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FIFTY -SIXTH YEAS NO. 11.
SECOND SECTION SIX PAGj
SALEM OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1S05.
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FITZSIMMONS
j KNOCKED OUT
JACK O'BRIEN PROVES TOO MUCH
FOR FIGHTTNO WONDER.
WINS IN THIRTEENTH ROUND.
Aged Pugilist Fights Hard But Nature
Fails to Endure The Terrible
; i ' i i Strain. ' - j .
After Beaching Corner FJtzsirnnions
Collapses But Soon Recovers and
Walks From Ring After Making a
Brief Speech. f .
MECHANICS PA VILION, San Fran
cisco, Dee. ' 20. Robert Fitzsimmons
collapsed after the thirteenth rounl
in the fight with Jack O'Brien tonight.
He had fought hard, but nature could
tio longer endure' the strain, and after
the gong rang for the close' of the roun J
an! after he had gone to his corner,
as he sat in a chair, his bend fell over
on hi's breast, the whole body collapse!
and the fighting wonder of the age waV
""ail in.". Keferee Grahey saw his
eonlition and awarded 'the fight to
O'Brien.
While 'Tie . was punched in the face
and bSSly cut up and was several times
in jeopardy, Fitzsimmons always man
aged to come to and resume tne fight.
Just at the elos'e of the thirteenth
round he? landed a hard left on
Cl'Iinen"1 stomach and O'Brien came
lack,witht a similar blow and followed
itup with a left to jaw. As Fitzsim
mons sat down in his corner he said to
Oraney: " Eddie, he hit me in the
stomach and it Is all over."
After the fight was awarded --to 'O
Brien, Fitfzsimmons slipped to the floor
and lay prostrate in the ring. .A doc
tor was called a's it was feared hie was
in a state of collapse. - Fitzsimmon's
revived, however, and was ablo to
leave the ring.
O'Brien gave a remarkable exhibi
tion of sparring and foot work. He
ducked, dodged and' sidc-steppo (in a he
wilcring manner Jto Fitzsimmojns, who
would swing and find only errpty air,
and several times nearly wentTthrough
tho ropes from the force of ibis mis
spent blows.. Tbo Phila.lclphia'man had
laid his plans well, ao.t could not be
coaxed wit bin range of the old fight
er's dangerous punch.
Before leaving the ring Fitzsimmons
made a little speech in which he sai l
be had done the best be could and that
he hal fought his last fight. 1
FOUL PLAY SUSPICIONED.
Strange Death of Doctor's Wife Re
sults in Body Being Exhumed
for Autopsy.
LAKEWOOD, N.- J., Dec. 21. The
grave of Mrs. Carrie Brouwer of Toms
River was opened yesterday and her
body exhumed , An autopsy will be
made today to determine, whether
death resulted from other than natural
causes. '
.With the exhumation of Mrs. Brou
wer 's body the first step has been taken
in clearing up the mysterious circum
stance?! connected with her death. Mrs.
Brouwer was the daughter of Isaac
liver of Lakewood. She was a school
ti'ncher at Lakehurst in 1895, when
she met Dr. Frank R. Brouwer, who
had just been graduated from Jefferson
Medical (College in Philadelphia. They
were married and moved to Toms Riv
er, where he established a practice,
ijey lived happily until three years
ago. Then there was talk of a divorce
being brought, but proceedings w;cre
dropped.
Mrs. Brouwer died on September 25
last after an illnpss of 11 days. Dr.
Brouwer attended her part of the time.
Dr. Henry II. Cafe of Lakewood, who
left here about three weeks ago, was
called in , by Mrs. Brouwer. He had
borrowed $600 from Mrs. Brouwer a
year ago, giving as security a bill of
sale of his household and office furni
ture. Dr. Gate was not present when
Mrs. Brouwer died, but he signed the
death certificate, giving acute Bright s
disease as the cause of death.
Statements made by two nurses after
Mrs.. Brouwer 's death caused her broth
er, T. K. Hyer, of Long Beach, to de
mand an investigation. Justice Hen
drickson last Monday, granted an order
calling for the opening of the grave.
EXPLAINS INVESTIGATIONS.
New York Superintendentof Insurance
Takes Stand and Testifies Before
, Armstrong Committee.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.4-Ruperintend-ent
of Jnsnranee Hendricks of New
York state was the chief witness be
fore the Armstrong committee today.
