The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1906, Page 2

JELECATES EXD RAILROAD - RATE BILL 0C ATTENT JELIBERATIONS National Insurance Conven- tion Adopts a ries of Comprehensive Resolutions OUTCOME SATISFACTORY Deferred Dividend - Plan Is Condemned and Declared to Be Unjust to Insuared Rk B RY AGO, Feb ~Delegates to the vention embodied #f thelr two days of of comprehensive voted ‘against the ne, and ‘twenty mative. “The State resented, did that results he lu affi States and the conven- e of fif- to its ) enlarge eems proper. This a report, which mceting which me time as ‘the nal Insurance which - will in Washing- a 18 @ me ne adopted esalut the system a mmonly known as the plas condemned was a tc uniform refer. of a with form standard jeration »{ the convention f the Dis that couid ng wes work be of has Washington, Wy were among those Who & fon & the vote of f the adoption of the urned to meet a time be determined by ee of the National s ers, the tonvention same time as the con- f ational Insurance Com- re and place of the s now set for Wash € 8 but both time and N nae. mm en: which is to »h proposed changes nce methods will report 10 be held hereafter. —_———— | | JEROME WILL OPPOSE NEW TRIAL FOR PATRICK Plans to Contest the Motion of the | Lawyer Condemned to Death. YORF eb. 2.—Preparations e District Attor- the motion of Al- k fo new trial. Assist- trict Attorney Carvan had a r. Otto H. Schuiltze the affidavits of ) swear that the evidence William Marsh Rige to oppe as . chlc and that the nt 1id could- have reached pec ce's body Attorney’s office is a ookir 6 the history of Alexande wh kes the principal af- erning statements made by Jones in Texas. Attorney H uke was asked yester- tement of Jones on the atrick made a confession Houge said that there was regard to lawyers divulg- & ged information from clients i he had nb desire to violate NI Denel Will Not Resign. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Justice Joseph M.. Deuel, whose criminal libel suit st- Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, resulted in Hapgood's 2] by 0 the jury last week, will not Sp Feb The :Soythwestern zation Compary, organized Jaws of the Territory of Oklahoma, deal yesterday . for the ‘puschase of et of in tne State of Tamauli: iles from the capital, Vietorls. - SOOTT'S. EMULSION. FOOD OR STIMULANT. Ask your doctor- if when he orders a patient to drink lots of pure milk be advises the - addition of a large quantity of whiskey. . Hell tell you “no” very emphati- cally. Yet there are people who, .when ordered to get Scott's Emulsion, will accept some wine, cordial-or extract of cod liver oil and think it is the same thing or better. If you want &nd need cod liver oil in its best, purest and most easily digested form, get Scott’s Emulsion. If you want whiskey, that’s another matter, but don’t look for the same results. SCOTT & BOWNE, ¢op Pearl 81, New York, | plaints that | power. ial-Sessions bench. | | of dishonesty. P VAR Congsessman Burton Talks in Favor of Measure, Says = Discrimination Could and Should Be Stopped. | —_——— | McCall of Massachu- setts Leads the Opposition. Proposed Law Is Too: Sweeping in Its Character. i el it WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Oratory on the railroad rate bill heid the attention of the House for six hours to-day. - The speeches of Burton of Ohio, McCall of Massachusetts and Russell of Texas were features, while Thomas of North Caro~ ling, Burke of South Dakota and Goulden of New York took up particular and spe- cific topics. Burton discussed the broad fleld of | proper national, ideas and growth of in-: dustry, corporation development and traf. fic_increase McCall made an attack on the bill, opening the opposition to its fundamental features and making, as he knew, u vain | effort to have the power to Tegulate rail- road rates ndministered by tage courts. | Point after point he made to show what | he contended were the weaknesses and evil of Government rate-making, illus- trating by records of foreign countries: Russell argued for the measure. He spoke as 2 Democrat and gave that party credit for sustained effort and for care- | | ful secrutiny in the perfecting of the| measure. | Purke. a |masiber of e’ combittes 1] which the bill originated, explained its | details | Before proceeding to the consideration | of the