THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1901.
BLOCKED BY CHAIR
Washington Bills Carrying
I $200,000 for Roads.
COMBINATION WAS FORMED
a
President of Senate Arranged for
'Motion, Which Prevailed, to Re-
' fer MenRnrei to Committee
Kamed by Him.
OLYMPIA, March 1L Seven bills appro
priating money for state roads, the total
amount of which aggregated about $200,
000, were snuffed out in the Senate this
afternoon. It became rumored early in
the day that a combination had been
formed to pass all the bills In question
and to Lieutenant-Governor McBride is
due the fact that the state has been saved
the expense contemplated. He was op
posed to the appropriations, and arranged
with Senator Sharp, of Kittitas, to make
a motion to refer all of them to a special
committee, to be appointed by the chair.
Senator Sharp made the motion, and, de
spite sharp opposition by the combination.
It carried on a standing vote.
Lieutenant-Governor McBride then ap
pointed a committee consisting of Sharp,
Smith and Crow of Spokane to consider
the bills. This committee is opposed to
the appropriations, and will without ques
tion hold the bills up until the end of the
session.
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
Blils for Sale of Lands to be With
drawn From Natural Oyster Beds.
PLYMPIA, Wash., March 11. Two
bills. House bill 460 and House bill 459,
by the committee on fisheries, which have
come Into more or less prominence during
the last few days, were Indefinitely post
poned by the House this afternoon. House
bill 459 provided for the sale of lands
to be withdrawn from the state natural
oyster beds, reserved, that were suitable
for the cultivation of oysters and other
shell fish: limited the amount of lands
to be sold to any one Individual, corpor
ation or association of persons, and made
provisions for the obtaining of a deed, in
fee simple, to any oyster lands hereto
fore purchased from the state. In sub
stance the bill authorized the sale of
state oyster lands at $10 per acre during
.a period of six months on and after the
passage and approval of the bill by the
Governor, and provided that not more
than 20 acres of such lands should be sold
to one person, corporation or associa
tion of persons.
House bill 4C0 created a state oyster
f, land commission, to consist of the Com
missioner of Public Lands and the Fish
Commissioner, In whom was vested the
power of disposing of the oyster lands
as provided in House bill 459. When these
bills came before the House on second
reading last week, Gunderson of Mason
created considerable of a stir by assert
ing that some of the oyster lands of the
state which would be sold under their
provisions were worth several hundred
dollars an acre. To dispose of the land
at $10 an acre would, he said, be a gross
Injustice to the state.
An attempt was made to secure the
adoption of several amendments, one of
them to the effect that the beds should
be sold to the highest bidder, and another
to the effect that notice by publication
of proposed sales should be given. The
amendments were defeated. It was
charged in the course of the debate that
some of the choicest oyster lands In the
state had already been surveyed and
would, as soon as the bills were signed,
be captured for the small sum of $10 an
acre by favored ones.
The bills were finally given another
place on the calendar so that they could
be fully Investigated. When they were
reached today, Dow of Pierce moved to
lay them on the table, and the House
adopted the motion. Later they were
Indefinitely postponed.
LAST RAILROAD BILL LOST.
Fixed Rate on Farm Products and
Made Cut of Ten Per Cent.
OLYMPIA, March 11. The last railroad
rate bill of the session was defeated in
the Senate this afternoon by a vote of
14 in favor to 1C against. The bill in
question was the Cornwell maximum rate
bill, Identical with the Rosephaupt bill,
which was defeated In the House last Fri
day. The bill provided for a rate of $3 75
per ton for a haul of 350 miles of agri
cultural products, and horizontal" cut of 10
per cent in the rates in effect January 2,
. 1902.
Speeches for the bill were made by
Cornwell, Preston, Crow of Spokane and
Crow of Whitman. WHshlre and Moul
tray spoke against the bill. The rolcall
oh final passage was as follows:
Ayes Angle Baumeister, Cornwall, Crow
of 'Spokane, Crow of Whitman, Garber,
Hall, Hallet, Land, Mantz, Preston,
Sharp, Tolman, Welty 14.
Noes Andrews, Baker, Biggs, Clapp,
Davis, Hemrlch, Lecrone, Megler, Moul
(tray. Rands, Ruth, Smith, Stewart, Sum
ner, Warburton, Wilshire 16.
Absent Hamilton, Hammer, Reser,
Schofield 4.
HOUSE PASSED ONE OF Bn.LS.
It Wa.it Announced That Combination
i Had Been Formed.
