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VOL. VITI.
THE DALLES. '.WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1898.
NUMBER 50.
THE ROUTINE
WORK BEGUN
Both Branches Get Down to
Business.
MANY BILLS
INTRODUCED
The Governor's Message Was the Spe
cial Feature of the Day's Proceed
ings at Salem.
Salem, Or., Sept. 27. Both branches
of the legislature rot do n to business
today, bat there were do striking features
of ll.e proceedings. Daring the after
noon billa were introduced in rapid suc
cession. The feature of the day's pro
ceedings was, of course, the governor's
message, which was read this afternoon.
The message was almost universally
commented upon as an excellent state
document, especially characteristic of
the governor.
The announcement of the senate com
mittees this morning put that body in
condition for efficient work. The intro'
dnction of bills, with an occasional reso
lution, occupied the day there.
A funny scene marked the afternoon
session. Reed, of Douglas, introduced a
resolution calling on the secretary of
state to supply senators with copies of
the senate journal of 1897. Selling did
not notice the year mentioned, and
straightway interposed an objection in
the interest of economy. Qaite a ripple
passed through the chamber before at
tention was called to the jake.
"If you want the record of proceedings
or laws of the Oregon legislature of 1897
you'll have to go to hell to get them,"
exclaimed the Bey. Dr. Driver, senator
from Lane.
The house aleo had a busy but feature
less day, aside from the assembling of
both branches of the legislature and
state officers there, and the delivery of
the governor's message. Eleven bills
were introduced, some of them being
identical with bills introduced in the
senate. Politics was kept in the back
ground all day. A resolution to provide
five daily or weekly newspapers for each
member during the session was passed
after the number of papers to be allowed
was cut down to three. v
Selling's bill to fix the compensation
of certain state officers, . that was pre
sented in the senate this morning, con
tains the following schedule of annual
salaries: Governor, $5000; justices of
supreme court, each, $4000 ; secretary of
state, $4000; treasurer, $4000; state
printer, $3-500-; attorney-general, $3000;
superintendent of public instruction,
$1800 ; reporter, supreme court, $1000;
clerk of supreme court, $3000.
It is provided that "no other salary,
compensation, fees, percentage or com
missions Bhall be allowed to or be re
ceived by Hny of the officers mentioned
in this act, whose salaries are hereby
established."
In the section pertaining to. the sala
ries of the governor and secretary of
state, it ia also particularly specified
that the sums named include payment
for all services rendered as members of
any board or commission, as now re
quired or as may be required by law, or
may hereafter devolve upon either of
them. Present fees shall continue to be
charged, bnt shall go into the state
treasury monthly.
' By the terms of the bill the governor,
secretary of state and treasurer shall
constitute a board to determine, the
number of deputies or assistants which
shall be allowed to each of the officers
named in the act, and to fix the com
pensation of each such subordinate.
Io the Senate,
Salem, Sept. 27. The Benate convened
at 10 a. m. After the reading of the
Journal, President Simon announced
standing committees as follows:
Agriculture and forestry Looney.Kel
ly, Clem.
Assessment and taxation Mulkey,
McKay, Porter, Cameron, Taylor.
Claims Howe, Fulton, Daly of Lake.
Commerce " and navigation Selling,
Howe, Proebstel.
Counties McKay, Taylor, Howe,
Cameron, Patterson.
Education Kuykendall, Harmon and
Porter.
Elections and privileges' Brownwell,
Harmon, Wade.
Eugrossedjbille Daly of Benton, Reed,
Michell.
Enrolled bills Patterson, Cameron,
'Mulkey. "
Federal relations Driver, Proebstel,
Dufnr.
Fishing industries Reed, Michell,
Bates.
Horticulture Daly of Benton.Patter
son, Looney.
Insurance and banking Bates, Haines
Adams. (
Printing Michel, Selling, Haines.
Irrigation Proebstel, Cameron, Mor
row. Jcdiciary Falton, Brownwell, Kelly,
Michell, Dofur. '
Medicine, pharmacy, dentistry Daly
of Lake, Kuykendall, Morrow.
Military affairs Haseltine Taylor,
Wade.
Penal institutions Haines, Looney,
Driver.
Mining Cameron, Harmon, Smith;
Municipal corporations Haseltine,
Harmon, Smith. -
Public buildings and institutions
Adams, Haseltine, Reed. '
Public lands Porter, Mulkey, Howe,
Driver Wade.
