THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1903.
TO TAKE OFF LIMIT
House Passes Hale $5000
Damage Case Bill.
STIRS UP A WARM DEBATE
Lawyers Generally Advocate Meas
ure, "Which Leads Mr. Davcy
to Make An Insinuation,
or Tivo.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 30. (Staff corres
pondence.) The House this morning:
passed Representative Hale's bill to re
move the $5000 limitation for damages re
sulting; from death caused by wrongful
act. The matter was threshed out for
about half an hour. The chief argument
for the bill was that thero should no more
be a limitation in case of death than In
case of Injury, and that the present
statute created an anomaly In that it al
lowed recovery for damages to any
amount in case of injury, but only to $5000
in case of death. The advocates of the
bill pointed out that 26 states of the
Vnion had removed the limitation. The
replying argument was that the bill would
place in jeopardy small corporations and
Individuals of limited means who might
be financially ruined by unforeseen or un
avoidable accident. "Whcaldon of Wasco
proposed to amend the bill so as to limit
recovery for damages, say to 50 per cent
of the actual property worth of the of
fender. This motion set up pyrotechnic
oratory in eulogy of the jury system of
awarding damages, and Mr. Whealdon's
amendment was snowed under. On final
passage of the bill the vote stood 4C to
10 in favor of the measure. The vote was:
Aye Bailey. Banks, Bolyeu. Blaklcy,
Both, Burgess, Burleigh, Cantrall, Carna
han, CorneCL Danneman, Eddy, Edwards,
Emmltt, Galloway, Gault, Gill. GInn.,
Hahn, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawkins,
Hayden, Hermann, HInes, Hodson, Hunt
ley, Hutchinson, Johnson, Jones of Lin
coln, Kramer, LaFollett, Msilarkey, Or
ton, Paulsen, Phelps, Reed, Riddle, Rob
bins, Shelley, Simmons, Test. Webster,
Whealdon. Harris 4S.
No-Cobb, Davcy, Fisher, Hudson,
Jones of Multnomah, Kay, Miles, Not
tingham, Olwell, Purdy 10.
The bill is to amend Section 3S1 of the
new code to read as follows:
Sec 381. "When the death of a person
is caused by the wrongful act or omission of
another, the personal representatives of the
former may maintain an action at law there
for against the latter, if the former might
have maintained an action, had he lived,
against the latter for an injury done by the
same act or omission. Such action shall be
commenced within two years after the death,
and the amount of damages recovered, if any,
shall be administered as other personal prop
erty of the deceased person.
Mr. Hale, father of the bill, opened up
the debate. Evidently he was looking for
opposition because he was prepared to
meet it.
"Other states," said he. "have out
grown the necessity of the law such as
we now have, and 20 of them have no
limitation whatever. That is to say. in
the majority of the states of the Union
the amount of damages to be recovered
is left to the judgment of juries."
Mr. Hale went on to say that In 12
states the limitation of $5000. as in Ore
gon, was In force and that In one state
the limitation was $20,000. "The wisdom
of this country." he remarked, "is that
no limitation should exist. A number
of states which once "had the limitation
in their statutes have departed from it."
The speaker mentioned Pennsylvania and
New York as prominent examples for his
argument, and continued:
"Never at any time has the Govern
ment of England permitted any limita
tion. Our neighboring state, "Washing
ton, does not have it. I insist that Oregon
should dispense with It. There is no ar
gument of reason or equity for It. The
amount of damages should be left to the
just determination of the Jury."
Mr. Daves' responded that the argu
ment which once had caused enactment
of the present law was still a strong one.
He believed the removal of the limita
tion would work serious hardship and
disaster. "I can imagine," said he, "our
little street-car company, for example,
financially ruined by an unfortunate ac
cident. In great states like New Tork
and Pennsylvania there might be wisdom
in having no limitation. But the statute
proposed might work great hardship in
a young state like ours."
Mr. Davey said further that the right
to recover damages was not a common
law right, but one conferred by statute.
He contended that the family was well
protected by many kinds of insurance.
He believed the present law a just one.
Mr. Malarkey broke Into the debate
by declaring that he preferred a law
that meant sense to one that meant ab
surdity. He referred to the incongruity
of the present statutes which permitted
a man to recover to an indefinite amount
if he had been injured, but allowed his
heirs and dependents to recover only up
to $5000. Therefore he favored the bill.