He stated, that examinations by his
department were made to ascertain
only the solvency of corporations and
that bo investigation was made into
the extravagance of management or
salaries paid the officers so long as the
company ;wa able . to pay its obliga
tions. The employment of kinspeopie
off the officers high in ' authority was
not inquired into. Hendricks declared
that personally he knew little or noth
ing of the various examinations made,
as they were intrusted to Isaac Vandcr
pool, the chief examiner of the depart
ment. WYE Til POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
Burglar Enters Room of Sleeping As
sistant and Takes Many
Stamps.-.
WYETH, Or., Dec. 121. While As
sistant Fostaiaster D. M.-Stevens, .who
is also agent for the O. R. & N. Com
pany at this point, was sleeping last
night, someone entered - his room, se
cured $200 in stamps iu an-envelope
concealed in the room, took $50 or $60
in cash from the sleeper's pockets, to
gether with two unsigned' checks on the
O. R & N. Company and got away.
Tne robbery was not discovered until
a customer came to buy stamps at the
office this morning. . i
So far no elew has been obtained as
to j the robbers, though it is supposed
that either the criminal must be fa
miliar with the habits of the office, or
else he watched Mr. Stevens as he to
tired. :' .."t, . .
Postmaster Charles Gray has gone
to Cascade Locks, where he will notify
the postal inspector at Spokane.
i HIGGINS ANSWERS ODELL. )
" ALBANY,-Dec. 21. Governor Jlig
gins tonight replied" to the statement
made today by former Governor Odell
in reference to the governor's action
proposing Assemblyman Wadsworth as
speaker of the state assembly. The
governor said that in saying he wonld
not be for any candidate for speaker
from either of the large cities of the
state, Governor Odell must have for
gotten their conference of Friday last.
Previous to the conference " Higgins
learned that Odell was using Higgins'
name for the purpose of securing pledg
es, for Merrit. Higgins asked Odell by
what authority Odoil did so. Odell re
plied that at a conference la month pre-1
vious Odell told Higgins Merrit was the
proper man for the place. Higgins ah-j
ed if Odell would agree to any other ,
man and Odell replied that he would
not. .
AFFECTS FLOUR TRADE.
VICTORIA, B.-C, Dec. 21. The O.
I: R. steamship Athenian, on her way
to the Orient, is full to the hatches
with cargo, much of which was se
cured on account of the boycott upon
American goods in China. The cargo
is chiefly composed of flour and ' dog
salmon, the latter for the Japanese
market. Canadian millers, recognizing I
the opportunities that the boycott I
places in their hands, are reaping a
small harvest. Prior to the boycott
leading Chinese firms of Seattle, Ta
eoma and Portland made regular ship
ments of flour to China. Now, by quot
ing flour equal to the American trade
at lower prices, the Canadian millers
hope to hold the newly acquired trade,
even after the boycott comes to an end.
. OKLAHOMA LAWYERS MEET.
OKLAHOMA C-Tj?, Dec. 21. Promi
nent members of the bench and bar are
gathering here in iarge numbers for
the annua meeting of the Oklahoma
and Indian Territory Bar Association,
in session during the next two days.
The program is the best ever provided
for the meeting of the srw infirm
President C. B. Stuart of 8ith -Me-4
Alester will preside and the prominent 1
participants will include W. L. Barnum I
or i-onca city, j. r. jjickerson oi
Cliiekssha. S. T. Blndsoe of Aramoro,
'. O. Blake of El Reno, , Orville T.
Smith of Guthirie, W. H. , Kornegay of
Vinita. Jesse. J. Dun of Alva, and Wil
liam T. Hutcnings of Muskogee.
TEACHERS OF LANGUAGES.
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 21. The an
nual meeting of the central division
of the Modern Language, Association of
America is to be held here next week
under the auspices I of the University
of Wisconsin. More than 100 instruc
tors of modern languages in leading
colleges and university are expected
to attend. The program provides for
a number of papers relating to Eng
lish. German and Roman philology ami
literature, and the 'discussion of meth
ods of teaching modern languages. -
i GOING HOME FOR HOLIDAYS.;
WASIIINGTtN, D. C, Dec. 21 De
parting trains today carried a (number
of niemler3 of congress who afe going
home for the holidays. For some rea
son or other the exodus this year -does
not appear to be quite so great as in
previous years, ,alarge number prefer
ring to spend the recess in the capital.