railroad rate bill the House passed | a bill extending the public land laws to a tract of land ten miles square in Wyo- | ming ceded to the Government in 1897 | by the Shoshone and Arapalioe sndians. | THOMAS OPENS DISCUSSION. Thomas of North Carolina opened the | discussion on the rate bill, making an argument in its favor. Thomas said the bill was In line with the Democratic po- | sition, the President’s position, the views of the Interstate Commerce Commission, | commercial bodles all over the country, including his own State the outgrowth of public géntiment. Referring to the losses sustained by the wruckers of his district last spring, he ipsisted refrigerator cars shouid be placed under the control of the commission. Goulden of New York gave his reasons for supporting the bill. It was the best of its kind ever presented. Its benefits were greater than its defects. In beginning an hour's speech in favor of the bfll, Burton of Ohlo dwelt upon the enormity of the corporations in this country. He could remember when this was not the case, when small businesses flourished. Now the mechanism of steam hag transformed industry completely, so that the employe is but a cog in a tre- mendous mechanism. The greatest strides in traffic had also taken place. Regulation was demanded by the conditions. The two especial feat- ures of the bill were, first, the fixing of a rate, and second, the speedy adjudica- tion of & rate in the court With 150,000 rate schedules related one to the other, he was not sure what the result would be or what the court of last resort would decide. However, he did not anticipate revolutionary orders by the commission nor havoc as the result of them. The difficulties of the policles to be inaugurated, such as the long and short haul and the basic point questions, Bur- | ton believed should be fixed by Congress. It was the fallure to exercise such re- sponsibilities that resulted in the com- the House was losing its PRESENTS HARD PROBLEM. As to rebates, he said, human ingenuity had hardly, if ever, been exercised to evade the law as had been the case since the passage of the Elkins act. Disertm- ination between individuals, he main- tained, could and should be stopped. The discrimination between places was a diffi- cult problem, in which many elements en- | tered and which it may never be possible to overcome. “If we seck for the real evil,” said Bur- ton, “we must look to the ideais of the people.” And he added: “We have had sickening examples of dishonesty in high places.” Success, he sald, and the admiration for great wealth breaks down the line be- tween honesty and dishonesty. Legisl tion could do much to correct these evils Publicity was one step; to cease condoning great offenses was an- other; to provide equality of apportunity, the third. To make ft plain that no cor- poration was so great that it was.above the law was, he sald, a duty of Congress, and this should nof bé confined .to rail- Burton concluded . with the statement that the.presenit. bi]l was a step in the right direction and that he hoped year by year others might be taken: - ' - ‘Throughout -Burton commanded the close attentioh of members and received applause and congratulatioris on his con- clusion. . L e _ Burke of South Dakots followed, hat- ing been yielded an hour. He favored theé bill and reviewed the legislative status of rate regulating laws. . a5 Burke emphasized- the necessity of de- feating all amendments that may be pro- posed” to the bill and have it paes the House by the largest vote possible. E When Burke concluded McCall took th floor in opposition to the bill. P MeCALL IS OPPOSED. McCall made the point tiat the bill dele- gated legislative as well as judicial power to the commission. “You might as well delegate tariff legislation- to a comimis- sion,” he declared. McCall presented an extens{ve afgument in opposition to Gov- ernment- rate making. He sald the pend- ing bill ‘ought to deal particulariy with rebates. This was what public opinion demanded, “until diverted to an utterly irrational and baphazard remedy.” The present effort McCall called “po- ittical rate making.” McCall sald he preferred the liberty of the courts to the castiron of a commission. He contended the original act creating the Interstate ~Commerce Commission did not grant the rate-mak- ing power and was not intended to. The pendirg bill, he insisted, gave power to set uu:’g n—thmup;'of rates. It was a rate-fixing scheme of a most sweeping character. 