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WEATHER FORECA8T.
Tonight and Friday cloudy and
threatening with rain or mow.
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TOL. 17.
PATTERSON CASE
IS HANDS
Crowd So Great a Large Force
of Special and Mounted Po
lice is Ordered Out. .
IgGrflMATE LIMITS
OF A VERDICT DEFINED.
facutloa Reiterate Theory That
TaBBC Could Not Have Fired the
gat Which Killed Him lodge
Gate Lengthy Expositioa of What
OnMitmea Reasonable Doubt
ajsrt Included Certain Testimony
a Value to
atna o( Protracted Benson.
lit York, Dee. 22. Justice Davie
Mtt4 during the recess he would not
duff the Jury until tomorrow, and
nuerutor Rand begin the summing
tr lb. prosecution when court open
4 uer I. He agreed with the de
late that either Young killed him
1 or the defendant killed hint. Be
erarnl it physically Imyojriblc for
hxng to fire the shot which canard
at death.
Charging the Jury.
New York. Dec. 22. Judge Davis
ommenced his charge to the Jury in
the Patterson case at 10:68 this morn
sf. The court room was crowded
at many turned away. Sir Charles
fnidham, the English actor, is an
smelted spectator of the proceed
so. Before beginning the charge the
fcige asked the counsel If they had
mj requests to make. Lawyer ITn-
nr, for the defense, submitted a long
1n written document, and Jtrstlce
Ian save a lengthy exposition of
at questions of reasonable donbt.
After considering the question of
sttlve, the Justice explained rne dlf
srenee In degree of murder and man-
auwhter. and said the Jury is not
anno by any statement of counsel
tat he would accept only an ac-
Mil or a verdict of murder In the
lint degree.' He told them to pass
on the testimony of the defendant
spon that of any other witness.
The court excluded all testimony
starting the disappearance of J.
xotjau Smith.
Gone to the Jury.
The juiy retired at 11:25.
When the Jury had been out St
shales, and with no sign of having
""led an agreement, the court or
ated a recess until 2.
Jury Still Oat.
Justice Davis left the court room
:4S, with Instructions that he
"H be accessible by telephone at
up till II tonight. If no ver
t la reached by that time the oonrt
" Band adjourned until 10: to-
Crest Crowd of Police.
Toe crowd of curious persons about
criminal court building is so
'his afternoon that additional
sl of police supported by mount
Jli'llce are required to keep them
All the entrances are guarded.
130 Kan Patterson was in the
Jt ihouse awaiting the verdict.
Me showing some signs of nerv
""s. she seemed perfectly confl-
f acquittal.
nafS PRINCESS BANISHED.
0"l f ault Her Longing to Se
lies- Children. .
J"- Former Crown
""at Ionise, the divorced wife of
Tln f Saxony, today made a
lSte effort tn mm h- .hiMMfi
rPKised by the .wn tries. The
vMfc vi asvri r)iwisMvii
7 ' will be sent from the fron
Jer police surveillance this
J wrote a letter to the king
2"W"ig his permission to see her
Z""- The peUce insisted on her
"J"e from Dresden, which oc
jT this afternoon. The peo
"ade demonstrations in favor of
m at her departure.
MPwdyahpll-CarglIL
ert Cargill and Miss Belle
of stage Gulch, were
m marriage December 22. at
y ' tn home of Mrs. J. I Den
wL,,0,le street, in Pendleton,
sj. " Bllk their home on Stage
Rfv- O- W. Rlgby officiated.
'seiia
W"d Baseball Cwoeer.
wj!inuia- dc"
in. ,ndent- "led this morn-
l.. "'cancer, the result of be-
S, on tb 1 with a base-
' "Mn the university last
HEPPNER MAN.
Confessed to Gambling Ilou Re.
i hcry at Tacoma.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec 22.charle.
Howe, one of the men arrested on a
charge of robbing the Pullman gam-
f 7". IT n,h- - contend
to Chief of Police Maloney. Howe
declare, the -other prisoner, are tono-
. !. he the w '
The money was recovered. Howe is
Professional gambler. He say. his
home is In Heppner. Or.
Howe entered the Pullman gambl
ing rooms, which are located on Pa
clflc avenue, and covered the three
employes present with a gun. He
compelled one to empty the money
on the table In a sack, and fled by
the back door. He secured 1365.
New Allan Uner Larached.
London. Dec. 2J. The steamship
Virginian, the second of the pair of
turbine steanwhtp constructed for the
Allan Bne. was launched today by her
builders at Unthouse. near Glasgow.
The vessels are to make their first
voyage to the Onxti..
and wlien wmt.r .
