52d YEAR NO. 1.,
8ALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902.
SECOND SECTION EIGHT PAGES.
iJew 'Spring Goods
Ilafe be6n rolling in livil the fast ftw day3. We're pre
paring for. a bi busines3 this sj-ringnu'.aie Loing to make
tilings hum by giving better values than you cau find else
where, Wc point with pride to our record for low prices on
reliable merchandise during the past ten yeara. Ask tour
neighbors, w,o have been, trading with na, about f our busi
ness methods." pet out of the old credit rut and trade with a
cash store." Cal ancf examine our line of T
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JVew Hits New Shifts, New Sbotf, New Clothing,
nibbons, Laces, tmtrollerlcf, Hosiery
end Underwear.
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Salem's Cheapest Oac Price Cash Store
OUU STORE CLOSES AT - O CLOCK avery evening except Saturday
Cor. Commercial and Cbemeketa Sts. E. T. BABNES, Prop.
A MISSISSIPPI
RIVER WRECK
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The Steamer Providence Turned
Turtle In a Storm
TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST I
THE STREAM -STRUCrV BY
CYCLONE, i" , - j - " U-
The Vcr-sot Was Caught Qroadsido On,
the'Upper Works Blown Away,
: end the Hull Turned Over Awful
: ' Deed of an Indian Who j,Clubbsd
His FarfYdy to Death Firo in a
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VICKSBURG, Miss, Mar, 12. The
steamer Providence, plying between;
this pert and Lake Palmy, La, was
overturnsd'at 2 o'clock this morning
by a suddon squall, at. Lono Landing,
and twenty -one of her passengers and
crew were drowned, i ; '
.!The dead are? Capt. Win. fJassltlyj
It kNiiurc, .tnattter; j Charle Roup,
Vi kslfinrir. t-hief : t iikI aeer: Clyde SCott.
YitkshurK, cottun eed buyer; Dr. X.
A, Uinc-jihU-r, a prnnlnont 1'hyMltlun
tutd' .planter of .Palmyra, and sixteen
-flrc"l roimttaoouis ami-ueiK jssen
Kr. who? names have not been re
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x.rtd. . 1 "
The ill-fated Uuil left; here ut ( noon
t fcrfjy, on her regular trip. arry
iK a' large, cargo of freight nd a
number of pusm-ng'T. At .2 o'clock
tiit. mornihg, Jut as) the steamer was
nti-ring Lake iVlmyr, a sudden wind
.nid ruin storm of cyclonic proportion.
.im .ut of the wet, catching the
I'rovldenee 'broadside n. The little
. 1 u lifted aiiiujat entirely out
of ih water, her supper-works blown
m.i - n4. the hull turned "bottom-up
in 40 f-et ol water. ltmt of he crew
jiifl luMencrrw were iwsteeir at tho
til.! .n.l K...1 K v4i. tiit . hunrft f
" !. TV.r" .:.:i
i'otiiHiny were avivetL!
Swept by Cytlone.
Vliksburg.. Jrtlssja Mtr. 12.- A cy
iltMw swept throtigh lhr southern sec
tmn f (Nmiah nnd the northern se
tin of LtiHtdii i-oufities
this morning;
klilinst at legist seven person-, and ley
y-U J buildings. tre6s and fences.
Murdered His Family.
iH'river,, - Colti Mar.; 12. A special to
the News, frtmi Wlnslow, Arlx., say
ih. n,n f Indian Jim, a full-blooded
i'U has retwrtcd, that his father
h id killed his TOothcr and two little
sixtfrs. Leutimf thenV'tu death with a
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c-:' Min(
Coru ejiniiUy. via ! Pateros.'? Waph
M.r. 12.nre at . the. Mineral. HHl
miae. one and a half miles .froin here
thii niornlmr. destroyed property Val
ueit r.t i-n nodi if thfs amount $l5,ow
la on rnatbinery. ; fc ,
Killed in a Slide. -
plKkane, Wach, Miir. i:. A-htoh,
R.-C special to thd Siiokesman Re-i
viv w. wiys, Fred Lowden was Killed by
a snow-Hlfde; SaturiKiy( night, i lie; and
Chris' Sherbert were asleep at I the
foot W the KokaneeUtangc: when the
IUle burled their cabin. AfteV thirty
six hours of superhuman efforLiHher
brt freed himself, ? - ij' : ' '
INDEPENDENCE HAS LIGHT.
