UlLltHIt PULU AStOOIATBO Pftltt f4If0T
COVIH THE MORNINQ FIELD ON THI LOW! COLUMBIA
VOLUME LX NO. 116
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1905
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RAILROAD TO
ASTORIA
SANTA FE HAY BUILD
Road Would Follow Coast
From Mlllctts Point
California
OFTKIALS ARE INVESTIGATING
(Banned That Harrlnun Ii Exsrting
Every Influence to Prevent Building
of Lint Road Would Mttn Much for
AitorU.
Portland, Sept. 20.-!nto the north
went railroad arena, in which Hill and
lUrriman hare been leading figure in
the plan of development for the pat
two week the Santa Ft will make it
debut, and it advan agi'iit i elated
to arrive in a few day in the person
of Chief Knglnecr F. M. HrUbce, whoe
jurisdiction extend over the western
prand division of the Atchison, Toka
t Santa Fe. Mr. Brlsbee will come
from La Junta, Colo., and the purpose
T"hi"vllt la that of Investigating the
Oregon country, particularly that lying
long the coat and in the northern por
tion of the ttate between the Pacific and
the Columbia river.
The heralding of Mr. Brl-bcc coming
1ia act railroad prognostics tor at work
and it 1 aald that there will be develop
ment with reference to the property of
the Atoria ft Columbia River railroad
and that it I the intention of the Santa
Fe to fulfill the promise to build up the
eoast from Humboldt Ray and center it
anergic on the progress of Atoria.
A. II. Hammond, who U the nominal
liead of the A. k C. R. R., aold out hi
railroad interest at Eureka to the
Kahta Fe, and i now wid to be manipu
lating the Columbia river road for a
transfer to the big system.
The line U bonded for 0,00 a mile.
Not long ago en option on the property
wa given Kdward H. Harriman for a
prh-e corresponding with the amount for
which it I bonded. In thi connection
the future of the Northern Pacific track
from Portland to Goble I figuring pro
minently, for it in fore-.ecn that when
Mr. Hill complete the road along the
north bank of the Columbia for the
Northern IViflo end Great Northern he
will have no further tine for the Goble
connection, and it 1 predicted it will
1 mild to the next intercut to take
over the A. & C. R.
It I" Mid that fear that the Santa
1'e will connect with the P. N. & T.. on J
it way up the coast, and then continue
on to Astoria, together with the herald
ed intention of the Northern Pacific, ha
Mirred Mr. Hariman to exert every in
fluence to hold back the work thi win
ter, because he want the Southern Pa
cific to have the only connection with the
road tapping the coast.
YELLOW FEVER CASES
INCREASE AT NEW ORLEANS
New Orlean, Sept. 20. Another in
create in the number of new case of
yellow fever wa reported today, but
it made no impression on the health
authorities, who regard the situstion at
definitely under control.
The official report to fl p. m. for thi
CALABRIA AGAIN AFFLICTED
Lightning Destroys Few Remaining
Houmi Left by Earthquake.
Monteleone, Italy, fpt- 20. Further
slight ahocke of an earthquake and vio
lent storms tod, extending ovtr the
whole of Calabria, added dltre to the
stricken population. The lightning
caused a fire at Olivadi, which destroy
ed the remaning property belonging to
the survivor of the earthquake. Panic
occurred at I'antanzaro and Regglo,
where several building were it ruck by
lightning.
"A. P." ELECTS OFFICERS.
New York, Kept 20,-At the annual
meeting of he Associated Pre today at
the Waldorf-Astoria, the following di
ret'ton were elected! Mer. George
Thompson, of the St. Paul Dispatch;
Charle If. Graty of the Baltimore
Sew. W. I Mclean of the I'hiladel
phia Bulletin; W. R. Nelson of the Kan
a City Star and Adolph H. Oeh of the
New York Time.
QUEER PARTY EMBLEM
Solid Black Square to Be Carried by
Jerome Supporter.
