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YIGiOUS DUKE
BOMB'S'VIGT
PASSIONS FIRED, iOUTRAGED RUS
SIA OPENS VIALS OF WRATH
ON ITS PERSECUTOR.
Sergius,4JncIe of the Czary Torn to Shreds by a Bursting
Missile That Also Slays Coachman and Wounds '
J Avengers of People's WrongsNames
":; Arc Withheld Witnesses
T Imprisoned.
MOSCOW, Feb.! 17, Staggering un
der hi stinging and cruel lash' for
jean, Enssia raised its bleeding body
long enough todaj to still : the bligbt
jDg hand of Grand Duke Sergius, nnele
. of the Czar. . A bomt, exploding be
. neath tbe royal equipage, jut t outside
of the biftoric Kremlin palace, at -3
o'clock this afternoon, snuffed out the
light of this cruel arm of Kossian per
secution, also killing the coachman and
injuring the throwers of the bomb.
The horses and carriage were blown
into; atoms. At the same time the
tower of the old palace was demol
ished, i
The grand duke left the museum,
where he had been in consultation with
eeveral government official, and was
being . rapidly, driven toward Kremlin
palace when he encountered a crowd
of students. Two men in a cab wero
seen to drive out of . the crowd and,
hastening toward the royal carriage,
hurl a bomb, which struck directly un
, der the carriage, exploding instantly.
At about the same time an explo
eion occured at ixremlin palace, wreck
ing, one of the wings of that1 ancient
structure. Both tbe assassination and
the blowing up of the palace are sup
posed to be the Work of nihilists.
The death of the Grand Duke is
thought-to be the first of a series of
assassinations of members of tbe grand
ducal party marked for destruction on
account of Bloody -Sunday. "
This afternoon Sergius left tbe
Kremlin in a carriage and drove to
the museum of history, where he cn
gagd , in a conference with his sub:
ordinates. About 3 o'clock he started
to return home. As the carriage
passed tbe law -courts, a cab which
had been standing there for some tftne,
and which . contained two men, drove
' in behind his csrriare. When near the
Nicholas gate offthe Kremlin, the cab
driver, at a signal, whipped up his
horses until tbe cab was alongside the
royal carriage.
As the cab passed the carriage one
of the two men: within was seen to
learn out of tbe cab window and hurl
a bomb with all! force possible at the
(rand duke. Tbe . bomb struck direct
y underneath Sergius' carriage and
there was a loud explosion, blowing the
jychicle and the two horses to pieces,
hilling ' and ; horribly mutilating the
grand rlnke and his coaehman. '
So close were j tbe bomb throwers
that not only- was Sergius killed, but
his assailants were wounded, one of
them seriously. The identity of the
assassins is not known, the police hav
ing hurried them ' off for surgical at
tention and refusing to give out any
information.
The grand duke wss literally torn
to shreds. His limbs were severed,
flesh bung to the bono in strips and
the bleeding fragments of the corpse
bear slight resemblance to tbo splen
did figure of the tyrant of Moscow. ;
Tho explosion ; was witnessed by a
; large number of persons, most of
whom were students and many of them
have been arrested for supposed, con
nection with the affair. At the sound of
tho explosion troops were rushed from
tho Kremlin and soldiers and police
gathered up the mutilated bodies. The
horses were literally blown into frag
ments and 'no trace of tbe carriage re
mains, i
The cab in which the assassins rode
was wrecked, the driver also badly, in
jured and the horse killed.
The wildest stories are eurfent about
tbe affair . and excitement is intense.
Crowds of strikers parade the streets
crying "Down with the Czar," and
shouting for revolution.
Apparently.no, one sympathizes with
the victim, who was detested to the
utmost by the great mass of people,
whom he . had rigorously persecuted
throughout his reign as governor-gea-.
