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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-05

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state Of Oregon, County Of Clatsop,
ss.
|. :. $. Gordon, cashier OF tne above
named bank. do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the best
OF my knowledge and belief.
s. $. GORDON. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me
this 30th day OF January. 1907
G.. A. COOLIDGE
Notary Public.
Correct
q. e. FLAFEL,
w. F. McGREGOR,
J. WESLEY LADD,
Directors.
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RESOURCES,

RESOURCES,
Loans and discounts. a.....,,$ATftS2t
Ovordrafts, secured aud un~
secured .,.... ...,..... T,Ss6,Oo
L. =. Bonds to secure clrcu*
lation .....,..,... -. $4,000 90
Premiums on Il. S. bonds, 10000
Nonds, securities, etcu.,,., a6,aao,n0
other real estate owned, 80. 100000
Due from National Ranks
lnot reserve agentsl ,,,. ibt,AS9,Sa
Due from State Banks and
Bankers ....... ,....,. is.6ot,oo
Due from approved reserve
agents ,,......., ,.,,., a63,Saa,ss
Checks and other cash Items 291,6S
Notes OF other National
Banks ....... ...... l,0So,oo
Ntckels and cents, 100000. aSTTa
bank, via:
Specie ,si7b,000,00
Legal tender notes 10000 lf5,1S0,00
Redemption fund with U, y,
Treusurert5 per cent pf
cireulation) .,...., u,. $4,000
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-05

LIABILITIES,
Capital stock paid in,.....$ oo,ooo.oo
surplus fund ,....... ... 100000
Undivided profits. less ex-
penses and taxes paid .. 1i.TiS.bA
National Bank notes out
standing .,.. ...,.... 100000
Due to State Banks and
Bankers go. ..,.,,.... li.712.0l
Individual deposits subject
10 check sT6S62iSg
Demand certificates OF de-
posit ,......,. 266,aiTi9
Certified Checks 50d.00 i,O25. 5.l69.0S
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
Astoria National Bank

at Astoria, In the State OF oregon. at
the close Of business January 20, 1907
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-05

LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in......,.s 100000
Surplus fund -. ......... 100000
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses and taxes paid. l2,539.73
National Bank notes out
standing -. ............. 12,5OO.00
Individual deposits subject
to check ....$324,134.55
Demand certificates of de-
posit ... ... 4577G,64
Time certificates Of de-
posit -. .... 253G3335-- 623, ,544.54
Total -. ................$7 .$73S, 58427
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REPORT or THE CONDITION OF
THE
First National Bank

al Astoria, In the state Of oregon, at
the close af business, January 70, 1909
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Total ..,.. .....,.si,lS6,s2t6S
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-05

Entered as second~class matter July
90, 1905. at the postoffice at Astoria. Ore
ron, under the act OF Congress OF March !,
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
Harriman's Horror Of
Criminal Prosecution
He Offers to Dsgorge Millions of Dollars Worth of
Coal Lands Secured Through Fraud to
Prevent Criminal Suits

Chicago, April A dispatch to The
Record Herald from Washington says:
1t was learned last night that the
Hartman corporations, whose ramifi-
cations extend to the coal lands and
other vast interests in the far west,
are offering to restore to the govern
ment the properties they have here
tofore claimed as theirs by good and
ample title.
They prefer to do this rather than
be prosecuted. Coal lands worth in
the aggregate millions of dollars are
to be restored 70 public domains as a
result of the recent activities Of the
Interstate. Commerce commission. The
commission, several months ago set
about to investigate the land frauds
In Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. As
result of it's Investigations the de-
partment OF justice was given the
transcripts Of testimony taken at
Omaha, Salt Lake, Denver and Pueb-
10 by Interstate Commerce Commits
sioners Prouty and Clark, and was di-
rected by President Roosevelt TO pros
ecute In any case where there was any
ground for prosecution.
At the first suggestion of prosecu-
tion, however, the Union Pacific Coal
Co has capituiated. 1t has made a
proposition to the government that 1t
will return a large area of Wyoming
coal lands to which 1t admits it's title
is worthless. The government law Of
ficers are considering this proposition.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
MORE DETAILS
OF The QUAKE
MISSIONARY WIRES OF THE CON.
DlTloNs.
The Quake Came March 29 and There
Were Twenty Eight Different Shocks
Which Did an Immense Amount Of
Damage.