Mr. Eddy spoke for the bill saying that
it would not necessarily give right of ac
tion In the case of every death by acci
dent. "If," he added, "we cannot trust
our present method of jury trial, we can
not trust any method and our whole
judicial system must be deemed a fail
ure." Mr. Kay contended that enactment of
the bill in connection with enactment of
a fellow-servant measure might lead to
consequences more serious than now fore
seen. He opposed the bill.
Mr. Cobb declared the bill an injustice
to a small corporation that was trying
to do business. He referred to his own
company as one of those small corpora
tions which employed men who were sub
jected to considerable danger. "If," said
he, "one of our employes should re
cover $20,000. we should be thrown out
of business."
Mr. Banks replied that the legislature
was not making laws in the Interest of
any corporation or aggregation of wealth,
but In the Interest of the whole people.
"There is no reason," he insisted, "why
a man when killed should not recover as
much as when he is only Injured. I am
willing that a jury of 12 capable men
should Judge how much a corporation or
individual should pay. If the wrongful
act of a company results in the death of
an employe. I think the Jury should ren
der a verdict In accordance with the
facts. There Is no valid reason for the
present limitation. We have too great
a tendency to legislate for business In
terests and to forget the privileges of
individual liberty. It is not for -the
legislature to put limits on the rights of
the Individual."
Mr. Davey resumed the floor to say
that the apparent inconsistency In the
law as to recovery of damages for death
and for Injury did not really exist.
"There are many Instances," said he,
"when Injury Is a greater cause for dam
ages than Is death." He mentioned such
injuries as blindness or crippled condi
tion, whereby a person's earning and
protecting powers are cut off and the
individual is made dependent for the
means of livelihood.'
"Let me warn the House," shouted Mr.
Davey, "against the eloquence of these
attorneys who hope to win large fees
from these cases. Don't be deceived.
This bill Is brought In in the interest of
legal practitioners."
Mr. Nottingham didn't favor legislation
in the benefit of lawyers. He hinted that
tile bill would be a large means of rev-
"$20,000 verdict brings more to the law-y3rs-
than does a $5000 verdict." Mr. Not
tingham further alluded to the absurdity
of many arguments for damages before
a .Jury, mentioning the inclination of
juries to "cinch" an employer Just be
cause that unfortunate Individual could
pay or the jury thought he could.
Air. Whealdon thought that there was
equity in a limitation and moved an
amendment so as to put that limitation
at say 50 per cent of the actual worth of
the offender.
Mr. Hale argued against the amend
ment, saying that the bill had been suf
ficiently amended already by elimination
of "negligence" from the bill as a cause
for action and by the requirement that
the action must be brought within two
years after death, instead of three years.
Mr. Phelps spoke In the same strain.
Mr. Judd favored sending the bill back
to the committee.
Mr. Malarkey entered the debate again.
"If I wanted to indulge In reflections,"
he remarked, waving his hand over his
auditors, "I might say that the oppon
ents of this bill arc employers of labor
who" '
Mr. Kay I rise to a point of order.
Mr. Speaker State your point of order.
"The gentleman has already spoken his
limit on this question and"
"Your point of order is not well taken.
The motion for amendment has reopened
the original question. The gentleman from
Multnomah may continue."
"Can anybody." resumed Mr. Malarkey,
"tell me why, if I take a gun and shoot
at a man and don't kill him he can
recover say $100,000; and why. If I do
kill him, his widow should not be able
to recover more than $5000?"
The speaker went on to eulogize the
legal fraternity and the jury system.
"Who are going to take up the cause of
the poor If the lawyers don't?" he asked.
"The question of damages should be
passed upon by juries. These juries are
not made up of lawyers, but of mer
chants and farmers and workmen. Even
with the limitation of $5000 removed,
Judgments for more than that would be
few and far between."
Mr. Eddy also Jumped In to defend the
legal fraternity. "Lawyers," he de
clared In so loud a voice that several
Senators from the other house came in
to see what was the matter, "Lawyers
are just as much actuated by patriotism
and public spirit as arc any class of citi
zens. This bill is not in the Interest of
lawyers but in the Interest of common
justice."
Mr. Eddy added that recommitment of
the bill would be useless because the
committee on judiciary had already re
solved upon its passage.
The motion to amend was lost and the
bill was passed.
