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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1903)
ffifhrl TriciTi m it nrfiTr If ! ' MM ISSUED IN gKMI-rTEXKLY SECTIONS BACH TUESDAY AMD FRIDAY. ;2I TEAR NO. VL SALEM. OREGON. TyESDAT MARCH 3, 1902. FIRST SECTIONEIGHT PAGER. "r J . lit I I S I I 11 1 II 1 I I I I 1 1 i I 1 1 SENATE DOES 1 BIG BUSINESS 1 " Passed General Deficiency Bill i After Four Hours financial bill w-111 probably be. laid aside when the Senate meets tomorrow and Senator Lodge will move the passage of the Philippine Tariff bill and trill try to get vote thereon, although It la generally regarded as impossible to get a vote on it this late in the session. RAWLINS ASKED $50000000 To Be Expended on Irriga tion Rather Than in Wa- . tional Banks i ; REJECTED ON POINT OP ORDER I-xiRTIFICATIONS BILL ANDTHE ALASKAN HOMESTEAD BILL AGREED TO IMMIGRATION AND OMNIBUS BILL TO CONFERENCE WASHINGTON. March t The Sen ate today passed the General Deficiency bill after four hours consideration and after! It had been amended In several particulars. An amendment of Raw lins, calling for an appropriation of $50, OUO.OM to further the work of irrigilion furnished material for considerable dis cussion. Rawlins contending that the surplus in the Treasury ould be better used in this manner than by turning' It Into National banks. The amendment was rejected on a point of order. When the Aid rich Financial bill was taken up Teller continued his remarks begun Saturday. He 'as followed by 'arratk, who replied to some criti cisms of recent speech by him on the subject of murders in the Philippines. During the course of the day the con ference report on the Fortifications Appropriation bill . and the Alaskan Homestead bill were agreed to. The Immigration and Omnibus Public Building bills' were' sent to conference. After a brief executive session the Sen ate, at 6 o'clock, took a recess until 8 o'clock. ' ! Democrats Wr Duped Washington March 2.-Dyring the debate tonight Tillman was recognized and convulsed the ; Senate ,by saying: "The Democratic party has been burf coed br the most astute politician in the United States and that Is Matthew Stanley Quay. It was some time be fore order could tbe restored, so great was the laughter. He said that all but two of the Democrats bad been led by Quay to support the Statehood bill, which- he believed had been used for the purpose of preventing Anti-Trust legis lation. ' w , WILL FIGHT TO END BOTH SIDES OF-L COLORADO & SOUTHERN RAILROAD STRIKE : ARE DETERMINED. ; j : For Right of Way. Washington , March 2. The Senate bill further empowering the: Secretary of War to locate and grant the right of way ithrough Vancouver Barracks and the Military Reservation in Washing to n to the Portland, Vancouver and Yawklm Railroad Co., was passed. j Will Try to Secure Vote. Washington, , March 2. The Aldricb DENVER, March 2. General Man ager Herbert, pf jtbe Colorado &. South ern Railroad, says that so far as the railroad is concerned the strike at the machine shops pt the company n sev eral; cities is at an end. No considera tion will be given in the future to the requests , of the strikers or their repre sentatives. He has issued orders that the instructions ; contained Jn- hi re cent circular, giving the - men. until noon i yesterday to report -for work or else be barred, shall be obeyed in every particular.: Mr. Herbert says that the company, has all' the men that can be used 'consistently. J : v"- - According to Mr. Herbert, all the men who were out at Como, about for ty in number, applied for reinstate ment within the limit mentioned in his ultimatum and were taken back. About half a dozen union men asked for and were given . their old positions In the Denver shops. In addition to these, eighteen new men from points in Kan sas and Nebraska have just been giv en employment n the shops here, and fifteen raore are expected to arrive and go to work very soon.: -- The strikers assert that the 1, defec tions from their ranKs because of the circular above mentioned have been in significant. ' They, claim that the fight will go on to a finish. ,t ii . i