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- .... I . r,. . 4 ... , raw .V-.-r v- f dOD EVENING, v . vl-.. -'-'Tht. Weather.' y A ,1 ' ( Tonight '? 'and Saturday, ;'' lfcV eolderj northeast winds. ; VOL., III. NO. 233, Tcechcrs Select to Sup- , -, . v.ytj , sssaaawa ... 'MEwfT SYSTEM OPENS : . li DCCmSJ0 GRAVE ABUSE ; rUsil of tha Taxpayers "Maet- Inj Ciema to ntve Been En tlrely Ctt Aside by Direct-. . v ori it Secret Session f- -1 .Bh)nd cloaed doorlnCltjrBu)r!n- tandent Frank tR1b1i? offlcth $lty .'iV board of tducatlon held a a tar chamber -. ' aeaalon' f ebniary 1, which tha aalary .. ' of . tha city : auperlntehdant waa raiaed from $3,0Q0 to 1.000 year, the aaU r Ha of tha taachara wara ijncreaaed aa r :"'T" Tecommsndad In the report ma da at the Wat '..regular, maetlngv with alight chancea, and , traoaf era J", and . appoints raewta of many . teachera wore made. "- Although the meeting waa1 held nearly . ;: two weeka ago, the record wero oniy d tared ott-tha minu .ianniunoement-wa-al of tha action T, takon'. and when Individual ..membera of the board .wera a-akedl concerning tha - meeting they .replied that no bualneaa .had beem tranaacted. ""' -At-the-tlma l-etWg-waanaMl . u " waa atated that. tha board almply d- C aired io dlaouaa ame mature valeting ' to thalncreaaa In tha aalarlea of teach- era hrfnritJlhe aubfrct came before the r board for final aettieBrent it waa mm rDreaentatlea"of tha preaa that no bffl4 - clal action would oe taaen a xn mw Ing. and that no mlnutea -would be kept Tha recorda of tha 'meeting being en 1, tered today ahow that an : nnuaually Jarre-amoont of bualneaa waa trana ' acted. . ' ' . , . . ,' . yroeeedliaga Critlolaed.- ' 81nc the report of the unuaoal pro- ceedlng Jbecame current, crltlclam of tha extraordinary -method reaorted to by - tlia board to transact Ita bualneaa la - heard on every Hand and many taxpayer haveauggeated that an explanation be demanded of the trfuateea for the aecrecy In which they hold their meetings. They declare that nteetlnga where ' bualneaa la tranaacted should be open' to - the public-that everynjMly. may know - what la taking place; aa tie taxpayers furnish the money to. maintain the -achoola,'thy.aUould know what la hap- penir.it. 'The UspayeW ay theae aecret ' meetlnga, where busthesa affecting the -. public la tranaacted have happened in the past, but that theV Anuat not be held In , the future, and are teady to enter a vtg- ' oroua protest If auch atar chamber meet "Inga bra Insisted on by the board . Othee Secret Meetlags. i, .. . Recorda ahow that March 105, a similar meeting waa held t which the 1 salary of Superintendent Rlgler .waa .'; raised from $2,600 to $1,000 a year and ; the salaries of teachera were Increased and graded. Other" mettnga have -beau : held from which the publlohave been ; exrludcd. ' ... .. On the morning of February I. while ' the truate were gathering for their - meeting. U. Wittenberg told a Journal reporter that he could not remain at tha meeting, aa the board intended to dla , cnea-'tha raising of the teacnera' aal- ertaai'.i '.-i. f" : will any ' action be taken, at your ; executive aeealonr waa asked. - ion. air there will be . n ' action . .k.n waa the reply. "We deatre to '. kiiiu a.f.ir matters In private' . "No recorda will be made of the meet- t.':.: -.-Wa will, keep no recorda?-waa the r L '"r'don't aee, why -they re having' so ;miih urnw about thla meeting.' re- ; marked J. V. Beach, one of the -mem-.'.ben of the board, aa he entered Super. :.-tMMlen Rlatler'a private ofllce. . ; It la understood that $he meeting waa "-a. -very Interesting one andtnat in re - waa ronalderable difference of opinion -. : -among the members of tha board. ' Ikne Director Obleoted.- . Regarding the matter of raising the salary of the elty auoerlntendent. it la stated, that the action wag jinanimoaa. ' Tim nl one who may have had any oh- jvctlon waa Ma Jtaach. and he did not expresa.lt by a negative rete.. t- At the twk payers meeting In Jaauary there Waa no mention made of an hv ' 'tended raise In the salary of superin tendent; Indeed It waa thoroughly under -eteod that the money appropriated waa to go to pay Increases In the aalarlea of ; .