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Students are generally held respon
sible for today' events, for Sergius
had been the especial oppressor of stu
dents, seeming to take delight in break-
J ing p their meetings, flogging them
publicity establishing censorship among
them,: and placing all colleges under
espionage and police rule. Ther were
. forbidden public asserablys, and popu
lar demonstration was .punished ly
. transportation to Siberia! k
Sergius' persecution f e Socialists
and Jews was hardly less harsh than
his treatment of students, and the most
revolting and cruel punishments were
meted out to all supposed guilty of
entertaining sentiments . conflicting
with tboso of the reactionaries. lie
ably seconded tbe late Von Plchve in
his efforts to suppress the growth of
Socialistic.-' ideas. I
Especially ww Sergius hated for his
fanatical religions persecutions. "He
recognized but one church, 'the Ortho
dox, and all supposed guilty of ether
worship were labeled heretics and gen
erally forced to :leove the country. I
Workmen wno nave - reeenuy re
turned to work are again leaving their
places, and great ; excitement reict.s
throughout the city. It is feared that
rioting will break out again under cov
er of darkness. . - - i
- The grand duchess, who was beloved
by the people, was recently warned not
"to accompany. her husband,.. the Grand
- Dnke Sergius, in : his tripa about the
eitv, and to remain -within the palace,
thus indicating that there was a plot
on foot to kill him. - . , . 1
.The remains of the grand duke have
been taken" to .Nicholas palace, .where
' 'hanccllor. Voronin, chief of the-.gov--
ernor-gencral 's department, has , taken
charge of them. f. ... .
One of the murderers when taken
iuto custody remarked, "t dent care.
I've done my jeb." The man gloried
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iu the suceess of bis crime. He ex
pressed satisfaction in having been able
to kill tbe Orand Duke without involv
ing' tbe Duchess, lie avowed his mem
bership in the social revolutionary or
ganization but refused to give, his
name at the jail where his papers were
found to be forged. Tbe revolver with
which the assassin vas armed was an
automatic mazarine pistol, of the same
type as tbe wepon employed by Hohen
thal, the assassin of Soiniuen, Procur
ator General of Finland. Tne assassin's
wounds are not serious.
The Grand Duke Sergius was an
uncle of tbe Czar and fourth in line
for succession to fhe throne.: He was
born is 1857, and in 1884 married the
Princess Klizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt,
daughter Of the Princess Alice of Kng
land. He had no children, j.
Until recently Sergius was governor
of Moscow, lie was the best hated
man at the Czar 'a court. After tho re
cent bloody Sunday Sergius, fearing
for his own safety, returned to Moscow,
where he took refuge in the Kremlin
palace under close guard, i He ws
vicious, cruel, unprincipled and had a
fanatical hatred towards Jews, Protest
ants and Boraan Catholics. It is sat'!
that his-greatest pleasure was found in
the sufferings of others.
The j worst seandals in Russian his
tory have occurred under Sergius' ad
ministration. He was responsib'a fot
the disappearance of $1,000,000 raised
and contributed by the empress for tbe
relief of the sick and wounded in the
army of Manchuria. Where this money
went to nobody knows, but Sergius has
been! accused of appropriating it.
Early in the war Sergiua called upon
the patriotic people of Moscow for Ked
'vross contributions and one of the
wealthiest men In that eitv. . nehn
owned several large woolen' mills,1 con
tributed 100,000 blankets. A few
months later he was approached by a
commission man, who sold him back
the same blankets for about half of
their value and they were returned to
the warehouse from which they bad
been sent. --
St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. The news
of the assassination of the Grand Duke
SergjtJs has spread like wildfire through
tbe city and occasions great excite
ment. At Tsarskoe the nards have
been doubled and every precaution tak.
ea to protect tbe Czar. -
the streets of the citv are crowded
with, the strikers and men out of em
ployment, who are open in their ex
pressions of satisfaction regarding the
end of Sergius. It is tbe general opiu
ion that this is but ihe first of a series
of assassinations and that "all members
of the grand ducal ring who have long
oppressed Russia are marked as victims
of tbe bomb.
Troops who reeentlv left tbe citv are
being burned back and it is feared that
disorders will break -out afresh. Grand
Duke Vladimir and Governor General
Trepoff aro at the winter palace where
the utmost caution is beintr taken to
prevent suspicious looking strangers
from approach liwf. N hoiesale arrests
are being made ef suspected revolution-
ist.j- '.'"'- ...
Xo great surprise was caused bv the
tragedy as it was known that the grand
duke had been condemned to death by
the terrorists ever since the affair of
January 22. As Governor of Moscow
fSergius. by his harsh measures, had
aroused the greatest hostility, espeelal-
amonig the students, and many
threats had been made against his life.
TS1CE OF UJMBXTK TO GO, UP.
