane asylum at Dixmont,
Pa.
"She escaped from the asylum be-
tween the 10th and Goth Of October last,
and reached my mothers house. She
was drenched through with rain. My
mother gave her hot bath and she re-
manned there for two days. Fred Bell.
stein, her brother, my brother, Alfred
and | together, raised 800 and sens her
10 Los Agnees Cal.
"At Los Angeles she remained with
relatives Of mine until they came back
to Chicago. Then she got a place as q
dining room girl At the Roslyn Hotel,
and earned $40 per month. After a
time she wrote as that Richard Hardy
wanted 10 marry her. She said she
told him her full life's history. We ad,
vised her TO wait.
"0n May p, received d letter from
Bertha saying she was in fine health.
The same DAY we got telegram from
Hardy saying that she was low and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
DELMAs ARGUES FOR GLASS.

SAN FRANCISCO, June S.--A motion
was argued last night in Judge Law
lor's court to set aside the indictment
brought against Louis Glass, Of the Pa
ciic States Telephone q Telegraph Com
pany, on the charge of bribery Of Su.
pervisOr Sanderson. Attorney Delmas,
for The defendant, attacked the validity
Of the grand jury and argued that there
was no evidence to show Glass had com-
mitted crime or that bribery had been
committed. The attorneys for the prose-
eution will reply to Delmas' argument
on Thursday next
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
LAB0RER KILLED.
Frisco Police Looking For Chauffeur
who Run Down Man.

SAN FRANCISCO, June s.-Charles
Quigley, a laborer employed in the
Golden Gate Park was killed early to-
day near the Stanyan street entrance
and the police are looking for a chauf-
feur who is thought to have run him
down. The first theory that it was a
case OF murder was disproved when the
body was identified
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
CENTRAL PACIFIC LAND AGENT.

SAN FRANCISCO, June s.-The posi-.
tion Of Central Pacific land agent, made
vacant recently by the death Of William
r Mills is to be given, it is said, to
Charles W. Eberlein, who is already at
the head Of the Oregon \ California
land grant and the Southern Pacific
railroad land grant in Oregon and this
state. The duties Of Central Pacific
land agent are, It Il said, to be com
bined with his present duties.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE.
Difference Of Opinion Of Counsel Holds
Schmitz Case Back.

SAN FRANCISCO, June Sowing to
a difference Of opinion ~ to the admis.
sibility of certain evidence, the trial Of
Mayor Schmitz made but little progress
today, But one witness was on the
stand and his statement was not con
cluded when adjournment was taken
until Monday,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
INDIAN TERRITORY PRIMARIES

OKLAHOMA CITY, June s.--Returns
from the Democratic primaries received
up to 2 o'clock this morning indicate
that Lee Cruce, Of Ardmore, |. T., has
been chosen as the nominee for Cover
nor by plurality Of i5,OOs NJ. L.
Turner is probably defeated for United
States Senate BY T. p, Gore, Of Lawton,
or Roy Hoffman, Of Chandler
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE.

NEW YORK, June 7.-William Aaron.
son, an expert agriculturist and man.
ager Of farm at Florence, N. j., hang.
ed himself in barn after brooding
over the fact that this early crops as
the result Of unreasonable weather
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
NUN KIDNAPPED.


.
Taken In Carriage.
DULUTH, Mimi, June O. - Sister
Borromea, teacher at 81. Clements
Catholic school, was kidnapped in q
most sensational manner by two men
who, driving rapidly away in closed
carriage yesterday afternoon. escaped.
The screams and entreaties Of the nun
as she was carried bodily into the street
by her abductors, attracted several
hundred students Of the school and per-
sons in the neighborhood and before the
carriage was half a block away howl
ing mob was in pursuit They were
soon distanced, however.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09

The name Of Theodore Smith does not
appear in the Astoria directory nor was
it possible to identity him with any of
the Smiths living here, at the early hour
this morning that the dispatch was re-
ceiyed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY.

o0NsTASTINoPLE, June 8. The
yillage Of Seraii, 50 miles east Of Van,
on the Turko- Persian froatier, was de-
strcyed by an earthquake. yesterday.
Slight shocks were felt at Van.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
MURDERED HIS AUNT.

ST. LOUIS, June 8. Detectives today
arrested Edward Bergman upon the
charge Of having killed Mrs. Kate
Quernheim, his aunt, on March Z, Chief
Smith stated the prisoner had confessed,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
BASEBALL SCORES.
Coast League.

AT Portland Portland Q. San Fran
cisco 0.
At San Francisco-Los Angeles 9,
Oakland |.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09

YAZOO CITY, Miss, June Sin the
race war clash near this place late to-
day, three negroes were killed, four
white men wounded and two negroes
seriously whipped.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
Northwest Leaoue.,

At Spokane Tacoma 5, Spokane 2.
At Seattle Seattle Z. Aberdeen 4.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-09
ORCHARD COOLEST
MAN IN COURT
During Gruellng Cross Examlna.
don He Has Not Raised
His Voice.
SENDS MONEY 70 FIRST WIFE.