. Railroads Brownell, Patterson, Daly
of Benton, Mackay, Morrow.
Revision of laws Keliy, Reed, Fulton
Daly of Lake, Smith.
Roads and highways Bates, Looney,
Daly of Benton, Proebstel, Clem.
Waye and means Taylor, Kuyken
dall, Mulkey, Selling, Adame.
Without losing any time, the mem
bers commenced to run in their bills.
In Tbe Boose.
Salem, Or., Sept. 27. The house was
called to order at 10 :05a bis morning.
A concurrent resolution of the senate
to have a joint committee examine into
tbe books and accounts of the secretary
of state was laid on tbe table.
The senate appointed Bruce C. Curry,
of Clackamas, mailing clerk.
A resolution by Ross that tbe speaker
appoint a committee to arrange for
appropriate exercises on February 14,
1899, to observe the anniversary of
Oregon's admission to the Union was
tabled.
Young secured tbe adoption of a reso
lution to bave each member provided
with 200 2-cent postage stamps.
The first bill to be introdnced was eent
np by rish and Game Commissioner
McGuire, providing for a general means
of propagation and protection of salmon,
and taxing of fishing gear to assist in
defraying the expenses of propagation.
It was decided to meet in joint session
at 2 p. m., to receive the governor's
message. .
House bill No. 2, by Whitney, yas in
troduced, providing for the matter of
assessment and taxation of certain real
estate and making mortgages of real es
tate for the purpose of taxation. The
bill is a virtual reinstatement of the
mortgage-tax law.
Other bills were introduced and the
house then adjourned to meet at 2 p. m.,
in joint session.
Upon being called to order this after
noon, the house went into jint sesEion
with the senate, to hear the governor
deliver his message, after which it re
sumed business, returning under a sus
pension of the rules to the first order of
business petition8,memorials and re
monstrances. A number of resolutions were read and
one bill introduced : but before it could
be read a notion to adjourn until
Wednesday morning at 10 carried.
NICARAGUA CANAL
IS FEASIBLE
Total Expenditure of Less Than
100,000,000 Will Be Necessary,
According to Government Figures.
New York, Sept. 28, Eight govern
ment engineers who have been engaged
on the preliminary survey of the Nicar
agua canal have arrived at this city, on
the steamship Altai, of the Atlas line.
They remained in Nicaragua to complete
the work which was in progress when
Admiral Walker and other members of
the commission were returning to take
part in the war with Spain. Eben S,
Wheeler was the chief engineer of the
party. .
The preliminary work was finished be
fore the party left , the, fieldand a yael
amount of data, the result of surveying?,
borings and soundings, has been bronght
back and will be included in the official
reports which will be placed before con
gress at its coming session.
The surveys show that the proposed
canal is entirely feasible, and that the
cost will be -considerably less than the
estimates made by the Ludlow commis
sion or the sum named by Admiral
Wheeler a year ago as likely to be needed.
The reduction in cost is due to a change
in location of the Ochoa dam and to
other modifications of the old route.
The Ludlow commission estimated tbe
cost of the canal at $133,000,000. Ad
miral Walker named $125,000,000 aa the
aggregate cott. The report of the engi
neers will place the estimate at less than
$100,000,000. By changing tbe location
of the dam from Ochoa to a point four
teen miles lower, down, the building of
the San Juan basin and ' its costly em
bankment can be avoided and a saving
of $10,000,000 made.
Roosevelt Nominated For . Governor.
Convention Kali., Saratoga, N. Y.,
Sept. 27. The Republican convention
nominated the following ticket today:
For governor, Theodore Roosevelt, of
Oyster Bay; lieutenant-governor, Tim
othy L. Woodruff, of Kings ; controller,
William J. Morgan, of Erie; secrtary of
state, John T. McDonougb, of Albany;
state treasurer, Joan B. Jaeckel, of Cay
uga ; state engineer, Edward A. Bond, of
Jefferson; attorney-general, John T. Da
vies, of Oneida. .
SYNOPSIS OF
GOV. LORD'S
MESSAGE
Oregon Legislature Met in Joint Session
Testers to Hear ths
Reading oflt.
URGES THE ELECTION ;
OF A SENATOR
Construction of the Nicaraugua Canal
Imperative Disposition of ..Cuba
the Philippines and Porto Rico De
mand Immediate Attention.
