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I iMi sss ss sssssssssssssssssws .SlssilssMlllii 2 THE, MORNINQ OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16, 1901. CALL FOR CAUCUS Republican Legislators Free ly Sign It. NO CHANCE FOR A "BOBTAIL" McBrlde- Forces Seem to Have Drop ped Xo-Cnncn Idea Mr. Corbett Arrived, and Ills Candidacy for Senator Gains Favor. SALEM, On, Jan. 15. Mr. Corbett ar rived this morning, accompanied by Mrs. Corbett, and Is instailed In bis quarters at the Willamette HoteL A caucus call was circulated for signatures tonight among Republican members. These are the two leading events of the day in the Senatorial contest. The caucus agreement sets the date for next Monday night, and provides that the pledge shall not be binding unless it is signed by 46 members, a majority of the Legislature. The manner of vot ing, "whether viva voce, by ballot, or otherwise, is expressly left to the deter mination of the caucus. The salient feat ure of the agreement is that it shall not be deemed operative until 46 names are attached. Full guaranty against a "bob tall" caucus Is thus given. The call -was freely signed, and Indications are very favorable that the full number will bo obtained. The McBrlde people have been, quiet to day, and seem to have wholly dropped their agitation for a no-caucus agree ment. They profess to get satisfaction over the manner of organization of the Senate, and make no great secret of their purpose to control legislation in tho Interest of their candidate. The forma tion, of the important Senate committees is a clear advertisement to their plan, which Is to block any particular measure, or promote it. Just as It happens to pro mote their ends. Fortunately for Mr. Corbett, the ar rangement of committees in the House will "be fairly and Impartially made, so that the schemes of the McBrlde faction will not be easy to work there. In the Senate, too, a majority of members are undoubtedly friendly to Mr. Corbett. and any Improper Influence sought to be ex erted through the committees can be checked. The Corbett headquarters were thronged tonight and the atmosphere around tho lobbies, at the Capitol and In the streets Is decidedly favorable to his cause. THE SENATE COMMITTEES. President Fulton Announces His Appointments Criticism. SALEM, Jan. 15. President Fulton an nounced the following committee ap pointments this afternoon: Agriculture and Forestry Looney, Daly, Wehrung. Assessment and Taxation Booth, Mul key, 8telwer, Dlmmlck, Porter. " Claims Mays, Howe, Wehrung. Commerce and Navigation Smith of Multnomah, Howe, Williamson. Counties Howe, Kelly, Morrow. Education Proebstel, Booth, Kuyken dall. Elections and Privileges Hunt, Kuy kendall, Marsters. Engrossed Bills Looney, Cameron, Johnston. Enrolled Bills Marsters, Hunt, Stel wer. Federal Relations Mulkey, Kelly, In man. Fishing Industries Dlmmlck, Brownell, Johnston. Horticulture Daly, Joseph!, Clem. Insurance and Banking Johnston, Mul key, Williamson. Printing Porter, Cameron, Swede Irrigation Williamson, Johnston, Wade. Judiciary Kelly, Brownell, Adams, Mays, Smith of Baker, Harney and Mal heur. Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry Josephl, Smith of Lincoln, Tillamook and Yamhill. Smith of Multnomah. Military Affairs Smith of Multnomah, Smith of Lincoln. Tillamook and Yamhill, Smith of Baker, Harney and Malheur. Penal Institutions Adams, Daly, In man. Mining Cameron, Hunt, Booth. Municipal Corporations Dlmmlck, Looney, Wade. Public Buildings and Institutions- Adams. Smith of Lincoln, Tillamook and Yamhill. Josephl. Public Lands Stelwer, Marsters, Proeb- stel. Railroads Brownell, Smith of Multno mah, Cameron, Booth, Morrow. Revision of Laws Howe, Adams, Proebstel, Stelwer, Sweek. Roads and Highways Smith of Lin coln, Tillamook and Yamhill, Dlmmlck, Marsters, Porter, Clem. Ways and Means Kuykondall, Will iamson, Looney, Mays, Proebstel. IN HOXOIt OF SENATOR REED. Senate Adopts Fitting Memorial Res olution. SALEM, Or., Jan. 15. After returning from the Joint session, at which Governor Geer's message was received, the Senate passed resolution No. 6, Introduced by Marsters or iJouglas. It was as follows: "Resolved, That the members of this Senate express their profound sorrow at the death of Alfred W. Reed, former Senator representing Douglas County In the Oregon State Legislature, whose death occurred April S, 1S99, In the discharge of his duties as a servant of the State of Oregon; "Resolved, That