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VOLUME LXI NO. iU
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1906
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Mormon in Utah. .
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SPEECH IN THE SENATE
The Mormon Church and IU Influ
ence In Pollltci In UUh ,
Elections."
SMOOT SEVERELY ARRAIGNED
Senator DuBols Call, Attention of th.
Preldnt tending Secretary Tift
1 to Idaho to Make Law and
Ord,r Speeches.
WASHINGTON, Doe. l$.-Pr)Jent
Roosevelt wm directly charged with
using hi, Influence for the election
of Republican Mormta candidate In
. tht recent election In Idaho and Utah
The charge w mad by Senator Du-
bolt In th course of a speech in
which he discussed tht right of Reed
' Smoot to A et In th Senate. Mr.
Dubol asserted the control of the
Mormon church to bo complete In
tht helrarchy, consisting of the pre
Idency and th, twelve apostles, of
which Mr. Smoot ws ona. Thlt eon
trot, he maintained, wa ecclesiastical.
political end commercial 'and wa x
areletd completely over the follower
vt oo m principally from forelm
countries. The constant tendency, he
aald. waa to make the church and
state one, with the control in the
church.
Polygamous relation were ' being
sustained. Mr. Dubol aald, by Preal
dent Joseph Smith, and a, majority of
the twelve apostles. Continually there
waa contracting of new polygamous
marrlnges, iurreptlttouly arranged by
the church, In Canada, Mexico or on
the high aeaa. ' Polygamlsts, he ald,
. occupy the hlght poaltlona politic
ally and in the church, and constitute
the wealthiest, and most powerful
member of the church organisation.
Thl I change, he asserted, from
the old day, when polygamy wa, en
tered Into Indiscriminately. Now the
polygamic are selected by officer In
the church and in tht way i being
built up a culture and aristocracy of
polygnmlsta But no record of polyg
amou marriage are kept which are
avnllnhle for the American people. Be
cause of thin, ho pnlnted out th, fu
tlllty of pnanlng a, nntlonni law pro
hlhltlng the practice. .
Politically, he eald, the Mormon
church, hold abeolute away In Utah
and la extending it control Into Wyo
mlng, Idaho and Oregon. When Brig
hum It. Robert wa expelled from con
grea because he wn a aelf-confeesed
polygAmlt, Mr. Dubol aald he was at
once elevated to a high poattlon In the
church,
As to Senator Bmoot, he enld, it made
no difference whether he wa or wn
not a polygnmUt. The senator wa a
pillar lr the church and In control of
it temporal, aplrltual and political
pollcle and wa aelected for the Sen
ate becouee of hi position In the
church. '
"Bmoot," he eald, "repreaent the
church, and not the state, and would
do the bidding of the church before
he would lerve the real interest of
the etate or the nation. By being an
apoetle of the church, Smoot 1 one
of the chief connplrator and by hi
acqulecence support the plana and
aim oi the conspiracy." . .
The breaking down bf the influence
of the church In politic, Mr. Dubois
asserted, would do more than anything
else to put a atop to polygamy. ,
Turning hi attention to the cam
paign preceding the recent election, Mr,
Dubol read the pre dlapatcbe of
October 2, which stated that th
Prldnt had sent Secretary Taft to
Idaho in order to peak; In advocacy
of law and order. At that 11m Mr.
Dubois ald he had telegraphed to th
rroMdent thAt the only issue In Idttho
wa the Mormon C;U,tlon. . i
"When Governor Ooodlng of Idaho
and the chairman , of the Republican
state committee war engaged In cit
ing lawbreaklng And law-defying Mor
mon to additional , Iawlen,M, the
Prealdent of the United State sent
hi Secretary of War to Idaho to plead
with the people to stand by Oivernor
Ooodlng in order to maintain law and
order In Idaho,
The non-Mormon cltlxennhlp of
Utah and of Idaho think they are en
titled to th support of law-abiding
cltlsen everywhere In their effort to
maintain American citizenship in these
Mormon atatea, and If they cannot re
ceive that they have the light to de
mand that the President of the United
State shall not use the great power
vested in htm In the Interest of these
law defying and un-American organ
isations In their determination to rule
the politic of this section of our
country.
