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vfengc AYrcnis Inf Hbted v
vicn Pecpie.
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GRAND DUKES ATTEND
MEMORIAL. SERVICES
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Alarm Caused by.. Murder i of
; JSergtut : Increased by the
v : Wide-Spread 'Scattering of
-p- Revolutionary Tracts. ?4 t
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BU Peteraburg. Feb. IS. It la net
: generally believed that tha aaaaaalna
tlon 9t tho Oraod Duka 8era-lua will
cause tha Ibaar to. reeonaldar hla proo
: Jamatlotf' ofrreforma for worklPffraen. It
ia thouc'ht probabla that tha oppoalte
. effect will results, and the new, ' era
be haatened by the aot, which la taken
- to Indicate the .desperate state et tha
mlnda of the revolutloparjr element "
', '' It haa transpired that 8amsonoff the
; aasaaaln of M. Plehve, wrote', confea-
Ion before 'hi execution living ln: de-
tall the aim of the Terrorists, which
included tb aasasalnatlott ot Serglua.
He aatd: v,-- : --
"We don't expect to overthrow the
existing; syitem by means of aaaaaalna-
: tlona. - Our ' oil 'object la to - avenge
y the cruel wrongs inflicted on the people,
fj aasaaalnaied Plehve,'. not because I
: thought. to- Shatter the government, but
because Of hla Innumerable crime.
1 - "Our party la in reality devoted to
, peaceful propaganda. It la only when
the mlnfatera refuse our right ,qf
, speaking in human language that we use
.: language of another kind.. It la the vlo
.' IentrepreaIo-f popular -aspirations
which, causes our revolutionism. It 1
because the government does not permit
' freedom "g. speech, pre . or assembly
-i ikat SJsTa. atMlrtf - - ' waeasslita , t&T
TTfvJssjssjBj3BjBaBeii t saH -
. .s V t Marks fa Death
iroeordlng .to'reilableahf qrmatlon. "the
, Rusalaa KlhlHats ve selected ' the
-Grand Duke- Vladimir as the next vic
; tlm. ' Governor General Trepoff of Qt,
Peteveburg will follow. Then will come
M. Pobledonptsea, procurator of ; the
1 holy 'omod. The Caar'a turn will ' not
.'.com until after he haa algned a con
' stltutlon; since -his signatureIs neoee
. aary. It la thought that the Ruaalan
government will reaort.-to reaction in
tha hope of saving the. live of promi
nent men. ri" - . .
At Odessa leaflets are being circulated
this morning algned bjrthe south Rus
" ian . section , of the social democratic
revolutionary announcing the death of
o.Miii. . mDneludina1: -TTha event
mark' thbeglnnln;-of-- war ef-r
' bending ' atubbornneaa and . intolerably
oppreaalve rule of the present regime."
The .assaaatn of Serglu Is Said to
have confessed belonging to the work
'men's secret democracy and added:'
- "I aocompUahed the wlU ot the execn-'
- tlve.
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Serglus was increased oday by the
widespread scattering of revolutionary
literature among the workmen, urging
action against ' the oppressor.
The body of Berglu lie at Choudoff
monastery, where it was removed yea
terday. - Church-bell are tolling today
and masses are being celebrated by
priests ceaselessly' chanting prayers for
the repose of the soul of the murdered
duke. The widowed grand, ducheea te
prostrated, and remains in her apart
ment at the Idttle palace. She waa
finable to attend requiem mas.
Troops are patrolling the inside of the
Kremlin, from which the public ia ex
cluded. ' All ahopa are closed and news
papers have mourning borders. In sev.
eral Instancea student have been rough-
ly handled on-the streets.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Sake , and ; WotaWe Attnl
Chardhat BtaMoh Oathedral. ; , :
': Uearaal MkUI Bervlei.) ' I
, 8t Petersburg.' Feb. 18. A memorial
service for Grand Duke flerglua wa held
..at the Staaacli catftedral todajN - A larga
congregation waa preaent. -Including
' many of the grand dukes and diplomatic
corps and ' other notable personages.
