The Heppner Gazette
. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1901
MITCHELL
ON 521) JOINT
BALLOT.
Eleven Democrats Aided
His Election.
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; HEMENWAY FIRST DESERTED CORBETT
O
Mattoon or Douglas, Formerly of Umatilla
. County, Cast the ' Deciding Ballot
. After Strong Pressure.
Salem, Feb. 25. Ex-Henator ' John
II. Mitchell is again United States
senator succeeding George McBrWe.
This decree was rendered a little after
midnight, of Saturday, the 23d instant,
upon the eve of adjournment of the
twenty-first regular session of the leg
islature.
The election of Mitchell occurred
: on the fifty-second joint ballot, making
the fourth time John H. Mitchell has
. been elected to the United States
senate. ?
The ballots were, featureless up to
the ninth cast Saturday night, lion.
,11.. W. Corbett receiving thirty-five
votes, Hon. A. 8. Bennett (democrat)
27, Hermann 10, George H. Williams
14, and Hon. C. W. Fulton 4 or 5.
, .. From this time on through to the
nineteenth ballot of the night there
were scattering votes for various per
sons, during which the vote of Mr.
Williams dwindled to four. i
After the nineteenth ballot of the
evening, which was the forty-sixth of
'the whole number taken, the name of
lion. John H. Mitchell was . brought
before the joint assembly, by a speech
by Senator Geo. C. Brownell, seconded
by Senator Fulton, and that gentleman
received on the 20th ballot of the
evening, and the 47th of all ballots,
' 35 votes. There was also a change
of Schumann to Corlutt, which gave
that gentleman 30, which he held up
to the last ballot. The democrats vot
ing for Bennett from that time on
varied from 13 to 15, ' which ' was the
number on the joint ballot.
On the next three ballots He d s,
democrat, : who had been voting for
Mitchell, voted for Bennett, so it stood
34 for Mitchell and 30 for Corbett.
Then came the last ballot, which
was. begun about ten : minutes . before
midnight. Humeri way ! had left Cor
bett and gone to Mitchell. When the
voting was over the ballot stood 35 to
35. 'Then Roberts of Wasco changed
bis voto from , Mr. Corbett to Mr.
Mitchell, saying it was for the par
pose of preventing . an adjournment
without an election. Next came Mc
tjuonn of Lane. Then Colvig changed
from Hermann, to Mitchell: Marsters
did the same. Thompson of Umatilla
changed from Corbett to ; Mitchell ;
Jlimmick from Hermann to Mitchell;
Hoiliron from Bennett to Mitchell,
' and Butt from Corbett to Mitchell.
Thus it stood for several minutes,
with 15 for Mitchell, and there was the
greatest RUHpenso and excitement
imaginable. Finally Mattoon, of
Douglas, Under ' the greatost pressure
from fellow nionibers, aroso and gave
the deciding vote that made John li.
Mitchell United States senator.
The final vote was, Mitchell, 4ft
Corbott, 2i); A. 8. ' Bennett, 15, and it
is given in detail herewith.
" the Vote In Detail. ;
' The final vote in detail in as follows:
" For Hon. John H. Mitehell,46 votes:
,,' Booth, Brownoll, Butt, Cattenach,
Colvig,, Dimic.k, Dresser, Driscoll,
IKdily.Kdnon, Ktnmett, Fulton, Harris,
Hedges, , Heitkemper, Hemenway,
lloleonib, Hume, Hunt, lugramt
Kelly, Krnse, Kuykendall, Looney,
Marsters, Mattoon, Mays, McGeer, Mo
Queen, Merrill, Montague, Nichols,
Nottingham, Orton, Porter, Proebstel,
Roberts, Shipley, Smith, of Marion,
Smith,; A. C, of Multnomah, Smith,
R. A., Of Multnomah, Smith, of Lin
coln, Talhert, Thompson, of Umatilla,.
Watson, Williamson.
' For lion. II. W. Corbett, 25 votes.
Adams, Briggs, Barrett, Black,
Cameron, Carter, Daly, Geor, Hahn,
llartman, Hawkins, Johnson, Howe,
Josephi, Keene, Kirk, Lainson, Mc
CracKHii,1 Miller, Mulkey, Pearce,
Poorman,' Reader, Schunian, Steiwer,
Stewart; Story, Thompson, Vincent.
For Hon. A. 8, Bennett, 15 votes.
Allen, Bernards, Clem, Grace, In
man, McA lister, Morrow, Reavis,
Rice, Simpson, Smith of Baker,
Sweek, Wade, Wohrung, Whitney.
Brownell's Nominating; Speeoh.
. Upon the 47th ballot of the ' session
everything was as usualJ' until Senator
1 llrowiiell's name was called, when he
arose and addressed tha president.
There was a lull in the house as of
; eath all was expectation and inward
excitement. Senator Brownell, in be
ginning his address, stated that "under
the present form , of government the
! people are the masters and we the
servants; we have met for 40 days and
cast our joint ballot for the purpose of
electing a United States senator," and
that up to the present such an end bad
not been accomplished and that it was
- now the duty of the joint convention
to the people ol the state of Oregou "to
throw aside all factional strife and
unite our efforts to elect a senator and
do juhtU'o to our beloved and trusting
constituents, the people," He urged
thorn to cast out all political passion
' and awaken to the realization of their
solemn duties. He had a man in
mind who was' the choice ot the peo'
pie, ami, If they had a chance, he was
the nmn they would vote for; a man
who a loved by the vast majority of
' the people "right in genius, right in
intellect, and right in Ingenuity."
