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COVIRg THK M0HNIN9 PIILO ON THI LOWIfc COLUMBIA
VOLUME LX NO. 110
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY1 SEPTEMBER 30 1905
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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STARTLING
FACTS
UNSPEAKABLY ROTTEN
Legislatures influenced
) By Big Insurance
Concerns.
DIRECTORSMEREFIGUREHEADS
Equitable, Mw York Life and Mutual
Ufa Form Pool to Control Lutltlon
It Teatimonjr Cia by Prominent Of-Bdal-"lt
Wai Ail Hyda."
New Vork. Srpt. 20. When tb lg1
Utive wmwittee cm Iwuram-a Inveetl
Ration adjourned UUy until next Wed
luwiUy it concluded a w-k In which
jjreeUr prorra had been nmle than In
any week ainee the inetl(at)ou begun.
The ltlinHiy of tle wltnce that had
Uen celled during the week h be"
rrpkte with eentin, and Uiat of
tiny wa no rxcrjitlon to the rule.
''A Jim . afternoon aoidon Alfred '. '
iuli. ..,i,aiw, Ult
able LtP Aureiwe iety &l
that the FuiUl.le Life the Mutual Life
and the New York Ufo coinpMiir iuj
furnied a 1I to lnk after kgUtalion
In the varkuw atate legUUturei, An
drew Heinllton of Maine tetiflrd that
' lie loked after the IcgiRtative matter of
all the rninpanie in the atate wet of
Ohio. The wllne tuld of an atrreenient
w hereby a eclal rounel w a employed
liy one company In it territory and the
exprnte wa ahared by ell. He waa
anked if the campaign contribution
ratne unedr hi olmervation, and he re
plied that they did not. He ald he had
never heard of any money being paid
to influence lejrintation. Edward L. IVv
lin, the real entata manager of the New
Yoik Life for the United State and
v.a4iHa va calleil to testify a to the
rot of th. building in 1'ark He had
only tranM-rtyta of the report offthU
ilepNiiinent which hud tin-n made to the
home olllee, but it waa brought put that
the I'aria building U carried on the
inok of th company at a vahmtion of
1.102.IHM, whhh accniinta, with the ori
ginal co and improvement on the
biiilditiK in actual money to the amount
of $ J..W,1,104 wa paid, over one million
being i lnwged off valuation on the book
of the company. IVvlln aaid the netf in
come on the bidding to tiie New York
Life, v.a one and one half per rent on
tlie a tual amount lnveted In the build
Ingor between three and three and one
half cr' rem on amount at which the
Iniihlingia rricd on the, book of
li. company.
Not the Ica-important development
of the day w theSpearane on the
atand Jacob H. 8chiff, head of U'e
banking firm of Kuhn, Ixeb ft company.
tH'hiff vlgorouly defended hi attitude
while a director of the Equitable and
claimed that hi firm had acted in a con
eclentioua manner In all dealing with
the aoclety. At the eonclubn of hi
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT TO BE; v
ESTABLISHED AT SHANGHAI
San Francisco, Sept. 2D. A perman
ent InduMxial commercial exhibit will
soon be etabtihed at Shanghai, China,
by Barcua Cref, of that place, who I
here perfecting arrangement.
It U aaiil by promoter tliat the ex
hibit will enhance th merchant com
merce by properly introducing and 4-
testimony, Bchtff mad aa lmpaaeloaed
aitaek en U etato auperinUndent af j
Insurance and (ha automata ha made;
concerning tk Kuan, lb A company
darto to UraaOntM of. th Equit
able. During Lit tUmoay SchlrT mad
a chart that th nalnute of tb Ansae
oommltto regarding a eertaia Boatlag
wa falaa. La tar ha qualified tab how
irrr, by saying that If tba transaction
under consideration ia tba I'nloa Facile
preferred, we actually mada, ba did not
bear it, although b waa preeent at tba
meeting. Agaia during tba ta-tinwo
regarding tba power of tba flnaaoe com
mitte of the lujulUbl aodetjr, Scaiff
waxed warm la txpUaatioa, and aaid the
entire committaa waa at the mere of
one man. " , ,
"It waa all Uji'," aaid Scblff, "all
Hyde aad Alexander. Mr. Hyde wrote
the meMagr regarding the offere mada
by the Arm for participation In tba ayn
dkte Hyde algned alt the reeeipte
and Hyde wroU all the WteiV He aaid
bla MMititm of director in the Equitable
waa that of a negligible quantity, that
the director were mere figurehead.
MAKES POOS SHOWIIfC.
