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I OOVBK THI MORNINQ flBtO ON TH LOWIN OOLUMSIA. UBUtHIS full AttOOIATIO MPOHT VOLUME LXI NO. 251 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER it 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS JMfcfatfmk? in in VAN GETS AWAY Rainier Cashier Eludes Officers, Escapes. HE GOES TO PORTLAND Boards Train at Rainier Leaps From Cars Before Depot is Reached. MAKES ESCAPE VERY NEATLY Cashier Return From Portland to Rai nler In Company of Detective Hart man Looks Worried Fails to RalM Money. 1TRTI.AKI), Sept. 20. A special to the Oregonlan from Rainier state that C. S. Van Auker, cashier of the Rainier State bank, which wot looted Sept. I, tonight ma'lo hi escape from Sheriff White. Shortly before lha Portland train left, Van Aukar left the sheriff for a moment on tha pretense of paying bill. 1I concealed himaelf until the train waa leaving, when hs boarded It A telegraphlo warrant waa aent to Port land to apprehend Van Auker when the train arrived there. Jumpi From Train. , PORTLAND, Sept. 20.-Ry Jumping fro mthe train shortly before it reached the Union depot in thla city, It la al leged, C. S. Van Auker tonight eluded the deputy sheriff who waa on hand to arrest him. Peraona acquainted with the man and those who were on the train state that Van Auker boarded the train after the Rnmlor officer had searched It. RAINIER. Sept. 20.-C. S. Van Au ker Is packing up his belonging and preparing to leafe this city. He ha Wen unable to raise any of the mUsing cash which he declared that he would pay back to tha bank by tonight. Van Auker ha not been arrested nor I their a warrant out for his arrest. Detective Hartman is In close touch with the cashier. The detective declares that Van Auker will not leave the city alone, This afternoon Van Auker ehows signs of breakinir down. He Is very pale and for the first time since the reported robbery, Is nervous. It is the opinion of the bank officials and Hartman that Van Auker will make a confession of some ort this afternoon. If not, he may be arretted tonight or tomorrow morn Ing. Constantly shadowed, day and night hia every movement watched as though a price were on his head, Cashier C. S. Van Auker Is on the rack. Detec tive L. ' 0. Hartman, of Portland, known as one of the best detectives In the Northwest, Is shadowing Van Auker. Declaring that he was bound and robbed by two masked men on Labor day, when, he said that more than $2,000 in gold was taken from the bank safe, Van Auker waa flatly accused by Inves tigators of having taken this money and using it In gambling. Inflexible as steel, the cashier maintains his Inno cence. He returned to this town from Fortland in oompany with Hartman. The cashier greeted his friends as pleasantly as though just returning from a picnic Van Auker, It is said, has de clared that he will return to the bank the sum that he reports was taken from him by robbers. Ha made this offer, he said, in order to hush the affair, be ing willing to lose such a sura rather than have any more trouble over it. He is now looking for the money with lids money so far Is not forthcoming. It Is said that JCJhls cash Is not returned to th I rest may follow, oflkwre are " nlr man who I t J Van Anker's ar he meantime, tha 0 'for another Rol ! aid has soma vat uable Informant t tha District At torney want. Inquiries herf W 1 to establish the fart that fhi Auker was In As torla about twf O ks previous to the alleged robtiery w.he Rainier bank and that while here ha played faro-bank, plunging heavily. On this, his last trip to Astoria, he stayed but one night, but In that time was reported to have cleaned up anywhere from $1,000 to $1, 600. At one gambling house he la al leged to have won $100, His remarkable winnings on this evening attracted con siderable attention among the sport Ing fraternity, but not many knew who he was or where he hailed from. Several times during the past Sum mcr, it la atated, Van Auker baa been seen In Astoria, and always frequent ing gambling houses, TERRIBLE WORE OF STORM5. nONO KONG, Sept. 20.