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. ..- :. .. . ;-.r:;p,:,...L. UtLltHIt rUUAMQOMTO Pftlttf AMORT . , . : VBW " M"N,Na '" "T LOW COLUK.U; VOLUME LVIV. NO. 267 SvrQN SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS AS' .. . . SE CI AN OFFICIAL TESTIFIES New York Life Cave $48, 000 to Campaign Fund in 1904. FEARED DEMOCRATICSUCCESS Check Wi Given After Careful Consid eration, Company'! Buaioeu Would Be Jeapordited if Democratic Party Wert Successful New Yoik, Sept. 13. (Jeorge W. iVr k inn, member of the firm of J. I'. Mor gan 1 company, and first vice ridinl if tin New York Life Insurance com pany was the star wltneas at today's wxiun of the njM'clul IcgUlative com mittee now probing into the lift liiur me compttniea' methods and liU testi mony replete with revelation In the development of Hitmuv a applied ly the life itiMurnt companies. The rliniHX of the day Mine when I'crkin was akrd concerning the entry of ti$, JW in tht ledger and marked "ordered ly the prmident." The check waa made out payable to J. I'. Morgan A company and Perkin frankly stated that it waa a u-nlrihu-(ion to the National rcpulilican cam palgn committee and had been pnid to (orm-llim N. Bliss. Mr. Perkins aid: 'The payment made after rare ful deliberation. It mut not be con sidered nit ordinary contribution to a campaign fnnd. It was paid lrcau we felt that the aMte of the New York Life Iiiurance ooniany would be joa MrdJtcd by the democratic party' sue .." " Perkins said contribution were a No made in Hwi and lw. Thin bomb cau a ninrmiir of conversation about the kmihi, which wax packed with epecta , tor. Standing room was at a premium iiml everyone trim! to catch the testi inony. Pur-iiing the check inquiry fin titer, Air. Unfile brought out the fact that exlstsd. allowing tbe craft'a diriglbllity, and re turned to the poiitlon from which It started at the eipoaition ground. Tbe wind waa rhoppy and variable. ASI8AIL SCORES ' Taeoma, fVpt. 13. Taeoma, 0) Heattle i?. Han FranciM-o, Kept. 13. San Fran elco, X Oakland, 4. Urn Angeles, Kept. 13. Lo Angelee, 4 I'ortland. I. JAPANESE COMMISSIONERS LEAVE FOB HOME LaaTt Chicago Lait Evennlg W1U Sail From Seattle on Sept. o. Chicago, Sept. 13.-BU of the Japan ese peace parly arrived In Chicago to day ami left at 0:30 p. m. over the Bur lington railroad. The firt Mellon of the returning reace cornmilon will leave Sealtle September 20 on the strain er Dakota. KING DISTRIBUTES FOOD. Doy Suler of Italy Aaaiiu in Caring for Stricken People. Rome, Sept. 13. The king visited Ma- rlinaro, today.where be personally gave food and other neities to the popu lation. The ople there are without belter, all the house having been de- troy cd by the earthquake. The activity of Mount Yesuviu and the crater on the Ulund of Stromloli U increasing. Number of earthquake hocks have Un felt in the surrounding li.tricU. ill r r tit- nan ar -v . i.tmu SPK V ,urQm ine Kuvr line will M . Qtm f 01 ,u a'eamera to the liig rMj m mere waa from the portase road iwh freight as has been accumulated, With two steamers navigating the wst era above Celilo, the traffic will increase and more facilities will be added to thoae on tbe middle river as bualnese war rant. PromUes of heavy trade are so great on the upper' stream that it U not thought poaaible for tbe Columbia to look after any but that confined to tbe districts on the north bank. On the ODftnlta Mr lh la lrmiul lie. t V ADfcD I mount ' wheat awaiting abipment, and this has proven that there will be much buine worked up of an entirely new nature, which heretofore baa not been 0ivKn til th railrnaita lMiia rj U ln. mc uses or rever ap-m"" " pear In Cincinnati Ohio QUARANTINE TRAMPLED BT BOSSES REFUGEES FROM LOUISIANA Special Train Carries Two Hundred Re- fugees From Tallulah and lake Pro videnct District Near New Orleans, Which Is Being Depopulated. TENSION IS GREAT Notations Between Sweden & Norway May end Today. Great Throngs Fill Streets Norway Says Movement of Troops Are Merely Customary Measures for Relieving Carrisona and Camps. CkrUtiania, Kept. 13. It i. semi-of-lliially announced that