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Macaroons, Walnut Creams,
Arrowroot, High Teas,
And Many Others, Fresh and Crisp.
RALSTON'S HEALTH FOODS,
ALL VAKIBTItS
" FISHER'S REST " CORVALLIS HOUR
CHASE 6 SANBORN'S FINE COFFEES
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
Fishing Supplies.,
Headquarters
LOWEST
A LONG RO W
T I II flV0 kCn 80W' flr0 VCr
W J, SCUlly, stocked and must have the room.
From now on these splendid heat-
431 BOND STREET, ing stoves will bo sold at a reduc-
UetKeen Ninth and Tenth Streets tion of 20 per cent FOR GASH.
3. J. TRBNCHARD,
Commission, Brokerage,
Insurance and Shipping:.
The
Superior
Ranges
ARE . . .
ACKNOWLEDGED
BY ALL WHO HAVE
USED THEM
Cj 7K Ppf pt
vB" w ' vi
& REED
PRICES.
Foard 0 Stokes Co.
Of our new ami up-to-date Air
tight Heaters are still on hand.
Wo figured on considerable cold
weather and purchased an un
usual quantity; but tho weather
has nn (derated, consequently sales
Custom House Broker.
ASTORIA, ORE
Aieot W. F. A Go and Paclfle KxpreM 0'.
SAMPSON CALLED
"CONCEITED ASS"
Sensations in Both Senate and
Mouse Yesterday.
LENTZ' SPEECH SUPPRESSED
Dcmocrillc Conircnamnn Claimed Attxk tie
Made oi Scan lor Hanoi Under Leave
lo Print la Record Wn
Withheld.
WA.MMNOTO.V. F-b. it. An Import-
Oll UlllClldltleift tO till; Philippine
iimciid'in lit to On- army appropriation
hill wan iigr.-ed to In the senate today,
It w.i tin- amplification of an Htru-nd-m.'iil
previously off.rr.1 ly Hour, lay
ing r.-lrli.tion upon the mile of pub
lic land and granting free fnimhlM.n
aii'l com ctslons In the Phlllnnlm-K. It
wu .uvinlfj by th'- committee In
churife nt he nu-uutv and In now purt
o th.- ( mmltlce utri'-nilmiTit.
M.rgin, of A la Ui nm, continued his
Kiwti h begun ymti.-rday iii.'I occupied
(hi' Mimr during tin griitT purt of
th- day, II.' concluded ti 1m ii.).Ii-. H junt
1.' f"rv tin' uft'-ritoon recess, after hnv
ii. V llm iikx-'.I enmpr h.'iinlv cly both the
I'hlllppiiic aii.l Cuban nm"iidmentx. II
upp 'dl.-d In th' roiiirnltlri' to withdraw
'".th pi .pnnltimiH, maintaining that enn-i-.-N
ttim tr-ading upon dangerous
BriMin.l ami trillion with edg-d tool In
u.'tlnif ui;mi th'-u without ample ccii-
ld''IUtl"li.
I. urljiK the afternoon, Allen read a
I'tt-r purporting to have b-en sent
by ( hlrf Gunner Charles Morgan, of
th. nuy. to Itcar-Ailmiinl Win, T.
Siunpfin, requesting him to forward to
the r nvy department Ida application for
promotion t the sank of cnlxn uj der
ii provision of tho p?nlnflr navil ap
pro), rintlon bill.
11 aluo p-itd th' ndormtnciit of Ad
miral Sampnoit npm Ihr aiipHi-ution of
luiint-r MoTRivn l.i tho courm of which
tho u.lnilrul la reported us sayiiiR in
bii. f thai while h? rtii.(fnlzi'd Guiiii.t
Mi khh'm t.i iml, nl and profocHlonal
ability h' wa opp miM to appointing'
wnrrunt onii-cr to th grad.- of cnxlgn
b.cttuc.' they ha. J rot cnjoywl thi- so
clnl ndvnntaip's which Adniiml Sanip
non iii-ld a commlHflont'd oltici-r of the
navy hIiouII have t-njoy.d no that he
mljsht rvproitnit properly bin country.
In fon-iKn count ri'. iartlcular!y. The
rndowiTPeni of Admlnil Sum pi in ex
pieie,i the adiiiirul'H hope that IhfK.'C
retary of the navy would not find it
iiuen'ary to rt'oornnu;d the primiotlon
of wnrront ottlcer of the navy to the
rank of conimUidon d odU-ers. .
