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GRJSAT ARMY OF JAPAN; ; . ! ! HAS llENTFfeRIiiD COREA Hundred '; and and Troops Be There. RUSSIA SUFFERS LOSS Of Two-Thirds Tor " pedo Sipply a.nd Charts Of Hid den Mines, i Japanese Reported To Ho.ve Suffered a.-Repulse Near New Chwantf. LO.'ION, Feb. 16. The correspond ent at Chemulpo of the Daily Kxprcas make the astonishing statement that Japan has already landed 120,000 troop in Corea, 80,000 of whom are extended along the fighting front vulh of the Yalu river. To Reorganize Commands. NA . hwang, Fell. 16. Viceroy Alexieff left Port Arthur today, pro ceeding to Harbin with General Pflug, W&S UPIN ARMS WM. REDMOND WOULD NOT AL LOW AN AMERICAN TO BE INSULTED. Took Occasion to Defend Then Against Insinuations Made by a Member of the House of Commons Daring a Debate on the! Chinese Labor . Subject. .- "'LONDON, Feb. lb. William Red mond caused n st-en in the House of Commons today during a discussion .u the subject of Chinese laJor in the Transvaal. H. J. C. Custs (Conserva tive) made reference to the effect that Irish labor was responsible for the cor ruption in New York, whereupon Mr. Redmond exclaimed excitedly: "You have no right to insult an , Amriean; 1 will not allow it." Tha speaker.: railed Redmond to order nl other members protested, but still Redmond continued repeating his ex clamation, and said: ' In America at least they don't ap point a chancellor of. the exchequer n is unfit for his post." The speaker again intervened, and Kedmpnd finally subsided with the re mark! . - "America seems to -"get ou at! right." ' ; MASS COUNTY CONVENTION. Socialists Will Assemble And Put a Full Ticket In the Field, (From Wednesday's Daily.) Apropos of tbie coming- political campaign the socialists do uot intend te let grass grow under their feet and w'n get into the game in full force and demand recognition of the public. A mass ot-jaligt county convention will he held in this citv. in what-is known s the Steincr building, at JO o'eloeK cn the morning of Monday, February -2, for the purpose of placing a full ti'ket in the field for the coming June flection. It is proposed that. the wives, mothers, and daughters will furnish al of the dclogat with refreshments free of rharge. In the evening of the MStnn lay at 7:3 o'clock, John W. Brown, f Connecticut, will deliver an address at the citv hall on the "Tri nmph of Socialism. Mr. Brown is said to he it mpralxr o( the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. COLLEGE OF ORATORY. Mo nth It 'RjwHa'I In TTmlrstv Chanel Listened to by Large and Appre ciative Audience. . (From Wednesday 's Daily.) The regular monthly recital of the tVllege of Oratoryiwas given in th college chapel last night, - assisted by the talented - soprano, Miss Lena Moi ssn, and 'Miss .Jennie Williams. As usual, when these popular affairs occur, the University chapel was crowded to ts utmost cn"iuity, auV the splendid literary ; program presented, "elicited lileral applause. The program consisted of popular readings and musical numbers by the two young ladies r metioned. Miss Elizabeth Stwwel.l is accomplished, both s a"piHitint nnd reader. . Her . piano 1". "Fantasic," was the opening Bumlxr, and later in the evening sh Rave a reading entitled, - A Wisterly Scheme,.' which more thanrpleased her Icarers. . ' . : ' ' ' ' .Wiunifred Doucaa'i iutcrprcla S AT. r , . - An almost inallihte - j m . uucawjwi xne: inroat said Ltmgj. known and med the world over for almost a century. ' j IT FROM YOUH. DRUCCXST. Twenty Thous- To "! chief of staff and general of staff. It is said the Russian army and navy eom mauds will be reorganized, and General Kerpaitzky will command the Yalu division which, it is expected, will be attacked oy the Japanese forces. . .; . H . Another Warship Damaged. Tokio, Feb. 16, The report has just reached here that the Japanese torpedo fleet