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VOLUME LVIV. NO. 103. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 121905. PRICE FIVE CENTS EASY BREATH Russian Capital in Bctte Way. STRIKE IS ON THE EBB Cancusus and Poland are Sli Unpadded But Killings are Few. LODZ IS SCENE OP BUTCHER titration in Russia Is Precarious and the Nation's Destiny teems to Hlnga en tha Developments of the Sabbath. Ft. Petersburg, Fab. 1161. Peters burf breathed aaalar (hla (Sunday) morning, tba apprehensions ot a tan aral resumption ot tba strike having proved unjustified, at least aa fax aa yesterday waa concerned, and tba strikers manifested no Inclination to reaort to political measure In the na tura of tba events of January !2. Pis patches from ail part of tha empire ahow a dlatlnct Improvtnwnt tn tha Industrial altuation, except In Poland and tha Caucasus, and a area tidal wave of economic disturbance which awept over the entire land aa a ae quence of tba historic upheaval la St. Petersburg la January la now believed to be on tba ebb. In Poland and tha Cauoaaua region, Indeed, the etrlke la continued with vigor and the beginning of the week with bloody colllirions between the elrlkere and troopa at Soanovlce endsd with full resumption of the walkout at Wareaw. Thirty Three Killed. Loda. rt. It. The 15th day of the airlke finds tha altuation apparently no clearer than the day on which the movement began. Bualneea la at complete atandatlll. The tr!t rail way eervlce la suspended and ahopa are open for only a few customer. Strlk era mostly remain In their home. Sol dlera are everywhere in evidence. No Jlaturbancea have occurred here today, and no trouble la reported at Soanovlce. The governor In an Interview with the Associated Press, aald: "My official tr port from Soanovlce ahow IS per aona killed. Emoaror Amiable. ' St. Petersburg, Feb, It, "I am not opposed to the temstvo.on the contrary I believe It neceaaary." In these worda the emperor, whose word la law, per aonally declared himself In favor of the land congreea and expresaej hla conviction that time haa come to pre pare to give the people voice in the government u The emperor'a worda were apokon In the courte of a conversation with Count Leo Tolatol, the son of the fa- tiioua author, and fully confirm the As aooioted ' Preaa Interview with th Grand Duke Vladimir on January SI. Grave Fears, St. Petereburg, Feb. 10. Dispatches received here from Warsaw are to the effect that a serious, situation la ap prehended. In fact, the altuation throughout Poland la causing grave, feora. Japs Get Rifle. Toklo, Feb. 11 (4 p. m.) The Jap anese captured an eminence aouth of Changchlchla on Thursday morning, February 9, driving off two companies of, Russian infantry1. The Russian have continued ahelllng Field Marshal Oyama's center and left since Thurs day last The Russian dead who were burled after the battle of Helkoutal totalled 1000. The Japanese on that occasion captured 200 rifles. Four Thousand Strike. Kharkoff, Feb. U. Four thousand employes of the railway engine works have struck. The authorities are ne gotiating with the men who will make known their demands Monday. i CNJOYABLI PARTY. ' ' i ..,, t, ..... . - .. . , - Aiterians Join In lurprlae Party That Was All It Waa Meant , a delightful lltUe aurprlae ' party was given to Mies Nellie Byri at her borne by a number of her young friends Saturday evening. Progressive arfclat ,mm- the fame .i of Out ftvSntn and alVlata hour refreshments were served. Those present were Mlas Todd, Miss Maahburn, Mlaa Ida Llnenweber, Miss Kimball, Ml Miller, Mlsa Tera, Mlaa Ooarhart, Mrs. flea rhart, Mlaa Dyrd, Mlaa. Deads, Mlsa Amy Ran. nails, Mlaa Berry. Mrs. Byrd, Edgar Oeai hart; James Vernon, II. Van Tyle, If, 0. English. X '.' A i , Money Plenty. New Tork, Feb. It. The undertone of this week's market on the stock ex change hna remained firm, even In the occasional period of reaction, owing to the moderation with which selling to realize waa pressed and to the sus taining effect of special upward move, ments coincident with the realising. Announcements corroborative of for mer rumors of favorable factors have Induced very moderate response In the price movement arousing a presump tion that much of tba good news has been discounted In the former rise in prices, A cautious tone haa been the result. The abundance of money and the presaura to And employment for It haa kept up the Investment demand for securities. Island Famine. New Tork, Feb. U. The drought from which the Rlukiu Islands suffered In 1904 has caused a famine now and there la much distress, says a Times dispatch from Toklo. Nearly 14.009 households are destitute. The Rluktu island number nearly 40 and are situated between Japan and Formosa. FISH HARD TO GET Combine Soaks the Bay City Consumer, SALMON 25 CENTS A POUND Different Reasons Offisred for the Famine do Not 8atisfy the Peo ple Who Have to Pay for a. 100 Par Cent Advanee. Sun Francisco, Feb. 11. Although the waters In the vicinity of this city are teeming with fish of endless va riety, thla class of food has become the dearest commodity In the market. An advance of 100 , per