Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924, December 30, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text..... incite. ' ' ' ' ' ' '" L " ' ' ' ' - 7 " 1 I : I . .L i -. , , , - - i , ' - -- "'-' " ! ' ' :" IMOD W SKKIWKULT lECnOltl S1CH; f VKSblT AHD fRIDAI f; V . 52d YEAR NO. 42. r N . : 1 SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 1 30. 1502. ' , FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES. OPPOSITION TO TREATY jlas Developed in the Sen to Ratification . te OPRPSERS; ARE DIVIDfcD Some Object to Tariff Tinker ing While Others Represent ; i States bffected " f 'KA rtfJ AHK i ENTERTAINED AND t-X PRESSED THAT OTHER coi NTRIKS: VIL5fJifiMANI H M- il,Ai: CONCESSIONS' IN F T 1 1 E RATIFI CATION. ' i ' EVENT " WASHINGTON. Dec. 29 Consider. piositlon is developing to f the r,a.fi. alii ii of the Cuban Reciprocity Tr- ty.' iv. a pending in the Senate. It U viitli'-i'-rit in vuljt:ince to give con i i t h tf,,!ii- frl- nU of the treaty. Some S-r-alors are mw taking ds strong VMXHiiix ;iK;tiiiHC treaty as they took jifu'mst tli- l-i-ilni ion proposed at the J.: p?scsHioii of I'otigres. Tin-.-"- K-'Uiatoi-H are -of two classes, i h.i j" M'hi irf1 ii;,fjo.wa on the principle :any "til i'sfAiihk. -rring: and those 'w ho i it Mtat'-s wliose products may li ? ;,flv..d. the-convessions extended' t' 'iiiirt iy 'the;- pending treaty. The -H' f.,iors f (In- lirst 'class ma"y be ln .iuii l (ft .support the .treaty, ilnaajnuch . a it il'w-s'Twoi involve, in their view, an :i ! r.o k ui- tt the system of protection, -!. if not' Or their apprehension that 'tli. r itifi' ation of the Cuban; Treaty to. iy lead to a iiniun l irom otner coun-' tr;..-! lh:it tii-y; too, accorded special " i . f i JT i'..lu--s-iioii; by the United State. It li.iSyJ-en bidicated to the Pres -it lit tn'it' in the event of the ratiflca ti-an ni Hi;' Cuban Treaty, a demand i m.iv Ul- expected frojn Germany5 within thirty .lays for oru-es.donn similar tfi".- a. oriled Cuba... to Cholera In Philippines. . M.iiiila. 'e. 29, The iloros on th I-,.n 1 of Mindanao report that chulerai . I 'iipulat!ng tli-e village on the :it .ii of Lake Lanao. At Macin Mi. r- i an average of fifty deaths a ,d,y.. The aiseaHo alsd prevails at P.;if-oiii. it .n appeared on all sld-8 of Vik l.:nro. 1)iit the ;Vlsayan rt-sl-! ut j of (he islmnl do not. yet seem to h' be'ell it tai ke.J. To Import Coal. I. Ion. !'. ia.---It was said on si gfd aiitlnoity iii i.iverp ! today that tiacts hfa I been made for 200.000 tons r nut ror shir'ineat ftonr" English. SiMrh .uid Weijcti p.irls to the Eastern port of the t'tl'teil State's. Forty Hi' iMH-ih ha , ., iilready ixeii chartere 1. - ;''ssi:i worthless check:. EC J EN K. Or., &-. 22. t. A. Over ton is the ictim of the void check game, which was Avorked un him Now It's Time to Think of Q3eguiar Goods Again ' ;' " . Wc want . . '' yti to see our line of" ..Thompson's.. Glove-fitting Corsets We have all the new shapes ami Wll them at much lower prices than "Ilpgulafegt'Mes." ih.itaht!v IT h nr SELLING fm JU-ST KXtnVX'; .V.IAkv OF GOODS AT LOWkil PRICES TJfAN m,; CAX ' PI SD PLSEWifEIlE, THAT fV'P 1IA VK CONSTANTLY 1NESS : : : . .;' : THE BROWN SHOE Have been worn by your neighbors; ask them about ' t ! the quality and oar prices. 4 ; 1 j Our constant aim is to give better valae for the tnon ev t!'in nnv "reirutar Ftorfl" can a fiord to cive. We tlV a strictly fpot caslr business Thafs why 'our prtecs are bo low for reliable merchandise.' ------ ' - - - - - SHIRTS. HATSi CLOTHINtf , LADIES1 and MEN'S FURNISHINGS. : ' A few HO! I DAY GOODS hft ! : , red uCcd v Salem's Cheapeot One Price Cash Store K. Ti nurnc, Tiop.' ('or.Coraruercial anJ Chcmckefu yester.iay by a stranger. A wagon drove tip to hi paint store yesterday containing a man find Mn wife and three children. , The man and 'woman riiirtTr mr jiure ana maue purenases amounting: to $4, anj. when it came to payment asuea mat he tan check, which their had signed J. Kennedv. The check was for $53. and Overton aceepteu It. taking: out the amount of his sales and narlner tht-m the halnc In eaish. Upon . presenting the' check at the bank It was found ta be worth less", and the officers-were at once no tified, but havfe not vet" succeeded in rapturing ' the perpetrators ; of the irauii. .