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Tl r PUBLISHES PULL ASSOCIATID PR3 MPORT OOVKnS THI MORNING) FIILD ON TH1 LOWER COLUMBIA VttUME LVIV. NO. 76. ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS i iirwf Mil IMI W 1 X T ( w i m AT GATE her of the Ports De fenses Falls. MfeS BURY GARRISON Russians Rescued From Living Tomb by Their Little Foes. I CAfURE OF LAST FORT EASY GAMBLERS CHEERFUL. Nw York Markets Pleate th Broker Element Now York, Deo. 31. Price have ad vaneed Ntendlly and substantially dur In the final work of the year. Th money market hit been surprisingly rnuy and hope are eniertuind of large Investment demand fur curltle after the turn of the year. The un- easlncss due to lat month' break In the market ha subsided and the rtae In price hue brought out scant offer ing. New of Induatrlal and bul tics condition haa been uniformly fuvorable and confidence In the Im provfinfiit In value of securities him been fostered. The result la a cheer ful and hopeful cloning of the year In Dtninclul circle. FLORIST OETS JOB. Vic Admiral OouboN Will Be the . Rain RepreMntativ at the v International Confereneo at '- Pri Over the Incident. J 1 , T;l4 Jan. 1. The war department onim the reported capture of Bunt Hhtmountaln yetrday, The, attack Jftr the capture of Rhi Lung t.KU)n. 1 Tt Japanese exploded a erle of inlujand Immediately aaaaulted the won,Ahlch were entirely occupied. A oft Ion of the garrison wo burled by I ii.-brla thrown up by the taplo- Imef their own mine which ex plod- on a ejicy retreated." - - Sii Hhu mountain I west of Rhl Lun itid I one of the Inner defense of Irl Arthur. Ha Lately Planted Over 15,000,000 Flower. 81. Iuln. Dec. 31. -H, D. Stocke, chief rlorlat at the world fair, ha tendered hi realKiiatlon to the exposl tlon company. Mr. Htocke will depart curly In January for Washington, D. C. where he will accept a poeltlon with the government. It hit been eetl ma led that during M nervlce with the world' fair Mr. Htn ke planted more lluin 15,000,000 flower. Famous Purp Die. Hun Francisco, Dec, 81. The new hit been received here by the owner f Champion flenutor F that the great field trial winning pointer ha died at lirucevllle, Ind. Senator P. wo the winner of the champion tak Pacific coast Held trlala tn 1R9 and cond In tb all age take of the aitme year. He wa sunt aaat to compete with th bet dg there and won many prle, not ably th Manitoba champion atak In 1903. Ruln Rewued. T Jan. 1. The Jupnneae rewued 163 twln Moldler entombed in gor it Bung Hhu mountain. The Japoeoe have aluo deatroyed and cap turn, portion of the wall near Pan lufll mountain. MoCormlok 8tay. 8terburg, D?. 31. The Wah lngt announcement that Ambaaaa dor kCormU k will remain In Bt. Pet ernlKf during the coming admlnltra tlon im been received and there gen4 atlRfactlon, deaplte the dlfll cultk during the paat year. McCor mlrt)rervd good relation and the autheltlea are able to accompllah much for m United Btatea. I 1 Vie Admiral Go. BLfteraburg, Dec. 31. It I under- atooYlce Admiral DnubaaaoiT wl1 lvHre Wedneaday for Pari, where he m relieve Admiral Kiunakoff a Runa'1 representative at the Interna tlonl Qommlaalon Inquiry Into the Korogra Incident. POLICE COURT FINES. X The erne and Forfeiture for 1904 kngett in Hietory of the City. receipt from flnea and forfelt (irenl:the police depiirtmont for the In the lurgcnt In the hlatory of fWty. While few crime have l,rfi0ommlttP(l, and Aatorla I the inoff Jorly city on thd count, yet the nun'nf orrcat for petty offenaea, ni,l,y fcnmbllng, ha been the largeat of if' y"r. During 1904 there were i)34 jsnt made by the police. The totnBtount of flnea and forfeiture 111, if 9. The total for 1903 was $10,- g3, It is due to the efficiency of the poll&fce, and the sheriff, that so few rrlmfuivd been committed. In the clroicurt there ha been but three juryM" of criminals, all the other hnvl, pleaded guilty, thereby saving the ply thousand of dollars In the trlsr arlmlnal coses. Doth the city amlOdpy government are In the tuiii'tf Experienced officials, and It Is dueS Qielr efficiency that a large nmi;i money has been saved. Fol- lowlM" the receipts of tho police couif )h year 1904: " Jom!i 895 00 PebiJ'l 995 00 Mar. 1 910 00 Aprl May Jun. Sepi Octc Decr Tc .. 864 00 ,.. 1,011 00 .. 925 60 .. 909 00 .. 1,440 00 .. 935 00 .. 717 00 .. 720 00 .. 829 00 .$11,150 60 FLOOD IN El YORK Big Main Bursts and Fills the Subway. PASSENGERS ESCAPE ONTRAIN New York. Dec. 31. Quick work by a gang of men with pick and shovels early today prevented a repetition of the flood In the subway which occurred two weeks ago through the bursting of a water main. A 36-Inch pipe burst near One Hun dred and Forty-fifth street and Broad way and threw a stream of water high In the air. In a minute tt waa pouring Into the subway atatlon and a dosen passengers made a timely escape on a train, suffering only a alight wetting. Men were hurried to the scene and succeeded In diverting the flood In another direction by building a dam. Cellars all about were flooded and the water reached a depth of 18 Inches In the street. About the break the water boiled Into a foam as It came from the ground and then took a course down grade on One Hundred and Forty-seventh street, and thence to the Hudson river. Traffic along the Upper Broadway section came to a stop. All along In the side street between One Hundred and Thirty-seventh and One Hundred and Fortieth streets houses on both sides were soon flooded by the thousands of tons of water. Tenants took alarm and began to pack their belongings prepa ratory to moving out Many thought It would be unsafe to even remain in their homes and started to leave only to find that' the water was too deep to make wading safe. Not a cellar from Broadway to the river was left dry, '.!'