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! I II IT III A. A A A L UtUtHIt fULb AttOOIATIO Mitt rWOAT COVINS THE MORNINa FIILO ON THI LOWIft COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. ltf ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS METHODS PERKINS ON THE STAND Cannot Explain Queer Transactions of New York Life DESIRES TO LOOK UP RECORDS Durtof Seasloa of tb SptcUl LglaU tir Commltte Who Art Probing loto Inaarsnc Mttbod SoBt Qutn Trans action At Brought to Light' New York, Sept. 2l.Georg W. Per kins i president of Ui Now York Lift Insurance company and a member of tb J. P. Morgan A Co., waa on tb witness stand before the special legl latlv committea who art probing Uia Insurance compaulea methods, during the greater pari of today'e session. When adjournment was taken ha waa still on the atand with number of quest Ion pending for him Ui reply to, for whlc be asked, permission to look up recordt nd aubmlt transcriptions. There waa nothing of a enatlonal character in the testimony today, the only development of moment being the lilosure of the witness in regard to -the Keir Orleana trad Un syndicate, in whkh the company attained low of over $300,000, ; , Edmond V. Randolph, the treasurer of the company had been queationed rather sharply regarding thia transaction when on tha aland laat week. Today th mat ter waa brought up again, wen Ccounel Hughea attempted to probe the collater al account. The bond of the New Orleana Trac tion company had been bought front the New York City and Tntat company at 83 and subsequently aold at 73. Ter kina testified that they were aold on De ccmWr 31, 1003 to Fanshawe A Com pany for $937,500. Hughea found under date of January 5, 11KM a loan of that mount to Fanshawe and company and naked if the loan waa made against these bonds. TliU Perkins aaid he would hava to look up, and tha question waa dropped for the present. It waa brought out that John It. Hegenian, president of the Met ropolitan Life Insurant company was carrying a running loan with the New York life of $50,000 at 1 per cent In terest JVrklns did not know whether this matter had came befora the finance com mittee and said he would alto look that up. Tha witness could not explain why, nfter tha New Y'ork Life had bought $4,000,000 worth of bonds from the J. P. Morgan ft company, that $2,000,000 worth should be aold back to that Arm at the eame prlc within two days and , i A. P. ELECTS OFFICERS FOR FOLLOWING YEAR . Xew York, Sept. 2l.-Following the annual meeting of tha Associated Press t which waa held yesterday tha newly el ected board of director! elected tha fol lowing officers for tha ensuing yean President Frank B. Noyea, of tha Chi cago Record-Herald j first vice president, Gen, Charlea IL Taylor, of the Boston Globe second vice president, fiufua N. no mlnuUa of tba financ committee could be found to explain It. 'Befora Mr. Perkina took the stand, John F. Me Cullagb of Albany, clerk for Andrew A. Hamilton waa called in an attempt to prob further into tba $100,000 check matter, but McCuftagh could giva no In fur mation and waa, excused. . - l ; 'i'f. ' , ,i I j New York, Kept 21.-Chslnnn Tag gart of tha democratio national commit tea arrived in New York today from In dianapolls. He denied the statement made by IreiIent McCall of the New York Ufa before tha legUlativt iniur am investigathm committee on Wad oeday that the deinocratlo national committee aolh-lted money for tha cam paign fund from that concern. "No member of tba national commit tee or any agent of tha committee ever asked MoCall for a dollar," ha aaid. Taggart added: "Neither tha demo crstlc national committee nor any au thorized representative of the committee ever asked a dollar's worth of subscrip tion funds from any Insurance com pany." Ha aaid he had not coma to New York to testify befora the Insurance Investi gating committee. ' F0RM7B SHERIFF SUBBZHDEBS Watt Waited by tha Government for Colorado Land Frauds. . Denver, Rept. tL David Townsend, tha former aherlff of Washington county against whom a warrant waa issued in connection with tha alleged land frauds in Washington and Yuma counties, gave himself up at tha United States mar shals office today, Typhoid, Hilcria, Hunger and Cold Follows Earthquake. Autumn Baina Row Falling in Calabria Art Adding Iftw Mleerlee aa FUlda Where Sufferer Camped Art Row Bendertd Veritable Death Trap. Rome Sept. 21. -The autmun rains have begun in Calabria, the etne of the recent earthquakes, thus adding new miseries to an already long list caused by typhoid, malaria, hunger and cold, Hie fields whith until now have been used aa camping grounds by the earth quake sufferers were rendered perfevt death trap by rains, catming fever and pneumonia. The eulTpiing all over t'a lubria ia intern. dan patch breaks J WORLDS RtCORD . e Allentown, Ta fiept. gl.Uan w TaUh paced by- two runners, went a mile in 2:01 today at tb a Allentown fair. ... . Dan Patch'a time bests the w the world'a pacing record for a 4 half mile track. Ehoadea, of tha Birmingham, Aalbama, 1'ews, elected in place of S. It Caban iss, of the Augusta, Georgia,' Herald; secretary and general manager, Mel ville K. Stone .atitant aecretary and assistant general manager, Charlea 