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O 3 1 1 PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 33rd YEAR. NO, 304 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1803 pe:C RYE CCJT3 l.Jl ' ; J 1, 1 I i it 1 hi huh IID FOR Time, Little Over Two and One-Half Hours MAKES LONG RUN EASY Athlete of Trinity Club of Brook S lyn Leaves Contestants FirBehind MAKES D0RAND0 A 'HAS8EEN' Court Covtrsd by Maloney t Cr fully Measured by Engineers to Thr it no Doubt That tb Lad Traveled Full Marathon Distinct. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.- Malcolm Maloney, of the Trinity Athletic Club, of Brooklyn established a new world' record for tht full Marathon distance of 25 mile, 385 yirds, today, in a race from Rye-on-the-Sound to Colurnbut Circle, Maloney ran away from the field of 115 contestants finiblng in fairly good condition. His time oi two hours, 45 minutes and 12 1-5 sec onds and J. Clarke, X. A. A., of New York, was third, time 2:47:22 2 5. A comparison of Maloney'a time today and that made by Dorando and Long boat in their professional race over the same distance in Madison Square Garden, within the last five weeks stamps a newcomer as a world beater at long diitance running. In beating Hayes, Dorando covered the diit ance indoors in 2:45:05 2-5 and Long boat when be defeated Dorando over the same course was timed 2:4525 2-5. The course today was carefully measured by a corps of civil engi neers, accompanid by representatives of the A. A. U., so there is no doubt as to Moloney's record being made over the full Marathon distance. THIEF CAPTUREI). Held up Jewelry Store and Then Tries Same Act in Dairy. e amtmmm BELLIXC1IAM, Wash., Dec. 26. Fred T. King, who declared he was "Up against it and had to hold up a jewelry store and'then secured $15 from the proprietor.' He then repeat ed his act at a dairy from which he secured $20. He was captured by the police after a running fight, during which several shots were tired by the ' police. RESUME BUSINESS. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-rractical-ly every moving picture show in New York that was elosed by Mayor Ms CIcllan's order of Christmas opened its doors tonight under temporary in junction granted by Justice Gayncr to the Wildam Fox Amusement Co. n MILITIA ON WAY TO SEAT OF TROUBLE Governor Wilson Orders Two Companies to Sterns Owing to Unrest After Yesterday's Battle STEARNS, Ky Dec. 26,-Two oompanies of the state, militia are on the way to Stearns tonight sent by Governor Willson on account of tin unrest following the battle of yester day in which Deputy United Marshal fiMLOHEY SETS NEW JWIII RACE BURTON CONFIDENT. Declares His Senatorial Outlook Is Bright to Win, TOLEDO, Dec. 26.-"The senator in) outlook is good, my chances ars good ,snd I have votes, if I can keep them, and I think I can," declared Congressman Burton upon his arrival here today to speak at banquet at the Wholesale Merchants and Manu facturers' Board. At his address at the banquet, Burton condemned po litical bosses, his reference causing much interest because of charges of bomlun made in the senatorial cam paign, ' AMBASSADOR GRISCOO HAS RESIGNED WILL RETIRE FROM DIPLOMA TIC SERVICE AT EXPIRATION OF ROOSEVELT'S TERM. REFUSES TO DISCUSS ACT It ia Farther Understood That Oris com Has Informed King Victor Emmanuel of His Intention While tht Houat Deniet the Report ROME, Dec. 26. It is stated on good ' authority that Ambassador Griscom has forwarded his resigna tion to Washington and will retire front the diplomatic service at the conclusion of President Roosevelt's term of office. It is understood that Griscom has informed King Victor Emmanuel of his intention. When questioned on the subject Griscom re fused to deny report, contenting him self with the statement that he had no statement to make on the subject. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-At the White House and at the State Depart ment it was stated tonight that noth ing had been received from Ambassa dor Griscom indicating his purpose to resign. HE SPENDS ROYALLY. MIDDLETON, N. Y., ' Dec. 26. The new country place which E. II. Harriman is having erected on his 20,000-acre estate in Orange county, will have an immense playground for sport and entertainment. It will cov er two and one-half acres and to level the ground it was necessary to blast away the solid rock. When completed the space will be covered with a floor and surrounded by a low wall. ; Ten nil courts, squash courts, target ranges, etc., are to be installed and in winter the area will be converted into a skating rink. Ice carnivals will be made a feature of Mr. Harriman's winter house parties, it is said. The mansion itself, which Is now being constructed, will cost nearly $1,000, 000. and a striking miner were killed. The strikers have threatened to destroy big plant of Steams' Coal & Lumber Company and community is alarmed. Deputy Marshal Ryan, who has been missing since the fight, has not been found and it is feared he has also been killed, IS WANTED ABOARD. But Polish Miner Will Fight Extra dition to Prussia. CHICACO, Dec. 26.