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THE MOBNIKG OBEGONfAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1901. TRUCE DECLARED Senatorial Deadlock Will Continue This Week, CHANGE IS EXPECTED MONDAY McBrlde Forces Strongly Hint That Ther Favor Dropping Leading: Candidates Corbett Will Stay in Fight to the End. BALEM, Dr.. Jan. 3L The Senatorial fight drags Its weary way along through the dull monotony of dally joint conven tions, and seems no nearer an end. To night both sides display the same old evidences of Inactivity, and manifest the usual satisfaction with their respective positions as they stand. A practical truce has been declared for the remain der of this week, and nothing will be done. Tomorrow the Legislature will doubtless adjourn till Monday, and then t Is generally expected thai a change will oocur. The Corbett people have not ceased to work Industriously for a caucus and de clare that they are confident that they are going to get It. Strong hints come out from the McBrlde following that It Will be acceptable to them. If both lead ing oandidatos are dropped, and a new candidate taken up. Their suggestion has not even the merit of novelty, or It is the end to whloh the particular por tion of the MoBrlde strength, which does not want McBride, has all along been working. Of course, it will not be done, so far as Mr. Corbett Is concerned. His statement ip The Oregonlan that he Is In the contest to stay has made his plans and purposes perfectly clear. The har mony and firmness of Mr, Corbett's fol lowing have disclosed that he is the lead ing figure In the fight and will continue to be. No one now expects a perma nent deadlook, but It is becoming plainer every day that the solution of the Sen atorial problem will be on terms satis factory to Mr. Corbett and his friends. As Jt "happens that no terms will be ac ceptable, short of his election. It is not easy to see how he is going to be beaten. THE SAME DULL OLD VOTE. Meinbera in Joint Convention Stand by Candidates. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. The joint con vention was today the same dull session It has heretofore been. At 12 o'clock, the House suspended business, the Sen ators marched In two by two, came up the center aisle, and the President mount ed the Speaker's rostrum, took the gavel, and called the convention to order. The roll was called and everybody was pres ent. Meanwhile the members looked at one another In bored fashion, or read The Oregonlan. President Fulton announced that the reading of the journal would be dispensed with mless there was objection. Of course, there was npne, and then the roll for the seventh joint ballot was called. The responses of thp first few names were awaited by the lobby and the members with scone languid shqw of in terest; but as soon as It became settled, that the same members were voting for the same candidates, everybody became mildly impatient for the end to be reached. It came at Inst, there was no change, the convention promptly ad journed, and the Senators filed out, the Senatorial business of the day was over. The vote resulted: H. "W. Corbett 28 F. A. Moore ........ 2 G. H. Williams 2 S. A, Lowell 1 Net voting l G W. McBrlde.. ..IS winger Hermann . Wm. Smith, Dem.26 C. XV. -uiton 2 FOR THE DALLES-CELILO CANAL. Senate Passed Memorial to Congress AaUtnp an Appropriation, SALEM, Jan. 31 Senator Mays' joint memorial to Congress, unanimously adopt ed today in the Senate, in favor of a canal between The Dalles and Celllo, Is as follows: "To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: We, your memorialists, the Legislative Assem bly of the State of Oregon, respectfully represent. That the Columbia River, with the exception of the dlstanoe between Tho Dalles and Celllo, in the State of Oregon, Is navigable for boats of average tonnage from the Paoiflc Ocean to Kettle Falls, In the State of Washington, a distance of irore than 700 miles. "That owing to the topography of the country through, which the river flows, tho producers of the vast region known as the 'Columbia Basin,' which comprises an area of net less than 2,303.000 acres, mostly arable land, can reach the markets of the world with tholr produots only by means of the channel of the Columbia "River, and for thai reason, that the re moval of all obstructions to navigation therein and the consequent reduction of transportation rates, is a matter of urgent necessity. "That the obstructions to the navigation alluded to can be overcome by the con etruction of a properly equipped canal and locks between the points named. "That the Government of the United States has abandoned its plans for a boat railway between said points. "That a careful survey and plans for such a oanal and locks, with detailed drawings and estimates, have been made under the direction of Captain W. A. Harts, United States Army Engineer Carps, which show that the probable cost of Bueh improvement would not exceed 53 9C8.000. "Your memorialists therefore pray that on appropriation be Immediately made for the construction of said improvement." LIBRARIES FOR SCHOOLS. Douse Passed Bill Requiring: County Tax for Them. SALEM, Jan. 21. Stewart's bill estab lishing libraries In school districts was first taken up In the House this morning. McQueen of Lane, one of the committee on education, warmly advocated the passage of the bill in the interest of rural schools. Pearoe and Hdges spoke in op position, to it and Eddy, who has devel oped into one of the leaders on the floor, took up the cudgel of defense. He said the bill should really be entitled "A bill to eneourage education in the rural dis tricts of Oregon." He referred to the un derpaid teachers striving to plant the seeds of knowledge In the minds of the crowing louth hampered by the lack of books and necessary equipment, yet bravely struggling on, doing the best they could to fulfill their chosen duties. The bill was passed, the Democrats generally voting against it. The main purpose of the school library bill Is to be found in Section 1, which Is as follows: "Section "L The County Courts of the several counties of this state are hereby required to levy, at the same time they levy other taxes, a tax upon all taxable property in