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ON
GREAT ADDRESS
POSTAL BANK SYSTEM
DUPONT SUCCEEDED BY
CHAS. H. KEATintT
He Replies to Objection
Made by Opponent
IS FOR THE PEOPLE
It is Not Paternalism or is It
Socialism, -the Nominee
r 'States
FLAWS IN THE BRYAN PLAN
Remedy Proposed by Democratic
Nomine Would Make the Conier.
vetive Banker Pay For the Negli
gence of the Banker Who Fall.
Rflnid unci made an even . dozen
.iirrrlid before reaching here, in
eluding a big meeting at St. Faul,
where he delivered a brief speech on
the urncral policies of the rcpubli
-i w .
can party. Tonight, before a meeting
wh eh taxed the Auditorium 10 n
raiiaciiv. Tudge Taft made the con
cluding and most important speech of
the dav. He said:
"I wish to call your attention, to-
dav to a blank in the Republican plat
0 w-
form and to a plank in the uemocr
lie nln tform which involve present
though not controlling issues in this
campaign.
"I refer first to. the plank in the
Republican platform that recommends
the adoption of postal savings banks.
The Remiblican convention doubtless
had in mind the bill which naa cen
introduced in the senate and reported
hv the senate committee for passage
authorizing and directing the post-
itr oeneral to receive saving ae
nnkiti at every money order office
and at such other offices as he may
Hitchcock Names .Temporary
National Committeeman
NEW YORK. Sept 26,-Chairman
Hitchcock said today that Charles H.
Keating of Ohio will act in place of
T. Coleman Dupont, who resigned
yesterday from the national committee-
No permanent successor to Du
pont will be named before next ween.
Regarding the authenticity of the ar
ticle claimed to have been written by
Crover Cleveland and published in
th New York Times. R. L. Oulahan,
in charge of literary bureau said to
day that last week Executor Masting
of the Cleveland estate said 'he; i
convinced of the authenticity o, the
letter. :
BIB BOOM is now on
AT TILLAMOOK
Real Estate Goes Skyward Since
Railroad Talk
eiAIITS AND CHICAGO SI HECK
Al D FOli PEWIT
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26-The
fourth day of Judge Taft'a speaking
campaign ended here tonight with
the delivery of hi view in favor of
the postal savings tanks and in oppo
sition to the Bryan theory regarding
government guarantee of bank de
nmits. Taft will rest from his labors
here tomorrow and continue with his
whirlwind campaign methods Mon
day. Judge Taft made answer to the
criticism of himself by Senator For
ikr It had recommended Judge
Doyle as the private individual for
re-appointment as federal judge be
cause Judge Doyie-s great attain
ments and high character. In so do
ing he explained that Doyle haa acr
ed as attorney for the Standard Oil
Company and other corporations.
The President had chosen to ap
point Judge Taylor instead. As to
Foraker, Taft commented that he
"Argues that this U justification for
him while Senator of the United
States in accepting professional em
ployment from . the Standard Oil
Company, and in making what was
in an effect of newspaper partnership
with the Standard Oil Company to
i,irfl nn oruan of nublic opinion."
VVI'H" " - - ,
As to the necond charge of Foraker s
that Judge Taft rode to wmuic naa
i.. nrivnte ear of Mr. Lewis and on
the yacht of Commodore Richardson
of the alleged glass trust. Taft dedar
A he used a private ear which he
paid for and that the boat he rode on
was provided by the miuuic a"
rinh. whose truest he was at the
time. Taft started the day at Cedar
"(Continued on page 2)
STEAMER THAT SINKS
VOIR ARRIVES
VESSELS COLLIDE IN DENSE
FOO OFF RACE ROCK AT
. LONG ISLAND.
new vnutr ?A The steam-
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tr uommonweaun. newem auu -
est of the Fall River Line's sound
steamers, arrived at this port today
after colliding with an sinking the
Norwegian freight steamer Voluud in
lene fog off Race Rock, at me
3tern entrance to Long Island
Sound this morning. The Volund's
officer, the captain's wife and crew
were rescued and brought here on
the Commonwealth. One member of
the Volund's crew was injured which
must itnted the only casualty.
The bow of the Fall River liner was
mashed above the water line in the
collision, but the damages were not
considered Serious.
The accident happened about VM
a m. The Commonwealth was pro
ceediiig slowly because of the thick
fog which had obscured everything
from the time she left fail Kiver. mc
fright craft also was proceedingly
slowly when Captain Williamson, of
the Commonwealth, sighted it com
ing in his direction. The siren blasts
which followed, however, were
tnn 1-it in nrevetot the COl-
(ision and the unknown .vessel, after
remainins above water a short time,
ranirilv settled, forcing the crew ton
take to the water, from where tney
were rescued by the crew of the
steamer Providence.
