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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN. FRIDAY, ' FEBRUARY 27, 1S0S. 3 A COMPROMISE , f YET POSSIBLE ' ' ' ' ; - i The Democrats Make. Another Proposition On V f OMNIBUS STATEHOOD BILL And PDuMicans ViI. Submit i Matter to the Other . ! Senators. WITH IMPHDIMENTS REMOVED. SENATE PROCEEDS WITH, RUSI-NKSS- COMMISSIONER FAL'LKE IA CRITICIZED OVER LETTER TO EPOONER. ' ' ! ' : WASHINGTON. Feb. 25, The Dem ot ijatic numbers rf Vae- Sen ile Com miltee on Postofnces had another meet ing today with the representatives of th Republican elern.-nt In the Senate favorable to the Omnibus Statehood nl, for the purpose of discussing' the I-WHibility of yet securing a compro mise which may be acceptable to all p.irti. J ,5 'The Republicans repusted the Dem xirts to lajcgest a basis of agreement theniseivi The. Democrats suggest 1 that NV-.r Mexico and Arizona might be Blniitt-fl as one state, with the under - 'standimf ihit Arizona may become a epar.it" state 0.1 the attainment of a population cf .2X0,00 within the pres ent are of that territory and the vote of tii? pwii.i of that are.i alone. The , Republican conferee promisI to pre sent tie uxgetkm to the other Re publican i-etrafors. j r All Impediments Removed. Waj-iiin?t m. Feb. 25. The Senate to day nude 'rapid progress. The State hood ri!-rs to the Agricultural anl I'ostoflK'e Appropriation Hills were Withdraw a iyl both bills parsed. ' The jiouj-e amendments to the Philippine Cufi'ii' Iliil wre ar-reed to with but slight iliscu --Hion. thus sending the bill to the President.' Th Su-iiry Civil Hill was nearly etn;4eU-t- A Hrse number of pension bill were idso pasFe.l. In the course of tiie'd.sy Civil S-rvio. ommiionrr Kaulke was s-everely criticized on ae "otmt of the stic v. r tte:i by flint to Spooner rej?arlin? th dismissal of an mplyy of the , Su.-veyor, General".? of fice of I la ho, who had been chargi tith--t divine cainpsicn eoutribuUerr. The discussion Toe over a resolution "f lMlci calling for infornjtuioa :?i 1 the ease. j Would Pay LilUioksIani. . . ' Vh'ihtnfUon, Feb. 25.-? In the debate rm t K-rnr?' Civjl Anr'ror!ati'p Rill Sj .:)-- irt 'uiied ;f tiiTappropHaUori nf f 2';i,MHt to "x-Queen Uliuoalapi Svn' lfn .rSr-ornry one. Allison sn id It fn'jnf!"'! orj the claim, pretendeJi or r!. of Liihioic'dani, to whafare known a tlv trov. n lands In Hawaii, of which fh ha-I been deprived. -.r VJ I'.Ia- kburn. who reiortl the amend-nv-r.r. nM the Committee on the Pa rifle lylatvla was unanimous In the rec fimtnend it ion. It is jot contended. 1 he said, that thre are legal claims In volved" arrinst the United "States: It would be a goo,! investment, he s:id. to iKiy the s mount because of the feeli.ls; of ?nttitul with which it would be ay ccj tel and the appreciation their jieo- ple vntilii show. The matter went over until tomorrow. MORE CAREFUL IN CHOICE A COLLEGE ' TRAINING CAXXOT 1'fT liRAIN? INTO EMPTY HEADS. nnsTON, Fen. 25. The students of IJofitou Cniversity are'dicussincf a ta which President Mar ball L. Perrin, it the iralver?itr, frave to his class on the rurj, rt i'i Indiscriminately ' senumg 1oy :vi! irli to college. According to the noted educator, a great mistake Is lei:t; made by those parents who, ki'mviiur that their children lack brain ti!l tinn:; that they can have them trained to lives of usefulness by pack nig them off to a university. Dr. Per rin 1 rt ?dare3 that careful judgment rso-::id be used In choosing between pr e ti-il instruction nnd higher educa tion. Aindnsr other things he said that ,irsnv;a Imy would do better to stick to ti.e blikpmlth Fhop, and in case a girl to the rrmlinery Ptore. Too many feel that ty roing, to a college Is going to rJm their lives. It sometimes ruins litems Bome reoi!e.are no coo.l in col legf, t,-,t are aU right ,n othtr i;nes. It is nnu h better to be a successful It UMr" ln" a tenth-rate lawyer, A fif teenth-rate doctor, or a reUy school -ma'am. GRANTS PASS CANDIDATE PROF. HAMPTON DESIRES THE APPOINTMENT AS COMMiS 1 SIGNER OF MINES. GRANTS rASS. ore, Feb. 23, Since ths passage of the bill . by the OrcRon Legislature providing for t he establishment cf a Bureau of Mines, the mining men in this se-tion are t stirripg thernselves the matter of casting about for suitable r--tt- lives. It has been undemtori f rom the I nrst that Prr.fessor W, H. Hampton. 