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sv dftw ..... UOVER8 THE MORNINQ FIELD ON THE LOWE COLUMBIA. BUBLIMHKB CULL AS900UTBD PRISB RVPORT VOLUMK IX NO. 27!) ASTOKIA. OKKfJON. SA'JTRDA Y. MAI'CII 10. 1')0 PRICK FIVE CKNTS BLOODY BATTLE WITH m mm wis KILLED HI HUE Island of Jolo Scene of Terrible battle In Crater of Mountain No Quarter Given Many Americans Killed and Wounded. . ARTILLERY HAULED UP HAND OF SIX HUNDRED MOROS ON ISLAND OF JOLO FORTIFY THEM SELVES IN CRATER OF MOUNT DAJO AMERICANS TOIL UP ALMOST PERPENDICULAR CLIFFS AND FINAL LY TAKE THE POSITION. M M1.A, M.11. I1 !' the .able he t .i ii lulu iiiul Miicliiiiiio it lnoken ntul I lll lC . Olllj hllllll ll l f id' iM'tWC'll tin- luu lohllnU ,1 lixlllt ul Iin lllti-l I ll'l Oil ul il.,' l.llilc -ii.C, .'ill thci ihliiiU l tli.' recent luillle on M. .tuti li.ijo air not imnhihh', hul inili till .illllloti' ,lle 1 'illicit 111 ill) lii i-neiil ohlain lliciii A ) (.i 1 t-iil ! tlieie will W' no mole liplil inj,' mi llic Nluii'l of Jiilo tin the I-I.iii. I o Mindalino tcli'ivl tmoi and tli'- ciiniiiihiilary aie oil-iilli(. lite hu-lilr Mniiii, .Hid (Hob j ahlt i'i.Hiitalit ini.'.ipi'iiiciil - will fol j lo No Pinunfrs Tken. . i 1 1, . , ,,.tt ih.it i1.' ait. o l. mi Miitnit Da jo tta- a iimt tollable one. Ma ni .i iii ial Wnod . lii. 1 li d ( oloic I .t,,-i ,!l W, Ihlln.l'l to 11 1 1 ,11'lv t In- Mulie. on the 'tali'i and ,ailiie ul hill theei. 'llii- t' .11 in 'oiiiillhed iiltci h icale, di'inali.!- to nt lender. Si hiindied Mulri tie ic hllh-il II i- belieted no .lli.lle. Wile tal.cn. The ullaek tta- made under the inn-t haaidou- cii i itiii-t iiini . Stailini: ciity in the allei'iioou of M.ileli lilh llic a ailant 1 limbed for u di-t:iiiee of '.0l ,feet ili lo thu lata ill.-, the thickly wooded riilne ol w hich t ill llilied Ihe only toi'thiihl. The la-t .'it Ml feci of the ii-ci III ttai at an iiiikIc of till device", WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS ARE ARGUED Application For Writs in Stcunenberg Murder Case Arjiued Yes terday Before Court. litilsK, March The 111 yuiucnl of the application for wiil- of habiii. cor I ii by Charle. II. Mover, William I) Hat wood and ticoie A. I'cttiboiie came up lu Ihe Supreme Coin) llii-. alter 111 1. ill . The plie-Cl'lll ion lllelleil that it ttll- not. for Ihe colli I to I'etictV the incaii- euiploycd to jjel the aceu-.cd men into llii- Slule and that iiiiIcas il I'outid I hey welc illegally delaillcd here the 1 null ciMild iii v v no jui'Hiliel ion. The defellHc look Ihe fjloiind t hut the iih-ii wei'.' bnuilil hciii wilhoiil the nil- SECRETARY TAFT FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WASIIINdTOS, March l(i.---Tlie Post today siiys: 1'ivsitleiil Itoosevclt, has decided to appoint. William II. Tall of Ohio, now secretary of war, to Ihe next vacancy in the Tniled Slates supreme court. That vacancy is to be created bv the voluntary retirement of Asso- STEEP MOUNTAIN SIDE! and the IiihL ,'ai feet weir slllniKt n-r-ienilieular. At Ihe toji were IHMI fanu tnal Mum aiiiicil with lill'K mid knitcn ami .111. i. il.-. I by the native ai tilh i t. The fnrt illed ciitcr m ulmont j iiitiibe and ei iniuyly inacceilde. At the word of command the trooin ni-hed into tin- 1 1. it. 1 and hand to hand in -eiMinlel', fullotti'd. A ciinideti liht of Ihe 1 .1.11. ill lul-. not been made up but lh" company coinuiaiuler. are HI. 1 1 lllj.' 1 tt il. Amercan Louses. The 1 1 1 1 ci-ualllc. ttcle l.'i ellited nu ll killed, I i ominiilldin' ollii cii ttiiimdeil and .'IJ euli.li'd lllell ttiillllded. The atal ca.uall i." wcie l'nin If. lh Cooke, couimnildill Ihe I'aliipiilipl wiiiimli'd ill Ihe Iiini, -eteie; liilinoie, ei,w