Allen mild the endowment proved be
yond th" shadow of a doubt that there
was "a Kn'JbblHh arlntocracy In the
navy that ia detrim-ntal to the country
and a dlngrace to the country
p'lirem ntcd by thin officer, and other
like officers.
"If Ad.niral Sampson In author of
these endorsement." declatd Allen,
with vehemence, "he Is a conceited as.
and he oukIU to be marked down as
such. We ore not brlnicliiK up In this
country a nice of snob. If I am cor
rectly Informed there was a time when
Sampson was no better than Charles
Morif.in. the Kuiner."
At the close of the nlirht session of
the senate. Indications wer.' th.it a vote
might be reached up n the aiMiy ap
propriation bill and amendments to
morrow. It seems likely that no fur
ther serious opposition will be encoun
tered. IN TUfc HOI-SE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The house
was the scene of a sensational Inoide-nt
lat. this afternoon which threw that
body Into a violent state of excite
ment. For an hour the etorm raged,
ending abruptly when adjournment was
taken, upon motion of Payne, the floor
lend.-r of the majority.
Lontz, of Ohio, a Democrat who has
created many sensations during his
nrvice in the house, stirred the Demo
crats to fever pitch by rising to a ques
tion of privilege and alleging that a
speech he hid .turned over to the public
printing ottlce, under general leave to
print, had been withheld from the rec
ord and had been turned over to Gen
eral Grosvenor, of Ohio, by the speaker. ,
REMOVAL. SALE
Commencing Mondny, February 4,
We shall make the following prieos;
Iron Beds with brass knobs $3.00
Iron Beds with full brass rail 6.00
Extension Tables $4.50 and up
Our Combination Book Cases and Writing Desk
we make a 20 per cent discount from regular prices. Par
lor Chairs lieduced in price. On Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum,
Window Shades, we give 10 per cent from regular prices,
- which includes, Sewincr, Layins: and Paper.
CHARLES HEILBORN & SOnI
Th- nature of the p-.ch wan n'rt rj-
veo'd durlri the events that fol
lowed, but It was I' arned that it w.is an
attack upon Henator lfuma arid th"
methods by which he wjs elected to the
senate.
ItichardHon, the minority I'ad'-r, pud
the following: "lu'Dolved, that the
speaker of the hou? ha no right to
withhold from record a speech of any
member rniide unl"r ip-neral leave to
print." The houae voted 118 t, V.0 not
to consider thft resolution. As sxi a
the pnult was announced Itlchardflon
offered, as a matter of privilege affect
ing the Integrity of the house, the fol
lowing. "Itisolved that m.;h action Is
hereby condemned by the house, and
It Is hep-by ordere'J that said speerh
be delivered forthwith to the public
printer for publication In the rceord.
A scene of the ulldnt cwifuslon fol
lowed, rarty feeling by this t'me wait
at fevnr heat. A dozen memlM'rs w.re
on their feet clamoring for recognition
The house refused to corildf the reso
lution by a vote of US to 127.
As sori as the result was announo-d
Payne, the K.-pubUran leader, moved
adjournment, and It was carried.
Wlt.UMA.V.S I...T INTIOllVIKW.
If.-lleve.i That Aguinaido Is Dead
That china Will lie Divided
Into Five Kingdoms.
ind
SAN KitAN'ciHCii. Feb. 26. -The last
s'.ati-inent made for publication by
Cult.'.) States Coiu-ul-il-rieraJ Itouns--
vllle Wildman, who lost his life In the
wreck "f the slium-r Ulo de Janeiro, is
printed In the Honolulu It-publican of
February H. Sp.-ukinu of the Philip
pln.s he said:
"The Philippine 'lU'Stion practic
ally at an end. If our forces can k.p
the InsurgoiitH und. r control during the
lalny seison. and I beil-ve th-y can,
the matter will solve Itself. The Insur
gents are beui cut off from all exter
nal conimunicatl.it:. They find it hard
er and harder to see u re foodntuff.
Th' y long ago wep; prevented from re
el Ivlng unything In the way of tire
arms. They have scarcely any powder
and in order to carry on their war-
f.nr. fill th-lr sin lis with heads of
mull he. Aguinaido, 1 believe, is dead.
General Sandlco, chief of Agulnaldo's
staff. Is trading on Agulnaldo's name."
"To prophesy the future of China."
Wlldnuui continued. "Is a mint diffi
cult thing to do, but I may safely
hazard this: China will be divided Into
five kliitrifoms."
LYNCHING IN INDIANA.
