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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1903.
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MARIN0V1CH & BOSCOVICH
The Iluliii Itlll Tor Hoiitpullen
PnhcI Governor Cliiiinber
laln Vto4 One Measure
himI Kifruw Other.
Balem, Feb. Jl. The Dalles-CVlilo
portage railway bill passed the senate
(hla morning, under suspendon of rules,
and with but four dissenting votes,
those of Drowncll. Duly, Miller and
fctmlth of tamhlll.
When the bill hud been cullt! up and
read the flint und wecond times, Fulton
naked Ihut the rule be farther sus
pended and the bill placed on Hit final
passage. Tlie provisions of the meas
ure, he Mid, were generally known
und understood. He believed It to ie
th- most Important bill before the leg
tslulure at hi svsslon. Hi passage
would bring fur greater benefits than
the passage of any other bill, It would
open up the eastern Oregon grain coun
try, and regulate frelgHt rates, which
were now prohibitive, Tho measure
haa met with almost unanimous ap
proval In the house, and he hoped no
disarming votes would be recorded In
th senate.
IMonVs bill to make the term of
county assessor for four years' du
ration Instead of two was pussed, as
wre also Mulkey'a bill for constitution
al amendment to govern the election of
tte printer,- KuykeuduU's bill-, to
amend the methods of engrossing and
enrolling legislative bills, the Weston
Independence and Eugene charter
bills, to regulate the office of county
school superintendent of Tillamook
county.
Governor Chamberlain this morning
vetoed house bill No. 47, Introduced by
Kay. providing that the salaries of
state and county officials should be
subject to garnishment on the ground
thut its enactment would be class legls
latlon. With his veto the governor ft!
ed a letter explaining the reasons for
hla disapproval. On the vote as to
whether the bill Rhould be paused over
the veto, the governor was sustained
by a vote of 28 to S3.
The stand taken by the governor In
this matter was that this bill permit
ted the garnishment of salaries of atute
and county officials, but would not
permit the garnishment of moneys In
the hands of any public' officer where
thn Judgment debtor la not an employe.
"In other words," said the governor
In hla masage, "It provides one rule
fro one class of debtors while another
class la wholly exempted." The case
cited by the governor was that where
the state contract with a man to con
struct a building this contractor may
be Involved and yet his contractors
cannot secure their money by placing
a lien on the bluldlng. or attach the
money In the hands of the state official.
The Joint ballot for senator was mere
ly a case of sameness as far as any
decided, gains are concerned, M. C.
George received 15 vote, but this Is
not thought to be Judicative of any
thing In particular. Following Is the
vote:
Fulton S3
deer 15
Wood 16
George 15
Scattering S
Absent and paired 8
union miners In their argument before
the anthracite commission, the Inde
pendent operators of Lehigh, Wyoming
and Lackawanna regions holding the
attention of the commissioners for the
gretiter part of the day.
In nearly every case the lawyers ar-(
gued that President Mitchell should be
held responsible-for the lawlessness In
the coal regions during the strike, and
the oil Ion was characterized as an ir-
rexponsibln organization, whose mem
brs were beyond the control of the
leaders.
GERMANY IS .
UNFAITHFUL
WILL BEAUTIFY CAPITOL
MAIN BUILDINQ WILL BE IMPUOV
ED AND ENLAtOED ANI A
. NEW ONE WILL BE
BUILT,
Washington, Feb. 11. The bouse
made fair progress today with the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. The
amendments," of which Cannon gave no
tlce yesterday for the east front of the
capltol, and the erection of an office
building for members were adopted, the
points of order raised against them be
ing overcome by the adoption of a pee
lal rule making them in order.
Ry the terms of the amendments $50.-
000 Is appropriated for the work on the
main building jf the capltol and a lim
it of $2,500,000 Is fixed. For a site for
the !) oft Ice building $750,000 is appro
priated. The coat of the building Is
to be $1,100,000.
IN THE SENATE.
Morgan Is Pessimistic Regarding Out
look of Canal Treaty.
Washington, Feb. 11-Senator Hanna
today called up a conference reiort on
the department of commerce bill and it
w.v agreed to without debate. The
bill now goes to the president.
' Morgan, almost Immediately after the
opening of the session, resumed his re
marks on the statehood bill, but branch
off on the subject jf the proposed
treaty with Colombia. He referred
to the concredat with Pope Plus IX.
which constitute a part of the law of
Colombia and said that the United
States Intended to put the heel of lg.
nomlnous contempt upon It. He pre
dicted the return of hostilities between
the old church party la Colombia and
the liberal party.
Depew spoke in opposition to the
statehood bill,
ALASKA BOUNDARY TREATY RATIFIED
Wnshlngton. Feb. U. The senate has
ratified the Alaskan boundary treaty.
