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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
RANDOLPH OF NEW YORK LIFE
TELLS OF NoN-LEDGER Ac-
COUNTS.
1t Has Long Been Practice to Invest
Surplus in Stocks and Syn
dcates.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The legis-
lative insurance investigating COM
mittee resumed it's work this morn
ing. Edmond Randolph, treasurer of
the New York Life, resumed the
stand. He identified the report Of the
finance committee bearing on certain
sales of stock at the time the Prussian
government insisted that the COM
pany sell it's holdings Of stock before
it could do business in Prussia. Ran
dolph made a warm defense of the COM
pany's action. He said by one sale
the company made over a million dol
lars. He said he had been smarting
under unfair criticism and wanted to
explain He defended the colored mes
senger who was selected to borrow
money so the company could con-
form to the requirements of Prus-
sia.
Attorney Hughes for the committee
questioned Randolph closely on all
stock sales During the examination
reference was made to the non-ledger
record. He said all insurance COM
panies and banks had 'nonledger as
SETS" and he said they were good to
fall back on. Hughes brought out
the fact that the New York Life neld
5000 shares of Union Pacific preferred,
given as a bonus for syndicate
operations as non-ledger accounts
December 8, 1901. The witness said
the company was never interested in
syndicate at loss.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12

peace terms. The feeling is growing
that Japan has gained nothing from
Russia beyond promises which can on
ly be enforced at the cost of another
conflict. Many officers declare that
in spite of the great victories won,
the sum total of the war is a
fiat failure. The grief Of private SOL
diers is pathetic. They seem greatly
excited by the reports of rioting, ar
-on AM assassination in Japan. They
say "Komura will be killed like a dog
when we return
Wefeeling and Fushima are ar
ranging a peace armistice. Already
plans have begun for demobilization.
Supplies have been stopped coming
from the coast. 1t is expected the Jap
anese will complete evacuation of Man.
churia by February.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Five Hundred and Ninety Nine
Men Were Lost
FIRE ON SHIP EXPLODED MAGAZINE
Admiral Togo Was Not on Board
Lost eattIeship Was the MiLasa,
First Class.

TOXIC, Sept. 12.-The Japanese bat.
tleship Mikause to Gross, a flagship,
caught fire and sunk yesterday morn
ing.
Nearly every man On board,
including detachments from other war;
ships who went to the rescue of the
Mikasa when the fire was first dis
covered, was lost. The flames origi-
mated from a mysterious source Sum
day just after midnight. Before the
fire could be checked it reached the
after magazine, which exploded, blow
ing an immense hole in the port side
of the ship below the water line. The
vessel sank Immediately. Togo Is
said not to nave been aboard.
Five hundred and ninety-nine officers
and men went down with the Mikosa.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
TRAVELLING Engineers Meet.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 12.-About
three hundred delegates were in at
tendance when the annual convention
of the Travelling Engineers Associa-
ton was called to order here this
morning. The headquarters are at the
Cadilcc hotel. Many important
problems of railroad engineering will
be considered and discussed and
many valuable papers will be submit-
ted at the convention which will re-
main in session four days. A delega-
ton representing the chamber OF COM
merce of Buffalo, N. Y. is here to urge
the convention to hold the next annu-
al session in Buffalo.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Old Rival Loses Last Store.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 12.-With
tho burning of GilIiland Bros, store
at Lancaster, Keokuk county, last
night, the last trace of a town which
was once the rival of Des Moines, is
obliterated.
Lancaster years ago was ambitious
to be the state capital. The citizens
could not agree over the offering of
a honus TO the B. G.. R. & L. railway.
and the road went to Sigourney.
Two years later the county seat was
changed. One after another place OF
business was closed, but Gilliland
Bros, held their own until wiped OUT
by fire last night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
COUNCIL STILL HOLDING UP THE
PAVING OF NORTH
FOURTH STREET.
Found After Contract Had Been
Awarded That UmatiIla Gravel
Was To Be Used-Called Off.