Negro Murderer Hanged and Burned
at Terre Haute.
TF.URE HAUTE. Ind., Feb. 26. -Geo.
Wurd. the n. gro who nmidered Xliss
lu i Finktlstern, a school teacher, by
slntilng her with a shotgun and cut
ting her throat, yesterday, was lynched
today.
Face downward he was dragged
through the street to a bridge, where
h- was hanged. The crowd cut the
cornse dewn, kindled a tire and cre
mated the remains.
Many souvenirs were carried aw-ay.
One n.an, while the feet protruded
from the fl.im.s, offered II for a toe
from the "nigger's" foot. A venture
some youth, drawing his knife from his
;iockot, made a dash for the prize. He
quickly amputated the toe, delivered
th goods and gvt his money.
The negro's only excuse for the mur
der was his allegation that Miss Fin
kelHterr called him a. "dirty nigger"
and slapped him In the face.
GERMAN POPULATION.
Census Shows Increase in Five Years
of Nearly Eight Per Cent.
BERLIN. Feb. 26. The census taken
December 1, WO. shows the population
of the empire to be 56.345,034. Since
1SH.1 the Increase in the population of
the empire has b.en about 4.000,000, or
7.79 por cent, the highest rate of in
crease for any quinquennial period
during the last thirty years.
FUSION PREVENTED.
Kansas Legislature Passed Bill to Pre
vent Name of Candidate Ap
pearing More Than Once.
TOPEKA, Kas.. Feb. 26. A bill
which prevents fusion passed the house
today and was sent to the governor for
his signature. The bill prevents the
name of any candidate appearing more
than once.
RIO DE JANEIRO
MAY BE RAISED
Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Wil
Make Effort to Save Steamer.
IN ONLY EIGHTEEN FATHOMS
It Is Now Believed That Mlislst Bodiei and
One Hundred and Ninety Sack (
Mall Will Be Reentered From
the Wreck. .
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. The
wrecked steamer Rio de Janeiro lie
within 200 yards of the red buoy off
Fort Point In from 18 to Wk fathoms
of water. An effort will be made at
once by the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company to recover the bodies and
raise the steamer. .
DIVERS CAN WORK ON WRECK
SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 2.-The Ex
amlner says that the position of the
wrecked Rio de Janeiro has been lo
cated. by sounding, in thirteen fathoms
of water, a depth at which divers can
work. It Is said to be exactly one
quarur of a .nlle southwest ;jf the Fort
Point buoy
The Chronicle states that the wreck
is probably within a stone's throw of
the walla or Fort Wlnfleld Scott, and
within easy reach of wreckers. It Is
not lmposible that the Imprisoned
bdleg may oe recovered, If the wreck
has been correctly located. About 130
bags of mail are in the sunken ship.
The chamber of commerce has called
on the California delegation in congress
to urw the erection of a steam fog
whistle at Fort Point.
TO FIGHT SENATOR CLARK.
H. P. Knapp Claims to Have Been Sent
to Washington by Labor Party
but Is Repudiated.
BUTTE. Mont., Feb. 26.-Interviews
have been given out at various points
in the East by H. P. Knapp, former
ly of this state, saying he was going
to Washington as the representative of
the Labor party of Montana to fight
agaJnst the seating of Senator Clark on
the ground that Senator Clark has not
kept faith regarding labor legislation
his party was pledged to In the last
camalgn.
The labor leaders say they have no
fight with Senator Clark. Alex. Mac-
kel, principal legal advisor of the La
bor party, says he does not even know
Knapp and is positive he has no stand
Ine with the labor organizations of the
state, political or otherwise.
MRS. NATION AS AN EDITOR.
Her Paper Contained Large Advertise
ments of Whisky Firms.
PEORIA, III.. Feb. 26. Mrs. Carrie
Nation was in charge of ohe Journal
today. In her leading editorial she
says:
"I have never hurt a hair on the
heads of my bad brothers, the saloon
keepers, and hope for pity's sake none
of them ever shall get in the way of
my hatchet, for it gets dreadfully reck
less when it tiles around smashing that
which murders men."
slde from writing; some eight col
umns of editorials on "The Kansas Cy
clone she writes an account of her
smashing career. Whisky firms' ad
vertlsements are another feature, one
concern having an entire page.
MANY BRITISH KILLED.
Expedition Against SomaJis Had Se
vere Fighting With the Africans.
