The Oregon daily journal., February 02, 1905, Image 1

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The Circulation - -,
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The Weather. . - ' :
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IliilTilliiEl) AUTOCRACY PREDICTED
Effort Said to Have Been Made tai In-
oHiiLWith
"of -tlieDefendantsr
Object tq:GatKc:HisiRenwvaI
itorney-HaltudCar
ning jCalled
Xv."
- ni a connpiracy Dean lormea in inn
.iL..ettr to break tha back -of tha faderal
- 'f proaacutlon of tlvo "Oregon-' land" fraud
,1 -caaea, by charlnir ' Dlitrlct Attorney
. l(eneywlth crlmaY
. ' The ; federal (rand - intf " aaked tha
vi question of numeroua witneaaea all yes
terday afternoon and: tola morning.
District Attorney John Manning, ex
tent ted States District Attorney John
. Hall. . Jadgn C. II. Carey, ex-Detective
. Henry W. Ford, Harry I Rees, formerly
' a major, la the United Slate army, and
, othera have been aJldd upon to teatlfy.
Witnessea afate they i ha a ..been . asked
, to awear that tha relatione of District
, Attorney Heney and Marie Ware have
- not been projier. -ivu.i
' , Dtabolloal no VhatfM. -
,TTh4i-e;raC-TfHfa-Tian are Working
with all poeaible energy to unearth what
they believe' to be a diabolical plot. The
nvwtigHtion uf -rhr affair 'birth fetter!
- grand slury will continue this afternoon
lnvaaticatlon far formiitsr thai consrlracr
1 ra John ,H1I. HUBaaa And Ut - W.
; ora. All ceiaua oi tne evidence sgainsi
la knojrn . that, some of the witnesses
jnake damaging itatementn.
Maria Ware and Alice White: etate that
they were Invited to prUc4pat, first In
a scheme to entice.Heney to some lodging-house
with - tha former. ' where he
ahould be discovered opportunely and ex.
- poaed. When this was found to be lm
practicable, the women fay that aa ef-
witneaaea to swear that Heney had been
aeen'-wlth' Maria Wara under, compro-
mlnlng clrcumstancea.
- - Street -rumor ha a been busy for sev-
. aral days with featurea of tha case that
is now being officially aired. A climax
was precipitated, when Mr Heney bad
i heard suf f lclent ;to excite suspicion, and
, , made the- counter-move
. everybody conpeoted with tha reported
dtacussion before the federal grand Jury
for testimony. Whether Indlctmenta will
-1 be returned cannot be forecasted at this
time, aa no report will' be, made until
" Judge C. B. Bellinger returns tomorrow
' or Saturday morning. . Some of the wit
neaaea awear that they .were asked to
,1. Implicate . Mr Heney. They give de-
' . tails wnicn satiary me prosecution mat
-"-a large number of people' were in the
conspiracy.
The storm broke in full furr late yea-
terday gf ternoon.1 when the government
began putting witneaaea before the grand
" Jury. Bute District Attorney Manning
i- waa one of the number. After he had
been queaUoned a-abort time loud
' guments were-heard from the grand Jury
room, in which tbe federal and state
prosecuting officers participated, r
' Manning Waa Qaeatloned.
Shortly - thereafter. Mr. Heney asked
Judge Bellinger to llaten .to a report of
i ' the grand Jury. The matter supposed to
have been presented its his . honor was
whether the state district attorney could
V decline to testify tothe facta that had
-v come before him In regard to tno con-
splracy the government' fofflcer-' was
: probing. The burden of this argument
' was overheard, and it ia known that
" 'Judge Bellinger took the 'point tinder
, ' advisement.- - If Mrr Manning muat . tea--.
ttfy about whom he met while an effort
- . waa being made to trap Mr. Heney, all
V" names will be laid bare, and the federal
grand Jury wJU hare all the needed tacts
-! for their, verdict. If Mr. Manning ia
L abia to seal. up ht's information,' on the
' oasis inai ne in an -orncer. anting aa a
. , permanent grand JuryMhe- government's
Inquiry will have to deal with tha people
tw -we re Involved. i ,
1 It J posftively known that District
Attorney Manning went te Judge Ar
thur U Fraier recently with the state
ment that he had been approached to
file anf Informatlod' against United
Utea! District Attorney Keney, on thd
groana or his illegal relations with Ma
rie Ware. At that time Mr. Mannln
safd that he- waa not the sort of a man
to hejp work up a conspiracy like thaft
. inua conreasing openly that be under-
, stood the proposition to be a conspiracy.
