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ASTORIA. OREGON. THURSDAY.IMARCH 22 190fi
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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JUDGE
Dismisses Indictiment Against Individual Packers
But Sustains Charges Against Corporations
Tiial of Case Will Be Arranged.
PACKERS JUBILANT
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DECISION PACKERS WHO ARE PRESENT
EXCHANGE MUTUAL CONGRATULATIONS OVER THEIR ESCAPE-GOVERNMENT
ATTORNEY MOVES AT ONCE TO
FIX DATE OF TRIAL.
CHICAGO, March 2L-A11 the Ickr
indicted by the federal grand jury lait
uniiut-r upon charge of conspiracy Id
the relraint of trade w.re granted lm
uiunity from criminal prowention under
the indictment. While the Individual
re to go free, the indituen found
eitaiu.t the corporation, of which iue
of the iudkUd Individual are member
and others are employe", are to stand.
A decUlou to the above effect wa
handed don by Judge Humphrey to
day In the United Slate district court.
The opinion wa oral ami the judge
N.ke for nearly an hour before giving
the lightet Indication of what hi
ultimate decision would be. He review
ed ih" cae at length, and oiled all the
eontll tact which had Irf-en brought
out and eoncluded a follow:
"Under the law in thl cane, tho Im
munity plea filed by the defendant
will he sustained a to the individual,
and denied a to the corporation, the
artificial person, and the jury will find
in favor of the government a far a
the corporation are concerned and
againt the government a far a the
individual are eoneerned."
When hi decision wo announced
tho.o of the defendant who were pres
ent, among them Mug Kdward Swift
and Edward Morri and several of Ar
mour' employe, crowded toother nml
eommenecd to shake hand in mutual
congratulation. The attorneys for the
defendants were lo highly pleaded and
when the decision wan announced, hast
.encd to the jury box to hake hand
with the juror. DiHtrict Attorney Mor
rison who waa in charge of the case for
the government at with bowed head
for a abort time after Judge Humphrey
had concluded and then walked over to
the jury box and also -fbook band with
the jurymen. Immediately following the
dismissal of the jury, the district, at
torney' ked that the case he set for
trial and that it commence within two
week. Thj wa met with a -toim of
protest -from the defendants' lawyer
who instated that they would not have
time to prepare their case before next
fall, owing to the number of witnesses
it would be necessary to bring together.
Judge Humphrey directed the attorney
to agree among themselves on the date
and notify him next week. It is ex-
SENATE SPENDS DAY IN
CONSIDERING RATE BILL
WASHINGTON, March 21. -The Sen
ate devoted tho enUteilny to a consid
eration of the rate, bill? CnV'n pre
wilted an ttiiiendnientprohibiling cor
porntioiw from coining' under the opera
tion of the proposed luw against making
campaign contribution and Bailey offer
ed his long expected amendment. He
HUMPHREY
GIVES DECISIO
OVER COURT'S RULING
pected the total number ol witnesses
will number at least ldOO. Tbe packewj
attorney declared today their wltoe
would number 151 and the government
already bai said it will have 100 or
more.
' MINISTER INDICTED.
PHOKIA, March 21.Kev. Louis Kelly
a Baptist minister and patroner of the
late Itev. George Simmons In the de
funct People's .Savings Dank was In
dieted for embeulement today. The in
dictment charge Kelly with receiving
deH)it February fith, the day before
Simmon commlted suicide, and when
he knew the bank was insolvent. Re
cent development have shown tbe bank
held notes of K el ley and Simmons ths
face value of which wa f 125,000.
HAS FAULTY MEMORY
Witness in Missouri Oil Hearing
Forgets Everything.
The Hearing of the Ouster Case Against
the Standard, Republic and Waters
Pierce Companies Adjourns
Until April Fifth.
ST. LOUIS,. March 21. -The hearing
of the ouster case ngainst the Standard,
Republic and, Water. -Pierce Oil Com
panies adjourned today until April 6th
and Attorney-General Hartley and As
sistant Attorney -General Lake imme
diately departed for New York to at
tend the oil hearing Friday. Vice-President
Finlay of the Waters-Pieivo Com
pany testified he had gone to New York,
and talked wth If. M. Tilford of the
Standar'1 Oil, but diil not remember
what was talked about, lie was se
verely cross questioned, on the subject
of what the Waters-Pierce . Company's
report were which were made to the
Standard in New York, but the majority
of his answer were that he could not
remember.
followed with a speech in which he ex
plained that he would not 'now present
the amendment, but for the fact that
Dolliver criticised them In an interview.