re-attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur February 14, and it is thought one Russian warship was dam aged. Serions Loss to Russia. Paris; Feb. 16. According to a dis patch to the Paris edition of the Herald 400 torpedoes, two-thirds of Russia's entire supply, Were destroyed on the Russian cruiser Variag. Eleven Vessels Disabled. . London, Feb. 17. In a dispatch daf cd Port Arthur, February 13, the corre spondent of the Times gives a descrip tion of . seven Russian warsdtips which he saj-s are lying disabled there. They include the battleship Sebastopol and the Petropanlovski, which have not been named in the previous reiorts of the action. The correspondent says that altogether eleven Russian ships were put out of action at Port Arthur. tion of James Russell Lowell's "The Court in', ".was jrobatly received with the most pleasure by the young men present, as she taught theta a good les son, aud-they are willing to continue the course under' her instruction. It might also be aided that the part suited. her admirably.1 Kdgar Avcrili recited a new version of Home, Hweet Home," which was, however, none the less touching, accom panied an'-he was by gentler airs pro duced, by Miss Bertha Andrewartha. Th mtr tmlnt orntor moved his audience from patriotic thoughts and i . i . i i k t a oesire iu cueer on ine ursvt m in Lino" to tender thoughts f home and the sufferings caused by cruel war, while the sweet tones floating in from a distance, changed from "8tar .Spangled Banner" and "Marching Through Georgia," to "Home, Sweet Home." The other numbers, all deserving of special mention! for the excellent re sults of the efforts of the young people to please a critical andience, were "The Tiger Lilly," by Gertrude John son; Mary and I," Bertha Hewitt; "A New Cure for Rheumatism," Wab lace Trill; "Six Love Letters," Mary Salomon; "Thd Old Man and Jim," James G. HeltzeM, and vocal solos by Misses Lena Moisan and Jennie Wil liams, f " i . i: These monthly recitals, while excel lent training "for -Dean Kavage's stu dents,; are also! much appreciated by the literary clement of Salem, and the liberal patronage in the form of at tendance is certainly deserved. " The announcement was made that Dr. J.1 H. Coleman would lecture in the Methodist church upon the relation of tUn Itilde to modern history. Dr. Cole man is a deep thinker ! and forcible speaker , and everr available seat should: !e occupied, especially as it is a lenefit to the atnicties oi tue uni versity. The liftltfc day evening. -ill be given next Mon- ONE DIVORCE GRANTED. Frm Wednesday's Daily.) Judge It. V: Boise convened ilcirt- ment LVo. 2 of the circuit court for MariWn countvf, in adjourned sessjon on Mondpj morning and a evidence in a divorce North 8a!em I church ftcr bearing the suit, called the case for trial, -iiih i irt ill in ttroirretw. TbV divorce suit jof Millie M. Khepherd vs. Charles K. Shepher.l was hard luring the forenon, and re suited in a decree for divorce being gTaned Mrs. Shepherd upon . the grouftds of desertion. The plaintiff in this fase is a resident of Htayton where she was married to thoi defendant about five years ago. The oivoree suit of I)or4 Zeyss vs. Ed. Zeiss was dismissed by the court. " t .. . -In) the afternoon the equity ,suitk in whidh John M. Keedhm et ab, are the plaistiffs and A. Wilson et aL, the de fendants, was called, land the balance of the dav and all f yesterday was t tikin? testimony, a part of which only had been heard when court took an aljournmcni. , , The trial will le continued at 9 o eck this morning. This is the case in which tholpropertv fif the Church Of Ch1, in XortbJ Salem,, is involved and a hard legal fight is promised. - . t Rnmntt also held a brief ses- sicn jof deartment No 2 on Monday during which he nearu ie arRumen. the attornevs-in the case ef ieorge O. Havaw vs.r Salem Flouring Mills Co., npon' a motion filed by the defendant