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OOVIRS TMt MONNIN9 PIILO ON TH LOWE COLUMBIAN
VliiA, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1906
VOLUME LXI NO. JIO
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Formation of Constitution
for New State Adopted.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
One Section Provides Separate
Cart for Whites and Negroes
Instate.
USURP FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
Derogate Leadbetter Opposes Adop
tlon of Resolution Recognising the
Fedorsl Constitution Pre
mount to That of State.
OUTHEMB. Nov. 30. The actual
formation of tho new constitution for
tho state of Oklahoma, recently ad
mitted Into tho union, was formulat
ed thin afternoon, when propositions
Introduced In the constitutional con
vention for two plank providing re
spectively for railway regulation and
providing separate conches for white
and nearoea. Th railway reflation
bill provide that all rallroada, express,
lecfdng car companies and oil pipe
llnH ahall be doohr.-d common car
rlora and to submit to stock Inspec
tlon to prevent consolidation' and pro
hibiting free paaaea.
The "Jim Crow" amendment, pro
viding separate coaches for neurone
and whltea, waa debated but briefly
and waa adopted unanimously. The
amendment provide, that negroes are
not to be permitted to occupy the
am car with white people, but that
separate conches are to bo provided
for them. Tho railway regulation bill
waa aIo adopted by a practically
unanimous vote.
A feature of today'a session waa an
address by Delegate Ledbettor, who
opposed the adoption of the resolu
tion recognising tho federal consti
tution aa paramount to that of the
atate of Oklahoma, and he Insisted
that state sovereignty should be
Btrlctly observed. It was pointed out
that this question had been settled
forty years ago by a bloody war last
ing four years, and that no state could
adopt a constitution paramount to
the constitution of the United States,
under whose provisions a state Is ad
mitted Into the union.
HEIRS TO FORTUNE.
Hotel Clerk and Brother Fall Heirs to
Thro Millions.
NEW CASTLE, Pa., Nov. 80. Thoa.
McCarthy, a clerk In a local hotel,
and his brother, Michael McCarthy"
of Wampum, a suburb, received word
last night that an uncle, Timothy
McCarthy, had died In Australia,
leaving them tho solo heirs to a for
tune of $3,000,000. The brothers said
last night that the uncle went to
Australia twenty years ago and made
his fortune In gold mines. They are
making preparations to go to Austral
la and claim the money.
HIT WITH BRICK8.
One Boy Killed and Another Injured
in 8an Franolsoo.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 80. Eddlo
Cueno, aged eleven years, was killed
and a companion named Joseph Cas
tro, aged ten years, badly Injured this
afternoon by falling bricks blown from
the top of one of the ruined walls
of the Palace hotel. Tho boys were
walking along the sidewalk on Market
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street Immediately after tho at
(ha sidewalk to prevent further acci
dents. Tho cars on Market street
stopped running for some time on ac
count of a severe wind. High winds
blew down many weak walls during
tho afternoon, but no other casualties
are reported. The wind blew a flag
pole Into tho street at North Point
and Larkln streets, which struck Jo
seph McGinn, a contractor, on tho
head, fracturing his skull, Tho Injury
la not considered fatal.
ST. ANDREW'S BANQUET.
Qrover Cleveland and Andrew Carne
gie Among Speakers. '
NEW YORK, Nov. 80. Orover
Cleveland will bo a guest, and will de
liver an address at tho banquet of the
Bt. Androw'a Society of the State of
New York, which will bo held at tho
Waldorf-Astoria tonight Other prom
inent guests will Include Andrew Car
negie and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand,
the British ambassador.
WANTS ANOTHER FIGHT.
Tommy Burns Desires a Return Matoh
With Jaok O'Brien.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. JO. Tommy
Burns, who fought a draw with Phil
adelphia Jack O'Brien In this city last
Wednesday night, today posted a for
feit agreeing to atop O'Brien, If the
latter will agree to a return match.
The only stipulation being that there
must bo a 15,000 side bet on tho side.
Letters and Telegrams Pouring
Into the President.
