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VOLUME LVIV.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1904.
NUMBER 46.
PRISONERS'
RELATION
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Government Springs Part of lis
Promised Sensation In Land
Land Fraud Case Now
Being Heard.
S. A. D. Puter'and Mrs. Watson
Shown to Have Lived as Man
and Wife In This State.
PROSECUTOR VERY VIGOROUS
Attorney Heney Deelares That Special
Agent Loomls Should Have n
Indicted for Attesting Validity
of Claimi.
j V alnct
..arge that it
..used the revolv
G ' -ounf hot, and
) ,4 , v ould provo to be their strong-
W witness If ha could bo found. Al
ready Bmlth'a photograph haa been In
troduced In tha caaa and Identified
and tha proaecutlon haa promised that
tha pawnbroker who aold tha revolver
will alao Identify tha photograph aa
that of tha man who purchased the
weapon.
Probably navar before In tha history
of a murder trial In thla city waa there
organised by tha dlatrlct attorney'! of'
flea what might well be called a flying
aquadron of detectives. Aaalatant Dla
trlct Attorney Rand haa enlisted In bla
aervloa county detectlvee, who are sta
tlonad at tha entrance of the court
room for no other purpoee than to ac
cept, at a moment'a notice, an order
to aally from tha bulfldng and Investi
gate tha character and standing of
naw wltneaa for tha defense.
Those In charge of tha peopta'a case
may strive, when tha trial la drawing
to a close, to discredit tha testimony
of tha numeroua eyewitnesses tha de
fendant's counsel promise to call to tha
stand.
Mr. Rand states that aome of the
Portland, Nor. St. Tha seemingly witnesses, before they went to tha of-
endless introduction and Identification flea of Abraham Levy and volunteered
of maps, patenta and other documents their services for Miss Patterson, called
and tha tedloua arguments of counsel on him and declared that they had seen
aa to their admissibility as evidence In the shooting, and that tha actress held
the land fraud case were today the weapon In her band. At that time,
broken for tha first time this weak by he says, tha stories were considered
the beginning of tha aensatlonaj tea- hysterical and the proaecutlon caat the
t tlmony which tha government all along offer aside. Lately, however, so many
waa thought to have In store. Tha Lyewltneaaes have coma forth, aaya Mr.
government had constructed a multi- nand, that It became neceaaary to take
tuda of aeemlngty loose ends previous I tom atepa to rebut their teatlmony.
to today and ia tha process of connect- and a epeclal corpa of detectlvee have
Ing theee and the-sensational tea- been assigned to Investigate tha atorlee
tlmony waa Interjected. of tha wltneaaea aa Quickly aa their
In an endeavor to prove tha Intimacy Identity la disclosed.
existing between the defendants, a All the teatlmony thua far produced
wltneaa waa calk who testified that baa bean leading up to what the prose-
fl. A. D. Puter anoMra, Emma L. Wat- cutlon declares waa the motive for the
son have lived aa man and wife at crime, and with the beginning of to-
times under the name Puter and at days session it waa expected that Aa-
ether tlmea under that of Porter. It sistant Dlatrlct Attorney Rand would
la under tha latter name that tha prose- begin to unfold taa crucially import-
eut!on expects to ahow tMtWre. Wat- Unljwtrre of fcla ease. '
son secviea a paiem on one w we The aerioua lUnesa of Juror Dreader
homesteads In controversy. I may necessitate a new trial of the cue.
Evidence waa preaented to show that An affidavit from the alck Juror'i
Intimate buslneaa relatione exleted be- physician which was preaented to
tween Grace 0. McKlnlry and Marie Justice Davie aald that the patient bad
Ware, and also between McKlnley and suffered a stroke of apoplexy and that
Puter, D. W. Tarpley and Mrs. Wat- his condition la aerioua.
