HE MUST PAY
FULLPENALTY
FRANK OUQLIELMO DOOMED TO
DEATH UPON THE GALLOWS.
HE KILLED FEED A .QTJABASCIA
Supreme Court Hands Down Opinion
Confirming the Decree of the
Trial Court.
In Heat of Base Over Disappointment
In Lore Shoots His Sweetheart Dead
at His Feet and in Cold .Blood
Washington County . Case Decided. ; ;
Tlu supreme court handed down an
opinion yesterday morning in which
the decree of Judge Cleland, of the
circuit court for Multnomah county, in
affirmed in the case of ' the state vs.
4rang Crtglitdmo. This is the case in
which the defendant is charged and
convicted of the murder of his sweat
JiMrt, an Italian girl, Freda Guarascia
and the affirmation of the decision of
the lower court means that Guglielmo
must suffer death on the gallows at
the Oregon penitentiary for his cold
blooded and fiendish crime " j
T The story of the case in brcf is that
fiugllelmo bad been paying his atten
tions to the young girl and was very
much infatuated with her. She, how
Wer, did not reciprocate his affections
and refused to keep company with him
longer.. On June 14, 1904, Guglielmo
called upon the girl and asked for an
interview, which was granted, when he
again pressed his suit for her hand in
marriage. She spurned his love and
. his matrimonial offer, whereupon ' he
lrew a revolver and shot her, killing
her almost instantly. He was arrested,
trie! and convicted of murder in the
tirst degree and was sentenced to hang;
hut was granted a stay -of cxeeutidn on
appeal.
The records in the case show that
he was charged with the commission of
a crime by an information, not sworn
to by any person, upon which a bench
warrant was issued lor his arrest. , The
counsel for the defendant set up the
contention that this was an irregular
proceeding, in that it was in violation
of Section 9 of Article I of the con
stitution of this state, which prohibits
the issuance, of warrants for the arrest
of any person, except upon probable
raose, supported by oath or affirmation.
Another , contention of defendant's
counsel is that the court erred in deny
ing defendant 's motion to set aside the
information on the ground that it vit
iated certain sections of the federal
constitution, in that these sections f
tho organic law guarantee to every
suspect ei person the right to be
charged by indietmentt, found and re
turned by a grand jury. J J
Justice Moore, of the supreme court,,
however, finds contrary to these con
tentions, that the defendant had a fair
and impartial trial, that no prejudicial
error was committed, and affirms, the
judgment of the trial court. , . . ? -Evldence
Not Admissible.
In another opinion, of which Justice
Bean' is the author, the decree of Judge
T. A. McBride, of the circuit court
for Washington county, ia reversed and
the case remanded for a new trial.; The
opinion holds that the court below
was in error in the matter of admission
of certain evidence in the case of the
state vs. James G. lee, in which the
defendant was convicted of the larceny
of a calf and sentenced to a term of
j-rnrs in the penitentiary.
The only point or contention decided
by the supreme court was that the trial
court erred in the admission of evi
dence in the case tending to show the
previous bad reputation of the defend
ants, or the commission of crimes other
than the one charged against him. The
court holds further that witness has
right to explain, without entering into
particular, the grounds for any! bias
or hostility he may entertain for the
person whom he is ' testifying against,
but in this case the witness denied he
had any ill will or bias against the de
fendant and his testimony only tended
to show the general reputation of the
licensed which was inadmissible, j?
Other Cases Disposed Of.
The appeal in the case of Albert 141
lienfbaL et aL, respondents, vs. Mike
Keppinger, 'et aL. appellants, was dis
missed withont costs upon stipulation
it nd the motions for rehearing were
also deuied in the following eases: H.
WoUanbergr administrator, respondent,
vs. J. F. Hose, appellant : ; Frank D.
Jtaner vs. John Bull and A. T. Lewis
.Vs. First National Bank of . Portland.; ,
MAY GET LIMIT
JOHN W. GILPIN AND MYRTLE P.
! WALLACE ROTJNDED UP ST j.
