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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON', SATURDAY, Jl'LY 18, 1903.
NUMBER 171.
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Nobbiest Suits in
Astoria
Largest, Newest
and Best Se-
lectcd StocK K
full Value With
Every Pur
" chase
Lowest Price
Consistent With
Honest Values
Received
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SMITH TAKES STAND
IN HIS OWN BEHALF
P. A. STOKES
TURKISH BATHS f iuSSIAN
AT 539 COMMERCIAL ST.
Open rrom a l M. to li M. dully, except Sunday.
On NhihIii)h from 8 I 11. to li A. SI. First-elan -lilroo-dUt
In attendance. T. It. DAVIICS. Proprietor.
Defendant In Perjury Trial Denies Having Ever Met Witness
Who Swore to Have Known and to Have Had
Business Transactions With Him
Repudiates Handwriting Alleged to Be His, and Swears Positively
That He Was Never In Seattle In His Life
Opening Argument By Defense .; ; ' ' ;
SNOWFALL
The Best On Earth
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FISHER BROTHERS
NEW HAMMOCKS
Large assortment of unusually hand
some goods just received.
75f cents to $5.00.
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Lot ui tit up your bathroom properly.
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More Choice Bargains
At the People's Choice Store
WSh Silk, in 3 1- yrd, Shirt Waist lengths, 90C.
AH llWIlS reduced to close them out.
Ladles' Wash Neckwear in all the latest styles.
Collar TOPS at 5 and upwards. t
' ChUdren's Wash Dresses 25 cents and up.
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, Sale Of UdleS Sailors, onljr 39 cents each.
' t "' ' All splendid bargains for the money. -.
The defense reeled He tw in the
Smith erjury trial yeetenUy Hftfr
noun aficr examining tlx witnvxm-e, In.
eluding the defendant, hie mm Delbert,
and lirotlwr, md Attorney IKmavan
made the opening argument for the de
fenee. Court adjourned at the coiuIuh
lm of hi addrveo to the Jury, and will
tonvene nraln at 9:19 o'clwk thli morn-
InK. when Attorney Oeorjce Nuland will
conclude the iirgumt-nt for the defenae.
IMvttlrt Attorney Hrirrleon AHen will
jirewnt the nmte'e elde, after which the
Jury will receive In.truetloni from the
court and irtlr to eorurider the cvi
dence. Smith Denies Everything
Jonliih H. Jtinlth the ugf-d defeiutvnt
In the ramaikAliIe cue now rraihlng
a tiiit,, took the eland In hm own be
half ye.terday and for nearly an hour
underwent a rigid croaa-examlnatUm at
the hnnria of the dlntrlit attorney.
lie ref.-rred to I'l-nclled note taken 'by
him during the trial, from whkh he un-
vwered the ijupetiont of tle proeecutlon.
At times he raled hla voice to a high
lti:h In emphatic denial of some uf the
tuteniim made by wltneams who U-e-tlllcd
agulnnt him, and hla evidence
In suketMiice waa an nbeolute denial of
lb damnglng tae presented by wlt
nemee for the prosecution. On the
elund he wiia cl and running, of
tn rortlng to evaalon In order to
wive hlmexif from Kculhu' embnrraa'
anient. When A. M. Hurnwn of Seat
tie was pointed out to him aa a man
with whom he had dealings In Seattle
Umilh Mid: "I never iw that man
in my lire until yesterday, and I waa
asloi.hhed when he took the atnnd and
'twoM that he had met me and that
had been a parly to any transaction
with him."
re you ever In the city of Seat'
lie?" aeked Mr. Allen.,
"Never In my life." answered the do-
fendnnt In a firm voice.'
tiefrrrlng to testimony adduced by
fnlm In the former trial of the euit
brought by Lane, allua Bock, agninat
the city of AstoHa, Smith aald that If
the stenographer's notes recorded that
he had said such and Mich a thing he
certainly must have said . It. "Now
was that testimony true and correctf'
demanded the district attorney. "Why
of course It waa true, I wouldn't tea
tlfy to anything that waa untrue," he
replied, and a ripple of laughter surged
thtough the court room that even
Judge McBride did not attempt to sup'
press.
