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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1905)
- 7 0 UUtMI FULL AtSOOIATID Pflltt MPOKT COVER THC MORNINQ NtLD ON THI LOWKN COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 198 ASTORIA. OREGON WEDESDAY, DECEMBER 13 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS Piffl FIIF 151 iyj iy yi ni l RYAN HRS QUESTIONS Tells What Harrlman Tbr ctcncdto Do7 UNLESS II E CONTROLLED Some Piri of the Stock In the t Equitable Life Assurance Company. WAS STRENUOUS INTERVIEW United SUtM Senator Dry dsn, of Raw Jersey, Presidant of Prudential Lift, Wa ca th Witness Staod-Civts la terestiof Teatimoay. ' Now York, Deo. li Thomas F. Rysn today appeared before the insurance in teatirating committee and WA what E. If. llarriman did and threatened to do whea he demanded that Ryan concede Mm a share ia Uio control of tba Kquit nble Ufa lat J una. Ryan's version of what Ilarrlman demanded and what lit threatened to di upon bia refuaal of bl demands was ia substance as follow si llarriman demanded ona half of 503 alum of stock in tba Equitable which Kyaa bad purchased from Hyde and which gave Itaa control of tba prop erty, llarriniaa threatened, unless bo conceded thU abaro to exert bi poli tical and all other influent sgaimt Kjraa and bla project, llarriman declar ed there would probably be legislstivo action and ia that oven bla influence would he important. Harrlman demand rd the right to name two of tbo live trustee to vote controlling stock in the election of tha directors of the eo- ciety. In reply to questions of the conn' eel of the committee, Ryan stated that J llarriman did not threaten there abould ho legislative action unWa ho had giv en hi share In the Kquitabte control, hut aaid there would proUbly lie aueh action. It wa a etrrnuotts Interview, Ryan auid, and held in the prwtonce of Klibu Hoot, wlto waa Ryau'a counsel, and Raul I). Oravath. Ryan lld the committee he drew hi inference from it that Harrlman did not want anybody in control of the Kquit alde unlo ho had bia abore In it. Ryan alio atated he paid no attention to Harri man'a statement that bin influence would 1 important In the event of leg (dative action and Informed him ho wanted no partner la the enterprise, llarriman did not gel the coveted "hare In tha atoek. , united Fiaica Pterouor iryurn oi Now Jersey, president of the Pruden-J DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS Ronton, Deo. ' 12.-Tho Democrat Vera vhtorlouo In Boston today, elect ing Former OongTeannian John F. Fiti gerald, mayor over three other eandl doteo. - FlUtgcnahf a plurality over hi neareat competitor, Loula A. Forthing ham, Republican Speaker of the Maa- 'chuaetta Ilouae, reached 8380. liul Life, waa on the wltnea stand all the remainder of the day. He teatifled that hi company paid 120,000 to the Iu-puhlkan national campaign fund in 1800, inoo and m. It paid $3000 to Andrew Hamilton, formerly tbo New lork Life Imuran. Company' legists. a 1.. . . i a a ' no agem at Aitiany. SEATTLE ASSAYES HAS SENT lit RESIGNATION Seattle, Ie. 12.-Frelerkk A. Wing, the ayer In charge of the 8e4ittle aay office, handed in hi renignatfon till evening. Wing atatement I, that ho had prevlouly arranged with Sen ator Tile that be would atep out, but when the AJaina mater aroe, be felt unable to do o until tatUfactory (h- veatigation wa made, and he bimelf evom-rated. Ho atatea hi action ia now taken with tlie hope that a change of managuieiit will renew confidence in the office. Director Roberta completd hi work today. In a atatement he devlarea all the gold nbowa to le mUaing In the lat five yrar baa been traced through the hand of Adam, and It U known that the expenditure of the latter ex actly llnce the amount lout by the government. FUNERAL IS HELD Body of the Late Senator Mitchell Laid to Rest AMID EMPRESSIVE G.RM0NIES Fuaeral Serricea Conducted la Flrat Congrexatioaat Church Under Aoa picoa of tba Elko Odd Fellowt Havo Chargo of Service at Grave Portland, Dec 12. f rnp'ja! a firer il Mtrvicea over the body of tuhn II. MiMtell were held in the First Congre giit.'onal oliurch th'a aftermton. Thd large auditorium waj ornwled to the door long before t o'clock the hour when t'tc ceremony began. In the front pewa aat the Odd Fellow, tha FJka, and the Tortland Bar. All available t a ruling rom waa occupied and hun dred were turned away. Tbo Elk were in charge of the funeral aervlcea from