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DEATH OF SENATOR
CUSIIMAN K. DAVIS
Passed Quietly Away After Two
Months of Suffering.
HIS PECULIAR POISONING
Dra Fran Stocking lolro4iwc4 Pol wo Into
Systea Tbrauib aa Abntloa of Mil
Foot - Rumors i to Hit
Sacceuor li Seaite.
BT. PAl'L. Nov. 27.-8enator Cuh.
man Kellogg DavU. chairman of the
committee on foreign relation, died, at
hi home in thin city tonight at 8; to
o'clock,
lie had uffercd gpatly during hi
two month of irkn-Mi ami gradually
sunk away, being unconsHou for s-v-ersl
hour before death and o fur a
could be known suffered no pain.
Yr.tertlay. appreciating the approach
of the rnd. Mm. Davl ent for th
venerable T. II. M. Vlllcrs Appleby,
archbishop of the lYon-mant Episcopal
llx"M of Minnesota, and Rev. Theo
dore H-wfk. rector of the Church of
St. John the Kvnriiflliit. Senator
1MU was for a time sufficiently ra
tional 10 expres bin grateful appre
ciation of tin clergyman' ministrations.
For more than a w-e-k It ha been
known that the death, of Senator Davl
certain to trcur within a short
time. In hli moment of lucidity
rxprrno-d a strong determination to re
cover and within a we-k told a frl-nd
h wan piwltlve hp would be wfll. In
lij It I the irntul tx-llef that the
tpiiator'a Iron will la all that hn kopt
him allv for the pat wwk,
The kidney affwtlon which developed
(lurlnir hla rarly lllnena refund to yl-ld
to treatment and reaulted In hla death.
It waa Sunday, Nov. 4. when the flmt
note of alarm waa undeI and ainre
that time lurid Intervala have become
! and le" frequent until the n
a lor waa almost ronotantly out of hta
mind.
He rued at hla work. He would
declaim 111 pr-Mlne of the Natlon'i for
eign pollt y. A aentenre about the Phll
Ipplnea would be follow by comment
upon the Monroe doctrine or a aug-
Riatlon of Impendlnir war with Saln.
Hut alwaya In hi dlwaxed mind hla
patriotic an'l ofllcldl dutlra wer." with
him.
I!y the acnator ant hla wife who.
despite the doctor' orders that ah ko
to rcM. refuned to leave hla bedalde.
Her vlk'll hni been a lona; and trying
one. '
He began the active campnlRn In thla
atnt Ritember 15. During the p"i'ch
he aulYered k pjvntly with hla f.
that he could not wrar hla shoe. He
returned home at once and waa or
dered to bed by hla phyalolan. A few
days later an operation was perform
ed but he failed to Improve and a con
sultation of physician wa called.
An fieratlon on October 15 waa bene,
flclal and another on October 22. The
case waa one of blood poisoning; caused
by Infection through a slight abrasion
of his foot from the dye of hla black
silk stodilrg and the owning gnve off
an aoc i! mu In tlnn of pus. Hla condition
Improved steadily until Nov. 4. when he
grew worse.
On Nox ember II nephritis and diabetes
took form. A consultation of physi
cians was held November 13, confirm
ing the prevloua opinions and sttling
the presence of kidney trouble..
Cushman Kellogg Dnvts was born in
Henderson, Jefferson county. New
York, June It, 1S3S. In that y?ar his
parents moved to Waukesha, Wis., where'
his father farmed until 1850. After at
tending the common schools young Da
vis upcnt three, years in Carroll Col
lege at Waukeshn. preparing hlma If for
the University of Michigan, from which
he graduated in 1857.