-Practlcall all the Baluchistan troops and 300 of the West Kent regiment are co operating today In clearing the wreckage of the recent typhoon. Prodlgioua efforts are being made for tha recovery of the bodies, which are being carried away in cartloads. Many scavengers were overcome by tba terrible atencb, and Admiral Mundy, who is superintending the work collapsed, and was removed to the hospital. UN ARE INSANE Insanity Commission Declares Holy Rollers Unbalanced. STATE MAY FIGHT VERDICT Prosecuting Attorney Declare Assassins of George Creffield Are Not Insane and Will Oppose Any Committ ment to Asylum. SEATTLE, Sept. 20,-The Creffield Mitchell Insanity commission today re ported to Judge Frater in the Superior court, that the women are insane, suf fering from a nervous disease called paranoia. The commission declares that because of this disease they are un able to distinguish between right and wrong, and therefore are irresponsible criminally. Further, these Individuals belong to a class of lunatics dangerous to the community, who persistently fol low their morbid Inclinations, regard lcs sof law or ethics, and should be placed under restraint. After the re port had been made, the Prosecuting Attorney stated that he was not sat isfied with it, and in the name of tha state would oppose it. Judge Frater stated that In his opinion the only way this could be done would be for the state to secure a restraining order from the Supreme court, preventing him sending the women back to Oregon un til the matter can be decided. Pend ing taking the matter up, the judge said he would tomorrow commit the women to the state Insane asylum. A. P. ELECTS OFFICERS. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. At the an nual meeting of the members of the Associated Press today, the retiring members, with the exception of A. P. Langtry of the Springfield Union, were all re-elected. The vacancy was filled by the election of General Charles H. Taylor of the Boston Globe. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. At Portland Fresno, 5; Portland, 1. At Seattle Seattle, 2; San Francisco At Oakland Los Angeles, 8 Oakland, 1. which to make good his offer. CONFERENCE CONTINUES Taft, Bacon, and Cubans are Still Arguing. CUBANS MUST BEHAVE Secretaries Intimate U. S. May Take Charge if Fighting is Not Stopped. TRADE INTERESTS SUFFERING f Commercial Interests Throughout Cuba Have Suffered During Brief Conflict More Than in Ten Years' War. HAVANA, Sept. 20. The second day of the conference with the leadera of the factiona in the Cuban conflict bas not enabled Secretaries Toft and Ba con to announce any plan for compro mislng the difficulty. So strenuoua are the appeals of both the liberal and mod erate party leaders that the situation becomes increasingly complicated aa the negotiations proceed. However, Secre tary Taft said tonight that he believed when they were brought face to face with the danger of losing their inde pendence forever, all patriotic Cubans will be willing to make concessions. Taft bas made it clear that the Unit ed States is not seeking to exercise con trol over the island or any of its af fairs, but he quoted President Rooe velt's letter to Mr. Quesada to the ef feet that the United States has a duty which it cannot shirk. To those whom he met in conference, Taft has said now is the time to decide whether they will let Cuba live as a nation. He weighed every word carefully and neith er upheld nor criticised the principles of either faction, Mayor Cardenas and a number of the principal officers of Ha vana paid a long visit to the secre taries today and argued that it was the duty of the United States to sup port and recognize the government. The mayor undertook to assist Taft to get in touch with the commercial interests and under Taft's instructions will di reot the business guilds to send a del egate to talk with the mediators con fidentially, The commercial Interests of Cuba have suffered during the brief conflict more severely than during the ten years war. Cuban, Spanish-Amer lean and other business men are talking of uniting In a petition to the secre taries urging a radical form of inter' vention or annexation. No reports of the disturbances anywhere on the isl and have been received today. Cienftie gos is suffering from a water famine, on account of the destruction of the waterworks at Jicotea by the insurgent commander. START BIG SUIT. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. The Ex aminer says today that the Sharron, Parrott estate, and California Wine As sociation have decided to combine in a $500,000 suit against the British insur ance companies, which by reason of an earthquake clause in their policies are refusing to settle their San Francisco losses in full. . The companies referred to include the Commercial Union, Alliance, Palatine and Norwich Union. Added to these are the Indemnity and Williamsburg City of this country, whose policies con tain the same provision purporting to exempt them from liability for loss caused by earthquake. MURDERER ARRESTED. Wife Murderer Wanted In Los Angeles Found in Washington, D. C. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20.-Telegra-phie word wa received at the sheriff's office from the Washington, D. C po lice today, of the arrest of Anton Be sold, indicted by the grand jury of Loa Angeles for the murder of his wife, Claudia Besold, the finding of whose body In Temescal Canyon several week ago formed a sensational mystery. Be sold was a butcher at Santa Monica be fore his disappearance early this sum mer. The body of Mr. Besold was found In the canyon by "Posty" Horton, of Calabasas. It was not known until today lhat the police were on the track of Besold or that the body found in the canyon bad been Identified as Mra Besold. BISHOP H0ARE DROWNED. . LONDON, Sept. 20. Sir Matthew Na than, governor of Hong Kong, sends a cablegram to the Colonial office, saying that there is strong evidence that Bish op Hoare was drowned in the typhoon and the loss of life among the Chinese will probably amount to several thou sand. WILL LEAVE SATURDAY. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-General Funston who arrived here today, will not leave here until Saturday for Ha vana, as he has found be cannot leave Tampa until Sunday. The general knows nothing of the duty fpr which he is destined. Famine Spectre Rises Ominously in Russia. CROPS ARE DISAPPOINTMENT Volga Region, Most Fertile in Russia, Fails to .Yield Usual Harvest Peasantry Will Be Sure to Suffer. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 19.-The official report just Issued gives but lit tle ground for expectation that the famine, which has already a grip on many provinces in Russia, will be less this Winter. Although the Winter wheat harvest was above the average, Spring wheat proved a disappointment, The rye and oat crops also were un satisfactory, especially the latter. The Volga region, the moat fertile in RuS' sia, wag below the average in both bar vests. The Polish province and the Baltics, made the best showing, the harvest being an overage. The Winter wheat harvest was generally above the average and only poor in the Volga re gion and less than average in the east ern portion of the central agricultural district. Rye was only above the average in Poland and the six southeastern pro vinces. Spring wheat was below the average throughout Russia, j la the Volga region the harvest was bad and in Ufo, Tamboff and Ryazan, among the largest provinces of the empire, un satisfactory. Oat also made o bad showing and only in nine of the ten Polish provinces came up to the ov erage. Barley was somewhat better being good in all the Polish provinces and fairly good in the Baltics, the southwestern) provinces, a portion of Lithuania and in Vitebsk and Tver. The Zemstvo coffers are empty through the failure of the peasants to pay taxes and all the work of relieving the famine falls on the central gov ernment. , BUCHTEL I SNOMINATED. DENVER, Sept. 20. The Republicans tonight nominated Henry A. Buchtel, the chancellor of Denver University, to succeed Philip B. Stewart as the Ke publican nominee for governor of Colorado. DARKEST PROSPECT HOLOCAUST IN TACOMA Fierce Conflagration Con sumes 182 Horses. ONE WOMAN PERISHES Flames Consume TwoLarge Livery Barnes, Restaurant and the Depot. SHRIEKS OF HORSES AWFUL Efforts of the Firemen to Save Impris oned Animal Prove Fruitless Ta Coma Eastern Passenger Depot la Destroyed. TACOMA, Sept. 20. (Special.) Fire on Puyallup avenue and 24th street late tonight destroyed two livery stables, 182 horses, o restaurant, the Tacom Eastern passenger depot, and t long viaduct. It is reported that an unknown woman in the restaurant was burned to death, but at this hour it cannot be confirmed. The scenes at the conflagration were awful, the terrible shrieks of the imprisoned and terrified horses being past words to describe. Efforts to release the am mals proved fruitless because of their unmanageable condition. It is impos sible to give details as yet. ARMY IS PREPARED. WASHINGTON, Sept 20. Prepara tion is the watchword of the army re garding Cuba. Not only have complete plans been prepared, but every depart ment has made arrangements to meet the emergency of intervention, if it should occur. General Crosier, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, ia now at the Rock Island arsenal ond a few days ago visited the Frankfort arsenal at Philadelphia. As a result, considerable activity is displayed in getting ammu nition for small arms and light field guns ready, in case orders for action are issued. FATAL RECORD. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. A special co ble dispatch to the Times states that a statistical paper on India just issued shows there were flilled in that country by snakes and wild beasts 24,034 per sons 21,880 by snake bites, 780 by ti gers, 399 by leopards, and the rest by other animals. The number of cattle killed was 98,582. The other side of the account shows that 65,146 snakes and 16,121 wild animals were killed. INSTALL ELECTRIC SYSTEM. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. The Southern Pacific today will begin the work of installing an electric system on its lines over the Sierra Nevado Mourn tains for the purpose of helping the heavy freight trains up the steep moun tain grades by means of electric mo tors. This undertaking, hag been contem plated for many years, and President Harriman recently determined to in gtal land put it into operation. A corps of engineers have arrived at True- kee and will supervise the work, under the directions of the General Electric oompany who will build the plant nec essary to operate the system. Definite information has not yet been given out, but it is understood it will be o third rail system. The installation nf this system is o radical change In railroad operation In the West. Powerful electno motors will take the places of the engines under the eletrio system. WANTS DAMAGES. Referee Siler Files Suit for 1 50,000 Against Nelson and Nolan. " CHICAGO, Sept. 20. George Siler, who refereed the Gans-Nelsoa fight, to day filed auit against Nelson and his manager, Nolan, for $50,000 damages. Since the fight the defendants have repeatedly charged that Siler accepted money for his decision In favor of the negro, and that he did not see the foul blow on which he gave the decision to Gan. Siler declares these statements are untrue and therefore claims dam ages. , . TERRORISM IN REVENGE. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 20. In re venge for the execution of Zenadie Ko noplianikovo, the assassin of General Min, the social democrats are sending forth 0 violent manifesto, directed against Emperor Nicholas and vowing the removal of another of the "prop of a. cowardly. and murderous autocra cy." The manifesto urges merciless an nihilation of the enemies of the people, 0 life for 0 life, and o death for O death. MAY SAVE SEATTLE. VICTORIA, Sept. 20. The steamer Salvor ond the tugs Pioneer ond Pilot tonight pulled ot the stranded steamer City of Seattle, which is ashoTe at Trial Island, but failed to budge her. The passengers, 39 in number, were brought ashore and are at the local ho tels. More cargo is being lightered and o further attempt to float to starboard. A STRAIGHT TICKET "Allied" Democratic Leagues Op pose Independence League. SULZER GETS ENDORSEMENT Address Calls for Straight Democratic Ticket and Platform in Opposition . to Independence League Five Leagues Sign. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. An address signed by the "allied" Democratic or ganizations of New York to the Demo cratic delegates and voters of New York state, calling for o straight Democratia ticket and platform, in opposition to the Independence League and endorsing Congressman Sulzer for the nomination was issued to the newspapers today. The address bears the signatures of the following organizations t National Dem ocratic club of New York City, the Jefferson League, American Anti-Trust League, Bryan Democratic League ond the Federation of Working Men of the State of New York, HOLD EXERCISES. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the death of President Garfield at Elberon, N. J., and memorial exercises were held in the Elberon Casino, where adjoins the cot tage where he died. The speakers were the Rev. Dr. C. J. Young, of Mew York, who visited him before he died, ond Dr. Henry Root, U. S. A., one of his classmates. The Garfield Monu ment Association has been formed to erect a memorial to the late President at Elberon. HENEY IS SELECTED. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. The United Railroads has selected Francis J. Heney, the noted prosecutor of the Oregon land fraud operators, for 0 mem ber of the board of arbitration, with the Rev. Peter O. Yorke, chosen by the unions. Father Yorke and Mr. He ney will select o third member of the board which will settle the question of hours and wages submitted by the union men. . ,