FOR DISCHARGING NEGROES
Communications Come Mostly From
tho North, Inoludlng Old 8oldlors
Who Fought In Civil War
With Negroes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. JO. Scores of
telegrams and letters have been re
ceived by President Roosevelt today,
commending his course In dismissing
without honor, members of three com
panies of the 25th Infantry, some of
whom were engaged In the outrage
committed by tho negro soldiers at
Brownsville, Texas. The communica
tions came mostly from tho north, In
cluding letters and telegrams from
persons who served as officers and
privates during the civil war and who
have served with negro troops.
The sermon of Rev. Brown, deliv
ered on Thanksgiving Day, which met
with general condemnation, 1b prlmnr
ly the cause of tho sending of tele
grams and letters. It Is expected, as
a result of the unjust and unwarrant
ed criticism of the president which
has been made, that a resolution will
be Introduced in congress, calling for
all the Information In the war de
partment, together with the Presi
dent's action in the case. Meanwhile
any further statement from the Pres
ident on the case Is said at the White
House will be very unlikely.
HERKIMER MURDER.
Trial of Chester Gillette is Drawing to
a Close.
HERKIMER, N. Y., Nov. 30. The
trial of Chester Gillette for the al
leged murder of his aweetheart Grace
Brown, practically came to a close to
day so far as the taking of evidence
Is concerned. The defense, while re
serving the right to swear one wit
ness tomorrow, rested this afternoon.
The remainder of the' afternoon was
spent by the district attorney recall
ing several witnesses In rebuttal. The
cross examination failed to shake Gil
lette In his direct testimony.
PRESIDENTINDOKSED
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UUIUIILUU
BOYCOTTED
New York Housewives De
claries a Strike.
RESIDENTS ARE EXCITED
Women Met in Streets and Ad
dressed Large Crowd
of People. .
BUTCHERS BECAME EXCITED
A Battle Followed tho Demonstration
in Which Two Women Woro In
jured by Sticks and Clubs
Used by Butchers.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. A war on
butchers of the East Side Ghetto has
been started by women residents of
tho district as a protest against the
high price of meat Recently the
butchers put up tho price of meat 2
cents a pound and In verbal explana
tion of tho act said the packers had
again raised tho prices to the butch
ers and they had to follow suit
It Is an easy matter to create trou
bio among tho excitable residents of
the Ghetto and the action of the butch
ers was quickly resented. House
wives met on tho streets and discussed
tho aubject and from this it was but
a step to forming meetings. One
meeting was held yesterday at the
home of Mrs. Esther Delbobsky at
No. 42 East 4th street Nearly fifty
women were present Mrs. DelBobsky
told the women she thought the prices
of meat were outrageous and advised
a strike against the butchers.
Mrs. DelBobsy and Mrs. Rebecca
Resenlck went to a meat shop in tho
neighborhood aa pickets 4and Imme
diately began addressing a large com
pany of women customers, advising
them to boycott thh butchers. As the
women cheered, tho butchers became
excited and tried to disperse them. A
battle followed In which clubs were
used and various missies thrown.
Mrs. DelBobsky and Mrs. Resenlck
were struck In the face with sharp
missiles and both received serious
cuts as well as other Injuries. Sev
oral other women were struck by
stones and clubs? The police were
called out, but made no arrests.
There were many small skirmishes
in the doorways of many other East
Side butcher shops. . Women with
shawls pulled over their faces upset
sidewalk stands and broke open crates
containing live chickens. Mrs. Rosa
Mensen during a meat shop commo
tion on Madison street, addressed a
meeting. "Look," she said, "what
fools we are to buy meat when fish
Is cheaper. Fish is better than meat.
It Is more nourishing."
In Second street, Irvlngton street,
Forsyth and Deloncey streets, groups
of women stood In front of the butch
er shops declaring they would boy
cott the butchers until, prices came
down. The women would, not permit
any one to enter the shops. As night
drew on they marched in A body to
tho offices of a Jewish newspaper and
there asked for newspaper aid In their
fight
Fearing a repetition of the meat
riots of five years ago, when much
property was destroyed, the butchers
have begun organizing. Louis Kirsch,
president of the organisation, declares
the 4,000 meat markets on the East
Side will be closed rather than at
tempt to combat a strike against them
by the women of tho tenements. As
a result of tho war on meat, the fish
mongers beneath tho Williamsburg
bridge and along DeLancey street did
a ru'xhlng business yesterday. .