During his boyhood he held a posi
tion as telegraph operator. After his
graduating he entered the law office
of Alex W. Itandall, afterwards war
governor of Wisconsin
He served for two years In the army
of Tennessee In Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas and Mississippi. When In
1SG4, broken health compelled his re
tirement, he was first lieutenant of
Company I. 2Sth Wisconsin volunteer
Infantry. He then iumd Hie prac
tice of law, wao elected to the legis
lature, was United Kla'es district at
torney, governor of Minnesota and Unl-ti-d
Hlutes senator from that state since
HKT.
Governor I.lnd, who is a I?tnocrat,
will have the naming of a s'nator to
till th vacancy caused by fo-nat'.r Da
vis' death In the Interval between now
and the time the legislature elects. It
is utid-mtiMl that the governor will
not namr a senator of hi own political
faith. The time of Mrvlce would be
so short that It Is believed that there
would be nothing practically gained
by the move.
It Is stated that Governor Llnd will
name Former 8.;nator W. D. Washburn
to fill the vacancy. The legislature
will elect two senators when It meet
In January.
PLOT TO KILL M'KINLICY.
Police of Hoboken Receive a Letter
Informing Tht-m of an Anarch
ist Plot.
NITW YORK. Nov. JtT.-Th police of
Hi bokt-n, N. J., have received a letter
alleging the existence of a plot to as-
fssslnate President McKlnW. The
wilter of the lettr gave the name of
the alleged chief conspirator, which the
police refuse to make public at this
time. The Utter, which Is llb-gibly
isnvd, Is as follows:
"Sir- Having almost thoroughly assur
ed myself of an anarchist plot- agalnut
his excellency. Mi Klnley. I consider It
my duty to advise you of the name of
one who Is more than suspected of
being a leader, whose name Is found
ir the enclosed ollp. He Is a fugitive
fn ii; Justice and a dangerous man. hav
ing been convicted several times and
on the last occasion being sentenced
to five yearn' Imprisonment for an an
archistic attempt.
' My statement can be verified on ap
pealing to th prefect of police at Par
Is, France. In the course of the past
year lie hat assi.'Uted with him a man
named Franolee, the author of an an
archistic attempt ax Scranton, where
he n.ortally wounded an agent of the
police." I
The writer of the letter, the police
y. has been located and his story will
oe Investigated.
PLOT TO KILL
LORD ROBERTS
Mine Placed Under Church Which
He Attended.
TEN EUROPEANS ARRESTED
POPULATION OF FOUR STATES.
Return Tor MtAitana, Texas, North
Carolina and Utah.
WASHINGTON. Nov. r.-The popu
lation of MUana, announced today, Is
?43,529. as against In 1890. This
! an Increase of 111.170, or 84.1 per cent.
The population of Texaa Is 3,048,710,
against 2,235.023 in 1890, an Increase of
IU.1S7, or S..S per cent.
The population of North Carolina, as
oillclully announced today. Is 1,893.810.
it again 1,617.947 In 1890. This Is an
Increase of 275,8W, or 17 per cent.
The population of the state of Utah
as ofllclally announced today 1 276,749,
as against 207.095 In 1890. Thl Is an
Increase of 88,844. or 33.1 per rent.
FIGHTINO A LOTTERY.
Cltlxns of Reno. Nevada. Opiwse a
Proposed Amendment.
HE NO, Nev.. Nov. 27.-The people of
Rero met en masse today to devine
ways and means of organising a fight
against the lottery amendment which
comes up before the legislature next
January.
Judge Curler In the course of a speech
said that the cltlxcns of Reno have to
fight nothing more nor less than the
Louisiana Lottery Company, and If
they once get a foothold in the state
they will control the elections in every
precinct.
SCHOONER CZAR WRECKED.
Captain Wagner and Crew of Eight
Men Probably Drowned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.-Vord
hos been received here that the over
due schooner Ciar of this city luis been
wrecked off the Mexican coast. Her
crew, composed of Captain Wagner and
eight men, have probably been drowned.
F resell Official Olvt Kregcr Sword for Krooje
-Kmier Will Seek Refuje la Aaer-U-Ea(1ItbCriflc!u
Their
Officers.
