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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1000.
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PERNOR TO RESIGN IF MADE SENATOR
TRYING TO BEFOG STATEMENT No. 1 ISSUE
Machine Circulating Petition Conceding Chamberlain's Election as
United States Senator on Condition That He Retire as Governor
March 1st.
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ONE OF CARNEGIE'S
STRANG TIED GIFTS
Loh Angolos, nn. 13. Drlvon by
CnrnoKlo'a offor' of $50,000 to
Pomona collogo t oroslgn his posltlou
as president of' thnt Institution ,Dr.
George A. Gntoa Is on tho vorgo of
nervous broakcjwn today. Carnoglo'a
"gift" hiiB nlready driven ono man
o tho Hawaiian Islands In search of
health according to Dr. Gntos, who
said:
"Thoro Is no virtue In dollbornto
suicide. Such n cours'o Is tho prldo
of obstinacy."
Dr. Gates' resignation and tho Ill
ness of C. 13. Sumner, who has gone
to Hawaii, woro tho roBult of tho
work thrown upon their Hhouldors
by Carneglo's condition thnt ho
would contribute $50,000 to Pomona
collogo if tho Institution would rnlso
$200,000. Sumner, as chairman of
tho soliciting committee, broko down
In health, and rather than suffer a
similar fato, Gates roslgnod tho pos
ition he had filled for soven years.
Undo Joo Cnnnon continues to run
tho govornmorit.
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Alteration Sale
SENATE REFUSES TO
EXPERT BOOKS OE
SEATTLE EXPOSITION
Petitions Asking Governor Chamberlain to Resign Get But
Seven Names in the Lower House Action Is Generally
Condemned, Although It Concedes the Governor's Election
to the Senate.
ARE TRYING TO THWART
THE WILL OE THE PEOPLE
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COST CUTS NO FIGURE
During our Alteration Sale, The proposition now is to
dispose of the goods as quickly as possible, as we
must have the shelves clear before we begin to tear out
the walls, The following goods take up lots of room,
They are in the way and must be disposed of, Cost
5 cuts no figure,
Woolen Dress Goods
Blankets and Comforts
Women's Coats and Suits
Furs of All Kinds
Women's and Men's Woolen
Underwear
Muslins, Domestic Ginghams,
Sheets, Pillow Cases,
Towels, Men's Clothing,
Ladies' Shoes
There i
is no use trying elsewhere to get prices like we
aic giving
Tho sonato voted down Joint reso
lution to Invostlgato books and no
counts of Soattlo exposition, which
was to bo a blow alm6d at Govornor
Chnmborlnlu.
In tho houso potltluna woroujlrou
Intod calling on tho govornor u re
sign In tho ovont of his oloctlon to
tho Unltod State sonato. It la re
ported thnt sovon signatures woro
socured, noarly all mombors rofuv
Ing to sign.
DHLs Aro Scarce
Tho flood of bills, which usually
roaohos two or threo hundred In
loach houso by tho third day of tho
j session U not coming, ono of tho
results of direct legislation.
I Both housos adjourned a day oar
llor than usual, nnd will not sit
again until Monday afternoon. Thoro
Ib a strong fopllng of roaontmont at
publications stating Socrotary of
Stato Donson Is fatally 111 and that
' Allf..nHai ln nn(tttn1i nttnnft Iflf in
KUIIWUIIliWl IB UVWtvi; oviiib w
his duties, and has not boon In suob
good hoalth dining his torm of of
llco. Senate Wednesday, 10 a. in.
Tho resolution uommlttoo roportod
a number of resolutions favorably.
among thorn bolng ono to appoint
two Honators and tliroo from the
houso to draft a bill to authorlzo tho
appolntmont of an expert Invostlgn
tor to all tho stato Institutions, nnd
report to tho noxt legislature. In
conformity to thin Idea all resolu
tions horotoforo offorod for tho In
vestigation of stato offlcot and state
Institutions woro Indoflnltoly poBt
ponod. A resolution wns adopted to ro
quost tho socrotary of alato to uupply
tho mombora of tho sonato with son
slon laws, sonato Journals and coploi
of tho codo, Amonded to furnish
codes only to now mombors.
Antis Try To Persuade Statement Members That They Did
Not Pledge Themselves As They Thought They Did, and
That a Quibble Is Sufficient To Justify Their Repudiating
Ante - Election Promises Also Want Them To Remain
Away from the Joint Session .
(Continued on pngo 4.)
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FkW QUESTIONS
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Washington, Jan 13. -Sonntor
Tillman was asked today whether ho
would hnvo anything further to say
in connection with the Oregon land
oaioe, nnd said:
"I would like to know whothor At-tornoy-GoBoral
Honaparto brough
suit against the Southern Oregon
Company. Ho montlonod a lot of
othor oompanlos, but not tho South
ern. That Is tho ono from whloh I
was trying to buy land, and tho ono
I wnntod prosecuted."
Tillman then telephoned to Bona
parte, nnd asked him tho question.
While taking to tho ntlorney-gonor-al
over tho telephone Tillman was
heard to say:
"Can you find out right away and
lot me know Call a olork nnd tell
him to look It up then. Tell him to
find out within tho next half hour
whothor you brought Milt or not. It
Is not going to take thnt long, U it
merely to tell? I'd like to know .it
the oarleat poielule moment, but of
course, the attorney-general will iq
as he pleaeea. All right Goodbye,"
Tillman told the reporters that
the attorney-general said he woulJ
send him a note In rply to the ques
tion about the Southern company.
The senator added:
"Its mighty funny that Mr. Bona
parte doesn't know whether he has
taken act'on In such an Important
matter, isn't It?"
