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Journal Circulation.
Yesterday
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Occasional rain, warmer, tonight;
Saturday occasional rain ; southerly ,
winds. ' ,.'.
VOL. IV. i NO, 220.:
Business Men Met at Corvallis by
' Student Band and Escorted
i ' to City Hall Speeches
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CITY WILL COOPERATE
' ? WITH REST OF OREGON
Asks Assistance From Interior Cities
' to Deepen Columbia . Channel to
Forty Feet and Agrees to Recipro
, cat in Advocating Desired Meae-
ores Night Spent at Albany.'
,;- ; ($911 Dispatch to The Joeraal.)
- Corvallis Or.. Nov. 17. Tbe Portland
' business man's excursion -arrived at
1J:0 o'clock; and was mat by a largs
; delegation - of '. buslnesa man of Cor
vail Is, haadad by th Cadat band, eev
aral huadrad studants and eittsens.1 Tha
party waa aacortad' through tha main
atraat and thanoa to tba city hall. Poat-
maatar Johnson mada a speech of wet
coma in behalf of the olty. to which
iponit . iu mada by Dr. Andrew C
Smith. ."'. i -. ' 4 -
In. an address, Willis Dunlway urged
. a union, of business men all ovar tha
state, all atandlng for a united Oregon.
He aaid Portland needed a 40-foot Chan-
"7TioI to the moutlr of tha Columbia, and
li retain for help to aaoure It would
help -Corvallis and tbr valley towns
to get lmporvetnents needed In Taquln
' bay harbor. . t, ' '
T Tha meeting closed with'fhe Portland
. men giving three cheers for Corrallls,
, "the city of tba Wettleat women, tha
f I neat educational Inatltutlons and tne
' homeliest men In tha state.
Tba vlatt created good feeling between
the visitors and tha city. -,
VISIT AT ALBANY.
' Ballf htful arsalar ts sjpamt as Oaaata
of Otty Oryanlaatdoms. ' .';
1 (Mptdal Dtopatca to The Joaiaal.) '
Albany, Or., Nor. IT. The Portland
bualneaa men's excursion reached thla
elty at 7:10 laeti evening", promptly en
. time. At tha. station a committee of IS
members of the Alco club, the Commer
. clal club and tha Business Hen's lea rue
met the exouralonlata and escorted them
to the Alco eluohouse, where an In
formal reception waa tendered the vis
itors and an exceptionally pleasant
; evening was spent, the stay here being
one or the moat pleasant of the entire
trip. The reception was delightfully
inrormaL Aisany bualneaa men min
gled with tha Tlaltore. old friendships
were renewed, new ones formed and tha
guests of the city were shown every
; attention possible. - ..' . '
airmail U n mimn uf Ilia ie-
eeptlon committee called the gathering
: to order In the club parlors after
time and Introduced Mayor W. K. Davie;
who welcomed the visitors to the city,
and expressed the hope that the trip of
. the Portland business men throughout
the state would cement closer the bond
, of union between all portions of western
Oregon and Portland. He was followed
. by Judge H. H. Hewitt, who also wel
' corned the party and spoke on a united
Oregon, expressing the hope that the
. gateway to Portland- the Portland-
Oregon City locks would soon be re
moved to sssist In uniting Portland
with tha valley, and that all Jealousies
.,mlght forever be eliminated between dlf-
' ferent portions of the state. It any ex-
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Tom Richardson spoke next-responding
briefly to the welcome' and declar
ing that Albany was almost a part of
roriiano. - tie waa rouowed by K. B.
Piper, managing editor of the Oregonlan,
who spoke in -a humorous vein and de
lighted Albany people with local, hlta
Ramuel Connell of Portland apoka on "A
United Oregon" In a . manner that
brought the necessity of united action
for the welfare of the stats to tha
. iron t, ina ur K. ij. coney ciosea tne
speech-making 'With a humorous ac
count of a "Phyelclan In Bualneaa."
After the speeches refreshments were
Served and the evening spent lnBoclal
intercourse, and It was lata when the
gueats departed for their, special train.
EUGENE'S WELCOME, J
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Vradaats Qreet rortlaadere Wlt College
Tells City Xlgbly Praised. . . , . I
(MpeeUi Dtspateh te The Joarnal.t
Eugene, Or., Nov, 17. All Eugene
turned out to greet the Portland bust
iesa man unon their arrival here at 1:10
I'clock yesterday afternoon, exactly on
I'hedule time. . ...