their counties for school li brary purposes, whloh shall aggregate an amount which shall be no less than 10 cents per capita for each and all the chil dren within the county between the ages of 4 and 20 years, as shown by the then last preceding school census, which, shall be collected at the same time and by the same officers as other taxes are collected, and such aggregate sum, when so levied and collected, shall be known as the gen--eral school library fund of the county. and such fund shall be set aside and used 1 " JTmT ii1iCJf -- - - -" ja gi - i for no other than school library purposes. In the manner hereinafter provided for." Provisions as to the methods by which the library fund shall be handled, are made, and it is set forth how the books shall be purchased. The books must be selected from lists prepared by the State Board of Education, submitted to it by jtfce presidents pf the State University State Agricultural College, an4 of the several Normal Schools. The- School Clerk shall he the librarian, unless other wise provided by the district board. WAREHOUSE BILL PASSED. Senate Measure tor Protection of Farmers "Vote In Detail. SALEM, Jan, 3L The Adams warehouse bill, Senate bill No. 7. passed the Senate today, but not without opposition. The principal objection to the bill was that It Imposes burdensome and unnecessary obligations urop warehousemen In requir ing them to make regular monthly re ports and special reports upon demand of storers of grain. The hill, as originally introduced, had bean acnended at the re quest of Senator Booth, so as to exempt from its requirements all operators of grist mills who do pot receive grain for export. This amendment was mad? In the interest of small millers In Southern Qrer gon, who grind wheat for farmers and mines, but do not conduct an extensive storage business. Senator Adams spoke briefly In support of his measure, saying that its purpose is to protect the farmers against tha carelessness or dishonesty of warehousemen. He stated, that Marlon County farmers have lost 250.000 bushels of grain by warehousemen shipping away grain which they did not own. and that this would not have occurred had the warehousemen beep governed by a law which required them to make reports showing the amount of grain on hand at various times He said that the present law for the punishment of warehousemen who ship away grain which they do not own has proven ineffectual, and this bill proposes to remedy the defect of the old law by making the requirements more specific. Howe of Yamhill spoke In opposition to the bill, contending that it does not in fact afford protection to theutarmer. He believed in voting down this bill a.nd passing Smith's House hill on the same subject. o.ne vote in detail was as follows: Ayes Senators Adams, Booth. Brownell, Clem, Daly, Dimmick, Hunt. Inma,n. Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney, Marsters, Mulkey. Porter, Proebstel, Smith pf Ba ker, Sweek, Wade and Mr.. President 19. Noes Senators Cameron, Howe, John ston, Mays, Marrow, S.mUh of Yamhill. Steiwer, Williamson S. Absent Senators Jos,ephi, Smith of Multnomah, Wehrung 3. HOUSE FOR PARCELS POST BILL. Senate Memorial Urging Its Defeat LtrtVote in Detail. SALEM, Jan. 31. The Senate memor ial urging Congress to defeat what Is known as. the parcels post bill, now pending in that body, was taken up. Hedges, who introduced a House memor ial favoring the parcels post bill, asked leave to withdraw his resolution. This was agreed to. The vote was taken on adoption of the Senate memorial. The House refused to concur by the following vote: Ayes Messrs. Butt, Cattanach, Dres ser, Eddy, Grace, Harris, Hawkins, HeH kemper, Hume, Mattoou, McCraken, McGreer, Merrill, Miller, Nottingham, Orton, Pearce, Roberts, Schumann, Ship ley, Simpson, Story, Stewart, Thompson (of Multnomah). Thomson (of Umatilla), Mr. Speaker. Noes Messrs. Allen, Bernards, Black, Brigge, Carter, Drlscoll, Edson, Emme'tt, Hahn, Hartman, Hedges, Hemenway, Hqlcomp, Ingram, Keen, Kmse, Lamson, McAllister, McQueen, Montague, Poor man, Reavls, Smith (of Marion), Talbert, Vincent, Whitney.' Absent Barrett, Geer, Colvig, Kirk, Niohols, Rice, Smith (of Multnomah), Watson. FOR ROAD TO SEHALEM. Clatsop County Orders Two-Mill Levy for Five Yenrs. ASTORIA, Jan. -31. The members of the County Court today finished checking the names on the petition asking for a special levy of 2 mills each j ear for five years, to construct a public road from this city to Vosper, In the Upper Nehalem. Valley, a distance of 41 miles. There were 1353, signers to the petition, and of these 1133 voted at the last county election. The remainder were voter? ant taxpayers who registered but who failed to vote at that time. As the total ot cast at the June eletlon was 175, the petition had a clear majority and it was granted by the court and the levy made, The court rescinded the order previously made for a V-mlll scalp "bounty levy, as the Legislature has made a levy of mill for tho same purpose. This completes the tax levies for the year 1800, making a total of 55.2 mills on property inside the city limits. Tho various levies are as fol lows: Ceunty, 13 mills; interest on county war rants, 2 mills: state tax of 1S92, 2 mills; county school, 5 mills; county road, 3 mills; special, brjdge, 1.5 mills; City of Astoria, 10 mills: school district, 10 mills; state, 5.7 mills; scalp bounty, 1 mill; spe cial road, 2 pillls; total, 55.2 mills. This is the same as the levy of 1SSS, In 1S93 it was only 4S.5 mUl8. as there was no county road levy made at that time, in Memory of th.e Late Queen. Services commemorative of the late Queen Victoria will be held in Grace Epis copal Church, in this city, tomorrow even ing. OIL NEAR HILLSBORO. Pronounced Firs.t-Clu,sj. Petroleum Will be Developed. HlLLSBORO, Or., Jan. 31. Several weeks ago oil was noticed floating- on top of a spring on the Trumbo ranch, seven or eight miles north of thia city. The oil was carefully gathered and taken to a Portland chemist, who pronounced, it Al petroleum. The ranch has now been leased, for development purposes, and a company of Hlllsboro xnpn are making arrangements to prospect and develop the region. H is thought by many there tha.t coal and