LONDON, Nov. 27. The war office
has the following from Lord Robert,
dated Johannesburg, Nov. 2:
'As reports of a plot against my life
III probably reach you, I think you
should know the fact. It is believed
that there was a plot In existence, and
hve Italians, four Greeks and one
Frenchman were arrested November 1
and are now awaiting trial. Their In
tention; were to explode a mine under
3t. Mary's church during the morning
service held at 11 o'clock. November
18th."
j
SWORD FOR CRONJE.
PARI3, Nov. V. The president of
the municipal council tomorrow will
propose In the council a vote In favor
of arbitration of the Transvaal dis
putes. Henry Rochefoct. accompanied by a
deputation, today presented Mr. Kro
ger with a sword of honor destined
for General Cronje. now a prisoner on
the Island of St. Helena.
KRUGER COMING HERE.
NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-Samuel Pear
son, formerly commlasary-gTieral of
the Transvaal army, who has just ar
tlved In this country with a number of
other Boer refugees, is responsible for
the statement that President Kruger
will probably soon seek refuge and a
permanent home here.
"President Kruger will leave Paris
soon I believe," said General Pearson",
"and come to America where with his
wife he will moke a home until such
time as our arms have triumphed and
he can return to the South African re
public to take up again his office as
chief executive of the Boers."
ENGLISH BECOMING IMPATIENT.
NEW YORK. Nov. 27 A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The meeting of parliament next week
will not occur too soon. The public Is
dazed and bewild?.-ed by the confusion
which prevails both in South Africa and
China. The trend of events will be
clearer when the minister are In their
places to answer questions, and tw
leader writers are provided with cues by
those behind the .iceoes.
A war costing millions weekly is
polrig'on an J nobody seems to know
when it Is likely -o stop. Everybody
is In a critical mood. Lord Roberts is
teen regiments of cavalry and a gradu
al Increase of artillery until at the end
of five year there will be 08,00-) men.
The artillery Is not to be organized
Into regiments but as batter!. and or
ganizations of heavy field artillery.
With the maximum army there M to
be VJi men to each Infantry company,
making 1S men to a reglm-nt. The
maximum of cavalry troops ! to b
100 men.
There is no provision for a lieutenant-general
In the war department bill,
but under the present law the senior
major-cereral commanding would have
the rank of lieutenant-general. The
war department bill does not ghe the
arne Increase of major-generals and
brlg.uliers as the Hull bill.
Detailed staff provision are a fea
ture of the measure. It provide that
hereafter vacancies in the staff, ex
cepting In th medical corps, pay corps
and engineers, shaJI be filled by de
tails from the line, such detailed offi
cer being ubject to line duty at any
time.
The war department bill provides that
promotions shall be made from the
regular army according p the present
rank down to and Including the rank
of cap'ain. OfTlcera of the presvnt
volunteer army can become officers in
the regular army but In grades of fir -t
and second lieutenants only, vacancies
In the captain's rank being filled from
first lieutenants of the present regular
establishment.
OREGON liY COUNTIES.
Population of Clatsop County Given as
Only 12.7S3.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The popu
lation cf Oregen by counties Is as fol
lows: Baker 15,597
Benton jto
Clackamas 19.65$
Clatsop
Columbia g;T7
Cooa io,324
Crook 3.9m
Curry 1,86s
Douglaj, 14.E
Gilliam 3,201
Grant 5,8 (6
Harney 2.596
Jackson 13.6'Js
Jostpnln; . 7,517
Klamath 3.970
Lake 2 847
I Lane 19.604
Lincoln 3.515
Mnn 18.603
Malheur 4,2a
Marlon 27,713
Morrow 4 151
Mu!tiioi..ah 103.167
Polk 9.9L"3
Sherman 3.477
Tillamook 4.471
Umatilla 18.049
Union 16.070
Wallowa 6.53S
Wasco 13,177
Washington 14.417
Wheeler 2.443
Yamhill 11420
PORTLAND WANTS
CANAL AT DALLES
Chamber of Commerce Will Ask
for $f,CC0,00O.