1 As soon ss the excursionists alighted
lorn the train a crowd of University of
. In
J
aregon rooters, over 100 strong, gave
vera! college yells and were answered
the excurslonl-ts with their yell.
The visitors were escorted through
he dense crowd around the depot te
automobiles and carriages . and were
driven down Willamette street, -the
main bualneaa thoroughfare, to the Com
mercial club. Here speech-making was
the order, several local celebrities mak
ing sddressea of welcome. ' i
(Contlrftjed on Page Two;)
Excursionists Cprdially.Greeted at Lebanon,
FIERCE GALE OFF
; RIVER L10UTH
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Seventy-Two-Mlle V .Wind ) Re
ported at Ten o'Clock
, " Thf Morning. t
fpARED TRESTLE WORK
; :, V ' WILL BE 6 WEPT AWAY
Two Cargo' ShipaC" Two Barkentines
and a Schooner Thought to Be Off
. the Bar and Fear for, Their Safety
' Are Felt Storm Increasing.
- Off the mouth 'of the Columbia river
a gala la iblowisg at tha rata of 71 miles
an hour. Storm warnings were displayed
all along tha coast at o'clock, and at
about two-houre later the wind began
to rage; - reaching Its- highest velocity
at 10 o'clock.. When- the last reports
were received the gale was increasing
in rury, and all Indioatlona are that .t
will be the worst for more, than a year.
safety of the trestle work of the govern-
men jetty. ..The wind la from the south
east and the Jetty Is directly in its path.
During the big storms in the early part
of last year, several spans of the trestle
wererrted away. eome-o the- rock
waa swept from position.
Much anxiety is felt over what met
be i the- probable fate of a, number of
ships which are known to be on the out
side. Three days ago , couple of cargo
ships'.' two barkentines and a schooner
were sighted off the mouth of the river
waiting fora opportunity to. cross In.
Two of these vessels were also alarhted
by the officers of the steamer Senator,
which reached port last night, but they
were too far distant to make out their
names. . The. craft .were beating ' about
waiting for the fog to lift before at
tempting to get up cloae to the bar. It
Is supposed that they will now be carried
far "to the north; there la also danger
of their being blown ashore.
The storm la accompanied by tains
which fell all over the western portions
of - the district. - Ths precipitation at
Portland amounted to .1 of an Inch at
10 o'clock this morning. , The Indica
tions arevthat showery weather will
continue for the next day or two, aaya
tha weather man. It la the first rain
to occur of . any consequence since
October 1C. , Steamboat men welcome
the change,, sa the tributariea of the
Willamette and Columbia have been al
most unnavlgabls during ths paat two
weeks. . , V. .. j
UNIVERSITY SUFFERS.
Xlf WUt artorm Xeetroya t Covered
(aetal Dlsaatrh to The JoaraaL) .
Bugene, Or, Nov. 17 A high wind
atom passed over the eastern part of
the elty this morning. - The covered
track being erected on Klncald field for
the track team blew over with a crash.
Ths building waa being built by stu
dents and waa not quite completed.
BOLD BANDIT WINS- . - V
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' Oeornai Special gerrles.) '
Minerva, Tex., Nov. 17. MarUnes, a
Mexican outlaw, who, with other mem
bers of his band, escaped from a fores
of state rangers, that attacked them on
an Island In the Rio Grande, haa again
crossed Into Texas. Two nlghta ago
he appeared at the home of a Mexican
and was recognised by. the man of the
family,-- Taken unawares, he waa over
powered and tied hand and foot. ' The
outlsw chief coolly told the members of
the family who had captured him that
men belonging to hla band were due 'to
meet him at that place in a few min
utes and threatened -unless unbound
and given his liberty that alt would be
killed. His captors heeded the-warnlng
and tamed him loose. He Is still; at
1-rge, but. Is being closely pursued by
rangers.' - . . ; ',. i ; ' :
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Count of snaadsr Dies. -(Joareal
Bpeetal Serrtce.)
" .Brussels, Nov. IT. Ths Count" of
Flanders, a brother of King Leopold,
died this morning. ' '... . j :
v Antreo la - OaevWarg. .-
V Cherbourg, Nov. 17. The Minneapolis
arrived In port today. 4 ...
LIVED A BACHELOR ,
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- Jmrsat .Spertal (Urvice.) . .