HUNG TO A TREE.
Native Attempts to Mistreat Woman
And 8uffors Penalty.
NEW YORK, Nov. 80. A World
special from Albany says a party of
hunters returning from the North
woods last night brought from there
the report of a lynching which was
said to have taken place about 40
miles from Lake Tupper Junction.
The report la that a native attempted
to mistreat the wife of one of the
woodmen and that her screams and
cries for help brought to tho scene sev
eral Adirondack guides who are said
to have taken the culprit to the near
est tree and strung him up.
Efforts are being made to ascertain
tho truth or falsity of the report The
place where the lynching la said to
have occurred la an out of the way
point and communication with it Is
slow.
WHOLE8ALE ARRE8T8.
Twenty-five Men Arrested for Work
ing on Sunday.
DECATUR, Ind Nov. 30. Twenty
five employes of the Standard Oil
company, who were arrested last Sun
day for working on Sunday, were to
day convicted and fined. Tho fines and
costs amounted to $245.
BANKS CLOSE DOORS
Three Banking Institutions in Mi
nbis Out of Business.
MONE HAS BEEN ABSORBED
It is Stated That Depositors Will Bo
Paid In Full, But Will Have to
Wait for Collec
tions. PEORIA, 111., Nov JO. Three prom
inent banking institutions In McDon
ough county, conducted by C. V.
Chandler of Macomb, closed their
doors today. Notices of the failure
and suspension of the banks were
posted on the doors. The banks which
have failed are the Bank of Macomb,
the Chandler and Ames bank at Col
chester and the Chandler and Smith
bank at Bardolph.
The cause of the failure is due to
the fact that tho Macomb bank guar
anteed the payment of bonds of the
Macomb and Western Illinois Electric
Railway, and when the depositors
made a demand for their money, all
of the ready cash of the three insti
tutions had been abslorbed. It Is said
by the president and officials of the
banks that the depositors will lose
nothing, although it will require time
to meet the obligations, which must
come from outside loans and Invest
ments.
BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS.
Men Who Do Not Contribute Anything
Want Control.
NEW YORK, Nov. 80. George F.
Baer, president of the Reading Rail
road, in an address a,t Reading, Pa.,
yesterday, according to a special to
the World, declared that In 'our day
we need to heed the Injunction to "Be
ware of False Prophets." Tho pres
ent tendency is to lend ears to strange
doctrines.
"From the seats of tho mighty and
from the Btreet corners, where blath
erskites harrangue tho multitude, a
wall of woe is heard," hesald. "Ev
erything is wrong. The whole order
of our industrial and social life is as
sailed in vehement and hysterical ap
peals to the passions and selfishness
of men."
RAILROAD
LEGISLATION
Shortage Arouses Enmity
Against S. P.
INDIGNANT CITIZENS
One Thousand Cars Daily Will
Not Allay Indiginatiou Against
the Company.
CAR SHORTAGE NOT BELIEVED
Indications Are That tho Next Legis
lature Will Bo Called Upon to En
act Laws Against Railroad
Companies.
EUGENE, Or. Nov. 80. Announce
ment by the Southern Pacific that the
embargo to the south has been raised
and that the car shortage will be re
lieved will not affect the carefully laid
pland fpr securing railroad legisla
tion nor abate the Interest In the mass
meeting of shippers to assemble here
December 5.
For some time It has been under
stood that the railroad company stood
In fear of the threatened railroad leg
islation, and that it would do what
ever possible to check the present agi
tation. It has even been suspected
that the company would promise cars
or even send several hundred Into the
state before the mass meeting In or
der to Induce shippers to remain sat
isfied with such a sop. This time,
however,he( Commercial Clubs of Eu
gene and Cottage Grove, and their co
operators, the shippers, are determined
to fight no matter what effort the
railroad may make to calm them.
During tho car shortage of three
years ago the company mollified the
shippers by sending them a few cars.
The commercial clubs have since real
ized that the railroad played them a
clever trick, for had the agitation of
three years ago been carried out for
improved railroad legislation, there
might not now be a car famine.