It I announced that the funeral of
' flergiu will be held several day hence
within tb Kremlin at Moscow. " The
. csar and the Imperial family wlIV be.reo-
resented by the Grand Duke Alexlef.,
'Bergtus' body will lie in state ror aer-
eral day In the church of the Ascension
in the Kremlin., where thc-eai-es.
crowned. Thenoe it will be -brought
to St.' Petersburg and placed-in the
Romanoff mausoleum in the great eathe
' dral of Saints Peter and Paul, inalde the
fortress. : ' f -,
. Emperor Nicholas -haa laaued a mani
festo Stating that a heavy sorrow ha
- fallen upon the people In the death of the
Orand Duke Serglu In the 48th year or
his eg. - .-..: ; i ,. (' '.;.- . ...
"He waa stricken down," the mani
festo says. Thy the ruthless hand of an
aasaaaln, who aimed at hi life, so dear
to us. - Mourning In hln -an uncle and
friend whose whole life of activity and
ear waa also devoted tq the service of
' our house and fatherland, we have firm
' eonndence - that . all our aubject will
bar and sympathy In eur sorrow and
will unit their heartfelt -prayer with
. our own for the repo of the soul of
the depsrted. - - " ',,..
, "Given ia our palace at Tsarskoe-Belo.
' '- -v . "NICHOLAS." .
' The csar Is in deep mourning ever
the asaaasinatloD. When he first I received
the . new yesterday he waa completely
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Retrenchment r Existed in V the
Minrle Onlw At a Vara Paw j '1
of the Legislators.' ;,;"
JAYNE BILL DEFEAT WAS v i
CONSPICUOUS FEATURE
Hard fights fpr County Divisions
; Result in Many Political
Vend
"Many-new law have been placed on
the aUtut book '' a - the result of dbe
twenty-third session of The Oregon leg
islature, which came to an end at t
o'clock last evenings A few are of much
Importance. Many.. measures relating
to matters of much public interest met
defeat. The session Is almost as nota
ble fornta negative as for ita positive
result. t, v , i
' The defeat of the Jayne bill, amending
the local option law, was "one df ' the
conspicuous . features of the session.
The bill - passed the house with e few
vote to spare, but met opposition in the
senate; which-could not .be overcome, f
The result was to leave the local op
tion law unchanged for two years more,
unless by . the initiative the "people
shoufd repeal or amend it in the general
election of 190S. Matty legislators ax
press the belief that If the amendment
proposed by the Jayne bill, as it wa
originally presented, had been less radi
cal ftae law wonld have been modified,
but the demands of ,the liquor interests
were regarded aa'excesalve and the result-
was to- solidify the opposition, '
In the matter' of appropriations, the
legislature-virtually established a - sew
record, and . the promises of . curtailed
expenditures were " not realised. ' ArA
proximately $3.506. 0 -wfll !- needed
during the next two' year to meet the
requirement of the law enacted and of
the standing expenses, for state insti
tution. ; v.v ,'.;,:-'
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' This"" total . Is less by some .1400.009
thanthe total- for l8-4, out the last
legislature' made extraordinary appro
priations amounting to f 8S,000 for the
Lewta and Clark. fair, the portage road,
the Celllo canal and the Indian war "Vet
erans. . - : , , ' :
The policy ar making heavy appro
priations ' for tha f ouri normal school
jrss continued and the momentarily sue
eeasful attempt 'to cut down these ap
propriations waa finally defeated, i,
'The mining Interest of the state re
ceived borne recognition, through the pea
aage of the Bingham act, amending the
Eddy law so as to impose only a nominal
tax upon mines having an output of
lea than 11.000 a year. -The attempt to
establish a mining' bureau wss unsuc
cessful. - j ' t'. : '" . '
After, many'1, vicissitudes, ' and after
reverse- which seemed ., irretrievable,
the Irtigattonlats 1 finally secured the
passage' of a bill by -which the state
will aid In the government's work of
reclaiming arid lands. Aa finally passed,
however, the bill waa stripped of many
of the features'' recommended by the
Irrigation commission.'
(Continued oa Pag , Two.)
