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. ; ' ,' oooooooooooooooocccoo ..ISSUED IN. ! SEJrU.WEEKLY SECTIONS EACH. TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.' U OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOO VOL. 4S NO. 42.! SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY; 5, 1900. SECOND SECTIONEGHT AGS - i- k ilUi In . . ;. . r Mr us . 1'.' ; . ."-'": - k THE COIN BILL financial. Measure Discussed by Senator Aldrich TKE PHILIPPINE WAR 0LE5TI0N , Witt Be Debated In the cnte !tst Wtk The Kobrt( Cum Ar(atd Before the Committee. , -. i : n : WASHINGTON", Jan I 4 In ac cordance with the notice previously i given by him, benator A-idrich today opened the discussion iof fhe financial bill with the explanation of the substi tute lor the house bill. IThe subject was cart-iully prepared and was read from manuscript, f It was delivered in clear and diniact language, but 'Without any effort at oratorv: The .senators present gave htm careful at tention, but. no one interrupted him w:th questions or I otherwise during tV tV-, nrr d. 1 any (re roan lest a .d:rio.-ition to rer v alter he had con- ' . ltd -t t't. I 'V ' t . V . U f ' -l 1 " Aster. Aid rich, concluded, the a-Kourned -until. Monday, lor the e. .it is uivlrrstood. 01 giving mav wi.h to replv to the - I-' inil senator a?i ; opportunity nresenution'.of the Mibjcct it" "-cvv tl 'iiti n ronccrnmjt i , , .1 . -1 ! pp:r,e v.sr wen: over unt 1 M 1 .Ml ' 1 , A on !);r.i r tr U. t-Ti 1 1 f - t ' )...: : . a rt verv '.. lent h r -reMihif I ninn j i . 1 J .!' 1ft! I 'V I t an nHH'Tiii iniorrKiaf.ou relating to rk cii'to'ir 1 ' T " I .ill .i .'il!l-!l to cover nir -tne trnnic:ion)i ii.t n t' i b i ! . 1 f.f ihe New Y: -ie Strcirv tiiJe lr ck'-. r 'i ?n:imi-.l that he courted tne and wa preixircd 1 f-i T rrnt ail i iotv to coa?res. c nr'v there-was no -trirtion over t tV pi -.ice ot t?'e rn'i'u'w n which unnrnmotislv . adopted i THE ROIVERTS CASE. 1 i tii n J in 4 i"1 2ciiroe- tu-r. !ic;ul oi it tie- Kcrniie tu-iegation' nere to oi'i" -e granting CongTesman-cIect 1,, l'olrts. ot ( . n 1 th Utah, a-seat in the house, argument ae:ntt-t Roherts hi k investigating committee. liie fiiilrticr cleariv show , pro-citi-tl.-.l S. liriK-rlrr. ' that in 1SS0. R-rh- ert rnl been in tlic status ot a poiyg- 1 1 1 lie question is as to the. ef- fert t, He Tit Vi !ih tatu 1 that while Ut-th was' a to Rob- ' he Ed- ! here was no dou as mun.ls-Tiickrr act And .when- Utah ! -1 S-hroHr 1 contended th.it Robert Ti .1 : . : , I-: Itilzenship ; wis still impaired. The status of i poK i;-im was such that Kooertiv couia . .. . ,i ,nnt reliev. hunelf '- from it without some amrmative act. A to the right of the house to exclude Roberts, Schoeder said: Surtvrsf ravincr maniac I should present himself at the bar of the house! and . ask admission on proper rreden- I tiaU. could not the house, in self nrorl tection. deny him admissfort?" I I Schroeder said. Roberts had admits ' ted his relatiotrshin with ! his ! olural I wiyes. . He 4iad publijiy paid "he would "lie if he would give up his J wives." .This was an . offense against J public morals." as attain t law. nd It doesn't take much tuouey clothing for you or your boy Niew York Racket !Ve have serviceable, up-to-date exceptionally good line of boys knee pant suits, ages ; 3 to 14. If you want something nice for your boy don't fail to SCO thenibs : Our Line of Shoes " . ! is. made .by one of the t in j the country. It's the We've handled this linei nearly eight years, and we know the shoes are good. ItVeconomy to buy for cash of a-one price cash" store: That's what the New 1 ork Racket is. : - ' ! , : '. ;:t -!. . : ; ' should be excluded from his FROZEN TO DEATH. Awful Fate of Gold Hunters I White Pass. the Seattle, Jan. 4. The steamer City of Topeka, from Alaskan ports, brings in formation Df five recent tragical deaths in the North, four of which were due' to freezing. The bodies of two men were found frozen, and were reported by telegraph on 'the day the, Topeka sailed. They -died on the summit of the White j Pass, apparently overcome by the blizzard. In the belt, tied about the body f one man, ; was tound . a 4, check1, upon, the Alaska Commercial Company Mr $8000. The checks were issued in' favor ofR. C. Jennings. .The bodies were! discovered . by a party of snow shovelers, working dor the rail road. The tnen are believed . to have been returned Klondikers. j D. R. Richter.