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VOLUME LX NO. 199
ASTORIA, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 1905
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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GFARIN
GETS
APPOINTED
Governor Chamberlain
Chooses Him Senator,
APPOINTMENT PLEASES
Oeirln b tht Popular Choice
Among Majority of the
Politician,
HE WILL WORK FOR OREGON
Successor U lata' Seaator Mitchell
Makes; Statement Sayiag Ho WU1 Ea
deavor tt Rtprtseat the WhoU StaU
Without Respect to Settles.
Salem, Dec, 13.-Coevrnor Chamber
lain appointed John M. Gearin, of Port
Und, United States Senator at 10
O'clock till morning. Th Governor
M t hi office early Uil morning and
with the assistance of fleeretrsy Catena
he carefully reviewed all U) letter and
telfgraaas of recommendation in favor
of all tb men bo hsve been recom
mended to klro for the office.
The communications numbered sev
eral hundred. Mot of them favored
Gearin, and not a tingle one protested
agahist him. Even those advising tlie
appointment of other men spoke well
of Mr. Gearin. ,
ShurtJy Wore 10 o'clock tlie Gov
ernor asked tka newspaper men and
other to retire front the executive
flhamW, Maying hej wllnl to cone
mune ilh himself. While alone he us
ed the ong-dlUn telephone, presum-
My to a4vla Air. (earin of hi ap
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pointmcnt,
door and made the formal anniMince
meut of Gearin'a anointment.
Gearin Make Statement
John M. Oearin, of P.wtl.nd, who w.e
yenterdar appointed United Ftatet Ken
tup r!nMmnp f ').ni)irlu!n in mm-
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ftmator Mitchell, in a etaement made
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yestecdar afternoon, announce! that it
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the Federal Senate to serve impartially
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et inlrrpt)i of lh Ktt of Orvgtm.
"It shall be my Wt endeavor to rep.
resent the whole State of Oregon, wit
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out reevt to any section or district,"
aaid t'niled Stacts Senator .lohn M.
f'.Mnrl.. l.i.1,. ! am nalit'S (if Ore.
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em proud of her commercial and
Industrial achievements, and my every
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development,
I ehall spare no effort In the Senate
to nrociire an adequate Feileral appro-
prlation for the Improvement of both
the Upper and lower Columbia river,
tho Dallea-Celilo canal, the liaibofiT at
Coon Bey, Yaqulna Bay, and other de-
toning point along the Pacific coast
and in Oiegon, for I fully resJire the
need of Federal assistance In developing
the commercial facilities of the ttate.
ATTEMPTS TO KILL THE
WITNESS IN THE CASE
New York, Dec. U. Abraham M.
Hummel, an attorney waa placed on
trial today before JuntU Rogent In
the criminal branch of the Supremo
Court on the charge of conspiracy and
ubornation of perjury In connection
with the Dodge-More divorce case.
When the court adjourned only four
'IrrlKtlin U one of the" recognixed
need of Oregon, and I ahall do all
within my power to bring about the ex-ten-Ion
of Irrigation work on .the sev
eral project now receiving attention In
the state. I am convinced that all the
power of the Federal Government avail
ahle should be directed to the prosecu
tion of Irrigation and reclamation work,
to the end that the arid waatee of Ore
gon be made productive and thus add
to tlie agricultural wealth of the ttate.
"I am in hearty accord with the pol
ity advocated by President Rooaevelt on
tlie question of railroad rate regulation,
and I shall support him along those
line. It la my conviction thai the rail
road of tlie United State should be
subject to governmental regulation. I
do not believe In oppression of the cor
poration for it hsi fixed and recog
nised rights, but I am equally of the
opinion that the people constituting this
government have right thai ehould be
jealously con served and regarded."
FARMER BURKS WINS. .
Dee Moines, Dee. 13. Farmer Bums
tonight defeated Charles IUckenachmldt
in a mixed style wrestling match,
Burnt won the first and third falls
catchas-catcb-etn, and Hackeoscbmldt
the second, Graoo-Rooaa.
Democratic Committee Proceed
ings Being Aired.