PROPOSITION TO CITIZEN'S. .
EiiRene May Secure CarrinRe Fac
tory by Glvlnpr Land and $1000.
EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) R.
M. Cramer, of Corvallis. was in Eugene
today looking into the matter of a loca
tion for his carriage factory, which he
expects to move here from CorvalliA.
After looking over the ground he has
submitted a proposition that if the peo
ple here will donate the land on which
the old Farmers' "Warehouse stood, and
$1000 In cash, he will move the factory at
once. Mr. Cramer also stales that work
will begin soon on the construction of
carriages and that 200 will be built tho
coming season.
"Will AnIc for Injunction.
Notice was served today upon the
School Board, by Attorney A. C. "Wood
cock, that in case the board took the
action which is said to be contemplated
In purchasing the Condon site, in
junction proceedings would ensue. Tho
action of the voters at a meeting called
for the purpose Is the ground given for
the action, the voters having decided
against the Condon site. The directors
are now being urged by some interested
parties to disregard the will of the people
and they have been served with notice
that If certain steps are taken the district
will be involved in litigation. The High
School building and the proposed bond
issue .arc subjects for much animated
dlscussiont
Sheriff AttncheH Store.
The store of C. P. Houston, of Junc
tion City, was attached by the Sheriff
today and E. J. Meats has been placed
in charge.
JAILBREAIC IS AVERTED.
Sheriff at Everett Informed by Sis
ter of a Prltfoner.
EVERETT, "Wash., Jan. 20. A whole
sale jailbreak was frustrated in the Sno
homish County Jail today by the prompt
action of officers. "Word was received by
Sheriff Brewer that a prisoner here had
written his sister in Seattle telling her
that an attempted Jailbreak was about
to occur. She took the letter to an at
torney, who advised her to warn Sheriff
Brewer. In searching the cells the of
ficers found a slungsbot made of tinfoil
covered with a piece of underclothing;
also a large claspknlfe. The ringleaders
are not known.
All butchers In the city have formed a
protective association, and tomorrow will
raise the prices on all meats from 15 to
20 per cent.
The Government Is calling for bids for
an 80x50 T-formed wharf of creosote
piles for Tulallp Indian reservation.
ABERDEEN ELECTRIC PLANT.
Company Incorporated to Furnish
Power for Street-Car and Llhtx.
ABERDEEN, "Wash., Jan. 30. (Special.)
A corporation to be known as the
Gray's Harbor Power and Light Com
pany, with'a capital stock of $250,000, has
been organized by John L. Wilson, Su
preme Court Judge Gordon and E. C.
Finch, of this city. The object is to fur
nish light and establish an electric car
system for Gray's Harbor cities. The
headquarters of the company will be In
Spokane, with a branch office in Aber
deen. Power for running the plants of
the corporation will be obtained from
Little North River falls, five miles south
west of Montesano. The plant is to give
a complete electric road system to all
towns on the harbor and to the ocean.
Electric LlgrhtH for North Bend.
NORTH BEND, Jan. 30. (Special.) L.
J. Simpson, of the Simpson Lumber Com
pany, has received a large dynamo, which
will be an acquisition to the electric
light plant. Poles are being erected
along the water-front and Sherman ave
nue, from the company's Mill No. 1 to
Mill No. 2, a distance of almost two and
a half miles. As soon as the poles can
be placed in position the electric wires
will be stretched and the streets illumin
ated, an Improvement very much needed
these dark Winter nights.
Mining Stock.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 30.-rOfllclal closing
quotations for mining stocks:
Belcher $0 00Occidental Con ...$0 53
Best & Belcher
2 1M
Ophlr
Bullion ..
11
Overman C5
Potosl 61
Caledonia 2 23
Challenge Con ... 44
Chollar 42
Savage
Seg. Belcher ....
Sierra Nevada ..
Silver Hill
Confidence 1 10
Crown Point 40
Gould & Curry... S2
Union Con
Hale & Norcross. 1 45.Utah Con ...
Justice 8 I'ellow Jacket ..