6t convertetl to use. ? One-half of the this county, formerly suneri.it?r.Jent of 'money decreed goes to the Admiral and the Columbia, mine, anl a p"'c ic.il the ofHcers and rr.en under his com tniner and mining engineer, would fl ; mand, and the other half to the Navy candidate for appointment to the r oi- Pension Fund. sThe request for an a p tion of Mining Commissioner. Mr. proprHtiori, Is made In order to enable Hampton Is a. good man and would en- the compliance with the opinion of the tirely fill the bill so far as the office of Cqurt delivered last Monday, j ;' ' i ; ,To,Cure a CssM in 0m Bay Tc! Lairative Droino Otilnliio Tciicts. Seven MSion boxes soli la post 12 months. TH3 tlHitCTC, Commissioner of "Mines Is f concerned Mining men here feel that for Justice ti be done there i!iouli be a represen tative from Jackson and a representa tive from Josephine for Southn Ore gon district. And one: from Iine, rep resenting the Bohemia district. This would entirely rover the mineral field and-make up the threes to which West ern Oregon Is. entitled.' L . ' , . Americans BUY VOIA'ANO. CHICAGO, Feb. 23. General Gasper Oehia, who owns thePop:atapetl vol rano, Including the imraptw sulphur deposits In Its crater. Is reported to have cold (hat property to an American syndicate In. which the ; Standard Oil interests are largely represented, says st despatch to the Tribune from Mexico City.: The purchasers Intend to build a cogwheel railway, up the mountain and operate the wilphur deposits on an ex tensive ncale. The purchase price Is said to be $040,000. THE DEMOCRATS TO FILIBUSTER Have Called a Caucus to Act on a Program TO BLOCK LEGISLATION In Event Attempt Is Made to Unseat Butler of Missouri DEMQCrsATS THREATENED THIS ACTIOX BUT Sl'EAKEH HENDER SON INFOI'.llEl) THEM THAT , MATTER WILL .BBlCALLED UP TODAY HENCE' 'TlilS ACTION, WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The Demo crats of the House have called a cau cus for tomorrow morning to act on a filibustering nroeram the Democratic leaders have decided on for the remain der of the "session. 'When the majority of Election Committee Xo. 2 presented their report in favor of unseating Rut ler, of Missouri, whose- seat is being contesteI Dy Wagoner, the Democratic Vaders ser-ed notice on the ltepubli- r-an leaders tluit if an attempt was nsa b to call up the case for action they would do everything jo their power to block the wheels of Jeglslation until March. 4. , .'d - i '.I'i, .?.?,. .: ', - Speaker llendersdn notified RlchartU sonr- Uie minority leader this afternoon that the' case '-. would , be called up to morrow. Thereupon avail for a r-;mo-cratlc caucus -was' issued. " Demoerats re organizing for a fight: to the finish. Th ir action will jfreatly mbrrass the majority lanitl defeat many miaor tneag axts, which 'otherwise would past Withdrew Amendments. AVashlnsrton. Feb. 23. The House to day- alrlopted the conference report "on the iA troy ADOroorlation Bill and sent the biU to the President-; The bill to establish a Union Station In this , city also was finally passed, the House abandoned its- amendments to reduce the amount to be given to the Pennsyl vamX & Baltimore & Ohio Rjiilroads, from $t.500.(K0 each, as fixed In the Sen ate, bin, to .ii 000,000 each, as fixed by the Ifbuse. 