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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 270 ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS EN OFFICER SHOT BY YEGGR ' " ojjbw Posse Then Hunts Down and Kills Them. SUPPOSED BURGLARS Wash. Until men opened fir, TbrM shot were exchanged Mm the man In the bru1i full. Firing then ceased, tid tl jmrty hurried to tbe acene. Them ImiHi the Savole wero found lying side by side. One had bn shot through the heart and the other vln tho stomach. It f tliouglii by eonie tht out of the dead nwn committed suicide, for single slu.t waa beard in the vicinity of the two men after (be firing' had ceased. TEMPERANCE REFORM. Breweri and ' ProhlbiUonlat Join Movement to Abolish Divot, in Marshal McFadden of Winlock, Wash. Shot and Seriously Wounded. ROBBED BANKANDPOST0FFICE Two Brothera Bellmd to be Guilty of . Burglaries Shoot When. Arreated and Are in Turn Hunted Down by Enraged Cidtena. WTNLOCK, Wash., Dec. 0.-Awdhi(t to examination of pbydelane Marshal McFadden, who waa ahot by yeggmn thl morning, will recover u ill we blood poisoning Ma in. Nothing haa been die oowed to Identify the two men killed f the posa. They registered at tna hotel a Albert and George Savole. From the fart that a kit of burglar'a toola and other incriminating article being found it ia believed they were professional robliere. A third man who waa bellevej to be a member of the gang cannot be located. The Savole brothera were taken to Chehall thia afternoon for burial in the county cemetery. McFadden former ly lived at Bolllngham. WIXLOCK. Wash., Dec. O-NlghtMar-aim) E. E. McFadden waa ahot thia morn ing in the attempted arrest of two young men believed to be guilty of two burg Uric committed here lt night. Both the votina men were idiot and killed by a clthwns' posse within an hour of the ahontinif of McFadden. The men killed bad been aeen about town yemtcrdny aiul were regarded aa auspicious character. Tliey registered at "the Kelthly Hotel na Albert and George Savole. Tliey mere pointed out to nv Mnr.hal J. P. Caslntor a they were walking down the track toward the Capital Mills, oppoalte the corner of Shannon and Front street. Castator crossed over to the trnirk and demanded that they permit him to search the bundle they carried. The marshal then deputized William Baddy and Constable McFadden to hold the men while he aoarohed there. White ha wa going through the package they carried they atartcd to run South toward Olequa Creek. McFadden sprang after them, but Rcddy let hie man go. When the pursued had nearly reached the binik of the creek one of them turned and fired twice at McFadden. Both hot took effect, one pneslng through the cheat above the heart and the other en tering the left shoulder and lodgliig in the back. " ' Aa McFadden tank to the ground A. N. Cheney, of the Winlock Bank, who with a number of men;' had ruahed to the track, opened fire on the fugitlvea. The man with the gun turned it on Cheney, firing three eUot. none of which took eff&t. The two Savoloa then disappeared In the brush along the bank of the creek, The party on the track at once ran to Sehaefer's hardware store on the corner, aecured guna and went in pursuit. Their number were apeedlly augmented by others who heard the shooting and who procured guni and Joined the ohaae. Nearly every available firearm in Win lock waa borne by hands bent on revenge. The pursuers apread over the hill back of the ereek, and while one party beat down from the crest of the hill another advanced acroea the ereek. One of the fugitlvea waa aeen ia the brush near the creek by George Rhodes, of tin Rochdale Company, and I H. Carter, of Toledo. NEW YORK, Dee. B.-AmeHoa'a fore moat brewer, are prepared to loin with reasonable temperance reformer, in i movement to aboliah the dive, the drunk ard; the ..loon which oatera to women and children and every aort that doet not obey the at r let letter of national and etate legislation." Thi, In substance, ia the rult of a conference between rprentative of tlie great brewing In tercet. In thia city. No aecret ia made by these Intercut, that tlw wave of prohibition which, in local option or other forma, haa swept over the South and la making deep in road, in the North, Iniplre. their move ment. They aver that It will do no per manent harm to them, but that, on the contrary, it will give to them an op portunity that they