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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST , 28, .1808.-FOUR ; SECTIONS FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ' ; i
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Old Statute Found IWch
Gives State Right Jo
I Leairn
: Governor Chamberlain hti ordered Secretary of State Qtinbar to demand from every railroad .company
ill tUe state-reports showing the exact "condition of the road, the business transacted, its financial and phy- " X
sical condition. Should the companies refuse" to comply; steps will be taken by' the executive to enforce the". T
f penalties provided, which are, fines from $5,000 to $10,000 for each "offense and imprisonment from" two to:.
five veare for officials who falsify reports. ' The governor acts under an old law," which. has been considered . X
dead letter, but which he is convinced is still in force-This can be regarded as the first step in Oregon
;X in the- battle-foil railroad rate regulation, which is now raging with such '' intenseness .throughout 'thtVo
Z nation. ,.. ' '. v.-.-; .';-. . ,- .;. ; V . : . v.
Acting under an . almost ' forfottan
atatut. Governor Chamberlain hae: In
tltut4 tpa which mar praclpKat a
tltanla atrucrla with, lh rlljods In
' Oregon. . ; f
;t , In 189 a law was passed requiring-
every railroad In the state te file wltb
the secretary of state an annual report
' showing the. amount of business trans-
. aeted. th value of Us properUes, the
recelots and expenditures and the pnyii
ral condition of the road, together with
' much other Important Information. This
. law. though' still In force, has been Ig-
- nored for the past eight years. Governor
Chamberlain now proposes to see mat
J the law IS enforced nd he has requested
Secretary of Bute Dunbar to notify
every railroad In Oregon that unles the
reports are forthcoming, steps -will be
taken to exact the penalties Drescnoea
by the statute.
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; Vor every failure on the part of a rail
' road to file the annual report of its buei
. nes'4h law. provides, a penalty of not
less than ,(0o and not more than cio.ew.
For every .false return by a .rail road there
'. Is a further penally of not less than
IS .000 nor more than UO.flOO, of Imprison
ment of the offendliig otMolals for from
two ta flee years.-.,.; -'j .; t..rl!,),'l.'
, i IM : ZaTWtlfata4 . Saw. :
"The attention , of Governor Chamber
lain was called recently to this forgotten
law and a careful investigation of ; the
statute was made The governor has
satisfied himself that the law Is still m
' effect, and that as the state's . chief
executive be Is in , duty bound 1 to en-
' force It to trie letter. 8uch erjforeement
will have a material effect on relations
between the public and transportation
companies. The principle to firmly set
tled that common carriers are subject to
control . and regulation - by fhe' state;
that 'Charges .must ' be reasonable and
?' te fr" ' within the power of
IW IVIIIINIUIV, . i.a it " minaww vm-
snerce law even goes so far as to em
power the commission to require that ao
ounts of railroads shall be kept in a
aertaln Way so that the commission may
know exactly what expendlturee are for,
and that statements cannot be juggled.
This Is. It Is said. equaUy Important with
the obtaining of the statements them
selves, for unless the Items are known
which make up the different aeoounta it
would be difficult' to arrive at, the real
, earning capacity of -the road.
--It Is therefor necessary that th ex
act condition, receipts and expendlturee
of railroads operating In this, state be
known, and from what source the reve
nues are derived. In order to fairly con
sider , the , matter of reasonableness of
fares and rates. It has been claimed that
, some roads In Oregon are earning M to
per cent on the Investment, besides
. paying all fixed charges, . renewals and
maintenance... 4 , . ,'','..."".
, ovtaoc Talks of Saw. -Governor
Chamberlain returned last
evening from Salem and 'in an Interview
at his horns In this city h gavefu
confirmation to the Information pre-
' vlouely received." ..' - j '
"Yea, I expect to enforce the law. re
quiring , the railroads to i give annual
. atatementa of 'their business," said the
governor. "My attention- was called a
few days ago to the fact that th rail-1
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Lists ef Concerns Paying Policy
i J Holders (n Full or In Part
V ' and Those ; Who Re:
; ' pudlate Debts. . .