to" rffer the ease 'to alreferce. The matter was taken under advisement by the Judge nd ourt was adjourned un til 1 o'clock p. m., February 20. I ; iH-iJ Wank at Btatesmaa Job 0Hics rHTTHFiPREPARATIONS . Ja aWULa Continuing he declares that the Jap anese were driven from the neighbor hood of Kim how, near New Cbwang, after a skirmish in which 150 Japanese were taken prisonet and 70 Russians' killed. r Torpedo Maps lost. . Paris, Feb., 16. It is reported here that the loss of the Russian torpedo gunboat Yenise.will entail serious eon sequences. The captain of that vessel had placed torpedoes at various places and the maps and plans indicating these spots went down with the ship. It is believed the general of staff pos sesses duplicates of these papers, but there is a probability that those which were lost contained certain corrections and modifications which the others do not. Three Hors-Du-Combat. Washington, Feb. 16. The Japanese minister today received a dispatch from Tokio stating that trustworthy i information has reached the Japanese government as a result of the attack of February 8 the' Russian battleship Relvizan is still aground outside the port. The Czarovitch was lowed itno port and tbe.Pallada is still aground at the entrance. All three are hors-du-eombat. The Xovik was also severely damaged but the Askold, Dina and Pol tava were only slightly damaged. In Another Quarter. Vienna, Feb. 16. SThe situation in the Balkans is creating great ueasiness here, the official denial of the rumors ot the moblization of Austrian troops has failed to reassure the public and itj is still asserted the government in tends to mobilize', two army corps pro visionally for the purpose of guard ing the Balkan frontier leeause of the fears that Turkey will provoke Bul garia into war. GOT LONG TERM ALBERT BECKMAN SENTENCED TO SERVE NINETV-NINE YEARS IN PRISON. Convicted of Murder in Second Degree For Killing Helen Kelly Because She Rejected Him After Accepting His Presents Time Allowance Amounts Over Forty-Eight Years. BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 10. Albert J. Hf-ckman, who on October 13, shot .and lied Helen Kelly because she rejected im after accenting presents from him vras found guilty of murder In the sec ond degree and sentenced to ninety iiue years in prison. With the time sillowanN off for good behavior he will serve fifty years and nine months. Perfect Confidence. Where there used to be a felling of neasincss and worry in the household when a child showed symptoms ot ronn. there is now perfect confidence. fhis is owing to the uniform success of hambcrlain 's Cough Remedy in the treatment of that disease. Mrs. M. 1. basford, of Poolesville, Md., in sneak "mg of her experience in the use ofHhat remedy says: "I have a world of con fidence in Chamberlain's Cough Bem- vtW for I have- used it with perfect ! nccess. My child Garland is subject 1o severe attacks of croup and it al iravs srives him prompt relief." For ialo by Dan J. Fry. EDITOR MUST OO. Publisher of Long Creek Ranger, Need No Longer Fill Long-Felt Want. LONG CHEEK, Or., Feb. 16. Dyna- . .1.1. . i . nine ami inreais oi, ihmhit narm nave convinced Klitor 1'. A. Coe, publisher of the Ing Creek Ranger, that be had better seek a new pasture. Articles In his organ have proved objectionable to a nnmlier of people of Ixng 'reek and be has been notified to depart before spring, or suffer the consequences. Not long ago his newspaper plant was dy" mi ted, and then the persistent editor tried to publish his paper with what wa left ot type and presses in tne basement of his house, . Mr.oe says be cannot incur the risk of having his family, slaughtered and has given upall hopes of continuing has given up all hopes of continuing here that he wilUeave this- plaee with" in a short time. He has gained the bitterest hatred of a large element and life among them woald be Tcry dis