., ." v. ; Assistance was called from the wa ter department, but on arrival of the workmen It was found they had no key large enough to shut the gates con trolling the main, and It wo more than an hour before the water finally stopped flowing. The entire water sup ply of the city, below Harlem, and above Thirty-fourth street will be af fected. The main which broke Is one of the two pressure service mulns which supply the entire section west of Broadway. Ill T0 Mitchell and Hermann Fare Alike Before Grand Jury at Portland Yesterday. the HERMANN ISSUES STATEMENT IN DENIAL Grand Jury Is No Respector of Persons and Returns Indict ments Against Hih a Well as Low in the Land Fraud Cases. -in view or tnese conditions I am amazed at the action of the grand Jury, and realize the advantage in not know ing who the witnesses were or who are testifying against me, or what their statements were, to all of which no op portunity wo given to cros examine or explain. I rely upon my vindication before a trial Jury, before which, a a citizen. I shall be protected against mere insinuations; base persecution. and perjured testimony. "Having remained here expecting to be recalled before the grand jury for an opportunity of answering any accu sation which might have been made since my appearance before that body, but which courtesy was not accorded me, and the Indictment having been brought, I now feel it my duty to re turn to my official duties at Washing ton. I will come back after the con gress to meet those malicious and base accusations." Senator Mitchell Has Gone to Washington and Hermann Will Leave Tomor row, Despite the Charge That Now Li Against Both the Sam a Putr, McKinloy, Et Al Charges Are Denisd Without Any Knowledge of What Specification of True Bill Art. Portland, Deo. 31. On the last day of the year the federal grand jury found indictments againat Senstor John H. Mitchell, Congressman Binger Her mann, and President Roosevelt removed by mandatory order John H. Hall from th proseoution. The land frsuds proseoution Is now in th hand of Honey. Washington, Dec. 31. The new of the Indictment of Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann waa fully i Dieted for some time by the officials having to do with the case, and. there fore, ramo a no surprise.: Secretary Hitchcock frankly stated he looked for an Indictment at any, time, while At torney General Moody declined to make comment, although It la believed here, he, too, was prepared for no other de clslon than the Indictment of the two Wen. , . . , . . , ,j . m Hitchcock consented to make a brief statement concerning the case. He said: "While we all regret that men occu pylng high stations In public life get within the clutches of the law, never theless, the interior department and the department of justice had a duty to perform. These land fraud Indict ments resulted In two years of the most searching Investigation, and are part of an unalterable determina tion of President Roosevelt and the ad ministration to bring justice to all of fenders, high or low." These Indictments," continued the secretary, "will not be the last. There are more to follow, although I believe can say the Investigation will Involve no more officials as high in public serv Ice aa these member of congress. All the case will be placed In tht hands of the department of Justice and the prosecution will be vigorous. "I cannot say how many additional Indictment will be returned, but it Is true his I simply the beginning." Cruisers Will Go On. St. Petersburg, Dec. 30. The report that the cruisers Orel and Izumrud, of the second Pacific squadron have been ordered to return lacks confirmation. Washington, Dec. 31. President Roosevelt today directed the removal from office of John H. Hall, United States district attorney for Oregon Mr. Hall has been prosecuting officer of the government In the land fraud cuses, and the removal Is made tn connection therewith. The announcement of District At torney Hull's removal was made by At torney General Moody, as he left the white house, after a conference with the president. He declined to say what charges, If any, had been made against Hall, but added that for the good of the service It was believed best to dispense with him, particularly In connection with the land fraud cases In Oregon, the prosecution of which has been conducted by