SKXTTLK, Feb. 17.' An advance in
prices of lumber and lumber products
has j been announced Iff toe Pacine
Coast Lumber Manufacturers' associa.
lion, and Ibis-is said to be the first
step towards restoring values on the
finished timber output of the coast to
their normal position. Tbe meeting of
the association was held afew days ago
in this city and there was a large at-
tenuSoce. The most important action
was! the advance decided upon, which
will average about 50 cents all along
the line. .No. 1 and No. 2 5-8 fir ceiling
and No. 1 and No. " fir' drop siding
were increased $1 a - thousand, 'and all
six-inch fir ceiling was advanced $1 a
thousand ; higher than -the four-inch.
Lath was advanced 25 - cents a-thousand
and advance were made in lx,4
and 1x6 common boards and fencing,
sbiplap, fir joists and scantlings and
timbers and cedar siding; .
' Many of the items in tie list were
not changed. With the exception of
lath,, which was advanced cents a
thousand pieces, the change were on
advance of from 50 cents to 1 a thou
sand feet, so that on the whole there
was an average increase of about 50
cents.. : , : , -
NOT BECOME STRAINED
Merely a Coincidence That Jadgmeot
of Congress -uas Oonnter to - -v
.'- the President's.' -V "' ; -
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. It begins
to look as if all the measures the Pres
ident wanted passed were ; in danger
of failing 'in'Cengress. 'The legislative
situation-is In an obstinate tawgle, and
things are approaching a deadlock. Tbe
President is in favor of tariff revision,
arbitration treat iesy an Increase of the
navy in accordance with a definite pro
gram. " and above everytbinr, railway
rate legislation: 4 He submitted to the l
postponement of action on the tariff,
but insisted on the importance of the
railway . rate legislation. Leaders at
the Capitol think that it is impossible
to achieve.' anything satisfactory in
this line as the- wheel of legislation
have become jammed, The increase in
tbe navy has been cut oat try the House
naval eommittee, and the Navy- De
partment will f have - to content ; itself
with a much smaller establishment than
has been proposed. t Finally, under the
contention, that the law-making .power
cannot be delegated to the executive,
and that the constitution requires the
concurrence of the Senate in every
treaty, effort to pass the arbitration
atrreements seem likely to be frustrated.
The President is deeply disappointed at
the outlook and has declared that the
railway legislation alone will justify
calling an extra session, nnlees order
is brought out of chaos within the next
few weeks, and action; even if in a
modified form, is secured upon his rec
ommendations. It is .declared to be
merely a coincidence that the judgment
of. Congress run counter to the Presi
dent ' on so many projects; and tie re
lations between the Capitol and the
White House have, sot yet beeome
-strained. ' ; ! . :,.!.-V'
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K2A&XY TEK MXXXIONS.
Extraordinary 'Appropriation nlade for
Beautifying the Nation's Capital.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 17. The sen
ate todav -passed the bill appropriating
t9j40,000 for the District of .Columbia,
and the diplomatic and consular ap
propria t ion bill, carrying $256,000. A
special feature of the day waa be ac
ceptance of the statue of Trancis E.
Wills rd, which baa been place 1 in
Statuary hall by-the state of Illinois.
The sta'tue of Misi Willard is tho first
of a woman to find place there. One
witness was heard during the day in
the Swayne trial, an. hour being spent
in an effort to 'determine the admissi
bility of evidence -.of Jr.d wayne's
statement before lie commutes of the
House. The Senate terminated its con
troversy with the House over the
amendment, construing tie provision
in the Dingley law relative to the
drawback on imix wheat by re
ceding from its a mendment inserrcd in
the agrieultur.ll appropriation bill as it
parsed the senate.
EVTDEJfCTe IN PTJ-INTif.
President Giveu, Assurance of Convic
tion in Iaad Fraud Cases.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 President
Roosevelt has f'put it.np" to Secre
tary of the Interior Hitchcock and At
torney General Moody to "make good"
on the indictments returned by tbe
federal grand jury for Oregon against
Senator "Mitchell and Congressmen ner
mann and Williamson. .A long confer
ence between the President and the two
cabinet officers has been held, at which
the President asked for the reasons
why the indictments were returned and
whether the evidence was sufficient for
conviction on all of the charges made.
Secretary Hitchcock replied that
there was more than enough evidence
to substantiate the government's chang
es, and that the government would bo
able when the time came to prove evj
cry charge made without the least trou
ble. Attorney General Mooay also said
the same thing. President -Roosevelt's
desire to kno- the status of the cases
was the realization that the govern
ment will be placed , in a very bad po
sition if the eharges against the indict
ed officials fall to the ground in court.
