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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR. THE DAILY JOURNAL, 8ALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1903. RETURN HOME OF THE BODY Of the. Late Repre- , sentative Tongue Funeral Will Be Held at Hills boro on Sunday Goneress Furnishes Escorf for its Honored Member WMlilntttoii. I). C.i Jan. IS. The earthly remains of tho late Ilepreen tatlv Tongue, or Orogon, were re moved from Uils city last evening, on the Journey toward Uio family homo at IllllMlioro. If the train can mako axpadud connectlona at Chicago and Omaha, and no other delay ensue, tho funeral party will arrive In l'ort land next Haturdny morning at 8 o'clock. In UiIk event, tho funeral will be held at Hlllsboro on Sunday, tho arrangement for which linn been loft entirely to Mr. Tongue and tho family. In a apodal car accompnnylnK the remain ara Mien Derthn and Thoman II. Tongue, Jr, the daughter and tho hou of deceased; MIm Itimue, IiIk nee- retary, and Ml Marcla I'anchal, of thin olty. nn Intimate friend of MIm Tongue; aim the ootigreMlonal ocort, confuting of Representative Moody, of 0 reiam; Illahnp, of Michigan; I)n rldtoti, of Wtacmtaln; Itainadell, of Louisiana, and llelhtmy, of North Car otlim. It Wat liiiHMelbl for Htnator Mitch ell to leave on account of two 1m mombora of Tho Houbo, and another from Senator Mitchell. Many of his colleague wished to accompany the body to Oregon, but on account of pressing buslnoaa wore unable to do bo. House Adjourned. The effort of Ileprosentntivee Moody and Durton succeeded In secur ing an adjournment of the Houso, al though much unset business was prosing. Mr. Moody said such a tribtitn would be appreciated by tho people of Oregon, and failure to ad journ would be considered a mark of dlsresecl. It was not until tho sneaker was about to call the Houso to order that he would agree to allow Mr. Moody to ofTer his resolution for adjournment. The resolution was as appended : Itetolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the sudden death in this city of Honorable Thos. H. Tongue, a reprosonlatlvo In this House from the first district In Ore gon, Kenolvcd. That the House do now ndjourn out of respect to the memory of tho deceasod momber; Ilosolved, That tho cloik of tho House communicate a copy of thoso resolutions to the Sennte It wa.1 adopted unanimously, and tho speaUor named a committee to take charge of tho funeral exorcises. I,t consisted of Messrs. Moody, of Or- J ogen: iiurton, or uiuo; uisnop, or Mlchlgnn; I'ayne, of New York; Da vidson, of Wiscensin: McLachlln, of California; Hussell. of Connecticut; Hellnmy, of North Carelina: Need-. ham, of California; Sotitherland, of Utah, and Ilntes, of Pennsylvania The House committees on rivers and harbors and on Irrigation, of which Mr. Tongue was a member, also adopted resolutions of sympathy, and Mr. Tongue's desk was draped with black crnMj, with a cluster of dfllrate (lowers on the top. Senate Adjournment. On motion of Senator Mitchell, at ver, of Iowa; PerkinB, of' California; Tumor, of Washington, and Dubois, of Idaho, to represent the Senate at the funeral. Career of Thomas H. Tongue. Thomas H. Tongue, who had at tained tftatc prominence long before he became a national figure, was born In England on June M. 18 14. Ills pa rents were Anthony and Rebecca (I awson) Tongue, and he was their only child He was educated In Kng land until his 16 year, when his pa rents emigrated directly to Washing ton county. Oregon, whore they locat ed on a farm several mllos north of Hlllstmro, Where the parents yet re side Young Tongue had had fairly good advantages In the Hnglish schools, and as soon as he anlvod In IIIHsboro he worked Incessantly to give himself a finished education. At tending district school on tho North Tualatin Plains for a fow years, he finally concluded rto take n collegiate course. He began sciiooi at rncinc Unlvorslty, under