It is suggested facetiously that the an
nouncement of the railroads cutting oil
free transportation may have some
thing to do with reducing the number
of official traveler.
SHIPS CHRISTMAS TURKEYS.
; WALLA, Or., Dec. 21. J. P. AI
umbaugh, a farmer near) here, is ship
ping Christmas turkeys for the Portland
market. Monday hi shipping compris
ed a total of 157 Mdrds, aggregating
1659 pounds. Thrs' country is declare!
well adopted to the raising of turkeys
as well as other domestic fowl. The
weather is suitable for the young fowls
ami wheat for feed is cheap.
INTERCOLLEGIATE CHESS.
j NEW YORK,, Dec. 21. The chess
experts of Harvard, -Yale, Princeton
and Columbia gathered at the West
Side Republican Club today -and began
their annual intercollegiate champion
ship tournament. The play will con
tinue through the remainder of the
week. Harvard ' team is considered
by chess experts to be the most power
ful and consequently is regarded as tho
most probable winner.
PEST ON JAPANESE FRUTT.
VICTORIA. B O, Dec. 21. A min
ute insect pest, introduced in Japanese
oranges and as yet unclassified, is cre
ating considerable consternation among
British Columbia fruit handlers. All
Japanese oranges hereafter re to bo
subjected to the most critical inspec
tion, and already two large consign
ments have been destroyed by the in
spectors. ( ... i
WEDS ITALIAN NAVAL OFFICER.
! ST. T.OHIS. MoJ Dec. 21. A wed-
.i;nr nf nnlf here tonight was that of
Miss Hester Bates Langhlin ' of this
city and Lieutenant carlo trmanno
pficter nt the roval Italian navy. The
ceremonv took place in the Bofinger
memorial chapel, witu liisuop iuiu
FIN AL CLASH
IS IMMINENT
WORKMEN CALL FOR GENERAL
STRIKE THROUGHOUT RUSSIA
TO BEGIN AT NOON TOMORROW.
Complete Tie-Up of Railroads, Tele
graphs and AH Industries of
Empire Threatened. '.
Generally Believed Strickenj Country Is
on Ere of Great Struggle for Mas
tery Between Government r and Pro
letariat Both Sides Ready for Battle.
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; ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.
(2:05 a. in.) A call for a general
strike throughout Russia, to be-
T gin Thursday at noon, was issued
' tonignt. ine can was approved
: by the union of unions, union of
: peasants, ; general railway union
; and the councils of the workmen
of St. Petersburg and Moscow,
r The response received from the
; railroad men of Moscow was
; unanimous for ; a strike. The
? leaders declare their ability to
stop every train in Russia.
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St. ' Petersburg, Dec. 19. Russia, is
apparently on the eve of a great, if not
a I final, struggle for the mastery be
tween the government and proletariat.
Both sides are lined up for battle. Late
this afternoon all indications pointed
to a declaration of war between the
proletariat in the form of a summons
for a complete general strike tomorrow
which will tie up the railroads, tele
graphs and every industry and business
in the empire.
All the proletariat groups here have
declared in favor of the general strike
and news has been received to the ef
fect . that the workmen's council and
allied bodiesf at Moscow have also pro
nounced in favor of it. The decision
of the central committee of the rail
road union sitting at Moscow, without
the support of which the other organ
izations would probably not risk a bat
tle, has. not been i received, but it is
known that the delegates on the com
mittee from St. Petersburg and the
Baltic provinces, are in favor of the
movement and the leaders here arc con
fident that the radicals will carry the
day. j 1
Tomorrow Russia mav again be cut
off-frem the world not only by wire
but by , fail. There is an air of sup
pressed eutcitemtnt throughout the city.
The streets have a regular holiday ap
pearance in honor of the emperor's
name dav and are crowded. Collisions
between the reds and loyalists are mo
mentarily expected, but none have been
reported up), to the present time.
Batteries with machine guns are sta
tioned at several points of vantage
throughout the city and also infantry
and Cossacks are everywhere. A spe?
cially heavy guard is stationed in the
neighborhood of the Jewish market.