OLYMPIA, March 11. The rumored
combination In the Senate to pass the
tetkte road bills carrying appropriations of
about $200,000 extends to the House. At
the session this evening the first of the
measures was reached, and passed by a
vote of 48 to 14. The bill in question was
the one providing for a state road from
Mbntesano, in Chehalls County, through
Jefferson County into Port Angeles, in
Clallam County.
Senator Schofield. of Chehalls County,
was active on the House floor during the
'night session. He stated that he had a
xoad bill combination formed in the
House, and that another was In process
of formation in the Senate; this despite
the fact that- seven road bills were hung
.up In the Senate this afternoon by refer
'ence to a hostile special committee, which
was appointed by Presdent McBrde wth
the distinct understanding that the bills
would not see the light of day again dur
ing the session. There are prospects of
an interesting fight on the question of
idjad legislation during the closing days.
IN THE HOUSE.
Memorial Panned for Exclusion of
Japanese Laborers.
OLYMPIA. March 1L The, House passed
the following bills:
House bill 207, By Raymer, relating to
leases of personal property.
House olll 464. by Comstock, providing
fox the maintenance of free kindergarten
schools.
House memorial 12, by Phllbrlck, relat
ing to forestry reserves.
.House memorial 14, praying for the ex
clusion of Japanese laborers from the
United States.
House' bill 469. by Johnson, relating to
the taxation of mining claims.
House bill 477, by Dow, creating a Board
of Health and Bureau of Vital Statistics.
2 House bill 44S. by Easterday, an act to
acquire statements of fact to be produced
in support of claims made to the Legis
lature, the same to be used, in case of
rejection of said claim, by succeeding
Legislatures.
House .bill 451, by Anderson, changing
the name of MUUngton, Stevens County,
to Bossburg.
In the Senate.
OLYMPIA, March 1L The Senate has
passed the following bills.
Senate bill 209, by Hamilton, to create
and provide means for the enforcement
of a Hen on vessels in favor of stevedores.
Senate bill 211, by Rands, relating to the
classification of counties.
Senate bill 235, by Ruth, amending the
road law.
Senate bill 216, by Hall, amending the
mining law.
Senate bill 267, by Wilshire, amending
the probate law.
Senate bill 252, by Davis, authorizing
cities and towns to dispose of municipal
property.
Lieutenant-Governor McBride created
considerable amusement this morning by
ordering a House bill for the regulation
of cemeteries referred to the committee
on medicine, dentistry and hygiene, which
consists of three doctors.
Nome Weather Caused Suffering:.
VICTORIA. B. C. March lL Dispatches
from Dawson dated March L received .by
the steamer Danube report that Nome
mall has arrived there. It gives the news
of several deaths by freezing, and says
that awful cold weather with piercing
winds prevailed in December, causing
much suffering. Several stampedes took
place at the beginning of the month, and
some good strikes were made.
Government to Produce Papers.
VICTORIA, B. C. March 1L After a
long discussion this afternoon, the gov
ernment promised to bring down the cor
respondence regarding the cancellation of
W. Thwlck's commission as a notary pub
lic in connection with the issuance of
bogus naturalization papers to Japanese.
The commission to Investigate the sub
ject of Japanese and Chinese Immigration
will hold its first meeting Wednesday.
Postmaster at Fort Klnmath.
WASHINGTON, March 1L F. G. Butler
was today appointed Postmaster at Fort
Klamath, Or., vice W. T. Shlve, resigned.
Call for County Warrants.
DALLAS, Or., March 11. County Treas
urer Dalton has Issued a call for all war
rants Indorsed prior to November 8, 1S93.
Jioteu of Oregon Mines.
It is reported that an Eastern syndi
cate may work the old Auburn placer
diggings on an extensive scale with the
latest machinery.
The Lucky Hill mine has 100 tons of ore
on the dump, and the mill will be started
this week, says the Gold Hill news.
Enough ore is in sight to keep the mill
running all Summer.
The Mary B. and Ethel properties, lo
cated about one-half mile southwest of
the Evening Star group. In the Cable Cove
district, are soon to be extensively devel
oped by a company now being formed.
Three carloads of machinery were- re
ceived at Sumpter last week. Two car
loads were for the Bonanza mine, com
prising a boiler weighing nearly 18,000
pounds and an air compressor for operating-
10 machine drills. The car for the
Golconda mine contained an air compres
sor plant for three drills.
W. H. Hampton, of the Columbia hy
draulic mine, at Placer, informs the
Grant's Pass Journal that the company
has resumed operation of piping at the
mine, after serious slides and disturb
ances. One slide broke away 900 feet of
slope, and covered 600 feet of ground,
rupturing two pipe lines, which had to bo
taken up and relald around the heaviest
slides.