7 BOYS WENT THROUGH ICE TWO LADS, COUSINS, AGED II AND 10 YEARS, DROWNED IN A RESERVOIR. , ASHLAND, Or, Feb. 23 Two little boys, Lawrence Beem, aged 11 years. and Oscar Beem, aged 10 years, broke through the ice on thejiown reservoir of Duntmuir ftiturday moming and were drowned. The lads were cousins, and went to the': reservoir about 9 o'clock In the morning to skate, not withstanding their parents had cau tioned them that the ice was becoming weak and warned them not to go; When their absence, was noted an elder J brother: went to the, reservoir, which la about half a mile from the Beem home. He found the boys hats on the hank and a big hole In the ice in the pond II called a neighbor near by, w ho wad ed in and when he reached the clear water he discovered the' bodies of the Hds lying on the bottom. They were dragged out and physicians worked for more than an hour with the hope of reviving them, without avail, j Scald head Is an ecxema of the scalp very severe sometimes, but it can be cured. 1 Doan's Ointment, quick and permanent In its results. At any drug store, 50 cents. ; ? -f ; r TO PAY THE PRIZES ATTORNEY GENERAL KNOX RE COMMENDS APPROPRIATION OF . 063. WASHINGTON, Feb. Zt "he Secre tary of the Treasury today transmitted to, the Senate a lettef from the Ator- ncy -General recommending an appro priation of $846,063 to satisfy the decree of the United States Supreme Court in prize moneys of ; Admiral Dewey and others on account of the sinking of the Spnnifh vessel fn the battle of Manila Dsy which afterward were, raised and BLOODY RIOT n'v WAS RESULT Officers Attempt Jo Arrest Thirty-four l.Iiners PRECIPITATED A BATTLE Three flinrs A ere Killed and r Two Others Mortally Wounded OFFICERS AND POSSES, SURPRIS- ED MINERS IN CAMP AT DAY BREAK AND FIERCE ENGAGE MENT ENSUED MINERS VIO LATED BLANKET INJUNCTION. CHARLESTON. WJ Va, Feb. 23. At Stanntford City, in Raleigh county, at dawn this morning, a fight took place between the joint posses of Dep ty United States Marshal Cunningham andf Sheriff Cook on the one. side and rioting manors - on, the other Three niners were killed and two others mor- talfy wounded. The trouble grew out" of an attempt to arrest thirty-four miners "for viola tion of . the blanket injunction issued by Federal Judge Keeler last August, r This morning about daybreak the of ficers and their combined posses of 150 men surprised the rioters in their enmp and called on them to surrender. The rrply was a shot. This was answered by a shot and immediately a furious battle was raging. , When ; it ceased three of the rioters lay dead and many others were wounded, two of them fa tally. Seventy-three arrests were made. - ' - The injunction which the miners charged , with violating was a blanket writ Issued by Judge7 Keller at the in stance of the Chesapeake & Ohio Ag c ncy Company, last August. The de fendants in the case were all coal com panies operating in the New Hlver field: 130 members of the Mine Work ers of America by name, inciuumg President Mitchell and Secretary Wil son, and all other persona whatsoever who aided and abutted them. i The Injunction covered almost every foot of ground In the Cloal mining re eion of New River. Advices from the scene of the conflict tonight are to the effect that the trou ble is likely to break out afresh at any moment. i - HERMANN AT ALBANY FORMER CONGRESSMAN RECEIV ED AND ENTERTAINED. BY MAYOR AND COMMITTEE., ALBANY, Or, Feb. 23. Hoa Dinger Hermann was the guest of Albany yes terday'. He arrived here at noon, and it became known that he intended to make this city a brief visit. He was met by a committee consisting of May or W. II. DaVis, Edwin Stone. J. W. Cusick, County Treasurer James EUs Jns, Hon. H. H. Hewitt and C. B. Winn, and was escorted to a hotel w.here the party dined. Mr.' Hermann spent most of the afternoon and all of the evening at the Alco Club, where he received his friends informally. ! He enjoyed the va rious amusements at the club and tried his hand at bowling in company; with Judge Flinn and Judge Hewitt, who is mentioned as one of Mr. Hermann s ri vals for the Republican Congressional nomination from the First District. Mr, Hermann had nothing to say In -regard to his possible candidacy for .the sea left vacant by the death of Congress man Tongue, but. his friends in this city sav he will undoubtedly be a cadidate. BUILDING THE DEFENDER NEW CUP YACHT IS CROWING RAPIDLY HER EQUIPMENT IS DESCRIBEIX BRISTOL, R. I., Feb. 23. The new cup yacht is growing rapidly. . The rp per portion of the stem has been fas tened on the ply. . It Is of steel and s