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10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1902. ' WILL DECIDE AGAIN Taxpayers League to Con sider Extra Session. MAY WITHDRAW ITS PETITION Full Knowledge of Law and Outside Opposition Have Their Effect Le gal Aspect of the Csse Com pletely Set Fortli. The executive committee of the Tax payers' League will meet today to consid er anew the petition to Governor Geer for an extra session. The prevailing senti ment of the committee Is that the Gov ernor will net call the session, but the petition will probably be addressed to him In conformity with the original plan of the League. If the committee shall decide to go no further with the petition, its professed reason for doing so will be the disfavor which Ihe extra session pro posal has encountered outside of Multno mah County. If the petition shall be presented to Governor Geer, It will reach him about Wednesday or Thursday. The extra session idea has almost en tirely gone out of being since the discov ery that the Legislature, If In session on the second Tuesday after organization, would be obliged to proceed to elect Sen ator Simon's successor. Almost as mor tal to the session as was this solar, plexus blow was the possibility that the Legis lature would disregard the special meas ures for which the Governor would con voke the body. Section 12, article 5. of the Constitution, prescribing the powers of the Governor, says: He may. on extraordinary occasions, con tent the Legislative Assembly by proclama tion, and shall state to both houses, when as lembled. the purpose for which they shall have been convened. Section 29, article 4. of the Constitution provides as follows: "When convened In extra session by the Gov irnor. they (the Leciflators) shall receive $3 per day. but no extra session shall continue for a loncer period than 20 days. Section 12. of article 5. above quoted, Is taken from article 4, section 9. of the Constitution of 184G of the State of Iowa, which provides that "the Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly by proclamation, and shall state to both houses, when assem bled, the purpose for which they have been convened." The clause of the Constitution of Iowa -was before the Supreme Court of that state at the June term. 1859, and was con sidered bv that court in the case of Mor ford vs. Unger, S Iowa 82. The court, construing this clause of the Iowa consti tution, says: When lawfully convened, whether in virtue of the provision of the Constitution or the Gov ernor's proclamation. It is the "General Assem bly" of the state. In which the full and ex clusive legislative authority of the state is vested. Where its business at such sessions Is not restricted by some constitutional pro vision, the General Assembly may enact any law at a special or extra session that ft might at a regular session. Its powers, not belns derived from the Governpr's proclamation, are not confined to the special purpose for which It may have been convened by him. It will be noticed that there Is no au thority conferred upon the Governor by the Constitution to limit by proclamation the measures to be considered by the ' Legislative Assembly when convened. It is made the duty of the Governor to state to both houses, when assembled, the pur pose for which they shall have been con vened, but whether the Legislative As sembly shall direct its attention to the suggestions of the Governor is for the two houses to determine. Judge Cooley, In his work on Constitu tional Limitations, p. 187, star page 155, Bth edition, says: He may convene the Legislature in extra session whenever extraordinary occasion seem? to have arisen; but their powers when con vened are not confined to a consideration of the subjects to which their attention is called by his- proclamation or his message, and they may legislate on any subject as at the regular sessions. An exception to this statement ex ists In those states where, by the express terms of the Constitution, it is provided that, when convened In extra session, the Legislature shall consider no subject except that for which they were specially called together, or which may have been submitted to them by special mes sage of the Governor. The Oregon Constitution contains no such provision as that referred to. On the contrary, the State of Oregon, having adopted the provisions of the Constitution of Iowa, construed by the Supreme Court of Iowa In June. 1859. it may bo presumed that the construction of the lo'wa Con stitution Is the construction which the courts would place upon the like clause In the Oregon Constitution. Such is the rule. It follows, therefore, if a special or extra session shall . be - convened, the Legislative Assembly will be free to con sider all matters of legislation which may be deemed proper or expedient. It is also said to be a mistake that the Initiative and referendum amendment to the