After a long and eloquent address
holdinu the people in torturing bus
penHo, in viewing terms he named
John II. Mitchell for senator.
' Democrats FUyed a Part.
, It had leeo a most anxious and
exciting day in Salem. It waa started
by a, caucus of democrats at 9:30 in
the nmrnini!. hen it was decided
that they , voto for a while for Judge
, A. S. Bennett, and then permit, the
"members to do aa they pleased. At
noon a aiiiL'le ballot was held and
' recess taken until 8 o'clock at night.
Uy rt o'clock the lobbv of the rep'
f resontative ball was full to overflow
ing. The legislature had meanwhile
completed its business in the separate
houses. When the hour of 8 arrived
) the hall was packed and jammed with
members and outsiders. The balloting
was promptly begun. At 9 o'clock a
short recess wag taken and at 10 o'clock
another. The republican opposition
did not stay with any one candidate
J
complimentary votes to vari
known republicans. . among
them S. H. Friendly and Representa
tive B. L. Eddy of Tillamook. The
'president" had no little difficulty in
'maintaining order, bat there was little
UI UflWUTi' variation of the routine, until the final
Pill Til 1 1 rill break and when this came the republi-
JiUUVlUJ I. . UA p Mitnnoli onI
UUU UJ1IIU1I.J UIIHCU AVI iH lil.iH.l I , I...U
were accompanied by 11 democrats
Driscoll, Edson, Hedges, Heitkemper,
Holcomb, Ingram, Montague, Orton,
Shipley, II. A. Smith and Watson.
The announcement of each democrat
who voted for Mitchell was hailed with
loud cries of satisfaction by the
Mitchell lobby.
John H. Mitchell, Senator.
John H. Mitchell was born in Wash
ington county, Pennsylvania, June 22,
1835. His parents soon moved to Butler
county, and here be was reared on a
farm. He worked and studied bard,
and in this way acquired a good classi
cal and legal education. In 1800 he
Came to the Pacific coast, and soon
located in Portland. He at once took
a prominent part in upholding' the
union cause, and was soon elected to
the state senate. For four years he
was president of that body. In 1866 he
lacked only one vote of the caucus
nomination for I he United States sen
ate. Six years later he received the
toga at the hands of the republicans.
He was again a candidate in 1882,
but was defeated, and J. N. Dolph
elected. In 1885, at a special election,
he was elected to succeed James H.
Slater, democrat. ; He was again
elected in 1891. He was an avowed
candidate in 1897, but failed of -reelection.
Conflict of Authority.
The Portland Oregonian reports the
election of John H. Mitchell as oc
curring on the 25th ballot of the day
and the 63d of the session, while the
Salem Statesman reports it as occur
ring on the 25th of the day and the
54tb of the session., Which is correct?
It would appear that the election
occurred on the 52d ballot.
A Former Umatilla County Man,
A. R. Mattoon of Douglas, who gave
the decid'g vote to Mitchell was for
a number of rears a business man in
Pendleton, being associated with the
Shoemaker Bros, in the farm imple
ment business. He voted for Corbett
up to the laiit ballot when by
persuasion , of bis Douglas county
friends be "transferred bis vote' to
Mitchell and made bim senator.
THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA.
The Cuban Question at Arranged
Committee Accepted by the Senate,
In
Washington, Feb. 25. President Mc-
Kinley nominated Captain William
Crazier, of the ordinance department,
to be profeisor ot natural experimental
philosophy at the West Point military
academy. . '
A canvaes of tbe senate indicates the
termination of the Cuban question as
arranged by the committee will be ac
cepted. Senators Teller and Money, on
behalf of the democrats, have endorsed
the amendment as reported by Piatt, of
Connecticut, ; .Under it the proposed
adjudication of the United States never
can be withdrawn. It follows that in
ternational dissontiona will not be
permitted. Cuba will have self-gov
ernment under the general supervision
of the United States.
GOVERNMENT OF ISLANDS.
Rumon In the Corridors of the Capitol
to Action Supreme Court.
Washington, Fob. 25. In the senate
this morning during the consideration
of the armv appropriation' bill 1'ettun
made a point of order against the
Spooner Philippine amendment, which
provided that the power to govern
the islands be vested in the president
until otherwise provided by congress.
The amendment was declared in order
by a party vote of 39 to 23. Vest intro
duced an amendment providing that no
ludgment, order or act ol those in
charge of the Philippines shall conflict
with the laws or the constitution ot the
United States. Vest's strictures
against the supreme court were severe.
He said the corridors of the capitol for
days had been filled with rumors that
the court did not propose to rule as to
whether or not the constitution fol
lowed the Hag.
Supereme Court Decision!.
Washington, Feb. 25. The supreme
court decisions handed down today
were confined to minor cases. It was
expected decisions would be rendered
in the celebrated constitutional cases,
as this was the last decision day before
the close of congress. The general
opinion la that the failure ot the court
to decide today will have an important
bearing in the direction of waking , a
special session of congress necessary.'
DEAD OF THE STEAMER RIO.
Of 138 Farsom Lost by the Vessel Sink
ing Only 11 Bodies Recovered.
