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Newspaper Page Textw- GOOD EVENING Journal Circulation THE WEATHER.. Yesterday 23,442 Fair tonight and Saturday; winds, mostly Ihorth to east. VOL. IV. NO. 238. , U. S. Senator John H i;:;Her;:)Lsed; IVITTE RESIGNS BUT CZAR TEARS UP WPAPiER AND THROIVS IT AT Hin -pMrJiaiaJremicr.That Ho ' of Need Bloodshed in Central Russia -Millions .of Strik- . ers Arming Mutinies Increase. J . " : ' ; f s . . j . '(jflj gptcii Berries.) St Petersburg. Dec. : Count Wltte yesterday handed the csar his resigna tion as premier. A . sensational scene ensued. In which the csar, after reading the resignation,! tore4 the paper.to .bits which ha flung at .Wltte's feet and said, angrily: ' .''-.'.-' "Are.' you .such a poor patriot that : you will desert me in this hour of mis fortune? . Tou must remain in office until I see fit to relieve you." . The emperor turned -sharply and left Witts standing In the middle of the chamber. Later the csar told an Inti mate that he would have been glad to '. get lid Of Witte, but that the count was Indispensable untll the crisis was over. Count Wltte is very much dissatis fied with the treatment he has received from his Imperial master. His author ity Is so limited that he feels It Is be , yond. his power to restore order. Pub " ' lie confidence In the government is fast n waning. The revolution. Is gaining strength on every hand. Mutinies are i reported in Increasing numbers smong the troops. Lawlessness is on the in i crease. :;-- .'- f Bloodshed la Interior. Terrible .bloodshed Is impending In ' central Russls. Ths strike committee controls 6.0VO,000 men, . one third of STOLE $50; HISSED $25,1100 - 1H OVERCOAT POCKET Tacoma Man . Seeing Sights of Great City Calls on Strange ' - Lady and h Robbed. "t - ' (Joornsl gpeclsl gerrlce.) . . "' : New Tork, Deo. I. Herman Ooeta bt Tacoma, head of the Asphalt Paving company of that city, who . Is here on his way to Europe, told In the Torkvllle police court that he waa robhetr- on ' Lexington avenue .of $5 by thieves, ' who were frightened off before they got 125,000 In-English money, several hun dred dollars In American money and his Inwelry.- . . -'"'t. '. " ' ''- Ooeta met Mary Delaney In a restaur ant at ths Imperial hotel, and she In vited htm to call. When he called he -left his overcoat, containing his walltt and $16,000 In English money. In ' the parlor. While In another room he heard a noise In the parlrtr. jnd Investigating found that his overcoat had been moved, but nothing was missing but a 150 bllL The Delaney woman and others about the place were arrested, but -released for lack of evidence. ., POWERS AND SULTAN MAY REACH COMPROMISE Jwra1 Special -Berries.) Constantinople, Ieo. t. The ambas- sailors Of Ths pnwars have been submit ted amendments made by the sultan' to ths original demands, and It is believed s compromise will- be effevtert In a few rtnys on Hm question of Macedonia's fl mini liil control. variable r-jpnj lnto7a State of Coma r i MitcK-'V Who Died This' Cannot Desert, Him In His Hour whom, sre already ; armed, still entering the country directions. Arms are from all - The ravages of peasants In the Baltlo provinces have driven the land owners to Bt. Petersburg In a pitiable state of destitution. ' Possessions and family heirlooms have been destroyed and ap propriated. - Lands are being forcibly occupied and wealthy owners sre being rendered paupers. ' Revolutionists when acting as work men ' delegates or asi a revolutionary committee divide the authority with the nominal government,, but are receiving the lion's share of the power. Cabinet Ministers Bestf '..'. - The railroad 'strike Is spreading. It Is now general throughout - southern Russia. Mora strikea are reported at Warsaw. Mutiny la stated to be Im pending at Lods. The telegraphers are remaining firm. ' An official statement Shows that - 8,000- persona hsvs been killed at Odessa since the beginning of the trouble. The killings and plunder In its continue night and day The fnllitary commanders from all parts of the empire are requesting per mission to resign. " Minister of War General Rudiger and M. Durnovo, min ister of the Interior, have both asked the emperor to be allowed to resign. AND SHOOT T TWO BOYS Cow Injured, Five Blooded Bucks ' Killed and Youth Shot in . ' - Hand Near Colfax. . Colfax, Wash., Dec. S. At ths farm of II. S. Holllngsworth, near hers, yes terday, five head of sheep were shot snd killed, a cow ahot through the leg and two boys ware shot at, one being hit In the hand by a .fl-caliber bullet ' The sheep, killed were valuable bucks end were ahot several times. Three were killed outright and two died dur ing the night. The cow is a thorough bred Jersey and a valuable milch cow, The boys evidently tried to shoot her through the udder, but missed snd