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Volume lviv. no. 243
ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 211905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
V
RESIGN THE
CRY
GOVERNMENT DEFATED
Redistribution Movement
Results in Defeat of
England By Three.
Scene of Greatest Excitement Caused
By Libetabj and Irish Memberi Crying
"Resign" Whin Vote te Announced.
Balfour Would Make No Statement.
UnJon, July 20, The government
wa defeated In the houa of eotumoii
today by a majority of 3 on the motion
to reduce the membership from Ireland.
On the announcement of the rote a
scene of the greatest excitement was
'roducrd by the liberal and Irish mem
ber yelling, "Regn."
The iucblcnt i orMiiWred hardly of
sufllcb-nt Importance to Justify- the gov
ernmcnt In resigning, but when akcd
by Wr Henry liauw-rinaii, the leader of
the opposition, wlit eoure he intended
ti pursue, Premier Balfour declined to
mule a statement
WASHINGTON BANKERS
OPEN CONVENTION
Financial Men of Northwest State in
Session at Portland.
Portland, July 2ft. The Tenth annual
convention of the Washlnjjton State
Itankcr Association aNmblcd In Port
land today. The convention will con
clude Saturday. Itoutine matter occu
pied the fore part of tmlav' elon.
After appointing a credentials commit
tee, President Latimer delivered bis an-
mini n.l.lrma In which he MVS a Slim-
innry of the development in the state
of Washington, during the year Just
closed.
Secretary Kauffman wad bte report
bowing the membership to be 203
hanks, or 00 per cent of the act Ire banks
in the state. K. W. Purdy. of Belling
bum. chairman of the executive council,
In hi report spoke of the inuecesful
attempt to secure the passage of a bill
by the stats h-gislntur regulating the
tanking In the state.
W. I). Vincent, of Spokane, read the
report of the protective committee which
showed the committee had secured the
DEVLIN'S BAD SECURITIES
CLOSE ANOTHER BANK
Kosa City, July 20,-The Clly Na
tional Hank failed to open its door to
day The bank held paper of C. J. Pev
trn, of Topcka, to the amount of up
ward of $100,000 and the failure la the
direct result of the closing of the First
National Hank, of Topeka, of whluh Mr.
Devlin was tho principal stockholder.
Some time ago the comptroller of the
currency at Washington Instructed the
cffli-r of the City National Bank to re
pair its capital. This was done by bor
rowing from a local capitalist. Follow
ing the failure of the First National
Sank of Topeka the Kanas City capi
talUt became Insistent upon payment of
Ms loan, and this demand caused the
oftlcer of the City National to decide
upon closing iheir institution.
The City National Bank was organized
in 1000 and ia one of the youngest of
the national banking institution in the
city. Its capital is $.100,000, and it has
deposit of $1,470,649.
Imprisonment of 1H men, guilty of for
gery or obtaining putney unU-r false pre
ton during the past yipm ... J
' Tli eion today elv adopted new
constitution and byIaw. At the aft
ernoon session, among the address de
livered wa one by Walker Hill, of St.
! Loul. Another wa the addr of J. II.
Cameron, of Chicago. i '
GIVEN TO STATE.
Logan Historical Collection Presented
To Iillnoii By Mrs. Logan.
Springfield, III., July 20.-In a letter
received by Governor In-en, Mr, John
A. Logan formally tendered the valua
ble historical collection owned by Mr.
Igan to the slate of Illinois. The col
lection which I closely connected with
the life of General John' A. Logan and
the history of the country and the state,
in now in Memorial ball, at Mr. Iptn's
limine in Washington.
SMALL BOY KILLED.
Sit on Track and Bun Over By Elec
tric Train.
Spokane, July 20,-Clcn Olen, the
l monb old son of Mr. and Mr. Len
Olen, was run over by an electric train
and Instantly killed today.
The lty wandered from home and
wa seated on the track. The motor
man made a desperate effort to stop
the train but the distance wa too short
The accident occurred at Hunter' sta
tion near Couer IVAlene city, Llhn.
Clark Better.
Xew York, July 20. Senator Clark
continue to iuiprova steadily from the
effect of the recent operation.
WILLIAMS TO
HANG TODAY
Execution of Murderer of Mrs.
Ncsbit at The Dalles.