-. fOotbalCtoo bruta v UNIVERSITY FACULTIES . WI LL i" MAKE KFT'ORT TO AHOLISH f MASS PLAYS, i NEW YORK. Dec. 29C It Is assorted by persons usually well Informed in such matters that " the Intercollegiate football rules committee will have to rbolish massvplays before tlie begin ning of next season, or, that failing, such action on" the part of the commit tee. tthe authorities of 4 riumbor of Lhe unlverKitiea will take such steps that the Tramers uf the rules will be forced t legislate against the close formatUm method of attack. f : A statement to this effect wa made recently by the president of an Eastern ui.Iversity. aiKl since then R has be-. if me known' that various eol lege au thorities' ha vf had considerable corre spondence regarding the objections to the present) rnethods, of play. and that Chairman Walter Camp, of the rules committee, has written to the univer sit!es regarding the .. advisability of calling a nteeting of thie eommitte1 in January for revising the rules. Thoe who run the faculty end of athletics in the colleges are, it is said, just itbout unanimous for a radical al teration of the rules. They say that the physical well-being of f the young men committed to their charge. If jjoth t ing else, demands a change; that foot ball, as it is played tofLiy, has beeme too much of a contest involving mere brute force, and that,' the injuries sus tained in the game" now are tpo serious and too numerous to permit of its .con tinuance in Its present form. : ATTEMPT A FAILURE REPUIILICANS OF WASHINGTON WOULD NOT PLEDGE THEM SELVES ON SPEAKERSHIP. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec, 29. Fifteen Republican members of the House "of Representatives met here in secret ct ur us today in aruwer to a call issued by Representative liassett, of Adams ccunty, and addressed to all the Re publican House' members In. Eastern Washington. It developed that the ob ject of the call was , to endorse S. A. Wells, of Spjkane, for Speaker. An attempt was made to bind every man in the caucus on. the. Speakership, .but I'tafclee, I)ix. Howard, Urnlsley, Henry and Hare objected. Finally a motion passed that ull ac tioni be 'deferred un til the members meetat Olympia. Legal Blanks, Statesman Job Offire. m. am-- IXCnEASEI) OUR : :: : : : ; : : .:,?' COMPANY'S SHOES ' which you can have at grmlbj prices i s . t. '- ' HERMANN HAS RESIGNED JOB 1 ' - ..... . ' . . ' ' - - 7 As Commissioner' of the Gen eral Land Office REQUESTED BY HITCHCOCK Will Be Succeeded oy Former Assistant Commissioner -; Wm. Richards CIIAROES7; OP IRREGULARITIES 'AND MISMANAGEMENT HAVE PEEN MADE AGAINST. TWO SUB ORDINATE OFFICIALS ' WHO MUST ANSW ER TODAY. 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Binger Hermann, Commissioner of th? Gener al Land Office, has resigned and 'ill be succeeded by William A.. Richards, nowTthe Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office. ?; Mr.' Ilermann's resignation ws requested atnout two wteks ago by the Secretly erf the In terior,1 and was immediately presented. Commissioner Hermann said this af ternoon that 4he change will be oper ative February 1st. The relations be t fen Secretary Hitchcoclc and Com missioner Hermann have been strain ed forfa Jong time Charges have beer preferred against Harry i King and Fred Metzger, Assistant Chief -of the Diaughst men's Division of the -Government' Land Office. The former I charged with neglect of duty and . the latfer with mismanagement andt4insat Isfaetoryf administration , his .duties. They haye; until tomorrow to submit their answer to the charges. Metzget was "formerly . from Kansas anl wa once chief clerk of the (lenerai Iand Office. ' ; '"-.--' Declared a Dividend. 