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THE MORNING OREGON1AN. SATURDAY. MARCH 14, 1903. EXTRA SESSION TALK Washington Legislature May Convene Again, SCHOOL FUND LAW AT FAULT Present Method et DlstrifcHtloa. Tlle- gral School of the State Msr Be Clesed Asr Time for Lack: of Fan&s. TSi .Washington legislature may bo Invoked in extraordinary session to remedy the law regarding the distribu tion at the state school fund. The present ystem has been declared Illegal, and the schools of the-state ore likely at any time to be closed for lack of fund& The total of the appropriation bills will exceed the revenues of the'etate by $400,030. The sums appropriated for various projects foot up to-$2,500,000. Governor McBride. will reappoint Colonel Alden J. Blethen. of the Seattle Times, Begent of the .University of 'Washington. OTiYMPIA, "Wash., March 13, (Staff cor xespondence.) With the Eighth. Legisla ture cot yet out of existence a -whole day there ,1s already considerable talk of an extra, session. It will not tie called for the purpose of passing on railroad legis lation, hut tv-111 bo to correct certain ir Tegularltles. in the distribution of the state's school fund, the method now in practice being declared illegal, and of such a nature that the schools of the state might at any time be closed for lack of funds available jmder the law. Judge Stiles, formerly a member of the Supreme bench, and at one time Chief Justice, is said to have first discovered that the state funds were being illegally distributed, and in company with Repre sentative Ensterday prepared a brief on the matter before the legislature assem bled. In discussing the possible predica ment in which the state may be placed, Representative Easterday, who is a very able constitutional lawyer, said: "Judge Stiles first called my attention to the matter, and I drew up a brief on the subject In co-operation with him, which was presented to the legislature. Together with members of the Judiciary committee we went over the subject, and a bill was drawn up appropriating money from the common school fund for the purpose of running the state schools. This bill was never brought up, for some rea son, though the House appropriation com mittee had the measure. Judge Stiles has told me that it was his Intention in the event the Legislature failed to recognize the constitutional provision, and make a direct appropriation, to enjoin the Treas urer from paying out any more money to the state schools. I believe he will do so. In such event a special session of the Legislature will be necessary in order to make the appropriation." Hovr the School La.iv Worlca. Explanatory of the conditions which may result In bringing the Legislature to gether again within three or four months, it Is stated that under the barefoot school boy act and the amendatory acts of the Legislature meeting subsequent to the one which enacted the law proposed by Gover nor John R. Rogers, the basis of state aid for the schools Is on the number of days' attendance In each district As the law now stands, no district in the state is credited with less than 20M days' attend ance, and the money In the state common school fund Is apportioned among the dif ferent districts on the basis of the actual number of .days' attendance each year. The school code directs that each district shall be paid Its money quarterly from the common school fund.. At no time, however, has the Legislature made an appropriation from the common school fund for the purpose. The contention raised by Judge Stiles, and which attorneys In the Legislature have agreed is well founded, is that the constitution states that no money shall be paid out of the state treasury with out a specific appropriation for the pur pose. In all cases save the payment of moneys for the maintenance of the com mon schools, specific appropriations are made, as for instance from the state grain inspection, fund, though the law is equally specific In its direction as to the purpose of this fund "and the manner in which It may bo expended. Other special funds are treated In a similar manner. McBride Too Dny to Talk. Governor McBride declines to discuss the matter at the present time. He Is a very busy man, looking after the flood of bills which await his signature or veto, and will not look for any more trouble until he gets rid of some of that now be fore him. He signed no bills today, all of his tlmo being taken up in segregating the numerous appropriation hills, some of which will undoubtedly meet his dis approval. The total of the general appro priation bills exceeds the revenue of the state by nearly $400,000. They amount