Constitution adopted by a vote of the people at the last general election is not operative until there shall be some legis lation upon that subject. The last sen tence in the amendment (see page 1129, Session Laws 1S99, and page 476, Session Laws 1901) reads: "Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the referendum shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and in submitting the same to the people, he and all other officers shall be guided by the general laws and the act submit ting this amendment until legislation shall be specially provided therefor."' This amendment was submitted to be voted upon by an act of the Legislative Assembly approved June 25, 1901 (pages 4 and 5, Session Laws 1201). v By that act It was the duty of the Secretary of State to canvass the votes and publish the re sult, and nothing further remains to be done. This amendment also pontains this provision: "All elections or measures re ferred to the people of the state shall be had at the biennial, regular, general elec tions, except when the Legislative Assem bly shall order a special election. Any measure referred to the people shall take effect ind become the law when it is ap proved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise." It seems clear, therefore, that section 1, of article 4, of the Constitution, as thus amended, Is operative and In effect, and whatever may be the merits or demerits of the amendment, all legislation Is subject to Its provisions. NE"W WAY TO DEFEAT GATES Colorado Fuel Figlit Will Be Trans ferred to St. Louis. DENVER, Oct. 27. The Times this af ternoon says: The fight for control of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company will be transferred to St. Louis next week, when an appllca tlon will be made to the Circuit Court of Appeals for a writ of supersedeas which will have the effect, if granted, of staying all proceedings until the case can be heard on its merits. The action will prob ably "be brought in the name of George F. Bartlett, who intervened In the previous case, and prevented the holding of the annual meeting. If the court grants the writ. It will have the effect of preventing the holding of the annual meeting of the company fixed for December 10, by Judge Caldwell. The case will then be taken to the Court of Appeals and heard on its merits. It will probably be several months "before it can be reached. In the mean time, the "present management will re main in undisturbed possession of the or ganization, and will have that much more time In which to prepare for the fight when the meeting Is finally held. At the local offices of the company it is still maintained that the officials of the company are taking no part In any effort to stop the annual meeting. They will appeal the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals, but beyond that they, will take no action looking to a stay of the order Issued by Judge Caldwell. TELEPHONE LINES TO BRANCH OUT. Significant Change In Presidency of Ohio Companies. CLEVELAND. Oct. 27. Henry A. Ever ett, of the Everett Moore syndicate, today resigned the . presidency of the Federal Telephone Company, and also of the Cuyahoga Telephone Company, of this city. He :s succeeded in both companies by Frederick S. Dickson, of New Jersey, who is connected with the Roebllng Com pany, of New Jersey. The Federal con trols a large number of local companies In Ohio and also the United States, a long distance system. The changfe, it is said, means that Independent telephone Inter ests In this and adjacent states will be greatly extended. It Is expected that at least $1,000,000 will be devoted to develop ing the various "telephone properties. Mr. Everett will continue as- a director of the Federal Telephone Company. Syndicate Gets Light Plant. DETROIT, Oct. 2T.-rThe Edson Illum inating Company, of-this city, has passed Into the hands of a syndicate of New York and Boston capitalists that proposes to make extensive changes, more than doubling the capacity of the plant. VOLCANO BECOMES ACTIVE Guntcmnln Greatly Alarmed Over Eruption-of Santa Maria. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. Since Saturday morning the volcano of Santa Maria, in the Department of Quezaltenango, north western part of Guatemala, has been In eruption, cables the Herald correspondent at Managua. Nicaragua. The eruption Is attended with a terrifying roar, and 6hocks are felt all over Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica. No oamage has been done here, but there is great alarm. Santa Maria has not been considered an active volcano. There are several towns and villages near it. It is only about 10 miles from the recently ruined town of Quezaltenango and 15 miles from Mazten go, which has about G000 residents. The height of the volcano Is 12,457 feet, or about three times as high as Mont Pelee, In Martinique. Guatemala suffered severely from earth quaKes several days last April, when many' towns and villages along the Cor dillera were either totally or partly re duced to ruins. The town of Quezalte nango and Amltitlan, capitals respectively of the departments bearing the same names, were destroyed. ENDS LIFE AT BANQUET. Man Who Hax the Bines Invites Friends to Suicide. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. Alfred Peterson, a Swedish piano-maker, of this city, af ter being.out of work some time, became downhearted. His friends told him to cheer up. He told them he would be glad to do so, and Invited them to form a party at his house. The guests arrived, and, after an evening of gaiety, Peterson arose to propose a toast. He said: "Here's to our dear fatherland, to which my spirit will fly." Peterson drew a " revolver as he con cluded, and, before his horrified friends could interfere, he fired a bullet through his brain and fell dead. Horn AkUs for a Xcw Trinl. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Oct. 27.-rA motion for a new trial for Tom Horn, convicted for the killing of Willie Nickell, was filed this afternoon, and Judge Scott said Ihe would probably decide the matter to morrow. Should the motion be denied, Horn will at once be sentenced to be hanged, but a stay, of execution will be obtained, and, the case will be taken be fore the Supreme Court on a bill of exceptions. FUNERAL OF JUDGE GRAY TODAY JUDGE J. H. D. GRAY, ASTORIA. Oct 27. (Special.) The funeral of Judge J. H. D. Gray, who died at his residence In this city Sunday evening, October 20, 1002, will be held Tues day afternoon, under the auspices of Seaside Lodge, No. 12, A. O. U. W., o which lodge he was a member. Judge Gray was born at Lapwal, Idaho, then part of Oregon, March 20, 1839, and was .the first white male child born west of the Rocky Mountains, his fath er, the late "W. H. Gray. Oregon's first historian, having come from New York as assistant missionary with Dr. Whitman in 183C. Judge Gray went to Fraser River in 1858, and there engaged i n the steamboat business as mate and pilot until August, 1801, when he returned to Oregon, and enlisted in the Washington Guards, expecting to be sent to the front during the Civil War. The Govern ment not wishing troops from this Coast, as they would have to be sent East' via Panama, the regiment" was. disbanded, and he entered the employ of the Ore gon Steam Navigation Company in March. 18C2, as mate on steamboats, serving until September of the same year, when he was given command of a steamer running from Celllo to Lewlston, Idaho, and from Olds Ferry, now Huntington, to Owyhee Crossing:, on Snake River. While hunting prairie chickens with Colonel W. H. Hunt, of the United. States Engineers, in 18C7, his right hand was so badly shattered by the premature discharge of his gun that It was afterwards ampu tated at the wrist. In May. 1B0S, Judge Gray returned to Astoria, and has resided here continuously since that time, first engaging in the transportation business on the lower riyer, under a contract' with the Government, and later conducting a general merchandise store. In 188C he was elected a member of the Oregon State Senate, representing Clatsop. Columbia and Tlllafaiook Counties, and served In that capacity for four years. Among the measures which he succeeded in having passed was one giving Clatsof5 County two Representatives and one Senator In thc'State Legislature. In 1804 he was electr-d. County Judge of Clatsop County, and was re-elected in 18D8, his last term expiring on July 1 of the present year. He also held several other positions of public trust, and filled each in an honest and .capable manner. The deceased left a wife and eight children Mrs. Augusta Fox, Harry D., William J., Charles E.. Mary Alice, Sarah and Louise Gray, of this city, and Mrs. R.' C. Wright, of Portland. He was a member hi Seaside Lodge, No. 12, A. O. U. W., and of the Oregon Pioneer and Historical Society. WANT BIG BUILDING As Quarters for Postoffice, and Federal Officials. WHILE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON Letter From Supervising; Architect Indicates That Enlargement of Federal Building; May Soon Be gin Post office to Move. The work of enlarging the Portland Postoflice Is evidently to be takeji in hand at some not very far distant day, judging by a letter received by Postmaster Croas man a day or two ago from J. Knox Taylor, supervising arcitect of the Treas ury Department. Mr. Taylor says: "Referring to the appropriation, In amount $200,000, for enlarging the building in your custody; as it Is believed that It will be impossible to transact putillc busi ness during the changes, you are re-, quested to advise this office, at your ear liest convenience; what amount of yearly rental will be required to secure quarters for all the Government officials now In the building, and how much will be re quired for moving expenses." Mr. Croasman has been very anxious to have the