3 . “At the rate we are now going,” Me- 10X OF THE HOUSE. _—_ - —— | | | | } | { +- l CONGRESSMAN BURTON, WHO DEL]V DAY 1IN FAVOR OF THB RAILROAD RATE BILL WHICH IS NOW UNDER ERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONST! ERED A VIGOROUS SPEECH YESTER- * Call concluged, “it will not be long be- fore we regulate everything and every-, body from Washington.” ussell of Texas, who followed, stated | {hat President Roosevelt stood with the Democratic party on the question. Since 189 that party had advocated the very legislation now pending, while the Presi- dent’s first utterance on the subject was in 194. However, the President, he said, was a fighter. i “Would not the President have charged up San Juan Hill, just as many of us thought he did, if he had been there?” (Laughter.) MODIFIED HIS VIEWS. 4 Russell said the President had modified his views sincé hig’ first message, the first intimation of which was made during his Southern trip when at Raleigh, N. C., he had declared-that authority should be | glven to name a “maximum’' rate, while | before he had declared for a “‘reasonable” rate. After this announcement, Rus- sell said, railroad presidents tumbled over themselves to get into the President's band wagon and rumors were current that a compromise had been reached and that the white flag had been run up over the White House. The President's last message, he maintained, If - followed in legislation, would result in no benefit whatever. Russell explained this portion in detall, saying it was just the point of comprom- ise between the Republicans and Demo: crats of the committee. The majority bill. authorized the committee to fix a “maximum’ reasona¥le rate. A maximum reasonable rate, he sald, was a fraction under extortion. The minimum reasonable rate was. a shade higher than confiscation.. If the Presi- dent’s suggestlon had prevailed and the committee had declared -the maximum reasonable rate in a given ease to be 45 cents a hundred, when as a matter of |’ fact the actual maximum rate was 50 cents, the court could set the 45-cent rate aside on the ground that the .commis. sion was granted -authority. only to “fix/ the maximum reasonable rate, and it had not “one so. and set the rate aside. Tt was there the. compromise in the bilk came in—the commission is, under the terms’ of ‘the bill, to fix the “just and reasonable maximum rate to be: charged.” This, he -said, éliminates from possible litigation the question of ‘what’ the actual maximum s by explaining that the maxi- mu ‘fixed 1s simply the maxinfum. “to be charged,” or above whith the roads, cannot charge. ® 4 3 “The House, at.5:15 o’clock, adjqurned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock. 3 R v, s -SPEAK FOR SHIPPING BILL. Senators Perkins and Gallinger Are in _ ° _ Favor of the Measure. 3 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—There was for a moment to-day a’ prospect that the Statehood bill would recetve its first for- mzl reading in that.body, always the initiative step in the consideration of any measure reported from a commlittee. The Secnate took up the calendar im- mediatély after disposing of the routine business, and as the Statehood bill oc- cupled the first place the: secretfry had begun to-read it before any of the op- ponents of the bill realized the situation. He had covered but a few pages when Teller put a stop to the proceedings for the time. The shipping bill was made the basis of a running debate be Patterson, in opposition, and Gallinger and Perkins, in support. [Patterson criticised the pro- vision for a subvention to the Oceanic Steamship Company, saying that that company was now under contract to carry the malls at good compensation. Senators Gall! nd repli that the com losing money. to meet the objection made to it yester- day by Bpooner, Gallinger moved to strike out the provision iting vessels from receiving subsidies for more -than ten years, and the motion prevalled. Patterson criticised the provision for a subsidy to the Oceanic Steamship Cor pany plying on.the Pacific Ocean. He said | the contract Por carrying _the United miras 24 $230000 a year- practically doubled the award, he said. : Gallinger said if Congress did not come promptly