RUSSIA MOURNS
MEMORIAL SERVICES AT TSU
MONASTERY IN MOSCOW AT
TENDED BY MUSCOVITES.
Outside the Monastery Detachments of
Soldiers Maintain Continuous Guard
Over Body of Slain Grand Duke
Mutilated Body Lies' in. Casket.
MOSCOW, Feb. 18. Tbe memorial
service today at Alexieff chnreh in the
rsu monastery was attended by tbe
Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Maria
u' the Grand Dukes Constantino and
Dimitri, by all high civil and military
officers, representatives of the munici
pality and tbe Zemstovs and of tbe
different classes of society, and the
foreign consuls. The , body of the
Grand Duke Sergius lies in a coffin on
a silver bier among a mass of grow
ing palms. Prayers are to be said
thrice daily by the clergy and there
will be day and night watches for the
dead by generals, officials and a num
ber of personal friends, while two of
ficers of the Moscow garrison will
stand as sentinels at the head and foot
of tbe bier. Detaebments of soldiers
maintain-a continuous guard outside
the monastery.
IT DOESN'T GO,
Swayne Testimony Before House Will
, Not Be Admitted.
WASHINGTON, FeU. 18 The Senate
today decided not to admit as testi
mony 'the Swayne impeachment trial
statement made, by Swayne before the
House eommittee. This decision was
reachcd in see ret session and after it
had been arrived at tbe court adjonrned
until Monday in order to permit the
Senate to-pay tribute to the memory
of Sentaor Qoay, to whose memory the
latter part of. the day was devoted. v
, The request from the House for a
conference on the statehood, bill was
received aod a sham delate easued ov.
er' tbe effort s to; have the conference
eomnittce appointed immediately. The
opponents of joint statehood succeeded
in securing, a postponement until Mon
day. . i - : -j , ', -; : -
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GREAT UNREST
PERVADES LAND
RUSSIA STTLI. THROBBING WITH
STRIFE AND SEAUGHER.
TWO MORE OFFICIALS KTTJXD
Band of the Assassin Casts Blighting
j Shadow Over the Land of , .
tbV Muscovite.
District Official ait Tgdyr and the Mayor
of VigaishapA Mordexed Yesterday
Perfect of Police at Kiahineff At
tacked Grand Duke Pan! Restored
- to Imperial Favor. Sr.
ST. PETERSBURG Feb. IS. That
unrest is yet prevalent within the m
pire is evidenced by the fact that the
district official at Igydr was assassin
ated by -Armenians; for political reasons
yesterday, and at Vigarshapd, the may
pr was shot and killed, while at Kiah
ineff an attack was made by an un
known man on tho perfect ox police in
that city.
Tbe Emperor of Russia, by a Ukase,
issued yesterday, restored to favor in
the imperial family, Grand Duke Paul
Alexandre vitch, who, some years ago
was deerraded in rank and honors be
cause, in oppositlc.il to the will of tbe
Emperor and the wishes or the imper
ial family, be contracted a. morganatic
marriage with Olga Pistoikoos. In' ac
cordance with the decree, Grand Duke
Paul was re invested with his title and
military standing, and as general-aid-
de-camp to His Majesty, will attend the
funeral of the Grand Duke Sertrius, his
brother. The body of the Grand Duke
ties in Choudaff Monastery at Moscow,
where an Jiororary " guard, keeps vigil
and priests intone prayers for the. re
pose of uis soul.
IS COMPROMISE
SO SAY SOME LEGISLATORS OF
"PEN" INVESTIGATING COM
MITTEE S REPORT.
Sharp Tilt Between Governor and At
torney General at Yesterday Morn
ing's .Session. of Committee Prosecu
tion Establishes aU. Charges bat One.
(From Saturday's Daily.)
The committee appointed to investi
gate the penitentiary met for, the last
time yesterday morning to take testi
mony. But one. or two witnesses were
called by the prosecution and, with the
exception of a statement by Governor
Chamberlain. whiejJ partook of the na
ture of an argument and occupied about
an hour, no evidence was offered by
the defense.
A lively tilt was had by the Gov
ernor with Attornev General Crawford
The Attorney General had advised the
committee that there was no authority
for furnishing the superintendent's
and warden's famines with furniture
and Governor Chamberlain claimed
that such advice . is contradictory to
that given by the Attorney uenerai
several months af. But it was shown
that the former opinion was given sev
cral months after tlie furniture was
iurcbased. and it could not, therefore
have misled the Governor. Genera)
Crawford - explained that the other
opinion was predicated upo n the as
sumption that be furniture could be
purchased and tbe question was out of
which fund should it te paia; spa inai
he was not called upon to pass upon
tbe betterment fund act.
