The Evening statesman., October 07, 1905, Image 1

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' FORECAST:
Tonight and Sunday showers;
probably high winds
VOLUME XXXII.
WILL ABANDON
WRECKED SHIP
St. Paul and Her Cargo Will
Be a Total Loss
$1 ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIPS
Owners of Vessel Are Doing Noth
ing for Men Who Are Left
Stranded.
EUREKA, Calif., Oct. 7.—Shipping
men believe that the St. Paul cannot
i3?t a week. Heavy seas are wash
ing over the vessel and she is now go
pieces. Her mast has gone
an >l the wreckage is strewn from
the coast miles out to sea. Accord
ing to reports of incoming craft to
day the hull is still intact, but is
ponding away on the rocks. The
• nsa have washed away and the
cabins will be next to go. The cargo
is a total loss. The captain and
■tents of the underwriters left this
J : rning for the scene of the wreck.
T!> . will make an inspection, after
- ; h ii is believed they will aban
don the craft The remaining pas
sengers left for the north on the Al-
Bance today. The crew had a ter
rible experience last night, no pro
vision having boon made for them by
(he owners of the vessel. The citi
zens are raising funds for sending
them to San Francisco.
MAINE SPIRITUALISTS.
Holding Ninth Annua! Convention at
Skowhegan.
SKOWHEGAN, Me.. Oct. 7.—The
nnuai convention of the Maine
Association opened in
- hall today with a large attend
ance. Every part of the state is well
represented and besides the regular
"legates there are many prominent
•ptritialista from other states in at
tendance. Among those who will ad
atws the convention are Harrison D.
Rarrett. of Boston, editor of the Banner
of Light and president of the national
a r d state associations, Mrs. Nettie Holt
Harm-is* of Onset. Mass.. and the Rev.
Wnßol > S. Frivh of Attleboro. Mass..
"• preacher, actor and poet. The
*' : " l missionary work, mass meet
-v and other important topics will be
'y disi ussed, also the question
Of BHfainin
■ uuuing a state charter from the
Jewels Are Lost.
RIS, Oct 7.—Mme. Breval of the
i s the latest actress to create a
by losing her jewels. She
valutii at SOO.O'OO francs in
11 (! ' le used to drive home
.. ce - notified soon of the loss,
at the honest cabby had
rels to his stable and there
MEETING OF GOOD ROAOSMEN
Washington association will
H ° LD TWO DAYS' SESSION
HERE NEXT WEEK.
'" S F r°m All Parts of the
**l be He re _ M , ny Fine
Win be Read.
r. ; 2 of -he Walla Walla Good
for^tenl C - aU ° n are laying P lans
taeetins *hi delegates t0 the state
tW ° days next week.
am of , t h ! Yiday ' President Sam
assoPi Washin^ton Good
55 Sending hun_
"""ttttoitt th t0 go ° d roads men
*e Urging them to
!<*ai ae c Walla and
err is counting ° n
b^nghere.
9ion^Z X the two dayß'Bea
!t incl been completed yet but
lUde pa r e rs o n good
EVENING STATESMAN
road building by prominent good
roads advocates and probably a prac
tical demonstration of road build
ing by representatives of firms mak
ing road machinery. The Walla
Walla association was confronted
today with the difficulty of secur
ing a suitable hall in which to hold
the convention. The court room will
be used for court purposes next week
and as the council chambers are en
tirely too small for such a meeting,
the local association will probably be
compelled to rent either the Ar
mory or some other hall. The matter
of a meeting place was not set
tled this afternoon.
Inspect Macadamized Road.
It is the intention of the local as
sociation to invite the outside dele
gates to visit the mile of macada
mized road, built by the government
west of Walla Walla last year. The
road is the embodiment of practical
roadmaking and College Place peo
ple are endeavoring to raise funds
to continue the road to College Place
and through the principal street of
the town.
Russian M'.il Train Derailed.
ROSTOF7" Oct. 7.—The mail train
bound for Vladivostok was derailed
today. Twenty-seven persons were
killed and 35 were injured.
HUSBAND AND WIFE IN DUEL
COUPLE MARRIED 35 YEARS
FIGHT WITH PISTOLS OVER
PROPERTY.
Wife Fired First but Missed and Was
Herself Shot Three Times and
Killed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. —After 35 years
of married life Denton H. Hopkins and
his wife Jessie, aged 53. fought a
duel with pistols this morning at the
latter's home in Brooklyn. The wo
man was killed, and Hopkins was shot
in the left hand. He is now a pris
oner at a Brooklyn hospital. The
shooting was witnessed by Hopkins'
sister, Mrs. Jennie Bruyn of Walden,
New York. The couple separated
three months ago after a quarrel about
the disposition of property held in
common, amounting to about ?50,0'00.
