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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
But Nicaragua Concentrates
Force Upon Border Line.
Report Says President of Nicaragua
Believes He Has Balance Of Pow.
or and Proposed Interference
Would Not Please Him.

PANAMA, Feb. 1.-THE Associated
Press received the following dispatch
from Manuel Bonilla of Honduras:
Nicaragua is concentrating a con-
siderable armed force upon the from.
tier Of Honduras without having made
d declaration of war. We are assured
an invasion will take place soon. Hon
duras is ready to repel the movemen
MANUEL BoNILLA."
The report says that President Ze-
laya Of Nicaragua will oppose the in
tervention Of the United States. He
believes he has the balance of power
and wants to put the matter to test
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Ministel
Cirea, Of Nicaragua, stated tonight:
There will be no war between Hon.
duras and Nicaragua"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE state.
ment was made at the State Depart
ment that at conference held today
between Assistant Secretary Bacon
and the Mexican ambassador, it wa:
decided that Mexico ami the United
States should unite with Salvador
Costa Rica and Guatemala in max.
ing identical representations to Hon.
duras and Nicaragua to the effect thai
they will be expected to settle theil
differences without resort to war;
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
FORCE ENFORCEMENT OF RATES.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 11.-Attorney Gen.
eral Young began today mandamus
proceedings in the county district
court to compel the ten railroads do
Ing business in Minnesota to accept
the freight rate reduction recently or
uered by the state railroad and ware
house commission, The companies in
involved are those which recently en-
Joined the state In the United States
court from putting the rates into ef-
feet.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12

long legal argument result In the hy-
pothetical question which was almost,
Of record breaking length. When
Wagner is taken In hand by Jerome
he will be required to give detailed
reasons for his conclusions regard
ing Thaws mental condition. Wag-
ner with DR.. Evans, another alienist,
made six searching examinations Of
the defendant.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
FOUND INTERNAL MACHINE.

LONDON, Feb. 1i.--A special dis
patch from st. Petersburg says that
an Internal machine was accidentally
discovered In the chimney Of the house
Of Count Witte last night. The ma
chine was set to explode after the
family had retired.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
MANY CHALLENGED.

WALLACE. Idaho. Feb. ii.--Elcven
Jurors wero passed for cause by both
sides In the Steve Adams murder case
today. Az only seven uncnlled jur-
ors remain on tho panel. II seems
probable that another vcnlre will be
called. Tho state has used two OF It's
fivo peremptory challenges and the de-
fenHe two OF It's ten.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
HAS BUT
five DAYS
And House Has Three
Hundred Bills Ahead.
HUNDRED DISPOSED OF
SIowness in Organization and
Defective Committees
Cause Delay.
WILL WORK SOON AND LATE
Last Week 10 Given Up TO Considera.
ton OF Senate Measures And Time
For Action on House Bills
II Brief.
WILL WORK SOON AND LATE
Last Week 10 Given Up TO Considera
ton OF Senate Measures And Time
For Action on House Bills
II Brief.

SALEM. Ore. Feb. 11,-For more
than a week the experienced members
OF the House have been worried over
the amount OF work piled UP for the
last end OF the session, but the new
members were content to drift. Now
the entire House Is alarmed, and this
week Is TO be the busiest one an Ore
gon legislature has ever seen. Sessions
will be held early in the morning and
intil late at night In the hope Of dis
posing OF the mass of bills now before
the House, and time off for sleeping
or refreshment win not be allowed be-
fore Saturday.
The situation Is this A week re-
mains to pass House bills, for during
the last week Of the session the House
considers Senate bills only, and un-
less the 40-day session Is heightened
which does not seem probable at
present, including today there are but
six days and nights to do what usual
ly takes three times that period.
There are several reasons for this
situation. One is that more bills have
been introduced than ever before;
another is that more important meas
ures have been offered that required
long committee sessions and that have
been the theme for prolonged debates
In the committee room and when they
reached the floor OF the House. A
third Is that the House started of
lamely and lost nearly a week early
In the session because of imperfect
organization, lack of printed supplies
and because Of an inadequate print
ing plant that forced the House to
wait until the first rush of bills could
be printed and referred to commit
tees. Another reason has been defec-
tive committee work that has result
ed in weak bills being recommended
back to the House, when they should
have been killed in the committee room
and that has also resulted in sever
al measures being offered in the
House for final passage that were not
in legal form, without enacting clauses
without a penalty section or without
some other essential. Still another
reason has been the lack of system
In the House, the majority Of the
members being new to the work.
members were. new to the work.
Practically two-thirds of all the
House bills are yet to be acted on
and nine-tenths of the bills that will
cause debate are yet to be brought
back from the committee room. There
are six days to do 1t in.
About the only bills the House has
passed of any considerable Importance
has been the tax code bills, the gen.
eral appropriation bill, the Coffey gas
franchise bill, and. as committee
of the whole, to report on the Ore
gon City locks bill. In the same time
the House has killed the Huntley COR
rupt practice bill, There remains to
be considered by the House the Cha
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
Jerome Blocks Testimony of
Evelyn Thaw for the
Present.
WITNESSES ON THAW'S WILL
Wife of Defendant Identifies the Note
She Passed to Him on Night of
Tragedy--Other AIienists Will
Testify.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1L--Answering a