Postoflice enlarged, as the trans action of business there Is much hampered by lack of room, but he feels that with the job on his hands of hunting up and renting 'such a building as will be re quired to accommodate the Postoflice busi ness, the "United States Courts, with their clerks, the United States District At torney, United States Marshal, and the officials of the railway mail service, all of whom are. now quartered in the Postoflice building, his labors have only .begun. And then there Is the terrible job 'of moving, 1 and a prospect of being housed in prob ably Inconvenient quarters for, no one can say how long. Mr. Croasman has been looking around for such a building as he will need ever since he received the letter, but has not secured one yet, and It Is quite probable that. If the matter were left to him, he would prefer to transact the public busi ness in his present quarters during the changes to be made rather than to hunt up a building or buildings to move into and then to get moved In, and stay there while the changes are completed. Such buildings as would suit Mr. Croasman are not numerous In the city, and those that would not are, generally speaking, not for rent. He looked through the City Hall and says it would .make a good post office, and the Council Chamber would do for a United States Courtroom, but he has not endeavored to lease it yet. He also looked through the old Exposition building and says there Is plenty of room there. There is the new Custom House, which might fill the bill, if it were not, unfortu nately, occupied. The A. O. U. W. Hall has been men tioned to Mr. Croasman, but he Is begin ning to feel dubious about being able to secure any one building which will hold all the departments of the Postoffice, which has 200 employes on the payroll, to say nothing of the courts and officials to be provided for. The idea of having the departments of the Postoffice scattered around, with, say, the registry department at one end of the town, and the money order office at the .other end, Is not ex actly pleasing or cheering to Mr. Croas man. However, everything comes to him who waits, and if work once gets started in the enlargement of the Postoffice which he has been so long waiting for. It will be completed some day and the office will then be moved back Into it, If it Is ever moved out. Preparing the Tax Roll. County Clerk Fields yesterday began work on the tax roll for 1903, and ap pointed the following assistants: H. 3. Ward, A. D. Rockafellow, Charles Louns dale, S. J. Weithei'mer, A. Caswell; R. Clinton, R. M. .Dement, J. P.Block, W. R Potter, M. McKlm, L. Steger, W. S. Wood ward, R, H. Knight, J. L. Williams, M. D. Alger, G- J. Smith, J. M. Vaughn, Capt. H. U. Welch. J." IL Raley, A. Harris, OLD SUITS -ARE SETTLED Last of Litigation Over Chamber of Commerce. Two suits of F. B. Pratt against; Ellis; G. Hughes to recover 525,500" on two notes executed In 1895, were dismissed by Judge Sears yesterday, on motion of ,S. B. Linth-: leum, attorney for the plaintiff. One- note was for $5500, and was executed in favor of Annie Breck, and was- signed -by Charles E. Ladd, Ellis G. Hughes. F. K. Arnold, C. P. Bacon, R. I Durham, D. D. OUphant,' C. H. Dodd, Samuel Heltschu, H. Bradley, D. Soils Cohen, T. M. Rich ardson, J. E. Hazeltlne and J. L. Hart man. The other note was for $20,000 in favor of John Green, and was signed by Charles B. Ladd, Ellis G. Hughes, C. M. Idleman and the makers of the other note, except T. M. Richardson and 'D. Soils Cohen.. The giving of these notes grew out of the construction of the Chamber of Com merce building, In which these men and others were Interested. A bond had been executed in favor of the mortgagee, the. New York Life Insurance Company, guar anteeing that there would be no Hens against the building when it was finished. , To prevent Hens notes were signed by members of the building committee to the extent of nearly $100,000 and money bor rowed upon them and used to pay claims. Mr. Hughes was not here at that time, but signed certain notes on his return. .Some moneys obtained on notes were used to pay taxes, -etc, Mr. Ladd was com pelled to pay a large sum on 'these notes, and afterwards sued Bacon, Richardson, Hughes and others to recover proportion ately. A large number o'f the signers were not sued because they were said to have become Insolvent. The Bacon estate compromised after his death, and Mr. Hughes qarried his case to the Supreme Court, winning on some points and losing on others. His defense was that he was only a surety. It Is stated that a settle ment has been effected. When the suit was commenced property owned by Mr. Hughes In Irvlngton, Wat son's Addition, Waverly and other addi tions was attached. Mr. Pratt is a brother-in-law of -Mr. Ladd, and he obtained possession" of the notes by assignment from Annie Breck and John Green, paying the principal and interest. The mortgage on the