the members of the Senate record this memorial in acknowl edgement of the energy, public spirit .and patriotism of A. W. Reed, as well as his constancy, integrity and fidelity In every position lie has filled, and as a deserving tribute attesting our sorrow and affection ate regard for one around whose name cluster associations of kindness, gentle ness, generosity, genial sociability and all that goes to make the true man. "Resolved, That we tender to the widow of the late A. W. Reed our sympathy in her great and irreparable loss, and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the president and secretary of this Senate, be suitably engrossed and presented to her. Resolved, That in consideration of the long and faithful services of the deceased In the Oregon State Senate, this resolu tion be made a special order for con sideration on Thursday, January 17. at U o'clock A. M., after which tho Senate, as a mark of respect to one of Its former members, adjourn." IN THE SENATE. Many New Bills Introduced Concur rent Resolutions. SALEM, Jan. IB The following resolu tions were Introduced in the Senate this forenoon and passed: Senate concurrent resolution No. 5, by Brownell of Clackamas, providing for committee of two Senators and three Representatives to investigate tho man ner of handling and investing state school funds, etc Senate concurrent resolution No. 6, by Porter of Clackamas, providing that the Senate and House committees on print ing constitute a Joint committee for the purpose of investigating the matter of Btate printing, and to make recommenda tions. Joint memorial No. 1, by Williamson of Crook Memorialirlng Congress in oppo sition to the proposal to take the man agement of the Forest Reserves from the S 'LOOKED UP" A W W&Mlt ' . 5 ' - ' f W.H.iNCaRAf wd pew POINTS. IS'& 'dMfaT "' '" " .1 PR5VAPED &Y AN AIR. JP&t' 'j;: wHw A -frank 'Hr 8f (5LOOtM W&&A r J ' llilll J " ' ' BAKER & Plf JIKN (II 4zA Jk CT EFVSM 4 WAS ALSO t Jf 1PB Jul!! - JgmZK WlSiA rv there on cvi wSStfs vSWrabfcs. wBtm ) 5y JlyF 6US1NE55... v ijKP CZS O lj(lw AW ! ir- AmPx7 N THE" FISH 3k f MB jRvfJJ'V HENRY Department of the Interior and giving it to the Dopartment of Agriculture. Concurrent resolution No. 7, by Mars ters of Douglas For a committee of two Senators and throe Representatives to investigate the management of the Sol diers Home. Senate resolution No. 3, by Mulkey of Polk Instructing the printer to print 200 copies of the Senate Rules. Joint memorial Nd. 2, by Inman of Multnomah Memorializing Congress In favor of the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion act, which expires in 1902. Joint resolution No. 2, by Brownell of Clackamas, in favor of the Centennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark ex pedition, to be held in Portland in 1905. Bills were Introduced by tho following Senators, and passed to second reading: Mays of Multnomah, No. 1 Providing that the people shall express their choice for Senators at the general election pre ceding the Senatorial election. Daly of Benton, No. 2 Providing for a State Board of Equalization. Sweek of Multnomah, No. 3 Providing for assessment and taxation In counties of 60,000 population. Brownell of Clackamas, No. 4 To amend sections 2455 aTod 2458 of Hill's Code. Johnston of Wasco, No. 5 Accepting the terms of the act of Congress, provid ing for the disposition of 1,000,000 acres of arid lard and making an appropriation therefor. Kelly of Linn, No. 6 To provide for suits against the state and for service of summons. Adams of Marlon, No. 7 To regulate warehouses, flouring mills, etc Wehrung of Washington, No. 8 To au thorize the Board of Agriculture to li cense certain business houses on the fair grounds. Marsters of Douglas, No. 9 To incor porate the City of Roseburg and amend and repeal other acts. Sweek of Multnomah. No. 10 To amend sections 951, 954, 958, 968, 960 of Hill's Code Daly of Benton. No. 11 To provide for the establishment of uniform public schools. Mulkey of Polk, No. 12 To provide for borrowers from the school fund obtain ing a reduction of interest. Looney of Marion, No. IS To amend section 2742, relating to assessment and taxation of personal property. Marsters of Douglas, No. 14 To Incor porate Canyonvllle. Douglas County. Brownell of Clackamas, No. 15 To amend section 313 of Hill's Code relating to exemptions of wages of Judgment debtors. Mulkey of Polk, No. 16. To provide for uniform taxation and a state