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8 A T.EM, OREGON, FRIDAY M03NIKGy FEBRUARY 17, 1S03.
SECOND SECTION SEX. rAci: T.
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NATIONAL GAME
IS CHAMPIONED
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WILLAMETTE WILL PUT BALL
TEAM IN THE FIELD.4
DECISION YESTERDAY'S MEETING
Track Team to Beceire Support
the Student Body Asso-
elation. - '
of
Oratorical Firework at First Meeting
in College "Chapel Baseball Fans
Gather Later and Decide to Organize
Will Enter. Inter-State Tourney.
Willamette University will be .repre
sented on the baseball field during the
j coming season. This was ' the action
taken at a meeting of baseball enthus
iasts of the university yesterday tafter
uoon at the close of a meeting of the
Htudent Body Association, at which it
- was voted to give support only to track
athletics this year.
The meeting of the student body was
called at 3:30 o'eloek and developed a
hot old-fashioned-college debate. The
students indulged in lengthy and heat
ed argument, pro and coa, but a major
ity of the students had been pledged
to the support of the track athletic
boom and when the. question of choice
of the two sports wan submitted to a
vote the track department received the
call by a large majority. Miller, Glov
er, .Ford and Pollard led in champion
ing the cause of the winning side, but
tbey found strong opposition in Averill,
Hcach, Xaco and Trill, who put up o
hot fight for the support of baseball.
By the action of the student body
meeting, track athletics will receive
nnauciai support, irom tne atbietie as
sociation, while the baseball team will
be conducted as a free lance, yet being
'recognized 'as a university institution
mid wnoliy representative, of it.; iLe
action of the baseball "fans" will in
no way interfere with the good : work
of the track team. Both will work in
harmony and will find strong support
from the students as a whole. Among
trie members of the track, team will be
found baseball players, whose work op
the diamond will in no way interfere
with their training and work on the
various track teams.
President Ford, of the Student Body
Association, culled the first meeting to
. order in University chapel, at which
, there were over 150 students present,
i'rom the very beginning it was evident
that a fight was on. It was in the air,
and evidenced by the anxious faees of
many admirers of the national game,
whowerc just aching for a chance to
-laiiri the chair's attention for a j;ech
in support of the adoption of baseball
for the- coming season. It ' was shown
by , the" baseball men, when given a
chance to present thfir side of the
story, that Willamette had made but a
sad showing, at best, in the past two
years in track events, while the base
ball team hail always acquitted itself
w-fth, honor on the dfamond. and, there
fore, they argued, baseball should be
given the university's support. la re-r-piy
to this the advocates of the track
j team said that this year was to mark
the beginning of a new era iu track
and. field events at Willamette, and
urged the students to vote in favor of
this branch of athletics.
Willamette has really a splendid lot
of timber from which to orgaui'e
first-class college team. There are at
the university a lot of players who
nave seen service during the past three
-or four years, and they were unwilling
to pass uii the game entirely. At the
second meeting Averill was elected
manner of tHc team that will bo or
ganized just as soon as possible ' f torn
the candidates who will present them
selves for work next week. Practice
on the field will begin immediately and
candidates for places on the team will
be iriven a thorough try-out for the
positions to which they aspire.
Already sixteen have signified their
intention of getting into tie game. This
number includes many players Tamiuar
to the college world or to is state, torn
as football players and baseball men.
Among the number, and the positions
for which they will try are: jerraaa
and Nace, pitchers; Rader and Unrich,
backstops; O. B. Long, Eleyse and
Averill, first base; Beach and Kelson,
second - base: Coleman, third base; M
W. Long, shortstop;, and for the field
n. 'it 1 - - 111.:.
inero are uronnis, inn, woun, , nip
ple, Lowusberry and Shanks. From
this outfit a fast team can be picket
s up." and one that wilt be wholly credit
able to the university, .
Manager Averill saw the athletic
committee after the meeting yesterday
and secured the privilege of using the
University athletic field for practice
ami games during tne coming season.
s Work of drafting a schcdnle for the
coming sa8on will be begun at onco by
Manager AvcrilL News reached the
Ihliversitv vesterday of similar action
to that taken at Willamette .in otheH
tag educational institutions , oi vnv
state. The matter has been agitated
in these places during the present week,
, with tl.e result that tcainsSrill beor
ganized at the University of Oregon,
the Pacific University, Columbia Col
lege, Mt. Ahgel College aad the State
Normal school at Monmouth. Games
will be arranged with each of these.
