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OE CANAL BILL
Srnnlcr Compares Outbursts "f
Those Opposinii "Surrender" of
Tolls to AJax Defying- Lightning
That Does Not Exist.
flrfuscs to Deal With Treaty Ques
tions in a Partisan or Political
Spirit Eiiullsh Talk Buncombe
WASHINGTON, April 0. C
paling Hlt oltllilltxtH of llln0 who
have litn'ii opposing tin "siiricndei"
m Pmimiiu ennui right In Ajux il"-
f.ving ll-flltlllllg llllll did imt 'i"l.
Senator Henry Ciilwt Lodge 'f Mns
.itchiictt advocated tmliiy I'll'
passage b III' w'liiile of tlit iosoIii
linn providing fur lli icpcnl lit' ilu
tllllut CM'lllplillU ollltl0 in I III' Pall
until ennui hill, Lodge "'I nl II' could
nut ili'iil with liriily ipicliou In a
mrliiin or political spirit and 'old
111' llp'Oltlllg I'tesilll'llt Cleveland
iiml iif opposing it number of rcpnb
lli'iin ii'iilinl on trimly iiiotlnnn
"Hut President Cleveland'- policy I
in nmtil l II"' Vcuoiichi 1 1 i'ii I. v,'
will Lodge, "involved M'rioiiH issues
iiml gnivo piisslldlitii". It was not
u iuur ili'i'liiiniilioii ugniut mintlirr
I'uiiiitry mid n Milloy of importing
lunger liilciiili'il iinlv In rnio tcui
per iiruiuiil our poltiittr booth. .
tliiiinli'MM .iiiiirini'tit
"There It no particular ,iiri;
iiNiiiri'il In iiiiI upon passing our
hlp through I Iif emial w itliiiut I lie
piiMiit'iit nl' loll. To incur mi phys
IimiI danger by doing mi ninl to hurl
ihiflmice- at the nvt of lln world tin-
ilrt-thrifl'TntmitMTfTir Ho doubt l"n
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FAVOR NG REPEAL
f IHIMt llglCCtllllO pil'-lllllO III IIN 0
migiigo in it, mnl nmri especially mi
n il Iimh tin inlilcil iitlraoiiiui of be
ing ii porfeoily safe amusement. Hut
it mi'iim not wholly mil inlying a mi
argument.
"Tlu attitude of Ajux def.ving tin
lightning U not very inspiring it
thoie i no lightning to In' I't'ii i ril.
Tim ouloiy nlioiil exhibiting- sub
serviency to Ihiglnnil or miy oilier
I'Hiiiiliy because tin- nilininitrnliiui
limy co 111 o nsk for Hi" icponl nl'
tin exemption ohuiso scenw hardly
uoithv of consideration. America is
altogether loo gioat mnl too power
Till In hi' subservient lo miyoni'.
Vol Win Hi u I' lutit
"Am I IlllVi' listened to Home of llic
iceonl stimug decimations of our
icmlinoss lo face tin world in nuns
in ili'fi'iixi' .if toll exemption, nlioiil
wlili'h no oniinliy woulil think of
fighting, there lllli) hi'i'll lllolliollls
whi'ii I lui i' nini'M'llril iim I thought
01 llli' cooltlcss mill IIIHIIIi'li'liri'
with which we luiM' oontciupluted
lln- murder of morn thmi l.'ill Amcii
cunt, not mmiy inili'M from our own
hoiili'i. Viohitril lijhln mnl mi-
mi'iiKnl mnl iihiiool nuiiotii'i'il ilriitliH
of tliii-i' iiiuoccut pi'optc liuvn )oni'
iiuhi'cih'il mnl now' wo iiuilin horoii'M
nlnml ciinul tollx mnl whi'rn I licit' i
no peril to miyoni'. It hituih to hi
piulii'tiliiily out of pliico."