New York, Sept. 20. The party which
will upport District Attorney Jerome in
hi Indejiendent campaign for reelec
t ion will be known a the Jerome Nomi
tutor and the party emblem will be a
I id black square.
HILL TALKS
TO FARMERS
Says Panama Canal Is a toy
Scores Manufacturer!.
Doea Not Favor Government Ownership
of Railroad Objects to Offending the
Clfnes America Not Conquering
tno worms Harxets.
Prwton, Minn., Sept. 20. President
Hill of the Great Northern Railroad
company'in addressing the oouthern Min
neota farmer today atated that he did
not believ that the tariff helped provide
adequate market, notwithstanding
what politician My. There U one way-
lessening the cost of transportation,
He did hot favor the governmental con'
trol of railway, thi he aid would
cause rate to decline more slowly than
when fixed by the men whone knowledge
enabled them to make sweeping red tie
toin.
It would eventually come to a di
fanee tariff, the low charge to the
farmer of Minnesota for a long haul
thiit disappearing. The Panama canal
wa pronounced a toy and he doe not
believe any great good will come of it.
He deprecated the policy of offending
the Chinese, and also by inference of
our lack of merchant marine. In con
clusion he said:
"The fallacy that the United State
i getting control of the market of
the world need lie studied and honest
ly answered, because our highly pro
tected manufacturer are able, by rea
son of the high price they charge you,
to tend a certain portion of their out
put abroad and sell it for half what
you pay, we are not ' conquering the
eommerciat world."
city give the following New case, CO;
total, 2W9; death, 8; total, 631) new
foci, 11 case under treatment, 327;
case discharged, 2011.
Among country report werei Ken
per ll case and one death; Itayou Na
tdtea, two death; Natchitoches, one
death.
LIFE
MAD
STARTLING TESTIMONY
McCall Says Judge Parker
Solicited Campaip
Funds.
EHPHAT1C DENIAL BY PARKER
Daring Investigation by Insurance Com'
mi t tee President McCall Openly Ac
cuses Democratic Presidential Candi
date of Accepting Campaign Funds.
New York, Sept. 20. The political
contribution of the New York Life In
surance company and the connection
with Andrew A. Hamilton of Albany
with alleged political activity of the
company were the points around which
the hearing before the legislative in
suranf;' investigation committee turned
today.
President McCall of the New York
life wa the chief witness end for sev
eral hour he wa subjected to a fire
of question by Charle E. Hughes, eoun
el for the committee, concerning the
money paid out for pohttcal purposes.
The climax was reached when Me
Call declared that the soliciting of funds
for campaign purposes wss not confined
to the republican party in the campaign
of 1904 and announced:
"My life waa made weary by demo
cartic candidates chasing me for money
in that campaign.
"Some of the very men today who are
being interviewed in the papers and de
nouncing the men who contribute to
ctfmpaigns were; .erasing my path at
every step I took looking for money. One
was a candidate himself, Parker, and
if he would show up his books when he
was chairman of the democratic state
committee, it would give you a fit. He
never rejected a dollar In the world.
"He would take every dollar paid
him."
Judge Parker was chsirman of the
democratic state executive committee in
1H85.
McCall's statement wa greeted with
wild cheering, which continued until a
threat wa made to clear the room of
listeners if the crowd did not rent rain
itself. With great care the account of
Andrew A. Hamilton with the company
wa analysed by Hughes, who asked
McCall about every item and made it
lear that a search wa being made for
political contributions.
McCall stoutly maintained that he
had given Hamilton no money to be
used in influencing legislation at Al
bany, but the admission was obtained
from McCall that Hamilton's expenses
st Albany were paid from the company's
funds and hi accounts were not sub
mitted to audit.
It was shown that $233,000 had been
paid Hamilton with only a verbal ac
counting to McCall and at present Ham
ilton owned the company $00,000, but
McCall said thai, le felt suri that
Hamilton, who waa now in Europe will
repay this sum upon the company's de
mand.
