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Iwrttmn,.,. UlUtHIt FULL AtaOOUTIO ! h 0 .r ' ' '' OOVIRt THK MOANING PIILO ON Trff LOWKft OOLUMBlA;! VOLUME LXIfl NO. 02 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 22. 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS SPENDS DAY IN PROBING Grand Jury Returns More Indictments. No RUEFMAY CONFESS ALL Inquiries Into Bribing of.Super- visors Takes Up En tire Day. BOSS IS CLOSELY GUARDED Secret Service Agent Burn, I, Apper. ently Trying Te Wring Confession From Bo,t Ru.f Who It III At Ease Detente' Couneel Divided. BAN FRANCISCO, March 2l.The Orand Jury today resumed Ka work of Investigation of the alleged whole- nle graft and coruptlnn In the muni- clpnl affairs of this city and after an "II day session, with brief recess at noon, adjourned tonight until 11 o' ciock Saturday morning. No Indict- menu were returned today. The en tire day was taken up in probing fur- thcr into tho .allied bribing of the Supervisors by the Telephone compan ies on which 27 IndlflemoniN have id a reaoy nnen based. Tho Grand Jury made a dotermlncd effort to trace the $50,000 alleged to have been paid by T. v. Hnlwy, reprcsnntlng the Pnclflc States Telephone and Telegraph Co., to ten of the Supervisors to prevent the granting of a ifranchlso to the Home Telephone Co. To this end almost nil the officials of tho Puerto Btates Com pany, Including Henry Scott, president W. J. Zlmmer. formerly Auditor but now vice president; n. C. Carroll, gen eral agent C. J. Hall, secretary to Hal- sey; T. O. Shcrwln, auditor and Frank D. Drum a director, were token before the Orand Jury to secret service agent Hums. Nellio Smith, stenographer to I Oerstle Frlch and needy, the attorney, who represented the Homo Telephone Co., In the obtaining of Ita franchise from the Supervisors, was reculled to- day and spent over an hour In. the Orand Jury room. : She Is considered I by Heney and Burns to bo one of the most Important witnesses In the deal by which tho Home Co., Is said to have paid $82,000 to the Supervisors through! Rnnf for their franchise. It la nld thnt I all efforts to get any testimony from her have failed. The supreme court today nn.thi re finest of Hunt dismissed Ruef'i appli cation for 'a writ of habeaa corpus to transfer him from the custody of Eli sor niggy to thnt of Sheriff O'Neill Blggy sail that Ruef after looking up authorltles had decided that the Su-1 prome Court ' would uphold Judge I Dunne, and withdraw' the application! In order to forestall an adverse de-ho clslon. It leaked out tonight that Ruef lata this afternoon paid off three of his attorneys, Falrhnll, Murphy and Short" rldgo, which has revived the report tha tthere la dlasontlon among them and that at least one of them, Short- ridge, desires to withdraw from the case. I Color Is lent to the report perslsten- tly circulated that Burns la working on Ruof to get him to confess br the! frequent visits paid by the detective to Ruef and the fact that Burns was closeted with Ruef until 2:30 this mom Ing. From those who are guarding Ruef It Isloarned that he realizes the full seriousness of his situation. Fori two nights there was little sleep fori Ruef and he Is said to have moaned I and groaned and tossed In his bed. I Burns vlBlt Ruef several times each I day. They seem on the best of terms, I laughing and chatting with each other. I Burns In a joking .manner tails how various officials have confe d, bus each "lory hM a point which has It effect on Ruef. Now that the writ of habeas corpus has been die missed Mi the Supreme Court, the pro eoutlon m cMHtlnar about for another place to keep Jlunf. It has been dm ded to tnke an apartment In a private house, Perhaps no prisoner In the United fltates la guarded today ' a closely a in Hunt, Duma hue placed alx of hl picked men under elisor Big, ry to guard the prisoner. At night niaior lcp In ths same room with Ruef, two guard are on duty Jn the room with eye constantly on Ruef, one man stands In the hall In front of 'ho door and another la on the outside of tho window, In the event of an attempt of rescue or escape the mon have ordera to kill Ituwf. Owing to the entertainment of fears thnt ho might try to escape or an attempt be made to rescue him, sevcrnl prlvllegea which have been en Joyed by Ruef were cut off today. All Supervisor aeen today emphatically denied they had made confeielona to the Grand Jury. DECISION MONDAY. BOISE, March II. The argument of the motion for a change of venue In tho Moyer Haywood and Pettlbone c& M concluded today and Judge Wood announced that he will render a de fllnn MonJay. I Porhape the strongest point made y the defense waa that the motion for a change of venue could at any