NEW YORK, Feb. 1L-Answering a
hypothetical question covering every
detail Of the testimony adduced in
the Thaw trial up to this time, in
Guiding Mrs. Thaw's narration of her
life history, DIR. Charles G. Wagner
superintendent of the State Hospital
for the Insane at Binghampton, de-
clared on the witness stand today his
opinion that Harry K. Thaw did not
know his act was wrong when he
killed Stanford White. Wagner will
be cross examined later. The defense
announced that other alienists will be
called tomorrow. Today's proceedings
were enliveHed by the sparring be-
tween Delmas and Jerome, and the
latter effectually blocked the compile
tion for the time being of the testi-
mony of Evelyn Thaw, by insisting
that before she go any further COM
petent testimony of Thaw's soundness
of mind should be given.
Mrs. Thaw was called as the third
witness of the day. The first witness
was J. D. Lyon, vice president of the
Union National Bank of Pittsburg,
who testified that he had received
Harry Thaw's will from the latter's
own hands some time prior to April,
1906, and held 1t in a safe deposit until
late in November last when he di-
rected his secretary to forward it to
John B. Gleason Of Thaw's counsel.
Gleason when called swore he had re-
ceivei the will by mail December IL,
1906, and that absolutely no changes
were made in the instrument while in
his possession. The will was not Of
fered in evidence owing to the fact
that it has not in entirety been proved
legally executed by Thaw.
Mrs. Thaw identified the note passed
by her to Harry at the Cafe Martin
on the night of the tragedy. 1t read
as follows:
1.-THE B was here a minute ago,
but went out again.
The witness testified that "The
B" mean blackguard, as Thaw al
ways referred to Standard White
thus.
Another essential point which Mrs,
Thaw was allowed to bring out was
the statement that the defendant
never carried a pistol except in New
York. She was asked many other
questions, embodying various stories
she has discussed with Thaw, includ-
ing the alleged fate Of girl known
to them as the girl" at the hands
of Stanford White, but Jerome
blocked the questions with sustained
objections.
Jerome blocked many of Delmas'
questions put to DR.. Wagner, the
witness being confined to what ne
actually observed and he declared that
the observations had been so closely
interlaced with his questioning Of the
defendant that he did not know
whether he could separate them.' A
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
NO NEW ZION CITY.
voIiva Abandons Project to Lead Fol-
lowers to Northwest.

SEATTLE, Feb. 11.--Overseer vo-
iiya's plan Of establishing new Zion
city In the Northwest was abandoned
with the announcement today that ne
had given up the trip to the Pacific
Coast planned for next month. The
revolt against volivas "one-man rule"
Is responsible for the change Of vo-
liva's plans.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
MAY CAUSE
TROUBLE
WOOdburn WOrkmen Drive
Out Japanese.
DANGEROUS PRECEDENT
Vice CONSUL Says Incident Is
Graver Than San Fran
cisco Affair.
snxsA ~
WILL INVESTIGATE MATTER
Laborers al Woodburn Object TO Com.
petition Of orientaIs and Force
Them 10 Leave Town--Posaibie
Complications
WILL INVESTIGATE MATTER
Laborers at Woodburn Object to Com
petition Of oriontals and Force
Them 10 Leave Town--Posaibie
Complications.