I . POLICE ONCCMOBE
until last evenincr .when she aain tint
in an appearance jimong her favorite
haunts in Chinatown. Cilpin, it seems.
was the Brat to bear of her return, and
he at once sought the girl and took her
to a roem in the EldreTTge block, j
The police were soon on the trail nd
at o'clock the two were placed under
arrest tr Iarshal Cornelius and Offi
r Lewis. When the officers entered
the room which Gilpin and the Indian
girl had engaged for the night, they
found the farmer, .but ho disclaimed ail
knowledge of, Miss" Wallah's
whereabouts. The police, however,
were not to be s Met racked so easily and
soon located the- girl in a small closet
of the room where she was hiding.
The officers, continuing along the line
of social "purification," propose to get
rid of luese two objectionable charac
ters, who have heretofore been granted
entirely too much freedom In this cJtv,
and it is safe to say the "limit" will
be imposed. " "
! TO VISIT CBEGON.
Grorernment Officer Will Investigate
Klamath Irrigation Project.' '
WA8HIXGTOV, Feb. (T. "A confer
ence of reclamation engineers ha been
caned to meet at Klamath Falls April
1 to consider plans and estimates for
tfie jKlamath irrigation project. At that
meeting it is hoped final plans may be
made for buying out owners of small
canals, inclndrng toe. rights of the
Klamath Canal company. The govern
ment "is willing; to pay this company
JyOt000 to get out of. the way. The
eompany demands more, but it is be
lieved will eventually accept this fig
ure., f - " i
Iflthe proposal is accepted, the ea-
giners expect to. begin work, on the
project during the eoming summer.
. ObJcctioTUbls Characters XSyraf Room
..la Eldredge Block, lmt Are Protnptly
.Placed Under , Arrest Officers Will
Prefer Chafges Against Them Today.
John W. Oirpin, a local painter, and
Myrtle P. Wallace, a younjt Indian girl,
both of whom hare fibred ia police
circles before, were arrested last; even
ing and today will . probably be re
quired to face a charje of Tew eoaab
itation. On December lGJhia same pair
was rounded up by" therrKUcev CJilraan
bring booked upon , charges of disor
derly conduct and keeping late noort,
and the girl for drunkenness and late
Eburs. On January 31'tne girl again
appeared in the police court to answer
.to the charge of vagrancy. Judge
Moores imposed a find of $40, but sus
pended sentence upon tho dnaky maid
lea's promise to leave the eity and re
main away.
it is supposed she fieparted.at tae
time, at least nothing was wen of her
-' NO VIOLENCE IN THIS. '
KIEFF, Feb. 20. The employes of
the South western railroad todav de
cidel to call a general strike, Cut with
out resource to coercive measure.
STUDENT REVOLT
EMPEBOR'S PORTRAIT TORN TO
STRIPS AT REVOLUTIONARY
MEETINQ OF SCHOLARS.
AltlERICALOOKS
GOOD TO HIM
SO SATS CHINESE PRINCE OF THE
BLOOD ROYAL. !
AMERICAN PEOPLE PKOORESSXVE
The American System of Government
" Is fonnded Upon the Best ' !
' Principles.
Prince Kang Yn Wei, Private Secre
tary to Emperor of China, Makes In
spection of Oregon Institutions ' and
Is Pleased With Result. .
Universities. . Colleges and Schools
Close After Vote of Students Only
Resort to Military Keeps Movement
From I Speeding to Schoolboys.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 20. With
a resolution, the student body -of the
great University of St. Petersburg yes
terday voted to suspend studies for the
remainder of the year, and almost the
whole educational system of Russia has
entered upon a period of stagnation,
the protest of the youth of Russia be
ing against bureaucracy and other gov
ernmental grievances. Other universi
ties of Russia, the Gymnasia and even
the grammar schools are already on a
strike and the military Of the various
portions of the Empire is obliged to
resort to force to restrain the school
boys of tender age from joining the
movement.
At a meeting in St. Petersburg the
students, at which over 3000 partici
pated,' beside voting in practical unan-
ber,adopted a set of resolutions de
manding the formation of a constitu
ent assembly and characterized the
proposed summoning of Zebsky Bobor
as inadequate for the emergency. The
resolutions, after speaking of the "pro
gressive demoralization of Russia un
der jthe influence of, absolute regime,
declare for freedom of speech, press,
conscience, right of association, assem
bly nd strike, 'The meeting 'unani
mously decided " to express its disap
proval of the government 's action m
dealing with the workmen who at
tempted to present a petition to the
Kmperor on January 22 and its sym
pathy with the victims of the soldiers.