Constantinople, April 4-The follow
ing dispatch was received here today
from Rev. Royal NJ Cole, the head Of
the American mission at Bitlis: "Bit-
lis, Turkish Armenia. April S.-At 10
o'clock in the forenoon of March 20
there burst upon us unannounced the
worst earthquake witnessed in forty
years in these or the Erzerum volcanic
regions. Sucl was its force that our
city seemed to be in the Jaws of some
monster who would shake us into
shreds as a mastiff dbes his game
Down came the plastering, furniture
was overturned, cracks were opened in
the strong walls, roofs We're shattered
and the rain poured in. During the
first day there We're fourteen shocks
and they still continue. There have
been altogether about twenty -eight
shocks OF the 1000 houses here, over
300 have fallen and half the remainder
have been seriously damaged. About
$50 to $500 is needed to repair each
house, The officials report that eight
persons were killed by falling walls
but they are all unknown in Bitlis
Many persons We're wounded and many
Churches, mosques and government
buildings were damaged The sur
rounding villages sustained heavy
shocks but it was in daytime and so
there was no great loss of life
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
FIREMEN
WERE HURT
Explosion and Fire h
Gotham
THIRTY men WERE CAUGHT
THE BLAZE WAS IN A vARNisH
HOUSE AND THE TOP OF THE
BUILDING WAS BLOWN OFF BY
AN EXPLOSION, wREckINc THE
euILD DING.

New York. April 4.-Thirty firemen,
among them Chief Croker and Deputy
Chief Guerin, were injured by failing
debris and damage estimated at $780,
900 was caused by a fire in five-
story building at 159 Maiden Lane
early today. Only two of the injured
men were severely hurt.
Nearly 100 firemen were at work on
the building when an explosion ripped
off the roof, tore out the front wall
of the building from the fourth story
and up and shook portions Of the other
two walls down into the street.
At the sound of the explosion the
firemen fed, but thirty of them were
caught in the crush of the falling de-
bris. Most of the injured were treat
ed In a temporary hospital, established
near the scene, by ambulance sur
geons, and then sent home or to their
quarters. The burned building was oc-
cupied by William III. Schulz & CO..
dealers in gums and varnishes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
Wesley Convicted of Murder
N. Of N. 0. Dahl and Daughter

had himself murdered the old man
and his daughter Asked If he had
ever made a confession to Fred Foote
or Allen McGraw that he and Four
nier laid in the brush and Fournier
had shot the old man and daughter
Wesley amidst a painful silence again
answered clear in the negative. Wes-
ley did admit that he had told de-
tective named Barrett that he would
kill himself If he was convicted of a
crime of which he was innocent. He
gave an account of how he had put
in his time for some time previous to
April Z. 1904, when the murders are
charged to have been committed"
until the present time and on the
oss-examination his story was not
shaken materially. He admitted hav-
ing been at the Fournier shanty the
day and night of April 7, 1904, but
said he was looking at the meadow
and not doing much of anything that
Eevening. He said he used the cart
ridges left him with the Krueger rife
and shot a partridge and a rabbit He
claimed there was no long white hair
on the gun when he returned 1T. In
fact he denied generally everything
and particle of evidence given by
the state connecting him with the
tragedy. County Attorney FunIxley
took Wesley back over the time dur
ing the past three years and question
ed him relative to every minute act
of the defendant but did not mate
rally change his original statements.
1t showed he had left the place shortly
after the disannparance of the Daflis
became known and had never let any
one there know where he was and
had never remained in one place any
length of time. Counsel for the de-
fense attempted to introduce the ex-
pert testimony Of IA. J. Loud as to
fire arms and the effects OF wounds
on a human skull, reference being
matie to the skull of n. O. Dahl, but
objections by the state were sustained,
proper foundation not having been
laid for the introduction OF the same,
and the state did not call any more
witnesses
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
INSURANCE MEN EXCITED.
Drastic Measure in Texas Regarding
Investments Of Reserve.