WILL INTEREST gSHEEPMEN
Report of Specialists on Poisonous
Plants.
WASHINGTON, March 7. During the
closing hours of the session of Congress
a resolution was passed by the house, at
the request of Representative Moody, of
Oregon, authorizing the printing of 10,000
copies of a report upon an Investigation
made by specialists of the Department of
Agriculture of plants poisonous to stock
in Montana. This report Is of inestimable
value to the sheepmen of Montana and
other Western States, containing as It
does minute descriptions of the various
poisonous plants, with remedies in. each
Instance. More than half the plants com
mon to Montana are found on the ranges
of Oregon, and to this extent the docu
ment will be very valuable to Oregon
sheepmen.
For years the sheepmen of the entire
West have been perplexed at the heavy
losses of sheep from plant-polsonlng. In
many instances the deadly plants have
been located, but remedies have not been
found. The department expended consid
erable money In practical field experi
ments during the past season, and as a
result has discovered cheap but success
ful antidotes for most of the poisons ex
isting in the wild forage plants of Mon
tana. Secretary Wilson, of the Department of
Agriculture, says that this report. If it
can be placed promptly In the hands of
stockmen of the Western States, will en
able them to prevent losses aggregating
hundreds of thousands of dollars annual
ly. He feels that unless an adequate edi
tion of this document can be had, that
the work of the department will be prac
tically wasted. It was with a view of
having an ample supply of the report
printed for distribution at the opening of
the approaching season that Mr. Moody
urged prompt action upon the Senate
resolution authorizing this large edition.
The report was prepared by Messrs.
Chestnut and Wilcox, who discovered, out
of 60 plants examined, six that were poi
sonous to stock. The report will be pro
fusely illustrated, so that herders may
more readily locate the dangerous plants.
Accompanying the description of each
plant and the symptoms of the resulting
poisoning are explicit directions for the
application of the remedy referred to
(permanganate of potash generally an
swering all purposes), a remedy which
can be easily carried by the herders, and
as easily administered. General recom
mendations are given for the avoidance
of the poisonous species by proper han
dling of stock on the range. Losses
amounting to about $25,000 came under
the actual observation of Mr. Wilcox
within a period of 2 months, and of
these losses he estimated that more than
four-fifths wera preventable. The total
preventable losses of stock by plant-polsonlng
in Montana alone for the past
year was estimated to reach from $75,000
to $100,000.
In view of these facts, sheepmen will
readily recognize the Importance of secur
ing this document and having It con
stantly with them until they have learned
to Identify the dangerous plants arid un
derstannd the treatment. The report will
be printed as "Senate document No. 160.
56th Congress, second session," by which
title applications should be made to Rep
resentative or Senator in whose district
the sheepowners, herders and others may
reside.
Tourist Excursions East.
The most popular way to cross the con
tinent is on one of the Rio Grande West
ern Railway's tourist excursions, to East
ern cities. These excursions leave Salt
Lake City. Utah, dally, making cloeo
connection with all trains from the West
Passengers from Portland have the
choice of going via the O. R. &. N and
Huntington, or the Southern Pacific and
San Francisco, with a day's stop-off in
the latter city. A day's lay-over at Salt
Lake Is also granted on all class of tick
ets, via either route to that point.
The routes of three cars are:
Sunday, via Rock Island and Illinois
Central: Monday, via Rock Island; Tues
day, via Burlington: Wednesday, via both
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific; Thurs
day, via both Rock Island and Burllngton
Frlday. via Burlington; and Saturday, via
Missouri Pacific
For rates and information apply to J.
D. Mansfield, general agent, 251 Washing
ton street.
GUARD AGAINST NEPOTISM
OREGON SCHOOL DIRECTORS' KIN
NOT TO BE UNDULY FAVORED.
New Law Provides They Cnnnot Be
Employed as Teacher Without
Board's Unanimous Consent.
SALEM, March 11. The new general
school law contains some provisions In
tended to guard the public school system
against nepotism and other kindred
abuses. One of these provisions Is found
In section 48 which relates to the duties
of Directors." Subdivision 7 of this section
provides, among other things, that "no
contract shall be made with any teacher
who Is related by blood or marriage with
in the third degree to any member of
the School Board without the concurrence
of all the members of the board, by a
vote duly entered on the clerk's records
of proceedings."