Mexican 1 G0
NEW' TORK. Jan. 30. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Adams Con $0 50!Llttlfc Chief $0 09
Alice 25'Ontarlo 5 50
Breece 45;OphIr 2 00
Brunswick Con .. 7Phoenlx 8
Comstock Tunnel. Oi Potosl 75
Con. Cal. & Va... 2 051Savage 40
Horn Sliver 1 25! Sierra Nevada ... 85
Iron Silver 80, Small Hopes 30
Lead vllle Con ... 3Standard 3 00
BOSTON, Jan. 30. Closing quotations
Adventure $ 15 00'Osceola
Allouez 4 75Parrott
Amalgamated . C3 87 Qulncy
Daly West 38 OOiSanta. Fe Cop..
Bingham 33 75;Tamarack ....
Cal. &. Hecla... 520 001 Tri mountain ...
Centennial .... 25 O0TrInity
Copper Range . 64 75UnIted States ,
Dominion Coal. 125 OOlUtan :
Franklin 10 OOtVictorla ,
Isle Royale .... 11 25( Winona
Mohawk 51 00 Wolverines ...
$ C2 00
7 50
107 O0
2 50
150 00
00 00
10 75
22 G2
28 75
C 50
7 25
67 00
I Old. Dominion . 10 OQl
FOR LIEU LAND REFORMS
SENATOR STEIWER WANTS STATE
TO BE 3IORE CAREFUL.
Lien Land Not to Be Sold Until Title
Is Perfect Losmcm Have
Been Heavy.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 30. (Special.) Sena
tor Stelwer this morning introduced a bill
which, if passed, will bring about two im
portant reforms in the management of
atate lieu-land business. The bill pro
vides that the State Land Agent shall not
use as base for the selection of lieu land
any land which has already been sold by
the state, unless the state shall first re
gain whatever title may have passed from
the state to the purchaser. The bill fur
ther provides that the state shall not sell
any lieu lands until the General Land
Office has finally approved the base offered
by the state.
This bill seeks to remedy the two ques
tionable practices in the State Land De
partment which have aroused criticism
in the last year. The state has not used
as base a very large amount of land pre
viously sold by the state, but in the last
six months the State Land Agent and
private lici-land agents started in to ad
judicate and use as base a considerable
area of land previously sold. The pro
ceedings seem to have failed, so that the
anticipated trouble did not ensue. The
state has, however, brought upon Itself
enormous losses by selling lieu land before
the base had been finally approved. Dur
ing the administration of T. W. Daven
port as State Land Agent that official
used some 50,030 acres of forest reserve
base to set up a like area of mineral base
which had been previously used, but had
failed of final approval. This was prac
tically a deliberate gift of 50.000 acres of
base to tho lieu-land ring. It is now as
serted In land-dealing circles that the state
has so far forgotten its past experience
as to get itself into the same predicament
again, and that it will be called upon to
make another donation of good forest re
serve base to line the pockets of the lieu
land dealers. Senator Stelwer's bill pro
poses a law which should have been
passed at the first session of an Oregon
Legislature, and which should have been
the policy of the Land Department even
though no law were on the statute books.
Senator McGinn's anti-child-labor bill
passed the Senate today. The bill prohib
its the employment of children under the
age of 14 years In factories, stores, work
shops, mines, telegraph, telephone or mes
senger offices at any time or In any other
employment during school hours. Children
under 10 years of age must not be em
ployed before 6 o'clock in the morning or
after 7 o'clock at night, or more than 10
hours a day. The bill provides for the ap
pointment of a commission of two men
and three women to see that the law is en
forced. The Governor Is to appoint the
commissioners, who are to serve without
salary.
The hopgrowers have a very active lobby
at the Capitol opposing Senator Daly's bill
prohibiting trusts and pools.
There has been delay, causing no small
inconvenience. In delivering the Senate and
House calendars nearly every morning this
week.
The clerks didn't smile when the Senate
refused to adjourn over Saturday. They
want a law" passed permitting ' them to
vote on that question.
A bill to compel railroad companies to
maintain gates and alarms at street cross
ings in the City of Portland has been in
troduced by Representative Hutchinson.
Representative Bailey has Introduced a
bill to require owriers of workshops where
dangerous machinery is used to provide
belt-shlfters and other mechanical contriv
ances for throwing off belts or pulleys.