great difficulties. Tho family had Just started to engage In farming, and tho necessary means to procure an education wore not In tho family exchequer. Mr. Tongue, however, did not let that deter him, and he absolutely worked his way through college, graduating with high honors In 1868. Upon leaving the unl vorslty he commencod tho study of law under Hon. W. U, Hare, and so apt a scholar wm ho that he was ad mltted to the bar In 1870. Mr. Tongue soon became tho leading attorney In Washington county, by close applica tion to business, aided by his nnturnl ability. He early espoused tho prin ciples of tho Republican party, by which party he was several times honored by nomination to prominent official positions, serving locally as n number of the council of Hlllsboro, also as a mayor of that city, and as a member of the state board for six con secutlvo years. In 1883 he was elect ed to the state senate nd served on the Judiciary and other Important committee. It was during this ses slon that the all-absorbing question came as to whether a bill should bo passed exempting Portland municipal bonds (the water bonds) from taxa tion. In opposition to this measure Mr Tongue distinguished himself. His . ...,.11 cmlluflfill Wltll constituents wuiu .... - his service, and they reelected mm. and he served as chairman of the Ju diciary committee during tho scconn J$L A,QENEROU8 LIVER Likes (rood, wines nt .,. liminUftll- bill of fnro t,i,. I grceablo blank, unless BUpplCIJ!j " 1 ...... uiunag ob, Ituf. Tiipbo nhnlpn nrn,li,.i.. . l In thn wood, nro linfflml ,.. ... known to bo genuine. Our stock "v """ " "' ",v """'Porcbl I P. RflfiFBQ !-, Wholesale and Retail Liquor Dealer. , . , lS9n, and was a delegate to the -nn tlonnl convention of the paity nt Min neapolis In 1892. which nominated Harrison for President against Cleve land. In this convention Mr. Tonguo served ns vice-president for Oregon. He served several years as member of the HopulJlican state central com mute, as chairman of the central com mittee of the fiist congressional din- tilct. and was president of the Young Men's Republican Club In 1S90 Mr. Tongue acted as chair- HUH IfH I MM IH- mnn nf thn Rennbllcan fitnto COUVen sesHlon of tho term, rendering hctjoni whjch nominated Supremo Judge state efficient service in mat capacuj. Ho was chairman of tho Republican state convention hold at Portland In 2MBBBHIHRlBIIBIBl"a1KB ? M M M M M the cloe of tho regular session yes- tMfluv tit. MnfitA nilfsktlrnutft nftiat portont cnM in the supreme couit ,. ,., ,amn,nn. Resolved, That the Senate has hoard with deep sensibility the an nouticement of tho dtmtli of Honor able Thomas II. Tongue, late a repre sentative, ftom the first district of the state of Oregon. nud the Oiegou legislation pndlng, and Smutor Slnum my he but re cently arrlred fntm Oregon, ami diKM not care to rwtiirn so wmiii. Vetlefday the body of the late eon grwMtmnH was placed In an ImiHMlng sqiiant casket corerwl with black broadcloth, and lined with creatH atln. Itlther side was HinMllMhetl wth siuhwihIchI bar handlMi of silver, and oh the lid a silver plate Imn the Inscription ot his namt. with the datu of his birth nnd dsAlk. . Frlendo Pay Tribute. The Irvlngtnn was thnwgwl during tH day .with friends of Mr. Tongue and his family, who called to view the body, HMtl wtpmas their sympathy to his I'hltdmn, who have Iwrue the strain with grvat fortitude Among the many floral presentation as an tMiet:luily hamU(Hii wreath fann the a M V 0 M H Resolveil, That a commltN-e of II vo m Hnators Iwt nppolntwl by the presl-'jJi dent pro temM)i to Join a cominltteoi appointed on the part of the House of 1 5 H n M M RwproMntatlve to take orders for su perintending thH funeral ot the de ceased. Heewlred. That thn Se commu nleate these rolutlona to tho House of llepreeeiitativN. Hemilvwl, As a fuither mark of n sKK-t to the memory of the deceased thrit the Senate novs adjourn. PreoUleiit