Manager Averill declares that Wil
lamette will be entered in the big inter
mate baseball tournament that is dat
d to be played at the Lewis and Clark
Exposition grounds in Portland in
June, when teams from eollegea ! and
universities in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho will meet for championship
honors. .
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CELEBRATES ANNTVERSABT.
ROCHESTEB, N. Feb. 15.-1 iss
Susan B. Anthony will today celebrate
her 85th . birthday. She has already
received greetings from politic! equal
ity clubs in Finland, Switzerland, ;I fol
ia nd. Austria, Germany, Australia,
wuih America and from all quarters
of America and MCxico. , ,' j
S i STATESMAN CLASSIFIED i
? ADS BBINO QUICK BESULTS.
EIGHT INJtJBED.
Sulphur Takes Fire In Crusher at Flant
..in Brooklyn.
NEW YOBK, Feb. 16. Eight work
men were badly injured by an .explo
sion oz suipnur in tne urookiyn Sul
phur Works in Brooklyn today, i Fire
men and policemen wbo'"broueht them
out of the building were themselves
muea affected by breathing the sulphur
uiuv, ana at one time ten firemen
were lying on the sidewalk. with am
bulance surgeons administer! nir restor
atives, it ia ueiieved lour of the in
jured workmen will die.
The first explosion "was auicklv tot.
lowea or a seeond. and in a minnt
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tne whole three-story building was In
names, a, number, of workmen were
caught where there were no fire es-
eatCS and had to inmn in tha nrAim.l
When the firemen arrived men wr
hanginir from windows, and were taken
down, with "tho aid of scalino- ladders.
The explosions are supposea to have
been caused; bv the tresenc& of a nail
in the mechanism of one of the sulphua
grinuing macnines.
LUMBER CONTEACT.
Portland Lumber Company Is Given a
... 20,000 Contract.
PORTLAND, Feb. 16.-Teleirrabbie
orders from the quartermaster general
at Washington report the glad tidings
that Portland has been fortunate In be
ing given, another large lumber eon
tract, the Portland Lumber Company
being the lucky bidder and the amount
roachlng 2,140,457 fee The award was
made on the prooosals of December SO.
The amount will exceed $20,000. The
lumber goes to the Philippines.
KANSAS BLEEDS
SUFFERS FROM LACK OF OPPOR-
. TUNrry to effect ade
quate LEGISLAION.
But Sees a Way and Mores for a, Coo
stitutional Convention to Broaden
Powers of Its Legislature Situation
Arises From Its Oil Fields Industry
1 UI'rJvA, Kans., 1-U. 10. To soc
cefuilv fiicht the trusts within its
borders, a constitutional convention
will oe called to broaden the powers of
the Kansas Legislature. Bills striking
at the trusts, particularly those deal
ing with oil, having met with so many
objection on constitutional grounds
that sentiment favors a new constitu
tiou liiectinyr We situation, have sprung
up. Tp this end a resolution submit
ting the question of .calling a consti
tutional convention to a vote of the
neonle in 1906 has been prepared and
will, it ' is stated, be presented in the
Senate shortly. . .
Governor Hoeh has not yet signed
the- bill providinir for'the erection, by
the state, of an oil refinery. Alou?r
with its fi2ht on oil. Kansas is also
making war on those who would pipe
gas out of the state. Today in the
House, tho lloldrensf bill, wfcieh regu
lates the mode of procuring and trans-
iMrtiuu- natural raa was passeu. va
like the oil legislation, which seeks vo
make a market lor that product, tne
Alas measure is intended to restrict the
sale of gas. Kansas wants the ga sav
ed for her own industries.
SENATE ALSO ACTS.
On Canal Zone Bill Some Amendments
Made to the Mann Bill.
WAMHIN'GTOX. Feb. 1C Without
waiting for the .Mann canal bill to
come over from the House, the Henate
committee on interoceanic canals au
thorized Henator Kittrcdge to prepere
a new bill for the committee and in
troduee it to the Senate, which was
done. The "provision of th Mann bill
authorizing the appointment' of tho
isthmian canal commission and fixing
its duties and powers was eliminated
from the Kenate bill, and the entire
Question was covered in tho first sc
tion, which extends to the present
canal act. The bill Introduced by riltt
ridfR follows out practically all . the
remaining provisions of the Mann tin,
but provides also a number of - new
features. One important change la in
the section which extends the author
itv now enioyed by the President for
the control of the canal zone.