cent haa just taken place In the price of all kinds of fish. Salmon has been advanced from 6 cents to SS Cents and striped boas from S cents to 25 cents. The retailer blames the wholesale dealers, all of whom are In a combine, and the wholesaler ascribe the sudden and phenomlnal advance In fish partly to bad weather and partly by the al leged depredatlona pf Chinese, . who, they say, fish with set nets and de stroy vast quantities of fish. , As it stands now so far as consumers are concerned, it Is a case of pay or go WithOUt. ' " : The flsh Industry In California la quite an important one, employing over SG00 men In San Francisco and U10 along the coast and rivers and a capital aggregating 11,100,000. In Ban Francisco alone over 1500,001 Is In vested In boats and apparatus. May Build to oCaat , San Francisco, Feb. 11. A' special dispatch' to the Chronicle' from New Tork says that Harrlman and hla as sociates have steadily absorbed the bulk of the offerings for weeks, a fact that la auppoaed to have a bearing on the readjustment of railway relations that Wall street generally believes de pendent on the termination of the Northern Securities litigation. The Pacific Coast Company has valuable terminals at Seal tie and it might be that these properties have an Import ant bearing on the dormant project for extending the St. Paul railway to the Pacific. IN BAD PLIGHT Mtcihcirs Prrtncr Shows Wiitc Feather. do SENSATIONAL STORY Son ,, of Partner , is I Unable, to A Carry the Burded of the Perjury. WAGES OFJ SIN EXEMPLIFIED Statement of Case Dates From Its Inception and the Grand Jury Hsa Only ts Pick the Victims for the Slaughter. Portland, Feb. 11. Judge Alfred H. Tanner, one of the most prominent at torneys of Portland, and law partnet of Senator John IL Mitchell, recently Indicted by the federal grand jury for perjury In connection with the land fraud cases, made a full confession in Judge Bellinger's court at 2:10 p. m. today. Judge Tanner admitted that the partnership agreement which he fur nlahed the grand Jury when testifying for Senator Mitchell, was made up within the past three months and dated back to March S, 190L He .says fur thor that this was dons to p revet I Mitchell from being caught on the In dictment later presented, or receiving money for Illegal fees while a United States senator when, as a fact, all fees received from government department work were to go to MltchelL Judge Tanner and his son aided In formulat ing thla tgreement and then the two went before the grand Jury swearing to falsehoods to shield the aged sen ator In bis struggle with the govern ment's prosecuting officers. The confession came as a bomb to the community, although not to the government's principal officials, Die trlct Attorney Francis J. Heney and Chief of the Secret Service Force W. J. Hums, In the Indictment presented by the grand Jury against Judge Tan ner for perjury, the government plain ly charged him with conspiring to pro tect his partner. He was accused of having aided in preparing thla agree ment within the post three months at hla own office and through the Instru mentality of his son, A. H. Tanner, Jr. He was also accused of knowing that Senator Mitchell received as his shore of the profits In the firm business, a portion of the money paid by Frederick A. Krtba to have coses expedited be fore Hermann. Further, the accused was charged with knowing that Sen ator Mitchell had a personal account in the Merchants National bank. A Hat of I to 10 witnesses waa affixed to the : ' indictment containing ' these charges. The government plainly In dicated Its case and the officials con nected with the prosecution expressed no doubt of conviction. r t, " The story of this cose dates from the early Investigation of land frauds by the present grand Jury. When Sen ator Mitchell realised a force that ranked John H. Hall had entered the field of Inquiry, he arranged to fore stall the charge ot receiving money from any source laying him open to Indictment under the statutes regulat ing senators and representatives In congress. The partnership agreement was then framed, and In It provision waa made showing that Senator Mitch. ell expressly provided against any de partment business going to his per sonal account This agreement was submitted by Judge Tanner when he was first called to testify. The ' document bears the date of March 5, 1901, and Is signed by the two lawyers, as principals, and Horry C. Robertson, witness. Mr. Robertson la private secretary to Senator Mitchell and has been in the Mitchell-Tanner law office for many years. Judge Tan ner affirmed that this document was mode and executed at the time Indi cated. Hla aon waa called by the grand jury, and swore that he had not written the agreement within the past three months, and generally attested what the father had said. Bat the government secured their evidence. Three stenographers, Edith Bern, Amle C. Spencer and Maggia Cttrlen, were called to testify.' P. D. Cunningham, who sells typewriter pa oer And suddI1s. was asked to swear as te the time when tbe paper on which the agreement Is written, was sold at his irtore. J. y. Newkirk, cashier