Although property owners in North
Fourth street between Main and the
bridge petitioned the council last
night to award the contract for paving
that section of the street to the Bar
Der Asphalt company, the matter Is
still where it was two months ago and
all because several members of the
council objected to the use of Umatil-
la gravel for the base or foundation.
The property owners petitiOned that
the contract be awarded to the lowest
bidder and as that happened to be the
Barber people it was decided to award
them the contract. Later, however,
Glasford discovered that the 81 bid
called for Umatilla gravel and he tnen
raised an objection and made motion
hat the use of round gravel be elm
mated entirely from the specifications.
Bridges seconded the motion and ii
carried Glasford insisted that the
same class of gravel be used that was
employed in paving other streets. IL
was suggested that as long as the
property owners were paying for the
work and were aware that Umatilla
gravel was called for in the specifi-
cations, that the former order should
stand. Glasford contended however,
that property owners sometimes did
not know what was best for them.
The cost of crushed gravel would en-
tail an additional expense of cents
a yard. Eugene Tausick, one of tho
heaviest property owners in the dis
trict, said he was willing to stand the
extra expense if the council would only
close up the matter and let the COM
pany get to work. He said he had
wasted much of his own time besides
taking up the attention of the council
and he would like to see the matter
settled. AS several members of the
council thought that property owners
might object to the increased expense
without being given ample notice, II
was decided to carry the matter over
until Friday night when a new petit
ton will be presented.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Cossacka Massacre Socialists.

TIFLIS, Sept. 12-In a conflict to-
Jay between Cossacks and socialists
100 socialists We're killed or wounded,
and many others were trampled to
death in the subsequent panic. Two
thousand socialists forced an entrance
10 the town hall, where they listened to
many revolutionary speeches. The
chief Of police ordered them to dis
PerSe The majority refused and a
lew fired revolvers. Cossacks fired
mo Inc crowded hall, killing 80 ana
Woundng 20.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
DROUTH FOR INDIAN COUNTRY.
All Liquors Are Ordered Out by
District Attorney.

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 12.-United
States District Attorney Haupt at st.
Paul has decided to instruct the United
States marshal to seize all intoxicat-
ing liquors within the Indian country
after Sept. 10.
This action On the part of the United
States officers grows out of the at
tempt to start a saloon near the east
boundary of the Chippewa reserva-
ton on inherited Indian lands.
This decision is sweeping in its eff
fects, as the limits of the so-called
Indian country embraces Bemidji,
Crookston, Cass Lake and many other
towns.
1t is understood the United States
marshal will begin the confiscation
of all intoxicating liquors at Cass
Lake and will Immediately fol-
low the same course in all other
towns similarly situated
If the present plans of the govern
ment officers are carried out in less
than a month many towns In north
ern Minnesota will be dry for the
first time in their existence and moth
ing short of an act of congress will
raise the lid.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. ia fierce
legal battle is promised between 0. 5.
Cockey of New York, general agent
for the Grand Trunk railway, and MS
mother law, Mrs. E. T. Mitnof, OF
Columbus over the possession Of jew
els belonging to Mrs. Cockey, deceased.
Mr.. Cockey has filed a replevin suit
here He says the jewelry is worth
$4,000.
"I'll drop my daughters Jewels into
the Scioto river before l will see tne"
pass into Otto Cockey's hands," said
Mrs, Mithoff.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12

d Disinterested parties today called
the attention of several members Of
the city council to the fact that the
having contracts held by the War
rem Construction company are not
being carried out according to the
snecifcations on which the contracts
were awarded, AMI as an instance
nointed out a stretch of about 600
feet of pavement that was laid in
East Main street which lacks fully an
inch of being as thick as called for
in the specifications.
The pavement in question Is the
stretch laid on the north side OF
East Main street and which was left
uncompleted in order to allow the
walla Walla Traction company to lay
it's ties for the new street railway
system. The edge of the pavement is
left exnosed for a distance of fully 500
feet and measurements taken at diff
ferent points along the street show
that tho nayement in no place exceeds
five inches in thickness and in several
nIaces is not more than four and one
half inches
IT was also pointed out that the
comnanv is also sighting the amount
Of asnbalt binder required to cement
the crushed gravel foundation firmly
together.
Tn several places today citizens who
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
1,tars in the Caucasus De-
clare a Holy War
e,,,Icxs MASSACRE SOCIALISTS
From Persia and Other Parts
of Asia Are Joining the
Insurgents.

en- PETERSBURG, Sept. 12.-Dis-
patches from the Caucasus indicate
.b., trouble continues. The Tartars
oro niIlaging the monasteries. Wo-
men, children and inmates OF religious
houses have been murdered. Business
is at a standstill. Most Industries
have been destroyed. Tartar agents at
Ratoum have proclaimed a holy war.
Var mas been declared in the dis
ticts of Stangezur and Jebra1l'
where the Tartars are massacring
Armeaians. Mutilated children are
nrown to dogs. The few survivors
lave been forced to embrace Islamism.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
PAVING CONTRACTS BEING SL|CHTED
Warren Construction Conpanys Methods Questioned by Dis
interested Citizens Who See Flaws In Work