board of equalization. Marsters of Douglas, No. 17 To fix fees of Jurors and witnesses in Douglas County. Adams of Marion, No. 18 To amend act incorporating City of Sllverton. Brownell of Clackamas, No. 19 To pro vide for payment of expenses of a delega tion of veterans to Washington, D. C, and return. Read twice. Mulkey of Polk. No. 20 To Incorporate Falls City, Polk County. Josephl of Multnomah, No. 21 To es tablish state and county boards of health. Wade of Union. No. 22 To amend an act to Incorporate Union. Smith of Multnomah. No. 23 To amend an act for the Improvement of the pub lic schools. Senator Williamson, of Crook. Intro duced a resolution directing that $5 in stamps and $2 in papor wrappers be fur nished to each Senator. The Senate went In a body to the House, where the Joint session received Governor Geer's message. IN THE HOUSE. The IiOiver Branch Settles Down to Hard Work. SALEM, Or., Jan. 15. After the opening of the House session this morning. Senate concurrent resolutions providing for ex amining the books of the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, penitentiary and Insane aslum, were concurred In. House concurrent resolution No. 3, by Heltkemper, provides for a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to meet a like Joint committee from the Washington Legislature on the subject of fisheries. Schumann of .Multnomah Introduced the resolution extending the usual courtesies to the press. Pierce Introduced a Jolat resolution pro viding for the appointment of a Joint committee to examine the books of the State Land Board. Adopted. Smith of Marlon introduced a resolution for the furnishing of each member of three daily papers. Adopted. Any one can take Carter's Little Liver Pills, they are so very sraalL No trouble to swallow. No pain or griping after takinc KTTFNF OF MARION) X . &2P immiir WU r, o7 XA V , SOME OF DISPLEASED WITH FULTON HIS OPPONENTS GET FEW GOOD COMMITTEE PLACES. Lonjr Service of Senators Goes for Naught Brief Review of the Situation. BALEM, Jan. 15. The opponents of Sen ator -uiion a eiecuon k wo iw j do not feel that they were treated at all . generously, or even fairly, In the oompo- sltion of the committees. Senator Howe has two chairmanships, but they are not on committees of first Importance. He la second on the claims committee, which may have much valuable work to d& la the way of killing off Jobs, etc, if it wants to. Senator Mulkey is placed on assess ment and taxation, which Is a good com mittee, on federal relations, which amounts to little, and Insurance and banking. He Is carefully left off the edu cation committee, where he wanted to be, because It will handle the normal school bills. Senator Daly also desired to be" on that committee and was left off. These two are old Senators, and under ordinary conditions have the right of consideration as such. So It was almost uniformly with other Senators who were actively behind Senator Howe. On the other hand. Booth, a new Senator, receives remarkable at tention. He Is chairman of assessment and taxation, and Is on education, rail roads, and mining. Mays gets the chair manship of claims, which It Is understood he asked for. He Is also on ways and means. This Is the most Important com mittee, with very strong influence In shap ing legislation. It is entirely In the hands of men who had declared for Mr. Fulton. Brownell has railroads, a committee of the first rank, fishing Industries, which represents a very extensive Interest, that t is always concerned in legislation, and Ju diciary. The Democrats did not get much of anything. They did not expect it, but they probably were treated as well as they have been In the past. Indeed the whole matter Illustrates the rewards of being on the winning side and the pen alties of being on the losing. Senator Mays, of Multnomah, has the honor of introducing the first bill In the Senate during the present session. His bill provides for a vote of the people on ; their choice for Senator, the vote to be taken at the general election In June prior to the election of a Senator. The vote of the people thus provided for is not for the purpose of electing a Senator but as an expression of the preference of the people for the purpose of informing the members of the Legislature what Is the choice of the people as to a Sena tor. The result of the vote Is to be cer tified by the Secretary of State and trans mitted to the two houses of the Legis lature. Senator