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General debate on tha Democratic tariff bill In tha bousa wound up In a final outburst of ora tory. Democrats passed the day laud Ins the measure, while alternately Re publicans and Progressives attacked While resisting arrest for being In toxicated. R. 8. Smith stabbed City Marshal P. H. McCraa in tha back at Antelope. The Oregon State 8unday School convention will hold Its 1914 maatlng tn La Grande, having so decided at the convention iu-.i held in Baker. Governor West has selected Mar shall N. Dana to succeed the late A. P. Hofer of Salem as member of the Oregon state linmlgatlon commission. The contract for hauling the mail from Prairie City to Hums has been let. Loula Wolenherg of Canyon City NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our State i Its provisions. The house, weary after a week of ' ecured ,he contrttct for ,U'878 ot tariff oratory, did not produce a nu- ye,nr' mcroue attendance and most of the I 'em,on b"pn circulated at speeches of the day were made to lamth FaJ1" for " f ' empty benches. However, Hepresen- I or'1on on cn"re of " tatlve P.vn. nt N'w vrk .ha ra..u. i Bnd Mtrftvftuft04l In the management Ing Republican member of the ways ' and meana committee and the father of the present tariff law, had a good- slued audience to listen to his denun ciation of the bill. He painted a vivid word-picture of ruined industry and Impoverished labor which he present ed as the Inevitable result of tha Un derwood bill. Representative Murdock, the Pro gressive leader, criticised the tariff policy of both Democrats and Republi cans. He said the Underwood bill was an "unreliable, chaotic Jumble of in oonslatenctea," and urged that the tar- of the county business. Myrtle Oamer. 12. lay quietly be tween the rails of an O.-W. R. ft N. track at The Dnlles while four box cars passed over her and waa only allghtly Kcratrhod and bruised. Fire at Hnlnes did dsmage to the amount of between 115,000 and $20, 000 by destroying two warehouses and three cars, despite tha fact that cltl sens worked heroically to control the flames. About 80 veterans of the civil war who served at Gettysburg and live In Oregon, have applied to Adjutant Oen eral W. B. Plnser for the privilege of Wilson To Hear Kettenbach Case Lewtston. Action In the Ketten bach and Kester caaes has been post poned until May 16 and a hearing haa been granted the men by President Woodrow Wilson. W. F. Kettenbach. accompanied by James B. Balele, one of his attorneys, will leave for Wash Ington, D. C, In the near future to present their case to President Wll tlcallyson. A petition nsklng for exe cutive clemency hns been forwarded to President Wilson. The petition la signed by prnctlcally all the depositor of the Lewlstnn National bank at the time the troulile occurred. The peti tion was also signed by the Judge and Jury who tried the case and numerous letters hnve been sent to the presi dent by different western banks aak Ing for a pardon for the two men. Iff be placed In the hands of a non- attending the Oettyaburg encampment partisan tarirr commission. "If this nxt juiT bill passes." he said, "before Christ- Though bare of details, information mas Its sponsors will be offering has been received from Honolulu. H. amendments." i of tik9 dath by .hooting of Miss R. publican Senators Deelde Policy ' r.lmii sny.ier. for two year an em By unanimous vote the republican ' Doy of Roberts Brothers' store In senate caucus agreed there should be Portland. no geaernl reprisal on President Wll- single men are not ae prompt In eon for the democratic holdup of the I payment of their bills aa are married Taft nominations In the last session j men. according to a oredlt man who of congreea. but that republican oppo- gavs an address on the subject of sltlon would be shown In the follow- ' or-rtt at a dinner of the Portland re Ing caaes: jun merchants. In appointments to the consular ear Beginning May . a campaign will vice or the minor diplomatic poets, be started In La Orande for the rale such as eecretarle of embaasles or ng 0f runds for the building of a T. legations, where the merit -ystem re- I m. C. A. to cost In the neighborhood sorted to by ex-Presidents Koosevelt 0f 130.000. The site for the bulletins STATE SYSTEM CHANGES and Taft waa not followed. Where vacancies are created by ro bes been selected. The Kerry Timber company ha movals from office which carry fixed aold bonds to the amount of 1100.000 tenure, unless made for csuse, and particularly where removals are made from office which require technical or special knowledge. Rupert Arraigns Poreet Service A scathing Indictment of the present day management of the forest service Is contained In a memorandum filed with the secretary of agriculture by to build a logging railroad from Wood landing, on the Columbia river, to Ne halem. 