FAMED FOB FINANCE. J
Jay Cooke, International financier,
Octogenarian, Dies at His
Home at Ogontz.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. J6.-Jay
Cooke, whose fame as a financier is
-nrl,l wide, diet! tonicht at Oaront. a
suburb of this city, aged 83 years.; He
had bcn suffering from general ae
bility, as a result of old age, for sev
eral years. His condition was not con
sidered serious, however, and his death
tonight came ratner nunucmj.
Monday he entertained as guests 125
voung ianies attending iue wrwhi
school and their friends. On that oc
casion he appeared in good spirits and
was the last to leave me reception
room. . . 1 ;
BURNED TO DEATH.
Miner's Home- Destroyed -Mother and
. ' Threo Children Die.
PEOBIA 11U' Teh.1 IC-nrc of a
mvnterioos origin in'tho houce of Jlan-
niug Harris, a cal miner at buwanis.
burneil tho bmlies of three small chil
dren early toiav. The mother was so
badlv burned that the flesh hung front
her hWylii strips, Harris himself was
horriWy - Imraed. ,
.Whcu the neighbors aitrntpvca '
larnL tho family ihey found the dor5
,nd wiudms locked. .The mother
recaed. but the two ehildren lyings by
her side in bed wero icit to ineir iae.
Harris was rescue from his bed ia an
adjoining, room. . ' - '.
LIQUOR MEN ,
VERY SOBER
ABE TREMBLING CVER FATE
THEIR PET MEASURE.
OF
SURE ' DEFEAT. FOR JATNE BtLL
Senate -Committee Beporta B&dt With
Many Amandments Which Are
Adopted and Referred.
In Hands of Judiciary Cntnmltteo I In
Present Form Almost Identical With
tha Prti sent LawGovernor's ' "Vleto
i of Astoria. Charter Bill Sustained.!
After' receiving a good majority I In
tho House of Representatives, the
Jayne local option bill was practicably
defeated in the Senate yesterday after
noon. The Senate committee on edu
cation, to which the bill iraa-referred
when it reached that legislative body,
returned the bill yesterday amended.
The report, with the amendments, was
adopted, which, if passed, means the
practical re-enaetlng of the statute
now in force on local option. The re
port was adopted after several hours
of the bitterest wrangling witnessed jin
the Senate this session. The vote pn
the adoption of the report was 15 ayjes
and 14 nayes. The bill was then e
referred to the judiciary committee,
who will report on it today at 10
o'clock.
The : Jayne bill as it now stanids
shows but little deviation ' from the
present statute. As amended the num
ber of voters required to call an elec
tion is reduced from -S per cent to jo
per cent; the same' as the present latv.
Municipal corporations cannot call ad
bold an election as to whether intoix
icants can be sold as was provided n
the Jayne bill originallv. The clause
allowing wholesale dealers to manufaie
ture and distill liquors in dry precincjts
was not amended. if the bill nqw
passes as it now stands this is praeti
eally the only change in the statute
now in force,
The local option law as it now stands
was passed by the legalized voters . ef
the state at the general election hed
on June G. 1904. The bill was submit
ted to the voters bv the initiative peti
tion filed in the office of the Secretary
of Ktate in February, in accordance
with the constitution of the state' df
Oregon. The law s enacted requirfis
that a petition should be signea by hc
les thhn 10 per cent of the legalieO
voters Sf a county to -call an electioi
to determine the sale of intoxicants.
The Jayne bill before amended jby
the .Senate committee provided mat not
less than 30 per cent of the legalized
voters of a precinet could call an elec
tion to prohibit the sale of intoxicants'.
It also provided that such precinet must
le wholly within or without an ineori-
norated city or town. In this va
the people of municipalities couiu uetort
mine on the question without the votcf
of the residents of their precinet whoj
live' outfcide of the city limits. If the
bill is passed, it provides that a special
election to be held on the urst Monday
in June,' when it will be voted upon b
the electors of the state of Oregon. K
the majority of the electors favor iti
the tiovernor would declare the measure
in full feree and effect from the dnt?
of such proclamation.
The House of Representatives yesteri
day afternoon sustained the Governor'
veto of the Astoria charter, bill in spite
of the fact thatrthe measure passed th
Heaate. The vote showed 37 ayes anif
o naroa A tt twn'thirds tnsioritV is
required to 'pass bill over the Govf
ernor s'veto tne measure icii inrce
short of the necessary number. The,
Astoria charter bill was for the p
nose of reraovinir two members of th
Doliee commission in that city, f I
would also give the commission control
over the fire department. As the board
consists of but three members the two
Repubicanr named in the bill to fill thf
vacancies, weuia nave control, mc
board is now Democratic.