the bullet struck her In the leg. She Is badly ' Injured and may have to be killed.. Two sons of Farmer Cole, living near the Holllngsworth ranch, wers walking along the road when both. were shot at. One bullet passed through the hat. pt one of the boys, whtls the. other re ceived a severe wound In the hsnd. The shooting is believed to have been done by two boys living near the scene and strong evidence has been secured against them.. One Is a notoriously bad boy, who has been' in trouble before. The neighbors are. Intensely Indlgnsnt over the affair and have railed . upon the authorities to make a thorough In vestigation. , ' ' " f ' , aia Buffalo Tire. - Ruf fata, N- T Deo. i. Shops at ths tTnlnn Drydock company and Erie fall road's freight house were, destroyed by fire this morning-, wlUj 1100,009 loss. . KILL "SHEEP, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY m Diabetic Coma and Severe of Teeth Infections of Salt Solution Keep the Spark of Life in His Body Until This Morning Troubles of Recent Years Weaken His Vitality Beyond Possibility of Sustaining Any Shock. At Il:SO O'clock this morning- United States Senator . John H. Mitchell was summoned from the honors (tod troubles of a long- life. - . - ' Death came, unannounced to the aged statesman and removed blm before he uttered a parting word. Decline was gradual, but swift, a profound coma quickly following bleeding from a den tal operation and death ensuing me coma In a few hours. ... , . Yesterday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock Senator Mitchell was conveyed : to the Good Samaritan hospital. "Back aaaln." he remarked feebly out cheerfully to Superintendent Emily L. Loyerldge. A- few quiet words passed and the senator was supported- to room 11 on the first floor.. Dr. Emll Pohl, who had been attend ing the senator after a dental opera tion In the offlca of Dr. Wise In the Falling building, summoned other phy sicians to. his aid. Dr. A. J. uiesy. Dr. George F. Wilson and Dr. Wiley ware all called In consultation. The two former wers old friends of the senator and were familiar with his infirmaUves. : Unconscious at 10 p. m. " Bleeding- continued, despite many ef forts after resetting the hosplUl. The senator was . conscious . until about t ; Impressive Scenes in Hallway and in Chamber Mark Peace ful Ending of Senator's Career Never Rallied. . At the end of a long, dark hall In the Good Samaritan hospital is a little deep-set, door with the number II painted on it. Outside the moving white capped nurses tiptoed back and forth, and clustered near were doctors, men high In the councils of the nation and newspaper reporters. Behmd the little door . lay Senator John H. Mitchell, slowly sinking to his last rest, . Bustling hospital attendants moved less hurriedly when passing this door today, nurses with, flashing instru ments . stepped with unususl care, doc tors from other death rooms psssed by with softened tread. All night and through the dragging morning number It waa the center of Interest for -a multitude of men, some of whom had believed the name of Mitchell stricken from their memory, Relatives psssed within and came out weeping; boys with flowers aenverea their burdens to ths nurses and forgot to whistle ss they departed; doctors who had a moment to spars waited the last word and old friends of the dying msn betook . themselves to adjoining rooms and renewed memories and told Incidents of long ago.- , , Xnshed sUleaos Within. Within the little room a hush pre vailed that was. only broken by ths labored breathing of the Senator and by his occasional uneasy movements. At his head stood the nurse who through the long night had attended him; about the foot of hia bed were grouped a few close friends who had remained faith ful through all hia recent troubles, snd In a corner a. doctor kept. watch with death. At I o'clock this morning strong stimulants were given the patient and then it was seen the fight was useless, ss no response was given and thyS entire body was dead to pain. From ths beginning of the fatal at tack" Senator Mitchell apparently made no effort to battle with the last enemy. His face even when he was conscious bore the look Of one who has peered Into the visage-of denth snd found him a good friend. . Utter lassitude and willingness' to submit marked bis final moments of consciousness. . Shortly after being tsken to the' hospital the senator recognised - Dr. Glesy, a life long friend, but In a short time he passed Into a -state of coma from which he did .npt . arouse, except at-10 o'clock last night, when he turned un easily andvmad " a low request for water. -1 . : . j. . . . The first of the senator's relatives to resch him was 'John W. Trice, a nephew residing in Portland, and-'ahortly after his nieces. Miss Ixittle Price snd Mrs. Mary Berth," 'arrived. . Through the morning the nieces waited by his bedside for a sign of recognition but none came and In an almost fainting condition Miss Prloe was assisted from, the"room. AJlen R. Joy, Mr. Mitchell's law part ner, arrived early In the morning and with Colonel Iavld M. Dunne watched beside the senator faithfully. -Post' master John Mlnto, Colonel, (1. Summers, Wllllsm II. Oalvanl and the senator's (ContlnutdVoa P'a Xwa)v. I , i i , i . ' : : : 1 ., i .. i SCENES AT THE GAVEHOWORD CAREER CJIOST iiciii ' " H 0 Ji P ITA L 1) F PA R TIH& i iV TERES TIM G J " bokbhihg EVENING, DECEMBER 8, at 0 l Last Night and Never Recovered Consciousness Precipitated Stress Bleeding Following Drawing Yesterday Caused Death. v ... . J- .....