31 mllea, and to erect mills and operate logging campe. The Pacific Power Light company haa asked for a franchise to extend Its transmission line from Astoria to Warrenton, Hammond and Port Stev ens, and thence to Oearhart Park. Daniel W. Adams, who. after five years Construction will begin this year. aa expert lumberman In the forestry The residence of Amos Kaufman, a bureau, voluntarily retires to engage farmer residing near Woodburn, waa In private business. Impracticability, , totally destroyed by fire. Two Infant bad business management, Improvi dence, and an excess of bureaucratic methods are the general charges be makes. Mr. Adams glvea namea, cites distances and ref rn to records to sub stantiate bis chorges. Railroads Gain Point The commerce court upheld the in terstate commerce commission's or der In the Shreveport. Tex., rate cases and In many respects sustained prin ciples which the railroads are asking the supreme court to adopt in tin- 45 slate rate cases now awaiting decis ion. The powers of congress ami the interstate commerce commission to re move discrimination caused by a atate railroad rates lower than Interstate rates which have been held to be rea aonable. Value of Railroads to So Fixed The Interstate commerce commis sion announced that it has about com pleted the pemoline! of the board of engineers, who will place a physical value on all railroads Tentative values, fixed by the board, will be submitted to the railroads, the department of Justice and the gover- j nors of states wherein the properties' are located. If uo protest Is filed with in 30 days the value becomes final. Where protests are filed, the luter state comment commission will make public investigations. National Capital Brevities Important improvements and exten sions are to be made In the postal bank system, according to an an-nouiict-in. -iii uiude by the postmaster general. Former Governor George Curry of New Mexico, in reported to have been selected by 1'realdeui Wilson aa the flrbt member of the new Philippine commission. Senator Jones of Washington has introduced In congress a bill for the direct election ot United State sena tor lu the same manner as represen tative are elected. It la Intended as a temporary measure to tide over until the atates themselves enact dl rect election iawa. Republican senator have so far held up 40 of President Wilson's aom iiiatlous for small potofflces. They are planning to make their hardest fight against W. J. Harris of Georgia for director of (be census. The preal dent waa assured, however, by sen tora who called upoa him, that his nomination of Charles P. Nelll to be commissioner of Ubor statistic would be continued. glrls, 1 and 8 years old. were cremated before their frantic paren'a could reach them, so fierce waa the fire. It Is announced that the Traveler' Insurance company of Hartford, Conn. Intends Investing millions of dollars In Improved property la Oregon The flrat step was taken la the loan of $150,000 on the Henry building In Port land. c I.. Kmith. agriculturist of the O W. R. & N. company, has a large quan tity of acclimated aeed corn In 13 pound lots which will be given free ' to all farmers in Oregon. Washington. and Idaho who want to plant corn this i year. Henry Dungeri. convict, made a mur ilf-ou assault on W. H. Fisher, chapel guard of the atate prison at Salem. He viciously subbed Ptaher with a knife rudely made of a file, and wounded him deeply In the abdo men. The Columbia River Flahermen's Protective Union fixed the rates for salmon for the seasos commencing Muy 1 at the same rates as last year 6 cents a pound (or cannery fish and 7Vi cents for cold storage salmon, those weighing 25 pounds or over. In a barn fire on the hop farm of 11 lilrsclibt-Tg, near Indepeudeass, II horses were burued to death and 70 tons of hay destroyed. One of the horses was a first prise winner at the