have long sought, that of taking their product away from dive keeper and habitual drunkard. WIDEN CANAL LOCKS. WASHINGTON, D. C Doc. 9. Coloni'l George W. Goethate, engineer-in-chief of th Isthmian Canal Commia.ion. will come to Washington in a week or ten day. It ia said bo will bring with him well defined view on the subject of widening the canal locke; ..,......... FINANCIERS NOW 1 11 o California Bank Officials arc Arrested. FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT President Walker and Vice Pres- ident Brown Took Deposit or's Money. KING RECEIVES HOMAGE. STOCKHOLM. Dec. . Attended by the princeaa and hie aulte, King Guatave V at noon today received the homage of the troop. It wwe a aplendid and solemn iectarle. The Kinir addreesed the troop briefly eaylng in hi Arm con viction they would alwaye be ready to follow him when the welfare of the coun try required them to" do 0. The funeral of the lute King ia expected to be held December 10. Dowager Queen Sophia haa decided to live In retirement In rnetlo near Utrieksdale. CUTTER FOR ASTORIA Revenue Boat McCullougb Will Be Sent Here. BEAR UNDERGOING REPAIRS Senator Fulton Compiiea With Request of Chamber of Commerce and Treasury Department Agrees to Send the Cutter McCullough Soon. '' .WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. O.-Com-piylng with a request of the Chamber of Commerce, Suitor Fulton today re quested the Treasury Department to send a revenue cutter to the Columbia River. Tho 1 MIcCullough, now at San Francisco, will be aent aa toon as re pairs arte completed on the Bear, which will takcthe MeCullough'a place. FIRES AT WORKMEN. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 0. A man named Joe Depoa waa arrested today on suspicion that he was the pcraon who fired Into the group of workmen from the porch of a hoarding house which Depoa nina on Maple avenue. A. W. Wethern 1 dead and A. B. Hartmon 1 seriously wounded. Depoaa i believed to be insane. KILLS TWO MEN. STOCKTON, Cal., Dp. . Roscoe Bradley, a ranch hand, tonight ahot and killed Joe Little, a painter, and Richard Cousins, a saloonman, because ihe latter had ejected Bradley from his saloon at Stanislaus. He was arretted. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES LOOTED Officials of Suspended California Safe Dcjifit & Trust Company An in the Tcila ot tbe LawBail Fixed at High SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. O.-Davld F. Walker, president of the California Safe lVpoait A Truat Company, was found peedlng south on a Southern Pacific train lat night when lie waa supposed to be at bit San Mateo home. lie was tfrmttmt m uxTTiranie train at Santa Burlwra on instruction of Aitnt District Attorney Krnei J, lieney. Shortly after the arrest of Itonkeni Browiv and Harnett, bwt even ing, d'tet4irea were hurried to San Mateo to kep David F. Walker, presi dent of the bank, under eurveilkince; but finding he had already left his home, trailed him down to Santa Barbara, where be was held by the police authori tie. . Though no wucrant had lwen awurn out ttv Walker, it was thought beet to keep him iir sight. The detectives on reaching San Mnteo surrounded the house where he waa supposed to lie lying ill, but heard that a man anawering Walker's description had been seen boarding a train for the aourh. A hasty InveMigation proved that their man had flown i but word was sent dov the line, and lute biet night the police of Santa Barbara took him in charge. Heney telegraphed that Walker be held. Through the activity of the deposit ors committee of the defunct California Safe Deposit and Trust Company the developments of yesterday were made possible within a few hours after the day afternoon to proceed immediately with an investigation of the affairs of rhe I'illinore street branch of tbe Call fornia Safe lpoit k Trust Company, looking toward the arrest of the officers for embeulonient. Thereupon Gustave Chevassus, accountant of tbe Fillmore street branch, was examined at consider able length, and hi examination con tlnued yesterday morning and evening. Tbe testimony of Teller Gabb of the 4anie branch was taken, and the com mtttee brought to light a etarting series of reckless transactions which tbe at torney brand a misdemeanor embezzle ments. According to a statement issued in (he evening by the committee and the attorneys, the officer of tbe bank took practically all the money