to-the support of the Oceantc Company it would be f by the heav: ily subsidized. Japgnese Vessels to go un: der a foreign flag, S Patterson contended that the country had been more generous.to those engaged in “going down to the sea in'ships” than to. other industries. & - Gallinger characterized this speech as “remarkable.” and declared ‘that Patter- #0n was the first man to find fault with the protection given to the American: ves- sels In the coastwise and lake. business. He added that the Oceanic Company wWas losthg from $200,000 to $300,000 a year. <o defended the- Oceanie Com- panw, saying Patterson. had . im- peached the patriotism' of most estimablé. men. He confirmed the report ‘that the company was losing largely because of the stibventions to forelgn companiés, and that it had been suffering losses for ten or fifteen years. s L Perkins called attention to the disparity between the cost of operating vessels on | | the Pacific and the Atlantie oceans, say- [ham bill, ‘providing for Govérnment -ald ing that wages and the cost of fuel were both greater. e 2 | At the conclusion of this debate a bil authorizing Treasury to investigate certain . Missouri €tate - war .claims wais passed. At 412 the Senate -adjourned un- {il Monday. - GRAFT IN THE AKMY. Houwse Committée Is - Searching f Leaky in Existing. Laws., - WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.—The House |- ‘Comimittee on Mlitifaty Affairs, of which | Kepresentative Hull of lowa s charman, v hals. detérmined to put an €nd to- grafe’ the army. If Congress ¢nacts fegislation in dc- cordance. with .itg' 1ecommendations, mile- ‘age accdunts can no longer be padded, or can army transports be used for ex- cursions. by officials or members of Con- gress or any i i i is searching for. other leaks in. the laws which permit diversien of monéy into the pockets of ‘interested parties. “We estimate that .$60,000 has been pald ‘ut In mileage,” said Representative Hull, to which ‘the recipients were not entitled. They got hold of the money by evading the law which.Congress has enacted for thie expresg purpose of introducing econ- omy In transpertation. The intention of Congréss was to reduce the amount of money an officet shiould receive who was under_orders to the Philippines. “The law states specifically that only actual .expenses shall be pald between the United States amd its insular pos- sessions, but we have found that officers have heen ordered to Nagasaki, Japan, | or Shanghai, or even down to Hong- kong, and thence to Manila, traveling, .with the exception of .the last leg, on Government transports. They have re- celved mileage, when they should be re- imbursed only for thelr actual expenses, and the latter amount to about $1 a day, while mileage for the trip amounts into the hundreds. An officer going to la via Europe receives more than $60 in mileage. If ordered to he direct from San Francisco and it 1s cut down two-thirds. ” i i WANTS SALE INVESTIGATED. — Congressmuan Sulzer Thinks the Gov- ernment Is Being Detrauded. WASHINGTON, Feb, 3.—Represerta- ‘tive Sulzer to-day introduced a resolu- tion in the House calling ypon the At- torney General for information as to when the Government executed the deed for the custom-house property in ‘Wall street, where the deed fs and why it has never been recorded in n- ty of New York, and other facts in connection with the t:nhr of the custom-house property to the National | City Bank. i} X In ation of the purpose of his resolution Mr. Sulzer said the bank was dodging taxes. He charged that the sale of the property to the nk was scandalous, as the pmm I8 said to be ::r:h $10,000,000, Mm‘:ifi >d _to pay ot Ppaid anythi . 3 ‘| Lyman. of Boston, former president of | This fnformation was -sent to- the Houseé FGHTT0 KEEP OUT TESTIHON Arguments Concerning Ad- missibility of Certain Evi- dence Delay Packers' Trial TWO WITNESSES HEARD President of National Com- pany Admits That.It Never Engaged in Slaughtering CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—Arguments con- cerning® the admissibility of evidence oc- eupied. most of the. time- of the packers’ case to-day, and at the time of adjourn- ment only two witnesses had been on the stand. Last night, just prior to the adjournment, District . Attorney Morrison objected to any statement of Jesse P. the National Packing Company, relative | to any conversation between Lyman and Commissioner Garfield. He claimed thdt Lyman was not a party to the trial nor was the National Packing Company, nm'li therefore his evidence as to the plea of | immunity should be ruled out. Judge Humphrey finally permitted Lyman to re- late the conversation. Late in the day, when under cross-ex- amjnation by District Attorney Morrison, Lyman admitted that the National Pack- ing Company had never slaughtered an animal or made a sale. He declared that it i$ a holding company only.’ s S e FEDERAL REPORT "SENDS COTTON.UP Estimate Goes to House in Accordance With Res- olution.” - = WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The estimated amount. of unginnéd-cotton to January 16, | 1906, accoxding. to figures in the posses- | sion.of the Census-Bureau, Is 250,884 bales, of Representatives = to-day by Director | North in answer to a reaolution passed by the Hcuse vesterday. The report shows.| the total number of active ginneries in the | Unitea States to be 28,918, Of this numher | 12,941 have reported all- ‘cotton ginned prior to January 16, 1906. The number of ginneries ‘which failed to make an esti- mate was 1643 and the ginners who made an estimate mumbered 14334. The reéport | shows running bales excluding linters and eounting round as hzif bales. EW ORLEANS, Feb. 2.—The estimate of the Census Bureau of the amount of cotton tc be ginned after January 1§ was read upon the Cotton Exchange at 10:19 o'clock. The 250,884 bales yet to be ginned means proportionately a total crop of 10,248,546 bales. 3 g - March' cotton, which sold immediately before the reading of the report at llc, a few minutes -afterward went to 11.18c, and May, which sold previously at 1i.13c, sold afterward at 11.3%c. There was a. mld reaction ‘by 11 o'clock: 2 ——e—————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPL h 3 * OF THE PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Représenta- tive Kahn hag succeeded in having incor- porated in the military appropfiation bill, which. will s be reported to the House, two Important. ftems affecting San ¥ran- cisco. One appropriates $125,000 for thé construction of- mine-planting vessel for use on the’ Pacific Coast. Although there"are now four such vessels on the Aflantic.€oast, the ‘Western seaboard has been - entirely averlooked in this regard. Tt is h1d that in case of war unider pres- | ent-circumstances, ‘it would take at least thirty days to mine the harbor of San’ Francisco, whereas if a° mine-planter were available the work could be done in a week. Kahn has also securéd fa- vorable actlon by the committee on the proposition appropriating $20,000 for a post exchange in. connection with the hospital at fhe Presidie. ST = $iFs “Represeftative - ‘Hayes'- ‘to-day intro: diived a bill appropriating $15.000 for a lighthouse on Pllar Point, -at the entrance to Half Moon® Bay. g 3 The .Senate Committée on Territories to-day gave a final hearing.to the Burn- for railread; telegraph and telephone con- struction In Alaska. Ex-Senator George Turner;. for the Alaska Cential Railroad Company, and Andrew F. Burleigh, for the Alaska Rajlroad Company, who have appeared at former hearings, coneluded their arguments; which were along the Jines of their previous remarks. Turher declared that he did noi oppose - the Burnham bill, but that if the Govern- ment ald were to be ‘extended to any other railroad company in Alaska, it otight also to be given to thé Alaska Cen- tral Rallroad Company.. It is probable thet -the latter 'road will build.a branch to the: Matanuska coal fields If the dif- cult sngineering problems can be over- come, as it is belteved they will be. . Burleigh urged favorable action on- the bill. Tt is understood here that if the Alaska Rallroad Company could take its own time in completing the construc- slon of the road instead of being obliged to have it in operation within five years in order to secure Government ald, the road might be able to get along without Federal assistance. . - .Theé committee will soon prepare its re- port- on the bill. Considerable opposition to it is expected, both in committee and in the Ben: on account of what are called the bsidy provisions of the measure. The Senate to-day passed Senator Per- Jins' bill providing for lighthouse keepers’ quarters at Cae Mendocino at a cost of Wells