time bo renewed by the defense, and that (f present motion waa overruled and circumstance later made It obvious fto the court that the change of venue should be token, then the motion could h" rent-wed and granted. ENOUGH LAW NOW Harriman Does Not Favor Rail road Legislation. BUT WISE ADMINISTRATION 1 1 Denies That Railroads Are Over Cap italited Declares Federal Govern ment Has Sufficient Control of Rail roads At the Present Time. NEW YORK, March 21. B. H. Har. r,lnnn ,n n Interview published to ,,ay the American replies to the "tutenients recently credited to John D- Rockefeller In which the latter do- railroads and other corporations and 'n '"vor of government control of rail- roads. Mr. Harriman was asked, what ht thought of Mr. Rockefeller's' state mr,l that there should be federal con tr" or railroads and replied: mere is teneral control now. That arm of the government to which la delegated tho power of suporvlblon of railroads Is equipped with enormous responsibility. There are laws enough In the statute books now, more than enough. ' All that is necessary u to have them judiciously and wisely ad- ministered. There Is no need for sup plemental supervision." When Mr. Harriman was asked if thought tho railroads were over- capitalized, ho replied , "No, one must remember this is a most wonderful country. It has been made by the enthusiasms, the lmag- Inatlon and speculative bent of a u pofbly capable people. They have been a people that are, magnificent pioneers, They saw into the future and adapted their work to the possibilities "There la much left to bo developod In this country. Towns are growing like magic and Its' people are tolling hike the Aladdin lamp genii, ACCEPTS INVITATION. Sonator C. W. Fulton has accepted the Invitation tendered to make an ad- dress next Saturday at the Livestock Fair in Woodburn. The project of a livestock fair has been taken up with great energy by the little volley , city and Indications are that it will be a complete success, AFFIDAVITS PRESENTED Jerome Supports Charge as to Thaw's Insanity. HEARING IS CONTINUED Delmas Declares Defense Not Ready to Rebut Jerome's Charges. S GIVEN TIME TO PREPARE Justice Fitzgerald Refuiss to Allow Oral Examination of Dr. Hamilton, Who Tsttified Thaw Is Unable to Conduct His Defense. NEW YORK," March 21.-Dlstrct Attorney Jerome today presented to Justice Fitzgerald eight affidavits In support of the suggestion ho made yesterday In the Thaw case, that the defendant Is now Incapable of under standing the proceedings against him or of making his defense. The court waa In session for less than an hour, Delmaa stating to the District Attor noy's proposition was not ready. Judge Fltsgerald allowed both sides until Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock to file such affidavit! as they may de sire. There will be no further hear- ng In the matter of the appointment of a lunacy commission unless Jus tice Fitzgerald so directs. Neither Thaw nor the Jury waa In court today. There will be a brief session tomorrow at which the court will be adjourned until MonJay, when it is expected that Fitzgerald will an nounce his decision. Jerome pleaded today for permission to examine Dr. Hamilton orally, but in the absence of a waiver of professional privilege on the part of the defense, Fitzgerald said he would not allow the doctor to be examined further at this time. The Judge announced significantly that he would take judicial notice of everything which had been adduced in the evidence during the nine weeks of the trial. Hamilton, It will be re membered, yesterday testified that in his opinion Thaw was not at present apnble of directing his own defense. The refusal of Jutlce, Fitzgerald to allow Hamilton to be Interrogated Is Interpreted In various ways by those In court, today. The followers of Jer ome construed it to mean that Fitz gerald Is already aware of Hamilton's opinion and considered further Inter rogation unnecessary. The defense construed his action to mean that the Judge felt he could not take Hamil ton' testimony Into consideration and consequently the prosecution's case Is very much weakened. It had been ru moVed all day that Delmas will not be in court this ajfternoon because of the attitude assumed by some of the other associate counsel yesterday. 