am. Wounded in Ihe elbow, i-i-teie, I lie ( i.n-liililllai t cii-iil.i ll ie tt.ie: I ,1 jit 11 1 11 lolili l. While, wounded ill the lliii'll, cti-lc; three euli.teil men kill eil ind bl wounded. ; "I'uptaiii I t n e l!itei -n-lained a Ih' h wmiiihI in the lhi;li. linht : l.ieu : 1 1-1111 11 1 (Million, wounded in Ihe lihl ' hand, lihl ; l.ieiiteiianl Conway, of, the Sixth Inf.iulit, wounded in the left j etc -Mirlitly. I he woiiiiili'tl are iloni"; well. The ailioii iS'-iilled in llic dc-tluclioll (Coiiliniicd on pajjt' SI tlioiily of the law, and that they were! uol in Idaho tt hcu the minder ttasj committed and wen- not fugitive from 1 jii-tiec when ain-ti'd on Ihe tvariiiul j of el I nilil inn The limit look the licit- . ter under adti-eiucnl uulil next Mou- 'l.lt lllul IlillL'. i ARIZONIANS HAPPY. I'lltiKNTX. Ariz.. March l. Many im promptu celchi'rtl ions were held here to itieht llnoii;hout the territory mi (he action of the I " Il i 1 I'll Slates Seliale to dat on I In- matter of Miiti'limnl. ENGINE BLOWS UP. SACKAMKNTO. .Mmvli II. It is re port. d here thai nn extra engine blew up loniehl hclwecn Cape Horn mid (lohl I 1 1 ii and iiislnnlly killed the lireiniiti iiiul bnikcinaii. The engineer is missing. chile Justice. Henry II. Urott n, appointed in 18! 10 by President Harrison, from the Slate of Michigan. When Chief Justice Fuller iVtirt's, provided it is during the administration of Itoosevclt, Tail will he promoted to his exalted position. 'SENATE APPROPRIATES I $1,00,000 OR JETTY j WAMIIM.TON. I C Man!. !i iSp'i'inll The IjiII applopl'iat ! ill).' fnlil bundled tloi.illl'l ilnl ! cmii inning tin- wmk mi I lie jelly 11! I In1 llinillli ill 'III' i "olutiiliia litci mi'il tin- Si'imli' j tlii. Him iiini;. '' W, tTI.TON. ! Senator Gearin Coming Home. ' SAI.K.M, Mmrli !', fwivciiinr : ( ImnilM'il.iiii lm jut ico-ited llir follow iri li-li-grain limn Si'iml 1,1 lit' 1 1 ill ; : " Hill 1 1 1' iiIKI,IHHI hit I ollllllbiil ' llitci jnl iii--i'i Senate liy ) iiiiiiniiiiiHi niiix'iil. la-ate fur ( I it 1 lit im I touuniott night" MARQUAM CLOSED. I'ii;' .,l), Manh !. Tin- exeeuiitc ; Im.iiI'I l,f I III' l' council I mint IllMiTl'd i the M;iiiiiiiiii ( t t imI theater closed be I rail"!' Ill till' failure lif till' ottllels III , loiiiph uilh llii' rioti- ordinances ) ilr.illi'il Inr llii' protection ( llic public. S Tin- Hh-bIit will lw dosed until repairs j involving iin oulliiy of perhaps $20,000 have Im'c 11 made. COAL OPERATORS UNITE At Conference of Pittsburg District Operators Yes terday, Decision Made to Stand Together in Meeting Miners' Demands. ORIGIN OF ROOSEVELT ROBBINS STATES TO OPERATORS THAT AFTER CONFERENCE VflTH PRESIDENT MITCHELL OF MINE WORKERS, PRESIDENT WAS TELEPHONED AND IT WAS ARRANGED FOR FOR HIM TO CALL ANOTHER CONFERENCE. I'liTMIl liii. March H. When the coal opcralol. of flu' I'ilt lnir district .'o to the coutentioii in Indianapolis on Mai eh I'.'th with the operators of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, they will take a stand as a body. This action was deter mined on al a meeting called by Finn cis 1,. Ilobhins, held in thi city today. About fifty operators were present , Tonijiht it i learned there was some what of a sensation sprung during the nicclin'. From an aut horily' rouarded us trustworthy il is learned that a de mand was uiiiilc of Pobbiiis, who was presiding thai an explanation be made of how l'lV'sidcnt Itoosevclt came to en list, in the ienilinjr controversy between the miners and operators. Uobbins said the whole matter was .accomplished by Ihe result of a confer ence with .lohn .Mitchell, while tiny were in New York. The situation was seiiuus and both agreed it was ncccs- GOMPERS AND MITCHELL CONFER. NKW VOIMx, Maiv h H. --(Jumpers of Ihe American federation of Labor held another conference- today with Mitchell, of llic I'niled Mine Workers of America coiiccrniiie; the -il mil ion in Ihe hard and soil coal Ileitis. GRANTS APPLICATION. Port of Portland Allows P. & S. R. R. to Cross Willamette at Portland. I'OltTI.AM), March !1.