the time tbe body waa taken from tbe city hall, where it had lain in etate during tlie morning, until -the ceremony at the church waa over end tbe procciioii of carriage atarted f-.r the UvemideTt'Wteiy, where the intcimciit took place i'i t l.vniiv lot. ficrvlec at the grave wie cctiducted I; 'the Odd Fellow i: fl.r ra..i..e with biinnl procedure. Tbe floral pieeea were tbe cauxe of comment, bccaitHe of their beauty and profuion. The body of Senator Mit chell wa .taken from tbe undertaking lrlor at 10 o'clock in the morning and lay in atato until 1 o'clock, a mili tary guard waa In attendance and thou aanda of people filed through the coun cil ohamlier to take a kt look at the face of the departed Senator. IN BOSTON ELECTION The' vote were a followat Fitigcr aid, Democratic, 44,3101 Forthingham, Repubjlcan, 33,01fl Henry S. Dewey, In dependent Republican, 1 1,637 j Jamea A. Wataon, Cltiicn and Independent Dem ocrnt, 513. The voto today w unuaual ly lieavy for a city election, more than 02,01)0 vote being cat out of a total registration of 114,000. am i mi . : DEMOCRATIC BLUNDER IS HEADED OFF THINK THAT L. D. NAHONE IS SUSCEPTIBLE Use His Name in a Public Meeting lor Ulterior Purposes and feated STOY OF A RETRACTION DESIRED BUT NONE IS MADE Wiley Play of a Fiw Politkiana to Compel Him to Stultify Himself Eo Quietly PoU All to tbo Bad Once Showing Their Low Conceptions f : L .Ja, Astoria, Or, Dec ia, 1005, loa'dock p. m. To Whom It May Concera. , , '" ' The atatement made in public, ,at tbe Citizen' meeting, at Suomi hall, in I'uluntowa, this city, thb evening by Dr. H. L. Henderton, or 4 any, of tbo public apeakera, that I had, ot htwU Us 4nf. retract, or in any other way, Qualify, the report of my interview with K. M. Baker, at hia Ninth street office, at 2:30 o'clock 00 Monday afternoon but, o 0 act fortaS and publiahed in tha column of the Morning Atoria of yea- ' 4 4 terdar. Ia a falsehood, pure and iruile. The atorv, a publiahed. i 4 true in ovary detail and I consented tha torma and manovr hi which It so further declare that E. M. Baker called upon me repeatedly, yesterday, . for this very denial and begged for some qualifying atatement in thia behalf, and that I refused and do atill refuse, any such relief. In view of the fact that. Dr. Henderson declared in tbo meeting, hut night, that my denial and retraction would appear thia morning ia the News-Herald of this city, I take this meana of pronouncing any such publication therein, fait and a forgery, and will take auch step as I deem bet to adjut tbo matter. iry j " $ 0 LUTHER D. MAHONE. REPUBLICAN CHALLENGE! We stand (or a regulatccl city: No gambling densl . . No dance hafl dives. No wide open dty. Municipal expense within municipal income Restoration of financial integ integrity and at once. Conservative public business now, expansion when we can afford it. ' ' rV Police commissioners with power, and power with" back bone, -, . : j Common council to do some thing besides build streets, . A Greater Astoria on a sound and justifiable Basis. - No.discounted warrants. No bonds we cannot pay. . Less public service and bet ter public servants. A chief of police that knows the first and simplest duty of his office,' and does' it. . Charter protection against tne slums ..;.' Astoria, Safe and Clean 111 Are Sadly De. Again. ' More A a Open Letter ia Thia Iaaue and Lower Methods. to it publication and endorno 4Q appeared in aaid columns. And I DEM0CRAIC CHALLENGE ! We stand for a "wide open" Astoria: Wider the better. We are pledged to open all gambling dens; all dance hall dives. Never mind municipal de ficiencies: We will take care of the public credit. : We need $18,000 more per year. What's $56,000 to run a Greater Astoria ? Never mind expense just now. We must deliver the wide open" town goods in July. Stand pat now we'll make good later. , ' What's Astoria to the Demo cratic party? Save us now we'll take care of the dty bye and bye. What's a few thousand be yond charter debt limit ? More salaries; the treasury's good for 'em. Bogus chief of police and a complacent force. . . Ambiguous and Inoperative Charters our main reliance. Any old thing so we win. Democracy First, Astoria and her future next ! lyiiivi i mm p CENTENNIAL OBSERVED. Boaton, Dec. 12. Observance of the centennial of tlie birth of William lloyd Oarriaon waa continued yetrday when aeveral meeting were held in honor of the great liberator; Under tbo auipii