Class A. Ths companies In thla class
are believed to be making equitable ad
. justmsnts of lost claims. CqneernMg
' some of these there has been no ques
tion from th first. Others, uncertain
quantities' at first, have gradually
fallen into line. Some are known to be
, exacting liberal discounts for cash, .but
thsy are distinguished from those In
-th classes below In that their adjust
ment and aettlementa ar made on a
fair business-like basis. -r , - .
AUiaa of miadelphla. ,'
- American central. -
' Atlas, . -
California,
- Colonial . Caderwrtters,
Oomaeotleat,
Oeatlaeatal. " '" "
roads were not complying with hie law
and 'I at one mad an Investigation.
There Is no question that .the Jaw. is still
In force and that It lathe duty. or every
railroad doing business in Oregon to
make these annual reports to the secre
tary df state. This has not been don.
"I Save therefore written to Secretary
of State Dunbar, calling hi attention, to
th matter and requesting blra to call
upon the railroads to make reports. In
my letter I said that , if the railroads
failed or refused to comply with the law
I would then take-steps to enforce the
penalties ., prescribed. My letter was
written Friday and probably has not yet
reached Mr. . Dunbar, as. I understand
that he went to Astoria to spend Sun
day." . ". -V" ' . - v...-.'.:. ..... ' ; -..
Two- years prior to th passage In
1S8' of an act creating th Oregon state
.railway., commission, the legislature
passed. a law requiring all railroad com'
pan fee operating-In this stats to make
certain annual reports to th secretary
of state. In the act of If 87 creating the
railway commission, section 19 gav tb
board of railway commissioners power
to - prescribe the form or the annual
statement, but did not otherwise affect
the act of lSi. Tb two statutes, white
operating In harmony,, srera' funda
mentally separate and distinct. .
' Ballxoada Osassa te sport. ,. - ,
' However, when In 1M the act crea
ting a railway commission was repealed,
for some unexplained reason 'all the
railroad corporations ceased filing an
nual reports to the secretary of state.
evidently upon the presumption that the
act requiring reports hu also been re
pealed.- 7 ..
, It seems clear that this wasa mli
taken presumption, for In the code pre
pared by the lata C B. Bellinger, Unit
ed States judge for this district, and W
W. Cotton, general counsel In this Stat
for the O. JR. companythayJncor.
JJve, of the law requiring th
114, inclu-
th filing of
railroad reports. These sections- are
found In the second volum of Bellinger
and Cotton's eode, and It Is apparent
that In tb opinion of tbess eminent
lawyer the act la in effect .
Th sections named provide that on
or before -he first of September each
ywar some officer' of th company must
transmit, under oath, verified by th
oath of the president of the company, to
the secretary of stats a report covering
th following' laets: . . .'
U ' Wkaa Report Calls t ox.
Amount of capital stock subsoribed,
and by whom. t
Names of ths owners ofr. Its stock,
amount owned by them respectively and
resldeno, of . each stockholder as . far
aa known. , - : . , , ;, i
Amount, of stock paid . in. and : by
whom. , - . ,. . .' ..
Amount of lUbllltles. ' " : v. ,
... Names and . places, of , resldenoe - of
offloera. . .v.j. i
.Amount of cash paid th company on
account of th original stock. - . '
Amount- of funded debts, If any, and
rat of interest It bears. ,
Amount of floating debt and how and
when, created.";. -
Estimated cash value of .roadbed, in
cluding Iron and bridges. .
-. Kstlmated cash value of rolling stock.
(Continued on Page Fiv.y
lemaa rail.
. del niaa' S isarlsan, ' . . .
' Oermaa Slllsaee. - - v . ,."
atartford. v - ' ' '
una f STw Torftv '
xasaranea Oompany of aTertll America.
Xmmt, Valon ll Orowm. ' ' t
Xivsrpool, iadon ai lob. '
lVondoa Assnxsnn. .
Vew Hasapshir. "" ' -Tew
Tork VndsrwTisesst
- e -
maarara. ' . ' '
'. sterth Srttlsh M ereaatil. '
northern f Itendom.
,' aHsmsylvwmi. , . ,'.'. ,
, aHUeaa. . - .' "
Phoenix of atartford.