l.oil0 look llic poriilion Hint cv
I'inptioii, cilhi'r for roiiHtwixii or for
I'ipti Irmliiii; nliiw, wonhl not hu n
Solution of Iri'iitii'h in n Hliict li'j;"!
hi'iihc. ti iiiilcil out Hint from I hi'
hi(th pimiiu'hi of iuti'innlioiiiil ckIci'iii
ii'iii'lii'il hy Aiut'iii'u in 11)01) wo Inn)
lii'i'iuim iIInIi-iinIciI, mnl HiIk furl, he
Hiiiil, wiiH iluo to n iiiiiuhi'r of ii'iik
oils, lln uiKUcil Hmt Ihis iUmIi'iihI
woulil lie fuilhiir iiKKi'iivnlcil hy ilo
iiiK ii Ihiu "mi iihi'Ii'mh iih to huhni
ili.o u I'hiNK of nliipK which don't
lll'l'll nllllfiih."
MILLION DOLLARToSS
10 TEXAS PEACH CROP
DUE TO COLD SPRING
DAI.I.AH, 'IVxiih, April U -
! Tim iliiuiiiKO In Ha' pencil crop
mnl other miiiiiII fi iiIIh iih a to.
null or (lln rnlitcMt April -
weullier In twiuily jenrn wiih
flvuil loilny at $1,111111.1)1)0. !
Tho ti'lupniHluni at Ahllclio r
lllllll) WIIH ttt Hill)' NlX llt'KH'OH
iiliovn xoro.
LODGE DEFENDS PRESIDENT IN
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IWHRY CADOT LODCD
rttort wrruce.
AT
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IS
WASIIINdTO.V, Aptil IL -Com.
ph'ln iU".tnirtion of tho Wiitcin.
Pn-n-i' prnportv tt Tumpu'o hy Mex
li'im rdirlt wiih jrporti'il in ii nV
pnti'h n't'fiMil hy lln xtnti 'Icpnrt
mini Inilny. Tin; im in olmmti'il
lit .T.'.dii.linil. Th irport fiilil:
. "Wiii'ltx irpiirln iinliniln Hint Ilu'
f itiiiitiuii ill liimpii'o in rrniinl to
fori'lii proper I v in (tomplii'iilcil mnl
urioiix. lln nnu'rh-rH'ri'o nimur
unn oi'i'iipie.1 hy llic nlieU for two
iltiyH mnl nit a couoi'ipii'iiri' it win
iiliiler Ilu' fire of federal cmihoat.
Tim lo of tin' en lire properlv i
I i'ii in. I lie wnri'iioiiM'M ot me
Atci'iii'ht Ciiiiiiiu'ieiiil I'limpiiny, a
(li'immi 'ioicily, were luinied.
"Tho o to tho Watoi-H-Piori'i'
propi-iu will oxi'iril WIIO.IMIII."
I'm tiii-r ii'piONi'utatioiin were hoiuy
iiinile lo (lenerul Carinnaut linlny,
Sooroliiiy of Slulo Hiynn unhl, onu
eeruinc the ilepoitaliou of SpmiiniiN
fioin 'I'oi i eon. Spain Inning re
iiii"ti'il il, tho klnto ih'pailuieiit in
trying to ui'iiuiiie for Hioir leluin.
At pnv.ent thi'.x lire on tho Inilid
Statox' hmiiU at V. I'iimi, ahxoliitoly
lestilnte.
OF
HIRE SAYS JUOGE
SAl.K.M, Or., Apiil .- Holding
dull a Inhorcr ix wm thy of his hire,
Circuit .linlt-o (lalloway (mlay mi
IniiH'd tho ili'iiiuricr to the complaint
mnl dissolved tho Ictuporary injiiuo
lion in tho Viiit lirounht hy I,. 1(. Vili
licit mnl oIIicih lo restrain the oily
rccoiilcr from inlying Wilhur V.