Judge Parker, the democratic candi
date for President in 1004 tonight gave
the Associated Press a statement con
cerning McCall's testimony relative to
the soliciting of funds from the New
ork Life Insurance company by the
democrats in 1904. His statement Is as
follows:
'It i evident that Mr. McCall was
laboring under great excitement in mak
ing hi reply, for be waa very Incohe
rent But if the answer was intended
fa oonve the impreion that in the
campaign of 1904, I either directly or
indirectly, sought from him or hi cor
poration, or any other corporation, any
money or contribution, hi statement Is
absolutely false. ,
"On the contrary, I repeat now what
I said before the election, I expressly
notified and directed the chairman of
the executive committee of the natoinal
committee that no money would be re
ceived from corporations."
William F. Sheehan attention was
called to the testimony of McCall and
he said:
"I was chairman of the executive com
mittee of the democratic national com
mittee in 1004 and there waa not a
single man connected with the demo
cratic national campsign that solicited
a dollar from McCall.
"If any such person made any such
solicitation, McCall should name him."
President McCall in referring to bis
testimony before the legislative com
mittee in relation to his contributions
to the democratic party said tonight:
"The meaning I intended to convey
when I mentoned Judge Parker, was that,
when he wa candidate for president
last year, he did not personally ak
me for campaign fund, but friends of
hi did so repeatedly.
"Judge Parker, a chairman of the
state democratic committee several
year ago, did however, accept prof
fered contributions to the campaign
fund."
Philadelphians Declare Reign of
Graft at end.
Republican "City" Party Nominates
Ticket to Be Voted for at November
Election Endorsed by Democrats
Remarkable Demonstration at Close,
j3
Philadelphia, Sept. 20. A mot un
usual convention followed by an unpre
cedented demonstration occurred when
the new city party, a reform body oppoe
ed to the methods of the republican or
ganiiatjon todhy nominakd a ticket
to be voted for at the November elec
tion. The ticket ia as follows: Sheriff,
Wilson 1L Brown; coroner, J. M. R.
Jermon; city commissioner, Rudolph
lilankenburg and IL W. Anderson ; judge
of the common please court, number 1,
Craig Biddle; judge of the orphana court
Morris Dallett
Never before in the history of this
city had the concluding scenes of the
convention been equalled. The entire
body of delegate and alternates march
ed to the city hall and acquainted May
or Weaver of the conclusion of the con
vention. Mayor Weaver waa lifted to
a table in the center of the reception
room and the delegate stood on either
side of him with a large American flag.
City Chairman Edmunds then addressed
the mayor and congratulated bim on the
work of the convention. Mayor Weaver
in reply said:
"Today 'a convention la only the be
ginning of the fight in which the ad
ministration and the people are pledget!
to) stand togetmt PhBadclpMa has
been corrupt, but whether she baa been
contented will be determined next No-
vemlier.
Philadelphia, Sept. 20. The denu
cratic county convention held here to
night endorsed the city party ticket
The platform says:
M'Ve commend. Mayor Weaver for
breaking with the 'gang and epousing
the cause of the people.
'No city in the United States had a
greater need of a revolution such as he
has inaugurated."
BASEBALL SCORES.
Los Angeles, Sept. 20. Los Angeles,
3; San Francisco, 0.
Oakland, Sept 20.-Oakland, 1; Tort-
land, 5.
REFORMERS
CONVENTION
FRIGHTFUL
1
CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE
Southern Pacific Trains
Collide- Two Killed
43 Injured.
RIGOROUS INQUIRY BEGUN
Freight Trains Collide and Before Flag
man Can, Wars Both Sections of a
Passenger They Crash Into Each
Other With Frightful Results.
fan FrancUco, Sept. 20.-Two deaths
and 43 injured pasuengers is the result
of a trsin wreck on the Southern Pa
cific near Harney, Nevada Jast night
There was a head-on collision between
two freight trains. Flagmen were at
once ent out and stopped the first sec
tion of a pasenger train bound west,
containing the Pullman coaches. But
the passenger train wa run in two sec
tion came thundering along and
out and give a warning, the second sec
tion and before the flagman could get
crashed into the first section standing
on the track. ' '
The engineer and fireman of the
second section of the train were killed
in the collision and four or fire cars
were smashed and the occupants hurled
about the car. The injured to the num
ber of 43 are being brought to this city.
