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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16
TRACY
MERRILL
WIDOWS
Bill Ably ChampiOned by
Speakers
House in Committee of the
Whole Refused

The house devoted the morning
session, previous to the Joint assem-.
bly,. to the consideration in the com.
mittee Of the whole, with Davey in
the chair of house bill No 217, by La
Follett, for the relief of the widows Of
the three guards who we're murdered
by Tracy and Merrill at the time they
escaped from the state prison last
June. The house committee reported
the bill back without recommendation
and the temper Of the lower branch
of the legislature seemed to be ad.
verse to the bill.
When the house went into commit
tee Of the whole. Reed was the first
speaker against the bill He said that
he would vote against the bill. Hod,
son expressed similar idea. Hawk.
ins considered the Indian War Neter.
an bill a more meritorious measure
since it proposed the relief of persons
to whom the state owed it's preserva.
ton He moved an indefinite post.
ponement OF the bill Judd wanted
the widows protected. He said II was
true that the men had accepted their
respective positions at the princely
salary OF $40 per month, knowing the
danger to which they naturally would
be exposed, but he insisted that they
expected the state TO furnish a rea.
sonable protection from the desperate
persons that are incarcerated at the
prison. He alleged negligence on the
part Of the state in making II possible
for outsiders to scale the wall and de.
posit guns Of an approved pattern |
within the prison walls for the use OF
the men in making their escape.
LaFollett made an able plea for the
granting Of the appropriation, and ar.
gued along the line Of Justice 10 these
unfortunate women.
Hale denied the negligence OF the
state In the premises, and said that
recovery for the death OF the guards
should be made from the board OF
control in charge OF the institution.
BY vote Of 20 to % the house re-
fused to adopt the bill On motion of !
Hawkins the house arose and reported
adversely on the measure.
Dayey took the floor. and insisted |
that due consideration had not been /
given the bin. He declared that the
men lost heir lives by reason Of the |
inadeQuacy OF the guardianship Of the /
prison. This has been recognized. J.
said the speaker. by increasing the .
force Of guards at the prison. and |
equipping them with improved FIRE
arms for purposes Of defense. The
proposed relief, he said. Is in the ma.
ture of a pension for the widows.
Dayey was warmly applauded for his
able plea for favorable consideration.
Nottingham claimed that the appro-
1riation OF the money carried in the
'ill would open the food gates for the
allowance Of innumerable claims that !,
ire pending before the committee on
Ways and means.
Conett advocated the passage OF
he bill as a measure OF relief to the
Widows who had been deprived OF
heir means Of support
The arrival of the members of the
enate for joint session interrupted
urther debate ON the bill.
The motion to indefinitely postpone {
vas lost this afternoon. On the bin {
oming up for passage today there
'ere "a ayes, absent and noes 80 I
nd the bin failed 10 pass
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16

hin passed the house without opposl.
tion.
The general appropriation bin is
smaller than for several years.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16
COrtelyOu
Appointed

Washington. Feb l6.-President
Roosevelt this morning sent 10 the
senate the nomination OF Couelyou 10
be secretary of the new denartmert
OF commerce and labor Il is an.
nonnced on high authority that James
Garfield. son OF President Garaeld
now ciNil service commissioner. win
Dc appointed commissioner of cornor
auons under the new department
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16
LAWYER
ATTACKS
JURY
He Asks New Trial in
Lible Suit
Matters Alleged About In
diYiduaI Jurors
Newspaper In Lane County
That Would Be Guilty

The following mador Is published In
the Saturday Statesman concerning
the libel suit brought by l.. II. McMa-
hon for his client Mrs. Gibson, in
which the jury awarded the plaintiff
~ damages II Is reproduced with
headlines:
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16


Through personally conducted tour
list sleeping cars between Portland ano
Chicago once a week. and between oa
den and Chicago three times a weeh
via the Scenic line.
Through Standard sleeping cars
daily between Ogden and Chicago, Wis
the Scenic line.
Through Standard sleeping carr
daily between Colorado Springs and
81. Louis.
Through Standard and tourist sleep
Ing cars daily between San Francisco
and Chicago, via Los Angeles and III
Paso.
Through Standard sleeping cars and
chair cars daily between St Paul and
Chicago.
BE sure that your ticket reads via
the Great Rock Island Route.
The best and most reasonable din
Ing car service.
Ing car service. For information
T. J. CLARK, Tray. Pass. Agent
L. b. GORHAM.
Gen. Agt., $50 Alder St.. Portland. Or
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16
WANTS DIVORCE.

