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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1905)
It o f"V ri i tlOVin TMB M0RNIN3 PIILO ON Tell LOWIPi COLUMBIA UaUtHIt PULL AtSOOIATIO ASTORIA, OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 35 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS .rOLUME LX NO. 182 X i TO THE T PARTY Profits Did Not Always Go to New York Life HAMILTON GETS MONEY Company's Lawyer Received a Large Sum as Profit of Syndicate Deal. PERKINS ALSO COT A WHACK Sensational Development Before the In vestigation Committee, WTstb. Book keeper for the New York Life Telle of Certain Entries on the Booka. New York, Nov. 24. There were startling development in today's elon of the Armatrong Committee of the In sursnce Investigation, In the cotire of a minute inquiry, by Hughe, into the avii.lLat transaction! PartBi Irat4jl In by the New York Ufa Insurance Com .any. The moat Important witne was Mil Ion M. Madison, liookkeeper of the New Yoik Ijfe during whose examination it wa brought out that In the case .( the 1'nited State Steel Corporation Symli rate, the manager of whloh were J. V Morcan A Co.. there appeared one In fUmv where the profit due to the New York Life wa t7,lB7- from which we deluded, no reaon Wing glen, the. sum of TtiilO and paid to Andrew Hamilton. It apieared from the records produced by Huglie, that the account of J. P. Morgan Co., with HamilUm, allowed that in December, ltwl, that linn ad vanced to HamilUm th sum of S.'tfl.T'.'O, and that on October I, HMK, that um amountetl, with interest to $."n,3IO, and that it wa then cancelled by the entry .f (hat amount to Hamilton' credit. The entry of thia amount, in the ae fount of the New York Life read, a per i-aiiiflled statement and arrange ment with O. W. Perktn." Thia Time Perkins Got It. It slo developed that the participa tion In the syndicate, of the New York Life. wb effected through the New York Securities A Trust Company, by which one fourth of ll profit of the former company weir retained. Treated by Hughe to tell whether he lnew of anv other Imdanoe of mony due In the New York Life, Wing paid to a third party a in the Hamilton ae, Madison recalled the payment in HKM ol $40,(100 to George V. Perkins, represent lug the profit on a, loan of $030,000, to a Boston firm of Kidder, Pcabody h Co. No entry of thia tranartlon wa made on the book of the Kv York Ufa. ' Hew Solicitor for Haw York lift. New York, Nov. 24.-Ju1icn T. Davie, wai appointed general aolicltor for the FINED BECAUSE. SHE DIDN'T WXAR ENGLISHFIAQ. L-r-'4 New York, Vojr. tU.-Beeauae ' she would iotf wear a tiny British flag, the night, Prince Louis and his staff were at the theatre, 4 e Mare !l!, " WM 1 . . . i fined $15, and, . n . . . a nieruay w ic ; for damages V natioa of f a' .'in. lha 'manaircment. The a flag were erC,to the theatre by e BrltUh ou&eir, and the girls la the ' chorus m ' lntructa 10 w wesr them. Mls Leslie, who la Irish, refill point blank. "I'm - not the first Irish martyr ehe jl-l 1111(11 o . , ALASKA MINSK IS CHARGED WITH BIGAMY. Hun Framlwo. Nov. 24.-Mr. F.lla Amy, of JJttleton, Mas a a or to a warrant before Police Judge Cahanl today, charging Wlnfleld Scott Amy, a wealthy Alaska miner, with bigamy. Mr. Amy allege tliat he and Amy were married in 1873 and that in Ihhu hf married Mia Carrie Hperry, of Stockton, Cal, riot having obtained divorce. The polii-e May Warned that Amy had left Stockton la the morn- ing, and it i their belief he ha etarted for Seattle. SHIP HAS ROUGH EXPEBIIIfCE Oil THE BAR OF GOLDEN GATE eaawevaajaMB Steamer North Pork Puta Back to San Francisco With Bulwark Smashed and Statt Room Flooded. a Kureka, Cel.. Nov. 24.