Adams' warehouse bill, Intro duced today in the Senate, is Intended to increase the protection of farmers against dishonest warehousemen. By this bill it is made the duty of every person, firm or corporation managing a warehouse, grist mill, etc.. to make a monthly report, verified by some person having knowledge of the facts, and filed with tho County Court, showing the amount of grain owned by the company on the first of the preceding month, the amount of grain bought for cash during tho month, the amount received by exchange, the amount bought, the amount shipped, ground or otherwise disposed of, and the balance owned by the company; also me total amount received from farmers, the amount received from other sources, the amount sold and disposed of, the amount of warehouse receipts Issued to date, the amount of wheat hypothecated, the amount of wheat on storage, the amount of wheat on hand to cover storage grain. If the report shows a shortage of grain, the County Court shall order an examina tion of" the affairs of the company, a suit able person being appointed for that pur pose, and paid 13 per day and mileage, to be paid by the county and repaid by the company. Any person having grain stored with any company may feave the company's affairs examined at any time by deposit ing the cost of examination with the County Clerk. Failure to make the required report subjects the delinquent to a penalty of $10 per day during the delinquency; a false, report Is made perjury, and shipment of groin beyond the amount owned Is made larceny, punishable by Imprisonment in the penitentiary from 1 to 15 years. On no resolution presented before the Senate has the vote been- more free, and enthusiastic than It was when the mem- rl H.A.STOTTH LOOKS Ll LfNCOLN. WL MEN SEEN AT bers of that body voted unanimously in favor of Joint resolution No. 2, Introduced by Brownell of Clackamas. This resolu tion relates to the Lewis and Clark cen tennial celebration and. is as follows: "Resolved, by the Senate, the House concurring, that the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon hereby indorses the centennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Coast, as proposed by the Oregon Historical So ciety, and In connection therewith the holding of an Interstate and Oriental ex position at the city of Portland In the year 1905.. "That the Governor be, and hereby ia requested to appoint five commissioners to represent the State of Oregon in connec- tlon with said celebration." Senate bill No. 5, Introduced by John ston of Wasco and Sherman, for the pur pose of enabling this state to receive the benefits of the United States arid land act. seems to provide a means by which syndicates of land speculators may obtain control of vast areas in Eastern Oregon. The Federal act referred to was approved August 18, 1894. By this act the Secretary of the Interior Ib authorized and empow ered, upon the proper application by a state containing arid lands,, to contraot with said etate to grant to it an amount of such lands not to excoed 1,000,000 acres, free of cost, upon sufficient proof being furnished by the Gjate that tangible steps have been taken to actually irrigate tho tracts in question. Under the provisions of this law the state may proceed to make contracts to cause the said lands to be reclaimed and soldi to actual settlers, j in tracts of not more than 160 acres, and the money derived from such sales In ex cess of actual cost of reclamation to be held by the state as a trust fund to ba -applied to the reclamation of other desert lands. The bill introduced today provides for accepting the land and the sale thereof to actual settlers in tracts of not less than 160 acres to each man. It also provides that upon payment therefor, a state deed to the land shall bo Issued to the appli can . helrs or aggies This au thority for issuing a deed to the assigns of a purchaser has been one of the main aids to tne securing or scnooi iana Dy syn dicates. Under this provision, a syndi cate might put up the money necessary to I secure the land to a purchaser, then take an assignment and by paying the balance due, secure the land. This was the pro cedure by which syndicates secured blocks of the indemnity school land in 1S98. In view of the decision of the Supreme QoUrt yesterday upholding the mortgage tax law and making the mortgage tax a lien upon the land, though the mort gage may have been satisfied, the bill Introduced today by Senator