-The Port of Portland commission today decided unanimously to grant the application of the Portland and Seattle liailroad Com pany for a fcsinehise to build 4i railroad bridge across the Willamette river just below the present outskirts of the city, providing the railroad company would (Lii NEW STAR ADDED TEST LEGALITY. SKAT'H.K. Man h !. An action will l,c begun in 'I"- "iipi'iioi i-iiiirt Hi King l uiiniy I" i.-t' inline the legality of the totr. cast liy tin' student of tin- State I'nitci'ity at tin- recent city elect inn. 'llic a-tioti will ! brought by J. M. Wolf, 1 lie municipal owiicr-hip cawli ilate who was defeated for coiincilniuii in tlie tenth waul by It. T. Key nobis. CONDITION BETTER. Hot lll'.STF.lt. Ma nli !L- Anthony's condition i- improved tonight. He i stronger than yesterday and ban taken considerable nourishment. His friends are more hopeful for hit recovery. LETTER EXPLAINED sary lo jn allot tier meeting of the in terstate conference. Kiibbins, in rplainiu; fuillier, said that Mitchell went to the telephone and culled up the President at the White House. Alter explaining the status of the matter to him, he siiee(.sted that he write a letter to Kobbins urging a new eoiifei'.'iice to be called. He also asked the President to talk the matter over with Uobbins, and without changing the call. Uobbins went on the line and ar ranged fov the letter to be written which would be as the basi of a second call for a general conference. This was on February 21th and on February 2at h Itobbins received a tetter from Itoose vclt and a call for another conl'eremv followed. One of the siinnepst points made at today's conference, it was also said, to night, was against, ant settlement for more than a single year. guarantee to observe certain regulation" for the protect ion of the comnieive of the cily. . The bridge will be of the swing draw pattern. The granting of the franchise insures the entrance of the Portland and Seattle Itailroad into the citv of Portland. FIGHT A DRAW. I -OS ANCKI.F.S. March !. -The light between Hugo Kelly of Chicago and Jack (Twin) Sullivan of Boston, was declined a draw at the end of twenty round-'. WILL POOL CROPS. FltANKFOHT, March n. The House today passed the Senate bill allowing farmers to pool their crops and hold them for higher prices. IS STATE Al Senate Passes Bill Admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory Into Union Under the Name of Oklahoma-Guthrie Is Made Capitol. WILL ADOPT CONSTITUTION IN SHORT TIME STATE ALLOWED FULL QUOTA OF EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, AND LEGIS LATIVE OFFICERS, TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS AND FIVE MEMBERS FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TIVES PROVISIONS FOR SCHOOLS. WASHINGTON. March !). Today at :A p. in. the S'tiate passed the bill for the admission of a new state to be called Oklahoma and to 1 composed of the Territory of Oklal ui and Indian Territory. It was the House joint .statehood bill, with all the provisions relating to Ari zona and New Mexico striken out. The in theie rights and continuing the pre inotion to strike out was made br Bur- rogative of the national government to rows, and it wa- carried by a close control their nfl'airs was made. vole of :;7 to :i.i alter having been lost j 1 tie sale 01 intoxicating liquors in by a still closer vote of JJ: to .'