Amy, Feasts in Country.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 19. The emper
or s name day, was signalized by a dec
laration of martial law in the province
of Suwalki, on the German frontier of
Poland, and bv the feasting of the
army in the country. An order for the
improvement of the condition of the
army and navy which preceded the an
nouncement, of measures for tpe im
provement Of the status f privates,
adopted "as a token of the emperor's
good will toward his army." provides
for the increase of the pitiful pay from
$1.35 per year to $3 in case of ordinary
privates, and from $3 to $6 in ease. of
privates of f the guard. At the same
time the pay of non-eoramissione'd of
ficers was increased in proportion, in
the case of the highest-of sergeants
and majors the increase amounting to
Government Responsible.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 19. The Molva,
the name under whieh the suppressed
Russ is now appearing, declares that
the responsibility for the general strike
will rest upon the shoulders of the gov
ernment, it charges that it is the pur
pose of Witte to postpone the assemb
ling of the douma until next summer
and in the meantime "pacify the coun
try in the old bureaucratic way.
v Strikers Liable to Arrest.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 20. The strike
oruer issuea tonignt renders ci-ry
member of the unions signinz it liable
to arrest and punishment under the new
strike law, and Minister of the Interior
Dumovo attempted to telegraph orders
to Moscow to arrest the members of
the railway union and workmen's coun
cil, but the dispatches were held up by
tint railroad telegraphers.
i The members of the St. Petersburg
eOuneil of workmen have been notified
by the general railway union and the
Moscok council of workmen that ; la
nrincinle thev are ready for the strike.
hut that thev r hesitated ' on practical
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grounds. The St. Petersburg leaders.
however, felt that their prestige wouiu
Suffer severely; unless tney coui.i an
tho mwernment. determined of
fense with a counter stroke while many
m-lin Were committee to fell revolution
sceretly decided that the ground woe Id
he swept from under their feet should
the government promulgate the . law
granting universal suffrage.
SWAMPED WHILE HUNTING.
H. C. McKenzie of Sand Lake, Oregon,
Drowned Almost in Sight of
His Home,. ;. (
CIX)VERDALE, Or Dec. 21. News
reached here last night that while. out
hunting on Sand lake, II. C. McKenzie
was accidentally drowned Mr. Me
Kenzie saw from his nouse on the' lake,
what be supposed to be a seal, and tak
ing his gunv, left the house about 3 a.m.
Monday mdroing. He was last seen
rowing in. a boat toward tne seal. Noon
came, and he did not return, and his
wife . with, some neighbors,4 becoming
alarmed, made a search, and found his
boat in thV lake, swamped.
The lake empties into the ocean, and
is affected by tne tide. The day being
very stormy, it Lj, supposed Mr. . Me
Kenzie became unable to manage his
boat, and was swamped by the heavy
waters, and his body carried to sea by
the outgoing tide. - A search was main
tained all day yesterday on the beach,
but so far no trace of the missing body,
has been discovered. Mr. Mc Kenzie
was a well-to-do rancher. He was 2o
years of age and leaves a young wife.
His parents live at Albany and have
been informed of the accident.
DIES ON-DUTY
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AGED SAILOR KILLED WHILE AT
TEMPTING TO RESCUE WO
MEN FROM CABIN. . .
Steamer Senator Encounters a Fierce
Gale on Voyage From Portland to San
Francisco Reaches Its Destination
Twenty-Two Hours Late.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. After
battling against a fierce storm for over
twenty-four hours, the steamer Senator
3f the San Francisco & Portland Steam-'
ship Company, reached port at 12:30
o 'elo?k this morning, more than twenty
two hours late from Portland.
One man dead, several cabins
wrecked, an exhausted crew and seventy-five
seasick passengers , served as
records of havoc of the gale against
which, the boat fought during all of
Monday night and part of Tuesday.
Ned Milander, aged 70, one of tne
oldest seamen in the employ of the
company, was killed while attempting
to rescue two young Women imprison
ed in a flooded cabin. .The accident oc
curred Monday night while the Senator
was plowing its way through heavy
seas. The aged seaman was on watch
on the upper deck, when a heavy sea
broke over the craft, tearing down the
loor of a cahm. occupied by Miss Kath
rine Hazelgrove and Miss Emma
Struetzf (probably Kluetscn).
The cabin of . the youngs women was
half filled with water and their screams
brought Milander running to their aid.
Anotner sea tore fin air funnel from
the deck, and it struck the seaman on
the head. He was taken below, and
lied a few hours after.