/
Treatment on the PART Of Her
Husband.
"pifono eases are coming thick and
fast Now COMES Mis-. nessle Rlck
Nen hmefh her attorney 4. nliyeu
with q sOit against her husband W
Hickman, for a decree of The cirepit
eonrt Forever dlssOlyinc The marrlare
contract nov existing hetWoen them
'ree and inhuuian treatment is the
Allegna cause Oi iho dlYorco
Mfa Rlckmans complaint ailesos|
49, Follows, Taat lhoy Were married
in Risene May "a iSsa. that she hasl
lieriofmet the duties az a vito faith.
inlH that hickman has cursed ana
apusoQ h,v callei her vile names
such A. q ahore. ETC.. and throu hor
Gag W N house booking lhe door 81
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16
Salem Fire
Ladies' Out

The Salem hre department respond.
cd TO a call at 10 O'Clock today. and
made a run to the home of j. II. Nc.
Nary, corner OF Center aud Summer
streets. where burning chimney
damage The blaze ex-
hausted itself before any serious harm
resulted
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16

Sailor Boarding House Bill.
Galloways sailor boarding house
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16

Rockefeller Is guarded day and
night by detectives Tie evidently
does not know that L, s senators are
noi danseFoos. and that they have
never established the precedent
% Killing those who undertake 10 In.
nuence them.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16
We Get coallno stations.

Havana, Feb. l6.-At noon today
Palma and Minister Squires signed
the treaty giving the United States
the naval stations at Guantanamo and
Bahia Honda Every request Of tho
American government Is granted
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-16
The
Leader

Best Sugar Cured Shoulder 90 lbs Petit Prunes $1OO
=, 1oc per pound = 49,, lbs Navy Beans 25c
PeSt oGs9l G9sq tp IaI 2c 10 lbs Pink Beans 25c
Choics msdimm wsinbt Rn lbs Fancy Japan Rice 25c
con, ID 12clb Cans B. r. Corn, 25c
Onions best quality, SOC bus Cans B. r. Tomatoes, 25c
We also have large line of Syrup from 40c to S50 CAL
GIVE US A CALL AND BE CONVINCED.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
THE CAME L-lWS.

Last winter when the new game and
fish law was before the legislature the
writer pointed out many unjust and
tyranical provisions in the bill. The
bill was evidently drafted for the sole
benefit of rich city sportsmen. Many
ofthe most Objectionable features we're
stricken out of the bill. But the law
as it stands on the statute books to-day
is far from perfect. We cordially en-
dorse the following sentiments espous-
ed by the Mankato Free Press:
Why not frame the game laws so
that the common people can enjoy par
taking of a duck. or prairie chick
en-. or a piece of venison once in a
while? AS they are now drawn up
none, but the gentleman sport is en-
abled to procure game. Those of the
rich who are not good enough marks
men to shoot duck or prairie
chicken can afford to hire some one
to hunt for them, while the people
OF moderate circumstances, who can
not afford to lose a days time from
their work or to employ hunter to
bag" the game for them, are forced
to go without the luxury. Under
the pressure of gun clubs and the gen.
tlemen sports game laws have been
enacted that have virtually cut off a
majority of the people from eating
game. The fact is the laws are franz
ed in the interest of the few and
against the many. =. ii,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

