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Show M anting a- S- " riary V Being fZr .?oadra than oil cther paper. Don't forget thifc I for the Examiner oo o goptr circulation 'n the whole Snontlng tSi,, Utah Weather Forecast Iwailutr Iim (RECEIVES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES) Prcinc country f OGDEN IIL NO. 26 VOL, UTAH. CITY, FRIDAY MORNING had cjnd-liobeing in place almost impassable The tug liOrne has just rcturr.M Jo Ksquiuwii with the Bri.ih bluejacket front the Egeria. towing their life1 oa'.. They were unable to accomplish though every effort waa made. No bodies were brought by the Ia"iic. With the finding of four more N'ew York. Ju. Ja. Tin- lust stage mi of the Valencia Turret lsbnd. one of the aic'iin lr.. of the. trial of .Y.iiiul:i lMpgood. Weei.li. in the center of Barkley sound, the! editor of ColHei total number of survivors accounted with criminal libel hi ; h. publication uiou City for reaches thiriy-sevt-persona. The of paragraph eoniLiu-niiii. with three who were found on Turret. Ixland Magistrate Deuel-was Town were! Topic, today when when ditroiered by the Indian was ended the taking of Marring, ti.id suffering front privation and Edward 1 of counsel endured-'i hey reported that a fourth edi or. made the openinan who lind reached shore with tliciu for the accused for l defense. At ing argument had been lest in the bric-h- . adCar lie Ruse, an Indian policeman, lhe conclusion of Mr. iu dewhich dles to the he men the send three jur. after arranging to Hi ing aimed in lhe clared e that cry on to Toquatt. the nearest village in Colliers was true and in Vcluelet arm. by an Indian canoe, paragraph iu he commented aevcrelv upon sent out parties of Indians u ttrvh thewhich character of Town Topics as a a not more than six or seven in all, and for the other survivor, who whichwf publication, an adjouiuuicnt was tsken i the of brush island, the iu wln-Mr. Bunker and D. F. Richie, v, a firellisuict Attorthe Indians were until tomorrow, man were all that made the land, after not a large one. As screws :o Toqunrt ney Jerome will sum up fur the prosepad-dito preparing being thrown into the breakers. steamer Shamrock arrived cution. The people on board had not taken rite little the Several witnesses were examined men on board. On artook and to the rigging when these boats left. during the early hour of today's sesli an the three survivors Text at rival It wae not until the steamer swung sion. The striking feature of the teshouse of Governwas given by .Mr. llapgood around broadside to the shore and were taken to the Hel.Iers. whore timony J. H. Lineman ment sunk by the bow, leaving but the himself when he took the stand iu hia care. of The best are the geiting houses on the hurricane deck above they own behalf and derlared that what two bodies water that thev went into the rigging. Shamrock also brought he written about Town Topics of Turret waa had up on the shore baaed That all who took refuge there per- picked hv upon information furnished news the Indians. When him bv DLtrlcl Allot net Jerome to ished seems now certain. When the reach- himself. life raft picked up bv the City of of the finding of more survivors of maJames Gandln, agent ed Mr. Jerome here caused some merriTopeka left the wreck they were be- rineCapt. at Vktorla, he Immediately tele- ment by hia ataiement that showed ing gradually swept away by the seas, to dispatch the to Bamfield graphed after all he wa the writer of the which broke against lhe vessel, anil to t Salvor to up learner pick Tnquart articles involved in the trial. before darkness last night the hull was men. That la true In a measure, assentsubmerged and all who remained were the ed Mr. Hapgnod. lost. This morning the steam whaler Robert Collier of Collier Weekly, Orion, a small vessel, which could apSeattle, Wash., Jan. 25.Survivors proach nearer the wreck than any of the wreck of t.he steamship Valencia testified todav that Mr. Hapgond had of the rescue steamers, found only a who were picked up from a life raft written the article concerning Justice portion of the Valencia's mast and der- by th steamer City of Topeka are of Deuel and Town Tunics under Instrucrick steaming above water. There la the opinion that Cspt. M. Johnson, tions from hhn. District Attorney very little wind today, btu there U a master of the Valencia, made no effort Jerome recalled Col. W. D. Mann, swell running which 1 very heavy, to save hi own life, even were a editor of Town Topic, to give hia though not to be compared with that chance prevented. According