-,.-.... The cause of "Senator M4teheira" 4 death was diabetic coma. The " great strain under which he had ' 4 . been laboring and the great - shock from the hemorrhage pre- . clpltated the end. His conatltu- ."' 4 tional. condition existing with his , 4 age made it Impossible, for him t Mo through, ' o'clock,, when his mind began wander ing slightly. 'By 10. o'clock' he was m the ! coma which continued until death. Loss Of blood, light for one In health and the vigor of life, kept telling on the senator, his face paled rapidly and feebleness wss quickly noticed.- Dia betes has been an ailment of consider able duration and left the patient an easy prey to any complication. The shock of the dental work and loss of blood ensuing destroyed the balance whWh sustained line and gave death an easy victory. . ...' ' None -.of the senator's characteristic combatlveness was evident In the last struggle. Broken both - In spirit and health, his resignation seemed cheerful. Aged Man, Told That Condition Is Serious, Makes No Fare i well Statement, Last Words ' Being Request for Water From the time that Senator Mitchell began weakening t ths hospital, his esse seemed hopeless. HO arrived there at 3:10 In the afternoon and was placed in room 11. where four attending phy sicians worked with him steadily until late In the evening. Drs. Wilson, Glesy, Wiley and Pohl strove to master . the complications that grew out of a de bilitated constitution, diabetes and the shock from ths dental work. At t o'clock In the'afternoon the sen ator became sentl-consdtous. His mind seemed Incapable of grasping anything that waS Occurring about him, yet he poaaeased a semblance of his faculties. This partial coma developed slowly un til consciousness had completely passed. In this condition the senator remained with no movement of any muscle, not even his lips. . The trouble from the dental work was -not from the first a hemorrhage, but a slow ooslng of blood from ths wound, which the physicians could not check. -Owing to' the enfeebled condi tion Of the senator, any loas of blood whatever was quickly felt, and as this light. trouble continued uncontrolled for some' time, he wss not sble to rally. I Xas Tomltlng . Spells.' - By 10 o'clock In the 'evenlng'thedla-betlcTcoma- had mastered thaasVd man. As ho had not sufficient strength to ex pectorate the blood from the dental wound. It had accumulated In his stomach, and a little after 10 o'clock he vomited. The. same occurred sgaln St 10:80, at 12 and 12:10 o'clock, but did not trouble the dying, man.. during the late morning hours. , Herolo work was done by the house surgeons of the hospital all night and morning.. Every three hours after the extreme sinking spell strong hypoder mic Injections were msde to rally the fading strength of the senator. Noth ing could be administered. In any other wsy. After this treatment the pulse responded for a short time, but begun to fall again within an hour or two, necessitating another stimulant. About .the time that the senator reached the. hospital his pulse was tt. Last evening it began dropping rapidly until It reached 70, Wherl the stimulants began. Following such spplicatlon the pulse would be . driven up to 100 and once It went as high as lot. .: Dlseoloratloa ef XJiass. ' This morning the dsrk discoloration of the limbs from the -diabetic trouble waa apparent, and soon this sign ef ad vancing death : had reached the -body. All morning . the attending phySlclsns regarded ths Issue ss a matter of hours, possibly minutes, as there was no hope of any material rally. - From the time that the senator began sinking he suffered - no pain. ,- During his seml-conerlouB hours there were times wher. his face seemed to Indicate 4 slight anguish, but these quickly passed, and the placid calm of "oblivion pervaded sln. . .There was pot a per ceptible tremor after the coma at 19 (Continued on Pag-a Two.) 1905. TWO SECTIONS 20 Not a word of complaint or Instruction was uttered, and no farewell waa said. Senator Mitchell succumbed with a quiet submlsslveness that ; has never marked any other contest, he waged with fate or man. " . ' Dr.