8EATTLE MILLS CLOSED. uget Sounj Loss Heavily By Enforo sd Idleness. SEATTLE, March 21. Every flour ing mill In Seattle has closed complete ly on account of its inability to get heat and not a pound of flour Is be ing ground in this city. Unless wheat begins to come Into the city within two days .there will be a flour famine ana. the city will be enforced to send to Mln .neapolls for flour. The flour Indus try of Puget Sound has recetved a blow from which It will not soon re cover. Orders th!at would naturallj come to Puget Sound are being sent to other places, and Seattle millers are losers. Shippers have thousands of tons lit wheat In thi.lr ,.l.va(nr nnlvl ,"200 miles away, but are unable to get care to bring it to the ourlng mills. Tho Hammond, Centennial, Novelty and Lilly mills have not ground a sack of dour for the post week, and there Is no prospect at present of their resuming for some time to come, 8TEELHEAD CATCH AT END, AftERDBE.N', Wash., March 21. There will be no more steelhead Ash ing on the Harbor this season, as the WlnUr season has closed and not un til April 15 will it be lawful to flsh again. Th principal season will open In August. The catch of stelheud this Winter has been below the aver age and an a consequence the fisher men have received better prices 'for the fish than usual, as high as 7 1-2 cents a pound having been given, while on the Columbia river S and cent was paid. A prominent fish buyer satis that the catch of steclheads has not been more than half as great as In former years, this Winter. Most of the catch was frozen and sent to New York, while a small part of It went to the Bound. COUNCILMEN SENTENCED. LA GRANDE, Or.. March 21. E, W. JDartlett and B. A. Gardiner, convicted of extortion to allow gambling, were this nornlng sentenced to ten months In the County Jail by Judge Bmlth, of Beker City, who heard the trial at the last session of the Circuit Court Smith heard the appeal for a new trial yes terday, but denied the motion. The defendants are out on $1500 bonds and have 60 days to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. This will likely be done. PUTEIt CONTINUES Confesses Attempt to Bribe Grand Jury Which Indicted Him. BANK PRESIDENT INVOLVED Puter Declares That He Received The Bills Which Bribed Mitchell From Eastern Bank PresidentIs Witness To Win Freedom, WASHINGTON, March 21. S. A. D. Puter .again testified for the govern ment In the Hermann trial regarding fraud and bribery in many land deals. Just as his cross examination was closing attorney Worttyngton asked If Puter had been promised immunity by the government for giving testi mnoy. Puter replied he had to a cer tain extent. That after his conviction on the charge for which, he Is now serv Ing a term In prison, F. J. Heney told him If he would become a government witness the other chargjes against him would not be pressed. Puter also sold he had attempted to bribe the grand Jury which Indicted him. The witness explained that he gave a man named Brownell $50 to Influence the grand Ju rors to see that a "true bill" was not returned against him. Puter also said that he had dealt In a great deal of state land with alleged fradulent tl tie since his conviction. The witness told the attorney ifor the defense that he got the two 22,000 bills with which he said he had bribed Senator Mitchell, from Charles Chaffee, preslJent of the Wisconsin national bank of Mlnwaukee MILWAUKEE, March 21. Officials of the Wisconsin National Bank state that there has never been such a per son as Charles Chaffee connected with that Institution. PETITION IN INSOLVENCY. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. Rob ert Ward of Oakland, who owns some mines on Horse Fly River, British Columbia, filed a petition in insolven cy yesterday. His liabilities are 238, 414 .with $1,000 assets. FULWOULD RETAIN TOGA Will be Candidate to Suc ceed Himself. RUN ON PAST RECORD Astorian Declares He Will Not Spend Kopeck to Get Nomination, WILL .STAY IN WASHINGTON iCampaign For Re-Election Was Launched At Banauat in Hit Hfliiop Last Weck-Chambsrlain May BeWere bIWn 10 p,eCe" even,n la Opponent. PORTLAND, March 2L Senator Charles W, Fulton today announced that he will be a candidate to suc ceed himself In the United States. He declared to tat he will come out out as a candidate without leaving his post at Washington, and that he will not spend a kopeck to secure the nomination. Around the whether or not of Ful- ton'sc candidacy cluster the hopes of a number of Senatorial aspirants. Undoubtedly he 111 be opposed In the primaries, but it is a foregone con clusion that some of those who have hoarkened to the buzzing of the bee will keep out of the race, since the Senator has announced his Intention of entering It "You may say that I shall be a can didate to succeed myself, barring de velopments that I know nothing of at this time," said Senator Fulton this morning. "While I shall allow my name to go before the primaries, I shall make no campaign. I shall not leave my post (at Washington, for Congress will be In session at that time. I shall not spend a dollar In the way of a campaign fund. I Bhall by