to their version of hie dealings wiib Bernara of Wednesday. bt'jry. Captain Johnson was heartbro- X. Baker, of Baltimore, and also to Tne whaler's crew picked np a few ken over the great los of life attend- deny the statement of Harry Lehr nd several other social v people had jackets and caps and a number of ing the wreck of the Valencia. With tense, drawn fare. Captain furnlahed paragraphs to Town Topics. strips of blankets which had eviThe last act of District Attorney dently been used as laahinga by those Johnson, clinging to the rigging with who took to the rigging. The Salthe paaaaiigera, i bought only of tho-- e Jerome for lhe prosecution waa to vor's company also proceeded to the with hhn and time and again prayed place lir evidence a letter from former President Grover Cleveland, who had wreck today, after making three ef- fc assisrance. fort! to land at Darling Creek, but My God, send relief to ray passen- been given an honorary subscription aa the ateamcr waa unable to proceed gers, Captain Johnson waa heard to to Fads and Fancies, stating that aa close aa the whaler, those on board say yesterday morning just before he had examined the publication and aaw nothing of the wreck. The butt the life rafts left the t earner. Passen- thought if an admirable book." At the afternoon icsalon of oourt, of the mast was seen above water gers and crew, during the night prior and a boat went to make an examinato tha departure of the life rafta. ac- Hdwsrd M. Shepard summed up for tion. The broken maat waa found to cording to those saved, begged Captain the defense. He said that technically be entwined In vanvaa, while flannel Johnson to place a life bek about his the parties to the case are the people and calico, which appeared to have waist. This he, persistently refused to of the state of Nrw York aa combeen part of the cargo, in an attempt do In phe of the fact that thoee plainant and Mr. Hapgood aa defendto igah some of tho passengers to the tear him and who still thought of him ant, hut that no one wlm had attended maat. A good deal of the wreck wsa in a ktndiv light, begged hhn to think the session of the court could be 11 ore seen adrift, but no bodies. Fear bodies of his family and friend, but Captain hill that the real psiliea are Mr. have been recovered. From Parhena Johnson would not do a single thing Hapgood and Town Topic and Jnaiice Deuel. Mr. Hanaond was no trial, he Nut, where a correspondent cut In to help hie condition. with, jut instrument ..to send the acabout said, for the editorial in Colliers of AocoreJJng to Jheae survivor count of the survivors predicament thirty .persona left the wreck Wednes- Ananat 6. in which Justice Deuel waa at Darling river. It waa reported that day morning on the two life rafta and criticised. If the lurv found that edithree, alt Identified, had been picked in one boat. Captain Gibbs, who went torial to be true it must find a verdict up. The Orien and Salvor, on returnfrom Beattie to the scene of the wreck of not guilty for Hapgond. Mr. Bhenard referred to Juatlne ing to Bamfield, did not report finding on the steamer' City of Topeka, reearn ah ip Donel'a poult ion on Town Topics aa a any corpses and the tug Lorn and turned here today on Ihs Pioneer and steamer of Topeka, Texan, which passed in through the quasi editorial writer." While he was sitting en the bench which have left to proceed inward, cal lait night. their masters satisfied that no more We arrived at the scene of th he was r Trying on a Dr. Jckyll and can he done from seaward to save wreck about 9 o'clock yesterday morn- Mr. Hyde business In the offices of comlife, did not report having located any ing, GUtha. "At &lil Captain that Town Topics and the that victims. The Salvor and Orien will time we could see nothing of the Val- pany. We ssi," he continued, continue to the wreck and the tuga encia There was a thick fog hangs the business of Town Topic was to Iorne and Pioneer and the steamer ing over the sirs its and nothing but print scandal or to sunnrsss ft for payCity of Topeka have started home- the white foam of the breakers could ment of money by those who were In taking this money we ward. From this time the greater be seen from our dark. cowardly. part of the work will be done aahore. The Clly of Topeks steamed to aiy Deuel was a corrupt judge. comThe slock of the Town Topics Tonight parties went np along the shout threiiarters of s mile at the tried to beach to make an investigation at the Valencia. Owing to the heavy sea it pany on which spot where the fire waa seen to make waa not dwmed wise