"--...uwii unriis in
me Lawrence next year they will
be planed on the regular Llverpoel-
Aonxreai service.
Alaska Promotions.
Washington. Dec 22. The presi
dent today sent to the senate the
nomination of James Wickeraham to
be Judge of the district court of
Alaska, and John W. Cobb, of Penn
sylvania, to be assistant agent for
the protection of the fisheries in
Alaska.
WITH A CORPSE
TTKK .ALARM AROVKED
THE TRAINED HORSES.
TiM-y Followed the PkocphhIou to the
Fire Drawing the LmirrovtHFd
Bearse Containing the Body of a
Fireman Were Stopped 'With llf
flcalty and the Obwquies ProrernVd
After the rnrinccied and Shocking I lnn Baltic fleet whom Admiral Ro
Interruption. jjestvensky put athure at French
! Congo In order that they might re
La Crosse, Wis., Dec. -it. The
clang of the fire alarm. Jarring dis
cordantly with the muffled bell, yes
terday turned the funeral of Thomas
Proff, the oldest fireman of La
Crosse, Into a rout. The coffin, laid
and draped on a hose cart, drawn by
two of the finest horses In the service, j
was opposite the central ststfcnn when
the alarm sounded. Behind It was
the large aerial truck. With a swing
It was guided out of the procession
and started to the fire. Scarcely had
tt cleared the procession when the
hose cart earning the coffin swung
into line, the horses struggling madly
to follow their mates, but were check
ed after running some distance.
When the aerial truck whirled from
the cortege the firemen acting as
pallbearers, sprang to the apparatus
and -were carried to the scene of the
fire. The funeral was postponed un
til the blase was extinguished, when
the services were resumed.
WIKCOXSIV TEACH Fits.
Rriwwnled From District T.-ar-r
to Tnivensty Professors.
MHwaukee. Wis.. Dec. 22. Edu
cators of Wisconsin have completed
arrangements for their several animal
meetings .which are held here during
Christmas week, and which are com
posed of all classes engaged in the
school work, from the president of
the university to the humblest teach
er In the district school. ,
The most Important meeting Is that
of the State Teachers' Associstion.
which convenes next Tuesdsy for a
session -of three days. The adjuncts
of this association, consisting of school
officers, high school and country
school sections, and town and county
superintendents, wM also hold
Ings. The Wisconsin Academy of Sci
ence, which Is intimately connected
with the educational association, and
aesslons are enlivened by a
subdivision into various sclentlOe sec
tions, will meet at the
It Is expected that several hundred
pedagogues will be here during the
week. The worx win
hix-t of Interest to per
ure" w , ... ... different
branches of school wora.
RecUmation In Harney,
w v Rnrka has been In from his
big land tract the past week, super
intending the maaing
pulleys and other machinery which
he will use to sink a large well for
irrigating purposes. -';
company has contracted to reclaim
10.000 acres under the Carey set nd
will establish pumping ' h'
.Tact for this purpo.-Burns Times
Herald. . lukmn MoCracken
dead
San,. Crux. CaL. ageo t-
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a men. . ...
i. nr ins lii m- -
legislature of Arison
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speaker, and tne """""J' "
famous McCracken s"1" nUnt-
l'EXDLETQy, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
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JAPAN
ESE FLEET
IN THE MALACCA
Has Gone to Intercept the Baltic FleetPolish Women in
Open Revolt Against Conscription.
s"x"t"1 by Cossacks Armed With Whips Japanese Gain Important
Ground Near Port Arthur, Bat May Have Lost WS Meter BUI Ru
mored Offers of Mediation The. Caar Is Vtterly Intolerant Toward
he Liberal Element In Rtwda, .
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!Mluesn"M1' four cruisers and 12 dt-
stroyers have passed here, steaming
westward. It looks as If a concen
trated attack on the Baltic fleet Is
planned.
Gone to Meet Tlieoi Half Way.
Singapore, Dec. 22, Two Japan-
ese warships, apparently
cruisers, have been seen
pore.
converted
off Slnga-
Japanese Driven Out.
St. Petersburg, Dec 22. Kuropat
kin reports that during a series of
recognisance' yesterday the Japan
ese Were driven out of their entrench
ments In the woods near the railway
hridge across the Shakhe river, and
their entrenchments were destroyed.
( oniiiil-kn Organised.
Paris, Dec. 22. The North Sea In
quiry commission met in the office
of the foreign minister at 10 this
morning. Admiral Kasanukoffr dean
of the commission, presided. Admi
ral Fourinler was elected president.
Admiral Spaun, of Austria, was
chosen the fifth member. The com-
mivslon adjourned until January
Witnesses Arriving).
