YOL. I INO. 05 5 - 11" POBTUAND, OREGON",- MONDAY ) EVENING, MARCH 2, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS.- RESlDBNTaROOSEVELT I ' (SliLi UPON SENA' r'':m ' ; tllONVENE IN EHRA SESSION M&RCH FIFTH PROPOSED OUTLAW Senate Willie Coerced If Possible Into - Compliance TO FORCE RATIFICATION OF PANAMA CANAL "AND CUBAN TREATIES BENSON ELUSIVE !Nw Hembers Will Give ; less Opposition to " Administration. r - Call Issued Early That -'All Might Be in v. Attendance. Proclamation by the President Wtmu, publio Interests re ealre thai the Stud should ooaveae la extraordinary session J nntfon, X, Theodore Boosa elt, President of to. tTnitsd States, do hereby proclaim and declare aa extraordinary sessio of the SnaU or the United States to ooaroao la th. oapltal city, Washington, ft tt, 01 tot 5th day of March, 1903, at 18 o'olook, boob. All persons who at that time mar be entitled to act aa members of th. Senate are hereby required to tak. notioe. (Signed) TXXODOSB lOOUTSLt, president. Attest I JTOMH HAT, oretary of State, s (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON. MarcH 1-Preeldenl Roosevelt has Issued a call for an extra session of the Senate to convene March 6. This action, taken this morning:, fully confirms the forecast exclusively made In The Journal several days ago. President Roosevelt had intimated if legislation concerning the Panama canal treaty, the reciprocity treaty with Cuba and concerning the trusts, was not sat isfactory to him. he would convene the Senat. in extra session. He has carried out his Implied threat and the legislation demanded by the administration will probably' be accomplished at the ses- Biun iiMi mucus iutuui u. It is known that the reason that the President has called the extraordinary session at this time is that he wishes to Sir. abundant opportunity for newly elected Senators from the West to reach Washington. May Be Unnecessary. It Is possible that the act of the Pres ident In calling an extraordinary session may have an effect on certain Senators who have been Inclined to filibuster against what .Is termed administration legislation. It may be that these Sen atora will be more Inclined to yield to the majority In view of the fact that the President Is likely to accomplish his purpose in any event. ' It la hinted from a high authority that In addition to the reciprocity treaty with Cuba and the Panama Canal meas ur., the president has In view some antl trust legislation more vigorous than anything yet passed by Congress. At all events the session has been called and It remains to be seen what attitude the .recalcitrant Senators will assume. The entire power of the ad ministration will be exerted If necessary to force through the legislation that Is deemed to be necessary for the welfare of tha AYAPllHv In tha namntlffn rt 101)1 Roosevelt does not propose. If he can help It, to allow the Democrats to use all the anti-trust thunder in the next campaign. For, that reason he Is very anxious that his 'ideas on this subject be expressed In the form of federal stat utes. Panama Company Moderate. ... WASHINGTON, ; March 2 Negotia turns between Attorney-General Knox and 'William Cromwell, counsel for kthe Panama Canal Company, are proceeding today, -for- th purpose -of - reachinf an agreement that -"will allow this govjrn ment t. take over the property after March 4, (he time set for the expiration 01 ma option. Tha company will not attempt to raise the price over the 140,000,000 stip ulated, ,.- although Cromwell says tmj , rights to the' property are much more Valuable than they were a year ago. BRING KENNY BACK. flALEM, March 2. Governor Cham berlain this afternoon issued a requisi tion on the Governor of Washington for delivery to this state's agent of James H, Kenny and David W. Kenny, wanted tin Portland for perjury and subornation of perjury, respectively. The men are 'at Ortlng, WaBh and Detective Joe Day Is the atate's " agent to return themf This is the outcome of a recent sensa tional elopement case. The Kennya are father and son. "' 1PH ' .r m ' ' ' h ) all o v I M;&i;J 5 : r? : .' ' . i f i '.i ' ' V " 4 W' f', th'Sr f-"1 r I a Ti i tilw ..!