ID THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, lyuz. FRAMING NEW LAWS Multnomah Delegation Will Keep Busy. WEEKLY MEETINGS PROPOSED Committee Will Soon Go to Work Amendment of Law May 3Iect Op position Unanimous for New City Charter. The "coming out party" of the Multno mah lawmakers last week was such a big success that the gentlemen will try the same thing over again next Friday night. These "functions" will probably be weekly affairs until the legislature shall convene. The solons have now "got busy" and their next turnover will be to "get wise" on certain matters of legisla tion that will be "up to them." The law makers will have to butt into a great pile of bills ere long and, if they don't see what they want, it will be because what they want is buried underneath. C. W. Hodson, chairman of the dele gation, will announce appointments to committees probably tomorrow. The Ore gonlan' asked him yesterday if he had yet made the appointments. "No," he replied. " I have not, but J hope to do so by "Wednesday." The duties of the Ave committees will be on subjectSvespectively as follows: ' Assessment and taxation. Labor. Elections. County and city affairs. Lewis and Clark legislation. These subjects cover a wide range of work and many bills will be prepared under them. To Amend Tax Law. ' An effort will doubtless be made to amend the new tax law now in force, toward the end of reducing penalties for delinquency, lessening or abolishing the rebate for early payment, lengthening the period for payment and making taxes payable in the Fall of the year Instead of In the early Spring. These proposed changes will labor under heavy disadvantages, on account of the highly efficient and satisfactory opera tion of the law as it now stands. The success of the law has been remarkable. The accounts of the Sheriff of Multnomah County show that the amount of delin quent taxes this year Is only $26,611 33. This sum is insignificant compared with that of last year. In 1901 delinquencies amounted to ?2S5,19S 11, over 10 times as much as this year. Of this amount $267, 500 93 was paid before the time of sale. This comparison represents a" big sav ing to the county, -. inasmuch as under the old system the county had to carry Itself along on warrants bearing G per cent interest because taxes did not come In promptly. Property-owners took their own time about paying. The motive for delinquency in many cases ivas as strong as that for payment- But under the new system has come a wholesome change. Payment before March 16 is rewarded by a rebate of 3 per cent. Payment after the first Monday in April is punished by a penalty of 10 per cent on the amount of the tax and by an interest charge of 12 per cent until the money is paid. The B per cent rebate caused over $1,000,000 to be collected in Multnomah County before March 16. The remaining $317,000 due on the 1901 assessment roll was all paid be fore October 7, except the $26,611 33 men tioned above. The new system has saved money to the county. It has saved money to property-owners who have heretofore had to pay largely for the delinquency of others. It has secured prompt payment of taxes. In short. Jt has accomplished all that it was Intended to do. It would seem there fore that any endeavor to change Its" es sential character will have uphill work. Bills to Benefit Labor. Labor unions will present a bill to re strict child labor, another to create an office of State Labor Commissioner, whose duties would be those of gathering Infor mation and statistics about labor in gen eral; another to prevent overcrowding of theaters and a fourth to enact legislation, for an eight-hour day for workingmen. The most important election law, which the Legislature, will be asked to enact, will be one for" direct primary nomina tions. Such legislation as this will be the natural step in advance of the pri mary law passed by the last Legislature for election of delegates to political con ventions. The Multnomafi delegation will approve such a measure if It Is framed constitutionally. The members of the. del egation who have been Interviewed on the subject have all expressed themselves as favorable to a direct primary law. Taxpayers' LcaRne 'Bills. The Taxpayers' League has a number of bills under preparation for the better administration of county affairs. The two most Important are:- First, to amend the tax law sothat the Assessor may reach personal property more effectively. Much personal property In the form of stocks of goods Is brought Into the county after the assessment rolls are closed, and In that way escapes taxation. Second, to limit the county expenditures to the amount of the tax levy. Other bills to be offered by the league are: To make the County