Developed During cross Examination
That the priaonerwitness while In
Prison Has SOLD Personal Belongings
and Sent Money TO His First wife.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

THE WAS HINCTON TINES MAGAZINE
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
THE BRAZEN AGE

= T is usual 10 describe this statue
as Primitive Man Awakening
l. from Rude Barbarism." I have
even seen the title loosely trans
lated as "Primevai Man" but. so far
as I have been able to discover. no
one has shown the close Identification
OF the figure with that part Of Hesiod
Works and Days which tells OF The
peOpling OF the earth by the FIVE dis
tinct races OF man. Here Is done into
verse the account OF the third race
which lived during the Brazen Age
O'Age d'AiraIn). There can be no
question of the completeness with
which the sculptor has seized upon
the poetic inspiration of the concep-
ton, thus making Of the statue far
more than a mere vague embodiment
OF rrimeval Man.
Then follows the explanation OF what
apparently no critic has noticed, and
yet which Is Of supreme significance
the deep spear wound in the youths
less temple
Not only does the wound account for
the closed eyes. the painful expression
OF the mouth. the throwing back or
The head with the clenched hand press
ed tightly 10 Tin fact. the whole pose
Is meaningless without it-but II has
its sym bolic significance as well for
the entire race Of the Brazen Age was
swept from - face Of the earth by
internal warfare--Annie Nathan Meyer
in September PuInams.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

appointed studio IN Southampton row.
declares the tattooing craze Is on the
increase. and he has to work both
night and dr. to accommodate those
who ira rel long distances TO have him
exercise his slSill on them
THE fad VIII not die out for years"
SAID the artist. because I am booked
up 70 next spring and probably VIII
have more orders for intricate and ar
tistic designs by that time. Tattooing
has frs uses and IS everlastingly artis-
tic TIE colors never lose their luster
when ore4 prscked IN, and tattoolng en-
tails an expense nowadays which in
sures SIS exciuslvenesS.
Women OF title are very fond now
of having their signatures. coats-of-
arms. ard crests eInblazoned on their
skins, and the effect Is very pretty.
There is also now a craze for dragons
and serpents. and : have just finished
a four and one-half dragon winding its
way around one OF the limbs OF q we'll
known actress.
'sOne of the strangest tasks I have
been engaged on lately was TO tattoo a
viii on 4 woman's back. II was a copy
OF the document drawn up IN the usual
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Decisions

~ VERY physician. indeed, knows
~ IN his heart that we have eaten
OF tie tree OF knowledge more
than we can digest. and that If
the known laws OF public and private
hygiene We're put into execution the
death rate would Instantly drop 90 per
cent, Moreover. the modern serpent
IN the tree is atheistic. mouistIc, de-
terministie. and therefore hopelessly
loveless. There can be no cure. nor
is there any prevention, OF disease I'M
les the otle physician is the child Of
the Great Physician. and learns OF
Him how wounds heal. how sleep re-
stores, Tor a life time, through an
lives, 10 outwit. heal and undo the in
juries OF disease Aping an unenviable
and blind science, medicine has been
too prone to materialism, although
before the physicians eyes, as before
those of no other man, have been the
amazing miracles Of sexual and mother
love. of the healing OF wounds. of
the giving Of the body to be normal
lied IN sleep to something infinitely
wiser than we, and Of the ceaseless
struggle Of the hidden pnysioIogic God
q Health against the hurts OF dis
case. An these, IN addition TO the alb
solute non-eXistenUe OF spontaneous
generation, would convince men with
logical and open minds that material
ism, atheism. and determinism are the
shallow deiusiOns OF fools.-Dr. George
IS. Gould. In September 2utnam's.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
JOSEPH HOLMES CHOATE
JURIST AND STATESMAN

. HE ordinary dinner speaker re-
lies on anecdote to evoke the
digestive laugh; Mr.. Choate
never does. At banquet of the
bar. attended by Federal and State
judges from far and near. he followed.
toward the evenings close, a famous
Taconteur whose stories, savoring OF
the sadness OF time, were driving men
from the room when Mr.. Choate's first
words caught and held them: 'Mr.
Chairman and gentlemen. we are all
lawyers here tonight-except the
judges" Many OF his sayings have
long survived their occasions; that the
Pilgrim mothers are more praise
worthy than the Pilgrim fathers,
since rl9y endured the same hardships
end put up with the fathers as well.
In England II was said Of him. He
was never heard to repeat himself or
make a speech without saying some
thing"
A narration OF Mr.. Choate's successes
at the bar. within present limitations.
would be little more than a further
catalogue OF cases. ara even Homer's
list OF ships Is not particularly inter
eSting. 10 tell the manner in which
ne has cverthrown antagonists and
won fame as lawyer and orator is
better worth doing. if the task be feas-
ible. than to enumeTate causes. Pre-
eminent IN cross-examinGtion he
screens out the material facts through
a sieve OF questions and whether ad-
dressing court or jury, presents his
facts and arguments with simplicity
and clearness. aided by serenity OF
temper. personal charm, and fns
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Has WIN TattOOed on Back.

