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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1907)
THE OREGON MIST. TOlu XXIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JAXUAliY 25, 11)07. N0. 7. Proposed Oregon Tax Law (Coailnuerl from last iHk) (Hlateiiirnt of county cioiiaei to be certified to secretary of state.) Km-tlon 0. That sw-tlon 808 of the ('ol mill Statute of Oregon, compiled am: annotated by Hon. I harics II. I Ik I a. e..i.rv of .(!. a flood. Ul.illnl-1 .tiii,.,i,...ii of nil tli imi.n of hi. county for the) preceding year, exeiiet rH'iinn for mi' lit ami highway, aim except Uia minis ld for the erection of eoml house, or on account or ixwtt- Ioikhi of epidemical, which statement slutll he certified to ly lilm an audi county clerk ami forwarded to (Jin sec retary of tut, ami a duplicate thereof lw placed on file in hi own mlc. Oh. only than I. la reo,ulr. the atal. mrnte In Ixt hWJ hi In. Intk Inetean1 af the Ulli at J.mi.iir. .lid to cuim cwu uf cot.rl fcoMtr., Ktliktltfc. of .tri.kmU-. Ir.im tnv r..riiw nuirmrm. At lh iiMitlt.Hiittrnl miiM l.lirt I u I l W null on lh b..l ul llt.r t.lrMpfi., m well Ihow prvunMt, nil, anil liMllit Itt m rriui.a la III ciuit llr. n.l lli. WW.! vouniy ewiil. lh.n, m lh j.nu.tv trim. m.k. . Irv, Miltiririil lu a.vrr lb .iipofOu4im.nl, ltt HCfMIII l4 irn(tilnrM I. .fparvill.! (Hf.rt'tnry of tt to kwp IWtinl of tnt.liniit crrtitlol.) rnH-tiim 7. Th awrutary Of Ut hull litiiiirMUttKly rwnnl audi alnto mi nt In Uinta proviilnl ami kept In III ollliv fur Utnt iniriMaw, ami aim 1 1 iiiily Hi rviml nmnty clorka with Hid ntHNvamtry fnrtna fur makiiiK u li rt'ntn, an rvill for In thife at. Ill C. lump., arclluti lout, nhmil cnalitr J . ( AiKirtii(iinriit of rttvpniira of atatv among counlini.) H1lnn 8. It ahull l Uia lty of tltit Kivrrniir, arx-rctary of atute ami I alulo trmanrvr. a1inic Jointly, In Jan- unrv uf mch yi'ar, to amcrtalii by com. piilntlim, an ln'iliui(t-r provlilml, tlio total amount of rtrriu moi-amrr fur .liitn piiriaaiM, and to aplxirtlun the aliiil liilal wvi'inir aim mil tha afve- ral niiuitiiia) in Uta inariuvr hervina(tir Mvi.lp.. III. C. Cii, wwilrni HM, aa rcnaflad I t I l .-iul JtcMlun, IIHIJ, Ma a, ua.rtil fftana. 1 (Mi'tlio.1 of proopfllng In tusking Hate a'irliiiliinrtit.) t-iH-tii.n 0. Tlir a fun Id atata otll. cvra ahnll prfHfMil a follow!: I. I'rrjiaro a tabular tatrimrit, om- Istlngof all the Itrina nf npciiKw, civm m'lmnttrlv. to which the tat will tw autijtort umlprekUting lw fur the wl yi-ar not aor that year for wlid ii ilia Ut prilling atate levy of lMiita au mrniiiilml aifiil tt.ljkFl - ulaftl all itema of Iciloienry. Including Inter- the same hereby It amended to read a "" 'T.. ' """" "" " c,,,ll,1,!r'' fuw lrt ullh cxpniiaee of a county under Hy the I Oth of January of each year J'1' '"lft.on to I iriade Il.o county r lerk of the several rou.itlr 7 to ' l WIO. and in In the state shall 4r, Un a blank ?!"' ,I,,"M'1' ""h year thereafter. ii i JL.i i LL.-.I "HI Uie January. 1110. coiiinniutimi liirm inni iinwi emti lurnmiirxa mt met eat on unid warranta left over from rWtion It. Tlio worU "ta Colleet tliK tirevlouayir, the payment of which or" wherever uned In thia art "hall he liru been authorised by law: and alao taken to mean the penioii or ofllcer who the aum orovided by law forUin current eiiieuaea of the ()regnri Natimval (iuanl, I and the aum of I47.WM) for the atinport of the 1'iiivemity of Oregon, and the nut of I'.'n, t)(K) for the anpixut of the KtiiteAgrimiltuml college; and alao, t ...'I. n.ii it ip nwiv ... aiiv. aanva tni'iitofan even year, the entiniated rieiiae of one biennial acealon of llie Icgialntlve aM'iiibly; and alao. when audi levy I made on the amcaaiuent of an even year, the et Imaleij total coat, nut eceeliig fiOU. IHN, of inch addi tiomil piihllc building and Improve ment ul public bull. ling of the atute aa the aiiid ritiito otllcer "ball (relieve it tiecwwary to make during the lineal year for which auch levy of taiea la compiitfHt. 2. Fmiii (he aum total of the afore aaid item ahnll lm dpdunted any atir pltiM in exivna of 11,000 renutining In the Irnwury fMin all fund, however ueriveti, u not anplieil oy law lo aome apis'iiil iiitriKwe, !t. The remainder o ohlniiied nhall In the tottil ainoiuit of revenue to be miaeil ihe next eiiaiilng year for atit uirxiM which urn nut prtivided fur liy rUMi-tnl Uix duly niithornuxl by law; and mid remainder "bull lw apportion rtl iiiiuiiig thu aoverol cinintlwi in the nmiiner hcrclimfUr providtil, and be levied mid (Villm lml in each of Raid coiiiitica in the milliner other tnxon are levied ami collected, uml bo paid over ( to the atate trtiwurcr. 