-the grada teacnsra. mere la now in - " volved a. complicated .rlgamarole called V ' the "merit- srstera" under which trie teachera must paaa cartaia.xamlnatlona. leaving the door wide' open for groea fa Tnrtflsm on. the one hand and a species ef terrorism on the other, The teachera aalarlea ware Increased aa recommended In ' the report, with minor ehaniree, the schedule to take effect February 1. -except the merit list of grade teachers and principals and the principal of the hlh school, which will take effect net September;- The clause raialne: the salartee ef asntstant-prlnct pale wea eliminated, as there ane now Contlned o Page, Tea.) ; I i. v; -" anew; .t: - General Wtlkout Probable in-Capltalr-Business "Is Paralyzed. L: TWELVE THOUSAND LOST - IN SIX DAYS OF BATTLE Witte Says War Must End at Any Cost Bloody Conflicts In , Poland Between Strik- ' : ers and Troops. ' . . : '. ..r."" (Journal" 8jjerfiJfrTie.i. . fitTTetersburg, Feb. . iTEtriffua tlon hero la etlll uneasy and bualneaa Is paralysed by tha uncertainty whleh pre' valle everywhere. ' It la estimated that S 0.0 00 additional workers srent but yes terdsy. , The men' are bitter because they forms DromDtly. It : irnreportfed-'that tha workers in the Putlloff worka who struck yesterday nrat killed an obnox loua foreman. j. . .- Thla -morning a number of employee ofl.thePutilqfrand France - Ruaalatf works, alter a conierence wiin ino ai-reetorat-went euU wiB.ta,a .eefasal of the manufacturers .to grant an eignt hour day. The atrlkera marched in groups-through, the, at recta;- Their de meanor waa aulet.' 1 J Today witnessed mure workmen jotaj. Ing the ranks of the strikers, and re newal of the strike threetane to be gen eral. Battalions of troops are stationed at the; various factories, five of which are idle, ana unless vuiarauvu come crlttcaL ' - " " ' There la danger of a strike breaking out In the worse form than formerly as there is ho, sign ef an abatement of the agitation, and the atnlater announce ment la made that the aeed of revolu tion has been sown among the aoldlera with" apparent aucceaa. Should the dis affection attain deep root In" the army the outcome would be appalling. - Tha newspaper Blrgevgaviedomost re ports that In the fighting south of Muk den January SI tL 30, the Russians lost $14 officers and'lMU men killed and wounded. : .;"'-.';--.' v ':. ?-.' ."PEACE AT ANY COSTaQ SC. Wtttt Sajra That Tar Xaetem War Xmat Xad at Once. t ,y , -. -7 ! ' IJooraal Special Berrtce.) ' - - St. Petersburg, Feb. 10. Speaking to a Rnaalan friend this afternoon at. Witto said that peace must be secured In the far-eaet at any cost. 0"he grand 'dukes. who-, hare HMtherto- opposed peace be cause of the dread consequence upon in ternal" reforma with e diminution ' of their . authority' and emoluments, are now reconciled to It because pence Is the only course to prevent -eetU revolu tlon. f ' .-' 'The aar is personally not opposed to reforma and would not oppose a con stitution. . Despite the opposition of the grand dnkea the People' a aasembly (7mskr Zobor) will assemble March 1 There is greater probability of peace now than at any ' prevloua tlme. The terms of peace acceptable" to Russia would be the recession to China or, Man. Churia. . Uao .Tung peninsula and Port Arthur, with permtaatoiu lor China to lease these terrltorlea to Japan for $0 years. Russia, to .evacuate Manchuria but to retain the Island of Baghalien, Vladivostok and the province of Ua- kurl. : No Indemnity to be paid. bloody conflicts: Maay Killed t OWaaae Bftweea jStrlk- : a - "ers nasi solitary ta. Folaad. Berlin. Feb.' 10. A bloody conflict took place laat night at. Soerravloe between tha military and the strikers at a local Iron, works. Kigwt-volleys were flred by the troo.' "The tokal Aasiea-er reports the casualties mat night were Is killed and.U wounded. The Voeaiche Zeltuns; declares the casualties Vera 1(0 killed and wounded - Another clash occurred at Nlfka