San Francisco. Feb. 25. The sea has
yielded up no more of the dead. Of
132 persons supposed to have been lost
hv the sinking of the steamship Rio
Janeiro, but eleven bodies have been
found. The wreck continues to slide
into deeper water and now lies in
thirty-seven fathoms, which renders
diving Impossible, The bodies in . the
ship will probably never be recovered,
the pressure of the water holding them
within tbe shell by crushing the aides
of the ship together.
DROWNED HER SIX CHILDREN.
Threw the Little One Into Well and
Held Their Heads Under Water. .
Uniontown, Wash., Feb. 25. Mrs.
Rose Wurter, a widow, on Saturday
night, drowned her six children, aged
lour to twelve years, by throwing them
into a well thirty feet deep. She
jumped in the well and held the heads
of the children under the water. She
wai taken out at noon Sunday and is
wildly insane.
Invasion In Cape Colony Deferred.
London. Feb. 25. The news of Gen
era! Dewet's route causes great glee at
the war office. The officials sav though
Dewet hat probably escaped danger of
capture a serious Invasion of Cape
Colony has been deferred.
Clatsop Mills Burn.
Astoria. Ore., Feb. 22. -The Clat
sop tnmher mill in this city, burned
last night. Five schooners loading, at
the lumber shed were destroyed. The
loss will be $75,03, and ' is only
partially insured.
Brigadier General Dagget.
Washington, Feb. 22,-President Mc
Kinloy tent to the senate the nouiina
tion ol Col. A. S. Dagget, ot the Four
teenth infantry, to be brigadier gen
oral of the regulars.
Ex-Pretldent Harrison 111.
Indianapolis, Feb. 22. Former
President Harrison Is ill, confined to
his house in this city by order of his
physicians.
Americans Make Capture.
Manila, Feb. 25. The United
States government buildings at I ha on
the west coast has been destroyed by
fire. Ueneral Viga has been captured
by Americans near Cavite.
CIT1T17T11TA AD DTA ADD nd ome oI 1,is associates in the steel
MNKINlT llr Kill llrr deal, this afternoon denied any know
UiimiilU VI 111V VI I , f the Universai , steel company.
SAN FRANCISCO
HARBOR.
! 2 ' I Honolulu, Feb. 16; via San Frap-
; cisco, Feb. 23. Tbe long standing dis-
Of the PassengcrsVand - CrcwlRSSUfSKr- iBS'SKSidi
:.i '.! V " government buildings has been term
128 Were Drowned.
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CONSUL WILDMAH AND FAMILY ' LOST
Many of tbe Bodies Cannot Be Recovered,
They Were Carried Out to Sea by tbe
Tide Tbe Captain at Fault.
as
San Franciso, Calif., Feb. 23. It is
practially certain that ' 128 persons
perished in the wreck of the ' steamer
Rio Janeiro off , San Francisco , harbor
yesterday. The bodies of eleven of the
victims lie in the morgue, as follows:
Mrs. S. B. Wakefield, Oakland; Mrs.
Alfred Hart Minita; formerly , Los
Angeles ; Chas. Dodall 'of Shanghai ;
Edward Barwick, the ship's butcher;
Angelo Gussino,8preckelsville,Hawaii ';
Mrs. Julia Dohran, ' the 'ships
stewardess, and one' Japanese "" and
four Chinese. ,, ,. ', ,. ,,,,, ,,
A heavy rain fell throughout the
night and a dense fog today retards the
search for bodies and the probability
is not many will be found, the strong
tide carrying them out to sea. . ..
The most prominent passengers lost
were Rounsvelle Wildnian, . United
States consul at Hong Kong,' his wife,
a niece of Senator ,' Stewart of Nevada,'
and two children. , . . , ,
An investigation to determine the
responsibility and to whom the blame
belongs is to be made Monday ! next.
The Pacific Mail manager states that
Captain William Ward is responsible,
as he disobeyed the company's orders
in attempting to enter the harbor in a
fog and that the pilot was only a guide
to assist the captain. ' The Rio makes
the twenty-ninth vessel the "Pacific
Mail company has lost. ,
Nineteen ! cabin passengers, five
second-class passengers, forty-three in
the Asiatic' steerage and nineteen of
the ship's officers including the , cap
tain and purser, and thirty-six of the
Asiatic crew are known to be drowned,
As stated yesterday, the boat contain
ing Consul Wildman. his ;wifo and
children was smashed and sank and
the Wildmans were drowned before
assistance could reach them. ! " ;
The Purser Only Knew
John Rooney, purser of the Rio, ami
among the lost,; is the only person who
was in possession of a list of those' on
board of tbe ' ship. Until his body 'is
found,' as tho papers are' thought to bo
in his pockeis, it will be impossible
to fully determine the total loss of life,
at least, until the agents of the com
pany in the Orient and in Honolulu
;an be communicated with. ,,, , 1
The Pilot In the Hospital. ,
The stories told by survivors con
flict in ' many details. Pilot Jordan
who is in a hospital, being badly in-
jured, is the only, ' person living,
qualified to tell exactly how the
catastrophe happened, and who is re
sponsible in part for it. Captain' Ward
it dead, and between him 'and t Mie
pilot the ship was Bt'eered to her 'fate.
The Boilers Blew Up - ,.