1 Washington, Dec. 29. The Cwmn troller of the Currency has declared a dividend of 11 per cent in favor of the insolvent Merchants Nationil Bank of Helena Mont. - ARMSTRONG ARRAIGNED SLAYER OF MINNIE ENSMINGER EVINCED NO EMOTION PRE-, , LIMINARY EXAMINATION, BAKER CITY, Dee; 29. Armstrong, the slayer of Minniie Ensmingcr. against whom a charge-of murder in the first degree was flled in accord ance with the findings of the coroner's jury at the inquest held jSaturday. wm arraigned this morping ami the charge read. He evinced no emotion, but showed signs of anguish. Grant Armstrong, a brother of th defend ant, was also in court. The counsel for the prisoner has asked that a I re llmlnary examination be held tomor row afternoon. ' Johnson, the allexd acomplic who was arrested Satur day, will be bound over as the state'1 witness. The funeral of the' dead woman was held yesterday. Practically th entire county attended the services. The feared attempt at lynching Saturday did not materialize. SPLIT IN THE FORESTERS '! :' DISAFFECTED ELEMENT OF THE tiRDER IN THREE STATES vnnr tnn aviatiov DENVEU, Dee. 29. It has jut lf-a-secret m-et ing of come known that delegates from lodges of the Ancient order of Foresters in Colorado. New Mexico. Wyoming and ITtah has been in session for several days. nsst. with Rntervals of adjournment, and lhit at these meetings a hew orga.nIzaiIon of ForestetjSf. was formed under the title ofv te Modern Order of Foresters. It wfes thou'ght that the disaffected ele ment in the order dn this section hd been pacified through the rllt West of High Chief Ranger Hays, of tne Atlantic division, for several months. snd the announcement of the forma tion of the new body come as tne ex plosion of a bombshell in che camp of the ' bUf members. The new order's movements win i oe more particularly advanced In theWeQtern states. HID DIAMONDS IN SHOE. NEW YORK. iDeo. 29. In her efforts to select a hiding place where her f S03 worth of diamonds'" would be f- safe from burglars, . Mrs. Mary Burroughs, of thls city.. a.ys a Herald dispatch from Philadelphia, forgot all about the ashman. Mrs. Burroughs, the day before Christmas wrapped her ISM worth of diamonds in a chamlos and tucked them away in the. toe of a well worn shoe belonging to her small son. She then left the house. -J Before she rtu.rnedV the hrnan called. Mrs. Burrough's sister' threw the shoe away with the other rubbitu Mrs. Burroughs returned and her Uls ter Incidentally mentioned the asu- fnn' visit. "1 gave him those old shoe of Willie's," she said. : After a long seacb the 'ashman was found and the diamonds recovered. ! ; SUPERINTENDENT ARRIVES. I WALLA WALLA. Wirn, Dec. 29. F. A. Dryden. the new superintendent ' of the Washington State Penitentiary, J arrived In Walla Walla toda 'and will replace John It. Citron on Janu-inul REBELLION IN MOROCCO Sultan Has Retired to the Pal ace at Fez V AND BARRICADES HIMSELF Spain is-Taking a Hand and i - Has Ordered Troops j. Forward ALL ARMY OFFICERS ON .-FUR LOUGH HAVE BEEN ORDERED ON DUTY AND WAR VESSE1-S DESPATCHED REBELS- ATTACK SCLTVN S TROOPS. TANGIER. Morocco, Dec. 29. The Sultan of Morocco is said to have ro tired, to the palace at Fez with all his available artillery and ammunition, and strongly, barricaded himself In oon- stquence of - a threatened attack on the part of the rebels. '". Spain Get Ready. Madrid. Dec. 29.-The Spanish' Oov erument is preparing for. eventualities ih Morocco, and has ordered troops at Malaga, Cadis aJ?d Algiers to be held in readins to promptly reinforce the garrisons , at Ceuta and Mellili. Morocco, should the situaton require t. A Spanish cruiser has been orderc-d o Tangier. ( Ac-orllng to dlsiKitches receive-! 'if re from 'fTangier, the rebels chased he troops of the Sultan to the gates of Fez. It is-reported that the Euro peans art? jreiaring to leave Fez. Troops To the Front. Madrid, . - 29.-All army odicers bsenton furlough have b-n orderel to return to their post Ini Moro-c6. A -egiment of Infantry has left for Al- jiers and another is . be!ng' held in readiness 'to go. Forces cf cavalry. artillery and engineers, as well us a detachment of the hospital ccri s, are also ready to be moved. Spain Fears Intervention. Madrid, Dec. 29. It seems to be feared in toUticaI circles here that some foreign power will Intervene in Moro-'fo. . The latest news to reach Madrid crnf.rms previous reports that Fez ha been inftsted by rebpfs. British Shios Enroute. VaHet. Island of M.ilta. De . 