IVnPPPVtlP.VrR ' .'March 12. For
the first time In several years Indepen- a-oelate therefore: were aavisea mat
dence had atreet lights this week. v A jtheyiwouid b met by a Committee from
few years ago the city." finding Its ex- the olher side, j
penditures exceeded -the revenues com- It was stated by the Waya and Means
tnenred to figure on reducing expenses. i' Committee memWrs that the compro
As a result water and light were cut mlse plan would affect two crops that
off. but a threat of an Increase frf in- Of this year and next allowing 20 per
suram-e rat.V umn rootnnxi thi' water cent off on each. A full eortftrence of
wrvlce. Since: then f numerous effQfta
have been put forth to agree on electric
street lighting, but no agreement has
been reached. At times the city haa j
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figured on purchasing the plant, etc..
but opposition sprang up sufficiently to
lights now is due to action of the com
pany on its own volition, the purpose
of which is supposed to be derived from
having a lighted city. . , , t
A PROMOTION.
WiA'S KINGTON March'' 13 Major
OnraJ.S. M. B. Young has been re
lieved from the command of the De
partment of California,- and ordered to
this , city to accept the presidency of
the Army War College which is to be
extabilshed at Washington Barracks,
providing that necessary funds are pro
vided by Congress. -
ONK-f PATIENT. Upon complaint of
City Marshal D. W. Gibson. yesterday,
Wnk Smith, aged 35 years, was exam
ined .by Dr. W. IL Byrd, pronounced
Insane-Hand was commlttedto Jhe In;
sane Asylum by ex-omclo Justice of the
Peace N. J. Judkh .acting county Judge
in the absence of County Judge J. II.
Scott. Smith is aft opium and nrnr.
phine fiend and for ' a long time has
been erbptoyed as buggy washer at the
Peter IFrancia' livery stable, in this
city-" 1 . . i : . ':. '
ONK LICENSE--Upon the affidavit
of A., J. Ijsds, a marriage license was
yesterday Issued to George' L. Ilostet-
ler and Nora A. Troyer, by Coiunty
Clerk. W. W. jlxll. ' :
WILL GET TOGETHER
WARRING REPUBLICANS TRY TO
REACH AGREEMENT i
On the Cuban
with' Good
t-'
Overtures
Reciprocity Question,
Prospects for Success
Mads by Mmbora of
the Ways and Means Committee
to tho. Opposition." ; ,.(
"WASHINGTON, March 12 Overtures
have been made, for a comproraUt of
th. . onfUct over tariff concessions to
J C,ujba, and there are evidences that the
two element will come wgeiner, prvu
ably on a profrt t ion to have- a 29 per
cent1 reciprocal reduction-apply for one
1 year from next-December;. and coveHng
thei sugar crop. , - v:
It JS unueniuvu inai iun iiiaii m.
and Representative Dalzeh made over-
tures
toward an agreement. One ot
the leadlnr members of fhe opposition
said that I'ayne and Dalselt had made
a -suggestion to him and had asked for
an answer. This was followed by a
hasty canvass of the opjHiitlon mem
bers; which developed a wide differ
ence of views. Representative William
Smith said no compromise weufd be ac
cepted until edTered at a meeting where ;
It roul l be considered deliberately. . j
iU'i'rercntatlve Taw-fte aald the llmUj
tat ton of time: was immaterial, and that j
no comprorrrtse ceutd be effected which j
aftected fhe . rnanufactured , products,
without similarly, affecting the unman
ufactured products, j.j . 1 t
Boon after the overtures of a compro
mise were made, ;the leaders of the cle j
ment opposed to the Ways and Means
Committee plan called a,- conference. ,
Some thirty members were present and j
the liscusiiil lasted about two hours.