Following the collision, Catam Wil
liamson ordered the wifeless operator
n aenrf a eencral message of distress
along the Sound and within an hour
five vessels had answered ana volun
teered their asistance. The steamers
Maine, Providnce and Pnscilla stood
by the Commonwealth until she
started on her journey at 4:30 a. m,
assisting in caring for the members
of the sunken vessels crew ana in
Captain Williamson's hasty examina
tion of the damage sustained by the
Commonwealth.
T1LLAOOKL Or.. Sept. 26.-Real
estate is on the jump in Tillamook
since the announcement was made
that work was to be resumed on the
Pacific Railway & Navigation line,
and sales have more than doubled
since that time. Great difficulty is
also found in finding rooms to ac
commodate newcomers to' thi city,
and everv available room in the city
i rented. Many people are being
kept away because they are unable to
secure accommodations here, ureal
.lifiicultv is being expencned in se
curing lumber for building purposes.
but it is expected that tins lac oi
Inmher will soon be remedied by the
erection of two sawmills here shortly
by local capital.
RIDDER APPOINTED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Herman
Ridder, editor of Statts-Zeitung was
tonight appointed by Chairman Mack
it treasurer of the national commit
tee since vice-Govcrnor Haskell has
rcsignell.
RESCUES HIS FAMILY.
LONG DISTANCE LINE.
CEN'TRALIA, Wash., 26. -The
wire crew of the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph Company stringing wire
between Tacoma and Centralia will
probably reach Centralia the middle
of the week. The crew is stringing
wire for two additional circuits, which
will materially increase the efficiency
of the service betwenlthis city and
Tacoma and Seattle.
Hew York Team Ahead
With One Point
TEACHERS TO MEET.-
rtm DALLES. Or.. Sept. 26.-The
ri..' annual Institute, comprising
instructors from Wasco, Hood River
and Sherman counties, will convene
here Tuesday, October 6, remaining
in session for the remainder of the
week, during which time me khw.
children in the three countves will all
enjoy a holiday. .,
DRINKS CROTON OIL; MAY DIE
SI! ER WOOD. Or.. Sept. 26. A
hop raiser named Lebow, living on
the range of hills west of here, is re
ported to have taken a teaspoontul ot
croton oil yesterday afternoon by
mistake for castor oil.' The drug was
sent out unmarked and was obtained
! from an unlicensed seller, who, under
the present law, is held -.responsible
for the errors. 1 he physician, ts
said to have no hopesof his recovery.
BERLIfl aEVATED HAS
A BAD 11
BOTH WIN TWO GAMES
Pittsburg Atso Has Good Show
is Behind White Sox Only
Five Points
ONLY FIVE GAMES REMAIN
Average Now Stands, New York 634,
Chicago 633, and Pitteburg Close
' on the Latter's Heels, With a Total
of 628 Points. '
RECK
Sedro Wooley Man Saves Wife Who
lumns in River With Children.
SEDRO WOOLEY. Sept. 25.-
Mrs. Frankie Jones recently paroled
from the asylum at Steilacoom jump
ed into the Skagit river with her two
children. The husband, who had
missed her reached the river just in
time to rescue his family. Mrs. Jonef
was returned to Steilacoom.
v LESS CHOLERA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 26.
Tli miinieinat hospital report shows
312 new cases of cholera and 153
deaths for 24 hours ending at noon
today. .This is a distinct improve
ment. :
CAR PLUNGES TO STREET 40
FEET BELOW KILLING
EIGHTEEN.
IF TAFT DII'T Kill IT, HOW
Regarding Governor Haskells Relations With the
Standard Oil Bryan Claims Ho Knowledge
N ASTORIA SUBURBS
GET RURAL 'PHONES
Pacific States Telephone Company Complete Line
. Between Carnahan and Warrenton "
A farmers' telephone line, con
structed in connection with the lines
of the Pacific States, Company, has
just been completed between War
renton and Carnahan and therefore
the residents of that rural section
are now in telephonic connection
with each other, and with Astoria and
the outside world.
This line has only seven subscrib
ers tocommence with, but it is ex
pected that it will soon be extended
to many othc,r farm houses in .that
vicinity. While connected with the
Pacific States lines, and built under
the direction of Mr. L. A. Newton,
one of the representatives ot the
company, nevertheless the line is an
independent one anu is owucu v
ly by an independent company form
ed of the seven present subscribers.