Sweek, of Multnomah County, is of great Interest to the county which the gentleman repre- It Is said that the decision of the Su preme Court means that Multnomah County will be enabled to collect delin quent taxes to the amount of $300,000 about enough to pay off Multnomah's debt. The bill Introduced by Senator Sweek provides that no lien for taxes shall continue longer than five years. Other sections of the proposed law refer to taxes hereafter levied, but the provis ion establishing the 5-year limitation reads as follows: "Provided, That no tax shall be a lien on any property or be collectible after five years from the date of its levy, and at and after the expiration of such five years, It shall be conclusively deemed to have been paid." In view of the Supreme Court decision and'the great rejoicing of the people of Multnomah County over the prospect of collecting some $300,000 of unpaid taxes, the question naturally arises as to the in tent of the proposed law so far as taxes heretofore levied are concerned. Sena tor Sweek, of Multnomah, was asked to day what his Intention is In that respect and he replied that he Intends the limi tations to apply to taxes heretofore levied. Should the proposed bill pass, therefore, the people of Multnomah County will find all their fond expectations shattered and the property-owners who were assessed and who have not paid their axes, will be the gainers. The reason assigned by Senator Sweek for making the provision apply to taxes heretofore levied, 1b that when the taxes have been left so Kng un collected, the county should not be al lowed to step In and make the land sub ject to back taxes. This he would re gard as an injustice to persons who have bought property upon which they sup posed the taxes had been paid, but which was In fact subject to the lien of taves levied five years before. Senator Brownell's resolution for the ap pointment of a Joint committee to lnvestl vate the manner of Investing the common school fund, the committee to employ such clerical aid as may be necessary, "w&9 made the occasion for the first pro- SENATOR KUYKENDALL, mmnt m mn chy SALEM. test against the creation of commissions and excessive clerk hire. Smith " of Baker, Democrat, voiced the protest and argued that there Is no need of such, a committee the resolution contemplated, much less of clerical assistance. Senator Brownell replied very warmly, denying the Implication that the committee was a mere pretext for an occasion for employ ment of clerlfa. He safd that the peo ple are deeply Interested in the common school funds and want to know how they are managed. Mr. Smith repeated his protest, when a resolution was intro duced for the Inspection of the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg. The Democratic members are devising a plan by which they cari make tho Republicans pass such resolutions oy a party vote in response to roll call, thus making tho records show that the Republicans are responsible for the action taken. The bill Introduced by .Brownell, of Clackamas County, to provide for paying the expenses of a delegation of veterans to Washington, D. C, and return, recites that the Oregon Territorial Legislature of 1S55 promised to pay $2 per day and ra tions, and $2 per day for the uso and risk of his horse to each of the volunteers from Oregon then In the service engaged in war with the Indian savages; that this promise has not been, kept, and that many petltons and memorials to Con gress have been sent to Congress In be half of the veterans, but all In vain. The proposed law then provides that a delegation of seven "veteran soldiers be sent to Washington, D. C, to plead once more and In person with Congress, Con gressional committees and the President, for a law pensioning these veterans on an equality with Black Hawk War Veterans; that the delegation shall consist of Ave Indian War Veterans and two prominent members of the Grand Army of the Re public? and that $2000 be appropriated to pay the expenses of sending the delega tion to Washington. As a committee of veterans Is present looking after the bill, the Senate passed the bill through two readings. The Joint convention of the two legis lative branches held this afternoon in the Assembly Hall, brought the separate bodies of the Legislature together official ly for the first time. The purpose of the convention was to listen to the biennial message of Governor Geer. In addition to the members of the two houses, there