4. In order to BKcertain the propor tion of auch tu x oh to lie paid by the aev- eriil oiiiint iim, aald aliite ollicera ahnll axcertnlii from the retMirt of expemll turi of Uie aeveral (vmntiea on Die in the olllce of Uie aecrctary of atnto the Bvi-niL'o amount of exiiemliture in each county during tho iierlod of llvo yeara: ami each county ahull iwy auch proiior- tion of aaid atute tiixin aa lt average amuiiiit of exiHMidituroa for aaid m-riiid lienm to the total amount of exiMindi- tiinn in all of the countiea of the atnte; J'rovldml, Unit all of the Indljeteilnwa and eiMiiNiM incurreil by linker county in Uiu Heiiilltli)n of thnt portion of w lint wan former v a nnrt of Un on county, and known na the "l'liiihnndle," by renaon of the aMaumtition by linker county nf a portion of the thon exlating imlclitedncHa of Union ootinty, and the iixpenaiia incurred ny linker county in oiiiuiiiing from Union county llie rec- orda roliitimr to that ixirt of Union ooiinly nddiHl to linker county, known aa thu "Panhandle. ' ahull not lie con- it 1 i Vala n(rr. "I am wh.ra I made my nilataka," aald lha yiinarabls colli profeaanr, fathering .bia thi-cadtiare cloak around hla atten uatad form. "If I had maatered on dla (net Instead of alxtaao Innguagaa I might have gone an tht stag and baaa worth half a million by thia tlraa." Orltty Oeorgo Wliafa lie matter wld eared lilm. DnatyV lie don't acorn to auxloua to Ol leop like ho usiil to? Biindy I'lkea-No, aomcbody told hint da wlud worka whllo we are aaleua I aimed or ooiieldcred a part of tha i, peiiae of Baker ouiuity under tliii avt or uuy ui uiu years m which mtld ex pcmiituro were made: Provided fur Hut, tlutt the amount unld tiv auv county in reducing or discharging Ita I Indthtedi.mw, or paying Interest on it : : . ------- l'.r"l"'rl," '' " to OB 'vti comm. shall I a ' "'"""'" """, to wit Comilfra. I'.f Ct, Cuutllif.. 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The arvrrtary of ataU Iml! riiilx-ly lit liln printwl rtport to tho litfinlalivt) ami'liilily an umirnlf trniiaoript or viuiit uf llin afoniiaiil amiiial exit lH-t iniia ami ptriMjiil apMr lloiimi nu mvurtiiiK U-twecn the birn- nlal wwtiima of tho li ,ialature; ami ho hll alao Iranaiiiit iniiiimliatoly after Mill apiairUimmiTiit an an-urata trana crlpt of it lo the county clcrka of thu Ueverul oniiiitica, and in no cam ahull a"? 'iiilm'tion or alti'iiii-nt ba nunln trmu th apixirtiunmcnt to tlm rrwixvl iv ctuuitii' on account of the Jlin quriil tajpaycm in a C. totnp, aKtlon I0M, wlibmtl liana ) (Sumatmi. atalulftry lirmialona im .wUt ami f.naral wriaa mI lair hv rounitra, cittra. l.-n. arkftol rlialrine. mail uialrkla, and I'ufl of I'uftland. and Uut th lnfluairn In Ih. alalr aHKirtiunm. el of cttalrt aonta, may tar fiiumt. Alan, at Ibra proaraiuita art la b. Imintl In lb. anrrlal Malulr. and cliv ck.tt.ra: fHbera ar. Ii.nmalrl, connartrd )Hk Matul. rjirrrllriff I lie dlaiMMiOuti or tna litnila aa levied, lo ll H-iniH In aruuri Ihrm in a chaolrr dealing of the aiibrrt'l of lb. levy and aiioar ttunrrM-nt of laaea arneratly would be all but impoaailile, and ent.Iea.llni It avcufapUaked, and ia not al- """""" (Of tlie Cotlrrtionof Tamiand rroctl ing In Hclatlon Thereto.) ( Worda "ix collector" Veanlng.) by law i ehargecl with the duly or rot Ux-titig taiin aaaeaeeil ii)il real proier ly. ami ahall ba held to include hi deputy iNc ) (Trp,mir(,r (, Ui collector.) Sfietion 13. The treaaurer of each county ahnll be the tax collector thereof (Suli.llliilra lrraaur.r foe akerifl In B. t C. i omn . arciin aooii. Ibe chanara lo ih. mtc ere.lioa arclion. nrreaailated by Ihia change ill not lw apeciikaliy nottu.) (Ibmd aa tax col lector Cumulative to general olltfial bond.; Section 13. ltefore entering upon hia duty aa tax collector the lirarurer ahall give a bum!, aiguml by aome reeponible aurety company, oi aonie roriiKiiuuble aiirety or auretii-a aa approved by the county court. eomlitiMTied for tho faith (ul iierloriiiAtice of bia tlutiea aa audi tax collector, in auch amount aa the county court ahall direct, and aucli Ixiiul, i( nignel by a aurety cumpany ahull lie paid for by the county court Such IhiiuI ahull lie additional and cu iniihitivn to the irPiicral bund given by the IreaKiirer, to which renort niny 1k had in chmc of failure or default ol hi ilutiea aa tax collector if the bond do- ai-rilxil In thia aectlon b uiionfoiceuble or inanlllciont. (Tlia la.l nlo. line, of