Austin, Tex, April 4-Insurance men
doing business in Texas are much
worked up over the bill now pending
in the Legislature which requires all
stock insurance corporations or rnu-
tual companies doing life, fire or ma
rine insurance business within this
state, TO invest their reserve in Texas
securities and Texas property. The
author Of the bill IS Judge J. III, Robin-
son. former law partner Of the late
Ex-Governor Hogg. AS originally
drawn the bill provided for the invest
ment Of as pei. cent Of this reserve. and
1t passed the house in that form. The
insurance representatives raised such
a storm Of protests that the Investment
percentage was decreased and the subs
stitute is now pending In the senate,
having been reported favorably by the
Insurance committee in that body.
There is every reason to believe that 1t
VIII be passed finally, and become a
law in its present shape. The pro-
visions of the law are not held to ap-
ply to any benevolent association With
out capital stock and doing business on
the assessment plan. whether doing a
life or fire insurance business,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
North Dakotan Denies
Graft Charges
TELLS OF The CONDITIONS
THE SENSATIONAL coNcLus-
IONS OF CONGRESSMAN RAIN
EY OF ILLINOIS ARE NOT CON-
CURED IN BY THE FLICKER
TAIL. CONGRESSMAN.

Minneapolis April 4.-Congr
Thomas f. Marshall OF North Dakota.
who Is in Minneapolis today, does not
agree with Congressman Fl. T. Rainey
of Illinois, who attacks commissary
conditions at Panama in todays dis
patches. Mr.. Marshall has just re-
turned FROM Panama himself.
When the conditions are taken into
account" said Mr.. Marshall today, "it
is really wonderful that the commits
sary department does as well as it is
doing. Refrigeration Is necessarily a
great problem, and when ii is consid-
cred that everything must be brought
1000 miles, it is not to be wondered
at that some articles OF food are not
what one could get in the United
States. But they know how things
ought to be down there and are work.
ing to that end as fast as possible. I
was told, for instance, that conditions
now are immeasurably ahead of what
they were a year ago, and the inn
provement is still going on. In gem
eral way, hygienic conditions on the
isthmus are on a high plane. Mosqui-
toes have been nearly wiped out, and
the worlxmen are amply protected
while sleeping from the few that re-
main; the problem of drainage and
thorogoing sanitary plumbing have
been solved according to the most adj
vanced standards, even the quarters Of
the common laborers being provided
with toilet and bathing facilities. But
so long as human nature is what 1t is.
there will always be some who COM
plain"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
ThaW Declared Sane
by Lunacy Commission
jerome Will Appeal From the Findings of the Com
mission and Court Was Adjourned Till
Monday-Report Unanimous

New York, April 4.-Harry Thaw
has been declared sane. by the lunacy
commission, and while the report has
not been made public 1t is said to be
unanimous.
The finding of the lunacy commits
sion was couched in the language of
the order of Justice Fitzgerald order
ing the Inquiry. The commissioners
declared 1t to be their unanimous be-
lief that Defendant, Harry X. Yhaw
is capable OF rightly understanding his
own position, of appreciating the ma
ture of the charges against him, and
nationally comforting with his counsel
at the time of his examination
The entire report covers three type
written pages and will not be made
public. Justice Fitzgerald handed the
attorneys on each side a copy of the
report and States Attorney Jerome.
before reading 1t, said If the report
was fatal to his contention that Thaw
was insane he would like the court
to hear him as to the confirmation of
this report. The court denied Je-
rome's request for access to the COM
missions minutes and declined to hear
Jerome.
Jerome then asked for an adjourn
ment to give him time to apply to
the appellate division OF the court to
prevent the trial proceeding, and the
court adjourned till Monday, saying
he would grant no more time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04

