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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, BECErBER 17, 1904. CHECK ON DISEASE State Health Board Reports on Its Work. CURB PUT UPON SMALLPOX Less Number of Typhoid Cases Are Reported What Has Been Done to Provide a Supply -of Pure Milk. Members of Board. Dr. Andrew C Smith, of Pqrtlanfl. Ir. C. J. Smith, of Pendleton. Dr. B. Barton Plekel, of Meflford. Dr. Hurry Lane, of Portland. Dr. E. A. Pierce, of Salem. Dr. Alfred Kinney, of Astoria. Dr. "Woods. Hutchinson, Portland, sec retary and State Health Officer. SALEM. Or., Dec 16. (Special.) Cre oted by tho Legislative Assembly of 1903 and organized March 14, 1903, soon alter appointed by the Govexnor the Oregon State Board of Health submits its first report to the Legislature. The activities of the board have been largely In fields summarized as follows: Contagious dls cases, -water supply, school hygiene, milk supply. bacteriological investigation. vital statistics, licensed embalmcrs, Hcppner disaster. The report says in part: 'We are glad to be able to report that during the term covered the state has been free from the 'Spread of any severe or fatal epidemic of disease; that such footholds as these latter may have got ten "within our borders have been kept within the localities in which they first appeared, and that in the main the amount of epidemic disease and the death rate for the same has steadily and con stantly diminished. Contagious Diseases. 'This -was the department to which the attention of the board was first called after Its creation, both from the Tact that we were threatened with a possible Infec tion of the bubonic plague, which had made its appearance in the Chinatown of San Francisco nearly three years before our organization, and that smallpox was widely spread, though in a mild form, throughout almoBt every part of the state." Investigation showed that the San Francisco authorities, in conjunction with the United States .Marine Hospital serv Ice. had the bubonic plague situation well in hand. Two deaths reported from the Portland Chinatown were found to be from other causes. "Smallpox, though fortunately in a mild form, was found to be in existence in al most every section of the state. In the absence of any system of official record it Is, of course, impossible to state what was Its precise prevalence, but from re ports made by individual physicians to the board, both officially and unofficially, we think we arc not overstating it when we say that no less than 1500 cases oc curred in the state In 1902; in one district alone it was reported by the local phy sicians that from 1500 to 3000 cases oc curred in the years of 1500 to 1903. Wc are glad to be able to report a marked and continuous diminution in the numbor of cases. Thfere were 4H cases in 1903. beginning -with April (eight months), and ISO cases for the year 1904, rndlng with September 30 (nine months). The best illustration perhaps of thtf change In the situation can be given by the state of affairs in Multnomah County. The smallpox hospital was almost con stantly occupied, with the exception of a brief Interval in the Summer, for a period of seven years previous to our organiza tion; in December, 1903, the hospital was closed entirely, and since then there have been very few cases In Portland. "We have found the condition In Portland an accurate reflex of that of the state: patients from almost any area "in which the disease existed will find their way, sooner or later, to Portland, to be there discovered and isolated. The only fatal epidemic of smallpox since our orgahiza tlon occurred in Crook and Wasco coun ties, commonly called the Saniko-Prlne vill epidemic, where there were 2S "cases. with nine deaths. "In Douglas .County in 1903. there were reported to be upward of 300 cases, but the efficient work of tho health officers there has reduced it to a minimum, and the effectiveness of the systematic fumi gation has been, proved of value, for this Tear, as far as We can learn, there has not been a -single case of the disease In the district covered in 1503. The same condition, we hope, will prove in Wasco County, and in Prlncvllle and Saniko dis trict we are positive no recurrence Is pos slblc. The only epidemic in 1904 was in Tamhlll Counts, which was confined to 30 cases, with no deaths, which was con trolled in four weeks' time by constant and continued work on the part of the health authorities. "The only difficulties which nave oc curred have been those inevitably due to the mild and exceedingly Irregular form of the disease, rendering its Imme dlste detection sometimes difficult. The disease has continued of the same mild type, as will be seen by the fact that the total number of deaths In the 604 cases during the period covered were only 15, nine of which occurred In the one small virulent epidemic above referred to. Fatality of Typhoid. Xext