The husband appeared at the house
this morning and a quarrel followed.
Hopkins is t steel engraver. ( Hop
kins had hardly appeared in the house
when his wife drew a small revolver
from her bosom and fired over Mrs.
Bruyn's shoulder. Before she could
fire again Hopkins pushed his sister
aside, grasped his wife's pistol with
his bleeding hand, drew a large re
volver with the other hand and fired
three times, the first two shots tak
ing effect making fatal wounds, and
the third passing over the woman's
head as she sank to the floor. The
couple have a son, Henry L. Hopkins,
a business man.
King Is Modernizing.
LONDON. Oct. 7.— Advantage is be
ing taken of the absence of the court
from London to carry out certain im
provements at Buckingham palace.
Those include a new electric elevator,
from what is known as the equerries'
entrance to the upper floors.
For many years the late Queen Vic
toria was opposed to all such innova
tions, but the demand of convenience
at length prevailed. This will be the
third elevator to be constructed in the
Buckingham palace.
MAY FLASH SI6NALS
GIVING RAGE RESULTS
Superior Court at San Francisco
Makes a Decision Aga.inst the
Jockey Club.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Oct. 7.—
In the case of George Sanfason against
the California Jockey club for dam
ages. Judge Hunt of the superior
court ruled that a racing corporation
has no right to eject persons from
the grounds for signalling or flash
ing the results of the races and that
the person ejected may obtain dam
ages, f . .
ESTABLISHED 1861
WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1905.
MISSOUMAN
MUST DE SHOWN
McCall Asked to Replace Cam
paign Contributions
HIS RESIGNATION IS DEMANDED
President McCall Says His Company
Will Continue to do Business in
Nevada.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Oct. T. —
State Insurance Agent Van Driver
today sent a communication to Pres
ident McCall of he New York Life
demanding that its $145,702.50 cam
paign fund contribution to the re
publican party be replaced in the
treasury of the company, under pen
alty of revocation of Ls license. He
also insists on a new president, vice
president and financial committee.
It is stated that San Francisco
Agents of the company appeared be
fore the Nevada board of revenue
and after explaining matters were
told to continue business.
New York Life Is Defiant.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—The New
York life gave out a statement to
day that it would continue business
in Nevada, in spite of the prohibi
tory order of the state commissioner
of insurance.
REBUKES GERMAN AMERICA.
Plain German or Plain American, Says
Emperor to Politician.
BERLIN. Oct. 7.—An amusing story
is going about at the expense of an
American politician, who was recently
received in audience by the emperor.
This representative of the United
States, in drawing up the usual request
for an audience, described himself as a
"German American." imagining that
such a designation would be pleasing
to the emperor.
This, however, was not the case. The
kaiser instructed that the request be
returned with a message as follows:
"His imperial majecty, the emperor,
regards highly a German or an Amer
ican, but such a thing as a 'German-
American.' according to the imperial
view, does not exist. If, therefore, you
will make your application either as
an American or a German, it will
doubtless be granted."
Piatt Fights Hard.
NEW YORK. Oct. 7. —"I am against
Governor Higgins for renomination un
der any and all circumstances," said
Senator Thomas C. Piatt today.
With this announcement the faction
al warfare in the republican party of
;his state was renewed. From now on
the senior senator will fight to over
throw former Governor Odell and re
gain control of the political machine
that was wrenched from him a year
ago.
Senator Piatt ha<? just returned from
a long western tour that has done him
much good. In health, clearness of
mind, keenness of wit and sharpness of
sarcasm, the senator has not for many
years been in finer form than today.
The Chicago Grain Market.
CHICAGO. Ills-, Oct. 7. —Wheat
86, corn 44 5-8. oats 28 1-2.
TWIN SULLIVAN WOULD
FI6HT JIMMY GARDNER
He Posts a Five Hundred Dollar Guar
antee to Show That He Means
Business.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 7.—
Fresh from his victory over Joe
Gans of Baltimore, Mike (Twin)
Sullivan arrived in San Francisco
today prepared to battle any light
weight or welterweight champion.
This morning he posted a $500 guar
antee in good faith to meet Jimmy
Gardner at any time before any club
at any weight.
DOUGHERTY'S
BANK FAILS
Peoria National Closed Its
Doors This Morning
A RUN MADE ON DIME SAVIN6S BANK
Peculations of Peoria's Superintend
ent of Schools Theraten Financial
Ruin to Thousands.
PEORIA, Ills., Oct. 7.—The Peoria
National bank, of which Prof.