mine, where It Is reported lie .persons .were killed, -r - - Oovernor-Oeneral Tchertkoff; of. the province of Warsaw, who waa wounded In the leg In the early labor troublea In Warsaw.' died laat nlsht. It la rumored that hta death waa cauaed by poison ad ministered by. the governor's PoMah cook, although the official-cause la given aa blood poisoning, resulting from the am putation ef kht leg-. r V ATTACIC BY NICHT. Bwastaas) esulaad ta Several Asaaarts ' JaeneLserlal gefTwe.y Tokio, Feb.; 10l Russians bombarded the Japanese center and extreme left last" Wednesday, and the extreme right Thursday. - Several Russian Infantry at (Continued engage Ta Portland, Oregon.; Friday " evening. februarya A ThotOiTtph From the JFrbnt Showing a Company 1 of Japanese - Infantry; BILL In Voluminous Message Governor -Takes Standi That -Appoint-ment of Such Officers Is an Executive Function and That y: District Attorney Should (From a Joarsal Buff Cerrespondeat.) , ' . Salem. Feb. , 10. The' port of Portland tlll ; was y .vetoed, i this, afternoon. The governor's message la a voluminous one;.' He takes the, ground. that the apppint ment it auch officers Is really an execu tive' function, and that, the selection of two ; members? of '.the'. legislature ' for places on the commission Is a violation of the constitution. .Aa to the charges against Thomas, the governor says: - -."It. has been urged a J a" reason for approving, the act In question, that the integrity of George,' B. Thomas haa been seriously questioned,, and ex parte testi mony has been offered me by' friends of the measure to show that during his term f of office he hiaaraccepted money In the nature of a bribe to Influence hie official, action. - "r MURDERED' CELL AT CITY JAIL - L. W. Smith, a prisoner In the dry Jail, died laat - nlgbt under. mysterious cir cumstances." ."" Coroner J. P. Flnley believes the man may have been murdered in bis cell, and an autopay. and perhaps an Inquest, wilt be held, i It Is believed that the result will at least show, gross negligence on the part of the police authorities. . Smith -waa arrested on the aldewalk at First, and Stark streets yesterday af ternoon, apparently drunk, by Policeman Wyndorf. add he waa thrown into- a cell In the city toll. - The cell waa amall and there waa only, a small board platform to keep the man off the cement floor. - -r. Eight or ten other prisoners eere put In the , same cell, .and . standing Jroom was at la premium. ' Thla morning at t o'clock the prisoner . was . discovered deed. ' '''" - Coroner Flnley was notified. He-took charge of. the body, and after- making a few. lnqulrtea , came to. the conclusion that thecaee warranted a thorough in vestigation. The prisoner looked as if he had had hla head crushed, as It was covered with' blood. When placed In the tall it was stated that the man did not appear to be. hurt. Coronet" Flnley severely scores the methods of the chief , of police to handling and caring -a man who occupied an adjoining cell.- aald Mr. Flnley. "told me that tea Other men were crowded Into that amall celQaat night, and f u:h tb caae, there was no room to even stand up. The floors are of cement with a PHILADELPHIA MAYOR : -CLEANING UP THE CITY , - i " Uneraal Seeelal Berriee.) '-;- , Philadelphia, Feb. 10. A fight to the death haa reeh, declared between the Republican ting ruling Phlladajphla and Mayor John ;Weaver. Testerdaf "tne mayor'besan at the Inatlxatlon of (he clergy a fight againxt the grafting tac tl of the police. He sent cut an order transferring -every police efflcer In. the u - IS VETOED Inyestigalfe Bribery Charges t . .it:- 'This may be toue, -although, atrenu ously denied, and .whether It' Is or not It .to the duty j)f. the' district' attorney of Multnomah county to fully investigate the charge now that It has been publicly made and, . If the . testimony warrants. Indict Mr Thomas and if poaslble secure hla conviction. - V ('HI :k - " . ------ . n.--t;-r-iner win M no river and . namor "I do not feel that I ought to oe'ai.,,.