DF.Fr THROWN AT WILLIAMS
Lamar, Florida, and Skackleford, Mia
eeurL Complain of Winiama Failure
to Recommend Them for Reappoint
ment on Committee!,
Washington, Dec 13.--Wai.hlng
Democratic linen for tlie amusement of
tlie Republicans" as Willame, the mln
ority leader, put it Monday, occupied
Hie attention of tba Hook for more
than four hours today. The result ac
emnplished waa a "defiance" thrown at
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ma a Du nuacfticioru, ui iii"uii. in
Jeotnplaliit of both reunited from the
ifsilure of Williams to recommend their
ii. i ri i.i. t i - j frv.
-PHntment a. member, of the com-
mine on interstate ana lorwign com
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Both made long epeerhea aa-
sailing William' leadership. Williams
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reiil ed to Mmar at tome length and
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briefly to Shacklcford. Hit defense wat
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m this contmltec were divMcd, and he
l"" wewwry for the good of
ithff iwrty and country, tlmt nnitod
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in rniuono mn- iriii"inwwi.
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there was high tenmon in the neliate,
liiiimr waa particularly bitter, in his
crituiMii he oH'iily declun-d bis here
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nil ii'ii'iri . ii vim miii' if
iciHiim of himself were retracted, lie
however, would have recogniaed Wil-
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Shnrkleford denounced all Iksns, and
placed himself entirely independent of
party leadership tn the Horn,
The tubject under discussion wn the
committee's distribution of the annual
message of President, Roosevijt. At
the conclusion of the Democratic debate,
this bad not been accomplished and
the houst adjourned.
jurors had been selected. During the
course of the argument today, Aaslst
an Attorney Rand, in chargo of the
prosecution made the assertion that ef
fort! had been made "by the otJier tide"
Charles F. Dodge, the most Im
portant witness against Hummel. Rand
said it wt! necessary to guard Dodge
coiutantly.
iviciuur.
LINEN
PEBWSIHKJIIE
NEW YORK LIFE MAN
Resigns ViccPresIdcncy
Chairmanship, is Succcdcd by Alexander Orr
ol the New York Rapid Transit.
CHARLES A PEABODY IS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF MUTUAL
Senator Dryden of New Jtrtey, PreaUent of tho PmdentUl Life Insurance
Company Waa oa tho Witneaa Stand Saya He Farora Federal SaperiTia'.oa
of Lift Iaauraseo Companiea Throng a National Inanranco Department
Would Benefit Both Companiea tad Thote Intnred.
New York, Deo. 13. Two Incident
affecting the life lnturance tituatloa of
New York today overshadowed tho leg
islative investigation committee. While
the committee waa Inquiring Into tho
conduct of the Prudential life Insur-
aawei'Ofnpaay and the Metropolitan
Ufa Ineurart Company, neorfr' W.
Perkins, resigned the vioa presideney
and chairmamJilp of tho finance com
mittee of tho New York Life, no it
succeeded by Alexander E. Orr, presi
dent of tha New York City Rapid Tran
sit Commission, and aa chairman of the
finance committee, by John Clailin,
bead of the H. B. Clailin Company.
Another important move in the situ
ation, wta the election by the trutteea
of the Mutual Ufa Insurance Company
of Charle A. reabody who succeeded
Richard A. McCurdy, aa president of
that company at $50,000 a year. Pea
body It a lawyer, tho American repre
sentative of William Waldorf-Astor,
the director of several bankt, and other
corporations. Peabody waa alto nomi
nated aa trustee of the Mutual to,
succeed Justice Peckham and Emory
McClintock, nominated to succeed Elihu'
WILD RUMORS CIRCULATED.
London, Dec, 13. The correfondent
of the Time at St, Petersburg say a
wild story is in circulation there that
General Count Alexis IgnatiefT waa ar
rested by order of the emperor for plot
ting to establish a dictatorship. In-
piiry at IgnaticITi house, the corn.
pondent saya, failed to elicit a confirma
tion or denial of the cAory. i
BUSINESS DEMORALIZED.
Moscow, Dec. 13. (By telephone to St.
Petersburg). -A veritable panic prevail
nn the Bourse. Tlie complete collapte
of businca in the provinces haa been.
attended by many bankruptcies.
Agrarian distrutancea are extending
almost to the gatct of the city. v The
country mansions of many of the noble
including tlm. of Count Shakovskoi have
been burned.
GO ON STRIKE.