He expressed his displeasure over the
interview, but exonerated Dolliver,
Dolliver disavowed any intention of re
vealing a secret, and the incident closed
pleasantly. ' , :
GEANTED
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OFFICE 15
Burglars Enter. Attorney
Bristol's Office.
THREE ATTEMPTS MADE
Two Robberies Successful andThird
One Was Foiled
By Bristol.
IS WORK OF LAND FRAUDERS
United States District Attorney Catches
One Robber in tbe Act But Thief
Makes His Escape After a
Desperate Fight,
PORTLAND, March 21. Two sue
cessfl and one unsuccessful attempt
to burglarize the ofheo of United States
Attorney Bristol on the third floor of
the jMt oftice building have been made
recently according to information which
became public today.
The first two times, on which there
wa an entrance, the dok of special
Inspector Neuhausen was ransacked.
The third effort wa thwarted by Bris
tol himself, who having occasion to go
to his office one evening discovered a
man picking the lock in his office door.
Bristol undertook to capture the fellow,
but the burglar succeeded in escaping
after leaving his coat sleeve in Bristol's
hands.
That the burglaries were committed in
behalf of persons connected with the
government land fraud prosecutions is
evident from the fact that papers bear
ing on this subject, were carefully segre
gated, and it is also evident from the
manner in which the papers were left
that they had" been earefnly read. The
documents in the desk have been check
ed up and so far as it is able to be
ascertained none were stolen. In whose
interest the burglaries were committed
the government refuses to state, but has
intimated that the officials' have well
grounded suspicions. t
ROBBED HIMSELF.
OK HAT. FALLS, Mont.. March 21. A
special to the Tribune from Kali"pidl
states that John Peterson, who reported
that he wa robbed of $H0n0 belonging
to the O'Brien Lumber Company, last
.Thursday, ha been arrested.
Detective have been at work on the
ease and the arrest of Peterson is the
result'. Detectives intimate there wiJl
be other arrest.
OPTIMISM PREVALENT.
A1.GK.CIRAS. March 21. The anima
tion nnd optimism among the delegates
tonight leads to tho impression that a
forward step has been taken. It is
stated unofficially that the new Austrian
proposition has been informally com
municated to the conference.
ROBBED
TYREE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
SALT J..AKK CITY, March 21. -Hiram
Type, pre-ideiit of t!i Continental
Life Insurance A Investment Company,
today wa eomiiiitecd to the District
Court in $Vnfl lond for trml under
the charge of certifying to the Secretary
of State of Utah a false report of the
j company imines, rrcsiiieni lyree
wa ireted Feliriuiry 3.
Hiram Tyrce was formerly one of the
ironiineiit educator of Oregon, having
charge of the public schools of Albany,
Oregon, which place lie left owing to a
j wiindal mi-ing concerning his relation
; with one of the teacher. .
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
TKLLURIDE, March 21. -Vincent St.
John, president of the Miners' Union
at Burke, Idaho, and brought to Colo
rado to answer to the charge of being
implicated in the consiparcy to murder
Hen Burnetii wa today bound over
without bail. Burnam wa killed in the
labor riot at the Smuggler Union mine
in 1001 when St. John wa president of
the local union.
ARRIVE IN FRISCO.
SAX FKANCISCO, March 21. A re
port ha been received heup from the
north of the arrival at Point Barrow of
the first and third mate and four men
of the wrecked whaling schooner Bo
nanza. They started in a, whale boat
provisioned for the trip but the raft
was crushed In tbe lee and for thirty
three days, according to their story, the
men had to fight their way over the
ice through blinding snowstorms before
they reached Point Barrow. They ar
rived there In a starred condition.
TURN OUT S0CKEYES.
VANCOUVER, B. C, March 21.
Twenty-nine million gockeye salmon
will be turned out of the Dominion gov
ernmcnt hatchery at Harrison Lake next
week and the fish from the Seton'Lake
hatchery will also be shortly released.
Assembly Committee Favors Nul
lifying Insurance Proxies.
i Bin wmcn wm De Keportea win Legis
late Out of Office Directors and
Trustees of Mutual and
. , Nullify Proxies.
ALBANY, March 21. The assembly
committee on insurance in executive
session tonight voted to report ' favor
ably tomorrow with amendment, a bill
introduced by the joint investigating
committee which should legislate out
of office on November L'th next all
directors and inistees of the Mutual
Life Insurance companies and nullify all
proxies hitherto secured by tho com
panies themselves, by Thomas W.
LnwHon or by any person or committee.
The most important amendment pro
vides that no proxy executed prior to
September 15th next will be valid or
can be voted at the next election, which
the bill sets for November 15th.
It is said upon reliable authority the
reason for pushing this particular bill is
the fact that, the election of the trus
tees of the New York Life would take
place April 11th, nnd it is tho desire of
the committee that there be no ques
tion that this election lie among those
postponed by the act.
INDICTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
PKORIA, March 21.-Ceorge Weather
wax, conductor oiv the Santa Fe train
wrecked at CbillicotW last January and
"Jap" Smith, block signal operator in
the yards at Chiillcothe, were today in
dicted for manslaughter. - Three were
killed in the wri-ck. f
HITS
FAVORABLE
IMMUNITY
ROOSEVELT TALKS WITH
MANY LABOR DELEGATES
Need for the Enactment of Labor Measures Now Pen
ding Before Congress is Discussed-President
Compers Speaks.
CHINESE EXCLUSION FAVORED BY ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT DECLARES HIMSELF 0 PPOSED TO ADMISSION OF CHINESX
COOLIES INTO AMERICA, BUT FAVORED ALLOWING HIGHER
CASTE TO ENTER -CANAL ZONE EIGHT-HOUR LA
BOR LAW IS DISCUSSED. .
WASHINGTON, March 21. President
Roosevelt received a large delegation of
organized labor today and talked to
them about their urgent request for the
enactment of the labor measures -pending
before Congress. Samuel Gompers,
president, and Frank Morrison, secre
tary, of the American Federation, head
ed the delegation, which numbered about
100. Morrison read a memorial from
the executive council of the American
Federation of Labor and President
C.ompeis, and First Vice-President Dun
can made short speeches, after which
the President made an extended ad
dress. In brief he stated that he ap
proved of the proposed anti-injunction
bill, but believed the laboring men will
have no difficulty in stopping it, owing
to the antagonism which has developed
against it. Regarding the demand for
an eight-hour law on the Isthmus of
Panama he called attention to the fact
CONTRACT LET.
PORTLAND, March 21. The contract
was awarded today for constructing that
part of the Elgin Joseph extension be
tween the junction of the Grande Ronde
and Wallowa rivers and Joseph. The
road will be in operation by 1007.
EQUIN0XIAL STORM.
ST. JOHNS. N. F., March 21. An
eiiioxial gale raged last night and to
day is over the whole coast causing
widespread damage. Shipping reports
'front various eenteiv show several ves
sels are wrecked and wharves and other
property destroyed.
NEW AMBASSADOR.
VIENNA, March 21. The Foreign
office was informed this afternoon of the
appointment of Charles Francis to be
the American ambassador nt Vienna.
TALK NAVAL. AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON, March 21. Secretary
Bonaparte appeared before the House
i committee on naval affairs today and
discussed the naval appropriations.
Among matters urged was an appropria-
t tion for a stationary drydoek at Puget
Sound.
MRS. HUNTINGTON FILES
A SUIT FOR DIVORCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Maivh 21. Mrs,
IT. K. Huntington today filed a suit in
the superior court praying for a divorce
from H. Fi. Huntington, the well known
railroad man, and a nephew and the
principal heir of Collis H. Huntington.
Mrs. Huntington's complaint is very
that labor conditions on the Isthmus are
very different from those in America.
He stated there was great difficulty
in securing any labor at all. Whita
laborers would not go there and they
are using the only labor they could
get, negroes from the West Indies. To
grant the demand would greatly hamp
er the work. Regarding Chinese ex
clusion the president stated be was un
questionably opposed to the admission
of coolie labor, skilled or unskilled, but
would do all that is possible to secure
the easy admission of the Chinese busi
ness and professional classes, students
and travelers. He asserted there is no
appreciable influx of Chinese laborers
and that there is not the slightest dan
ger of any. Earlier itjie day the dele
gation called on Speaker Cannon and
Senator Frye, President pro tem of the
Senate and laid before them the same
memorial.
REPORT IS READY
House Committee Finds Federal
Control Unconstitutional.
Committee Will Report to House That
There is no Constitutional Author
ity for Federal Control of the
Insurance Corporations.
WASHINGTON, March 21. That
there is no constitutional authority for
federal control of insurance or other
state corporations other than the rail
roads is to be be the conclusion report
ed to the House by the judiciary com
mittee. The report has been drafted by
Chairman Jenkins and is now in the
hands of the mcmbeis of the committee
for perusal. The report reduces the
wholt problem to these two principle..
The supreme court of the tTnited States
has declared and has never been shaken
or weakened in maintaining, first, that
insurance is not commerce secondly, that
Congress cannot impair the police pow
ers of states.
brief simply alleging desertion since
1900. The enso is set for hearing to
morrow. It is understood there will be
no contest, satisfactory arrangements of
the property interests having been
made. Mr. and Mrs. Hunting have two
grown daughters and one son. The suit
will doubtless be.gvanted at once.