- . ... . ..... . Mr,. t7ht .Dractlcanv amounta totB,-?Puo":,u,w,nS D,"BO ""f an Impeachment or a pudiic onicw on ex parte statements ' made before the legislature and before me as an execu tive. If guilty of the 'delinquencies charged a forum "has -been created for the investigation , thereof and to that forum, and not to. the W'islatnre or to the executive, should an appeal be made for the trial, conviction and Impeach ment of the person complained of," r1 WHILE IN small, board platform on .which .theoe cupant is Supposed to . fie or ait.,- There are no mattresses-or blankets on. which to lie. -If a mwn-was -dead Orunkthe would chill. to. death, .on , that. floor. 1 know these men are prisoners. , but they should be treated aa human beings, not aa dog. ' : - ' "This man looked as If he had been handled very roughly. - Ills-head was bleeding from bruises which he Is sup posed to have, received last . night, as there were no indications that he was Injured when he waa taken to the JalL I. am going to hold a postmortem exam ination, and if the result warrants it, further1 investigation" InloThe cause of death wtll be -made. . - - - jpoke" to Tjhief "Kunt s.bouTThe conditions at the. Jail, and he replied that he had to put a lara;e number of men In one cell. He says so many men are being retained in the city Jail to work on the rockpile that he baa -no room to care for other prisoners." - .-' .. . lr.' 1. R. Weather bee found evidence of; murder at the autopsy this afternoon. The dead man'sakutl had been , crushed by a beating, evidently with a cluh. The fracture of the skull extends front the base of tha brain Id the top or the ear. Various other wounds were found on Line head. pertal Dlapetrs! to Tke- J.ierMl) Salem. Feb. 10. Diligent Iwitifry fall's to reveal the Identity of U W. Smith, reported to have been killed In Portland. tenderloin districts 'ihd dismissing every. btuecoat Interested in giving shel ter to vice. The shakeup of the police Is the preliminary to a general Invest! gatlon"of that department. - More then 100 policemen were af fected by laat night'a order.- .-.'' s AmmxsTxs.- Saeramento CaL, Feb. IS. F.I I Wright, the fourth of the senators In dicted' for bribery. 'wan arrested- this mornins. and.- immediately released en' s.eee bonds. 4 .. - - Ml- 11.1111 II II swS jo,.j903.ixteen pages A' Poing Into Action During s Blinding . MUST SAVE MONEY That Is the AnsWeKbf SehateAppropriations Committee to All ' c Pleas for Funds No River and I .Harbor, No 1 JfJavy; , ; ' j ' Increase, No Public .. (Jpurnal Special gerrtee.W- f Washington. " Feb. lfc-i-The . aenate committee on appropriations la - prepar ing to act tha brakea hard against bills appropriating 'money, f Congress .'must face 'the alternative of chopping down appropriations, orl meeting a . deficit., i TThere will be no . river and . harbor Increase .iilHtie navy thla year," said a' leading, member 'of the senate Com mittee . on . approprtatlona,; "We have talked,' these matters over- In ' the. com mittee and decided these appropriation bills must wait' until next congress. : It is. practically decided .that the. commit tee., on naval affairs shall provide only one battleship. " T' .--' , -. . "At the rate appropriations have been made already,'. and taking, Into account the necessary appropriations yet to be made, the Republican party must . face a deficit at the end of the next fiscal year.' The question now Is not whether BLUEBEARD ADMITS , : MARRYINjG 12 WIVES i (Joaraal Speelal Serrlee.) Chicago., Feb. 10. Before being taken to-'the criminal ooort this morning, to attend the Inquest over the body . of Mrs. Marie Walker Hoeh, "the alleged bluebeard, Johan lloch, admitted to the police that ha-'bad married three other women In addition to the nine he haa already confessed,, Thp additional wives are:-- ." '. ' ' ''V. '. . ' Mrs.-rteaa Hoeh-- ef Milwaukee. Mrs. T. O'Connor Hoeh of Milwaukee-. Mrs-TBartels Hoeh of Cincinnati. -' "It'a all foolishness about this poison business, at Cincinnati." declared Hoeh.' "Mrs. Bartela Hoeh died of ' kidney trouble -.'