to proceed fur-the-r. make losns, Mr. Bhspsrd said, was held by him In trust for his daughter. aura whether the party seen there waa Deuel, he said, was joined In a shipwrecked company or some of We epr-kthe steamer Queen, and Justice those that are patrolling the shore were Informed that about 9 oclock this trust deed. The polished gentleto see us for Town line. there were estimated to Its about sixty man who comes come after the fashion A dispatch from Bamfield st 6:20 still clinging to the rigging of Topics does not person a. m. reports the tug Pioneer arrived the Valencia. The City of Topeka of bandit demanding your money or your life, but in the most kindly and at Neah Bay. at 7:30 y. m. and I hen embed about the entrance of the nsve way he tell you that the boys the City of Topeka following st rail s In the hope of finding survivors. of the office waat to print a story her from the wreck, en route to At 12:30 v;e picked up the raft Seattle with 23 survivors on board. "The ce.idHlrtn of the survivor wra hut they can be bought off. said Mr. These are the ten taken from the raft ileploratde. All were so numbed that Shepard. "Col. Mann got fin.OnO from and five taken from thp Salvor, being they could not get on their feet and a trust company In which Thomas F. without putthe boat's company which reached had to he hanled aboard the Topeka Ryan is the ting np collateral or a note with the Cape Beale on Tuesday and made thr in the anus of our crew. first report of the disaster. The tug The survivors Informed me that the names of two solvent men on It. That reported on Its arrival at Nash Bar officers of the Valencia dd all they la not usually the way a trust comthe Queen had continued on her rould to Impress upon their mind that pany does business. He got M.W voyage to San Francisco and the lug there would be hut Hills chance for from James R. Keene on real estate Iiorne was returning to Victoria, the help after the last boats bad- gone. .over night. Town Topics, he Mid, Is composed Salvor continuing the patrol of the sea B ill (he women refused to take to the hetrsy confidence. near Cape Beale. life rafta and as a consequence men of men bribed in and even ministers Dispatches from Bamfield say there took ilisir place. That was one of Servants, valet is some doubt with regard to the nmn the first questions I asked those on were asked to heresy their secrets and seen on the beach between Beegadoes the raft vdien they came aboard the confidences. There la In Town Topirs office," Point and Khraawav being survivors, City of Topeka. All staled that the the correspondent is of the opinion ibest of order prevailed and the men aid Mr. Shepard, what is called an that they were men who bad gone showed every courtesy to the women. index, a hlstorv of lechery, lust disfrom the west coast points to endeavor When the time came for the life honesty, beastliness and gruesome to suecor anyone who reached shore boats to leave the Valencia yester- scandal gathered in the home and elsefrom the Valencia. The people ashore day the officers ordered all the wom- where by agents of the paper for use were sighted first from the 8alvor. The en to take to the refta. The survivors at a moment's notice. Think of the steam whaler Orion was signalled and state that In spite of the fact that the names of young girls and the scandal Whv, the Devil himadvised to go nearer shore and Valencia was beginning to break ifr there preserved. with The Orion went as near aa the women refused pleasure aa he to go onto the life self might laugh possible and re polled there were two boats and on the raft, elating that blind paragraphs." treasure house of group of people on shore. With the they would take tlielr chances with be goo throuarh that finished hta arguWhen Mr. Bhepsrd heavy sea it waa Impossible to land the ship rather than leave, adjourned until towith a boat. At 1 p. m. the Orion reThe officers did all they could to ment the case was ported two men and a boy on the Impress u;on their mind the fact morrow, when Dls'rict Attorney Jerbeach near where the people had been that there was but little chance for ome will sum up for the prosecution. previously seen and it was then that help after the last boats had gone. the i tug Lome was communicated A survivor ays that men. women with and the naval crew of blue oiid children, singing Nearer, My H. M. S. from attemptEgeria jackets God, to Thee. shivered and clung tocomIn land. The ed to sailors, gether on the hurricane deck of the mand of Lieut. Knight, reported that Valencia when the steamer Queen