the military movement now being conducted by tiie Noiweiuu goverumeut are merely the eimtomary uieanure. for the relieving of gnrri-win fortim-ation' ami; jx'rmanciit camp, ine tenion lieie in greater than ever. All during Hie thiy crowd, II I led the stret'ts in the vkinily of the new. pHH-r nlliiVN, eager for ue from Kail- jH'nditiire wh never brought to the at tention of Hie II mm nee committee, the wit tie) terming it a "purely executive Action." It wa charged agnlmtt the cath on the hook of the Hanover Untik olllce of the Una inlu I depart incut. WONDERFUL FEAT OF AIRSHIP Follows Prescribed Course of Seven Miles and Returns to Starting Point. Portland ,Scpt. 15. The alndiop "City of Portland'' performed a wonderful feat today, in traveling a pretcriltcd rout f acven miles. Tim ship waa In the air 37 minutu; eight minutes being con finned in evolutions for the purpoe of It U expected that tlio neuotiation tomorrow will lie deciive nnd the rcMilt i hniked forward to ilt!i much unxletv New flrleanv. Sept, 13. New cac, 4.1 total 23-13 dath, 2; total, 331; under treatment, 330. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 13. Five people who have Ix-en pronounwd by the phyai ciami as having yellow fever and who have been isolated with projter arrange menta for their care, arived here over the Queen A Crescent line early, today. The train brought 2U0 refujee from Uke Providence, Ij., and Tallulah, La., who were fleeing from the yellow fever, Reckless Ridera Run Over Victim Who Soon Dies. Spoksne, Sept. 13. C. S. WiUn, reHident of Spokane for several year, was run down by two boys on horseback here )at night and received injuries from which b died two hours later without regaining conn-iounness. Mr. )MIon was crotting a street in the northern part of the city, when the boys, riding at a high rate of speed, dashed suddenly upon him. lie was thrown under the hoofs of the horses, internal injuries being sutTered, as well as a fractured jaw. Tbe boys then rode away and their identity was not din- covered. SITUATION ALARMING TORNADO 101 sMMMST-rar.Tara DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE One Person Killed and Several Seriously In jured at Burwell. COUNCIL BLUFFS IS FLOODED Worat Storm of the Year Visits West ern Iowa and Eastern Nebraska Water Covers Streets of Council Bluffs Two Feet Deep. Dr. Clark W. Davis, health officer of Five Assassinations OcCUf in TWO this city, Wing notified by Genersl Pas- enger Agent luncarson mat he was bringing alwut 200 people from the i-outh in a special, sent Dr. B. F. Lyle and an aitant to board the train at Isling ton and examine the people. When the train reached Lexington, several crons, who were sick atempt- ed to ewaj, but were caught. by the Mli(.e and forced back onto the train. They were taken to a branch hospital on their arrival here. All the other paengers of the train were allowed to go to their ,detinat ions. but the names and addre-M of all were taken, and they can lie reached by the authorities if needed. Fifty of the party of the 200 came to thU citv aWlutelv Iiennile, though each carried a quan tity of hnnd-lmggage. At Tallulah, I .a., 73 person Ixmrdcd Hours at Baku. Fighting Still Continues at Tiflis In surgents Refuse to Allow Rebuilding of Oil Plants Will Kill Workmen Conflicting Statements. St. retercburg, Sept. 13 A private dispatch from Tillis tays there was fir ing lnt night at various points in the It ku di-trict and many Kkirmit-hes re sulting in a considerable 1o-k of life. The situation the dii-paUh huvs i alarming. and there I great iineaines among the Tartars. MANUFACTURERS WILL - . ASSIST EMPLOYING PRINTERS National Association Will Help Resist Demands for 8-Hour Day. ew, lork, Sept. 13. A revolution calling ujMMi the members of the Nation al A-i-ociat!oii of Manufacturers to sup port the employing printers In resisting the .movement of the typographical un ion for an 8-hour day was adopted today by the board of director of the Nation al Association of Manufacturers. 