!ti. j what is now Indian Territory is pro- ' Immediately after the dispo-al of tli j hiliitd for twenty-one years and longer statehood bill the lloii-e railroad rate unless the constitution is changed. Sec bill was made unlini-hed business, but t ions 10 and 3li in each township of the as the Senate has adjourned over Satur- j land in Oklahoma arc set aside for the day and Sunday the actual formal con sideration of tin- measure will not be gin until Monday. The vote on the statehood bill came as the climax of a day devoted exclu sively to that bill. As amended bv the Senate the bill provides for the creation of the state of Oklahoma out of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, upon the adoption of a con- stitution. The state is allowed a full i ipiota ol executive, jmnciai ami iegis- lative ollicei's, (wo United States Sena tors and live uiemheis of the National House of ltepresentatives. $750,000 FIRE SAN FRANCISCO Five-Story Building Catches Fire Caus in Great Loss to Firms Occupying Place. SAN FRANCISCO. March 'J. A fire tonight in the live-story stone building at I Sansoiue street between Califor nia and Saerain.'iUo streets, caused a loss of over $7"iUtO0. The tire started on the third Moor of the store room of Cunningham. Ciutis and Welch, whole sale stationers and book dealers, at a point near the elevator shaft and bp fore the firemen arrived the tire had spread to the lloor above. HOUSE CONSIDERS UNIFORM NATURALIZATION BILL WASHINGTON, .March fi-Thc House today passed 40S private pension bills and devoted three hours to the consid eration of a bill providing for a uniform system of naturalization, the chief fea tures of which require an alien to write either his own or the Knglish language, and speak and read the latter, and also MOEOS TO Tl FLA A constitutional convention with 110 members 55 of which are to be chosen by each of the territories comprising the state, is provided for, ami all male citi zens or male Indians 21 years old are made eligible to membership in it. A special provision protecting the Indians lienetit of the common school system, as is also five (icr cent of the proceeds from the sale of public lands. There is an appropriation of five mil lion from the national treasury for the benefit of the schools, and provision is made for the support of higher eduea- i tion and charitable institutions. j Two districts of the United States j courts, one in Oklahoma and the other j in the Territory are provided for. I i'..,i..: . : I., tl,.. t.... conf miuuie is in,mi- mc 'ra'r'"'.1 s,v"' of government, but the House provis ion continuing it in that capacity until 1015 was eliminated. The building was practically gutted. Cunningham. Curtis and Welch estimate their loss at .4(ii,000 with an insurance of $200,0110. The Louis Fioesch Co., a lithographing eoncein lost $200,000, with an insurance of ?:J7,.)00. The Union Lithograph Company lost $100,000. The damage to the building, owned by Sigmund Stern, is estimated at $100, 000. GOVERNMENT RESTS CASE. t HlCAtiO, March !. The government today rested it's case in the packers' hearing on their pleas for immunity. No announcement was made by the attor neys for the packers as to whether they would introduce any evidence inl re buttal, but it is believed by the govern ment they will not. Arguments are expected to commence Monday. to declare his intention to reside per manently in the United States, before ho can become an American citizen. The bill is to be in continuing order when the appropriation bills are not under consideration. It lias met many objec tions, and will prove a fruitful topio for debate.