; The ship's vIBeers and crew had a
hard fight between handling the boat
and giving- succor to the passengers,
many of whom are still invalided as the
result of their experience.
Milander had been in the employ of
the compnay for four years. Within
the past year he had been in two
wrecks one on the Elder, in the Co
lumbia river, in January, and on the
St. Paul, off Point Gorda. in November.
A mutiny nearly occurred among the
crew, when the body was boxed and
stored away on the npper deck, the
men averring that the remains should
be buried in ortholox seaman-fashion
in "Daw Jones Mocker."
The Senator docked m the early hours
of -the morning, and the passengers hur
ried ashore and dispersed.: Thev were
devoutely thankful for their deliver
ance from the deep, most ot them hav
ing lost, all hope of ever reaching lan u
They say that the behavior of the offi
cers and crew was ecccellent throughout
the trying ordeal and that everything
that was possible was done for their
comfort. The rough seas -made; made
comfort impossible. ,
- The death of Ned Milander has caus
ed deep regret among his companions.
It is sail that his attempt to save the
two young women was heroic. The
waves were sweeping the decks from
end to end as he started on his peril
ous journey. As he neared the cabin
from which the two young women were
calling for help, another roller struck
the ship an.l swept over her. It struck
the heavy iron funnel, snapped it off at
the deck line, and tho heroic rosener
was delt a fatal blow. His body was
recovered ty his shipmates and brougot
to this port for burial. This moning
a subscription was started on the dock,
all his former associates subscribing
liberally to the burial fund.
GLENN-LUMPKIN WEDDING.
COLUMBIA, S. O, Dec. :-21. Trinity
church was the scene this afternoon of
a large and fashionable weddinfe, when
Miss Elizabeth Lumpkin, daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. W. W. Lumpkin, be
came the tride of Dr. Eugene Byron
Glenn .The . ceremony was performed
by Bishop Capers. The tridegrooom is
a prominent physician of Ashevllle, and
the bride a well known elocutionist and
a prominent member of the Daughters
of tho Confederacy. i
DOMINION TARIFF COMMISSION.
8AULT 8TE. MARIE, OnU Dec 21.
One of tne most important matters to
be brought before the dominion gov
ernment tariff commission, which be
gan a session here today, is a request
for the removal of the duty on soft
coal to be used for cooking purposes.
It is believed that the removal of the
duty would result in the establishment
of the cooaing industry here on an ex
tensive scale. -
275TH ANNIVERSARY
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21. Un
der the, auspices of the Cambridge His
torical Society the 275th anniversary
of the founding- Of Cambridge is to be
celebrated with notable ( exercises in
Sanders theater tonight. Richard Henrv
Dana will preside and addresses will
be delivered by Colonel Tbomrts Wcnt
worth Hiinson. President Eliot of
Harvard university and "others.
NEW SENATOR
IS WELCOMED
MEMBERS OF UPPER HOUSE EX
TEND CEARXN GLAD HAND.
HE TAKES OATH AND SIGNS ROLL
Senator Burrows' Finds Objectionable
. Clause in Credentials Furnished
By Governor Chamberlain.
Chairman of Committee On Elections
Says Fapers Were Illy Worded But
Has no Inclination to Prevent Ore
gon MaaTrom Taking Seat.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. John M.
Gearin, the newly appointed senator
from Oregon, was present In the sen
ate chamber today when - the senate
convened. His credentials were pre
sented by his colleague, Senator Ful
ton, but before he took the. oath of
office, Burrows, chairman of the com
mittee on elections, interposed an ob
jection, saying that the certificate of
election was defective in that it was
provided that Mr. Gearin shall serve
"until his successor is elected."
1 He said that'-the governor had no
constitutional right to place such a
restriction upon the appointment. He,
however, withdrew the objection aft
er Spooner and Teller had suggested
that the certificate is not without pre
cedent. .
Spooner agreed that the words ob
jected to were, surplusage, but pointed
out that they did not invalidate the
appointment which, he said, was reg
ular in other respects.
Mr. Gearin was then escorted by
Mr. Fulton to the vice president's
desk, where theoath of office was. ad
ministered. Mr. Gearin took a seat
on the democratic side of the cham
ber. ,lle is the first democrat to oc
cupy a seat in the senate from Oregon
since i8S7, when Slater retired from
that 4jody.
. The bill extending for one year the
time allowed the Council City and Sol'
omonj River Railroad, of Alaska, for
the completion of its line was'passed.