oil abound in that section of Wash ington County. Not far from where this oil was discovered there is a big coal de posit. A California oil prospector has been here looking over the situation, and will soon return for further Investi gation. May yot Include Scalp "Warrant Tax. County officials here state that there Is much doubt as to whether the scalp war rant tax. of 1 mill, under the law just passed, will be placed on the tax roll this year. The assessor has already extended a great part of the tax roll, and. it would require much extra iaoor to aao. tnis tax. Washington County has paid but two coyote bounties in the last three years, and there Is universal opposition to the law. This county, if the tax is extended, will pay nearly $3000 on thlsltem. Xoten of Chelan. CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 81. The large hall building of the Odd Fellows' ledge has been moved from Its site in the old portion of town to a good location In the new part of town, on Market street. Treasurer St. John is already receiving many Inquiries regarding payment of 1900 taxes. Indications are that the big firms will settle earty. and get the hene flt of the 3 per cent rebaCe. Taxpay ers generally are taking advantage of this privilege, more ban ever before. No Smallpox at St. Helens. ST. HELENS, Or.. Jan. 51. There are two cases of smallpox at Houlton, not St- Helens, as has been reported. Th'e Houlton cases are quarantined, and every precaution Is being taken to prevent the spread of the disease - aj .JtLfea taLaAAfeiiUays Jt- . LIBERAL TO THE SCHOOLS OREGON LEGISLATURE PURSUES. THIS FOLJCY. Senate Con earn in University and Agricultural College Appropria tions Kprmal School Next. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. The remarkably liberal attitude of the Legislature toward educational legislation is disclosed by the prompt passage of the appropriation bills for the State University and for the Agri cultural College at Corvallls. Both went through the House yesterday, by a prac tically unanimous vote, and both were passed by" the Senate today, every Sena tor but one voting aye. These two meas ures require continuous appropriations, and will stand as the law until repealed by some succeeding Legislature. The Agricultural College gets a special ap propriation of JSO.O00 for the current year, and 125,000 annually hereafter. The Stat University gets the generous sum of J4",- 000 per year. Iti, average annual income Since U3 has been $30,000. The Corvallls school, with lis Federal appropriation, will hereafter have at its disposal about $75,000 per year. Much of this amount is for carrying out the work of the experi ment station. The Normal Schools come next. They are four in number Monmouth, Weston, Drain and Ashland. It had been Intended by the Monmouth institution tq ask for the levy of a special one-ninth mill tax, but this Idea has been abandoned. The Monmouth school will ask for a biennial appropriation of ?25,000 ($12,500 for each of the next two years), and the Weston school wants the same, or a little less (524,000). Besides, Senator Proebstel will urge an appropriation of 5 000 for a new building, with good prospects of success. The Drain and Ashland Institutions will ask about the same amounts they have heretofore had 37000 or $8000 for each of the next two years. The various Normal School presidents have been here and have presented their various needs before the Joint committee on ways and means. President Campbell, of tho Monmouth school, is quite earnest in his endeavor for a somewhat more generous sum from the state, mainly be cause he wants the salaries of the pro fessors increased. The standard is. now about $1000, where elsewhere it is at least $1800. The Normal School therefore not only finds great difficulty in securing ex perienced teaching talent, but greater difficulty in keeping It. Four teaphers have gone from Monmouth to Washing ton alone, solely because the pa,y Is so much higher. President Campbell feels sure that if the average salary cap be. ad vanced, the efficiency of the institution will be greatly increased. The scheme for a new State Agricul tural College near Union has been aban doned, and an industrial school will be In stalled, if the Legislature will authorize It. An appropriation of $25,000 for build ings will be asked, and $.5000 per year for maintenance. The Insane Asylum site near Union "will be turned over by the state to the school. Tha action of the House today in vot ing down Looney's Senate memorial pro testing against the passage by Congress of the parcels postal bill occasioned no small surprise. Last week the House adopted a memorial favoring the bill, but later recalled the memorial from the Senate and allowed it to be withdrawn. This was taken as an indication that the Hoqse was opposed tq the parcels postal bill. The rejection of the Senate memorial leaves the House in a position nara to understand. The tight over the boundary line be tween "Linn and Lane Counties termlna.teq' today in a compromise. Tlie contention of Linn County was 1n part that a portion of the territory which it was proposed to add tp Linn County is drained by the Calapooia River, and la consequently trib utary to Linn County. The Lane County Relegation responded that the tract which It is proposed to add to Linn County com prises a portion of the McKenzle Basin, Which is naturally tributary to Lane County, The compromjee as effected by running the boundary line along the sum mit of the divide between the Calapooia and McKenzle basins. While Lane Coun ty members consented to this substitute for the original bill, they did so unwill ingly, and without conceding that the compromise is Just t Lane County. As Senator Kuykendall expressed it he con sented ynder duress. When the street-car vestibule bill came up for final action, in the Senate this morning. Senator Mays, the father of the bill, was the only member of the Mult nomah delegation In the Toam. Senator Mays spoke briefly In favor of the bill, simply adding a few words to his ex haustive argument of jesterday. He stat ed, among other things, that all the leg islative candidates had run on platforms pledging them to support of this measure. As soon as the roll-call