Treasurer the tax collector. To allow purchase of county supplies up to the value of $100. by other method than bv competitive bid and contract. To limit1 the pay of County Commission ers to the actual number of days given to county business. To give the County Auditor authority to pass upon bills against the county. To provide for fuller publication of the financial accounts of the county. The delegation will have neither to chew nor to digest the new city charter, be cause it has resolved to stand by the in etrument as framed by the commission. Lewis and Clark Pair. The Lewis and Clark committer, which' Chairman Hodson will appoint, will con fer with the Lewis and Clark Board. The board will meet next Friday. President Corbett will appoint a number- of com mittees, including one on legislation. "With this legislation committee the com mittee of the delegation will confer. Chairman Hodson has received one bill for the consideration of 'the delegation. This bill Is framed to secure better serv ice from telephone companies. It. imposes a fine of $25 when a company requires a deposit of money tind fails to give connec tion, and a fine of $100 for failure of a company to respond promptly to calls and to give quick service. A bill to protect timber lands from fire will be offered. This measure will pro vide for wardens or rangers to patrol for est districts. These wardens would be ap pointed and paid either by the state or by the owners of the lands; If by the lat ter, tfie wardens would exercise police powers and be vested -with the full power of the law. Timber-land interests will make a strong pull for protection against fire at the coming session. Laws may be proposed to restrain farmers and lahd clearers from the free use of fire which they now enjoy. An Inheritance-tax measure will -be of fered. It Is now In preparation .by the Taxpayers' League. . Tax on New Corporations. Another measure. If enacted Into a law, Will impose a graded tax on newly organ ized corporations, according to the amount of their capitalization, and on foreign cor porations doing business In the state Foreign corporations "will be required to have a resident agent In Oregon. Amendments to the general fee bill will bo proposed to remove discrepancies. The game laws will probably be amend ed so as to shorten the season for killing upland birds and to . open the season ear lier. Licenses may be Imposed on hunt ers who do not live in the state. The GamCWarden believes that the money re ceived therefrom would sustain the office and enable it to do its work more effect ually. The Dairy and Food Commissioner will ask for amendments that will enable him to require higher standards of spices, con densed mine and vinegar. He will ask that sales of butter be permitted only in one- and two-pound rolls and squares. An tttempt may be made to restore the Board of Charities and Correction, which had a brief life 10 years ago. Bills may be offered to put state institutions under the control of Individual nonnartisan boards. A lav, will be proposed to require that Insane patients be transported to the asy lum at Salem by skilled attendants. CONTEST FOR THEIR CHILD Mother Arrested at Instance of Her Hnsband for Child-Stealing. Mrs. Minnie Bradish was brought from Hood River yesterday, in company with her daughter. Pearl Heath, 9 years old, by Special Officer Hawley, of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, and the mother was locked up at the City Jail, charged with child-stealing. Her daughter was taken to the home of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. In an interview Mj-s. Bradish stated: "These legal proceedings against me have been started by my divorced hus band, F. M. Heath, who secured a di vorce from me in South Dakota several years ago. We have five children, the ages of whom vary from 16 to 5 years, and at the time the divorce was granted the court awarded my husband 'the cus tody of our children. I kept several of the children with me. Pearl among them, and married a second time, one Frederick Bradish, but, on account of my keeping the children, he leffme, and I understand he Is now In Idaho. My first husband came to this city three years ago, and he is in the furniture business. .1 went to Spokane, and there Pearl became very 111, and I procured medical attendance and medicine for her until she got well. "About one week ago Heath., my first husband, wrote me to come to Portland, and that he would take care of the child and me, but I then found that he had a housekeeper already engaged. I then took Pearl with me- to Hood River, where I supported her and myself by working out. I only took my daughter with me to take care of her, as she Is delicate. Heath 1 tried to take Pearl from me when I was In Spokane, but he was unsuccessful." DAILY CITY STATISTICS. 