8. Diehl. Executive committee, F. B. Noye, Cliarlet W. Knapp Victor Lawson, Chaa. 1L Grasty and Adolph S. Ocha, SUFFERING 13 INTENSE COUISl . s.s kJ AT SEA SCHOONER RUNS AMUCK . . , f i . Injures 8 People on the Steamer Which Is Badly Damaged. : NO ONE HURT ON SCHOONER Juniata Had Great Hole Stov la Sifla, Cabin Ton to Kindling Wood, Fore mast and Smokestack Canted Away Schooner But SUghtly Injured. Boston, Sept. 21. Tha injury of ait engere and two ahip'i officer by a collision i reported by the ateamet Juniata of tb Merchants and Miner Transportation cxnnpany from Boeton for Baltimore and Norfolk, which re turned to thia port this afternoon bad ly damaged. The Juniata waa rammed laiti night when about 30 wile off (.ostium by the flv mated achooner Ilarwood Palmer, bound from Baltimore for Portland, Main with a cargo" of coal. Kight persona were injured on the steamer, but those on board the achoon er escaped without injury. The steamer had a great hole etove in her starboard aide amidships, her cabina from that point forward being torn into kindlingwood; in addition to thia her pilot bouse was wrecked and the foremast and smokestack were carried away. The Palmer loat her jib boom, bow sprit and head gear. DECISIOlf IS. CILATSO Judge EaMa Announce Postponement In Taggart Divorc Can. Woter, O., Sept 21. Judge Kason an nounced today that he will not be able to give a decision in the Taggart divorce case until September 30. It was pre viously aaid it would be forthcoming on September 23rd, but he haa not had time to go over the evidence. FAIL TO SELECT CANDIDATES New York Fusion Ticket Hold Meeting Without Beiulta. New York, Sept 21, A meeting of the fusion conference committee, with represent Uvea preent from all the anti Tammany political organitation with the exception of the citi sen's union men was held tonight but adjourned until Mon day next without reaching an ' agree ment on the candidates. The fuionist today aent a letter to the citiaena union inviting it. again to join the anti-Tam many movement. No reply waa receiv ed from the union, owing to the late hour. I PASSENGER AND PAY ! rniiiie rri irsra W a Harrisburg, Sept. 21. Five men were killed and eight acri ously injured in collision be 4 tween a"ay train and a com a) bination passenger and milk train oa the Philadelphia ft Heading railroad at .Rouh's curve at Mount Holly Sprlnga thia after noon. None of tha passengers on the 'combination traia wer injured. " . j TODAY? WIATBXfi. ; t rortUM, Kept. XI. weHern uregoa: Friday, partly cloudy with shower near tb coast, cooler In the interior. Western Washington: Cloudy .with sbowera near tb coast. Eastern Oregon t Increasing cloudiaesa. Eastern Washington i fair. - 8HLVCLI WXAYZBS STBIXX AaacortM Mill BfM t Chang Paw , Day From Monthly t Bi-Moathly. r "Anaeorte, Wn Sept tl.-Beeaus the member of the Shingle Weavers' union In tha mllla of the Anacortea Shingle company, the P., E.t Berard mill and the one owned by Burke ft McClean, etruck for a U-monthly pay day, 100 people were thrown out of employment 'today, id owners of the threw mill refusing to change from a monthly payday. K0MUBA BAPIDLY BC0VEBIKG Phyaidane Think it Uancceaaary to la n any Mora Bnllctina. New York, Sept 21. The following bulletin relative to tha condition of Bar on Komura waa issued tonight t "Baron Komura continues to improve so steadily that hia attending physicians think it will not be neccstary to issue any mora bulletins unless there ia some change. (signed) "SATO." MEAN TO BE ARRESTED I t; .': - ... 4. . . . - I Cifudian Authoroties Asked to Hold CftrmerKtks'' Captain. Unite1 State; WanOs Him for Con piracy in Fitting out Hia Ship ia Vio lation of Sealing tawa Will B SeUed by Britiah Warship. Victoria, Sept 21. Captain Alex Mc Clean, whose arrest ia sought by the United States department of justice, on a charge of conspiracy in fitting out the sailing achooner "Carmendta" in San Francisco in direct violation ot the seal ing laws ha not yet been arrested. All the vcseela being absent from Es quimault atation, nothing can be done. The It M: 8. Cbear water ia due at Esqumalt tomorrow, and on her arrival the American consul will then apply to the commander of the Britloh vessel to seize the Caruj-nciU and arrest Captain McOan. TESTING BLACK SANDS Profeaaor Richarda Working at lastanc of Colonial Government Victoria, B. C, Sept 21. Professor Robert II. Richards, in charge of the department of mining in the Massachus etts Institute of Technology, Boston and United States expert on the concentra tion of minerals at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland ia visit ing the British Columbia coast in con nection with the examination for the Dominion government of the magnetic black sand. The request for the scien tific examination which he ia conduct ing waa preferred through the United States geological survey department. Professor Richards is at present visiting tn concentrating plant of the Britannia Copper syndicate, at How Sound. GOES TO BED TO DIE Pullman Man' Scheme to Chloroform Himself a Failure. Pullman, Sept 21. Because hia wife had eued for divorce, Otis Tethero soaked a sponge in chloroform, placed it over hia mouth and went to bed in the Palace Hotel here