The opposition of the oill declared
.k. - k. r.aU1anr in nivi-
ins the commission absolute control, as
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specinea in tne diu, wouiu ue miqas
tous iinnositioa on the people of Aston-
ia. : The board could expend an
amount thev saw fit. the OU2ens navt-
ing absolutely no say. Ihey termed
a political measure. The supporters
tht mil : said the nresent commissi
in Astoria was rotten to the core. Twj
of the members did not reside there.
Xo one disputed the integrity and honi-
estr of the two men named in the biffl
for the ofnee ano: tney couia seer up
rMAii whv it should not iass. Severall
long speeches were made but were irojt
particularly interesting. Senator Tur
tle, the author of the bill, is a Repubj-
lican. " . I
Other business was brought to the
sudden but momctary attention of thp
Lcirislators yesterday morning when a
joint assemblv of tho two Houses wa
held. The sole purpose for the calling
ofjthe'joint assembly was supposed tp
be Tor tne election or an applicant. io
the position of boatman. James Keatj
inir was nominated and elected to the
position and everyone present expected
to adjourn. - i
l'rcsideut Kuykeudall annoonrd
that there was a vacancy in, the Port
of Portland -commission and asked for
nominations. Representative Bailey
nominated J. C. Ainsworth, and be was
elected in spite pf the protestations of
Senator , i Nottingham, - who , ; declared
there was no law to allow the clectionl
iv(u1ent KuvkcUdall ruled him out of
order and Ainsworth was .elected before
be mrtiibcrs had sftireety realize!, wnaf
had taken place. A bill to replace two
members of the Tort of Portland com
mission passed the two Houses of th
Legislature, but was Vetoed . br th4
Governor. The House . of Represent a j
tive failed to pass the bill over th
reto. The election of Ainsworth act
complfthes nrarly the same purpose and
was proposed, by , the , bijl, which, was
def eatedr.- r -" "1
Senator Jfalarkcy.s . bill for the ap
propriation of 10,000 to : Compensate
ekaritabbs 'institutions that keare :for
wayward girls passed the , House yes-
uaj biiuwu iier a ene-siaea ae
bate. , There were" only seven votes east
against the bill. Its supporters de
livered several long speeches, in which
tney denounced those who had. opposed
the bill. None of the Representatives
spoke ' against, . the . passage'- of the
measure, '.r- ' -' - - - . ,
The : bill f appropriates 10,000 to be
expended by paying each reformatory
institution , in . me state, tne sum or
fs per annum, for the support of each
wayward girl under their care. Eev.
Selleck, of Salem, protested against the
bill before . the committee yesterday,
saying that one of the institutions to
be benefited was the Masrdalen Home
in . Romano, wmcn. is or tjatnoae de
nomination. lie said it was. against
tne constitution for th innronrittion
of money for denominational institu
tions and that the' enactment of this
law would be setting a bad precedent.
He' stated," however, that he was not
antagonizing the Roman Catholics. He
said lie would take ' the same stand
against the appropriation 'of monev to
any denominational institution, wheth
er it was Catholic of . Protestant.
. IS BEFBXEVED.
Governor or Pennsylrania Signs" Order
Withdrawing Death Warrant.
IIABRIshuEG. Ps- Feb. 13. Gov
ernor. Pennypaeker today si ned an or
der withdrawing the death warrant ef
Airs. Jvate Edwards and .Samuel Grea
son ' A clerk Jext for ending on an
afternoon ratn to deliver the order
to the sheriff of Berks county.
SCOPE IS WIDE
METHODS Or THE STANDARD OIL
TRUST WTL- BE GIVEN A
, THOROUGH PROBING.
Situation in Kansas and the Beaumont,
Texas, Ofl Fields to Be Looked Into
U7 $9 Extondsd Farther Will
Press Inquiry as Rapidly as Possible.
WAHHI.NfiTON, IVb. lfi.-President
Itoosevelt has directed James B. Gar
field, corami si oner of corporations, of
the Department ,of Commerce and La
bor. to begin immediately the oil inves
tigatioh requested by the House of Rep
resentatives vesterdav in a resolution
adopted unanimously. The investiga
tion by the direction of the President
will be' ri-2-id and .comprehensive.' The
President has directed a letter to Com
missioner Oarfieldv in which he has giv
en his directions and presented, in out
line, bis views. ' 4 '
The Standard Oil inquiry .will be
pressed as rapidly as possible. The
scope of the investigation and the time
it will occupy cannot be indicated at
this time.