A large faction voted in favor of stoo
ping! the war. A strong revolutionary
feeling was manifested, the red flag
wast waved and the Marseillaise"
and other, revolutionary songs were
chanted. A large portrait of the Fm-
Eerbr in the great auditorium of the
niversity where the meeting was held
was itorn in strips. The police did not
interfere.
OF GOOD BX&TH.
i
Is Assassin of Serglua, Who suu k-
mains Unidentified.
MffW. Feb. JT0. Althoug'j the
identity of flte assassin of Grand Duke
Sergius is cot yet ascertained, the po
lice jara convinced that he is not a
worltmanV but a man of good birth. His
nnderclothlna are of tfoOd quality ano:
fashtonaibiy made and the outer work
man's garb is evidently an assumed
aisgnise.
THINKS BETTEE OF IT.
Steamer Olen Turret Will Not Attempt
to Run Blockad.
SAX FRAXCISTO. Feb. 20.-It is
filed thai the British steamer uea
Turret, which has been loading at this
port i with Wiriev, wnen m.w
tv tdirered at Vladivostok, has
abandoned any Intention of running the
Jsnanesa blockade. her cargo , having
been re-consigneS" to jTokonama.
SLATJOHTEa CONTINUES.
Several Persons Killed and Injured in
. 1 DistarDancea Testeraay.
BAJtr, Feb. 20, An attempted es
cape of a prismer today lertto sertits
dlstut5ances, in. the "course of which
setcral persons were Killed or injured.
d 3f JL i, S JSm m
151 Rir.3 Tim t"s Ka
SsarstLs
C'aatu.
af .i-
Prince Kank Yu Wei, private sec
retary to His Royal Highness the' Em
peror of China, accompanied by a re
tinue of secretaries and interpreters.
arrived in Salem from Portland yester-
" morning. lAtiy in the afternoon
he and staff made a formal call boon
Governor Chamberlain, and later made
a tour of inspection of some of t the
nearby state institutions.-nrineinallv
the insane asylum and penitentiary.
Prince; Wei's -mission to this country
is to make a sttray of the system of
government in allaf its phases, and
especially as pertainsN to the manage
ment of the different sate and nation
al institutions, including penaL reform
atory, f eleemosynary and educational.
ror the purpose of creating a govern
mental reform in th Chinese empire.
Prince vei is possesed with 'very
keen perceptive abilities, his sense of
observation is highly developed; is a
uumi. auu luicingcui conversaiionaiisr.
in his own language and is surrounded
by a corps of eminently efficient sec
retaries and interpreters. The mem
bers of his staff are: Chew Kok Iiean.
private secretary to His Exeellency
and English-Chinese interpreter; Tong
Chinn, Chinese secretkrjto, the Prince,
and Rupert Numer, rtKVienna, Austria,
who acts as interpreter! of the English,
German, t rench, Austrian and other
Kuropean languages.
, Prince Wei and staff, with the ex
ccptkm of Mr. Humer, who joined the
party at Vienna, left Hong Kong one
year ago this month. lie has made a
complete tourof England. France, Ger
many, and all European countries, and
made a thorough- inspection of every
class of institutions in each one.' He
sailed from Liverpool and entered the
nonunion of Canada at Montreal;
thence to Vancouver, B. C, thence to
Seattle and Portland, arriving , here
yesterday. I He intends to extend his
tour over every state in the Union,
through Mexico and South and Central
America. In his interview with the
Governor yesterday afternoon, Prince
Wei expressed the desire to go through
all the state institutions eontiguons to
Salem, and the Governor urged him to
extend his visit over a day or two long
er in orrter that all rtue courtesy could
be shown him and that he could make
a tnorougn inspection orthe system
of management of the different insti
tutions.; Prince Wei stated that he hop
ed he would be able to do so but last
eveninff Stated that, as much as he so
desired, it would be .Impossible as he
would be compelled to continue his
journey today. He, however, in eom-
panv with Superintendents James and
Oalbreuth, of the penitentiary and in
sane asylum, respectively, inspected
these two institutions quite thoroughly.