hove In the were there eight or ten people in sight. The women on the group, hut they did not think they vessel took off ihelr did not end saturating them withunderskirts were shipwrecked men. They kerosene, when the burned them as signal to st'ract make any attempt to get off passboat wsa attempting to make a landIn Cleveland. Ohin. Jan. 25. At the but all vsin ing ConrluKlnn of the abernnnn here today ing. Before leaving, the sailors on tried to float Aval ashore the of the Investigation Into the Standard EIGHTEEN PICKED UP. in barrels, but the surf swept. the Oil remipanv's rn:h"d of doing hnsi barrels out and none reached shore. of ness, Inaugurated by the state On the return of the Salvor to San Francisco. Jan. Missouri, Attornv General Hadley of Bamheld. arrangement were made to Wallace, tuperiirt ended in this city that state, who iu conducting the exfend a party' from the land aide to cf iitie Ffccfic Coaet Steamship amination of witnesses, snounced that received a dispatch this after sufficient evidence hid been produced where the men were seen on the noon from James E. rharo, the com- during the day to warrant the bringbeach. ' Word was received st 11:15 p. m. nl pany's agent at Seattle who went on ing of criminal proceedings under the Bamfield from Captald Ferris; who the City of Topeka to the rescue of laws of New Yoifc. Mr. Hadley said: left with a party from the steamer the Valencia's survivors, reporting the Louis H. Tumll. the accountant of Salvor this morning to bring In the picking up of the raft with eighteen Detroit, and for some years an emof the 'Valencia who men already reported. The dispatch ploye of the Standard Oil company, nine eurvl-or- e were at Darling river, about fifteen added that when lhe men rescued left who hss been on he stand all way. miles front Bamfield. The party was the wreck yesterday morning there has given us rkr Wt exposition of twelve hears on lhe trail and. front were known to be on beard the Val- Standard Oil of anything : accounts received by Captain Ferris encia the which we have y obtained. tb rirvlvcrs are suffering great priva Johnson. First Officer Mr. Turrcdl Im- sworn here today Captain tlous. StL.:e are without boots and Holmes, Fourth Officer Alem,. Chief thot he wav i:::'i''nl by Standard Oil will have to walk In bare feet. Others Engineer W. E. Downing. Assistant officials to b!n the uame of F. A. are insufficiently clothed. Captain Freight Clerk E. E. Hojkins. Chief Turrell to tbe documents, when In Ferris wili leave at daybreak tomor- Bteward J. Hodlnot. Second Steward reality his name - Louis II. Turrell. row for Bamfield wlih the entire party X. It. Campbell. Barkeeper Wilkins. His testimony further shows that his Porter Hughes. signature was ne'e sworn to. and th" "uni. doe not expect to get In until S ewardei Saturday morning. The Salvor nil notary who took hi affidavit can. unwail. Th trails are reported In very der the laws of New York, be (Continued on Page 6.J GRAFTING GONE TO COD, SEND RELIEF TO SEED .inv-tnin- - g n !e.i(-h-i- $Jttt the Words Used by Capt. Johnson of Steamer Valencia Took the No Thought of Himself. Ill-Fa- ted !5. The B. C., Jan. Victoria, recked steamer Valencia now Ilea a aubmYl and broken, and but a por-tiowater, above of a mart stand and the fleet of ateamero and tug have today hem turning their attention to petroling the vicinity in the or wreckhope of finding boots, rafta with though afloat survivors, age itlll ibs chanica are email. Ashore several pantos have been toiling over mort arduous trail, come currying succor to rtioe who were washed arhore, others erourlng the rugged rocks of the shore line seeking lor survivors who may have reached shore and he lying foodleaa and helpless, and others are engaged in the melancholy duty of recovering bodies. Of the total company of 154, but have been definitely acthirty-thre- e counted tor, and three men believed U be other survivors, were area on shore firm the whaling vessel Orion near the wreck, huddling about a Are. Mix uvlvors have been taken on the Salvor; nine, mom of them so badly cut up and bruised, without boots and se ovcreosr.o that they cannot Hand, much lest walk, art still camped at Darling creek, a telegraph hut, and eighteen others were picked up by the With the three aeen City of Topeka. from the Orion a mile and a half from the wrork added, the survivors total riiirty-alx- , having a death lint of 119 person. Not a woman or child 1 among the naved. Scant hope ia entertained by those that 0.1 btunl the palrollng steamer any others will be recovered, for