Mlsa Patterson expressed keen dts
The final occurrence of the day waa appointment
tne ecatning language or special rrose- i suppose thla will mean a new
tutor Heney In speaking of Special trial," aha aald as aha waa being led
Agent C. E. Loomle, who atteated aa to back to her cell In the Tombs. "I am
the veracity of the clalma of the dif- sorry the Juror Is 111, both for his Bake
ferent applicant Lomla,. In Heney'a and for my own. I waa sure the Jury
opinion, ahould no mora have escaped W0Uld acquit me. If there must be a
GENERAL ATTACK IS MADE
UPON PORT ARTHUR FORTS
BY JAPANESE SWORDSMEN
.Specially Drilled Bodies of Men Are Sent
Against Russians and Engage Them
in HandtoHand Coifflict.
News of Latest Assault Comes From Tokio, Where Result of En
counter Can Not Be ForetoldRussians Claim to Have
Frustrated Japanese Plan of Campaign and
( Look for End in Spring.
Toklo, Nov. 27. A general attaok en
Port Arthur Is progrssslng, but the re
sults are unknown. Generals Nakamu
ra and Salto, leading specially trained
bediea of swordsmen, eharged Into the
Russian forts and engaged tha Rus
sians In hand-to-hand encounter. The
result of the ehargea haa not yet been
learned. '
Indictment than did tha other a
Tha court waa adjourned until Mon
day.
new trial I hope it will come at once."
PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY
VISIT ST. LOUIS' BIO SHOW
NAN PATTERSON'S TRIAL IS
DELAYED BY SICK JURYMAN.
Case Can Net Be Proceeded With Un-
til One of Jurors Recovers From
Heart Failure Attaok.
Aoeompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Mies Roosevelt, Chief Executive
Takea In Exposition's Sights.
fit. Louis, Nov. 28. ovo more per
fect conditions prevailed alnce the
New York, Nov. 26. The Illness of opening of the world's fair than those
which marked today, which waa de
voted to a tour through the exposition
by President Roosevelt, accompanied
by Mrs. Roosevelt, Mlaa Alice Roosevelt
and membera of the president's party,
It was strictly a day of pleasure and
not tha slightest tncldent occurred to
mar the perfect enjoyment of the oo-
a Juror caused a sudden and unexpect
ed adjournment in the Patterson mur
der trial, which waa to have been con
tinued In the criminal branch of the
aupreme court today, after the Thanks
giving holiday recess. When every
thing waa In readiness to proceed It
was announced that Juror Edward
Dressier waa too 111 to leave hla home.
There remained no alternative but to caslon.
suspend the trial for the time being The heralded announcement that the
and an adjournment waa ordered by nation's chief executive would visit the
the Judge. 1 exposition drew tremendous throngs,
Although the membera of the Jury and to guard him from any possible
and the defendant gave themselves over I danger which might menace him secret
to complete rest, during ths Interval af- service men, soldiers and police guards
forded by the recess, the attorneya in I abounded, but they had comparative
tha caae took advantage of the inter- ly little to do In preserving order. The
mission In an entirely different way. sentiment seemed to be unanimous in
All their energlea were exerted toward the minds of the thousands of epecta
br!nglnT torhe? the material tors that the president waa the guest
points in- ii whic ''it! ids the auccesa of each one, and each did hla best to
preserve order.
Tonight the president was the guest
of honor at a banquet tendered in the
grounds by the exposition management
The president waa the only speaker
at the banauet. Tomorrow will be
t !' trial, waa to spent In rest,, preparatory to the re
Mu-s-xn Smith, Nan turn trip to Washington, which will be
or loss of J'!r r,ie
Rumi ', 1,u. i'l.'iii'ed prominent
ly In t ' i."-1'' nce Hii trial began,
also win i w J i mi : the Interval
One of U Korles 'Wi'"li gained wide
rlrculiitvii win! wHrit, tf true, undoubt
edly will li'.ve niuH cJ materially to the
aenaatlo ml tiilf
the effeii that J
Reports Japanese Repulse.
Bt. Petersburg, Nov. 26. A dispatch
received from Kuropatkln saya:
'Today I received the following dis
patch from General Btoessel:
"The Japaneae on November 21
made a new attack on Port Arthur,
but were repulsed.' "
MORE FIGHTING PROBABLE.
French War Department Understands
Bsttle Will Be Resumed.