Since it requires unanimous consent of
FRANK A.
ttSXll58flLibfe r JSHPSk&'JSJWs. 8HHssssr " v?r,
EX-ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, WHO RESIGNS TO GO
INTO BUSINESS.
the board to employ a near relative of a
member as teacher, there is small chance
that an incompetent person will be em
ployed because of the relationship.
Subdivision 19. of the same section, pro-
vldes: "It shall be Illegal for any Di
rector, either directly or Indirectly, to
have any pecuniary Interest In the Torec-
tlnn nf sphnnlhniisfVB- nr for th warmlnc.
ventilating, furnishing or repairing . the
same, or to receive or accept any com
pensation for his services rendered as a
member of the board."
The spirit of this provision is In a meas
ure defeated by Its enumeration of special
contracts. If the prohibition had been In
general terms, forbidding a Director to
have any Interest, directly or indirectly,
in any contract made by or for the dis
trict of which he Is a Director, the de
sired end would have been accomplished.
As it Is, there is room for Directors to
profit by many contracts that may be
made on behalf of the district. The spirit
of the law being evident, however, the
new measure will probably have a benefi
cial effect.
The new school law, which does not
take effect until May 22. contains one glar
ing defect, which may possibly give some
trouble. Section 41 provides, among other
things, that "the fiscal school year shall
begin on the third Monday of June and
end on the last day of June." This would
make the school year either about 10 days
or a year and 10 days long. It la evident
that it was the first intent to have the
school year begin on July 1 and end on
the last day of June. As July 1 would
sometimes fall on Sunday, the bjll was
changed to make the year begin on the
third Monday in June and it was intended
to make it close on the day preceding, but
by some oversight this latter change was
not made. The annual school meeting
hereafter will be h.eld on the third Mon
day In June, so it is to be presumed that
the accounts of school officers will bo
opened and closed accordingly.
SMALLPOX AT DAYTON.
State Health Officer Settles Dispute
Over the Disease.
DAYTON. Wash., March 11 There are
a number of cases of smallpox in Dayton.
This Is the decision of State Secretary of
Health Newman, who was called here to
pass upon the disease by the County Com
missioners of Columbia County. The mal
ady has been a bone of contention here
for quite a time, some contending that It
was Manila Itch; others that It was small
pox. Those afflicted are quarantined, and
spread of the disease Is not anticipated.
William Tryon, who smashed his furni
ture and took a shot at his wife, yester
day, was today broght before Justice
Holeman, charged, with assault and In
tent to do bodily harm. Tryon Is being
defended by ex-County Judge Godman.
"who moved that the case against him be
dismissed. The court overruled the mo
tion and continued the case until tomor
row, at 10 A. M.
LA GRANDE REFORM TICKET WON.
Gambling Was the Issue Election
One of Most Excltlnjc Ever Held.
LA GRANDE, Or., March 11. The elec
tion held here today was one of the most
exciting in the history of the town. Gam
bling was the Issue, and the result,
though mixed, was In favor of the reform
ticket. J. A McWhlrter, representing the
antl-gambllng forces, was elected Mayor
over J. E. Foley by 50 votes. Two Coun
cllmen on the antl-gambllng, and one on
the citizens' ticket, were elected. The
citizens albo elected the Marshall and Re
corder by large majorities. For Treas
urer, there wae but one candidate.
OrcRon City School Election.
OREGON CITY, March lL Dr. W. E.
Carll was elected School Director over Dr.
M. C. Strickland by 53 majority. C O. T.
Williams was elected Clerk without oppo
sition. About two-thirds of the 279 votes
polled were by women.
EuRenc Voted $25,000 School Bonds.
EUGENE, Or., March 1L Eugene school
district today voted to bond the district
for $25,000 to build a new schoolhouse and
Improve the present structure. J. H. Mc
Clung was re-elected Director, and George
F. Cran, Clerk.
Salem School Election.
SALEM, March 1L The Salem school
election today resulted in the election of
A. O. Condlt as Director, to succeed W.
M. Cherrlngton, whose term expires. The
vote was: Cherrlngton, 161; Condlt, 299;
total, 4G0; Condlfs majority, 13S. The elec
tion was warmly contested, carriages be
ing employed to carry voters to the polls.
Astoria Re-Elected Fulton Director.
ASTORIA, Or., March 1L An election of
a school director for district No. 1, to suc
ceed Director C W. Fulton, whose term
has expired, was held this afternoon. Mr.
Fulton was a candidate for re-election,
and, as there was no opposition, a small
vote was cast.
Old School Offlccrs Elected.
