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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-03
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stead, who died several days ago will
be shipped TO Skamokawa this morn
ing for intcrment
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-03

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
BIG SENSATIONS IN ThAWIR|AL
Nature of New Evidence Promised by
the Defense Startles the
Court Room.

New York, Jan. 15.-The Thaw trial
moved with a rush yesterday. After
the state had presented it's direct case
and Assistant Attorney Garvan had
characterized the killing of Stanford
White as "a premeditated. liberal
and cowardly MURDER Martin w. Lit
Teton. for the defense. made the open
ing plea for the prisoner. His promise
of new evidence was sensational and
held the supreme attention of all in
the court room. Mr.. Littleton prom
Used to forge a chain of circumstances
and to produce a line of testimony
which will prove Harry X. Thaw in
ane at the time of the homicide.
Evidence of hereditary insanity and
Of strange, unusua acts of Thaw. not
even limited at during the first trial,
was told of by Mr.. Littleton, who said
that physicians and nurses who had
attended Thaw were hurrying here
from Europe; that teachers of the de-
PENDANT from childhood would be on
hand to give their impressions OF the
wide-eyed, distant boy" In conclusion
Mr.. Littleton challenged the district
attorney to produce a single reputable
physician who would say Thaw was
not insane at the time he killed the
noted architect. Mr.. Littleton's
speech fairly bristled with surprises.
Springs Sensation.
He startled the court room by de-
claring that when Evelyn Nesbit had
told him her story in Paris in 1903
Thaw "drenched himself with poison
INT would have died but for the heroic
work of three physicians who labOred
over him all OF one night. Mr.. Je-
rome had his surprise to offer, O
and when Mr.. Littleton started to
launch into the relations of Stanford
White with the girl whom Thaw mar
ried. the district attorney was on his
feet with an objection. Justice Dow
ling sustained him, n the name of
the architect was not linked again
with that of the defendants wife.
Keep EveIyn's Story Out.
l.ittIeton touched but lightly pom
the girls story as she told it to Thaw,
but. careful as he was on this point.
he again drew an objection from the
prosecuting officer. Again Justice
Bowling sustained the objection.
1t was reported at the beginning Of
the trial that Mr.. Jerome would fight
This ear t~eXclude the testimony Of
young Mrs flaw Mr.. Littleton spared
neither Tlrt~ nor his family in his re
cital of the defendants life history.
During the speech Thaw sat wide-eyed
~ ,,,lltj Innlinr G-rl1. al III, ,r.,
sci. The outline of the defense was
generally considered as rejecting a
determination on the part of Thaw's
attorneys to prove him insane in 1906
regardless of all consequences.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
FLEET REACHES RIO JANEiRo.
American ~BattIeships Given Royal
Welcome by Brazilians.

"S'SS''S W
Rio JaneirO, Jan. 1.-THE American
fleet of sixteen battleships entered the
port of Rio Janeiro at 8 o'clock yester.
day afternoon, after a passage from
Port Of Spain, Trinidad, @ than
5000 miles, unmarried by serious ac.
cident, replete with interesting Incl,
dents and ending with a royal welcome
from the thousands that had gathered
to greet the visitors.
The feet weighed anchor at 4 o'clock
on the afternoon of Dec. 20 at Port of
Spain, and exactly at 4 o'clock yester-
day the vessels were swinging at their
anchor in this beautiful harbor.
Word that the feet had passed Cape
Frio. about forty-five miles out, was
received at $50 o'clock, and immedi.
ately scores Of tugs and other small
craft, crowded with spectators, set out
to meet the visitors and accompany
them to the anchorage.
AS soon as the anchorage was made
the Brazilian minister of marine, Ad,
miral Alencar, the captain of the port,
the American consul, G.. f. Anderson:
the commandments of naval divisions
and civic authorities went on board
the Connecticut and extended a hearty
welcome to Rear Admiral Evans, his
officers and men.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
MUlAI HAFiD PROCLAIMED SUI
TAN AND HOLY WAR is DE-
ClARED.
FRANCE GREATLY WROUGHT UP
NO TAXES AND NO EUROPEANS
PRINCIPAL DEMANDS OF THE
MOORS.

