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AVER
SUIT IS COMMENCED
Officers, Directors, and
Committee Members
Are Defendants
Stat Attorney Mayer Bring i Suit
Against Equitable Lift Aaeuranc So
ciety. Make Serious Char(i Against
ladivlduali. Aik Svr Punlahmtot
New York, July 31. Action wo Itwtt
tutwi tly by State Attorney OnrI
Julius Mayer in tha supreme court of
New York county in the nam of tha
rop. of the tt of New York, ajrlnt
tli Equitable Ufa Auranee Society,
lt oftlir, menitar end directors of tlx
executive and financial committee, all
of which ere named in the complaint.
Tha complaint refer to tha Fri-k com
mitt' report and tlite Investigation
mad !y Hi Mate Insurance Superin
tendent Hendricks.
Mr, Mayer ak that the defendants
count for fund and property commit
t"l to their care, aud that thry be re
quired to return any money acquired,
)t, or wasted by tha violation f du
ties, that any direct found guilty of
misconduct b removed; that tha nt
surplus, after deducting outstanding ob
InKatlon be Jivld.'d among th policy
holders.
Tha complaint crue tlif defendants
of having conducted their lmim neg
ligently anl Improvldently and atates
they have done or permitted wrongful
anrl improper acta to the loss of the o
city. Hyde. . Alexander and Tarbell are ac
cux-d of having manipulated the mercan
tile Safo Deposit company to their profit
in violation of their duty to the Equit
able. Concerning the Mlaeouri Hafa De
poo company, the complaint allege
tbat it waa aold at price far exceeding
it value, to the Equitable society by
Hyde, who owned nearly three quarters
of the atock and the other defendant,
who owned the lialaiife. Tlie oomplnlnt
!! alm that aalarie and p'nii)n
allowed dpfenditntu, a offliwra, wer un
warranted. Of the loan to the TVpfMr Invoatment
company, the complaint chaw the de
(ndunt itnproierly and woatfully al
lowed the aotdety to loan a quurUr of
a million dollar to it on grooiily inud
eiiunte aceurity.
It alp(rt-a that the defendant were
ato(kholdtra in thia company alW
The pi-pw Investment ompany, so
TO CONTROL SCOURGE
BY SCIENTIFIC METHODS
New Orleans, July 31. By the end of
the preaent week authoritiea hi charge
of the fever altuntlon believe they will
be in auch thorough touch with comli
tion, they will be able to apeak with
authority a to their ability to control
and criidicato the disease in advance of
the coming froetA Three deaths occurred
in thb eniergeucy hospital today.
All caea found with no relative to
care for them are promptly removed to
the institution where moat elaborate
modern arrangement are made for their
treatment.
Prctddent Rouchon of the Ute board
of health received advices today that a
oae at Morgan City had been pronounc
ed yellow fever. Morgan City is 20
mile from New Orleans and the an
the complaint llgea, Wwinw Inmilvent
atnl waa bid In by the defendant aociely
for fVi,0Mj cftUoltiK a great lowt to the
KqiiiUble, ""
It "' further that no attempt wa
ever nule to collect the duU' iency In the
judgment and the aanie rvni&ln unpaid.
WYOMING AT 'FRISCO.
Monittr With Broken Propeller Blade
To wad To Bay City,
finn Framdaco, July 31. Tlu United
StaU Monitor Wyoming baa arrived here
on her way to Mar Wand in tow of the
government tug Unadilla, Tha Wyom
ing atarted up from Panama over a
month ago. Off Hartford aha lot a pro
pollnr blade and had to put into thai
pott, whi'ra aha waited for aUtance.
The Bennington at da Diego waa about
to proceed to her eld when the unfor
tunata avwident took pla and the Un
adilla waa dispatched in her place.
FEW NEW CORPORATIONS.
Journal of Commerot Quote July ai
Being Extremely Small Month.
New York, July 31. Nw corporation
authorlted In July tmder tha law of the
Fatern atat with a capital of tl,Oo0
eat .r more aa compiled by the Journal
of l ommnrce, r-ai:lii a total of only
oi,313.O)0, by far the emallrat for any
month during the currnt fear. July
ha been a mall month for year, how
ever, in matter of thi kind and the
month now cloving U about even with
the r-rd for reint yeara. Charter
for companlc caiitnliinl at l- than
l,wto,iN aruttte .W.W3,iaK..
