u
ohlgon statesman, tuu.-day. vncizMmui ig, i?.2.
t
EC 7E33ELS
Jay Venezuelan Soldiers at
La Guayra
conference to-lay concerning' th Vene-
l zuelan situation. They are of the opin
Ion that, unless there should be unex
pected developments in the situation.
the United States will not become ser
lously Involved.
EXPLODES WITH DYNAHITE
AKIN OUT OP JAIL.
H ILLS BO RO, Or Dec. 13. James
Akin, who has been Imprisoned for
two years and bad two trials for mur
der, is again at liberty, temporarily at
least. After the Jury disagreed yes
terday be made application to be ad
muted to bail until the : next term of
court. Which convenes the third Mon
day in next March, and Judge Mc-
Germans Captured the French JESS ISTES h,m to ",?a!d 6n
Ilerchantman and Took
Possession
PRESIDENT CASTRO FLINGS
BACK A DEFIANT REPLY J TO
' THE GERMAN ULTIMATUM HE
WILL YIELD ON NO POINT-
AMERICA WILL BE INVOLVED.
The deposit was made yesterday, and
Akin departed on the evening train 'in
company with his. sister "for Portland.
Akin case has-been bitterly con
tested for two years, bis first -trial re
sulting In conviction of murder In the
second degree. lie was taken to the
Penitentiary, where he was confined
un.tl) granted a new trial by the Su
preme Court, and was returned to this
county, where 'be,. has been confined
until his release yesterday. It is not
yet known what the District Attorney
will do with his case, but it Is gen
erally thought that the matter will be
dismissed at the next term of court'
4
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.JliQ)liU
THE H1IGE ' FUEnDOHEKG
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CARACAS, Venezuela. Dee. 13 The
following details of the capture of ttfe
Venezuelan vessel at I( Guayra on
Tuesday by the Anglo-German forces.
hare been received here: j
At 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon thir
teen boats, manned by 240 British and
German seamen, and towed by two
steam launch.es," without giving: any
notification of their Intention to the
Venezuelan . authorities, i. entered the
harbor of La Guayra and proceeded" to
the docks. . The German contingent.
belonging to the cruiser. Vineti and MINERSCALLED WITNESSES
r aiic, went -on fOoara tne Margarita,
and, with revolvers in. hand, compelled
the men to abandon the ship. The Ger
man sailor smashed the torpedo tubes, Jq TCStifV 2S t0 DiSCrimill2-1
dtrH . t mt n it m A hln as Uf " 1 I v I
istiBJv iiih iifiiirsjf aim I Hiir i ; A . - m
uon Against luen oy Keaa-
CONDITION OF
COLLERIES
Subject of Testimony Before
Strike Commission
We are Still Head
quarters' for -
Margarita in the dock in this disabled
- 'condition. '.;.;: i Vf
The Germans afterward boarded the
Ossun, a freight steamer belonging to
a Frenchman, and chartered by the
Government, and ordered the few sail
, or on board to, quit the vessel, which
they did without resistance. .The Ger
ttian sailors cut the anchor chain and
towed her outside of the harbor.);-
The sailors of the British cruiser
iteiriDuuen ooaraea tne uenerai, t res
.po and Tut mo. and obliged the crews
'to leave the vessels. The" Venezuelans
. anad no resistance '.." -" l ;
."t At 2 o'clock in the morning the Brit
ish cruder Retribution towed the Gen
eral Crespo and Tutmo farther? out.
and the Venezuelan vessels have not
-been seen since. The Government as
serts that the soldiers at the fort At La
'Guayra saw them sink them with dy
'. namlte. ' ... ... . . : r- '
ins: Company
Morri
s Chairs
PRESIDENT MITCHELL ACCUSED
OF JUGGLING FIGURES AND HE
PROMPTLY MAKES DENIAL-
WILL NOT COMMIT THE MINERS
TO A POLICY--WORK KEEPS UP.
A Big 'Line
from $3.95 to $35
1 r TT r
...NEW...
Parlor Pieces
JUST ARRIVED
7)V J
Make Your Parlor Glad With a JVcw
Suit.