Several of the rescued passengers are
confident that tho boilers blew up soon
after the ship struck, which .waa ' the
cause of her ; sinking in '. fifteen or
twenty minutes thereafter. ; r j
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KILLED IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Report From General MaoArthur and
' News From Washington. ' 4 : j
Washington, Feb, 23. General Mac
Arthur renorts the following list tof
killed since January 26: Charles
Leonard, Sixth infantry; Corporal
Wilfiam Kelly, tortietn intantry;
John T. - Sidney, ' Thirty-ninth "in
fantry; Edwin Litch, Ninetenth in
fantrv: and six others. ' 1 '" - : I
jNeariv an tne loreien powers nave
signified to the state department their
disapproval of Waldersee's expedition
on the ground that it is ' unnecessary
and iniudicious. ., .
A message irom Minister wncer
waa received this morning, but it was
purely personal.
as a result oi a conierence oeiween
Senators Piatt, of Connecticut, Spooner
and President McKin ley the senate
committee on the relations with Cuba,
of which Piatt is chairman, win make
determined effort to take etepg to
obviate the necessity of calling i
snecial session of congress. Tbe presi
dent told the senators the way to avoid
such a session , would be to authorise
him to approve the Cuban constitution
provided it contanied tye provisions
generally demanded by the adnunie
tration, Biich as coaling stations,
foreign relations and the debt making
power. Then if the constitution waa
silent on these points he could return
it to the Uubans. lhe committee
begins the work immediately to formu
late a resolution to meet the demands.
THE GREAT STEEL tRUST.
Paper of incorporation Are Filed With
County Clerk at Jersey City. ,
Jersey City, Feb. 23. The Universal
Steel company recorded its - patters of
incorporation in the olticeof the county
clerk here this morning. The capital
ii placed at tSOO.lMO.OOO. No prominent
names are on the papers . The svndi
oftte underwriting the new corporation.
it is stated, in' the papers will receive
fza.UW.UlK) ol the common stock and
125,000, tXX) in preferred stock in part
compensation, it is reported that J
P. Morgan will get a similar allot
ment, which he turns over to the svn
dicate in return for one quarUT of
tho syndicate's profits. The papers
state the new company win engage in
the manufacture and sale of all kinds
of steel in all parts of the world. The
right is reserved to increase the
amount of the capital i at any time,
The new corporation is the great stee
trust which will incorporate all the
big steel companies in the country am)
which has been referred to as the
"billion dollar steel trust."
Morgan Knows Nothing;. I
New -York, Feb. 23.-J. P.Morgan
Morgan said be would nave a state-
ment for the public next week. (
HAWAIIAN ISLAND f NEWS.
The Dispute Between ' Territorial
and
. Federal Official! Settled.
inated by Gov. ' Dole turning over to
the United ' States ' the custom house
absolutely and setmg aside ( for, federal
purposes the ' court ' rooms ,'in the
judiciary' building, tlie same to, revert
to the territory when, no longer used
" Peter Genet, who recently died, at
Wailuku, Mauij' at the age of 103 was
a son of "Citizen" Edmund;, Charles
Genet, the first minister from the new
republic of France to, the United States
during the stormy times of the French
revolution. , yn the failure of , his
scheme to. induce the United States to
plunge into a war in the aid of France.
Citizen Genet , was recalled but , wisely
decided to remain in America and save
his head. 'He married a daughter of
New York's governor, Clinton, and
Peter was one of the children. , At, the
age of nine Peter ran away from ' his
historic home on the Hudson, and .was
not heard , of until an ged inan sixty
years later. He came to the Hawaiian
islands early ' in ' the 'fifties, having
roamed around '' the work for many
years, dwelling for some time with the
Maoris in New Zealand. His brother
Henry Genet, ) was one of the - famous
Tweed ring . in New York city whose
reputed share in , the sale ' of public
funds-was: four millions, - of ' which
one million ; i was: recovered. Henry
Genet Was, sentenced to ten . years at
Bing Sing, but . was pardoned before
the expiration of , the1 termv It was
through the Nast caricatures, that the
resemblance ;of Peter to his i brother
was first noticed, and the persecution
awoke a family' feeling that prompted
Peter to make known his existence; to
his family that had long mourned him
as dead. , In 1882 Peter returned to the
home of his . boyhood, intending to re
main, hut life in New York was not to
his liking' and, he returned to Hawaii.'
Although -at one time one of the most
prominent characters in Maui, he' was
comparatively unknown to the sew
generation that had grown up about
him.;, At the time of bis death he was
planning to revisit bis relatives on the
Hudson. ; - ., ,,.:,vi '
A ruling by the secretary ;o the
treasury has . been received . holding
that the provision of the. , organic : act
prohibiting Chinese laborers lrom en
tering the United States must be cont
strued as meaning Chinese laborers
who are i not . citizens, and I that a
Chinese, person born in Hawaii i or
naturalized here, who. wag a citizen bf
tbe republic of- Hawaii, has j not ,,lofct
bis rights, as such and is a citizen of
tbe United Htates as well as of , the
territory. Chinese are competent-! to
serve as jurors,, and perform an 'other
duties as American. t citizens.. 'iA strik
ing anomayl is presented in the fact
that thousand 3 of Chinese born in Oali
forna have not the right of citizenship,
while at least hundreds born in
Hawaii when it was a foreign county,
possess the rights in full. " '
LAST WEEK OF . CONGRESS.