31arrlnp;e Liccnneii. Charles de Lashmutt, 32; Mary Dorner, 42. R. E. Doyle. 24; Emma M. Thlel, 23. Joseph N. Jones. 36; Nora E. Faulkner, 21. Fred W. Booth. 23; Mina Zeek. 23. Contagious Diseases. November 0. Violet Hays, northwest corner East Eleventh and Alder; diphtheria. November 9, Mabel Pittman. Yv'oodlawn; ty phoid fever. nirtns. November 2, boy to the wife of J. A. Jones, 486 Rodney avenue. November 1. girl to the wife of Bert Hicks, .544 'East Seventh street. Deaths. November 7, Andrew Lyons, 25 years 3 months 7 days, 641 Marshall street; pulmonary hemorrhage. November 8, Charles F. Hoffman, 44 years, St. Vincent's Hospital; typhoid fever. November 0, Charles Perrault, i5 years, St. Vincent's Hospital:, chronic nephritis. November 8, A. H. Smith. 24 years. North Pacific Sanitarium; peritonitis. Building Permits. Mrs. Nellie Sheldon, one-story dwelling. Union avenue, between Falling and Beech; flCOO. Sidewalk Permits. George Baschlln, Tenth and Lovejoy; 100 feet cement. Contractor. Fourth and Hall; 36 feet cement. Turn Vereln, Twenty-second and Hoyt; 50 feet' cement. B. "W. Morris, Twenty-flrst and Lovejoy; re pairs. Olaf Johnson, East Twelfth and Tillamook; repairs. Total, 186 feet cement. Real Estate Trnnsfers. Ja.mes S. Johnstone and wife to E. Schvenbechler, lots 2 and 4, block .5, South Portland .' $ 400 M. L. Holbrook and wife to Doernbecher Manufacturing Company, 14.33 acres, sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, township 1 north, range 1 west 20,000 Same to same, undivided 14 Interest river . block A. James Johns' Second Addi tion; river lots or blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, C. 7. 8. 0. 10. 11. 12, 13 and 14; frac tional blocks 0. 11. 12 and 13, James Johns' Addition 10,000 B. M. Smith and wife to Sadie Star- buck, lot 22, block 22, Alblna 2,800 D. F. Sherman, administrator to the I.nIon Trust & Investment Company, lots 9 and 10. DeLashmutt & Oat man's Little Homes Sub. No. 4; 5 acres, section 17, township 1 south, range 2 east; undivided li lots 3 and 4, block 1. McMillan's Addition; undivid ed i lots 17 and 18. De Lashmutt & Oatman's Little Homes Sub. No. 1; undivided lots 2 and 30. De Lash mutt & Oatman's Little Homes Sub. No. 2; undivided "W. lots 1 and 2. block 12, Carter's Addition; undivided & lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and 13 to 30, in clusive. DeLashmutt & Oatman's Lit tle Homes Sub. No. 4; lots 5. 0, 7 and 8. block 45, Linn ton; ?i acre sec tion 21, township 1 north, range 1 east; undivided 1-12 lot 1, section 20, lots 1 and 2, E. ?4 NE. U section 21, township 1 north, range 1 east, except parcel land- beginning at point center of section 21 4,870 R. L. Zeller et al. to TV. N. Le Van "Way. part lots 5 and 0, block 23S, East Portland 3,200 "Washington National Building, Loan & Investment Association to E. C.-John-so'n, lot 15, block -4, North Villa 425 Erik Petterson to F. H. Gates, lot 9, block 27. Feurer's Addition.. -....i.... 1,250 Paul Schnele and wife to Mary L. Sparks, lots 11, 12, 13. 14 and 15, block 4, Chicago Center 200 W. B. Hampfon and wife to William Reldt, lots 13 and 15, block 12. High land Park GO Gussle Harmount and husband to S. L. Taylor, lot 4. block 13. Cloverdale Ex tension No. 2 1,350 John Bain to W. C. Dunlway. 331-3x100 feet in lots 7 an S. block 202 800 Maurice Goodman to James Goodman, N. 40 feet lot 6. block 218, city 6,000 Portland Lone Fir Cemetery Company to F. Mathlas. lot 9, block 37, Lone Fir cemetery 40 A E. Stearns to Theodore F. Stearns, lot 2, block 10, Multnomah j Laura KIckert to JC. M. Ross, lot 3, prune placet In section 2, township 1 south, range 2 east 300 M. S. MacMahon et ux. to W. Went, E. 6 1-3 feet lot 10, and E. 0 1-3 feet of S. 32 feet lot 9, Glenwood Park 50 L. and S. "W. Russell to M. A. Blyth. S. 30 feet lot 32. Cedar Hill 3,000 Title Guarantee & Trust Company to John Schlelge, lot 4, bloclcll. North Irvington joo Sunnyslde Land & Improvement Com pany to A. C. Anderson, lots 13 and 14, block 21, Sunnyslde 45 H. W. Diercks to J. G. Henrlce. un divided 1-3 S. H NW. M and NE. H SW. 14. section 1C. township 1 south, range 5" east 100 J. and T. Donncrberg to S. J. Rodkey, lots 1 and 2, block 327 13,000 C. M. Russell to L. M. Gammans, blocks 17 and 18 and undivided W. blocks 9 to 11 and 19 and 12. Fairlawn 1 Elizabeth Cleveland to G. G. Gammans, lots 11 to 13, Rivcrrood Tract 1 For Guaranteed Titles See Pacific Coast Abstract, Guaranty & ' Trust Co.. 204-5-6-7 Failing building. PORTLAND-CHICAGO. Seventy hours is the time of the "Chicago-Portland Special" from Portland to Chicago. Leaves Portland every day at 8 A. , Ticket office Third and Wash ington. 