Dougherty was president, failed to
open its doors this morning.
A run on the savings bank in
which Dougherty is interested
started today. The bank took ad
vantage of the 30-day rule.
Dougherty Defalcations Graw.
PEORIA, 111., Oct. 7.—lt is claimed
that thirteen indictments will be found
against Prof. Dougherty. It is an
nounced that the total will likely reach
two thundred dollars. Bail is required
under the indictments returned
amounting to twelve thousand seven
hundred dollars.
For Staten lsl?.nd Golf Championship.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—The semi-finals
in the golf tournament for the James
R. Branch gold medal, representing the
golf championship of Staten Island, be
gan here this morning on the links of
the Richmond County Country club. A
large gallery was present and the
playing was spirited and highly inter
esting. The finals will be played on
Monday, Oct. 16.
SITUATION IS COMPLICATED
HARRIMAN AND HILL RAILROAD
FIGHT IS NOW ON IN REAL
EARNEST.
Question Arises as to Who Has Right
of Way Down North Bank of the
Columbia.
Charles Giezentanner, editor of the
Pasco Express, who was in Walla
Walla yesterday, announced that there
is a large force of men at work on the
north bank of the Columbia river
grading the right of way for the new
line of the Hill interests. The men
are located south of Kennewick
about midway between that place and
a point opposite Wallula. The steam
er J. M. Hannaford is now tied up at
Ainsworth awaiting orders to begin
transferring material for the road from
:he Northern Pacific to points down
the river to be used in the construc
tion of the north bank line. Mr. Giez
entanner also stated that many la
borers were arriving daily at Pasco
and Kennewick to enter the employ
of Sims & Shields, who have the con
tract for the excavating work of the
line.
At Ainsworth the Northern Pacific
has a force of trackmen at work
putting in a sidetrack from the Wallu
la-Pasco branch to the river,' a dis
.::-«». <-f 'i*nr-t ?flno feet. Piling and
•«. on f|»» frmund for the
where the material necessary for the
erection of a large dock on the river
construction of the road will be trans
ferred from the cars to the steamer
and then taken to the several grad
ing camps that will be established
next week.
Fight Is Complicated.
An interesting fight is scheduled to
develop between the Hill and Harri
man interests in the building of the
road down the river. The Wallula Pa
cific, which is generally believed to
represent Harriman has filed a con
tour map of definite location in the
Walla Walla and Vancouver land of
fices, which practically covers the
right of way over government and
private lands from the Wallula Gap
to Vancouver. It has been given out
that the Wallula Pacific engineers
are now at work on other maps which
will also be filed in .the two land of
fices as soon as they are completed.
What Will It Mean?
Whether or not these filings will
give to the Wallula Pacific an ab
solute right of way, is now a question.
,It has be?n developed that several
weeks ago the Hill interests, acting
under the lieu land grant made to
the Northern Pacific by congress years
ago, filed on every available foot of
government land along the Columbia
on the north side. This would practi
cally shut out the Wallula Pacific
from securing a right of way over
these lands unless it could be secured
from the Northern Pacific.
Just what the intention of the Wal
lula Pacific is is not known, but sev
eral reasons may be advanced in ex
planation of its action. While the
Harriman officials deny that the
company is fostered by their leader,
developments since the organization
of the corporation tend to show that
it was not only promoted at the in
stance of Mr. Harriman but is re
ceiving support from him and that the
purpose in attempting to take up the
right of way along the Columbia in
advance of the Northern Pacific is
to put as many obstacles as possible in
the path of the Hill road.
May be Settled.
It is presumed that Mr. Harriman
has thought of using his prior occu
pation rights on the north bank to
compel Mr. Hill to permit the Har-
riman trains to pass over his tracks
between Portland and Seattle, and
that in return for this concession the
eastern railroad magnate will relin
quish right, title and interest on the
north bank, together with the right of
way of the eld portage road.
It Was a False Report.
CHICAGO. Ills.. Oct. 7—The pol
icy holders' committee of the West
ern Life Indemnity company to
day denied the statement accredited
ro the officers that they had with
drawn their petition to the court and
had agreed to submit their differences
to Judge Kohlsaat as referee.
Eureka Brewery Burns.
EUREKA, Calif.. Oct. 7—Fire which
started in the steam beer department
at 4 o'clock this morning destroyed
the plant of the Humboldt Brewing
company on Broadway and Harris
streets. The loss is $150,000. The
brewery was recently built by Los
Angeles capitalists. H. Max Kuehn
rick was president.
Gaynor and Greene Enroute.
MONTREAL. Oct. 7— Secret ser
vice men left this morning with Gay
nor and Greene for the L T nited
States.