to over $2,500,000. while the revenue is but $2,100,000. aBldo from that which goes into the special funda It will bo a difficult matter to do much paring, as the appro priations are all for worthy enterprises, and aro not out of proportion to those of former years, when the Increased growth of the state's population and Institutions Is considered. Discussing the refusal of the Legislature to appropriate money for conducting tho suit against the Xorth ern Securities Company the Governor said today: "Every possible effort was made to in duce the Legislature to appropriate this money. It refused to do so. It is very probible that the suit will be dropped. As soon as-1 can get around to It I will have a consultation with the Attorney General oa the subject. It may be that we can raise a popular subscription. I will know in a short time what steps we will take." Governor McBride will reappoint Colo nel Blethen as a Regent of the State Uni versity. The appointment will be made in a few days. It will be to succeed Regent George H. King, of Seattle, whose term expired last Monday. The Governor may appoint Regent King to fill out he unex pired term of Colonel Blethen, whose ap pointment was rejected by the Senate. Tho 'Governor announced today that he "would appoint Victor F. Martin, of VTe natchee, as Superior Judge of the newly created district composed of Chelan, Douglas. Okanogan and Ferry Counties. J. W. Stearns, of Pullman, has resigned as a Regent of the State Agricultural College, and the Governor said today that he will appoint Attorney U. L. Ettlnger, of Colfax, to succeed him. H. W. Canfleld. of Colfax, also a Re gent of the Agricultural College, has ten dered his resignation, and it has been ac cepted. Governor McBride has tendered the appointment to State Senator J. P. Sharp, of Kittitas County. Senator Sharp has not yet accepted the appointment. E. W. W. ISSUES CALL FOR. GRAXD J CRY. Alleged Saaary Offense "Will Be In vestigated 1b Salt Lake. SALT LAKE, March 13. At the request of County Attorney Westervelt, three Judges of the Circuit Court today decided to call a special grand Jury for the April term to Investigate "sundry public of fenses alleged to have been committed, and various abuses alleged to exist with in the jurisdiction." "The public offenses" alleged to have been committed refer to the charges re cently made of the practice of polygamy in this city and county. Recent state- REAPPOINTED POSTMASTER AT MARSHFIELD. HON. "WILLIAM B. CURTIS. MAItSHFIBLD, Or., March 13. (Special.) William B. Curtis, whose reappoint ment aa Postmaster at Marshfleld has Just been ratified by the Senate, is a native of Maine, having been born at Searsport. in 1653 He followed the sea when a young man, but left it 25 years ago. when he came to .this Coast, landing In Cali fornia. A year later he came to Coos Bay, which has been his home ever since. For many years he was clerk at the Blanco Hotel. untlK October. 1S0S. when he took charge of the Marshfleld Postoffics Tinder a temporary commission. Ho was appointed to the position by President McKlnley in January, 1899. Mr. Curtis U aa accurate accountant, a careful and painstaking official and an affable gentle man. He is universally popular, both in his public and private capacity, and there was no opposition to his reappointment. ments in "the press to the effect that a with having recently contracted plural marriages are oenevea to nave Deen in strumental in brin trine about the nronosed investigation. Astoria Conrt News. ASTORIA. Or.. March 13 rKnpMnl 1 The trial of the case against E. F. Llbkc. J. is. iiecKard and J. D. Heckard. the Lewis and Clark farmers, who were charged on an information wlth'lnjurng a plank road, was brought to an abrupt termination tnig morning wnen the court ordered the taklntr Of testimony' KtnnnM .nnrt r?!rofv1 the Jury to return a verdict of not guilty. The ground on which this order was based was an error in the information relative to the location of the road. It stated that the road was In the eastern portion of section 6. T. jjuimuu ui secuun o J., t a. w., whereas the testimony showed that It was , In the western oortlon of the sptinn. The testimony showed that the proceedings in establishing the road were irregular in many particulars and the road is accord ingly Illegal. The trial of the case of Charlotte Grim terg. administratrix, vs. the Columbia River Packers' Association began In the Circuit Court this afternoon. The suit is hrougtt to recover $5000 damages for the death of the Tjlaintiff'fi Into hiish.mrt Emanuel Grlmbenr. who was killed last August by failing from a yard on the American ship St. Nicholas