that time have been in Congress fir Ava vAara anA ahnll ten bafnrA thft for Ave years and shall go before the people for the Republican nomination upon my record as Senator from Ore gon during that period. The people will by that time have had sufficient opportunity to Judge of my qualiflca tlons for the office." The next general primaries will be held In April, 1908. Congress will be In session for the long term at that time, and in announcing that he will not leave his seat in the Senate to engage in the campaign, Senator Ful ton is following the policy first prac ticed by Senator Gearin at the last primaries. Senator Fulton's campaign for re nomination and re-election was prac tically launched at the banquet given In his honor at Salem last week. Gov ernor Chamberlain, who was Invited to participate in the feast, was not there. Prominent and Influential Re publicans were in attendance from dlf ferent sections of the Btate, and every mention or inference made to the sub ject of Fulton's re-election was ap plauded to the echo. Although Governor Chamberlain has not aid so himself, his followers and all others in close communion with the Chief Executive admit that he as pires to don the Senatorial toga, and has been building his fences with that contigency in view for months. AMERICAN MARINES LAND. Will Protect Interests of Americans In Honduras. WASHINGTON." March 21. Blue- Jackets and marines have been landed from the United States Gunboats Princeton and Marietta at TrujiUo and Celba and probably at Pueto Cortex, In Honduras In order to protect Ameri can Interests in these port. Advice were received today at the Navy Da partment from Commander Fullam of the Marietta, feoth coasts of the war ring Central American republics are completely protected by the American gunboats. Joint, Intervention by the Mexico and United States Is now re garded probable by'dlplomatlst. PICK PRISON LOCK. , EUGENE, Or.! March 'zLhr men robeed the cigar store of Walter WUmot at Sprinfield while the propria tor was in the rear of the building playing a game of cards Tuesday night They took a number of boxes of cigars and were on the point of leaving the place when Wllmot discovered them. land he and Frank Bmltson ran after them In an endeavor to capture them. They caught up with one of the men whe knocked WlJmot down. City Mar shal Bhahaa arrested the thief, The other two thieves succeeded In getting away, but later la the night stole torn tools from a blacksmith shop pried th lock off the Jail door and liberated their comrade. 4 FOLLY KILLS FOUR. t HELENA, Mar 21. Four , men the new Northern Pacific Tunnel near Lombard. The accident was caused by the carelessness of one of the work men in tamping a charge of black powder into a hole with a steel drill Instead of a wooden stick. Details are meagre but it is supposed the drill hit against the rock and cau?ed a spark which ignited the powder. Situation Along California River Reported (Appalling. WORST: FLOOD RECORDED Unbroken Stretch of Flood Water Six ty Miles Aerost Thousands of Cat tie Sheltered On Levees Only De cline of Water Can Avert Disaster. SACREMENTO, March 21. From all down r,vr point8 Comes the alarming I news that the Sacremento river Is higher than ever, before known and the situation all along the levees is appalling. There Is already suffering and evehy able bodied man in assist ing in the fight against water that Is pouring into the ranches and inun dating thousands of acres of the finest farming lan din the state. Special dispatches to the Union from , Freeport, Courtland, Walnut Grove and Franklin, state that the river has rea ched the highest stage ever recorded and it is predicted that the terrible scenes during the tremendous floods of 1904 will be surpassed. Standing on the levees near Courtland one may look for sixty miles to the Southeast across an unbroken stretch of water extending clear to Stockton.' Thou sands of cattle are being sheltered on. top of the levees and if the water does not 'fall soon Indescribable condition of disaster are conidered inevitable. SENTENCES COMMUTED. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 21. The Governor has commuted the sentences of William Fults and Emilia AUisana. Fultz.was sentenced In Pierce County July 12, 1902, to even years for burg lary, nilsana was sentenced In King County, April 24, 1905, to two years and six months for grand larceny. On account of the excellent services ren dered by these men at the stone quar ry In Lewis County, the Board of Con trol has recommended that their sen tences be commuted. The commuta tatlons shorten their terms of Impris-. onment only a few weeks as both men would otherwise have been discharged in April. WMENTOHIGHER i