Last Execution to Take Place Outside
The Penitentiary. Drop Will Be
Sprung at Half Past Six O'clock This
Morning. Linville Will Be Present
I The Dalles. July 2ft. (Social) -The
Mast execution which will occur out-dde
the State Penitentiary at Salem will be
j at 0:34) o'clock tomorrow morning when
1 tunic I Norman William will bo hanged
for the murder of Mrs. L J. Xesbit, of
Omaha, Neb., and her daughter Alma.
near Hood River; in March, 10(10.
. In so far a Williams' crime wa com
mfttcd previous to the passing of the
slate law dictating that all executions
should occur in the state penitentiary
! the hanging will not be affected. A
' number of Invited guest will be present
1 among whom is Sheriff Thomas Linville,
of Clatsop county, who arrived today.
The bunk wa closed by E. K. Ames,
bank examiner, under, instruction from
the comptroller of the currency. The
comptroller yesterday, it is said, in
formed the oflleer of the bank that
they must take up $100,000 in bad paper
at oaee or they would not be permitted
to ojen today.
. It Is stated that the general knowledge
that the bank held other bad paper and
wa In a weakened condition bad led to
a gradual withdrawal of deposit. At
no time had a run of any big proportions
been on, but H i stated that withdraw
al had been made quietly for several
month, and that within 00 days $i00,-1
000 bad been taken out.
The majority of the bank's depositors
are persona in medium circumstances,
two-thirds of whom live outside of Kan
sas City. There was no excitement at
the doors of the bank when the notice
was pouted today, les than a down de
positors appearing to withdraw their
money. 1
OT
AFTER 45
JURY IS DISCHARGED
Juror Cook Earnest Advo
cate for Conviction ;
from Start. . "
Judy in Willlamson-Gessoer-Biggi Trial
Is Discharged. Stood Tea to Two in
Favor of Conviction. Flook and Wal
ker Favored Acquittal
Portland, July 29. After standing ten
to two tu favor of conviction for forty-
five hours, the jury In the Williamson-
Cessncr lliggs cae wa unable to reach
an agreement and was discharged today.
According to the Evening Telegram, O.
IL Flook, of Olalla, and O. O. Walker,
of Walker, Ijine County, favored the
acquittal.
Juror Cook, of Eugene, who it was
rumored wa banging the jury, it de
velops, was an ardent advocate for the
conviction of all three of the defend
ants from the beginning to the end of
the deliberations.
MAY SUSTAIN DEMURRER. ,
Arguments Heard By Judge De Haven
In Joses-Potter Cat.
Portland, July 20. Argument in the
demurrer of the Indictment charging
former state representative, Willsrd N.
Jones, Thaddeu R. Potter and others
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment of public land were beard in the
t'uited State district court today by
Judge IV Haven.
It wa practically conceded by the
prosecution that the indictment wa not
all it should be, and it is understood that
the demurrer will be sustained tomor
row. ''
The contention in the defense of the
indictment 'fail to describe the nature
of the conspiracy with which the de
fendants are charged.
STRIKE HAS ENDED.
Chicago Teamsters Surrender and Will
Return to Work.
Chicago, July 20. The teamsters'
strike, which began 103 days ago, was
at 12:30 tonight officially declared off
by the members of the teamsters' joint
council. The men of the order will seek
their old positions and H i estimated
that less than one half of them will be
re-employed. The strikers made a com
plete surrender1 and apply for work as
individuals without an agreement of any
kind with the employers.
The action of the teamsters joint coun
cil was taken a.t the end of a day
whose events clearly foreshadowed the
collapse of the strike. .
Three unions have already voted to
return to work as far as possible and
certain unions, which have not yet voted
on the question, will take' a similar ac
tion. The council, believing further ef
forts useless, decided to call off the
NAMES OF INDICTED.
Work of Federal Grand Jury in Idaho
' Made Public -v
Boie, July 20. The following indict
ments were returned by the . federal
grand jury investigating the alleged
land fraud in Idaho. Bench warrants
were issued for the rret of Geoje F.
Kester, cashier, and William F. Ketton
bach, prehldent of the Lewiston National
HERD
OURS
Hank; Jackson OTveefe, Asotin, Wash.;
William Dwyer, Clarkston, Wash.; C.
W. Ilobnett, bookkeeper for the Lewis
ton National Hank, I t en Comelt and
three others whose name are not yet
made public-.