All honor to the promoters of the
Mile Laos County Fair. The weather
served them even worse than it did US.
yet spartan like they proceeded to
Judge and award premiums upon their
exhibits, though no gate money was
taken in. This is the class of men to
make country, Pluck and perse-
verance, and lot of it is necessary
such year as his.-Mora Enterprise.
Every premium awarded will be
paid in full. The fair managers took
measures to see that all premiums
would be paid and appointed a COM
mlttee to solicit funds for this purpose
and they have practically raised the
amount necessary. The response of
our business men has been prompt
ana generous. The fair managers
realize that all who so nobly worked
under such great disadvantages to
get their exhibitsft to the: fair are de-
serving of every cent that is due them
for premiums. sr- -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

An effort is being made by the large
elevator interests of the northwest to
have No. ? northern wheat made de-
liverable on contract at a fixed differ
entail with No. l northern of which
there is a great scarcity this season
and it is said that some of the large
elevators stand a chance of being
squeezed" when it comes to the de-
livery of No. l northern wheat at the
maturity of contracts. The chamber
OF commerce at Minneapolis was STAR
tied when the matter was brought to
its notice. The elevators state that
No. northern is becoming obsolete
as standard grade. The radical
change suggested by the elevators has
shaken the chamber of commerce to it's
foundation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

An old settlers association has
been formed at Crookston, MINI.
This sounds as if we were getting old
as State. It was only a few years
ago that the Red River valley was on
the outskirts of civilization and in
many places in that section they are
not through pioneering yet. But some
of the early settlers in that region
were of mature years when they went
there and no doubt are getting we'll
along in years and are eligible to
membership in an old settlers asso-.
citation. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
NJ. e. Church Dedicated.

The new M. E. church at Cam
bridge was dedicated last Saturday
The dedicatory sermon was preached
by Presiding Elder Clemans in the at.
trenoon and in the evening Rev. Rob-
ert Forbes delivered the sermon. The
church is a substantial frame edifce
and is the result of hard and incessant
labors on the part of Rev. r. c..
johnson, who formerly supplied that
place, and the Rev. Justus Parish who
succeeded him in the work.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
OAR REESE

Not because we are at all interested, hut
merely to satisfy little idle curiosity won't
some one tell us what has become of Oar
?-Wabasha Herald. ~. II -. .r
Yes, we will tell you. e, He. is prac-
ticing his profession in the city
he loves so we'll and - has
done so much for. He has asso-
ciated with him Fred W.. Zollman. for
merly county attorney of Ramsey
county, the firm name being Reese &
Zollman. Furthermore, his practice
is lucrative, he is glad that he is in
private life once more, is contented
and reasonably happy. He has not
lost interest in politics or politicians:
is not a candidate, nor will he be. for
remembers his friends and as of old
will help them on to and rejoice with
them in victory, or go down with
them to defeat without a murmur and
as for his enemies, he still "speaks
softly and carries big stick.'' That's
where Oar Reese is now.-Stillwater
Gazette.
We mi ght add that; while attending
strictly to. business, Oar Reese never
forgets his political friends, and he
would go to any length to serve those
friends. AS an orator he has
few equals in the State, and his SER
vices are always at the disposal of
his party without money or without
price. The writer has known Oar
Reese intimately for many years and
we have always found him to be frank,
manly and outspoken. He is a man
of positive convictions and has the
courage to express them. He hates
his enemies, loves his friends and one
of his cardinal principles is loyalty
to his party.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

W. j: Bryan has passed. He says:
81 am out of politics forever. I shall
give all my attention to law, lectures
and the tCommoner hereafter. No
man can say who the next Democratic
nominee will be. No other man in
the Republican party equals Roosevelt
in the esteem ef the common people,
and especially in the west. None
equals Roosevelt in his power to
command the greatest respect of all
nations, and to WELD an influence on
the world at large''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

Gordon Mckay whose inventions
revolutionized the methods of manu-
featuring boots and shoes, died at his
Newport> home this week. He left a
fortune of s25,ooo,0oo, with only two
heirs, but it is understood that Har-
ward college will get the greater por-
tion of the fortune. By his inventions
Mckay and his companions had a
royalty of several cents on several
million pairs of shoes that we're man.
ufactured every year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