sgrecable, if not really dangerous. ; DOCK OFFICE EUSGLARIZED. ; " (From Wednesday 's Daily.) A laring ' robbery was perjretratef! at the river dock some time Monday night, and ss a result the steamboat company is poorer '' by' the loss of , a bracket wall lamp. The thief entered the office through; the i south window and took time, to rummage ; through the paers and drawers ia the business office, Irtit nothing of vslne wns found, so the lijrh fingerel gentleman unscrew ed the "six bit" lamp" frotn the wall and made his exit through the same owning. He was plainly trackcl to and from the window yesterday nora ing. It is likely that someone was at tacked by a?" terrible thirst" and took the first thing of value which he eoubl trade for a quarter o ad satisfy his appctitow - ; ARE COMPLETE NATIONAL FUNERAL EXERCISES OVER REMAINS OF SENATOR TRANSPIRES IN SENATE Ceremonies Will Be Attended By Most Prominent Glacials of the ' Nation. Members of this Senate Take Occasion - to Pay Brief Tributes to the Depart ed Statesman Strain Upon Mrs. Hanna Too Great and Almost Pros trates Her. WASHINGTON, Feb, 1C. The House, will convene at 11:45 a. is. to morrow when the members will march in a body, with Speaker Cannon at their head, to the Senate. The order of the services at the funeral of Sena tor Hanna has been prepared by the Senate committee in charge of arrange ments as follows: , The Senate will meet at 12 o'clock noon. The body of the late Senator Hanna will be placed in the Senate chamber prior to the assembling of the Senate.! The President of the United States and his cabinet, Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Diplo matic Corps, Admiral of the Navy and Lieutenant General -of. the Army have been invite! to' attend the services in the chamber, and will occupy seats on the floor of the Senate assigned by the sergeant at arms. All the Senate gal leries will be reserved for this occasion, admission being by special cards only. Held in High Regard. Washington, Feb. 16. At a meeting of the Cabinet today, the death of Senator Hanna- was lamented deeply. All thej members entertained for him the profoundest respect and regar.l. The opiortunity afforded by the meet ing was embraced by all present to pay personal tributes to their dead friend. Little business was transacted. The members decided to assemble at the White House about 11 o'clock tomor row to (accompany the President to the Capitol to attend the Senate funeral services. 4 Mrs. Hanna, Collapses. Washington, Feb. 16. Mrs. Hanna is feeling the effects of the strain incident to her ceaseless vigilance at the bed side of the Jate Senator during ' his illness. She rallied again, however, and dnring the latter portion of the day saw friends who called to express their condolences. She expects to at tend the funeral services in the Senate tomorrow , and to accompany the . re mains of the Senator to Cleveland to morrow night. . f WAS READY TO DIE. Russell Logan Committed to the Asy lum After Threatening to Com- mit Suicide, ! (From Wednesday 's Daily.) With every preparation complete for putting a period at the end. of "this miserable existence called Iife,J an obi gentleman aged about 60 years', and giving his name as Russell Logan, was taken in by Vhief of Police Gib son yesterday afternoon who filed com plaint of insanity against him and up- oi examination before Justice of the Peace Horgan he was coram it ted to the insane, asylum. Logan has been em ployed in the vicinity of Salem for a long time, cutting wood and doing oth" er work of a similar nature, but becom ing despondent, he came to this city on Monday of this week and purchased a quantity of arsenif, saying that he was tired of life and proposed to com mit suicide. He called at the office of an attorney yesterday morning for the purpose of having a few matters of mi nor importance attended to before "shufflirfg off" and h