General Manager Bancroft of the Ore
gon Short line division of the Southern
Pacific, who left Reno on the local this
afternoon for the scene of the accident,
will institute a rigorous inquiry.
MIKASA TO BE FLOAlED.
Tokio, Sept 20. A powerful pump
has arrived at Sasebo from Port Ar
thur to be used in floating the battle
ship Mikasa.
er
BAND STAND COLLAPSES
MAN! IINJUKCU
Bellville, III., Sept 20,-Three
person were seriously injured
and it is believed that nearly 200
were more or lea hurt by Cue col-
lapse of a band stand tonight
during the carnival and street
fair. Several hundred were on
the bandstand when it went 4
4 down and great excitement pre-
vailed among the several thou-
e) sand person who witnessed the 4
accident.
The accident waa caused by the
4 people crowding upon the band- 4
4 stand as a vantage point to wit- 4
4 ncss the loop the loop exhibition. 4
MOB RELEASES
Riga, Russia, Sept. 20. Tbe Central
prison here- was attacked early trfjs
morning by a crowd of about 100 per
sons who scaled the Walls, cut the tele
phone wires and killed two and seriously
wounded three of the guard. The mob
GERMAN CONVOY
ANNIHILATED
Cape Town, Sept 20. It I of-
ficially announced that the Wil- f)
bois in evading the sweeping
columns of General von Trotha,
commander in chief of the Ger- s
4 man southwest Africa, surprised
a German convoy near Keelmann-
ahoop, Namaqualand, and prac-
tically annihilated the escort e
and captured thousand of cat-
tie, 122 wagon, many rifles and
a large quantity of ammunition.
DIXON KNOCKED OUT.
Philadelphia, Sept 20. George Dixon,
waa tonight knocked out in the second
round of a ix round bout by Tommy
Murphy of New York.
WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
Denver, Sept. 20. Charged with per
juring themselves in order to defraud
the government out of lands in eastern
Colorado, warants were issued by tbe
United States district attorney's offi
ce for tbe arrest of Peter Campbell, the
former registrar of tbe United States
land office at Akron; Percy C. Beeney,
country treasurer of Washington coun
ty, snd D. W. Irwin a real estate dealer
of Akron.
state
Democrats and Populists of Neb
raska Nominate Officers.
W. J .Bryan Bids Associates Fare
Farewell for One Year Resolution
Adopted Denouncing Aceptance of
Rockefeller Donations by University.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept 20. A fusion be
tween the democrats and populuts of
Nebraska was effected today by the
nomination by both the state conven
tions of the identical ticket as follows:
Justice of the supreme court Justice
Hastings, of Wilbur; Regents of the
state university, D. C. Cole, of Osceola,
Louis Light ner, of Columbus. Of the
nominees, Hastings and Lightner are
democrats and Cole is a populist.
The feature of the democratic gather
ing was a speech by Wiliam J. Bryan,
in which he bid his party associates in
the state farewell for a year at least
as he was on the eve of his departure
for an extended tour of the old world.
Mr. Bryan commended President
Roosevelt for what he declared to be
his advanced stand on the principles long
advocated by the democrats. On these
principles he hoped every democrat
would uphold the president. A resolu
tion which caused a stir in the conven
tion and which was promptly adopted,
denounced the Rockefeller gift to the
University of Nebraska,, and critisised
the regents for accepting it and demand
ing the return of the gift to the donor.
RUSSIAN
UNITE ON
POLITICAL PR30INER3
forced the cells and liberated two im
portant political prisoner, whom they
carried off. The police and night watch
man pursued the mob and firing ensued
during which a policeman was killed.
An inquiry into the affair was begun
todsy.
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