"It- ;
Rusattn ardamen Unloading Gup
...To the Pcoplo of Oregon: iTes.'lt was
a v great .victory-, 'all' things 'considered,
but nothing different from .what we. had
anticipated from 'the beginning' of the
legislative contest. ,' We felt satisfied
that the majority . in . either .the ' house
or -the senate wdllld he - loyal to the
right of the-people "and protect their
law.'.' So r we do not consider theTeault
of -the conflict anything more than the
people .had ' a ? perfect right -to expect
But 'the e. mating thing la that o many
intelligent men who ' had been . electea
to their; high office to serve the inter
ests.of the people could be Induced, to
subordinate their office to the liqu6r la-
know . to . be the greatest ' curse- to . so
ciety. To a casual observer It looked aa
though machine politic, controlled: a
number of ..votes. If. so, the defeat of
the "ring" was of almost equal impor
tance, te. the local-option victory.. Boss
rule ls the ban of free government
;.But.'standlng amid ths embers of the
rum-dictated . and i saloon-promulgated
Jayne. bill, with our face. to the future,
the question arises,. What, next T . Speaking-
for one of the' Anti-Saloon league
office, -wd' submit these positions: -
In the. first place, it la. emphatically
incumbent upon those whosare frlenda to
the loceVoptlon - law. that they support
In future elections those who saved that
law from destruction, as well as those
who did their utmost to save its, life In
the, house. Too of ten temperance "peo
pie forget-thls- reward, which-isi due
JURY. CLEARS WATSON 7
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New London, Mo., Feb. -II. The jury
this morning in the case (jf Br.jT. J.
Watson, .charged with, the murder of
hi wife, returned a verdict of not
guilty. '. Watson was accused of poison
ing hla wife to secure the Insurance
In his . favor. . The parties are wealthy
and F prominent in the community.
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New York, - Feb. 11. Rx -Governor
Odell. of New Tork was among the pws-sengere-walllng
for fcu rope ' today.'Thtf
ex-governor n , accompanied by - Mra.
Odell and, their daughter. . and will re
main abroad about four months. . .. - , y
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... comedies by. the masters of fun Dirks. Opper and Swlnnorton. - The Katxenjammer Kids try a pew ex
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these- who endanger their political Inter
ests i by-advocating temperance raeas
ure.' ' Those "who fought' against the
Jayne ' bill did Just aa good- service as
If -Hhey' had been elected upon a ticket
openly' committed ' to' prohibition, and
hence deserve the hearty support ot
every prohibitionist as well as of every
looal-tiptionlflt.' - "By ' their , frulta ye
hair know - thn."r:rTr .- ' " -
i The -Anti-Saloon league 1 advise
against the calling or any special elec
tions for local option purposes In .June
of. this, year. tOne oflho: chiefjWec-
tlona mad, by our friends in-the legis
lature against the people's . local option
htriji man law was that it provided for extra eiec
ia ia. USgretrBrT-yeur, which would liierea
taxes. WhUa we Inwardly ' felt that
folk, county and other localities which
were cheated out of an election last
November by the failure of county offi
cial to do tneir duty naa a good rea
son for , calllng an - election this- year,
yet- we - were - willing - to waive that
question In , order to- hold the- support
of ; members, of the legislature - to - the
people'a law. And we feel assured that
.our prohlbitlon-frlends will Join with
us-In-this policy. i .. " . i
After" a two years 'trml the' league
will favor Initiative amendment at the
nex.t. state -election in 10 to correct
any unjust-provisions of the. law.., In
fact.- It . wlU be. rilling to adopt the
amendments . proposed by the -. senate
committee on education.-, and -which' received-
the majority vote of that house.
Thm "wouldTtrovlde that wherever both
county and precinct elections were held
the - two propositions would be placed
on , the . ballot separately - so that - the
electors could vote for one) and against
the . other If they so desire. This would
provide , for strictly . precinct local
option ' and at the same time reserve
county option for those part . of the
tat - that - demand . it ..These amend
ment would also strike out the 600
maximum - peUMon and- require a
straight It per cent' petition. Jt would
provide for . only . biennial elections at
the time of .the, state elections and ex
pressly exempt breweries, 'distilleries
and wineries, thus removing the objec
tion of -the opposition that tha property
Invested' In these Institution would be
made worthies, i f r
In the last place the league atrongly
TnBlsts In the nsrne of "the law hi biding
people And In behalf of the sacred right
of a-overnm nnt. that th tarritorv par.
rlejl for pnphibltton .In November Hiall
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Petenburf," ia ear of Revolution.
be in fact as well as In name-dry ter
ritory. The .liquor,-element-haa been
assuming to pose as defenders tf "fair
ness."' They claim to believe In major
ity rule and' in precinct option. ; But 'al
ready reports come to us that the prohi
bition majority vote in a number of
precinct la being defied by illegal sales.