Bordeaux. France, Dtc 22. The
steamer Paraguay arrived this morn
ing with four officers from the Rus-
turn to testify before the Xorth Sea
cnmmiwlon. They bring a detailed
report from Rojestvenslty. and other
Important papers.
Jap Gain Important
London, Dec. 22. The Tsklo cor
respondent of Reuter's. wires that the
Japanese hare captured some import-
ant positions on Pigeon Bay. to the
vest of Port Arthur.
Humors of Merilattsfc.
London. Dec. 22. The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Central
Newa wires that a persistent rumor is
current in the Russian capital that
England and France will shortly at
tempt to mediate In the Far Eastern
war. Official confirmation is lack
ing. Poll Women Rebel.
Si. Petersburg. Dec. 22. An anti
war riot was started today by women
WASHINGTON AT WALLA WALLA.
Will Ix-clure at Whitman Coltrge In
June Next.
Looker T. Washington, the dlstln-ruithi-d
leader of the colored race In
Ar.n-Sia. will be tn Walla Walla next
June and speak at Whitman College,
auys the Statesman. He will talk on
some phases of the1 negro problem in
the college chapel on, the evening of
June 13. An effort will be made to
get him to stay over for commence
ment and the council dinner, which
will bike place on the following day.
Booker T. Washington, often call
ed the "negro Moses." Is undoubtedly
the greatest colored man in America
today. Born In the humblest circum
stances nearly half a century ago.
child of a slave mother, he Is today
the recognised leader of his race, an
eloquent orator. Interesting writer and
holds learned degrees from some of
the best educational Institutions in
the country.
f IjOM Per Acre.
Clarkston real estate Improved by
an orchard three years of age Is
worth 11000 an acre In cash, for this
Is substantially the price Mrs. Maggie
A. Fehr received for two and a half
acres of land facing south on Llbby
street, near Twelfth. There are no
improvements in the way of buildings.
There are nearly 200 trees on the
place, together with a great many
grans vines, were set out by Mrs. Fehr
two and three years ago. Of course,
the ground Is situated In the heart of
the clarkston-Vlneland fruit paradise
but there Is nothing tn connection
with Its location that especially In
creases Its value over any other place
of equal area and same growth of
trees and In this sale Mrs. Fehr Is en
titled to the credit of establishing the
fact that fruit land in Clarkston
Vlneland set with trees but three
years old. to worth 11000 sn acre.
The purchaser of the property Is
Jacob Swltser. formerly of Colfax.
APPEARS
STRfli i S
In the town of Dembria, Poland,
wives of reservists. They gathered In
the town hall, demanding relief from
their destitute conditions, charged the
police, put them to flight, then storm
ed the town hall, and captured the
mayor, who was later released by
Cossarka, who drove the women off
with knouts.
KumkU's King Ueorge III.
St. Petersburg, Dec 22. According
to an official messenger, the csar ap
pended the following note to the tel
egram from the president of the lem
stvo, requesting reforms In state mat
ters: "I consider the action of the presi
dent presumptous and tactless. Ques
tions of state administration are of
no consequence to the smstvos, whose
functions and rights are clearly de
fined hy law."
Sevastopol Comddered Useless.
Toklo, Dec 22.-The following was
received from Port Arthur the morn
ing of December ID:
The Sevastopol, torpedoed by the
Japanese fleet. Immediately listed 10
degrees to the right, remaining fast
on the shallow shore at the foot of
Llatre mountain. The vessel Is con
sldered absolutely useless for further
offislve operations. The bombard-
oj.Kuosian gunnoais ana tor
pedo craft In the harbo,; romlnut a.
Three Destroyers heft.
Toklo. Dec. 22. Only three Rus
sian 'torpedo destroyers at Port Ar
frrur are In a seaworthy condition.
9hos Capture 'New Portions.
Toklo. Dec. 22. A Port Arthur dis-
satch states:
"The right column of the army at
f1hta morning drove the enemy from
the eminence north of Housanyentao
on Pigeon Hay. We then occupied
the position, and at 7 dislodged the
enemy from the height on the penin
sula, which we re-occupied, taking
one gun. The enemy made a counter
attack, but were repulsed. At pres
ent our occupation of the positions
is practically secure."
Recapture of 203 Meter HUI.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 22. Kuropat
kin wires he has received a report
from Chinese sources that the Rus
sians recaptured 202 Meter Hill out
side of Port Arthur and seised the
guns mounted by the Japanese tn the
fsrt.
who will Immediately erect a house
and occupy the premises as his home.
Lew 1st on Tribune.