Fargo-Nevada Nationdl Bank of San Francisco, the Citizens' National Bank of Los Angeles and the National $5500. The | the wreck than I did because | ing “teward us. MARINERS SHOW CREDIT - T0 CAPTAIN OF QUEEN Veteran Seamen Say: Cousins Could Not Aid Valencia. EXPERTS SUBMIT TESTIMONY SEATTLE, Feb. 2—Captain N. E: Cous- ins, master of the steamship Queen, which | was ordered to the relief of the Valencia, was the principal witness before the board of inspectors, which resumed 1ts investigation into the disaster this after- noon. Captain Cousins sald: 3 When I arrived at Victoria at 4 o'clock in. up the Pacific Coast the afternoon I called up the e o 3. D. Pharao 'ked me if I was sure it was the Valencia. I He ordered_me to broceed to the which we reached at § o'clock that pight. It was too dark to do anything lfl“ we lay over under the cape untll the nex morning. At Carmanah Light we learned the wreck was elghteen milés to the westward, We went In as close as possible the next morning, We met the tug Czar, which went within &bout three-quarters of a mile of the | wreck, while we stood off about a mile @id not dare to go nearer, as the weather was thick, and often I could not seee the shore line. “Moreover, 1 spoke the steamship Topeka. Captain Patterson, who informed me that I was to_proceed to San Francisco with passen- gers, the. Topeka remalning to pick up what survivors there were. I obeyed ol and re- turned to San Francisco. I couid go 0o nearer the seas. which broke twenty-two feet . and be- cause of the weather, which was very thick. i s close as 1 thouxht best.and D to the sea. The weather W the wind blowing from the east The sea was running from the south and west. I could ses the beach at times and then again It would be obscured, owing t0 & heavy rain. ‘We could see no_people, but I saw wl looked to be blankets I supposed were rigged up as shelter for those on board. It was pitterly impoesible for us ta do_ enything &8 he wind was blowing and a high sea running. HIGH SEA RUNNING. We then spoke the Czar. 1 understood her masier to say that he went in as far as sible. From ‘the master of the Caar 1 under- stood that the Salvor had reported the wreck bad sunk, and that there were mo persons on board. 1 informed the captain of the Czar that there was some one on I told him e could do much better than we could with the Queen. At this time the beach was out of sight, owing’ to a heavy rain, so I could not tell Very much about the distance we were off the wreck. . S T than went to my room and after returning to_the bridge saw the City: of Topeka Steam- d Captain Patferson of the To- peka askcd me through the megaphone if we had .sighted the wreck. I told him where it was and emphasized the fact that thers. were still peoplc. on her. . B B g &et to Victoria; plek up He then told me to my pacsengers and proceed to San Franeiseo, Teport'ng to the Topeka on'the way back. comiplied with the orders. On returning the Topeka reported to me that she had picked up | the raft- with elghteen survivors. Captain Patterson then sald my orders were to pro- | ceed ta San Francisco, which I did. Captain Cousins then testified that he had gome In until he struck water in about eighteen: fathoms. He judged he was-about one mile of one.mile and a half. off shore. He said the Czar got to within about three-quarters of a mile of the | wreck. . He testified that after vonferring’ - with the other- captains and pilots on his | vessel it was eonsidered- too Fisky to at- tempt to launch a boat. Captain Cousins said a boat might have gone Inside of the breakers, but it would never have.got out again. | He stated that the surf Wwas breaking fully twenty-one feet high. ., 'NO HOPE FOR WRECK. ' |- Captain J. W. Troup of the Esquimalt | and Nanaimo Railway, who was on board the tug Salvor in. an advisory eapacity | when that ‘vessel hurried away from Vije: toria for the ceiie of the wreck. said thac to the best of liis knowledge there was no life on board the wreck when-he reached the scene and that they all agreed that it was a hopeless case at best, owing to the high wind thai prevailed and the heavy seas. After describing his arrival at the wréck and. départure, Captain Troup said: . We couid see no gignd of life on board. It fooked very bid—in fact: hopeless. We did not g0 in, because the Czar was already on her way fo the