have had their attention called to the
Job being carried out were able TO
pick out pieces of the gravel founda-
ton with their fingers. In several
places the binder had failed to pene-
trate below the first layer of crush
ed rock and it was an easy mattert TO
rake out the rock below with the
hand OR stick. The specifications
call for the use of one gallon of
asphalt binder to every square yard
of crushed rock, but those who have
watched the placing Of the binder on
the East Main street work declare
that not to exceed two-thirds of a
gallon has been used. The men in
charge of the work have also been
careless, paying more attention to
things going on in the street than
to their work, with the result that in
places the binder has been very un-
evenly distributed.
A sample Of the pavement laid in
Third street near the Third street
bridge, was brought to the Statesman
Office few days ago, which was In ev-
cry way inferior to the samples dis
played by the company when it was
seeking contracts of the city council.
Instead of one solid hard mass there
was perhaps two inches of porous
looking bitumen, attached to which
were few loosely cemented pieces
of gravel
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12

the stalk, like asparagus, dying down
each year. The growth is remarkably
four foot trees shown at the fair,
which are not exceptionally high. In
Douglas county many people have
bamboo trees in their yards, but as
yet it is not being raised for COM
mercial purposes. Needless to say, no
one need go without a fish-po1e In the
southern Oregon county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Massacre of Helpless Jews.

BERLIN, Sept. 12.-It is reported
that a massacre Of helpless Jews has
occurred at Kremtchug, Russia. Col
onel Stezenke, it is said, commander
Of a regiment of Cossacks, gave an or
der to fire upon and slaughter the un-
armed crowds. There are no details
The casualties are known to be heavy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Phominent Dayton Woman Dead.

DAYTON. Wash, Sept 12.-Mrs. A
Trvor. one of Dayton's oldest inhab-
itants. died yesterday morning OF OLE
age. Mrs. Tryor came to Dayton many
years ago and enjoyed a wide ac-
ouaintance throughout the county
The funeral occurred this afternoon al
O'Clock from the South Method1s'
church. Rev. Kil1ian officiating. Inter
ment was in the Dayton cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
PAT GROVE IN OMAHA
POLICE AFTER HIM
He Calls on Editor OF Bryans Conn
moner and Gets Price OF
Meal.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 12.-Pat
Grove is in this city and the police
expect to capture him before night.
Grove is an old friend of Richard
Metcalfe. associate editor OF Bryan's
commoner. He called on Metcalfe yes
terday and borrowed the price OF a
meal and begged Metcalfe not 10 re-
veal his presence. Metcalfe kept quiet,
until this morning and then told the
no,ice Grove told Metcalfe he was
innocent of kidnapping Cudahys boy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
vpn. "ura Has Not Been Told.

nur. 'oRh' Sept. 12.-Baron Ko-
i'll a, ,S 'sDanese peace envoy, who is
What tn. rns Waldorf Astoria, is some
fae3 t.V'ed today, but is still con-
Said bs ~ nlS bed. Members of his suite
be sbon' vas too weak and nervous to
ais fama, 'eport from Rome that
and orb.% .,y had been assassinatea. sato
Cation members of the Japanese le-
founded. The report entirely un-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
'artars From Persia Join Rebels,

81 PETERSBURG, Sept. 12.-Tar-
'a'S nom Persia are being sent to
'ae Russian districts to participate
III 'AV molly war. Many thousand horse
'''0 nave crossed the frontier and
'o.oed the insurgents. Tartar police
s'',''S are in some instances leading
the revolt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Agricultural Building Burned.

SALT LAKE, Sept. 12.-The Me-
chanical Arts building at the agr1-
cultural college at Logan, Utah, was
totally destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The loss is $4,000. 1t is be-
lieved the fire was incendiary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
''S0 MEN COMMIT MURDER.
~ Found In Dying Con 4ition
at ludden, N, D.

pntdsprtsDaL.R DLRN' S. D, Sept. IAN
in 5vins u man about 2s was found
North-Wss, O"oi'ion in a boxcar in a
Were bea,,,, last night. Three men
ad it is s. 'iie'r way On the train
40 Saio We're riding in the car
Il aer3 A. unded man and two
nep jsm' AT Heela, s. D. two masss. a.
/ 'u into the car and with
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
EIGHT Cases at Pensacola.