The Clatsop Plains Farmers' Tele
phone Company is the name of the
organization that owns and controls
the new rural line, and Mrs. Georgie
Pennington is the president of the
organization; and F. P. -Parker, sec
retary and treasurer. The board of
directors is composed of W. H. Be
hana, O, C. Hansen, R. B, Poole, L.
A. Newton. In addition to - the
names of those mentioned above
there are three other stockholders
Hurlbut & Poole, J. H. Kenny and
E. A.' Taylor. . .
. Heretofore the Pacific States Com
pany carried on the policy of con
structing rural lines and renting the
use of its lines and instruments at a
certain rate per year, just as the sub
scribers in the cities are charged,
but this plan proved unsatisfactory
Inasmuch as it was not always an
easv thing to , keep , men on the
grounds to watch the lines and keep
up repairs, etc., and therefore a new
nolicv of the company is to build such
lines and sell them outright to the
rural subscribers, just as was done
in the case of the Clatsop Plains
Company. It is understood that this
line, which of course is in compara
tively minature shape yet, cost only
about $750, there being 15 shares of
stock issued for this sum at., a
share. The onlv further cost to the
subscribers is the' nominal sum of
$2.40 a vear. which is paid to the Pa
cific States Company for 'switching
charges at Warrenton, with which
the line is connected.
One of the best features of the new
rural line is that the Pacific States
Comnanv -ocrmits free service be
tween all of the subscribers of the
Clatsop 'Plains" line-and any and all
subscribers of the Pacific Mates m
Warrenton and Astoria. That is, no
long distance charge is made, and the
service is , accounted merely a tocai
one. Hence if anyone 1 in Astoria
wishes to talk with . any one on the
Clatsop Plains line it is only required
(Continued on page 4)
BERLIN. Sept. 26. Two trains on
the Berlin Elevated Railroad were in
collision early this afternoon. As a
result 18 persons are dead, while
many sustained injuries. The accident
was caused by a misplaced signal.
One of the cars which was crowded
with passengers was thrown into the
street .40 feet below and shattered.
The oolice were quickly at the scene
and the work "of extricating the dead
and wounded was begun. Ambulances
were summoned and waited close to
the sceneof the wreck while the in
jured were brought out. Then each
wagon with its suffering passengers
hastened to a hospital.
The collision occurred in the heart
of the eastern commercial district,
upon what is known as, the triangle,
a notable piece of railroad construc
tion where three double tracks cross,
A model of this crossing was ex
hibited at the St. Louis Exposition.
Among the dead is Richard Wendt,
an architect.
Most of the deaths resulted from
contact with the electrified rails.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26. One point
still separates New York an Chicago
with the former in the lead in the
National League pennant race. Both
teams won two games apiece today.
New York deefating Cincinnati in a
double-header and Chicago doing the
trick for Brooklyn. The standing of
the first two clube tonight: -
Won Lost Av. .
New York... 90 52 .634 -
; Chicago .... 93 54 ,633
New York's defeat yesterday only
intensified interest in the- season's
closing games of which the last is
' set for October 7. With New York
leading Chicago by only a single
point and Pittsburg but five notches
further down, the double header
' games here today between New York
'and Cincinnati and Chicago and
Brooklyn meant something.
1 New York has yet five more games
to play than Chicago. In this fact,
however, there was not so much
comfort as before yesterday's unex
pected slump, to Cincinnati, at the
Polo Grounds. The procession of
pitchers to and from the box, unable
to conquer Cincinnati's batting, was
dis heartening to the New York sup
porters. The possibility of a change
in. the position of all three leading
teams indicated tremendous crowds
Tat the games today, and preparations
were made for handling them. ,
1 Early in the game the pressure of
'the crowd was so great that the
1 gates leading to the field were thrown
(Continued on page 8)
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 26-Defend-
ing his knowledge of Governor Has
kell against the charges which nave
l.een brought against him "Until. the
charges can be examined in some
court where partisanship does not
hi.-." Colonel Bryan today gave out
for publication his reply to President
Roosevelt's open letter. Bryan spcans
nf the election of Haskell as Gover
nor of Oklahoma and says, "The Con
stitution was adopted and Haskell
. plected in soke of your admin
istration and in spite of the speech
made in Oklahoma by Judge latt.
Rrvan charges among other things
that the steel trust with your ex
press consent "purchased one ot its
largest rivals and thus, obtained con
trol of more than 50 per cent of the
total output. He asks the fresiaeni
if he will insist "That in permitting
this you showed less favor to monop
olistic corporations than l uo m vV
it " Brvan abruptly charges
that Governor Hughes quoted by
Roosevelt as having "Riddled the
.lomnrmHr trust remedy." and was
himself beneficiary of the trusts and
cites campaign contributions to tne
Hughes; election fund two years ago.