- Pohl acquainted the strloken man with the seriousness of his condition sfter the persistent bleeding and the apparent danger of a dlabetlo coma was discovered. . Knew the Sanger. . Senator Mitchell listened pasWely, with scarcely- a perceptible, look of in terest. He acquiesced in the suggestion that he should be . taken to the hospi tal, and sefcmed cheerful, both en routs and -after reaohing that Institution. But It waa clear that he. made a greater effort to maintain the cheerful, mien -than to rally against ills last and great est foe. - By ths -time that Drs. Glesy and Wilson- arrived Senator- Mitchell had partly lost consciousness, and con tinued sinking steadily. He was then beyond the power of Imparting -thought, for the lips that have thrilled national assemblages wye moved without audi ble sound. v . . . - -' . Senator" MitcheILdled with-, fewof '': (Continued, on Page Three.) Mitchell's Delightful Personality, Which Gained Him Thousands of Friends, Enabled Him to ; Rise From Defeat and Win John : H. Mitchell's career furnishes til the elements that are required for the construction of a romantlo novel. Several times United States senator from Oregon, leader of one of the pow erful political organisations of the state. known- personally to more men than any other cltlsen of the commonwealth. looked upon by his friends ss of win ning personality, possessing wonderful magnetism, central figure In suffrage battles that ' lasted nearly half a cen tury, object .of bitter opposition by re lentless foes, not Infrequently defeated and apparently permanently out of the fight and then again triumphant. John H. Mitchell's life history Is one that cannot easily be duplicated or equaled for absorbing Interest. Senator Mitchell's tastes were essen tially political. Immediately after com ing to Portland In 1860 he entered pol itics; he was elected city attorney the succeeding year, 1801, and to the atate cenate only a year later, in 18(12, the first year of the civil war. He was then a young man. He waa - born In Butler, Washington county, Pennsyl vanla. June 21, 1885, educated In the publlo schools and later under a private tutor, studied - snd practiced law, re moved to California to practice his pro fession In San Luis Obispo and San Francisco, then moved northward with the great body of pioneers who came from the Golden Gate state to this lo cality. : . .. - - ; A Wlaalntf rsrsoaalltjv . The ease with which Mr. Mitchell won his way In polices city attorney a year after coming here and president of the stats senate a year later has always been explained by his frtenda by citing a winning personality, a magnet ism, an accommodating nature, as rea sons. Those who were closest to him, many of whom were ssked about It to day, Invariably add to their catalogue of hls.aualltiea that, even when at tacked by foes and In the midst of bit terest political warfare, vlndlctlveness was sbsent from his character. "I was vsry elose to Senator Mitch ell.t said one of his warmeat friends today, "and now that he Is dead I won der If it is not due to him to say some thing ef a -quality which to me always was a marvel. John H. Mitchell abso lutely held no malice against any one. I do not mean that he was a weak, flabby, man who would not .fight.: Ha was a good fighter; in fact, he never knew what It was to entertain the thought of accepting ttefeat. But I never knew 'htm to express bitterness toward those who fought him- relent lessly for nearly half a century. He was chivalrous to a degree, gallant to ward his foes, generous toward sll men, lacking in any ff ths elements that so to make up the mean character . " Was PorsoaaUy Popular. " However opinions may differ as to any of the warm encomiums passed by his personal friends, thnre can be-no dispute on the subject of his persnnnl popularity. ' . " - (Continued oa Page KtghV) e PAGES. PRICE TWO ' ..... . '.-.v-.,. r .., . , - I '--.vf- I " . 5'"- ----- v - - . -J. -'V'K' ' - 7. i ' . . . ;'. ; -i - -' ' . , - - - Duchesa of Rochefoucald, One of the ,. . Daughters, Agreements Must Be Signed Up by Property Owners for Prop erty Needed Before Million Is Touched--To Continue Black T Sand Experiments Brown Aids Fulton. . (Joftrnd Special Rervlee.1 Washington. Dec. 8. Secretary Hitch- cock, announcea that his apportionment of $1,000,000 for the construction of the Umatilla project is based upon the fol lowing conditions: First Thst a satisfactory agreement. or agreements, be obtained, from the owners of private property for ths ac quisition of such property ss may be necessary or required for the proper construction of the project snd that no part of ths moneys appropriated shall be expended for construction purposes or for the acquisition of canals, laterals or other property until a satisfactory agreement or