began, Mays started cut on a tour of tho committee rooms to hunt up the other Senators from Multnomah. All of them were found, but most of them came in after their names had been called, and, under the rules, were obliged to obtain unanimous con sent of the Senate to vqte upon the bill. Each of them voted "aye. ' It would appear from Senate bill No. 68, Introduced by Mulkey, that the members of the Barbers' Commission have found that the barbers' law, enacted in 1599, does not provide sufficient funds for the ex penses of the commission. This new bill has been Introduced at the request of members of the commission. Its principal provisions are that the old law be amend ed so as to require apprentices to pay a registry fee of $1 and all barbers a fee of $1 annually. Under the law as at first enacted, barbers were required to pay a fee of $5 for a license to practice barter ing. They will be required under the pro posed law to hae their registry cards re newed every year, and for this to pay the annual fee of $1. This will provide a, per manent fund for the expenses of the corn clssloners. The bill also changes the term of apprenticeship from three years to two years. Senate hM No. 164, by Wehrung, by re quest, is a sweeping- measure, whloh pro poses to repeal all of the act of February 23, 1S95, regulating the practice of medi cine. The bill also provides that this act shall not be deemed to revive- any of the aots repealed by the act of 1S95. It Is un derstood that the provision of the act of 1S99 that is the principal object of attack in the Wehrung bill Is the first section, which provides for the appointment of a medical board, three members of which shall be allopaths, cne eclectic and one homeopathic. This bill will revive the old fight among the different schools of medi cine and between the doctors and the Christian Scientists and all opponents of the system of licensing physicians, Story'3 bill amending the present, aw for relief of Indigent soldiers, their wid ows or minor children provides that: "The county courts of the peveral counties pf this state are hereby author ized and directed to levy, in addition tp the taxes now authorized to be levlei by law, a tax not exceeding pne-tenth and not less than one-thirtieth of one mill upon the taxable property la their respective counties, to be levied and aa-i sessed as now provided by law for the assessment and collection of taxes, to create a fund for the relief of indigent soldiers, eallora, and marines -who serv ed in the Union army at any time from April 12. ISO. tq April 12, 1S65, arid to in digent soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the Spanish-American war, or Philippine insurrection, and who recelv-, ed an honorable discharge therefrom, and who have resided in Oregon for three months; and for the relief of indigent 4r 'lei&fetf i soldiers and .volunteers who -served not leas than 10 days In any of the Indian wars in Oregon. Washington, or Idaho, or who received a permanent disability while In such service, and who have re sided in Diespn three months; and for the relief of the Indigent widows, and of the minor , children of euch soldiers, sailors marines, and; voj.unte.ers, a,nd tp defray the funeral expenses and the ex pense ot the, last sickneef of such sol diers, sailors,, nxarln.es, and volunteers; and in case no levy is made "by the board of county commissioners of any county for' ajiy year for the gbjec herein specifled, all warrants drawn for te purposes set forth In thia. apt shall be paid from the funds in the treasury oi the county thp arne aa though such levy ha been duly made.1' Tfte bill pasged the House. I ' X!i THE SENATE. A Busy Pay, o.qfi a Number qX Steaa yxres. Panned, SALEM, Ox.,J Jfan. 3X The Senate was called to order at 10 A. JL and the con? slderatlop of Senate bill Nq. 59, by Kelly, to extend the southern boundary of Linn County, was taken up as a special order, A substitute bill In the nature of a com promise was offered and passed. House bill No 427, by Black, to Incor porate Myrtle Point, was passed. Senate, bill No. 7. by Adam. tQ regulate, warehouses, being a special order, was discussed by the Senate, and passed, Senate bill No. W, by Cameron, to amend the charter of Medford, was passed. Senate bill Jtfo. 139, by Marsters, to pro vide for expression of cleqtors regarding a constitutional convention, was read twice and referred to the committee on elections. Senate bill No, 149, by Steiwer, to in corporate tha" town of Mitchell, was passed. Senate bill No. 62, by Smith of Baker, to amend sections 2655 and 2CS2, regulat ing the meetings of the Board of Regents of the State University, was passed. Senate bill No, 75, hy Mays, requiring vestioulcs on street-cars, was passed. The first business of tht afternoon was the consideration of House bJU No- 224, by Story, tb authorize the City of Port land to ieyy a special tax. The bill passed with 24. YPtes ln'7lts favor, Hunt and Mays voting "no." House bill No. 4, to appropriate money for the Agricultural College, was taken up under special order and put on Its final passage. The bill passed without opposition. ' House bill No.'ZS, to appropriate money for the University of Oregon, was taken up under special orders and passed, President Fulton announced the appoint ment of Senators Proebstel and William son on the Joint committee for the in vestigation of the affairs of the Blind School. Senate bill No 20, by Mulkey, to incor porate Falls City, was. passed. House bill No. 91, by Heltkemper, to prohibit barberlng pn Sunday, was passed. Bills were Introduced as follows: By Cameron To pay mortgage Indebt edness against state fair-grounds. By Johnston To incorporate Hood Hiver. By Brownell To amend sections 8660 and 36S0 of Hill's Code. By Mulkey To authorize the appoint ment of a matron at the Penitentiary, By Wehrung To regulate the practice Pf medicine. JN THE HOUSE. Incorporation Rills Passed Cqmmlt tes Named, SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. The House this morning was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Shupe, paslor Qf the Evangelical Church, after "which the members settled down to the consideration of blll3 on their third reading, under which order of business