Worcester. Msss.. Nov. 17. Stephen
Salisbury-' one-of ; the richest men . In
New England, haa idled after a few days'
Illness of pneumonia. Tbe name dies
with Mm. - Ancordlng to the terms of
his fathers will h" wss to forfeit his
Immense estates If he married. . Ha
bad no living kis and was 71 years eld,
i PORTLAND. ; OREGON; :; FRIDAY'
-V-
Ura. John K. Madden, Who Oats $250
Month Permanent Alimony from
..JletwHuabanS,' ftfrfttnata .Torfmaa
LlllJERSeWITIIESS
BULL FIGHTS"
French Matador Tossed by Angry
Bull and Carrjed Out Bruised :
. ,;and Bleeding. ;
ANOTHER FIGHTER TOSSED 1
AND GORED BY ANIMAL
Spectators Bale and Sicken at Sight-
, Manj Rush , Away , ia '.Horrorw
Women Faint When Order Ia Re-
-odrVoirmrtcaw-teavar
(Joeraal Special lirrin.) . . I '
n Paso, . Tex., Nov, 1T. Atrthe,bull
fight In Juares In honor Of the Ameri
can mining convention. Pells -Robert 'a
French matador, came first, He was
tossed in the air and carried out bruised
and bleeding. . ', ' y 1
Later the aame ferocious bun made a
run and plunged hla long horns through
Matador Francisco Alonslo Plqulro, lift
ing him Into the air, first tossing, then
dragging him about the- ring, tbe blood
streaming from wounds In ths man's
body, fairly covering the , head and
blinding the eyes of the enraged ant
mat. , ''".' . ... J
SpecUtors paled and sickened at ths
eight and many rushed away in horror.
Women in many Inatanees' were carried
out swooning. , i
Order waa 'finally restored.' but most
of the Americans left, deciding they
had! 'already aeen enough of the Spanish
national sport, although thla waa only
tha second- bull up for slsughter out of
four marked for tha raatador'ssword.
' Bedroom . o Moat Blaao. -"'
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Geneva, . Nov. 17. After two . years
dangerous .work a bedroom has beaeti
built on the summit of Mont Bis no. . It
la attached to the Japanese observatory,
and is Intended for ths accommodation
of wandering climbers. A large camp
bed ocruplea all the floor room, and can
accdmmodate a score of persons. The
bedroom, which is the highest In the
erorld, le sleo' the most expensive, aa
every stick and atone had to be carried)
up by porters from Chamonlx. ,
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GET. MILLIONS
, His fortune., estimated at 119,000.000.
Is given -to Harvard university, from
which he graduated 10 yeesar ago. Tlsrk
university, Worcester Polytechnic Insti
tute, hospitals and the city of Worcester
It la not known what amounts of the
fortune are given te the vsouV Instl-
EVENING NOVEMBER17, 1
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Agrlcurturallsts Not Appeased by
Czar's Ukase to Grant Lands
and Rebellion May Begin j
N ' . at Any Moment.. '
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
:-.V GOVERNOR OF RIGA
Report .FroraJnterior .Show-Strike
Spreading Slowly With No Break
' in the Ranks in St Petersburg
Railway Traffic at Moscow Com
pletely Closed. '. t . .
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Bt Petersburg. Nov. 17. (Bulletin)
It is rumored that there la a mutiny
In the Manchurian army It is reported
that 1 Llnlevltch has reported a revolt
among the troops, which was only re
pelled after, a fight In which many sol
diers were killed. It la said that 41
officers were shot for' participation in
ths conspiracy. . -
. j.- iJua aT Speelal irrles.t ' :
St Petersburg, Nov. 17.. Mayor Nov
ikoff of jahu aays that the csar's ukase
granting lands to-the peasants Is only
a halt measure.' 'Agriculturalists are
not appeaaed by the promises sod -are
ready. e rebel at the flrst-opportunity,
An -attempt was made to -aasaaarnate
the governor, af Ki todays Whue
paasing an aUsy in his carriage a. shot
was Sred, but mlaaed blm. Ths assail
ant escaped. ... "f -
Tbe imperial manifesto granting land
oonce salons to the peasants was laaued
thla. morning. Land redemption tax pay
ments from January 14, 1 90S,-are re
duced one half and from January 14,
1907, the payments will be totally abol
ished. The capital of the Peasant bak
Is increased in order to facilitate the
purchase of lands by peasants. - The
amount of taxation thus lifted from ths
peasants wlU aggregate 140.000.000.