In an interview with a statesman re
porter last evening, he expressed him
self through the medium of his Inter
preter, Chew jvor Iiean, substantially
as follows:
'I am deeply and favorably Impress
ed with the progressive spirit of the
Americans, which is plainly evidenced
on every hand. I have made a thor
ough study of the methods of govern
ment of the different institutions of
every country in Europe, and, although
I nave been in your country but about
two weeks, I can very readily see and
so state without hesitancy that the
government of the American institu
tions is founded upon the very; latest
principles and are the best and most
systematically conducted of all.' I
have also oeen leepiy and agreeably
impressed with the kindness and cour
tesy which has been shown me-by the
people of the United States, and, I am
sure that this alone will be one of the
most pleasant things which I will re
port to His Majesty, the Emperor of
China. I have been treated with tbi
greatest of civility and shown' every
consideration 1 wherever I 'have "been
and the Emperor will no doubt feel
very grateful to your people and gov
ernment for it.
"J am especially pleased with the
kind treatment which I have received
by the officials of the state of Oregon.
Mr visit to your state institutions this
afternoon was an exceedingly pleasant
one and I feel that I have benefited
very much by what I have seen. The
insane asylum and penitentiary, which
1 visited. I an truthfully -say, are con
ducted in the most efficient and tip to
date manner In every way, and I was
much pleased with the evidence of sys
tem and thoroughness which was evi
dent upon every side, It would cer
tainly be difficult to conceive of in
stitutions of this character being more
efficiently managed.
l have heard ana read mucn 01 tne
progressiveness of the - American peo
ple but I had no real conception of the
truth until . I - saw the evidence of it
in reality, i It seems to me that the
American people are on the go . all of
the time and I have wondered if they
ever take time to sleep. It is truly a
great and growing government."
Frmee vei ana siau wui imvb tuua
for rail fornia and continue upon their
prospective tour of the United States
and Southern, countries. -
;' MaMSWBSBBBBsslsSMSHMMSMBSBSt ' . -W
' LAND FRAUD TEIALS. ,
over with Judge Bellinger at Portland,
and the judge thought April a bad
month t to get a. jury. The court ' ex
pects to move- back into its own quar
ters ia-May, and does not want; the
trials on while moving. Furthermore,
there win be rurther investigations by
the grand jury in April, which might
interfere with tho trials in court. These
investigations will be concluded before
.lune. . ; ,
DT TTMEOF PEACE."
Lodz
Preparing for War With
. Striking Workmen.
the
LODZ Feb. 20. Slight disturbances
occurred in different sections of the
city today. The large mills were closed
and many persons are leaving the city
owing to the report of a mobilization
of reserves to be introduced February
t. Additional troops arrived here to
day. , -
JUSTICE IS BUND.
For Falsifying Vouchers Official Gets
Sixty, Years and Then Some.
Probably Not to B Begun. Until Jnna,
. says ueney. - .
tsrAKHIXGTO.V., Feb.- SOL-Distriet
Attorney, Heney said today that the
Mitchell Hermann-Williamson .land
rMn.i nA will nrobablr not be tried
before Juco. 1 lie talked; th matter was also maae.
MANILA, Feb. 20. Major Carring-
ton, eonvieted of falsifying the vouch
ers of ,the civil government to the
amount of $1500, was today sentenced
to a total or sixty years and five davs
imprisonment.
Cancer of the Colon.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Dr. W. M. Har
per, president of the University of Chi
cago, today submitted to another ex
amination at the Presbyterian hospUL
where he was taken to await an opera
tion Wednesday. It is said the sur
geons" reached" toe conclusion that Pres
ident Harper has a cancer of the colon.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED.
ST! PETERSBURG, Feb. 20. Mar
tial law has been declared in Tsarskoe-
Solo, owittij to numerous threatening
letters being received at the palace.
The ehief of the sxret' polleo ordered
tnar. special prccatnions to prevent anv
oufrage on the imperial family be
taken. ; .
ENTOMBED IN
VIRGINIA MINE
TERRIFYING FATE OF COAL MIN
EES NEAR BIRMINGHAM.
ENTIRE FORCE PROBABLY DEAD
Scores of Rescuers Hasten to Belief
Bnt Death Locks the Doors
Against Them.