29. The H. M. S. Batchant. the Hagshlp of Admiral Walker together with the British battleships Canopus and Vic torious Mid the crui.-er Diani. have left here for Gibraltar, it is believed, in connection with the Moroccan sit uation. The battleshin Implacable will follow the other shl os shortly. Sultan's. Troops Attacked. London, Dec. ,20. A dispatch to the Times from Tangier s4ys. A ourler from Fez ha reporteitthat the Chris tians thre ri safe. TH missionary women are In the British Consulate. An attackon the camp n.vurred at nlght.i It Is reported that 2.tm of the Sult-in's troops Were killed. An antl (Thrlalan movement hrf.itns trouble in Algeria. IIEINZE DENIES REPORT. NEW YORK; tec. 29. Vice .iTesi dent llelnze. of the United Copper Company, denies emphatically the rumor that the Ileinzes have agreed to arbitrate the dispute growing out of the recent decision of fh Supri-me Court of Montana in the litigation be tween -the 'Amalgamated Copper Com-, puny and the llelnze Intert-Sts. "That report, together with other,. Itas been set alloat within t He last few days." said Mr. Heinze. vAnd I want In iiintradk-t It as positively; as1 th English ' language can make liT? "Wei have gained nearly everything we' 'hare, been contending for through" this de cision ofthe Montana court' and there wm be no arbitration on1 our part. Other statements have been made re cently which were equally false, and will bev given attention very shortly. ; HORSETHlEFARRESTEb. ' EUGENE, Or., t, Dt,c. 23. Sheriff Withers' Saturday captufed the tiftn who stole a s;id die horse from Ben Da vis, near- Henderson station, 'several days ago, The arrest was made cri the road up the Middle Fork. whre the sheriff overtook'his man rlding tbe stolen horse. The name of the'mao Is given as David Humboldt. The sheriff arrivel at Eugene with him and he wtl )e hell for examination. . When arTysted he claimed to have rid I.n the animal from Vyoming.j : . ROBBERS' RIcFkAUL LOOT A UNION. MISSOURI BANK t AND SEtrURE"A LARGE , AMOUNT. ST. LOUIS. Iee. 27. -A special' to the Pot-Diptch from Union, Mo., says the Bank of Uniorf was robbed be tween 1 and 1 o'clock fhl morning, ih vault belnf blown open with nitro glycerine, and the entire contents stolen. The robbers were two in num ber and are believed to be profession als. They escaped. 'r j A little after 1 oclo a loud explo- ior wa heard and several shots were fired around the pubHc square. Most of the citizens who heard the noi uril it was caused by some boya on a lark, celebrating Christmas. Bush, a hardware'dealer. living across the tr?et. realized that the bsnlc was being robbed, but when he went to the window to look out covered by a revolver, and he kept quiet. Others In the vicinity of the bank were also kept quiet by a display of revolvrs. About fifty shots were fired tt terrorize any whq'mJght want to venture out. Some say' seven men were, seen around, but Mr, Bush says but two men left the bank after the. robbery. The .wreck was complete, the vault door and the safe being completely de molished, as -was the whole Interior of the bank. By 2 o'clock the work was finished and the men left town, walk ing to the east! '. -: r A.W. Hoffmann, the cashier, esti mates 'the loss at about. J1S.000. The bank carried $10,000 Insurance against bursrlar - There is no clue robbers. to th AERIAL TORPEDO INVENTED IT FLIES LIKE A THING OF LIFE, BEING GUIDED FROMj THE EARTH. NEW YORK, lee, 29. Professor ?arl Myers. a UUIoon maker of Frank fort, has constructed an electrical atr ial tjrpedo. which is to be exhibited at the Louisiana Purchaseo Exposition, says a Utlca. N."Y., ilisi-atch to ihe Herald. ' - . -j The aerial torpedo flies like a thing of life, is driven by two Aluminum screw blades, making 2,000 revolutions a