Safeguards are to be required for vats,
pans, trimmers, knot and cut-off saws, live
rollers, conveyors, hoistways, elevator
wells, wheel holes, stairways and fly
wheels. Benevolent societies desiring to erect
homes for Indigent wives, widows and or
phans of American soldiers and sailors of
any wars are to be permitted to use lands
of the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg for
such purpose by a bill introduced in the
House by Galloway of Yamhill. Such resi
dences are to be free to the wards men
tioned. Representative Johnson today introduced
a bill to prohibit the removal of diseased
sheep from one county to another or for a
distance of more than five miles within
any county. But diseased sheep may be
moved for treatment to any place on the
range usually occupied or controlled by
the owner thereof. Also, In the Summer
season, when sheep are grazed in timbered
mountains, they may be moved for treat
ment to the edge of the timber, irrespect
ive of the distance.
Representative Hayden is fathering a
bill to giva County Courts discretion
whether or not to appoint Roadmasters.
The present law requires them to appoint
such officers.
Representative Reed has presented a bill
to provldo for recording assignments of
certificates of sale on execution of real
property by the Sheriff. The measure pre
scribes that such assignments shall be
executed in the same manner as is now
required for deeds of real property; that
they shall be recorded in the records of
deeds of the county where the land is
situated, and that If they are not so re
corded they shall be void as to Innocent
purchasers of the property. Assignments
affecting such certificates heretofore Issued
are to bo recorded within six months.
Representative Gault's bill to prohibit
photographers from doing business on
Sunday was Irretrievably lost this morn
ing by a vote of 36 to 20. Many members
took delight in voting against the measure
on account of the frequent "No" with
which Mr. Gault vetoes nearly every bill
that comes up for passage.
Representative Bailey this morning with
drew his bill to require the use of union
labels on state printing. The bill had been
referred to the committee on labor and In
dustry, which recommended its passage.
Mr. Bailey explained his action by saying
that he had looked up the records of such
measures in other states, and had found
that they were considered as class regu
lation and as constitutionally inhibited.
Reed's bill to protect railroads from
tramps by prohibiting them from stealing
rides on cars was referred back to the
committee on railroads today. The bill
came up for final .passage on recommenda
tion of that committee. Mr. Hansbrough,
chairman of the committee, favored re
consideration In order that the bill might
be made more stringent. Mr. Phelps op
posed the measure because he did not
favor giving train hands such extensive
police powers as tho bill allowed them.
TO TAX MINE OUTPUTS.
Bill Receives Much Dliicnsslon
at
Boise Before Beinpr Tabled
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 30. (Special.) The
forenoon meeting of the House was mo
nopolized by consideration of a bill for
tho taxation of mines on their net out
put of the whole. An effort was made
to force a vote on the adoption of the
first section, but so many members de
sired to be heard on tho question that
the motion to this effect was withheld.
Judging from the debate, the members
are pretty evenly divided.
Fitzpatrlck moved to amend section 1,
which among other provisions provided
that mines shall be taxed at the price
paid the United States Government for
the same, by fixing the pTlce at 525 an
acre. He explained that it cost $500 to
patent a claim and if the claim was worth
patenting It was worth paying taxes on.
Nelson believed the bill was unconsti
tutional. It established a fixed rate of as
sessment for mining property, which In
his opinion was wrong. If the claim was
not worth 55 an acre, the price fixed by
the Government, it was unfair to tax it
on that basis. If It was worth more, It
should be assessed at Its real value. What
were Assessors for? What was the'object
of having a board of equalization?
Special legislation for the miner, he
said, was unnecessary and unfair to the
farmer and others who paid taxes without
flinching or complaining.
Price asserted that many unconstitu
tional measures were on the statute
books. This bill had been prepared by
the best authority on mines and mining
In the West, Senator-elect W. B. Hey
burn. Jenkins was glad the bill was receiving
so much attention. He wanted a full and
fair discussion. The miner, he said, was
the pioneer of the West. The farmer
followed him. The farmer was the pro
ducer and the miner was his consumer.
Without the one the other would suffer.
The net output was the basis used in as
sessment, and the bill was so construct
ed that it was possible to get at the net
output. If a mine handled 51.000,000 worth
of ore In a year, to get a profit of 5100.000
It would be unfair to tax It on the same
basis as a mine which only handled 5300.
000 worth of ore to get the same profit.
This bill stopped the operating expenses
at the mine superintendent. It was im
possible to cook the accounts and show
fictitious expenses. Altogether some 20
speeches were made on the bill before It
was laid aside.
