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AILY CAPITAL JOURNAL XV. SAliEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1905. KO. 30. INDREDS OF JEWS lALXREATED ti-Semite Riots at Gomel, Russia ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL je Hundred Jews Flogged by Peasants. liu, Feb. 13. Nows has reached that at tho anti-Somito riots at 1, Russia, 1000 drunken peasants ked 300 Jews and flogged and Seated them, and mutilatod a Jew irl of 17, and wounded 100 sori- and 200 slightly. Tho synngoguo ilcraolished. Tho polico wero nas- witnesses to tho riot. LIFORNIA MURDER TRIAL Il)urii( Cal., Fob. 13. Tlio ontiro Bmg wns consumed in argument. o Brewett decided relative to tho jssion of defendants' statement to tho officers beforo his arrest. is stntemont tho defendant do- (1 he went a certain routo when ft homo on tho night of tho mur- Tho prosecution has already red that ho went a different way. Idofendant claimed that ho carried brother from tho burning building. prosecution proved that George brought tho boy out, and Lincoln row will corroborate Adrian Wil- testimony that tho defendant sug- pd going to tho Weber barn, whoro Ipistol was found after tho firo. QH COURT GRINDS Mother Implicates Daughter to Shield Nigger Philadelphia, Fob. 13. The attorneys ropresonting Mrs. Kate Edwards, who murdorod her husband, today filed in tho supremo court a petition for a now trial for Sainuol Qreason, tho woman's negro lover, and alloged accomplice Appended to tho application was a copy of tho woman's confession, exonerating Greason, and naming her daughter as tho accessory. MITCHELL WILL GO INTO COURT "I am going into tho court to make my fight," said Sonator Mitchell, last night. "And when I do you will see that it is one thing to indict a man, nnd quite another thing to provo tho charges. I am not afraid of any charges inado against mo yet. "If Judgo Taunor tells tho truth," says Senntor Mitchell, "his testimony will not injuro me. Neither ho nor any one elso can produco tho slightest bit of proof, that I over improperly ro coived ono dime for my services or in lluonco as senator. "Funny how much interest thoy have in my seat back thoro, isn't it?" he re marked tonight. "Well I am going to hold tho scat, they needn't worry about that." TELEGRAMS Bo supreme court hnnded down decisions teday: tho caso of Emma'K. Groves, ex- hx of tho estate of William Jos, deceased, appellant, vs. John )sburn, respondent, which wns ap- I'd from Benton county, Hon. J. W. ilton, judge, Chief .Tustieo Wolver- affirmed the action of tho lower tho case of tho stato of Oregon, kmdont, vs. S. W. Simmons, as ad- Istrator of the estate of Honry Wil- deceased appellant, all heirs at law iny thoro be) and all persons inter- t in said estate and Tobino Nilson, lit in Thompson, Hanna Bachman, Ir Anderson, nnd Willie Anderson, Indants, which was appealed from tnomah county, Hons. Alfred Soars, M. O. George and John B. Cleland, tes, tho notion of tho lower court reversed and remanded by Chief lice Wolverton. tho qase of Milton W. Smith, re- jdent, vs. J. O. Bayer and Peter Ikirk, appellants, which was np- pd from Multnomnh county, Hon. V. George, judge, the action of tho court wna reversed, and a now ordered by Justice Bean. All public places in Chicago arc closod today on account of the ob servance of Lincoln's birthday and numerous public exercises have been planned. Tho sultan, fearing an anti-Russian demonstration, has asked that the steamor convoying Stocsscl nnd Stnff back homo bo permitted to go through tho Bosphorus without stopping. The fniluro of tho Goutovoso Weav ing company, of Loire, Franco, which was nnnounced this morning, with lia bilities at $4 000,000, will causo wire spread injury to hundreds of small investors. STRIKERS GRADUALLY QUIETING DOWN London, Feb. 13. A nows dispatch from St. Petersburg says things are gradually quietiug down, and it is thought that all will bo sercno there, though report from tho interior show tho situation to bo quite gloomy, with littlo reason to assume that in Russian Poland and South Russia tho conditions