art-lion n04, It. C (.'iMiip, ulttiout change, cacept I'hange lllle ol officer.) Kxtonaion of taxes by county clerk.) Section 14. Tho county clerk of each county in the atate ahall, immediately niter receiving rrom me aiaio onam oi tax coiiiiiilhriionera copy of the aaaeaa- menta of ieroii nd pmjierty within hlii coiintv. made and certitled by aaid atate iHinnl ol tax eoinniirwinnen, enter ami aniiortloii the annie in the aaaeaa ineiil roll which ban been made by the countv aaaeaaor. and cnrre-tcd and eiiunlied by the county board of rxpial- Wut loit. and n-lurnel to aaid clerk. Kid clerk ahnll forthwith after lecclv ing all the notice provided tor In ace- lllmi 4 of tlilm act. and alter the aptMir- tioninent of taxeti, mnke a certiclinte of the aeveml auiouiita apportioned to be aaaiwaeit iinon t he tnxiilHO property in hia county for atate, county, general, and atvocial achool and road, military, nnlveriiitv. town, city, txirt, or other purpiw" for which a tax may hnve been legally levied, ami ueuver ioe nnm tlcllnte to tho tnx collector oi ine conn iv. tinrether with the laid aaaeaamcn roll containing the aaaeaHiiienta made hv tho county aaaeaBor aa corrected and lloth Wwya. Fawall (Juat before tha banquet) 1 believ I am to bt tin third apraKor. noa kar cornea Juat before ma, diwan't he? Toast mnatar I mm "ru ",,n . . . . i . .... elirhr aay, tliougn, inai um nmm a""' after you. r nw 'Ta'll ih' f mill eat Joke ui Iver lmr-rud lu all me born daya, Faith, laughed all day long. Denny Vea old? Iirry a'l. iveV t,"m In me body tilt lulk a funny bone. eipiallxod by the county Imrd of equal, izutlon, and alao containing the aaaeaa. iiiviita made and certified by the atate board of tax comuilnaooiieni entered therein, ruled with proper coliimria for the extenaiona of Uix collect loin and de linipient liat, and for pnymeiita, iaau. anee of certificate, reueinptiona, iaau a nee of (bill, anil other entriea therein hi contemplated by law, and with the total amount of tnxe properly extended and entered thereon In one aum againat each separate parcel of real property, aa well a againat the personal property asaiwHcd to each individual. Hueh roll ahall tberetifter be a tux roll, and there ahall be attachi-d thereto a warrant, in the name of the state of Oregon, under the hand of the aaid clerk and the seal of the county clerk authorising the col lection by suid tax collector ol aald lax ea; and auch clerk ahall thereupon take the receipt of aaid tax collector there for, and duly charge agnliiat the tax col lector the full amount of taxi charged on auch roll; and the tax collector ahull in settlement bo allowed aa credit aguiiml audi charge auch amount a he ahall report to the county court of hia county, aa hereinafter in thia act pto- vtded, that lie haa collected on aaid roll, alao auch a he ahall find to have been twice aaaraHed thereon, and inch a be ahall be unable to collect, and shall ao return to the court aa not collectible. All auch tux rolla ahall lw public rec ord, and aa auch prvaerved in the office of the tax collector. Compare II. k C. Comp , aecllon. JOB and OUS. Ilnilla Ibe now ohaiilrte ornvialun for rompiitlng iralualluna afler e.iialluliin by Hale ooaro oi eiieiirjdtin, auoaiuulina allrr emiali canon by llie colour boaid anif entry of aa- aeaanirnia aaitilied by Oie alal. board of Ul comnilaaionrra. I'ruviilr. alau far couipuu lion, of ainoont. lo be ma'le, and aa lo iralua lion and rale in lite, aevrial road dialrrcl. port, and inner nuinicioal laaina aaenelea Sr. fa lDo), ,tae Si. I'rovi.lea the rink ahall .atend the lav In one lotal aum. Ibe ar;xiralion among fond, on ihe roll and In taa rrrripta U unnereaaary when lite Meeral ratr. of lew are auerihed. aa ihe mrihod of accounting and Ihe rciiuirc ment for di.lrilmlion of each itaymrnl in the laa eollrctor a cotlreoon rrgialer ioa ihe exact amrmul of laxea for each municipal agency with lilch the rnllerlor la chargrd. and Ihe amount collecled hy him. In aeveral counliea of the Stale the dutribotion la carried on the receipt .tub on Ihe roll, and alao in Ihe tax collection bonk and distribution book. Tbia rauae. much additional and uarleas labor and cnofuaion al the buay aeaatm of the year. In Ihe larger eoontie. Ih. former pracUce .11 abandoned liom the very neceaaity of the caae. and no loa of accuracy or fiitneaa in ac counlmg reaulled. A very large Mvtrtg in clerical furcc aa thereby made.) (School, town, city, port, or other tax ing agency levy On what valuation.) Section IS. All the taxea hereinafter levied bv any Incorporated city or