The Body Will Be, Kept Busy If lth Acts
, on Important Measureri. 1 ! ,
Washington Feb. 23.' Next- Monday
marks the beginning of ' the, last week
of the fifty-sixth congress. In : the
house the week will' be devoted almost
exclusively to consideration of the con
ference ' reports 'of the senate. " The
naval sundry ' civil, ; deficiency 'and
claims bill will receive: attention, be-
ides the oleomargarine! the- river and
larbor, Kt. Louis exposition and other
mportant bills will be acted on. ' i
; 1 Pettlgrew Is Sarcastic.
Washington, Feb. 23; In the senate
ottigrew offered an'amehdmeht to the
Spooner amendmeht ' to 'the army ap
propriation bin, m reference to the
government of the'Philippines: It pro-,
vides that the title of the president of
tbe'Uniled States shall ,' hereafter, be:
'The president of the socalfed ' Ameri
can republic and empire of islands of
tne seas." ', , . ' ,t
' Indecency of Oftlce 'Seekers., :' j.
Washineton. Feb.' 23. Scarcely 'be
fore the deatli of Corisul WUdraau was
confirmed there . were Beveu applica
tions filed at ,tbe state department for
tue consulate m uona Mtvong, wnicn
Wildman held. Vildmau, lost his JUe
by the sinking of the ship Rio Janeiro
off fjan Francisco harbor., .,.,'
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PREDICTION POPE'S DEATH.
if It
Comes True the Pope Will Pan
r ,it Away on the 26th. -London,
'Feb. 25 The Rome 1 cor
respondent of the Pall Mall' Gazette,
telegraphs the following prediction on
the pope's death,1 which he says re
ceives credence among many ' Italians:
wnen tne' pope wbb arenmsnop ot
Pergu'ia an' bid 'woman said to him:
lake care Monsignor; you want to
watch Verdi. Remember vour life is
dependent' on his and yon will die last
thirty days later than he. ,' You will
be forgotten when his name lives. '?
When Verdi died last month ' the pope
recalled the prediction and remarked:
Who knows but that it mav be my
destiny to accompany , Verdi. The
date on which the pope should die ac
cording to the prediction is the twenty'
sixth of february. ; .
King and Emperor Travel Together.
Frankfort, Feb. 25.King Edward,
en route to Kronberg to tee bis sick
sister, tbe Empress, of Germany, ar
rived here at 8 o'clock this morning.
Kaiser Wilhelm was to have' met bim
at the station. but arrived late. Ed
ward waited an hour for Wilhelm'i ap
pearance. When be did arrive hearty
greetings were exchanged, after Which
the two k ings" continued their Journey
to Hamburg, o
... ', ! ".'iH'.-.'t
proclamation by McKlnley.
' Washington, Fob. 35 The president
Issued a proclamation Saturday calling
an extraordiuaiy session ot the senate
of the fifth-seventh congress to meet at
noon on March, 4.; Ihis is the usual
procedure , in every inaauiiratiou and
is for the parpose of ruceiviug nom
inations of cabinet, olticers and for
other executive matters,,;,, ,.
Money for Bxpoiittona. , ,
,.. Washington, iFeb..: 25. The. bill
providing for the- St. Louis exposition
and amended to include the exposition
at Charleston, South Carol uia, ,wwt
through the .senate with a rush , this
morning with the Teller,, amendment
providing for Sunday closing in both
instances...,.,.,.,. ;-. : , ,
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. , ' Woman's Dormitory Burns. .,
Parkvitle Mo., Feb. 25. -Park IUH,
the woman'i dormitory ol f ark college
was destroyed by fire this , morning
No lives are reported lost but there
were many narrow esctpes. , "
' ' Pittsburg, Texas, Burnt.
Pittabnris. Texas. Feb. 25. The husi
hess portion oi this town is wiped out
by ore. the lose is iiuu.uuo.
sdeit:1trihce
'san francisco
Only V941 of : 230 on Board
Known to Be Saved.
Oyry ... ,
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMEU FROM ORIENT
Sbe',St?oc d'Rock In a Dense fo and;' Bant
1 In 20 Minutes Consul Wildman and
, ;? ; ', ' ; Family ' Reported Lost. ;
i:; :, i -tt) , 7. 1 1"';-.-:; .ii "-
i San Francisco, Feb. 22; The Pacific
Man steamer, " the Rio "Janeiro,' three
days overdue from the .Oriont, , struck
a rock at a point : one mile outside of
the entrance of this 1 harbor at 5 :20
o'clock this 'morning and ,' sank, in
t.wenty' minutes, There was a ilense fog
at the time. Some of the passengers
were landed on the point near by and
some at Meig's '' wharf,' 'The 'loss ;of
life will.be heavy,, ,,!,, ' ,r.,,'i I ;.
The) .; vessel carried i twenty-nine
cabin passengers and 150 steerage "pas
sengers., 'The brew numbered 140.' The
masts, 'funnels', and . ventilators are
above the water.,. . ' :' ww!'"
Confusslon Reigned on Board Ship.! ,
Boats containing passengers and crew
of the steamer have; arrived at the city
wharves. The loss of life will' probably
be 125, over half df the victims being
Cbiqese, ' The water near the' disaster
is covered . with wreckage, i The t tug
Monarch brought in the bodies of "one
Japanese ' and j one Chinaman, y' The
registered mail was found cut' open and
rifled. , The tug Alert picked up the
body of a woman passenger, who is un
known: ' Reports say ' bod ies of several
are1 on Baker's beach. Italian fisher-
men .iave brought ashore the bodies of
several celestials. Pilot Jordan picked
up several ' injured men, clinging' to
plahksi' Captairit Ward' is iriissing.' A
boit containing Consul Wildman and
family from Hong Kong, it is reported,
was " stoven, ' sank ' and - all1 "were
drowned. jThis report is hot Verified.