Smith testified thM he had known
Lane ten years, He knew him by the
name of Bock, he said, and referred to
him during the examination by that
name. Aaked If he knew Lane's real
name he replied In the negative. "His
mother's name waa Bock and that la
all I know about It. ' I don't know his
father's name: It might be KUneier."
tie then described bis buslnen.i deal
ings with Lane previous to their com
ing to Astoria. Lane owed him Jlso.he
Said for some livestock. This was to be
puld as soon as a woman In Oakland,
Mrs. Wnton paid him, Lane, some mon
ey which she owed hlin. Together they
went to Oakland, saw Mrs. Hlnton and
WHAT TO DO
IS QUESTION
Colombian Government Kind 0'
Between Evil One and
the Deep Sea
CANAL TREATY WORRIES 'EM
CoiigreHH Will lie l'jraidel If
It Accept ami Hoanled ,
If It Doeau't '
QUESTION OF PETITION
IS CLOSED INCIDENT
Positive Information that Forciga Office Would Not Receive
. Note Puts Quietus On Matter and Stops all
- Negotiations on the Subject
Colon, Colombia July XI. The text of
President Marroquin'e nwuuge submit
ted to the Colombian congress has
reached here. The part referring to the
Panama canal says:
'There are two alternatives before
the government. Firstly the curtail
ment of Colombian sovereignty In con-
sfderai.'m of foreign advantages and
secondly to rigorously maintain sover
eignty and depiand peremptorily the
money indemnity to which we consider
oureFlvi s entitled. In th first case the
wishes of the inhabitants of the depart
ment of I" nama would be satisfied,
but the government may be afterwards
accused of falling to defend the sov-
he collected the amount of the note erelgnty of the country and the Inter-
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bearing tht stars up label, now
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Economy
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careful preparation, nennma ana
purity, n it ainerom irom in.
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Look tor our cap laoei.
HKLVETIA MILK
COKDENSIKQ CO.
Elcbltna, Qlinoii
from her. In this way he explained
the transaction previously and differ'
ently explulned by Mrs. Hlnton.
Ignorant of Letter
The names of John P. Hart and P,
D. Hughes of Seattle were then drag
ged Into the case. Smith denied that
he had ever met either of these men:
neither hud he written to Hart. The
purport of this cross-examination was
to prove ttvU he had received assistance
from a Seattle attorney In an attempt
to defraud the city out of money for al
leged Injuries received by Lane. Judge
McBride excluded from the evidence a
letter said to have been written by
Smith-to Attorney Hart and signed
John K. II. Myera, urging the attorney
to fix up some dates so as not to Jeop
ardlste the chances of the defendant
Lane when the case came to trial,
eats of the nation. In the second place
If ihe canal is not built, via the Pana
mi route, the government will be ac
cused of falling to obtain the wealth
of which the canal may be regarded
as the beginning and which may be the
sole condition of our future aggrand
izement. I have already made known
my wish that an lnter-oceanlc canal
should be opened through our territory.
I even think at that coxt and sacrifice
we should not place obstacles In the
way of such a grand enterprise becaura
It would surely result in a gigantic ma
terial Improvement of our country; also
because once the canal Is opened we will
expand and draw closer to our relations
to North America, whereby our Indus
tries, commerce and . wealth will be
greatly benefitted. .
"Happily for me, the Immense res
ponsibility of deciding the questions
rests for congress, which must definit-
Secretary of State Hay Informs President at Oyster Bay In Lon
Telegram Chief Executive Sends out no State
ment, Considering Decision Final
These dales had direct reference to the I ely approve or disapprove the canal
time betwem the alleged Injuries sus
tained by Lane in Seattle and Astoria.