, Phoenix f X,eadom. ,
. Qaeea. ,,,,.. , ' ... '' ',
'' atoyal. ' .-- - '" i '
' Boonish-Vaioa .ft atatloaaL
Springfield. . ' ... ..,'.'-.'
'. Baa f xveadea.
t,,nJ. -
- Vaioet f -aeaados,'-- r- -r'-ir
iototia, . i ' ,-
WlUuunsbnrg City (on pollcie , mot
oestalalma arthq.nak olanae). . ; .
Class - B. ('ompanlea known to be
sharing- lossea Their settlements
range from 71 cents' on tb dollar up. ,
America er new rey, , -
Chamberlain to Enforce
Penalties Provided ;f
Summons Are Ignored
by the Various Roads
BRITISH FLAG
BRIUGS JOY TO :
: SISTERS TOWN
Inhabitants,-' Mistaking Union
Jack or New-Fangled Emblem
of Freedom, Celebrate Fourth
of July in Blissful ignorance
TSent by Mistake.-' ;
In a .llttU town called Slaters , east
of 'the mountains' history hasnot. been
th strong point of th inhabitants and
they seem .to think' that they are yet
colonist under King . George's er King
Edward's crown. Over a neat building
bearing 'th sign; "United States Post
office,", a British flag flaunts itself
proudry in th breese . and the towns
people go to and from their marketing
unconscious that tney hav passed out
of th taxation without representation
daya..- . - .,;,-...!-.
. Forest Inspector D. D. Bronson In his
recent fiery investigations ran across
th little hamlet and caught his cockney
companion saluting the nag -reverently
and bursting Into song, -"God Sav th
King." . ' . .:; ..- .
- "Olv m tuppence ha'penny ' ' worth
of tobacco,' th Inspector said to Uncle
Sam's representative and Sisters' pro
vider of general merchandise. si "
' "HeyT" In blank amassment -
1 thought you must be English with
that flag out there."
"Oh. that flag is that Engllshf I
sent to Portland - for a flag to deco
rate with on the Fourth of July and
this, came an we thought it was some
kind of new-fangled American flag, so
we Just flew her."
- And th people of Sisters bad 'cele
brated the glorious ' Fourth and the
freedom of the State from British rale
and heard a spread-eagle ' oration all
under th British flag and never cracked
a smile! . ,' .. -..
BOMB THROWERS KILL
. TWO. RUSSIAN POLICE
(Speeisl IMspateh by Leased Wire te the earaal)
Kattowlts, Aug. Ii. A bomb -was
thrown -.today at, Bendeth Rlsslan and
the Poland police captured th thrower.
Two patrolmen were killed and a third
dangerously - Injured.- The Cossacks
fired. Injuring several bystsnders. At
Okonl th peasants fired the mansion
of , Prince Pslavsndof f, burning , th
princess to death. '
' V " ' . ' (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire. to The Journal) v ' ,
San Francisco, Aug. 25. The following- list of the insurance companies involved in the San Francisco
disaster, classified according tj the performances and the adjustment and settlement'-of loss claims, is fur
nished by the San .Francisco Examiner. The list is pronounced correct,-, although subject ' to constant
change, some companies leaving the dollar-for-dollar column and. others returning to it. Th list of com
panies who hava decided to repudiate responsibility is correct : ' : . ,v ,
. ; The classification, is made fromommon report, based upon the experience of insurance men as well at
of policy holders dealing with various , companies. The dollar-for-dollar list, has been discarded in favor
of a list of companies that arc making honorable settlements without regard to what division of the under
writers' adjusting bureau they' may be found in. , All cases of doubt hava been resolved in favor of the cor
porations.' For convenience the companies are arranged alphabetically. s - '
AustU ef Texas. ' I
Aseuraaoe Ooatpaay ef Amsrtea.
Aaoaea ft aCaaielb ,
British AmsrlOhA v j
Britlsh-Amerloaa af Wew Tork. -.
Bnff al asiiaam. ' -
. OaleSoala
Oaledoaiaa.
Oasadea,
V Citlaena,. -;'-s ..