At 12:30 p. m. the senate went into
executive session, and at 1:10 p. m. ad
journed to January , 1906.
House Holds Brief 'Session.
Washington, Dec. 21. There was but
a ten-minute session of the house, when
the holiday adjournment was taken un
til January 4. Two speeches on the
government cotton crop estimates which
were to have been made were; ordered
printed in the record. ,
Nominations Considered.
Washington, Dee. 21. The' nomina
ons of General Davis to be judge ad-
ocate general and of General Crozier
to be chief of ordnance were considered
it
executive session by the senate to-
lay. Action waai postponed until after
the holidays. Their confirmation hangs
on the legal technicality regarding of
ficers succeeding themselves.
- WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Cabinet Dinner Marks Opening of the
Season at the Nation's
Capital.
WASHINGTON,1 D. C, Dec. 21. To
night's cabinet dinner at the White
House marks the official opening of the
social season in the national capital.
True, society has been enjoying a merry
twhirl of receptions, dinners, dances
and other functions for a period dating
as far back as the visit of Prince Louis
of Battenburg early in November, but
so far as official Washington goes the
season begins with the first .of the for;
mal functions at the executive, mansion.
Following the usual custom, the! first
of the series of functions this year is
the diner to fhe members of the cab
inet. After tonight there will be no
large affair at the White House until
the New Year's reception, which is by
far the most interesting and character
istic, entertainment of the year. Then
will fellow in order the customary din
ners and receptions in honor of the
diplomatic cofps, the 'judiciary, mem
bers of congress, the army and navy
and supreme Court.
These are not the only social func
tions that will take place at the White
House -during the next month or so,
however. The announcement of Miss
Alice Roosevelt 'a engagement to Con
gressmstn Longworth of Cincinnati will
necessitate more than the ueual number
of dinners. danea and luncheons
through the remainder, of the seasoa.
SUSPECT ARRESTED,
Officers Capture Mm Believed to Be
Wanted in Portland for t ,
! ? j Robbery.
Upon instructions from the Pinker
ton detective agency at Portland,
Deputy Sheriff II. P. Minto yesterday
causal the arrest of a hobo at Jefferson
who is believed to be a man wanted in
the- metropolis for robbery. The: sus
pect, who gaive his name as Charles
llcnry Roger, was brought to this city
yesterday afternoon and locked up in
the Marion county jail. An officer will
arrive from Portland today to identify
the prisoner, j. '"''mmi' 1 '
AGREEMENT ENDS.
Trass-Pacific Steamship Compsnies De
cide to Invade Each Others
Territory for Trade.
PORTLAND, Dee. 21. The agree
ment dividia trrriion-uly the Oriental
flour trade between the large trans-
Paeifie steamship companies came to
an end toiajr as the result of a meet-
Jing of the reprcntstives of the differ
lent companies held here for the pur
poe of inducing the Great Northern
Steamship Cbmpany to. confine ; itself
to Oregon and Washington and not j to
invade California. ' 4
About a month ago the Great; North
era gave notice to the other companies
tbit-it purposed to establish agencies
in I San, Francisco and a meeting was
held today ia an effort to induce the
Great Northern to reconsider its deter
mination.. The Oregbnian, in commenting on the
result of the decision, states that while
no official announcement has been made
no doubt the Harrimaa lines will estab
lish agencies in Portland, Seattle and
Taeoma, and that the Boston Steamship
Company, now operating th Nippon-Yuseu-Kaisha
line ' and the Canadian
Pacific will enter the California field.
TO DIE ON GALLOWS.
Geo. H. Turner, Texas Murderer. Will
-"Expiate Crime Soon in San
- Antonio. .
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 21.
Arrangements have been concluded for
the execution here tomorrow of George
H. Turner, the murderer of Mrs. Eliza
beth Lynch. It will be the first of
three hangings scheduled to take place
in San Antonio in the near future. Tur-
nja .fimA vraa et n most atrocious
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character. On the night of March 10,
last, Mrs, Lynch was found dead in her j
home in a "thinly Settled part of the'
city by neighbors who werej attracted
by her acreams. Hef throat was cut i
from ear to ear and ear the body lay i
the handle of a razors which was cov- i
ered with blood. On the. evidence of
Turner's wife, who identified the razor,
handle as his property, suspicion was,
fastened upon him. A search was made, j
but he was not arrested until three,
days: later, when he was captured-on
the outskirts of the city.