strange actions leing rejorted to the officers, he was taken into custody with the above re sult. This, so far a is known, is his first attack. Dr. W. III. Byrd made the examination and Sheriff Col bath and Chief Gilson performed the order of the court in delivering the patient to the asylum t When Yon Have a Cold. Tlie first action when you have a cold should be ti relieve the lungs. This is lest accomdished by the free use of ChiimberlaiS's Cough Remedy. This remedy liquefies the tough mucus and ranscs its expulsion from the air cells ijf Uie lungs, produces a free expector ation, and opens the secretions. A complete cure soon follows. Sold by Ian J. Fry. FIRST PRESIDENT OF PANAMA. PANAMA. Feb. 16.-Dr. Manuel Amador was unanimously elected the first president of the Republic of Pan rma today. Dr. Pablo Aresemena. Io tningo Olwldia and Dr. Carl Mondo poh. were elected to fill rgsffeive!y .the (ositions of first, second end tliini "designato" or vice president. The work on the Panama canal is ordewvl to go ahead, there will be ad ded value to every tree on 'the 'Pacific coast that is lit for lumber, to ei-ery acre of arable or grazing land, to. ev ery city lot orjniilding. It will make the property of the Pacific coast) in crease more in value than thej total cost of the canal, doubled,, trebled and -quadrupled.' ' ' ." ';'. Scds cesl rrr viU isori sa v a H ?r ri wtwrt ir e d isarr """". the Standard Seed. fc all 4ealt. arpUcant. M. FERRY & Detroit, Uletw - '"-- -- s t f (a I to all COL. I 4: STRUCK BAR SPRUNG LEAK SCHOONER EMMA UTTER! MEETS DISASTER OFF GRAYS HARBOR WAS ABANDONED ' BY CREW Wit!) the Exception of One Man Who ' Was Afterward Rescued by . Indians. Captain and Five Men Left the Ship Leaving jSeamin Byndall on Board and They Have Not Been Heard of Since Schooner Gem Is a Wreck on Nehalen Beach. VICTORIA, B, C, Feb. 16. The three masted schooner Emma Utter, with 360,000 feet of lumber from Grays Harbor to San Francisco, which cleared from Aberdeen Fellrilwy 7, struck heavily on ithe bar and commenced leaking. Captain Hansen and five of the crew abandoned the vessel on the 11th inst leaving on board Seaman Henry Byndali. Since then the vessel his" been drift ing about the coast dismasted. She was sighted today drifting on the rocks ia Barclay Sound entrance. Two Indians reat-ued ByndalJ and took him to Clay quot. Tbei Utter will be & total loss. Nothing can be learned of the fate of Captain Hansen and his men. , Schooner Gem Lost. Tillamook, Or., Feb. 16. The news has reached here that the schooner Gem,i which left San Francisco Febru ary 3 for Tillamook, has gone ashore on the Nenalem Beach. The tug sent to pull her off was unable to dislodge her and she will prov-, a total loss. The Gem is a small coaster of 106 tons reg ister. Her capacity was 200,000 feet of lumber. POLK GETTING READY. Chairman I Percival Calls the Central Committee to Meet ia Dallas on February 22. (From Wednesday's Daily.) W. W. Percival, of Independence, chairman of the Polk county central committee, has issued a call for a meet ing of the committee, to le held in Dallas, oni next Tuesday, February 23. In his call -he urges uil members of the committee to be present, as import ant business is to le transacted, and the coming election contest promises to be warm, verv warm. Already, aspirants fur the different offices of the county are appearing, about six in number for each office. The fight will be cseeiIly spirited for the nominations for Senator and Rep resentative. Senator Mulkey, whose terra has expired, has changed bis resi- lence to Ashland, it is said, and Repre sentative Hawkins has announced that he will under no circumstances con sider a third term. Hence the field is left.