Coaoordla. , '
1 Balawar.
ngiiah-Aaaerioaai VMerwrltera,
Bagl. - 1 --
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a . Its
sas ' ' ' ' H'il g'jS' ss el a
Insurrection Grovying; Rapidly,; and Citizens
, of-CapitaLEear Attack Palma Govern
K ment Is Tottering; to (a J Fall ; ; v :
(Oopyrlfht. Hearst News Berriee, by
Wire to TSe Jonraal. --'Havana,
Aug. ' 2t. The Insurgents
commanded ' by General Querrera,1 - the
rebel chieftain, who has been' raiding
Plnar del Rio, are almost within ,sight
ofth Cuban capital. They raided two
towns last night 'within nine mllesof
the city. - and after looting -the stores
and terrifying the peaceful inhabitants,
rods' away . without , being attacked - by
the rurales,' who Seemed to be without
Information eoncerning ; their, more
men ta,. . . .. t. . ; .,
Th ' proximity , of the rebels' has
thrown Havana into a fever of - excite
ment which th efforts of th govern
ment are unable to allay.' ' ' '
. Reinforcement for th ' loyal troops
are being- constantly hurried to ths
front, but they are so utterly lacking In
discipline ' and ' so poorly, armed that
little confidence 'is felt in them by the
people, who are , becoming more , and
more convinced that the Palma govern
ment Is tottering' to a fall. Even-the
news that a large consignment of rapid-
rir guns and ammunition left New-
Tork today for .the troops has not reas
sured the population. .
Aside from the situation - in Plnar del
Pir Assoolatioa of Philadelphia.
Praaklla, .'.. A-..
Pederal. -
. Oermaaia. - ' , ,": , .." -.
. ftiob ft Bntger. -
PAY
. Bambnrg-Bremen. ' , ; - .
. lVoadoa ft Irftaoashir. ' ,
atJohlgaa. -.-.( (-
Batloaal of Hartford. . -.
aTorthwwsieiB Batlonal.
srortawestera Pir ft Karia.
Vattoaal Vaioa ef Plvksbarg. '
Osteat. -
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PH0T0GRAPit0!ri
WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
"TAKEN IN ;
LONDON '
: V; AT HOTEL
. , CECIL '
"BEFORE
departure
. von .m:
RETURN
JOURNEY.
Rio, which 'Is growing hourly - worse,
grave wears are i felt because : of th
lack of .news from' Santiago province.
This has been a stronghold of disaffec
tion,' and the negro population, which
la large, has been in a 'stats' of unrest
for several weeks.
When word comeSlt1s " believed -It
will be that th insurgents there are In
great numbers. A statement was given
out i at the palace today that General
Rabl, th dashing hero of th war of
revolution, bad sent word to Palma that
he was ready to take the field at tb
head ef 8.000 man In aiding th sup
pression of th revolt Is not believed.
The wires to Santiago are cut, and all
effort to get word from there by pri
vate Individuals havs been futile.
The center of Interest Is. still In Plnar
del Rio, where a battle between th
government forces commanded by Col
onel Estrampes and ths rebels under
Querrera la Imminent. ' Guerre ra is be
lieved to have at least 1,000-men under
him, while th government forces op
posed to him are not' mora than-, half
that number. Th latter are demoral
ised by their defeat of yesterday,-and
(Continued on Page Fiva)
.Philadelphia Uaderwrrtera.
Pheaix.ef Biwoklya.
Prasslaa BattoaaL
' Providewee f Waahlagtoa.
.' Boyai Baohacure. -Booht
Oermaa.
. - stat. -
' Booaeh TTaderwTlSers.
... Syea.
eonrity f Vew Bavea. .
' Teateala, ;
Valted Plreasea, .
WirMn , of . Teroato, ',''. -1
Westchester. f
AND THOSE THAT WELCH
n n ; it 1 1 1 rn a : vc n i pi 1 1 1 n r n
11 HI I PI - III IIJilllKrl I-:-
BiiSfDlflKBi
Russian Premier- Escapes Unhurt Thoughi
Son and Daughter Are Slain House Is j
. ; Shattered and Ruins Catch Fire Three or
Plotters Believed to Have Been Killed ' by!