town, achool diatrict, road district, port, or other municipal taxing agency or dis trict, ahall lie levied on the property therein rciectivply aaacmahto upon the valuation of auch pmerty as shown by the aetcrmcnt roll lunt compiled by the aamuutor, corrected and expialiaed by the county board of equal ixation, and inrltidiiig entrii-a therein of aHUwaments aa certitlix) by the atute Ix-anl of tax commianiunera and apportioneil to auch municipalities by the county clerk. And it ahnll be the duly of the county clerk in' each of the aeveral counties, uxm the application of the clerk or Ixiard of school dim-tors of any achool district, and of any road supervisor, or of any three resident treenolders of any road diatrict, or of the recorder, auditor, or clerk or common council, board of directors, or trustor-) or other governing liody of any incorporated city or town port, or other municipal taxing dtatric or agency, to furnish act-rtittcato, unde the aen I of the county court, showing the aggregnto valuation of the aascaaa ble proNTty in the school diatrict, rond diatrict, incorporated city or Sown, port or other taxing district or agency, from which such application aliall have been made. (Add provtalnna a lo port or other munic) pal taxing agency or ui.lrict: modihea pro- viaion aa to vatualiun of property on which k-vv i made o.d law Drovttled it ahall be Atacxsnirtu roll laxt compiled, Thia adila. aa correclrd and eouatlred and including a1 ntenia made hv the atate board of tax commia sionrra- Alao conKilnlatr (tart of Law of luou. page VMK. aa lo road dtmlcta, but maker, no change.) (All taxes levied to lie collected by same olhcer mid in anme manner aa county taxea.) Section 10. All taxea levied by any hcIiikiI dlrtrict, rond district, incorpor id cd cit v or tonn, imrt or other minuet pnl iHirHiintion or taxing agency or dis trict, now or hereafter authorised by law to lew tuxes, ahull lie collected by the sump oll'tcer and in the aume man- uer and at the anme time aa tuxes for county purpurea nre collected. (See lital two line, of II. A C. Comp., lion Slot): tjia of pe 4, aecllon 74: II. & Comp., acction iol, to Ihe aami (Tiixea to lie paid in gold and silver coin.) Section 17. All taxes levied In this state by the authority of the state or a municipal coi point ion t herein upon liny person or property in this state ahnll be collected mid pnut in gold and silver coin of the United States, and not otherwise. (II. & C. Comp., icction 3167.) (Grantor or grantee Whicb to pay tax.) Section 18. Aa between the grantor and grantee of any html, when there If no express ngreement as to which eMail iwy the taxea that may bo assessed thereon lieforo tho conveyance, if such land la conveyed at the tune or prior to the dnto of the warrant authnruiiig the collection of such tuxes then the grantee ahull pay the mine, but if conveyed after the dule the grantor shall pay them. (11. ft C, aecllon SIM, no change.) (To bv continued next week) Ol Coarae aha Weald. "And then, mind you," exclaimed Miss Pnaaay, "he naked m If I wouldn't marry the first man that came along." 'The Idea !" remarked Miss Knox. "D(n't these obviously unnecessary Quest Ions mnke you alckl" Philadel phia Tress. Society Faroelle. Edytta They say that I'orcy Feath- rly Is losing bis mind. Miiynio l'oor fellow I He 11 be lucky If be dooau't lose any more than that NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS K Reauma of the Less Important but Not Lea Interesting- Evenf ot the Past Week. Tho flood of the Ohio river is receding slightly. Jamaicans denounce Swettenharn and ask his recall. A rate discrimination iniiulry Is in progress in Denver. The Coloiado legislature has passed an anil -cartoon law. The Neva-la legislature ii considering a railroad commission bill. J.I'. Ifolliver will be again elected United States senator from Jowa. Oil in grout quantities has been found on land owned by W. K. Hearst in Mexico. A revised liat of the dead and Injured of the Terre Haute train wreck shows 2U killed and 23 injured. The senate sutxmmiUae has report ed againat Bristol's confirmation as dis trict attorney for Oregon. The mayoralty content will cost the gpeople of New York about f 400,000 whether Hearst or McC'lellan wins out The llritish government baa disavow ed HwetU'iihaiu's action in the Jamaican affair and has called on him for an ex plaiuition. Kxtensive preparations are being made for the meeting of the American National Livestock association at Den ver. Four thousand stockmen are ex pected to lie in attendance. The flood in