-. , . j-1 Slayer of jailer Hprrcll Dodges His Many Pursuers.' Hot Chase and 'Heavy Reward Fail to Ef fect Capttfre. I Emulates Tracy and Gets Arms and Food Through Nerve. '''LRBSIDBNT ROOSeVEL,T. 6 David Morrell, jiller of tha oounty jail at Olympia, Wash., was beaten and shot to death yesterday afternoon by a convict, Christ Benson, who made his es cape. The jailer fought des perately until he had teen Shot three times, tha last bullet kill ing him. Seven other prisoners who were about to escape, were held at bay by the wife, of Sheriff Mills with a revolver. Posses are pursuing the mur derer, who is emulating the ex ample of Tracy. iat night he secured arms and food' by sheer nerve from a number of men with whom he played Cards and who knew him well. The outlaw is said to be an Ig norant Swede of thoroughly des perate character and' low Intelli gence. It Is not unlikely that he will be lynched should he be captured. MR. SCOTT'S AMAZING CHANGE OF FRONT CONCERNING MR. SCOTT'S CANDIDACY. ax MR. SCOn ROW REMEMBERS HE, WAS A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE Senator Brownell publishes, or allows to be published, the following telegram: "Hon. Qeorze C Brdwoell. Salem, Or. Now Is the time, If you can help me It will bo appreciated. , M. W. 3C0TT. "Received by Brownell at ions P. M., Friday, Feb. ao, 1003. , "THIS TELEORAM WAS 5ENT to Mr. Brownell In re sponse to his own Invitation. He had visited Mr. Scott a few days before, and proffered his support, when it might be available, or should be wanted. Mr. Scott answered that he had no Intention of becoming a candidate; whereupon ilr. Brownell said that many were desirous of using Mr. Scott's name and requested Mr. Scott to- notify him If the time came when he could be of service At a late hour It was decided by the Hultnomeh delegation to submit Mr. Scott's name. Therefore, in pursuance of nr. Brownell's invitation and request, HE SENT THE ABOVE TELEORAM. On his own account he cares nothing about the publication of It To the judgment of the public he leaves Mr. Brownell; about whom, however, there is likely' to be much more to say." Editorial, Oregonlan, Sunday, March I, iooj. Conflicting Editorials, ox Senatorial Issue "' Confuse. Editor's Memory Revives': After Reading Jour-j - naTs Article. Si ipwnn invB 111 1110 (oiiwiu Legislature Passes 1905 Fair Bill. Mil m ill man IflH W III Winn ttTt"t0 HT T STT, M niiurr ri raii iviii i.iiii i v : iuhuiiujv, u., jnarcn a. m uraerer Knapp, when arraigned thls morning, pleaded not guilty. Dentist, Accused of In- Terrific Seas Cause a timacy With Princess Break Down (Journal Special Service.) DRESDEN, March 2. The police have Issued an order expelling from the King dom of Saxony O'Brien, the American dentist, who taught the Crown Princess to ride a bicycle. , O'Brien's wife sent to the King let ters which the Princess wrote to O'Brien. The order was Issued expelling him Immediately, but intercession of friends has caused another Order to be issued today permitting; a ten days' respite to settle his business affairs. i (Journal Special Service.) LONDON, March 2. Terrific seas are running in the English Channel. The Dover-Calais mail boat, Pas de Ovalals, has broken down oft the dangerous Ooodwln Sands, with 178 passengers aboard. She is drifting helplessly and rapidly nearlng the shoals. Her anchors are apparently dragging. Tugs have been hurried to her assistance. The gale which swept the coasts the past week is unabated. A dispatch from Penia states that an unknown bark. foundered last night, drowning all on board. Life savers repeatedly attempt ed to rescue the men but failed. (Journal Special Service.) OLYMPIA. Wash., . March 2 Christ Benson, who murdered Jailer Morrell yesterday, Is following the example of Tracy. He spent a greater part df the night at Guslander's camp near Black Lake, four miles southwest of here. He played cards there among soma of the employes whom he knew when he worked there In a shingle mill. The murderer kept the men cowed and ' no word reached , here until this morning, when a Russian came and gava ' the alarm. It Is supposed he obtained more arms and ammunition there. Sheriff Mills and his deputies are hot on the trail. Posses have been cover' lng all the roads and bridges during the night and Deputy Fred Ouyot, who is- In charge during the Sheriff's absence from town, is sending out posses to Rochester, Hopeville, Grand Mound, and other points south. The Sheriffs of the counties south are in constant communication with Olym pia and reports show that the ground is well covered. Mrs. Mills, wife of the Sheriff, when notified