; GETS
Pharaho's Horses1
. V A I , . -
Or one of a r dozen other
copies of old masterpieecs
neatly matted on a 20x20
gray mat f
t ..... Castro Is Defiant. ;'!-',
, . Berlin, Dec. 13. President . Castro's
reply to the German ultimatum is a
refusal to yield on any (point. I The
: foreign Office has not received the
text of President Castro's reply.' but
- only, a bulletin .from, the German
ir Charge d Affaires. Herr vm Pillgrim-
BaltazzU dated December ; 10th, an
' nounc'ing that the President ' answer
a-ad been placet! In his hands that day.
und that the Venezuelan exeuctlve re
fused to yield to the German demands
on all points. ; This telegram, with the
!. text of the reply, was filed at Port
fripn. Island of Trinidad. Wth l this
Vxcepilon the ForWn Office' has : re
celved no news sftjie jesterday to Jn
UlCitte that the situation ha grown
worse. i , 1
A landing in fore Is not considered
probably under nrfft contlngencj'j- jThe
orders to blockade the coast stand.
i. and that In all the naval commanders
for the present are auOwrljted to do.
Any proposition that Minister Itowen
might make In Ieha1f of President
Castro would be, received in a good
spirit and :arefully "considered, -out of
(rgard for the channel of its transmis
sion, but no proposition to arbitrate
has yet reached Berlin, either is the
. foreign Office aware thai the' United
JStates has made so far ny suggestion
to arbitration. Herr vtn Pillgrlm-
Baltazzi Is still on board & Bijtlsh Yes
eel In the harbor of La Cluayra. j
Matters Take Nwi Turn. 1
Caracas." Dec. 13. A nw ompllc-.i
tlon has arisen. It Is feared that Italy
win deliver a: memorandum asking for"
the same treatment -as demanded! by
ureat Britain and Germany. I
The tie ws of the arrlvalfof the Brit
ish Commodore. Montgomry, at La
tluayra, has created excitement at
Caracas. ( ..':'
-'n ine aavice or Minister Kowen, a
i-alm and cool attitude for twenty-four
r ours more ha been advocated and
that, if the Anglo-German forces dis
embark at La Guayra, the troops at
the Tort and newly erected redoubts
will not nre on them, thy object being
to obtain time for Washington to an
sweras t the proixjSal for arbitra
tion made to Berlin and London.
resident i astro nas taaen up a
new attitude. He has ordered that all
reprisals are to cease, and yesterday he
; gave Instructions that all the property
cf the British and German Railroads
atil British -Telephone- Companies
shout 1 be returned. The Venezuelans
hitVe decided also to boycott all goods
manufactured In England and Ger-
....jnany.: , y 1 . :, -
: Situation at La Guayra. ' j
La Guayra. Dec. 13. The British
steamer Topax, from Cardiff. ! waa
seized by the rabble at Puerto Cabello,
Wednesday, and pillaged. The captain
and crew,-are held as prisoners, but
w ere released today, and the steamer
will, sail at noon tomorrow for Clen-
fuegos. ' v . ; : f
The; German cruisers Falk and Pan
ther have arrived here and the Ger-
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 13 The min-
era called witnesses today before la.
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission to I
testify to the conditions existing at the
collieries of the Philadelphia & Read
ing Coal and Iron Company. These
wer? the first persons to appear against
the company of which George V. Baer !
is the head. Elsht witnesses, were call
ed, and the principal grievance pre
sented was that some of . the men who
went on the strike were discriminated
against, ; : t. ' t' ;,
Don't forget Those Booklets of Oregon Scenery for $1
PRESENT FOR
THE CHILDREN
President Albert; of Capital
National Bank; Makes a. .
Christmas Offer
MitchslhAgsin On. Stand.
Scranton, Pa Dec. '. IX. President
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers,
was again -a. witneMi today 'before the
Strike, Commlssionerst. . 1I . was exam
ined by James Torrey, counsel for" the
Dela wa re. A ,1 ludson , Com pa ny. M r.