they were working, when ad journment was taken, yesterday. An attempt was made to break into the regular order of business, whsa Colvig asked unanimous consent to maka a re port. This was the signal for a dozen similar requests, and Speaker Reeder promptly ruled that time could be saved by observing the regular order, and, ao ordered. Senate joint memorial, No. 8, and Son ate joint resolution No. 6 were adopted.' Speaker Reader during the proceedings of the morning eession called attention to rule 63, prohibiting spioklng in the Assembly chamber. He did so without intending to make any personal reference, but his action had the desired effect. House bill 111, amending an act in re gard to makipg bids for property sold for taxes, was passed. House bill ffi, relating to clerical aid In office of State Treasurer, failed to pass. House bill Ul, reimbursing members of Second Oregon regiment and Battery A for clothing, was passed unanimously. Speaker Reeder annqunced the appoint ment of the following House committees: House joint resolution B, Barrett, Poor man and Heltkemper. House concurrent resolution, McCraken, Black and Holcomb. Senate concurrent resolutlo'n 3, Brlggs, Emmett and Simpson. House bill 91, providing for the closing of barber shops on Sunday, wa3 passed by a vote of 33 to 21 House bill 33, introduced by Montague, asking for the appropriation of $1000 for Improvement of the soda spring and grounds owned by the state in Spdaville, Linn County, was taken up In committee of the whole. The bill provides for the appointment of three trustees by the Gov ernor, who shall have charge of the nec essary improvements and repairs on the property. The bill was reported, favora, toly and "was passed. Mr, Montague made an excellent fight for his bill, meeting all the. objections presented to his meas ure. In which -work Eddy of Tillamook seconded' him. Smith of Marlon, who voted for the. passage ot House bill 91, closing barber shops on Sunday, asked for a reconsid eration of the vote by which the bill was passed. The bill had been sent to tho Senate, and a motion to recall It was lost, thus disposing of tho motion to re- consider. Grace of BakeF blocked an- effort thia afternoon to read a number of incorpora. tlon bills by tltlo 'the first and second times und.ar suspension of the rules. As It required unanimous consent to secure such action. Grace promptly Itrterposed an -ibjectlon, and the regular order was continued. House bll C0t Introduced by Grace of Baker by request, designating what shall be deemed hazardous work in certain em ployments and regulating the number of hours constituting a day's work, was read the third time and passed. The House concurred n the Senate amendments to House bill 224, providing f oy a special tax or Jhq eUy of Portland, and. the bill will go at, once, to the Governor. House, bin 79, forbidding tha employ ment P? aliens on Public work, was re committed to the committee on labor and Industries for amandmept. Housa-blU lOOj. providing for the protec tion of union labels and trade-marks, in troduced by Heltkemper came up for final passage this afternoon. Tbe etc pose.d law deals "very stringently Trtth any who are foynd guilty of tm.itatinar or counterfeiting any trade-mark, label, term, form of advertisement, tho -punishment Imposed being- not more than 35QQ; imprisonment not exceeding three months, Or both. Eivery. person adopting a trader mark, etc., must file a duplicate, of the same with the Secretary of State and pay a f ea. of $ Xor recording, the same, . The bill received the votes Qf all present excepting three, WatRinstaa Postal Order. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. A ppstofflco j has been established at Freeman, Spo kane County, Washington, on la route from Mica to Lockwood, with Charles B. Thomas aa Postmaster. The. postofBce at Ravenna, King Coun ty, Wash., will te discontinued after Feb ruary &, next. BARBERS STRIKE A SNAG SUNDAY BJLUE LAW MATT YET" SUF FER PEFEAT While. 91U Paed Legislature, There la a Likelihood That It U Unconqtitutlo'naL SALEM, Qr Jan. SL-The barbers got thejr- proposed Sunday blue, law through the Legislature today, over the somewhat emphatic: objections pf a considerable mU norlty, but they have run against a snag that may still defeat the whole scheme. The discovery has been made that the hlll.s In all probability unconstitutional, in that It Is undue restraint of personal llherty and not in proper exercise of pdlipe. pp.wer. After the bill had passed the House today, some one dug up a. recent California Supreme Court decision bearing directjy upfin the. right of .S.un.day dosing, and called It to the attention of several members who had -favored the measure. An effort was then made tq gat tha blH back from the Senate far the purpose of reconsideration, but It was defeated. The California, decision In point is In the case of Leo Jentsch (ex parte) on naoeas corpus 112 California), decided April 17, 1S9J5, Upon the California statute books was a, law making It a misdemeanor to keep open a barber shop on Sunday, Jen.tsch was arrested and fined for viola tion of the law. and appealed. The Su preme Court unanimously decided In his favor, holding that the l&w was "undue restraint of personal liberty, and Is speqial legislation, based upon an arbitrary clas sification, and not a proper exercise of police power, and Is unconstitutional and void." Among many other things, the court said: "In such a case as this, no reason has ban or can be shown why the followers of qne useful and unobjeqtlonable occupa tion should be debarred from the right to labor on certain days, and others In like classes of employment bo not so de barred. If It be constitutional to single out one such class and deny Its members the right to labpr on one day of the week, it would be constitutional to prohibit them from following their vocation on six days of the week. When any such class is singled out. and put under the criminal ban of such a law as this, the law not only Is special, unjust and unreasonable In Its operation, but It works an Invasion of Individual liberty, the liberty of free labor, which it pretends to protect." Representative Dresser, who found the California decision, says he has