Another woman. fearing the last win
and testament OF her husband, by
which she was to inherit all his lands.
tenements and other property. might
be lost or destroyed by enemies. ar
ranged with the decorative artist to
reproduce the document on her back.
The matter was placed in the hands
OF one Of BOndOn,s foremost practi-
toners and the VIII was borrowed and
loaned to the tattooist. IN order that
he might copy the chyrography as well
as the words OF the testator. The
document contained 500 words and sew
eraI signatures and legal phrases
showing II had been properly filed.
This was one OF the most difficult
tasks OF the artist, and likewise the
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

THE principal reason for the great
boom in tatJOHing." said the artist.
is that the new designs are almost
first class and the colors used are del
icate shades OF blue. black, red. gel
low. green, and brown Many persons
also recognize the necessity os being
tattooed with some distinctive device
so that Il some s0dden accident be-
fall them they could be easily identi-
fed Parents are beginning to recog-
nize this. and I have tattooed more
tnan 506 children recently
Not more than a decade ago the
professors IN tattooins were confined
OF Poplar and FatcliI Highway, where
no woman OF responsibility dared
venture Their patronage was drawn
from the floating sea-faring popula-
ton who wished TO carry a lasting
reminder OF their visit TO London Few
sailors serve more than a month or
two in the navies OF the world or the
merchant marine service before they
have designs or their initials tattooed
on their arms or chests. IF. L. H. -"
meaning Friendship fingers Here. &"
IS usually tattooed by the ships art
ist on the strong right arms OF all
who join the American navy.
For centuries men have been tat
tooed. the practice OF indelible ink
marking having been imported from the
Orient. but until recently few women
Of culture or delicate breeding braved
the dangers Of the poisonous inks or
the opinion OF society at large for ex-
posing their limbs to tattoo special
lists.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
Oldest City
In The World

z n a sand-swept belt Of Central
Babylonia, that country OF an
\ cient ruins, in a region dangerous
and deserted because far from
water, and on the border of the ter
ritory Of several hostile Arab tribes,
lies the low ruin of Bismya Few ex-
plorers have ever visited II, and those
few did so at the reril Of their lives.
Dr. Peters, of New York. while ex-
cavating at Nippur. discovered at
Bismya a clay tablet Of All ancient
date. German explorers are reported
TO have said that the ruins originated
with the civilization of the Arabs.
However, not only the age of the
ruins, but the name and history Of the
ancient citv Of which they are com
posed. continued a mystery until re-
Gently.
Christmas Day. 1903. we began ex-
cavating at Bismya and the result
was the discovery of the oldest temple
in the world. The walls of the tower
soon appeared; the summit was
cleared, and the first Inscription dis
covered upon the surface was a brick
stamped with the name Dungi Of 2750
IL. G. just beneath II were other
bricks bearing the name OF UrGur of
-Se0 y. c.; a little lower appeared a
crumpled piece OF gold with the name
or Naram Sin OF 300 3. C. and Just
below that level were the large SOU ire
bricks peculiar to SarSon o. 500 b c.,
probably the first of the Semttics kings
OF Babylonia. Although We had dug
but meter and a half below the
bricks OF DCagi. we had revealed sew
eral strata extending over the period
from 2s50 3. C., or more II an a thod-
sand years, and still eleven meters Of
earlier ruins. lay beneath Us. we
0ug lower; unknown types o. bricks
appeared. and two and Daif meters
from the surface we came upon &
large platform constructed of the pc
culiar plano-convex bricks which were
the building material of 500 IS. CDR
Edgar J. Banks, In September Put
mans.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

Vienna, Paris, Budapest, Berlin,
and the other larger continental
cities his patrons, mostly women,
come TO have their skins pierced
with ink-soaled needles. Many Of
them have original ideas of their
own which they have executed on
their skins. Others simply know
they want 70 be tattooed because IL
is the fad. Mud select the pattern
from a book handed them by the
artist.
Writing serpents entwining them
selves around the limbs or waists of the
subjects, have been most popular
this season. although many fiery
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

most painful ordeal through which any
OF his clients ever passed. 1t required
week for the document to be repro
duced. and the woman was IN great
pain at the completion OF The tattoo
lists task. but row that the needle
pricks have healed. the Will en- never
be lost as long as the woman lives.
Babies have been carried TO the West
Side tattsoist 10 have their tender pink
flesh prieked with their Initials or full
names. Mothers say this IS the surest
way OF Identification in case OF kid
naping or loss OF their children IN any
otheH-way- The older persons who 70
under the artists needle are proud of
the artistic Disagreement they carry
away with them. but to the children
ne torturous ordeal is simply mean
ingiess pain.
Artist South, who has a srnptuousIv
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

dragons and speckled sea monsters
have also been indelibly dug into the
flesh OF the society women.
crests and coats OF arms innumer-
able have been tattooed on the fair
skins OF the society folk. while one
woman had the distorted taste OF hsv-
ing a reproduction OF the crucihxiOn
on Celvary's Hill pricked into her flesh
IN three colors.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

sense OF humor. but without empty
rhetorical effects. not mounting. or
saving the air with the hand.-V'flliam
A. burlington. in September Putnam's.