PORTLAND. Feb. 1.-The banish-
ment OF seven Japanese lnborers from
woodburn by crowd OF angry whites
whom the orien,nls had displaced on
a section gang Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad. may possibly stir up as big
n fuss M tho school cmbroglio at San
Francisco.
SO strong has the feeling against the
japanese labor grown and no intense
In the feeling OF resentment against
the action Of the Southern Pacific
Company In dIsplacing white labor on
the section gangs with Japanese
coolies that q crowd OF 80 white citi-
Gems Of woodburn waited upon tho
japanese section crew at their shacks
Sunday night and gave them notice to
leave the dggings or suffer the con-
sequences. The Japanese stood not on
the order OF their going but packed
their baggage and set out for more
comfortable parts.
For several years past the South
ern Pacific has been dlsplaeing It's
white section gangs with japanese
laborers. and the resentment has
reached n stage were more trouble Is
threatened II the practice Ia not abol-
ishcd. Should the company insist In
furnishing Japs for section crew Mt
Woodburn, the demonstration Sunday
night may take more serious turn
than the former one. II is understood
some prominent men were Included
In the movement. Neither Is there
any knowledge here of what the COM
pany intends doing In the light Of this
unexpected action on the part of the
white population OF Woodburn, which
may spread to other points along the
line when It becomes known.
Vice Consul Alba, representing the
Nippon government at Portland, is
conducting an investigation into the
matter, and II the facts warrant 1t he
will report the circumstances to the
Japanese minister at washington.
From what information he has gath
cred at present, he Is inclined to
regard the incident as rather unim-
portant and Is 10th to consider 1t n
matter requiring international atten-
tion.
Mr.. Alba admitted that from what
he had learned so far 1t does not ap-
pear serious enough to warrant any
drastic action, though he thought
(Mr. Alba was very reluctant to ad-
nit this) Of itself, stripped of all other
ramihcatlons, the Woodburn incident
as more serious than the San Francisco
difficulty, for the reason than in the
former case the Japanese were driven
from town and prevented from earn
ing their daily bread, while in San
Francisco the only issue involved Is
whether the children of Japanese
shall be allowed to go to school with
white children. One attacks the en-
tente cordlale ON the vital point of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
HONEY WON.

VALLEY FALLS, r. l., Feb. IL
Honey Melody won over Willie Lewis,
whose seconds threw up the sponge
In the fourth round.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-12
BURN IN HOME.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Feb. 11.-Edwin
w. Reinaur, a baker, and four chill
dren were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed their home tonight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22
Xxx
ANITA,s SECRET.

That afternoon-Or, was IL tfle next?
i happened to go home early. l
have never been able to keep alive
anger against any one. My anger
against Anita had long ago died away,
had been succeeded by regret and
remorse that l had let my nerves, or
whatever the accursed cause was,
whirl me into such an outburst. Not
that l regretted having rejected
what | still felt was insulting to me
and degrading to her; simply that my
manner should have been different.
There was no necessity or excuse for
violence in showing her that l would
not, could not, accept from gratitude
what only love has the right to give.
And l had long been casting about for
some way to apologize-not easy TO
do, when her distant manner toward
me made it difficult for me to find
even the necessary commonplaces to
keep up appearances" before the
servants on the few occasions on
which we accidentally met.
But, as I was saying, I came up
from the office and stretched myself
or the lounge in my private room ad.
joining the library. I had road myself
into a doze, when a servant brought
me a card. | glanced at it as it lay
upon his extended tray. General
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22
MR.. SUGGS AND HIS SYSTEM

Mr.. Pulsifer Suggs appeared on his
front porch just as his neighbor came
out on his own steps. The neighbor
glanced over and saw that Mr.. Suggs'
cheeks We're pulled out and that his
eyes seemed to be bullying. He OBJ,
served also that Mr.. Suggs walked
methodically the length of his porch,
then turned and retraced his steps,
cheeks still pulled and eyes still bulg-
ing.
Good morning." called the neigh
Dor cheerily.
"One!" said Mr.. Suggs with a
mighty out-pufing of breath. Then his
cheeks sank in and his eyes went
back to subnormal, while his should
ers curved forward and his chest be-
came concave, His waist-line also be-
came smaller, and Mr., Suggs walked
the. length of his porch and back In
this shape, while the neighbor looked
on with amazement.
Good morning. the neighbor said
again when Mr.. Suggs returned to his
end of the porch.
"~Two-oo-oo!" Kissed M. Suggs with
q tremendous thrush Of breath.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22