of the Ylrst Natkmal bank, -and Ralph W. Moyt; cashier of the Merchants bank, were alfccalled upon' to testify refolding bunk accounts, distribution of iwJJey and pVrsonal funds. This 'evidence -developed the need of having HarrV ' C Robertson testify. and Ki was summoned from Washing ton. ne spent much time with the gran if. Jury, ' and ' was twice recalled, laughter and applause from the In qutsltWn - room greeting the car of men outside' during his testimony. It seemed to spectators that Mr, Robertson had given testimony that met with general approval. The effect of this sensational de velopment was stunning, and seemed tc leave no doubt of Senator Mitchell's ultimate "fate. With the government la possession of such evidence that It could force Judge Tanner to a confes sion .gainst hla partner, and this con fesston accumulative evidence against the senator, conviction seems to have been made quite certain. "If the court please, I am ready at this time to enter a plea of guilty.' So said Judge A. H. Tanner this aft ernoon when Judge C. B. Belllngei took his seat on the bench of the Unit ed Bittern district court v Jud.re Tanner pleaded guilty to the charg of perjury, for which the gov- lrnm. nt had Indicted, him. He con fessed hat the partnership agreement betwe 'rt blm and Senator Mitchell waa written In December last year to pro tect Senator Mitchell from prosecu tion p'tbe government It was 2: SO o'clock when District At torney Heney said: "If it please the court, Judge Tan ierirJ,to plead to the Indictment for perjury." Judge Tanner rose before the bai where he has appeared so many times as an attorney, and said: -I will waive reading of the Indict ment I wish to plead guilty, youi honor. I do not understand that Mr, Heney claims that I am guilty of per jury, except as to that agreement be tween Senator Mitchell and myself.' Judge Bellinger replied to the plea: "Very well, sentence Is suspended." District Attorney Heney said that he desired to take some testimony from Judge Tanner at that time, and the latter was asked to go on the witness stand and be sworn, which he did. Have you the contract which yon presented tv the grand Jury?" asked the ulatrlct attorney. "I have," came the reply. "When was It moder "Last December," said Judge Tan ner. Continuing, he said: : The purpose waa to use It In Sen ator Mitchell's defense. I will tell you how we came to Jraw It up. Senator Mitchell and I had a contract; but, or course, this was not the first one. Whet Senator Mitchell, was out here In De cember he looked over our contract and there was one clause which he sold would be tfengerous. He told me to change that clause, drawing up new agreement which waa Identical with the first one, except for that clause. We both signed It I told him Robertson was the only man on earth who knew about the original contract and It would be neceaaary to have him corroborate the testimony ' we gava Mitchell aald he would see what he could do with Robertson." Among the papers Drought b Mitchell's secretary, Harry C. Rob ertson, from Washington, one was from Mitchell to Judge Albert H. Tanner, dealing with his partnership agree ments. The letter was surrendered b Roberts to District Attorney Heney, and It appears as one of the exhibits In the case. The government consid ers this letter valuable In its case. They contend It shows the line of tes timony which Mitchell desired Tanner to give before the grand Jury. On his second appearance before that body, the letter follows:. Washington, Feb. 8. Dear Judge: Am almost afraid to write a word aa the scoundrels will misconstrue everything and distort all that is said. Tour friend with the let ter did not arrive here until today. Tour letter only received at S p. m. I have made search for my articles of (Continued on Page Two.) JUDGEJOSES Trial Falls to Show His TESTIMONY DAMAGES SbcumDisaster Leads to an In vestigation of Steamer Reg ulatlons in Harbor. ARBITRATION TREATIES ON Admissibility of Testimony in the 8wsyne Trial la th Main Conten tion of the Counsel Opposing Managers of the House. Washington, Feb. 1L The entire time of the senate, not spent In the executive session, was to the Swayne Impeachment trial Four witnesses were examined. All of them were from Pensacola, Fla, They were in troduced for the purpose of showing that up to 1900 Judge Swayne had not acquired residence. In his district of Florida. During the proceedings the question of tbe right of the bouse managers to object to questions put to the witnesses by senators was raised but the presiding officer ruled that such objections might be stated. Precedents were quoted to the effect that while the questions by senators should, be adinitted counsel could properly object to admissibility of re plies made to them. .Treaties Amended. Washington. Feb. It The senate executive session ratified the arbitra tion treaties between the United States and eight European governments. It reaufred two sessions to , reach an agreement At the first session con slderatlon was given a communication from the president to Senator Cullom, chairman of the foreign affairs com mittee in the form of