Tho committee declined to alow ar
gument upon the Cane as it had met for
tbe purpose of preparing a report. In
subetanee the report found that the
purchase of furniture for the , use of
the families of ciupenntenaeni james
and Warden Curti was illegal; tbat
the families of tbe superintendent and
warden could not -legally live on the
state funds and that -the placing of
Convicts on double time is unlawful and
should be stopped At the same time
tbe committee sffught to exonerate the
officials rom intentional wrong, it then
made some recommendations, compared
tbe cost under different administrations
and appended the opinion of the At
torney General.
Tbe charges against the superinten
dent and warden regaraing tbe presents
of porticrs and a gold scarf pin and
that the convict son of the woman who
made them was put on doable time
were hardly denied and fully proven,
but no report was made on this phase
of the ease. Tbe eharges relating to
skim milk for guards and sick convicts
and of loins being taken from tbe steak
were also pr ved, but the " eommittee
failed to report on . them.
Tbe evidence discloses the fact that
Mr: MeMaban,',rmade good" on every
charge excepting one, and that was
that the matron does not attend to the
duties of her official position. In faet,
ail tbe defense tried to show was that
they kept within the law, or were jus-
t.aed.by custom.
One fact disclosed, but not embod
ied in the eharges, was tbe cottages
were, built for rent and tbat rseperin
tendent James occupied the double cot
tage, but paid no rent. The reports of
Superintendent Juubert and ru perm ten
dent Downing show that IbcyyColIected
ovcrJMJOO for rent of this cottage. The
testimony prove! that the guards' quar
ters are crowded by reason of the war
den living ' In the, building, seme six
beds being in tine vroom. three in an
other, while other guards slept in the
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The evidence also showed that each
family-Compelled convicts to do house
work end that ocb convicts were di
rected by the families,; but the com
mittee made no reports upon I these
thirds. - '.. , r . .
Even this committee report is only
one, phase of the contest for the ease
ef Sears vs. James, to restrain the sn-i
periBtenlcnt from keeping his family
at the prison, -employing coaviets as
servants an,d to repay to ; the better-1
ment fund tbe mice of- the furniture
is on, its way to the Supreme Court. . i
. At the session held -csterday, Gov-1
ernor Chamberlain inquired of ' Attor
ney McMahan why he did not also dig
up the asylum, ana mentioned the fact
that McMahan 's 1 brother-in-law, Dr.
Driffith, lived there, but he admitted
the law provided for it. McMahan re
plied that' he intended to be fair and
that he would soon ask the courts to
decide as to whether certain perquisites
that' now go to executive officers are eon
stitutionaL This changed the trend of
conversation ' and other matters were
diecussed. .
It is said the legislative report is un
satisfactory to all parties and one of
the eommittee admitted it to be a com
promise.
IN ALBANY JAIL.
Suspected Lebanon Bank; Bobbers Have
Not Yet Given Bonds. : -
ALBANY", Ore., Teb. 17. The pre
liminary hearing of Eli Dunn, Mrs.
Dunn, J. Hendrvx and Harry Crossley,
accused of robbing the Bank of Leban
on February 8,v was held before City
Recorder an Winkle Thursday after
noon. ' Evidence against Dunn and
Crossley, alias Reynolds, is very strong,
and both were bound over to the circuit
court in $4000. Mrs. Dunn and her
father, Hendryx. were discharged, but
later held as witnesses and put under
bonds of $300 each. Both defendants
and the two witnesses were committed
to jail until bail shall be furnished.
.The evidence shows tbat Dunn bad
spent i several days in Lebanon just be
fore the robbery, and also that Cross
ley was seen on the railroad track near
Lebanon the evening before tbe crime
was committed. Nearly $1000, found
on Crossley, was introduced as evi
dence. - Some of the gold coinH were
badly battered. The defendants oti
fered no evidence in their own behalf.'
COLOMBIA FLIRTING.
Making Eyes at Panama and Wants
Support o This Government.
WASHINGTON, Feb- 13. Colombia
is again endeavoring to re-open the
Panama question and to reach an un
derstanding with the United States.