ALBANY. Or., March 11. At the an
nual election this afternoon, John Foshay
was re-elected director and Virgil Parker
Clerk of the Albany school district, with
out opposition. Mr. Foshay has served 12
years as director.
OREGON WOOLGROWERS TO MEET.
Election of Officers and Allotment of
RnnKes Will Be Main Work:.
THE DALLES, March 1L The Oregon
VANDERLIP.
Woolgrowers' Association will convene
here in annual session tomorrow. The
election of officers and the allotment of
Summer ranges, which Is In the hands of
Captain S. B. Ormsby, will be the princi
pal business.
A caucus was "held this evening to dis
cuss the election of an executive commit
tee, wltht power to act Jn any contingency
that may arise between annual meetings.
No decision was 'reached, but It was plain
that the plan commanded the favor of a
majority of those present, and It Is proba
ble that It will be adopted tomorrow. To
provide this committee with funds. It 'is
proposed that a sinking fund be created.
Delegations from several different coun
ties are In attendance, giving promise of
a larger and more effective meeting than
has heretofore been held.
ROBERT POTTER DEAD.
Well-Known OrcKon City Man
Death Due to Shock: of Accident.
ASTORIA Or., March 11. Robert Pot
ter, a well-known Oregon CUy man, a
resident of the state for nearly 50 years,
who fell overboard from the steamer Has
salo and was taken to the hospital here
yesterday, died there early this morning
from the effect of the .shock to his sys
tem. His daughter arrived in Astoria last
evening, and was with him when he
passed away. His body was shipped to
Oregon City this evening for burial. It
was accompanied to the train by several
residents of this city, who had known
the deceased for a number of years.
Mrs. W. C. Morrill, of Hlllsboro.
HILLSBORO, Or., March 11. Mrs. W. C.
Morrill died at her home yesterday, aged
76 years. Dearh was due to parlysls.
With her husband, deceased came to Ore
gon from Minnesota In 1S79, locating at
Corvallls. In 1SS3 they moved to Glen
wood, Washington County, and shortly
afterward to this place. A husband and
son, A. A. Morrill, of this city, survive
her. The funeral will occur tomorrow.
Mrs. Sarah Price, of Dayton.
DAYTON, Wash., March 11. Mrs. Sarah
Price, aged 79 years, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. J. N. Fall, here, yes
terday. Mrs. Price was one of the oldest
first settlers In these parts. She left a
large family of grown children.
AipS TO ALASKA NAVIGATION.
Permanent Improvements Will Like
ly Be Established nt Once.
WASHINGTON, March 11. Many peti
tions have been received and filed In the
Treasury Department for the temporary
establishment of fog signals and licht-
1 houses In Alaskan waters. The appropria
! tlons which have been made for these
"have already been anticipated In the plans
at the Treasury Department, and It Is
likely that the work will proceed Imme
diately with the permanent aids to navi
gation, rather than to establish tempo
xary aids which will soon have to be re
placed. The petitions have mainly been
forwarded to Senator Foster, owing to
the activity he has displayed In the mat
ter. He has submitted them to the de
partment, but has made no recommenda
tions other than that the appropriation bo
used with the utmost speed, In order to
prevent disasters to shipping in the fuure.
Wool Thieves Get IS Months.
THE DALLES. March 1L Ralph and
John Winkle have been sentenced to a
year and a half each In the Penitentiary.
They broke Into the Wasco Warehouse
and took three bales of wool, valued at
$120.
CInttop County Paid State Tnxes.
SALEM, March 11. Clatsop County to
day paid up all Its Indebtedness to the
state on account of back taxes, by paying
$2943 7S on Its 1S92 -taxes and $154 66 on Its
1S93 taxes. .
Portland Barber Gets Place.
I SALEM. March H. Governor Geer to.
day reappointed Frank' Rogers, of Port
land, a member o"fvhe State Board of
Barber Commissioners.
Received at the Asylum.
SALEM, March If. John Rogefs,V aged
73, and a resident of Grant's Pass', was
received at the Asylum today on a com-
! mltment from Josephine County,
PUNISHMEN10FP0LYGAMY
BILL FAVORABLE TO MORMONS
PASSED UTAH LEGISLATURE.
Likely to Brlnjc About a Constitu
tutional Amendment Giving Con
gress Power to Legislate.
SALT LAKE, Utah, March 11. Today,
three days before the Legislature comes
to a close, the House, by a vote of 23 to
17, and after an exciting debate, In which
more than a" dozen members participated,
passed the Evans Senate bill amending
that portion of the revised statutes of
Utah relating to prosecutions for adul
ter". Having passed the Senate last week
by a vote of 11 to 7, the document now
goes to the Governor for signature. This
bill, which was introduced by Senator A.