The steamer.', Sequoia', rescued , twenty
Chinese clinging, to the wreckage, In
sinking the ' Rio lurched ? forward,
smashing the boat containing the third
officer,, J,, 0. Hqlland, . who it is sup
posed. was . drowned. The passeflew
assert the wildest 'confusion ' reignJ
aboard the Vessel, .'there being little
method ip getting the boats off. The
fishermen report that the boilers blew
up immediately after the vessel sank.
' The vessel is a" total' loss " and was
not '.'insured.. ,' She carried a cargo of
silks and opium, etc., valued at ,$),-
500,000. Investigation shows that ' only
tjireo boats we're successfully launched.
One ' ol these, ,j8 ,, still missing at 2
o'clock. Of the 230 people - that were
on board of the, Vessel only 94 'are
known td be saved. ! .' '' ' ' ' ' '
FULTON GETS, FOUR, VOTES.
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But. the, Senatorial Situation Remains
M'- .iii f ,Fetleally the Same,., v i
.Sslem, Feb.i52.-And one day t more
has come and ''gone without; the' legis
lature miking' any" headway in. the
matter of electing a , United , States
senator., One day more only r remains
of the 40 days of the legislative term.
Witb toothing done tomorrow Oregon
will have .only one senator " in "Wash
ington td stand up lor her interests,
until the next regular term of the Ore
gon legislature in 1903, unless the gov
ernor calls an . extra session, which
there would be little use in doing, for
it: would be om posed ' of the same
factions and ' contrary elements as is
the 'present session. ..
The ' ioint ballot today showed no
change in the situation, the result be
ing as follows
Corbett, 34.' u M ..... I
Williams, 16. '
Inman, 26. 1 ' ' .
Hermann, 9.' ' ' ' '
Fulton, 4..,-. ',j ....
D'Arcy,,l... J : -
Btlli Patted.
The 'senate1 passed 'Barrett's miriihg
clain bill ; .Shipley's primary bill; the
fish and game bill, as amended in the
house; the . bill providing for the
propagation of oysters, lobsters, etc
and Mattoon's poll tax bill..
The bouse pasped the bill to define
liability of vessel owners; the As,
toria charter bill; Brownell's orphan
bill ; Proebsters nlcke!-in-the slot bill ;
Booth's mining claim bill.
The NlekeI-la-8lot Baehlne.
Salem, Feb. 22.-Proebst.el 'a nickel
in-the-Blot bill passed the house today,
In spite of the attempt made in the
committee room to defeat it, and, at
it has already passed the senate,
will become a law as Boon as the gov
ernors signature is attached to it.
PLAQUE ,IN SAIi If RANCISC0.
the united . Satet Committlon Have
t Made a Thorough inveittaatlon.
San Francisco, Feb. 22. The com
mission appointed by the secretary of
the treasury to investigate the ens
tence Or, non-existence, of , bubonic
plague in San, Francisco has finished
its work and. returned east. - The mem
bers of tbe commission are : world re
nowned bacteriologists front the John
Hopkins university of . Pennsylvania
and the University of Michigan. The
cotnmisfMon refused all assistance
from the , .city and county r. .. board , ef
health as well . as from tbe state board
of health, conducting its investigation!
independently,: and making ita exam
inations of bacilli from case which it
discovered itself. .Its members die,
covered thre rases of plagne and have
attended autopsies on nx cases in all
that occurred while; the commission
were here. Dr. Klnyonn has not been
consulted, it being the intention to
Ignore, all previous records, and .de
termina whether plague actually exist!
here now. Tbe report will be made to
the treasury, department direct, and
i the findings will not be made public
until then. Dr. J. H. White, fsurgeon
general of the marine hospital station
and chief of the quarantine division is
still held in San Francisco to await
the result of the investigation and
carry Out any orders that may be
deemed necessary. The result of the
investigation will be of ' great impor
tance to the state. '
HAWAIIAN ISLAND NEWS.
A Great Storm Hal Raged; Bag Factory
to Be Started; Newspaper Hen Fight.
Honolulu, Feb. 15; i via San Fran
cisco, Feb. 22. The Hawaiian islands
have been the center of a storm which
has been raging since the 4th inst.
Since then the traffic ; between the is
lands baa been greatly interrupted and
much damage done to the shipping
along, the coast by the high : seaH and
winds.' The storm was the fiercest ever
known here. 1 ; '
On account of the employment of
several new men not members of the
plumbers union, the entire force of
journeymen plumbers of Honolulu is
put on a strike. The offensive plumbers
came from , Seattle and were refused
membership in the , local .union be
cause they refused to pay the initiation
fee. They , are members of the union
in Seattle. ., . . ,, ; ,
A factory, will shortly be eetablislied
in this city. to manufacture jute sugar
bags which will stop the importation
of many .million bags ner year.
. Tbe gang of gamblers from San
Francisco . that have been , trying to
operate in the ; islands, headed by
Billie Hart and , wife left on the
Sonoma for Australia. ,
The largest cargo of sugar that ever
left the islands in one vessel , was
carried by the big freighter. California
that sailed Friday with, 8000 tons
aboard for New York .,..,,.. ., ,;. ..;t .
