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iiiiimnii nniirill McCURDT RESIGNS ' 1
rri i iniv i linn i
in uuuui uutfii
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Reslps the Presidency
of the New York Life.
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
Senator Armstrong Advises That
Policies Be Not Allowed
to Lapse.
SAYS LEGISLATION WILL COME
former Sutt Senator Admits that Bs
Lived at tba Mutual House When
' tt'iltSkiitt AtfaTTn Sesatoe,' and Latar
Received Fees (or Varioua Services.
New York, Nov. 21. The rclgiutt ion
( President Mi'unly of the Mutual
life, wit the most Important develop
Incut in tlie Ufa inhorancfi situation to
day, Il l undertitd 1 1ir Miliiiii wn
(Acred to .latiMa II. rV lc.
One nitresting feature of t ! iiitcti-
mil. .ft tauluV. tt'tfft HlM Ikf ill
r.. -J I .-.
TlHik(f Ivitiji -oclnmatkiiiH lv Sena
lir A unstrung, chairman of the tminiit
1c, In policy holder, tliunliiig them
from allowing their iollcle to Iiin-c
lniuii of Uie revelaUon of the Investi
gation, uml assured tin-in tli committee
would recommend legist ion in their in
terest. Form Stata Senator tietage I. Me
(VIIiui Untitled UxUy that he lived in
the Mutual' house in Albany, while a
remit. it and a memltef of Uxi insurance
committee, of that hodj, hut it nem
tsviniv.l tt him there1 wa anything
iniMHT. a lie and A. 0. Fiekla, who
conduitcd Vie house, were old friend.
Ketaina4 by Mutual.
It wns shown that in scleral year,
while not. a senator, Mi-Ch-Han wa re-
tai I by th Mutuiil a M(XKI, anil
with iliil'uulty, Hughe elicited the in
formation Unit lie. wa retained to ap
lam W.-for Ua ljf it t4w to nrgim
iiguin-t. tiie saving Imnk tax and fran
chise tn bills. Mct'lfllait hnd just tt
d he wa never employed ly the Kiuit
aide, wfti-n llnrlni showed him a
vouiher of ."WHO, wid ly the mwMy
to tlm firm of whieli MtClellun waa a
iihmiiImt. MiWiii wa uiuihht to re
inemlH'i' it.
Joint i'. MiK'nII, mm of IVeMdi-nt Me
IVII, ( the New York Life, tentilled
that Atfctniey Hamilton had lieen lo
Uh at 1'arla and hal It-wived a mea
MKn fnttn lYetdilent MiCall, niiet
inn him 0 return and te-Ufy. The com
inittwi W ld a protracted executive w
t4Mi at tha ck of tlve day's hearinjr.
at whi. li Uma it wtai dwlded to lnveti
jtntion wmild be completed by December
31.
MORGAN SUCCEEDS SQUIRES
THE AS AMNISTER TO CUBA
, Ya-hington, Nov. 2!.-F.dwin V
"Morgan, relieved of tl Pf f Amerl
ean miiviater at Seoul, Korea, by rea
1.4m of the eatabliehment of the Jap
aSancae. protectorate, has been appointed
Retires as President of the New York
Life.
Xrw York, Nov. Kl.l.aH A 1I-
ennly t'ulny reiftied a prident of
the '.MutiwJ Life. Hi reoigtiatiitn wan
mit'ltri hy the board of truleei, and
Frank Cromwell, treasurer of the Mu
tint) wa ruiiiiixl a tempore y iir-
enaMia. Miimly awtlrna the rranoni fiar
nwijniBtlon, to bU heallh, whit'h la fail-
injf.
He mid twt he intended to reniti
lt dune, when ha reached Uie age of
70 year, but wan duaded by the
irriou diMurbam-e in inuranra affair.
Ha had, hiiwaver, overeittimated hU
treii(th.
.liiMti.e ttufuw I'lillmrn, of the Kit-
preme (nrt, truUe for twenty yar.
ii Ui reim-d t.xhiy.
KILLE BY SANDBAG.
San lU-itiurtliuo, Nov. 2!.-'arl Axel
Frwl, from (imiurd, X. H., died yeatr-
ilay at the county luwpital, after lying
iini-onai'liiiia for fmr day. The county
phynii'iau utaten emphatically that every
Indication Hiint to Fred having Uun
andbaed.