was a large crowd of spec tators. Among thorn was the wife of Ore gon's chief executive, accompanied by a number of her friends. Throughout the entire reading of the message the closest attention was given to tho various sub jects discussed by the Governor In his message. The Governor was escorted to the plat form by Senator Booth and Representa tives Colvlg and Smith, appointed as a committee by President Fulton, and, fee ing introduced by the presiding officer to the Legislature, he read his message, which was attentively listened to through out. IN THE HOUSE. Morning: Session Found Members Well-Settled in New Duties. , SALEM, Jan. 15. At the opening of the morning session of the House, the mem bers seemed to have fairly settled down to the routine business of the session. Roberts of Wasco fathered the usual reso lution to provide postage stamps and wrappers for the members and officers of the House, fixing the modest amount of 100 for each. This will likely result iu additional resolutions of the same tenor when the members find themselves fairly swamped with letters from constituents demanding Information and copies of numerous bills, in which they are inter ested. The House also concurred In the several resolutions received from the Sen ate appointing committees to examine In to the affairs of the several state insti tutions. The afternoon session of the House was mainly devoted to listening to the bien nial message of Governor Geer. But n few minutes were devoted to routine work, but this Involved the announce ment of the order of business by the speaker to be "first reading of House bills' and the words were hardly out of his mouth before there were shouts of "Mr. Speaker" from all parts of the as sembly hall, and the frantic waving of bills in the hands of numerous anxious members, who wanted to get their own pet measures safely lanuched In the legis lative current Representative Barrett, of Grant County, was fortunate in being the first to be recognized, and introduced house bill No. 1, "A bill for an art to amend sections 1, 2, 2, of the act en titled 'an act relating to mining claims, etc " While Speaker Reeder was en deavoring to arrange to recognize the 1 numerous members on the floor. Story of S ' ''HC. f ojk nL - Multnomah moved that the roll be called and thus give each member an equal privilege of Introducing their bills. Whit ney of Linn opposed any such action, there being no precedent for such man ner, and It manifestly being unfair. A majority of the members were in sym pathy with the representative from Linn, as when the speaker put the motion there were few affirmative votes, while the negative was sustained by a storm of "Noes." Speaker Reeder then proceeded to recognize the members In regular or der, as best ho could, and the appear ance of the Senate at the door of the House to attend the Joint convention temporarily stopped the order of business under which tho House had commenced to work. Representative Eddy, of Tillamook and Yamhill, today presented a resolution In the line of economy and the highest public Interest Its purpose Is briefly to pre vent jobbing the appropriation bills, keep ing them in the dark recesses of some committee chairman's pocket until he gets ready to expose them to the light, and allowing only a short time In the last days of the session for their consideration. The full text of the resolution Is as follows: "Resolved, That the committee on ways and means be and It Is hereby Instructed to report two appropriation bills one to be designated as the general appropria tion bill, which shall Include only the salaries of state officers and the ex penses of carrying on the state govern ment, and the other appropriation bill shall be designated as the .special appro priation bill and shall include all other appropriations: and It Is further "Resolved, That said committee be re quired to report the general appropriation bill on or before the 25th day of this ses sion, and the special appropriation bill on or before the 30th day of the session." The division of appropriation bills In this manner Is designed to prevent sad dling down the necessary state govern ment expense items with all sorts of pri vate grafts, and making it impossible to defeat them unless the whole measure Is permitted to go by the board. The ex perience of the state In this matter has been very costly, and Representative Eddy seems to have adopted a plan to do the taxpayer a real