-Ka.rl Tom cnyk, the Polish miner whose arrest was ordered by the State Department at the request of the Ccrman govern ment on a charge of robbery and at tempted murder, threatens to fight ex tradition with as much energy as Christian Rudovitz, who is wanted by the Russian government and whose case has become one of international importance. Tomczyk was arrested at West Frankfort. III., Thursday. His rase will be heard by a United State Commissioner, and already the Refugee Defense League is making preparations to provide the prisoner with attorneys. The latter will be dis cussed at the mass meeting of the League to be held today and in the meantime Dr. Paul Roh, acting Ger man consul here, has retained the services of William E. Rigby to act as prosecutor. The crime of which Tomczyk is accused was committed within the last year in the village of Bochum, near Essen, Prussia. The prisoner admits that he paid t visit 10 Prussia within the past year, but de nied that he was connected with the crime. MAIL IS DELAYED. CHICAGO, Dec 26.-More than 2000 bags of Christmas mail are stack ed in one passenger station and will net be delivered for week. Mail hat accumulated at the other depots also. M st of the packages are for delivery outside of Chicago. Hundreds of pres ents, however, consigned to Chicago- ans have missed delivery in time. The delay of so much of the Chris: mas mail this year Is said to have re sulted from inability to procure a sul ficient number of extra' clerks and wagons. VANCOUVER LOSES. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 26. Outplaycd, outweighed and outgener aled, Vancouver Rugby fifteen, went down to defeat in the first game of a series with Stanford University for the possession of Cooper Keither in ternational Rugby trophy at Brockton Point yesterday. The Cardinal's se cured three tries, nine pniuts, to Van couver's 0. '.ORE SLICPCEfiAS FROM GRAND JURY WILL BE SERVED ON PACKING HOUSES IN CITIES OF THE MIDDLE WEST. TO FIND PRICE REGULATORS Federal Grand Jury in Investigating Rebate Charges is Said to Have Unearthed Sensational Evidence Which Will be Used Soon. CHICAGO, Dec. 26,-Scores of subpoenaes today were sent to St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Omaha, where they will, it is said, be served on employes of railroads and packing houses. The federal grand jury is investigating rebate charges it is said to have unearthed, a clew de velopment of which is expected to il luminate the manner in which meat prices are said to have been determin ed by certain influential packers. A CHRISTMAS HAUL. Burglart Rob Frisco Firm While Proprietor Are Celebrating. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26-rWhile the proprietors were enjoying Christ mas festivities, burglars broke into the establishment of Koenig and Col lins, on Van Ness avenue and hauled away in a wagon silks, satins, suits and valuable costumes estimated to b: worth $5000. ' . HENRY 1 POOR IS BAIJKRUPT Another New York Bro ker Goes to the Wall. CAME UNEXPECTEDLY Is Believed His Liabilities Will Reach at Least Five Mil lion Dollars. WILL NOT AFFECT THE MARKET Entire Burden of Failure ia Bora by Poor, His Former Partners Having Withdrawn From the Firm Sella HU Famoui Library. NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-Henry W. Poor, a well known banker and brok er of Wall street and for many years publisher of Poor's Manual of Rail roads, 'failed today.. His bank anj brokerage firm, known as H. W. Poor & Company, with offices at 33 Wall street made an asignment to Mark L. Cook without preference. No finan cial statement was forthcoming, but as. Poor had been prominent in the street and has influential connections, it is believed his liabilities will reach at least $5,000,000. The entire failure is borne by Poor, his former partners having withdrawn from the firm. The failure is one of the largest in the financial district in some time. Poor was looked upon not only as a very wealthy man, but his family has long held high social position. . He has two magnificent residences, one old Cyrus W. Field mansion at 110 Lexington avenue and the other a stone Chateau at Tuxedo which has been a gathering place of the fashionable for years. As the stock exchange was closed today announcement of the failure could not reflect in the market condi tions.. Recent incidents in Poor's affairs are