MAYOR JOHNSON QUESTIONS
CLEVELAND'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE
QUIZZES LABOR LEADER
AND GETS RETORT.
Cleveland, Feb. 11. Before two hun
dred members of organized labor in
thle city tonight. Mayor Tom Johnson,
who was present on an invitation to ex
plain the recent statement he made rel
ative to the origin of a committee re
port on S-eent fares, asked some start
ling questions of Mitchell Goldsmith, a
prominent local labor leader.
The mayor turned to Goldsmith and
Risked If he was not used to handling
larger sums or money tnan usually
falls to the lot of a worklngman and
also if he had not been a frequent vis
itor to the office of the president of the
Cleveland City Rallroai.company.
Goldsmith's reply to the Mayor's
question was that It was none of his
business.
Total 90
HAHN BIH, PASSED.
Salem, Feb. , 12. Both houses have
passed Holm's bill to give boatpullers
a Hen for their wages.
CHAMBERLAIN SIGNS BILLS.
Salem. Feb. 11. Governor Chamber.
lain this morning signed house bill No.
74, the fellow-servant bill Introudced by
Hansbrough of Douglas. This was the
bill which was contested by the rail
road companies. House bill No. 1S9,
by Hayden, to give county courts the
right to authorise construction of flume
ways along county roads was also sign
ed by the governor.
' WILL EXECUTE AT SALEM.
Salem, Feb. ll.-At the evening ses
sion the. house passed the senate Mil by
Marstera requiring that executions take
place at the penitentiary, .
OPERATORS ARRAIGN MINERS
President Mitchell Is Blunted for Law
r lessnes During Strike.
Philadelphia, Feb. 11. The coal op
erators today continued to arraign the
HEAVY SNOW FALL
FIERCE STORM IS RAGING OVER
UTAH. WYOMING AND
IDAHO.
Salt Lake, Feb 11 Over eight Inches
of snow fell In Stilt Lake today and the
storm Is still raging with unabated
fury. This lp the heaviest snowfall
here In U years. Streetcar traffic is
demoralized. The storm extends over
southern Idaho, western Wyoming and
northern Utah and trains on all roads
are more or less delayed by the storm.
Ignores Agreement That Was First
Made and Now Demands
Cash Payment
BOWEN APPEARS DISGUSTED
EXPLOSION CAUSES DEATH.
Lantern Explodes, Starting a
Fire Narrow .Escapes.
Shaft
Duluth, Minn., Feb. 11. Two lives
were lost and 10 men had narrow esc.
apes as the result of a fire In the shaft
of a spruce mine owned by the United
States Steel corporation at Eveleth,
Minn. -
The dead are John O'brlen and Wil
liam Matthews. The fir was caused
by the explosion of a lantern which was
left near the edge of the shaft on the
second level, 150 feet below the sur
face. ,
APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT.
St. Taul, Feb. 11 A N. Hoagland has
been appointed superintendent-general
of the Northern Pacific.
England and Italy Disclaim Ite
MMMiHiblllty for Condnct of
Ally and fSlfrnll'y Wish
to Oo Ahead. .
Washington, Feb 11 Germany
has Ignored her previous agree- 4
ment with liowen by Count von
Quadt, her charge d'jffalrs, -and
Insists upon a cash payment of
$340,000 or the customs receipts
of the Venezuelan ports until
4 this amount is paid.
Minister Bowen has informed the
German minister that if he refused to
yield the receipts of any port before The
Hague dlclslon, that It would but
be preferential treatment. As to the
cash payment demanded Mr. Bowen
left that mutter to the German minis.
ter to determine, saying to him that If
Germany can afford to make public con
fession that It does not stand by agree
menta signed by its duly accredited dip
lomats he (Mr. Bowen Is willing that
they shall receive, on the day protocol
to signed, the total amount asked in the
original ultimatum. This response has
been cabled to the German foreign of
fice. "
Great Britain and Italy have re
nounced any responsibility for the ac
tion of Germany and have expressed
their regret. Through their represent
atives there they have Informed Bow.
en that they will stand by all the agree
ments they have made and will not be
Influenced by the action of Germany.
Both the British and Italian proto
cote provide for a cash payment of 5500
pounds sterling and for a submission of
the question of preferential treatment
to The Hague. They contain the rec
ommendation of the renewal of all pre.
vlous treaties of amity and commerce
and the Italian convention has an ar
ticle providing for the payment of Ital
ian claims which have already been ad
Justed, without further' arbitrations,
after commission has arbitrated other
claims.
It is known that an answer will ar
rive tomorrow from Germany to the
final representations made and upon
the receipt of that answer the signing
of the protocols probably will occur.
As soon as they are signed, orders will
be dispatched to the blockading ships
for their Immediate withdrawal from
Venezuelan waters.