will improvo materially in tho near fu ture. As an instance of tho many oc currences showing tho temper of the peoplo to bo ugly in tho extreme may bo citod tho fnct that a few days ago, tho chief of polico of tho town of Mo hiliff was fired upon threo times while ho wns driving through tho stroots with his daughter. Tho shots wont wild. Continued Quiet. St. Petersburg, Feb. 14. Tho strlko situation continues quiet. Tho Putiloff works wilHresumo tomorrow. At Lodz, Polnnd, nlyis quiot, some workmen hav ing returned to work this morning. At Warsaw 144 wcro buriod who lost thoir lives in tlio recent fighting. Two hun dred are still in the hospitals. Striko All Off. otoom, Fob. 13. Tho striko horo is ended, with tho exception of some dock lnborers. All tho workmen who struck two weeks ago have returned this morning. COLDEST WAVE IN YEARS Mercury Fifty-Four Degrees Below Freezing Chicngo, Fob. 13. Thermometers reg' ister 22 degrees below zero on tho street lovol this morning, nnd brought death and suffering to Chicago. Ton porsous were frozen or injured as a result of tho cold wave. John Condon, a street laboror, and Androw McCar thy, a janitor, will dio. A scoro of fires this morning caused losses sum ming up $25,000 each adding to tho suffering. This cold wave is tho low est .temperature for six years. t Duluth, Minn., Feb. 13. Tho ther mometers here registered 26 below this morning, and St. Paul 24, Kansas City 20, St. Louis 18. Tho Atlantic coast is now enjoying spring-like weather, according to tlio weather bureau, Gut by tonight it will bo in tho grip of zero weather, which is rapidly spreading eastward. Russians Surrounded. Tokio, Feb. 13. A dispatch from the front states that a force of Japanese surrounded a Russian cavalry detach ment yesterday, inflicting casualties of three dead and 11 wounded. Public Is Arousod. The public is aroused to a knowledge of tho curative merits of that great medical tonic, Electric Bitters, for sick stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary H. Walters, of 548 St. Clair ave., Co lumbus, Ohio, writes: "For several months I was given up to dio. I bad fovor and ague, my nerves were wrecked; I could not sleep, and my stomach was so weak from useless doc tor's drugs that T could not eat. Soon after beginning to take Electric Bit ters I obtained relief, nnd in a short time I was entirely cured." Gunran teen nt J. O. Perry's drug store; prico 50c. THOSE DELAYED Laces and Emhtoideties - ARE HERE ire have something entirely new in Laces, made by the Zion Lace Indtsties ne of Alexander Dowie'a factories at Zion City, Illinois. The f-oigua are oeauiuui auu ijuiuo uiuureut num iu iotiu prtod laces. They are real thread lace, which means double wear. KW IDEA PATTERNS foIMarcffnow ready. Any pattern yc. zc cx'ra Dy avian. & - jnr&0&&:A s cSki )&utl& r& &&&diWedt &-" The Quality of our merchandise is reliable. Our prices are J ways lower than at "Regular Stores." Omaha, Fob. 13. Tho mercury drop ped to 22 below zoro at 6 o'clock this morning. Tlio train scrvico through out tho stnto is demoralized. Janesville, Wis., Fob. 13. It wns 34 degrees below zoro hero this morning. This is tlio coldest weathor in "Wiscon sin this yenr. WILL RETURN TO OREGON Representative Williamson Wi 1 Face Acusers Washington, Fob. 13. Representa tive Williamson, of Oregon, who was indicted oy tho federal grand jury in Portland, Saturday, on chnrgo of complicity in land frauds, leaves- for his homo shortly, and will proparo for trial. Ho said this merning: "Hero after I shall keep away from tho houso of representatives. I have high ideals as to what the houso should be. I bo Hove it would bo an nffront to my fol low mombcrs for mo to nppenr at Washington whilo this charge hangs over me." Reprosontativo Hormann, who is also under indictment, takes a different view oftho matter hmTlib has been a regular attendant of tho sessions siuco his indictment nnd votod on nil pending questions. Senntor Mitchell hns absented himself from the senate. Des Moines, la., Feb. 13. Tho ther mometer registered 20 below zero hore this morning. Kansas