Mitchell yesterday presented , figures
gathered by his own agents, he said
which showed t a liig"her average of
wages paid than the figures landed to
the Commission by the Dlaware &
Hudson Company. Mr. Torrey critl
cised'many of Mr. Mitchell's figures,
and finally said that almost anything
can. be shown by juggling figures. Mr.
Mitchell denied any juggling:
Mr. Torrey next tried to place th
responsibility for the strike on Presl
dent Mitchell. The witness said he
opposed fhe strlkp nt the time It was
inaugurated, but favored one later in
the year.
Counsel for the independent operat-
orsSjsked M. Mitchell if the Operators
made a contract with the miners in
which .there was a clause providing
ror-the non-interference with non
union men, whether the union would
enforce the clause? Mr- Mitchell said;
ro long as we nave no contracts or
Joint conferences, we are not willing
to tell in advance what we will agree
to do.
i
WILL CASH ALL' CLAIMS ON DE-
' POSITBIN ' DEFCNCT 4 GILBERT
BROS.T BANKTOR FULL A.VtS.
CLAIMS-.MUST BE VERIFIED BY
PRINCIPAL..
, Collieries Being Worked.
Reading. Pa., Dec. 13. The Readlnz
company I taxed to its utmost - to
keen the coal traffic movlnt tin to
! tonight th t omnanv transrtorte.1 shon
10.S00 cars of coal for the past week.
or; nearly 325.000 tons. All the collier
ies were worked, to their mil capacity,
never before in the history of the an
thracite regions has there been uch ac;
tlvlty.
MAY STIR UP TROUBLE
WHITE RIBBON LADIES .MAT
PROTEST AGAINST DISPLAY
OF MASTERPIECE.
.
CHICAGO, Dec. U.r-Regarding ' a
report from- Washington that Presi
dent Roosevelt has hung in the W.hite
House Watt's painting entitled "Love
nd Life, which was removed from
the Executive Mansion by President
Cleveland in response to the protests
of the White Ribboners, Mrs. Lillion
K. Stevens, national president of the
. c. T. U. was seen at Evans ton
last night. She said: !
i nave no inrormation. official or
otherwise, that President Roosevelt
has re-hung Watt s picture of 'Love
and Life In the Whit House, and I
dontacare to say what protest, if any,
I may make on behalf of the organ
ization I represent. , On first thouarht
man training ship tstosch Is cruising J'lt seems hardly necessary " that I
mound the outside oa th 9 lookout- The
fortresses here have been evacuated
tend all the soldiers have left town. The
militia has been called out to maintain
order. The United States gunboat Ma
rletta arrived today.
Germane Capture Gunboat. 1
; La Guayra, Dec. 11. -The German
cruiser Vlneta : yesterday captured,
near Gualta. the V'enexuelan gunboat
Restauramdo, formerly - George J.
Gould's yacht, the Atlanta, and-a crew
from the -Vineta was put aboard and
the captured vessel sent to Trinidad.
should take any official notice of the
matter. If it be true that Mrs. Mar
tin, superintendent of the Department
for the Promotion of Purity in Art
and Literature, intends to make form
al protest to the President.
'Mm Martin Ja a woman of discre
tion and culture, and I am sure that
anything she may do will meet with
the hearty approval of the W. C. T.
U."
United State Not involved. .
Washington, Dec f J. rPresident
Roosevelt and Secretary Hay bad
o a-cz tjc rr rrt; X -ef
Sifaat?
f a'
It Is proposed to build
through Yosemlte park.
a railroad
From' Sunday's Dally.).
As ! the. holiday season approaches
the nature of human kind begins to
soften, and. when times are as pros
perous as they are at present, each
one begins to search for some . means
whereby he can make some gift or do
ah act" of kindness through which
some other hungering soul may be
made: th happier and gain a new
lease on life. " 8uch a nature is a rare
gift to the person possessing it, and is
envied by, a 11 who are not as fortunate !
for, realizing; and feeling that "It is
more blepxed to give than to receive,"
what ! more could one desire than to
know or feel that some : kind act or
good deed On his part ha been appre
ciated by the recipient or beneficiary
thereof, and will never be effaced
from their hearts.