Blow-Up as" Their Bodies Are Found
(Copyright. Hearst Irwn BeiTke. by Leased
. Wire to The JeoraaL)
St. yetersburaTTtPg. 5. A ' bomb
whloh was exploded by revolutionists
in the rr eat reception-rooms of th villa
occupied by , M. Stolypln, the Russian
premier, killed or wounded 0 persons
and threw th csar'e capital into a
stat of panic - Premier stolypln waa
not Injured, but his son was killed and
his daughter waa so seriously injured
that she died later. . The boy waa only
I years of ag.- ;
Among .the. persons killed are Gen
eral Zametln, - director of communica
tions during the Japanese war; Dav 1-
doff, the court chamberlain; Khovos-
kof f, . former ' - governor, and Colonel
Stein, chief of notice at the Taurine
palace, where the houses of parliament
held their sessions until recently dis
solved by the csar.- Twenty others were
killed.. The list of Injured will prob-
ably total to, . . , . ' - . ,.
The examination of the villa-tonight
shows that It was' more greatly dam
aged by th explosion than waa at first
reported.- Two of 'th walls collapsed
and th front of th building was par
tlally out. . ' ' v
The carriage in which th revolution
ists are supposed to have driven to the
residence Ilea In th roadway in front
of th bouse, twisted and torn out of
shape. . Th horses by whloh It was
drawn were both crippled, but not seri
ously, as they-were ehlelded . by the
body of th vehiole. Its windows were
demolished and th covering torn from
tb cushions. Near it were found dead,
th driver, two policemen and on man
who la supposed to have been a revo
lutionist. All were Instantly killed. The
front door waa torn from its hinges
sad hurled out into th driveway.
Tare Plotters Bead,
Three of th men Implicated In th
plot are believed to be dead, having
been killed at th time of th explosion,
w tills two of their number e sea pea.
Tb identity of the conspirators has not
been established aa yet by th police,
who aeem to hav been unaware of
th plot. .. . ' -
At the time of th explosion tne re
ception-rooms were crowded. The villa
Is situated on Aptekarsky Island. In ths
Neva river, and U 1 here tnat in pre
mier holds his wkly publlo reception.
vrnv vueata had been invitea toaay.
and most- of: them had arrived when
tb bomb burst. -
Flv men had driven up In a two
h.. orri.ra and th nolle who were
on guard seemed tn-bv-pail-but II t
tle attention to them. They scrutinised
them casually, aa .thsy did ths other
guests, and asked tllem in usuai quee
iinm. vhtrh were answered satisfac
torily, and th men passed In through
the front entrance or me viiia, near
which th reception-rooms are situated.
Almost immediately afterward tne ex
plosion occurred.
rarnltww Xa Wrecked.
Th furniture had been ripped and torn
aa If by a cyclone and burning frag
ments ef carpets and draperies were
strewn about th room. , Th celling and
floor had been wrenched from their
places and scattered broadcast through
ths apartments. - The chandeliers were
wrenched and twisted as if by an earth
quake shock. Everywhere there was
death ' and black desolation. - Richly
dressed women, their features mutilated
and their garments torn to tatters, were
scattered her and there, dead or dying,
while others ran shrieking about the villa
calling for assistance. One woman had
been blown through the door Into the j
Class C Th companies in this claaa
offer aettlementa below Ii centa on th
dollar, , - -. ; 1
Amarioaa of Philadelphia, SO eent. -'
Amerteaa of Boston, 40 eeata. .
Saohesa, M eeata. ,
lrard. TO ats.
. Oermaa of rreeport, SO eeata. . V
Oermaa Hational, SO oents. ; ' '.
" Oermaa of Peoria, BO eeata. -
aOlwankee Keohaaioa, TO oeatm, ,
-'. Baseaa, BO oeata. . ,,
Worth Blver, es esnta. -
Bew Tork of Bsw Tork, S3 1-S aesta.
. Bsw Brunswick. .
Qtieea City, 60 oents.
Sprlag OardSB, TO oents.
Class D. Companies that whjle deny
ing liability ar considering loss claim
with a view . to compromise Settle
ments. ,'"..'"'"',"" :.-:t-;.-
. AHlaaco ef boadoa. - ' ' ' . ' '
Ooaunereial Valon ef Xoadon.'