-With her bul- warka mlied in and me room and state room flooded, the eteamer North Fork put Into port thia morning, afbr having had a clone rail from destruction on the Ur, which ha been in practically an unnavigable condition for a week. The North Fork wa well in when an imuiejiae ea lumped up behind her and broke full on her alern. The bulwark were wahfd away in a twinkling. The water rushed into the dining room and gallery, flooding the compartment to the depth of three feet, cauaing much ilamage- Fortunately the teamer wa able U continue despite the pounding aha had received, but by all hand it wa considered a narrow ecepe. Shortly following the accident Stew ard K. M. UV of Oakland, while bail ing out the me mom fell through an open hatch with the renlt that all the rib on hi right ide were broken. Ke pair will 1 made to the North Pork here before he again ail for San: Francisco. BOTH m HISSING PackaijeContainin Thousand Dol- larsStolen From Express Office, NIGHT MESSENGER ALSO GONE Theft Committed Three Weeks Ago But Just Discovered Pinkertons Working on Caaa Trace Suspected Man and Companion to Walla Walla. Pendleton, Nov. 24. An expreaa pack ..... nnntaillillir t(XM) ill ClirrencV i missing in tne irnicr 111 vi.. express matter. Boyd Retlner, rtJ ? . .. I 1" iiluht incswiiger at the tiim . iAt.J man whom lie iiiki im-cii Keempc im.i- pany with are missing. No trace of the express package nor of these pin tic ha been found. Sujierinlendent J. W. Rogi-r, Salt Lake Inspector of the western division of the Pacific Kxpres Company, ha been investigating the matter. The fact in the cast show that about three weeks sgo ea express package containing $1000 waa delivered to the night niesenger of the Pendleton offices by a train mes- senirer of the 0. R. A, N. train No. 5, which passes Pendleton at II o'clock at night. The receipt wa given by the messeng r to the train messenger and the trans ra made In the regular manner, but as I the package did not arrive at Its desti- I ....... ..- l. - t..A nation, the theft haa just been found out. The package waa traced to thia city where all record waa lost Boyd Redner, who waa night messenger at the time the neckaire passed through, and a wo m.n from the tenderloin have disappear ed from the city, going from here to Walla Walla. Pinkerton deUsctivea have failed to locate either of them to date. OUR COIIIS ATTEMP 10 BLOW PRISON GATES Shoot Two Prison Ofiicials ESCAP ing a Third, and Fight Desperate. Running Duel In the Street. TWO OF CONVICTS ARE SHOT After Killing Two Priaon Gnardi, the Deeperadoea Blow the Gates With Explos ives and Sing Prison Bell to Apprise the Street They Fight They Board to Escape Surrendering Only When Jefferson City. Mo., Nov. 24. Four convict made a desperate attempt to ex-ape from the state priaon this after noon, resulting in a terrific battle of weapon and nitro glycerine at the pria on gate, a mnnig fight through the streets of .lefferaon City, and finally the capture of four convict, two of whom had been ahot and wounded. Two pria on officer were ahot dead and a tlrtrd erioualy wounded. One of the convict i perhap fatally wounded. Following the departure of Warden Hall and ix other priaon official, for Fort Leavenworth, on a special train conveying 71 federal prioner en route to the government prison, the leader of the outbreak, Harry Vaughn, Charle Raymond, Hiram Blake. George Ryand and Kli Zeigler, who were working near the gate, made a break for liberty. They drew piatoN, and it i presumed, that at least one of them carried a bottle of nitro glycerine. Rushing pvt the gate they entered Deputy Warden See's of fice, and shot him a he sat in hi chair, inflicting injuries that rendered him powerless to resist Gatemta Shot Dead. They then returned to the gate and encountered Gateman Clay, who wa ahot dead. Guard Allison, who wa at- JUDGK ORDERS BURTON CASE TO GO TO THE JURY TODAY, St. 1-ouis, Nov. 24. I'nder instruc tion from United State Circuit Judge Van DeVenter, the case against 1'nited State Senator Burton, charged with violating the Federal statute, by prac- 'Ving before the Postofl'u-e Department, o i rnev. must be submitted to .1 ml ire' YanTVvanter " I "h lo curtail tlie time JUaMisSIMo ma..:, agument, but a tomorrow was the lat day of the week, he thought that the case should lie con cluded in time to give the jury all of Sunday to consider the evidence. ALCOHOLIC REMEDIES WILL BE TAXED BY GOVERNMENT Washington. Nov. 24. A circular waa issued today to collector of internal revenue, by Commissioner General Yerkea of the Internal revenue eervice, postponing until January next, the or MARQUIS SAYS l '''ill sl , London, Nov. 24.