'FOPEIGN MISSIONS WILL ACCEPT "TAINTED MONEY'' Seattle, Sept, 15. Py a vote of 44 to 10, the American board of commUsion era on foreign iiiIhbIoiis today went on record as being opposed to any furtber disciindlon of "tainted money" in any of its phases. The vote wa not taken until the question had been threshed out in all its phsses and the leading Congre gationalUts of America had voiced their sentiments' on the subject. Dr. Wash ington Gladden, the leader of the min ority, precipitated the discm-nlon by the introduction q( a, resolution to the effect thatHhe officers of the board should neither invite nor solicit donations to its funds from persona whose gains are gen erally believed to have been made by methods "morally indefensible or social ly Injurious." The oil men have received information the train, but they did not go on at tlmt tl'' nurgent threaten to kill the the main station. Knowing thev would operatives when they resume work and have difficulty In getting out of town, 10 ,mrn tnp now in the course of which i in the heart of the fever !! re-construction, trict, they walked out a mile and a half, and the train stopped for them. Omaha, Sept. 13. Western Iowa and eastern Nebraska, were vjsitad today by the worst wind and rain storm of tbe year. In Umaha and umndl Jilun ex tensive damage was done, and the loss by wind and flooded bataents is ex. tem-ive. The storm reached the propor tions of a tornado at Harwell, Nebraska, where one person was killed, six jnjured and several thousand dollars worth of damage done to property. In Council BlufTi, Broadway, the principal street of the oity, was covered for several hours by two feet of water. Burwell, Xeb., Sept 15. A tornado today kitted Mrs. E. B. McKinney, aged 00 years, and demolished 13 residence, and five store buildings" in Burwell. Frank Ilenrich, Mrs. LoperT and Mrs. Dinnell are badly' Injured, and sev eral others are hurt. ' ' INDEPENDENT PRINTERS AGREE TO UNION DEMANDS Strike la Simmering Down to Straggle Witk Typetaetat. Chicago, Sept. 13. Developments to day ia the controversy between the Chi cago Typographical Union and the Mas-. ter jrintera indicate that the independ ent employers will agree to tbe demand of the union and that the fight -Dl An ally simmer down to a struggle with the Chicago typotbetae. But one additional strike was called today and tbia was in an independent establishment employ ing only two men. SHEEPMAN FALLS UNDER TRAIN WHILE DRUNK Ashland, Sept. 13. Charlea Kiel, a prosperous and well-to-do stockman from Tule Lake, Klamath county, was run over and killed by the second sec tion of the southbound overland passeng er train on the Southern Pacific last ev-' enig at Cole's, just south of Ashland. Kiel bad come to Ashland a few days before, with a big band of sheep for shipment, and was jut geting over a fpree when he started over the mountain to Hombrook on yesterday's noon train. At Cole's be got off the train and at tempted to board it again after it had started. He was thrown under ' the wheel and bis body eevered in twain, death being instantaneous. He was about 40 years of age, and it is believed he leaves a daughter in Grand Ronde, California. FATAL FUSE FM0I0N Causes Fire in Which Seven Lose Lives Many Injured. WOULD HAVE HARMONT Republican Editors of Delaware Discuss Method of Securing Same. Dover, Del.. Sept. 13. The republican' Panic Ensues When Fuse Explodes in Building of Climax Fuse Company Flames Spread so Rapidly Nothing Could Check Them,,,. Avon, Conn., Sept. 13. The explosion editor of Delaware, renrentinir all but 01 ,Use followe b7 fir ' the build i newspapers, published lmS of th Climax Fuse company this COLUMBIA MAKES TRIP TO PORTAGE ROAD tondnn, Sept. 15. A correspondent of the Mail at Baku suvs "Within the short space of two hours this morning five aasinntions were committed in broad dayligbt in the bui Portland and Point! on Upper Columbia ' thoroughfare of the city. The mur Are Connected. derer!ecsped owing to the Indifference of the police, who are mostly Tartars. Portland, Sept. 13. Portland and point on the upper Columbia, above Tiflis, Sept. 15. The strike Is at an Celilo, are now connected through the end and the normal life has been re