Paris, Nov. 21 Colonel Sylvester,
the French military attache in Man
churia, recently applied for leave to
return, aaylng that hostilities had been
suspended during the winter. The min
ister of war telegraphed a refusal, ow
ing to the receipt of official Informa
tion that hostilities are likely to be
resumed shortly.
SPRING WILL DECIDE WAR.
Russisna Claim to Have Frustrated
Campaign Plana of Japanese.
Mukden, Nov. 28. via Pekln, Nov. 26.
The lapse of six weeks without fight
ing on a large scale, confirming the be
lief that the opposing armies have re
laxed for the winter, together with the
unexpected demonstration of force
which tha Rusaiana have been able to
make alnce the depletion of their army
aa a result of the fighting on the Bhak
he river, emphasises conclusively the
failure of the Japanese to prevent the
assembly of a large Russian army in
Manchuria before spring, thua defeat
ing: the strategy of the Japanese and
their moat plausible plans for the earll
est occupation of Manchuria.
The outcome, taken in connection
with the general situation, appears to
guarantee that with the opening of
spring, there will begin a contest more
terrible than any yet, and points to the
termination of the war In the next cam
paign. It la still possible that there
will be a general attack during the
winter, but the weather ia broken and
uncertain and seemingly renders It im
possible for the troops of either army
to abandon their present shelters.
ALEXLEFF 18 RELIEVED.
Imperial Order Removes Him aa Vice
roy in Far East
London, Nov. 26. A dispatch to a
news agency from St. Petersburg aaya
that an Imperial rescript haa been is
sued which relieves Admiral Alexieff
of the office of viceroy in the far east
The rescript dwells on the admlral'a
put services and awarda htm the deco
ration of the order Of St George, third
degree.
RE8ULT STILL IN DOUBT.
Townsend, and a floatllla of sound craft
will escort her from West Point light
boues Into the harbor.
President Hill was the guest of honor
at a banquet this evening.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Body of Woman Found on Track in
California.
Larkspur, Cal, Nov. 26. An un
known young woman about 26 yeara
old waa found on the track near thla
station last night suffering from a
fractured skull She died shortly af
ter being taken to 'the hospital Noti
Ing was found to identify her.
British Army Changes.
Tien Tsln, Nov. 26, noon A wing of
the west Kent regiment arrived at the
bar at the entrance to the Taku river
yesterday evening to relieve the regi
ment of the Sherwood foresters, un
oer orders to sail for Singapore on
Nov. 27.
SAMUEL GOMPERS IS CH08EN ,
PRE8IDENT OF FEDERATION.
But One Delegate Votes Against Him
When His Nam Is Proposed at
San Francisco Meeting.
Nothing Likely to Come of Zemstvoists'
Petition to the Czar.
St Petersburg, Nov. 26. The result
of the conference of the Zemstvoists
remains a matter of speculation. In
bureaucratic circles the opinion pre'
valla that the conference waa a farce
and will lead to nothing; but the ma.
Jorlty of the Intelligent claaa la con'
vlnced that It haa placed upon record
a desire that the country change the
present form of government The con
viction ia prevailing in many quarters,
however that there will be no change.
BALLIET GETS PRISON 8ENTENCE
Must Spend Three Months in Jail for
Swindling Soheme.
Dee Moines, Ia Nov. 26. Letson
Balllet, who pleaded guilty to ehargea
preferred by the government of using
the United Statea malls with intent
to promote a gigantic mining swindle,
waa today sentenced to three months In
the county Jail and to pay a fine of 1300.
In the former trial of the case It de
veloped that Balllet wrongfully re
ceived enarly 1250,000 in the sale of
worthless White Swan gold mining
stock, the mine being located near Bak
er City, Ore. He waa tried and con
vlcted, carried the case to the supreme
court of appeals and was granted a new
trial. Upon a promise" of leniency he
pleaded guilty the , second time and
threw, himself upon the mercy of the
tr Balllet la said to have apent
moat of his money In fighting the case.
DENIES- THE RUMOR.
Young MoKse Will Not Marry
Daughter of Gov. Baxter.