Hall. Fulton Butt In. Early in the day Senator Fulton of Oregon had a talk with the president concerning the land fraud cases which have been Instituted by the govern ment In Oregon, but whether the con ference had any relutlon to the removal of District Attorney Hall could not be learned. Mr. Hall was Indorsed for reappoint ment by Senator Mitchell and Repre sentative Hermann of Oregon, both of who recently went to Portland, where they appeared before the grand Jury now lnvefctlgntlng the public land frauds. The conduct of the district attor ney's office at Portland has been In quired Into by the government repre sentatives, and reports " of the facts adduced have been transmitted here. The reports allege that there has been obstruction of Justice; that certain prominent men have been shielded, and that attempts have been made to prevent certain parties giving evidence in the land fraud cases. Oliver E. Pagln of Chicago, special assistant attorney of the department of justice, ha been sent to Oregon to assist In the prosecution of the land fraud case. Hall' 8tatmnt. "If It la true that the president haa removed me, I have no knowledge of what ha prompted him to take this action. I have not been advised by any person of the nature of any charge against, me. tsui l intena to go lo ine bottom fo tht affair, and have no fear but I can convince any fair man that I ha never bii guilty of any Act wW'e In office that would reflect any discredit upon me. "I do not even know who ha pre f erred the charges against me, but am very much surprised that the pres ident of the United States would con demn an officer whom he had o re cently appointed for meritorious serv ice, without a hearing or without any chance having been afforded me to de fend myself. Th office of United States district attorney 1 a very small matter to me compared with my good name, and shall leave no stone unturned to show the people of this state that I have been attack In the dark by weapons of falsehood and misrepresentation." CAPTAINS EXONORATEO. DOCTORCOMES Crowds Await Arrival of the Pretoria. MISS CHADWICK TALKS Girls Money Has All Gone Now so She Says Since the Trouble Began. Placing Chines In Detention 8hed Not a "Landing." 8an Francisco, Dec. 31. United States District Judge De Haven has handed down an opinion dismissing the charges against Captains W. B. Seaburg. Phil H. Going, Harry Smith and J. H. Binder, In command of ori ental liners, accused of having permit ted Chinese laborers to be landed un lawfully from their vessels. The Judge holds that placing Chinese in the de tention shed on the Mail dock Is not a landing and that the escapes had not been caused by the negligence or con nivance of the accused. HOME REMITTANCES CEASE .- Immense Revenue. Shanghai, Dec 3L The Shanghai custom revenue for, "the fiscal year amounts to over 1,500,000, Daughter Will Go to Florida and th Doctor Will go to Jail Tale of Loss of $3000 Followed By M'ore. Hermann' Tale. Portland, Dec. 81. Congressman Binger Hermann, who leaves for Wash ington tomorrow morning, Issued the following written statement tonight: "The Indictment returned against me Is the result of the basest conspiracies and malicious persecution. "I came here upon the advice and urgent suggestion of my friends two weeks ago, aa I have been informed by them efforts were being made to Im plicate me and Senator Mitchell In the Oregon land frauds which have been under Investigation and trial, and which frauds It Is rumored I knowingly aided and advanced during my service as commissioner general of the land office. "I know I can free myself from any mputatlon of wrongdoing ond no hon eRt witness can Involve me In that charge. 'Several inspections were made as to these land entries. They had passed to approval of the local land office. They had been under the careful acru- tlny of the assistant commissioner, whose testimony In the trials In this Ity are to the effect he found the evi dence satisfactory. I believe the law has been complied with. I had no ac qualntanec with the land; no Intimacy or association with any of those to be benefited; no interest In transactions direct or Indirect, and no promise; no consideration; or Inducement, and I scorn any suggestion that I ever hesi tated to stand by my sworn duty in this or In any other trust imposed upon me. "I have been a resident of Oregon ince boyhood, and have been entrust ed with many transaction affecting ublio interests, and with my fellow- men, and, in them, all my single en deavor has been to discharge my duty and preserve my honor. Mistakes may sometim have bn made, and I may have been imposed upon, but I am not conscious of having violated any obli gation as an officer, or privat citizen. 