MOMBRASA, East Coast of Africa,
Feb. 2b. A British expedition of 600
men, after making eighty drays' march
of 114 miles into the Somalls" country
to punish them for killing sub-Com
missioner Jenner, -as attacked Febm
ary 19 at Sanass, twenty-nine miles
from Affmadu, and kwt seventeen men
killed, including Lieutenant Colonel
Maitland. The Somalia were beaten off
with a loss of about 150 men killed.
THIRTY-TWO LIVES LOST.
Bodies of Dead Wyoming Miners May
Be Recovered Today.
SALT LAKE. Feb. 26. A special to
the Tribune from Kemmerer, Wyoming,
says:
Following Is an Incomplete list of
the men known to be doa.l in Dla
mondvllle No. 1 mine from the fire
that broke out last night:
Damlona Defrancazce, single; Giuspi
Endrlzzi. single; Siordono Gabardll,
sintrle: Athlol Kucol, single; Gulssephi
Tranzo, married; Torouzo Frnzei, mar
ried; Fanto Formolo, single; Biele Hen
eila. single; Tanano Avanyinl, married;
Alesandro Barfagnolli, married; Vora
do Angell, married; Donanodo Roanl,
married; Palmasclo Reanl, married;
Blstista Basolo, married; John Heikln-
ens, single; James and Henimlukl PI
halahtl, brothers, single; John Pas.in
em. married; Mat Pajmiaen, single
Emell Aho, single; Ran Ramlania
single; Tboman Simpson and son 17
year old, Herbert Simpson; Frank
Dwyer, single.
With the exception of Thomas Simp
son and his son and Frank Dwyer all
the above are Austrian. In addition
there are five Italian and seven Fin
landers, whose names are nt yet learn
d, making a total of thlrty-ttfo lives
lout. It Is given out by Superlnten
dent Thomas Sneddon and confirmed
by others familiar with the conditions
that the lives of all the men were cer
talnly extinguished within three min
utes of the fire gaining the ascendency,
At t p. m. the Are Is believed to be
extinguished, at any rate It Is fully un
der control and Superintendent Sned
don announces that he will open the
mine tomorrow for the recovery of the
bodies,
The large proportion of men of fam
lllen among the victims adds to the
general distress and all night long
women and children hung around the
slupe filling the air with their lamen
tation for their husbands and fath
ers.
The .origin of the fire has not been
definitely determined but It Is thought
it was the result of carelessness by
svme one In the drivers' cabin, back
of the sixth level. At this point the
drivers congregate while waiting for
their loads and it is thought that
lighted wick waa left to smolder among
the rubbish
The fire was, discovered by Driver
James Hudson and he relates that If
those who have lost their lives had
been English speaking people the death
ist would have been much lower, for
he gave the alarm thoroughly and was
severely burned himself In his efforts to
communicate the danger to the unfor
tunates.
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE.
Question of Removal of Capital Indefi
nitely Postponed.
OLYMPIA. Feb. 26. The constitu
tional revision committee of the house
tonight decided to recommend indcfl
nlte postponement of the bills Intro
duced by Tacoma and Everett provid
Ing for submitting to the voters of the
state at the next general election the
question of removal of the capital from
Olympia.
The general belief here is that Ta
coma and Everett have given up all
hopes of putting through the removal
bill at this session.
The bill providing for the purchase
of the cirt house for capitol purposes.
which has already passed the senate,
Is now in the hands of the house com
mittee and may be passed this week.
The house, by a vote of 52 to 26. went
on record this afternoon against the
postponement of the bill introduced by
Puckett of Spokane, amended so as to
provide that no railroad of more than
50 mile In length In the state of Wash'
ington should charge more than three
cents pr mile passenger fare. The bill
is aimed at the Spokane Falls and
Northern railroad, which charges five
cents per mile. It is. contended that
the road Is one of the most prosperous
in the state and should be brought un
der the three-cent rate.
OFFICIALS BEHEADED.
Chih Siu Met Death in Dignified Man
ner but Hsu Cheng Yo Was
Stupefied With Opium.
PEKIN. Feb. 26. Chih Siu. former
grand secretary, and Hsu Cheng Yo, son
of the notorious Hsu Tung, were pub
licly beheaded today. The street in
which the executions took place was
guarded by French. German and Amer-
can troops.
Th.? condemned officials were taken
to the ground in carts escorted by a
company of Japanese infantry. Chih
Siu met his fate in a dignified man
ner, walking from the cart calmly and
fearlessly. Hsu Cheng Y"o was stupe
fied with opium.
