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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS .'IMPORT VOLUME LXIII, NO. 281 COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1807 PRICE FIVE CENTS BONAPARTETALKS AT BANQUET i ' ' ' Attoriiey General Quotes From I Constitution Regarding En forcing Law. r PEOPLE COULD REMEDY IT Believe That bo Man Can be Safely Trusted to EncuU Laws if Cbotta by PertoM Who Hit Placed Ob tad la Law's Path. CHICAGO, Doc. 2.Attorney. General Bonaparte wm tb principal apesker- at the banquet of tit IlllnoU athletio a eooiaUon tonight Hit subject wa. Obtaclt to tb execution of tb law," and b quoted from tbat part of tb constitution wbria la said. "II aball takt oar tbat tb law b faithfully tMouUd." Thi part b aid waa by far tb moat Important and moat clear! vKl to tb popl'a happiness and aafety, of all tb people, "But whan tb President mki to fulfill It, a stumbling block la placed in bl path. If tb faithful execution of tb lawa ia mad tlffkmlt or uncertain In whatever man ner, or from whatever cause, tb Ameri can peopl should b palnly told tbat tb American people may find and apply tb remedy." Continuing, Bonaparte said, it la bit experience tbat torn people talk, or writ, a If tb law (specially xempted them, and tbat various proa- eution lor violations of tha law war frowned upon as "Persecution," a in tb ee of the Und fraud prosecutions in tb Western States, and prosecutions for various crimes in other sections of tb country. Bonapart declared "N'aitticr the President nor anyone els can exeeut tha law faithfully or exe cute them at all unlea the American people (want them executed." Referring to th problem of electing a nomine for the Presidency, Bonaparte aid, "That no man can I safely trusted to takt car tbat the law are faith fully executed if his choice be longed for nd urged by all or many of those who have obstructed the faithful execution of the lawa In tht past and whose In- AnnnAA an.f TAiniirrtia ar f.-itmlrliLliln olittaclet to their faithful execution to- WIRELESS MESSAGE, y! NEW YORK, Doc 2 l.-Tu Herald this morning publisbet tlx following wireless message from ltoar Admiral Evans, received in reply to a question regarding tb rumor thst at dinner la tin wardroom of the Connecticut Mon day nlgbt, he stated that tb Atlantic fleet, bow on its way to tha Pacific, would return to tb Atlantic coast by way of tha Hues Curtail ' , "I have not dined In tb wardroom r cent lyj for rest of story, Inqulr at WM House" ' CHARGED WITH EXTORTION. KEW1 YORK, Da 21.-Th grand Jury baa returnsd an indictment against Her man Voeoks, charging bim with extor tion. II I charged with having x torted three diamond ring valued at $800 and with having demanded $1000 from Raymond Hitchcock, tb actor. Voeck Is a brother of Elsie Voscks, who waa on of tb complainant against Hitchcock, wbn tb actor was held on a serious charge. Tb Hitchcock arrest followsj bis complaint against Voeck s. COULDNT ARBITRATE. BUTTE, Mont, Dec 21. Former United State Senator W. A. Clark lft Butt last night for New York announc ing his Inability to madltt tb differ ence between tb labor unions of Butt and tb Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company. Tb refusal of tb company to dismiss a restraining order directed agalnat the unions was tb rock upon which the negotiations pllt BEATS PORTLAND. Astorlans returning from Portland aay that there is no show window in tha up river city that compare with Herman Wise s Christ m as window. Not only are the window trimmed artistically, but tb Interior of the Wis bout la decorated very handsomely. It's a pleat ur to shop in such a store. ; CONFERS WITH TAFT aa URT WILL INVESTIGATE. Statement of Chief Witness Tbat he Committed Perjury. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. When Pletro Clannone was called in the supreme court for sentence n a conviction of at tempted murder yesterday bis attorney's request for, a tay, of judgment was al lowed. The, court will Investigate the alleged confession of Bruno Cordea, that he committed perjury when he told on the stand that Clannone employed him to kill Lugl FavattL Cordea baa 1 .1,..l lt., ,,..1 C3! vnca viuuivu wviviv vhd wui nviu mug Sing, where h Is serving ia flve-yenr sentence for an assault upon Favatti and if be tell the same story that be tell In the affidavit now in the posses sion of Clannone, the convicted man will doubtless be granted a new trial, GIVES FARM FOR MISSIONS. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Announcement of a gift of 1000 acres of fanning land to lh fhloflnrn Training Setinnl ftr Cltv Home and Foreign Missions, vat made yesterday. ' Miss Cordelia P. Monett, one of tb old residents of Renselaer, Ind., was the donor. The farm la situ ated in Jasper county, Ind., in one ot the best sections of that corn belt. Tb condition of the gift it that th donor be allowed to make her home at the Chicago Institution and receive a cash annuity at long as the Uvea. - CALIFORNIA HOLIDAYS CEASE. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 21. Th logal Mldayt for aiding th banks In tb nanoial ttringenoy will cease at mid night Saturday. Financial condition! are greatly improved. Secretary and President Discuss Goldfield Affair. TAFT SPENDS A BUSY DAY Receivea Many People But Declined Emphatically to Discuss Politics Will Talk on Tariff at Banquet of Market Club la Boston. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Taft had several conferences today with "various people but declined emphatically to mule any statement touching upon hi political plans, If he has any. He will attend tb banquet at the home of the Market Club In Boston on December 30, and will discuss the tariff. Taft la not yet ready to make bis report to Congress and is anxious to visit the (Panama Canal before doing so to get the information be needs at first band. - He talked today with Colonel Goethals, engineer of the ranama uauai, senator Blackburn, a member ot the commission, and R. It. Rogers, the law' officer oft the commis sion. Taft found time during the day to confer briefly with the President about the situation at Goldfield. the re sult being an order to the commander of the Department ot California provid ing for the formal execution of the de cision of the President ot withdrawing the regular troops from Goldfield on December 30. In an interview tonight regarding the Philippine situation Taft expressed himself at highly gratified over the progress made in all lines. , , TELEGRAPH ROOSEVELT. LOS ANGELES, Deo. 21. The Los Angeles-Nevada atook exchange sent a telegram to Roosevelt asking him to keep a detachment of troops at Gold field "For the protection of life and property until the strike lituation is setted." A similar telegram was sent to Senator Flint. GOLDFIELD WANTS TROOPS TO STAY Numerous Messages From Or ganizations and Individuals Are Forwarded. DONT BELIEVE IN SHERIFF Min Owner Loath to Leave Task ot Preserving Order to Sheriff Incalla Governor Spark Make Statement in Defense of Hi Action. GOLDFIELD, Dec, 21. lie mint own ers of Goldfield are loatb to leave the task of preserving Uw and order in tb camp in tb band of Sheriff Ingalla. Tby ar using very endeavor to prevail upon iTtswsni Kooseveit, to order a portion of the federal troops to remain In Goldfield Indefinitely. Numerous tele grams from organisations and Indi viduals to this effect wer sent to the President today. C & Mahoney, acting president of the Western Federation, arrived tonight. Attorney O. N. Hilton, of Denver, will leave for Boise tomorrow to assist In the defense of Pettibone. The mine owners say if Mahoney sub mits the compromise proposition it will receive the same treatment aa did Hil ton' effort. Officer of th min own er' asocUtion said today, "These men can go back to iwork but not unless they ranounc tb Western Federation of Miners." In event the local miners do renounce the Western Federation or get their positions back through some other proceeding tbe operators ssy they will pay the strike-breskers now here a halt month's psy to send them back whence they came. Sheriff Ingalla ia working out details of bis plan to handle tbe police situation in Goldfield and will submit it Monday. The operators will consider it but in the meantime are going ahead with plans for their own protec tion in case of trouble. POSSIBLE COMPROMISE. ' 1 Conitrorti Brtween Attorneys Lead to Rumor of Settlement. BKItLI.V, Deo. 21The trial of Har dn still continues with all probability tbat it Mill last until Christmas. Humors of possible compromise ar giv en color by jnynteriou conference be tween lawyer during tbe various in tervals. Frau Von Albo, tbe divorced wife of Count Kuno Von Moltke, occu pied tbe stand for several hours. Tbe nature of ber evidence was not divulged, but later it was stated a searching ex amination had somewhat affected tbe reliability of ber testimony. It ia also reported that Harden has offered to withdraw bis charges against Count Vos Moltke, which were founded to a great extent on tb statements made by Von Moltke' former wife. Tbe state's at torney insist on threshing th matter out. No confirmation of this can be ob tained and it is impossible to even ob tain a reliable inkling of most it trans piring in tb court room. STOP HOARDING OF CURRENCY DIED ON TRAIN. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. Dec 2L Tbomaa J. Cockrlst. of Hebronvill. Ky., died from heart failure on a Den ver and Rio Grande passenger train laat night while crossing Tennessee Paa. He waa en route to visit a brother in California. REORGANIZE PACIFIC FLEET. WASHINGTON. Dec 21.-The Pasific fleet will be reorganised on the arrival of the United State warships from the Asiatic section. It will continue in the command of Rear-Admiral Dayton. 