, Who presented such a proposition.
. h which he sut district attorney
thought to be a conspiracy and crime,
is what the federal grand Jury wants to
khow, and which will . doubtless be
," ' stated when Judge Bellinger nnilly rules
. r on the legal point now under conaldera-
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This Is ths phase of the state officer's
. ... conduct that the government officers ob-
Ject to. -They atat in unhesitating
'. terms that the state official ahould be
- . working wlh them In the effort "to de
; tect crime.- - ; : -r
VeraoBat alagmamiaity.
1 : .- J.' It, Burns. In charge of the secret
.'service force, went to. Mr. Manning in
--fenon.. as soon as he heard of the al-
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MarierelOilcfl
to Testify
leged .' plot, and . the statement of i the
state officer to the circuit court, and Mr.
Manning told him that he did not intend
to Die an information against Mr. Heney,
but the- secret service man felt the Im
plication, that Mr. Manning thought he
had grounds for doing so, if ha wished.
nd the fact that ha did not, do so was
something of personal - - magnanimity.
Thla the government resents. ...
Shortly after, the land fraud -prosecu
tlona began her under.Mr. Hejiey's di
rection. 11 W. Ford la alleged to havo
made the statement repeatedly that he
knew Mr. Heney and a woman Involved
In these on sea were UBduly-lntlmate..-"
- But little' attention - waa ; 'given - the
numerous reports at first. Hater It waa
learned - that-eomethlng more- serious
had been attempted. The fact that
Marie Ware had been exempted from
the list of accused In the first prosecu
tion 1 wes -given as evidence that Mr.
HeneJ'woBIIrt t befrlend-her. She states
that she-: was soon afterward agaed to
lend heme If to plot td trap Heney, by
going- witbr him to some' lodging house,
where- they rcouUt "be found together.
This falling, she aays the next effort
.waa te have -her Consent to a charge,
that she had been -with .Heney In snob
msnnety : .
Then- John Cordano( ex -detective and
deputy i sheriff,' called on her one even
ing, eaya -the woman, bringing a bottle
of champagne' and subsequently a bottle
of whisky,!, and piled her diligently In
the effort to get her- drunk. He asked
her what she had testified to before the
grand Jury, she alleges, and wanted her
to visit John Holi'sof nee.
jo
At a stIU later date, Alice White says
that ex-Major Harry I Bees, formerly
of the paymaster's department. United
State army, .took her to a scertain re
sort,' bought two bottles of wine, and
sought to get her to let her place on
Washington street be used as a'meetlpg
place for some of ths men charged with
land frauds. Other efforts were made,
aay theae two- women, to Work up a plot,
and to get Marie Ware to visit John
Hall offlce.whlch she aaya . ah de
clined ta da. . , ,
While Mr. Hall waa yet In offic he
waa informed that Ford and some other
would be willing to tnk-a " charge
against Mr. Heney. Nothing seems to
hava been don by the then' federal dis
trict, attorney, i but- after he waa re
moved, it Is known that he was seeking
tne names or . some - or - the ' witnesses
who had mad such statement. The
Inference followed that while he thought
himself safe from removal, he would do
nothing, but when he waa finally ousted
he was eager to get something 'kgalnat
Mr. Heney. -v --r--.-
It 1 alleged that Mr. HaU ha been
active In the matter, and when Stat
District Attorney Manning said that he
naa oeen - approached to aid a con
spiracy against the federal officer, the
belief gained credence .that aom of
Hall's friends were In It . v..,v
After Manning's conference, aom on,.
" ' r - V Lt j BDDroached
one or two of the state circuit Judge
in Muitnoman county, reeling around to
determine If there eras any chance that
a complaint against Mr. Heney would
b considered. Mr. Hall ha been seen
In close . conference f with District At
torney Manning, and other evidence has
developed leading to the belief that they
were debating the affair now before the
grand jury. n.'-S L
Henry "W. rerd --."""''