TODAY'S WEATHER.
Portland, July 31. WcOrn Wash
ington and Wotrn Oregon j fair. East
ern Oregon and Eatern Wellington, tin-mttli-d,
prohnbly with thunderstorm.
FIRE DESTROYS
SWIFT PLANT
Starts at St. Joseph Early This
Morning
pieaetrioui Blat ia Beef Bed and Poul
try Department.- It Bey one Control
Loaa EstimaNd at Two Hundred and
Fifty Thoutand.
St. Joeph, Mo., July 31. Fire which
started about 1 o'clock thia morning in
the beef lied of Swift A C'ompany'a
parking plant at South St. Josqih, com
pletely destroyed the polultry depart
ment, which i aald to lie .the largeet In
the world. . The beef led were also
entirely consumed.
Ajt 1;M A. M., the fire waa beyond
rontt'ol and U aaid to be epi ending to
the oil room.
If the flame reaeh the oil room there
is littln cliam-e of any of the building
hiMtig waved. At 2:25 A. M., Swift &
Company estimate the preent loaa at
W30.000.
nouncement of a case there will doubt
less bo followed by tha bottling up of
the town...
No other case in Louisiana, has been
reported in the last two day.
DECLARES QUARANTINE.
Little Rock, July 31. The Arkansas
stute board of health tonight declared
quarantine agnlnst all places where yel
low fever exists.
STATUS QUO.
New Orleans, July 81. Near casea up
to 0 P. M., 21; cases to date, 302; death
to 6 P. M., 5; total deaths to date, 62;
new foci, 5; total within foci, 40.
Of the live deatlia reported above,
three occurred In the emergency hospital
and all five bore Italian names.
H OF HONOR
WANTED BY
TO REORGANIZE BUREAU
In Interview With Presi
dent Roosevelt He Un
folds Plan.
Secretary, of Department of Agricul-
turt Propoaei General Shakeup Al
ready Haa On Mat tod Setka Mora,
Two Will Uadentiad Cotton.
Oyster Bay, July 31. Secretary Wil
son will organize thoroughly tne crop
sUtUtk-s bureau of the department of
agriculture, according to information re
ceivej here last night. Already he ia
seeking men of character, standing and
education to conduct the work of tha
bureau, men in whom the farmer and
grower of the country have confidence
and who will place the report of the
bureau on a standard of excellence never
heretofore achieved.
One man he has found, although he
does not, at this time, wish to publUh
his name. The other three he hope to
secure In a short time.
Two of them will be Southern men
and both1 will be experts in cotton and
tobacco statistic Thi in brief is one
of the Meas which Secretary Wilson
elucidated to President Rooevelt today.
Secretary Wilson outlined liis new
plan as follows:
"Tki Is entirely new," aaid he, "and
has never been published. My inten
tion is to create a board, with Assist
ant Secretary Hays at the head, which
shall handle all of the crop statistic.
I appointed a board a little while ago,
the member of which handle the statis
tics individually and turn in their re
sult to me or to Mr. Hays. The present
hoard waa a sort of make ahift affair.
"it wa tha best we could organize,
In a lytrry, from the people In the de
partment. It ia my intention to organ
ize a board of four men, two of whom
will be from the South. The other two
will be from other parte of the country.
They will lie the best men we can find
in the" country. They will be actentific
experts In whom the country have ab
solute confidence. All report will lie
sent to me from the field and I shall
place them at the proper time, in the
hands of these scientists.
"Each will make up his estimate and
the four estimate will be received by
me or by Assistant Secretary Hays.
"The members of he board will be
regular employe of the department and
they will spend some of the time travel
ing in search of any infrmation which
may bear upon their work. Through the
work of this board, I think we shall have
perfectly reliable cstimatee made of all
crop condition.
GETS SIX YEARS.
Idaho Woman Convicted of Manslaugh
ter Goe to Penitentiary.
Paris, Idaho, July SI. Mr. Caddie
Shupe, who yesterday was found guilty
of voluntary manslaughter, for the kill
ing of Arthur Douglas, today waa sen
tenced to serve six years in the state
pnitentiary at Boise. Mrs. Shupe will
not appeal but will serve out the sen
tence. She Is the mother of six young
children, who will be taken care of by
relatives.
MONARCHS IN CONFERENCE.