11ENO, Dec 21. Governor Sparks, on lick bed here, made a statement to day in defense of hia action is asking for troops. He said convening tbe legis lature would have accomplished nothing. MONEY IS FOUND. Balance of Loot Taken by Great North ern Train Robbers Recovered. NEWPORT, Wash., Dec. 21. It Is re ported here tbat $14,000, the balance of the money taken by the robber who held up the Great Northern train near Rexford, Mont, in September, has been recovered ' from a deserted shaft near Leonia, on the Idaho-Montana border. The plunder is said to have been found by Frits Lang, watchman for a mining company with whom the robbers stopped on their way to the cache. Reports ay the amount was all in the original packnges shipped by the Commercial National. Bank of Chicago. Lang notified the railroad company and tbe money was delivered to the officials at Helena. Lang received $2000 reward. CONFESSES MURDER. MARYV1LLE, Mo., Dec Sf.-Bert 0. Tolbert has confessed to killing Mrs. Boatrigbt and ber daughter near here, lie was jealous of th daughter. There it talk of lynching. Measure Proposed to Fix a Tax on all Deposits to Provide Payment. TREASURY TO KEEP FUNDS Senator Owen of Secure Depositors Oklahoma Would and .Would Alto TOLD OF SHOOTING Defense Produces Witness Who Talked With Youtsey. SHIP SUBSIDY. Large Gathering of Prominent Cititent in Its Interest CLEVELAND, Dec. 21. United States Senators, high government, officer and Representatives of many business interests are gathered here today in the interest of ship subsidy. The conven tion (was to a certain degree the begin ning of a campaign of education, but the greatest efforts of th league will be directed against Congress thi winter in Ithe interest of the United State mail subsidy for 'ocean steamship. It is esti mated the government will have to ap propriate $700,000,000 to place the mer chant marine in a position to successfully compete with merchant marine in other nations where a subsidy exists. H. B. Soulter was elected president of the association. TESTIMONY IS SENSATION Witnesses Who Did Not Testify at For mer Trial Tell of Conversation With Youtsey and Shake Credibility of State's WitJnesa. GEORGETOWN. Dec 21.-In the Powers case today the defense introduc ed two witnesses who did not testify at the former trials. Police Judge Hibbard, of Grayson, .Ky., testified Youtsey met him in Frankfort a few days before the shooting, I and said: "Goebel can be killed and I have found a way to do it. Ho can be shot from the executive build ing. I have steel balls, smokeless pow dor and a place from which to fire on him as he comes to the Senate chamber and I can, after the shooting, leave the building and mingle with the crowd and nobody know anything about it." Colonel R. W. Nelson, former counsel for Youtsey, over the vigorous objec tion of the prosecution, contended Yout soy told him that Col. L. J. Crawford, also his counsel and the half brother of Youtsey, that he (Youtsey) had nothing to do with the crime; that he knew nothing about the assassination of Goe bel and did not know anybody connect ed with it. The testimony was a de cided sensation and is regarded by the defense as a severe blow to Youtsey't credibility. Prevent Currency from Being Hoarded. Would Limit Terms of Chief Executive WASHINGTON, Dec 21-A bill pro viding for security to depositors bank and for prevention of boarding of currency waa introduced by Owen of Oklahoma. It fixes a tax upon all deposits, and from th fund thus created provide for tb payment in full of all depositors when th bank ia declared In solvent The Secretary of tb Treasury waa directed to maintain a fund of $100, 000,000 in treasury notes which may be loaned on bonds to 90 per cent of their value. The bill provides that advances from this fund shall be charged for at tbe rate of 0 per cent for tb first four month and thereafter at 8 per cent Burkett re introduced hia grazing bill of last session, providing for leasing the public domain to cattle owners for main taming their stock giving, however, settlers the right to locate upon lands at any time. , WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. In the Sen ale today Cullom introduced a joist resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution limiting the terms of tbe President and Vice-President to six years and prohibiting re-election for a second term. Tbe Senate adjourned until January 6. INVESTIGATE EXPLOSIONS. WASHINGTON, Dec 21, Senator Scott introduced a joint resolution pro viding for th appointment of three representatives to investigate the re cent explosions in the coal mines. It was referred to the committee on minet. BRYAN ACCUSES ROOSEVELT. GUTHRIE. Dec. 21. Bryan was the chief speaker at the banquet here to night and devoted considerable atten tion to Roosevelt charging tbat he was dodging vital issues and making a fail ur in prosecuting the trusts. He charg ed Roosevelt with permitting the trusts to grow up while he was in tbe act of exposing them to the public The an nouncement of the name of William H. Murray, as running mate to Bryrm, created great applause. PREPARING FOR STRIKE. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Dec. 21.-The indication are the Southern Pacific will not sign an agreement with the black smiths, machinists, and others and that it is preparing for a strike. A stockade eight feet high, topped with barbed wire, is being built' and an enclosure for the bunkhouse, 00 feet long and forty feet wide is being completed to care for the strikebreakers should such a move be adopted by the employes. RAILROAD TAXES. CHICAGO, Dec 21. A despatch to the Tribune from Madison, Wis., says: The Wisconsin State Board of Assessments last night announced that it had fixed the valuation of the property of the railroad companies in this state at $263, 961,500, an increase of $13,111,500 over that of last year. The taxes of the roads during the coming yean will be about $2,945,262, an increase of $143,577. FAST COLT INJURED. NEW YORK, Dec 21. There is a possibility that Uncle, the sturdy colt that was Oolin'a greatest rival for the two-year-old honors of the . turf last year, may never race again. While be ing galloped the other day the horse picked up a stone in its hoof and a bad bruise so caused and still cause the horse to limp painfully. The injury is aimilar to that which put the great McChesney out of racing. , KILLED INT SALOON BRAWL. HEPPNER, Or, Dee. 21-In s saloon brawl at Lexington lost night Daa Dougherty, proprietor of th saloon, shot and killed Oscar Allen. Dougherty la la jail in Heppner. A coroner's inquest i being held this afternoon. Dougherty 1 married, bat a family and is a heavy; drinker. II has made many gun play. He shot at Allen five time. Allen died almost instantly. It seem Dougherty bad treated Allen to drink, (when an other demand wat made. Trouble fol lowed over the second demand. Dough erty formerly ran the Alta Hous ia Pendleton. , ; WONT ACCEPT REDUCTION. NEW YORK, Dec 21.-Tbe local branch of th Brotherhood of Carpenter hat decided not to accept th cut ia waget from $5 to $4.50 a day proposed by the master carpenters. The cut waa to become effective January 14. Th master carpenters aay that in th pres ent state of trad tbe cut it necessary. It is probable that th trouble win ha ubitrated. FIRM BANKRUPT. NEW YORK. Dec 21 A petition ia bankruptcy ho been filed against tb Plasmon Company of which Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) is acting presi dent. Tb company manufactures milk products and is a branch of an English company. It is stated that Mr. Clemens invested something like $25,000 in th company which Is now bankrupt Th company's liabilities are $27,000 and ft nominal assets $10,000. STRIKERS FIGHT. VALPARAISO, Chili. Dec 21. The strike of nitrate workers is already marked with bloodshed. A fight between the soldier and strikers at Lagunaa va ulted in sevep being killed and sixteen . wounded. At Iquique one was killed and seven (wounded. Thirty thousand men are out. j " - STATE HAS FINISHED oncludes Presentation Evid ence in Pettibone Trial. ORCHARD'S WIFE ON STAND Testifies, Spokane Attorney Asked Her What She Knew of the Case and Also That Secretary of the Western Federa tion Told Her to See Darrow. BOISE, Dec. 21. With the exception of the examination of two Colorado wit nesses, which Borah announced would, not occupy more than hour,' the state concluded tbe presentation of its evi dence in the trial of George A. Pettibone for the murder- of Steunenberg, today. Mrs. Ida Toney, Orchard's Colorado wife, was on ' the witness stand all morning, and a part of the afternoon, binder cross- examination. On re-direct examination Mrs. Toney stated that before coming to Boise, acting secretary of the West era Federation of Miners, James Kinwan, called upon her and asked her to be sure and see Darrow on bet arrival her, She also said that after Orchard's arrest Fred Miller, a Spokane attorney, went to hep and she told him what she knew of the case. On further cross-examination (witness said ahe had written Mil ler to come to her, but denied ah had asked Miller to have Darrow come to her. Mark Toney testiged concerning" the visit ot (Pettibone to their house. On cross-examination young Toney waa questioned very closely. "Did you writ ma a letter- about a week ago asking for money t" asked Darrcnv. The state objected, and Judge Wood ruled tha lat ter was the best evidence Darrow said he would produce it and the witness was ordered held until Monday. ' CHOLERA AT HONOLULU. HONOLULU. Dec 21. Al case of oholera was discovered here today. Tha patient is a Hawaiian stevedore.