"In Utah there is a Republican
Mormon party and a Democratic Mor
mon party, both equally controlled by
the Mormon hierarchy. The American
party in Utah la composed of Oen
tile,, both Republican and Democrats
who are battling' there, under the very
shadows of this tremendous eccleMae- j
Ileal power, for American, 'cltlsenehlp, '
for the separation of the church and
tela, and against the degradation of
womanhood and home. It Is a noble,1
magnificent contest they are making." j
Excitement Occasioned by Report'
ed Illness bf King
PHYSICIANS ISSUE BULLETIN
Crowd Gather In the Street, Awaiting
Latest New, from Klng'a B,d,lde,
But Dliperse When Favorable
Newe le Qlven.
STOCKHOLM. Dec. IS. Consider
able alarm was occasioned today by
the statement that King Oscar was
seriously 111 and that all of the royal
family have been assembled at the
palanre and that the crown prince had
been hurriedly summoned from Ber
lin. It appear that the King ha, been
ailing for several day. His Indispo
sition wa not regarded as Wlou un
til Wodnesday, when he developed
symptom of heart failure,
' Bulletin Issued tonight say that the
King' condition is atlsfaotory. The
action of his heart 1 Improving, al
though hi pulse I ' irregular. The
street are thronged with a crowd of
arvxlou people, watting to hear the
latest new of the King' condition,
nnd when the bulletin was posted that
there wa a slight improvement In hlB
condition, most of the populace left
for their home. i .
FINED FOR COUNTERFEITING.
DENVER,' Dee. IS. Ten year Im
prisonment and a fine of $1,500, wo
the sentence Imposed yesterday in the
federal court by Judge Robert E. Lew
Is on Dr. James D, Eggleaton, son of
President Essleston.'of the Pacific Ex
press Company., who was convicted of
counterfeiting and making photogra
ph lo negative' of a (10 bill.
EDITOR'S TRIAL.
NEW. YORK, Deo. 13. The trial of
Colonel W. D. Mann, editor of Town
Topics, charged with perjury, i which
wa to have begun yesterday, wa put
over until Monday, on account of the
absence of Martin W, Littleton, coun
sel for the defense.
STANDARD
ORTHOGRAPHY
, pliflcd Spelling.
FAVOR OLD STANDARD
President Agreed that if House
Opposed the New Spelling
Scheme.
PRESIDENT WILL ABANDON IT
Subject Ha Ben Under D!aeulon
Sine Convening of Cengreee and
Wae Finally and Forever Die
peeed of Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Dec IS. Simplified
spelling received It final quietus In
the House today. The subject has
been under discussion more or leas
continuous on the floor of th House
and In the committee room since con
gress convened, but It wo brought
to a final termination today by a re'
olutloa favoring th return to the old
standard of orthography.
The question wa brought up In the
discussion of various subjects, espe
cially In considering the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, and o strong waa the sentiment
In the House agonst It, that member
waited on the President to ascertain
hi view in regard to the matter.
wa understood that the action taken
today wa the result of an Interview
with the Preldent In which he stated,
that If the House should go on record
against th new system he would
abandon it It I the concensus of
opinion that the action of the House
against simplified spelling has removed
it from further discussion, and all de
partments will use the spelling au
thorised by all standard dictionaries.
The measure had few advocate aside
from the President, It being deemed in
expedient to overthrow the present
system and Inaugurate a new one that
would cause consternation and expense
to the public. ;
President Roosevelt will withdraw
bis simplified spelling order to , the
publlo printer and hereafter all docu
menta from the executive department
will again be printed in .the old fnsh
loned way. President Roosevelt said
today that he did not wish to have
spelling overshadow matters of great
importance and expressed his willing
ness to revoke the order If the House
went on record opposing the system.
This It did without a dissenting vote.
SIGNED AGREEMENT.
Frano and Italy Agree to Integrityl of
: Abynlnla.
LONDON, Dec, 13. Great Brltnln
France and Italy have signed an ar
rangement with the approval of King
Menellk of Abyssinia for the mntnten
ance of the Integrity of Abyssinia and
prescribing common action of the
three powers In all future conOn
gencles concerning the country.
MAGNIFICENT GIFT.
J. P.
Morgan to Present New York
With Work of Art.
NEW YORK, Deo. IS. A visit made
by Mayor MoClellan, Park Commis
sioner Moses Herrmnn, of the Borough
of Manhattan, and some other city of
ficials to the home of J. P. Morgan,
yesterday, led to a report that Mr.