i j i i Y . - FOR CONVICT LABOR Superintendent 2. D. Lee, of the Pen itentiary, yesterday reported to Goverr nor Chamberlain that the amount due the state for . convict labor for the month of February, In the Northwest ern Stove Foundry, amounted to $922.90, or 23,368 hours at 3 cents per hour, ,- THE DEADLOCK WAS BROKEN lature prohibiting all Sunday football aid baseball granes.to which an admis sion is charged,, A strong lobby Is now working against the measure, -ThR-h has been 'favorably reported by the House committee. Deleware . Lelature Elects Delegates to Senate IS REGARDED AS VICTORY For Addicks, Who Says 'He Will Be Elected in Year 1905 , , ..... i -. i THE WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE CELEBRATED 50TH jANN IERS- ARY OF FORMATION OF WASH INGTON TERRITORY PARTICI PATED IN BY PIONEERS. , DOVER, DeL, Mar. 2. The Delaware Legislature this, afternoon ended '' the deadlock by electing State Senator J. Frank Allee (Union Republican) to the long term Senatorshlp which expires in 1907, and Congressman Louis Heis ler Ball (Regular Republican) to the short term, which ends in 1903. The result is regarded as an Addicks vic tory. - L -: Allee is president of the Bay State jGas Company of Delaware 1 Addicks announced that he would endeavor to elect a Legislature next year favorable to his candidacy for the United States Senate" in 1905. f - ; COTTAGE GROVE DEPOT SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY IS .IMPROVING ITS STATION EXTENSIVE WORK DONE. .. Celebrated the Anniversary. ) Oiympia. Wash, - Mr. , 2. both branches of the Legislature held tut a few minutes' session today, the day being given up to the celebration o; the fiftieth anniversary of the formatic n of Washington territory. . r The celebration was participated in by the piojieera from, all over the s(tate. This evening a banquet, at which were seated all'' the members of the Legisla ture, was given. Among those respond ing to leasts were Harvey W. Scott, editor of the Oregonian; ex-Governor Miles C. Moore, and Congressman W.' E. Humphrey. Federal Judge Cornelius H. Hanford delivered an afternoon ra tion. ... :.".,"..",.. '. I-, ... i - : ,, v, A To Prohibit Sunday Gamts. Topeka, Kan Mar. , A bill f )ias been'intro3uced In the Kansas Legis- Tit im mum las Been With You Eleven Years f -1 It started as one of the smallest -stores in the city, but by careful management and close attention to the wants of its patrons it has continued to grow until its present large room is too small for the requirements of the business. r - . Vc shall add the adjoining room to our pres ent quarters about ,MARCH : lO, 1903 r ! ; " . . . - ! : 7 j We have a well selected stock of . DR Y G Ob DS i ? coMnsra for the new room Our ilicy with the new lines added ' shall le the name as with our present lines v One prcfe to all, and that the very lowest figured on a spot cash basis Our great volume of 'business enables, us to buy at the closest quantity prices We disoiunt ever) bill and mark oar goods to give customers r the Itenefit of ' ovvry savincr oF our modern business methods. ' . - We want to keep on growing and It will pay you to fislp us grow E. T. BARNES, Proprietor Cor. Commercial and Chemchcta Streets, Salem, Or,, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore, March 2. The stril of ground 100 feet wide and 1200 feet long acquired by the South ern Pacific Company last f ill, on the east side of its main line here, accord ing to agreement . with the donatora. Long & Bingham, is being rapidly im proved!. Train loads of gravel and earth are being brought from Southern Oregon every day or two. Much of the natural drainage from the hillside east of town, together with the spring, had formed quite a litfle stream on that side of the track. . This .stream is now- being fast filled In, and when complet ed two sidetracks will be laid .the. full length of the company's grounds, and right alongside of the terminal grounds of the O. & S. E- Company. Long side tracks have been much needed at this point, for freight trains meet and pass the passenger trains here, and almost daily the freight trains have to be cut up and switched on the tw;o short side tracks on either side of the main line. The filling in around the handsome new depot here is well along, and when the top dressing of decomposed granite is brought from the quarries of Josephine county and spread over the filling. Cot tage jGrove will have a modem and as pretty , a depot station as any of the larger towns of the state. FIERCE FIRE1 IN PORTLAND ' ' f :, Broke Out in Upper Story of? Dekum Building 000. The loss on the offices wHl mak -the total close to $1,000,000. DESTRUCTION THRE ATENED Is Uadsr Control. Portland. March. 