attached to the b(ronze stem' under? ne.ith. giving to th b-Ktt her designexf outline at the forward end. In many respectf. this gives the appearance of a spoon bow, but not tb a radical de gree, owing to the length of the over hang. mThe "m:ilnn".ast, .which is now completed in the south shop, shows a length which will preclude, the posstbil Hy of the gag being too far out bared, as was the case at one time with the ma sit of the Constitution. The main mast is being fitted out with two sets of spreaders. ' r TO MAKE INVESTIGATION FUNERAL OP IRA DAWKINS, J SUPPOSED SUICIDE, IS POSTPONED. MILTON. Or,, Fe 24. At the re quest of J. A. Rogers. - who asked a thorough investigation at once, the fu neral of Jra. Dawkins has been post- loned and Disti let Attorney "T. G. Hal ley, accompanied by Sheriff Taylor, of Umatilla,, will make the investigation this afternoon. Rogers, tells a straight story, and men on theTecene early after, ter the news got abroad wtr there is no' doubt of his Innocense. f J An expert who r examined Dawkin face for p-mder burns yesterday, said there were powder marks, but ' that they had partially been covered up by blood. , He said that black, not smoke less oowder. had been used. " A peculiar circumstance Is that the Cures Crip - r - j' ia TWO Days. .' ci every p7'j& tCX.25Ce ball apparently entered Dawkins left ear wbile .be held the revolver In his right hand. . . - - . Dawkins followed mining fox- thirty fotir years In Dakota. Montana and IdahA fiome time tkga '& paralytic stroke left htm an Invalid. He has no reJatH'ea here. . People, wonder why he did not leave a message of some description to ac count for the suicide, when the fact that his ranch was to come to Rogers after Dawkins' death would be apt to bring suspicion on the fortner's head.' ' HURRY CALL-FOR, CURRENCY. NEW YORK, Feb. 24. The Sob Treasurjr has made a telegraphic trans fer of $300,000 to Chicago. That much more has been asked for by the Chica go banks.- The bankers In touch With the affairs in the .West say that the hurry call for currency from Chicago-Is the result of the recent land specula tion boom in several Western states. A RATE WAR IS IMMINENT Freight Rates Between Chi cago and Northwest WILL BE DEMOLISHED Accordins: to Latest Railroad News From Chicago In the Salt Lake Tribune ' ; . ... . -:v:, -s - r inLL COMPANIES CAPTURE GOV ERNMENT CONTRACT FOR CAR RYING SUPPLIES TO PHILIP PINES low Rates to cause : A hltEAT HOWL ON, COAST. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Feb. 2.T. The Tribunetomorrow will print the following: ; "Freight rates between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest will be demoralized. is the latest news from Chicago. '. When the news is thoroughly" under stood at Seattle and Tacoma, it Is pre dicted that 'there will be the loudest l;cyl from those quarters that has ever lieeh ' heard n the ' same? neighborhood, ani when the .transcontinental rail roads realize what the situation Is, nothing but. the smoothest inanipula- rtion will avert a transcontinental rate vrar. " ' V "The cause of the trouble Is the suc cessful capture by the James J. Hill companies of the contract for carry ing the United States Government sup--3ies to the Pfiilippines. The rates will lie so Cheap that the jobbers around St. Paul and Minneapolis will reap a rich Karvest while the Pacific Coast jobbers wyi suffer. ; CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS TWO RUNAWAYS AND , BICYCLE ; MIX-UPS ENTWINED SUN DAY AT ROCK WOOD.. ROCKWOOD. Or, Feb. 23 Sunday was a lively day at Rockwood for small mishaps. Whits? driving by the rock crusher standing by Prettyman's, the hoirse of S. J. Bliss -became frightened and upset 'the cart; dragging Mr. Bliss a short distance, fortunately with no serious injury. Mr James Benfield's horse became frightened at an automo bile, threw Mr. Benfleld out of the rig and rah away. It was caught near the 12-mile house. No damage was done. Two -wheelmen collided near Brown's store in a grand mix-up, with no in juries. Another wheelman, a scorcher, at the rate of forty miles an