- clear i for new aspirants, and they are plentiful. The Republican banquet last Satur day night was of considerable political significance to the several candidates, and each plead eloquently for the unity of the party and elimination of faction al differences in the next election, the united effort to be exerted in ttfyr behaif. ' - DEEDS RECORDED. (From WelDesfay:'s Daily.) : The realty transfers filed for record in the Marion county recorder's office yesterday aggregated the consideration of $Js.06i, as follows: - i ' A. ami Zi M.. Parvia to W. H. Claypool, 50 acres in t 8 s, r 3 d; wd. i J. O'Brien to A. G. and C. O'Brien, land in Salem; wd... W. H. and M. A. ClayjKwI to Addie Parvin, 5 acres in t 8 s, r 3 w; ; wd. A. T. Savage", et al, to R. A. and A. Jones, 50.12 acres in t 7 snd .8 a, r 1 w; wd A. T. an-j X. M. Savage to iK. A. nad A. Jones, 50.12 acres in t 7 and $ s. r 1 w; wd ' l'rior of the Benetlictirie Priory of Mt. -Angel to Sara phi n Keel 2 acre in t 6 s, r 1 w; wd.. . . . H. and M. Briinner to onrad Breiter, west half of lots 21 "fend 22, in Sunyside Fruit Farm 'o. 10; wd. B. B. 'oilath. sheriff, to Eva v Mascher, 120 acres in t 7 u,'-' r l 4 ; S 'I. ...... ..-.a. S. K. and S. Iltrdcastle to 'Elsie; Slojr. lot 5, bbwk 3, in Wh1-; burn Packing Companv 's 'addi tion to WKlburn: wd. ti. K. and U, A. Mathews to Mary Aplin, lot s,dilk , in Set t lent i-r's addition 'to Wood bora; wd. J.".. J. J. and M. K. Kvm In Josie . Ryan, lot 2, block'V Jtutte- Vll If Wl 1 J. J. and M. K. Hrtn t James 7300 3500 1G00 1500 1500 930 501 300 275 Kviii, lot 3, bl 8, in Butte- ville; wd. ..... 20 R. P. anil K. Ave o Addie Parvift, 50 aes in tSs, r 3 wj; a .;.a Total ....1S,W7 i 'J ! LORD ROBERTS RESIGNS. But Consents to Advise the Imperial - . TJommittee By Special ' ' ;! Request. ;'lXJ'DfJX! Feb, 16.-1 1 is ofticiailf an socn ced that Lord Rolierts has re tired1 from the -war office, but at the sprftal request of Premie r Balfour, he ha cnscntel t place his serviees at ty dispocal of the committee for the wnperiatl defense. The Dake of Con- faught has been appointed inspector general under the army reform scheme. " The United States Indian School at Chrrow ii to fare, well at th hads f f Congress. Which makes all the more important ; the extension of the Street, railway lines dowa there. Salem,', the city of churches, is likely this year te get another fine ebsrch ei-ific-. Tje Congregational ists are talk ing of building, and talking mtte ser iously. ' - , iwT v Time of buine wTwT " and W I the buiner if an V v t imckee b er Every Elgin Watch is folly goaranteed. AH jewelers bW Elgin Watches. ''Timemakcxs and Tunekeepets," aa Slsstrsied history of the watch, sent free upon request to '- , ClMS RlTMMl WlTCN CO.. Kmw. lu. I BILL' IS PASSED NEW BICYCLE ORDINANCE NOW READY FOR SIGNATURE OF MAYOR WATERS. Council Tables- Resolution Introduced by Alderman Bayne Instructing City Marshal to Enforce Ordinances and Pledging Him Support Matter Will Be Brought Up Again.. (From. Wednesday's Daily.) a FORBIDDEN WALKS. - West side Commercial 'from. .. north line Marion to South line Oak. . - East side , Commercial from north line of Chemeketa to 'south line Ferry. South side State from west Hue Commercial to t east line Twelfth. West side Church from State to south end of Bush bridge. ; V Fjist side Church from South end Bush bridge to Mission street., v South side Court, from west line Commercial to west line High.- ' " Norta side Court from west Hue. VHilfh to west line of Summer. Kast side High from State to Ferry. -I . ', At the regular session of the city council held lastj evening all members were present with the exception .of Al derman Smith. : There was plenty of business to demand consideration '' by the council and the session throughout was most interesting. Among the most important business to come before j the meeting was the bill for an ordinance to regulate' the nse of tricycles, (bicycles, motor cycles, tandem wheels upon the sidewalks and streets of SalemJ After being read the third time 'the bill was passed, alLthe