New York, Dec. 13. It wai announc
ed today that the teamster in the em
ploy of Clark, Chapin and Bushnell,
wltorcaale grocers had gone out on strike
by order of the officers of tho local
lodge of the International Brotherhood
of teamster, the firm having refused
to tlgn the closed thop agreement which
the union insist upon. .
Mr. Buthnell tayt thai he haa secured
a sufficient number of men to take the
place of the striker and with adequate
police protection will be able to defy
the nnion. If the firm succeed In doing
this there is said to be a probability
that tbe general .strike of teamster
wil) be called In the grocery district.
GOES OUt OF OFFICE
of Company and Also
Root. They cannot be elected a trust
ee! until the next meeing of tho board.
Senator Dryden, of New Jersey, presi
dent of the Prudential life again testi
fied before the inveetigaing committee
today and made a statement givirfg
rettoni for -favoring federal supervis
ion of lift) insurance companiea through
a national insurance fepartaent, which
he said should have high authority over
them. Thin, he said, would benefit both
the companiea and those Insured.
Just before adjournment today Haley
Flake, vice president of the Metropoli
an Company, told of an incident in
which tbo company eommiseloned Wil
liam A. Read to buy 3333 aharea of
railroad ttock for tho company. -Fiske
aaid, Read, tho tamt day told tha ttock
to a company of broken for $10 a aharo
lets than the broker told it to tho
Metropolitan, Mr. Fiske aaid he tried
to get tho money back, but Read re
fused to turrender tt.
Peabody haa issued aa open letter
to the policyholder! of tho Mutual be
speaking their eonMnvee and assuring
them tho company it operated In their
interest, economy and lawful method
are pledged.
SEAT COMES HIGH.
New York, Dec 13. A memberthlp
on tho New York Stock Exchange told
today for $88,000, which la tbe highest
price which a otock exchange teat haa
ever sold for. The previous high rec
ord wa $85,01)0. , ,
LAND FRAUDS IN
- WASHINGTON FOUND
Government Was Cheated Out of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars by
tho Hyde-Benson Ring.
coma, Dee. 13. Proceeding affect
ing more than 100 resident of tho itat
of Washington and involving the, title
to thousand of acre of kind obtained
under Benson and Hyde patent,' have
been brought before the United State
court by District Attorney Frye. The
present action is the outgrowth of -a
suit brought teversi week ago by tho
government to cancel the patent issued
to Benson, Hyde and other Theckwd
claimed by the government I valued at
4500,000, and it located in rierce, Thurs
ton, CliehaJie, and Lewi count ie, and
certain tracts north of Seattle. ';"
HARRIMAN TO TESTIFY
Aiks lnturance Committee to Allow
Him to Amwer Ryan.
. New York, Dec 13. -Ed ward IL Bar
riman today wrote to the legislative
insurance, investigating committee ask
ing tht he be give n aa opportunity to
go on the stand and testify regarding
hit attempt as described by Ryan, to
share in Ryan's holdings in the Equit
able Life.
The committee ha replied to hit re
quest that it will be granted and Har-
riuian may testify tomorrow.
SCHOONER WRECKED.
San .W, Cal., Dee. 13. The schoon
er I'lorenra on a von age from. Blue
fields, Nii-arua to Port Iimon, Coeta
Ki, wrecked. Among those lost
wa Frederick M. IT. Wood, British con
sul t Port Linton and two Americans,
John Tibant and W. M. Rather, the lat
ter from Tex, alno three sailors.
(me paiMencr and two sailort were
rescued.
BIG SMELTER SOLD.
Denver, Dec, 13. Announcement wa
made hut night that a controlling in
terest in tbe Ohio t Colorado Smelter
at Salida, Colorado had been told and
that tlie purchaser would extend the
business of the company by construct
ing new phsnt at Salt Lake and Denver.
Timothy Goodwin, of Denver, one of the
former owner of the stock transferred,
is authority for the announcement. He
selifthat be was not permitted a this
time to diiM'Irxo the identity of the
purchaser but that they -were not In
any way connected with the American
Smelting & Refining Company. Tbe
price paid for the Salida plant was
2,250,000.
An
Annapolis Midshipman
Barbarously Treated.