0. K. & N. Ca WITHSTOOD BIG CURRENT LINEMAN RECEIVED 6000 VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY, BUT LIVES. Three Times Current Used to Kill Criminals Burned Him, But He Fell and Saved His Life. A charge of electricity, said to be 6000 volts, passed through the body of George Stlncon, an employe of the Portland Gen eral Electric Company yesterday, and while he was badly shocked, it is thought that no serious injuries resulted. Consid ering that but 2000 volts are used to kill criminals in the electric chair, this oc currence Is considered little short of a true miracle, and can be accounted for only by the fact that the victim fell from the wires the instant that they touched him, being exposed to the mighty charge but a fraction of a second. The live wires burned through his clothing and made bad flesh wounds on his arm and thigh, and he was knocked from a scaffold 15 feet high and sustained some Internal Injuries on account of the fall. It was impossible, to diagnose his case thoroughly last night, but It thought a rib was broken. He was coughing blood and It is thdught probable that the brok en end of the rib was driven into the lung DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN Mrs. Ellen L. Lockwood. dropsy of the hearth. She was buried November 1 in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery at Lorane, and the funeral was attended by the community for miles around. structure. He was resting well last night, however, and the doctor In attendance said that his chances for recovery were good. Stinson was working at the Union Power house at the end of Twenty-first street. He was trying to adjust some wires near the top of the building and was standing on a scaffold some 15 feet high. Through some accident he touched one of the wires with his hip at the same time that he touched the other with his arm. A short circuit was set up and If the wires had been redhot, they could not have burned with greater fierceness. The shock stunned him and he fell from the scaffold, freeing himself from the burning wires, and saving his life. He had been in contact with them but a fraction of h second, yet his clothe were burned through where they touched and ugly wounds were made in his flesh. Through "the wires that he touched 6000 volts of electricity were said to be coursing con stantly and the doctors say that It Is wonderful that he was not lnstantly killed. He was taken At once to the Good Samaritan Hospital. The doctor who examined him said that he did not seem to have been affected seriously by the shock of electricity, but that he had sustained some Internal In juries as a result of the fall. But a short time ago he had one of his ribs broken and it Is thought that this was broken again and thrust Into the substance of the lungs. FOR IRRIGATION WEEK. More Than Half of Entertnlnment . Fnnd Raised. All the money for irrigation week will be raised by tomorrow. In the afternoon the business men's committee will meet to complete plans for the entertainment of the many visitors who will be In the the city. This morning the committee which Is raising the fund for the expenses of the convention will make a tour of Front and First-street merchants for sub scriptions. Yesterday the fund stood at ?S60. Today and tomorrow it will be In creased to $1500. The several subscription committees will scurry around lively. Chairman Ben Selling, of the entertain ment committee, told the gentlemen yes terday that his plans would rest until the money was In sight, hence the com- mllton In nnir'nn tho hii5tlf Tho Infla tions- range from $50 down. That sum each has been subscribed by Ladd & Tilton, First National Bank. City & Suburban Railway Company and the Portland Rail way Company. . Hotel facilities will be severely taxed by the thousands of visitors who will be in Portland "Irrigation week." Know ing people are engaging accommodations ahead. The Oregon Livestock Association will hold a business meeting November 20, the day after the convention. Livestock breeders from all parts of the state" will be In attendance. The subjects of dis cussion will be Important. The associa tion will endeavor to have a uniform premium list adopted by Industrial fairs on the Northwest circuit. It will en deavor to secure ldwer local rates from railroads for transportation of livestock in less than carload shipments. The present tariff has been in force for many years and Is a heavy burden on the In dustry. For example, the cost of ship ping a high-bred sheep from Western to Eastern Oregon is frequently so high as to be prohibitive. The question of rep resenting livestock interests at the 1905 Fair and at the St Louis fair In 1904 will be discussed. Oregon has some of the finest livestock in the