pro tern Frye delegate! Senators Mitchell of Oregon, IMII JUST A WORD Our own method of cavity prep aration. We have just received an OBTUNDENT for SENSITIVE DENTINE which, when applied to the cavity renders the excavating and drilling almost painless. We consider it the greatest discovery in dental science. A tffial will convince yon of the tmth of the above M H H i H H H H H U m M M H M M m H W. P. Lord for governor. In 1885 ho was a candidate for United States sen ator against Senator Dolph. and tho night he, Fulton. Lord.IiOwell and oth ers were voted on ho received 33 votOB, or 13 less thnn tho required number. In 1890 Mr. Tongue was elected to the Fifty fifth congress, de feating Dinger Hermann for tho nomi nation. Tho election was very close. Tongue receiving a majority of only C3 ovor W. S. Vnnderburg. a Populist of Coos county. Dining tho six years that he sat In congress, Mr. Tonguo did great work for Oregon. He never lost an opportunity to secuio appropriations for the rivers and hnibors, and for other purposes. When the Houso committee on rivers nnd harbors was out hero a year ago, Mr. Tonguo nc compnnlcd tho members on their trips up and down tho Columbia, and gavo them tho necessary Information about the needed Impiovemonits During the Inspection of the Upper Wlllnmotte, the conimltteo was ontertnlned by Mr. Tongue nt his homo fn Hlllsboro. Mr. Tongue was a past master Ma son, and In 188S ho delivered the ora tion before tho grand lodge. He also took an actlvo Intoroat In Odd Fellow ship, and was a mornbor of the Grange at Hlllsboro. re.Bpi&-thu3eti Pooms 27 and 29, Postofflcc Block : Salem, Oregon. HKHHHaKMHKaHBBHBEaaaHHMaBa unanoH Fulton la In tho saddle now anyway, and ho may bo after tho sosslon. Oovernor Fletcher seems to havo n spltn against Tommy Davidson, so he's gone to writing poetry, too Fresh eggs ana butter from our stores at Aumsvllle and Mehamn, at Spcer Bros. 'Phone 2491. ll-H-tf A NEW GAS RANGE. For your kitchon will mako j lntigh at tho high prices o wood. After you havo UBed Id shoit tlmo you will wonder 1; you Bweltorcd ovor a hot vcci rnngo during tho heated tern, or was worried ovor startloji ilro on n Winter's morniiij; whon a touch of a match mjU a bright blaze, sonflncd to jom cooking utonslls, nnd not heii Ing your houso for tho whok day. Try cooking by gas. SALEM GAS LIGHT COMPANY Phone GG3. 4 'Chemikcti t tnmnil-H!UIIHIHitr AUNT JEMIMA is here. Come and see ha i Fuller & Doaglad Concern wasuust. vrrocers. pnonc nt. Stockholders Meeting. Tho regular annual meeting oil stockholders of tho Thomas Woolon Mill Co., for tho election dl rcctora, will bo held nt tho oSktl tho company, at Salem. Orocon.l day. January 20th, at 2 o'clock A MO-lOt R. H. COSHOW o Children Cry for Fletcher's Cjj'j J.H.Mt.W..Mt AT X X THE SALBM WOOLEN MIlJL STORE. fW4M-iWNW4 IF ECONOMY IS ANY OBJECT TO YOuItiTlPAY httt-twH4-t-sH-H-rM-K --i.,,,,., i--TVWr0W4H484 ,, wur iu.w. u.uu unes now reducde to $ 7.00 !! Our 10.00, 11.00, 12.00 lines now reduced to 7.50 i ; Our 11,00. 12.00 12.50 lines now reduced to 8.00 !! Our 12 50. 1300 lines now reduced to A 8.50 ii Our 12.00. 12.50 lines now reduced to 9.00 I I -V. 1 r nn ... .. uur to.uu lines now reduced to 950 I Our 12.00, 513 00. SHOO. Sl.vOO liriM mow rAnrA t innr C.. il n ... . -. 4. uui ituu, MO.UU o Our 15.00 16.00, 17.00, 18,00 16.50 17.00, 18.00, 20.00 17.00, 17 5o, 2o.oo 1! Our !! Ol,r ;; Our ! Our lines now reduced to lines now reduced to lines now reduced to lines now reduced to lines now reduced to lines now reduced to $n.oo J2.00 12.50 13.00 4.oa 15.00 Oor entire stock of Overcoats, Extra Pant, W,,, I r,ul.. r,1HMWrt( .. and Boy,' Knee Pants will alSo be sold at special reductions NZ 1, f " aS' GIf SWf tSl House Coa,s A! X All odd, and . Kr,: . r ,0S' . N artlde m the above served, k..t::zzCzst are o be c,caned out reat6kss f X X ii Icm BlfcB JL JL Stor HEAOQUARTER.S FOR SALEM-MADE BLANKETS. FLAMwr, .