Spokane, Rept. 29. Iloomer Week, a
rqiokane (Irenian, outpoluted and out
fought Frank (iotili in a 12 round bout
rt th 8pokam Amateur Athletic club
tonight, but Ootch outwreetletl Week
and thereby naved hiimelf from diat-
er. Week floorel (Jotch in the lUUi
round, but (ioU-h eUyed 12 round and
the bout, by previuu agreement waa
called a draw.
Is Watching Results of Insurance
Investigation,
SupeMaing Officer of Private Innr
anc Bai Applied to German Ktpre
aentatlv Ala Directly to Thia Cot
trnment for Information.
Herlin, K-pt. 20. Th German gor
eminent U watching with keen intereat
the invetigation now being conducted
by a committee of the New York leg
litlatur Into the afTair and conduct f
tlia American inauranc coinpanlc and
1 taking atep to keep iwlf fully in
formed regarding the reulu of the in
Vfwtigatloru Aei-ording to the Cologne
OasetU', a uieivling ollWr for private
inuranee ba applied to the Cermun
repreentative In tlie I'liited State a
well a directly to the American gov.
eminent for information on tlie aub
PERISHES IN
FLAMES
New York, Sept. 20.-One man
waa burned tou death and two
fatally burned tonight n a re
ult of a 3re In i lodging houM
on Wet atreel tonight It fa
thought that there ar other,
whowe bodie have not been
found.
viertlidng Annican good among th
Chine nienhanU. .Tlie plan U ndored
y the department of commerce and la
bor and 'Secretary of War Taftrsp
prove of the method of rromotin- trad
ing with th Orient The pnjHed ex
hibit will be in operation bv the eWe
of the Chinese ney wear in Febnmry.
GERMANY
INTERESTED
miu- :-r
COMPANY IS CENSURED
Coroner's Jury Places the
Blame tor Short
Line Wreck.
. Mil
TRAIN CREW VIOUTE ORDERS
After Three Days Continuous Seaaloa
Jury Place BUm for Oregoa Short
Line Colliaioa on Crew of Second
Section of Train if o. i.
Weber, Sept 29. Th coroner jury
wlilch baa been investigating tb bead-
on collision on tlie Oregon Short Lin
railroad near thU city on the morning
f th 23rd timet, in which Mail Clerk
J. W. Harrinon and Fireman Edward
ltevilstcadt wer killed, reached a ver
dict 'hi afternoon after a three daya
eontlnie eion. The jury found
the emncer, conduclor and brake man
of the MNnd aection of the panaenger
tram iv. I, reponibl for th accident
by tlieir violation of train order for
that data and diaobeylng certain per
ating ruWa of th company.
Th Oregoa Short Lin waa found
negligent in the enforcement of It op
erating rule, and censured therefor.
RICHARDS MAKES SEPOST
7,57.o4 Acre of Pubbe and Indian
Lands Disposed of This Year.
Waahlngton, Sept 29. Commissioner
Richard, of the general band office to
day forwarded to the secretary of the
Interior hi annual report covering the
flwal year ending June 30 but It
shows that during the year 16,979,500
acre of public bind and 7740 acre of
Indian land were disposed of, a total
exceeding that for 1904 by 050,000 acre,
Of the public land disposed of 12,805,
571 acres were entered under th home-
tead law, 0U,677 under the timber land
and atone law, 711,124 undw the desert
land law, and 5H50, acre of ewamp
land were patented. , .
Th total receipt for the year, im-lud
ing those for the lc of Indian land
are $7,017,811. ,
RUSSIAN FOUND
HANGING TO LIMB
Becomes Homesick and Ends Life in a
Shocking Manner.
Aberdeen, Sept. 29. A ghastly rind,
made thia morning by two Finns, in tlie
discovery of the dead body of a man
way ing from the limb of a trW near
th Mk'higan mill. Th body waa cut
down, and waa Identified a that of
Charley Hibala, a Russian Finn, who
had been missing for a week. He waa
last aeea with an old man named Peter
son, but there is no auspkion of foul
play, as there is every indication of aui-
clde. Th man evidently tied a alio
noose in th rope, climbed th tree and
fastening the end of th rope to a limb,
placed the no about his neck and
jumped. His hat wa ja'rred off by bi
fall and his toes' touched the ground.
He bad probably been hanging for a
week whea found. He waa about 27
years old aad had been suffering from
homesickness. Wa unmarried and re
sided with a brother. J
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
St, IhiIs, Sept 29. Th dead body of
Xlill Nellie West Long waa found in a
room at th Burlington Tlatit today, she
having committed suicide with morphine.