Independence fair. Tne fire was of unknown origin, and caused a loss of about $0000. Assistant Attorney General Van Winkle handed down aa opinion In which he holds that Ue bill passed by the legislature, forbidding tike sat of liquor outside of laoarporated towns, save lu hotels and clubs, applies to wholesale as well as retail liquor es tablishments. To attend the oalebraUon of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, which will be held at Qet tysburg. Pa, from June la July 8, Inclusive, four Albany men who parti clpaled in that famous battle will leave for the east during the latter part of June The respective commands of Captala Murphy of Fort Columbia and aaen tenant Towns ot Port Slav at lay ing miles of heavy sea cable aad scores of steel submarine mines at the mouth of the Columbia. Part of this work Is done by Filipinos. They are regarded as most sfflcleat worav men, but are not educationally quail fled to reveal Important secret with relation to the mine. Governor Hslnss Announcss Appoint ments and Boards Organize Boise. Idaho will soon have many of Its most Important government de partments under boards ot control or commissions Had the proposed constitutional amendment passsd the laat legislature, commission govern ment virtually would have been given to this state, for It provided the abort ballot and would probably have re ceived the Indorsement of the people. The legislature provided many Impor tant commission departments and within a few days they will become effective. Oovernor Hslnee haa announoed the folowlng appointments: Public Utllltlee Commission D. W. Stanrod, Pocatello, Jurist and capital let, alx-yeer term; John A. Blomqueet, Boise, two-year term; Alex P. Ram stedt, Moscow, banker, four-year term. State Board of Education Kvan Rvans, Grangevtlle, five-year term: H. H.iri.iiiil. Payette, president of the State Orange, four-year term: Herman J. Rossi, Wallace, Insurance man. three-year term; David L. Bvans, Ma lad, retired banker, two-year term; Walter 8. Bruoe. Boise, real estate dealer, one- year term. State Highway Commission Theo dore Turner, Pocatello; Miles Cannon. Welser, merchant and banker; Profes sor Little, University of Idaho. Panama - Pacific Exposition Major Fred R. Reed, Jerome, executive com missioner; R. C. Beach, JC. H. Dewey, Nainps, capitalist. Bolss Children Perish In Blsxe Boise -Karl and Herman Schutts, 4 and 0 years old. and Willie Chapman, aged 4, are dead nud Mra. George W. chapman, the widowed mother of one of the children. Is badly burned aa ths result of a fire started by the boys, who were playing with matches In a abed partlully filled with waate paper. The children were completely trapped, i'.h the only exit waa through a small opening neur the top of the shed, through which they had crawled The mother was bunted while trying to save them. HORSE THIEVES TOO SLOW Psir Gst Away With Culdsssc Steed, But Don't Go Par Enough Culdcaac. B. P. Cuunlngham and Mike llartelrode of this place recover ed ,i horse belonging to the former from two thh-ves who had stolen the animal anl wire attempting to got out of tin country with It. The horse was taken from the .vicinity of the old slauglit'i' pen In low town where It was beint; p.iMmvd vwth another horso belonging to Mr. llartelrode. Hs fouud the animal wus gone about 5 o'clock In the morning when be went to look after his horse. It wua at once suspected that lbs animal had been atolea and wlthla aa hour or so Messrs. Cunningham and llartelrode were ou the trail uf ths tin. -ict, and followed them to a point about 15 miles northwest of Vs. lit, where they came lu sight of the men, one of whom wua riding the stolen horse und leading a large roan horse which was lame and unable to travel fast. Gsts 911,510 Por Loss of Log Wallace. The remittitur from the supreme court in ths case of Prank K. DenhciKh against the O W K ft N. railroad company has Just been filed, in which the Judgment of the district court is affirmed lu part The dam ages awarded lu this court were for 916.510, and tin- supreme court reduce this amount to $11,61' Denbeigh at th- time of the acci dent, lu October, lull, was employed as a miner at the Standurd mine, at Mace In going from the boarding house to the postofflce he walked upoa ths track of the railroad company and waa run down by one of the ore train aud suffered the loss ou one leg,