The sentiment was rather unfavorable
to accepting the plan of the 20 per cent j
reduction for the year from next De
cember, Rut it was urged against thS
course that o long as ihe overtures fotf
an adjustment had ben made in goid
faith, jit was, only proper to meet the !
cmmlttee representing the Ways and
Means Committee, and Payne and has
the opfonion to th,CUDan concessionj
would be held tomorrow prior ?to the
meeting, of the representatives of the
Ways and Means Committee. -.i-v'r:-
BOSTON HAS ;
FOUND A t'AY
ro End the Big-Strike of the
" freight Men
GOVERNOR CRANE SECURED A
COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE
WARRING ELEMENTS.
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After Four Day of Striking tho Union
Freight Handlers and Kindred
.
Trades Return to Work This Mom -
Ing Amicable Settlement Secured
ore Trouble
fs Expected
In
Coal Minos.; .
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BOSTON,, Mass.. March 18 Through
the united effoa ts of the representatives
of 5the great mercantile bodies of the
city, seconded.' by the Chief Executive
of the state,' jrt a conference, with the'
leaders of organized labor, the great
strike of the freight handlers and kin
dred trades represented in the allied
frelfehtji transiportation council. ' was
broken' tonight. Fully twenty thou
sand men, who have been idle for four
days, will go to work in the morning.
THIRTY THOUSAND
The
Senate Committee
Provided for Ttiis
X
at the 5alem School. I
"WASHINGTON, D. C4 March 1 3, 1902. T. W. Potter, Superintendent
Chemawa, Oregon: I have just succeeded in getting the Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs to agreo to my amendment providing $30,000 for j tho erec
tion of brick i dormitory for boys. I ho pe we will be abl to retain it in cor.
ference committee. 1 , r
j , - ' "JOHN H MITCHELL."
Mr r '''' 5 ' )-"
The result, was attained at a corffer
ence this evening, at the office of Gov
ernor Crane.) , ' .
AH nf the old men for'whrtm places
can Im found will be taken back by the
railroads -tomorrow, ; , '
The Brine : Transportation Company,
the loading and unloading of w hose non
union tram precipitated the strike of
the Newf York. New Haven A Hartford
freight handlers, does hot appear to
have figured Inj the settlement of the
controversy,,-and so far as that com
pany Is concerned, the sentiment
against it on the part of .the labor un
ions is as bitter as ever. Under the
new arrangement, however, the union
men wilt not be repaired to load or un
load that company1 teams,-,
Trouble Brewing.
Philadelphia, Pa.. March 13. The fol
lowing notice will be posted tomorrow,
al'all the colleries of the anthracite re-
"The scale of wages ndw in effect will
be continued 1 until April 1, 1W3, -aod1
thereafter subject to slxty days' notice.
The local differences will be adjusted
as heretofore."
The rate of wages now paid to mine
workers In, the anthracite realon is the
HH-me as ina granie mem as a reun
of the great strike of 1900, 1
At a recent convention of the United
Mlneworkers of America, at ; Jmliana
polis. it was Voted to again ask the
oierators to grant the men several
concesions.TAmong these wer the Re
cognition f the Union and the eight
hour day. As far as publicly known,
none of the operators granted the re
ouest. Falling in this, the miners have
called a convention to be held at Sha-
molkln next Tuesday at which the vital
question rtf whether or. not to strike
will either be finally decided or refer
red to Ihe; National officers with power
to act
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NEW TIMBER SWINDLE.
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How Cruaay. Bunco Thr V.ctim. in
the. Qlympie Keserve.
PORT TtlwNSKND. Wash, Mar. 13 j
There la -demand for timber lamU
in a portion of the Olympic Uesen-e.
MMtiv4iima'n ammi - iu-
s v -ww mm. -r mm J a r , -
ment, and timber cruisers are conduct
ing a bunco game. The; crufsers show
intended vtetima a piece of land thick-!