.There Is no break in the ranka of the
strikers In St Petersburg, but news
from Interior points . show that the
strike is spreading though slowly. Fifty
thousand men are out at Moscow, but
the strike haa no connection with the
St. Petersburg walkout. Railway traf-
-flc at Moscow la completely closed.
Drug stores, theatres and all factories
have been cloaed down.
The text of ths workingmen'a reply
to Wltte's appeal for support of the
government showed thst all or nothing
their demand. Tney express aaioan
Ishmont that Wltte ahould call hlmaelf
the wnrklne-men'a brother. They saT
they demand suffrags not benevolence.
MAY REPUDIATE DEBT.
aaa rear mttsste TO Beolare To-
Utleal aaOOTpicyTs; TTear Ttrtu:
(Joaraal Special Service.)
Berlin. Nov. 17. German holders of
Rusalan securities are beginning to feet
extremely uneaay over tha attuatlon in
Russia, as they realise that It la bound
to affect adversely ths economlo condi
tions of the Russian empire and the
financial atandlng of the government.
Popular upheavala Ilka thoee in ROsslt
at tha preaent time unsettle more than
a war oommerclal and Industrial con
ditions, paralyse capital and cripple the
resources of the government. 1 ne lor-
elgn holders of Russian securities are
greatly Interested In the future of the
empire and devour the disquieting re
ports of riot and bloodshed with avidity.
Many millions in Kuaaian ecurmea are
in tha hands of Oerman capitalists sn.l
to that extent they are Interested In th
preservation of Russia's financial In
tsarrltv. v " ' ' " ' - '
An article published . by Professor
Ballod. an official of the Oerman Im
perial statistical department causes ths
greatest consternation ' among Oermnn
Investors in Russian securities. In that
article, which la considered semi-official,
he states that the Ruaalan govern
ment has been considering the advisa
bility of declaring partial, bankruptcy,
partially repudiating the country's for
eign liabilities, for montha past. In
June." he declares, the Ruaalan govern'
ment commissioned a number of experts
to elaborate' reports on the-effect that
partial repudiation of "foreign liabili
ties would produce on Russia'a own
eoonomlo development The Mlttag Zel
tung describes Professor Ballod's reve
lations aa a bombshell to all . inventors
lit Russlsn securities.- ' - . T'- '
"ANOTHER THOUSAND."
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Total of Fifteen Thouaand Sellers x
peeted in Jewish Belief Faad. '.
With ' 11.000 contributions yesterday
and the prospect of as much more today,-
the. Portland fund for tha relief
of the persecuted Jews In Russia has
exceeded 111.000. A IX probably', will
amount to at least $16,000 by tomorrow
night. . . . .
This showing (s extremely gratifying
to Treasurer Men 8elllng and the other
members of the committee, ss well aa
the Jewish people of the city, generally.
For two solid hours of this forenoon
JCpntlnnad on Page Two.;
1905-TWO- SECTIONS 2a -
Corvallis and Interior Towns
REVOLT OCCURS III
EA8TERII CUBA:
Troope Supposedly-Destined for
Santiago Are Sent to Scene .yl
f Uprlsln
PREVENT REPETITION
OF C1ENFUEGOS INCIDENT
Insurrection Said to : HaVe Taken
Place In Manaanillo Artillerymen
Are. pushed ;- From Havana Gov
ernment Taking All Precautions.
(Joeraal Special Serrlca.)
Havana, Nov. 17. A dispatch received
at a late hour says that an uprising has
occurred In Mansanlllo and that troops
supposedly ' destined to Santiago ars
really for ths lalter place. '
uispaicnea rrom Jiantiago atate tnat
a mysterious movement of local police
Land rural guards haa been going on for
aeverai aaya. una nunaroa artillerymen
have been aent from Havana, and a spe
cial train haa been asked for on account
of the necessity for an early arrival of
troops. ,
Officials deny any knowledge of aa
insurrection, but fear aomethlng may oc
cur. Information reached the palace
aeverai dys ago to 'J1 fect that A
Island waa probable. ' i
Benor Andrade, secretary of the gov
ernment, said, nothing was abaolutely
knows, but that the government wanted
to take precautions to prevent a repeti
tion of the Clenfuegoa incident. ,
RUSSELL HARRISON IS
THRASHED BY JUDSON
(Journal Special Servtea.) "
Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 11. Harmon
Judson. adjutant general of the Spanish-
American- war veterans, ana uoionei
Russell B. Harrison, ex-adjutant gen
eral of that organisation and eon of the
late Benjamin Harrison, figured In a
rough and tumble fight in the letter's
office In which Harrison was painfully
Injured. The fight Is ths outcome of
differences in regard to a financial set
tlement when Judson took the office.