the doctors on rescuing tug nay the limit of taumjn tmhirance will have been tuuwcd before this time. The fleet of steamers' rnghged Ip palrollng were rera this morning In the vicinity of Darlln; river. The steamer Salvor, which left Rato field creek this, nursing after sending part of her crew over the land trails to seek survivors, and tne tha ling steamer Orion (a vessel better rqtlippod than any In this neighborhood to throw lines to rhe , being equipped with a harpoon gun), the yteamer Queen, which stopat the scene en route to Ban Fran-cisrped the tug Twne, sent from Victoria lut right with a party of and a lifeboat, on Itoard, were all there, and, aa far as could lie harm'd fr.im correspondent a at various points, none had succeeded in finding oiher survivors. The steamer Bab vor made an effort to get one f her boat through the turf near Darling wn-ck- blue-acke- rs reek thl-- morning to land . supplies far the men at Darling telegraph hilt, hut the surf too high, and it seemed Impossible ip gpt a lost tnronph It. The 4 Hist was forced to -eturn. The Balror noon afterward located tvo men and a boy. At 1:40 a. m. a fire, evidently built, aa a signal. w.i. aeen on the beach between deegarlea point and Klanewnk. where Me wreck Ilea. After transferring the virvlvor taken from the Bamfield to ;he .reamer City of Topeka, the Salvor 2e? 10 notify the tug Lome of the finding of the party on shore, and vi. the British bluejackets on I.on)e with a lifeboat would "'"iiipr a landing. Captain Butler replied they would try, but the under-tssiii- g was moat dangerona and un-f- e The British bluejacket, how-''evolunteered to make the attempt n.ii nude a daring effort. They were i naueeeaf,ii. however, and the Bailors vsre obliged to return after Mthin three boar lengths of thegetting chore. Mme don lit waa held on the tug if the cn ihore were Priy survivor of the wreck, for, after the boat started Tmr,. several others were seen and nei eenu-to make no attempt to V If board I r. d 0. r- Failing to make a landing, the sall- ,r'"l wnd food aahore in bar-- . n M,t iirrewfu!. this th , g not wrr lo pxpw.te(j iin- - that nav),hle for some the failure of the Salvor m land supplies. fhe ateam whaler tirirn vjo,, afterward, returned to Hamfleld. to those there that aid notify niuxt be sent by land. The nine men r" f,n the sjde of river nearest the wreck and Darling Messrs Rich-onMcWha and Mouelr, cable who went, taking supplies. pc and telegraph Jnstmmenta with Mem to the scene of the wreck were cross the swollen creek, X" creek is now three times Its "'ling normal and a swift current runs "ward a fall near' the month. But of 'he survivors had managed to F- F. nimker. assistant sehonl Mperm-enden- t ,,f Seattle, a psosenger, hn se,p from the wreek after are- 'fe and two daughters drown the steamer by the swamp-of the boat, awam across the w.rt. ereek. A man of wonderful he plad a rope about himself .,LK?ed ,na made lhe n'Mmpt. He n jwr:ded. though he was almost to the fall. Other attempts ere made to cross low water, and r nartv succeeded,at Its way working th wreck, s. accompanied by the who were able to go- - From it waa learned that the nine bad escaped. There were In num-e- r two and five boats and were but Prcenuge of the crews of these who were washed ashore after w; boat had been capsized la the "Hkers onUMe the heavy turf the day of the disaster. Inrolling boat 1 nhen It started from the , were fifteen In alL and eightship of e diowned. All had life 'rvrs on. Boat No. 5 had steamer with very tv passengers. J1 iar,,,l,L,wJn h d. op-Rj- - ? car-dow- sur-runr- ? ht-r- -- -ft . h- - s 1 Ess-Ks- a Col.-Man- vice-preside- STANDARD OIL ON THE STAND ve-ee'- com-puny- folio-wing- - Mu-gro- JANUARY 2b, Fair Friday and Saturday. I 906. PRICE for forgery in the first degree. It ho up u Mr. Jeiomo to say ibe puiiuus who iuduced Tur-ieto sign Ills name fUely can be iuviultd in riic iiroecutioiis." FIVE CENTS will wh'-tlie- !l Clct eland. Ohio. an. 25. Tire taking of i lie depositions of Cleveland iinlcpeudent oil men iu the case of the Btae of Mireuuri against lhe Standard Oil company h.o begun before Xouiv W. here today. Attorney Gcnei.il lludb ly. of Missouri, wa to couduct rite examinapuent tion of rite wiines. three of whom had put in an a'pearnncc when the first M'ssiun wa rallrd to order, iaiuia Turrell. of Deiioii. a former accountant of the Standard Oil company iu St. .Usteph, Mmaouri. and other cities, was called a the firm w it near. Mr. Turrell testified to farts i lie format inu of the Republic Oil rompauv of Cleveland, which