in point of gravity and far more serious In fatality, comes typhoid fever. of which 425 eases have been reported. with 103 deaths, eight times the mortality from smallpox in the same time, more than double that of diphtheria, and four times that of scarlet fever. As -it is not classed as a quarantinable disease In any 6t the Board of Health regulations of the United States, the re turn of the actual number of cases are exceedingly Imperfect. It Is quite evident trom an inspection of the number of deaths, compared with the total number of cases, which gives it an apparent mor tality of nearly 25 per cent, while the real mortality In Oregon does not exceed per cent, that tho reports as yet are so imperfect that no definite conclusions As to its Increasing or decreasing prevalence In the state as a whole can be drawn from them. "Multnomah County. In which probably at least twovthlrds of all cases which oc cur are reported, indicates a condition into which we hope ultimately to bring the entire state. This Shows that in the first eight months of our biennial .period in 1903 there occurred 101 cases, while lrr thc nine months of 1904 only S3 cases were Teported. This, considering that Port land is the catch-basin for infections oc- curing in every ;part of the state, is an encouraging showing. As to localities which have been under observation on account of epidemics oc earring in 1903. It can be said that, as i whole, the number of eases in nearly every Instance has been markedly less during the past Summer. Reports from Salem physicians give 93 cases during the Summer of 1902, and 108 cases in 1902, up to September la. This year, during the slightly longer period, namely, front Jan uary 1 to September 30, 1904, the total number of cases. was 2Q, of which nine came in from other sources outside, the cltjj, and six of. them . from outsldo the couny. . The State Biologist, Prof. Albert R Sweetser, of Eugene, in his report, calls attention to the marked bacteriologic im provement which has occurred in the city water supply, since the careful in spection by the diver and probable over hauling of the In-take plpo running across Willamette Slough from the cud ot tne pumping station. This was carried out in August. 1903, and by the middle of Sep tember the number of cases haa Begun to diminish, and by October 15 the epi demic was almost at an end. Another locality to which special atten tion was directed was Ashland, from which, on account of . the utilization by one suburb of a contaminated source of water supply, 23 cases were privately re ported by Dr. Plekel In 1903. This supply was cut off, and for this year but two re ports have been received. The only region In the state In which the disease appears to have Increased is In Union County, though whether this be on account of lack of reports last year with the Increased attention to them this, or whether it be due to the dlfflcujt prob lem of the local water supply is an open question. The prevalence of scarlet fever and diphtheria has been distinctly low all throuch this term, as will be seen: a slight apparent Increase has occurred In scarlet fever, and a slight decrease in diphtheria. The total number of deaths, however, trom either, 52 from diphtheria and 27 from scarlet fever; is, for a popu lation of nearly 500.000 for a period of IS months, exceedingly low. The number of cases of measles has been ud to. if not slightly above, the av- eraee for our population, namely, 1380 cases. S60 of which occurred in Portland The only other epidemic of importance elsewhere being in Clatsop County, in which 220 cases occurred. Six deaths re sulted. A committee of the board, consisting of the Dresldent. Dr. Harry Lane, and the secretary, co-operating with a similar committee from the Portland Medical So ciety, has succeeded in organizing a Port land Open-AIr Sanatorium Association, consisting of some of the most prominent men and women in Portland. Through their liberality and public spirit the sum of nearly 54000 has been rained or sub scribed; a tract of 14 acres of land, situ ated upon a beautiful bluff 200 feet high overlooking the Willamette River, six miles above Portland, has been purchased, a pumnlnrr station and pipe line connect ing It with a near-by spring Installed, and a colony of tents and cottages are in nrocess of erection, which will have a capacity for 15 to 20 victims of tubercu lbsls. Water Supply. ' Careful investigation by personal visits of the board shows that all the important towns in Oregon have unusually pure water supply. In most instances moun tain streams are utilized, well protected from contamination. "The following towns secure their water supply from streams which, though nat nrally of remarkable purity, are. from tho increasing density of population In their valleys, either actually contaminated or liable to become so at any time: "Salem, Corvallis, Eugene. Albany,Mc Minnville, Grant's Pass, Oregon City, Umatilla and La Grande. "To these an easy solution of the prob lem is open, namely, the establishment POINTS FROM THE REPORT. Fumigation of rooms, houses and con tents In smallpox cases Imperative la stamping out smallpox. Care in fuardlnr drinking water from, contamination has been followed by de crease In typhoid cases. Enforcement of the law on expectora tion recommended to avoid spread of tuberculosis. Cities urged to look well to pure water supply. Salaried officers recommended for reg istration of deaths and births. of a modern filtration plant, cither of the chemical precipitant or slow sand va riety. This has already been done by Ore gon City, at an expense of less than 530.