3 (l:4- a. m.) The fire was confined to the three ui-r floors, and at this hour the total loss i estimated at 20.000. Lipnuui, Wo I to A Co.'s stock is badly damaged by smoke and water. - The fire started iu a cupola. In the office of E. W. Moore, a photographer, presumably from spon taneous combustion. ;- Most of the oc cupants of the building carried am insurance. ' -Bstanv T! liad sa Haw Always itesl And Total Loss Was Estimat ed at $1000,000 at Early Stages BUT AT -1:4$ O'CLOCK FLAMES WERE CONFIXED TO THREE UPPER FLOORS AND DAMAGE WILL NOT BE SO GREAT LIP- MAX'S HEAVY LOSERS. ' A Terrible Explosion. E:iston. Pa XIar. 2. Six men art missing and one thought to be dtm und twenty-live or thirty others nr injured, several of them seriously, from the effects of an explosion tonight at the Kdiscm Cement Plant, nt New Vil lage, X. seven miles from here. A large part of the plant was burned, and it Is feared that the bodies of the miss ing men are In the ruins. Their nam have, not been learned. MORGAN IN A FROLIC PORTLAND, Mar. 3. At 12:43 this morning fire broke out in the top floor of the Dekum Block, corner Third and Washington streets, and at this hour it' looks as though the entire building will be destroyed. The building is of brick, eight stories high, a.id one of the. finest in the city. - The first two floors are occupied by Lipman. olfe &. Co, one of the largest depart-. x-.. stores in Portland. The six up-per stories are occupied mostly by doctors. The building cost In the neighborhood of $400,000, and Lipman, Wolfe, & Co. carry a stock valued at close to $500.- BOYIS1I XEW YORK MAGNATE THREW. CONFETTI AND INDULGED IN PRANKS. , NEW YORK, Martfh 2.--J. Pierpont Morgan was an ' ct: ye participant In the carnival festivities pf this (Sunday) afternoon, cables the Tribune's Havana representative. From the balcony of his host's home he threw confetti and serpentina at the passing masquerade ers with real boyish delight. He was plainly In good humor. Earlier in the uay he attended a Jal Alai. or Spanish basket ball game. The arrival of the financier has caused quite a commotion In Havana, where he visits for the first time. He Is the topic of the day and many guesses are made as to his mis sion here. . , ! New Shirt Waists Jost UeceiYed 2 New Muslin Underwear Jost Rectlved . or in V lt.iv jt received, another shipment of Muslin Underwear and will conduct one of the We have ever held in the big store. Every garment bears the . UNION BEL which guarantees that it is well made and from a clean, well ventilated factory. Superior work !manship hi every patticnlar, and PRICES SO LOW AS TO EXCITE WONDER AND 'SURPRISE. These pictures show but a fragment of the many good things to bo found in this great Underwear Sale. ' ' ' Lot i 13c fill) Caa Yoa afford to hnK siakmg these carmen ts offered at. to Cewi Dost trasi these can. Come fld tee tbe food. So well dooo for ao bile mwr is a marL . Tke inati (peak for themaelvcs. Um to tkent tct 3 w ( rA mompfc of woders wdustfy Tk'st rosny fmnsntt Is this aturUseat as yos with. cep th gowns. Only oo to csaomeT, piosres fir bot kiat sfthe fitm ostaes ogered st this sria, CboocesSke thw sro widow ten A. Tlio tot choice. 80C If yoa wise say doubt abut treat rtlam for fcttle toser. fflk .-wan and tec oar foods, Ontf st this sale caa yoa fet to food TaJua. HI w Let 6 ft ' sjji.i if t mv ; f k t r. i I m M : I 1 i II''. II I.I' ' otrlea aod shapes. If ro ta to aPPy yoeH oow. fo mom't P aaother c banco. Tike few wtnt Giey Ust 1 I- Mail orders given prompt attention