(liiincH, (Ichiro Snmli'irt mnl Asa
Fisher, Hu co Siilcm policemen, their
Milnricrt mi the muuil that thoy hud
not been re-ddi'iits of Siilcm thico
ycaiH liofmu hciiij; appointcil lo of
fice. SENT TO EL PASO
.ll'AHKZ, Apiil l. One huuiheil
mnl lifly nioro Spnuisli refunecH
from Torrcon hi rived hero today mnl
were promptly passed iihuij lo Kl
Haso. They weto nh-olulely ilesli
lulo, IIiuiikIi up I nlho lime nf Tor
iciin's fall most of them weio ill
least well-to-do mnl some were
wciillhy.
SCHANNER APPOINTED
BISHOP OF SEATTLE
.MIIAVAl'lxKi:, Wi., Apnl ! Il
wiin ollicinllv iiiiiiouiiei'd Hum ufli'i-
iioon HiH Ilin lliulil IIci. A I1'
Hi hiiini'T hail hi'i'll uppoliiliil hlhop
uf Hniltlc,
REFNERY
1
BURNED
500,000
THE REPEAL OF CANAL TOLLS
A
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ADMINISTRATIONON
CANAL TOLLS BILL
WA8IIINCTON, April 0 Prcsl
ilont Willi oil's nttltiulo rci;arilliu
I'nnnm rnnnl tolls wan crltlcttcil to
ilny tiy SiMitilur Ilornli lieforo tho
nfiinto Inter-occanlc rnnnl rommlt
lee, coimlilcrlliK tin) Kilns ri'Hollltloli
fur tho roionl of Amurlcnn hipplng't
!Xiiiiiitlou from tollit.
"Ilcpeal of tho claiiso cxcluiIjnR
rnllronil-owncil h1iIih from tho cnn.il
will ho the next Mop In America's
nurri'iider to ICntjInml," unld Ilorah.
"Sir Kilwnrd drey, you iiiuat remem
ber, bns nlwiiyn objected to tho rail
rond rlniuo."
Stiimtor Norrln nhl. ho was op
posed to tho exemption chime, became
It "wnu nothliiK more or lens than ;.
Hiilmldlary." nud milled tlmt If Ameri
can fclilps ii ro oxempted, forelKn
tradliiK lilm also sliould hu ex
empted, Norrlii miKoiited, however, tho ex
emption of South American slilps, at
offorlni; an opportunity to lucreano
Auiorlcnu trade thero. Ho said tho
International court, provided In tho
bill that ho had Introduced, would In
clude three Judges (rout tho tmprenio
court of tho t'nlted States, to ho no
lortod by KiiKland, threo Judges from
tlio highest court In KiiRland, to )o
relected by l'realdent WlUon. and a
seventh member to bo named by
Swluorlntid,
"Hut President WIlHon," Inter
rupted Senator llrltlow, "alrendy has
decided iikiiIumI America In favor
KiikIiiuiI; Hint would bo far from Im
partial. "
Whether KiikIiuiiI would nRreo to
tho exemption of Colouihlnu-owiied
ships wiih a point rained hy Senator
Ilornli, It wan then BiiKKOHtcd Hint
Seiintor Knot, who watt Becretnry of
statu when tho Colombian treaty wan
imido, bo asked to testify.
Senator Thomas spoke In defense
of Ills hill muKliiK the cunnl freo to
all tho world,
$2,000,000 SALE OF
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnh, April 0.
Colli iiumthm of tliu tepoiteil sale hy
the Northorn Naviniition company of
nil iIh slcamers, Imros and terminal
fneililies on tho Yukon river, in
Alaska, and the Yukon territory, lo
Hie American tikun Navi);iition
company was uinile hero loday hy
Leon Sloss, piesidcnt of the selling
corporation. The iiiirelutse piiee
wiih said lo he in the iicicjilinihoiul
of tf'J,IIO(),(IIIO. Kcporlx that the
(liipu'cnliciuiH were hehliul the ileal
were ilcnicd.