world, particularly sheep, and the association desires 40 ad vertise this fact abroad. MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS. Board Delays Action Aerain Protest Against Water Taxes. At the meeting of the Board of Educa tion last evening the vexing question of the continuation of music in the schools was not brought up on account of Chair nan Richard Williams being forced to leave soon after the meeting opened. The music questlortxwlll be brought up at the next meeting, and will probably be set tled. If the board does decide to continue the study off music as it was taught last year, the question of selecting a supervisor- will then confront the members. The resignation of Mrs. M. B. Hogue as teacher In the night school was accepted and Mrs. W. C. AJderson elected to fill the position. H. R'. Wlnchell was made assistant of the Williams-Avenue night school. Charles Marias, the janitor of the North Central School, tendered his resig nation, and J. F. Burns was appointed to fill the vacancy. On account of increased work, Nathan Wagner, the janitor of the Chapman School, asked a higher .salary. and the board allowed him an Increase of $5 per month. School Clerk H. S. Allen then read the water bill for the schools for .October, and a general protest was raised against paying 5170. The Harrison, South Port land and Park Schools In particular had run up extra large bills, and after a dis cussion of the reasons for this the mat ter was referred to the financial commit tee. An effort will probably be made to have the water rate of the schools low ered. At this point Chairman Williams excused himself and Henry Wltlenberg took the chair. Benevolent Institutions' such as the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society and the Children's Home will be allowed to solicit contribu tions from Che, school children for the ap- proacmng nonaays. xne nve pupu ieacn- ers wno nave ocen teacning at nau pay for the last five weeks were eacn allowed $37 50 for their services. Superintendent Frank Riglcr. In reading ! his reports, said: "The principal-of the 1 Fernwood School reports that , the chll- dren have found pn the school property partly decomposed body" here the report ers awoke with a start "of a calf, ' added Mr. RlKler, Quietly. The proper authorl- j ties will be notified to remove the car cass. DOLE DENIES LABOR'S WAIL Porto Ricans Not Illy Treated Hawaiian Plantation. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. Secretary Hitchcock has received from Governor Dole, of Hawaii, a statement denying re ports of Ill-treatment of several thou- LANE COUNTY WOMAN. Mrs. Ellen L. Lockwood, who died at Lorane. Lane 'County, Oregon, October 31, emlcrated to Oregon from California with her husband in the year I860, and up to the time of her death resided in Lane County, and nearly all of the time at Lorane, where she has been a leading person In that community, esteemed and beloved by all. She was a zealous and devoted member of Sluslaw Grange, and an officer of the Sluslaw Agricultural Soci ety, -and as president of that asso ciation her good work brought It to the 'front and to recent notice by the papers of the state. Mrs. Lock wood was born In Concord, Jeffer son County, "Wis., January 25, 1848. Her father, Hon. J. D. Petrie, now resides with his wife, the mother of Mrs. Lockwood, on a farm near Lorane. Besides her husband, she left seven children Watklns P., of Vancouver, B. C; Ernest C, of Cottage Grove, Or.; Gertrude E., Mildred G., Flossie A. Stanley G. and Ursula, all of Lorane. The Im mediate cause of her death was sand Porto Ricans on Hawaiian sugar plantations. The laborers went to Ha waii at the solicitation of the Sugar Planters' Association, and the complaint was made by Pedro J. Agostini, father of one of the workmen. The Governor says, after an Investigation, that the desire "of some of the laborers to return to Porto Rico results from homesickness, influ enced by imaginative persons, and will subside with time, and that the condition of the industrious Porto Ricans is satis factory and their health has improved. WORKING ON CUBAN REPORT General Wood Returns to Washing ton to Tnlce Up His Work. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. General Wood returned to Washington today, and at once resumed work on his report of the occupation and government of Cuba. He says he has been absent too long to speak with any actual or direct knowledge of present conditions In Cuba with the pros pects of the island. He has not yet seen Minister Quesada, nor has he had oppor tunity to discuss the situation with offi cials of the United States, who are fa miliar with recent developments. General Wood called at the White House and had a brief interview with the President. He said there was no offi cial significance In his visit, and he de sired merely to pay his respects. DIFFERENCE WITH CUBA. Mnln Isiine With America Is the Re bate on Sugar. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. While the Cuban reciprocity treaty remains In Ha vana, President Palma has supplied to Senor Quesada, the Cuban Minister here, full Instructions as to the representations to be made to the United States Govern ment respecting it, and these already have been made known to Secretary Hay. It is gathered thot the main issue between the negotiators Is the rate of rebate to be al lowed upon Cuban, sugar and tobacco en tering the United States, and as indicated last week, it Is probable that there will be a compromise between the 25 per cent which the United States Government Is willing to allow and the 50 per cent which f the Cubans demand Women, from their sedentary habits, are often 'subject -to headache and constipa tion. 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It Is written nnt for thp mwante nerusal of the ef- fptf who .. ,n houses witn f ront door bells and like prosaic adjuncts- of an out worn civilization, but for the exhilarat ing delectation of those short-trousered plrates, highwaymen, buccaneers and whole-sdulcd knights of the dark lantern who infest every household in the land. Here they may drink deep of the tragic spring. The very first page bears an en chanted dress. "He was born" not, O I unsophisticated reader, in a definite and therefore vulgar spot, but "either in a j county in New York or in Louisville," Ky." What more romantic beginning to a ca reer could one Imagine? Think of it! Throughout the perils of life to wear the mystery of an undecided birthplace! One can fancy to himself the scorn with which the young desperado who hugs this book to his bloodstained waist-front thinks of the family Bible where his own birth day Is marked in ink of maddening indeli bility. There Is but one Incident of Tracy's early history that stands forth the portent of his future. His "beldam" mother had ' grossly ordered him to bring in the wood: "Ha! Ha!" laughed the embryo outlaw, a wild rage thickening his heart's blood. "Dost tell me to do menial's toil? I swear by the dark shore of Erebus that I will not!" His mother quailed In dire dread. She recognized the master spirit. The boy had shown a man's soul. His career was begun. After this glimpse of the future terror of three states there is nothing but dark hints till we reach his life in Chicago. Again we quote, more or less accurately: State street lay a vast vista of spoil, and the young desperado gloated with great gloats. A -policeman strolled watchfully across the pavement. He knew not of his doom. Tracy took off his coat and pulled a dress skirt out of a concealed pocket. An Instant later a timid female ap proached the dread guardian of the law. There was an Instant's parley. A smoth ered hhriek resounded. The policeman fled. Two piercing gray eyes had read his inmost soul. , The coast was clear. Five minutes later the young hero walked away, bearing a precious sack of prunes from the stall he had watched for hours. The deed was done, and no eye saw. The rest of the story Is familiar to the world. But the harrowing details of. Tracy's last moments have not yet been given to the world. The barrel of his trusty rifle was hot beyond holding. Beads of sweat stood out upon the bold man's brow. He had. only 13Q rounds of ammunition left. His pur suers numbered four. He did not give up hope. Clutching his sheath knife in his teeth, carrying his rifle in one hand and a revolver In the other, he crept on hands and knees from the shelter of the rock blistered by the smoke from his shota A bullet plowed up the dust under him. "Thrice base villain!" he muttered. Then with a wild laugh he rose to his full height and plunged Into' the thicket He was. safe. "Foiled again!" he gloated between his teeth. But his pursuers had not lost the scent. A rifle ball broke his leg. The hot blood flowed. He stanched it with a leather strap. He pressed on. Stealthily the posse slunk upon their prey. Hour after hour they listened for the sound of crackling wheat stalks. Night came on. There was a dull report Tracy had balked vengeance again. The posse knew it not. Tracy was dead. Dawn broke and the posse advanced on their prey. They had been ndvanclng tor six weeks. They still advanced. They were dauntless. ouaaeniy tne Dravest rose. Death or S5000 reward," he yelled. The others were cowed. Suddenly a cheer rent the welkin. Those waiting listened with creaking ueits. The cry was repeated. The stirring notes froze their blood. They had lost the reward. The man who had dared death came back. "Poltroons!" he cried again And Tracy's grim lips smiled in death. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS Existence of Incorporation Estab lished by Proving: Chnrter. 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Courts on the ground that all the parties really Interested were nonresidents of Oregon. This request was refused, and the Supreme "Court approves the refusal for the reason that the plaintiff sought a personal judgment against the Portland Savings Bank and Richard Nixon, receiv er, who were resident; of Oregon. A demurrer, and subsequently a plea In abatement, were interposed upon the ground that the United States Mortgage & Trust Company was not legally author ized to do business In this state. The de murrer was overruled and the plea de cided adversely. It was shown bj' the evi dence that the company had been created by special act of the New York Legis lature; that It had executed powers of at torney to its agent In Multnomah County, and that the notes and mortgage In ques tion had been executed to It. The Supreme Court holds that this was a sufficient showing under the rule that "the most usual way, and the one ordinarily ac counted sufficient for establishing the ex istence of a corporation created by a spe cial act of the Legislature, is to prove a charter, and user thereunder, in the name therein designated, of the powers, fran chises and privileges granted. The lower court refused permission to plead to the merits after the plea in abate ment had been decided, and this ruling is held to have been proper. Ida M. Duntley, administratrix, appel lant vs. Inman, Poulsen & Co., respond ent, from Multnomah County; A. F. Sears, Jr., Judge; affirmed; opinion by Justice Bean. This was an action for damages for the death of M. H. Duntley. plaintiff's intes tate, who was killed by being drawn Into the machinery at the defendant's mill, where he was employed. The complaint charged the defendant with negligence in providing a defective belt and a defective pulley, In falling to box in the machinery and in failing to provide a proper belt shifter. The rule of law laid down In the decision Is that "a master is not an In surer of the safety of his servant, and Is therefore not bound to furnish absolutely safe appliances or machinery. His duty in this respect is discharged when he exer cises reasonable care and caution to pro vide such machinery or appliances and to keep them in that condition, and the pre sumption Is that he has discharged this duty. He Is only liable for an injury to a servant through a defect in the machinery which was or ought to have been known to him and was unknown to the senrant; and In an action therefor It Is necessary for the servant to prove not only the de fect, but the knowledge or means of knowledge on the part of the master." Petition for rehearing was denied In the case of Stephen Williamson et al. vs. North Pacific Lumber Company. Justice Bean rendered an opinion holding that the question of fraud in the settlement of the dispute over the lumber cargoes extended to the 'whole of both cargoes, and that defendant. Is entitled to costs on cross appeal. BIG IDAHO TIMBER DEAL. Wisconsin Parties Purchase 224, 308,000 Feet Yellow Pine. BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 10. At Idaho City. Chief Clerk Steunenberg, of the State Its component parts are all wholesome. It acts gently without unpleasant after-effects. It is wholly free from objectionable substances. It contains the laxative principles of plants. It contains the carminative principles of plants. It contains wholesome aromatic liquids which are agreeable and refreshing to the taste. All are pure. All are delicately blended. All are skillfully and scientifically compounded. 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COULD NOT SLEEP GAINED 35 POUNDS Land Board, today sold 224.C6j5.G0O fect of yellow pine at SI csnts per thousand. The purchaser Is William Deary, of Moscow, representing the Northland Pine Com pany, In which Wisconsin lumbermen nra Interested. Under the terms of the sale, 10 per cent of the total purchase price of $152,143 C3 was paid down. The remainder Is to be paid as soon as the dccrls shall have been executed. In case the purchaser should I not accept the deeds and make the de ferred payment, the money paid today will be forfeited to tho state. The timbcrvsold Is on lands selected by the state along the North Fork and Its I tributaries betweenSmith's Ferry and the I upper end of the lake. These lands cover 3i'.8C9 acres. Cobban & Casey made a bidxof 80 cents per thousand for the timber. WOULD GIVE UP CHILD. But Court Says Proceeding 3Inst Go on in Colimui Cr.sc. VICTORIA. B. C. Nov. 10. 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