Kter, Kettunbach, Dwyer and O
Keffe are charged with conspiracy to
defraud the United BUtes. Kester and
Itobdett are indicted for sulmrnation of
perjury. Cornett and the three others
unnamed for perjury. ,
FAMOUS ENGINEER DEAD.
Was Promoter and Constructor of Many
Street Railways.
Sao Francisco, July 19. Phineas
Ilronadondo, perhaps the most promi
nent constructing engineer of the coast,
is dead at his" residence In tbls city at
the age of 73 year. Ho came to San
Francisco in after finishing hi first
engineering work, the construction of the
public garden at Boston, and the first
horse ear line ever operated between
Boston and Charlcstown.
The famim omnibus line, the first
horse car system of the Pacific slope,
was the fruit of his engineering skill,
being finished In 1H02, a year after he
had built the old San Frsncised and
San Jose railroad, which was the first
steam line west of the rockie. Then
he laid out the Portland street railway.
Going to Iw Angele he became tlie
constructor of the Pico Street railway,
the first trolley system ever establislied
on the coast and the third in the United
States.
AUTO KILLS MILLIONAIRE.
Crashes into Buggy While Running Rap
idly and is Wrecked.
Ijm. Angeles, July &). M. T. Han
cock, a well known millionaire plow man
ufacturcr, was killed in an automobile
accident on Main street tonight. His
automobile, while being driverj at a
bight rate of speed, crashed into a bug
gy and was wrecked.
'WLEOLN'S
FRIEND DEAD
Death Overtakes Playmate of Mar
tyred President's Son.
Gustave Sherman Dies la New York.
Waa Bootblack When Civil War Com
menced. Met "Tad"-Lincoln and Boya
Became Fast Friends,
'1 '.
Xew York. July 20. Gustave A. Rohuf
man, one of the youngest men to enlist
in the northern army at the beginning
of the Civil war, drummer boy arid bug
lt.r for Generals Birney, Stoneman, and
Sickles, and friend and playmate for
months at the White House of little
"Tad" Lincoln is dead at the home of
his danghter in this city. He was h
bootblack, only eleven years old, when
the war begun.
The lad's father prevailed Upon Col
onel Riley, of the 40th Kew York, to
take him to the front. At Belle Plains,
the youngest met "Tad" Lincoln, who
had aeootnpanied the president and his
mother o a vUlt to the army. The
boys engaged in a horse race and be
came much attached to each other with
the result that an order was issued at
taching the bugler to the president's
household. ' '
President Lincoln told General Sickles
that they needed diversion at the White
House. It is believed that their wish
waa attained, for there are still stories
of two boys to whom such a thing a a
cabinet meeting had fto terrors. When
Ie made his daih for the north the bug-
lnr went lack to General Sickles.
Since the war Mr. Schurtnan "occupied
positions at the custom houses and var
ious city departments.
Baseball Scores.
Portland, July 20. Portland, 1; Ta
coma, 3.
San Francisco, July 20. Oakland, 5;
Fan, Francisco, 3.
i . . S . i AS
FOUND NO
Si
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE
State Bank Examiner Goes
Over Mercantile Trust
Company's Books.
Says He Made- Careful Study and Found
No Record of Loan to Equitable or
Anybody Connected With Society.
May Have Existed.
New York, July 2ft. State Bank Ex
aminer Judson late today made the fol
lowing statement:
"I have examine dall the assets of
the Mercantile Trust Company and not
only find no trace of a Urge mortgage
for the loan of $685,000 to the Equit
able Life Assurance Society, or to Jas.
W. Alexander or Thomas D. Jordan, a
trustees, but I find no record of such
a loan to any persons connected with
the Equitable."
Mr. Jordan, in a further conversation
this afternoon explained that although
he was absolutely certain the loan did
not at the present moment appear on
the books of the Mercantile Trust Com
pany, there was nothing in his exami
nation to show whether or not it exist-
; ed a few weeks ago and had since been
taken np.
EQUITABLE LOAN PAID.
World Will Say Today That Payment
Was Made Last Friday.
Xew York, July 20. The World will
say tomorrow that the loan of f085,
000 to the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety by the Mercantile Trust Company
has been paid. The World says:
"This loan was paid last Friday by
Former President Alexander and For
mer Comptroller Jordan, or by some
persons unknown, for their account."