Mr. Triana, the Colombian charge, call
ed on the President today and presen
ted nim a personal letter from General
Reyes, President of Colombia. The
President did not commit himself fur
ther than to say that he would be glad
to eonfer with Secretary Hay and send
General Reyes a reply. General Reyes
expresses the earnest desire tbat the
Washington and Bogota governments
shall come to a better understanding
ind devise some adjustment of the re
lations between Panama and Colombia.
Several times before Colombia has hint
ed at a plebiscite for Panama to deter
mine whether the Panamans wish to re
turn to Colombian sovereignty. It is
believed this will not be assented to by
the Washington. government.
WANTS PEACE
EMPEROR NICHOLAS IS BEADY
FOB PEACE AND IS NOW
TAKING ADVICE.
Beport That Emperor. William lias
Sent Personal Representative to Czar
Urging Declaration of Peace Em
press Asked to Use Her Influence.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. j IS. The
Associated Press lears on ' what is
presumed to bo good authority that tbe
nrperor is considering the ouestion
of peace and has consulted his advisors.
Tho Empress of Russia has received
from the- women of Moscow an address,
piteously appealing to her as woman
and mother, to use her influence with
tthe Emperor to secure jcace.
Even amidst tbe excitement, caused
by. the assassination of tbe Grand Duke
8ergius there has been a noticeable re
vival of peace talk. It is even inti
mated that Prince Frederick Leopold
of Prussia is the bearer of personal
representations from Emperor William
on the subject. While it is positively
known that the; question of peace dis
cussed between i Lmperor Nicholas and
rrince Frederick Leopold .yesterday, it
is impossible to ascertain what, if any,
conclusions Werp reported.
ON OWN HEAD
ATTEMPT TOi DYNAMITE MEXI
CAN LEGATION AND HIM
SELF INJURED.
Man by Name of Garcia, a Spaniard,
Throws Bomb a Bit x'oo Late to Do
Serious Damage Claims to Hare
Suffered at Hands of Government.
PARTS, Feb. i8.-The inhabitants of
the Champs FJjjsee quarter were arous
ed tonight by a loud explosion and the
police discovered Jn front of the Mexi
can legation, a man severely wounded
and lying amid, tbe fragments of a
bomb. The man said his name was
Greia and that he was a Spaniard, lie-
asserted he fas ruined by tbe
Mexican government and in revenire
threw the bomb which exploded too
soon and he himself was injured. The
wans of the legation were somewhat
damaged. - ( ' . " .
dr. Stone's Drug Store
Does a strictly cash business; ewes
one, and no joae owes it: carries - a
Urge stock: its; sSelves. counters and
show eases are loaded with drags, medi
cines, sot ions, toilet articles. Wines and
liquors ef all kinds for medical pur
poses. Dr. Stone is-a regular graduate
ro medicine and ha had many rears of
experience in .the practice. : Consulta
tions are free. - Prescriptions are fre,
and only regular, prices for medicine.
Dr. Stone can I be - found at his drns
store, Salem. Oregon, from s'jc io tbe
mornin j nn'til tune at night l
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STRIFE: MARKS
DYING
THE TWENTY -THIRD LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY NOW A MATTER
OF HISTORY ONLY.
Jayne Bill Gives Occassion
Is Ultimately DefeatedGovernor Is Plac;
and Will Not Veto Appropriation Bill
House Adjourns With Song .
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'Auld Lang Syne.
(From Saturday's Daily.) ' 'port and improvement of, the insane
"I move we do now adjourn sine die penitentiary, sob iers' borne,
......... i i u reform 'school, deaf mute school and
and that the House rise and sing 'Auld -Mind school, which are all state innti-.
Lang Sync, ' " said one of the members t&ion. An emergency clans can with
in; the House of Representatives at propriety be added to a bill which pro
7:33 last evening. The motion was yides for these state institutions, but
given a unanimous vote. The mo- it seems to me improper to include in
tion to adjourn sine die and sing Auld this appropriation bill the other in.
Lang Svne' has. carried announced stitutions and items above ' mentioned,
Speaker" A. U Mills, and the Twenty-? and improper to add an j emergency
tbird Legislative Assembly existed no clause to any bill that has for its ob-
more except on the pages of tbe bis
tory of Oregon. The Senate had tak
en recess a few minutes and was not
called to order before 8 o'clock,, tbe
time set for final adjournment. !