-A11 doubt as to whether or not the Maiquia of London derrr consented to remain in the Cabi net waa dispelled by ftid aatment from the minister himseir, to we enec that he had not reaigned. It ia official ly intimated that no statement regard ing the decision of ha Cabinet will be WITH NITRO GLYCERINE Dead, Seriously Wound AND OTHER TWO CAPTURED convicts or tne ureax xusauig into a Wagon and Make Desperate Attempt Resistance la Known to Be Useless, traded by the ahooting was the next victim. He waa ahot through the head and died almost instantly. To apprise the convict of the eacape started, the fugitive rang the bell. Go ing hrough the wagon gate, dragging Clay' abody with they, the eonvicta fast ened it on the gate. Still another double te-I gat that wa locked, barred their way oflt, but nitro frlycerino soon clear ed an opening through which they dah ed into the atreet, where a number or "trusties' were workinu. Zeigler for some reason did not leave the prison rard. The other four were running madly through the street of the city, pursued bv the prison officials and citizens, nr ing volley after volley. The convict jumped into a wagon, seized the driver, held him aa a shield, and whipped up the horse. Desperadoes Surrender. After some distance they encountered a pose in front of them, and eeeing that flight waa useless, made a determined stand firing at the prison officials, who returned the fire with interest, riddling the wagon. Finally one of the convicts was ahot, and mortally wounded and aeeins! further reaiUre was useless, the desperadoes aurrendered. der requiring that internal revenue tax es be paid in certain preparations sold ss remedies but containing a prepond eranee of alcohol. The circular states that the chemical bureau of the sen ice has completed an analysis of all such rnnixlioa U'hich U ill COIIIS Within the scope of the order of Septemlier 12. SULLIVAN DEFEATS GARDNER IN A SENSATIONAL BATTLE. Both Men on $heirFeet at -End of"he Contest But the Lowell Boy Went Staggering to His Corner. San Francisco, Nov. 24.-After twen tv rounds of sensational fighting, Mike Twin" Sullivan, of Cambridge, Mass., tonight defeated Jimmy Gardner, of Lowell. Mass.. Referee Jsck Welch mak ing the decision while Gardner was car' ried weak and tottering to his corner. The decision was a popular one. and brought joy to the short endera, who generally obtained odds of t to l THAT HE WILL STAY IN CABINET . .1. ... Ts a a 4k. Issued by the minevers, ioe - ; Balfour will leave London tonight to remain until Monday, and the addition al fact that he ia not going to Sand- rimrham to see tbe King is Uken a confirmation of the understanding that the Premier and his colleagues have de ckled against a precipitate resignation. HOLDS A BURGLAR UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. Chicago, Nor. 24. Grappling with a buigtar whom he encount ered in the hallway of hi home, Charles A. Van Order, aexloft of the Ciuiuh of Kplphany, lant night atr'UggW with the robber and succeeded id holding him un til the arrival of the police. The robber had secured jewelry Tal lied at $1000 and wa about to escape when Van Order entered the hallway. The men rolled about the floor, until the occu pant of the other flat in the building were aroused. SCIENTIST EXPERIMENTS TO SOLVE THE ORIGIN OP LIFE Attempts the Fertilization of Mollusk Eggs But Believes that Process la of a Chemical Nature. Berkeley, Cl., Nov. 24.-Bit by bit, Professor Jaoiue Loeb, the scientist, la completing the set of experiment into the secret of the origin of life, and it ia hoped will eventually make clear the life problem. Today he added another to the many step already Uken in this direction, when he isaaed an announce ment regarding chemical method he haa employed in maturing eggs of a mollusk, the IiOttia Gigantea. The result of Professor Loeb'a experi ment with these eggs of the mollusk have caused him to revise theories pre viously held. The experiment include tbe treating of the effect of hypertonic see. water upon mollusk eggs, with a view to determining how fertilization miirtit be accomplished and also to de termine whether the action of the sea water and it effect upon the egg are of a Dhvsicel or a chemical" nature. Profes sor Loeb formerly