- of San Francisco, is reported found frozen in his cabin near White Passi- 1 William SumMerville, a well known jDawsonite, was picked up by a squad (of. Northwest mounted po lice just beljow White Horse. He had frozen 1 duritjig the night Sumrrierville was Superintendent ot'j the Tiritish and American cjorporationt' extensivje cop per mines (back of the Vhite ! Horse rapids. 1 CHARLES A. Ml'RPHY. HONORED Klr t-l JArta tenant -oloet jut the Slate rj;anlttlou of the Sanljth-Anitr- 5 lewit Veteruii' .n:-iat iii. A telepi Portlaml I lone message, received trom ist nijihttbroiicrlit the intelli- nee that'' the Oregon regiment of the 'S'j.'ni?h:Ajraerican War Veterans Asso crttion, ws duly organized, thirty-six , U atc. jrcprcsentinsj about 400 mera ! r-rs-,- beirf'g in attendance. Permanent i- ;ranizats.n was perfected by the ado'p ; n of the constitution, snd the elec V..: :ti -of ffiicrs. Gen. O. SummerSi . , c cJi Jil ot the SecorTd Oregon vol--icers,' was .chosen col.onel of the reg r .tht; and Chas. A. Murphy, of Salem, 'i-.-te -second lieutenant of Company K, Second pret?on. vraj elected lieutenant rTcnel. ("timid great enthusiasm. The Vctiorii -of the latter is a great victory '- r - the valley representatives, and an honor to the" brave Salem officer. ; TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Work of "constructin an , electric raihvar from Taeoma to Seattle, 25 iniles in length, was commenced yes terday. J ' The good effects of the big drainage canal is being felt by the Chicago river. Ther mud and filth is being removed rapidly. . The water is now clear for two miles from the lake and the jcanat will not be filled fofVa week yet. I ' ChaTles A, Tracy, confidential book keeper for F. P. Baglev & Co., niarble dealers- of Chicago, has been missing from his home since December ipth. THE FRENCH DEFEATED. Victoria. B. C, Jan. 4. The news Roberta seat. ter-'has reached Canton, China, that battle octurredvon December ioth, between natives ' near Wangchauan, and the French forces. It s said the Chinese routed the French. The French Moss was thirty -1 c hir)i' trtlirl . killed. The viceroy has dispatched three gunboats with iooo soiaiers to fj: restore order. , THE MARIE CORELLI INFLU- ENCE. "Wot's de matter, "Skinny? 'Liz has turn me over. "Some other feller?' "Nop. She says I don't come up to her -deal. "Wot's dat1 "l danno, but it's jomethin. in dat book byMurry Crully date -Pete Nick- erson let her take an' I'm goin' to lick Pete on sight! ' . to buy a good suit of if you trade at the sroods. We have an most reliable factories famous 5 brand. IS QUITE FAIR Territorial form of! Government for Puerto Rico PROPOSED BY SENATOR FORAKER Am ArkuMM Congrmnu Introduces Resolation Rerrdioc the I'bUlp. piae ArehlpeLug-o. 'WASHINGTON, Jan.! 3 Senator Foraker today introduced j a . bill pro viding a form of government for the island of Puerto Rico. The bill pro vides for rhe continuance of the laws and municipal 'ordinances now in force in the island, until the legislature pro vided -fdr (shall supplant j them. The president is empowered to appoint a governor and supreme 'court, and also :.eveii heads of departments to : have charge cd the various interests of the government, .and also five native citi zens 'who, together with .the governor and heads of departments (are to consti tute the upper branch of the insular leg--islature. " The lower house, of sixtv- five -members, 'to be elected by the citi zens of the is and, is also provided for, and all inhabi ants .of the islands are made citizen., oi the United States. The citizens are also to elect a delegate to congress v lio is to have a se.at hnt no vote. Sen nor Foraker said the bill did not -create 3 territory out of an isl and, nor undertake to give the island a territorial for in -of government. ; A JROT E CT O R AT E. v Washingtpn, Jan. 3-fieprestntative McRae, of Arkansas. tdav intttoduced the following joint resolution; 'De it resolved, that the United btates hereb;,' declares ; that their pur pose in acquiirinc jurisdiction an,d crm- hereby tixl over the Philippin4 islands ias and is to secure to the iijaabitants jhere-qt. as soon as practicable: after the sup pression of the existing rehellion there in, a free, independent and stable gov ernment, republican, ih form, arid that the United States guarantees to said in habitants protection 'against all for eign invasion." , I 1 FOR BIMETALLISM. Washington. Jan. 3. Senator Chand ler, of New Hampshire, today offered an amendment--'th financial bill, add ing two new sections as follows: "Section o.' That n accordance with the .act of November 1, which re peal's a part of the act of July 14. 