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UlUtMCt FULL AttOOIATIO Pftitt RIPORT g j OOVCP,S TNK M0"M'N FIILO ON TH1 LOWS COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 119 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1905 PRICE FIVE CENT mm READ -i- CONFERENCE IS ENDED . ; - -i ' it Norwegian and Swedish Delegates Agree as to Terms. UNION mil BE DISSOLVED Rations Art la Full Accord n JMhod of Ttrnlutiug tlx Union Th Pro tocol! W1U B Publish Ktit Week t Capitol of Both Countdif. KarUtad, Sept. 23, 0:30 p. m,-Th conference l terminated. It U official ly announced that a full agreement waa reached and signed at 0:10 p. m. Tin rotwola will be puWUW next week ai ChriUanl and Stockholm sltnultan 'Uly. ' Tba text of tb official statement fol low ' J "Hi Xorwtglan SwadUb dlegatea at KarMiad today; : finished tle negotta tiona at which unanimity been reached. Tba mult will 1 published !nniltncouly a Stockholm and Chris tlanla early next week." Karlstad, Sept, S3. An agreement wa reached ttiia morning on th term tor tba dissolution of the union of Nor way and Sweden. Tim understanding va arrived at during the final teuton of the delegate, which lated over three hour and adjourned until 11:30 p. m. During the adjournment th secretaries were engaged in preparing a protocol for the algnature of the representative of the two countries. On the reassembling of the delegate, aome point of diMgreemrnt developed and they were atill in conference at & o'clock p. m. A rumor eprraa toon after the delegtee reassembled to the effect that an agreement had been signed and thie waa telegraphed to Chrltianla, Special tralna wen la readiness to take the delegate to Stockholm and Chrl tiania, but themt arangement were countermanded and an agreement waa finally reaeftd. " In anticipation of the agreement large crowd had aembled around the Iniiltllng In which the meeting had been lield, to wltncM the departure of the delegate. The Norwegian emerged lm mediately upon the conclusion of the enion and were on their way to Chrl tiunia within a few minutea after the announcement waa made a to the out come of the negotiation. The Swed ish delegate remained within for aome time, but when they did show them selves, thejc received an ovation and was eacorted to the hotel by the crowd, which sang the SwedUh national an them. They left at midnight for Stock- 1,01m. f'-'The delegatea refu to diicuss the term of the agreement, aimply aaylng they will be given out early next week. ' SOLDIER KILLS COMPANION DURING DRUNKEN BRAWL Cheyenne, Yyo., , Sept. 23. Private Lee of Company E 11th infantry, ahot and killed Private King of Company I of the aame regiment in a aaloon to night. King had threatened to thraah Lee) who retreated behind th bar and drew hi army revolver, 'and at King BBAVI W0BK OF FIREMEN Bescu lajorad Companion From Bars- log Building. New York, Sept 23. Hurled many feet agalnet a brick wall by the- explo sion of large quantity of naphtha. four firemen narrowly escaped death in a Are which la night nearly destroyed the fctory of the Empire Stat Clean ing Dying Work, la Brooklyn. All were attended - by physicians and re moved to boopiul, where It waa aald all would probably recover. Three fire men aaved the injured from almost cer tain death. Covering their face with their rubber coat the three men dathed through a sheet of flame to where the four injured firemen lay and dragged them into a hallway. Tba three re euert were ecorched about th hand.' ARBAHGEMEHTS COMPLETED Prtaident May Delay Proposed Trip to !fw Orleana. Oyter Hay, Sept. 23. The arrange ment for the trip of President Room velt through the aoulh l practically completed except thoe pertaining to hi viit to New Orlean and Little Rock, On account of th prevalence of th ycl low fever in New Orlean, it i not tm likely that the pretident may det4Li vUit to that city until a later time, in which event he will visit Little Ruck at the aame time. Worlds Record for 300 Yard Hur- die Rice Is Broken. . Hary L. Hillman, Jr, of Iftw York Ath letie Club Make Dlstaac, la 34 3-5 Second Which I a Second Better Than On Previously Mad. New York, Sept. M.