Mr. Hadley holds to be s Standard Oil couceru. Mr. Turrell staled that Iu 191. while In S(. Joseph, he W'as called to lhe Standard Oil company's offices in New York and waa asked to become s director snd stockholder in R new oil contpauy, which afterward proved to be the Republic Oil company. He slated that he waa induced to sign articles of incorporation aa F. A. Turrell, instead of Loula 11. Turrell. and was asked to asy nothing about being a Standard Oil employe. Mr. Turrell then gave a complete history of all the Iranaactlona In connection with the Standard Oil company. He atated that, he subscribed to JUKI shares of slock, for which he did not pay a rent and that he waa made secret ary and treasurer and director of the company and wa given charge of the arrouiuhig system In GEN. JOSEPH The Hero of Two Wars Falls a Victim of Pneumonia After an Illness of Six Days At the Age of Sixty Nine, g the Cleveland field. lie testified aa In meetings of the directors of The RepttliHlc company at the Slam d 'Oil company's office at 2d Brod v York, on several occasions that everything done waa i in and order of H. M. Tit the executive .. Oil company. heads of t He was present, he said,' when the final settlement was made for the property of Scofield, Schurmer and Teable. which was later transferred lo the Republic Oil company. He stated that, the aetilment took place In the office of Virginia P. Kline, a Standard OH attorney, in Cleveland, and that the field firm of Scofield, Schur-me- r and Teagle received la payment a check and notes signed by the officials of tha Republic Oil company. The witness Md he signed the check snd notes In his capacity as secretary and treasurer. Mr. Turrell asid ha was Instructed not to use any at tha forma of the Standard Oil company in hia accounting system, eo that it would not become known that tha Standard had anything to do with the Republic company. lie further testified that all of hi communications were directed to 75 Near etreet, New York, which was the back entrance to the Standard building at 26 Broad. New York. Jan. 23. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, hr famous Confederal e cavalry leader and a brigadier general of the United States army ince the war with Spain, died at 6:35 oclock this afternoon at the home of hU alvter, Mrs. Sterling Smith, In Brooklyn, aged C9 years. In spite of hi age there wa hope until yemerday of hia recovery from the attnrk of pneumonia I which earned his death. It has i.ot yet been derided where tbe bndv will 4 interred, but It probably will he in Arlington National cemetery, nrer Washington. Announcement at tho plans for th funeral will lie made tomorrow. General Wheeler wa taken ill six days ago at ha staters home, where he hod been living recently. He contracted a evrre raid which developed into pleurisy and pneumonia. From lhe first his age told against him, but the family did not give np hope uniil list night, when fhe disease waa found to have iffected both lungs. General Whrtlrrr .ftnediste relatives were II with him. The family were summoned to lhe bedside of the patient at midnight hud night, when the doctors in consultation concluded that Hi end was 4ul matter cf hour. The general waa then awake and conscious and his mind whs apparently active. He seemed to Vnow (fist death was and though too weak to epaak, he succeeded In giving sign of recognition snd ncouragnnent to " his children. Later the general tank Into a peaceful Humber, and at th request of the doctor the family quietly withdrew from the sick mens bedside. General Wheeler wa never again more than scmi-coscion. He lingered nntll this evening snd passed sway quietly. 25. Frank Cleveland, 0., Jan. Rockefeller gave out a statement this afternoon in which he denied that h had told the deputy sheriff who served him with a subpoena to appear aa n witness in connection with the action of 4he a:a!e of Mlaaouri against the Standard Oil company that he would refuse to testify. "I have, however," he said, explained to Attorney General Hadleys thst my connection with the oil cessed six years prior to the time :o which Iris suit refers, and I think that, he ia Mliafled that I have no Information that would he of any use to lliis llilgaiKUi, hut should be sek me lo appear aa a witncaa I will, of course, bual-uei-- respond. TRAIN STRUCK LANDSLIDE Spokane, Jan. 25. Burlington passenger train No. 6, esathound, struck a landslide on the Great Northern Railway near Rock Island, Washington, early this morning. The engine waa thrown into an almost perpendicular poMtlon. while