New York, Nov. 26. A. Hart Mc-
Kee of Pittsburg, son of H. Sellers
McKee, the millionaire manufacturer,
haa returned from Europe and Is
sued an emphatlo denial of recent re
ports that he was engaged to marry
Mrs. Hugh Tevls, daughter of the late
Oovernor Baxter of Colorado. Mrs.
Tevls Is spending the winter In the
south of France.
DENIAL FROM MR. BRYAN.
Sent no Letter to Demoerats 8uggest
Ing Conference.
Kansaa City, Nov. 26. William J.
Bryan spent a few hours in this city
today on his way to Topeka.
"The story that I sent out letters to
prominent Democrats," he aald, "la un
true. I aent out no letters, and I have
not tried to have a conference. My
plana do not contemplate a conference
of any sort at least in the Immediate
future."
Mr. Bryan met Moses C. Wetmore, of
St. Louis, while here by appointment to
arrange for a hunt In the Osarks later,
the party to Include Mr. Bryan, Mr.
Wetmore and others. '
San Francisco, Nov. 26. Samuel
Gompers was almost unanimously re
elected president of the American Fed
eration of Labor today. One of the
delegates, Victor Berger of Milwaukee,
voted in the negative and asked that
hla vote be so recorded. Gompers was
given a great ovation when he retook
the gaveL He promised the delegates
that he would try to do aa much or
more for the labor movement in the fu
ture than In the past Secretary Frank
Morrison and Treasurer John B. Len
non were unanlmlously chosen to serve
another year. The following vice presi
dents were re-electedr
James Duncan, John Mitchell, Jaa
O'Connell, Max Morris, Thomas I
Kldd, B. A. Hayes, Daniel J. Keefe
and William J. Spencer.
John Mofflt of the United Hat Mak
ers was elected unanimously aa the
fraternal delegate to the British Trades
Union Congress.
Majority and minority reports from
the committee on resolutions on the
fight between the longshoremen and
the seamen were voted down, and the
matter ndw stands in the position It did
before the convention met
Frank Feeney of Philadelphia,
member of the elevator construction
union, waa chosen fraternal delegate
to the Canadian Trade and Labor
Council. ,
The Federation voted tonight to meet
next year at Pittaburg. The buslneaa
of the convention was concluded to
night and adjournment waa taken.
ANNAPOLIS
BEATEN BY
WEST POINT
Annual Football Match Results in
Victory for Army Eleven In
Contest That Is Brilliant
Throughout.
Tipton Goes Through Great Punt
ing Stunt That Gives Soldiers
Victory Over Sailors.
SCORE, ELEVEN TO NOTHING
Teams Ars Evenly Matched, but Re
markable Play Takss Sap Out of
Annapolis 8quad During Fatal
First Half.
RICHARDS 18 SLATED.
Will Get Hitcheeek'a Place in the In
terior Department.
Denver, Nov. 26. A special to the
Republican from Cheyenne, Wyo., says
that It la stated on good authority that
If Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior
department resigns he will be sue
ceeded by William Richards, commis
sioner of the general land office.
PORTLAND BALL CLUB 80LD.
Judge
Patterson m brother Hi lnv, who fled I gin at midnight.
after he h i 1 been suii iued to appear
before ti e ;innd Jurv. ... i been found,
and was lc ko" up pr pi :ira headquar
ters. Tfc ' i iHi't 'Vila iiiipr denied by
the police. iiovpr.
The pr wt uiiin h hi-nt up an un-
Bassball Soorea,
At Sacramento Tacoma T, Portland
0.
At Ban Francisco Oakland S, San
Francisco 4.
Indiana Are Destitute,
San Diego, Nov. 26. The report of
the destitution of nearly all 'the remain
ing Indiana on the five reservations
near Campo, In southeastern California,
la authenticated. Efforts were made in
this city to send relief. Food and
clothing and immediate necessities
have been forwarded.
Ely Transfers His Interest to
I MoCresdie for $9000.
Portland, Nov. 28. Judge W. W. Mc
Creedle and hla nephew, Walter
("Judge") McCredle, who played right
field for the Portland team thla year,
haa bought a controlling Interest In
the Portland Baseball Club. It is stat
ed the consideration la about $9000.
Walter McCreedie will be manager next
year. It is stated the name of the club
will be changed and new players se
cured.