-IUry L. Hill man, Jr., of the Thirteenth regiment, N, (I. of New York, running tn the color of the New York Athletic club estab lished a new world'a record in th 300- yard hurdle race today, hi time being 34 3 5 aecond better than the prevloua time made by A. C. Kraena lin, formerly of the University of Pennaylvanla, who did the distance in 30 3-3 second at Chi- cago on May 12, 1897. The contest took place at the annual game of the New York Athletic club at Traver Island to day and Hillman won o cleverly that the next world' record may stand much longer tlmn that made by Kraenxelln which held good for over eight year. John J. Flanagan, of the lrih Ameri can Athletic club threw the Id-pound mixxile 172 feet l inche, 13' inche ahorfc of hi own world' record figure. J. V. Morton, of the South London Har rier, Knglnnd, made hi American de but in a cflul aprin't of one fiundied yard, but hU time waa alow, 10 1-5 aecond. Morton is the GnglUh ami Canadian champion aprinter and a week ago won the Canada price by running the distance in 10 aecond, beating aome crack American runner. Hillman alo won flrat honora in the 500 yard ru,n, and won the final relay for th New York Athletic club team in the on mile race, which waa a duel between that or ganisation and th Irluh American Ath letic aoclatlon. approached bim, fired three time, two bullcta going through King breast and one through hi head. ' Lee then covered th men in the aa loon with hla gun and mad good hla es cape Squad ar scouring th street and a lynching is potaible if Let ia captured. ATHLETIC on n 1 in xn n inn m m m ' amamm. m m m m WWW MM WRECK HEAD ON COLLISION Two Trainmen are Killed and Five Passengers Injured. CAUSED BY CARLEESNESS Second Section 0 West Bound Passes gr Traia Loaded with Expoaitioa Bound Tourists CUidea . With a freight If ear Wtiter, Idaho. - Salt I-ak City, Sept. 23-Report ha Itcen received here that the aecond see tiofl of weat bound paMenger train No, 1, on the Oregon Short Lin collided head on with freight train No. 20, eat bound, today, near Welaer. Idaho. At leant two pemons are known to have been killed. Later report aay that the engineer of the paenger train and a baggage man or mail clerk are dead in he wreck and that several paengera are hurt, There were quit a number of touriat on the train bound for the Lewi and Clark fair at Portland. At the general offioe here of the Ore gon Short Line it It atated that only meager details of the wreck bava leu receivd. Two trainmen, ii I atated, ar dead, and fir pawngert injured, none aerioualy. A dlapatch from Pocatello, Idaho, atatee that Engineer La Roae, of Po catello, I dead; and it I reported that both engine crews were killed. Th re port at Pocatello attribute the wreck to violation of orders on the part of the crew of the second section of th pa aenger train, which I aald to have left Raton station, which ia between Weiner, Idaho, and Huntington, Ore, ahead of time thu coming into collision with the freight train. Advicea from Boie, Idaho, aay that the collision occurred at 8:13 o'clock this morning on the Oregon Short Line, one mile weat of Eaton the first atation weat of Welaer, Idaho. The second sec tion of wet bound paienger train No. and the local freight train running from Huntington, Ore., to Itole, and which alao carries a paaaenger coach, were in colliaion. Th fireman of the paHnengcr train was killed outright, and the engineer, a mail clerk and a bag- gage man on the same train were ee- erely Injured. Both locomotives were cinollahed. Th baggage and mail cars left the track and rolled down an embankment. The other coaclies remained on the track. Aaide from minor bruises re ceived in the shake up, none of the tour- Ut were injured. Portland, Sept 23, 1 a. m. Advices received here give the dead and In ured as follows j "Buck" Reverlateadt, of Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, fireman on the paaengcr train J W. Harrison, of ortland, a mail clear k and Alexander Ia Rose, the engineer of the pasxenger train. Slightly injured ari O. M. Harper, of Demar, Kanaas, and