- 000, and, as will bo seen by the report of tho State Biologist, with most gratifying results, the swarms of bacteria in the water of the open river at that point being reduced practically to the vanishing point by the process. The physicians of Oregon City are unanimous in declaring that the number of cases of typhoid fever in Oregon City has markedly diminished since its installment, and that in no in stance' has any case of typhoid been trace able to the filtered water. School Hygiene "A careful and systematic inspection of the schoolhouses of Portland was carried out in- the Autumn of 1903 by a committee consisting of a representative from the Federation of v omens Clubs, a repre sentative from the Portland City Board of Health and the secretary of this board. and a full and detailed report made to the board as to their sanitary condition and arrangements. The matter was taken up by the Taxpayers' League and other bodies,, and presented before the annual school meeting, with the result that near ly SG0.0CO was added to the amount to be expended -for new buildings and for the sanitary improvement, in ventilation and sewerage, of the old buildings, in excess of that originally recommended "Somewhat similar inspection was car ried out In Pendleton by Dr. C J. Smith: in Medford by Dr. Pickel, and In Astoria by the secretary. Milk Supply. After a careful stfidy of the problem of securing clean milk, the matter was brought to a climax at the -sanitary con ference, hereafter referred to, held under the auspices of the board in Portland, in March, 1904, where a thorough dlrcussion of the question was had by dairymen, veterinarians, sanitarians and physicians. and It was decided that two plans were open. One to use influence to secure the appointment of milk, or meat and milk, inspectors in the larger cities of the state. requiring eacn dairyman to take out a license which should be forfeited if he failed to keep up to a certain standard prescribed by the board, and reported upon by the inspector. The other was to work from the opposite end of the scale, as it were, by offering certificates of pur Ity of the milk to all dairymen hb would agree to comply with certain, standards and to submit to systematic inspections by the Board of Health; this is known as the plan of "certified milk. Two dairymen, W. W Cotton, of Port land, and David Bros., of Sprlngbrook, Yamhill County, were granted certificates under the latter method in July, 1504. . We have no hesitation in declaring that the citizena of Portland now have tho op portunity of securing as absolutely pure milk as if to be had anywhere in the world. The educational effects ot the procedure have been almost equally good. The at tention of the publics has been earclted. other, dairymen have been asked why they could not show similar certificates; several of the other prominent dairymen sur rounding Pbrtland. are contemplating com ing under our inspection, and Inquiries to a similar effect have come In trom A loria, B&ker City and other daces. The general Qualify of tho milk supply of the City of Portland shows a marked improve ment already, and we believe that It has had a most valuable educational effect upon both the public and the dairymen Bacteriological Investigation. Before the close o( Its first year the board found itself In financial condition td establish and equip a smalt oUnlcal bacteriological laboratory, in charge of which Dr. Ralph C. Matson was appoint ed as assistant bacteriologist. The labo ratory Is what Is known as of tho board of health type, and necessarily limited in its scope W the examination of specimens from contagious diseases for the purpose of diagnosis and quarantine; examina tions tare, made free; o( charge in all cases. For physicians outside the -City -of Port- physicians In the stat6 (Including Port land) blood serum tubes and swabs are furnished by the board free ot cnarge. and the culture Is examined in suspectea cases, of diphtheria, the results reported promptly by teiepnone or teiegrapn, u uc-sired. Tho Widal test is also made upon a few drops of blood taken from a patient sus pected to be suffering with typhoid fever. By the reaction