deposited at the Fillmore street branch and loaned it to stockholder in large sums, to them selves and to mytlMcal companies. It waa Intended to cause the arrest of the officials for those acta, but later In the day upon the advice of Franci J. Heney, the minor charge were dropped for that of felony embezzlement in con nection with the misappropriation of the fund of the Coiton estate. A a r4it of the committee work, J. Dalxelt Brown wa arrested teat night, a warrant waa issued for tbe arrest of Walter J. Bartnett on a charge of felony embezzlement, and a Pinkerton detective was despatched to San Mateo to the home of David F. Wilker, president of the bank, with Instructions to stay there lay and night and to keep him under 4urveillanee until the committee gave iiim further instructions. His departure from there led to his ubequent capture and arrest at Santa Barbara. W. J. Bartnett wa arrested at hi home in Marin county last night and waa held in custody there until to day. Brown, who was arrested earlier in the day in this city, waa locked up in isiL- ..... , SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 0. Attorney Oners I TJ. S. Webb late today com meneed proceeding for the appointment of a receiver for the auspended Califor nia Safe Deposit & Trust Co., whose president, viee-pressdent and general manager are under arrest for embezzle mentt Tbe , at)pck1iolders, officers and director are made defendant in the suit filed by the Attorney-General. Judge Frank Dunne reduced the bail of J, Dalzell Brown, general manager of the suspended institution from 1200,000 to 75,000. A similar action waa taken in tlie cae of W. J. Bartnett, the vice president. The report that the afety dciNMit boxes were looted caused a run on that department of the bank today. President Walker is under arrest at Sunt a Barbara and will be brought to this city jtomorrow. Brown claim the bank is solvent and that reports of tbe condition of that institution are unfair. Rnrtuctt secured bonds thia evening, but Rrown is still In jail. A mass meeting of the stockholders this afternoon de cided to fight the appointment of a re ceiver, it being the impression the bank could lie rehabilitated if time were grant Wages are Reduced ' Percent. 20 T FEDERATION IS BARRED No Member of the Goldfield Union Can Work Around the Mines. OPERATIONS BEGIN THURSDAY Attempt to Organize a Hew Union Will be Made and Mine Owners Will Prob ably Agree to Settle Coat of Living to be Reduced. rnl work of criminal prosecution began. led. The resignation of the directors was The committee determined on Satur-' demanded. i RUSSIAN Lin mju&sju Comsvsrtier TwrR Pours urvn 4TiEr UVtOf AtU Vmo ARt COHKKTtO WIXMTKfc WlRDDUrt . v .. "ssri W .11.11 II J!B ! .iS-s-.-.r' v V-.rr m a-, r,m ,i r . j, s a,.-- II I'll GOLDFIELD, Ner, Dec 9. Late thu afternoon the Goldfield mineownera as Mciatio.i beued its ultimatum to the D'itcrs in Goldfield in the shape of a set of resolutions adopted at today's meeting embodying the new scale of wage, showing a lowering of the acale of about 20 per cent. The resolutions a lo provide that no members of the as 0(iation employ in or around his mine or around his mill any member of the Goldfield Local Union No. 220 of the Western Federation of Miner or of any union connected with or afillicated with ssid Western Federation, requiring the miner to sign an agreement not to be come in any way affiliated or connected with the Western Federation. It also provide that the mines resume opera tkic at 7 a. m., Thursday, Deoemb.er 12. Ii'07. with men who agree to the condi tions imposed in the- resolutions. The resolutions also express the sense of the asxor'ation that the cost of living in the Goldfield mining district be reduced at least 20 per cent and threatens that iuleg it 'is done the mine owners will construct and operate a general mer chandise store or stores and a boarding ho:ise that will guarantee a redifct&n in the cost of living 20 per cent or more. The executive committee of the Gold- field Miners' Union was in session ncsr !y ell, day but no statement was issued n answer to the one sent by the mine ov.ners, the contents of which were an ticipated by the miners. The miners say positively no disturbance or violence will be resorted to Thursday morning when the mines are re opened. - Vork postoflloe for last month was $L 200,000 in. excess of the buslnee for the corresponding