.. ' - 1 'Xf course the neighbors talked about the way the funeral was . conducted; they did not have anything else to do." At the Inquest Undertaker Frayne-testified that he-used no arsenic In' em balming the body- ef Marie Walker Hoeh. The dead woman's sister, Mrs. Emily Hoeh. Identified Hoeh as the man who married them both.- - - Mrs. Fisher Hoeh testified that "her GERMAN COAL? STRIKERS v REFUSE TO GO TO.yV0PK y- ' . (Jearsal Spsdal Servlee.) .;. : : Berlin. Feb... 1 A ,' portion ef the strikers In the-mining regions hae-er-fused to sccept the decision of the Rssen conference) yesterday, and $1d no return to work this morning. Party xtremtsta attacked the striae leaders Mac hue and Hue, who recommended a termination of the atrlke and attempted to lynch them. Hus was aeriously In jured." The miners are becoming violent, and have destroyed a portion of the rail way near Kaaeo. The anthorltlew are preparing te aae fore to preserve order. : . .-:'' i The Circulation 1 Of The Journal Yesterday Was aN Snowstorm in the yicinity of Buildings Bill. there win be a deficit, but how large It .will be;-; - r O' X , - The proposition' into hold down appro priations 'to aa absolute necessity. There la. a 'deficit in the treasury for the present fiscal , year .of tt.000.0oo, ' :. "Secretary Shaw estimates the ap propriations to be made and calculating the. receipts, the deficit will reach 40. 000,000 at the end ft the-fiscal year." Heavy-rednctlon, In war taxes' without acorres ponding cut-In expenses caused the . trouble. i ; -n .- ' -" . By. strict party vote the house commit tee oil waya and means today ordered a favorable report on the bill reducing In 10, Instances the tariff ratea on goods entering the Philippines. The principal reduction la on machinery, engines, snd steel rails. The rate on opium was In creased and Its importation prohibited after three years. ' - ., . '' t - - -" . When the -senate met today tha chair selected Perkins of California, to read Washington's farewell address to the senate on February .22. alster had been complaining of,, Inter mittent pains In her abdomen, also hav ing "queer feeling - In her flngera and feet, an Itching, crawling sensation." An. afternoon paper . prints' a report that Hoeh Is alleged to have confessed to the police that he gave; arsenic to his wives. The authorities do not con sider the report worthy of ''credence. - Last nlghl Hoeh admitted having mar ried nine women, eight of whom are: Mrs. JuUa . Stelnbecher, married In Mrs. Julia Marie Wah-kerjnarrled De cember it, ie. r r- r - r- j - Mrs. Mary Becker.' St. flouts; f Mrs. Anna Hendricks, married In Ham mond. Ind.. January I, itol. , - ' Mrs. Marie (Joerk. married In 10. . Mrs. Mary Rankin, married in 14. Mrs. Martha Horddeldt, now In Paaa dena. Cal., married In 1S9S. . Mrs. Emllle Fischer, married In De cember; 104. . , . , Five of his wives celled upon him laat night at the Jail and taunted him with his arrest.- He affected to treat them In a Joking' manner. j. . NEW AMBASSADORS ARE ' "NAMED BY PRESIDENT - fjoevasl Pppeiat ' avrvfce. ', ' Waahlngton,'Feb. 'I.-The following diplomatic changes are to be made by the president after March 4: ' Anrbassa dor MoCormlrk at St. Petersburg will be transferred to Paris, to succeed por ter. ' Ambassador Myer at - Rome will go to St. Petersburg; Henry White,' sec retary of the London emtmssv. will go to Rome; Heory U Wilson, minister to Chile, will be made minister t Belgium, to succeed Lawrence Townsend, who retiree. .A fl,L. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Kansas to . Erect a Re finery to Compste "with r ivle. STANDARD OIL CUTS PRICE TO PRODUCERS Causes -- Losrof -- and Throws Thousand f Work by Ita - Prelim- , - Inary Attack, ,1 . r ' 1 I . i..'