of this test It can be de termined promptly, and In so per cent ot all cases -with certainty, as to whether the disease be typhoid or not. and the patient can then be placed on the proper treatment and the source ot tne aisease investigated. In the six months of 1903, 1935 Dirtns were reported, and In the nine months of 1S04, 3424; while 1424 deaths were reported in the six months of 1903 and 2272 in tne nine months ot 1904. This increase is still more- marked when the births and deaths reported from Multnomah County are dls- regaraed. Here the system of reporting having been In existence for la years, has been brought to a high degree of perfec tion. Outside of this county we find the number of births reported for 1903 was 1215 and In 1904 2113; In other words, an in crease of over 20 per cent per month. Deaths, in 1903, 704 outside of Multnomah County, and in 1904, 1222, an Increase or about 15 per cent per month. As nearly as can be estimated, the pro portion of deaths and births reported, to the population. Is now almost the same as that In California, Washington and Iowa, states whose laws are similar to our own. It is now generally accepted by statisticians In all the Eastern States that no perfect series of reports of births and deaths is to be hoped for without some system providing for the appointment and small salary or method of remuneration of local registrars in every county and precinct. This Is what Is known as the Michigan method, and similar laws have been adopted in several other states and are now under consideration in Pennsyl vania and Iowa, Not only does the physician receive no remuneration for these reports, but neith er the County Judge, health offlcor or clerk, has any inducement to make tho returns complete, and the only Incentive they have Is the fear of fine or legal pro ceedings If they should fail to do so. It Is earnestly hoped that at some future period means may bo provided by which a system of local registrars In every town- snip oi tne state can be appointed, who shall be either salaried, or receive a fee for each certificate filled out and filed. Sanitary Education. In March, 1904, there was held in Port land, under the ausnlces of the Board. the first of a series of proposed annual conferences of health officers and sani tarians, and all interested in the public health. Thls-lasted two days and was at tended by a considerable number of heal tti officers from various parts of the state, members of the profession In the city, and the State Health Officer and Veterinarian and president of the Wash ington State Board of Health, the State Health Officer of California, and a large number of intelligent and public-spirited citizens of the City of Portland. The dis cussions entered into excited the Interest of the public, and great enthusiasm -was manifested from the addresses on milk supply and typhoid Xever. As one of the resultn nf thl"- mooHni. we have deceived a proposal from Dr. Fos ter, secretary of the State Board of Health of California, for the formation of a Pacific Coast Sanitary Association, whose first meeting will probably be held In Portland during the Lewis and Clark Fair. The other method of arousing the public Interest upon sanitary matters has been through the public press, and the Board cannot too strongly express its high ap preciation of and gratitude for the valua ble service rendered in this part of its activity by the newspapers of the state .from the beginning of its existence. Licensed Embalmers. Acting upon the precedent set by other Boards of Health, and in view of the fact that on and after January 1. 1905, bodies dead of contagious diseases cannot be re ceived for shipment In any state of the Union outside of the one in which death occurs, unless prepared by an embalmer licensed by the State Board of Health, the Board decided to hold examinations for such embalmers who -wished to qual ify themselves. At the first examination held in Portland on March 1940 em balm era were examined. At the next- held in Portland on September 20 ten more were examined, and on September 23 fifteen more were examined. An exam ination was held in Medford by Dr. EL Barton Pickel on October 7, with three taking tho examination and another was held In Pendleton on November 2, by Dr. C. J. Smith, at which four were exam Ined. ' Heppner Disaster. The only great disaster with which the state has been visited since the organiza tion of the Board waa the cloudburst and flood at Heppner. lone and Lexington, on June 14. 