1890, it is hereby reaffirmed and declartvi to be the existing poScy of the United States to continue the use of both gold 3nd silves as standard money, and to coin both gout ami silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value; such equality to be secured through an international agreement by such safeguards of' legislation as will in-t 5ure the maintenance of parity- in; the value of the, coins 'of the two-metals, and an equal power p every dollar at kit times in the markets and in the pay ments of debts an'd it is declared; th&t steadily directetLto the establishment of 1 . r . . . r t: .-ti: -i . some such safe system of bimetallism as ,' will maintain at all times, an equal how- ! tijs t1: crr sf'ssn .is w,. ...v. .I , ; the payment oLdebts. I -Section 10: mat trie, provision? ui the act of March 3. 1897, which author ized the resident to, appoint commis sioners to any international agreement a fixity or relative value between gold and silver as mney, by means of a com mon ratio between thee metals with a free mintage at such -ratio, be and the same are hereby re-enacted and con tinued in force - . , 4 't . r 1 - THE KENTUCKY, CONTEST - COMMITTEES. DRAWN BY LOT, CONSIST OF DEMOCRATS. Republicans tVere Unfortunate in tiie Drawing df Members Indict . ments ;ii Bribery Cases. . FRANKFORT. Ky.. Jan. 4 The joint legislative committee, which sit on the corftesits for gorernor and lieu tenant governor, -were drawn by lot, as provided bjr law, today. The lucky star presided lover the -destinies of the democrats, asi the dra-wing resulted in giving them ten oat of the eleven mem bers of the committee on the governor's contest, and nine out of the eleven ori the lieutenant: governor's contest.: It is probable that the joint Committees will organize j and get down to work, taking- . evidence, ' tomorrow. ;. In drawing orer ithe formation. of the leg islature the contested election commit tees, tne"resull was - somewhat more evenly distributed. In the case of the two senatorial contests the republicans get only xne member out of nine on each committee, bat in the house they got .majorities! in ten out of the eighty een committees, which try the con tests. , --. i ' ; It is unofficially announced that the Franklin conny grand jury has found indictments aeainst ' CoL John H. PWhallen and Chas. Ryan, who, it is alleged attempted ; to bribe Senator Harrell in the goverruhip contest. The safety deposit box was found to contain four $1,000 bills and, five $100 bills. The -money was sealed up in a plain white envelope without writing. I This. ; ?n -part, corroborates Harrelfs sto -The democratic leaders in the legislature decided tonight to take jDauot loir united Mates senator next j luesday. ? ihere is a . question as to I whether Hie ballot should be taken next T1'' vrTuesday week.Blacfc- ! bumsriendi decii caution, to have a ballot on both dayl so that there may be no ouibble over the leealitv tf thi elrfinn '.. THE BOX IN QUESTION. Frankfort, Kr -Jan- a. The box- said to contain four $1,000 and five SlOO hills. mKtri wax K. iiil the. alleged biihery transaction between , Cot I. H Uhallen and Senator Har- k rell,. was delivered to the grand jury to fday to be opened. What the box con tains is now known only to the grand jury: " I SAID TO BE ALUM. POISONING. Serious . the Johnstown Tl of - Thoma members op which ; were reported to have, 'been made dangerously ill by im pure ' "baking pawder - used in mixing buckwheat cakes, has been further in vestigated. r " The original can with the remainder, of the baking powder left over after mixing the cakes was secured by Dr. Critchfield- The powder had been bought at a neighboring country store. and was one of the low priced brands Dr. Critchfield said that the patients had the symptoms of alum poisoning. As the same kind of baking powder is sold in many city, groceries, as well -as country stores. Dr. Critchfield thought it important- that a chemical examina-i tion should be made 'to --determine its ingredients. He therefore transferred j the package of powdfr to Dr. Schill, !of ; this city, for analvsii. Dr. Schill's re port is as follows: . . ; ' I certify that I have examined chem ically the sample of .baking. pow. der forwarded to me by Dr. Critchfield. The specimen contained alum. Dr. Francis Schill. Jr., Analyst.; t .. 