1t is the intention of the U nj O n in
the future to publish the potato mar
kets of Cambridge, Isanti and Zim-
norman at the hour of going to press
every Thursday morning, and ar
engagements have been made to receive
correct and reliable reports from these
points that farmers may be kept ad-
vised Of what price is being paid at
neighboring potato markets. This
information will be worth considera-
BILE to farmers tributary to Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

Bankers evidently do not fear any
unusual disturbances in commercial
or banking circles next year because
of presidential election. Henry D.
Baker, a noted banker says: 1.-The
political situation looks next year to
be even safer than it was four years
ago. The Democratic candidate next
year will probably be some gold Dem
ocrat who bolted Bryan in 1896, but
supported him in 1900, just to be reg
ular. No person known to be I'M
sound on the currency question seems
at all likely to be elected president.
Moreover, while it was an open ques-
ton four years ago, whether or not
the Republicans could retain their ma
jority in the senate for four years in
the case of Democratic gains through
the country, there will be no such
question next year, as there will be
enough Republican hold-overs to as
sure the senate being a Republican
stronghold through the next admins
tratiOn. There seems no likelihood
of any political issue next year that
could cause disquietude. If next year
should not be good year, the trou-
BILE would probably not be due to the
fact of it being presidential year,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

In an editorial on 1.-The Never
Ceasing Interest in Religion' the
Minneapolis Times says: "There are
few dissenting voices as to the life
and depth of religion and it's place
in the ethics of the race, but the dis
senting voices are the weak voices and
the strong clear notes of progress and
tolerance drown out the pessimistic
whine. Cotton once said, men will
wrangle for religion, write for it; fight
for it: die for it; anything but-live
for it, but in the new order of things
they are learning to live for it, be-
fore all THINGS"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

This is the way that Mark Twain
roasts Tammany: ~ should think
that any humane and honest person
would rather DE convicted of one
robbery and one murder than become
the cold and deliberate confederate in
wholesale 70 bery and wholesale muir
der by voting Tammany ticket.
Certainly if anything is proven up to
the hilt, Tammany's financial history
and health statistics of 1901 prove that
Tammany's especial and remorseless
trade is wholesale pillage and whole
sale destruction of health and life.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
Deer Plentiful.

Woodsmen, transfers and others
who make this city their headquarters
state that deer are more than us,1allv
plentiful this season. The tote team
sters working between. Bemidji and
the various lumber, camps frequently
ie9;d them r. crossing the road, and all
lndlcauons point to one of the best
hunting seasons in. years. -Bemidii
Pioneer. ,,..,--.o - -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

Grover Cleveland in his speech at
Chicago last week on ''American
Good citizenship said: Il shall be
the last of all our people to believe
that the saving grace of patriotism
among my countrymen is dead or
will always sleep. I know that it's
timely revival and activity mean the
realization of the loftiest hopes of a
free nation" And yet Grover would
go fishing on Decoration Day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

The Alaskan boundary commission
has settled the dispute between the
United States and Great Britain over
the boundary line between the two
countries in Alaskan. territory and
the commission has decided in favor
of the American contention. No
American citizen will lose a foot of
the territory he has had possession
of and which he believed was his.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

1t appears that the department of
commerce that was created under an
act of congress has the power to ask
questions of the big corporations but
that the latter have not the ''power''
under the act to answer them, that is
the department of commerce has the
power conferred on it that any. little
kid has who can ask all the questions
he wants, but when it comes to answer
that is something different. There
should be more :must" in some of
the acts of congress.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

The branch houses of the packing
trust are getting ready to abandon
delivery to the retail butchers of the
twin cities, Duluth and all places
where the trust operates. This is a
high-handed proceeding: and the cost
will come out of the consumers of the
meat in the end, for the retail'butcher>
will just tax it up to the trade. It's
just another one of those what-are-
observation-disclosures moves the
trusts make when they get business
conditions where they want them.
Pretty soon we will all have to go to
the packing centers for our steaks and
rOaSts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
Something else has happened to the