j We appeal to every- lawsabidlngcl.tl-
sen to join --tn a erusaos against tnese
"blind '. pigs." The' only way , to give
tha law a fair test Is to have It strictly
enforced. The ' temperance, people ro
abiding fcy the-decfBlon-et-the' poll in
those precinct -which gave a majority
againStsrohlbltlon.-anhough they have
Hive
.evidence that hundreda of me-
gal votes were cast, a, poHBlble explana
tion of the use made of the f 140,0 by
Mr. Crofton and hla aboutera. In Mult
nomah county - alone 1.110 - affidavits
we're received by the Judges Of election
glven by persons who had not reels
tered. Report--have reached our desk
from an parts of. tbA-fitte or s, simi
lar extremeTise of affidavits. In. some
cases the saloon element having aecured
all the' blank . forma prior to the elec
tion. . Is this Just or fair? . He who
appears in eoort to plead against the
local optlonlst ; a, unfalrl must have
clean hands. A. few, year of local op
tion; rule will demonstrate to -the cltl
en ofreiron which side Is Just and
fair andis law-abiding..- - - , - r ; A..
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' Superintendent Anti-Saloon League..;
LEWIST0N MEN WANT .
: : TO HELP PROSECUTE
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" Lewlston. Ida.. Feb. 18. Frank Ham
ilton, wanted here for passing worthless
checks : on .several merchants- for sum
exceeding his purchase, getting the dlt
ferfnee' In cash, has been arrested on
similar chargelA Pendleton. Lewlston
victim want to help prosecute him. -
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Joint session of the legislature has ad-1
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HUNT IM SAtCOi'iS V7
AFTER OWE O'CLOCK
That Is ..the. Plain' Charge Made
; 4 by ! Councilman Flegel
Against Police Chief. . K"
DELIBERATE STATEMENT
1VVAS MADE IN OPEN BOARD
Head
of' -.Peace- Department
. Knows "That Ordinances ,' Are"
Violated by Liquor Men. -,
" Councilman A. F. Flegel made a state
ment at the meeting of the city council
Wednesday that" Chief of Police Hunt
and hla men frequented saloon after 1
o'clock. This 'created a sensation, and
there is strong talk of demanding an In
vestigation of the accusation before the
police commissioners. . "Citizens' declarpJ
in a i u me cmex ot ponce anows mat
saloons are; violating ; the 1 elty ordi
nance and la taking no steps to enforce
the law It 1 high time something was
done, to awaken him to a sense of his
duty. '' - '.- , . ,
Councilman- Flegel' statement " was
made when the board was discussing
Councilman Fred ,T. Merrill's .all-night
saloon ordinance. Councilman Sharkey
raid tne chief of police desired the ordi
nance passed, asi.lt. would assist blm In
regulating saloon Si , - .
"I do not care what Chief Hunt wants,
or. what -I he doe not want," replied
Councilman Flegel. "I understand that
be 1 making no attempt , to, enforce the
closing ordinance, and that many of the
saloons are-open after hours. I have
beyi told that-his men frequent the aa
loons after closing hours, - and 1 have
been -reliably informed that the -chief
himself iiss "been seen In' saloxn after
they ahould have been closed."
When asked today for an explanation
of .the charges made against the chief
Mr. Flegel saldr.i - .'-W-.. v -
"T made that Statement Just to show
that . Chief 'Hunt knows that saloon
are. violating? the city laws. I . am
-rellahly informed, that- the chief has
beenseen-iaaaloona-4a-the north-end
after' 1 .o'clock. His .'sergeants and de
tectives have also been seen in saloons.
Of eourseX he haa ordered hla patrol
men to keep out of such place unless
they have orders to visit them. If he
caught any of hla patrolmen frequent
ing saloons he would dieebArgs them.
"Something may be heard fmra thla
later on, but I can make no further
atatement now." . I " ,
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- (Jnrl Sperlsr Berelre.) j
-' St. Petersburg, Feb. It. Prince Fried.
rich Leopold ot Prussia whom it Is said
waa ths bearer of personal -representations
from the kaiser to the csar urging
the necessity of ending the'War in thj
Far-Vast left for Berlin at midnight
, fsacs om SIS ISO. ,
(aerial sprrlal Vr'W.
TekUv Feb. IS. The report that the
Japexwse have, unofficially Informed
Russia that terms or poe wii be ac
cepted are officially d 1 L,
Roosevelt Authorized the t
Panama Commissioners"
to Accept Money.
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WALKER BOUGHT STOCK V
. , IN PANAMA RAILROAD .
PadficMaiL,.- Owned by thw.