the Ohio valley ii th worst since 1884. Chicago hopes for a oold wave to stop the epidemic of d urease. Senator Fulton wilt work for a law to save Columbia river salmon. General Funaton recommends better pay for army officers and men. High water in the streams at Win Held, Kan., liave flooded the town and many families have had to move out. Kx-Governor Hlggins, of Xew York has been fatally stricken with heart tailuie. Sixteen were burned to death in the fire following the collision of a freight and passenger train on the Big Four at row lor, Ind. Fire destroyed much of the business part of lhufort, S. C. The loss placed at (700,000 with only one-third covered by insurance. rroftwsor William I. Thomas, of the Chicago university, says woman is not the equal of the white man, but about equal to the negro mentally. The (His river in Aruona has over flowed its punka and is doing much damage. The San Y rnnciaco school board says President Jordan, of Stanford, was flushed with wine when he denounced their attitude in the Japanese school question. The San Francisco school board is enraged at President Jordan, of Stanford university, because he favors the Jap anese in the controversy now on in San rrancisco. The president has signed the bill passed by both houses of congress for Uie relief of Kingston. PORTLAND MARKET3. Fruits Apples, common to choice 50()75c per box; choice to fancy, 1 2.50; pears, $11.50. Vegetables Turnips, BOrtnr.f 1 per sack; carrots, yoo(f l per sack; beets, $ 1.26 1.50 per sack; horseradish, t 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, Sc per pound; cabbage, 2l4.o per pound; eauli tlower, t'2.60 per doxen ; celery, $3.50 per crate; pumpkins, 2c per pound; squash, 2o per pound; sprouts, Ho p pound . Onions Oregon. 1 1 GDI.. '5 per hun dred. Potatoes) Oregon llurlwnks, fancy, (l(n)1.30; common, 75(95o. Wheat Club, (KSB7e; bliiostem, 6 Otic; valley, Otic; red, 6485c. Oats No. 1 white, 27 ; grav, 2fl. Barley Feed. 21.5(K?22 per ton; brewing, 122.50; rolled, 23.5O24.60. Rye 1.40(U.45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $20; cracked, 27 per ton. liny Vall-y timothy, No. 1, $14 15 per ton ; Kastern Oregon timothy, $17(ii18; clover, $; cheat, $9; grain hay, $lr10; alfalfa, $14. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035o per pound. Butter Fat rirst grade cream, 33 e per pound ; second grade cream, 2o less per pound.. I-.ggs Oregon ranch, 3335o per loxen . Poultry Average old hens, 13(5)14 We per iouiid; mixed chickens, 1213c; pnng, 14(ri)15o; old rootsera, 10(5)llc: Irosned chickens, llt(iiU7c; turkeys, live, 17 fjt 17(io; turkeys, dressed, hoico. 20ai22c; geese, live, 10CS12e: lucks, 17(if,18o. Vul Dressed, 540i per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 23c per pound; ows, 45c; country steers, 65e. Mutton Dressed, fancy, SWfoiDo per pound ; ordinary, 07o. fork Dressed, 09o per pound. LOSS IS THOUSANDS. Facta Brought Out at Tacoma Inyet' ligation . Tacoma, Jan. 21. Investigations in to the lumber car shortage by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Frank K. Lane developed facts showing the North ern Paclfl equipment to be entirely in adequate tojiandle the lumber products of Western Washington. Sawmill owners told how small mill concerns are gradually being forced into bank ruptcy, how the larger concerns have sustained Uimn which will reach into hundreds of thousand of dollars, and how thousands of meclmnk-s have been thrown out of employment by failure of the Northern Pacific railway to fur nish cars enough to enable the 750 woodworking plants on their line to market their product. The proceedings were extremely quiet, in that no marked manifesta tions of feeing were shown by either the lumbermen or the railroad repre sentatives. Sawmill operators calmly detailed how, through no fault of their own, they have lost thousands of dol lars during the past 15 months, all be cause they have not been able to mar ket their product. In the same breath tliat they narrated their losses, they complimented the etienuous efforts of lotal officials of the Northern Pacific to relieve the situation, and said that while the Tacoma railroad men had done all they could to aid the mills, the fault lay in mismanagement of the higher officials in the East. REFUGEES ARRIVE IN CUBA. Tell of Work of American Marines and Need of Supplies. Santiago, Cuba, Jan. 21. The steamer Oleri, the second refuge ship from Jamaica, arrived here at daylight She brings 132 passenger. Among those on board are George II. Hazen of the Century magazine and bis