BY COWARDLY CLASSMATES
Midshipman Kimbroagh of Tennessee la
Stood Alternately on Hi Head and
Heels Until Hr Becomes Unconscious
Department Will Investigate,
Annapolis, Dec. 13. Admiral Sands,
superintendent of the Naval Academy
baa reported tho basing of Midshipman
J. P. Kimbrough of Germantown, Tenn
to Secretary Bonaparte. Kimbrough
wa hazed for giving information in
tbe courtmartial of Meriwether. He
was stood alternately on head and heels
until he became unconscious in which
condition ho wss found by hi room
mate, Midshipman Coffin, of Carton
City, Nevada, and Midshipman Van
Derver, of Mount Holly, N. J, who were
on duty at the time, have been recom
mended, it is said, for suspension. Cof
fin was one of the haxers and Yan-Der-
er failed to report tho incident though
cognizant of it.
RUNAWAY TROLLY CAS
KILLS THREE PERSONS
Car Dashing Down a Steep Hill Strikes
Another Loaded With Passengers
With Terrible Results.
Meadville, Pa., Dec. 13. A heavy run
away trolley car daubing down College
Hill faster than a mile a minute to
night struck a hctivily lobried Ctm-
brilge Springs car, killing three pas
sengers and injuring a dosen or more.
REPORTED LOSS DENIED.
Cheyenne, Dec. 13. Railroad and ex
press company official here deny the
report that $00,000 in gold coin ws de
stroyed when the Overland Limited was
wrecked at Ahsay. The officials sdmit
the complete destruction of six hundred
neks of Australian mail.
ANOTHER
HAZING
CANAL APPROPRIATION "
BILL WILL COME UP
Washington, Dec. 13. Tho Senate
was in session only an hour and a half
today, and a portion of that time waa
spent in considering executive buinei.
A number of private bill were intro
duced in open session. Senator Alli
son presented the report of the commit
tee on appropriations on the canal bill,
giving notice that he would call it up
PROVISIONAL
G0VE1HT
Insurgents Sef Up Govern
ment At Lirania.
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE
Former Governor and Russian
Officials lmprisonedNew
Officers Appointed.
PEASANTS PLUNDER ESTATES
Landlord and Noblemen Art Fleeing
for Their Lrvit, Fearful of tho Poor
Peaaantry Who Armed, Are Attack
ing and Piliging tb Rich.
St Petersburg, Dec. 13. Two mes
senger who arrived from Riga today,
having walked about 130 miles to catch
tho train at Plock not only confirm the
report that a provisional government haa
beeneet uj at Livonia, bt say many
troop Thsve goner over V the insurgents,
Dvina fort, commanding Riga harbor i
in their possession and the governor and
other Russian official are prisoners. Tha
mesenger add that the provisional gov-
i eminent exercises authority throughout
Livonia and part of Courland. The new
government has declared the separation
of tho Lithunian people from the Rus
sian empire. They haAe chosen the)
local officials and decreed the closing
of spirit thop and breweries, and the
annullment of contracts between peas
ants and landowners. There is a gen
eral uprising of native peasants who
are traveling in armed bands, attack
ing the estates and driving off or kill
ing the owners.
Some land owners organised volun
teer battalion to protect their prop
erty, the authoriies being powerless to
afford aid, but the majority are seeing
in terror. The peasants forbid the own
ers to sell grain or lumber and formal- -
ly declare the forests, in tho estate
of those who have departed to bo con
fiscated.
Tho position of tho peasant In these
provinces is the most deplorable of any
in the entire empire. Conditions almost
approaching the feudal system have
been continued down to the preheat
time.
The rich have practically kept thf
pessants in a ttate of vassalage, plac
ing them at the mercy of the German
barons, from whom they rent the land
to purchase the right to cut wood,, and
to fish from the waters of the gulf.
Russian officials sre being expelled
from the provinces and many have been
killed in the streets of the towns. There
is a reign of terror st Riga.
CORONATION NEXT JUNE.
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Christlania, Dec. 1J. The government
haa fixed June 23d of next year for the
coronation of King Haakon and Queen
Maud.
for consideration toinorrow . ,
A communication from Secretary
Shaw regarding the campaign contribu
tion by the national bank waa read.
The secretary enclosed a letter from the
controller of currency, fraying that tho '
reports of the bank inipector reveal
only a few small contributions durbej
the last fourteen years.