Reported Over Hundred Have Been De
stroyed in the Dark Caverns De
tails of Cause of Disaster Will Never
Be Known All Union Men. -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 20. By J
an , explosion in the Virginia mine,
eighteen miles from Birmingham, at 4
o'clock this afternoon, between 110 and
135 union miners are entombed and it
the room he occupied 'was found ablaze.
Lpon the arrival of tho firemen a
Baheock soon subdued the flames, not,
however, until the lounge and window
curtains and a large part of the carpet
had been consumed. Some other ti.?ni
ture in the room was badly scorched
and a large w i n 5 w"gla ss broken by
the firemen, wCo threw the burning
lounge to the street. The loss will
amount to about toO or $75 and is cov
ered by insurance.
XoUTng has -been heard of Cooper
idace his flight! from the bnilliig.
WITHOUT "WARNING.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE; Ohio, Pel. 20.
Four men dead and fourteen injured,
five seriously, as a result of the explo
sion of a stationary 'boiler at No. 1
mine of the Providence Coal Company
Ak V, A .... ' 1 . A n. i A ak.fi ' v A 1
centh' tieen completed lmt has not been
operated daily on account of the instal
lation of new machinery, lmt the em
ployes "have reported every day to learn
if their services were needed. Todav
was wet and cold and the men eongre
PRESIDENT IS
TAKENTO TASK
ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE OF CON
DOLENCE IS CONDEMNED.
CONGRESSMAN BAKER PROTESTS
Finds Fault Because the! President Did
Not Protest at the! January
Massacre.';
gated in the toiten house, which was
equipped with an old boiler used for
sinking the shaft, and still in use pend
ing the installation of the new boiler.
Without a moment's warning, the
is believed that a number have suffered .iwiier exploded, hurling the men bi all
an awful death. Scores of vigorous .directions and blowing the building to
fragments.
rescuers are at work to-relieve their
friends and comrades. The explosion
is believed to have been caused by an
accumulation of dust, although " the
mine heretofore was noted as being en
tirely free of dust,
that, as the entire quota is probably
killed, the details of the cause of tne
disaster will never be known.
The class of miners employed is the
best in tse district and all belonged
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
BOSTON, Feb. 20 A fire causing an
immense losattroke "ont on nier four
It is also believed of the Hoosae Tunnel docks at Charles
ton early today. The origin was not
determined, but it is believed to have
started from spontaneous combustion.
The flames spread with startling rapid
ity, communicating , with Jhe - Furness-
NO CHOICE YET
BOARD OFT SCHOOL' DIRECTORS UN
ABLE TO DECIDE UPON PLANS
' FOR NEW BUILDING.
Quite Probable Tht Meeting of Build
iog Committee Will Be Held This
Week and Definite Action Taken
Time .Ripe for Beginning of Work.
Although' nnc conclusion lias been
reached a yet y thl members of the
oaleni district regarding toe adoption
of plans for the proposed new central
school building, it is- quite probable
that a meeting of the building commit
tee, of which Ir. Byrd is chairman, will
hold a meeting some time this week and
arrive at a definite understandmsr in
the matter. The question was to have
come up for consideration and adjust
ment at the regular meeting, on last
Saturday evening, but, as ha been the
case heretofore, some of the members
were afbsent and the matter was not
taken up for discission .
Everything, with the exception of the
adoption of plans and specifications,
has been arranged for the erection of
the building, but it, seems that the
memSiers are not a unit upon the choice
of a design or character of material for
the structure. The old buildings have
been moved to either side of the half
block which the new school house is to
occupy and the old tarn is Wing re
moved, from the premises so that all
will be in readiness for the beginning
of the work when a choice of plans has
been decided upon.
! One or two sets of plans have been
drawn up by Architect W. I. Pugh,
but, while the members are agreed in
the main upon the designs submitted,
there is some difference of opinion as
to the interior arrangements, which is
not a serious matter to adjudicate.
Then again, otVr members of the board
think' more tnan one architect should
have 'submitted plans for thetprojosed
new structure in order that the differ
ent ideas could be taken into consider
ation before a definite conclusion i
arrived at. The time, however; is grow
ing ripe when the work upon the build
ing should be begun and it is believed
that no nnneeessarv delay will he isd
the matter of the choosing of plans.