Itf tlmrMPsvl Kilt ar4va fhm aa Ae-mr-ri rv.
lien of vact land on which there Is!
no timber. ,
from. $5i to
1 00. they proceed to 1 the
Land Office and file on the land, from
th description given- them. Many
have bem made ..victims.
TRIP IS INTERRUPTED.
Apostnlie Delegate to Philippines Will,
... Ba Stop pad in Washington, I
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ROME. Marl lal-K U authorttative-
ly reported that Mgr. SbareltL who re.
centlyoailed for New York en route"
for Manila, a Apostolic Delegate to the j
Fhilippines, will receive ordera not to.
rroceed beyond Waaliington, at least
for the time being. In view of infor
mation on Philippine matters expected
soon at the Vatican, from he Ameri
can Government. ithe Pope deems H
prudent to suspend ecclesiastical ac
tion regarding the church In the Isl
ands.'!: ' .'. ;- -Y
DRAMA AT STAYTON.
Pupils of a Country School Presented
i "Totters! and Made a Hit. '
STAYTON. Or.. March lZ.-pTatters."
a drama in three acta, wai presented
at the opera house In this cjlty on Sat
urday evening to a fair sised audience.
The play! wa. given by th pupils of
Oak Grove School and Literary Society
and was as well rendered as could be
expected, -i '".-;'"'."-', , f ' ' I ' '
Peter' Dedrlck. the accommodating
clerk in the hardware store of Fred
Rock, left Monday morning for Minne
sota, where, he will visit relatives and
friends for a' month. V
v W, H. Hobson arrived home a ues-
day from Sumpter, Or., where he spent
i m,Jh moXh . "e, fSfl '
sat IV I mm- At'AIArtrMAIITi l iaA
i Blinking uccvuicuia i a. a. jiirf)t.'U
j M. 8. pass Is enjoying a j visit from
VT tL? ,f." Z TT
t day .from the, Kast. it being the.; first
time father and son have met for over
twenty .years., ,.,
Mrs. Dr. Kitchen returned home
Monday from a week's visit with Al-
pbany friends. V , -
Geo; C. Will, of the Salem mDH; store
was a business visitor in Stay ton Tues
day. - - J -Y"-rN v 1 -
Frank Hahn, of Salem, was In town
recently. ' '
James Darby, of the Waldo Hills, vis
ited his mother in this city Tuesday.
Mrs. O. G. Sbetlburg came out from
Salem Saturday and is a guest at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Anna Stay
ton.. ' -" - '.' - 4 .:.,.''
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Fisher", of Lewis
burg, , spent Saturday aind Sunday at
the home of Joseph Fisher, of' this
eity. '-" " -,.
Mr. and Mrs. Yonkee and little
on Indian Affairs Has
Amount for a Dormitory
daughter, and Mrs. Beck and daughter
were over JSunday guests, at the home
of K. T. Matthieu. ' V,
BOSTON'S BIG STRIKE
TWENTY THOUSAND MEN IDLE
AND TRAFFIC CONGESTED.
The Situation Is Serious .and . Both
Governor Crane and Mayor Col
lins Are Making Every Effort to
Settle the Difficulty Between Em
ploy era and Employees.
BOSTON. 'March 12. With twenty
thousand men idle, their ranks likely to
be greatly sidled by sympathetic vol
unteers from .the Building Trades Coun
cil and the Boston Central Labor Un
ion which will meej .tomorrow night,
1 amj thf entlre clly tHginhlng to suffer
from the effects of the congested traffic,
the only ray of visible tight tonight Is
the hope that a conference of the busl
neis interests, which has ben ai rang
ed for tomorrow, may lead to a settle
ment of the strike..
This conference, which Is due In a
targe measure to the Influence of Gov
ernor Crane was arranged this after
noon at a meeting of representatives of
the Boston Chamber of Commerce and
the Boston Merchants 'Association,
with the State Board of Arbitration.
Everybody present realised the, serious
ness of the situation and after an Inter'
change of opinions. It vat decided that
the best way of getting at public opin
ion would be to call a conference of the
business men of the city.