Jordan, when called pver the tele
phone, refused io say a Word regarding
the matter.
Alexander is very ill at his retreat
near Babvlon. Iti attorneys decline to
JAPANESE PEACE ENVOY
ARRIVES AT SEATTLE
Seattle, July 20. Baron J. Komura,
foreign minister of Japan, and one of
the two Japanese peace commissioners,
is buried beneath a mass of diplomat
ic correspondence at the residence of
S. Hisamidzu, Japanese consul at Seat
tle. Baron Konuira woHktd until 5
o'clock this morning upon cabfcgrams
and letters reaching him when the steam
ship Minnesota arrived at Tort Town-
send. .
Komura and his party will work un
til 7:30 P. M. on the cipher dispatches
and will carry with them a mass of un
finished business to be taken up on the
Great Northern train en route East.
The private car of J. J. Hill, in which
the party will proceed East, will be the
lambasoador's working office. .
Baron Komura was welcomed at Se
attle when tbe Minnesota reashed port
at 11:30 A. M. by more than 1000 Jap
anese. On a tug in the harbor a small
crowd of Japanese exploded day fire
works in honor of the party, and a band
interspersed Japanese and American airs
in a musical program of welcome. Mayor
Ballinger, on behalf of 'the city, wel
make any statement. State Hanking
Superintendent Kiibum said to a World
correspondent at Albany & night that
the loan was made by the Mercantile
the "League of League" wa held to-.
.. , , , , .
mo ai i(U9utb, wiiiiuui swuriiy.
CUBAN GOVERNOR IN TROUBLE
Blocks Inspection of his Again By the
Government Commission.
Havana, July 20. General Jose Mig
uel Gomez, the fusion candidate for pres
ident is charged with causing various
difficulties for the government in the
province of Santa Clara where he is gov
ernor. A commission sent by tbe inter
ior department to inspect the munici-,
pal affairs of tbe town of Vueltas has
been prevented from doing so by the
Alcalde and a squad of rural guards has
meeting of the executive committee of
rying out 'of the government order.
General Gomex, it is said, has been to
an undue extent, granting bis followers
the privilege of carrying arms and it
is said that this matter will be inves
tigated.
CHINA'S NOTE
Official Text of Notification to
Powers at Washington.
Government Will Not Recogniie Any
. Arrangement Relative to Manchuria
In "Which She la Not Consulted Be
fore Hand.
Washington, July 20. China's officia'
notification-to the powers that she wi'l
not recognize and arrangement regard
ing Manchuria concerning which she is
not consulted beforehand,- has reached
Washington. The arrival of the test
of the note disposea of the unofficial
report reaching Washington recently,
from Europe which found credence in"
official circles and in which China re
quested that she be allowed to partici
pate in the conference. China has not
taken this step for several reasons.
The Chinese government is anxious,
so far as possible, that both belligerents
be allowed to negotiate directly with
each other and is adverse to their being
forced into negotiations,
China's motive in addressing to Rus
sia and Japan such notification waa to
remind them that he never acquiesced
in tbe alienation of the province of
ilancburia from the Chinese sovereign
ty and she expected as" the" Bfri result
of the war to full restoration to Chinese
control of that province.
comed the diplomat at the gangway, and
. . . ,,
a special tram brought mm to ttie city.
Aboard the Minnesota Tuesday night
a farewell reception was given by Baron
Komura. He and his party received in
the ladies parlor on the boat, and later
Baron Komura distributed a number of
presents among the officers of the boat.
Those minor officials and employes who
waited upon him were treated lavishly,
the Chinese stateroom attendant being
given a ?40 tip. All the prizes won in
the ship games during the voyages were
distributed Friday night. Baron Komura
made the presentation speeches and in
sisted upon , personally donating the
prizes.
The quarantine officer prompted by a
treasury department suggestion, made
sn infection of the Minnesota at 4:19
this, morning,' daybreak. The boat waa
ready to proceed at 5:30 A. M., but was
held at Port Townsend for an hour and
a half, to avoid arriving at Seattle be
fore breakfastf Train connections could
not be made, and as Baron Komura had
worked until 5 A. M., and some member
of his suite all night, the rest was required.
HAS
ARRIVED