V r . site . . . . .
rwra was mi nrei witness
Summoned yesterday afternoon to tes
tify in the case. After h had testified
no rom ociurv ma. vuiio aiscrict at
tornry, it Is said, and Bought to have
Mr. Heney arrested for, threatening to
kill him while he waa before the grand
Jury. At that time Ford-la said - to
have charged the federal district ' at-
torneyTwIth dire threats, and he wanted
to aummon the members of the federal
grand Jury t teatlfy, - When the gov
ernment offloura heard thla thla morn
ing they again aummoned Ford before
then.- He was to testify early this af
ternoon. . .-. ;. -,-, V .,
John Hall, District Attorney MannlnC.
Marie Ware, A lie White end on othh
witness .. testified yesterday afternoon.
Thla morning Judge C H. Carey wss
summoned, and there are a number of
other witnesses subpoenaed, for the af
ternoon, among them aom' of the men
who are said to have been approached "in
the effort to get a case made out agairfat
MrH Heney.-.'. . . , . ,r . , '
' Som -f the Wltaaseea, . j .
Henry W. Ford, one of the men sus
pected ef forming a plot against the
federal officer, waa aherlff of Washing,
tort county for a period, and waa later
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PORTLAND T OREGON, THURSDAY" EVENING. ! FEBRUARY 2, 1905 FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Tsarskoe-Selo, Where the Cur
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QUIETUS- TO TRICKSTERS
Charter Bills in Which Nestl Provisions Nullifying Local Prohibition Brought,- Up; With a Sharp
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"(from i Journal BUft Cmspeedt.I 1 ! ''
6f the Tocdl-opt loft "la w - by . tnean of
amendments to city charters has been
brougjit to a" aud'Jen halt" ., Hereafter
if charter bills exempting particular'lo-
caJltle from the operation of that 4w
r passed by the leglalatore. It wlll'tol
With full knowledge of the consequences
of such action, n
Charter bills had been sliding through
the legislature as -though pn greased
ways when The Journal sailed attention
two day a ago to the fact that many of
them contained provisions which were
equivalent to the virtual repeal, for toe
locality concerned, of j the local-option
law. It was the first definite warning
as" t6r the true character of these , bills
which the. legislators had been passing
without scrutiny and without suspicion.
The discovery aroused instant atten
tion, and at a aeaalon of -the house held
last .evening for th consideration . Of
charier bills snd other local measures an
Imperative protest waa entered against
the granting of any more charters which
are at varience with the local-option law.
An amendment to the charter of Hepp-
ner. giving the city council sole and ex-
cniuiesatiignij ia license im n(uuu
saloons, as well ss the power to perm.lt
tbem to be open on Hunday, was- re-
referred to the committee on cities and
towns, with instructions to cut out these
provisions, so as. to make the charter ac
cord with the, general laws. , ' LT'
Tho ; debate . . waa general and waa
marked by some eensntlonal statements.
Kay of Marlon broadly Intimated that
there; had , been, no attempt to: impose
upon the house, and 'demanded that no
more charter bill ahould.be passed until
the house had - been -informed- In-each
case' whether the bill conformed-to the
general . laws. Smith of -Josephine nd
Ca vender of Linn .took ah equally posi
tive stand against such surreptitious re
peal of, the local-option law, 'and their
position waa sustained when the matter
was put to vote. . ' T -
In th course Of. the debate Vawter of
Medford made the statement that every
charter bill passed since the enactment
of ths'local-optlon and which con-,
far upon -a city 'council ..Jurisdiction
over saloon, is as to that municipality
a repeat of the law. - Other -attorneys
share this view. artd If it la correct the
close of this session -will see 'local op
tion abrogated in a large, number of the
Lcltles and towns of the stste. --1 '
Vawter took occasion to disclaim any
Intention to lmpoee upon the - house- in
hastening the passage of the Medford
charter, which la now awaiting the gov
ernor's signature, and said that If It waa
the dfsre of any considerable number
of tne memiera he would, recall th bill
and resubmit It to th house. .