given significance because of the failure. It is recalled that Poor, about six weeks ago began a sale of his magnificent library which he had been 30 years in collecting and whichj he regarded as one of the best in the country. Five thousand works includ ed, and the purchasers include J. P. Morgan, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Senator Lodge and George and How ard Gould. TABLE SET FOR ALL. Returned Miner Eats Christmas Din. "ner With Phantoms. NEW YORK, Dec! 26. It was in deed a strange Christmas dinner that Henry B. Tannchill ate at a local hotel yesterday. He sat at a table at which there were four others chairs, but all of them vacant. In front of each, however, there -was placed t complete Christmas repast which was later taken away untouched. Tanne hill dined with phantom guests, the spirits of his sister and her three children all dead. On an adventurous spirit, Tannehiil, once a resident of this city, has wandered far and wide, and returning here Monday last from Alaska he learned of the death of his sister and her children. His ex planation of the weir dinner is per haps the best. He said: "On the day I left my sister's home I told her that I would be back next Christmas or the one after and that the treat for them would be the finest that money could buy. I 'got out and hustled and saved considerable money in the Klondike and when I arrived here the "other night, I ran over to the East Side and began to look up the folks. It didn't take me long to find out what I least expected. My sister went out to a store one day and left the children alone; when she came back they were dead burned. A little later she, herself died of pneumonia and worry." . ON SECRET MISSION. CHICAGO, Dec 26.-The Inter Ocean today in a newt article says: Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, well known attorney, who left Chicago for New Orleans, two weeks ago and who is now in San Francisco, will go to Japan and China on a secret mission for the State Department, it is said, before returning to this city. The nature of Colonel Lewis' mission is net known even to his private secre tary, according to a statement made by the latter. BLACK HAND LETTER. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Vito Lantillo has received another black hand let ter demanding $1500. The letter, the fourth, gives him until Sunday to pay the money and threatens the lives of his family if he refuses to pay. Lan tillo is poor and says it is impossible for him to get the money. The first two letters he treated as a joke, but two shots fired at him through a kit chen window has awakened him to the gravity, of his situation. INSANE FANATICS. TAMPA, Fla, Dec. 26 AH Christ mas Day devoted followers of the Koresh leader, Dr. Cyrus R. Teed, kept a close watch upon the body of their fancied Messiah, expecting a miracle, but he did not arise from the dead. Now some of the bolder meuv bers of the colony are openly express ing doubt and advocating immediate burial but Victoria Gratia, successor to "The Headship" as the chief office of the sect is called, insisted npon an other day's delay. SUES HIS ACCUSERS. CHICAGO, Dec. 26;-George W. Fitzgerald, former assistant teller of the United States sub-treasury here, suspected and arrested in connection with the theft of $173,000 and after wards discharged from custody with out charges coming to trial, today filed a suit for $50,000 against William Boldenweck, who is in charge of th sub-treasury and H. F. Young. FlYII AUTO MS SOCERSAIJLTSIII AT SPEED OF MILE A MINUTE DRIVERS ARE ONLY IN JURED SLIGHTLY. CAUSED BY BROKEN TIRE After Doing Acrobatic Stunt Machine Crashes to Center of Track a Total Wreck and Burns up Accident Oc cured at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.-One of the most spectacular accidents ever occurring in 'American automobile race happened at Ascot Park, today when front tire of the white racer "Whistling Billy" broke on the curve while Gus Seyfriend was driving more than , a mile a minute, the car turning three complete somersaults in the air, blazing in a ball of flame and landing a broken wreck in the center of the track -where it was practically con sumed by flames. The occupants who was thrown out ' with terrific force sustained only minor cuts and bruises. TWELVE INJURED. REIDSVILLE, Ga. , Dec. 26. -Twelve were seriously injured today when a train on the Georgia coast and Fiedmont Railroad rolled down a 40-foot embankment. The accident was caused by trains at high speed rounding a curve. FATE OF FID Hi OF JURY TU . STRUCK BAD GALE. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-the steam schooner Tiverton, Captain Johnson, which came in yesterday morning from Tacoma to take on coal for her trip south, struck a gale at Cape Blanco that set the lumber laden craft on her beam ends. To keep the bow up 30,000 feet of lumber was moved to the stern of the boat and this task was not accomplished with out great risk by the crew. Captain Johnson reported that it was one of the worst gales he ever experienced on this cosat CASTRO SAYS DUTCH EE PIRATES SENDS MESSAGE TO MINISTER JOSE DE J. PAUL TO THIS EFFECT RECEIVED WITH REDICULE Message Reads: "Declare Dutch War ships Pirates, Suspend Payments to Powers Under Washington Proto cal; I am Forwarding Letter." r CARACAS, Dec. 23, Via Port of Spain. Dec. 26. Jose De J. Paul, minister of foreign affairs in Castro's cabinet, received two days ago, a dis patch from President Castro at Ber lin reading as follows: "Declare the Dutch warships pirates. Suspend pay ments to powers under Washington protocol. I am forwarding you solu tion of difficulty." The communication has been re ceived here with ridicule. " BERLIN, Dec. 26. Castro went out today for the first time since en tering Dr. Israel's Hospital Castro says he feels comparatively well but will remain under observation for some time yet. CARACAS, Dec. 24, Via Port of Spain, Dec. 26. The government has in its possession a cablegram from Castro which would seem to indicate that the former president is not aware of his overthrow. His message reads: "If the Dutch warship again appears at La Guaira, make an attack on one side with three of our ships." 17 INGREDIENTS USED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Elm bark, cloves, olibanum, putchuck, san dalwood dust, garoo, lake, aniseed, musk range peel galango, dried gin ger, sapanwood, rhubarb, myrrh, cas sia and camphor are the array of in gredients which enter into the com position of Chinese incense. Consul J. C. McNally, writing from Nanking, says the incense is of universal use WILL MAKE MANY MORE ARRESTS Pittsburg Voters League Promise to Land About Forty More Grafting Councilmen PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.-vbout 40 more arrests in the council bribery scandal are promised by the voters' league, according to statements made today by President Weil , of the league. The first council meeting sin.-e the arrest disclosures is scheduled for Monday night. Attorney for Wasson, Soffel, and Atkinson of seven accused councilmen, stated tonight he would 1 110. Prosecution Practically. Concluded Testimony HAS WEAK DEFEflSE Finch Attorneys W;:i A"2r?!3 U Impeach f.'.iss Eurkhzrt's Testimony CLAIMS JURY WAS FIXED Following the Effort to Impeach Mr. Burkhart's Testimony the Stats Will Offer Its" Rebuttal" Finch's Cross Examination Finished. PORTLAND, Dec 26. The de fense in the case of James A. Finch practically concluded its testimony this afternoon. Monday the defense will attempt to impeach the testimony of Miss Vera Burkhart, Fisher' stenographer and the only eye witness to the tragedy. Following the effoit to impeach Miss Burkhart, the state will offer its testimony in rebuttal and indications are the matter will be in the hands of the jury by Tuesday. Aside from. Finch's own story, the defense has offered practically no tes timony. His cross-examination was finished this morning, the state failing to make .him swerve from the account of the tragedy given by him on Thursday. The defense offered also evidence that Finch had gone to Fisher'3 office because the was sum moned there by telephone; that the diagram of Fisher's office exhibited in the case is inaccurate; that Fisher had failed to live up to a promise to sign a petition to the supreme court in Finch's behalf; that Finch's mind was in a dazed condition immediately after his arrest and that the jury which is trying the case has been tam pered with. This last allegation was based on a conversation between A subpoena server for the district at torney's office and one of the jurors. Both swore that they merely passed the time of the day with the other. and is manufactured in almost every city and village throughout the Chinese empire. HIGHWAYMAN CAUGHT. CENTRALIA, Mo., Dec. 26-Night Operator W. J. Oney, at the Chicago & Alton depot here, was held up at an early hour yesterday by a boy who appeared at the ticket window and demanded the gent's money. Some thing over $50 was secured. The youthful bandit thanked Oney for the contribution and departed, smiling. A number of travelers in the depot wit nessed the holdup. advise his clients to continue their duties. It was reported today that a number of new banks were under going thorough examination in con nection with the report that certain financial institutions had paid $176,. 000 for privilege of handling the city's funds but the government officials re fused either to confirm or deny the story.