while she was ' en route to this port from Bristol Bay. Alaska. Tho vessel at the time was under charter to the defendant company. The County Commissioners' Court. today approved tne report of the viewers ap- t nnlnlei 4 n l. - V- pointed to lay out a road between Sea- siae ana S!K Creek, and. directed that the thoroughfare be onenr-d to travel. A rnutu has been found where the steepest grade is ( less than 5 per cent. The court will call ; lor Dies for clearing right of way 40 feet I wide and grading and building roadbed 16 I feet in width. The will of the late Michael Nowlen was admitted to probate today. The es tate Is valued at about $10,000 and is be- ' queathed to the widow, children and J grandchildren cf the deceased. No Trace of Missing Astoria Girt. . ASTORIA. Or., March 13. (Special.) The disappearance of Emma Mustola has been complete so far. and no trap elthnr of her cr her body has been found. The search where she was sunDosed to hav Jumped into Scow Bay has been so thor- ougn tnat even the mud In the bottom has been dug over at low water. A num ber or rumors have been afloat as to her naving been seen, but none of them prove true. J. MUstola. of Ladu. Wash., father oi tne girl, has arrived here and ntter a reward of 550 for finding his daughter : or tho recovery of her body, and this Is i acting as on incentive for many to con- I tlnue the search, both in the river and the ! surrounding country. Verdict Is Second-Dcgrrce Murder. BCTTE. Mont.. March 13. A special to the Miner from Pocatello, Idaho, eays John Sanders, of Cornish. Utah, charged with the murder of Mike Pidock. near Downey, in this county, last August, was today found guilty In Judge Budges' court, the verdict being murder in the second degree. Tho murder was a most atrocious one and tho verdict of the lesser degree is believed to bo due to the fact that the evidence was entirely circumstantial. Addresses Salem Grangers. SALEM. Or.. March 12. f Special TTnn Aaron Jones, master of the National i Grange, addressed a large avdlence in tne ; City Hall this evening upon the purposes f and work of that organization. An ad- dress of welcome and introduction was -delivered by Governor Chamberlain. ! Lumlicr Yard Han $1 0,000 Fire. TACOMA, March 13. Fire today In the St. Paul & Tacoma Company's lumber yard caused a loss ot 310,000 covered by insurance. EARTH IS FELT TO QUAKE SEATTLE PEOPLE REPORT TWO PERCEPTIBLE SHOCKS, i Other PHjjet SohhiI Cities Feel the Jar at 0:30 Last Evenlag-Movement Is Eastward. SEATTLE, March 12. (Special.) Seattle caught two slight shocks from the seismic movement that struck through "Western Washington this evening. The tremor ap pears to have been noted by but few peo ple. These agree that the two shocks came very close together betwen 6:35 and 6:40. No one reports noting a movement of more than very faint perceptibility. The disturbance appears to have extend ed from the Gray's Harbor country in a generally eastward direction to the Cas cades. Aberdeen reports three distinct Shocks about 6:25. Houses were con siderably shaken and fcr a few moments the people were much alarmed. Olympla received one shock at 6:2L Tacoma felt several, beginning at 6:23. These reports Indicate the course of the .disturbance. North of Seattle no movement was felt. Everett did not quake, but anxious, per haps, to be noticed in this connection, re ports a loud rumbling noise at 9 o'clock. Port Townsend and Whatcom claim noth ing more serious than cold and gloomy weather. OLY3IPIA BUILDINGS SHAKE. Shock Lasts Mne Seconds Slight Rnmblingrs Are Heard. OLTMPIA, Wash., March 13. An un usually perceptible earthquake was felt in mis ciry at e:2o this evening. Build Inge .were shaken so that occupants ran into the streets I nalarm. The seismic j waves seemed to travel from northeast 1 to southwest and the principal shock was preceded by a tremor of a few seconds iuiiuwcu ujr iuiouier siignt tremor, tne entire disturbance lasting nine seconds. A slight rumbling was also heard. PEOPLE BADLY FRIGHTENED. Aberdeen Inhabitants Rush Oat of Their Honses Three Shocks. ABERDEEN. Wash., March 13. (Spe cial.) Three distinct Bhocks of earthnualcw i were experienced here about 6:25 o'clock tonight. In some localities houses were ' shaken and the inmates ran out badly ! frightened. Some persons reported that ' clocks were stopped Vind dishes on the table rattled. A similar shock was expe- nencea in tnis city ten years atro. Conditions "Were Propitious. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., March IS. Although every condition was so proplti . . . . . ous as to occasion comment on the nmh- abllity of an earthquake at sundown to night, this portion of Pugct Sound expe rienced no perceptible shocks. As night ftl!, lew black clouds met the view in every direction, and the atmosphere be came still and threatening. Several Shocks at Tacoma. TACOMA. March 13. Several distinct seismic shocks were felt In different sec tions of the city about 6:23 tonight, SUES CITY OF ASHLAND. Attorney BrlgrK Wants ?500 for His Professional Services. ASHLAND, Or.. March 13. (Specials Attorney E. D. Briggs has instituted suit against the City of Ashland to recover the BRAVED THE HARDSHIPS The Late Mr. J. 11. Smith, CresvreU. . t sua of $509 on account of legal services rendered the City Council during 1962. The suit will come up for hearing in the Cir cuit Court, which convenes for the March term at Jacksonville, March 23. The suit is an outgrowth of the at tempted prosecution of violations Of Ash land's whilom prohibition ordinances. Mr. Briggs alleges in his complaint that he was employed early in the year 1902 by the Mayor and two of the Councllmen to perform certain legal work. Including the prosecution of a number of liquor viola tion cases, and was to receive the stipu lated price of $250. The contract for some reason was never approved by the Council, and no record was made of the matter, and a number ot months afterwarS. after a payment of 550" nad been made under the terms of the contract, the old Council in Its wrangllngs absolutely repudiated the contract and refused further payments under It. Tho present City Council claims it has no authority-to pay the bill, and will not do so unless authorized by the court. The Council having repudiated the contract, Mr. Briggs also ignores It in his com plaint, and oues to recover on the alleged reasonable value of the services performed under direction of the Council, which he places at $500. TAKES A SHOT AT HIM. Man Pokes Gun Through Bedroom "Window of Iaodorc St. Martin. STEVENSON, Washu, March 13.-(Spe-cltl.) Report comes In here today that on last Saturday night some unknown per son thrust the muzzle of a rifle through a pane of glass In the bedroom window of Isadore St. Martin, at the St, Martin Hot Springs, and took a shot at his head while he was In the land of slumbers. St. Martin awoke in time to hear the re treating footsteps of the would-be assas sin. The bullet was located In the head board of the bed and found to.be from a 45-calIbre gun. On Wednesday night It Is reported that some one again attempted to repeat the act but was frightened away. The mat ter "was kept quiet, as ltWas thought at the time to be the work of would-be rob bers, but the old "man became uneasy and the facts have just been reported to the Sheriff. The St. Martins now believe It to be the work of some enemy. The St. Martin Hot Springs are six miles up the Columbia from here', on Wind River, and Isadcre St Martin Is a well-known char acter. Revision of Jonruals Completed. SALEM. March 13,-KSpccial.) Revision and correction of the Senate and House journals was completed this afternoon, within the 20 days allowed by the Legis lature for the work. The Senate records were revised by Chief Clerk S. L. Moori head and Calendar Clerk F. C. MIddleton, and were transmitted to the Secretary of State today. The House records-were re vised by Chief Clerk A, a Jennings, Jour nal Clerk F. W. Urager. Calendar Clerk F. O. Northup, Speaker L. T. Harris and Representative Davey. The cost of revis ing the Senate records was $294, and of the House records $720. The work consists principally of checking up the journals with the calendars and the notations on the original bills, reports, etc., to see that all the proceedings are properly recorded. In case the Journal falls to show, for ex ample, that a certain bill was read a sec ond time, but this fact Is shown by the Calendar, the record ran ha Inurtsil In -journal. The work of revising the records of Ihe session Just closed is more laborious and extensive than usual, because of the' large number of bills Introduced and passed. The work has been done rapidly, however, and -the final printed calendars, showing the status of each bill at the time of adjourn ment, will be in the hands of the mem bers earlier than usual. j Pacific Rejects the Question. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY,. Forest Grove, Or.. March 12. fSneetnl Th nuHnn submitted by Willamette University for ine wuiamctte-paclfic debate has-been re fused by Pacific The question Is: "Re solved, That the Cabinet system of gov ernment Is preferable to the Congres sional or Presidential system." The po sition taken by the Pacific debaters Is that the question is too indefinite, as being ap plied to no particular country. In turn Pacific has sent the following question to Willamette: "Resolved. Thnt vrt shall be established for the compulsory aroiuauon or laoor disputes, with, power to enforce their decisions." The Salem team -will have the choice of sides and the debate will occur before May 15. The six men who won places in the preliminary debate last Fridav h'nve been divided Into two teams. Will G. Hale, W. G. Hare and Frank Peters will make up the team to meet the University of Ore gon and W. B. Shlvelv. Fred ' TYav nnrt H. E. Thomas will meet Willamette Uni versity. Will Make Tour of Arid Lands. CHETENNEu Wvo.. iiarch ii Repre sentative Reader, of Kansas, accompanied by Chief Hydrographer Newell and other officiate of the Geological Survey, will snoruy mane a tour or tne arid and seml- anu states, ana will spend two months In the field. The numerniM nrnlerta tor ho developed by the National Government will be Investigated. Colorado will be the first state visited. From there the party will co to Utah and investigate the Ttenr Lake project, thence to the Snake River In iuano, me juik tuver, .Montana, tnence to the Umatilla enterprise in Oregon, and back to this state. Doer Company Increases Plant. CHEHALIS, Wash., March 13. (SpeoiaC) The Chehalis Fir Door Company will re ceive another big sanding machine in a few days for its plant. The company is also soon to add a big Corliss nglne, as with the added machinery it finds the power supply too smalL Tho output of the plant is now running close to 2000 doors a week, all of which are sold under con tracts made a few weeks ago. Meeting of Christian Endcavorcrs. FOREST GROVE, March 13. (Special.) The second annual convention of the West Willamette district of tho Christian En deavor Union, embracing Polk. Yamhill and Washington Counties, are holding a two days' session In the Christian Church and at Marsh Hall, this place, which be gan yesterday. The programme is inter estlng and the attendance fair. OF THE PLAINS IN 1853. CRESWELL, Cr., March 13. (Special.) Mrs. Ann Smith, wife of James H. Smith, who died at this place March 5, 1003. was born In Derbyshire. England, August 21. 1832. In 1844. with her father's family, she emigrated to Madison County. Illinois. April 5. 1S53. she was married at Xeponset, HI., to James H. Smith, who, with two sons and four daughters and a number of grandchildren, survive her. Early in the Spring of 1S53 they started by ox teams for Oregon, arriving in November. For weeks they wandered over sandy deserts and rugged mountains in order to find a way over the Cascade Mountains by what is now known as the military road, but which at that time was not open, although It was so, reported to them. "With no grass or water., as was frequently the case, for their animals, and very scant provisions for themselves. It seemed a miracle how they escaped the many trials of iucb a trip half a century ago. For 0 years ikey made their home in Douglas County. Oregon, afterward moving to Lane County, and have since made this their home. HUMPHREY IS PARDONED THE "WAREHOUSEMAN- AVHO STOLE "WHEAT WILL NOT BE PUN1SHED. Petition. Is Signed hy - Prominent Citizens, Jncladinar Jarors and , Farmers Who Were Injured. SALEM. Or., March 13. (Speclal.)-Gov-ernor Chamberlain today granted a full pardon in favor of A. M. Humphrey, a Marlon County" warehouseman convicted of larceny of wheat stored la his ware house. Humphrey had not yet begun to serve bis term, but was pardoned before being taken to tho penitentiary. The par don was granted upon the petition of 11 of the trial jurors, and a large number of citizens. ex-Governor T. T. Geer head ing the list. It was set forth in the petition that Humphrey came of a good family in Ma rion County; that he has always sus tained a good reputation; that during one season he took In a large quantity of damaged wheat; that there was neces- MAYOR-ELECT bsIssk8H& 'B ' .Hm " " HON. J. D. SLATER. LA GRANDE, Or., March 13. (Special.) Hon. J. D. Slater, Mayor-elect of La Grande, is a native Oregonlan, having been born October 1S'1S38. at CorvalUs, Or., and the son of the ,late Senator James H. Slater and Edna E. Slater. The family moved to La Grande In 1SG, which place is sUll their home. J. D. Slater was, educated In the common schoois of this city and In the University of Oregon, where he spent two years; In 1891 he began-readins law .la the office -of- L. B. Cor. at Pendleton, and spent-a year in the office, the last part being with -Seed &. Turner, successors to Cor. In September, 1893, he entered Washington and- Lee. University, In "Virginia, where by application and nave ability he was able to complete the two-year law course in one year. He was admitted to the bar In October, 1894. and has practiced steadily ever since, never missing a term of Cir cuit Court since admitted. He was married la-September. 