VOLUME LXIII. NO. 272
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ANNOUNCES
POSITIVELY
President Will Not Be
Candidate.
TAFT BffOM IS HELPED
New Yorkers Claim Hughes
Candidacy Now Comes to
the Front.
DEMOCRATS VERY PLEASED
Declare Bayan WUI Win in Walk
Rooaevelt Glvti Out Announcement
That he Muit AbsoluUIy Declin Third
Term M President.
WASHINGTON. 1). C, Dec U-Ib
view of the calling of lbs Republican
convention the I'reaident make tbt fol
lowing statements
"On the night ftftef election 1 made
Jie following announcement i 'I ant
deeply cnible for tU honor done me
by the Amor lean people in thus express
ing their conlhU'itee in what I have done
and have tried to do. I appreciate to
the full the solemn reponibility thia
confidence Iihjhmh on me and ahatl da
all that ia my power lie not to
forfeit it. tn the 4tb of March next I
hull have served three and a haK years
nd Uile three and a half yearn consti
tute my flixt t'rni. The wise cutoiu
which llm" t rreamcni 10 iwo lprl,, j nrijypp 10
regard the suMancc not the ffirm and UtNVtn 19
under no circumstance will I he a can
didate or actt another nomination.'
"I bave not changed and ahall not
change the decision thus announced."
(uln"'to run us ukiihI, Kven a modified
Milt of vaudeville will ho permitted. Be
i! ml meeting of ehurth memhera bnvf
been held since Justice Cflorman'a In
terpretation of the law waa made, at
whli-li pinna were made to iflght any
modification of the law. The aentliueiit
0 ft he city, however, aeema t be In favor
of a rcaxmahle amount of Sunday
nmiiaement and there aeema to be every
probability that thla will be allowed by
the alderman. ,
LAWS AGAINST DAN CUPID.
Love Affair Between Two Haytlani In
terruped by Official. ;
NKW YORK. Dec. Il.-Altbouch he
aaya he haa loved her devoutedly alnce
the flmt moment he rant eye on her,
Manuel Rotlriguei will not be allowed to
marry Marie Talllerta. The immigra
tion authorise will not permit it, Marie
reached Provident, R, I., a few day ago
on the m-hooner Mary Stafford, from
Ifayti, Mary atole aboard the achooner
In Ifayti and etowed heraelf away. She
waa found and turned over to the au-
thoriea Rodriiruei firat aaw her stand-
Itur dejectedly on the pier in Providence
and alralghtway fell in love with her.
She waa brought to New York and al
though Rodriguea elated that he waa
anxlou to marry bcr, the atithoritiet de
cided that under the law ah muat bo
returned to Ifayti.
QUARREL MAT END FATALLY.
I-ORTMND. Dee. II. W. I Dupee.
former resident of Pendleton, waa fatal
ly ahot In a aalonn jut after mldnltrht
by John V. Wynne. The men quarreled
while drinking tnd Dnpe elapped
Wynne'a face. The bitter drew a pistol
and fired three bullet io Dupee' body.
Dupee will die, Wynne wa arretted.
LOUISVILLE FAVORED
Democratic National Committee
Considers Cities.
TOO FAR WEST
WASHINGTON'. I; II. Admiiiintra
tlon Republicans declare the President'
announcement Icavea no room for doubt
a to the Presidential iHuution so far
a it relate to third term talk and that
I. ......at tmniiinil I., flin Tuft. tWMm.
Vl r,v . . -... .
while Democrat are shouting it meana
"Dryan 1 a Walk." t
, NKW YORK, Dec, II. U I generally
agreed that the elimination of Roose
velt' nnine brought that of Governor
Uughe. a New York's candidate, sharp
ly to the front,
Chicago Will Not Guarantee to Put up
Expenaca Denver Will Give Hundred
Thoutand Dollars But Louiiville at
Late Hour Look Beat.
I
STICKEN WITH APPENDICITIS.
Mr. Nicholaa Longworth Will Undergo
, Operation Tomorrow. ....
. wasiiinwton, n, a, Dec, ii.-mi.
Nicholas Longworth. wife of Represen
tative Longworth, and daughter of the
Prealdent, I ill at the vhHe House,
with aipendioitla. It 1 stated tontghi
that Dr. Finney of John Hopkins
Hospital llaltimore, will perform an
operation probably to'morrow morning.
''BLUE SUNDAYS" WILL END.
WASHINGTON', Dec. II. The situa
tion with reference to the selection of
the place for holding the next Democratic
National Convention had so aimulilled
iUclf toulght that practically all the
candidate for the honor are eliminated
except Chicago, Louisville and Denver.