wreck. The Czar came back and | eald-the yreck was there. but all they gpuid | sce was a bit of canvas in onk of the maste | The Czar saw_nothing.alive. We then con- cluded to go back to Bamfield, and did so. The Czar followed us. The seas kept getting worse. When we got to Bamfield Captain Christian of the Czar said he thought no ome was abeard jhe wreek, but Mate Campbell was of a different opinion. He did not believe, however, that It was possible to do anything | untl thé sea moderated. e all agreed that If | the whaling steamer Ryan, with her harpoom | gun. was there she might be able to shoot a line on board, and I accordingly wircd #r ber to come at once. She did so and was at the | scene of the wreck next day. After ordering’ the Ryan out we went on sHore at Bamfleld and there learned that Lineman Logan had re- ported the wreck had gone to pleces and all on board had been lost. | NO BOAT COULD LIVE. 1'( Captain §. W." Buckman, for eleven | vears a pilot along the west coast of Van- couver Island, was the next witness. He | was aboard the Queen when it went to the scene of the wreck. $ 1 thing Captain Cousins used good judgment in not attempting to_lower boats. Criticism re— garding his actions I consider uncalled for. He was in unsurveyed ground, and his ship was | ‘heavily. loaded. 1 baye boatded all kinds of veesels 1n all kinds 'of weather and I am con- | fident that I am qualified to pass an opinion | concerning the. ability. of boats to live in the surt near the wreek, - 1 would not have tfied o send a boat to the wreck from Captain | Cousins’ shi>. . e svs § Captain John Irving. forty years a sailor | Lawful® Money, Reserve in Hahk, and who has operated on Puget Suund]slel: .- kel alnc? 1834, was aboard the Queen. .e Toais oatr webes - 20,600 saia: 3 3 2 Redemption fund with* U The wind was blowing betweén twenty and Treasurer (8 ver cent of. cire ¢wenty-five miles an hour Wednesday morn- | latlon) .: AP P ing. I am confident & small boat could not ] Dua fibm U. S. Treasurer, other have lived In the sea near the wreck. 1 think | tham 5§ per cent Fedemption Captaln Cousins good judgment. There | fumd ... s used is o better seafaring talent on the Pacific Coast than was. represented In the boats at- tempting to approach the wreck, and | have rot teard one of them criticise Captain Cousins or any other navigator for what he id or aid not do. & o H. F. Bullen, secretary of the British Columbia Salvage Company, owners of the’ Salvor, and Captain Charles Camp- bell, thirty-three years a sailor, gave tes- Umony to the efféect that small boats could not have reached the wreck on ‘Wednesday. Captain Cousins,” said Bullen, “did not know what they were talking abor:t.” ‘The board adjourned indefinitely. There Park Bank of New York were to-day ap- proved as reservel agents for the Citizens’ National Bank of Redlands, Cal. — e Fix a Date to Vote Upon Bills. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce to- day reached an agreément to vote upon the various railroad rate bills on Feb- ruary 16. There are three measures being pressed for consideration—the Dollfver-Clapp bill, the Elkins bill and the Foraker bill. The measure which recefves the largest number of votes will be reported to the Senate as the majority measure. - Army J Bill Ready. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—The House Committee on Military Affairs conclud- ed its consideration of the army appro- priation bill to-day, and on Monday opriation round numbers, is the amount of th 1ast appropriation for the army. _ NAY W 4 ders: Lieutenant Lieutenant W. Take are several more witnesses to be called, but they are not in Seattle at present. — . — STILL FINDING BODIES. Perry Recovers Remains of Five Victims of Valemeia Wregk. VICTORIA, B. C.. Feb. 2—A disvatch received late to-night from Thomas Deasy, speclal Indian constable at Bam- | fleld, says the United States revenue cut- ter Perry has just arrived there -un{ five bodies found floating near the wreck of the Valencla. All are unidentifled. | The bodiés are those of three men and | correct—Attest: o f ‘reported. | Checks and other cash items. | Exchanges fof clearing-house “Those who have criticised | Daykin and Martin asked the Indians to ferry them across, but the Ingians would not do so unless $4 a head was paid. The men had no money.and as-they could not