1 . . 1 , . f . ' z i .Cases of Illness Reoorted from t?XD J?n' 5- (Friday, 5 a.' m;) i stationing of jsmall squadrons ad Dur- Use of- Impure Baking Powder- 1 X - ? morning s news tnrows no lur- ban, inmonS, bay, Poft Elifbeth- Lo r , v. wacr- j ther light upon the war situation. The renzo Marquez, St. Vinceht. in the , Penn., Tribune: ' CJtacT PMUOn at Aioiemo.iana uypner- cape V erde islands, and jt Cape Jiwn, le poisoning of the Thomas famitv. J'i" "."V Jt ."'uliM- uf a"? a? aadittonal sbio Of two to :.MilI. Somerset Co.. 'four I" "gageraems re . ot ntue j Aden. It is announced !thai Great ,iu" .Jl j V'? "If" j'-'T. T.the British, the .population seems for inc wnr,u IT i r t. , J h nu-e.a. ..;o. -uu uic.mc in twK.uK wiu 'V -"""v ' ' : ' : NO DANGER IN TELEPHONES. Committee, of Physicians.'Says They Do Not Communicate Disease. Parisians are becomjingfnervous ovr the danger of contracting contagious diseases from using public telephones. A scientific commission composed of Drs. Grancher. RouxjNbcard and See, appointed tb study tjhe ' question, has just made a report, This report states thatfnb instance of contagion due to this cuse has been proved, but recommends that in ' the public interest the telephonic apparatus be wiped off daily with; a damp cloth, dipped in a solution 'ojf water, with three per cent of phenic acid. The director of the telephone service has given instructions that ihese raeas- ures be taken regularly, A FINAL PLE.V . "Is there no escape? he asked, with , blanched face, turning to his assistant ' e . . . ... ' Io, sir. She stands with her back to exit! ?eeied i .11? r ; . have us m your power,". -be said. "Read &ur ' j have no mercy left" m-Vj.t'ii - .. : Philadelphia North American. OUR STORE CLOSES AT PID YOU EVER.. Have that tired feeling come over yj on when you saw displayed in bold-faced type that, hoary mercantile chestnut "SELLING AT COST" "GOING OUT OF The expression is as old as deception. We never use it, because we do as iwe advertise and we are here to stay. YOURS TRULY, How can' people go oat of business, who never went into business? When you are in business and doing business you want tb stay. 1 I Progressive, Up-to-Datc Merchants Clean up their stocks after every sea son, never considering loss or cost 1 THA rs WHA T WE ARE OUR STORE CLOSES AT i A BIO BATTLE RfilWRfin IfRnRral Rfl IftP i w" I - , , '. . - Tupela River Entrenchments In front of General Metfaaeri Extend Forty Miles; . - - ( .1. . ' t ' Overlapping tne British Rendered Extremely Difficolt. importance Deyond provmsr that the British forces are beginning to attain fcretly watching' all Italian ports -I a great degree of mobility. It is fully! . i - , : . expected that the next weelcwill see'- ; CONTRABAND !OF (VVARL ' ; a heavy battle on Ihe" . Tugela river, i Rome, Jan - 4. The Gernjan steamer I which is now the real pivot of the cam-' Kanzlar, withUhe Dutch and Riissian paign. Thie Boers appear to be work-! Red CrOss detachments, for the Trans ing incssantly with ihovejl and pick. J vaal on board,? discharged af quantity ol !. Lord Methuen s cavalry! scouting has her cartro at JKat.!e twtn . A ., , developed the fact that the Boers' en- , ircpicnmems exiena lor some ionys mwesi lar overlapping inie -xiruisn po-.; iiunuesrath. and the Generhl. . sitions and making llanc attacks-ex-I , - - r j' cetdingly difficult. The) military an- , GREAT ENTHUSIASM alysts affirm that the Boers trenches eonironiing urenerai. tiuuor stretcn away some seventeen miles, and that work on them is pushed "unreinittingly. hile the advance is j movement! are ren4erei delayed.. Hank most tliincuit because long t marches are not done with celerity and it is hard to