Beprcsentative Campbell, of Kansas,
the author or the resolution adopted Dy
the House, had a eonfercnee with Pres
ident Eoosevelt today. Mr. Campbell's
idea .is that the investigation should
concern particularly, the situation in
the. Kansas field but'be expressed to the
President his belief that the inquiry
once becrun would extend to the opera
tiofts of the Standard Oil Company in
the Beanmont field f Texas, and per-
hap4 to other fields.
SUBMARINE EXPLOSION.
Every Member of Crew and Rescuing
Outfit Receive Severe injuries.
QUEKXSTOWN. Feb. 16; Four men
were lulled and l injured, or wnom
thren are in a critical condition, as a
result of two explosions on board the
British submarine ooat "A'O" m tne
harbor today. Lieutenant H. G. Gooi,
ommandcr of the?vesel, was blinded
His condition is critical. Llentenan.
Hklnner, chief officer of toe sabmarm
boat, subsequently died of his 'injuries.
Only one man of the entire crew es
caped uninjured. The first explosion is
believed to have occuried , while the
crew was engaged in filling a gasoline
tank preparatory to proceeding outride
the harbor. 'A-5 caught fire after
tho first explosion. When this explo
sion occurred a number of the crew
of the torpedo- guaboat Hazard volun
teered to go to the rescue of the sub
marine, but hardjy had tbey got on
board "A-5-when a second explosion
took place and all of the rescuers were
more or les injured. The submarine
boat was afterward docked and an of
ficial statement was given out this
evening, saying the vessel had not suf
fered much damage. An inquiry into
the cause of the explosions will be held
tomorrow.
" MORE FACTORIES CLOSE
At Lodz, and 40,000 Hen Thrown, Out
of Work Sitnation Serious.
: LODZ, Feb.16.-f-The manufacturers,
at a meeting this af.craoon, resolved
to telegraph full details of . the Mtua
tion to the Minister of Finance. Twenty-five
factories, among them some of
the lai-gest in Lodz, paid off the men to
day,, and werw'elosed indefinitely. The
men dismissed number 40,000. Some
other mills, which were previously clos
ed, refused to pay tbe strikers, who de
manded the 'money claimed was due
them . At lone mill, which thus refused
yesterday, the strikers spent the entire
night around the office. . The city is
quiet this evening.!. .
STUDENT STBZKE:
Show Their Indignation at Present Con
dfticn of Affairs in Bnssia.
HT. ; PETEESBlTE(f Feb. 15.Stur
'dents throughout Rnssia are. resorting
to strike methods to indicate their di
satisfacOon'wif "existiB political con
ditions aad the press demands reform.
The students at the University of Mos
cow"; thevrargest institution of its kind
Itt'Bossia Lvited not to resume studies
during the present ichool year,
MUST SUSTAIN
THE DOCTRINE
PRESIDENT TRANSMITS PROTOCOL
OF DOMINICAN AGREEMENT.
URGES
IMMEDIATE
ACTION.
Says Our Position Demands That the
United States Take Neces
, sarySteps.
Sitnation Affords a Practical Test of
Goornment's Efficiency in Maintain
ing the Doctrine- This Country Owes
Interference to Other Nations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1G. The mes
sage from the President, transmitting
to the Senate a protocol of an agree
ment ' between the United States and
Dominican governments, providing for
the collection and disbursement by the
Lnited States of the customs revenues
of the Dominican republic, was today
ordered made public, together with the
protocaL a letter from John B. Moore,
formerly assistant secretary of state.
which gives a statement regarding the
award under tne xormer protocol and
the award, of the commission which
settled the claims of the . Santo Do-,
mingo Improvement Company. The
Senate went into executive session im
mediately after the 'morning business,'
at. which, time this action was taken.
The message is of nearly 4500 words.
and . was read in full to the Senate.
It is largely a discussion of the rights
and duties of the United States under
the Monroe doctrine, and the President
says the protocol affords a practical
test of the efficiency of " the United
mates government in .maintaining the
doctrine. ; In beginning his message the
iresident says that conditions in Santo
Domingo : have been growing steadily
worse, for ntanv tears, and debts have
been contracted beyond the power of
the republic to pay. Certain foreign
countries, be. says, have felt themselves
aggrieved because of the nonpayment
of debts due to their citizens, and have
felt that the only way they could ever
get any guarantee of payment would
be by acquisition -of territory or tak
ing, eaargc or tne customs auairs of
the republic. .