SUSTAINED THE WILL.
San Francisco, Dec. 22. The Jury
in the Dolbeer will case, in which
tl.tOO.OVO Is involved., returned a
rerdlct this morning In favor of Etta
Warren, to whom the bulk of. the
fortune was bequeathed by Bertha
Diilbeer. the young society woman
who suicided at the Waldorf-Astoria
last spring by Jumping from a fifth-
story window. Adelph Sehander, an
uncle, contested the will, claiming the
nlrce was Insane at the time the In
strument was drawn up.
Chicago Grata.
Chicago. Dec. 2. May wheat open
ed II. 12. closed 11.11. Corn
opened 46. closed 46. Oats
ed 11. closed the
Nearly Electrocuted.
Roy Carson, a lineman for the Bell
Telephone Co., narrowly escaped In
stant death about 11 o'clock this
morning, but' as It was he escaped
with a badly burned hand and foot
He was repairing a line opposite the
cemetery on Warm Springs avenue,
when he came In contact with live
electric wire. For a short time it was
thought be was dead but he soon re
gained consciousness and was able to
walk back to town. Boise Capital
Newa.
Cootagioa at Baker City.
Poundmaster Boyd, detailed In the
health department, reported that there
are now 17 houses quarantined for
contagious diseases, II of which are
for scarlet fever, three diphtheria and
one smallpox, a decrease In the total
number of cases since last week. Ba
ker City Democrat.
1004.
MORE SENTENCES.
Dpmorrats Being Punished for Con.
tempt of Court.
Denver, Col., Dec. 21. City Detec
tive W. H. Green. John Desaye. Frank
MeMahon and Robert Goodman were
sentenced today to the supreme court
to six months tn Jail and 1100 fine.
for contempt of court In connection
with election frauds in precinct I,
ward t.
CHADWICKS INDICTED.
Mrs. Chadwirk's. Husband Not Held
Guiltless.
Cleveland, Dec 22. Dr. Chadwlck
and Mrs. Chadwlck were indicted this
afternoon by the Cuyahoga county
grand jury on two counts, charging
forgery and uttering a 16,000.000 note
signed Andrew Carnegie.
Mysterious Portmanteau Found.
Cleveland. Dec. 22. The mysteri
ous portmanteau belonging to Mrs.
Chadwlck, and supposed to contain
valuable papers and securities which
were taken from the Chadwlck home
the night prior to the woman's de
parture for New York, has been
traced to the woman's attorney. Jay
P. Dawley. He admits he has the
contents, but says they are of no
value In any court.
IJar! Liar! Liar!
New Tork. Dec. 22. Cornelius
Bliss, treasurer of the republican na
tional committee, said today that
Lawson's 15.000.000 campaign fund
story In the coming January number
of Everybody's la absolutely false.
ANNUAL STATE
AS
Kl't'll 18 THE DECISION
OF STATE FAIR BOARD.
Exact Dale Will Ho Determined al
the January Srwdou of tlio Board
Believed Uie Rate of Attendance
Can He Kept I p In 1005 ui Uw
Average Thought That Ui Mum
Holding tlie Fair Next Year Woukl
Weaken Public Interest.
Muyor W. F. Matlock returned this
morning from Salem, where hs at
tended the annual meeting of the
slate fair board, of which he is
member. It was decided at the meet
ing to hold the fair next fall, and the
board will convene in Portland next
month for the purpose of settling the
dates.
"The board members," said Mr.
Matlock, "decided that It would be
better to hold the fair next fall the
same as usual, ratber than allow It to
go by for a year and thus destroy In
teresi in ins event. There Is every
reason to believe the attendance In
106 will be equally as good as It was
last fall."
The annual election of officers was
held at the Salem meeting, all the old
ones being retained In office.
WILL Hl'ILD SNAKE RIVER ltd A I)
Active Work Bring Pushed on Uie
Proposed Line Along Snake River,
A large amount of railroad ties and
other construction material are ac
cumulating at Huntington and a corps
of surveyors are out along the line
of the proposed road down Snake
river setting the grade stakes. It be
gins to look like the road will be built
and the people who will benefitted by
Its construction are feeling very jubi
lant. This road has been tied up
with certain mining Interests down
Snake river but It is now believed that
everything Is satisfactorily settled and
that the Harrlman system has secur
ed control and will push the road to
an early completion.
Killed la . Coal Mine
Johnston, Pa., Dec. 22. Twenty
five men are reported killed by an
explosion in a mine at Bolivar, 1
miles west Seven bodies have been
taken out.
New Railroad Mileage.