Morgan was about to give the city
something of great Importance, con-
nected with art Inquiry from those
most actively concerned elicited the
only statement that the city official
had merely beun asked to Morgan'
house arid : there was an Informal
talk. But a friend of Mr. Morgan, who
would not permit the use of hi n.un.
said that the bem f Jotlon contt-mplit-,
ed by Mr. Morgan wa stupendous;
that it related to art and that "i
equalling It ha ever been biU.. vj
at nn. Mm i,n
that until oitlclttl announcement wasl'J
made nothing mora could be said con
earning tho matter. "
WOMEN FIGHT POLICE.
Women Suffragists Hold Meeting and
Wind Up in Scrap.
LONDON. Dec. 11. The female auf-
fraglst made another attempt thl
evening to hold a meeting within the
precincts of tho house of common,
and as a result, three women and one
man were arrested after an exciting
fight with the police. The women
fought wildly, scratching and kicking
the officer, but were eventually com
pelled to give way. ' Those who per
sisted In resisting the officers were
carried screaming to the nearest po
lice elation.
SIX YEARS IN PEN.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 13. A. Hooe, the
negro coachman convicted of perjury
in connection with a deposition made
by him before the Hartje divorce trial,
was refused a new trial today and
was seifttmced to v'pay a fine of ISO
and costs of court trial and to Impris
onment In the penitentiary for six
years. Hooe wa taken to the peni
tentiary.'
DAY IN CONGRESS
Senator Du Bois Scores President
for Aiding Mormons.
HIGH PRICES FOR LUMBER
8nate Paseee Bill Providing for Reg
ulation, for Fishing VesMl and to
, Prevent Collision, at Sea by
Steamer.,
WASHINGTON, Dec 13. The Sen
ate today listened to the cecond
speech made during the session
against the continuance of Reed Smoot
as a senator from Utah. It waa de
livered by Senator Dubois of Idaho,
who, after reviewing In detail the
Mormon hierarchy, and Smoot' per
sistent connection therewith, conclud
ed with a charge that President Roose
velt used the weight of the admin
istration to assist the Republican
Mormon vote In the last election In
Idaho, '-, A bill waa passed providing
regulations for fishing vessels, also to
prevent collisions at sea,
In the house, during the morning
hour, several' resolution were passed.
One calling on the secretary of com- i
merce and labor to investigate the
high prices prevailing on lumber, and
another calling upon the seoretary of
the Interior for a detailed lnvestlga
tlon.
IMPROVE STEEL PLANT.
Sixty Million Dollars to b Spent on
, , Improvements '
NEW YORK.' Dec. 13. The United
States Steel Corporation's Improve
ments to existing plants nlonned and
the construction of the "Steel City" at
Gary, Ind., call for an expenditure of
$60,000,000 in 1907, according to an of
ficial statement given out yesterday.
The question of construction was
practically the only matter discussed
at Tuesday meeting of the finance
committee. The : corporation holds
about 3100,000,000 in cash and securi
ties and It is said that Th view of the
large assets and prospects of Increased
earnings in 1907 and Issuance of bond
In connection with the construction of
the Gary plant Is remote." . i
MURRAY
NOT GUILTY
i .- er...J .
IlUUllK VClUltl
Murder Case.
in
THE UNWRITTEN LAW
Arguments for State and Prisoner
Concluded and Jury '
Charged.
HANGED OR ACQUITTED
Murray Stated to Hi, Counsel That
He Wanted a Verdict of Aequital
- or Hang, But No Compro
mise Verdict
PORTLAND, Dec.
13. Orlando
Sherman Murray's fate for elaylng
Lincoln C Whitney for the betrayal of
his sister on November 13, was de-
elded tonight It required the;' jury!
In the state circuit court forty minute
to acquit Murray of the charge of mur
der. Murray shot Whitney to death
h obedience to the tfnwrltten law, af
ter Whitney had persistently refused
to marry Murray' ulster. Notwith
standing that, junt before the jury an
nounced their verdict Judge Gonten
beln forbade all forms of applause,
when the clerk read the words "not
guilty,", there was enthusiastic hand
clapping. Following this Murray was
surrounded by personal friends who
warmly congratulated him.