FAVORSPATENTS
SENATE WOULD CONFIRM RIGHTS
OF PASTURE ON THE UMA
TILLA RESERVATION. '
Gift. Proposed" for Indians in Oregon
An Appropriation of On Million and
O&e-Half Dollars to Buy Colvills
Lands Klamath Included.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. CO.
The Senate Indian, affairs committee
today reported the house Indian appro
priation bill with amendments added,
among thrra a provision directing that
patents he issued to persons1 oa th'
I'matiHa reservation who submit proofs,
that the lands, purchased by" them are
suitable for grazing, only. '
Another provision directs the pay
meat of $100 each to individual mem
bers of the Clatsop, Tillamook, Lower
Chinook and Kathlamet - Indians.
A : provision to carry into effect an
agreement between the Indians on the
Colville reservation and the United
States for the? cession of L500,000 acres
of land, and $1,500,000 is set aside to
pay for the land so ceded.
A -- provision - appropriating $37,000
to carry' out tho agreement- lor- the
purchase of . the Klamath agency land
to tne united Aline Workers of Amer- Deland steamer, Philadelphian, tied
ica. Since the strike has been on in ft Inner ttiAm thm riisar fw1 In far ni.
the P.irmingham district many of tho ments it was in flames, from stem to
iuunk luuusuiwus aou luriiiy miners oi jtem. It
I'rnrr I ifv and ntlior imnArfanf minim)
points have removed to the Virginia
mines, -so that the mines' were worked
to their full eaoaeitv bv ' the" most
skilled miners in the community. Re
lief trains, with surgeons and workmen
were dispatched as soon as the news
of the disaster was learned. At mid
night they had not dug half way
through the . mass of debris. It is
thought that it will be 10 o'clock to
morrow before the interior of the
slope is reached.
Declared People's Feelings Were Not.
Truly Expressed Grosvenor Makes
Reply Introduces Resolution and
Defied Members to Expel Him.
SUFFERS RELAPSE.
Former Apostolic Delegate Is Now
r Threatened With Pneumonia.
is feared that two sailors
are lost. From the Philadelphian the
flames jumped .to the steamer Pal ton
Jlall, of the Antwerp line, which was
soon ana me. Jt is thought the loss
will; be nearly fl,00,ooo.
WANTS IT, TOO
TEXAS PETITIONS TO BE JOINED
WITH KANSAS IN STANDARD
OIL INQUIRY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Cardinal Sa
tolli, formerh- apostolic delegate in the
United States, who had nearly entire
ly recovered from his recent attack of
bronchitis, has suffered another relapse.
Home fears are entertained about Lis
condition, the corespondent adds, as he
5 "now threatened with pneumonia,
Legislature of . Lone Star State Sends
. .Telegram to Congressman Campbell,
Who Sees President Concerning In
vestigation Price of Crude Oil Rises
WASHINGTON', Feb. 20. Represent
stive Campbell, of Kansas, author of
the resolution providing for an inquiry
j into the operations of the oil interests
Steamer Brinkburn Guesses Again and'of tho country, had an extended con
ANOTHER RETURNS.
Thinks She's R4ght This Time,
SAN" FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The
steamer Brrnkbnrn, which left 'iere re
cently with a of supplies for
Vladivostok, returned today. When it
arrived, at Victoria it received ord?rs
to return here on account of danger of
capture by the Japanese.
LEFT IN A HURRY.
Man Accidentally Sets Room on Fire,
Then Flees to Parts Unknown.
The fire department was summoned
to the Eldredge block shortly before 9
o'clock Sunday morning to extinguish
a fire in one of the rooms forming part
of H. W. Harding's lodging house. The
room was being occupied by a man
named Cooper, who professed to be a
hair dresser, and it'isisaid that while
slightly, under the influence of liquor
he dropped a lighted match or cigarette'
upon a lounge on which he was repos
ing. At any rate the man came run
ning down stairs and started south on
Commercial street with the tail of his
overcoat on fire and upon investigation
ference with the , president today re
garding the investigation. Campbcjl
informed the president that he had" re
ceived from the Texas legislature a tel
egram urging1 him to request the pres
ident to inquire into the methods of the
Standard Oil Company in the Beaumont
fields of Texas. The Standard Oil
Company, Campbell informed the presi
dent, was already preparing its defense
and to resist to the utmost the govern
ment's investigation. The resumption
by the company of. the purchase of
Kansas oil, he said, was undoubtedly
decided tfpon in view of the action
taken by tbe-House of Representatives
in requiring the investigation. ' It
would not surprise him, he said, if the
price of crude oil would b advanced
on account of the present agitation.