It has been thought by those In po
sition to know, that the era of rail
road building had come to a close,
and now we are Informed by the de
partment of commerce and labor
that the mileage of new roads In the
United States for tne year 1004 will
reach the enormous figure of 4000.
exclusive of Alaska and Insular pos
sessions. The Increase Is equivalent
to a single track from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
The most notable In this year's
building to the great Southwest, with
1S00 miles of track. This Is largely
In Texas, which, by the way. Is the
first In railway mileage as It la In
extent of territory. The Northwest
has sdded 01 f miles; the South, east
of Texas, comes In with 002 miles:
the Pacific states wheel Into line
with 642 miles of steel rails; and so
the great railway Interests continue
to develop. It Is thought that at no
distant day the West will he gridiron
ed as the New England and Middle j
states have been for years.
NO. 5237.
LEVY
For General Purposes Five
Mills and for Street Im
provement Two Mills.
EXPENSES OF THE CITY
FOR THE YEAR S0,
Taxable Property In the City Now
Amounts to Over One and Ono-hsthT
Million Dollars Hereafter Traaaa
Will Be' Allowed to Stand en Croae
Ings But Five Minnies, With m
Maximum Fine of $M for Vtolatlost
Curs fan Hereafter Be ViUuadMi
Only at Depots and Warehouses.
The city council last night pansvdl
un ordinance fixing the tax levy for
1004 at 7 mills. For general pur
poses the tax will be 5 mills, and fnr
apecial street Improvement 2 mills
The poll tax was fixed at 12.
According to the assessment rolls
the amount of taxable property hs
the city this year Is II. 619,693. SO. audi
the general expenses of city govern
ment will by December II, amount to
about 230,000.
An ordinance was passed repeahnar
the old one allowing trains to stop est
street crossing 20 minutes, nnd cut
ling the time to five minutes. A finer
of from 16 to 260 Is provided for
violations of this regulation. The new
ordinance also makes It unlawful to
loud nr unload cars In the streets ex
cept at depots or warehouses, espec
ially provided.
The petition of the Birch Creek Mu
tual Telephone company for a fran
chise to erect, operate nnd maintain
a telephone line In certain streets of
the city was granted, and sn ordi
nance to that effert passed. The new
telephone company Is 10 grant the
city the free use of Its lines. Thn
life of the frnnrhlse Is 10 years'.
Liquor licenses were granted Orir
fin A lltiiTi-lt, and George Darveaa.
All members of the council sere
present last night. Chairman Dick
son presided In the utiaence of Mayor
Matlock.
F. P. MAYS INDICTED..
INirtlamt Ijiuyer Involved In
IVsnil Ktsndalt.
Portland, Dec. 22. The first sen
sational Indictments which It had
been expected would result from In
grnnd Jury were returned today,
present Investigations by the federal'
grand Jury were returned today
Franklin Pierre Mays was accused of
hsvlng conspired to defraud, the
United States government of public
lands situated In township 14, rang
1 east.
The township Is located In Calf
pools mountains, between Lane audi
Douglas counties. Mays Is a promi
nent young lawyer of this city, and
a member of one of the prominent
pioneer families of the stats.
The Indictments also Include Me
Klnley, I'uter, Emma Watson, already
convicted of conspiracy against the
government, Marie Ware, the defend
ant In the first land frsuds case, who
was ucquilled, Robert w, Simpson.
John Doe and Richard Roe. Tne
last three, like Mays, have not hith
erto been connected with the case
so far as known.
The Indictment alleges that these
persons conspired to defraud the gor
em men t December 21, 1(01, by the
use of false and forged applications.
affidavits and proofs of homestead
entry and settlement.
Part of the applicants, the Indict
ment says, were fictitious; but the
others wers secured by Puter sad
McKlnley.
Amnrkm for Business,
The dlstlngulshsd English manu
facturer, W. 8. Leycock. recent Ur
gave expression to the follow ng rra-
Hment. relative to the business anili
ty of Jn.erleans and wv.i' w are ac
complishing In certain lines: "Twea-.
tv years ago I used to come la Ins
United Stales and sell goods; now I
come to buy. The American mana
factursrs have completely outstripped
the English In price. In quality, ha
everything. In the railway supply
business, especially, It Is Amerteaa
Invasion with a vsngeance. I have
just built a shop In Sheffield and
everything In It la American-made,
except the boilers. Ton have lao
greatest country In the world far
business."
Buck la a Candidate.
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New Tork, Dee. 22. Former
Governor Hlack's candidacy tor
the United States senstorshlp w w
formally announced by Louis
F. Payne. Black's chief sup- v
porter. The Depew people
make no secret of their eon-
eern.
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