DIncussIon Over County Division.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 30. (Special.) Two
bills are contemplated for the division of
Kootenai County. One of these provides
for the creation of a new county out of
the southern portion of Kootenai, with
the county seat at Coeur d'Alene City.
The other makes provision for the crea
tion of a new county out of the northern
part, with the county seat at Sand Point.
The Representatives from Kootenai are
somewhat divided over the question, al
though the majority of them seem to
favor the creation of the northern rather
than the southern county. It is claimed
that both the old and the new county
would have in hte neighborhood of 53,000,
000 assessed valuation each, which is con
siderably more than the constitutional re
quirements. February IS Lnst Day.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 30. In the House
today a resolution was adopted setting
February 12 as the last day on which bills
may be Introduced in that body. A bill
allowing 5200 to each of the Justices of
the Supreme Court for each session of
the court held in Boise, was passed by
the House.
SERIOUS SHOOTING SCRAPE.
Drunken Saloonkeepers Quarrel and
One Shoots the Other.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 30. A shooting af
fray, with probably fatal results, occurred
at Hornbrook this afternoon between two
saloonkeepers of that town William
Ennis and Joe Owens, apparently the re
sult of drunkenness on the part of Ennls.
They became engaged in an altercation
on the street about the results of the
flood, in which Owens said he wished the
whole corner had been washed out. Owens
said, "If you want to fight, I am ready
to fight if you have no gun, but I know
you always carry one." Ennls who was
much intoxicated, drew a revolver and
Immediately began firing, one shot taking
effect In the abdomen of Owens. Owens was
placed on a passenger train for San Fran
cisco tonight for surgical treatment, but
it is not expected he can live.
Owens Is known in Jackson County and
was in business at Gold Hill for a long
time. He was popular at Hornbrook and
great feeling Is aroused in the community.
A later report is to the effect that the
men engaged iu a fist fight, and that
Owens had downed Ennis when he drew his
pistol, the first shot grazing Owens' nose
and the second penetrating his abdomen.
KILLED BY CAVE-IN.
Mine Opens and Takes In Pnrt o
DwclllnK-House.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 30. A cave-In oc
curred in one of the stopes of the Old
Telegraph mine at Bingham today, par
tially wrecking the residence of James
Johnson, a miner, and Instantly killing two
of Johnson's sons, aged 3 and 5 years. The
sudden sinking of the ground split the
Johnson house in twain. One half, in
which the two children who were killed
had been playing, was completely swal
lowed Up. Mr. Johnson, his wife and three
children were in the other portion of the
house at the time of the accident, and
escaped without Injury-
GRAND JURY ADJOURNS.
Stops "Work Until Monday on Rcunest
of Prosecuting: Attorney.
SEATTLE, Jan. 30. After a short ses
sion the grand jury adjourned at noon
today until Monday, February 9. This ac
tion was taken at the request of Prosecut
ing Attorney Scott in order that he may
devote next week to the trial of an im
portant murder case. The only witness
examined this morning was Frank Clancy,
who was wanted for corroborative testi
mony In connection with that given by
John Clancy yesterday. The witness re
mained with the jury an hour.
Alarm for Safety of Prospectors.
"VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 30. Alarm Is felt
for tho safety of two prospectors, Pete
Anderson and James A. Ferguson, whose
sloop was stranded on the north end of
the Vancouver Island coast. They went
to a village IS miles away for provisions
in a canoe and returned to float their
leaking sloop and run her to KyuquoL Al
though It is a month since they left
Kyuquot with scant provisions and no am
munition for the village 18 miles away
nothing has been heard of them.
Independence School Notes.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Jan. 30.
(Special.) A special school meeting has
been called for the evening of February
3 for the purpose of voting a tax to con
tinue the. school and paying other Inci
dental expenses.
The Polk County teachers' examina
tion will be held at Dallas February 11,
12, 13, 14.
Oyster Schooner Lost "With Crew.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 30. The
schooner Three Sisters, which arrived to
night, reports the sinking of the oyster
schooner W. H. Smith, off Thimble Light,
near Oceanvlew today. Captain John
Collier and John W. Young, seaman, and
three negro sailors are believed to have
perished.
Cattle Without Food in Montana.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 30. Reports to
Director Hayes of the "Weather Bureau
say cattle In Valley and Choteau Coun
ties are In bad shape and great losses are
expected to all who are not prepared to
feed stock. The snow Is crusted and
cattle cannot get through to grass.