Bemidji Mimi, April 4.-"Guiity of
murder in the first degree was the
verdict returned by the jury in the
case of James Wesley, charged with
being one OF the principals in the
murder of N. o. Dahl and daughter,
which has been on trial in the district
court here for the past week The am
nouncement of the verdict came at
one minute past midnight. Only about
thirty persons were in the court room
when the verdict was read. Wesley
was brought in handcuffed to two
deputies. He heard the reading of the
verdict and the responses by the jur-
ors without sign of emotion. but with
a slight pallor in his face. The case
against Fournier. the man who actu-
ally did the shooting, will be taken up
in the morning. The case has created
intense interest throughout this entire
section and there will be general salts
faction that the charge can no longer
be made that murderers can go un-
punished in Beltrami county
The case of the state against Wes-
ley was closed late this evening and
the arguments for the attorneys for the
prosecution and defense were COM
menced shortly before o'clock.
When the court adjourned at o'clock
Judge Spooner announced that he
would allow counsel for each side two
hours each in which to present their
arguments to the jury and that the
arguments would be resumed at 1880,
1t being the intention to charge the
jury and present the case for the con-
sideration of the jury tonight.
James Wesley was placed on the
stand in his own behalf at an early
hour this forenoon and was kept there
for three hours. Wesley made good
witness for the state. He gave straight
answers to questions of counsel and
all were given in straight forward
manner His demeanor during the
entire time he was ON the stand was.
cool and collected and ne answered In
the negative With dramatic effect the
direct question as to whether he had
knowledge CT the killing of Dahl or
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
A Combine Is Formed
to Do Up Roosevelt {!
capitalists and Trusts in Conspiracy to Preventive
y Nomination Of Roosevelt or Any Man
~ Receiving His Endorsement.

n n 81
chicA>I "A dispatch to The
Tribune ! Nshington says the big
interests or country have inaugu-
rated movement to discredit Presi-
dent Roosevelt, TO prevent the achieve
ment of his railroad and other reform
policies and to block the nomination
by the republican party of Secretary
Taft or any other Roosevelt man.
This movement is now under way in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and California.
This is the information President
Roosevelt has received from source
in which he places reliance.
The men behind this movement are
e. HI. Hartman, j. r. Morgan, the
Rockefellers and the other Standard
Oil interests, the tobacco trust and
certain other capitalists.
The movement is much like what is
known as the "rich mems conspira-
cy" of 1904, when at a meeting Har-
riman, so the president has been in
formed, soiemnly expressed his con-
viction that he could deliver the dele
gates to the republican convention
from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho,
Colorado, and California, to an anti
Roosevelt man. An investigation dem
onstrated that this claim was prepos-
terous.
1t was apparent from what the pres
ident said 10 the newspaper men yes
terday that he is not at all concerned
about the movement, which has been
started against him. The president is
quite content to accept the gage of
battle offered by Hartman and other
trust magnates. 1t is out of the ques-
tion now for him and Hartman ever
to resume friendly relations.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
ANANlAs HARTMAN.
He Has Been Made a Member of the
Club by Roosevelt


New York, April 4.-Mr. Hartman
will be cordially welcomed by the An
anias club. He merits the honor of
membership, for he hates the word
truth as it is spelled by President
Roosevelt, and can meet hysterical in
suits with quiet dignity.
Herbert W. Bowen.
Mr. Bowen was minister to Venez-
uela when the president made him a
member of the Roosevelt Ananias club.
Other distinguished men upon whom
President Roosevelt. conferred the til
ties necessary for membership are:
Ex-Judge Alton b. Parker
United States Senator Ben Tillman
of South Carolina.
Elk Senator William E. Chandler of
New Hampshire.
John f. Wallace, former engineer OF
the Panama canal
Henry NJ Whitney, millionaire, of
Boston
Bellamy storer ex-United States
ambassador to Austria.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
THE 500 is BLAMED.
coroner's Jury Investigated Death of
Cooney at Minot.

Minot, NJ d., April 4--The coronar'a
jury, composed of Messrs Scheer,
Knorr and Hurshberger, has returned a
verdict, stating that j. II. Cooney, who
was killed on the 500 tracks last week
came to his death through the care
lessness of the 500 road In allowing
it's trains to run at a greater speed
than allowed in the city ordinances.
From the testimony of the engineer
and fireman, it was proved that the
train was running at a speed of be-
tween fifteen and twenty miles an hour,
while the ordinances state that it shall
not exceed six
The engineer stated that he saw the
man and whistled twice His view was
then cut off by the boiler, but that even
then IL was too late to stop the train.
The body was shipped to Ruthven,
Ia, and the relatives were notified of
the decision of the jury.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
Horrible Holocaust in
San Francisco Today
Twenty Italians Were Burned to Death and Score
More Seriously Injured in Fire Which
Destroyed Hotel.