King Christian and Emperor Meet at
. Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, July 31. The meeting
between Emperor William, of Germany,
and King Christian today waa of a very
formal character, but the emperor' ab
sorbed demeanor, aeemed to show that
ha attached great importance to the
meeting. Tha forte and warship fired
royal alut on the arrival of the im
perial yacht Hohenollereit,
King Christian ia company with the
Crown Prim-e and other prince, pre
mier Chrlsteosen and the foreign min
ister. Count Levelzau, welcomed the
emperor. There wa no formal reception.
CONTROVERSY NEAE END.
SuaaU aad United State art to Effect
Compromiae. '
St. Petemburg Jul 31. Negotiation
for the settlement of the Kuo-Ameri
ca a Urilf difference are advancing stead
ily. Russia ia wilting to withdraw the
retaliatory duties on American machin
ery, etc., which weigh hard on Russian
industry and agriculture, and on these
seek abandonment on the retalitatory
duties imposed by her on sugar, Ameri
can export of which art not apt to be
come aa important factor.
Certificate of origin necessarily e
acted oa machinery imported from other
countries is also a burdensome formality
and M. Witte, who waa minister of fi
nance when the duties were imposed,
wa consulted before . leaving for the
United States, and agreed to the advis.
bility of settling the dispute. The min
ister of finance hop- to be able to ar
range a readjustment and to interchange
notes on tha matter without having re
course to a commission ,and the wish ia
might l,arrived at in time to be an
nounced during the peace negotiations.
The principal prospeet of delay lies in
the desire to submit the revision to M.
Witte for hia formal approval aa a mat
ter of eourtcxy, ahowing how strongly
hie political star is in the asndant in
Ruseia today. "''. ,
WAYWARD YOUTH
FORGED TO MARRY
Seducer of Seattle Giri Feels Arm
of Law.
Married Girl and Waa Accused of Se
duction By Second GirL Dtwet Pro
ceeding Followed By Marriage to the
Wronged Girl By Sheriff's Direction.
Victoria, July 31. Robert Collins was
married here today to Lottie Conrad, of
Seattle, while Sheriff Livesley, who
brought the couple here for the ceremony
looked, on.
i
Collins was married July IS to a Misa
Hoffman, of Seattle, and a soon aa the
marriage waa annourx-ed Miss Conrad,
a clerk in a dry goods store, charged him
with seduction.
To save him from the penitentiary,
the bride of a few days, consented to a
divorce and as the statutes forbid mar
riage within si month of a divorce,
the Judge ordered Collins and Miss Con
rad to be brought across, the interna
tional line to Victoria aad be married.
The Victoria police were notified that
if Collins refused to carry outjthe mar
riage that he be arrested and held, pend
ing extradition proceedings on the charge
which his divorce and remarriage al
lowed him to escape.
RELEASE FEVER SUSPECTS. ,
New York Health Officer! Release De
tained Steamer Passengers.
New York, July 30. Three passengers
of the steamer Segurania, detained as
fever suspects, were released today with
two member of the crew of the jteam
er Eldcrow. A number of other persons
l from the passenger lwts and crews of
vosseJs arriving from Southern ports
will probably be released from obser
vation tomorrow.
Two members of the crew of the Se
guraina are very sick, but it haa not been
determined that the men are suffering
from Yellow fever.
The baeWologieal examination will
not be completed until tomorrow.
VILL SHUT OUT
CHINESE
TEXT OF HEW TREATY
Will' Exclude Laborers
From China and This
Country.
Text of New Treaty A Set Forth By
Chine Government Celestials of
Prominence With Credentials to Be
Uomoleated.
Seattle, Jul 31. The Post-Inteliigen-cer
will publish tomorrow the text of
the proposed new treaty on the immi
gration question aa set forth . by the
Chinese government On the date of the
signing of. the. treaty, .laborer of both
countries shall be excluded from the
other. A provision ia made for labor
ers' return to the native countries, cer
tificates being furnished. Chine la
borers destined to other countries other
than America shall have the right to
pass serosa the United States, subject
to the regulations of the nation. Chin
ese laborers are to be admitted into the
Hawaiian islands and the Philippines,
M are the subjects of other Eastern
nations. Chinese subjects, other than la
borers, shall be admitted and permitted
to reside in this country, proper certi-
ficaVs being furnished them. Chinese
subject who wish to enter America
having proper securities, shall not be de
tained or imprisoned.