' Commercial Caioa f Bsw Tork. '
. lademaity.
Borwioh Valoav
; Palatin. -.- , t
Class E. Companh that refuse to
recognise liability and will not pay one
cent., ' ' , . . .-
Austrian Phoealx.
Borth Oermaa ef Xaaafenrg. ' '
hallway and lay 'near . the front deov
her features distorted and: -her Uf torn''
ourT)ytharruTZWofcrer"thi
plosion. - ' ...
As soon as ha could recover hia poa .
session . the premier gav orders to th
pollc to aend for aid and to do what
ver. possible for the Injured. Troops'
were hastily summoned and Immediately;
upon their arrival . the house , waa sur-. t . '
rounded. Th Are department responded '
and quencned the flames, which war
burning in various places.--7- - -
. Slun for aVotnh xowyb, v
- A hunt was Instituted for the per,
petratora of the outrage, but no dear
trace of them could be found. Among -the
dead were three strangers who were .
not recognised by any of those In au-
thortty and who are believed to hav had
a hand in th plot. Two men who hur
riedly teft Immediately after th ex
plosion are Supposed to have been their'7
accomplices. Mo clue toJ-their Identity
haa been unearthed.
M. Btolyptn la known to have received
of late a number of threatening letters
but he paid no attention to, them, aa
snch occurrences are common In th Of
ficial life pf St Petersburg. He did
not even turn them over-to th police.
The latter apparently had not th alight- "
at notice that any attempt waa to be
made upon the life of the premier and
this accounts for their evident laxity
today. M. Btolypln refused to make any
statement for publication eoncerning th
outrage, but late this evening he sent th -following
message to th csar: fN
"1 am Intact" r
. ChtasBadly hsnl -
'tt is knows! that th csar is terribly
Impressed by this attempt on the life .
of his chief official and It Is believed
that he will redouble the severity of tb
policy of repression which was Inau
gurated after th mutinies In Cron
stsdt and Sveaborg. f . .
Immediately after th explosion thla
afternoon a rumor was circulated that
It was due to th setting off of a mine
in th basement but an investigation
proved this to be untrue. -
- Another story was circulated to th
effect that th bomb waa hurled by a
man who stood on th mala staircase
some distance away from th reception
room, bat this, too. Is now known to be) -untrue.
Th probability la that th
conspirators carried the bomb Into the
room aa already Indicated and had In
tended to throw It so as to make sure
of the death of th premier, but in their
hurry It ellpned from thels hands and
falling, went off unexpectedly.
Boom Densely Crowded.
Kon of th guests could stve the
sllhteet clue e to the nature of tb -affair.
The rooms were densely crowded
at th time with guests who were ex
changing greetings and no one seems to
nave paid any particular attention ta
me strangers.
It happened so suddenly and th
shock was so great that no one realised
th real state of affairs until several
minutes after th destruction had been '
wrought Even yet many of th guests
are In a dased condition, and several of
them are so badly hurt that they cannot-..
live. " . ,t.,, .-..
Th real story of th eznloaion srnh.
ably never will be known. Ths St Pe-'
tersbnrg police. Who are noted for thate '
astuteness, are completely at sea. -
11 is probable that some of th of
flclala will be deposed for their lavit
for not observing greater precaution la
(Continued on Page five.)
Many Companies In the Dollar-
.for-Dollar ' Class Though
: . : Some Ask Rebates for i
v Cash Payments.
: Worth Oermaa of Brw Tork. V,
Bala ft Kosell,
Traaa-Atlaatio. '""" '
WiUiamabnra; City , (oa aarihfaafc
poliolea).
Class F Companies that hav post
poned Settlement ponding financial n--got
la t Ions. . 1 .
Calumet. ' .
; Bqultabkn
Plreaoaa's Pmad. -.
Borne, Pir ft Bfaria.
. PaoUi Vaderwriter. a
Claaa Q. Companies In the hi " 1 '
a receiver. '
eoartty of Baltiaior.
Tradsra,
The foregoing list contains ia '
of every company with whU h t
holders In th burnt district c
i'ranclsce were Insured,
A