BOAT RAILWAY NOT WANTED
E. H. Llbbey Slatca That Trasportatloi
Facilities Were Entirely InaseqiMlt
to Move Oreat Crop
ioUao Empire. .
PORTLAND, Nov. 27.-E. H. Llbbey
and John AJams, of Lewlaton, Idaho.
met with the chamber of commerce of
Portland this afternoon to consider the
matter of opening the Culumbla river
to free navigation.
The particular project to engage their
attention was a canal at the dalles 0f
the river. It wag resolved to ask con
gress to change the plan of Improve
ment from a boat railway, for which
n appropriation of ?2ri0.000 has already
been made, to a canal and locks to
cost a'jout $1,000,900.
Inasmuch as Idaho men had started
the movement at this time. It was
p.Kroed that the Idaho delegation should
pieeenl the subject before congress and
that the members from Oregon and
Washington would be urged to support
the ineafeure with all their power.
Libbey is the agent of Charles Fran
cis Adams of Boston. Government
engineers asked Libbey for data as to
the resources of the country fur one In
their report and In summing up hi
conclusions he said:
"Five years ago the Lewiston coun
try produced only 200,000 bushels of
wheat. This year the product was
3,700,000 bushela Five thousand car
are now required to market the grain
where none were required five year
ago.
"In the Inland Empire 40,000,006 bush
els of wheat, barley, oats and flax aro
produced, requiring 60,000 freight cars
to transport them to market.
The Lewiston country sent forward
this year 450 carload of fruit and
the Inland Empire shipped 3600 car
louds. 1700 carloads of wool and 4004
carloadsof livestock were sent to market
from that interior basin. The products
of the Inland Empire this year re
quired no less than 60,000 freight cars
Total 413,336
SUICIDE TO WITHDRAW.
Nothing Can Be Gained From China by
Any Single Power. ,
NEW YORK. Nov. 27. Leigh Hunt,
formerly of Seattle, who has recently
been In Korea and. China for several
years, will sail on the Oceanic tomor
row for the capital of China He thinks
nothing is to be gained by withdraw-
sharply criticized for a mistaken policy j ng from the concert of the powers at
of leniency; there Is an amazing out
break of abuse directed against Gen
eral Kitchener: there arn remonstrances
In Liberal Journals and from pro-Boer
platforms against the barren policy of
burning farms and starving the burgh
ers in the impoverished Dutch terri
tory, and Lord Salisbury Is attacked j friendly utterances,
for neglecting to intorm rrance ana
MORGAN REPRESENTS ALABAMA.
Elected to United States Senate by a
Unanimous Vote.
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Nov. 27. The
Alabama legislature today balloted In
separate house for United State sen
ator. John T. Morgan received every
vote cast. The result will be formally
announced In Joint session tomorrow.
..REMOVAL, SALE..
For the next sixty days our entire
stock of furniture and carpets will
be closed out at less than cost. Gall
early and avoid the rush.
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
other powers hat the two republics
have been annexed and tbat the Boers
were no longer entitled to recognition
as helllgerents when they are merely
rebels, guerillas and bandits.
When so many games at cross pur
poses are In progress It is impossible
for the publlo to know what is goin
on. The only point on which there Is
general agreement is that the French
government has' maintained a correct
attitude during the last wwk and that
the FJngllsh people have no reason to
complain of the reception of Mr. Krug
er. Lord Salisbury has clearly acted
with some intelligible motive In refrain
ing from changing the status of the
Boers from belligerents to rebels.
Pekln. He said:
"It would be suicide for us to at
tempt to negotiate with the Chlnesj
because they are incapable of making
a contract except such as a concert
of the powers shall dictate.