ONE CUBAN CONCESSION.
Will Not Allow Islands to Be Made
Base of Operations Against
United States.
HAVANA, Feb. 26. The constitution
al convention adopted one article de
fining Cuba's proposed relations, name
ly, that Ctiba would not make treaties
with any country which would endan
ger the sovereignty of the republic, or
allow the Islands to be made the base
of war operations against the United
States or any other country.
POPULATION OF PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Feb. 26. The population of
Prussia, atvording to the census of De
cember 1, 1900. was 34.443,377, or an in
crease of 2,608,154 since 1S95.
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND. Feb. 26. Wheat. Walla
Walla, 5o50.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Feb. 26.-Wheat,
May, 994; cash. S.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26. Wheat, May,
opening, 767614; closing, 7614"6.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 26. Wheat, May,
6s.
BOTHA READY
TO SURRENDER
Kitchener Grants Armistice of 24
Hours for Consultation.
TWO PEACE DELEGATES SHOT
En;llib Are Conlldeot War Will Be Over
Before July When It In Believed
i nai ine m met win at id
Operation.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-The Chronlcl
this morning publishes under reserve
the rumor that Lord Kitchener ha
met General Botha to arrange term for
the surrender of the Boers and that an
armistice of twenty-four hours wan
granted the Boer commandant-general
to enable him to consult with the oth
er commandants.
PEACE DELEGATES SHOT.
LONDON, Feb. 26. It is reported
that General Louis Botha Is now be
tween Ermeilo and Mlddlburg, nays a
diepatch to the Dally Mail from Pleter
maritzburg, 'and that two peace dele
gates from Belfast Messrs. DeKock
and Meyer have been shot.
END OF THE WAR NEAR.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. There ar a
few additional details of the rout of
the Dutch forces In South Africa, say a
the Tribune's London correspondent, but
there is a buoyant feeling in military
circles that the end of the war Is nearer
than it was. The conjunction of De
Wet's men with the-commandoes which
were already in Cape Colony has been
prevented, the Invaders have been scat
tered In all directions and their resour
ces ha,ve been paralyzed.
Botha's force has been harassed
steadily and compelled to break up Into '.
small bands. Its losses In ammunition
are heavy and the country Is devas-
mieu. ueiierai iviicnenan nas, wun Sci
entific thoroughness, corralled the spare
population here and there under strong
euard and emptied the vast space
of South African veldt so that there I
no possir-inty or continuing the war In
an effective way. There are no relays
of horsvs, no droves of cattle and the
veldt 13 uninhabitable and tralnwreck-
li g is the last resource of the guerillas.
There may be unforeseen accidents.
but no military expert In London ex-
pocts that the wan win be prolonged be
yond the first of July. It is reported
that there were wagers in Johannes
burg at the opening of the year that
the mines would be operated by the
first week in July.
ANOTHER MINE EXPLOSION.
Two M:n Killed In Blue Canyon Coal
Mine, Washington.
NEW WHATCOM. Wash.. Feb. 21
An explosion in the Blue Canyon Coal
mine a few minutes after 8 o'clock to
nljrht killed Ed Mulligan and Dick Da-
e.v, two of the day gang. The rest
of the day gang had Just left the mine
and the night shift had no yet gone
In. Daley leaves a w-ife and four chil
dren. The cause of the explosion 1
rot yet known.
TAXATION OF MINES.
Provided for by Bill in the Idaho Leg
islature.
BOISE, Ida., Feb. 26e-The house to
day, In committee of the whole, favor
ably reported a bill for the taxation of
mines. It provides that the net output '
of mines shall be taken as the value
of the property for the purpose of
assessment.
PREPARING FOR SALE.
Final Inspection of Denver and
Rla
Grande Railroad Began
Yesterday.
DENVER, Feb. 26. The Post today
says:
Final Inspection of the Denver and
Rio Grande before Its sale to the East
ern railroad syndicate began thin morn
ing.
PRESIDENT NOT WANTED.
Confederate Veterans of Winchester.
Tenn., Are Against Inviting Him.
CHATTANOOGA. Feb. 26. Turney
Camp of confederate veterans of Wln-
hopter, Tenn., has. adopted another res
olution against inviting the president to
attend the Memphis reunion.
GOMEZ IS WITH AMERICA.
Cuban General Would Withdraw From
Cuba If We Did.
HAVANA. Feb. 26. General Gomez,
speaking of conditions In Cuba today,
said:
"If the Americans were to withdraw
today I would go with them."