CRIME IN LONDON.
Costs the World's Mertopolis Tea Mil-
lions Annually to Protect:
; V Her People.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Statistics
received by the- department of com
merce an.l labor show that London is
paying the penalty paiu by all large
cities. Crime is inside her gates. In
ronnd numbers she has to pay nearly
8,000,000 to keep criminals in' check;
for that is the sum paid out each year
to her police, courts, prisons and pros
ecuting officers. It fails to include
stolen property,, losses due to the idle
ness of criminals, losses to injured par
ties, etc. Serious crimes, such as bur
glary, housebreaking and counterfeit
ing, arc increasing. Arrests, are ipore
frequent than formerly, and each af
rest adds to the expense and loss ac
count to the city, estimates put the
Dill oi me cuy expenses as nign as
$10,000,000. In other words, each tax
payer or head of a household of five
persons, pays $6.81 a year for London's
crime, or do these millions make up
the, total loss. , There are additional
hundreds of thousands taken, consum
ed by tne criminals, hidden away, lost
or destroyed, to say nothing of the
large sums paid by private parties an
nually for watchmen, caretakers,, bur
glar alarms, etc. , ' ':
- WERE KILLED IN HOUSE.
Wife of Victim Receives Full Details of
.! Double Murder Near
Diaz.
ELPASO, Dec. 21. The details of
the murder of two ArnericansantJthe
wounding of three others neaif Diaz, ar
rived today in a letter to Mrf'.f Ruther
ford, the wife of one of the victims.
It says the murder oeurred at the home
of L. II. Finstend. the first report that
they wers aftneted in the road pfoving
incorrect. The robbers surroWnded the
house, while the occupants were nt'snp
per. Finstead opened the doof and was
struck with a rifle. He rnn jind hid in
haystack. Rutherford wa. shot
through the heart, Murray tbrotfgh the
ead arid a cow-puncher named
' Shorty! was wounded in the head.
The robbers stayed until two o'clock
in tho morning trying to' open the safe
or, find Fintead to make him- Open it.
They failed ami consequently got no
monev. ,
BURNS TO WATER'S EDGE. .4
ATLANTIC CiTY, N. Jt; Dec. 2J.
The barge Baker bound from New York
for Philadelphia in tow wg burned to
the water's edge today. It. is presumed
the crew was taken off by the tug Sea
King,; as no one was found on Iwmrd
her. Nothing has been seen of the Sea
King or another barge which she bad
in tow. - - t. . ,
NOTED SPEAKERS TO BE HEARD.
NEW YOHK, Dec. 21-The annual
New England dinner at the Pouch man
sion in Brooklyn .this evening promises
to bo an unusually brilliant affair. The
scheduled jeakers include Senator
Doiliver of Iowa, President St ryker of
Hamilton colJepe, and Congressman J.
Adam Bede of Minnesota.
TO WED IN MONTREAL.
LONDOI, Dec. 21. Captain William
It. Blackwell of the roval armv medi
cal corps sails on the Sicilian today for
Montreal, where he is to.be married
next - month to Miss Ethel Ay.Iroer,
dnugbter of the Hon. Mrs; Henry jbor
ell Aylmer and niece of Lord Aylmer.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRESS
CHICAGO, I1L, Dee. 21. The .Na
tional Agricultural , Press Association
held its annual meeting in Chicago, to
day. Matters of mutual interest were
discussed by the publishers and edif
tors of leading agricultural journal,
throughout the country. " ,
COTTAGE COLLAPSES.
LOS r ANGELES, Dee. 2L By the
collr.pse of a four-room cottage during
a wind storm last night on Pico Heights
three persons were injured, two jerbaps
seriously. The house had been erected
not mofe than two weeks.
STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS.
BRING QUICK RESULTS. 1 .
GREAT STRIKE
M'.INif-.ROSSIi.
WORKMEN BEGIN FIGHT AND A I."
INDUSTRY IS TIED UP. '
MAY ISOLATE .T.! PETEE5E HIi:
Strikers Distribute Papers Filled WiU
Inflamatory Appeals Inciting
People to Rebellion.