Chicago hold the favorite place in the
estimation of many of the .committeemen
now in Washington, but the statement
of Roger Sullivan, the representative of
the Illinois National Committee that It
would be difllcult to, raise enough money
to pay th expense of the convention
hud a dampening effect. The Denver
delegation is active and doea impress at
every ,opwrtunlty the fact that Denver
is ready to pay $100,000 to secure the
convention. Ixmisville is also strongly
represented and at a, late hour indica
tion swere' favorable to that city. The
delegates xald they were ready to offer
the beet convention held in the country
and had expected to pay air expense.
Father Knickerbocker Can't Stand the 'of the convention should it go to Louia-
Jar of Goodness
i iNBWI YORK, Deo, 11.-There l every
)TOpect that New York' Intensely
"blue" Sunday will end with the fhft
AHA Th Board of Alderman will meet
today and there will be Introduced anj
ordinance which will, msoiar as me pow
er of the Board reaches, give amusement
eeeker at least something to do on Sun
day. The state law prevent "perform
ance on the stage," but there aeems to
be no provision in tho statutes or in the
city charter, which prevent concert,
either vocal or Instrumental. The ordin
ance which the alderman will be asked
to pas todny will allow concert, uch a
those given at the two opera houses, the
Symphony concert given by the Dam
roach orchestra at Carnegie hall, and will
. .allow moving picture ehows and- "ar-
ville. Hie question of hotel accommoda
tlona were favorable to that city, The
tions may have a bearing on Louisville'
candidacy, , but delegates , say the
hotels are , greatly improved and
the people can care for the convention In
good style. .The great distance to Den
ver may operate against that city in
favor of Louisville.
SECOND SIMPLON TUNNEL
BHRNE, Switzerland, Dec 11. The
State Council ha approved a plan for
the Immediate construction of a second
Simplon tunnel through the Alp by the
administration of federal railroad.
The firat Simplon tunnel wns opened
May 19, 1900. It I 12 1-4 miles long. It
cost is estimated at $14,000,000.
INVESTIGATE
CONDITIONS
President Names Commis
sion to Go to Nevada.
DIFFERENT SITUATION
Soldiers Instructed Not to Take
Sides But to Quell Disturbance.
MINE-OWNERS CHANGE PLANS
Combination Mine and Mill Will Reopen
Today All Quiet and no Sign of
Trouble Evident But Town Await in
Excitement Attempt to Start Work.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 1. President
Rotevelt today named as a federal com
miasion to visit tioldllcld and investi
gate the condition there and report to
him personally the following: Lawrence
O. Mucray, assistant secretary of the
department' of commerce; Herbert Kuox
Smith, commiiMloner of corjHirationa, and
Charles If. Neil!, commissioner of labor.
They started ut 3 o'clock this aiternoon.
CiOIJ)FlKl.D, Dec. 11. The fact that
President Rooseell las ordered a thor
ough investigation at tioldllcld and the
pouting of instruction of the President
to the commander of the troops at Gold
Held that the soldiers are not to take
sides iu the issue but prevent riot and
disturbance seems to havo put a different
oomplectiou ou the conditions here. This,
coupled with the fact that Funston is to
arrive in Goldllela tomorrow to view the
situation and report to Washiugton
caused a complete change of program
by the mine owners who had hoped to
be able through Governor Sparks to have
martial law declared tonight in order to
reopen the mines under the protection
of the troops. The Combination mine
will reopen tomorrow. All ia quiet and
no signs of trouble show tonight.
In feverish excitement Goidncld is
awaiting the attempt that will be made
at 7 o'clock tomorrow by the Mincown
era' Association to reoiicn their idle
properties. That enough local miners
necessary to operate the mine cannot be
secured here and that strikebreakers will
be brought iu from out-side points was
admitted today by Secretary William
Erb, of the Mineowncrs Association.
Thus far but So miners have signed the
cards renouncing the union.
During uu extended conference today
between Colonel Reynolds, commanding
the troops, and Governor Sparks, it is
understood that Reynolds said some
things about Sparks' requesting troops
before there had been trouble. Although
Reynolds doea not confirm thia, it is said
that he told Sparks that it would have
been in plenty of time to sail aid after
there had been some sort of an out
break. Reynolds, it is also understood,
will make this report to Washington, if
he ha not already done so.
The Governor will not say so him
self, but hi friend say he ie in favor
of martial law, a view that doea not
meet with the approval of Colonel
Reynold.