alderman . voting in .favor of its -passage except Aeheson who voted against the bill. After the vote had Wen tak en, however, the alderman requested that his vote bic changed tooye; the the bill therefor being passed by unan imous vote of the council. ; The text of the ordinancej a passed wasjpublish ed in the Statesman of Februarj 3, After disMising of the-bicyelo ordi nance the following resolution was in troduced by Alderman Bayae, who moved its aloption: "Whereas, the city Warshil has in the past been fompeJlcl tio make-defense at his own expense when sued for proerly enforcing a city ordinance, and ' '...' "' ' f. '- "Whereas. Jtlie- city ordinances should be properly .enforced by the city marshal and the city should protect him against loss byreason of any suit, ac tion or other, proceeding brought against him .on account of such enforce inent of suck ordinances; Therefore; Be it resolvel by .; the common council of the city of Salem, i Oregon, that the city marshal be'-aml he is hereby directed to properly en force the ordinances of said city, anl that tee sar city shall protect the said marshal against alt loss by reason of say suit, action or other proceeding commenced or prosecuted against, him by reason of his properly enforcing the ordinances of said city or any of them." , ' ' Alderman Oesner itfomnilv- moved Ithat the resdution be referred to the. committee on printing, which motion brought forth considerable discussion, it Wing plainly; evident that, there was a disposition on the part of some of the -aldermen to sidetrack the resolu tion if possible. Alderman Hubbard, however, took the stand that the res olution was superfluous stating that the city marshal bad taken an oath to en force the ordinances of the city and that it was his duty to do so. The mo" tion to refer was defestetd by a vote of six to five, : Aldermen Crnssan' and Downing hating been excused from th3 -onn-i ebamWr Wfore the ordinance and resdution had leen introlueeJ. Before a vote eould W takenlon the adoption of the resolution Alderman Gcsner moved tbst it W labf on the table, the motion Wing! carried by the following vte: Ayes Aeheson, VMag, ' Gesaer, llobbard Ioghe, Walker; aavs Bayne, Jacobs, Cat I'm, Sims. Churchill j 1 Alderman Bayne stated Jifter tha meeting that there was nothing in the rewdution which should not; receive the hearty upiort :ef every member of the rounril, a od expressed his surprise ever the fact that the resolution met with opposition, lie declared that he would bring the matter up again as W Wliev ed the city officials should bo backed up by the council in the performance of their duty. - Alderman Hubbard said that th marshal was Wund by oath to enforce the citaV ordinance and that if he fail ed to do so he was willing to take ac tion against the officer for non-performance of his doty. , " f . - The committee on ordinaecs introduc ed a bill for! an ordinance authoriz ing' the negotiation . of , a loan of So,- W, it f im cent Interest, to W used is redeeming the overdue bridge Wads. The bill was read tho first and aer-onl times, and um motion Was placed up vo its third reading, a ffcr which it was fwssed-hf F;a .VUi1y,ioii'A-otfleA of the c.ouo"il. - "The f commit lee; en priuting, togotWr with the mayo and eity! re corder were instructed to arrange tft the printing of the bonds. ' ' ; ' the youl the A t C H 4 DEATH PENALTY HENRY WILLIAMS, BRUTAL AS SAULTER, OF WOMAN AND . .... iiftr v tti rn ii n 1 ' j After Outraging the Woman He As saulted Hex and 3-Year-Old Daugh ter with Hatchet, Raxor and Knire And iueft Them for Dead Despon dent Negro Suicides. ROA'OKE, fa Feb, 1C Henry Williams, a burly negro, who on Jan uary 3t, entered the homo of, Geo. J. Shields, a well known business man, and outraged Mrs. Shields and then murderously, assaulted her three-year" old daughter with a hatchet, taror and pocket knife, and left them for dead, was today sentenced to be hanged on March liC next. ' " After hacking sad fracturing tho skulls of his ivicftms with a hatchet Villiams cut Mrs. S&icbls throat from ear to ear with "a rXzor and locked her : Tli iiM cnnseii wide iur k U A IWW U " " - " . terest Wcausc of the precautions taken to prevent a lynching, eighteen com- "ril it Winiricalled iu- to service. - . - j . lit Wanted Notoriety. I'ortbind,1 Or Feb. 16.