1888. to Miss Fannie B. Hayes, of La. Grande. sarHy .a heavy shrinkage, and that there was also loss by dampness and the pres ence of weavel." It was also stated that at the time of the trial there was great excitement In the community in consequence of Hum phrey's failure in business, and many men of ordinary good judgment who were losers of grain -became excited and in sisted upon the conviction of the defend ant; that Humphrey was not extravagant and came out of the business in destitute circumstances, In consequence of which his family will now be without support If he be sent to prison. The petition is accompanied, by a letter from the trial Judge, George H. Burnett, of Salem, who probably comes nearer rec b mm ending a pardon in this case than he ever has before. After reviewing the facts in the case, Judge Burnett says: "The salient facts against the defend ant are that, without any right or au thority, ho emptied his warehouse of grain that had been entrusted to him for safekeeping, thus working wrong and financial Injury to those who .had reposed confidence In him, many of whom were but illy prepared to sustain the loss. "The shrinkage of wheat during the wet-season of 1893 Is urged on behalf of the defendant, but It Is difficult to per ceive how this could Justify the wrongful conversion of the crop of 1900. "On behalf of the defendant also appear tho facts of his previous good character and respectable .family. These, coupled with the anxious importunity of a faith ful and affectionate wife, who, with her children, must. In their Innocence, suffer more keenly in many respects than the defendant himself, appeal strongly to any one of a generous nature, especially when the wrongs of those Injured by the de fendant's acts are not now so much In evidence." The petition for a pardon Is signed by nearly all the leading citizens of Marion County, and by nearly all tho members of the last Legislature. "W. H. RUDDELL DEAD; Pioneer of 1853, and Prominent Clt lxcn of Elmn, "Wash. ELMA, Wash., March 13. (Special.) W. H. Ruddell, a member of the Washington and Oregon Pioneer Associations, died at his "home in West Elma this morning. He was an elder of the Christian Church and a member of the Town Council. He came to Oregon In 1S53 from Missouri, and then to Olympla a few years later. He had been a leading citizen In this vicinity for a quar ter of a century. He is a grandson of the famous Rev. Mr. Ruddell. Presbyterian missionary among the Indians in Ken tucky. He Is a brother-in-law of George H. HImes, of Portland, secretary of the regon Historical Society. Both Lose Their Mother. TACOMA, March 13. A special from Olympla says: Mr. and Mrs. B. Eddy, of Olympla, lost their mothers by -sudden death yesterday, each'bf the aged women dying within an hour.- Mrs. Eddy's moth er died first, and the fact so depressed Mr. Eddy's mother that death resulted. Mrs- Eddy was the mother of Representa tive Eddy, of Minnesota, John E. Puffh. FOREST GROVE. March 13. (Special.) John E. Pugh, aged 60 years, died at his home near .Gaston, where he had lived for 20 years, last night. A wife and Ave- chil dren survive him. Interment will be In the Almoran HiU cemetery, under the aus pices of the I. O. O. F. lodge, Sunday. Jaigc John T. Marray. BUTTE, March 13. A "Miner special! from Lewis town eays that Judge John E. j Murray, died today. Deceased was ohp of the oldest and most prominent residents pf Lewis town. During the early, days of. Montana he prospected with United States Senator Clark. He was Probate Judge for two terms' and was postmaster "under Cleveland. "WOMAN JUMPS FROM BRIDGE. Driven Insane by Grief She Commits SHiclde. BAKER CITY, Or.. March 13. Mrs. Jo seph Reese, of Prairie City, committed suicide early this morning by jumping from a bridge Into the John Day River, at a point about 2U miles from town. She left home about 3:30 o'clock this morning and went to the river, where she threw herself Into tho water. Her body was found half a mile below the bridge this afternoon. Her mind was affected on account of the misfortunes that have befallen her hus band's relatives lately. One of her hus band's brothers lost an arm as the rfcsult of a premature explosion, and another one recently died of consumption. But the greatest affliction was caused by an ex plosion of giant caps last Fall, which blow out both eyes of Frank Reese, her 12-year-old nephew. The little fellow was very bright and