Judson claims . due 18 and called on
Harrison, for a settlement.. - : ' ;
MANY TRACTS OF LAND .
AFFECTED BY DECISION
(Journal Special trrte.-
1 Butte.- Mont..' Nov. 17. By a decision
of the generaCiaruTofflre at Washing
ton, p. C, In the case of John A. BachuS
and affecting the title to timber lands in
the Flathead country, the state of
Montana wnl secure. timber land valued
at about 1100,000. The ' precedent ea-i
tabllshed affect numerous tracts under'
the publlo building grant.-' .r
NO CASH, SO..WQMEN.
- DO TH E PAINTING
: (Special PUpatrk ts The Jourael.)
Oresham. Or., Nov. 17. Fourteen
women, attired In kitchen garb, paint
bucket and brush In hand, were lined
up- alotigj,the front fence at the Meth
odist pwreonaze - yesterday afternoon
from 1 to 6 o'clock, i When Ihey -dis
banded a new iiwl of fresh white paint
wss on the fence. '
These women were members of the
Ladles' Aid society of the Methodist
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ax-Qoremorv-OdeU, . Btaiio3ng . and.
. Senator Piatt. The, Ic'-Covernbr
Is Busy Explaining His Connection
With Equitable.'
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SEEKING PROXIES
OF. EMPLOYES
SBSBxenaxeaxewsssssBKexaamamxemsj ---, "v
Harrim an Allies Himself With Old
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Line Companies Against
Tom Lawson. '
FRENZIED FINANCE- MAN '
MAY CONTROL SITUATION
Thousands Are , Sending Him .Their
Proxies and Ha May Be Able to
Tleetr-WewDiicctoraterrS'lJgcal
Harriman Employes Approached.;
- The fight between Thomas W. Lawson
and the ooteiie of men who control the
Equitable Life Assurance . association.
tha New York Life, the Metropolitan
and other old line companies, haa spread
to the Harriman railroad lines. E. H.
Harriman haa taken a hand in defense
of the insumnce . companies against
Lawaon'a attempt to secure proxies
from policy-holders! in ths mutual com
panies . in order to oust . the . present
regimes. . 1
Employes of tbs Oregon short Line,
the Oregon Railroad t. Navigation' com
pany and the Southern Pacific are being
questioned aa to what companlea their
lives ars Insured In. If they carry poli
cies In any of the companies that are
under Lawson s Are they are asked to
give their proxies to Mr. .Harrlman's
agenta. . -
Tho demand ia aald to be general over
the Pacific cos at lines. While It la not
conveyed as an order. It Is said railroad
employes, are given to understand that
Mr. Harriman would appreciate the.
favor if their proxies were turned over
to the antl-Lawson crowd, and this
means Alexsnder, Ryan, McCurdy, Mc
Call. Hyde and the rest, back of whom
are the Harriman interests and other
financial forces. It is said Mr. Harri
man feels, like other railroad stock
operators- who tlsvei borrowed heavily
from the surplus funds of life insur
ance companies, that he owes It to ths
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church and they were not maaqueradlng,
but were simply painting tha new fence
because there was no money In the
treasury to pay lor having li done. ,
During the incumbency of Rev. Mr.
Gregory the fence was. built and thst
and other improvements exhatieted the
ready money.i- At a meeting of the so
ciety 'It was propose that the worni'it
do their own pointing and the result Is
vsry satisfactory. . ,
CEimrTJSlJrcn??"
Samuel S. McCurdy States Thai
the Three Big Insurance Com- .
j panies Were Held Up by
' California Man.. - ;'
PAID MONTHLY SALARY ;
TO CLUNIE'S BROTHER
Two Hundred and v Fifty Dollars a
.' Month Paid by Each of the Com
7 panfea ' for Over ' Three 'r Teara
Changes in Mutual Regarded M .
Complete Confession. - -? -
- (Jovjaal Special Service.)