It was when the Heppner charter bill
came up for third reading and final pas
sage that the 'etorm broke loon. , cole
of Umatilla, .who Introduced the bill,
explained frankly thatthe WT1 did not
In Tact giro to the city council aole and
FLAMES CAUSE BIG
LOSS AT CHEHALIS
Opera House and Millinery Store
Among the Buildings
": Destroyed. '
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(Special DWiatek te The JoaraaL)
Cliehalta, Wash.v Fab. . Oelssler's
opera-Uous was gutted by fir this fore
noon which began at 1:10 o'clock' In the
Dougherty! tt White millinery store, soon
spreading over the entire bulldjng, which
was a brick veneered structure, - After
two hours hsrd work th Bcherer block,
adjoining,, was out of danger. - -r- r
t,i" h
Received the Working en Yesterday. ,
Imperial Guard Drawn Up for Review
exclusive authority rt regulat saloons
CHi ender . opened -tn -ball-- py ealllng
attention a. ihe fact , that th bin had
been re-referred last week to the com
mittee on cities end towns, to ascertain
fwhether He- provlMon"were in aeeord
with the general lews, "and 'asked what
report the committee bad to make on,
this notnt- j- Hmlfth of Jossnhlna also de.
manded to know whether the charter
exempted liquor dealer in Heppner, from
tne operation ex tne atate raw. uui replied-that
be thought- not.- vv
Bingham made vain effort to avert
the impending discussion by suggesting
that it waa "time to stop bullyragging
about charters' but Kay entertained a
veryoiirerent view, ' '
i''It has . been stated Jin The- Portland
Jonrnal that we are passing charters
that take cities and, towns out of the
operation of tJie-tate law,"r said the
Marlon representative. "I understand
that some of these charters gtve the city
council absolute authority to license' sa
loons,, to permit them to run on Sunday
and to license gambling. If this is true,
it is time to call a halt. 1 do not think
this body' ahould paas any measure that
takes -a city or town out or tne opera
tlon of the -general laws governing these
subjects." - .... .--.'..,,.
.-"We are simply following the practice
that baa' prevailed Tor 40 years," replied
Vawter. "If th people of any locality
want a chart eri wltlr-euch previnlous, .It
has been customary to let them have It."
Smith ' of Josephine-1 objected - that
theae questions . are not ItnatterS y . of
merely local -tntereet,- "Why. ahould
liquor .dealers be exempted fcora the op
eration of the lawT'.he demanded. V'e
might as' reasonably give a city- council
the power - to abrogate ' the law against
robbery." ' " " ' " ' '
Jayne endeavored . to : dispel the - Idea
that the Heppner charter revoked the
Sunday law, but' Cavender who bad ob
tained the bill from the desk, read the
sections : bearing .upon ' the subjeet and
th evidence. was conclusive. , r-
I move." said Kay, .' that the bill be
referred -to the committee on eltlee and
town,.. to amend it so that it will con
form to the stat law."- - . ' .. ( ' .
The-motlon was-carried by. viva voce
vote and the bill. went back to commit
tee. - , - .- ' '' - ' - - W
An act to incorporate Vale" waa next
on the list. Kay again demanded an ex
planation. . -..-.; 'L - - - ,
- "If this house has been Imposed upon
by 'passing -bills allowing certain. locali
ties to vloJate the Sunday law, aa was
attempted in the Heppner bill, I shall in
sist upon the reading In fulof all char
ter bills aa 1 .required by the statute
and the' constitution."
SILs. the author of theVale charter
bill, explained that there were no auch
objectionable feature aa had been found
In - the - Heppner - charter. - - Chartere' for
Antelope and if or Kugen were allowed
to pass anon similar explanation from
the member who had'Jntroduced.them,'
The total losses aggregate $10,0007 di
vided a followe:fj j.
George Oelssler. opera-house and fix
tures a 4. tOO, Insurance (S,690;.Al F.
Bcherer, on building 12,000, Insurance
una, cigar stock tlOO, no Insurance;
Mrs. Charles Wakefield, lodging-house
fixture 11,000, no Insurance; Dougherty
sV White, millinery 11,000, no Insurance;
Murphy st Johnson, liquors, breakage by
removal and water. 1, 0(W,. fully Insured.
(Rpeelst rHapateh to The Jooraal.) '
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.,
Feb. I. -The floor lnthe big room of the
Whitman college gymnasium la about
completed. This building when com
pleted wlll.be probably the frost roomy
and auhee-mtlsl structure of Its kind In
the northwest. It Is now planned to
open tl) vym. with ft basketball game
betwern'WHItman oolleg snd" fh ITnl
rerslly of . Wsshlngtoa on February IE.