J. Evans, of Juab County, has caused
more discussion and more feeling than
any measure Introduced at the present
session of the Legislature. Its text Is as
follows:
"Every person who has reason to be
lieve that a crime or public offense has
been committed may make complaint
against such person before some Magis
trate having authority to make Inquiry
of same; provided, that no prosecution for
adultery shall be commenced except on
complaint of the husband or wife, or rela
tive of the accused within the first degree
of consanguinity, or of the person with
whom the unlawful act is alleged to have
been committed, or of the father or moth
er of said person, and no prosecution for
unlawful cohabitation shall be commenced
except on complaint of the wife or alleged
plural wife of the accused; but this pro
viso shall not apply to prosecutions under
section 40S of the revised statutes of
Utah, 1S9S, defining and punishing polyga
mous marriages."
In answer to a request for a statement
as to the object of the bill. Senator Evans,
its author, furnished the Associated Press
the following:
"My object in presenting the bill was
twofold. In the first place, It was Intend
ed to keep down public agitation by tak
ing away from certain agitators the op
portunity to arouse periodic furors
against the Mormons, directly and Indi
rectly against the State of Utah, and for
that reason Its primary purpose was for
the general good of the state. I believe
that a general law upon our statute
books. In conformity with the laws of
Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon and
North Dakota, and even more liberal
laws, would create much less agitation
throughout the country than the practice
which has heretofore been resorted to of
arresting every few weeks some Mormon
on a.charge of unlawful cohabitation, and
having the arrest announced In glowing
headlines by all those newspapers
throughout the country which can be In
duced to take up an anti-Mormon crusade.
Everybody knows that these arrests have
been made for political and religious pur
poses, and not with any patriotic desire
to enforce the law. Within the last 10
years, much more than half of those In
volved In polygamous relations have
passed away by death, or those relations
have been otherwise dissolved. Most of
those remaining are advanced In years,
and no good or honorable purpose can be
subserved by prosecuting the few remain
ing polygamlsts. Every one of these pros
ecutions Is a source of regret to fully 90
per cent of the people of Utah, for the
reason that such proceedings create an
agitation harmful to the state. It may
be that an agitation more harmful can
be inaugurated by reason of the passage
of this law, but I do not believe It. To
use the old metaphor, we are between the
devil and the deep Bea, and the bill Is
Intended to relieve the state of a condi
tion of affairs more harmful, in my opin
ion, than this bill could possibly be. Sure
ly, the United States will permit Utah to
act In her domestic concerns with as
much freedom as Is" allowed such states
as those I have named, especially when
the terms of the enabling act and our
state constitution have been strictly com
plied with. I have In this matter acted
with the best motives, and according to
what, In my Judgment, Is for the best
Interests of the commonwealth."
Representative W. G. Van Horn, of Salt
Lake, who made an Impassioned speech
against the passage of the bill In the
House today, furnished the Associated
Press with the following statement:
"The first object of the bill Indisputa
bly Is to prevent prosecution of those
maintaining polygamous relations long
since contracted. The effect, however,
will probably be to have adopted a consti
tutional amendment giving power to Con
gress to legislate against' polygamy and
unlawful cohabitation. Laws passed un
der such an amendment will be prosecuted
by United States District Attorneys sworn
to enforce the law, and violations will be
carefully looked up by United States Mar
shals and their assistants. There will thus
be a return to conditions prevalent dur
ing the aggressive prosecutions of the Edmunds-Tucker
.law, when hundreds of
prominent Mormons were imprisoned for
their polygamous practices, and number
less others were In hiding or out of Utah
to avoid arrest. There will, however, in
case of conviction, be additional hardships
over those suffered In former times.
Those men convicted were Imprisoned
here, near their homes, and were deemed
by their neighbors as martyrs rather than
criminals. Convicted under United. States
law, they would be confined In United
States prisons outside of Utah, and away
from the support and consolation of their
friends. I opposed the bill In all friend
ship for the law-abiding people of Utah,
and with pity for the suffering that those
not strictly law-abiding will bring upon
themselves. It is a distinct step back
wards, and can bring naught but misery."
The Nebraska Deadlock.
LINCOLN. Neb., "March 1L The vote on
United States Senator today was as fol
lows: Allen 27
Currle ... 12
Melklejohn 20
Hlnshaw 19
Rosewater 13
Scattering 8
Not voting 46
Hitchcock 19
W. H. Thompson.12
iJerge H
D. E. Thompson.. 30
Crounse 10
Bryan Called on 'Van Wyck.