party, and II. M. Flick linger of the Cuban Lastern railroad. The refugee report that the list of dead is over 1,000. Light shocks were felt up to Thurmlay. A large propor tion of the killed were women. The collatiee of the Machado cigar factory is confirmed, but the refugees declare that only 30 of the employes lost their live instead of 120, as previously re ported. The proprietor of the factory was kiled. The supply of food, clothing and medicines lor the relief was brought in by a vessel sent by the International itrotherhood league. It is reported that hundreds of persons in hospitals lack antiseptic dressing and medical supplies. ictoria market appears to be sink. ing and is threatened by the sea. The city, when the refugees left it, was being well policed, and the Ameri can marines were praised by the Ote- n i passengers. The West Indian reg ulars and colored troops were rendering excellent service. Governor Sweeten- ham feels he has the situation well in hand. TRAIN BLOWN UP. About Twenty KilleJ and Many jured In Indiana. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 21. Big Four accommodation train No. 3, which left Terre Haute at 8:30 o'clock last night, was destroyed by the explosion of a car of powder at the siding east of Sand font, Ind., at 8:50 o clock last night Fifteen persons were killed outright and the death list will probably reach 20, with 30 or 35 injured. The engine, two coaches, and lggage car of the tram were demolished. The first intimation people had of the disaster was a shock which was felt in Terre Haute and as far east as Brazil, Ind., and as far south as Sullivan, Ind. The wires were blown down and it was some time before the Big Four officials ere learned of the explosion. Belief tran is were ordered from Terre Haute and Paris, III., and the dead and in jured were taken to both cities. From the most definite information obtainable, the freight train had just Icared the main back and had come a standstill when the passenger started to pass it. It is thought that the concussion caused by the passenger Bet off the powder in the freight car. Castro In Shadow of Death. Caracas, Jan. 18, via WilleniMad, Jan. 21. President Castro's condition undoubtedly is very grave. The otiicial bulletins are optimistic, but their statements are generally discredited. Last night the death of the president as momentarily exiiected, but. today he is again reported to have improved. General Castro lies at his home at Ma cuto, near the sea, attended by his wife and physicians. He receives hardly any visitors and on January 13 orders ere issued that no music I pluyed in the vicinity of his residence. Millions for Indian Land. Washington, Jan. 21 Hy the sale of the pasture land of the Kiowa, Co- monche and Apache Indian reservation ; in Southern Oklahoma a greater sum has been realised than any sale of pub-1 lie lamls ever brought before. About 300,000 sealed bids, covering 375,000 acres, were received. The average price received for the land la $12.19 an acre. Thus the Indians will realize from the sale $4,574,000, or an avemgo of about 1,200 each Iudinn Interested. Flooded Fields Freezing. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 21. A cold wave, following 24 hours of warm rains, is -neral in Kansas tonight. In many sections wheat fields have been flooded oy overuowing streams aim tne water is freezing. If tho cold snap is of more than short duration, the wheat crop will be seriously damaged. iN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS j Monday, January 21. Washington, Jan. 21. A spectacular speech by Senator Tillman was the chief feature of an exciting day in the senate. The South Carolina senator's effort was a reply to the recent criti cism of himself by Spooner. He began with a fatirical picture of the senate as a minstrel show, which he later raid was his Arat and last attempt to be "funny," an attempt which at its con clusion brought a stinging denunciation from Carmack in resentment of alio sions to him. Thia was preceded by a serious reply irom spooner on the attitude taken by unman on the race problem, all final ly resulting in a session of nearly two hours Irehind closed doors. The secret session was followed by a oriel open one, in which Tillman made a prof ore apology to Carmack, to all senators whom he had brought into his "first essay in the line of humor," and finally to the entire senate. The Brownsville affair was the sub ject of controversy, and the day began with the announcement of a compro mise resolution, which brought Kcpub- lican and