The Picture Show a Portion of the
GIVES
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, Kay, auggcated' that the chairman ef
the committee tn cltita and towna atate
lntachJcalwhea isi.harter'--waa under
consideration whether rlt cvniorroed to
th stat 'la wis.-!-. . . :'.. .,
"As chairman of that committee," said
Jsg-ger, "I want to say that I don't know
what's in these" charter bills. I didn't
read them all, . I did know about th
Heppner. charter, but I. asked som Of
the best -lawyers in the atate about It
and I couldn't 'get any satisfactory In
formation."-
The proceedings had lapsed Into peace
ful routine when Vawter. . of Medford
rose to a. question of personal privilege.
There, ha been some -criticism In the
press of the manner la which, the-Medford
charter wa parted, th -statement
being made 'that .- It I was railroaded
tHrough the senate and house, and there
has also been an intimation In the debet
tnie evening that the house baa been
Imposed upon in the paaaage of some of
theae charter, bllla. . Neither myself nor
any other member can rest under the
Imputation -- of having railroaded any
measure through, th leglelatur. There
ha, never been any attempt on my part
to mislead the house. If any consider
able number of -the members find th
provision of - the Medford j.ch iter, obnoxious,.-
I 'will TecaTt-fv-fromth gov
ernor and 'resubmit it- for further-con
sideration to the, bouee.-'k '. .
The Portland Juurnaldiscusses 'th
Medford. charter. In toaight's issue, knd
in-order that orpu may -r understand it I
will reed the elections to which the
Journal slludta.?- ri.-. .' ,
v Vawtercthem read -.- that - part - of the
charter- which confer, upon th Medford
city council full i power to license and
regulate .saloons, "Irrespective of any
general hvw of th stats -on thla subject
enacted' by -the- legislature or by the
people at large." - ;
'Kvery charter -passed st this session
which ; gives, a city - council Juris
diction , over saloons Is In my . opin
ion . a- repeal of the local - option
law f for that particular '.locality,"
he continued. "I have read theae pro
visions of the'MedfoTd' charter bo that
may pot, rest under tne unpuutlon- of
having . railroaded the bill through the
house. as(V I -wtuwuhdraw it from the
governor's hands and resubmit it to you
K you so. desire,"
No action waa taken upon Vawter's
suggestion of resubmitting the Medford
charter and the house passed at once to
the consideration of . other . measures.
The - governor still' has three daya in
which' to. sign or veto that bill. It is
aald.that strong protests will be filed
with him by residents'' of Medford who
do not wish to-lose the-rights conferral
upon, them by the. local option law. ;
Th house will. take up, probably to
morrow, the Jay he bill, amending the
local option law. The committee -on re
vision of law wilt meet 'this evening
for ' nnai consideration or proposed
changea in the Jayne bill. It ia expected
to report tomorrow.
JAPANESE REPULSED :.
WITH HEAVY LOSSES
Artillery Duel Now In Progress at
fhe Center-Japs to Aban- -
r don Sandiapu. .;
i , ; (Josms) gperlel Hrtitf.)
j Mukden, Feb. I. Indications are that
the Japanese will abandon Sandiapu.
Ten Japanese battalion which, attacked
the. Russian left were repulsed with
heavy loss. An -artillery duel' is pro
gressing at th center.
. A strong force of Russians Is between
flnndlapw and fthakeepu with a flew of
checking 'the Japanese turning move
ment Kuasta'a loss this week 1 13,00.
V ,
Reported Czar HaTSigned
r; Decree Promulgating
-Many Reforms,--f
SITUATION IN POUND :r :
MUCH QUIETER TODAY
Many - Officials ' Resign Corky,
ths Author, Is Released Tronri .
: : Prison De Witts to Be .
v, - ' Supreme In Russia. r
(Joaraal RpeeisI Bervlee.1'
London," Feb. '2. The St. Petersburg
Correspondent of the Telegraph senda the
following camarkabl statement: " '
. "In a few daya we. sjutll witness a po
litical transformation ecene. Th cap
tive who languish in the cells of the
fortresses- will be released tomorrow and
their -misdemeanors' will ' be forgiven.