He said that he deemed them too liear,
which might result In arousing the sus
picion of the authorities investigating ,
the case. He explained possession of
this letter, which was taken from him
by Sheriff Llnvllle, by saying someone
had thrown It Into the corridor of the
Jail at a time when he was probably
the only occupant. The
treaty proposed by the United States
government."
REWARD FOR HOLDUP MEN
C.ipture of Street Cr Kobbers
Made Object By Chamberlain
Washington, Jul 17. It Is stated by
te secretary of state that the incident
created by the question of the present
ation of the Jewish petition to Russia
is, closed. . The state department made
public today the correspondence that
has taken place respecting the petition.
Its substance has already been forecast
ed in the press dispatches. The corres
pondence consists of an instruction to
Mr. Riddle, United States charge at
St. Petersburg, reciting' in detail Que pe
tition and directing him to present the
same to the foreign office if It were will
ing to receive It. It Is stated by Mr.
Riddle that the foreign office 'would not
uud Secretary Hay so informed the com
mittee In a brief telegram.. , ;
Oyster Bay, N. T, July 17. The infor
mation of Russia's declination was re
ceived here last night In a long tele
gram from Secretary Hay. Towards
midnight the president sent an extend
ed reply to Secretary Hay. The con
tents of neither message are disclosed
although it I known that the preside! t
requested Secretary Hay to make pub
Mo the action of this government re
specting this Incident. President Roose
velt has no statement to make at this
time regarding the mater. Whatever
information the administration may
care to make public concerning It. will
be given out by the state department
in Washington, , . , ( ,
It is unlikely that further efforts will
be made to induce the Russian govern
ment to receive the petition. Is is cer
'Ain that after so frank and unequivo
cal a refusal to receive the petition,
Russia would regard the bringing of
pressure to bear upon her to Induce her
acceptance of the representation as an
act of unfriendliness.
As the actual presentation of the pe
tition involved no question of princi
ple. ard substantially the result hoped
for by the pr wnotton of the movement
concerning the Rishinef outrages bad
been achieved by calling Russia's at
tention to the petition, the probabil
ities ar that the Incident wilt be con
sidered as closed," ' ,, ::'
POPE NO BETTER AND NO WORSE
Rome, July 17, (8:25. p. m.,) "I can
not say that the pope Is better, bnt he
Is no worse.' r-' " '-"' ',-"'. - ""
In these words Dr. Lapponl trimmed
up for ihe .Associated Press this even
ing the pontiffs condition at the end of
the second week of illnes In all varying
results of which the pontiff has scarcely
had a quieter day than this, with the re
suit that tonight's official bulletin de
dared him to be a little less depressed.
In the morning after a night during
w hich stimulents had nourished and re
stored him to a fairly good condition
the pope complulned of a soreness due
to the many days tie had passed In bed.
To relieve thte the "patient was allowed
to stlt in his arm chasr for a short time
with apparent good effect.
' After the examination tonight it ap
pears that the liquid pluera appears at
about the same level which Is marked
with dermographic pencil on the pon
tiffs side. The physicians think the
liquid amounts to about 1200 grams!.
Considering the physical condition or
the pope the doctors do not think it
possible that his body can absorb it.
Salem, July 17. Governor Cham
berlain today issued a reward of $3
exclusion of the letter in evidence as for the conviction of street car robbers.
part of the state's iase seemed to re
lieve the defendant, who took partlcti
kir interest in the argument that fob
lowed. On the stand he stated that he
was not quite sure that he had written
the letter, and compared it with anottv
er letter which he admitted 'he had
written. The penmanship suggested
the same hand, he e 'nilttcd, but he
would not swear that he did not write
the letter. Charles K. Hlgglns, assist
ant cashier of the Astoria National
Bank, was called by the state as an ex
pert witness. He examined both let
ters and said that In his opinion tilrey
were written by the same hand.
A brother of the defendant then took
He also Issued a proclamation urging
peace officers of Eastern Oregon to use
every effrt to prevent recent threats of
violence against life and property made
by cattle and sheep men.