the tender and baggage car were thrown into the Columbia river. Marlin Murray, the baggageman was drowned. A number of workmen were sllgbtlv hurt, but none of tbe passengers were seriously injured. JAPANE8E FINANCES. Toklo. .T;in. 25. The finance M. in the house Mr. Sakalanl, e of today, tha ho proposed to convert eighty million dollar of th war laxe, into permanent and In ethllfh a debt, with impost of connlMton fund for the servire which 655 010 001 would lie devoted annually In addition to the $1,000,000 for the same purhitherto Bo:h propoKsIs were strongly pose. epposed by the house. emphaTh premier.1 M. Saionjix. sised (he imperative necessity for it united effort to cope whh :he situation crente'i by the war and the heavy expenditure which il had entailed. min-is'e- n MORE HAZING' COPPER 8ENT EAST. Martinez. Cal.. Jan. 25. The Mountain Copper company, located near here, shipped lo San F.ancif'-- I hia week 150 loua of copper foi transportation around (he Horn to the refinery plant in tha east owned by the company. The refinery plant hre la not completed and. uuill It la ready, the. works in the east will be kept in upnu-lionThe prevent ahlpninu ia 'slued at over llbu.otiv. -- V'1 TALK Washington, Jan. 85. The siihmls. ion by Secretary Bonaparte of an bill and testimony of Rear Admiral Banda, superintendent of the antl-hasln- g naval academy, to discipline at Annapolis, featured todays meeting of the house committee on naval affairs. Admiral Banda surprised many member! of the committee by ' staling furnkly that no investigation had been made at Annapolis to determine whether; officers have had knowledge of th violations of tlie laws wblrh went unpunished. He furthermore made It clear that .he did not think Mich an Inquiry necessary or desirable. In the opinion of Admiral Sands the superintendent of the psvel academy nd the secretary of tho navy should be allowed to carrels thrid decrealon in punishing hazing offenses. Ha favors the system of graduated punishments, suggested to the committee by Bee ret ary Bonaparte. Admiral Bands contended that tbe discipline at Annspolla wee excellent. He said he had no doubt It was quite equal to that of West Ioitit, and expressed the opinion that no equal number of young men assembled anywhere were belter liebsved. Secretary Bonapartes bill provides: "That the secretary of the navy shall have tha power and authority In hia discretion to dismiss at any time from th United Blatea Naval Academy any midshipman whose continued presence at the erarlemy he shall deem contrary to the best interests of the service; provided, that before exercising power and authority hereby conferred. the said secretarr of lhe navy shall inform In writing, the said midshipman of hia reason for contemplating Its exercises and hll receive and consider any written communication which the said midshipman may see fit to submit In the premises within such reasonable time aa may be fixed by tbe said secretary at the navy. 'Hazing Is defined in the bill as follows: The offense of Aiaslng aa mentioned In this act shall consist of any unauthorised aaumniion of authority by one midshlnman over another midshipman, whereby the last mentioned midshipman shall or may suffer or be exposed to suffer any cruelty. or onnresKion or the deprivation or abridgment any right to which he shall be legally entitled. antl-liszlii- g CHAPIN'C repre-'-ntativ- i drke, fourth class man, said the accused had aked him to do the "Sixteenth" and stand on his heaJ. The prosecution rested its case at this point. No other witnesses were called. In his cloning statement Mr. Thrall urged that the court waa iurarrect la its lutings and ihst nothing had been proved which amounted to hazing within the meaning of tbe law. Tbe judge advocate submitted th case without argument. MANN ON CA8E. Annapolis. Mr.. Jan. K. In five minute less than an hour thi afternoon the court mrtial completed th" whole trial of Midshipman Ned L. f'hapln. of PaMdnna. California, and in twenty minutes more, the judge advocate waa called to record ..the verdict. It will be announced after it' baa been acted upon by the reviewing officers. s man, waa acChapin, a cused of hazing George L. Weyler. a fourth class man from Emporia. Kan., by compelling him to get under lbs table during part of a meal and Horace W. Xordvke. of Indianapolis, by making him stand on hi h'Sd and do the Sixteen.. Mr. Theail. Chapin's counsel, demurred to the peclflca-tlouclaiming that they did not support the charge of haziug. The demur was overruled and the accused pleaded not guiltv. Midshipman George M. Gelsinger. of the third class, said that he had heard ('bavin give an order to Weyler. which caused him lo gel under the table Midshipman Horace W. Nor- . first-clas- s, rr ' TRIAL. Jan. 25. The trial Richard IV Matin, 1'iealriential appolnice, was continued thU morning. Seven additional witnesses the defense were examined. Thar 1 not the slightest indication thst the end of the hazing case la In sight. Charges hare hern filed gainst Xrd Leroy Chapin, a find classman from 1aaadena, CaJ.. and George H. Melvin of Gencso, IU., all of the thi-- d class. Annapolis, 51d., uf Midshipman f.