1903; this afferded the Board an Opportunity for exerting Its protective ac tivities, and furnished Incidentally a strik ing illustration of the value of preventive measures. The nearest local member of the Board, Dr. C. J. Smith, of Pendleton, promptly went to tho site of the calam ity and took charge of the sanitary as pects of the work of clearing up and re pairing for habitation the devastated town. Dr. Smith devoted two weeks of labor to this task, being particularly careful to insist upon the cleaning out of all cellars under houses,- their disinfection with al kali from the surrounding deserts, and the thorough destruction of putresclble ani mal and vegetable remains left by the flood in and about the town. When Hepp ner had been placed In sanitary condition ho prepared to devote his attention to lone and Lexington, but was prevented from doing so from an inability to secure funds for tho purpose. The resulta of his worK were shown in a striking manner later In the season, for, in spite of tho fearful damage done by the fl66d. the hardships, exposure and Insufficient food suffered by the Inhabitants, scarcely a case of typhoid fever developed In Heppner, while at lone, the little village was simply riddled by the disease, as many as -three funerals oc curring on one Sunday from typhoid. CAUGHTINSHEETOFFLAME THREE MEN BURNED TO DEATH AT A LOS ANGELES MILL. Tank of Distillate Explodes and Blaze Spreads With Startling. Rapidity Through tho-Plant. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 16. Three men were burned to death tonight in a fire that destroyed the Eureka planing mill at Blxth street and Santa. Fe avenue, East Los Angeles. The dead: MARTIN I TODD, ftffed CO, assistant fore man. DUNCAN- ITNEILXs agred 56, carpenter. KEITH, carpenter. . The Are started from the explosion of a tank of distillate and the flames spread so aulckly that within a. few minutes the entire plant was ablaze. There were aoout 33 men at work In the mill at the time. and all escaped but the three who were burned to. death. Three small cottages adjacent to the mill were also burned. The total loss will be about $20,000. ONE NORMAL SCHOOL BOARD Equalization of Appropriations Would Result, Says Colenel Hofer. DRAIN, Or., Dec 16. (Special.) Colo nel E. Hofer, of Salem, tonight discussed the normal school question before tho faculty and students of the Normal School here. There were a number of members of the Legislature and Regents of the. school present. He advanced the idea that the four State Normal Schools should be under one Board of Regents of five persons, instead of each school having a local Board of Regents, as was the case at present. That would remove the local lobby and pressure for unusual and un equal appropriations. Ho showed tho following statistics from the office of the Secretary of State as to the amount of appropriations for each school from the time it was established: Es tab School, llshed. Monmouth.... 1S83 "Weston 1893 Ashland 1689 Drain ISM Main tenance. $140,203.-6 81.429.52 ca.csa.oo 29.600.00 Build litem 510,500 49,500 10.500 1,000 ill lf ii & m Ar $4.95 v flmf $4,95 Total $259,744.28 $77,500 The inequality of these appropriations is apparent to any one, he" argued, and was due to the greater efficiency of the local boards and delegations who camo up to work for appropriations. These schools are now all equipped' -with build ings, unless it were Drain, wnich had never received any appropriations except for maps and fixtures. A Board of Re gents at large, not influenced by local Interests, could do justice to tho Normal Schools and protect the state against im proper appropriations. Mr. Hofer advocated that as high schools were being established all over the -state, all but professional work in branches of pedagogy tie cut out of the Normal Schools, and their appropriations based on the number of years of actual pofesslonal work done In each of them. A young man or woman who had received only one year's -work in a normal school was worth 50 per cent more as a teacher than the same person would have been -without such training. For this work of preparing teachers the state could well afford to pay, A uniform course of study for all four Normal Schools should be prepared, so that teachers employed in different parts of the state could take up a second or thhra or fourth year of preparatory work In their profession wherever they hap pened to be employed. Uniform account ing and supervision would also accomplish a great saving. NEW FIGHT ON BEEF TRUST. Montana Secures Order Requiring Five Big Concerns to Appear. HELENA Morit, Dec 16. Five of the biggest packing-houses of the country must appear in the faupreme court next week in answer to an order from that. tri bunal, the order having been made at the' Instance of Attorney-General Donovan, who alleges that the companies have formed a truet. and, having thus violated tho laws of the State of Montana, they should be enjoined from doing business in the state. The application for an order to show cause was made by the Attorney-General last Monday, the defendants In the suits being known as the beef trust, Swift & Co, Armour & Co., Cudahy & Co. and tho Hammond Packing Company, of Chicago, and tho Hammond' Packing Company, of Pueblo. Horse and Barn Burned. LA GRANDE. Or.. Dec lfi. (SpecIaL) Fire totally destroyed J. H. Prose ott's barn at an early hour this morning, and before it was discovered a valuable. driv ing horse was burned, besides two tons ot hay, a buggy and other articles. The loss amounts tq, nearly ?400, with Slio In surance. It Is not known how the fire originated, but it Is believed to have been the work of hobos, who had slept In the barn and were smoking. Life Imprisonment for Murder. SALINAS. CaL, Dec. 16.