City, Feb. 13. Tho severest temporaturo of the Beaon wns reached hero early today. The wind is from tho west and southwest and tho mercury is ranging from 14 to 28 degrees below zero. Tho railroads are all tied up. Wires aro prostrated in all directions. Six Missouri Pacific pnssongor trains are lost somowhere in Central and Western Kansas. The road is making every effort to send them relief. By 12 o' 'clock today the list of deaths as a result of tho cold had reached seven. Tho firo department was called out to 53 firos. As a result of tho firo which destroyed tho apart ment building on Wobstor and Ruciuo avenuos, 24 families aro homeless. Peter Erickson, the janitor, was fatal ly burned. A fireman wns killed by falling1 walls. Loss, $1.10,000, Japancso Repulsed. St. Petersburg, Fob. 13. Kuropatkin reports that a forco of Japanoso has been repulsed at tho Tensatun bridge Tho Japanoso cannonaded Putiloff hill, killing ouo Russinn and wounding sov- J oral. o Oripponberg Recalled. ' St. Petersburg, Fob. 13. It is offi cially announced that General Grip ponberg ill roturn from tho front, to bo succeeded in command of tho seeoud Mnnchurian nrnly by Genera! Gilder ing. o. Resolutions of Protest. San Juan, Fob. 13. Tlio Porto Rice houso delegates have adopted a resolu tion protesting against the false ac counts published in the United States, charging Porto Rice with hostility to tho American people. O i i Nominate Assaycr, Washington, Feb. 13. Tho President today noininnted Joseph Pinkham, of Idaho, to bo ussayer nt Huiso City, Idaho, '! o Gets the Coin. Tuxes collected by Sheriff Culver up to Saturday night amounted to over $25,000. CONGRESSMEN TALK OUT IN MEETING Washington, Fob, 13. Roprosontn tivo Sullivan, of Massachusetts made a sonsationnl personal nttnek upon Hop- rosentativo W. R. Hourst, of Now York, on tho floor of the houso this after noon. Hearst was prosont, nnd subse quently replied. Sullivan recently ridi oulwl tho Hearst railway rato bill, which was followed by nn attack in tho Hearst New York papers on Sulli van, charging him eithor with "con genital inonpieity" or "wilful disre gard of tho people's rights." 8ullivan referred to the "political assassination department" in tha Hearst papers, and to Hearst as a "swaggering bul ly," and spoke of him as "ono so be reft of the sense of proprioty" as to kj.ire to the presidency and unmind ful "of his own outemptible moral oquipment." Tho spoakor rofusod to rulo Sullivan out or order, and contin ued the attack and chnrgod Hearst with abseiitooism. Ho said Hearst re sponded nine times out of 05 roll calls. Ho referred to tho Hearst candidacy for the presidency as "bocun In a dobaui-h nnd ended in a fiasco, tho main feature of which was the gnmost form of corruption." Hearst, in reply, said ho didn't in spire the article, but assumed the re sponsibility for it. Ho charged Sulli van with kieking a man to death in a sal oo inn Boston. In reply to boing an absentee at roll ealls he said it was his duty to perform his duty in the way he saw fit. He was sorry of the whole occurrence, and regretted the personalities PRISON COMMITTEE WORKING Will Hold Another Session on Monday Evening Tho special committee to investigate chargos that tho betterment fund of tho Oregon stato prison hnd been im properly diverted sat on Sunday after noon, nnd took testimony of witnosses. Tho prison oftlcinls and others ap peared beforo tho committoo, including Governor Chamberlain nnd Superin tendent Jnmes, who answered nil charges and admitted cxponding tho monoy, but claimed it was dono under authority of law. The eommitteo ad journed to Monday evening. , Republican Caucus. Thoro wilj bo a joint Republican cau cus of tho members of tlio legislature on Tuesday evening nt tho stato house. It isiiot known for whnt purpose, but it is believed to bo for tho purpose of considering tho senatorial situation, and tho terrible glut of legislation that promises to hold the legislature hero to tho end of tho weok. Investigating Facts. Washington, Fob. 13. Senntor Ha con,of Georgia, a member of tlio com mittee on foreign