-'- f: . v - (Journat BOecisI Serrlet.) : . tTndepeAdenc4,Kas.i Fsb, 10. Tbe ell trust has answered KansaV- declaratioa . . of war and already thousands ef men,.,, have been thrown - out - of . work with thouaanda more to follow; - An order which went into effect last night stops ' the buying of oil In western Kansas, and the result Win be to paralyse the de-' velopments of the Kansas fields, thus throwing thousands -out of work.'; ' John OTfrlen. the Standard Oil repre sentatlve of Oie west, aald today., The Standard Oil company .a not go ing to Invest another cent In Kansas until the detlnltij. pollc of the atate Is ' ; decided aa to ' the oil business. . it r is , a matter of business with ua apd not revenge..We will take as much aa we can refine and that is miVh-,- :hjtZ.; Tlie loss to Kansas Till produces ah r a result of the new policy of the Stand- . .. ard Oil company- will reach $S0,eoe a month. . Producers sar tha action of the company will not stop adverse legisla tion, but will-have the opposite effect. . - HnnOXfdiMuffl-wUl business aa soon as storage tanka are. Slled, as the Standard Oil company will ' not -take-the product. . . ' - - The action of the Standard Oil com pany Is generally accepted' as the reply ' , of the trust to the action of the Kansas senate In yesterday pasalng bills for the . erection of a state refinery In competi tion with the Standard Oil company, to prevent discrimination in freight rates,. In favor of the Standard, and make the -Standard's pipe lines a common carrier and prevent discrimination, in prices by " the Standard with a view of driving in-- , J dependent refineries out of bualneaa. It la , war now between Kansas . and xthe trust, and the action ot the combine r brings a cruis,- The Standard OH company? Is repeat ing In Kansas all the tactics which have- made It notorious' In other " crude oil terrltorlea and has stirred up publio sentiment to a degree ' that will cause Jt much trouble. Enlightened by pub- . llclty recently given the trust's affairs . and understanding the character-of the c oppressor snd its methods, the people of Kansas threaten to deal the monopoly . H a ataggertag blow. . ' ;-"H--',' ' ,''u?'. ---Soaaeg FredaeUom. i. ' - The situation la partly la their favor because eaatern oil fields are giving oat, while- Kansas flelds-yleld - aa -unpreoe- - dented output and It Is universally be- lieved through the middle west that, . eventually Kansas oil wUl light the; world. The gain la Kansas production laat year ove tha --previous year was nearly o.OOO.OOe barrels. Shortsighted for once in Its career, the Standard thought to handle the output by refineries , in ; Neodesha, Kan., and . Sugar Creek t Kansas City). Mo. Before lhe Imprpvemeute were eompleteA tha- -production was so great that extension of the pipe lino to Kansas City was u- ..." dertaktn to Whiting. Ind.. whers connec tion with the seaboard tinea mav be -made. But even this will not care for the wealth pourjng from the oil sands of the Sunflower state. ' - The Standard took the usual means to atop production. . It reduced the. price . for crude oil. In three weeks four cuts ' were made, decreasing the value of the product IS per cent. Crude oil has dropped 47 percent In'value In-one year. Refined oil . remains practically- at tb - -same price. - v, - - : '. : The oil fleld prbteata andmost or Kansas bae Joined in the hue end cry against the monopol f. ' , .:.' Production goes right on. . s ell well must be pumped or u fllle with' water, so the producers ere forced t turn over ; their product to the Standard at what they ssy ara not. living prk-ea. 4 ... ; Meanwhile, hundrede of promoters spurred on by leasee whlcti make drilling oMtsatorp- are-slnkmg weM-though- -they know that email profits, perhape -actual fosa. face them if tmry atrlke oil. ' and they lose If they dow l. The gland- , ard'g price Hat Is blamed. ..- - - , ..- , Filee Oat Betew Oeet. Kerosene Is sold by the mandsrd si Emporia for cents w gallon,, er beloe cost. At Chanata. lie miles away, K coats about 21 cents. - This Is a sample ef the merciless warfare) the Standard waaee. ' Kaiman think they have a reme for evtia of thW hTnd en their own ban . an they prepoae to find out II the profit on a barrel ef ell st I consumption In Kanees at l.ftO'l 1 a day. and allowing -for the e of convict labor, Kasne s atate can build a r-,e I ' and e reflnerr and have I Iti three years, r-