medium of i-teatultoat line and the port- sumed. The viceror today isaued a long age road, for the steamer Columbia has proclamation to the inhabitants of Cau completed a trip to Celilo, the portage casus on the recent events in which he road is operating, and the D. P. & A. X., describes the subversive work of tne se has estsblinhcd a bi-weekly service be- cret aoclctie nnd the groups who are tween this city and the Big Eddy. endeavoring to change the existing state Ihis information was given out by of thing by illegal strife. Joseph N. Teal, of the Open River as sociation, today. Mr. Teal states the SIESMOGRAPH IN MARYLAND question of rates and the schedule for RECORDS ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE the service on the upper river will not be published until it has been dcterm- Instrument Belonging to Coast Survey fned just what can be done at the prea- Records Disturbance. ent stage of water and Hvith only one ' . f craft running, but work has started on t Washington, Sept 13. The destrae three republican newspapers, published in the state, met here today for the pur pose of bringing about harmony in the republican party of Delaware. Resolu tion were adopted pledging the united and harmonious action of the editors In support of Ule -'principle of a common primary for re-establishment or one re publican! organization in the city, coun ty and state and the elimination of per sonal abue and the suppression of fac tional recrimination. the raising of the Jerome, the "new boat which went down about two weeks ago. and she will be operating agala aoon. Her machinery has been removed and the remainder of the work is said to be easy. The service on the middle river" will remain the same as at this time, with the exception that every Wednesday and tive earthquake which devastated the province of Calabria, Italy on the morn ing of September 8, was recorded on the Siesmograph of coast and geodetic sur vey at its, magnetic observatory at Chel tenham, Maryland. Allowing for the dif ference in the longitude, the tremors in Maryland and the schocks in Calabria occurred at the same time, . mi;... isnu:.i.t::-" Z, NO CONCESSIONS OFFERED Chicago, Sept, 15. Efforts to bring about an amicable adjustment of the trouble existing , between the Chicago freight handlers and the railroads con tinued today. Tbe officials of the rail roads who .were visited today by the committees stated that they were pot offering concessions of any kind but were willing to agree to the working condi tions which existed last year. The gen eral belief is that the matter will be fin ally adjusted along the lines suggested by the railroads. this afternoon caused a panic among the 20 employes in the building and resulted in the death of seven and injuries that will doubtless prove fatal to several others. There was no way of coping with the flame, which soon spread rap idly, and in less than an hour after ttie explosion occurred those who were un able to escape were in the clutches of a fire that eventually burned their bodies to ashes. BARON KOMURA NO rVORSE - New York, Sept. 15. The fol lowing bulletin was given out to night: "Baron Komura passed a very comfortable day. The phy sicians report the patients con dition decidedly satisfactory, with the temperature range be ing appreciably lower." FOREIGN ENGINEERS FAVOR SEA LEVEL CANAL Washington, Sept. 15. The majority of foreign members of the consulting board of engineers on the Isthmian ca nal appear to favor a sea level canal. , No attempt has yet been made to pass upon the question at any of the board meetings, but the fact is that a ma jority of the foreign delegates who have been closely studying the vast amount of data collected and laid before the board by the canal commission are at . present of the opinion that a sea level canal would be better than a lock canal. The board met today in Washington and talked about the dams. A decision on the question of tbe dams, however, was postponed until the board has vis ited the Mhmus. The members expect to sail from New York with the canal commission on September 26th or 27th,