The press will be allowed to speak free-
lw T.la, nnv.raAfn.n..tl 1e
beeont toMaachuruv In 10 days a brandP-Utrlcto.rBcasterlBe
new representative chamber will be cre
sted under th maglo wand of De Wltte,
and a new era of prosperity Willi' begin
for the.Russlun people. ':''., - -
That is th latest Item on the pout
toal program. I am. however, unable to
vouch for its accuracy. "--r-- --'-.,-
. - Th porrespondenL goes on tft declare
that a decree -he alreedy been signed
by th ctar which practically, put an
nd to absolute autoeracy in Russia,
The correspondent further quotes
friend' who read the document, giving
i the rulioyin points
"First De Wltte will be president of
the committee of ministers charged by
the caar to extend, and develop the-prin
ciples snd reforms provided by th im
perial ukase of December 2
- ''Second His majesty command that
pension be- paid to th orphan and
children of cripple whose misfortune
was caused by the troops on January 22.
"Third vTbat order be .- restored
throughput ith country' by peaceful
methods, And the Russian people invited
to co-operate with the government, The
methods are left largely to the discre
tion of D Wltte, and may Include a con
vocation -or assembly of th semskx or
land parliament that was abolished many
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v MANY. CONCESSIONS.
, -.; ra y.lr i" ewasasasssaassi f" " J,
Bmployees Compelled ay ovrnaentHto
.. ' 'Ooaoede Strikers Many Points. ,
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; tJeeraal Special BTlce.)
St. Petersburg, Feb. sf Th govern-i
ment lsst Mght decided upon, the course'
It would pursue In settling the Iabol
dlfflcultles that have convulsed the na
tion during the past month. The coarse
to be pursued Is a big concession to th
workingmen, although net meeting their
demands In every particular. The de
cision Is given in tne form of resolu
tions-adopted by the manufacturers' as
sociation actuated by th express wishes
f Xhm government -'
The resolution provide that all points
of the men s demands concerning hours
and ' wages shall not be discussed. - but
submitted to the minister of finance for
settlement - The special demand ad
vanced at the different works will, be
postponed until the men have resumed
work. Tne employers wm appiy no
penalties for wasted time and will not
endeavor to discover the Instigators and
leaders of! the strike or to punish mem
and will' collect funds for the support
of th famllle of the victims. Assist
ance will De irininkiQ-ini nomr. -. . .
The csar has personally expressed a
desire to assist the Workmen, and has
mad a contribution of 126.00 to-sstst
the families of those killed In the riots.
The resolutions show a marked change
of attitude by the: employer and, cou
pled with the audtene. between . the
workmen and the csar. constitute a most
hopeful augury. The decision, not to
prosecute nor disturb th Instigator at,
th disturbance I in enert. an amnesty
to .hose who have lain prisoner for th
psst week, and also means tha Father
Uopon will escape punishment. . .. -
HASTENING REFORMS.
sT Confirmation ef Ooastltatioaal Bu
, saor, Bat Kaay Chang es Made.
- (Jaerael gpeelal Serrlre.)
St - Petersburg. Feb. t. It la Impos
sible td confirm the report that the csar
Intends to give the people a constitu
tion. Well-informed persons say the
report 1 entirely without .foundation.
They assert the exa'r Is simply, urging
haste In the- drawing up of reforms
outlined in th Imperial kaa of De
cember 2S. The general opinion la that
some reforms will shortly be Insugu
fated. but It I thought they will take
the form ef extension of self-government,
more educational facilities and
leas rigid censorship of th press.-
. . Maxim Oorky Bsl d.
Th csar today signed the appoint
ment of M. Muravleff aa minister of
Jnetlc to be embassador to Home. M
(Contlnu- -cn I ;
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Yesterday Was
v PRICE FIVE CENTS.
But It Will Come Only
in Very Brief est of--jj
Flurries
ENTIRE EAST IN GRIP : :
-;-0FBEL0W2ER0 WAVE
Bodies of Rve Persons Found In
, . Chicago, Victims of C0I4
. , . Much ; .Suffering ;" -'
Among Poor T . ,
a BOTH IEI10. " BEljOW ZBBO.
Pertlaad, Or7.,...4ini--mji ............U
Kaa Francises . i . .M Deaver '. S :
Htubors .......... 4 FlaTr. Mont-v, .