It would be Impossible to recount the
contemplated deeds of all who are pos
sessed of the desire to do good at fhfs
time, but one instance of such a nat
ure .has just beem brought to light
which promises to bririg happiness to
many homes and make scores of little
hearts palpitate with gladness before
the coming of ."Tuletlde." '
vvnen the banking house of Gilbert
Bros, collapsed. In April of this year.
there were scores of little children who
had saved! up their pennies, nickels
and dimes; for many months and had
placed , all their savings on deposit in
fba t inst itution. a nd when the crash
came many Utile hearts .were weeping
and bemo,iTring the supposed loss of
their "ali."
The case had to pursue the regular
cnannei or the law, which is necessarv
In all such cases and is very slow and
tedious at the best,-, with ali of the
red tape" and seemingly insignificant
technlehallties of the law which have
to be observed to the letter, and it
would be several months, perhaps
year, before ali these little creditors
would have realized a portion of their
deposits, and it Is quite unlikely that
they would ever receive the full of the
principal to, say nothing of the interest
wnicn is due them.
AH their little troubles will be ban
Ished, however, and their little hearts
wiu Df witn gladness, when they
earn mat tney are soon to receive, the
iuh amount of their deposits without
one single cent, being- discounted. This
is a, plan which has been studied out
by Mr.VJ. H. Albert, president of the
Capita! National Bank, of this city,
who proposes to liquidate alt of those
claims- upon presentation, , without
thought of what may be the loss to
him a Christmas present to s the little
ones. The offer of Mr. Albert, follows-
To Wliom It May Concern:
It beinx manifest that the HnuMH
of the affair of the suspended firm of
Gilbert Bro. will necessarily be slow
and In the end fsce a large deficit, .and
the schedule Of annrnnuf
large number of pupils, to many of
whom the loss and detention means
much, I propose to pay the face value
for the res ectlve accounts comprising
these claims if presented to me at the
Capital. National Bank on ; or before
the first day of February, 1903, duly
assigned and in each vase accompanied
by the pass book with the balance duly
verinea. Dy the principal of the school
, X "t :. 3. II. ALBERT.
Saleih, Oregon, Xet. 13, 1902. . . : U
LEWIS AND
CLARK FAIR
..SALEM , MAN HONORED
i. ,i . .: i if mi.
OF ONE
OP
MOST
PRESIDENT
4 ' POWERFUL OF SAN FftAN- ? :
' : " Cisco unions.
i-naer tn caption, "Mayor ; Ban -
queued Ey Uplon Men,", the San
frani-isc-o bulletin of last Friday has
an interesting article on the banquet
to Mayor Schmltz. of San Francisco,
by the Steam, and" Electrical Engin
eers t-nion, and in this connection It
s gratirying to know- that a former
fealem boy was in attendance as toast
master, and president of the Enain
eers Union, whom he has served long
and well. This son of the Capital Citv
or tregon, who did honor to this city
mat occasion last Friday, is W. j
Hoi man, three times ejected president
Ijof the Steam and Electrical - Engin
eers ,of San Francisco. Mr. Holman
formerly lived here. He is the son
of Mr. and . Mrs. John Holman, and a
orotner of : Mrs. Thomas Holman and
Mrs. H. George Meyer, of this city. He
was for years connected with the Sa
lem fire department, and Is an excep.
tionaliy. competent engineer.' . In dis
cussing the banquet at which Mr.
Holman presided., the Bulletin says:
"The banquet given Ho the mayor,
board of supervisors and various oth
er cityoffleiats In a down-town res-!
. ... : '
laurani tan nignt by the Steam and
Electrical Engineers, No. 4. will long
be remembered. The occasion was the
passage of an ordinance licensing en
gineers. ' More than a hundred gen
tlemen were served with a most boun
teous menu. At the head of the table
u President W. J. Holman of the
union, who acted as toastmaster. The
guests were carefully looked after bv
an efficient corps of . union Waiters
from LocalO. under the Sllneriialnn
Hon. 0. ; Li Miller, of : Baker
. fit... ts't -.' .