Tansier. Jan. 14.-Mulai Hafid, the
brother OF the sultan of all Morocco
Abd-elAziz. and who some months age
was proclaimed sultan at Morocco
City, was proclaimed sultan at Fee on
Jan. 4, the sultan of record having
been formally deposed.
The latest reports state that Fee is
In an uproar and there is great danger
of lawless outbreaks and a massacre
Summon New Sultan.
Couriers are now on their way to
Morocco City to summon Mulai Hafld
to Fee, and it is understood that he
will receive strong support as sultan,
on condition that he meets the de,
mands of the people, which include the
abolition of taxes and the suppression
Of all relations with Europeans.
The French government is greatly
wrought up about the proclamation OF
Mulai Hafid as sultan and the declara'
ton of a holy war at Fee.
France and Spain, acting officially
for the powers, must recognize Abd-el
Aziz as the sultan SO long as the Off
cial government remains in his hands,
Fanatics Are Aroused.
Mulai Hafid in the last year has
shown unexpected strength in the de
velopment of his forces, and the pres
ent situation means the indefinite pro
longation of the stay of the French
and the Spanish troops in Morocco.
Much a~ntagonism has been aroused
against Abd-el-AZiz because of his
close relations with the Europeans,
and it was because of this friendly as,
ISOLATION that Mulai Hafld and his fol.
lowers were able to arouse the fanati.
cism of the Southern Moors.
imperial Troops Revolt.
It is reported that even the imperial
troops at Fee have announced their
allegiance t the newly proclaimed sui.
tan.
The French and Spanish govern
ments, therefore. are already taking
steps to increase the policing force at
the various coast cities where Euro
peans would be in the most danger.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
TROOPS TO Be WITHDRAWN
PRESIDENT DECIDES TO CALL
THEM OFF AS SOON AS LEGiS.
LATURE MEETS.

Washington, Jan. IA. - President
| Roosevelt has determined to withdraw
the federal troops from Goldfield, New,
shortly after the legislature begins its
special session Tuesday. This inten-
ton was made known at the White
House yesterday when the report of
the special investigating committee
was made public, together with a let
ter from the president to Gov. Sparks
shall be governed by the recommended
lions in the report unless the governor
can show that the statements Of the
report are not in accordance with the
facts. The report says:
"The conditions did not support the
general allegations in the governors
request for troops, % were his spe-
such extent as to justify his use of
those statements for the purpose OF
getting federal troops
Must Do It's Own Work.
1t concludes with this recommends
ton:
But we also most firmly believe
that upon the assembling of the legis-
lature, or within a few days thereafter,
the troops should be removed, regard
less of any request for their retention
that may be made by the legislature
or the governor of Nevada, it being es-
sential that the state Of Nevada shall
understand this situation completely,
shall recognize the fact that there will
be at that date thrown upon it. and it
alone, the primary responsibility of
keeping order, and that recognizing
this responsibility it may take such ac-
ton as is the duty of the state and as
will be sufficient in the premises"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
From Other Shores.

VII sSS StOs~S
A daughter has been born to the
duchess of Manchester, who was for
merly Miss Helen Zimmerman Of Gin
cinnati, at Kylemore castle, Dublin.
The German government has sent to
the reichstag a bill amending the tel
graph laws. 1t provides for a govern
ment monopoly in the erection OF
wireless stations.
George Washington, bishop Of Ne
braska, who recently took charge OF
all the Episcopal churches in Europe,
succeeding Bishop Potter, ia dead at
Mentone, France.
It is declared in Berlin that Prof.
Henry Marteau of Geneva has been
offered and has accepted the post of
director OF the Berlin high school OF
music, in succession to the late DR..
Joseph Joachim.
King Victor Emmanuel has appoint.
ed Nelson Gay Of Boston, Mass, who
is now living in Rome, a knight Of the
crown of Italy. comforting this honor
upon him because OF Mr.. Gays histor-
ic writings on the resurrection of
italy.
In the course Of building operations
on the house of parliament at Rome
the remains of a Roman construction
of the early imperial times was dis
covered. The discoveries were made
in a railing which is supposed to have
belonged to the tomb Of Antonius.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
KANSAS CITY HAS A BIG FIRE.
Sacks of Registered Mail and Number
Express Packages Burned.