. Great preparations are being made
for the reception of the Mystic shriners
who are coming here 250 strong from
the middle north west states. They
will be royally entertained during the
ten days of their visit. They leave
Grand Rapids Mich., about February
25.. ',
'. In an endeavor . to perpetuate the
Hawaiian language , in the territory,
the next legislature will pass a bill
making the teaching of the Hawaiian
tongue .', compulsory in the public
schools of Hawaii.
E. 8. Gill, editor of the Honolulu
Republican,1 shot and slightly wounded
Mort. I. Stevens, a reporter on the
Advertiser, on the evening of February
ihe trouble leading to the shooting
grew out' of the publication in tbe Re-
Sublican of a story mentioning the
oings of Stevens and some young
ladies of los Angeles, Calif., here for
a visit, o.No names were mentioned in
the story as published, but Stevens
went i to Gill's office and assaulted
bim,! Gill , shooting in self-defense.
Before tbe shooting R. S. Rawlings,
a traveling shoe man, called on Gil!
and tried to thrash him for the same
storv. He represented himself as an
uncle of one of the girls, but was
thrown out of the office before he had
accomplished his errand. Rawlins and
tbe young ladies left for Kan Francisco
today. Stevens who lately came here,
has a wife in San Francisco., He was
brought here by the. Advertiser as a
special writer. His wound is not seri
ous.. . '
Miss Martha Afong, one of 1 Horo
ulu's celebrated half-Chinese half-
Hawaiian heiresses, leit for Man
ila on the -transport Logan yes
terday, where she will be married to
Lieut. A. J. Dougherty, Seventeenth
United States infantry. Miss Afong is
a sister of Capt. Whiting, United States
navy. Lieutenant Dougherty js a Min
nesota man. , , - i
IVE BURNED TO DEATH.-
The Sad , Fate of a Grandfather and His
., ... Four Grandaughton. 11
Versailles. Ind.. Feb. 23. Geon?e
James . and his four grand dauchters
were burned to death at their home
near here at 4 o'clock this morning.
The 14-year-old boy of the family es
caped but is deranged on account of
It exDerience. The . wifn and one
daughter were away at the time.
' Trust Companies Combine;
New York, Feb. 23. A combination
was effected today between the Cor
poration : Trust company, ot New
Jersey, the .' Corporation ' Trust, of
ivew York, the Corporation Organisa
tion Sc Trust, of Chicaeo. the New
Jersey Registration company of Boston
and the Corporation Trust, of Maine.
under the title of the North American
Trust company of New Jersey. Several
other banking concerns will' be taken
into the deal, The estimated capital
isation is $50,090,000. ' Oakleieh
Thorne will be the president.
WllllmWllTDotheHonort.
Berlin, Feb. 22. Two morninc
papers here announce ; that Emperor
William will bring King Edward here
en Tuesday or Wednesday next, turn-
i . .i itii
iug uni mo army in nis ' nonor. Anti-
kauerites who oppose the visit vt the
king scout the idea. An offlcisl close
to the court says the kaiser is so angry
at the press for carping on the English
king's visit, that he will brinir Ed
ward here iust to show his firmness
ouu ueienuination. ;
i i . ? . ,
Five Men Struck by a Train.
' Sharon. Pa.. Feb. 22. The south-
bound freight, on the Erie and Pitts-
nurg roau, struck nve men who were
walking on the track early this morn
ing. Ihe men were on their wav to
work and four of them were instantly
Kiuea anu tne otner severely injured.
Their bodies were frightfully mangled,
naktng ldentincatlon very difficult.
The Kenedy-Reynolds Case.
" New York: Vnh. 22. Tho 5nrv in
Kennedy-Reynolds murder case is still
out and the , court has taken a recess
until 2 o'clock. It is reported , a ma
jority favor acquittal.
New York. Feb. 22. The iurv in the
itenneay. case Hied in at 3 o'clock and
reported a disagreement and were dis
charged.
' Aeetdent to a Barge Party.
North Adams, Mass., Feb. 23.
Arthur Kearn killed and ten others of
a "baree" . party were seriously-In
jured this mornina bv the overturnina
oi a vemcie on a highway, lhe wagon
slurred over a twenty-foot embankment.
Tha Prize Flgkt Cats.
Cincinnati, O.,1 Feb. 25. Judge
T In ! 1 i at.. r thin mtnin. nira.r,il,,,l V,
motion of a new trial in the prize fight
case, . ., .
Surveyor General of Otah.
Washington. Feb. 25 .twanl H
Anderson, of Utah, was today nom
tnatea oy tne president to be surveyor
general oi uun,
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, Free Traveltot Library.
. By unanimous vote the Idaho senate
passed a bill providing for the estab
lishment of a free traveling library
system. The bill passed provides for
the appointment of a commission of
three, two of whom shall be women,
and authorizes the appointment of a
secreUryi It appropriates $3000 for
books for tha next two years and 3003
for expenses of the commission and
salary ol tbe secretary.
ROBERTS GOES OVER
TO CORBETT FOR
SENATOR.