of the murder and escape yester day, went to the Jail and bravely cov ered the other prisoners with a revolver as they were at the door at the head of a (Continued on Second Page. ) DR.ZANPAID L S. WILLIAMS Rather than appear In the cir cuit Court and fight an allega tion of gross neglect of a patient placed under his charge and who brought suit for 126,000, City Physician J. C. Zan this morning compromised with L. S. Williams, plaintiff In the action, and the casewaa -dismissed, - An attor ney for Williams stated that the terms , of . compromise were ap proximately $2,000. Dismissal was on motion of attorney for plalntuT. The Wllllams-Zan matter has been before the court for some time, suit having beeQ filed sev eral weeks ago. The' original complaint sets forth that L. S. Williams, while employed by the North Pacific Lumber Company, was crushed beneatli 'falllng lum ber and sustained a severe frac ture of the leg near the knee. The man, so It is alleged, was placed under the care of. Dr. Zan, but through gross . neglect on the part of the physician he be came a cripple through the lm- . proper healing . of the wound. The complaint alleges that -Dr. Zan was very negligent. Before the case came up for trial this morning Dr. Zan had filed an answer denying that he . had ever ben -employed by the man, but had been temporarily engaged by the Maryland Cas ualty Company, after Williams had been attended ; by another physician1. Dr. Zan emphatically denied neglect. Floods la tha East (Journal Special Servloa.) MEMPHIS, March 2. Tha Mississippi River is One and two-tenths above the danger line and is rising rapidly. The levees are strained and the water is covering the lowlands. Great dam age is anticipates. GALLIAPOLIS. March 2. Forty-flva feet above the low. water mark. The lowlands are flooded. A train of .eight cars went through the trestle at Kanawha, Mich., aa a re suit of the flood. NOTED VETERAN DYING. . . - " - (Journal Special Service.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 2. Gen. Robert Fost, one of the most prominent Grand A'rmy men, and also distinguished in the Civil War as the only man per sonally complimented on the field of bat tle by Lincoln, Is dying at his home in this city. , HEALERS IN TROUBLE. (Journal Special Servtbe.) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March '2. The grand Jury today returned indictments against Anna Dorland and Laura Funk, Christian Scientist healers, who attend ed t,he infant son of Henry Knoop and prevented calling physloians. The child died. ' " . . FRANCE WILL BE THERE. (Journal Special Service.) PARIS, March 2.--Presldent Loubet today sent word tQ President Francis, of the St. Louis Exposition, that ba would sea him any Xirae convenient. France has accepted the invitation to partici pate in tha Exposition. DELAWARE ELECTS TWO SENATORS (Journal Special Service.) DOVER, Del., March 2. Senator Allen, Union Republican, and former Congress man Ball, regular Republican, were elected United States Senators by the Delaware Legislature this afternoon. KNAPP VICTIM FOUND. (journal Special Service.) NEW ALBANY. Ind., March 2. A woman floater, denuded of all clothing, with the exception of stockings, was found In the Ohio River today. A gold band ring and plain ear-rings were on the body. Apparently It had been in the water several weeks. In all ways it tal lies with the description of Hannah Knapp. When Knapp confessed he In sisted his wife's body would be found to have ring and ear-rings and stockings. WABASH TRAINMEN THREATEN (Continued from First Page.) ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 2. Wabash conductors, trainmen and firemen this afternoon delivered an ultimatum to president Ramsay. They say that un less the wage demands of 15 per cent for freight and 12 per cent, for passen ger service Increase is hot granted they will strike. TRAIN WRECK ON 'FRISC01INE (Journal Special Service.) ST.. LOUIS. March 2. A construction and a freight train on tha Frisco road collided at noon near Spring Park, Two laborers were . fatally, 12 seriously, and 23 others slightly injured. The Lewis and Clark Fair appropria tion bill passed the Senate of tha State of Idaho thlr morning, with but one vote o gainst It This information is conveyed .Jn a. telegram from Special Commissioner Blackinan to Secretary Reed of the Fair. The bill was passed under a suspension