Get
with your
Pearline is
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BARBER BILL FAVORED
HUTCHINSON GETS HIS MEASURE
THROUGH HOUSE.
Slakes a. Stronf? Argument, And
There Is Only One Dissent
ing; Vote.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 30. (Staff correspond
ence.) Representative Hutchinson's bill
to regulate barbers and to pvescribe san
itary regulations for the craft, passed the
House today. The bill was Introduced
In the Senate by Senator Mays. It will
probably pass that body as promptly as It
did the lower chamber. Mr. Hutchinson
made a strong plea for the bill when It
came up today, and It went through with
only one negative vote, that of Purdy
of Washington.
"Tho law is to be self-sustaining," said
Mr. Hutchinson. "We are trying to ele
vate tho craft and to benefit the public,
and this bill will be the means toward
these two results. We ask to have this
bill enacted for the regulation of our busi
ness." Mr. Hutchinson presented a long peti
tion for the bill, signed by two-thirds of
the registered barbers of the state. Then
he continued:
"The Board of Examiners under the
present law has been money out of pock
et. This bill will put more money in
their hands so as to enable them to en
force the law. The money is to come
from tho craft and will not be drawn
from the state. I appeal to you to allow
us to have this bill."
The bill passed, 54 to 1.
EVENING SCORE.
(Continued from First Page.)
date for re-election, was making a
wretched fiasco of the Tracy chase. And
yet, with all this in his favor, and de
spite tho fact that he again came up to
tho gates of Seattle with a record-breaking
majority behind him. Wooding was
knifed to death In the city, while all of
the rest of the ticket was elected by
majorities running into the. thousands.
Wooding went back to the south dis
trict a ruined man, and crushed in spirit.
Tho first man to greet him was one of
King County's present State Senators,
and with tears of rage and sympathy,
this Senator saldr
"Brace up, John, It's an outrage, but
we'll get back that 55000, and we will
even up for every insult that blankety
blankcd Seattle bunch has ever handed
us."
Wooding Evened Up Old Score.
It is, perhaps, needless to say that
matters have been evened up and, while
a portion of the Seattle wing of King
County's Republican party is sitting to
day in sackcloth and ashes, red lire is
burning throughout the length and
breadth of the south district, and joy
reigns supreme, not only in the south
district, but In WoodIng"s headquarters in
Olympia. Some of the Seattle members
are loud In the denunciation of the men
who went into the caucus against the
wishes of Preston, and the newspapers
which have carried on the campaign of
abuse against Ankeny are calling them
traitors, accusing them of being afraid to
face their constituents, and are generally
distorting the true facts In the case.
When Preston failed after three weeks
of endeavor to make a showing that
would warrant the belief that he could
be elected, the first six King County men
to sign the caucus were Morrill and Van
de Vanter, of Kent, Brown of Isaquah,
Dr. J. J. Smith, of Eun'emclaw; Clarke
of Vashou, and Carle of Duamlsh. The
various localities in the south district,
from which these men come, have not
the remotest Interest ' In the McBrlde
commission. The miners, of course, work
for the Interest of their employers, and
their vote is naturally handled by the
railroad companies which employ them.
South, District's Issue.
With the farmers, gardeners and stock
men, the one burning issue is the con
stant overflow of Stuck River ,and White
River. They were almost success fuidnjee
In having its course .changed and run
ning it off Into Pierce County, out of
the way. Their efforts to abate thd
nuisance in this manner were blocked by
Harold Preston, who was fighting the
case for-Pierce County. This was strict
ly In the line of Mr. Preston's duty as
a lawyer, but demagoglsm plays an Im
portant part In all parties and factions,
and Mr. Preston would poll a light vote
In the White River district on any kind
of a proposition. These are the condi
tions that will confront the men who
are now lined up as bolters by Preston's
friends, and It is the existence of these
conditions that warrants the belief that
they will be returned to the Legislature
whenever they are re-nominated.
"Wooding the Avenger.
If Seattle makes an attempt to get even,
she will in due season receive another
dose of the same kind of medicine as
has just been administered by the south
district. There were a good many con
tributing factors to the defeat of Harold
Preston, who Is a good, clean, able man,
but the one pre-eminently responsible for
his blighted Senatorial hopes is that now
given in print for the first time the re
venge of south district, with "King
John" Wooding In the role of the avenger.