an unknown wo man. The aecond aection had order to pas the Boise and Huntington accommoda tion train, known as the "Cannon Ball" at Keaton. When the passenger arrived t Raton the "Cannon Ball" waa not on the aiding. . Instead of waiting aa it should have done, th passenger contin ued on twoard Huntington running at a high rate of speed. The "Cannon Ball" aaw the paenger and stopped. Evi dently the engineer of the passenger did I A 41 - MS... B.tlft LI. I. . . pvi too vaaixm jpsu w uku wh vu a curve antil withla Icm than 100 feet of it, when he applied the emergency brake, but too late to atop the train's momentum. 'It crashed into the "Can on Ball" with terriffio force, aemolkh ing both engine and throwing them in to th ditch, grinding the mall ear to kindling wood and demolishing four ear of th "Cannon Ball," scattering their eontmU for 00 feet on either aid of the track. Reverlateadt waa pinned down by the engine and it required four hours to dig bim out The crew and pa Mon gers of the "Cannon Ball" who saw the paenger bearing down on them got off. Harper waa thrown through th win' dow of on of th coachea and lacerated hi aide and houIdef. The unknown woman baa an arm broken, beside suf fering from contusion. The train was taken back to Weiaer, and it will be several hours before the wreckage is cleared away so traina can pa. , AGREEMENT KOI SIGNED. Pari, Sept 23. Premier Rouvier, Prince Yon Radolin, the German am bassador and Revolt, the French repre sentative on the Moroccan question and Dr. Rosen, the German plenipotentiary, had a lengthy conference, at th foreign office today in connection with the Mor occan question. The drawing up of the agreement between Franc and Cer many has progressed considerably, but the agreement has not yet been signal. Bought for $1,000 By Party Rep- rcstotinl Former Owners. Bequest of United States Government That Captain McLean B Held by Britka Columbia Authorise on th Charg of Conspiracy ia Sefused. Victoria, Sept 23. Th sealing schooner Aceapulco, formerly the Car mencita was sold today by the marshal of the admiralty court to satisfy the claima of her crew. She was purchased by P. R. Brown, of thia city for $10000, the amount claimed by the crew. The Cannoncit is the echooner fitted 0 t by Captain Woodide, IL J. Woods, R I. Tyson and R. Demidt, under in dictment at San Francisco for violating the sealing lawa and for sending her on a sealing expedition. The arreet of Captain McLean, her maxter, who is now here, waa sought by the department of justice at Washington though the Brit- ih Columbia government, but th offi cials declined to act, the premier stating that he had no authority to do so, as the schooner had been sold through an act of the court, th misdeed of her previous owners would not bo charge able against the vessel ' She ia at present without a registry, but the circumatar of the sale will allow a registry being given her. It is stated that he purchaser bought the vessel on behalf of her prevloua owners, but he denies it YELLOW FEVER I REPORT I New Orleans, Sept. 23. Official report to 8 p. m.j New cases, 46; total, 2808; deaths, 0; total, 0 363; new foci, 32; under treat- ment, 310; discharged, 2133. To- day ended the tenth week of the fight against the yellow fever in New Orleans with a record of j case the highest of the week, yet the . authorities believe th fever will practically be wasted away by the middle of next month, a CASHITA IS SOLD OPEN LETTER 10 Mil PERTINENT INQUIRY Defeated Democratic Can didate for Congress , Scores Equitable. CURIOUS CONCERNING FUNDS Franklin Leonard Want to Know How Much of th Funds Paid into th Com pany by Himself and Friend Ia TJatd . to Prevent His Election. New York, Sept. 23. In an open let ter to President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance company, Franklin Leonard, Jr., the defeated can didate for congress in th Seventeenth district of this city, today asked Mc Call how much of hia money that he had paid on hk life insurance policy had been used to defeat him. Leonard's letter was prompted by Me Call statement before the legislative