agreements have been ob tained and approved by ths secretary of ths interior. ... , .. Second That sufficient acreage - of land under the project be pledged to return to the reclamation fund all of the moneya appropriated therefrom , An earnest effort is being msde by western senators -and represents tlves to secure the passage of an urgent de ficiency bill prior to the holidaye to appropriate 128,000 for: continuing ex periments by the geological survsy of ths blsck sands of western'- rivers at Portland. Unless this appropriation Is secured the experiments must .close until the next fiscal year.. f At an Informal conference of mem bers of the senste committee on naval stfalrs it was decided to provIde..for only one new battleship Itf ths- nsval b'll. The navy bureau asked lor three, Secretary Bonaparte for two and the president In his message suggests at least one. Thecommlttee thinks naval expansion is somewhst too rapid In view of the difficulty of obtsliUns; of ficers and men. The new vessel -will be 18,000 tons. - J. H. Brown of Portland, who Is here supporting Senator Fulton's bill to create a federal judicial court In China, was notified today that the New York chamber of commerce has strongly In dorsed the bill. It Is believed this In dorsement wtll materially assist Fulton in securing the passage of jhe bllL . - I FOR WASHINGTON. v...-- Two MUlloaa to Bo Alloted fog Okaa ogaa, Ttetoa and tmnyslde Projects, (JcHmal Special Ssrvlee.) Washington, Dec. 8. The Okanogan, Tieton end Sunnystde Irrigation-projects In Washington bid fair to be started at an early date. Secretary Hitchcock has expressed a willingness to an allotment of ll.W0.80O In eastern Washington for Irrigation, but" the delegation la not content and la Insisting upon as addi tional 1260,000 or ths whole sum rec ommended by the reclamation service. The president, -It Is said, will back the Washington delegation In Its request for the total allotment. , L-.' POSTAL .SHAKE-UP. OoagnssieSi Ssottea Over Placing Post, masters oa Olvtl errlos Basis. OiernSl Special S,.rrl Washington. - lieo. .-r Hwiatora an ! representatives are greatly upti-i-c.I over the threaten-'! enr-utive or-l'-r I ' Ins presMi-nt li. I OM rn'-UMi i n t . . . '-ivl.- g..r'ei-Mm llt II li " ' f-.it !- '-'r i il i 1 ( CENTS. SxAJ2Bni"i2J! NORN Senator's Two 'Surviving AnUQUUGES C0I1DIT10IIS UfilATILLA PROJECT masters Into four classes, ranging from excellent to poor, " without regard to length of service. The postmasters of the first two classes will not be re iftoved on the requisition of senators or representatives except on tho filing and prpvtng'of written chargea. .. In the cases of third and fourth class postmasters whose standing la not of the best, the department wtll be open to some suggestions from senators and vuiiKmimeii n m rvmimiiK This does not suit the senators at all. They have been free heretofore to re move postmasters, snd are disposed ti regard the new order as a distinct blow ,. to their prerogatives. Congressmen are . more excited than the senators ss ths postofflcea sre personal plums Witt which to psy poltttcal debts. SENATE RATE BILL. . -, . ; Measure-Differs Materially From Axf .. Bill Heretofore la Confuse. . -. (Jnimil Rneet.1 Sei ,'. 1 'Washington, Dec. 8. According to ai Administration member of the commit tee that baa In hand the railroad regu-' in t Ion rate bill that Is to be Intro duced, the bill to be prepared by the senate committee on Interstate com merce -will differ very materially from any of the measures of a like charac ter that have as yet been proposed or Introduced. .The power to be glvea the commission will ss the question now stands be along this line: , First The power shall be exercise,! only on complaint. , Second In Its exercise the com mis-. mi.ii sunn urw uiux wiin m currier complained of. thereby excluding from Its consideration Questions which-srlse ss to ths adjustment of rates between distant sections of the country .and In dependent railroad systems. . Third The power conferred will ex tend only to rstos which the commis sion finds unreasonable or- unreason ably discriminating, snd to the practices or the road which relute to such rates. Fourth Th remedr will lie la the power of the com m I -m I on to prescribe maximum reasonable rates. - ' 1 l ' Improved Salem Buildings.'' , 1 (JoarnalptcUi Ssrvlce.l Washington, Dec. 8. A bill snoro- prlating $5,000 for grading and finishing the grounds around the publlo bullilinxs St Balem will be Introduced by Hvnator Fulton at an early date. TWO MEM CHARGED WITH ROBBING EUGENE FARMER perfl rilM t The Jiml Fugene, Or., l-c, Two hi. (" sre held by the officers Ijere nauinns- '" examination bi Ture d ).!"', of t ., p,.HC on V' r..i'-r r-.i . n v . . tfcotts l'r I ; ' i. u ! tie - nn .i-':-- i i ' f i l-.i.r .,,,.,.!.. tl.t , ...... r ,v':(t.