no fault to find with the barbers who want the hill, and is indeed personally favorable to their d&slres; but under his -oath he feels that he cannot assist" in placing an un constitutional law on the atatuta books. Representative Smith, of Marlon, whP Voted for the bill, coincides with Dresser In his position, , The barbers declared that there is noth ing whatever in the point of unconsti tutionality. They say that the same ques tion was raised In Minnesota, and that tho United States Supremo Court was finally called upon to pass upon It, and held that each state had a right to regu late Sunday closing of barber shops to suit itself. House bill 24, for the relief of indigent soldiers, was today considered in commit tee of the whole House. Colvig sought to amend the bill so as to exclude all persons from enjoying its benefits- who draw pensions from the Government. Tho amendment was voted down, and, after the bill had been read by sections, it was reported back to the House and passed. The bill introduced by Poorman and fiaased in the House this morning, to re imburse the. enlisted -men of the Second Oregon ,yplunteers a,nd Battery A for clothing issued to them by the State of Oregon and compelled to p" ay for the -same, is as follows: "Section '1. That the sum of $12,000, or so much therepf as is necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated from any monty in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse the enlisted men of the above commands. "Sec, 2. It shall be the duty of the Adjutant-General of the State of Oregon, without extra compensation, to pay to each and every enlisted man of the above commands, or his legal representatives, . the amount paid for state clothing by him, as shown by the muster-out rolls of those commands now on Ale In the Adjutant-General's office, hot to exceed the sum of $11 to any one man." The bill introduced by Grace and passed this afternoon, is one of importance to laboring men. It provides: That underground mining, wet mining, dredging, smelting, foundry work and all underground work and all wqrks for the redemption of ores, shall, be deemed extra hazardous undertakings and Injurious to the life and health of persons employed therein. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, associa tion, pr combination of persons, firms, corporations or associations employing labor in any of the extra hazardous un dertakings mentioned in section 1 of this act, to solicit or require any person or per sons so employed to do or perform more than eight hours' labor for one day's work. Violators of the act are to be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and fined or im prisoned. ' ALASKA MINING SUITS SETTLED. McKenzle Receivership Case Com promised Out of Court, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan- 31, The Chronlr Ue says that a complete settlement has been reached out of court between Alexander McKenzle and the defendants in the suits oyer the mines for which Mc Kenzle was appointed receiver byUnlted States Judge Arthur "H. Noyes, of the District of Alaska, In which property valued at pver $10,QQ0,00Q Js lnyoved,, By thia settlement ,all the rifchtg to the famous AnvU and Dexter. Creek mines are vested In tha Pioneer Minitjg Com pany, and its titles to these properties ha.ve been so perfected that there is no possibility of further contest. This prop erty included the famous Dfscovery claim, which has produced more than $1,000,000 worth of dust. Litigation in what are known as the 'Chlpps cases" is at an end. This includes suits brought recently in the Superior Courts of San Francisco for sums amount- ing to $430,CJ0 by Undenbstrg, Lindblom & Brynteson against McKenzle for damages, which they claimed to have sustained by bis actions while receiver of the prop erty "It stops the litigation in the casaa q Comptois va. Andorson, and not only takes these actions from the state courts, but also from the. United States District Court and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, By the compromise all the accounts of Receiver MaK.QnzIe. were, allowed, and paid, all the deb. incurred for the mines by the receiver were pal&. all thp receiver's charges wer settled, and stipulation vra-a entered IntoJ by which all Jitlgajlon was to be 'dismissed. The suits for almost $500.00) li; jthe Supjfrfox Court of California will bo dismissed, and the suits Instituted fij the court at Nom, which have been carried to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, will now fee dropped. Tho settlement wlU'also afreet all litigation at Nome over mining properties there. All the charges inae before the Attorney General and the President of the United States will ho dropped and withdrawn, ao there will be po grounds for the talked-of Congressional Investigation. PVi. mitriB nf th fTJrctilt Court of An- I pefrls In the cqntempl cses against Mc Kenzle ana fUDose. wm not ce anecjea by this settlement, since it was npt com pleted until after air the evidence in these matters had been presented. Having been informed of the settlement, Judge Ross, of the United States' Circuit Court of Appeals, hag announced that he will de cide, the contempt cages Monday next . It Js estimated that over, $l,0q0,(X has been expended for expenses, la the vari ous legal contests fthlch have, now" been ended- f 50,0QO SHIPMENT OF ORB. A Snoot In the Columbia Mine ' Yielded This Amount. BAKER CITY, Jan 20. A few days ago the management of the Columbia mine shipped, through this place 2Q tons of ore that was valued, at $50,000, This little "batch," which Is nojt the first taken from Jthe Columbia Wine, and from one of the rich pockets, or. rather shoots, found in the big vein, and while nqt attracting thesame attention as the rleh. strike jof the Golconda on the same vein Is "of sufficient magnitude to create a ripple of excitement lp mining circles, The ore was too rich to he handled, in the flne Stamp mill of thp company, and hence was shipped for treatment to mills adapt ed to saving high values. What gives greatest interest to the ore is the fact that It came from, the lower j levels of the mine, which are about 500 feet below the surface. Five or eight "hundred feet cannot be said to be deep, in the