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LUMBEX PXICU ADVAKCID
Padfe Caaat Aaaodatiaa Boost Priea
f lubr aad Lata. -8eattle,
Sept. . At tb regular
BKmthly Bieetiaf of U Vuilm Coaat
Lumber Maaufactarer aaaodatioa,
which waa held today it waa Toted to
adrano tba apmo lumbar lit fl per
tfcouaaad, aad latba tie per taooaaad.
TU action is aubjact to ratiacatioa by
tb 8oothwUr Waabiagtoa Manu
facturer aaaociaUoo, -
J. O. Wood worth, traffic aaanager of
th Kortaera Facile, adviaavJU aaao
ciatioa that tbera would ba no iacreaa
la freight rate to Mloeapotia. Thar
have been many atorie that tb ralee
would be increaaed aad th communica
tion from Wood worth waa ia reply to
a formal interogatkm on tb aubject.
CASE ALMOST HOPELESS
CJiuago, Sept 29. It baa been decided
by the phykk-iana hi attendance upon
President Harper of the University of
Chicago, that nothing can aav bia life
but a surgical operation of an heroic
characUr. It ia admitted that there i
practically no chance of aaving hi Ufa
unleaa th cancer, which b killing him,
can be checked by the removal of the
large intestine. The aurgeona will make
an examination in a few daya to decide
upon the advisability of an operation. It
i admitted that the chance are great
ly againt th permanent relief of the
patient even if the operation ia per
formed. .
IS DAMAGED
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Strikes Government Breakwater
at San Pedro Harbor.
Loat Har Bearings Owing to Heavy
Sand Storm aad Has Great Hoi
Tens la Her Side Conpletsry Water
Logged Lumber Laden,
San Pedro, Sept. 29. The four-masted
schooner Muriel, 4S3 tons, Captain Wy-
ckender, master, bound from Graya har
bor to San Pedro, laden with 700,000
feet of lumber, crashed into the govern
ment breakwater at the entrance of
Saw Tedro hsrU last night, and wa
greatly damaged. The Muriel now liea
off the Southern pacific wharf." She ia
completely waterlogged, her deck, be
ing Hush with the water tin.
The Muriel lost her bearing in the
heavy weather, a sandstorm obscuring
everything. She crashed Into break
water "oow on" ana a Dig bole waa
torn in her port aide.
The tug Warrior was sent to the Mur
iel's assistance, and after much diffi
culty she wa towed nto the harbor.
CARNEGIE FAVORS ALLIANCE.
Psris, Sept 29. The Echo IV Tari
printa an article signed by Andrew Car
negie in which the writer argue in fa
vor of an alliance between the United
Statea, France and Great Britain for the
safeguarding of the peace of the world.
Ilhe author denominates the counkie
named aa "th three republics, two un
crowned and one crowned."
COMMISSIONERS MEET HILL
Seattle, Sept 29.-Chairman H, A.
Fairchild and John S. McMillan, of the
Washington railway commission, will
meet James. J. Hill and party .In this
city tomorrow to tak up the question
oi (he power of the commission to fix
joint rate." I a the two cases now pend
ing before the commission, the railway
companies, including the Great North
ern, have disputed th power x of the.
board to make such rates. '
TODAY'S WEATHER.
Portland, Sept. 29. Saturday i Show
er with increasing cloudiness.
SCH
MURIEL
SI1I1IS
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
King-Empcror Makes Ef.
fort to Pacify His
Subjects.
MAY FORM A NEW CABINET
Some Way Out ef Difficulty Must Be
Speedily Found If Revolution Is t Be
Avoided ExpuUion of th Socialist
Students Demanded.
Buda Pest, Sept 29. Toe situation is
becoming clearer, evidence is accumulat
ing that both the coalition leaders and
the king and ervperor are earnestly en
deavoring to find a way out bf the diffi
culty. Statement have' been. , issued,
emanating, it is understood, directly
from the entrpuagc of. the, king-ajxiparor,
denying any intention oa tb pt-W
larowa-of wnuii' km .U-iwm
tional ausceptibilities.
Th leaders am the king-emperor
realize that some way out of the pres
ent situatoin must be reached at an
early date aa otherwise the economic
condition of Hungary will become so
bad that eerioue disturbance cannot be
avoided, if in Wed a real revolution does
not break out.