FORMULATE DEMANDS.
jUtuinn, Triiwl'auiwla, Nov,
29.-
i TW rrgimeiit .of . tba garriitou here
which l tee)-d in deteotaeitt, held a
Meeting- yenteeday and formulated de
tmuide for tha lmmial of the reerv
it of the Khetmm teimenl.
OVER N. P. TRACTS
Believed Milwauke Will Enter Port
land'on North Bank Line.
ROUT OJTUNED TO WALLULA
But no Farther Probable Course Is
Mentioned In Announcement Given
Out by High Officiate of the System
After Stock-Holders' Meeting.
Portland Nov. 21). It U Mated on
what reeimt to be pMxl authentic in
f.rrrmtlon, tlvit tla Noruhent I'aciflc
I will eonntruct a double track down the
north bank of 1 lie Columbia, from VYal
liiln, Wtiiinj-ton. int4 Portland, and
over Hi i line the train of the Cliiciijfo.
Milwaukee & SU Paul will run under
a tracknu iiriH-mcnt.
Thi plnn II Ho in the lu-t link in tlte
chain projected by the t hicityo, Milwau
kee A St. I'itiil i'tcii-iiin, a annotiuc-.-.I
from Xeiv York Vint i-nluv. which
I outlined in a (rciieral way, Uie coui'ut
of the load ii fiu WO.-1 an WaJlula,
'but mmle no mention of a route further
toward tlte count.
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GOLD NEAR MAnLtAN STRAIT5
Santiago de Chile, Nov. 2!). There I
great excitement In the goldncld bord
ering tlie stmlU of Magellan. Many
compantc have len formed and there
j are great opening in the field and
jwaaherkui Tlm Arid promi to be a
'second Klondike.
American minister to Cuba, to succerd
He-bert 0. Squier, reigned. Relation
for a long time, between Stiuie-rs, and
Odwn government, have not been aatla-
, factory
ASTORIA, OREGON Till
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REBELS SUHHDER AFTE
DESPERATE BATTLE
SHIPS OF MUTINEERS FIRE ON CITY AND FORTS
Rebel Squadron Surrenders After One Ship Is Rid
dled and Burned, Two More Sunk, and
the Third Run Aground.
MUTINEERS IN BARRACKS
Bloody Conflict Precipitated When Troops Under General NipleuS Open Fire
on Rebel Fleet Brest and Bielostok Regiments Attack the Sailors in the
Barracks and Force Them to Surrender After Bloody Conflict While De
tails Are Lacking, Many Were Killed ai Battle and CitT Suffered Severely
St. I'eterohuig, Xov. 29. Scheldt ipol
M tlay the acene of a desperate battle
U'twcrn the mutinotui nuilor ainl the
triMam in the fort. During the battle
the town and fort were boniliardil by
the gun of the rruier OtchakofT, which
lie a burning wreck off the admiralty
INtint, it hull riddled and the flaunting
retlj efotign' of tixj n-koluton hauled
down. Many of the crew of the Otchak
olT wm kitl.l or injured.
According to one report, the barrack
of the mutineer wa carried by lorm
after the mutineer of tlte fleet, which
i aid to have numliered ten veel,
had aurrwaked, and tlie whole jioki
tion I now in Uie hand of troop under
tlm command of General Xipleuff. The
AmociaU-d Pn however-, ia unabkS
to guarantee Uie correct ne of the re
port. Owing to the interruptoin of the tele
graph eervioe, detail of Uie battle are
difficult to obtain, but aa the AMociated
pre i authoritaUvety informed, the
lMlthi waa begun by troop on the.
idtore, who oem-d Are o nUte tNchni
off, 4dch wa deflanUy displaying a
red flag. Tlie Otehakoff immediately ac
cepted the cluillcnge., n-plj iug w ith Uith
batterictt, (me trained on the town and
the other on Fort Alexander and tlie
Uitterit on Uie math ahore.
Captain ZciUtttl, aide-de-camp to Ad
miral Wiremua, chief of the naval gen
eral ataff, infonneil Uie Atrmciatetl lYc-
that tho latest dixiNitche hIiowhI the
(Hciuikoff to be. on Are and badly rid
dled, with tlie revolutionary color haul
S. J. McLEAN RESIGNS.
Upford t'niversity, Xov. 2!'. Simon
,.. J-an, acting head of Uie depart-
k 5 6f ev . V . tl cien..
a Valrto fm-eRt - t " "
eeonomic of commerce . ta.
tion at the University o' ', m . Ilia
resignation lia been atvepil . .-esi-dent
Jordan.