During the day Governor Crane had
a lon u,k wlth tKe committM. oC the
Allied Transportation Council having
)he tr ,B cK,r; btu . ts eonclu-
1. JfJrl I f ,he 1tm T,
W ?lvln t,r0hi'm:
ttcr he sent fer Mayor Collina. and
the two executives were in conference
for some time. A little later the mayor
!"J t? that b 00
f y
I- . 1 a. a a t a- - .
E ;inTs
almott at a atandstit tolay, and the
moving of the accumulated ; merchan
dise has been a serious matter to the
merchants. . - - ' - .-
The strike of the coal teamsters was
one of the most aggravating features
of the day, and its effect. Was nulrkly
felt at the hotel and restaurants.
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DIED.-Tbeophilua Kdward Collins,
,n ;B BWCr,Mf d,fd f,1
Salem. OregosH Thursday, Marc h 12,
consumption.
Subscribe for the Weekly Statesman.
' $I-W a year,.
RECIPROCITY
CONTROVERSY
The Conflict Is Harmonized
U1II End Soon
and
A CONFERENCE HELD YESTER
DAY BY THE OPPOSING SIDES
PLANS DISCUSSED
And an Agreement Will Be Drafted
Today-Th Ship Subsidy Bill in
: the Senate Causes Sharp Debate-
Is Cuba Now Under American Sov
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ereignty Is the Question Raised by
Jenkins. -
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13Late
this
afternoon the work of harmonizing the
conflict over tho Cuban reciprocity had
progressed so far, that the committee J
f conferees or arbitrators, represent
ing two sides of the controversyJ as-
sembleoV to frame a compromise agree
ment,! X 4 '." -!' . . -
The conference lasted about two
hours, and was -not productive of final
results, adjourning until 2 p. mL to
morrow.' All the plana of u. compfom-
ls that have been suggested wer re
viewed, particularly that limiting)
the
reciprocity period Until . Ieeeiber,
1 903 Beyond the discussion of the
several plans, no action woa taken.
Uien th conference closed n. It
was
stated, that the discussion 'had
been
along such harmonious lines, that an
agreement seemed assured.
Important Conferencs.
Waahlngton, Mar. 13. Senator
Mor
gan, chVlrroan of the Senate Commit
tee on Iiiteroceanic Canals, was In con-
fcrehce today with members of tht He
publican steering committee, with ref
erence to. the, mutter -f 'the.da.ts for
the consideration 'of tho Nlcaiagua
iriiU blll. XMorgtin is not disposed
unduly to press u. consideration of
the matter. . f .
' Ship Subsidy Bill.
Washington, Mar13. After the
pas-
sage of u. considerable numln-r ofi
un-re-
objected bills.- -todnyXt he Senute
sumed consideration t the ship
sub-
Sidy measure. Iterry, made a vigorous
argument in opposition tt it. Ht be
came invtdvetl in a colloquy
Ilanrui who mainta.ined that the
wlth
shlpa
acquired by Morgan from foreign
countries; could hot iKirtlcltMte Irj the
subsidies providedN by the ik riding
Perkins delivered a carefully
re
bill. pared speech -In support of the
maintaining that It would add td the
prosperity of the country.
The Secretary of the Treasury hjiy
wol to the Senate a statement
frohi
the Commissioner of Navigation ih reJ
rponse to an. Inquiry respecting
ihe
mail, as affected by the subsidy lull.
The t'ommiaHioner says Ibe pU-
r roriosed by the pending bill are kwer
at th outset' In every inst-ahee. except
in the general sutixldy . provided -for
Qve yeara for new vessels polikg to
iorts more than 2000 miles difUmt
from' the Unhed-fMses. tha wins pm
pOeI by the , subsidy bill of the tast
Congress. lie says, however.1 tmtt a
conslderaWe Increase . In AmeHcan
shipbuilding for several years would
Tlie Lfidies of Salem
and v entity are cr
dially invited to tall
and niRpert onr nevr
line of Sji i iijc Uni t
the White corner
MILIMRY DIPT.