CENSOR ALL DISPATCHES
FROM MEXICAN CAPITAL
.MI'.XICO CITY, Apiil l. KeivH.ii-
pi'i' i'orreisiiiiliiiil heie were fnnii
nils nollflcil lodn Iiml nil Ihcir ill"
palclii'8 will be cnimml licicaltcr.
CRESCENT CITY
HAU 0 BE
PROBED ANEP VALUE
Army Board of EntjInJers Apcc to
Make Further Investigation Into
Need of Proposed Improvements
Upon Pleas by Oregon Delegation.
Chamberlain, Lane; Hawlcy and Kent
f. Hawlcy and
Ii of Region
Present.
Represent Need! of Region Spe
clal Delegation
WASHINGTON. Apr I U.A fur
ther iiiM'sliyaliiiu of llic nci'ils of
Crescent Cilv harbor, in Orccini, wn
pluiuicd loday hy the atniy bonrd of
ciiKiiiccr. Aiiuomiccmcnt to this cl
fect followed pleas of Senator
Chiitiiherhiin and I.aiif of Oregon anil
liepresentiitivrH llawlc of Orcpiu
mnl Kent of California that the im
provcmeiilh .iTi(.'CHed wouhl mean
Hie opeiilin iii of Koycniinent lumber
Hiinnlies, partioiilnrly ill Oioti. The
encineers at first turned down Hie
su;i't'tiiinH mid then decided to re
coiioiiler the matter.
The army iiiKiiiccr nanle a survey
of the harbor Inst autumn nud ret'
ommeuiled the exprntliliire of SI,
H'ir.TiO for the construction of a
lireukwatcr, $2.i(),000 of which is to
be raised hy tho people of Del Norte
enmity and the territory tributary to
the Crescent City harbor.
A special dclcitnlion headed hy
former Senator Jonathan Hounic,
Jr., as special 'reprc-entntivo of
Jackson county, consisting of W. J
UotehkisM of Crescent City mid San
Francisco; (1. A. Yebb, Crescent
Cily; W. W. Mcl.nrenj repreruUnj:
Del .Norto counter; J7 ! Child of
Crexeeut City: James II. Owen of
tan Augele-i; O. S. Hlnuchnrd of
(IrantK I'ass, mid J. F. Keddy or
Med ford siihmilted data showing the
amount of husinc--. available for
such harbor improvement and pie
sentiug the need, of mi outlet to the
sea for northern California and
southern Oregon.
JERRY ALLEN TO
HANG GOOD FRIDAY
SACIJA.MF.NTO, Oil., Apiil P.
The fact Hint the date for the hang
ing of Jerry Allen in San Quentin
falls on flood Friday piohahlv will
not cause (inventor Johnson to inter-
feio with the judgment of the court.
Attorney Luke Howe of Sacra
mento is searching lecord-; in the Al
Ion case with a view to saving the
murderer.
It was stated at the capital today
that us the court had fixed the dav
for the execution it was not pi oh
aide tlmt the governor would change
it.
IS
UPON UNION PACIFIC
NF.W YORK, April P. Heavy
pressure in Civiiadimi 1'aoifie again
uioikod tho opening of tho stock
innrket today. On the first few
transactions it dropped a point to
UHHrt Hethlehem Steel preferred,
Louisville, Corn Products, New Ha
ven and Texas Company dropped
Irom 1 to '2 points. Under the in
fltteiico of these declines, leading
spemilntive stocks, which were barely
changed ut the opening, eased oft.
Hands were easy. The market clos
ed ipiicl.
MOVING PICTURE HALT
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MOI.INi:, 111., April 0. Tho fun
eral of Frederick Weyorhueuser, the
mulll-inlllloiiiilro lumber king, who
died hut, Saturday In Pniadena, Cnl.,
wan delayed tnduy when moving pic
ture men attempted In take pictures
of the ceremony. Tliu.'nnovlo" men
led when a wholesale, row lhivute.uvd.1
NEW YORKERS BUY
SUNSET ORCHARD
ttr!