-Prlvate W. Allen, of the Ninth (colored) Cavalry, has been convicted of the murder of Sergeant Tooley, of Company L. Fifteenth Infan try, at Monterey, last October. The Jury fixed the nfiritfthVttnnt- nf 1 1 ft ln.h'.ltvfi. land examinatlonsr are made of sputum Ih-I went. The murder was committed during' suspected pases of tuberculosis. For 411 J a race quarrel. HOOD RIVER WINS PRIZES. Thanks Given Portland Business Men for Aid In Sending Exhibit. HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec 16. (Special.) E. L. Smith, president of the State Board of Horticulture, received word this morning from St. Louis that Hood River has been awarded two gold medals for fruit displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and that a grand prize has been awarded to Wasco County for her apple display, tho only grand prize for fruit granted to any county In the United States. The letter Is from C. V. Gallo way, who assisted Superintendent Wen rung In displaying- the fruit at St. Louis. Mr. Galloway says: "The awards In the department of horti culture have not yet been officially given nut, but the lists are made up and exhibi tors have been permitted to see them. Oregon gets 127 awards In all. as follows: Grand prizes, 2; gold medals, 7; sliver medals, 82;' bronze medals, 3C. "One grand prize is for the collective state exhibit and the other for the ex hibit of Wasco County. Wasco is the only county in all the United States which received a grand prize for a fruit exhibit. Two or the medals go to your county also, one to the Applegrowers Union of Hood River, and the other to G. D. Woodworth for exhibit of cherries. "The reason we received so many silver medals Is the system of storing, which al lows 20 per cent for quantity of exhibit. "We get one more grand prize and one more gold medal than does the State of Washington. Oregon's showing Is con sidered a very good one Indeed." E. L. Smith states that to the business men of Portland is due a great deal of the credit .J'or the Wasco County strand prize,. v it "wasrnade possible by their generous efforts that the .Hood River fruit display was forwarded intact to St. Louis last Ootober. EAGLES WERE AT WEDDING. Miss Mollie Smith, of Portland, Has Romantic Marriage at Bay-City. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16. (8pe cial.) A wedlng to which the beauti ful bride brought an atmosphere Of more than the usual amount of ro mance that hovers about such tunc tlons took place last night at the Fra ternal Brotherhood. In Eagles' Hall. Miss Mollie G. Smith, of Portland, Or., camo to this city to be claimed as the bride Of Augustus De Pcrine, and as she was without friends or relatives It was suggested that the cerembny be performed In the parlors of tho broth erhood, of which both are members And whero tho fair stranger could at least have fraternal companlonshlD. Miss Smith is an orphan without any living kin. She had no other home than -with the Young Women's Chris tian Association in Portland, where she was a leader in the work. Her at tendants were the drill team of the order, who escorted the bride and groom to a position before' Rev. Anna L. Gillespie, pastor of the People's unurcn. Jbittie ioramc and Jewel Al len. children of a member of the lodge, aciea as ringoearer and nower girls. GUNNYSACK BANK ROBBED. -Eccentric Farmer Held Up at His Home and Over -$5000 Taken. DAYTON. Wash.. Dec 16. (Sneclal W. G. Gibbons, a mlddle-agpd, eccentric bachelor farmer, 'was rbbbed and beaten last night at his home. He was at supper at dusk; when he was called outside and struck on the head with hatchet. He was badly bruised defend ing himself. Tying his arms and feet with a rope, the thieves left Gibbons outside his house and warned him to keep still. Tho men then stoic $5800 frbm a trunk. Gibbins was badly scared. He freed himself after the robbers had gone and hid In the barn all night. He Is very eccentric, and has - for years carried jais money wun mm to town in a SPECIAL TODAY Handsome Parlor Chairs in design shown above. Fine mahogany finish, hand-rubbed and polished; spring seat, prettily upholstered in embossed French velours and silk tapestries Cheap, but they don't look it. They're built to wear. REGULAR PRICE OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK SiiOOE CREMT IS GOOD OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK 9i gunnysack. He would not trust me banks. He thinks the robbers were two young men, but he cannot describe them accurately. The snorire went to the scene. WILL OF MRS. MARY E. MOORE Whitman College and Her Home Church Were Remembered. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec 15. (Spc ciolJl The will of Mary E. Moore, the late wife of ex-Governor Miles C. Moore, was probated hero today. The oply be ouest outside the family were to Whit man College and tho First Congregational College of Walla Walla, whicn receivea $1000 each. Her husband and three sons, Frank, Walter and Robert, were maae Joint executors without bonds. Mr. Moore has willed ner siock in nm-ker-Rover National Bank, the home place and half of tho community property. Mary L. Preaton, a niece, received 51C00. Her three sons, besides receiving special be quests are made residuary legatees of the estate, which is worth several hundred thousand dollars Drunken Woman Attempts Suicide. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 16. (Special.) A woman named Mrs. M. E. Moore, who has been in the city but a few days, attempted to commit suicide last night by drowning herself. The watchman on the lighthouse tender Columbine saw her running toward the edge of the wharf and caught her Just as she was about to Jump Into the river. On being taken to the city a bot tle partially filled with alcohol was found In her pocket, and she had evidently swallowed a good portion of the liquor. Today the woman admitted her Identity and said her home was in North Yakima, Wash., but she had been living in Port land recently. She appears to repent her rash act and says she was crazy with drink. The woman admits that she has twice been examined on tho charge of in sanity. She -was discharged from the Jail this evening. Brutal Murderer Hanged. BOISE, Idaho. Dec 15. James Connors, the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Sweet, at Blackfoot. was executed inside the prison yard here today. Connors, who admitted his guilt, refused to make any statement, and when the hour of execution arrived he walked tp the scaffold without a tremor. He declined spiritual comfort, and faced death with a bravado never be fore witnessed on a scaffold in Idaho. He was pronounced dead 12 minutes after the trap was sprung. The crime for which Connors was ex ecuted was most brutal. With two other men he had been terrorizing the people of Blackfoot. When Deputy Sheriff Sweet attempted to arrest him at a Japanese railroad camp Connors fired two bullets Into the officer's body. Sweet died within a few hours. WARDEN DRYDEN WILL RESIGN Knows He Will Be Removed When Governor Mead Takes Chair. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec 16. (Spe cial.) Warden Charles Dryden, of the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, will send In his resignation to Governor McBride before January 1, in order to forestall his removal by the incoming Governor Mead. It is well known that one of the first appointments of Mead will be a Penitentiary Warden, and it will not be Dryden, the latter having openly worked for the election of George Turner at the recent election. Warden Dryden will retire as soon as his successor can qualify. He will lo cate either in Seattle or Spokane. The Reward of Unrighteousness. MARSHFIELD. Or., Dec. 16. Joe Bloodsoc, of Coqullle City, came over on a visit to the boys on the bay and one night this week picked up $600 from one of the players in a little game of draw. This was all tho money the victim had and his wife was left In want. She complained and was given back $150. Joe was haled before Judge Hyde on a chargo of gam bling and fined the limit, $100. He re turned home this morning still $'350 to the good. Hooper Left No Will. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.An ap pralament was filed today of the estate of Frank S. Hooper, a prominent lumber and shipping man, who died on July 3 last, placing Its worth at $556,255. Hooper left no will and the estate will be divided be tween hi3 surviving relatives. Jury Given a Time Limit. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Dec. 16. (Special.) The Jury In the Millard Boyd murder case la still out at 9 this evening and it Is probable that no verdict will be returned and the Jury will be dlmlssed by 5 o'clock in the morning. The case went to the Jury at 11:30 last night. Judge Rudkln, who will leave for Frank lin County on the 5 o'clock train In the morning, has given the Jury till that time to arrive at a verdict, otherwise he will dismiss them. Heavy Sentence for Theft. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, Dec. 16. (Special.) The heaviest sentence ever given any one in a New Westminster court for petty theft was pronounced this morning on Mong Kee, a Chinaman, for stealing from Henderson's grocery store at Chllliwack. He was given eight yeare. Judge Henderson says Chinese petty thefts are too numerous. 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