Kansas City, Mo. Jan. Is. - The
Union station annex adjoining the
mion railway station, was destroyed
W fire early yesterday. The union
tation proper, one of Kansas City's
andmarks, was saved by the firemen
'fter a hard fight. The burned build
ng contained the receiving offices of
he Adams. Wells Fargo and Pacific
Express companies, a branch of the.
p~Ostotiice. the Offices of the Fred Har-
vey Eating House company the Pull
MAJ Palace Car ~company's linen Don
and the Railway Mems Y. NJ. C. A..
rooms. The loss is estimated at close
to a quarter OF a million dollars.
The fire spread with such rapidity
that the firemen were unable to save
but 300 sacks of common mail and a
small portion of the express matter.
twenty-five sacks of registered mail
and some other matter were destroy
ed, together with a great number of
express packages.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
Ask Pardon for Chief.

Butte, Mont. Jan. 15.-At a meeting
of the miners union resolutions we're
adopted asking President Roosevelt to
pardon Joseph Shanno4 of the Mon
tana state union of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners and former legisla-
tor, who is o confined in the county
Jail at Helena. Mr.. Shannon was found
in contempt of court for having vio-
lated the injunction restraining any
m from interfering with the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company,
and was sentenced to seru, ninety
days in Jail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
Accidental Happenings.

Fire In the heart Of the business
section Of New Orleans caused dam
age estimated at $3.50 900.
The factory OF the Cummings
Leather company at Woburn, Mass,
was destroyed by IRE. causing a loss
Of 8 10000.
John G. Cautley. a retired British
army ohicer. q struck by a trolley
Gar at Buffalo, N. Y, and died a half
m hour later.
Two stubborn fires burned stimuli.
taneously in East Boston one day last
week. causing a combined loss OF
about 3250.00 Q
The Grenock inn at Lee. Mass, one
q the best known hotels in the Berk.
shire region, has been destroyed by
IRE. Loss, 800. 1000.
The larger Of the two Colby mills
at Dowagiac. Mich, burned. with 10.
900 bushels Of grain and 1.400 barrles
Of flour. Loss. $4,000.
Mrs. George Keuhns and her five
year-old son were killed and Mr.
Keuhns was fatally injured at a rail
way grade crossing at Steubenville
Ohio.
Andrew Manlon, forty years old, o.
Milwaukee. was found asphyxiated in
: rooming house in Chicago. He was
identified through papers found In. his
clothing.
The accidental discharge OF a gun
which It was believed was not loaded
resulted In the death Of Ida Thompson
ased nfteen years. daughter OF Pau
Thompson. living near Lyle. MINI.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17

Liquor valued at $1,000, seized in
raids, was poured into the sewers at
Topeka, Kan, by county officers un-
der orders from the court.
Half a dozen suits for the recovery
| of thousands Of acres of land, estimat-
| ed to be worth several million dollars,
have been started at Denver by the
government.
Directors of the Northern Pacific
| railway declared a quarterly dividend
of / 3-4 per cent on the common stock.
This is unchanged from the last pre-
vious quarter.
John ]. Crockett, formerly clerk Of
the supreme court Of Iowa, has been
appointed assistant reading clerk Of
the senate. Seventy-two contestants
had been tried for the position.
According to reports that have been
gathered from all over Chile the pres
emit prospects for the new year are ia
vorable. Wheat crops are excellent
and it is stated will permit an export
Of 10000 tons. ).
Since 1900 the picture Of Gov. Will
lam Goebel has adorned the Kentucky
state t~reasurer's checks. After a con-
ference with Gov. Wilson new checks
have been ordered with Henry Clay's
picture instead of Goebel's.
Gen. Hempartzoomian Boyadjian,
head Of the Hunchakists or Armenian
revolutionary society, has arrived in
New York. He comes to attempt to
organize his countrymen In Ameri-
ca into armed bands to rescue their
countrymen from Turkey.
Miss Annie Hall of Cincinnati, a
daughter Of the late DR.. John Hall, an
arctic explorer. presented before the
supreme court at Columbus her own
case growing out Of the administration
| Of the estate of her father, her brother
being the adverse one in the contro-
versy.
A decision handed down in the court
Of appeals at St. Louis sustained the
| decision OF the court of criminal cor
rection In which Frank J.. Schatt, pro-
| prietor of a barber shop, was convict.
| ed OF violation Of the Sunday closing
law by shaving a customer on the Sab.
bath day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
SOCIALISTS ROUTED BY POLICE
Demonstration by 10000 Socialists and
10000 Sympathizers.