Among these are J. P.-Morgan, John
D. Rockefeller,' Carnegie and Nelson
Cromwell. Bryan says as f resident,
quoted Hughes, he takes it for grant
ed that Judge Taft has, not express
himself satisfactorily on the trust
question. After making known the
fact that Haskell has voluntarily it
"That he may be free to prose
cute those who have brought the
charges against him,'' Bryan opens
the letter by the allusion to Okloho
ma politics. He next goes on to say
that he would not consider it neces
sary to address the President further
had not the letter undertaken to
make political capital out of the
Ha.kcll affair, and attempt , to show
that Brvan's relation to Haskell im
plied insincerity of his opposition to
trusts. Continuing Bryan declares
for 18 vears he has fought trusts, and
asserts that the President cannot find
an act or word which justifies, this
chartre. Declaring that he never had
been informed of any charge made
against Haskell but on the contrary
had known him as a leader in Okla
homa responsible for the constitution
of that state, Bryan turns to" tne
President's ' charge that Haskell's
connection with the Standard Oil in
terests was a matter of common no
tnrietv in Ohio and asks if this be
true ,why it was Judge Taft did not
feel it his duty to tell the people of
Oklahoma of this when laft spoke in
Oklahoma.
Tf Taft did not have that knowl
erlae. whv should it be assumed,
asks Bryan, that he (Bryan) had it,
and if Roosevelt fcls it- his patriotic
duty to denounce Haskell when he is
only a member of the national orga
nization, why did not Taft feel it his
Autv tn denounce
Haskell when he
was aspiring to be chief executive of
the great state. , ,
Bryan declares he had no-knowledge
of the Prairie Oil case which
was started when Bryan was in uen-.
.... ntii after Haskell had been ap
pointed treasurer of the national
committee. So far as the arucic i
the "Outlook" as quoted by Roose
velt, Bryan says his attention had
not been called to it until ne reau
dawpH's letter, and even though
he had seen it he would have hardly
felt justified "In deciding as prompt
ly as you do on an ex-parte state
ment investigation." 1 "i
Bryan compares the republican and
democratic platforms, making his de
ductions from the comparison : that
the republican party is lukewarm on
MRS. RICE TELLS OF
RUSTINS PLANNING
Large Crowds Gather to Hear Woman Relate the
Gruesome Story of the Omaha Tragedy
"(Contimd on pag 8.)
OMAHA. Sept. 26. Rain did not
deter the crowd, anxious to hear Mrs.
Abbie Rice tell her gruesome story of
the tragic taking off of Dr. Jrrederick
Rustin, as he had related to her it
was to occur, and when Judge Craw
ford's branch of the police court be
gan at 9:30, the crowd was even larg
er than yesterday. Mrs. Rice was
the first witness called. She took up
her narrative where it was left off
yesterday when counsel for the de
fense attempted to prevent her giving
testimony before the court on ac
count of alleged hearsay. ,
The nervousness that yesterday
characterized her actions was not ap
parent this morning, and. her replies
were given in a free and easy manner.
" Yesterday her story stopped at a
point where she began to relate to
the court what Dr. Rustin had told
her were his plans to have Davis re
lieve her of the proposed shooting
and how he was to give Davis a sui
cide dose in exchange for his grue
some service.
Counsel for the defense : gave evi
dence of an intention to fight every
point in the testimony where he
found an opening, by objecting freely.
Mrs. Rice, however, was permitted
to say that Rustin told her he had
arranged with a man to kill him, and
later she was permitted to identify
this man as Davis. ' The state then
rested. Counsel for the defense was
given an opportunity to cross exam
ine the witness, but this was defer
red until Monday.
BASEBALL GAMES.
National League.
New York 6, 3, Cincinnati 2, 1.
Philadelphia 2, 1, St. Louis 3, 0.
Boston 0, Pittsburg 5. .
Brooklyn 0, 0, Chicago 5, 3.
American League.
Cleveland 5, Washington 4.
Chicago 1, New York 0.
Detroit 3, Philadelphia 2.
St. Louis 0, Boston 2.
Pacific Coast League.
Portland 7, Oakland 3.
Los Angeles 3, San Francisco 1.
Northwest League.
Vancouver 1, 1, Butte 3, 9.
Tacoma 2, Spokane 1.
Seattle 1, Aberdeen 3.
A LONG CRUISE.
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 26.-A. J.
Bechtel returned today from Halifax,
after dispatching his schooner Bea
trice L. Corkum on the longest seal
ing cruise, a two-year voyage, to isl
ands in the Indian Oceon, South At
lantic, South Pacific and Antarctic.