Hullivan mine, the killing of Frank lie
Cormack and Mel Deck In the Vindica
tor Sfl ne and the expltAion in the
Cripple Creek district of Colorado, the
murder of Lyt Gregory, the blowing up
of the Independence depot and and the
attempt made on tlte life of Governor
Teabody, of Colorado. He spoke In a
clear, even toi.e, except when going over
the name of these men tie had tent Into
eternity, when invariably he spoke hard
ly to be beard. AVhen, after he bad told
Of blowing up the depot at Independ
enoe.he was asked how many were killed,
he dropped his head, and murmured
"fourteen." In the main, the testimony
wa the same a given in the Haywood
trial but the question emphasized Pet
tibone'a alleged conspiracy. An entirely
new fcutufe of the evidence wa the
statement of Orchard that Fettibone had
told him in 1904 that he purchased 100
rille from a hardware company In Den
ver and shipped them to the Coeur
d'AIene for use in the riot of 1895.
Another statement which the prosecu
tion evidently regards as Important was
the statement that Fettibone visited
Orchard' house in Cripple Creek and
showed him how to use the "Fettibone
doe.n It if claimed by the prosecution
that corroborative evidence will be in
troduced on these point.
WITHDRAW BRISTOL.
Oregon Man Will Not be United State
Attorney.
WASHINGTON', D. C Dec. 11. Presi
dent Roosevelt, on the recommendation
of the Dcpartmcnt of Justice, it re
ported, will withdraw the name of W.
tt BrMol for United State Attorney
ior Oregon. "
PORTLAND, Or, Dec. ll.-The an
nouncement that the nomination of Wil
liam C Bristol, for the disrict attor
neyship of Oregon, will be. withdrawn
from the Senate, created considerable
surprise in thia city. Mr. Bristol de
clined to uiuke au elaborate statement
of the facta at this time, but signed the
follow ing: "According to my invariable
rule, I have nothing now to say on the
subject. At the proper time, however,
I will make a full and satisfactory
statement of all the fact and circum
stances." 'Under date of December 10th, Mr.
Hcuey wired me from San Francisco
that he expected he would arrive in Port
land. Monday, December 10, since which
time I have heard nothing about the
Oregon land fraud situation.
"Everyone having any knowledge of
the 'land fraud cases' even the defend
ants themselves, and also tWir counsel.
well know that the facta and the cir
cumstances upon which the trials of
these cases would and do depend, have
not been and are not now in my hands
or control."
I1MBER LANDS SOLD.
Half Million Dollar Transaction Takes
Place in Idaho.
.SPOKANE, Dec. ll.-The Chronicle
announces that the Monarch Timber
Company haa aold to the Milwaukee
Land Company, 34,193 acres of choice
timber land in Shoshone and Nez Perces
counties, Idaho. The value is reported to
be a half-iinillion. The purchaser is
understood to be a sudsidiary company
of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. ,
ENDORSE STRIKE.
DENVER, Dec. 11. Official endorse
ment of the miners' strike at Goldfleld
I was given yesterday by the executive
board of the Wee-tem Federation of
Miners. The following telegram wa
sent to Chariea H. Maekinnon, president
of the Goldfleld Miners' Union:
"Executive board recognize justice of
your position. Will render all possible
assistance."
ORCHARD TESTIFIES.
Repeat Story of Dastardly Crimes and
Implicate Fettibone.
IIOISE, Dec. 11. Four hour today In
the trial of Pettibone for the murder
of Steunenberg, Harry Orchard wa on
the witnesa stand aiid when the court
adjourned his atory waa only half told.
Under the guidance of Hawley. Orchard
told of blowing up the Bunker Hill and
ON ROAD TO RECOVERY.
WINLOOIC Wash. Dee, ll.-While
Constable E. E. McFadden, mrho wa
wounded in a battle with thug here
Monday, is not entirely out of danger.
he is making excellent, progress towards
recovery. Dr. Lueders, who is in attend
ance, says that unless blood poisoning
sets in within the nextj three days, re
covery is practically assured.
The wounded man was sitting up to
day receiving visitors.
PASSIONATE
IS
ORATORY
Senate Scene of Sensation
al Declarations.
DAVIS GRILLS TRUSTS
Pays His Respects to Sherman
Law and Also the Administration.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. .
, . t ,
Public School System in Chicago
Adopt Method. ,
to
CHICAGO, Dee. 1 1. Industrial educa
tion a part of the public school y
tem is to be fact in Chicago in the
near future. Plana for group of trade
schools to be put into effect, possibly
within two year are now taking form
in the minds of several member of th
board of education, and three, at least,
of the trustee have taken active step
toward their realization. ? ..;,
Otto C. Schneider, president of the
board, i gathering statistic on trade
schools in various part of the world
particularly in Germany and Switzerland
And 1 preparing a comprehensive re
port which will be used in formulating a
plan for Chicago.
Dr. Alfred P. Kohn, during bia recent
European trip, spent much of his time
visiting trade schools and gathering dati
to be used in Chicago. Thia now is In
the hand of President Schneider.
STANDARD OIL STRATEGY.