of tbe veteran aawx-iation of Wouan'a Club, there waa a large aembly in Faneuil ballot wthicb iza Gard ner prenided nd Mr. Julia Ward Howe poke. Later a second meeting waa held in Faneuil hall at which tbo speaker in cluded Rabbi FUthny?r, Moorfield Storey Edwin Meade, ProfeMr Albert Ruahne Hart of Harvard, and Henry B. BlackwelL ENFORCE ELKINS ACT Attorney General Moody Sends Circular Letter to that Effect Washington, Dec 2. Attorney Gen eral Moody today sent a circular let ter to all the United States dixtrict attorneys directing them to vigilantly enforte tbe provisioua of tbe Elkina act against rebates and discrimination. The method of proceeding suggested ia by way 'of indictment. It ia tbo expects tloa that ho letter will result in a prompt investigation of all complaints, followed by indictments, where there ia evidence of warrants. AUTHORITIES HELP Join With. Russian Mutin en In Sacking Harbin. 400' CITIZENS . MASSACRED During tht Right Rioting, Pillage, aad Marder,. Wert Rampant Houses and Stores Were Looted aad Burned ia tho Chinese Quarter. Lonion. Dec 1 The Daily Tele graph prints tbo concluding part of a dicpatch from Moji, Japan, begun Mon day, giving detailed accounts by refu gees of the alleged sacking and burn ing of Harbin by mutinous Russians. It says the mutineers aet fire to and pil laged houses in every direction and seised all the weapons and ammuni tions they were able to lay their hands en, when dawn came, according to tAee account, all the . mutineer crept into hiding places. Daylight re vrerlvd the) Cldne quarter in ruiim and 400 Ruiaa citizein lying dead or wounded in tho streets. The authori ties, accounts say really assisted the remnants of the city while pretending they wero making efforts to suppress tho mutiny. ; SIX CHILDREN BURNED. DulxK Pa., Dec. 12. Tlie six child ren of William Morgan and wire were burned to death at Lindey, near Punx sutawney at an early hour today. The parents and two remaining children barely escepend with their live. GOVERNMENT IS AFTER : RAILWAYS AND SHIPPERS Philadelphia, Dec 12. Subpoenas 'ummned by I'nited States District Attorney Thompson to appear before tbo federal grand jury tomorrow and give testimony in tho prosecution to be brought against certain railways and shippers forrebating. WASP RETURNS TO PORT I Alter Terrific Battle With - the Storm. SHIP LEAKS BADLY Pumps Choked Crew of Sixty Men Are Forced to Bale By Hand. ENGINE ROOM IS FLOODED Ship Went to Assistance of Brig, Harry Smith, and Was Almost Overcome by- ' tha Storm Gunboat Hist Expected! Tomorrow. - ' " ; - . --if.' Newport, R. I., Dec. 12,-Tho littler unboat Wasp, formerly the yacht Co lumbia, -cajmr ort .this after&oos under one boiler and several sails, af teh a terrific battle with the North At lantic hurricane, during which she sprung a leak and kept afloat after the pumps became choked, through bsfad , bailing by tho entire crew. Tho little ' veaael was blown nearly to the Gulf Stream by Sunday's storm and was nearly two days getting back to port. At one timo tho water which came ia through tho leak in tho stern, flooded her engine room and for tea hours est Sunday tho Wasp was at tho mercy of the wave. The crew of Sixty men, a third of whom were naval apprentices and unused to such boisterous ooadl tions, baled for hours with buckets aad succeeded in freeing, tho engine room. Tbo Wasp left at 1 o'clock Saturday to go to tbe assistance of tho brig Harry Smith, which was thought to bo in a dangerous position at the entrance Vi.an.r Onniiil TM iin)wat TTI&. which went .to tho relief of tho Naa tucket lightship is expected back to morrow. . ARREST AGITATORS. Paris, Dec. 12. A dispatch to tho Journal from St. Petersburg dated De cember 12th eaya, "Minister Dumovo haa ordered the arest of hundreds of ai tutors in the agrarian dintvicta. The Dispatch says the inta11ation of wireless telegraphy between St. Peters burg and Moscow and Wirbellea to nearing completion. RAILWAY WRECK. Mcriden, Mi., Dec. 12. In a wreck oa tho Southern railway near - Curia, Ala., today, three persons wero serious ly inured, dmur slightly injured and several bruised. In Chicago An examination of sows ' railroad companies centering la thero haa been decided upoa by tho local fed- efll officials. Subpoenas wore Issued , for a large number of railroad men ami heads of tlie fargo industrial concerns, whieh have heavy yearly shipments, to appear btfore the federal grand jury.