persuade the Indians.te ferry them they were considerably delayéd and did not reach the shore opposite the wreck until late that night and were forced to remain inactive until the next morning. when it was too late to aid the vessel. Logan be- lleves the people reported strapped to the rigging will be found still lashed to the rigging if the wreck Is ever recovered. Some others believe the mast with human beings clinging to it drifted to sea. Logan, while investigating on the bluft above- the wreck, discovered a hawser | after the wreck had broken up. To one l]end of it was a barpoon-shaped hook with a ring. to which was tied a rope. The hook had taken a firm held and the lineman pulled it out with avficulty. He found the other end had been snapped off in some way. He thinks either some=- body had tried to come ashore on it or it had been unable ‘to withstand the tug- ging caused by the movements of she sea, - or perhaps had.Been loosened by contact with the rocks. . An inquest was begunthis afternoon, when. the jury viewed the bodies now here and journed - uatil to-morrow. when those brought by tlie Lorne will be viewed and an adjournment taken to hear evidence of survivors: The Government investigation w-_m begin Monday, February 5 at the Courthouse, with Captain Gaudin, Agent of Marine; Captain Cox, Lioyds' agent,- and Captain Newcombe of tie Government steamship Kestrel, as com- * missioners. Three survivors are hers and the steamship company has. prom- ised to send at least six of the sur- wiving crew and ask passengers < 1O come and testify. 0 Ay CRL s REED BELTS DimCflVE. Life Preservers. Made of Tule Off Alaskan Steamship. SEATTLE, Fep. 2.—As a result the disclosures brought about by wreck of the steamship Valentia and the sharp eriticism regarding the buoy- ancy of the tule weed, the Northwest- ern Steamship Compaiy, operating the largest fleet of steamships between Se- attle and Alaskan points, has insti- tutéd a rigid investigation of the. tule life belts, some of which are now be- ing used on the vessels operated by the company. bridge to-day superintended an spection of the steamship Santa which plies between Seattle, and Seward. During the investigation it was found that some of the Iife belts were defective. - They were ac- cordingly .thrown off the vessel 2> A DALLY IS NOT DEAD. Seattle Merchant Reported Drowned on g Valeneia Alive and Well. SBATTLE, Feb. 2-—A. H. Dally of the shipping and commission firm of Dally Bros. of this city was pot a victim of the Valencta disaster. as has been Mr. Dally -had booked him- self for passage on the ill-fated ship. but business kept hind in San Francisco longer than he expected to remain. and he returned home by train.. He is now in Seattle receiving the congratulations of his friends. Sxocidieesipmny CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—Albert M. Johnson, who had been vice president of the Natloral Life Insurance Company for several years, has be-n elected its president. ‘He succeeds. P. M. Starnes, who resigned because of 1il heaith and 1s now on the Pacific Coas! 'REPORT OF THE CONDITION — O Wells-Fargo-Nevada National Bank Ot San Francisco, at Francisco, in the State of Californim at the close of business January 29, 1906: . RESODURCES. Loans and Discounts ..... - .$20,308, 492 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 420 S. Bonds to secure circulation. 6,000,000 U. 5. Bonds to secure U. S. De- 7. S. Ponds on hand Premiums on U e Bonds e Banking house, furpitufe and fx- the General Manager Trow- in~ Bonds. . e UPES <. fisecsnierstoasivavecere STLGIOIS Customers Liability undér Letters of Credit, ete. ................. 1,006,860 38 Due from National - Banks (not reserveé agents) .. ........... . LITRI21 Due from State Banks and Bank- Due from approved reserve, agents Notes of other National Ban! Fractional paper currency, meke ana cents ‘Total Capital stock paid in Surplus fund . Undivided proft = s fled checl ¥ g:mter‘l checks outstanding 47,108 79 United States deposits .... 200,000 00 Letters of Credit, Domestic and - | State_of Californta, Clty and County of San_ Francisco—as: I F. L. LIPMAN, cashier of the above named bank, swear that the above stat i (rue ta tha Best ot my Know ellet. - " F. L. LIPMAN, Cashier. sworn to before me this 24 1906, 0. A. EGOERS, Notary Public. ~ L W. HELLMAN JR.. mlmw% b ) |