building was recently foreclosed. TO COLLECT FOp. STONE. Snits Growings Ont of Contracts for Xew Federal Building. The cause of the Bentley Construction Company against the Portland Granite & Stone Company and of Miles C. Moore, of Walla Walla, as assignee of the Port land Granite & Stone Company, against the Bentley Construction Company, were placed on trial in the United States Cir cuit Court yesterday afternoon. The jury was drawn and today the taking of tes timony will be begun. In the first case the plaintiff seeks to recover $14,000 from the defendant for Its failure to deliver stone for the construc tion of the now completed Federal build ing. There Is a difference of $4000, which the assignee thinks his company is en titled to and he seeks to 'recover thit amount. The attorneys fdr the Bentley Company are Messrs. Carey & Mays, and for the. assignee-' Messrs. Cotton and Bingham. SUES FOR THE DIFFERENCE. Owner of Steamer Strathgyle Claims Demurrage and Short Freight. A suit was. filed in the United States District Court yesterday by C. T. Bow ring & Co., of London and San Francisco, against the Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company for $17,S47 50. The complaint al leges that in March the defendant chart ered from the plaintiff the steamship Strathgyle to sail from Hong Kong to Portland and to return. A full return cargo was to be provided, and any delay beyond the period contracted for was to be charged for at the rate of $200 a day. It la alleged that the steamer was de layed seven days, and Its return cargo fell short to the amount of $31,947 50. The plaintiff demanded a settlement, but all the defendant would offer "was $16,600. The plaintiff asks judgment for the full amount. MAY HOLD BUILDING SITE. Holder of Mechanic's Lien on Burned House Has Remedy. Judge Sears held yesterday that, where there is a mechanic's Hen against a house, and the house burns down, the Hen will still hold against the property. This decision was rendered in the suit of E. W. Baugham against Mrs. H. W. Tay lor and Mrs. Eleanor Taylor to foreclose a mechanic's Hen for $460 on a building erected on a 15-acre tract. Mrs. Lohman holds a mortgage against the property. The attorneys for Mrs. Taylor asked leave to file a supplemental answer stat ing that the fire did not occur through the connivance or fault of the defendant. HE CLAIMS COMMISSION. Hitching Says He Found Purchaser for Ferriss' Property. J. H. Hltchings yesterday filed suit against Margaret A. Ferriss and her hus band, C. S. Ferriss, to recover $750 com mission on account of the sale of some' houses and lots in Couch's Addition. Hltchings in his complaint alleges that he found a purchaser in the person of Frank Klernan, and that he had certain agree ments which "he mentions with Ferriss and wife concerning commissions. It is stated that the sale to Klernan was com pleted by others, but Hltchings neverthe less thinks he ought to be paid. Cases Set for Trial. Judge Sears set cases for trial yester day as follows: W. B. Klernan vs. Pacific Mercantile Company, November 17. Marlon E. Taylor vh. Richard Busteed, November 2L Samuel Bloom & Son vs. G. N. W. Wir son, November 11. C. F.'Petch vs. Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, November 13. George Good vs. W. K. Smith, Novem ber 11. Two Bankruptcy Petitions. Petitions In. bankruptcy were filed in the United States District Court yester day by M. J. Foster, of Pendleton, and H. W. Miller, of Roseburg. Foster's lia bilities amount to $2015, and his assets, consisting of a section of land In Umatilla County and some exempt property, to $650. Miller, who Is the manager of the hotel at Myrtle Point, states that his lia bilities amount to $1963. He has no as-. sets. Must Be Tried in State Court. The motion to remove the suit of H. E. Stemler against the Tontine Savings As sociation was denied by Judge Sears yes terday. Stemler sues to recover, certain certificates held by him. Judge Sears said there seemed to, be no good reason why the case should be transferred to the United States Court. It would probably be Bent back again to the State Circuit Court, If the transfer was made. Cases to Be Decided Today. Judge George will announce decisions today as follows: ' Funk & Groener vs. Weisensee, motion for a new trial. State vs. Baldwin, same. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby la Cutting Teeth, Be rure and use that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. Winalow's Soothlnr Syrup, for children teething. It soothes th child, softens the gums, elisor, &11 pain, cures wind colic and dlarrao. SLAIN BY FIERCE BOARS MONTA VILLA FARMER SUFFERS A TERRIBLE DEATH. In a Battle "With Two Hogg, John B. Gilbert, on Base Line Road, Loses His Life. As . the result of a terrible all-night fight with two boars, -John B. Gilbert, 58 years old, a farmer residing near the eeven-triile post, on the Base Line roaa, abptit two miles from Montavilla, was' found dead yesterday at noon In a hog ppn. He was nearly unrecognizable. The Inquest will take place at Coroner Fin leyis office this morning at 10 o'clock. Gilbert owned two large boars, and one Is a fierce animal weighing nearly 300 pounds. Sunday' night about 8-o'clock- he lefthls, house, saying he would be back In a few minutes, and It now "turns, out that he went to see if his hogs were safe for the night. When he did not return at bed time .his wife and three children be- came alarmed, and a vigorous search failed to reveal his whereabouts. Early yesterday niornlng the , family again joined In the fruitless search for the miss ing husband and father, and telephoned to his brother-in-law, J. M. Edwards, of Troutdale, asking hlni, If Gilbert had called there. Edwards came to . the- af flicted family at. once, and, after searching around the neighborhood, he remembered that Gilbert had been warned against the boars, and he went to the -nog pen to investigate. The two boars, were in .their own pen, . and they snarled as Edwards came near. But In the hog pen several X In the mines, upon the rarlch, in the woods, Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder can be trusted. Keeps fresh and of full strength through rough usage, in damp and heat, until used, and always turns the food out just right. Dr. Price's Baking Powder renders, the food more eatable, wholesome and nutritious. These great qualities are peculiar to Dr. Price's Baking Powder and make it valuable and best for use in the household everywhere. - ' PRICE BAKING POWDER, CHICAGO, U 3. A. yards away, and separated from the ani mals -by a fence, the body of the un fortunate man was found. A terrible struggle had taken place during the night, and it is supposed that Gilbert had gone Into the pen where the two boars were fighting, when they turned and bit him. By marks on the ground, Gilbert dragged himself over the .fence, which is blood stained, and fell Into a corner of the hog pen. The ground in front of the fence was found to be fuU of holes due to the efforts of the boars to tty and get at Gilbert as he lay dying from his many wounds. His body is at Coroner Finley's undertaking-rooms. BOODLERS ON TRIAL. St. Louis Legislators Secure Delay by Asking for Change of Venue. ST. LOUIS, Mo.,Oct. 27. The cases of 16 ex-Members of the House of Delegates, who were indicted jointly on a charge of bribery, In connection with the passage of the suburban franchise bill, were called for trial In Judge Douglass' divi sion of the Criminal Court today. Fol lowing are the defendants, all of whom, with "the exception of Kelly and Madera, who are fugitives, answered to their names: John H. Schnettlor. Charles F. Kelly. T. E. Albright, Louis Decker. John I Helms. Charles A. Gutke. Adolph Ma dera, H. A. Faulkner. Julius Lehman. 'Edmund Bersch. Otto Schumacher. John A. Sheridan, Charles J. Denny, William H. Tamblln, Jeremiah H. Hannigan and Emile Hartman. Circuit Attorney Foulk announced that the state was ready for trial. Separate trials were asked for by -the majority ofthe defendants. The case bf Edmund Bersch was then called. At torney Krum, for the defense, made a , motion to .disqualify Judge Douglass In this case, and the special jury was sent to Judge Ryan, of the Circuit Court, late in the afternoon. Bersch's attorneys at once made a motion for' change of venue. Circuit Attorney Folk resisted the appli cation on the ground of Insufficient- notice of this move. Judge Ryan finally an nounced that he would hear arguments In regard to the application tomorrow morning. WANTS CHANGE OF VENUE. Politician Butler Desires Bribery Trial Away From St. Louis. ST LOUIS, Oct. 27. The case of Colonel Edward Butler, charged with bribery in connection with the city lighting bill, was called today for the first time in the Cir cuit Court. Neither side was ready for trial. The defense stated that a change of venue outside of St. Louis was desired. Judge Ryan ordered the defense to file formal application for change of venue and passed the case. . Tax-Fixing- Injunction Dismissed. CHICAGO, Oct 27. The bill of injunc tion against County Treasurer Raymond, restraining him from selling the Masonic Temple for unpaid taxes of 1901, was dis missed In Judge Dunne's court today. As a sequel to the dismissal of the Injunc tion proceedings and the conviction last week of Wheeler and Williams for forgery In making It appear that the Masonic Temple taxes had been paid, when such was not the case, a check for $28,377 in payment for the taxes and incidental ex penses of collection was given to the County Treasurer today. Engrnvers in Session. CINCINNATI. O.. Oct. 27. The Inter national congress of Photo - Engrav- ers' Association convened here today. One of the most Important questions Is the consideration of the proposition- ol the International Typographical Union to have jurisdiction over the engravers.