NEW YORK, March 11. W. J. Bryan
called upon Mayor Van Wyck today. Mr.
Bryan will go to Philadelphia tomorrow.
Photographing a Real Indian.
Everybody's Magazine.
Posing Is slow work, but tea, with hot
frankfurters between unbuttered slices of
bread, filled In the waits to every one's
satisfaction. The Indian visitors were po
lite, but frank. It happened that a crust
fell to the share of Iron. Tall, whereat he
promptly returned It to be exchanged for
a slice from the Inside of the loaf.
The artist, meanwhile, had begun to
weary of beadwork and feathers.
"I want a real raw Indian for a change,"
she declared. "The kind I used to see
when I was a child."
Quite at random she selected Iron Tall,
and proceeded to divest him of his finer'.
Feathers and trinkets were removed, and
amid a dead silence she placed him before
the camera and secured the most remark
able portrait of the whole collection. He
said never a word, but obeyed Instructions
like an automaton. In the wonderful face
it Is perhaps not fanciful to read some
thing of the misery which he was really
undergoing. For the truth was that ever'
feather represented some act of bravery,
either on his own part or that of his an
cestors. This superb old Sioux (who prob
ably took part In the Custer fight nearly
a quarter of a century ago) has been a
mighty man of battle; the number of his
plumes stood for enemies slain; they were
like a medal of honor, or a Victoria Cross,
or the Order of the Legion, and to bo
stripped of them before his comrades was
as If a Captain's sword should be broken
in the face of his men. Without senti
mental exaggeration, It was a traced- to
the veteran. When the portrait was hand
ed to him some days later, he tore it in
two and flung It from him. Luckily, how
ever, an explanation and a second sitting
in full regalia entirely restored his peace
of mind.
REJECTIONS OF IMPORTED TEA
Some Improvement In Entries at
New York and Chicago.
The operation of the tea Inspection law,
as indicated by special reports of the
Treasury Department, seems to be dimin
ishing the quantity of poor tea brought
to leading American ports. The gross
importations for the six months ending
with December last were considerably
larger at New York than for the six
months ending with June, 1900, or the
corresponding six months ending with De
cember, 1S99. The amount passed during
the six months ending with December,
1S99, was 25,059,309 pounds, and the amount
rejected was 12S.610 pounds. The amount
passed during the six months ending on
June 30, 1900. was 22.6S2.441 pounds, and the
amount rejected was 577,555 pounds. The
record for the six months ending with De
cember last, as appears by the table be
low, was 32,625,941 pounds passed, and 3S6,
S75 pounds rejected. Ttte Increase In Im
portations during the last six months, as
compared with the six months ending
June 30. 1SO0. was chiefly in Formosa
Oolong, of which the amount passed In
the earlier period was 5,259,514 pounds,
and in Congou, of which the amount
passed was 3,672,421. Tnese two items
account for nearly the entire Increase,
but there was an Increase in Japan tea!
of which importations for the earlier
period there were only 1,076.427 pounds,
which was offset by scattered losses In
other classes during the last six months.
The details of the Importations for the six
months ending with December appear in
the following table:
Tea passed and rejected at New York.
July 1 to December 31, 1DO0
Passed. Rejected.
Pkgs. Lbs. Pkgs. Lbs.
Formosa Oo
long 242,594 8,253.157 9,272 305.975
oochow Oo
long 41,155 1,914,220
Congou 1S9.7SS 10,476,261 873 54.000
India and
Ceylon 21,829 1.522.763
Pingsuey 71.354 2.507.631 237 7,300
Country green 25,793 1.810,024 56 3.600
Japan 75,863 5,662,656 202 16 000
Japan dust... 3,892 304.010
Scented Pekoe 1,914 37,424
Capers 2,923 56.S99
Canton 1.S74 78.S96
Total 67S,979 32,625,941 10.640 326.S75
Damaged.
The most Important tea port after New
York Is Chicago, where entries have al
most trebled within the past six months.
The figures for the later period, however,
are below those for the corresponding
months of 1893, so that no real Increase In
the movement at Chicago can be claimed,
when allowance Is made for the difference
of season. The total amount of tea
passed at Chicago during 1S9S was 9,994,577
pounds and during 1S99, 4,573,217 pounds
for the first six months and 13.S94.620
pounds for the second six months. The
amount passed and the amount rejected
was 13S0 pounds. There were no rejec
tions during the six months ending with
December, and the classification of the
tea passed Is set forth in the following
table:
Tea passed at Chicago, July 1 to Decem
ber 31. 1900
Kind of Tea Pkgs. Lbs.