lat night He waa ap parently dead when discovered, but two hours work by physicians revived him. He attempted to kill his wife last win ter, and spent a week in jail, since which time they hav lived eeparately. mm C0MMISSIONERS!AGREE ' aw-sT.ri.aasT-sfat Norway-Swedisli Trouble Will Soon Be Amiably Settled. NORWEGIANS DESIRE CHOICE Newspaper Object to Offering Thron to Prince Charles Aa People Should Be Given Opportunity to Decid Be tween Republic and Monarchy. - Karlstad t Sept 21. The Swedish and Norwegian commissioner met ia joint conference thia evening after Itolding a separate conference duringthe day: The joint conference lasted four hours and then adjourned until tomorrow. It ia understood that the- Swedish demands that' the transit trade) through both countries should be secured against un justifiable obstruction and for the right of pasturing reindeer belonging to the Swedish Laplanders id tha. north of Norway haa been amicably settled, but the question of the demolition of the fortifications at ill remains open. Several Norwegian newspapers are opposing the offer of the throne to Prince Charles of Denmark. They demand that the peo ple of Norway be given an opportunity to express their choree between a mon archy and a republic. FELL FROM WAGON WHILE DRUNK Vancouver, B. C .Sept. 21. Drunk enesa proved the death of A. Jager at Ashcroft, a station on the C. P. R., about 170 miles front Vancouver. The man took too much whisky in tna town, and thetr started to drive to a ranch about four miles away. While tha four horses were slowly dragging the rig up a hill, Jagera who had fallen asleep, fell from the wagon and his skull wss fractured. YELLOW FEVER REPORT New Orleans, Sept.. 21. Offi- cial report up to 8 p. m.: New cases, .10;, total, 2723; deaths, 4 4: total 355: new foci, 9; cases under treatment, 319; cases dis- charged, 2051. A marked im- ) improvement in the situation is shown today. 0 Pensacola, Sept. 21. Six new cases of yellow fever developed here today, thua showing a grad- ual increase in the number of cases each day. The total num- ber of cases is (5, deaths, 9; discharged, 32 under treatment 14. NEW YORK TOUGHS' KILL P0LICEAAN DURING RIOT New York, Sep 21. One man was killed and a policeman) seriously In jured and two other persons ehot in an Fast Side riot tonight. There has been numerous complaints from tha neigh borhood that the remnants of several . RAILROAD CHAJIGU MADS Maay Caaagaa and Promotion Mad la - Wanton Baaia. . ' Spolusa, Sept 21. Harry McAdama, assistant general traffic manager of the Great Northern railroad at Seattle, while ia Spokane today anrjwncetj several change which hava lately been mad.' H. A. Jackson, commercial agent of tha road and general freight and pas senger agent of the Spokane Falls and Northern become assistant general freight agent and passenger agent at Butte, succeeding Archibald Gray, who ia appointed general freight and passes ger agent of the Siuox Falla railroad at Sioux City, Iowa. . 8. Blair, tha gen eral agent at San Francisco, cornea to Spokane aa general agent Frederick Rodgers, of Sioux City, goes to Walla Walla, Washington, aa district passen ger and freight agent ' James Young, general agent at Milwaukee, aucceels Blair at San Francisco and W. C. Wil kes, of the Oregon Railroad and Navi gation company at Moscow, Idaho, be comes the traveling freight agent of t'ne Great Northern at Spokane. BASEBALL SCORES. San Francisco, Sept 21. Oakland, 8; Portland, 1. Seattle, Sept 21. Seattle, 2; Tacoma, 4. Los Angelea, Sept 21. Los Angeles, 8; San Francisco, 5. Russian Reforms to Be Promula gated Early Next Week. People Granted tba Bight Uader Certain Condition of Assembly for Discus sion of Political and Economic Ques tions Kefonn of Great Importance. St. Petersburg, Sept 21. The project for granting the Russian people under certain limitation, the right of assembly for discussion of political and economic questions, a reform second in import ance only to freeing of the serfs, haa been elaborated by a commission under presidency of Count Agnieff and ia now practically completed and after a final review by the Solsky commission on Saturday it will be immediately laid ately laid before Emperor Nicholas. Its promulgation is confidently ex pected early next week. Though coup led with a number of restrictions de signed to give the authorities an over sight of the proceedings in order to pre vent the discussion ot treasonable or seditious subjects, this reform marka a great constitutional development, the people hitherto having had no general right of assembly except at meetings au t homed of societies. ASK FOR RECEIVER Attorney General of Indiana Wants On for Sherries' Securities. Indianapolis, Sept 21. Stat Attor ney General Charlea W. Miller filed a petition today in the Marion county cir cuit court axking for the appointment ot a temporary receiver to take charge of the securities surrendered to the state by David E. Sherrkk. He will be heard tomorrow. recently broken up gangs on the East Side had been meeting at a restaurant and becoming unruly. The police of the precinct were instructed by their captain to rid the vicinity of the vicious char acter with the above results. ELABORATION IS COMPLETE f r