Democratic senators together on the basis of ordering an investiga tion of the facts of the affray without bringing into question the authority of the president to dismiss the negro troops. The resolution was submitted to and approved by the president at a conference yesterday. After the speeches and mutual apolo gies bad been made, Foraker attempted to get a vote on his resolution. Ob jection was made and the matter will be taken up tomorrow. Washington, Jan. 21. The house to day pronounced unanimously in favor of enlarging and making more efficient field and coast artillery by passing the bill for that purpose. An interesting political discussion grew out of the passage of the so-called political purity" bill, prohibiting cor porations from making money contri butions in connection with elections. A bill was passed authorizing the secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate and report upon the "in dustrial, social, moral, educational and physical condition of woman and child workers in the United States." The measure has already passed the senate. After the passage of a number of bills under suspension of the rules, the house passed the District of Columbia appro priation bill. Friday, January 18. Washington, Jan. 18. By "a rising vote ol 133 to 92 the house today'adopt ed an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, which was taken from the speak er's table with senate amendments, in creasing the salary of the vice presi dent, the speaker and members of the cabinet to $12,000 a year and those of tenators and representatives, delegates from territories and the resident com misrioner from Porto Rico to $7,500 a year, the increases to take effect March 4, 1907. An urgent deficiency bill was passed, carrying a total of $344,650. The house then went into committee of the whole and passed 50 bills on the private calendar reported by the committee on claims. Washington, Jan. 18 The senate to day deferred further action on the Brownsville matter until Monday. It passed a bill authorizing relief for earthquake smitten Jamaica. The Warren bill, increasing the corps of the army, was passed. The total in crease, which is to reach its maximum in five years, is 6,197 officers and men, which, with the increase in certain sal aries of men in separate grades, such as electricians, machinists, etc., costs $243,324 annually. The senate agreed to the Kittredgc resolution instructing the eecretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate the lumber trust. Tho resolution directs that the inves tigation shall be conducted to ascertain whether there exists any combination, conspiracy, trust, agreement or contract intended to operate in restraint of law ful trade in lumber or to increase the market price of lumber in any part of the United States. Thursday, January 17. Washington, Jan. 17. The legal phase of President Roosevelt's dis charge of the negro troops was again injected into the controversy in the senate today by notice of an amend ment to the Foraker compromise reso lution, w hich Blackburn said he should Confirms Two Secretaries. Wnsriinirtrtn .Tun 1A Th. bn.i. committee on finance today agreed to report favorably the nominations of Postmaster General Cortelvou to be secretary of the treasury and James R. Garfield to be secretary of the Interior. The vote on hoth Mr. Oortelvrm and Mr. Garfield was unanimous, the members of the committee assenting to the view that the president, should be allowed to scject his own advisers, The committee alaoairreed on Arthur S Staffer, of Washington, to be assistant secretary of the tieasury. Continue Cry for More Coal. Washington, Jan. 16. Additional complaints were received today from North Dakota noints of the fuel aitiin- tion and of either a scarcity or an en- tire exhaustion of the ooal sunnlv. Dispatches also came from President Elliott, of the Northern Paoifio. and ' President Hill, of the Great Northern. 