Once more Mr.. Sl1ggs' cheeks grew
round and round; once more his eyes
bulged out and his face grew purple.
Once more he paced the length of his
porch and back. Again the neighbor
said Good morning" and this time
Mr.. Suggs blew out his breath in a
raucols "~Three-ee-eet"
Again his shoulders were curving
forward, again his cheeks were sink.
ing inward-but the neighbor ran
across the lot and demanded:
What in the dickens do you mean
by snubbing me. sir? I'll give you to
understand I'm as good as you or any
body else, and when ! say Good morn.
ing it's up to you or anybody else to,
acknowledge it."
Mr.. Suggs gasped and replied.
Good morning, then, dodgast TT
I'm taking one OF these desp-breathing
courses, and you choked me off right
after the third inspiration, and now
I've got to 60 back and begin an over
again!"--Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22

have some tea, II 1t won't be too mach
extra trouble. Too much coffee is bad
for me, | find. though I'm crazy about
it. Jim Weed was a great hand for.
coffee"
Now, how would you like this
collar finished of? You might have a.
little narrow edge Of black velvet.
Black-eyen a touch-gives such char
acter to a costume. l see they are
wearing a dash on most of the French
creations. / make it a point to keep,
posted-course that's part of my busi-
ness. Did you know that Mr.. and Mrs.
Judge Gillsley aren't getting along
very well together? Yes, l know quite
a lot about EN-. Mrs. Gillsley's an
awful nice little woman. Makes quite
one of the family of me. The judge,
though, never has much to say. He's
a queer sort of a man. Why, If you
want to have it tucked, l guess we've
got goods enough. OF course | never
gossip from house to house--but 1
know you can be trusted with any
thing. Did ! tell you about Kittie Ty-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22

-.2d sc-eu 30 -A'.ss ~~--- 1-atA I'D
myself. lie hsd not been gore a
quarter of an hour before I went to
Anita in her sitting DON Always.
the instant | entered the outer door
of her part Of our house, that power
full. intoxicating fascination that she
had for me began to take possession
OF my senses. 1t was in every gar
meat she wore. 1t seemed to linser
in any place where she had been, for
q long time after she left it. She
was at a snail desk by the window,
was writing letters.
May / interrupt" said /. "Monson
was here a few minutes ago-from
Mrs. Langdon. she wants to see me.
l told him l would see her here. Then
1t occurred 70 ne that perhaps i had
been too g~ood-natured. What do you
Think"
| could not seq her face, but only
the back of her head, and the loose
coils of magnetic hair and the white
nape of her graceful neck. AS l be-
gan to speak, she stopped writing, her
pen suspended over the sheet OF
paper. After l ended there was a
long silence.
I'll not see her." said !. 81 don't
quite understand why | yielded" And
| turned to go.
"Wait-please," came from her alb
ruptly.
Another long silence. Then 1: "It
she comes here, I think the only per
son who can properly receive her is
you"
"No-you must see her," said Anita
at last. And she turned round in her
chair until she was facing me. Her
expression-I can not describe it.
can only say that it gave me a sense
of impending calamity.
I'D rather not-much rather not
said l.
81 particularly wish you to see her.
she replied, and she turned back tc
her writing. | saw her pen poised as
If she were about to begin; but she
did not begin-and | felt that she
would not. With my mind Swallowed
with vague dread, | left that mysteri
GUS stiffness. and went back to the
library.
1t was not long before Mrs. Lang
don was announced. There are some
women to whom a haggard look is be
coming; she is n of them. She was
much thinner than when | last saw
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22