Ramsay vs. Gould.
TOLEDO. Ohio, Oct. 7.—Applica
tion was made in the federal court by
Ramsay this morning asking the
removal of the election inspectors
for the Wabash, appointed at the
last annual election and declaring
them not qualified by education or ex
perience to serve. He declares that
he is still president of the Wa
bash, despite the action of the di
rectors in removing him. He alleges
that certain stockholders are prepar
ing to vote illegal and fraudulent
proxies. He asks for inspectors prop
erly qualified to prevent this.
Ramsey Secures Foreign Proxies.
NEW YORK. Oct. 7.—lt Is re
ported that Ramsay has secured
proxies for several blocks of stock
held abroad.
The case was adjourned until Mon
day and Ramsay was ordered to show
the control of the per cent of stock
necessary to make the application for
the new inspectors. Ramsay's coun
sel said he would show control of
the stock.
Drowned on Dry Land.
LONDON. Oct. 7. —The extraordinary
story of a man dying from drowning
on dry land was told at an inquest at
Lewes the other day.
Alderman William Gates, lieutenant
colonel of the Sussex Royal Engineer
volunteers, was found dead in a field
a few yards away from a brook, and
when Dr. Frank Fawsett was asked by
the coroner what was the cause of his
death, he immediately startled the
court by saying drowning.
"How do you reconcile that with
the evidence that the body was on dry
land?" asked the coroner, to which the
doctor replied that while there was
no evidence to show how he had got
into the water, there was no doubt that
he had crawled out, which was sur
prising, having regard to the large
quantity of water which came from the
body. He had no hesitation in saying
death was due to drowning.
LOCAL WHEAT QUOTATIONS*
Blue Stem, 64 cento
Club, 61 1-2 cento f.o.b
NUMBER 121.
FOUL MURDER
OF A FAMILY
Two Brothers and a Young
Girl Were Killed
HOUSEKEEPER WAS FATALLY INJURED
Bodies of Men Were Dragged Into
Woods Some Distance From Their
Home.
MIDDLETOWN. N. T.. Oct. 7.—A
triple murder was revealed today when
the bodies of Willie and Fred Olney
were found in the woods half a mile
from their home in which last night
was found the body of Alice Ingerlck.
Another victim, Mrs. Georgia In
gerick, mother of Alice, was found
unconscious in the Olney barn, with
three fractures in her skull. She is
expected to die at any moment.
Willis Olney was 62 and Fred 58.
Both had been robbed. Their pock
ets had been turned out and their
money and watches were gone. The
evidence indicates that the men were
shot near their home and were tak
en in a wagon to the edge of the
woods and then dragged a quarter
of a mile through the brush.
INVESTIGATING GOV. BRADY.
Special Agent of Government Now In
Juneau.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 7.—Fred S.
Churchill, special agent of the interior
department to investigate Governor
Brady, school matters and the alleged
reindeer graft has arrived here after a
our of the interior and the coast. He
will go to Wrangle and Ketchikan then
return before he goes to Washington.
Federal Judge James Wickersham says
that Fairbanks will produce six mil
lions in gold and Xome four millions.
The total for Alaska will be twelve
millions. He is en route to Valdez to
hold a special term of court.
Dredge Columbia Reported Sunk.
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 7.—lt is
reported that the government dredge
Columbia was sunk in a collision
with the lighthouse tender Mangagita.
last night in the Columbia near West
port. No details have been received.
Sullivan as Assistant Engineer.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 7—Chief
Engineer Stevens cables from Pana
ma canal headquarters that he has
ant chief engineer in the construc
tion of the Canadian Pacific.
Entombed Miners Saved.
FLORENCE. Colo.. Oct. 7.—This
morning before the fire reached the
last of the miners entombed in the
mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company, rescuers saved them through
the emergency shaft.
OLD SOLDIERS WERE FOXY
FOOLED SPECULATORS BY SELL
ING HOMESTEADS TO HIGH
ER BIDDERS.
More Damaging Evidence Given in
L?.nd Fraud Cases on Trial at
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 7.—ln the
Jones land fraud trials today it de
veloped that R. B. Montague, dep
utp clerk of Linn county, on learn
ing of Jones' scheme to secure land
through old soldiers, gave the de
fendants the double cross by offering
veterans $200 more for homesteads
than they had contracted for with
Jones. Nine agreed to sell and Ave
patents were issued. The land is now
in the name of Faber and Nets, Al
bany brewers, who furnished the
money for the scheme. Louis Paqiset
and George J. West, old soldiers, tes
tified that they had taken land at the
instance of the defendants. J