minute, and rotated by nn elect rl.' ntotor,. which btalns Its jiowtr frcra an ordinary incandescent lighting cur rent of 110 vt'ilts. The movements re dire"td, by two Hero planes 'acting 'f us rudders, moving the vessel up, down, right or left. In circles, spirals r cycloids, as a bird fli?s. 1I . these evolutions are under control ? of a dis tant opt ratof, . who moves l an index over it-ontact ; iMiints on a Ha1 swltcjj boarr to which ' the vessel instantly resjkmds.' ' ; , v NO NEWS YET TO INDICATE THAT HAWAII HAS' itEE.v, plao:d in teli:- 1 GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION. San Francisco, Dec. 29.-Kp to a late hour this afternoon there t.aj not len a flash from the cableshli Silveitov.n to indicate that Hawaii Is In telegraph ic communication with the wrld Ani on of a dozen obstacles mi? have de layed the work of landing the cable. TO REPRESENT ITALY CH EVA LI E 1 1 TUG EN I R ECl K V ES ORDERS TO LOOK 'OCT FOR HER INTERESTS. u " t: "- . H. -ROM E. Deo. 29. The Italian Mln ter at The Hague. ChevalifT TuKeni, has been ordered persons lly i to 0er vle the procedure In- the matter of lhe rettlen-ent of the Italian claims against Venezuela before toe, Inter na tional peace (ntir at The Hague. MILLIONAIRE TANS11.L DEAD. CARLSHAD. N. M.. Dec. 29. R. W. Tiir.slll. the well known millionaire ci gar manufacturer, died her today of heart failure. L ' - - ' ' ; jiTW . went Sale -it Wei are now invoicing and are putting for th every eilort to clean dip our stock in order to begin the Spring season anew. fx .Great Reductions... Will be madelon all our Cloth ing, Furnishings, Dry Goods, Ladies' Suits, and Wraps, Trunks, Valises, Quilts, Blank- ets, etc. Don't Fail to Sale BASEBALLL IS WAXING WARM : r - : ' -" " -. ' - "- . Separate League Organized in 'Frisco and Seattle- ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY Portland Disfranchised by the Northwest League and Joins Pacific OFFICERS ELECTED: FOR PACIFIC CtlAST LEAGUE AND GlTARAN- TEE OF $i,000 IS REQUIRED MARCH 26- SESSION T OPEN TACOMA SHINS MK1BHEN SAN FRAN l SO). Iec. 29 The Pa cific Coast ILaiwttall lagiie wu organ-. Ised her tonight With six cities re pre' -sentel. as follows: Oakland, S.-n Ftxn -isc, I.b Angeles, CSacrament.i, rorilanj anJ Sftittlf. The following iifflivrs tr eliHted: . . President, 3. T. Mirran, Oakland; vlce-vresldents, E. F. t IUrt. Han' Francisco, and George I.ainp- - - . " -. - Ing SeMttl; ueet-ct.iry, J.ime II, At. 1 O i yon. Ml San Francisco, and treasure er, l li.-..t.uv (iixMiiun, r Sin J- ruii- l-fsCO. JL The lxi.lt. i f tonticl will convict of J. F. Motley, J. V. Marshall and Presi dent Mown. Th board of directors will consist if mie member from each town.5 Etch of the toris represented was given a franchtsw And will be re quired to put up a cash -guarantee of t;-,000 before January 15th. The sea S4K of 1903'jill commence March 2filh aiid 4-bise NoJ c mtM-r 29th. . - Portland. Is Disfranchised. ; Slokane, Wash, 'Dec. 29. A special meeting of the Pacific Northwest Base- j ball League wasJheld here1 today. A statement given out says: 7 "It was unanimously voted-toi declare the I'orl Iprid franchise forfeited and we Imme diately granted th same franchise tit another organiisatljii. w hich Js; being' organized wltlj; plenty of : capital be hind it. Notice was sent 'to the Na tional lioard reserving all th .players Of the Portland club of 1902 for the new club there."- , - - f Tacoma Signs McKibben. St. J.oseph, Mn, IW. 29. B. E. M -Kitbeii, wh has le'ett pi.-iiniger f th Si. Jos-ph Jt.iseball Club fur thrert y:.rs. has sjtsned to ' munuKo ' tW-; Tii 1'i ina, W.islinKton, team, of tli. Pa cific Northwest .League -next. season. VETERAN TELEGRAPH F.R DEAD. OMAHA, Neb.. Jec. ?. C0I4 Join J. Dickey. siierlntetident ff the Fifth district of thv -central division of the VVj'stern Uniojv Teleraph t'oti.pin.v, tnd one of thVf otdest ofHcers In . the service, died at his home in hls city tonight .of pneumonia. He III but a few days. bad .been 1 Come to th e Clearance gry L jarwl paid no attention to It. Oscar t,