-- CONFERENCE PROGRESSES SLOWLY - way. The witness declared that he was Instructed to do all he could to create tha Impression that the Republic company was an independent company and' to deny nil reports that it was controlled by the Rlsndsrd. In proof of this, letter signed by Walter G. of tbe Republic Teagle, asking varicomiffiny, was produced ous agents to send out letters to dealers semiring them that It was not true that the Repuhlic company had sold out to the Standard. The reports were true, however, asid Mr. Turrell, as everybody In our office know that the letters were sent out in an effort to hide the truth." WHEELER Algedna, Jan. 258:20 p. m. Spain at today's reaaloa of the Moroccan conference, presented the draft of n convention providing for a be tier return of fixation in Mornoro and alao for the creation of new revenue. The conference, after some discussion, the opinion shat nothing should be proposed for MtrOnco which may modily the Jmeia ft the present tirgaiUzarinn of she country or Win euniraiflcrii-with the habile of tha Moronean people regarding land tax- ' The dooforenr derided that tho wirir of drawing tip tho pew rules lie shall enl rusted o the same committee wrtrh examined the quest loa ol ra-lrof she of the trade In contra band arn-- , with the addition at Del plan, Rushan and Moroccan mem hers AN OLD BANK FAILS Ban Franclarc an. 25. The bank of Ban Lula Obispo, lhe oldest banking instiution In that city, with a paid In capital of IHhi.iKH). was closed today by the state hoard of bunk commissioners by order r tho attorney general. The reason given I that the Institution waa unable to meet the demands of Its depositor. . It la claimed, however, by irealdeut . I,. Criltendun, of the bank, that It la perfectly solvent, as the real estate II owns la worth at least I40.IHM) more than has been estimated. For this reason, he refused to sign the last official Htntrment of tho banks affairs, which waa made to the eommlaakiiiere on December 30, 1905. showed asset of fl59.Nl 3, tho amount due depositors being $59,913. The statement waa signed hr Cash lor IV. Wilson. IN NEW EARTHQUAKES MEXICO. Denver. Colo., Jan. 23. A peelal to the Itepubllran from Albuquerque, N. M saya that tho whole wrriern country from Gallup, N. M., to Bellgmsn, Arlx.. a distance at several hundred miles, experienced earthquake shock shout 1:3d p. m. this afternoon. At Gallup th motion was from west to rocked and people fled cit:t. Hui'-insprerlpilet'l' from iheir houae. At William. Arlz., the shock resembled Goods were thrown from an eznlo'-vir- . tne shelves of the mores and several buildings jerked from their foundamoved the tions. At Flag-tn- ff from ranth to mirth. Chimney were tumbled over and ih plastering in several room of the rrilrosd hospital fell. A number of paLieotv fled in fear, kloving trains In the disturbed area were hnlicil by the shook , which were plainly fell by the train crew. No loss of i;f: or damage to property ha been reported thus far. u TRIAL RESUMES. GREEN-GAYN0- Savannah. Ga., Jan. 25. Upon resumption of the Green nnd Gsiynnr trial today argnment on the admission of of certain letters am telearsm Captain Carter to vaefnp person, was continued. Govevmneri muul Er- e win called upon tbe defense Jo the original of the letter of which he submitted copies. P. IV. Mrlflrlm. for the defense, replied that all of' the papers of Greene and Gay-no- r Lad bten turned over to the torney general of the United tSates The court reserved decision. pro-dur- ANARCHISTS RAIDED. Pn.. Jan. 23. Monongnbela. Petro Fnrarika. Levi nn-- Con-Lnri- ra al- leged aerrctsrii of the anarchistic organization whose headquarter are at ILird. Pn.. v. ere raided eavlv Tuesday morning nnd tire president ned A num-, ber of the hand captured togeihe'-were arre-s- d today In a mininr shaft near West EHza'teth. Pa. Many letters, a shotgun, ta Winchester rifle and a number of revolver were found. The men were . i i 8 :1 Lapa 4a.Ii |