1 rue telegrams were all referred to (Join- misaioner Harlan, who tonight express- ed the opinion that both railroads were doing everything possible. press. The amendment expressly dis claims any intention to "question or deny the legal right of the president to discharge without honor - enlisted men of the army of the I'uiUsd Htntet.". Consideration of the resolution was deferred until Monday at the cocci union of Foraker's address. Eulogies on the life and character of the late Senator William B. Bate, ol Tennessee, were delivered, after which the senate adjourned aa a mark of res pect to his memory. Washington, Jan. 17. An emergen cy bill for the relief of the .offerers on the island of Jamaica was passed by the house today. The bill ia as fol lows: "The president of the United State is authorized to use and distribute among the sufferers and destitute peo ple of the island such provisions, cloth ing, medicines and other necessary ar ticles belonging to the sustenance and other naval stores as may be necessary for succoring the people who are in peril and threatened with starvation in the said island in consequence of tha recent earthquake." Without division the bill waa sent to the senate. The bill did not reach the senate be fore adjournment, but will probably be taken up by that body tomorrow. Wednesday, January 10. Washington, January 16. Senate) leaders tonight consider the end of the Brownsville discussion in sight, and it is confidently expected that a compro mise resolution offered by Foraker just before the close of today's session will be adopted. Foraker had the floor to make what be today expressed the hope would be the concluding speech on the subject. He will proceed immediately after the morning bos in ess tomorrow, unless interfered with by the special order of the day, which is the delivery of eulogies on the life of the late Sena tor Bate, of Tennessee. Whether he speaks tomorrow or Friday, it is ex pected that a vote will soon follow, al though it is possible that other brief speeches may be made before the end is reached. Washington, Jan. 16. Smokeless powder patents were under debate to day in the house. Gaines, of Tennessee, told of how Professor Monroe had patented the smokeless powder process, having dis covered it while filling the chair of chemistry at the naval academy, and also said a patent waa taken out by John K. Barnadou while tbe latter waa a commanding officer in the navy. Games quoted the Supreme court de cision in the G illy and Solomon case that a patent taken out by an officer for a discovery made by him in tbe line of duty belongs to the government. Mr. Monroe, he stated, bad turned his pat ent over to the United States, and yet it was today in the hands of a great powder monopoly, "and the government is in the grasp of that monopoly." So far as Gaines could find out, Mr. Barnadou had not turned his patent over to the government. Tuesday, January IS. Washington, Jan. 15. The feature of the day's session of the senate was a constitutional argument by Spooner, of Wisconsin, upholding the presi dent's right to discharge the negro troops at Brownsville. The remarks were questioned by Tillman, and the two engaged in a heated controversy. Spooner made a bitter attack on the South Carolina senator. The bitter feeling provoked makes it impossible to say when a vote can be bad on the Brownsville resolution. It is expected the debate will be extended- Wishington, Jan. 15. The house of representatives spent almost the entire day in considering the fortifications ap propriation bill, and completed only fix pages of it. Amendments looking to the defense of the mouth of Chesa peake bay and for the purchase of addi tional ground at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., were voted down. The house a'so re fused to incorporate an amendment in creasing to the extent of $1,000,000 the appropriation for the construction of seacoast batteries in the Hawaiian and Philippine islands. Hawley Learning the Ropes. Washington, Jan. 17. Congressman elect Hawley is here to learn the ropes and help out with pending Oregon leg islation. He is especially Interested in the river and harbor bill. Plan to Reclaim Swamp Land. Washington, Jan. 16. An extensive plan for reclamation of swamp and overflow land will be considered at an early meeting of tbe senate committee on public lands. The scheme Is ad vanced in a bill introduced by Senator Clapp, which provides for the estab lishment of a "draining fund" from all moneys received from the sale of public land in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louis iana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, except the S per cent set aside for educational purposes. Hears Arguments for Exclusion Washinxgton, Jan. 15. The house committee on foreign affairs granted a hearing today to Representatives Kahn, McKinlay and Hayes, all of California, the committee named by Pacific coast representatives to oppose efforts to modivf the rhineae exclusion aa and to work for a Japanese exclusion act. It was stated by the Californians that they will fight vigorously the bill under consideration by the committee to amend the Chinese exclusion act.