hour, was suddenly brought to a standstill in a heap against a fence, the chain wind ing about his wheeL A broken chain and a lost cap were the results of this incident. ''- - IN HONOR OF FULTON COMMERCIAL CLUB, OF PORT LAND, WILL GIVE RECEPTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. (From Wednesday's Daily.) - The dommercil Club, of Portland, nas arranged. lor a reception to tion. C. tW. Fulton, United States Sena tor elecC on Wednesday evening (tonight). and is making extensive and extrava gant preparations for the event. .The Illihee Club, of this city. Is. in receipt of t be following telegraphic invitation: "To the Illihee Club, Salem Ore. "Portland, Feb. 24. The Commercial Club will entertain' f Jr . Honorable C W. Fulton, on Wednesday night. We Invite your Club aa a body to be pres ent. COMMERCIAL CLUB." The Illihee Club "wired Its answer to the invitation, as follows: "To the, Commercial Club. Portland. "Salem. Feb." 24. The Illihee Club acknowledges invitation for Wednes day night. S6me members of the Club will -endeavor- to be present. - "ILLIHEE CLUB." HAD NO FOUNDATION r SIDEBOARD PRESENTED TO MRS. JIAYES NOT IN HANDS OP . : SALOONKEEPER. WASHINGTON. Feb; 24. Col. The odore Bingham.. .Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, has con cluded an exhaustive Investigation into the statement- recently published ex tensively throughout the country, - tliat the sideboard presented to Mrs, -Lucy Webb-Hayes, while she was mistress of the White House, by the women of the W. C T-'U, ha passed into the hands of a Washington -saloonkeeper. CoL Bingham's Investigation disclos es clearly the fact that the published statement had no foundation. - , . V ' MRS. LYONS RELEASED. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 24. Mrs. E. E. Lyons, wife of the murderer of Sheriff Withers, who has been In jail awaiting trial for interfering with the officer, has obtained her release by depositing bonds Specials at a Towels! at Towolsi all HiirML mridar 15c. now Tou'elsj Ttu kh'li, nitt w liite ones Towel i Turkish, lairi size, only Infant's Silk IIooU in great -vanity at Special deductions . Greenbauni's Dry Goods Store 302 Commercial St. Big Trustee's Sae SAT. 2 ADOLPKI Trustee 11 00 ofecl We have now 4,030 stiLccril ers for the Twic-a-Wek Statesman. This fielJ ought to maintain at leat 1,000 mor. We want 1,000 more this year. In ;order to, induce our present subscriber ta help us get the next 1,000 names onl our Hats, we make the following of fers, good for 1903: . i If you will bring or send ua two new subscribers, with the $2 to pay for them, we will credit your own. subscription one full year. - , ' . ' "t For every new subscriber, with the 1 to pay for the tame, we will credit yo own subscription six months, whether in advance or 'in arresrs. For every time subscription secured, payable within six months at tho $1. rate, we will credit your subscription three .month. There are new -people coming Into the country. Tell them about th Twice-a-Week Statesman, and secure their subscriptions, and thus pay your own subscription, whether in advance or in sircars. Time Ssbscribtrs may sign this orJfr ToHTATKSMAN PUH. CO. galena, Oregon. -Please tend the Twieela-Week KtAtcsniaii to my atldreHs given below, for iZ months, for which I.aKree U iy $1 within nix uionth from thbi dale. . " ' "r (If ao4 pud wilhiaS aaonlh lb subncriUoa price Is 11.33 per year.) P. O Address Orders to " 1 Green eaoms - 4c-aoh - - lOc 12Jc each - 20- Next Door to Postofflce Mtliiijj wi iiow. no mailer Mien ur ls, i- van fit tb III aiic lit litem riKltt. There aic nien ami Imijh tuiN vanvllM w ; Hint l Kin l tell f llicm. Injl.lg i-aiim.t t .1 . j "c-t a l int of the prfit-s :nil tlu-n you can -nie aul lk at .tlititi. Men's suit tlin( we were s Jlint; ul $11, t!-0 anil mo fl.OO. Hoys' MitltM Hill 3.1 13 r cent tUscount. QWr alno haw n lai-c line of extra ikiii Ik in swell alteiini lliatuc are m-llmg at a big (liMfuinL ; f RcinemU r the place 295 Com. St. ' . opposite r. o. f6 or some thing similar: .190 Salom, Oregon. , ;in . Jhe, sum of $1000. .