(AliWAVrf IN TUB LKAIi
MISS, M1SME tVlNS,
' -' ' ' Prp.'
Millinery
Opcninn
NEW 10-DAY j
have reduced the rates under the for
mer bill. - '
Cuba's Position.
Washington, Mar. IS. The House
todity closed' thegenerul debate on the
rwKllfr1i in rrhrilrir-t .f i.-hri tklll -t , 1 . -i 1 1 1
pleted conaidemtlSm of twelve rmgea
of the bilL Nf mend men ts were
adfHeL - Th principal portion of the
general debit toiiay woa de.voted to a,
disrustdon of the Hpproprkttious for the
se-ral mall facilities. Jenkins tWts.)
presented sv detatiletl statement of his
resHutions for tho thM-y tlui-t Cuba la
now. under - the sovereignty of - tho
United State, which sovereignty he
ctnti(nds rannit be all enated ; without
an act of Congress. Jenkins' views at
tracted, much attention.
. New Campaign Issue. -, ;r
WashIngton, tar. IS. The Post Mill
say tomorrow, that the- msitter dis
cussied by Bryiin with Dtnnoc,ratlc Ken
atora today, wtes a retlutlon, pri'png
a const! tutlotvil menditieit . for. the
election of eniitors by 'illreet vote of
the people. He urged Ihe Democratic
Senitor to use their -beft endeavors
to forve an earlyvote on the reiolu
tUm, by the -ommHtee which h it in,
t h.irge, and that n Isuiue be .made of It.
Adjourn June 10th,
' Washington, Mar. IS. Senator -llah
the leading member of the Itepublictn
Steering "t!tmmittee, today exprsl
the opinion that Congres would Imj
preiared to adjourn about June .HXh.
FOUGHT A DRAW.
B A LT1 MOHK, M.1, Mar. 13. Jo
Walcott and rung' Peter Jackmm
fought ten, rounds to' t draw tonifiht.
It was one of the fiercest battles ever
seen here. I'nder the Cinfdltlns of the
iifcitch Nalcott was to put Jackson out
or get no-lKirt f the gate tmney. .
POSTOFFICES ADVANCED.
i WASHINGTON. Mar. 13 s-the fol
lowing fourth 'class ; trHrt office will be
advanced to the .: Preetderwlal claaa
April 1st: Choteau, Montana, and
Buckley, Washington. . -
GOOD USE OF WEALTH.
LONDON,' .'Mar. 13. James Dick, the
ro-caUed "rubber king" who died'-at.
jJUaSKow March "th. bequeatHeil, X. PM.
6(H) f,r distribution among: his ethpioye
aO'V ine uuiK or ine oaiaiuw ui. t
tuneNgocs to charity. .
rk .Lf'l'lBT.
mf w T rt v r i
. NOIlrtlLK; Vsu, Mar. 13. The strike
situation is umrwMiged. lioys wrw
tlrwtng bricks through car windows
tonight, ahd a lady, was struvk on tho
head nrnl jwinfully injured.
CLOTHENQ
fOR MtN.
Hsrr-
SchtfTnef
Tailor'
Clothes
TliRh-class clolhing f1uriDi IhU
sale designated to iiU kly empty
lieaping counters. It jrour want
. In the clothing' line are supplied
for the pres'-nt, it .-wlH iay you,
larg'-ly, price and quality cvmtld.
en-d, to provide f'r future tic-d.
Men's fancy
Dress Shirts
In a .fiplendtfl quality of fham-htt-f
and Percale In a variety of
ihe newest strip and check ef
forts, style of cuts,-In pink and
blue laundered a pair of d
tJfhed linked cuffs with each
hlrt; all r'zes.
HAT DEPARTMEnr
- Lo'k t Ihe cttialfty In buying
a hat; no matter if it Is a soft
hat or a stiff hat Just aa easy -to
effer inferior grades, bat not
easy to hold customers. ; V'
look dvtit cin iixts
i n
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