of the rules. In a letter also received, this morning, Mr. Blnckmar. writes that there Is a senti ment in Idaho fur a much larger appro priation for the 1906 Fair, and that he is satisfied that the 1D06 Legixluture will appropriate 120,000 more for the Lewis and Clark Fair. The bill which passed the Senate this morning provides that $36,000 be appro priated for both the St. Louis Fair and the Lewis and Clark Fair; $16,000 to be expended in 1903, $10,000 n 1904 and Jlo.CuO in 1906. The former is to pay the expense of collecting the exhibit and maintaining It at St. Louis and then removing to Portland, the latter to be used In maintaining the exhibit at Port land and in' returning It to Idaho. The Fair directors . are very much elated over the success of Mr. Black- man's mission. This In the first appro priation made for the 1905 Fair outside of the appropriation from the State of Oregon. ' The action of Idaho will no doubt hasten the committees which are out for the other states In reporting. Some of the directors of the 1906 Falr who were seen by The Journal express themselves as highly pleased with Mr. Llackman's work, as, besides tending to hasten the other states in their action in this matter, it will act as a stimulus for the other directors. Trans-Mississippi States, All Bight. Special Commissioner Knapp wires from Denver that everything is looking bright for the Lewis and Clark Fair in the trans-Mlssisslppi States. In this telegram Mr. Knapp states that the States of Colorado, South Dakota, Ne braska, Kansas, Missouri and Minnesota are all in favor of the Lewis and Clark Fair. . The committees appointed by tha States of Colorado, South Dakota and Nebraska will all report some time this week on an appropriation for the 1906 Fair. Mr. Knapp has reason to believe that these reports will be favorable. Arizona foe tha Pair. Special Commissioner Freeman, In -a letter from Phoenix, states that Arizona will appropriate $26,000 for an exhibit with the possible addition of another $8,000. This exhibit will consist mostly of minerals. It is the ambition of this territory to excel any mineral display ever before oh exhibition. The bill for the appropriation has already been drawn up and. will probably be pasyed by the Legislature with a rush. Money Tor tha Fair. The stockholders In the Lewis and Clark Fair are rapidly paying up their second assessment Although the as sessment only became due this morning. about $25,000 was paid In by last Salr- urday night. Many are paying up their subscriptions In full. At noon today Secretary Reed reported that $27,000 was paid in. There has been a steady stream of people wending their way toward Mr. Reed's office daily for the past week. These all have their bill in one hand and their money In the other. Those who pay up In full are given a handsome tock certificate signed by. both presi dent Cor'bett and Secretary Reed. LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI CASE (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON. D. C. March 2. The boundary case of the State of Louisiana vs. the State of Mississippi came up for argument today before the United States Supreme Court. Tha dispute, wnicn is one of long standing, involves the right to the oyster bed on the Gulf coast line. Aged Pontiff Celebrates His Birthday, Why Did Scott Denyandl Why Does He Admit Begging for Help. ; . (Journal Special Service.) ROME, March 2. The Pope this after noon received in the throne room the members of tha. Sacred, College end the Roman. preJaleavch "presented his holi ness with congratulations upon the oc casion of his 93d birthday. Cardinal Orgelia di Santo Stefano, the dean of the Sacred College, read a long speech, to which the Pontiff formally replies tomorrow during the exercises attend ant upon the celebration of the Jubilee anniversary of his coronation. Numerous congratulatory messages have reached the Vatican, notably from foreign rulers. Vhh admonished by his physician. Dr. Lapponl, not to over fatigue himself by the ceremonies of today and tomor row, his holiness replied: "These func tions are the chief consolations of my old age. I wish to enjoy them." How many more of such functions will the venerable Pontiff ' participate In, is the question on everyone's Hps today. The people no longer hazard a guess, as for nearly 16 years it has been pre dicted that each such ceremony would be his