New Tork, Nov. 17. Members of the?
legislative Insurance investigating com-
mlttee thla . morning In ' commenting
upon the sweeping changes made by
the Mutual Life-yesterday, when Presi
dent Richard A. McCurdy announced a
reduction In hla Salary cf 176,000 a year
and reductions In the salary of other
officials, together-with other reforms,
stated that It was a complete eonfes-1
aloa by officers of the condition of af-
falra exietlng. T(e eommltteeinen were" "
of the opinion that the companies will
make no vital changes unless ao di
rected by new- legislation. , . - -,
Frank B. Jordan, aon of the former' .
controller of the Equitable Life, Thomas"
I). Jordan was rHr f t ths strrrt Ihlffl
mornlna. He stated that he bad not
beard tress -Ma-father-wince heryif on"
ths ' stand 'early in the investigation.
Hehad heard fi uui 'hlsm6ther some-
vh,r ln Canada, but she did not aay
where his father -was; and he did not
know when he would return. '. i
Kill's letter Toroes laugh. 7
" Bamuel B. McCurdy, assistant regis- -trar
of the Equitable; testified regard
ing salaries and expenses. A letter
from James j. Hill to President Alex- .
ander produced a laugh. , A postscript
read: ' ' " - '
"I feel good. s Now that congress baa
adjourned the country is safe. When
the legislature adjourns ths stats will
bs oafe." - -
McCurdy showed vouchers paid for
"legal' expenses." There were a num
ber of thousands each to varloua po
litical leaders in vfurious states. One J
waa for tho payment of nearly 13,000
to Robert ' Luscum of Milwaukee for
legal services" In Wisconsin In 1M.
One of the thousands waa to 8. 8. Olds
of Lansing. Michigan, for "legal serv
ices" before the Michigan legislature.
- Bribery la California.
McCurdy apoko or the money spent'
foeVregat-expenses" In the three years
following the long fight in 1(97 with
Andrew, J. Clunle, atate Insurance su
perintendent of California. It appeared
that Clunia sttacked tho three com
panlea and prevented the Equitable from
doing business In California for a short
time. One voucher showed . I14.KS.CS
paid Attorney Chlckertng. representing;
the CuultaUlu lu Sail' rrancTwctr. A trim
bottom of the voucher was a atatement
that tbe money did not Include the per
sonal services of Chlckering.
McCurdy said Judge Plllsbury aaked .
for $210 monthly, which was paid sup
posedly to a brother of the insurance
commissioner. There waa bo record of
the payments, which were , continued
over three years. ' .. '
Meld tTp Big Three. .
McCurdy aald at the end of 1 19 the
California commissioner asked the
Equitable society about 40 queatlona and
that It waa Impossible to answer some
of them. Did not have a like experience !
id any other state. He said that tho
commissioner's brother did nothing to
earn a salary. ' : . .
McCurdy said that' former Governor.
Budd of California came, to New Tork '
to make-aft investigation knd spent time
with Chlckering. The NewYork Life'
and the Mutual also paid 1250 monthly,
to Clunle's brother. ' He mentioned? the
trouble which Clunle bad , caused the
company by demands, which If enforced
would have driven them from the state.:
McCurdy aald that that wm the rea
son why payments were made.
BtBar -loaas afede.
Mr. Gilchrist of the Equitable Life
followed Mr. Depew yesterday on the
stand and stated that in order to re- '
duce the Equitable Life' cash on hand
at the end of the year. he had caused
loans to be made to Kuhn, I .orb eV Co.
at the end of every year except three
alnce 191. In 199. 1900 Snd 1901 tbe
loans were 13.000.000. . In 1901, 110.
2S0.000. The Equitable received no in
terest on these loans and received ho
collateral. They, were reported to the
aupertntendent of ' Insurance . aa out
standing collateral - loans and tMni
transferred back to the Equitable. - - r ...
H. R.' Wlnthrop, financial manager of
the Equitable, stated that he Instructed
Mr. Gilchrist to make these loans at tha
Instance of Controller Jordan, who had
the discretion aa - to what amount" rf
cash balance should .be cerrled by the
society. - ' ,
Itanlel M. Junk, treeaurer of the Cafe
Rsvarln, locatPd In the Equitable linllil- ,
Ing in this city, detailed the organisa
tion of tlio eorwwatlon that started the
cafe. All o the capital stock i.f I00.4
was held in the name of the riutahie
except five qualifying shares leld
dlf ctors who are- Conner led wtf the
society. The cafe Is chsrgd a rnll -
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