It w pointed out by the President
that the Monroe doctrine would pro
fit Dtt any foreign government rrom
stepping in. and he says that those
who profit by this doctrine must ac
cept certain responsibilities along with
tne rights it confers, ilo says further:
44 The justification for the United
States taking this burden and incurring
iuis rvspvBNuuii is to uo munu in
the fact that it Is incompatible with
international equity ; for tn United
states to reiuse to anow otner powers
to tako the only means at their dis
posal of satisfying the claims of their
creditors and yet to refuse itself to
take any such steps."
An especial point is made by the
President that this government does
not propose to take any part of Santo
uomiu"o or to exercise any otner con
trol over the island save what is neees
sary to its nnaneial reuabUitatiou ia
Connection with tho collection of rev
enue, part of which will bo turned ever
to the government to meet the necrs
sary expenses of running it. and mrt
of which will be distributed pro ratt
among toe creditors or tne rept Ll:c
upon a basts or, absolute equity.
Discussing the course aggrieved if-i
tions may take against American rc
puoiics witnout interference with I'je
Monroe doctrine, the President says
aay action may be taken which "toon
not take tho shape of interference with
their form of government or of the
despoilment of their territory under
any disguise; but, short of this, when
the question is one of a money claim,
the only way which remains, finally,
to eolleet it, is a blockade or bombard
ment or, the seiture of the eustom
house, and this means, as has been
said above, what is in effect a posses
tion, even though only temporary pos
session, , of territory.. The United
8tates,then becomes a party ia inter
est, because under the Monroe doctrine
it cannot see aay European power seize
and permanently occupy tne territory
of one of these republics, sad vet each
(seizure of - territory, disguised or un
disguised,, may eventually offer the
only way in which the power in ques
tion can collect any debts unless, thee
is laterferentve om the part of the
United States.
. AWAITS SENTENCE.
Patriarch James Brown Shot Neighbor
Then Beat Him With Gun.
THE! DALLES, Or.. Feb., 16. -The
jury before which James T. Erown was
. , . t. .
triea tor snooiing ramuei r isner , re
turned a verdict of guilty of . assault
with a dangerous weapon. I loth Brown
and risber are old citizens of -Mosier
pteeiact." haying lived neighbors f or
twentv-. j-ears. One evening last fall
Brown's rattle were ia Fisher's or
chard, and in order to get them out,
Fisher , fired on them with a shotgun.
This'enraged Brown so that he seized
his gun and advancing on Fisher shot
him in the back. After. J-isber was
down Brown beat him severely with
tbe butt of his gau.' The parties Jo the
trouble are both patriarchs, tinner be
ing 71 and Brown 67 years of age. The
jury recommended mercy for the con
victed man, and on this account and be
cause of bis advanced acMtrown will
likebr to get' off with the minimum sentence.-.,
rv-- V-
CRUEL . WAR BEHIND.
ST. PETERSBCBO.tFeb. 16. -General
Grippenberg. recently commander
of the second arm v of Manchuria, sr
riveil here at midafght.
STAKELBEEG INJUBED.
LONDON, Feb. lrt-The Telegraph's
Shanghai corref pondent : reports that
Htakclberg and three Russian infantry
colonels were wounded is the fighting
on Hun rircr. '
PARLIAMENT OPENS. .
What Promises to Be Last Session of
i Present Body Convenes.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-The sixth ses
sion of the first parliament of his reign
was opened by King Edward with all
the historic pageantry which has
marked the ceremony since bis acces
sion. The sovereign himself read the
speech from the throne to the as
sembled lords and commons in the. up
per chamber.
The only -reference to the Kuo-
Japanese war, which, the King said,
"unnappuy continues," was to an
neuBce that "my government has been
careful to observe in the strictest man
ner the obligations incumbent upon
neutral power."
lb lengthiest paragraph, devoted to
the .Balkans, says the situation eon
tinues to give cause for anxietv. Ths
measures adopted at the instance of
tne Austro-Kussian governments have
been Instrumental in bringing about
some amelioration in tne state of tbe
disturbed districts, but "these meas
ures have still to be supplemented bv
radical reforms, especially or the fiaan
eial system,-before any permanent im
provement can be effected in the ad
ministration of these provinces of the
Turkisn empire."
