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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
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