BUBONIC PLAGUE IN JAP A
n
Seattle. Nov. 2ft. The bulwnic plaP-te
U raging in Y'okohama, according ; V
the oflioera of Uie stear 'hip4 Dak(.,
and noseiblv no more veaaela will
given ck-an bill of health.' until te
scourge ( wiped out.
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YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES.
1st Angele, Nov. 2ft. to Angela,
10 Tacoma, 1.
lUkerHfleld, Nov.
Oakland, 2. '
29. Portland.
'US DAY, NOVEMBER 30
THE M
FIGHT WITH MACHINE GUNS
ed down, but wan unable to give more
definite information. According to more
detailed report, received from another
aource, and purporUng to come from the
admiralty department, tlie battle began
at 3 o'clock thi morning, when fire
wa opened from the fleet of ten ship,
to whkh tha northern batteriea. Fort
Alexander, and the artillery ported on
the ahore and eeveral veel, which re
mained kyal, redieL
During the naval battle the (tailor
on the ahore,. entrenched in the Bar
rack, defended their position with ma
ordne guns and rifles, against Uie attack
ing infantry. After an engagement of
two and a half houm, with the Otchak
ofT r kid led and on Ares and the cruiser
Dnelper and anoUir vessel unk, the en
tire iMjuadron surrendered The mutin
oti itailor on alioie aurremk-red to the
lire! and Bieltttok regiment.
Aocording to thi report, the Pantel
eimon (formerly the Kniax Potemkine)
wa injured lielow k'te water line and
a torpedo boat went! ahore on tii.
rock.
No detail of the caualtie or the
damage aufTered by the town is lb
tainabht, but owin to tjid rotvAncil
smce in which tlie action wa fought, it
i Improbable the town ecaped with-vit
heavy, damage.
Tlie demand of the mutineer cie
aaid to include Uie convocation of a
constituent aembly, antl a complete
realization of Ute Illicit ie promised by
the imperial manifesto.
RESTRICTIONS REMOVED.
Tofio, Nov
martial law
. 2ft The resclndment f
and the restriction plac
liberties of the press, ha
by Uie privy conncil and
,u ilgated within a few
"
. .. -'!
item, of negotiations b '
and Japan have been arak
ed upon the
been pasted
w,:i-i;jip;
days. (
The vital
tween China
ably settled.
GOVERNOR'S SON MARRIED.
Natchei, Mis., Nov. 29. Dr. Charles
Chamberlain, son of Governor Cham
berlain of Oregon, and Mi Deborah
Boatner, daughter of Judge S. Boatner,
were married here tonight.
FARMER BURNS WINS.
De Moines, Nov. 29. Farmer Burns
tonight defeated Albert Carlson, of
Mineapolis, in a catt-h a catch-can
wrestling match, winning the but two
falls. .
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TOO MANY STORIES
J. J. Hill Declares Trip to Moon as Prob
able as Purchase of "Katy."
Xew York, Xov. 2!). Jame .1. Hill
took onmdon before lie left for the
Went yenterday fc deny with mor. t,u-
pha that hie recent trip to F.urope
wa for the purpnwe of geUine; furula to
buy the MitHouri Kajia t Texas rail
way aa a jpilf outlet to the Burlington
railroad. Mr. Hill nakl tliat a trip to
the moon wa no more improbable.
"Tliey tell m many ittwrie about my
buying railroad that t lie re i no ue
defiying them," he naid.
Mr. Hill aid that the rfK.rt that
President Eliot of the Xortlwrn Paiifi.
it to reeign to teyme preei.Jent of tile
Chu-ago Terminal railroad and is to be
aucmedfd by Mr. Hill' eon. J. X. Hill,
U a "Stock broke vrv.n
RUSSIAN PRISONERS TO HAWAII.
Yh-lfVia, Xov. 211. According to a
di-putch received by the burner Tyo
Maru, agent of the Hawaiian planters
are endeavoring to Induce numbers of
KtiAMitn primmer in Jafan to emigrate
to Hawaii, offering them work on the
sugar plantation.-'.