The adjournment at 8 o'clock by
both Houses of the Legislature sine
die proved an effective remedy for the
groundless rumors that have been
sweeping the. State House for days that
the Legislature intended to adjourn to
a set date. The purpose of this pro
posed adjournment to a set date would
have been to fill the vacancy in the
United States Senate in case Senator
Mitchell, from Oregon, should resign.
Senator Mitchell has stated that he
would not resign his seat in the Senate
and tbe Twenty-third Legislature had
no desire to take the initiative steps
to declare their conviction of his guilt.
The disposition of the members on thi
question was shown two weeks ago.
when both the Senate and the House
of Representatives adopted a resolu
tion, declaring their absolute faith in
the integrity and innocence of the sen
ior Senator from Oregon.
The last day of the session, yester
day, was by far the most productive
and sensational of any of the six weeks
consumed in' legislation. The Senate
in the morning settled a question that
has been uppermost in the minds el
thousands of the inhabitants of Ore
eon. The Sonators artDroved of the ac
tion of tbe people of Oregon at the
election last June by indefinitely post
poning tbe famous Jayne amendment
of tho local option law. The death of
the bill was . only accomplished af tei
'six weeks of continual strife between
tbe opKing factions tbat had inter
ested themselves in the' matter. The
bill passed the House by a large ma'
jority and for a while it looked as
though it would fare a successful issue
in the Senate.
"For days the opposing sides have
been count Tng their cohorts and en
deavoring to secure additional sup
porters to join their ranks so as to be
victorious in the final struggle which
took place in the Senate chamber yes
terday morning! The opposition to the
bill by a masterpiece stroke of strat
egy enlisted the Democratic members
on their sido and with the assistance
of a number of tbe dissenting Republi
cans succeeded in forming a propagan
da of sufficient strength to vanquish
their enemies. Tbe vote on tbe indef
inite postponement of the amendment
showed Id ayes and 13 nayes. The
supporters of the Jayne measuro were
all Republicans.
Oovernor Chamberlain, who for sev
eral days has been threatening to use
his power as the ebief executive of
the state startled tbe members of the
Legislature in the afternoon by an
nouncing his intention to vote the gen
Is era 1 appropriation bill unless it wat
made to conform more with his In ear
of constitutional legislation. Whether
to oppose the Governor and pass the
bill over his veto agitated' the minds
of the Republican members for a lon(
time, but it was at last decided to try
to effee a compromise with the Gov
ernor. The .legislature showed its
willingness to effect a eaceable settle
ment bv amending the appropriation
bill, striking out the emergency clause.
The Governor was informed of their
action and after careful consideration
decided not to veto the bill, notwith
standing that the appropriations foi
the normal schools remained as origin
ally. Tbe appropriations for the four
normal schools in connection with the
appropriations for the state institu
tions at Salem were one of the features
of tbe bill which met the disapproval
of the Governor.
The following is Governor Chamber
lain's message to tbe two bodies of the
Legislature explaining his views on the
T the Honorable Legislative Assent
My or the State' of Oregon: :
"House Mil No. 370 js in tbe Scnat?
and has not been taken up fofrdiseu
sion. It evntains tbe appropriations
for the maintenance, repairs, improve
ments, equipment and current expenses
or tne following state Institutions, to-
wits Jnane asylum,, penitentiary, Sol
diers home, reform school, deaf" mute
school, and bliod srhool. In addition
thereto it contains appropriations for
the rupport of tho University of Ore
gon, the Agricultural CoUecf, the four
normal wnoois, me siaie ruoiogist, tne
repayment to the several counties of
the state of expenses Incurred by them
in fsopport of non-resident poor, and
possibly other items. To this gcnersl
bill is sttarbed. an emergency elans
declaring that it is neeea ry for the
immediate preservation of the publie
peace, health and e?rfe!y.
"While 1 desire to most respectfully
disclaim any intention to attempt to
dictate to your honorable bodv what
it should do, I nevertheless feel it my
duty, to express . to yon eandidlv my
views with reference to this , bi'lL
.'Section 7 ef .article IX or tne con
stitution of the state provides that
laws making sppTopriai!ins for tbe sal
aries of public eficers and other cur
rent expenses of tbe stale shall contain
no provisions on any - ether nubject
Under this -provision it. seems improper
I include therein any other sppropria
tions than those accessary for the sup-
HOU
RS
i- -
for Big Fight in the Senate but
ted
ject "the appropriation of j money for
tneir support. '.'-. ,
In the hope tbat no obstacle may
be placed in the way ofj the proper
maintenance of tbe insane uylnm, pen
itentiary, soldiers home, deaf mute
school, reform and blind schools and
their inmates, wards of. the state, be
cause of a misunderstand ng between
your -honorable body and the execu
tive, I have felt it incumbent upon me
to suggest to you, without; any dispo
sition to be disrespectful, that if the
bill passes in its present shapo I can
not conscientiously give it my approv
al, n matter what the rrjsult may be -to
the state institutions j to which I
have referred. GOVERNOR."