believed the aettoa was of a physical character, but now re vie this opinion. Scientista are watch ing hi work with interest. Rioting Soldiers Burn and Sack City of Harbin. PAYMENT OF TAXES STOPPED Peasant's Congress Would Secure the Granting of All Rteforma Before Aay More Revenues Are Paid to the Gov ernmentPoland in Turmoil. Warsaw, Nov. 24. Persistent rumors ih.t the Manchurian army of Russia haa revolted again are in circulation. Private dispatches received here state that the mutineers have completely burned Harbin after rioting and sacking the place. The messages say that the r? volt has attained widespread prof,-i. tions and that soldier ordered to quell the rioter refused to fire upon their brethren in arms. The Peasants' Congress now In ses sion here today decided to appeal to the people, "requesting them not to pay any more tax until all demand for reiorra had been fully granted. The effect of the measure is to bring about a aituation similar to that which exists in Hungary, where all revenue has been cut off from the Government, Resolutions were passed by the Congress condemning the Jewish msssacre. Poland ia b a state of turmol and rebellious bands are burning: governs ment buildings and rioting, in many dis tricts cutting down state forests, clos ins schools and seizing estates. Troops are being poured in to reinforce the gar- riona. . Rumor of afutiay. London, Nov. 24. Reutert aays It nersistently reported at St Petersburg, that the Black Sea fleet haa mutinied and that a portion of the Sebaatopol squadran haa also. mutinied, killing the chief of staff, and wounding a colonel, ARMY REVOLTS AGAIN MORE DUST IS MISSING Total Peculations of Assay Cashier is $100,000 IN TROUBLE BEFORE Stole Money From the New York Life But Was Not . Prosecuted. FRIENDS MADE GOOD AMOUNT Superintendent of the Amy Office Kaew of Adams Former Crime But Excused His Employment by Saying that He Thought He Had Reformed. Seattle, Nov. 24. Investigation today shows that George Edwards Adams, ar rested last night for stealing gold dust from the United States assay office, baa been pilfering from bags of miners, left in his care since before 1903, and that in all he ha stolen perhaps $200,000. It has been ascertained also, that once before 'Adam waa in similar trouble,"" being accused of the theft of several hundred dollars from tbe Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, of which he waa state cashier. This theft waa compromised by Adams friends, who reimbursed the company. Adams was not prosecuted. The same bonding company which waa on hi bond while he waa employed by the insurance com pany, also guaranteed him when he took employment in the assay office. Wing Kaew About It A jeculiar feature is that Fred A. Wing, now superintendent of the assay office, wa the state agent for the Mas sachusetts Mutual ari knew of Adams stealing. He condones the employment of Adams in the assay office by stating that he believed Adams had reformed. "Secret Service Officer Steven A. Con- nell estimates that Adams made away with about a hundred thousand dollars altogether. Mrs. Adama gave birth to a child a few days sgo and is in a serious condi tion. She has not been informed of her husbsnd's predicament. DISASTROUS FIRE IN LOS ANGELES Ii Angeles, ov. x. rire o un known origin r pletely gutted tonight. the four-storl -"rick building occupiftl I Harris c .nk, one of the oldest hery firms in the city. . ilued at $173,000, which, :al lose. othing hal The stock ' is probablj . DISAPPEA R ITH BANK'S FUNDS. I Moo, Nov. 24. Gran ville Gwynn, ca-nhier of the bank w Hay ti, Mo Jas disappeared. - JIU. ia aharged he absconded witb,-lft,000 of the bank's fufldsi. ; . H e CHICAGO EXXCKLAxu rAi.1 y HEIR TO MILLIONS. .. . ., Chicago, Not. 21 Tbomaa ftfer'j Mitchell, 'a city bricklayer, whe earna $5 a day, la reported to fcave fallen heir to WW, his portion of aa estate of $47,- 4 S 600,000 left by two grand unclea in Australia. Ha says reform- tion to thia effect came to Wet yesterday, from hi former home , in Ireland. Ilia mother, he says hsa inherited the estate and he will receive a ahare. He ia wait- Ing further confirmation of the report before he lays down kia Inial W " JX. J