BODY FOUND IN RIVER.
Xew Yortc. Xov. 2fl. Tlie- body of
John X'. TUdale, a wealtfty mining op
erator, wlto diapeared from a hoial a,
Seville November 5, wa found today
in Harlem River.
SENATOR IS TOO GAY
Printed Cartoons, and Editorials
Reflecting on Supreme Court.
FINED A THOUSAND DOLLARS
Colorado Supremo Court Holds Senator
Patterson ia Contempt, But Latter
Declares Bo Will Go to Jail Rather
than Pay the Fine.
Denver, Nov. 29. The Supreme Court
today held United States Senator Pat
terson In contempt of court for print
ing cartoons and editorial in hi two
neMpapcra and fined him $1000, di
recting that he be committed to jail
until the fine wa paid.
Subsequently Uie court ordered a
stay of proceeding, pending an appeal
to the United State Superne Court. At
the hearing today, Patterson declared
emphatically he would go to jail rather
than pay the fine. Hi attorneys also
informed the court Uiat Patemon would
exercise hi constitutional right aa a
United State Senator, to claim exemp
tion from arrest, while Congress was in
seesion, and thereby set aide, the judg
ment of the court in order to be pres
ent when Congres convened.
After further dixcu;ion Uie Senator
old Uie court if the stay waa granted,
ia would hasten an appeal to the
Jnited State Scpremo Court, and if
that body refused to take cognisance
of hie cae, he would pay the fine.
WHEELER SCORES COMMITTEE
ON RULES OF FOOTBALL
Berkeley, Nov. 29. President Wheel-
er, of the University of California to -
'day delivered a scorching arraignment
'of the national football authorities, lie
(stated that Walter Camp waa the onlv
PRICE FIVE CENTS
JDiMl
ELEVEN LIVES
ARE LOST
Victims of Terrible Storm
on Great Lakes.' 1
EIGHT SHIPS WRECKED
A Dozen Are Missing and Total
Loss Will Aggregete Two
Millions.
Fin of the Survivors of the Crew of
the Ill-Fated Mataafa Are Taken
from Wrecked Vessel by lifeaavere
Nearly Dead from Cold and Exposure
I .,
Chicago,' XovT"297-Tne" storm on the
Upper Lake, which brought death to
eleven and wrought untold havoc
among the sailing craft, ha almost sub
sided tonight ami the work of rescue
and relief is being carried on wifh ut
most vigor. Up to midnight, eight Tea
eels, representing a total of $813,000,
were reported total WTecks, and stilt
about a dosen are missing. It is esti
mated the total loa to shipping will
aggregate over $2,000,000.
SIX ARE RESCUED
Survivors of Mataafa's Crew Sescned
With Difficulty.
Duluth, Nov. 29. The net reeulU of
Uie great atorm x far a known, are
Uie total wreck of the steamers Ma
taafa, Crescent City, Edinburgh, and
LaFayette. The sinking of the Ellwood
and Uie stranding of Uie barge Manila,
and two barge are mhwing Tha
"trainer Braneford escaped with punc
ture in her forward compartment and
succeeded in reaching Duluth.
A fir.yud off ftei LaFayette waa
drow ned and . the second assistant en
gineer of the Edenburg waa lost. Nine
men foundered on the Mataafa.
Early today when the lifesaving crew
resumed their effort to reach the Ma
taafa, tlie form of a man waa seen
standing at the door of tlie captain's
cabin. A megaphone waa secured, and
in response to repeated calls, the man
appeared on the deck and replied, "All
alive fonvmrd, can you get us ashore!"
This spurred the lifesavers, and with
great ditBculty, through a sea so rough
the waves were rolling over tlie wreck
and cloud of spray that flew mat
high, the lifeboat, tossed like a chip,
readied the side of tlie wreck and a
rope was thrown to eager hands on
board.
Ona at a Time.
Then Uie work of lowering Uie half
frozen men into Vie boat began. There
was no confusion or useless hurry. Each
man, a hi name was called, stepped
from behind the poor shelter of the
CaUen3 ealia and committed himself
(Continued on Pago Eight.)
member of the so-called rules commit,
, tee, of any use in the making over of
, the game so that brutality would be
f eliminated. lie said the other member)
of the committee were inefficient