Japane 69,306 5.371.7S9
Greens 51.3S9 2.328,661
Oolongs 10.514 3C9.7D7
Congous 17.714 965,599
Indlas 3,966 276,293
Total 152.S73 9,312,051
There appears to have been a real In
crease In the movement of tea at San
Francisco over the movement for the cor
responding season of the previous year.
The total tea passed during the calendar
year 1S9S was 9,555,387 pounds, and rejec
tions were 173.3S4 pounds. The year 1S90
showed tea passed for the first six months
to the amount of 2,453,556 pounds, and re
jected to the amount of 43,243 pounds, and
for the second six months tea passed to
the amount of 9,058,366 pounds, and reject
ed to the amount of 66.71S pounds. Then
came the report for the first six months
of 1900, showing tea passed to the amount
of 1.559,471 pounds, and rejected to the
amount of 31,283 pounds. The complete
figures for 1900, Including the movement
for the last six months as set forth below,
will show tea passed to the amount of
about 14,600,000 pounds, as compared with
about 11.500,000 pounds for the entire year
1S99. The classification of tea passed and
rejected for the last part of the year Is
as follows:
Tea passed and rejected at San Fran
cisco, July 1 to December 31, 1900
Passed. Rejected.
Tea. Pkgs. Lbs. Pkgs. Lbs.
China 104,327 4.S55.510 1,274 44.869
Japan 135,313 7,927.502 1,100 S3.605
India 3,726 247,782
Total 213,366 13,030,794 2,374 12S.474
The tea movement at otner ports was
comparatively trifling, although In most
cases larger than during the first half of
1900. Boston showed no rejections, in the
face of largely increased entries. The tea
passed was 475,246 pounds of China; 509,479
pounds of Japan; 84.1SS pounds of India
and 44,893 pounds of Ceylon. St. Paul,
Minn., ranks well up In the list of the
smaller tea ports and showed entries of
2,845,544 pounds for the six months ending
with December. The Japan tea passed
was 2,642,559 pounds, and the China tea
202.9S5 pounds. There were no rejections.
Port Townscnd showed entries of a little
more than 700,000 pounds, of which Japan
tea was passed to the amount of 639,213
pounds, and rejected to the amount of 1250
pounds. China was passed to the amount
of 61,629 pounds, and Ceyion 585 pounds
with no rejections. Philadelphia passed
76,495 pounds of a variety of teas, and re
jected none. The largest items were
29,447 pounds of Pekoe, 20,177 pounds of
Oolong and 17,305 pounds unclassified. Bal
timore passed only 34,350 pounds, of which
29,274 wa3 British East India and 514o was
China, and made no rejections. Portland,
Or., passed 447,761 pounds of Japan, 117,486
pounds of China, and 9640 pounds of India
teas. Rejections were S9S5 pounds of Ja
pan and 7S0 pounds of China. The amount
passed at New Orleans was only 620
pounds of black tea, without rejections.
Clock Told the Secret.
Chicago Chronicle.
Because he listened while his neigh
bors talked over the telephone, William
Gehrung, a farmer, living near Dresden,
O. has been fined by the said neighbors
$23".
Some time ago a number of the agri
culturists organized a telephone company.
Each man built one mile of line, which he
keeps In regular repair. An exchange Is
maintained at Frazerburg, each farmer
contributing to the salary of the operator.
When the telephones were put In the
party line principle was "employed. Half
a dozen 'phones are on each line, and
when one Is called all ring. An agreement
was made that any subscriber found
guilty of listening would be fined $25.
By and by friction developed. Farmer
Green and Farmer Brown discovered that
whenever they talked some person on t,he
line listened to the conversation. Com-,
plaints multiplied, but no definite clew"
was obtained until one frosty morning
during a recent cold snap.
"Hello, Green; going .to town this
morning?"
"Yes."
"Say, will you get me two pounds of"
"Somebody's listening again," remarked
Green. "I'd give anything to find out
who that fellow is."
"If we catch him It won't be good for
him." remarked Brown.
"Say. whose clock was that striking?"
ho asked.
"Bill Gehrung's," came the answer.
And In less than an hour every subscrib
er knew that one William Gehrung had
been detected by his clock, the peculiar
tone of which was known far and wide.
The outcome was the fining of Gehrung,
according to agreement.
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