'If the frauds practiced upon the office are an Imposition they are as grossly perpetrated upon me as com missioner, as upon the others In office. TIMBER LAND CASES 4 Argument Hade Before Judge McBride Yesterday MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT The argument tn the timber land tax cases was finished yesterday and taken under advisement by Judge McBride, He will render an opinion some time during the present week. District At torney Allen made one of the best arguments ever heard In the circuit court, defending the county from the attempts of the timber syndicates to rob the county out of their just pro portion of their taxes. Attorney Allen scored the syndicates unmercifully. He showed how by collusion and fraud, by transfers of property to various Individuals belonging' to the trust, that the transfers were made to deceive the assessor as the actual value of the lands. Large tracts were conveyed from one to the other, the consider ation tn some Instances being only 31. It was shown that for 20 years the tim ber sydlcates, by chicanery and threats had escaped paying their Just propor tion of taxes, thereby robbing the coun ty out of its Just dues. If everyone in Clatsop county were like the timber syndicates, said Attorney Allen, there would not be sufficient money to pay the running expenses of the county government. No unjust assessments have been made, either against the holders of timber claims, but they have all been assessed according to the actual cash value of the lands and the value of the timber. If the value were ho be determined by what the syndi cates paid for them, or the considera tions expressed In the deeds, they would be practically valueless, but In order to ascertain the exact value of the lands, expert timber cruisers were put In the field, and the assessment was based upon their fair and Impartial re port. There Is not one of the timber syndicates that would sell their land for ten times the amount they are as sessed at, and they don't dare to deny it It Is Just a premldated scheme on the part of timber syndicates to rob the county out of their Just propor tion of taxes. New York, Dec, 31. Dr. Chadwlck arrived In this country today on the steamship Pretoria, and ran the gauntlet of big crowd which waited for hour to see him taken to the Ho boken police headquarter and to the recorders' court, and be finally left for Cleveland, not as a prisoner, but aa a guest of Sheriff Barry, who came from Ohio" with the warrants for the doctor's arrest, which he did not aerve. During the hour" wait at the sta tion Dr. Chad wick talked of hi travels, tvit Reclined y eiscus hta wife troub le or his own. His daughter remained in Hoboken and In a few days will go to Jackson ville, Florida. According to an Interview with first cabin passengers published here to day, Miss Chadwlck said. In the course of her voyage: "We knew nothing until remittances from home began to fall short. I think there is some horrible mistake that we will be able to clear up when we get home I hated to believe that mother wrongfully used my money, although It is apparently all gone." According to an Interview, Dr. Chad wlck lost $8000 of his money and sev eral thousand dollars that belonged to hi daughter in her own right. SERIOUS FUN. Strike at Tooopilla. New York, Dec. 31. The Tocopllla nitrate laborers are threatening to strike again and the authorities are sending forces to prevent disorder, cables the Valparaiso de Chile corre spondent of the Herald. The British bark Dunslaw, ready to leave Iqulque with a cargo of nitrate, waa burned and is a total loss. Young Man Shot While Playing Duel in Montana. Butte, Dec. 31. A Miner special from Harlem, Mont says that Clyde Tur ner, a well-known young man, was shot and seriously wounded at an early hour this morning by Lorln Tolbet, his companion, while the two boys were playing duel. Turner in a spirit of fun challenged Tolbert to duel and the latter following the actions of his playmate quickly grabbed a revolver which he believed to be empty and snapped the trigger, the bullet passing through Turner's chest The officers held the shooting to be purely accidental. Rebuilding th Store. S. Dansiger & Co.'s building, to be remodled. Early In February, workmen will take possession of the building. Wrecking work will commence by tearing out the entire outside wall on Commercial street and on Eleventh street. Large plate glass show win dows will be built all around; all walls Inside the entire building will be torn out, making the first floor Into one large salesroom. The electric lighting and gas system will be remodled and en larged. New modern, up to date fix tures and modern store appltcances will supplant the old. For more than a score of years this reliable firm has been supplying the people with cloth ing. The high standard of goods sold by S. Danziger & Co. needs no flattery as they were always good and depend able. Their trade has grown until the firm is compelled to have more room. A big sacrifice sale of $15,000 worth of mens' and boys' fine suits, over coats, hats and furnishings begins next Saturday, January 7, at 9 a, m. No sooner. That will give the people of Astoria and vicinity the best oppor tunity ever had to secure the best grades of goods at the lowest prices ever known in Oregon. The tock must go before the workmen commence to raise dirt and dust aa It might soil or ruin the fine good