JAPANESE REINFORCED.
MOUTOURAN, Feb. 18. There is a
noticeable reinforcement of the Japan
ese siege by artillery. The Japanese
fire now exceeds the Russians in inten
sity and Lone Tree Hill is ctThsantly
Itonsbarded. The new Japanese batter
ies are lieing erected 'east of the Rus
sian center.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. - Tho
House today, after a seven hour ses
sion, passed the naval appropriation
bill, carrying a total of 199,914,35!.
The provision for two nfw battleships
was retained, ltoth the majority and
the minority reports were badly divid
ed over the" proposition, at least fort?
memWrs of the latter ftoing over to
the Kepublicaus, while about an equul
number, of Republicans fvoed in tho
opposition. 5
.Several times during the debate the
assassination of Grand Duke Scrgius
was referred to, the subject beiutf
brought up by Mr. 1 taker, of Js'ew
York, who condemned the action of
the President in sending a message of
condolence to Kusxia expressing tint
sentiment that the government and the
American people viewed
abhorrence. The people,!
did View with abhorrence
in St. lVtertdmrc on January 22. but
the President, he said, hold not seen tit
to send a mowage of
that occasion.
He was replied to by
Ohio, who took the ground that re
gardless of the character of the duke
or the question of right
Russia's policy toward
the act with
he declared,
the massacre
condolence on
Grosvenor, of
or wrong -of
her subjects.
the President in sending the message
he did, had done exactly what civilisa
tion recognized as bis dutjy. The climax
came later tn the day, when Itaker read
a resolution on the subject, which he
subsequently introduced,) and which
was, in effect, a reiteration of his re
marks previously made, lie explained
that it had been suggested in the event
of bis offering j-such a resolution that
a motion would be madefto expel him.
He shouted defiance at any member of
the House to make the jraotion, as he
deposited the resolution land took his
seat amid the confusion
cident created.
which the in-
AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
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Bard Carries the Day on the Indian
. Approtnauon cm.
W Af 1 1 1 N G TON, Feb.! 0.-Tlie In
lian ararooriation bill, ss aimeed on br
tc committee on Indian, affairs, was
adopted with the nmendmient offered br
rd, of California,' as follows: "No
portion of the funds eij principal or
interest of any Indian trust of trilal
funds held by the united Staes for the
benefit of any Indian rhe shall be
available nor expended for the support
of any sectarian or denominational
sciiool."" Among the ot her amend
ments Was one appropriailng 100,000
or the Colville reservation in Wasj-
ington.. !'!'- .
A Judgment of Millions.
8T. LOITJS, Feb. 20.-The' United
States court of 'appeals jtoday handed
down a decision in favor .iof the defend
ant in fue case of the Pt rat ton Inde
Iendciice Company, London, England,
against the estate of Wm. S. Stratton,
giving to the receiver a judgment of
6,fK)0,000. It is cjarge.J hv the Yj
lih company that during the life of
Ktratton he made fraudulent represent
ations in the sale of a! mine to the
plaintiff. ' j
Suits and
Overcoats
Spring goods arc beginning
to arrive. The Fall goods are
going. If you want to get a
Suit or Overcoat at a greatly
reduced price you will have to
hurry. We have Suits and
Overcoats marked down to
$6, $8, $10 and $120, that
were from $10 to $18 values.
Blankets
We have about 30 pairs of
cotton blankets whicht we will
put on sale this week at the
following prices :
S2.00 BLANKETS for $1.35
$1.75 BLANKETS for .. $1.2$
$1.50 BLANKETS for j .$1.15
$1.00 BLANKETS for . ...I .75
Dress Gloves
A big reduction in men's
dress and walking gloves, in
sizes from 7 1-2 to 9.!
Best $3.00 Hat on Earth
Spring Styles in
F.!:3's Slllf Kits
r.::n's sett u
All the famous
' "Roberts" make.
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