Salem, Sept. 27. The following ia
synopsis of the gorvernor's message to
the legislature:
Our country has reached a critical
period in history. The next lew; years
will mark an advance or retrograde
movement in its destiny. Momentous
questions have grown out of the Span
ish war. The construction of the Nic
aragua canal has become imperative,
and the disposition of the Philippines,
Cuba and Porto Rico is a question de
manding the best brains and' wisest
statesmanship.
The Pacific coast is vitally interested,
and Oregon needs a senator at Washing'
ton of experience, capacity and courage,
Theee matters will probably be passed
upon this winter, so the election ot a
senator should not wait until tbe regu
lar session. ' .
TheTaiTure of tbe 'legislature" to "or
ganize in 1897 left tbe state without ap
propriations, and forced it to run on
credit. Consequently many warrants
were draws, vouchers issued and claims
filed. This business should be disposed
of, and not left for tbe regular session,
when two appropriations would afford a
a chance to raid the treasury with diet
ering and jobbery.
The business of a supreme court has
grown so rapidly that the docket is be
hind two years. A commissioners' court
is recommended.
Attention is called to the invitation of
tbe French republic to participate in tbe
world's fair in 1900. .
The governor states that in 1895 a
contract was made with J. Lowenberg
and the Northwestern stove foundry, for
the sale of convict labor and the lease of
the stove foundry, but Loewenberg had
defaulted in payments, and immediate
attention is necessary to secure the large
amounts due.
With these various matters out of the
way, the regular session will bave an
opportunity to pass the remedial legisla
tion promised in the party platforms
and eo necessary to the welfare of the
state.
Queen Louise of Denmark Dead.
Copenhagen, Sent. 29. The Cueen cf
Denmark died at 5:40 this morning.
Queen Louise was born September 7,
1817. Sho wa9 the daughter of Land
srrave William, of Hesse-Cassel. In 1840
she married King Christian IX of Den
mark, and their long nnion was one of
spy
great happiness, nnbroken by a single
loss in their' family until within the last
few years, when two of their grand
children died.. The aged queen, who
has been failing for some time, was the
mother of the Princess of Wales and
King George of Greece. Her second
daughter, the Princess Dagmar, was the
mtther of the Czar of Russia.
THE END CAME
'WITHOUT PAIN
A Sketch of the Ex-Ambassador's Ca
reer The Death of the Queen of
Denmark.
Dedham, Mass., Sept. 28. Thomas F.
Bayard died at 4:30 o'clock this after
noon at Kiirlatein, the summer residence
of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel D. War
ren, after an illness of eix weeks. His
death was without pain. His wife, his
two daughters Mrs. Warren and Miss
Florence Bayard and his son, Thomas
F., jr., saw him draw his last breath
and his third daughter, the Couotesj
Lauenhaupt, was on her way to Dedham
The remains will be conveyed to Del a
ware and the formal services will be held
Saturday in the old Swedish church, at
Wilmington.
Karistein lies off the Dedham road
Here about the middle of August, came
Mr. Bayard to be the guest, of this
daughter and his son-in-law. He was
sick, but it was given out that his illness
was merely dne to declining years. He
steadily grew worse, however, and had
spells of semi-consciousness and of de
lirum. A consultation of physicians
was held August 2G, and they agreed that
Mr. Bayard was Buffering from artorie
colorosis and a general breaking down
incident to age. He Buffered no pain to
any noticeable degree, and the chief
tendency was to sleep.
Yesterday it became evident that his
death waa a matter of only a few hours
Still he lingered, having a Blight .rally
during the night, and during the fore
noon his condition showed but little
change. At 4 o'clock he bsgan to sink
rapidly, and half an hour later he gent
ly passed away.
Tomorrow tbe body will be sent to
Delaware, being due to arrive at Wil
mington late Friday afternoon.
EXPLOSION CAUSES
DISASTROUS FIRE
Sporting Goods Store Destroyed Three
Young Women Fatally and a Num.
ber of Other Persons Very Serious
ly Injured.
St.. Louis, Sept. 23. An explosion' of
powder in the rear of the building at 410
North Fourth street, occupied by
eporting goods store, set tho place on
fire, caused its destruction, and resulted
in injury to a number of persons, several
of whom will die.