"We must not be deceived by any
is not only LI
Hung Chang and those who are his
oo-oftkial workers are not really friend
ly; they are only In favor of restoring
conditions looking to permanent peace
and supporting civilized nations to that
end."
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VALUE OF PHILIPPINES.
Judge Taft Says They Are by Far the
Be9t Possessions In the
Orient.
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
House Committee Is Progressing Slow
ly In Its Preparation.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-The house
committee on rivers and harbors today
continued work upon its bill, but did
nothing save compare notes on the
work done with a view later of formu
lating a bill which will be generally
satisfactory.
Printed estimates will be received to
morrow and the worl of putting the
committee's conclusions on paper will
begin then. "
NEW ARMY BILL.
Provides for a Maximum of 96,000 Men
and a Minimum of 5S.000.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. The war
department bill for the reorganization
of the army provides for a maximum of
96,000 men and a minimum of 58,000.
with thirty regiments of Infantry, flf-
C1NCINNATI. Nov. 27. In a private
letter just received here from Judge
Taft. president of the Philippine com
mission, speaking of the resources and
needs of thoss islands, he says:
"With these Islands completely paci
fied they are far and away the beet
possessions in the Orient for the pur
poses cf trade and development. Their
climate Is better than the climate of any
other tropical country of which I know
and their capacity for agriculture,
mining and commercial development
would seem to be unlimited."
to transport them to market.
"'The volume Is so great and the
I transportation facilities so Inadequate."
said Libbey. "that rext season the crip
would be harvested before all this
year's products could be sent to. market.
"The opening of the Columbia river
to free navigation will result in the
building of five miles of railroad where
j there Is now but one."
j It was the sense of the meeting that
congress snouia auinorize a canai ac
th dalles to be built on the continuous
contract plan. .
CHAMBERLAIN ADMITS CHARGES.
: He Is Pari. Holder In Companies Profit
ing by Government Contracts.
LONDON. Nov. 27. Joseph Chamber
lain, secretary of state for the colo
nies, says he is part holder In eom-
j ponies profiting by government con
tracts. He said:
"I hold a very small portion of cap
ital cf the Birmingham trust.. I do not
know and have never known anything
about its investments, which, of course,
are constantly changing. I did not
know It had any Investment fn the
company called "The Tubes. Limited,"
and I did not know that the company
was Interested In government business.
"I was not aware of these facts when
I asserted in the house of commons
that I had no interest In firms supply
ing stores to the army."
IMPOSING FUNERAL.
Remains of Sir Arthur S. Sullivan In
terred With Great Pomp
and Ceremony.
LONDON, Nov. 27. With all the
pomp and ceremony which might have
attended the obsequies of a member of
the royal family, the remains of Sir
Arthur S. Sullivan, who died here on
Thursday last, were Interred at St.
Paul's cathedral today.
KID CARTER KNOCKED OUT.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27. Tommy Ryan,
of Chicago, defeated Kid Carter, of
Brooklyn, In six rounds tonight
IDAHO OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Highest Bryan Elector Has a Plurality
of 2216 Votes.
BOISE, Ida., Nov. 27. The state
beard of canvassers canvassed the vote
of the recent election today. It shows
there were 57.914 votes cast. The high
est Bryan elector has 2216 plurality;
Glenn, fuslonlst, for congress has 1227.
and Hunt, fuslonlst. for governor, 2160.
There were 857 prohibition votes, 21S
Barker ar.d Donnelly votes and 232 cast
for Bryan electors on what was termed
the Antl-Fuslon-Popullst ticket.
DALY'S SUCCESSOR.
Wm. Scallon Elected President of the
Anaconda Mining Company.
BUTTE. Mont.. Nov. 27. Word was
received tonight announcing the election
of Wm. Scallon as president of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company to
succeed the late Marcus Daly. Scallon
was Daly's confidential lawyer.
PRICE CI" TLVr!Tt
NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-Sllver. 64'i