VENEZUELA DEMANDS JUSTICE
Asks Thflt Captured Vessel Be Given
Up By Germans.
New York, Feb. 11. Senor Myerstone
the Venezuelan consul has presented to
the Dutch government officials a de
mand for the immediate seizure of the
gunboat Restaurador. now flying the
German colors and the return of the
vsosel to Venezuela, says the Corres.
pondent of the Herald at Wlllerastad
Curacao.
The consul's contentions that as the
captured ship belonged to the Vene
zuelnn navy she could not enter Dutch
waters under International law. He
has also protested against Germany
using Curacao as a base of supplies and
as a coaling station.
Venezuela officials assert that neu
tral rights appear to be only for strong
powers and that international law is a
farce when feeble nations are involV'
ed.
and dismissed the case on the ground
thi the entire estate of Dean In this
state consisted of a watch and chain,
brought from Connecticut after Dean's
death for the purpose of giving the
New York courts Jurisdiction.
Judge Werner in his opinion says
that while the court recognized the
hardship upon the widow and next of
kin, the grave question of public policy
compelled the decision. Property to
constitute an estate In such a case
must come into the state "In good faith
and in due course of business."
PRINCE GRANTED DIVORCE
CROWN PRINCE OF SAXONY IS
SEPARATED FROM HIS
BASE WIFE
Dresden, Feb. 11 A decree of divorce
which was today granted the crown
prince of Saxony from Crown Princess
Louise, reads:
" "Ties of marriage of the parties are
to dissolve on account of adultery of
the respondent with M. Giron, teacher
of languages. The blame is attached
to the respondent who is ordered to pay
the cost of proceedings."
CONSPIRACY
DISCOVERED
Men Who Perpetrated the Frauds
Have Made a Full Confes
sion of Their Acts.
GOING ON FOR TEN YEARS
M'BRIDE MEASURE KILLED
RAILWAY COMMISSION BILL DE
FEATED IN THE SENATE
AND HUNG UP IN
DEFINITELY IN
HOUSE.-
Olympia, Feb. 11. The railway com
mission bill, the most Important meas
ure fo come up in the present session of
the legislature, was defeated in the
senate today by a vote of 25 to 17. In
the house the bill is hung up apparently
fo- the entire session, and without a
recorded vote being entered for the
measure.
Insurance Companies Have Been,.
Swindled Out of Hundreds
of Thousands by Organ
ized ScampM.
New York, Feb. 11. An exposure of
the methods of the conspirators In the
recently discovered Italian life insur-
ance frauds was made today by the
confession of one of the men concerned.
It appears that frauds have been, in op- '
eration for ten years, during which
time Insurance companies have been d '
frauded out of hundreds of thousands
of dollars. , ' . .
The usual plan of operations was te
make application for insurance In the
name of some person In practically
dying condition, a healthy substitute,
being presented for medical examina
tion. In cases where the original risk; '
lingered tco long to satisfy the con
spirators, a substitute body was Used
on which to collect the amount of the
policy.
ODELL AND ROOSEVELT.
Governor and Ex-Governor Confer on
Political Outlook in New York.
Wellington, Feb. il. Governor
Odell of New York was in conference
with the president at the Vhite House
for more than three hours tonight dis
cussing political matters in the empire
state. A portion pt the time con
gressman Littaer was with them.
H IS NOT DECLARED WAR
Guatemalan Government Is Ready to
Defend Its Honor."
Panama, Feb. 11. An official cable
gram has Just been received from Guat
emala saying that Guatemala has not
declared -wah but that Salvtdor,- iHoo
duras and Nicaragua menace the Guat
emalan government which is ready to
defend its honor, .
ACCEPTS CARNEGIE'S OFFER.
Colorado Springs, Feb. 11. Mayor
Robinson has written to Andrew Car
negie that the city council will accept
his proposition to give $50,000 for a li
brary provided the council would &p
poprlate $5000 annually.
ESTATE CONSISTED OF A
WATCH AND CHAIN ONLYJ
Court of Appeals Decides In Favor of
Railroad When Shown Admin
istrator Represented
Nothing.
Albany, N. Y., Fen. n. A ease
which Judge Werner who writes the
opinion, seems to regard as unparal
leled has been decided by the court bf
appeals In favor of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Ralrload against
the esiate of George Dean, late of Hart
ford. Conn., represented by William
Hoos. public administrator' of New
York eounty. " v'
Dean, an engineer of the railroad,
was killed in a collision, caused, the
plaintiff alleges, by the negligence on
the part of the corporation. " '
The surrogate of New York on the
representation that Dean had property
In this state appointed Hoes adminis
trator and as such he brought and won
suit for $5000 against 4he company. The
court of appeals reversed the decision
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