Government Tests Ability by Uovin:
Train for Berlin Under Heavy Guar.:
With jEngine Manned by Soldiers
Workmen Leaders Arrested. ,
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 21. The
strike started at noon today. Tin"
shons in the center ot the city under
police protection remained open, but
the industrial sections were the scene
of an impressive demonstration. The
main interest in the strike was cen
tered on .the Warsaw station where the
government made a test of its ability
by moving a train for Berlin. Prompt-;
ly at noon and after allowing the steam
to escape the railroad men walked out
of the yards in a body. After a short,
delay a locomotive manned by soldiers
was" coupled to a train, uwnich was
crowded with people seeking to depart
from the nhamv country. Lines of,
soldiers flanked M he trains and after
the coaches had been thoroughly
searched for suspicious persons the
train pulled out; ,
Just before- leaving, a guard ot
twenty soldiers entered the bncenifH
cars and ar ther detachment scattered
through I e train. A wrecking car was
attached to the train for use iu case of
accidents bet weea Stations.
Streets Filled With Troops.
St. Petersburg, De. 21. Since noon
the streets have been tilled wjth troops,
especially in the industrial section!.
The railroad stations are in possession
of the military. Wholesale arrests of .
the leaders of the workmen were made
last night. It is- report cd to the police
that the arrests include the captures of
members of the, second workmen's
council who placed the fortress St. Pe
ter and "St. PaL,with members of tho
first council. "; The third council, how
ever, promptly" took the place of tho
second. - , s
' Moscow is already cut off from St.
Petersburg and with the provinces gen- -erally
there was no communication this
morning The Litdnanian insurrection
extended to the province of Vitebsk ac
cording to the latest information. At
Kokhusen the chief of police and as- '
sistants were tried by the revolution
ary tribunal and executed. '
It turns out that Takum, in Courland, '
only surrendered after a severe fight, !
lasting twelve hours. The insurrection-
alists fortified the town by throwing
up intrenchmenls before which they
dug pits. They also had the macbino 1
guns recently captured.
The latest information from Khar
koff says that 10.000 revolutionists are
under arms and that troops are being
concentrated for the pnrjose of recap
turing the city. ,
Papers Published Seorttly.
St. Petersburg, Dee. 21. A single
telephone wire working to Moscow this
afternoon brought grave reports f tho
disorders and. collisions between the
troops and populace. Papers secretly
published are being distribute(pby the
thousands and are filled with the most
inflammatory appeals inciting the peo
ple to nrmed relcIIion. Many articles
were especially directed to the army
which was implored not to shed tho j
blood of the nation.
It is a significant fact that the work- I
men in the mills for more than a week ,
have been presenting demands to tho
priests to discontinue the usifal prayers
for the emperor, with the alternative
of being boycotted if they did not
cease.
Telegraphic Briefs.
St. Petersburg.. Dec. 21. In the
manufacturing districts beyond- tho
Warsaw and Narva gates, in Hchliixm-
berg district and the sections on both
sides of Nevathe workmen generally
olieyed tn summons to strike. -wilce,
i-ossacks and soldiers arc everywhere,
but so far as reported no collision has
marked the inauguration of the strike.
The workmen are very quiet but de
tcrmined.
Warsaw, Dce:l. The employes of
the Moscow anlf-Brest failroad ooeyed
the order to nftrike. The other lines
are still in operation, hr
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Mrsrow,i Dee. 21 (Night). Twelve
hundred jwrsons are holding a meeting
at the Aquarium. The building is sur
rounded by troops with the object to
prevent the exit of armed persons un
Icn they give up their arms!. A con
flict is exjected.
Riga, Dec. 21. Eight machine guim
reachedf here from St. Petersburg.
Gendarmes are coming in from variou
statius along the railroad relate that
they werex disarmed by the revolution
aries. Two Sqa.irons of dragoons
driven from Segwold arrived here. A.
train carrying gol.bfor a branch of the
state bank arrived after being attack,
cd nrar WaJek. The attack was re
pulsed by the troops.
Moscow. Dee. . 21. The town
parknesa, and the theatres and clubs
are ciosea. ine municipal employes
have abandoned their work and r.n unn
Lhands are idle. The troops are b-in
ronnnoi 10 xne Darracks and everr pre
paration for eventualities ' i5 'bci.ij;
made. - . ' -r
Mitau. Dec. 21. Five carloads ol
wounded soldiers have arrived. Thev
encountered a band of revolutionaries
iiciating. ; . . , .
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