time an ; an : ol attack with certainty. The extent the Dutch risings may now be mcas used by taking a line frbni Prieska, otl the wet, to Jlerschel o Barkly, on tlje east. Along- the whole of this line, ex- ) cept at the points actually occupied by tlve most dart nostile. New redoubts arc being built at Kinjberley. and sev , nteen miles ofworksl now encompass -the town. . ' Tlie admiralty program embraces the BIRTHS ' : IN GERMANY AND FRANCE. .While, France contents herself with ; noting and deploring the fact that her population is stationary, Germany can boast a broken record of increase in 1898. In that year the excess of births ! over rleaths was KJO.JS7I . about f)2.rTO -a m more than it was in 1897 and twentyr0."-11, dock, whitrf. in addit on to five times as great a France's numbers striking ;tlie hours, hilves am quarters for the year. Or a the German news- showing the phases of the mopn, papers rather unkiifdly put it. the ex- tells just what time fit is m every city cess of German births over deaths in ,n. the world This Jis done by inearrs 1 80S as greater than the total number of a 'obe whith, Revolves ins de a of births in France; for any year. L The re were1 2,o.8oi little Germans birn that year and 1,091,12ft the year before.' ' The yearly average for . the ! ten years from 1809 to 1898 was 1,919,- ! 384. -The -number of marriages, too, is ! increasing, and likewise the proportion I r ?n 1 ft J . ; JOi liiegiumaic enwurcn. ; In 1898, morelover, more- Germans abstained from dying, the number of "deaths being 1,183,090, where as the yearly average fr.the decade is 1,226,- 632...,. ' J .: ' . More Germany born every year, with fwr ' rfvtnr . arurl iewer ' micrrtin- while France stands still or retroerades. means fainter hopes for the latter of re- 6 P. M. Read About the hair pins worth box, that we wilt sell . day at ' j . ' . 3c a box How About BtJSINESS.r Those sweaters we told you about. They. are all; wool and only 60c each Look About town and see if any one offers you a boy's sweater Like ours for , i - 19c each Think About a second and yon will realize the value that there is in oar Men's .-V- ' . 35c underwear . DOING. 6, P. M. ,IS EXPECI ED flfl thft RnPTC itl the ' "y mvvi : " ' : ; 1 Next Week -1 I 1 Positions - Flank Movements 1 Britain's a cent anH rit-t;. -,, contraband of war " : The "jkanzlar be- longs: to the: same company ak the 'London'- fan! a Thp otirn1i.n f the second contingent of the London c'luniers, toaay, was tiae oc- cas-on tor a isccne. of noiiulnr niters' and cnthusiasni Abprbicjies tb the CuiId. Hall-were thronced , with k-eore scniauves ? otf a 1 c assis. everi1odw ch.eerjHg: and the bands flaying lively ,imisic: The ! scene at .Giitld 1 atTtvvas nigmy picturesque and niipTessivh HUNTING A FIGHT, T ... T . r- e- ' - 7 t . . 1 . iiutie. jan. 4. lwo liufiilrert. anrt 'ty men have signed an aireemcntl here, n the to go to South. Africa add serve Boer -army, ' ,-They , are Irish Vmeri- cans,' German-Americans and French- -Amerir ans.f They will leave as -soon as the agent f)f ti" Transv.lal goverriment. now on his way herc,.;snTives. covering the. lost provinces arid a poor? er chance iof succeedini in colonibl ex- pansion. ? A AVpNDERFUL CLOCK.. . Joseph Jensori, a clotkmaker of Rich . np n i 1.-1 11 t-i -1 nit r .m 1 s m field. Utah, . has . "FV v'"l"1 j transparent gioDuJaiJ . glass un this Kia3 1 inarKeu a tine wnicn represents irie w k t 12 o'clock noon the globe ire volves this line is always ovef that part of the world in which it is noon at.thatf . time. jOther lines represent the other hours, and in this way ins easy to -get at the; exact time in any given place. DEtNDING THE QUESTIONS. Gentleman Sayi officer (hie), dojrou know where John Williams: lives r . Officer Why, tou're John Williams . yOUrseltl I Gentleman Yekh, I know, Butkhere ' does7ohn Wilhaths livc?-Harlerrt Life. Turn About "tOc a Satur- , is fairf play. It is youf turn .now. Children's heavy wool ! hose. worth 25c I3c a pair Buy About ..' .. .-. a dozen iair of those 25 cent fast black seamless nose. at 19c a pair Wd're About rightJ when we say our fancy moreen . skirting neve had an equal, at 46c a yard You 9 re About convinced, we , think that A i J what we say we do. We do do. $1 and $1.25 fancy shirts 88c t