; Attorney John J. Jeffrey, associate
counsel for the defense, began his ar
gument at 3 o'clock this afternoon, to
followed by Attorney W. T. Vaughn,
special prosecutor, representing the
Whitney family. . ;
As a result of the terrlhle ordeal of
yesterday afternoon. Mis Mary Mur
ray, the defendant' sister, la confined
to her bed at home, completely pros
trated, and suffering from & .raging
fever. She Is under a physician'
care, and her condition la critical. It
ta the first day she has not been pres
ent In court and by the side of her
brother. v' '' .V -.'V ;
: This morning, when her father and
mother started for town, the frail lit
tle girl half out of her head with pain,
clung to her mother's neck and kissing
her among her sobs, said: .,
"mmiL kiss Sherman for me and
tell him to be Bure to come home to !
me tonight, for I want him so much." j
"Qood-bye, daddy," she exclaimed to
her father as they left, "you will not
let them keep him in jail any longer,
will your
NEW WARSHIP.
Plans Prepared for the Largest War
j chip Ever Constructed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Congress
today received from the secretary of
the navy, which department bus drawn
up plan for the biggest battleship
afloat provided for In the last session
of congress Four plans were . sub
mitted by the bureau of construction
and si by private. .firms and Indlvid-
uols. The plans recommeded provide
for a ship In many respects superior
to any other built or building. It was
prepared by the bureau of construe-
tion.
PRIEST AND WOMAN.
Unholy Allianoe Result in Asphyxia
tlon of the Pair,
NEW YORK, Deo. 13. A man sup
posed to be Rev. C. S. Qulnn, former
ly pastor of the Roman Catholic
church at Atlantic Highlands, New
Jersey, ' and a young woman thought
to be Mia B. Klley, also of Atlantic
Highlands, were found dead in a room
In a boarding house here today. The
priest engaged the room several day
ago, saying he wanted it for a married
cousin, and later with the young (wo
man took possepvton. Oa from a par
tially opened Illuminating jet filled the
room and their death waa due to ae-
Michael Kltey Identified tb wile,
at the morgue as hi slater aiw Qulnn
and said his sister came to America
from Ireland recently. . The police
found nothing which indicate that it
wa formerly ub-aasltant t" l-
wa a case of suicide, c " Oulnn
pastor at St Agnes Catholic church
In thl city. He left Atlantic High
land when relieved. The housekeeper
of the rector left town a few day ago.
HUMANE PUNISHMENT.
Phonograph Makes Hopelcs Idiot Out
, f Prisoner.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. A London
dispatch published here, says a corre
spondent at Odeea, describing In
stances of police repression, write of
one man who has Just finished a six
months' sentence In jail for a political
offense. Throughout hi imprisonment
night and day a phonograph flxed in
his cell unremittingly ground oat the
Russian national anthem, "to teach
him partiotlsm."
It hod' the desired effect He Is now
a hopeless Idiot Other prisoners have
been confined In cells illuminated by
a blinding blue light with the' result
that they were
I few months,
made imbecits in a
PASS RESOUTTQNLS
President Roosevelt Denounced
bv Africans at Seattle.
VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION
President Condemned end Denounced
and Accused of Abetting the Intim
idation of Colored Soldier Who
Aided Him in War.
SEATTLE, Dec. 13. The Afro
American Political Club of Seattle, at
a regular meeting: passed resolutions
i bitterly denouncing President Roose
velt for his action in disbanding the
regiment of colored troops in Texas,
following commission of crimes by
some of their number and for his al
leged attitude of unfriendliness toward
the colored race. The resolutions de
clare: "The President has much to say in
his message to congress about the
Japanese in the schools of America,
but has no room for anything about
the violation of the federal constitu
tion in this persecution and murder of
American citizens of Colorado.
"We condemn and denounce the ac
tion of the President as unjust un
fair, prejudiced and tendln? to abet
and stimulate the sentiment toward
intimidation and degradation of the
colored man. This is what he consid
ers just compensation for the action'
of the colored soldiers in saving htm
and the rough riders in the war with
Spain."
PROBABLE MURDER.
. CHICAGO, Dec. 13. Mystery sur
rounds the death of Lewis J. Lee, 61
yeara 054' fouuuoP of the Lee Adver-
,Jlgmg agency whose tody was found
in the lake at the foot of Glengyle
place yesterday. Circumstances In the
cas,e Btrong,y ,naicate that he was
murdered, with robbery as a motive.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 13. Reuben
Fletcher, 35 years of age, and unmar
ried, from Toronto, Canada, commit
ted suicide yesterday at 703 Central
Avenue by shooting himself. Ill health
was the cause of suicide.