lost It is worthy of notice that out of 203 occupants of the Chair of St. Peter few er than half a dozen have retained it longer than Leo XIII, including the Apostle himself. Since the return of tne Papacy from Avignon to Rome, only one Pontiff has attained an age equal to that of Leo XIII. This was Paul IV, and .should the present Pontiff live a few months more he will have broken all records of longevity. TO SETTLE BIGSTRIKL (Journal Special Service.) VICTORIA, B. C, March 2. A dele gation from the Mining Convention which has been lrt session here leaves tonight to try and settle the Fernle strike. The government guarantees all expenses. PAINTERS ON STRIKE PITTSBURG, Pat," March 2. Two thousand painters struck this morning for wages of $60 per day of eight hours. What will Harvey W. Scott aay aexV week? , ' On February 21 be "bad never been mf candidate for United States -Sraator,. and "had never aakad anyone to vote fo him." J On March 1 be took It all back. Mr. Soott has publicly acknowledged tarough the editorial columns of hlal paper, that he did not speak the truth when be published the statement 09 February 21, 1903, that be bad never asked any member tit the Legislature to vote for him for United States Senator. He now admits that be dUT ask tha vote of President George L. Brownell of the State Senate. Mr. Scott admits that, as stated ltti The Journal, he sent a telegram to I i.iiucui oiuHuni uii mo mat mgnc os the- Legislature's session, begging for help In the editor's struggle to become ' United States. Senator. Why did Mr. Scott publish the asser tion on tne day after the Senatorial ele." tlon that he had never been a candidate, that he "had asked no member of the Legislature to vote for him, nor anyone else to support him?" Why did Mr. Scott declare that he had "done absolutely nothing to bring 'In fluence' In his behalf from any quarteft" Why did Mr, Soott endeavor to nils- " lead the public and to misrepresent tha facts? . ' Why did Mr. Scott continue, to sup- -press the truth until forced to acknowl ' edge It in consequence of the publication In the columns of The Journal? ' What Mr. Soott Should Kara Said. In the light of Mr. Scott's confession, it. seems that the Oregonlan editorial off -February 21 should have been amended! to read as follows: "Mr. Scott has been a candidate foM the position; he has sought it expected . it and desired It He has asked mem bers of the Legislature to vote for hlmj and any one else to-aupport him. . H has done absolutely everything In hlmi power to bring 'influence' In bis behalf i from any quarter." ' That is what Mr. Scott should have. 1 j 3 . . .1 boiu, in urucr m nave nis announcement to tne public conrorm to the facta. The public always respects a good loser. But it has only contempt for the man who does -"the baby act" because ha could not win. ,. Mr. Scott now says that the wicked Mr. Brownell asked Mr. Scott to ask Mr. Brownell to vote for Mr. Scott ThiSl lucid explanation makes It all perfectly clear. What course could Mr. Scott pur- nil. a i - a n i rf, n 1 f T , i " " .w wuiuy, HUH Wl. Ol V W . request? - The day after the Senatorial election' Mr. Scott remarked In his paper that ooj Representative Nottingham "rests large-1 (Continued on Second Page.)'. It ADVANCED ENTRIES FOR OAKLAND1 Journal's Weight Card of Horses, Form and Track. ' PORTLAND GIRL IS DESTITUTE (Journal Special Service.) SAN FRANCISCO. "March 2. Mamie Powell, who was formerly a waitress at the Southern Hotel in Portland, Ore., Is in this city destitute. The girl,-who Is only 16, came here to meet her mother, who had written her several weeks ago from 320 Natama street Miss Powell saved from her scant earnings sufficient money to pay her fare 'to San Francisco. She went hungry on the trip, as she was unable to pay for food. She reached here, only to find her mother missing. She began a search through the city, several" times fainting through weakness due to lack of nourishment . The girl says that when her mother left Portland she took all the child's savings, telling her to save money and follow "to San Francisco. Mamie's father was last heard from, at Aberdeen. Wash. OAKLAND, March 2. The orertiUht ntrl 1 for tomorrow's' rew are a fvUwws: First race, tulrtwii-xlxtwiith. selUllg: v 42l4 Asaeasuient ..1U2I4.IM Frank lVurr!. . 10 Mi Aunt l'ully . . . 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