Krw Jfors '..v;.u.ieiHTirm.-8. li-...'...3
Little km-k lHiKanaas City ,.14
JaraaosTlll. ria....4rtiMlles Olty, Mnn ...40
Mpnksua .12!Mwvaad,-
Hulae V....ir. Somalia
Chareatna," . C....42 M. lnls- lit
VklaaoBia City ...... -iHt. i-ail .....U
Snow began" to By In 'Portlan thi
morning, 'but It cam In small Ibirrlea.
dlcatlons ara that the unsettled weather 4
will probably continue for ti hour and
that light falls .of snow will com. at
frequent intervals, but harUly anougU to,
cover. the ground.'. -'- '' , -
'.The..temperatur'-'rmaJn: at rde-..
gree above aero,: where. It stoda"aU""day '.;.
yt'sterdayr-..fiwiICJrsI"1n'71ntrIi;
ing sbout tha coid' weather, at Portland
the offlclai forecaster threatens to throw
wldo ' the gates and admit ait eastern ;
breese that will give them something to
remember ss long a I hey llva.. , Wilh-
bllssards raging in the eastern and mid
dle western states and - the mercury - -freexlrig'in
the tubes, he believe thatj
any one -In Portland who complalna -
about a little cqld snsp such as la now '
belng experienced in the Willamette val-;
ley la too ungrateful 'to escape without .
sopi dire punishment slicht a he sug
gests... ' i ;;'..-..'. s ;. ' ") ; --';
' In support of this Incomparable ell- : ' ,
-mate it Is explained that many, people
can- be seen today parading M streets
of Portland without having their form
encased in overcoats.- East of the Rocky
mountains those who venture outdoor v
are taking th precaution to wrap them
selves in th heaviest or rurs; even tnen
they run th risk of freeaing to death.: -
Within' the next few daya aa uregon
mist la expected here. According to th
Unofficial weather prophets. It. la impos
sible for that which' la taken for -cold
weather i to Mast much longen It hsa ,
been cloud all day, and the watchful
groundhog has failed, to - observe his
shadow as be emerged from his hiding
place for mornlng and afternoon ram
ble. . knowing that th paca or ine win
ter has been broken, he will remain out.
fully convinced that the bright spring .
daya are near at hand. . But had the sun
shone today, and bad -th Tlg en- hi -shadow,
he would have scurried back to
his hibernating quarters to remain for
six long, weary weeks, feeling confident ,
that spring wuuld not be here until th
end of that time;-" ' - . t
ENTIRE EAST , CHILLED;
y;.t ..'-- -
Bodies or Tire Tlotlms ef XMnuM OoIA
Picked try ea Chicar ist'ssf, ' - i
..'.'J f- (Joarnal gpeeial garrtca.l ' . "
Chicago, Feb. I. With th tempera
ture at 14 below sera this morning. Chi-!
cago is suffering severely from th
cold. . There, is-much distress among
the poor. Th bodies of five-victim of
th Intense cold were found --In th
streets this morning. . Numerous fires
today brought dlstresa .to many.
- The ' whole" iiorthwest . Is- eaperienclng '
serp weather,-varying from Mb. below In ,
the Dakota to 10 and IV below as tar
south aa the Ohio river. No. -relief 1
predicted for 24 hours. ' '
- The temperature this mornfhg at St. -, .
Paul Is 10 below and Omaha 14 below,
at Dea Moinew 12 belew. at Butte, Mont, '
20. below; Bismarck M below, at Mllee ,
C&t? Mont., the , temperature, ; dropped -to
tO below se.ro..' r - --
: i
COLD AT SHANIK0-
Ber Weather , Beports . Blgk , Win '
- Proatrat tatertor Wh-es. -,' ; ,
' (Special Dispatch le.JTbe Asu-esl.t
Shanlko, Or.. - Feb. . .The - coldest
Weather experienced in this vicinity for
several years ha prevailed here ' the
last three day accompanied by a heavy
fog -and aleet. The thermometer last
night , registered ero at thla point and
at Antelope waa k degree below.
A high east Wind la blowing and all
telephone, wire to Interior points era
down -aa well a those in.rtown. 'Sta-e
roada are in a frightful eonellttbn a 3
stage ar badly delayed. Indlcatlo
today, are for Warmer weatner.
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