Monson," I read aloud. What dncs
the damned rascal want?" askeI.
The servant smiled. He knew as
we'll as | how Monson, aftel / dis.
missed him with a present of six
months pay, had given the news
papers the story-or, rather, his YER
sion of the story-of my efforts to
| educate myself in the "arts and graces
Of a gentleman"
"Mr. Monson says he wishes to see
you particularly, sir" said he.
"Well-Pll see him." said /. | de-
spised him too much to dislike him,
and thought he might possibly be in
want. But that notion vanished the
instant | set eyes upon him. He was
obviously at the very top of the wave.
Hello, Monsoon vas my greeting, in
it no reminder Of his treachery.
"Howdy, Blackjack said he. I've
come on a little errand for Mrs. Lang
DON Then, with that nasty grin Of
his: you know, I'm looking after
things for her since the bust-up."
mo, | didn't know" said | CURLY,
suppressing my instant curiosity.
What does Mrs. Langdon want?"
TO see you-for just a few minutes
whenever it is convenient"
IF Mrs. Langdon has business, with
me, I'll see her at my Office" said |.
She was one Of the fashionables that
had got herself into my black books
by her treatment of Anita since the
break with the Ellerslys.
"She wishes to come to You here
this afternoon, If you are to be at
home. She asked me to say that her
business is important-and very pri-
vate."
/ hesitated, but l could think OF no
good excuse for refusing. I'll be
here an hour" said I. Good day"
He gave me no time to change my
mind. Something-perhaps 1t was
his curious expression as lie took him
self off--made me begin to regret.
The more | thought OF the matter,
the less l thought of my having made
| any civil concession to a woman who
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22
MRS, WEEDS I.25 PER DAY---TRY HER

Does that clock say nine o'clock?"
demanded Mrs. Weed, reproachfully,
as if the deceitfulness of clocks was
past her understanding. why, | left
the house just as it was striking eight,
which would allow me enough time to
get here in plenty of time-though l
did miss one car. Maybe my clock was
Wrongful see about getting it fixed.
why, since you insist, l might take
a cup of coffee, Mrs. Rogers. That's
one Isl l always enjoy sewing here
more than plenty to eat. It's not
that way everywhere l go. You'd be
surprised at things l could tell about
PEOPLE who hold their heads way up
higher than l door you, either.
Still, I can keep my mouth shut
and say nothing, as l always Say to
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ner; instead of her former restless,
petulant. suspicious expression, she
now looked tragically sad. May ]
trouble you to close the door," said
she, when the servant had withdrawn.
| closed the door.
i've come" she began, without
seating herself, ito make you as un.
happy, | fear, as | am. I've hesitated
long before coming. But / am desper-
ate. The n hope | have left is that
you and | between us may be able
to-to-that you and l may be able to
help each other"
waited.
i suppose there are people," she
went on, "who have never known what
1t was to-really to care for some one
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22
Lost for Year, Recovered by Work
man Who Didn't Know Its Value.

n-HH Wy
A valuable pearl necklace lost In the
Thames owe a year ago by a lady
Of title has lust been recovered by
its owner, says the London Tribune.
Some months ago a Henley-on-
Thames workman walking by the side
OF the river, nea Shiplake Ferry, saw
something ~glistening in the water,
and getting the object out, he found
that 1t was q pearl necklace. Think
ing the gems, however, were only i'm
i~tation, he casually carried the
necklace home in his pocket and gave
1t to his wife.
She occasionally wore 1t, but never
dreamed OF its real value until some
little time ago, when she broke the
clasp and took 1t to a local jeweler
to be repaired. The jeweler at once
saw that the pearls were valuable.
and, not satisfied with the woman's
story. be sent for the police. The
pearls were handed over TO the Gus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22

BALLADE OF THE RECEPTION.

Dear me, how do you do!
I've longed to see you so.
Why, what a pretty blue!
It's new I'm certain-No?
My dresses always show;
But you-you've such a way
A Bit of lace-a bow
eyes, such a pleasant dayD
That Smith womanl Well, who
Invited her here? oh,
Indeed! You like her; too?'
But she's SO common, though;
Yes, really quite de trop,
And then the neighbors say
OF course these stories grow
CYes, such a pleasant dayD
Dear Mrs. Smith, it's youl
Here I've looked high and low
To find some one l knew......
A song! Flow beastly slow!
And May!-voice like a crow.
I loved that last one, May,
1T seemed so apropos-
CYes, such a pleasant day!)
ENVOY.
No, really, \ must go;
I'd simply love to stay,
But-"best of friends''-you know
eyes, such a pleasant day!J
-Horatio Winslow. in Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-22
Necklace From Thames

tody of the police, and in due course
were advertised by them as found.
A few days ago the necklace was
identified and claimed by a lady well
known in fashionable circles, who
had dropped it into the river while
staying at a Thamesside mansion near
Henley.
The pearls are valued at $40 or
EDO, and the man who found them
has received a check for five pounds
sterling.