Ben C. Ely, the present owner, said It
cost him about $8000 this season. The
papers of formal transfer will be signed
Monday.
WILL WELCOME BIG VESSEL.
8eattleites Preparing to Greet the
Mammoth Minnesota.
Seattle, Nov. 26. The Chamber of
Commerce of this city haa completed
arrangements for welcoming the mam
moth Great Northern Steamship Min
nesota. She Is due here December 22.
The chamber will board her at Port
Engineer Would Not Stop.
Denver, Nov. 26. A apeclal to the
Republican from Buena Vista, Col.,
aays an attempt was made to hold up
a Rio Grande passenger train at Gor
don, 25 miles west of there. Three men
signaled the engineer to atop, but he
suspected their Intention and put on
all steam. As the engine passed the
men one of the fired twice.
First Conviction Under New Law.
Colfax, Nov. 26. What la thought to
be the first conviction for gambling
under the felony law of 1903 waa se
cured today, William Marden, charged
with conducting a poker game, being
found guilty.
Philadelphia, Nov. 26. West Point
defeated the Annapolis football eleven,
11-0 two touchdowns and one goal.
The score does not properly Indicate
the relative strength of the two elev
ens, for probably not In the history of
the great university game have two
teams been mora evenly matched.
The first touchdown for the army re
sulted from a fumble by one of the
navy backs, but the brilliancy with
which Tipton, the army center, took
advantage of the error haa never been
excelled, if equaled, on the football
gridiron.
Tha game had been in progress less
than 10 minutes when West Point
found the navy line a Gibraltar, and
Torley kicked to mldfleld. There were
three Annapolis men under the punt.
but when all had been thrown the ball
rolled off to one aide of the mass of
players. Tipton, coming on from be-
hind, kicked the ball toward the navy's
goal. Pursued by half a doxen navy
men, he had no time to stoop and secure
the sphere, but, rushing on, he again
dribbled it His aim waa accurate and
the ball was nearer the navy's goal. A
third kick and the pigskin was behind
the navy's goal, Tipton lying upon it
Thla waa probably the turning point
of victory for West Point Up to this
time the Annapolis boys really out- .
palyed their heavier opponents. Twenty-two
minutes later the army scored
again. There was no score In the last
half.
CARLISLE DEFEATS HASKELL.
Western Indiana Start Off Well, but
Soon Collapse.
St Louis, Nov. 26. After three and
a half minute'a play, during which the
Haskell Indiana fairly ran the Carlisle
braves off their feet and Hauser, Has
kell's right end, kicked a field goal from
the 18-yard line, the vaunted speed of
the western Indians spent itself against
the brawn and muscle of the esatern
red men, and the tatter's heavy, plung
ing backs tore through Haskell's line
almost at will and piled up a score of
38 to 4 before the end of the second
half.
Many Horses Are Sold.
New York, Nov. 26. During the
week 894 horses were sold for 3336,000
at the Old Glory sale at Madison
Square garden.
Lesa than 375 voters had registered
at the close of business at Auditor An
derson's office yesterday. The most
radical estimates place the probable
total for the coming election at 1200.
Hans Anton Hansen, a native of
Norway, yesterday declared hla inten
tion of becoming a cltlsen of the Unit
ed Statea
Army Officer In Trouble.
Lieutenant Wilson, Ninety-third
coast artillery, stationed at Fort Stev
ens, has been relieved from duty and
will be summoned before a court-mar
tial to answer charges which have been
preferred against him. Wilson waa
raised from the ranks, and at the time
swore that he waa an unmarried man.
It develops that he has a wife and chil
dren. His dismissal from the service
Is anticipated. Mr. Wilson has proved
himself to be an efficient officer and
sympathy has been expressed for him.
No Hope for Missing Men.
Hope for the three missing sailors
who left the waterlogged schooner
Webfoot off Tillamook rock has been
abandoned. Had they been picked up
by some coaster the fact would have
been reported by this time. The men
have unquestionably perished, either by
drowning or of starvation and expos
ure. The name of the third man in
the party was Otto Gunter. The others
were Mate Bromer and Seaman J.
O'Neill.