PENSACOLA, Fla, Sept. ia
Russian peddler, going through the
woods to escape yellow fever, was TAX
ed for two days. He was brought here
and died this morning. Eight new
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Ten More Will Die.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Ten victims
Of the elevated wreck at Roosevelt
and Fourteenth street are expected &c
die, The state railroad commission
will begin an investigation today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
ANURA'S FAMILY
REPORTED KILLED
'Fs' IN Rome Publishes Dis
''" SayIng Family Were Assas-
"''ed-Rumor Discredited.

p,,.. ,-' Sept 12.-The Tribune pub
t,e 80 dispatch from Tien Tsin say
Js,,- wat The family of Baron Komura.
psso. plenipotentiary to arrange
M, r,', ;, mas been assassinated. The ru-
y dlScredite5
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Roosevelt to Visit New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 12-It
is announced today that Secretary
Loeb has assured the Progressive
Union that President Roosevelt has
not cancelled his engagement to visit
New Orleans in October.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Yellow Fever Report Today.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 12.-
Twelve new cases of yellow fever and
one death were reported up to noon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
Ce.se in Michigan Town.

MENOMINEE, Mich, Sept. 12.-
There is a case of yellow fever in
this city The patient will recover He
came from LudingtOn, La.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-12
President Buys Enjoys Chairs.

PORTSMOUTH, Sept 1.-THE pres,
dent mas purchased for $40 each Of
the chairs used b. Witte ana Komura
during the peace negotiations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10

in, ordered that Moscow be set on ire
rather than that the enemy should hold
it.; and this was done. Napoleon was
forced to leave, but Moscow was almost
entirely destroyed.
In a short space of time new CITY
arose from the ashes, and its central To-
cation. the fact of it's being the depot or
trade for a great surrounding region,
quickly restored the city to its place as
commercial emporium OF central Rus
STA and western Asia"
Moscow has been the faVorlte place OF
residence of the old nobility, who never
sympathized with that despotlc ruler
that removed the court from central
Russia way off to the coast. In Peter
time they demurred against removal to
the wastes around st. Petersburg, and
the old capital continues in favor with
the old aristocracy, whose palaces fur
nish one of the features of Moscow.
Moscow is a city of magnificent dis
tances. of churches, of picturesqueness.
Though possessing a population of over
a million souls, struggling rather than
close huddled houses predominant. 1T
has been justly called city Of mag
nificent distances, the lowness of the
houses, the enormous width of the
principal thoroughfares, the large in
terror courtyards and spacious market
places, the immense space filled by the
public edifices, by pleasure grounds.
fields, innumerable ponds or small
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
IN THE KREMLIN.

Little Palace, occupied recently by Ser
gius when he sought within the fortress
of the Kremlin safety from threatening
DOOM Beautiful gardens within the
walls, a flowing river without add natur-
al beauties. and art has richly done its
part in the way of cathedrals, churches,
monasteries and buildings and monu-
mentS.
Among the many wonders of the
Kremlin are the Tower of Ivan the
Great; the national treasury, contain
ing the fabulous treasures of the Roman
offs; the noted great bell of Moscow,
Emperor of Bells; monument to AL
exander H., the car that liberated the
serfs; two monasterles, two barracks
which shelter 5000 soldiers, the an
cient palace of the cars, the church in
which the czars must be crowned
(Church of the Assumption, the one in
which they are baptized and where they
are married Church of st. MichaeD
and the palace of the holy synod.
Moscow holds jealousy to it's ancient
rights, and it continues the official cap
ital, though not the center of court life.
The cars palace in the Kremlin is ever
kept in READINGS for him, and is as splen-
did royal residence as is to be found
in the world. The magnificence that
marks the palaces and. historic struc-
lures of Moscow is almost barbarous in
character, breathes of oriental display.
And, to carry out the oriental figure,
splendor and squalor stand here Shout
der to shoulder. From the promiscu-
Gus minghng in the same locality of pal
aces and huts, imposing and unassum-
ing places of worship, stately public
buildings and modest private residences,
Moscow has been fifty described as being
at once beautiful and rich, grotesque and
absurd, magnificent and mean"
On first entrance into Moscow the
traveller may judge the city collection
of low houses bordering filthy streets,
peopied with men and women of scarce
ly average intelligence. He stays awhile
and goes about; he finds wonderful pal
aces. great university, signs Of fabu-
lous wealth; an ancient wealth, an an
cient civilization; his first impression is
materially changed.
Moscow was founded back in the
Twelfth century, and as capital became
place of Importance politically and
commercially. LithunianS and Tartars
came down upon it in the fourteenth
century, and in the two centuries sue
ceeding it suffered many vicissitudes.
The To1.tarc cot If on fire in 1871 owl
later the Poles and Cossacks worked
much havoc in the "Holy City"-for
thus the people call it to this day, the
holy city or white mother city. We re-
member the story of Napoleon's en-
trance into Moscow (1S12), lis selection
of the Kremlin as his place Of residence,
and of the daring means used to deprive
the French of the cherished city. The
governor of the city, Count Rostoptsch-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
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