PRESIDENT TOO EXPENSIVE
Declare Country Pay Chief Executive
Too Much For Traveling Expense and
Living "Old Hickory' Wa Greatest
President That Ever Lived.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. Paasionate
oratory marked the proceeding of the
Senate today. Senator Jefferson Davis,
of Arkansas, who when elected declared
he woud attack the trust immediately
alter taking hi aeat, fulfilled bia prom
ise. His speech waa filled with sensa
tional declaration, delivered with vigor
for which the Arkansas Senator ia fa
mous in his own state. Quaint phrasing.
(minted denunciations and evidences ot
intense emotion, characterized his re
marks. He 'was given a careful hearing
by Senators and the galleries during the
speech which lasted more than an hour
Davis paid hk respects to the Sher
man anti-trust law and asked which tf
any, of the trusts had been destroyed by
it, or if it haa proved effectual. He
asked what Roosevelt had done in his
seveu years of office, with the govern
ment back of him to curb the trusts, and
invited any Republican Senator to tell
him if "Any trust had been tamed, much
less destroyed." Davis, recalled Have
meyep's -statement before the industrial
commission that "The tariff is the moth
er of trusts" and declared under thi&
system 51 multi-millionaire in the
United States had amassed total .for
tune of $3,205,000,000, of which he de
clared Roekefelkr owns $000,000,000 and
Andrew Carnegie $300,000,000, and the 51
referred to owned one thirty-fifth of the
entire 'wealth of the United States.
He characterized the income of the
President from the United States as ex
orbitant. The $50,000 yearly salary was
not unreasonable, but he did say $25,
000 a year for traveling expense and
$113,000 a year for living expenses was
too much, and said the greatest Presi
dent that ever lived was "Old Hickory
Jackson," who rode to the White House
dressed in a suit of blue jeans. The Sena
tor, denounced stock gambling and said
he would do away with gambling in
cotton, grain and the necessaries of life.
Judgment Secured Against Company, By
State of Texa.
PEX3ACOLA, Fla, Dec. 11. Fearing
that the vessels might be seized upon the
judgment secured against the company
by the State of Texas the Standardl Oil
Company yesterday ordered the steamer
Captain A. F. Lucas and Bark No. 95 to
proceed from this port to sea and not to
come within three miles of shore until
further orders were received. The vessel
both of which are among the largest of
the oil carrying Meet of the company, had
just returned from London where they
carried an immense quintity of oil from
Penacola Bar awaiting wireless orders.
ANOTHER FILIBUSTER.
State Department Appealed to on Behalf
of Samuel Parker. '
NEW YORK, Deo. 11. It has been
definitely stated that in addition to
George Vice, of New Jersey, Samuel
Parker, 22 year old, of New York is
among the filibusters recently arrested
and sentenced to be shot at Mines
Gcraes, Brazil. When young Parker left
New York he told his mother that he
was going to Brazil with a mining party
and! had obtained a good position. The
state department has been appealed to
and it is said the department has prom
ised to do all in it power to save the
lives of the young Americans who were
conoerned in the fool-hardy attempt to
capture a Brazilian state with a force
of only a hundred men under the leader
ship of a man who is said to be a
famous Mexican revolutionist.'
Disappearance Causes Contro
versy Among Officials.
WALKER SAID TO BE CREDITOR
Defiics he is in Debt to Defunct Bank
and on the Contrary Claims That In
stitution Owes Bth Himself and Wife
some Thousands.
SANJRANCISCO, Dec. ll.-The dis
appearance of the securities of the Col
ton estate valued at $205,000 for which
J. Dalzell Brown, general manager of
the California Safe Deposit & Trust Co,
is in jail seems likely to cause consider
able controversy between the officials
of the suspended bank. President David
F. Walker and Director W.. J. Barnett,
who have also been arrested, deny all
knowledge of them and that if they
have been removed it is without their
knowledge. In a statement, issued
through his attorneys tonight. Walker de
clares he became president of the trust
company, July,. 1905, with the distinct
understanding he would not be requested
to devote all hi time to its affair. He
pent considerable time in New York and
Europe,- the management of the com
pany being in the hands of Brown. He
had been assured by Brown thai the
bank was in go$5 condition and the first
information of the trouble came in the
form of a telegraphic dispatch to him in
New York. Just a few days before,
Walker says, he received letters from
Brown assuring him of the bank's sta
bility end that in spite ofthe financial
crisis of the country, the institution be
ing welL He denies be is in debt to the
bank in the sum of $75,000, but on the
contrary) he claims he is a creditor in
the sum of $42,000 and that his wife is
also a creditor.
NO RIOTS IN ALABAMA. :
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. ll.-Re-liable
information claims there are no
riots in Pickens county. A constable
arrested two negroes and was fired upon
by negroes woh killed a prisoner and
wounded the constable slightly.