Berlin, Jan. 1.-THE determination
Of the Socialists to secure direct uni
versal suffrage, combined with their
indignation against Chancellor Won
|. Buelow's curt declaration refusing
their demand, gave rise yesterday to
an unusual scene and a monster popu-
lar demonstration, accompanied by dis
orders in the streets of the Prussian
capital, in which 10000 organized So
c~ialists participated, while 10000 SYM
pathizers from time to time actively
joined in the manifestations.
One of the most remarkable features
Of yesterdays uprising was the num-
Der of women who engaged in the dem
o%nstration. and they appeared even
more earnest in their activities than
the men.
Many Are Injured.
The authorities took the sternest
measures to prevent disorders and the
strictest precautions to protect public
buildings and Prince Won Buelow's res
idence against the outburst of fury.
Groups in the streets were dispersed
in the most vigorous manner and col.
lisions between professions of mani
f~estants and the police resulted in the
injury Of a number of the demonstrate
ors, but SO far as is known no fatality
occurred in this city. The police re-
trained from making arrests except in
cases of extreme violence.
The movement extends throughout
Prussia. Where the Socialists arc oy.
~ceptionally numerous. Reports re-
ceived from other cities. however, do
not indicate that the demonstrations
there were accompanied by violence.
Mass meetings were held in eight diff
ferent halls.
Inside the halls the greatest enthu-
siasm prevailed, and the excitement
increased as the speakers denounced
the name of the chancellor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
Sanu His Death Soma.

San Francisco. Jan. Is. - Deprived
Of reason by a blow on the head, found
wandering on the streets of San Fran
cisco. mumbling INC declaiming bits
Of verse. but unable to tell his name.
a man who is believed to be G.. d. Ack-
ley, a composer of songs which are
widely popular, was taken to the cen
trail emergency hospital, where he
died a few hours later. How Ackley
was injured in such a manner is I'm
known, but it is supposed that he was
the victim of ~footpads.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
Grimes and Criminals.

Five persons confined in the Wash
ington county jail at Hagerstown, Nd,
dug their way to freedom through the
brick wall Of the prison and escaped.
Henry Wilson is in Jail at Red
Lodge, Mont, charged with having
cashed a Northwestern improvement
check for 43 cents raised to $43. The
check was issued to Charles Lupbach,
and Wilson, it is charged, paid him
IS cents for it. Wilson drove to Bear
Creek, where he was arrested.
A pardon, issued by President
Roosevelt at the instance of Francis
]. Heney, was received in Portland,
Or, last week for 8. A. d. Puter, who
was convicted Of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government Of its public do
main, and was sentenced to two
years in prison and a fine Of $500.
After two weeks spent in investi-
eating purchases by the city of Bos-
ton last year of a lot of land on Cod
man street, prizes for athletic events
and payments for flagstone, the grand
Jury reported indictments against two
members Of last years city govern
ment, the superintendent Of streets,
and several business e
A robbery in the house Of Charles F..
BROKER of Ansonia, Conn, several
days ago, in which the thieves got
away with jewelry valued at $4,000
has just been reported. The jewelry
was taken from a jewel case in Mrs.
Brokers room while the family was
at dinner, entrance having been gain
ed through an unfastened window.
Five members Of the family of Adam
Schaffer of Des Moines were injured,
two perhaps fatally, as the result Of
the overturning of a milk pail. Alec
Schaffer drove a COW behind a COW
being MIXED by his brother Levi. The
COW kicked. Then trouble started.
Knives were used. Neighbors stopped
the row and summoned physicians.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17

Albert Moulton and his wife, each
aged more than seventy-five years.
were burned to death in a fire that
destroyed their home at Auburn. N. H.
While D. Vigil, his wife and grand.
child, aged six, we're crossing the rail-
road track near Trinidad, Colo, the
wagon they we're riding in was struck
by a passenger train. Vigil and the
child were instantly killed and Mrs.
Vigil SO badly hurt that she will die.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
CHICAGO SHOWED UNDER.
Storm Cuts on Wire Communication
for Several Hours.