Two firemen, whose names are un
known, and two other men who were
passing by, were injured.
A lady stenographer is missing, and
is believed to bave perished in the build
mg.
Three young ladles who were working
on the third floor of tbe building were
seriously injured. Firemen with ladders
took ont one of them, but by mischance
dropped to the pavement. The other
two, cut by glass and burned by flames,
umped to the pavement and were taken
to the city hospital in a critical coudi-
tion.
A second explosion sent bricks and
glass flying among the firemen, injuring
five of them. This explosion frightened
a team hitched to a hose reel, and the
team ran away, injuring one fireman
and a citizen.
Tbe loss is estimated at $100,000, and
it is not known how tbe explosion.- was
caused. - -. - .
- Clears Up a Mystery.
Joplin, Mo.," Sept. 28. The arrest in
La Grande, Or., of a man named Weed,
who confesses to the murder of a Joplin
man named Smith, apparently clears up
the. mysterious murder of Wm. Smith,
March 1, last, near Joplin. Smith mys
teriously disappeared, and his body was
found in the bottom of a deserted pit. It
was supposed he accidentally fell into
the pit, and tbe widow filed a Euit for
$5000 damages against the city.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That Is what It was made for. ,
ALL WORK
AND NO PLAY
THIS YEAR
Amite Da? tf Routine Ensincss in
Boll Brattles sftis State '
Ifflslatort.
MANY BILLS
INTRODUCED
Every Member of Both Houses Seems
Imbued With a Desire to Do Some
thing, and Make a Good Record for
Himself.
Salem, Sept. 28 That the present
Oregon legislature is determined not to
eo down in history as a do-nothing leg-'
ielaturo becomes more plainly apparent
every day. Today both branches did
business again, and did it with vim, and
while the proceedings were altogether of
a routine natnre there was a full attend
ance in each house, and every member
appeared anxious to do his part thor
oughly and well, and to give a good ac
count of himself.
In marked contrast with the regular
session of two years ago, is the special
session of today. Then the desire to ac
complish results and Dass useful laws
was lost sight of in the excitement and,
rancor of the senatorial contest from the
very first. Now both houses are hard at
work on routine business, and eo far as
outward appearances indicate, eo ab
sorbed in their present occupation as to
be totally oblivious to all else.
Taken all in all the present outlook
for tbe present legislature making one of
the best records ever made by any simi
lar gathering in Oregon, is extremely
good. .
Representative Kruse, of Clackamas
introduced this morning a measure that
is likely to engage the attention of the
medical practitioners. It reads:
"Any person may freely contract for
tbe services of whomsoever bs considers
competent to alleviate suffering, or pre
vent or heal disease, and it ehall be law
ful for persons so employed to attend,
treat, nurse and endeavor to heal tbe
employing patient and receive compen
sation therefor, B'ibject to the medical
laws of the "state relative to improper
practice."
A joint resolution was introduced in
the house yesterday by Roberts of Wasco
and concurred in by tho senate today,
declaring in favor of congress making a
special appropriation for the improve
ment of the channel of the Columbia
river at tbe lower end of the Cascade
locks. .
A subject that is coming to be discussed
by members of the legislature, is that of
making the regnlur session in January
take up legislative work just where the
present session leaves it. While the con
stitution limits the term of a special ses
sion to twenty das, there seems to be
nothing in tbe way of preserving the
same organization now in force, and to
proceed at the regular session to act on
bills introduced at tbe special session,
without going through all tbe tedious
rigmarole of introducing, renumbering,
reading, referring, etc., as if tbe previous
action had been taken before a totally
different body.
This is tbe first time in the history of
Oregon that tho special session has pro
ceeded the regular session of the same
members, eo there is no precedent to
guide. It is pointed out by some that to
presume that the same members should
choose a different organization next win
ter is assuming them to be fickle, while
there is the other view that patronage
might be more widely spread around by
a recognition for the regular sessn n.
In the matter of committee clerkships
there is as yet no Indication that any
more economy than usual will be prac
ticed, if as much.
Skagway Now a Subport.
San Francisco,' Sept. 27. Skagway,
Alaska, has been created a subport of
entry, and the collector of that district
bag been authorized to station a deputy
collector and inspector of customs there
with authority to enter 'and clear ves
sels, receive entries, collect' duties, tees
and other moneys, and perform such
other duties as the interest Of commerce
may require.