service. The last Legislature probably did not Intend to establish an era of good feeling between Democrats and Republicans when It enacted the clerkship law; but that Is Just what Is under way. The Democrats and their allies have legislative patron age proportionate to their representation. For example, the three male House clerks from Multnomah County are all Demo crats. As to the women, no close classi fication can be made. At any rate, the plan of apportioning the clerkships among the various representative districts has re sulted In their members making such recommendations as suited them, and the House accepting them without question. Heretofore, the committee chairmen have always named the clerks, and when the Legislature is Republican, which It has been continuously for 20 years, It has been rare that a Democrat has had a show. Whether the Senate will adopt this same generous plan remains to be seen. The House delegation from Multnomah County has elected Representative Orton a3 Its chairman a conclusion that was not reached without much discussion and an elaborate amount of wire-pulling. The facta are that the goose of harmony does not hang high among the Multnomah members. A stormy effort Is being made by the McBrlde people to retain their grasp on them, and to that end the candidacy of Representative Holcomb as chairman wad actively promoted by busy McBrlde agents. Holcomb was beaten by Orton by one vote. It will perhaps be denied by both that the division In the delegation Is along the lines of the Sena torial fight, but the Senatorial matter Is behind It, and the chief cause of it, all the same. The appearance of Representative Vin cent in the House Republican caucus Mon day is an indication of his purpose here after to act with the Republicans. Vin cent was elected on tho union ticket In Washington County, and Is as good a Re publican, he says, as anybody. Another curious illustration of tho mixed ideas as to political classification some members have Is found In the fact that In the Senate caucus Monday, Senator Hunt made a warm speech, commending a cer tain candidate for a clerical position on the ground that he Is a strong Republi can, and had been largely Instrumental last June in electing the present Multno- mah delegation. It was all right from the majority's standpoint and the candidate was elected. The new Rand drills at the California mine are said to he doing good work In. tho hard granite, FRED T. DUBOIS ELECTED "WILL SUCCEED SHOTJP AS SENATOR FROM IDAHO. All bnt Two Fustonlnts Voted for Him "Four of Old Guard" Wired Congratulations. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 15. At noon today the Legislature elected Fred T. Dubois United States Senator to succeed Georgo L. Bhoup. The vote cast for him included all but two of the fusion votes in both houses, and he had a majority in each branch. The Republicans voted for Sena tor Shoup. and the two dissenting fuslon lsts, both Democrats, for Judge J. Q. Rich, of the fifth district. The vote waj as follows: Senate Dubois, 13; Shoup, 7: Rich, 1. nouae ijudois, zs; anoup, a; Rich. 1. The result was greeted with much cheering. Fred T. Dubois was, born In 1S5L H came to Idaho In 18S0. and was appointed United States Marshal in 1SS3, Ha wa elected a delegate in Congress In 1886 and again In 1SSS as a Republican, and, when the state was admitted in 1S90, he was chosen United States Senator, his term expiring In 1S9G. He Is elected this time as a fuslonlst. The large majority of hU votes came from the Democrats, but he has never affiliated with that party, bar ing been a Silver Republican since walfc. lng out of the St. Louis convention in 1890. Mr. Dubois received the following dis patc'h after his election today: "Washington, Jan. 13. Fred T. Dubois; Boise, Idaho Four of the old guard salute you. Your selection is not only a per, sonal gratification, but a sign of hope for a now Democracy. 'TETTIQRKWt "TELLER, "CANNON. "TOWNE." FINANCES OF EUGENE. Report of the City Recorder on This Subject. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 15. At the regular monthly meeting of the City Council Held last njght considerable routine business was transacted. The Recorder made the following state ment of the financial condition of the city: Liabilities. April 1. 1900 Outstanding warrants, general fund $10,879 90 Outstanding warrants, sewer fund 2,913. 