Governor Chamberlain, j late lat
evening, stated that be did not believe
te woul veto any of the appropriation
-ills introduced by the ways and means
committee, lie said, however, be had
lot as yet fully examined into their
ontents.
, President KuykenJall's bill to pro
ide for a board of control for all the
tat wnal and reformatory inntitu
dona passed the House of , Represent u
iives yesterday as predicted iu venter
lay's issue of the Statesman. The bill
lassed without evou melitionabl op
position. This act will alxjlih the
everal boards of trustees, tbeir pow
ers and authority to be vfrsel in one
board of control to consist of tbe Gov
ernor, secretary of state aind treasurer.
The commission will have entire con
trol and supervision of tbo inntitutiom
ind it is said that it witi result in a
material saving for the state.
The legislature conclusively proved
yesterday that it -was not under tbe
jurisdiction of the railroad corpora
tions which hold trackage! in this state,
by passing tbe Killingswdrth bilL ThhL
-neasurc provides tbat trpnk railroadii
must connect with and handle the hwi
news of branch lines. Wfhen thin bill
vas first presented to the IIouso of
Representatives it was e.Iiime-1 that
tbe railroad interests wotjld throttle
:bis bill in spite of the fact that the
eople of the state were ialmost unsni
nous in favor of its enactment. TliLi
-omor was to a certain exit eat Iip'llei
vben the- mensure pasfierl the lloimc
irith very little opposition. No de
termined or orgsnited figlt was mal
igainst tbe bill in the Sruatc yester
lay. Saloons will continue to keep open
lack doors. A House bill to require
ill entrances to a saloon to be in front
ailed to paws ' tfi-Senate- 'yesterday.
Tne Senators, taken from
the speeches..
lelivered on the subject, foeiued to b
f the opinion that this was an nnneccs
uiry restriction. It wasf stated that
is saloons are allowed to run it would
e an unjust imposition to deny them
pri-ilege which is exercped by near-
r every busiuess establishment. Th
Iray gambling bill also met defeat in
-.he Senate yesterday. This measure,
f enacted, would prohibit all games
if chance from tho rouleitte wheel to
slot machines. A similaij bill to this
vas before tbe Twenty-sef ond IjeglHlu
ture, but it suddenly disappeared.
SOLDS UP TRUST
KANSAS LEGISLATUEE SECUEXLY
TECS THE GRASPING TENTA
CLES OF STANDARD OIL CO.
Jovemor Signs Bills EHtablishinf
State Oil Beflnery and flaking Pip
; Lines Common Carriers Also Stand
ard Prohibited From Cutting Tricea.
TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 17. The ro
ernor today signed xLo bill provi li2
for a. state oil refiner. ThJ houC
without a dissenting vote, passed U
bill making Oil pipe Iinej comrpoa car
riers. This is the second ;of a' series ot
bills directed tgsint tbe Standrd O'l
company. Tbe sf-natc had alreary
passed the bill, and it has lnen signed
by the Governor. Staie oil -an now h
piped through the Standard's lioca.
Tbo anti-discrimination hill, dcniffti
ed to prevent tbe Standard from under
selling tbe state refinery, will t-e rnt
a special order for next Monday. Tlc
bill make it unlawful for any com
modity to be sdd in anv one town of
iho state lower Ihm in another, cxeT1
such difference m ly be-mad" neces
sary through freight rate. Thus the
Standard will be prevented from set
Crn Ibe nrice of oil to meet he Sf
prieo iu any" pHice in the stale, unlc
it reduces the piico in the whole tatc.
1 IM II .1 I
Two loosing roaH are 1-ound for he
Xehalem country. There will be aha i
do.en railroads into the Nchalcui sfl'i
Tillamook countries, if all the log?"'K
rosds are extruded, and all h rr0'
P"eI lines are contruc.tcd. The pc
rle over there will be clad to get
of them, and that rich and rc-wurcciui
country will boom wbcu tho first en
is built. - -