I'
rS&S. C. STONE, M.D
PllOPIUETOR OF
IS
IJil.Ja OK THE WONDERFUL
. POSSIBILlTlfis AN'ti ' " TALKS
"ABOUT" TUB BRIGHT '"FUTURE
FOR BAKER COUNTY WHEN 1R
? RIGATED. , -
O. L. Miller, of Baker City, member
of the board of directors of the Lewis
and' Clark Exposition, was In Salem
Saturday and had a number of Inter,?
esting things to" say concerning the
Fair, and also of the country east of
the mountains.
' xr. iti ni. .... .
juiiri s ousines.i -here was
purely private and In no wav connect
ea with the Fair. But in speaking of
me proposed Exposition. Mr. Miller
said: ,' - .
- . ...
n it my opinion that this win i
tn greatest Fair of the sort v.r
held on the Pacific Coest. and efforts
will be put forth to make It euual to
any exposition ever held In the coun
try. This Fair Will be a irreat thin
fo the West. It will bring such vast
crowds here from the East as - were
never seen- here before, and of course
not only Oregon, but California. Wash
ington, Idaho, i Montana and Utah will
all reap great benefits from it. though
me prooaomty is that ' Oregon will
reap the greatest reward.
"Of course, transportation will be
greatly reduced from all points east,
during the Fair, and lower rates will
enable thousands, yes. hundreds of
thousands of our countrymen to visit
the Pacific Coast," who never would
ui,.rrii-, mij is going to
be a first-class Fair in every respect.
Miia.ii win De worth millinna e
mm mm mm
HALEM. OU
. The stores- (two In number) are lo
cated at, No. 235 and 297 Commercial
street, and ar well stocked with a
complete line of drugs and medicine.
"iollet articles,4 perfumery, brushes, e-
DR. STONE.
Has had some 15 rs" experience tn
Uie "practice of " medlclTie and now
makes no charge for consultation, ex
t mi nation or irf;a ription. -.
Ile-Coes a cueh business. 'lie neither
buys on time nor . sells on lime. Ledg
ers, journals, day-books, bookkeepers,
bill collectors, and all the modern para
phernalia of credit drug etorva. are un
known tn bis business, bene & full
tnrk and correct twice.
whereas
claims includes
That of Lincoln School for ......XltS.U
That of Park School for 147.93
That of North School for ........ i.2
That of East School S31.S2
j Aggregating............ ...$8Jt5.S3
Consisting of the small savings of a
of Steward JOlVarren. Th ' mavn; ! la rs to Oregon and her ( f.
WSm tf'hMfArl am A m sna u. , I ' f' .1
hoe cheers before and experience how in rn t WArir
mage this Fair successful
" 'I have heard
from the same throXts. I.anoreclated
them - then, and I j appreciate them
now much more; Jn fdet, tenfold. The
last time I heard them I was a candi
aate tor your suffrage; , now I have
been for nearly one year your mayor,
and your cheers encourage tne. -for
tney make me Relieve that you appre
ciate the efforts 1 have made to carry
uui iny promises.
" Tou are here, gentlemen, to thank
us. , but I want to join vou in thank.
Ing the board of supervisors for their
action in enabling you to! make the
ordinance a law.. Without .them I
might have failed,, with them I could
but succeed. .....
'Now, gentlemen, I want to see
you make the new ordinance effective,
a nd , I , want to . assure you that voa
will have my very heartfelt co-onera-
tlon next week when the committees
are appointed to put Its purpose into
effect ... - v,
Many supervisors were called nn
for speeches, and all resDonded. Pi re
Commissioner J. S. Parry , and A.
Ruef also spoke. , -
- f- w . . . ...
e cuinmuiee. wnicn was resnon.
sible for the excellent repast waa com
posed Of E. H. Ewall. J. J. Mllrnhv.
Daniel O'Brien. P. Kroft and B. E.
George: on talent John p. Nelson :
or. music John P. Ma gee. An or
chestra discoursed excellent music.