Chinese, excepting laborer, permanent
or transient, shall have the privilege of
bringing their families to thia country,
if they present proper certificates, Chin
ese can not become citizens.
Disagreement in the interpretations
of the treaty are to be referred to ar
bitration in both countriea. The treaty
will be effective twenty yeara. A year's
notice will be necessary to abrogate the
treaty.
MEETING POSTPONEB.
San Franciscans Defer the Discussion of
Chinese Boycott
San Francisco, July 31. The proposed
meeting of commercial bodies in this
city to consider the boycotting of Amer
ican goods in China, which was to have
been held today, haa been postponed.
T) department of state at Washing
ton baa been requested to fully investi
gate the matter and local merchants
deemed it advisable to get all the facta
poesible from official sources, before act
ing in San Francisco. The meeting will
be held later ia the week.
SAY GERMANY
ACTING
Paris, July 31. Activity of German
commerrial agents and officials with re
ference to the Moroccan situation is
causing doubts on the part of the French
people as to Germany'a good faith.
Despite a decision of the two govern
ment a not to interfere with the status
quo until the international conference
meets, the Germans are trying to ex
tract commercial concessions from the
Sultan, hoping thereby, to Strengthen
Germany in its position at the conference
Inquiries in well informed circles, how
ever, show tho,t it is not believed that
Germany officially ia authorizing these
efforts, though differences are likely to
LABOR
FEDERATION MAKES
fIRST PURCHASE
Portland, Jaly 31. Contracts
were igwi tonight for the eale
of the French-Glen ranch, In Ear-'
ney county, comprising 104,000
acres, to the Co-operative Chris-
tia.lt Federation . TU Mftm;.t- A
tion ia tl ,800,0)0. The firstn-
stallment will be paid within
thirty days. The ranch ia aixty
milea long and 25 mi lea wide.
TO ENFORCE CLAIM.
England Will Demand Indemnity From
Rbmu ? .
London, July 31. In reply to a ques
tion in the house of Lords tonight. Lord
Lansdowne, the foreign secretary, aaid
that the trovernment haa intimated to
Russia tlgat claims for compensation
to tha respective owners and crews of
the British steamer St Killda. and Ik-
honona, sunk by the Russian auxiliary
cruisers after the battle of the Sea of
Japan, will be pressed, irrespective of
the findings of the original prize court
EDITOR A MURDERER.
Shoota Matt Four Times With Fatal
, ' Result :';' ' '-
Fresno, Cat., July 31. Emmit Rigjrins,
an old time contractor, of thia city, this
afternoon wa shot four times and in
stantly killed by Robert E. Deane, liv
ing near Clovis. Deane waa once manag
ing editor of a Philadelphia daily news
paper. He waa separated from bia wife
and had one daughter. The shooting
grew out of a trivial quarrel. '
PRESIDENT TO
RECEIVE WITTE
Baron! Rosen Arranges for Envoys'
Informal Call.
Rusgaa Ambassador Calls 0a President
Roosevelt to . Arrange . For Informal
Call of K. Witte Is Advance of For
mal Reception to Peace Envoys.
Oyster Bay, July 31. Baron Rosea,
Russian ambassador t the United
States, was a guest today at Sagamore
Hilt.
The ambassador's visit to President
Roosevelt waa for the purpose of ar
ranging the presentation, informally, of
hia confrere on the peace conference, M.
Witt. ,
The desire of Baron Roeen ia to pre
sent M. Witte to President Roosevelt,
precisely aa Baron Komura waa present
ed last week by Minister Takahira, ia
advance of the formal reception whit
the president will tender the peace en-
voya and their suites en board the cruis
er Mayflower Saturday.
It waa arranged by President Roose
velt and Pa roe Rosen that M. Witte ia
to pay an inforftial call next Friday.
IS NOT
IN GOOD FAITH
arise from this action, with the conse-,
quent protraction of negotiation, Count
von Tattenbach Ashold appears to be
furthering the effort of German agent
which have already resulted in eecur-
ing a concession for the- construction of ; .
wharrea while strong Torts are bein
made to obtain a ubie concession and -the
acceptance of a German loan
Such proceedings, it la believed here,
do not tend to hasten a friendly under
standing but the approaching interview
between Premier" Rouvier' and Prince ,
von Radolin, the German ambassador to
France, is expected to result in dispell
ing doubts and the completion of a
eatidfactory statement '