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O The Capital Journal believes O
O It a public duty to the stato and ()
() to a very worthy public olllclal (
() to counteract by nil possible O
moans tin Hi dilution of the re- (
() port published In n Portland ()
() newspaper that Hon. I'rmik W.
() Ui'iimhi has an Incurable ills- O
O.cuso, ami the further report C)
() Unit lii uuiy not live if lio sue- O
O coeds (o tho governorship In (
O tho ctcnt of (,'ovcinnr Cliani- ()
( bcila In's election to tlio I'liltod ()
O status senate. Wo nll upon all O
O Christian people mid all good O
O clti.eiiH for llielr prayon nnd ()
O their best thoughts in behalf ()
() of Hon. I'rank W. Iteiisou to ()
O counteract the coiiileniuiitioii ()
O brought upon lilm by the ma- ()
) llcious mental liilluciifcs Mnt (
() forth liiougli the press. I.et us (
() nil unite (n denying the slnnder )
O placed upon lilm by such pub- O
O lhatlons mid hold lilm In our O
0 tlioiightN as a kindly mid court-
O wnit gentleman deserves to be O
O upheld In the full performance O
() of his nriluniiH public duties O
, () mnl real'e that lit lias many ()
O iutppy mill useful year before O
0 lilm and that lie lias perfect mid (
O abundant liealtb to fulfill bis C)
O present duties or tlio duties of ()
() chief execulve, should they do- (
() volve upon li'm. O
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Xow dovoloiimonts In tho Orogon
Bountorlal situatlnn rovcnl a dcop
laid pot to dofoat tho peoplo'o
oholco and deadlock the loglfllnturo
and thus provont tho election of a
sonntor throwing tho mattor -)f
oholco bnok upon tho next logUln
turo. Two lluoH nro pursued by those
who want to defeat Governor Chum
borlalu as fully rovoaled today. A
sytitomattc jdan of Indnicemonts lu
hold out to mombors who pled god
thomsolvos to voto for tho populai
oholco to get thorn to go back on
thoeo pledges by remaining nway
from tho joint convention noxt Tuo.
dny on account of slcknoss, or for
othor reasons. Tho argument Is
brought to bonr that what thoy roal
ly woro plcilgod to by Stntomont No.
1 wns to support an nmondmont In
tho constitution of tho United
StntoH, nnd not to direct oloctlon by
tho peoplo of tho stnto, Tho otlu.'
lino of npproach Is to pormiado mom
born that It Is tholr duty to not volo
for Chamberlain unions ho will ngreo
In ndvanco to nppolnt a Ropubllcu'i
successor to Socrotary of Stato Bon
son who In published ns being In n
dying condition from cnttcor. Tho
Republican organization at Portland
headed by tho Oregonlnn nnd Sonn
tor Fulton seomod to hnvo workud
out this plan of withholding nup
port from tho pooplo'n choice. Gov
ornor Clinmhoiinln rofusen to mnko
any pledgos and tho tension lu be
coming very fierce. Tho houso mom
bom hnvo dooldod to tnko up tho
governor's voto mosangcfl hold ovor
from tho Inst Houston on noxt Mon
day two dayii lu advance of tho voto
on Houator and will try to woak-'n
Statement men by enrryng uonio 01
tho bills hold up two yonra ago over
tho governor's voto. Applognto of
Douglas, who subscribed tho State
ment to Insuro his election now says
ho only meant by it to ondorso tho
principle of amoudlug tho fodoral
constitution. Ho was not counted on
ns ono of tho 52 who signed tho
sworn stntomont to support the poo
plo's oholco, hut Is claimed as n
groat victory for tho antl-Statoineut
mombors,
GUILTY OF MURDER
IN FIRST DEGREE
The iMtitnonr In the C. V. Tim
moiis trial was completed yotor
dity afternoon at 1:30, and the argil
ineiit of tho onsu wns bogau at 9
o'olouk this morning.
Two important wIIuoshos woro
brought to the stand Into yontonluy
afternoon, thoy being Ilobort Horn
buckle and tho accused man himself.
Hornbuekle miulo n plain statement
of the couneotlon which he had w.th
the couple before the uominlselnn of
the crime by Timmons, how he had
frequently loaned Mrs. Tlmmous
money, nnd how ho was Ignorant of
the fact that Tliumouu and his wife
were contemplating n dlvoroo. Wal
ter Koyu, attorney for the dofonw
wee aoiuewliHt severe in hie oiotw ex
anilimtion. Jid by lis hiium4Ioiis sug
gwtd that Horiibuokle's . Ncqualnt
nnc with Mis. Tim mo my wm not a
euuree of happlneMi to tne ouuple.
Ttinmons took the stand and re
ltd the oatlre clroumstaucee tend
ing up to the death of his wife. He
said he was awakonod to find his
throat cut and a razor In the hand of
h's wife. He wrenched the razor
from bur hum! and drew the blade
norosH her throat Tlminons also ex
plained the ax charge. He said after
he soulllo In tho bed, his wife foil to
the floor and he reaqhod out and
grasped the ax with his right hand,
but does not remember whothor ho
hit her or not.
Several-other witnesses wero on
the stand hut tholr testimony doalt
principally upon the old story of tho
matters leading up to the urlmo, or
immed'ately following IU
The attorney for tho state and tho
counsel for Tlminons took up th en
tiro forenoon lu making their clos
ing arguments to the Jury, going
over' the grounds In roUtiou to tho
killing, not ouunlUug anything that
could posjlbly be uaed 'u the'r favor
by he Jury At 11:60 the Jury went
out and the ouurt waa adjourned un
til 1 o'clock thla afternoon. On the
convening of court the Jury eame lu
and reported having found a verdict
which wns, "Guilty of murdor In tho
first dogroo."