The speech noted with satisfaction
the'Austro-Uuugarian government had
addressed to the Porte proposals for
this purpose, and added that the lint-
tab government was in communication
with the powers concerned upon this
important subject..
MICKS MIXED IT.
SPOKANEl FeK 16. Jerry McCar
thy, of Spokane, knocked out Jack
Reilly, of California, in the seventh
round of a 20-round bout tonight.
CASE PRESENTED
LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE LISTENS TO TESTI
MONY ON PENITENTIARY.
Several ' Witnesses ' Examined Tour
Hours of Grind Little Startling De
veloped Superintendent Charges In
vestigation was Prompted by Malice.
After, four hours of examining wit
nesses, the committee appointed to in-
estignte the alleged irregularities at
the state penitentiary preferred by Ij.
H. McMahan, of Salem, adjourned with
only half of the business completed.
The testimony was nearly the same as
that submitted Saturday afternoou, be
ing furnished by several additional
witnesses.
Mrs. Jenny, of Baker City, mother
of one of the convicts at the peniten
tiary, was called for the prosecution.
It was endeavored to show that Mrs,
Jenny presented gifts to the official
of the penitentiary to try to influence
them to put her son on double time.
Mrs. Jenny testified that she bad
known Superintendent James and bis
wife for years and that she had no in
tention of trying to influence the man
agement of the penitentiary when she
presented them with a pair of portieres.
She also said no gold pin was ever
presented to Warden Curtiss, as al
leged, but that she bad sent her son
a pin in care of the warden. She also
stated that the portieres had been re
turned to ber. ri$a did not know
whether they had been returned before
the charges' were made by Me'Msbau.
Mrs. Jenny is an elderly fady and is
reputed to be very wealthy. She became
very indignant when asked as . to
whether the gifts were intended to cor
rupt tbe officials.
A. r. Gilbert and George Downing,
former superintendent s of the peniten
tiary, testified to the methods used
when they were in office. Their testi
mony showed that their methods were
about the same as ; used by Superin
tendent James. They state.!, however,
that tbey and their families did not
board at the institution, which is done
by the present management, it was
also shown that in former years tbe
state has derived rent from cottage
that are now occupied by wroployea at
the penitentiary.
Superintendent James, in a statement
to the committee, said that McMahan
nsed to be very friendly, with him un
til one of tne guards was discharged
for disorderly conduct. McMahan tried
to have the guard reinstated, and upon
James refusal to do so. intimated that
he would make trouble for the manage
ment. Shortly: afterwards McMahan
made an attempt to bate Jamn re
moved from office.
The trend of the testimony showed
that the institution has been conducted
by many rules that' were established
by eustom and not in strict accordance
with the code. It may be said, how
ever, that nearly all the .state institu
tions are conducted in the same uao
ner. Mr. James, in his defense, proved
conclusively that his entire administra
tion had met with the approval of the
Governor, who exercises direct control
over the penitentiary. McMahan did
not dispute tbis fact, but insisted that
tne Institution bad not been conducted
in accordance with the constitution.
PARENTS DIPLOMAS.
Are Their ' Children, Says O. Stanley
uau. or Clark university.
BOSTON, Feb. 15. The Religious
Education Association today had the
busiest session of its annual meeting
in Boston. The subject for discussion
was " the place of., formal instruction
in religious and moral education.'"
President Stanley Hall, of Clark Uni
versity, said that children wero the
'diplomas ' of the fathers and moth
ers of the land, and that the fidelity
with which religious instruction ! was
imparted to the bora and trirls in the
home determined the degree of honor
which attained to the diplomas. The
place or religion instruction in the
Voung" Men's Christian Association
was indicated by professor Coe.
0 a? o tizaV
ban Iks
f
ONE BOARD
OFCONIl
FOB PENAL AND REFOUT IATC V
INSTITUTIONS CREATED.
WITH GOVERNOR AT ITS IIHAD.
Secretary of State and the Stats Treas
urer Constitute the Other
Two Members. 4
Institute for Feeble-Minded and Epil .1-
tie Children Established Ko .
Works Zealously and Grinds out Ls
sults on Twenty two Bills.
lresidcnt Kuvkendall's bill for a
board of control for tbe state pcu.il
aad reformatory institutions, from til
indications will pass the House of llc -resentatives
this morning. The I. 1
came up for final passage last even I c
but it was referred back to the judi
ciary committee to correct several min
or features that were objectionable tu
some of tbe members. This bill pro
vides for the. supervision of the stats
institutions by a board of control to
consist of the Governor, secretary if
state and treasurer. The several
boards of trustee will be abolished by
this act.