an especial favorite of hers. Grief over his misfortune unsettled her OF LA GRANDE mind. She had been considerably worse since tie boy returned from Portland, where the physicians who examined him said there was no possible chance for the boy to recover his eyeslght- GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS LANDS. Preparations Are Bclnfr Made for Ex tensive Reservoir. GREAT FALLS. Mont.. March 13. The Great Falls Land Office received orders to withdraw from entry all land3 which the Government proposes to use as a reser voir for what will probably be the first work by the Government under the new Irrigation law. The engineers have located a site for a dam. which will be 65 feet high and. about two miles long. The res ervoir will cover a district about 20 miles long by eight miles wide, a space so great that it will take the entire flow of Milk and Beaver Rivers two years to fill it. The construction of the dam and reservoir will make necessary the abandonment bf 27 miles of track on the Great Northern, between Malta and Saco, which now run3 through the proposed reservoir, ' and will be under 10 feet of water when the reser voir Is completed. Severe Cold at Kamloops. KAMLOOPS, B. a. March 13. This vi cinity is experiencing one of the coldest waves for this time of year in the history of the country. At 1 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 7 below zero. At Qullchenalt It was 30 bekw, at Nicola Lake 23 below and at Lower Nicola 23 be low. Reports from the Nicola country state that horses are dying fast, and the loss will be great If the weather does not soon moderate. . Says Jurymen Were Influenced. MISSOULA, Mont, March 13. In Tils ap plication for a new trial. Louis Mott. rnn. ; vlcted of wife murder and sentenced to be iiungeu, says some oi me jurors allowed their minds to bo swayed by what they were told outside the courtroom. Other grounds for th3 motion are newly discov ered evidence. We Claim to Be Strictly Reliable and the Leading Specialists for Men 250K Alder Street Dr. Talcott & Co. The only Specialists en the Pacific 'Coast Caring Every Form of - "Weakness. HE BUILT BULLPEN Bartlett Sinclair Attempts Suicide in Manila. HIS ACCOUNTS ARE SHORT Threatened With Prosecution, He Takes Pols oh Famous In Idaho History as Man Whs Rnled Coemr d'AIenes Under MarilaL Law. MANILA, March 13. Bartlett Sinclair, treasurer of Rlzal Province, attempted to commit suicide today by taklpg- poison in the office of the Attorney-General, when Informed that the Government Intended to prosecute him for neglecting his office and permitting the peculation of funds. Sinclair's books were found to be in a muddled state. The authorities had been Investigating for months a shortage of several thousand dollars, but It Is not be lieved that Sinclair embezzled the money. Four of his subordinates have been arrest ed on the charge of embezzlement. WAS ITi CHARGE AT COEUR D'ALENE Sinclair Mnintalncd Order Under Di rections of Governor Stetmenlicrjr. BOISE, Idaho, March: IS. (Special,) Bartlett Sinclair, treasurer of RizaL Prov ince. Philippine Islands, who is reported to have attempted his life today, was a very well-known character in Idaho, having been In charge of the administration of affairs In the Coeur d'Alenes for Governor Steunfenberg during the reign of martial law In ISOu, following the riot of April 23 of that year. Mr. Sinclair Is a native of Maine. He is about 43 years of age. By profession he Is an attorney. Some ten years ago he settled In Kootenai County, this state, and In 1S5S he was elected State Auditor. It was while he" was In that position that Governor Steunenberg appointed him his personal representative to take charge in the Coeur d'AIenes. His administration of affairs there showed great executive abil ity and courage of the highest order. He seemed to be incapable of fear, and went about through the district unattended, and under circumstances that often gave his friends reason to fear that he would meet with foul play, as passion waa running high. Moreover, his administration gave great satisfaction to everybody. While he was firm, he was fair, and there wa3 no suggestion of extravagance or reckless ness In what he did. After going out of office Mr. Sinclair sought an appointment In the Philippine qervlce. and finally went to. the Islands and there secured the position which he has since held. This came about through hi3 personal acquaintance with Judge Taft. Before leaving for the Islands Mr. Sin clair marrjed at 'Bonner's Ferry. Hl3 bride afterward joined nlm, but she Is now vjsltlng at her old home. 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