SH01BY SALE
New Yorkers Purchase Fine Young
Ot chard In Coker Butte Section
Sold Two Years Ano for $15,000
Frederick B. Morgan nnd W K.
Morgan, Jr., of New York, who havo
Ikcii the guests of JI. W. HltiRliani
the init week, have purchaicd the
HuiiM'l orchard In the Coker llllttc
section from A. A. llernnrd for 25,
000.
The property comprises H acres,
12 acres of which aro In -0 year old
New towns nnd 2 acres In o year old
Dartlott, Cornice and Winter Nells
pears. In addition there aro four
acres of family orchard.
The purchasers will hulld a flno
bungalow on a three aero sightly
building site Included In the property.
Thin orchard Is onu of tho finest
young groves In the valley, located
three miles enit of Med ford and one
half mile from the Msrlvlitn orchard
owned hy Mr. Hlngliam, and alo
close to the Chandler Kgan orchard.
I-nst year the Ncwtowns on this or
chard sold for 11.75 per box f. o, b.
orchard. The crop averaged nlno
boxes to the tree.
The orchard was purchased three
years ago by A. A. Bernard, who paid
$15,000 for It. The orchard -was bad
ly run down, hut through hard work
Mr. Ilernard has brought It Into fine
condition.
The rale shows tho Increase In
valuation In orchards In tho rtoftuo
river valley, and also shows what
can be done If the right attention Is
bestowed upon fruit groves.
Mr. Ilernard Intends to buy a homo
In Med ford nnd llvo here and says
that he will not leave the valley un
der any circumstances.
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OF
MARTINEZ. Oil., April 0. The
ease of Thomns Mooney, accused of
having high explosives in his posses
sion, contrary to law, went to the
jury this afternoon.
The closing word for Hie defense
was spoken by Attorney Maxwell
McNuttt following the conclusion of
Attorney Thonias H. Johnson's nr
gumeiit on the same side. Like
Johnson, MoNutt accused the Pa
cific Oas & Fleet lie company of
sending its lawyers, J. J. Harrett nud
M. It. Jones, to help the prosecution,
mid roundly denounced both the
company for doing and the prosecu
tor for permitting such a thing.
Assistant District Attorney Orms
by, on the other hand, expressed his
appreciation of the assistance given
him hy Jones nnd Harrett, as upecial
prosecutors. Harrett, closing for the
prosecution, declared Mooney the
same type of man as the MeXa
maras. WELCH TROLLEY ON
PORTLAND, Ore., April 9. -Provided
only that tho Inter-state brldgo
over tho Columbia river Is mado in
face as well as In theory opou to all
comers, A. Welch, well known rail
road builder, proposes to connect
Clarke county, Wash., with Portland
by nu Inter-urban lino that will pro
'vide a ten cont faro to tho heart of
Portland, and haul the products .)(
tho truck farms, dairies and wood
lots near Vancouver Into tho local
market,
Welch today refused to dlsciut his
proposition, but It Is known his pluiin
are of an ambitious nature and will
Include eventually a great luter-ur-"ban
nystem that will connect l'lignt
Hound with l'ortluiut by way of tho
local trolley lines ut CentrnRu and
Chehiills, until recently owned by the
WiuliliiKtoii-Orouou corporation,
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TOKIO. April 9. Dowager Em
press Haruko died today. Though
sho had been suffering from heart
disease, Urlght's disease was given
as the cause of death. The dowager
had been critically ill for some time
but shortly before her death It -was
thought the was gaining ground.
While talking to the emperor, how
ever, she suddenly lapsed Into.uncon
tclo'usness. Doctors die! their ut
most to rcvlvo her but sho suc
cumbed In a tow mlntcs. Her death
occurred at Nnmazti.
The dowager empreig was CI years
of age. The daughter of a noble
man, she married the late emperor.
Mutsuhlto, when sho was nineteen
cars of age. Sho was well educated
and up to dato In her ideas, effected
European dress and was much liked
by visitors from tho Occident who met
her. Her husband's death In July.