month last year. Thi year's figure are f(J,G31.837, while tb figure for November 1906, were 15490, 123. There la every indication that tho Chrlstma business of tits foreign postal order department of the postoftice will be much larger tbi year than ever be fore. . The distribution of the money ia in teresting. Italy led all foreign countries for the week ending November 30, with fi09,962. For other countries the figure were: Great Britain 1234,731; Auatria 188,53 .Hungary $153,770, Swedes 1121,488; Germany 72.100; France $25, 627; Switzerland 913,860. In each case this is an increase over the amount! sent during the laat week in November a year ago. FIGHTRTG POOL ROOMS. ;J NEW YORK. Dec 9. The Jockey Club baa decided to continue Hs-crusade againat pool rooms. The Club's effort to close np pool rooms have been very successful and it has been decided not to give up the fight Every possible pre caution baa been taken to prevent pool room from obtaining information re garding the races and in spite of the enormity of tbe task it has been success fully done. The Russion Dumadf I am radical the Czar will have none of me; if I'm conservative the revolutionists will blow me up. ; GOLDFIELD, Dec 9. Conservative men. not connected with either the miners or the owners' organization are :f the- opinion that a settlement may yet be effected and if so that an attemot win tie made to organize a new union to be affiliated with the American Fed eration of Labor, with which the mine- owners have already intimated they would be willing to enter into an agree ment. The new scale of wagea announced tct'ay is based on wages paid at Tono- pah, where the cost of living is conceded to be 20 per cent cheaper than at Gold- field. Repqrts alleged intimations and violations were constantly heard tonight, b.it the union leaders scoff ait the reports as fakes. ; ' " : The regular monthly meeting of the miners' executive committee meet to morrow1 night at which time the reduc tion of wages will be taken up. Ii is reported some of the mines will begin operations tomorrow. LAST SHIP SAILS. NEW YORK, Dec. 9. The' battleship Minnesota, the flagship of tbe third divi sion of tbe Atlantic fleet, and tho only one of the battleships ordered to the Pacific remaining in New York, will tail today for Hampton Road to join the rest of Admiral Evans fleet. Thousands of visitors went aboard the ship yester day? realizing that it will be many months before another of the big ships will be seen in Xew York harbor. ENJOIN MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Judge Hough, of the United States court granted an order restraining the Mutual Reserve Life from making the proposed amend ment to the by-laws iwbk-b it ia as serted would practically be placing a lien against the policy and abatement amounts payable under the terms of the policies. The officers are also enjoined from voting proxies sent by policy COURT MEETS AGAIN General Stoessel's Trial Reaches Final Stage. VETERAN IN PITIFUL STATE Accused of Having Surrendered Fortre atPort Arthur Before the Resources of Defense Had Been Exhausted Russian Penalty ia Death. SENDING MONEY AWAY. Foreigners Buy Mony Orders Amounting to Many Millions. NEW YORK, Dee. 9. While the banks are bringing millions in money into ths U. S., the foreign born population of the country is sending millions out. The oreign postal order businese of the New ST. PETERSBURG. Dee. fl.Th final stage of the oourtmartial of Lieu tenant -General Stoessel will begin in this city tomorrow. Stoeseel is accused of having surrendered the fortress at Port Arthur before he had exhausted the resources of the defenses. The pun-, ishment under the Russian code is death. He will be tried also on the charge of lack of initiative and with hav ing exceeded his powers. Generals Fook and Reiss are co-defendants. General Siminoff, Stoessel V. most bitter enemy, will be tried on a minor charge. The court will be composed of nine generals under the presidency of Vice-Admiral Dubassoff and will include Kuropatkin. Bilderingnn, Myloff and: others. Stoessel is in a pitiable etate over the trial, and the doctors are apprenheosivo of the effect upon the veteran, who has Suf fered two paralytio strokes since tho fall of the fortress. VETERAN ACTOR DEAD. NEW YORK, Dec 9. James Henry Stoddard, veteran actor, died at his home at Sewaren, N. J., today. He was born. in England in 1827. v