00 Warrants drawn to April 1, 1900.. $13,792 90 Warrants drawn to February 1, 1901, general fund 14,158 79 Warrants drawn to February 1, 1901, sewer fund 1,112 33 Total liabilities $29,064 07 Resources. April 1, bal. on hand $1,800 12 Receipts from taxes 8,938 14 Licenses .. 3,313 75 Fines 345 00 Street assessments 2,130 77 Estrays 5 50 Sidewalk repairs 9 75 Delinquent street assess ments 1.52S64 Delinquent sewer assess- ments 161 34-$18,030 01 Balance liabilities $11,084 Od Estimated for February and March $ 1.300 00 maturing sewer bonds July 15 wfto j July Interest on sewer bonds 626 65 Total to be provided for by tax.$17.850 71 .Assessed value of city property.$l,310,4S5 w AIDS TO SHINGLE INDUSTRY Two Important Turns In the Brit ish Columbia Market. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jon, 15. Th shingle manufacturers have secured two Important alda to their Industry during the past few days. The provincial gov ernment has granted a continuation of the recently suspended rebate on the duty of 50 cents per thousand on timber suit able for shingle export, and an associa tion has been formed by which the out put of all the mills on the lower mainland may be handled and placed on the market more advantageously to the whole in dustry. At present the full capacity of the mills Is about 4CO.000.O0O per annum, whereas tthe market is only equal to the absorp tion of half that quantity. By the new arrangement, J. G. Scott, of New West minster, president of the North Pacific Lumber Company, will handle the entire output of the mills, watching the markets and disposing of the product to the best possible advantage. To do this he will cease to manufacture shingle at his own mill, the association guaranteeing him a remuneration equal to the overage profits he has been making in the past. A scale regulating the cut of each mill has been drawn up and accepted by the mlllowners. BURGLARS ENTERED RESIDENCE. Aroused Sleeping Man, Took His Trousers, WntcU and ?10. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 15. The residence of T, G. Hendricks was entered by bur glars about 2:30 this morning. Little bontj was secured. Mr. Hendricks and his fav Uy are in Southern California, and $. their absence E. J, Brlstow Is taking care of the place and sleeping In the house. The burglar entered by the back door, coming through to the room whero Brls tow was sleeping. He awoke to find the burglar confronting him with & revolver. He was commanded to be silent, and the burglar took his trousers, In which he had $10 or $12, and his watch. He was told that If he left the house or gaVe any alarm before daylight It would be at the peril of his life, and he obeyed the In junction. The trousers were found this morning" in a neighboring lot An exam ination of the house was made today, and nothing else Is known to be missing. There Is no clew to the burglar, and Brlstow can only give a poor description. About all he remembers is that he had gray hair and heard. TO RUSH IRRIGATION DITCH. Manager of Sunnyslde Canal So In structed. NORTH YAKIMA. Jan. 14. Manager Granger, of the Washington Irrigation Company, has received Instructions to keep every man and team of his force at work from now until the opening of the season, making Improvements on tho Sunnystde Canal. It is further reported on good authority that Instructions have boen Issued by the company to commence work on the! extension of the canal In the di rection of Prosser by the 1st of June. The distance which the canal will be extend ed will probably depend upon the sales of land. This extension is one for Which, the people below Sunnyside have been ex ceedingly anxious for several years. It will open a large tract of valuable land for settlement and cultivation. $85,000 TIMBER DEAL. Booth - Kelly Company Acquires Much. Lane County Land. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 15. J. L Jones and X. W. Cook, of this place, have sold their timber interests on Brumbaugh Creek, 10 miles southeast of here to the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. The pur chase price was $85,000. This Is the larg est timber deal ever made In South Lane County, and' embraces several thousand acres of choice fir -timber. To Fix Date of Stickel's Execution. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 15.-Tudge Miller, of the Supreme Court went to Kalama today, for the purpose of fixing the date for the execution of Stlckel, the Cowlitz County murderer. Yon Camp's Soups, iOc at all Grocers. y !. a x-aji. ,k iuJk" .C .& A I J JJi-'