investigating committee that he ordered a contribution of about $48,000 to the republican national campaign fund In 1904. The leteter Is aa follows: 'Dear Sir: Last year I held a policy amounting to $20,000 in the New York Life Insurance company and paid a yearly premium. At the same, time I waa nominated for congress by th de mocratie party in th 17th dUtrict,Tbi was a close and doubtful district and you will doubtless admit that large sum from th republican campaign funds were expended. Personally I am of the opinion that those funds helped materially to bring about my defeat I would particularly like to know how much of my money paid to your company in trust for my little family after my death, together with the funds of more than 23,000 other democrat and friends who cast their votes for me in the 17th district was used to bring about my defeat and defeat the will of the voters. "I venture an opinion that even my republican opponent would hardly ad vocate th ue of my fund and jjb funds of thousands of other policy hold- 4rs in fs manner. "loura truly, ( "FRANKLIN LEONARD." k SHOOT BEARS IN J an STREETS J ) Duluth, Minn., Sept. 23. The shooting of bears within the city 4 limits has "become so common of bite that Chief of Police Troyer O . today detailed two mounted of- O fleer to patrol the city to see that his instructions against th practice are carried out DEA0CRATIC CAMPAIGN Newark, O., Sept 23. The democratic state campaign opened in thia city to day and far exceeded the expectations of th nwt sanguine. Two meeting were held in the open air and in number they outranked any demonstration of BASEBALL SCORES. Seattle, Sept. 23. Seattle, 0; Taeoma, t San mrMaco, Sept, 2&-PoTtlanW 4; Oakland, S. Los Angelea, Sept 23. Loa'Ang-le, 4; San Fraaciaco, 7. s STAAF0BD WDTS Stanford University, Cat, Sept 23.-4 The football gam this afternon between Stanford and players from "St. Vincent' college at Loe Angele was won by Stan ford 10 to 0. COLONEL B. C JUDSOIC DIES Portland, Sept. 23. Colonel R. C. Judaon, the industrial agent of the Ore gon Railroad k Navigation company died at the St) Vincent's hospital today after an illness of two weeks, originat ing in a severe cold and culminating in congestion of the lung, coupled with a paralytic stroke. Colonel Judaon was one of the best known railroad men in the Pacific northwest. GUM WASITT LOADED. Baker City, Sept 23. Going Hampton, a 14 -year-old Isd waa killed thia after noon by a ahot from a pistol ia the bands of hia playmate, Chester Swing- ley. Man b Held Up and Assaulted on Crowded Street Victim Has Skull Crashed by Robber's Revolver, Who Ia in Turn Beatea Un conscious fey Police Confederate At tack Detective Who Attempt Arrest New York Sept 23. A highway rob bery waa attempted on a street corner in the heart of the city today and aa a result one man b dying and another is badly injured. Samuel L. Johnson waa set upon by two men at the corner of Tenth avenue and 29th street Only on block away were two detectives, who saw the re volver leveled at Johnon'a head while on of hi assailanta went through the victim's pockets, but before the officers could get to Johnson's assistance, he had been beaten to the sidewalk with a fractured skull and internally Injured which will probably cause his death. The detectives while attempting to ar rest the two highwaymen,, were set upon by a crowd of bystanders, who appar ently were confederates. Police rein-. forcements were necessary before the arrests could be made. Charles Montgomery, on of the. men arretted, and who is said to ba' thai one who held up Johnson, was beaten unconscious by the police. TODAY'S WEATHER. Portland, Sept 23. Western Oregon, western Washington: showers, cooler In the interior. - Eastern Oregon, eastern Washington: Sunday, shower and thunder showers, cooler. 1 BOLD ROBBERY ATTEMPTED HAS OPENED JN OHIO whatever character ever , before held here. The city is handsomely decorated with flags banner and bunting and on all sides resounding the the music of band from different parts of the state,, Th visitors include prominent demo cats from all over the stat.