-AJ II. John son, who 'had drunk himself to- the verge 'of insanity this afternoon shot and slightly wounded Policeman Golts who' was trying to arrest. him for petit larceny-'anl then committed suicide. From letter addressed to Matray Ferd.-a cousin, at Atlanta, 0a.t it de veloped suicide was premeditated and it is thought by the iwlice that John son's' act of resisting the officer was with the idea of creating notoriety. . " - - - i PUT 4 OUT OF BUSINESS.?' Jack Ksarns Arrested For Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct in Ander t son's Saloon. ' ' - (From Wednesday's Daily.) After what the interested i spectators declare was one of the most neree duels with fists as weapons, which tbey had ever witnessed, Jackj Kearns was last evening taken into custody by Officers Lewis and Murphy, and lodged in the city jail, charged with , "drunkenness and disorderly conduct." - The fight occurred tn Bill Anderson's saloon, shortly after supper last night, when Kearns Wcamel particularly j abus ive, and soon cngagcjl in an altercation with Ben Dice. The men soon came to blows and after vew exchanges of courtesies, Kearns finally went down, and a swift kick in the windpipe from Dice, put him," out of buiness''jfor a half hour; Some, of -t the bystanders became frightened and spread the alarm that a man had Wen .murdered, which soon drew a crowd. The ( officers were tele phoned for, and upon their srrival, the bartender asked to have Kearns re moved for Wing disorderly, snd as be had recovered consciousness, obediently followed tho peace officers to the "cooler." Dice is reported to have fought fierce battle the previous evening, iu which he. was the aggressor, and re ceived the knockout .blow, which lasted for several minute.. . His swollen face certainly Wre unmistakable evidence that something was wrong. Kearns was thej roan arretted by Officer Murphy several weeks sgo for causing a disturbance in the Whit House restaurant, jwben thej officer re ceived a fall resulting in la sprained enkle. By a strange coincidence, he was the first man to bo arrested by Officer Murphy, since the; latter was able to return to actie duty. SUPREME COMMANDER! COMING. 1 - -'.I-. Hon. D. P. Markey Will Attend Big Maccabee Rally In This City ' : i March 21. I . While in the city yesterday Slats Commander -Sherwood partially arfsog" 1 for the big meeting- t Knights of the. Matceabee of several counties, which is to W held tn,.tbl.elty on the evening of March 21, when Supremo Commander D, P. Markey of I'ort Uur. on, Michigan, will bo in the city. The meeting will bp the largest and most' enthusiastic ever hold in this city by the Sir Knights. - Willamette Tent al ready has fifty new memWrs to W Id itiatol on that evening. Independence will bring twenty-five more and every Tent represented will probably bring a few members to bV initiated. Com msndef Markey will deliver sn sddress and the visitors will W banqucttcd With the best to W afforded in the Cap ital Ciity.' ' '.' ';"''-".,".-' ... . ' : '-'"'-, ' The MaeeaWe slate convention witl convene in Portland on March 22, and will W attended by Supreme Command er Markey. Each Tent in the stsle. sends otic delegate to thii convention. Within a very, short time now So lent's electric lights and street railway lines will be getting their power froin Hilverton. The new machinery will put tho plant in splendid shape. Pig iron shows a- weaker tcmlrjjr r ; in other words, the market f"r ; ' iron ia heavy. i