E. W. W.
RECEPTION TO ANKENY.
Tacoma Turns Out In Force to Greet
the Neiv Senator.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 30. (Special.)
All Tacoma was out to greet Senator Levi
Ankeny and his amiable and accomplished
wife at the Tacoma Hotel tonight. A
public reception was given in honor of
Mr. Ankeny's recent victory In the Legis
lature, and hundreds of Tacoma people
from the various walks of life availed
themselves of the general invitation to at
tend. From 8 o'clock until 10 a constant
stream of visitors poured In and out of
parlor A., Many came to felicitate the
Senator upon the realization of his great
ambition and passed out, while others re
mained to pass a social hour with the
Senator's friends. The occasion was one
of those gratifying ovations which come
rarely in men's lives, and then only to
those who havo triumphed after a
struggle.
After a greeting by such an enthuiastic
and warm-hearted throng, Mr. Ankeny
could not well have entertained any
a Character
wa - shinrf - powder. Consider the
da.ma.ge it ca.n dp, a.nd the risk with un
known, untried powders. For twenty odd
yea.rs PEARLINE has been making washing
easy a.nd sa.ving women and fabrics. Satisfy
yourself of its setfety and economy from
women who have used it o-Il their lives. The
new, womanly, sensiblo way of washing began
with PEARLINE. 69Q
Trustworthy
doubts, whatever may have been the
previous political differences, of Tacoma's
loyalty and good will, and among his
friends hereafter will be some of the
most Influential men of this city.
Probably not less than 1200 people greet
ed him tonight. In the crowds were prac
tically all of the Federal, county and
city officials, the leading business men and
others prominent in local affairs, as well
as many from other parts of the state.
The reception was an Informal and demo
cratic affair in all respects. Mingled with
tne wearers of rich evening costumes of
the latest style were many who wore
plain clothes, but the sulrlt of good-fel
lowship and of common Interest In the
new Senator pervated the entire gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. Ankeny stood at the head
of the parlor. Ranged In line with them
were Mayor and Mrs. L. D. Campbell,
George H. Stone, State Senator and Mrs.
Ed S. Hamilton, and Arthur D. Statter,
editor of the Walla Walla Union, and
wife. George H. Stone introduced the
guesta to Mr. Ankeny, and Mayor Camp
bell to Mrs. Ankeny. The handshaking
was general. The Senator was in his most
amiable frame of mind, and kept up a
running fire of light conversation.
For all of his acquaintances he had a
word of friendship, and for all others a
pleasant greeting. Large as was the
throng, he met few strangers, for his
faculty for remembering names and faces
has not been the smallest factor in his
successful campaign. Among the ladies
were many whom Mrs. Ankeny had pre
viously met In society, and their greetings
were cordially given and cordially re
ceived. Mrs. Ankeny held a large bunch
of red carnations, and her radiant smile
showed plainly that the victory was half
hers.
The entire Pierce County delegation was
present, and they were the centers of
groups of friends throughout the even
ing, receiving many congratulations for
the part they had played in the election
of Senator Ankeny. Senator Rand, of
Clark; Senator Clark, of Pacific, and sev
eral members of the Legislature from east
of the mountains were present.
The reception was an affair of the city,
but was chiefly in the hands of a com
mittee from the Chamber of Commerce,
composed of about 50 members and their
wives. The parlor of the hotel was dec
orated with flags and cut flowers in honor
of the occasion, and fine orchestra music
was furnished throughout the evening.
BASSETT WILL NOT RESIGN.
Adams County Representative Ex
poses Scheme Against Him.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 30. (Special.)-G. W.
Bassett, Representative from Adams
County, will not hand In his resignation
to please the people In Adams County who
are demanding it. "I would like to be at
home today," he said, "but I will not
resign to pleaee these people."
"The resolutions," he said, "were In
spired by certain people here in Olympia
at the Instance of a person who wanted
the appointment to a Judgeship, should one
be created in Adams County. This man
was here early In the session and ap
proved my attitude on these questions at
that time. Later he appeared in Ritzville
and now returns with the resolutions
adopted at a meeting where just "22 per
sons were present and which are signed
by just 15 persons.
"I have kept the pledge made before
election that T wan opposed to a dead-
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$550 planes at $376
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