The fact that Count Albin Czakr.
president of th upper house of tho
.Uutfjupaa diet has; bejn summoned
to aa audience of the king-emperor next
Saturday, U not considered here a im
plying that the count will necessarily
be invited to form a cabinet On the
contrary, there is a disposition in manj,
quarter to believe that Baron Fejer
vary may be reappointed to the pre
miership. The. UtaVr is npw under
stood to support the contention that
Hungary has the right to establish in
dependent customs in her territory.
This haa created a favorable impression.
Count Apponyi, who ia inclined to the
view that a solution of tb Hungarian
eriiu will b found. auggesU that the
formal liberal premier Koloman de Sxell
will be nominated by the king-emperor
to negotiate with the coalitityu
Buda Pet, Sept 29. A tin box filled
with powder of some kind waa found
thia morning under the staircase in a
hotd in wl'h. th" coalition leaders
were meeting. The 'box," whkh ia al
leged to be an infernal machine, was
taken to police headquarter for ex
amination, .rs.-i.::-"
BASEBALL SCORES.
Seattle, Sept 29. Seattle, 4; Tort-
land, 0.
San Francisco, Sept 29. Los Angeles,
3; San Francisco, 0.
Spokane, Sept 229. Oakland, S; Ta-
coma, 3. .
WASHINGTON SHINGLE
AAANUFACTURERS ORGANIZE
SeatflM, Sept 29. A Shingle Mills
bureau, an association to control the
output of Washington red cedar shingles
wa organised ia the office of D. W.
Rass this afternoon. About 80 per cent
of the total output of the state was
represented and after naming the vari
LIQUOR MEN COMPLAIN
Sm Eailreaaa a Asosaat f ABeftd
K LiacriaaiiutiM ii lata. , ' 4
Waahingtoa, Sept 29. Tba istertUU
eocaaMre eoauaUsioa today act for
hearing oa October 20, to eaa of tb
NatkaaU Wholeaal Uwpt Dealers aa-
aodatioai agaiaai tba Aichiaoa, Topeka
4 SaaU F railroad, tad 30 other roada,
ineiudiiig practaeally aQ. tba priadpal
baea if tb UaHed Stata. Ta eom
plaiat iavotvea.tba alleged discrimiaat-
in; freigta) tkuptm am aloobol, bigb
wine, aad apfrtt aad taa rata oa
whisky from tb east aad middl watt
potato to th Padno eoaet,
MILLIONAIRJL COMMITS SUICIDE
Shoots Himself Tkroagh tb Hand, th
Cans Is TJakaawa.
New York, Sept 29. Wiliam B.
Travere, millionaire, and maa of lei
ura, th eon of th celebrated Wall
street operator, Wiliam A, Trarer,
committed suicide today by shooting
himself through the bead, at bia apart
ment ia Madison avenue, lb auicMe
is inexplicable as Trarers was in th
prime of life, enjoyed fab health, and
waa possessed of a large fortune. Mr.
Travers married Mis Lilly Harriman, a
sister of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr, Th
couple separated three year ago, Mr.
Travers going to Pari to live. Trav
ere was an unele of Mrs. Clarence Mack
sy. He had two sisters, Mrs. Jame
Wadsworth, of Geneseo, N. Y., and Mr.
Walter Gay, who ia now living in Paris.
IS DEN
Governor Pardee Misquoted as to
Graft - Charges.
Says That California Commissioners
Ar Satisfied With Method ef Mak
ing Awsrds at Portland Exposition
Exhibits Not to B Withdrawn.
Sacramento, Sept. 29. Governor.
Pardee today denied the newspaper pub
lication crediting bim with having mad
a statement that grafting ia going on
at the Portland exposition in the mat
ter of awards and that the California
commission had withdrawn ita exhibits
from competition. Governor Pardee
aaid:
"It was reported to me that a Mr.
Furlong' had aaid that substantially, and
1 replied in effect that if such was the
fact that the California exhibits would
have to be withdrawn. I am still of
that opinion. Commissioners Fletcher
and Wiggins informed me that they
have not been withdrawn, which ahows
me that they are satisfied with the con
ditions which I know they would not be
if the awards were matters of graft"
RETURN FROM VANCOUVER
Bellingham, Sept 29. A special train
bearing President Hill of the Great
Northern and President Elliott of the
Northern Pacific, arrived her thia af
ternoon on their return from Vancouver,
B. C, where they went last night. They
left here later for Seattle.
ous working committees a resolution was
adopted ordering the closing down of
all mill during the month of December
and January next
The following officer wer elected:
President, D. W. JUs; vice president
. M. Dolcom; secretary, Earl Pooler;
trtaturer, A. W. Ma.kle.
STATEMENT
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