sense of .the term as understood by miners, but where that distance from the surface indicates a gradual increase in values carried in the ore, operators are justified in the hellef that Eastern Oregon's real mineral wealth has not yet been touched. The history of the Columbia mine is typ ical of many good properties In this re gion. It has passed through a stage of doubt and uncertainty, but is now among the leading properties in the Northwest. There were times when but few persons, among them its manager, Frank Ballsy, entertained any -hope for the Columbia as a producer. Machinery for Bed-Rack Group. A steam hoist and 50-horse-power boiler has been ordered for the Bed Rock min ing group, which Is under the manage ment of the Bed Rock Mining Company. Six claims are included In the property, which is located on the Granite side of the divide between that place and Sumpter, near the station known as Gold Center. Manager Yager returned yesterday after a temporary absence, one of the objects of which was to acquire new sinking ma chinery. A shaft 500 feet In depth is con templated. Already 100 feet have bcor attained by hand power. By the aid of the sinking pump included in the machin ery ordered. It is estimated that at least 500 feet may be made into the ground. Np other property in that vicinity has un dertaken extensive development as the prospects between the summit of the ridge and Granite have heretofore attracted little, attention. If tie Bed Hock Com pany find, at 500 feet, the values the sur face and present showings indicate, there will be a flurry thereabout. The new ma chinery has not arrived yet, but It Is the purpose to elide t in on the enow before a thaw. TWO GOOD STRIKES. Sherman County Miners Discover Rich, WeU-Dcflned Ledge. MORO, Or., Jan. 31. The discovery of gold made some time ago by Leon Moore, about two miles from here, was kept quiet, but now that excitement Is running high, and another mine has been discov ered, news of the first strike has become public. Mr. Moore's mine was located January 4. Since then a shaft has been sunk some 20 feet, which discloses a well-defined ledge of fine milling ore three feet wide. Repeated tests have shown values that are satisfactory to the own ers. In fact some samples show free gold visible to the naked eye. The last discovery is a lode within one-fourth of a mile of the Columbia Southern Railway depot. The vein at the surface shows 'a width of 36 feet. Cap tain "Nelson has made several teats of the ore, which gives high values in quick silver, gold and copper. Two claims have' been located and a shaft Is being sunk! The ore Is rapidly getting richer as depth is attained. The surface indica tions and cropplngs of the lode at sev eral points Indicate clearly that a mother lode runs directly through this country In a northeasterly direction. Coal Mine Leased, CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 31. Frank and Ephriam Miller have, leased the Dodge coal mine, which was recently opened up on Coal Creek, east of town, and will operate the property. Two coal mines axe pow being worked at Chehails supplying the local demand and shipping some coal to outside points. Quotation? Qf Mlninp Stocks. SPOKANE, Jan. 31. The closing quotations for mlnlne stocks today vere: 31d Ask 1 Bid Ask. Amer. Boy .. 9-K U (Mtn. Lion ....84 31W Blacktall ....10S 10 Morn. Glory.. 0 7$ mute bc uos.. irt -'iiMornson ou 4fPrln. Maud.... 1 2i 3HQl4llp 23 25 Vj. U-ti. crystal 4 Conjecture . 3 Deer Trait ., 2 Dewey 2& Evening Star. 5 Gold Ledse . 2'i I. X. I 1SU Iron Mask ...33Wi L P. Surp..., 7 Miller Creek.. 2 dyuKamD. i;ar....vijj si 2KeservaUon .. 4 5 4 6iRoss. Giant... 3 2k.6umvan 13 2pii Tom Thumb ,,13-i; 40hVaterlpo 2 3' 13 SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3J.-The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks, today were: AHa $0 i)3ICentuck Con $0 01 Alpha Con Mexican 27 Andes. Belcher Best & Belcher... Bullion ,,, Caledonia 7lOccldental Con ... 6 70phlr 62 2iOverman 14 2Potosl ,. 0 68 Sayaga ............ 10 16 Beg. Belcher 1 Challenge con Chollar 103lerra Nevada. ... 18 Confidence .u... 71tSUver Hill 44 Con. Cal & Vft... 1 65JStandard . 4 10 Crown Point .... 13(UnIon Con 24 Gould & Curry... 37 Utah Con ,....,.. 8 Hale & Norcross. 171 Yellow Jacket .... 14 Justice ,.....:.., 7J NEW TORK. Jan. 31. Mining stocks tpday closed aa follows: Adams Con ?0 20'Llttle Chief $0 14 Alice , 42 Ontario ,, Q 50 Breece 1 15 Ophlr 54 Brunswick Con . 25tPhoenlx 7 Cqnutock Tunnel- 4,Potosl .,, ,,. 7 Con. Cal. &. Va.. i 41iSaage - 12 Deadwood Terra.. 62iSlerra, Nevada ... 14 Horn Silver 1 10 Small Hopes 63 Iron Silver , 64lStandard , 4 20 LeadvllU Con. .... 61 BOSTON, Jaj 31. Closing quotations: Adventure $ 9 50! Humboldt f 25 00 filnir. "Mm. Co.. 15 621 Osceola 81 00 Amal Copper.. SO 251Parrott ., 47 00 Atlantic ....... 25 OOlQuincy 16300 Boston & Mont. 315 00 Santa F Copper 6 50 T3it A Tlrtctnn 77 Cm Tamarack 323 00 32 0t) 5 00 48 5Q Cal. &. Hecla... 845 0d Centennial .... 22 00 Franklin 10 75 Utah Mining .. Winona Wolverines , . , TO CULTIVATE EASTERN OYSTERS. Object of. New Washington Corpora tion Its Plana. OLiTMPIA. Jan. 31. Articles of incor poration have been filed with the Secre tary of State by the Washington Oyster Company, a corporation formed for the cultivation of Eastern and imported oy sters, by Frank D. Black and Ed B Pal mer, of Seattle: B. P. Heuston and M. Boy Thompson, of Tacoma (the latter be ing general manager and engineer in 'charge of the necessary diking); H. A. Van Amrlnge, Richard Becker and John P. Loughran, all of whom are well-known husiness and. professional men In this state; This, movement represents the consolida tion of oyster culturists. whose holdings embrace some 220 qcrcs m Madison la goon, Kitsap County, a few miles north of the state's propagation station at Key port. Arrangements are already on foot tor the hipment of 'twq carloads of seed, ehiehy of the bluo point variety, which are "to be planted in April, and. to be fol lowed by another shipment in October. The formation of this concern la due to the successful experiments with this class of bivalves at Keyport, The efforts by Fish Commissioner X.1U19 have proyed. that the Eastern variety grows even