Something else has happened to the
Hennepin county grand jury whose
foreman was dethroned the other day
for having been charged with trying
to graft S., 900. One of the other mem
bers of the jury was dismissed because
it was reported to the judge that the
member had been revealing the work
of the jury which is misdemeanor
The member was dismissed. There
are wheels within wheels in Hennepin
county, judging from appearances.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

Horse sense instead of strikes is the
watchword of the Brotherhood of
American Railway Employees in the
twin cities. With this the slogan of
the labor interests there ought to be a
practical solution of labor difficulties
in the near future. But employers
must also adopt the same slogan to
make the thing A, success.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

The Osakis Review has enlarged to
an eight-page seven column paper
and the change has been made posi-
bic by the enterprise of the merchants
of that place That sounds and looks
we'll. May other towns in the State
follow suit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
Shavin8s.

- The trotting record is now up to
Lou Dillon.
A strapping big fellow is not neces-
sarily hide bound.
A snug fortune is many times the
cause of loose ways.
In breaking the news to mother it is
not a. ways necessary to save the
pieces.
Cement has declined in value the last
few weeks. It refused to stick at the
high price.
All there is to- ''Billy Prunes', is his
shape and that covers a multitude Of
poor jokes.
The Alaskan boundary commission
has turned off the steam and opened
the ventilatOrS.
A baby was born in Indiana the
other day with a full set of teeth. No
breakfast food for that kid.
The wet weather this fall killed off
the fairs while it was getting in it's
work on the old-time pumpkin shows.
II the world was as quick to sound
the praises of men as it is to paint
their faults many people would get
awful lonesome.
A St. Louis county mine owner was
arrested last, week in Duluth CHARGED
with stripping his mine just as the cold
weather came on.
The governor of Colorado should
hire brigade of Russian troops to
help out in the military display he is
making at Cripple Creek.
Thou shall not'' has been respon-
sible for most of the sins of omission
and commission. "Don't'' is the
mother of II will" The race was
built that way.
A Wadena county farmer while in
St. Paul last week went into a. barber
shop and when he left the chair he
also left 1925 and enough hair to
make a mattress while the trimmings
from his whiskers were sufficient to
make up gross of fine brushes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

The long winter eveningsgwill soon
be here and it would be a good idea
if the employers and employees who
must do business together next season
would get together and have few
peace conferences while building oper-
ations are in the hands of owners of
land and architects. In times of peace
prepare for war.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

Minnesota won the football game
with Iowa at Minneapolis last Satur-
day and now you can't touch Mime
apolis with a forty foot pole. The
Minnesota boys walked all over the
lads from Iowa.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

The greatest problem of the age will
be the assimilation of the yellow mass
of humanity across the sea to the west
OF Uncle Sam. In the passing of this
race of people there will be a stir
among some of the nations of the
EARTH
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

Senator Hanna said at the meeting
of the Civic Federation at Chicago
the other day that the labor question
was of far more Importance than the
selection of a president. There is con-
siderable truth in the statement of the
SENATOR
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

The coming battle grounds of the
world will be South America and
Asia. Both countries are wildernesses
of untold wealth and when it comes to
a division of the wealth of those coun-
tries and the development of the same
there is going to be something doing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

The evil results of the speculative
craze are breaking out here and there.
It's just the foam blowing off the stien
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

Russia and Japan are just standing
pat at the present time and the war
correspondents are sleeping on their
arms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22

1t is currently reported and gener-
ally believed that Chawles B. Cheney
will succeed genial but cunning Bob
Jamison as private secretary to his
excellency, provided his excellency is
his own successor
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
IN equestrian statue to the memoir

An equestrian statue to the memory
of General W. T. Sherman was I'M
yelled at Washington last Thursday,
with appropriate ceremonies. Among
the oartors who eulogized the great
chieftain were President Roosevelt and
Hon D. B. Henderson,