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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
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TRACY IN YELLOW COVERS
BLOOD-CURDLING HISTORY OF THE
OUTLAW APPEARS.
All Thrilling Details of His Flight
and Death Arc Pictured In
Dlmc-Xovel Style.
In an octavo volume, adorned with
gaudy cuts Is contained the history of
TraCyt the outlaw. It is published by
Laird & Lee, and has made its appear-
ance on local ncws.stands. 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.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) United
States Mortgage & Trust Company, re
spondent, vs. Henry F. McClure and
Elizabeth A. McClure, appellants, from
Multnomah County; A. L. Frazer, Judge;
affirmed: opinion by Justice Wolverton.
This was a suit to foreclose a mortgage
given by the Portland Savings Bank to
plaintiff for $150,000. The McClures were
residents of the State of Washington, and
succeeded to the equity of redemption of
the mortgaged property. They asked that
the suit be transferred to the Federal
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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
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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. Caotain
Colman. accused of kidnaping his child
from San Francisco, today offered to re
turn the child to the mother if the extra-
I dition proceedings were waived The
mother and her counsel agreed, but Justlcs
Walkem. before whom the case w js tried,
this afternoon said toit he could .not stop
the case now; the law had been set in mo
tion and justice must be done. He de-
fcrred the decision pending an examina
; tion of the documents in the ca se. Mean
I while the child Is held by the. local po
I lice.
Destroy Property of Dernl Indians.
VICTORIA, B. C. Nov. 10.,-Aftcr wait
ing in the hope that news Tvould be re
ceived of the missing sefiling schooner
Hatzlc for a year, the Kyuquot Indiana
have drsstroyed 20CO blank.ets and all the
' furniture taken from th houses of tho
Indians who were on bo.'trd the schooner.
BANKERS F7LTNG IN.
Xntlonnl Conventl "Will Open at
I -c uricn n Today.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 10. Half a dozen
special trains from as many points be
tween New York and California arrived
today for the convention of the American
Bankers' Association, which begins to
morrow. Myron T. Herrick. the National
president, headed the Cleveland. O., excur
sion, and spoke at the meeting of the
Progressive Union tonight. The executive
r-nnnril hold n sAfInn tr4n..
guests at a private banquet tonight Hcad
I quarters have ben opened at. the St
j Charles Hotel, and 900 delegates have al
ready registered. The formal opnlng of
the conventloa will take place in tho
mornlnjr. and "tho nrlrtrfc nf rnntnii.
Bidgeley will Tve the first day's feature.
San Francisco and Seattle are already In
the field for t'he next convention.
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