a protest against any amendment being adopted at the second session the treaties were amended and ratified with only nln votes against the amendment made by the senate committee on foreign re lations. Merchant Marine. Washington, Feb. 11. As an out growth of the Investigation of the Slo- cum disaster the house today passed a number of bills called by Grosvernor, chairman of the house' committee -on merchant marine and fisheries, amend ing the laws relating to steamboat in- pectlon service and making far more Igld provision for regulation and con trol of steam vessel ' As recommended by the department of commerce and labor, the measures were sent to the house In the form ot lght bills. Six of these were report ed, favorably . by the commltee, and five of them were passed today. Consideration of the bill providing for altering the salary system for the inspectors was prevented by the ob jection of Shirley of Kentucky. ' Bloodleaa Duet Paris. Feb. 11. Gaston Calmette, editor of the Figaro, fought a duel to- day with Col. Jacquot as a result ot the publication of Jacquot's recent re ports. Pistols at 25 paces were used and two shots were exchanged. Neither was hit. DISSIPATED FORTUNE. Girl's Inheritance Reduced to Nothing By Guardian. Chicago, Feb. 11. Judgment in the sum of 1161,430 has been entered by Judge Charles Donnelly, sitting at Waukegan, against D. V. C. ''Price and former Senator William E.' Ma son and Cuthbert W. Lalng of Chicago, all of whom were adjudged guilty or constructive fraud In connection with the financial affairs ot Mr. Lai g's daughter, Mra Clara Malcolmn ot Ann Arbor, Mich. The constructive fraud In question waa in obtaining a release on a special real estate bond given by Lalng, who was trustee of si ert fortune left to his daughter by his wife. LaJng. lt was set forth In court, nearly depleted nl. daughter's fortune by mismanage-' meat or by misapplication of fond.' Under the decision as explained by Mr. Mason both ha and Mr. Pries arc held Uable a bondsmen. . An appeal was taken. ' .,.- - HAVOC OP LIVC WIRE. Heavy Less in Large Electric Plant . St Chicago, Chicago, Feb., ItFire early today swept through the' seven-story 'brick building occupied by the Central Elec tric ' Company, 2(4-79 Fifth avenue. causing a loss of nearly 1400,000. The large floors filled with electrical applicant-si, made ready fuel for the flames. . ; .' ' "' The fire Is said to have started on the fourth floor from crossed "electric wires. The hydrants in the vicinity were frozen and some time was lost by the firemen In getting streams of wa ter on the structure. The firemen were making strenuous efforts to same adjoining property. All trains on the Union Elevated loop were tied up, tha structure being close to the burning building. Explorers Lost New Tork, Feb. 1L It Is greatly feared that, the Antarctic expedition, commanded by Dr. Charcot, which started more than a year ago from a South American port In the hop of reaching the south pole, has been lost, says a Times dispatch from Pari a It Is known to have encountered a ter rible storm In April last year and has not been heard of since, nor have any traces cf its movements been discov ered by Uruguay, which sent out a party to Its rescue. Charles Rahot, a member of the committee of the So ciety of Geography In Paris,, Intends to organize another ' search party to ascertain Its fate. , , BUTTE IS CREAKING Coldest Yet Known in State of ! ' Montana. EVEN BUILDINGS CREAKING bracks aa Loud aa Pistol Shots Fel low Each New Contraction of the Cold Congealed Timbers of the Mining Center. Butte, Feb. 11. This city today ts In the grip of the coldest spell in the history of the oldest inhabitants. To night the thermometer registering 35 degrees below, while on the wind swept flat below Butte the temperature is 50 below. ' The buildings In the city are emit ting creaking sounds as loud as pistols the structures contracting under the intense cold. The whole sidewalks are resounding nolsely. z JAPAN CELEBRATES. Wsr Successes Lend to Joy en National Holiday. Toklo, Feb. 11 (2 p. m.) Today, the ' anniversary of the coronation of the ' first emperor of Japan, la being; gen erally celebrated throughout the em pire, the war successes giving addi tional a est to the celebration. Toklo and all the principal cities are deco rated. The emperor received; at lunch a party Including the nobles, officers and diplomatic corps numbering In all six hundred. Tbe emperor toasted the powers represented at the luncheon. and Baron D'Anethan, ambassador from Belgium and dean of the diplo- amtlc corps, responded on behalf of the foreign representatives. Count Katauro, premier of the empire, re sponded for the Japanese government. Msrstims Treaty. ' " New Tork, Feb.' 11. Former Su preme Court Justice W. W. Goodrich of Brooklyn, wltl soil today as a dele gate from the American government to a diplomatic conference at Brussels of admiralty experts from all the mari time nations of the world to be held February) II. - The delegates have plenary, powers to formulate a treaty between the maritime nations on ht subject of collisions attd$sarrage. i ,-..!,! y.. '.-V