With the example of the former car
shortage vividly before them, the
commercial bodies and the shippers
declare' as with one voice, that the
raising of the embargo and tho prom
ise of cars would not swerve !!
from the course they have mj;vJ
out This course is to appeal to ths
Legislature and to arouse the state to
a realization of the Inadequacy of
the railroad service. Even should the
Southern Pacific send 1,000 cars a day
into the Willamette Valley between
now and December 5, when the meet
ing Is to be held, the assembly will
take place and the programme carried
out as heretofore arranged.
Among those Interested In the car
shortage, and this means every busi
ness man in the Valley, the raising
of the embargo and the promise of
cars is considered as a scheme of the
railroad to influence the delegates at
the coming meeting.
V
SPENCER'S FUNERAL.
Every Train and All Machinery Will
Stop for Five Minutes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. The fu
neral of president Samuel Spencer of
the Southern Hallway, who lost his
life In tho railroad collision at Law
yer's, Va,, yesterday, will take place
In this city on Sunday. For five min
utes during the funeral hour, every
train and all the machinery of the
entire Southern Railway system will
be at a standstill as a mark of re
spect to the late president The ac
tive' pallbearer will be tn of the
oldest negroes In the service of the
Southern ifcttlway. The honorary
pallbearers inclue the vice president
and officials of the road, J. P, Morgan
and other prominent financiers.
MORE INDICTMENTS,
Abo Ruof and Chief of Polieo Indicted
by tho Grand Jury.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30. Abra
ham Ruef and Chief of Police Jeremiah
Dlnan, of San Francisco, were Jointly
Indicted by the grand Jury today upon
a charge of conspiracy In connection
with the alleged protection of houses
of prostitution. Dinan was also sep
arartely Indicted on a charge of per
jury based upon his testimony before
the inquisitorial body. No attempt
will be made to displace Dlnan pending
the trial of the case.
FIRE IN PITT8BURG.
PITTSBURG, Nor. 80. Fire broke
out at 5 o'clock thla morning in the
eight story building occupied by the
Rund Manufacturing company, dealers
In office fixtures and threaten the
complete destruction of the structure.
The budding Is located on the south
side of Second Avenue, between Smith
field and Wood streets, right In the
heart of the down town districts. At
5:30 o'clock several thousand dollars
worth of damage had been done and a
second alar mcalllng additional fire
companies was turned in. A number of
firemen have been .injured by falling
glass. ' . . ,
GOLD BRICK SCHEME
Prominent Promoter Wanted at
Goldfields for Swindling.
SOLD STOCK IN THE MINES
Dr. J. G. Lyman Conducted Mining
Brokers Ojce and , Succeeded in
Swindling a Large Number of
Customers.
GOLD FIELD, Nev., Nov. 80. Dr. J.
G. Lyman, a promotor, lately oper
ating under the name of the Union
Securities company of Goldfleld, Chi
cago, New York and elsewhere, Is
being sought by the sheriffs office of
Esmeralda county, Nevada, because
charges have been brought against htm
by B. F. Sheftles of Chicago. Lyman's
office is In the possession of the au
thorities and his secretary, E. H. Lat-
sre, Is under arrest. Sheftles In his
; iplalnt alleges that he was induced
i ... buy a large amount of stock
hi the Boston and Greenwater Mining
company, through misrepresentation,
the money named in the affidavits be
ing 39,250. Lyman Is supposed to
be In Pasadena, Cal. Lattlmer says
he Is an Innocent party, and that al
though secretary, he simply acted as
such only in a perfunctory capacity.
. SUCCESSOR TO HARPER.
NEW YORK, Nov. 80. The Herald
today says:
Dr. Harry P. Judson, acting pres
ident of the University of Chicago,
who has been In this city attending a
meeting of the general education
board, has, It is said, the support of
John D. Rockefeller for tho presidency
of the University In succession to the
late Dr. William R. Harper. It is said
to be altogether likely that he will
be elected when the trustees of the
university hold their regular meet
ing In January.
Dr. Jdson who has returned to Chi
cago, had a conference with Mr. Rock
efeller's financial secretary In this
city. It Is understood that should Dr.
Judson be chosen, Mr. Rockefeller
will once more make a munificent gift
of money to the university to which
he ha salready been so liberal.