Tbe Senate was the scene of a spirit
ed fight last evening when an atteir r t
was made to secure tne passage or tu
House bill authorizing the city of Port
land to issue bonds for the purpo
of establishing parks. The purpot of
tbe bill l to allow the people ot
'ortland to vote 'whether they will al
ow tbe issuance of $313,000 to be use!
n the purctiase of portions of the Lew-
is aud Clark Fair grounds. Tbe grounds
acuuired by the city in this way would
oe improved and kept by t lie city as
permanent parks. The Multnomah del
egation in tbe Senate was divided on
the subiect and this was the main
reason for its defeat. The result of
tbe vote showed 13 ares and 13 nayex.
One of the opposition of the measure
stated that tbe people of Portland did
not know what they wanted. He said
there .were so many non-taxpayers iu
that city that the result of an election
would probably result in the bonds be
ing issued. rVnatfr Malarkev deliv
ered a long and well directed spercK
on the subject, but his efforts were of
no avail. One of the disinterested
Senators said that while this might be
a purely local measure he did not be
lieve that tbe Legislature should fcive '
that eity any rights that might be ud
as a yoke on the taxpayers. He snid it
would be different if the Multuomah
delegation agreed on the question. This
bill passed the House of Representa
tives with very little opposition.
The House of Representatives passed
the Henate bill to license hunters )nt
evening, calling for a license of tl for
residents and $10 for non-residents. Tb .
bill provides that farmers may hunt
on tbeir own land without procuring
licenses. A similar bill was defeated
in the House last week. This bill did
not exempt farmers from the license
fee.' As there are a large number of
tbe "toilers of tbe soil" in tbe House
this bill was defeated by an over- ,
whelming majority. That bill did not
provide. that non residents of the state
should be taxed heavier than residents.
Tbe House passed a Henate bill last
evening authorizing tbe state publU
building Commissioners to take the in
itiative etej in the establishment ot
an institute for the feeble-minded and
epileptic children. The bill authority
tbe board to purchase a site if tbey
desire, sad appropriates 13.000 to t
used at toe discretion of tbe commit
tee. Tbe school will be located at Bi
lem. It bus been proposed to allow
this school the use of tbe building now
occupied by tbe school for mntes. A
bill to appropriate $70,000 for tbe erec tion
of new buildings for ths ruut
school nearer Balera will be paseed by
tbe Henate today.
lue cavender resolution to InvrW-
gate the holdings of the Northern Iu
eifle, railway in Oregon was ajjin
brought under the searchlight lat
evening. This resolution was paiwt
by the two Houses and a forumlttg
was appointed. A resolution to author
ire the committee to expend tlOOO, it
necessarv, m tne pursuit of its lo
vestigations. was rejected in the House
Inst evening. Representative Jayt
stated the committee was unable t
make any extensive iuvestigutlon it:.
out financial assistance.
Kmith, of Jo'cphine. the anti-ril-
roadite, said that Ibin would simj 1
result in ueedlexs expenditure, s t't
committee could accomplish aoslut' It
nothing. He said the Northern i'ae!..-
Uailroad Company had acquired it s t
tensive timber ftoldinir in the U'
through government serin and that t.
matter rested entirely with the fedfr-.l'
authorities. He recommended that U
attention of Francis J. Heney be eal! 1
to tnts corporation. Vawter took ti
same stand as that advanced by mitfi.
me resolution failed to carry bv
large, majority. This practically en l
the investigation.
Tne House passed a Senate bill U z
evening relinquishing the htute's tit
to tee old court street sewer in Ral n
This sewer was constructed bv tbe
state a number of year4 ago, but for
some time has not been used. The bin
gives this city the entire control f t
the sewer. The" sewers in that Porti 1
of Salem some times are unable to 1
rj off the large amount of water t
accumulates doring heavy rains. I ,
the addition of this sewer the. mat,
will be remedied.
PEAEODY EEEUTT3. .
DENVER, Feb. Irt. Ex-Oav
Peabody today begaa his testier
rebuttal in the contest for the rl
Governor, now held by uov. A !
NEW YORK. Feb. 16. Ju I .,
gerald In the Supreme -Jmut, !
iaiiished a new record for CI.
ef undefended divorce ensca.
teen decrees were trranted at
of one every twelve miattcs. I
the applicants were forejctrs.