Southern Pacific, and Pan-
am a Road Divided Receipts !'
" Equally Between Therru ;
'S:AV''-';?'
A (JesrBal gpseial Servle.) "
. WaSfilBgton, Feb. It. In. the tnvestt i
gallon of the Panama railway before the
house committee on Interstate commerce ..
today, tX A. Drake, vld-prealdent of the -company,
testified that ' Commissioner ',
Harson waa the only member-, of the - '
Panama commission ho drew fee as . -a
member of the executive board, but '
that- all canal comraiaaldnera except
General Davis, accepted a fee for at-.-,
tending meettngsw' Deeae wa- ordered i -submit
to the committee on Monday the
books and accounts of ' the railroad, s
showing these, payments. 1 j.,.
It Is said that' a majority of stock .
In the Caclfio Mall -Steamship company
la owned by the South Pacific and that '
ths Panama .railroad - and the Paclfio- 7
Mail divided the freight receipts equally. '
- Admiral Walker, chairman of the Pan
ama canal commission,, in an interview',,
today said that the president hjraself '
authorised members of. the commission
to accept fees aa director of the Pan
ama railroad, and that he had bought
stock in the railroad with the authority,
of the secretary of war . vilth govern-.
ment funds. . The dividend on the stock -were
turned over to the government .'
WUllara Nelson Cromweli. attorney for ,'
the Panama railroads told the committee ',
that In hi Judgment, the bill passed by :
the house condemning the outstanding
ralleoad was -oonaiiuational. The jrtl '
toad watf'a "Becesslly" loathe canaV He ,
denied that 'the railway company haa
any - connection with the Soutbernr )t
Union Pacific. v' ' ( : ." 1 .'
The coram it tee ha received a comnnt-,
nidation from Commlaaioner Qrunsky 'of "
California, sutlng that he had attendvd
meetings of dlroetors, but refused to ;
accept fees.-'- . :
- Other "-Information developed - at the .
hearing wa the fact that the member
of the Panama canal commission, who
have been elected directors in the com-,
pany, . receive ,th regular compensation
of other, director namely, lib for. at
tendance. on, the-bimonthly board meet- .
Ings, and Commissioner Parsona $1 "for
attending the M weekly meetings of the".',
executive committee. Each one of these .
director and commissioner i credited
with on share of stock on the com-
peny's books and draws the dividend
declared on the same. -.Admiral Walker,
chairman of the commission. 1 credits!
with 100 share of the stock on the book
of the company. - w ' ' ".
KANSAS IS UNKIND
" TO CARRIE RATION
Unfeeling Jury Frees Driver Who
Rolled Her in Snow for Verb-- "
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Medicine Lodge, Kan., Feb. It. The
home-coming of Carrie Nation yester
day, was celebrated In a .way to give'
material to add another sensational ;
chapter to her long list -of adventures. '
On her arrival she. and her cab-driver, -"Bill!
Home, quarreled. - Bill 'pulled
her. out of his carriage and threw her
Into snowpile. Home wa arrested
on a charge of felonious assault
At his trUl Mrs. Nation testified that
Home pulled her hair, . beat her and
kicked her several times, threw her out
on the ground snd cursed her.
Home alleged Khan Mrs. Nation on
entering his carriage - called him 'a
drunken sot and attempted to take hi "
cigar out of hi mouth.'. He did, not'
deny ejecting her. -After being out sev- '
eral hour the Jury gave a verdict of .
not guilty. .Mrs.- Nation, denounced the
county and t city " ofDclaJa as "devils,
anarchists, hell hound and hypocrites."
FELL 1200 FEET TO , . '
A TERRipLE DEATH
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Bottom Knocked Out of a Ca;e
Filled With Twenty-Five
' . . . - Miners.-'
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Pottavllle, Pa Feb. It. rive men ar
dead and 10 are so. seriously - Injured
that many of them will die aa the re
salt of a 1,200 feet fall from a rage at
the Lyttle mine of the- Susquehanna
Coal company this morning.
The cage containing th workmen wa
being, lowered when It struck a llmb
projecting from the side of the shaft,
knocking the bottom out .of the ear.
The occupants were precipitated to t e
bottom of the shaft a distance of 1,1.4
feet, ," - ... .
In falling, the miners rraahed ar'
the sides of the shaft which
narrow one, and all were fear,
gleel. The survrVors sre -broken
bones snd brulr - '
not killed la due an t
fll en top of th
somewhat broke t
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