The union Is proud of Its oresi.
pl nt," "W. J. Holman, having elected
mm to nis present position three suc
cessive times. Under his jruldane
the organization has become Kstrong,
numerically and financially. Letter
of regret were : received from several
prominent citizens.
art A nrviflt..
BO? " our state. We shall try -to
uwr or tne mistakes made by
me promoters of . other, expositions
ana rung to all the commendahl r
turea which hate ; characterized other
Fairs. The Lewis and Clark , Fair
commemorates an Important and re
iiaiMBif vfnt in our country's his-
rxana surety no place Is better
ruuea ror telebraUng .uch an event
than Is Portland; and. what is more, I
' me states surrounding Ore
gon will enter heartily Into the mirit
of the event and do all in their power
w in advancing the enterprise,
by giving liberal support -both finan
cially and otherwise." ,
Mr. Miller was not Inclined to
apeak farther upon the Kxrtin
question, and the matter' of irHn..
In Lastern Oregon was brought up.
This was a question be wag very much
interested In, and he said:
Lack of proper Irrisa ton f urn
has been the great-st drawback -in
fact the only - real , drawback that
Lastern Oregon has ever known. w
u .w.vvv acres of land In Baker
county subject to Irrigation, and when
this land is properly watered It will
be as good land as can be found any
where In the state, and worth from Vi
to 1100 per acre.,
"The citizen of Eastern Oregon are
jubilant at the prospect of the Gov
ernment taking hold) of the matter of
Irrigation,; and we expect a corps of
engineers in there jiext spring to In
vestigate and report upon their find
ings. There will not be artesian wells
' to furnish water for irrigating, as
I some people seem to believe, but wa
ter will probably be stored In Im
mense reservoirs. There Is water
enough wasted In Baker county every
year during the months of April, May
and June to .water twice the-arnjunt
of arid land we have In our county.
This water will be stored, as I have
said, in reservoirs for use during tha
summer months, when everything is
dry. '.:
From Irrigation Mr. Miller drifted
to discussing Baker City's water sup
Ply, of which he said:
"Our city owns Its own water sys
tem, and no city In Oregon or any
where else has-better water than does '
Baker. City. - When the city pujt in Its
water system It. issued bonds'-"' to the
amount, of $15(M)00 and Instead of
selling them Vat a discount as ? most ;
citie do. they were sold at a good
premium.- N monopoly has control-
of Baker Clty'a water supply, anj our
citizens may have all the water they
want at a cost of about 0 cents per
month per family. We have . found
that our mode, gives general satisfac
tion, and our people get the very best,
of water, ana get it cheap, too."
RABIA FROM CAT SCRATCH
NEW. YORK ENGINEER IN THROES
OF HYDROPHOBIA AS A
RESULT.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.Suf fering
with what the doctors believe to be
hydrophobia, caused by a scratch on
the wrist by a pet Maltese cat. Thomas
Rogers, an engineer tn one of the big
down town buildinr. dying in Belle
vue Hospital. About threo week' Bo
he was scratched by his pet cat. He
thought nothing of the wound, but -week
ago he was suddenly sa2ed win
convulsions and began to froth at the
mouth. The paroxysm over. Roger
felt better a moment later. A physi
cian was called, but was Unabl t
diagnose the case until he heard of the
scratch. on the wrist. - Then he suggest
ed Xlogen might have hydrophobia.
Rogers became worse aird was takfn
to Belle vue Hospital ' and" put in ' the
Insane, pavilion. There he became v
lent andj went from one sfrasm to an-.
other until exhausted. The physician
re Inclined to believe it Is a case of
hydrophobia and say the patient will
probably die. ,.
LOOKING UP RECORDS '
W. C, Cowgill, city editor of the
Morning Democrat of Bwiker City-,
came to Salem Sunday night, return
ing home yesterday morning, lie visit
ed Frank F, Toevs, while here, and
incidentally looked up some Informa
tion regarding Clirk and Buchanan,
the expert who recently checked the
books of the Marion county officers, ;
and who since that time" have per
formed ' similar service in Baker
county, where they claim to have dis
covered a shortage In the accounts of
former Sheriff A. IL Huntington.
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