1912 was n great shock to her and
her health failed steadily ever since.
PENNSYLVANIA STRIKE
BY
PITTSniMtG. Pa., April 9. -Officials
ot tho Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen announced here today that
tho present strlko of employes of the
Pennsylvania railroad was not sanc
tioned by that organization. The
men were walking out. It was said,
because of tho corporation's retrench
ment policy.
Six hundred men were qut here
and It was M loved nearly as many
moro would walk out boforo tonight
from tho East PIPttaburg division.
Tho places vacated by tho strikers,
officials hero snld, wore being filled
rapidly.
FEDERAL GUNBOAT
WASHINGTON, April 9 Admiral
Mayo reported Hint tho federal gun
boat Zaragoza had joined tho Vera
Cruz lu shelling tho rebel positions
nt Tamplco, but that nolthor sldo
had gained any material advantage
lie snld a storm which was raging
mado tho embarkation of refugees
difficult and dangerous and ho vviw
advising them ngalust taking to tho
battleshlps until tho situation be
comes more critical.
Reports wore current among fod
eralH on shore, he addod, that .tho
American warships were supplying
arms to tho rebels.
NO FURTHER CONSTRUCTION
WORK AT COQUILLE RIVER
WASHINGTON, April 1). -No fur-
Iher construction work than is pro
vided for in the existing project will
he done ut the mouth of the Coipillle
river In Oregon if emigres follows
Hut icoouiiiieuiliillnii miulii hy Hie
chief uf a liny engineers: today.
DOWAGER
EMPRESS
HARUKO
JAPAN
GROSSES
DIVIDE
In Sunset Orrlmnl
PEPPER HELD FOR
I
SAN FRANCISCO, Oil., April 9.
Abraham I'eppcr was held to ans
wer without hail here today hy Po
lice Judge Sullivan on n charge of
murdering Mrs. Dorothy D. Johnson,
n bride of n week, in a corridor of
the Hotel Sutter on February 2-t last.
The principal witness against Pepper
was Sidney Lee Johnson of Tncomn,
Wash., the slain woman's husband.
"Pepper come to the hotel nud
j,sked to. fcec my wifet" testified
Johnson. "She agreed to nee htm,
hut told him Hint the interview would
have to he brief. Mrs. Johnson had
hardly left the room to meet Pepiicr
in the corridor before two shots
rang out. Doth shots were fired by
Pepper nnd both took effect. He
then shot himself.
IVppcr npiH'nred on the verge of a
collapse throughout the hearing. He
kept his eyes glued to the floor dur
ing Johnson's testimony.
William Adams, clerk at the Hotel
Sutter, told of hearing the shots and
of finding Mrs. Johnson lying on
the floor with her husband bending
over her body.
"Pepper," he added, "with a smok
ing revolver near his side, was lying
nearby."
'S
SAI.KJr, Or., April 0, -Charles
Harrow of Conuilte, who bases his
platform on Abraham Lincoln and
F. K. ltlanehard of (Iranls Pass,
filed declarations today us candi
dates on the republican ticket for
representatives.
Harrow says ho "will stand
Fqunroly upon the statement of Abe
Lincoln tlmt 'this is a government of
tho people, by the people, for Iho
people.' The principled of 'honest
old Abe' nre good enough for mo nnd
for nil the people." He seeks elec
tion in Coos county. Hlnuchnrd,
who peeks election in Josephine
county to succeed himself, has no
platform or slogan.
FREEZING WEATHER
KILLS FRUIT CROP
l4fi
ST. LOUIS, Jro April P.
Temperatures at or near tho
freezing point prevailed today
throughout Ti'unwsee, Arkan
sas, Mississippi nud Okla
homa. Tho mercury marked
just ;12 ut Nashville, Cliatla
nooga and Memphis. At Fort
Smith .10 wiih loiirhod, Much
fruit mid many vegetable
were wild to have hewi klllwl,
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