STAMPEDE FOR GOLD FIELDS
Rich Find In North Stirs Prospectors to
ction. '
Seattle, Wash , July 17. A special
dispatch to the rost-Intelligencer from
Qr.wson says that 150 men left there
by steamer today on a big stampede
to the new gold fields 100 miles west of
White Horse. Governor Congdon has
llie stand and testified to the good char t mininK recorder Bur wash to the
ncter, und reputation for honesty and i , , ,, ew find and the i.uter
veracity borne by his brother In the I Xvl re00l.i ciaims on the spot. Mounted
county of 'Contra Costa and commun-1 potmen j,aVe also been sent to the
lly In California In which he resided. fields. White Horse is said to be
CORDIALITY ON" INCREASE
London, July 17.-The Times publish
ed a three column article this morning
from a correspbndent who witnessed
the meeting of the British and Americ
an warships in 1895, at Bermuda in 1S99
and Portsmouth in 1903. The writer em
phaslaes the continual growth of the
affinity and cordiality between the two
navies and reflecting the ever-qulcken-Ing
amity of the two nations.
fhe witness stated that the character
nd reputation of E. L. rerkins. of the
same community, a witness for the
state, was not above suspicion. Dep
uty Sheriff Frank Thompson was then
called by the state and Impeached the
testimony of Smith by saying that the
reputation of the fufcher nnd son both
was bad. He'sahi that E. L. Perkln's
reputation was above par.
Thompson Says Bad
When Thompsn took the stand to tes
tify as to the character of Smith, the
old man moved his chair from the cor
ner of the table and placed it where he
could look straight at the witness.
He almost raised himself in his chair
when tha first Interrogation was put,
looking Intently at the witness. Thomp
son is a man of large porportlons and a
most positive witness. When the ques
tion was put' he merely answered "bad"
and the defendant resumed hla chair
with a disappointed look on his face,
'Dr. A. A, Finch testified to examining
under a bad light the Injured limb of
Lane on.the night In August, 1900, when
the accident fs alleged to have occur
red. He admitted that he was not then
almost, deserted In consequence of the
stampede.
RUSSIAN FLAG HOISTED
London, July 17. According to the
Times correspondent at Shanghai It is
the opinion of Chinese officials that
Port Arthur conference has not made
the evacuation of New Chwang any
more probable. A correspondent at
New Chwang reports that on July 4 the
Ru.-mMo flag whs again hoisted at the
railway station of King-Tze-Kau, the
terminus of the Shangahl-Kwan line.
New York. July 17. President Roose
velt's advices from Secretary Hay as to
the conclusion of negotkitlons with
China for open ports in Manchuria af
ford him much satisfaction, sayB a dis
patch from Oyster Bay, U t, to the
Herald. The feeling of the administra
tion towards Russia already has been
vastly Improved by the St. Petersburg
government's promised action In the
punishment of the KlsWnef rioters.
TO KEEP OUT PAUPER LABOR
Con tereuce Called lit Seatt le to
Oppose Oriental Kiflraff. '
Seattle, July 17. An Important con
ferance, having for Its object devising
of ways and means to keep out pauper
oriental labor, is now in progress la
this city. The conference Is attended
by Chinese inspectors from Portland.
Puget sound and San Francisco, and
the commissioner of Immigration at
Victoria. '
CHINA CONCLUDES BIG LOAN
S. Petersburg, July 17.-Chlna, It
is announced, has concluded a loanof
2,000,009 taels with the Rusgo-Chlnese
bank,' which, In lieu of interest, ob
tains certain privileges in Chinese
Turkestan. ':';' ,.--.
HIS
WILL DISCUSS DAMAGE CASE
New York, July 17. Among the at
fairs to be discussed In the next ses
sion of congress, Is the award of
250,000 damnges, which Caslmiro Cas
tro obtained here against a New York
fife Insurance company says a Herald
dispatch from Mantevideo, Uruguay.
The minister of foreign affairs Is
keeping secret details of United States
Minister Finch's communication.
It is said that there will be an amic
able solution of the trouble.
Further action is supended until next
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