more rapidly and attains its full size In the waters of Puget Sound as in its Eastern Gray at Thirty Nothing tells of age so quickly as gray hair. Ayer's Hair Vigor is a youth renewer. It never fails to restore color tQ gray hair. It stops, the hair from coming out, -Thin hair becomes thick hair, and short hair becomes long hair. It cleanses the scalp ; removes dandruff. uMy hair was falling out and turning gray very fast, But your Hair Vigor stoppe4 the falling pf the hair and restored it to it's natural color." Mrs, E. Z. Benomme, Canoes, N. Y April 21,1899, One dollar a bottle. If your druggist cannot supply ycu, send us $i.M and we will express a bottle to you, all charges prepaid. Be sure and give Us your nearest express office. J. C. Ayejs, Co,, Lowell, Mass. Send for our beautiful book on The Hair. habitat, and the success of this new en terprise is undoubtedly assured. The Japanese variety of oyster will also bo given a trial. BOLD HOLD-UP AT GODLE. Man Waitlnsr for Train Severely Cut in Flsht, but Saved Money. ST. HELENS, Or., Jan. 3L Sheriff Hol ton was this morning called to Goble to Investigate a hold-up. Last night T. Q. Parker apd a companion from Hood River who had purchased tickets for Astoria at Portland, stopped oft at Goble, Intending to take the Northern Pacific from there to their homo In Seattle. They were walk ing up and down the railroad track op posite the transfer landing, Parker walk ing a little In advance of his companion, when he was suddenly confronted by a man with a SfJ-callper revolver. He grabbed the gun and wrenched It from the . footpad, bpt While so doing wag assauues With a knife, He received a seyero cut on the left cheek. At first he thought his throat had ben cut. and ha became, un conscious. Before help could he snn moned the assailant had fled, leaving his gun. Parker continued on his way home, and as he was unable to give any clew to the highwayman, tha matter has been dropped. EXPLOSION V? POWDER WORKS. Tyyo Men Were Killed Manager ITn ahle to Account for Accident. VJOTORIA, B. C Jan. 31. By aq ex plosion of nitroglycerin at the Giant Powder Company's works, flve miles frem Victoria, this evening, John Fenton and George Phillips were killed. The men had knocked off work and were standing out side the building when the explosion oc curred. The manager is unable to ac count for It. Fisht for Water Rights. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 31. A special from Rossland, B. C, says: A conflict of interest has arisen among various -claimants to the" water power cf the Pend d'Orellle River, so that lltlgatl-n is threatened. A New York company, sail to be backed by large capital, has located a mill site and'water rights on both sf? a of the river, while another interest cla.ms the title of the Kootenai Hydraulic Com pany. Still another combination Is af'cr the same location, and It is feared that development will be entirely stopped until the courts determine who has the best legal position and title. Toole a Shot nt an Officer. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Jan. 31. A man, supposed to be a hobo, last night took two shots at Nightwatchman Nunn. The officer called the Marshal and others to his assistance, and set out In pursuit of his would-be murderer. The man, with two others, was located In the brush near town, but as the night was dark, it was Impossible to effect a capture. The night watchman had been keeping close watch on a suspicious character who was afceut town, and he Is quite certain that this man was his assailant. Sontb Bend Pastor Resigns. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Jan. 31. Rev. A. B. Cort has resigned the pastorate of the South Bend Presbyterian Church. Tho church gave a call to Rev. O. B. Wh't more, pastor of the Congregationahat Church here, to hold ono service In the Presbyterian Church each Sunday, but his own church voted that It needed h's whole time. Rev. McKenzle, pastor of tho Ilwaco Presbyterian Church, will prob ably supply tha pulpit here every other Sunday. Grant's Pass School Tax. GRANT'S PASS, Or., Jan. 81. Grant's Pass yesterday decided upon a school tax of 11 mills for the coming year. This makes th total tax for Grant's Pass 51 mills, which is higher than for a number of years. Tha general levy Is 30 mills; city 10 mills. CARRIED TOO FAR. The Fear of Being: Deceived or Ham- bussed Prevent Many People From Trying a Good Medicine. 'Stomach troubles are so common and In most cases so obstinate to cure, that peo ple are apt to look with suspicion on any remedy claiming to be a radical perma nent cure for dyspepsia and Indigestion. Many suqh people pride themselves on their acuteness In never being humbugged, especially In medicines. This ear of being humbugged can be earned too far, so far In fact, that' many people suffer for years with weak diges tion rather than risk a little time and money in faithfully testing the claims made for a remedy so reliable and" uni versally used as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets. Now Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are vastly different in one Important respect from ordinary patent medicines for the reason that they are not a secret patent medicine, no secret is made of the ingred ients, but analysis shows them to con tain the natural digestive ferments, pure aseptic pepsin (government test). Golden Seal and diastase. They are not cathartic, neither do they act powerfully on any particular organ, hut they cure Indiges tion on the common-sense plan of digest ing the food eaten, thoroughly before It has time to ferment, sour and cause the) mischief. This Is the only secret of their success. Cathartic pills never have and never can cure Indigestion and stomach troubles, because they act only on the bowels, whereas the whole trouble Is in the stom ach. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken after meals, digest the food. That is all there Is to it. Food, not digested or half di gested. Is poison, as It creates gas, acidi ty, headaches, palpitation of the heart, loss of flesh and appetite and many other troubles, which are often called by soma Qtner name. They are soM by druggists everywhere In the United States, Great Britain and Canada-