The General Appropriation Bill
Stolen in 1 Transmission
I.:K.f!; J...!:,:fr-
COUNTY TREASURERS' BILL ' PASSES
Legislature Adjourned Until ' I o'clock .This
Evening and Final Adjournment Will
, - Occur at Midnight Tonight.' ,, ,,
Salem, Feb. 23. Ex-Senator Corbett
gained a vote today, Roberts voting for
him in place of Williams or Hermann
as heretofore, ,, The 'vote of the,., joint
ballot at noon today was as follows!
Corbett; 35.
Williams,5 12. " : '; '' '
Bennett, 25. ; . , ; - ,' ,
Hermann, 9. , ,, ' ,! .. n
Kelly, 2
Inman, 2.
Scattering and absent,, 5.
After taking the ballot tile .legisla
ture adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight,
after which hour it is probable several
ballots for United States senator will
be taken prior' to final adjournment at
midnigbfc.;,-;;.,,,. .!,-,, h',,.;!,':vJ
General Appropriation Bill Stolen.
Speaker ' Reeder created a sensation
this morning in the house. .when he an
nounced that the general appropriation
bill was lost in transmission td the
senate and was supposed t;o have been
stolen by some pne. unknown, with the
view, it; is supposed, : of preventing
some heavy appropriations which it
carried. If the bill is not' found many
of the state institutions will be with
out funds.. .,.;,.., t , .,
The house this morning passed ' the
county treasurer's salary bill with .its
several amendments. William.'s county
peddler's license bill was defeated.
VIGOROUS TALK IN CONGRESS.
Hepburn, of Iowa, Creates a Stir, and
so Does Dlnsmore, of Arkansas:
Washington; Feb. 22. In a' debate
in the house on the amendment to the
deficiency appropriation bill to prevent
oazing at me navai academy, .Hep
burn of Iowa, : used exceedingly strong
language while inveighling against the
practice of hazine.charsrina bv Indirec
tion that the habits of tyranny and op
pression formed ' by the officers of the
army and navy at their academies was
responsible for the refusal of sailors
to enlist in the navy and for the largo
number of deserters from the armv.
Moreover he talleeed that "officers
stood by each other when ins trouble
saying that the commanders of the 25
vessols ot the navy lost since' the civil
war had, without exception, escaped
with slight punishment, i.: . -..
A Still Greater Stir. ''
The stir caused by Henburn's speech.
however, was mild compared with' the
row which was kicked up over Borne
items in the but for extra compensa
tion to employes of the house.
Uinsmore, of Arkansas.1 exposed the
fact that one of the employes of the
house while occupying one position was
drawing salary for another ' and that
the difference between salaries' was to
be msda up in the items of this ' bill.
This Ieat' to a eeneral ventilation of
domestic arfairs of ! the house ' during
which Bailer,' of Texas1,' declared' that
the situation was a scandal upon the .
integrity oi tne nouse. ne cnargea
that there wre employes of the ' house
who were dividing their salaries with
others who performed no work 1 1 and
challenged any out on either side to
deny his allegations. Bailey 6ffered'a
resolution for the appointment of an
investigating ' committee'' which ''was
referred to the committee on rules. ,
The general deficiency appropriation
bill the last of the appropriation bills
- was passed. -
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WRECK ON PENNSYLVANIA.
Ten
Pertont Killed and Twenty-Five
Injured by Trains Colliding. ,
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 22. One of
the worst collisions in tbe history ,bf
the Amboy division of the , Pennsyl
vania railroad occurred at 5:30 last
evening at Rustings siding, near Bur
dentown, and about eight miles south
of Trenton. ' , - ,' . ' ' ;.,
The "Nelly Blv" express from
New York for Atlantic City, collided
with passenger train No. 3301 running
from Camden to Trenton." The number
of dead so far as known is 10, and the
l; i - i - r e , (
lujureu are upwaru oi iso. . ;
A special train which arrived at 9
o'clock from the scene of the , wreck,-
brought four dead bodies and 18
wounded. Among the killed was
Walter Earl, engineer of the express
and James Birmingham, ' baggage
master of the local train. The most of
those killed were Italians, t; 1 ',
The two trains collided at full speed
and both engines were completely
demolished. The forward cars of each
train, in both instances of, the ' com
bination baggage and smoker were
entirely demoli-hed ' also, and the
wreckage took fire. Tbe second car of
the "Nellie Bly" turned over on its
side and the passengers had to climb
out through tne'windows. '
A tater Report.
Trenton, N. J., Feb 22.-The latest
information of the scene of the wreck
of the "Nellie Bly" special on the
Pennsylvania road, and a Camden and
Amboy local, which crashed together
three miles south of here, is that ten
persons were killed and twenty-five in
jured, five of the latter fatally It .is
thought more bodies are in the, wreck
and a systematic search was begun this
morning. , v i '
Bemalnt of Four Vletlmt. :
Trenton, Feb. 22. The four' charred
remains of victims of the wreck were
found in the debris this morning,
bringing the total of the dead to four
teen, .
President Plax 111. ,
City of Mexico, Feb. 23.-.TheJatefit
report from Gurenava, Mexico,, says
President Diax is confined to his room
in the governor's palace and has been
forbidden to see any one. ... ;
Bubonic Plague In Cape Town."
Cape Town, Feb. 23.-One new case
of bubonic plague develops here daily.
There have been four deaths thus far.
, M ,M ' ' '
BenHek Ibsen Suffers BeUpie.
Christiana, Feb. 22. Henrick Ibsen,
the peat and dramatist, has bad a re
lapse and it a very tick man.