San Francisco, April 4.--Twenty men
were burned to death and twenty SER
iously injured in fire which Destroy
ed an Italian hotel at Seventeenth and
Connecticut streets in the Potrero dis
trict early this morning.
The iajured were laborers and were
asleep in their rooms when the fire
started. Before they could be
aroused the flames had spread through
the building. The walls fell and the
inmates were buried in the ruins and
roasted to death, twenty being taken
out dead and dying
Besides the known dead there are
missing the cook, Mrs. Rosa Besola.
an unknown woman and boy of
years and q girl Of years of age.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
HARTMAN Is
TO Be OUsTED
UNION PACIFIC DIRECTORS ARE
INDIGNANT.
Washington Hears Rumor That the
Resignation Of {. II. Hartman, the
President Of the U. p, Will be De-
nanded-successor Suggested.

Washington, April Alt is reported
this afternoon that special meeting
of directors of the Union Pacific rail-
road has been called to consider the
question of asking Mr. e. H. Hartman
TO retire from the presidency of that
road. Among the western men who are
directors of the Union Pacific are Will
liam d. Cornish formerly of st. Paul;
A. j. Earring, of the Milwaukee road,
and Marvin Hughitt, of the North
western system
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
BREWERS END STRIKE.
Employees Return to Work on Three
Year Contracts.

ST. Louis, April 4.--Contracts for
three years were signed by repre-
sentatlyes OF the various breweries and
striking employees and the strike was
officially declared terminated. There
was deadlock for two hours before
the contracts we're signed because the
brewery proprietors insisted on the In
sertion of an arbitration clause in all
the contracts. The strikers objected
but finally yielded. The changes in
hours and wages go into efTect immed-
lately and operations win be resumed
in breweries tomorrow.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
END OF DEBAucH.
Young Man Who squandered $4,000 in
a Week, Dying.


Des Moines, Ia, April AT the end
of a weeks spree, during which he
spent over $4,000. Samuel Stackley, son
of respected farmer, was found dying
from asphyxiation, together with his
paramour, Rozella Evans, at Marguer-
ite Hollands roomlng house in East
Des Moines today. For a week Stack
ley has been spending money, which he
received from his fathers estate, like
water. OF the $4,000 which he had
last Friday night. only $40 Is left The
rooming house in which the young man
and girl who was deeoyed TO the city
and whose life must pay the penalty.
has twice within two months Witnessed
such tragedieg rs. thataOf today. In
one instance an old man died BY the
gas route in room No. 1S and a week
later a young man from Knoxville died
in precisely the same way
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
EDITOR PAYS FOR FUN.
Veterans Resent Assertion That They
Coveted Lather

Berlin April IA quaint satire on
kaiser worship was the cause of libel
action against the Frankische Tages-
post of Nuremburg, socialist paper.
The paper printed a paragraph to
the effect that the kaiser's train stop
ped for fifteen minutes at country
depot for his majesty to get shaved,
and added that there afterwards was a
scramble for the lather scraped off the
imperial chin. the members of the
local Military Veterans association be-
sieging the barber for soapy souvenirs.
The veterans brought action against
the editor for this 0fnsultingp para
graph and the editor was fined. after
an amusing case which made even the
judge laugh.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
Farmers Elevator.

Aberdeen. s. D., April 4.-Farmers
living in and around Ortley, q little
hamlet few miles east of Waubay, s.
D., have decided to build an elevator
Ortley is an incorporated town and was
formerly known as Sand Cut because
of the abundance of gravel found in
that vicinity. Nearly all Of the gravel
with which the Milwaukee railroad
from Montevideo to Aberdeen is ball
lasted, was taken from there.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-04
The MURDERER
WAS ARRESTED
KILLER or MRS. GENTRY WAS
CAPTURED.
He Denies That He Killed the Woman
and Claims That Her Death Was,
Due TO suicide--He Admits His Iden-
tity.

New York, April IA man arrested
in Brooklyn on suspicion of being
Frank Constantine, charged with kill
ing Mrs Gentry of Chicago, today
admitted his identity, but said he did
not kill the woman. He said she COM
mitted suicide.