Chicago, Jan. 14.-Chicago and it's
environs were cut off for several hours
yesterday from wire communication
with other points by a snow and wind
storm which began before dawn and
ragged without a break all day. A
northeast gale drove binding masses
of wet snow before it. The warmth of
the atmosphere caused the heavy
flakes partly to melt and to stick to
whatever they touched. AS a conse-
quence overburdened wires and poles
were put out of commission in all di-
rections and wire communication was
at a standstill for hours. Electric car
lines to suburbs were blocked, and
eve in the downtown quarter trans
p~ortation was slow and uncertain.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
Sues the Directors.

San Francisco. Jan. Al. A. Mize,
one OF the depositors of the defunct
California Deposit and Trust
has begun suit against Dalzell,
Brown, Treadway and other directors
of the institution to recover not only
his own losses, S4.217, but the funds
of those who suffered with him and
wish to join him in the present ac-
ton. 1t is alleged that part OF the
funds of the depositors were embez-
zled and part OF them were misappro-
priated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
100 LOSE LIVES IN
OPERA HOUSE FIRE
Explosion Causes Panic and
Actors Start Fire in Try
ing to Restore Quiet.
CRUSHED IN RUSH TO ESCAPE
Sunday School Children Are Trampled
Under Foot in Mad Stampede
for Exits.
CRUSHED IN RUSH TO ESCAPE

B~Oyertown. Pa, Jan. ia catas'
! trophe, horrifying in its details and
| sickening in it's results, last night
| swept nearly a hundred souls OF this
| borough into eternity in almost the
twinkling of an eye, and injured near
ly three score, many or them 1atal-
ly. as the result of a fire which
completely destroyed the Rhoades
| opera house in this place. The opera
| house was crowded with the members
Of st. Johns Lutheran Sunday school,
| who were attending a benefit given for
that church. While the show was IN
progress a tank exploded. h actors
e~ndeavored to quiet the audience. but
in their anxiety to make themselves
heard and to avoid the awful stampede
of the ONE and children, the coal
oil lamps which were used at the foot
lights were overturned, setting the
place on fire.
Wild Rush to Escape.
The flames. fed by h Oil, shot al
most to the ceiling. and there was a
wild rush of the 700 persons to escape
Ipl!i ~ bul hliS ~
women and children were trampled
upon and several who escaped being
burned to death died after being drag
ged from the opera house.
In many cases. whole families, 1t is
said, have been wiped out.
The scene of the explosion is indie
scribable. Scores of persons who were
in the balcony at the rear jumped from
the windows and sustained fractured
limbs and skulls.
Left to Mercy of Flames.
To add to the terrible disaster the
fire apparatus became disabled and
the structure was left entirely to the
mercy of the flames. 1t is almost GER
tain not a vestige of the bodies of the
unfortunates who We're overcome by
the smoke and persisted will eve be
found.
Assistance was asked from Potts
town. but before the fire apparatus
from that city reached this place the
entire enter of the structure was a
roaring furnace. Had the women and
children needed the warning OF the
cooler heads in the audience the horri-
bic loss of life might have been avoid
ed. but there was the usual panic and
stampede which invariably follows
such a catastrophe.
Trampied Under Foot.
The flames spread rapidly and com
municated to other parts Of the thea
ter. Men, and children rushed
for the many exits, and the weaker
sex and the children were trampled
and manned in the rush to gain the
streets.
Boyerstown is a borough with a pop
ulation of about $500. and is located
about midway between Pottstown and
Reading.
Seventy-five Injured.
1t is estimated that at least seventy
five persons were injured by being
trampled on either the stairway or by
jumping from the windows of the burn
ing structure. OF this number at least
a. corr were fatally injured. At least
a half a dozen succumbed to their inju-
ries after being hurried to one OF the
temporary hospitals.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-01-17
PANIC ON STREET CAR.
"BIack Hand" Breaks Loose With
Guns and Knives in New York,

New York. Jan. IA. - An alleged
"Black Hand" affray endangered the
lives of many persons and created a
panic on a street car.
Giova Giano got on the car with a
stiletto in his hand and is alleged to
have attempted to stab Casino Polo
memo, from whom members of the
BLACK Hand" demanded money and
who fought back with a revolver.
Three shots were fired in the crowd
ed car, but no one was hit. A police
man disarmed both men and arrested
them.