relations, presented to tho sonnto today a resolution direct ing that the eommitteo investignto all tho facts connected with tho agroo ment ontored into on Juno 3, 1903 bo teen tho United States and San Do mingo, submitting to arbitration all tho claims of tho San Domingo Im provement Compnny, of Now York, which will dotcrmino whether, under sueli agreement, tho Unitod Stntos had authority to tako possession of. tho customs houses of tho republic, without submitting tho mnttor to tho senate. Tho resolution was roforred to tho eom mitteo on foreign commissions. ELECTRIC PLANT SOL Large Capitalization Includes a New Water Plant for Salem HAY MAKES STATEMENT Word reaches Tho Journal that thr Snlom electric plant and gas work and a proposed wntor system with si new power plant at Marlon havo ncoia floated by a Philadelphia financial firing and will soon chnngo hands. It is re ported that tho nmount invohl i over $800000, and will provido for ex tensions nnd bringing of Sautiaim wator to this city. Tho Waters abstract ofilco in thfo city hns been working on tho transfers, while Mr. A. Welch hns boon buying up tho stock and bonds of tho old holding to Bccuro completo control for tho now owners. A Portland paper today says: Tho stroot car system, tho electric lighting nnd powor plant and tho gaw plant of Salem' was sold last woelc. K. P. McCorunck, a Salem capitalist, ia tho nominal purchaser, but it is be lieved ho wns acting for Morris Bron & Christonsen, who own the Oregon Water Powor & Railway Company, and do n general banking business in this stato. Fred S. Morris, treasurer of Morrfo Hros. & Chrintoiison, and tho locnl head of the house, was not in town, so then rumor could not bo verified. It Imw boon known thnt Morris Hros. & Chrls tenson havo taken nn interest in thcr industrial conditions in that portion of the stato, and it hns been rumored moro thun onco that thoy wero about to construct nn electric lino from Salotn to Portland. Tho former ownors of tho stroot rail ways and tho electric and gas plants of Ht bin wore T. Lowongnrt, of Portland;. A. Welch, of Salem, and F. Lnngcrmnn of Portland. Thoy havo boon furnish ing all tho electricity for their oiro railway system and all electricity nntfl gas for stnto institutions and for tho town. Washington, Fob. 13. In roply to various inquiries nt tho department this morning Secretary Hay made tho fol lowing statoment: "Tho President regards tho matter of tho gonornl arbi tration treaties iih concluded by the no tion of tho senate Saturday. Ho recog nized the right of the senate to reject tho treaty by either direct voto or in directly by changes, which aro incom patible with its npirit and purpose Ho desires the senate amendment to make it impossible for him to present them in this altered form to tlio coun try with which wo havo been in negotiation." Bank Wrecker Indicted. St. Paul, Minn., Feb, 13. T. K- Clement, president of tho First Nution nl Rank of Kairbault, was held today beforo tho grand jury on tho ehurgu of wrecking that bank, which was closed u weok ngo. Ho furnished bail in the sum of $10,000, Mcssago to Congress. Washington, Fob. 13. Tlio Presldon sent a messngo to congress today, rec ommending an appropriation of $3u 000 for tho discovery and disinterment of the remains of John Paul Jones, iu Paris. Mobilo Firo. Mobile, Ala., Fob. 13. 'Hie fir which destroyed the Hnttlo Houso un historic structure, the Commercial Ho tel and several adjoining buildings, wn under control at daylight. TJio loss Is: $400,000. Special Sale No 215 WEDNESDAY ONLY For Wednesday only our two hundred nnd Jifloenth Wednesday Special Sale, wo offer a full lino of exception ally good values in black UMBRELLAS Poarl, wood and horn hnndlos, steel frnmo and rod; un umbrella in tho hund is worth two in the rock, on a rainy dny. Meral: Don't get caught nuppiug, or dripping, when such good umbrellas cost so littlo. Thoso aro regular $1 and $1.25 values 78 cents Romombor theae nra on solo for Wednesday only at this prise. Don't oxpoct to get thorn on Tuosdny or Thursday WEDNESDAY ONLY SEE BIG AD ON THIRD PAGE rei&$$(