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THE MORNING OREGCXNIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1905.
FANGS CUT BUT
Commission Bill Is Very
Much Altered.
NO RATE -MAKING POWER
Joint Rate-Question Is Left to
the Railroads.
COMPLAINT CAN BRING IT UP
Governor Intimates That He Will Not
Allow the State's Money to Be
Wasted Under I aw That
Can Do No Good.
OLYMPIA. "Wash., Feb. 8. (Staff Cor
respondence.) Unless there Is a slip in
the programmo between now and to
morrow noon, the celebratd railroad
commission bill will then be returned
by the subcommittee to the joint com
mittee for consideration. The subcom
mittee has had a big task, and the
measure that emerges from their hands
in most respects is not unlike the fowling-piece
that was the same old gun
with the exception of a new lock, stock
and barrel.
The bill has been under consideration
by the committee for so long, that the
most of Its features have become pub
lic property through leakage, the main
points at Issue being printed several
Uays ago. While the bill will be re
turned to the subcommittee tomorrow,
no action of importance is expected
until next week. This is on account of
the death today of Senator Sharp, of
Kittitas County, out of respect of
whom both branches of the Legislature
will adjourn early tomorrow, not to
meet again until Monday.
There has been a steady change In
sentiment regarding the measure since
Jt was first Introduced and if this con
tinues until it reaches the floor of the
House next week, all of the fangs and
teeth will probably be drawn. The de-
Jay in returning the bill from the sub
committee has been entirely due to this
changing sentiment, which necessitated
a vast amount of work for those en
gaged in drafting the bill.
The stenographer who Is preparing'
the copy has been at wqrk with It
since Tuesday, and will not complete
her task until an early hour tomorrow
morning. These repeated changes were
made in response to new testimony
that "was being submitted in order to
make the measure conform to the com
mittee's Idea of what can be passed,
There is no longer a demand of any
consequence for a drastic measure, such
as the original Kennedy bill, and,
strange as it may seem, this clamor
has been silenced with very little aid
from the railroads. The importance of
the measure is such that the members
of the Legislature have given It
pretty thorough study, and the more
they study It, the less they are In
clined to grant to a commission of
three men such unlimited power as is
esked.
Robbed of Stringent Features.
First the attempt to grant rate-mak
ing power to the commission was ab&n
tioned, and now it is practically set
tied that the Joint rate question -will
remain in the hands of the railroads
and will not be touched by the com
xnlsBlon, except when complaint is
made. These are the two pre-eminent
features of the bill for which the rabid
commission men have been fighting,
but there is no longer a possibility of
either of them being embodied in the
measure.
Representatives from some of the
most strenuous commission districts
are being deluged with correspondence
urging' them to hold out for both of
these provisions, and the. Spokane Re
view, largely responsible for the com
mission craze east of the mountains, is
Still attempting to turn the tide setting
against such rabid action, but it Is now
a certainty that no bill of the McBrlde
Spokesman-Review type can pass tho
Senate, and it is extremely doubtful If.
it would pass the House.
What Will Commission Men Do?
Opinion, is divided as to what will hap
pen when the strong commission men are
asked to vote for an emasculated meas
aire, such as now seems certain. A few
of the members will smother their dis
appointment and vote in favor of it, but
there are others who will -vote against It,
partly as a rebuke to those who are re
sponsible for Its changed condition and
partly to prevent the expenditure of about
$70,000 of the state's money for mainte
nance of the commission for the two
years.
It is perhaps needless to state that no
small amount of pressure for the bill 19
coming from men who would like to hold
positions, either as commissioners or
clerks, the salary of the former being
fixed at $5000 per year, while the clerks
will receive from $1200 to $2000 per year.
The southeast combine, mentioned yes
terday as belng rather lukewarm on a
very stringent measure, is, if anything,
drifting still farther away from the Issue.
There is a wonderful lack of unanimity
among Its members, and If the unit rule
which was adopted Is enforced, either the
bill or the minds of some of the members
must undergo quite a change.
Numerous caucuses have been held by
them within the past few days, but at
none of them have all of the members
been present, and nothing definite has
come from any of their discussions.
Spokane Wants Martin.
Mr. O. Rockwell, of Spokane, who has
been scheduled to aid Mr. Harr Fair
child to carry out- the provisions of the
commission bill, will not receive the ap
pointment as commissioner. If it is within
the power of the Spokane legislative dele
gation to prevent It Instead, they will
urge Governor Mead to appoint George
Martin, of Spokane. Mr. Martin has had
over 15 years" experience In practical
railroading with .the Corbin interests In
Washington and Is eaid to-be better
equipped for the position- than any man
yet mentioned.
The .Governor Is not taking much of a
hand In the tight, but some of the com
mission men have been reporting that he
would veto any bill which did not give
the committee ratemaklng powers. This
the Chief Executive denies. In an Inter
view this afternoon he stated that while
the platform on which he was elected did
not call for a railroad commission, he
had promised to approve any reasonable
measure of that nature which the Legis
lature might pass. And he intended to
live up to his promise.
The Governor also Intimated that If It
developed that the commission was un
able to accomplish any good under the
law which might be passed, he would not
permit them to waste the state's money
by continuing in office.
The capital-removal question slumbered
today, although a very effective gum
shoe campaign is still in progress against
the scheme. E. W. W.
PRINTING BILL IS AMENDED
Local Option Committee Will Present
a Divided Report.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.)
The joint printing committee today ac
cepted the subcommittee printing bill and
will introduce it as a committee measure.
The bill as outlined heretofore was
amended slightly by reducing some of the
prices for work and an amendment add
ing a section requiring the Governors in
dorsement to all requisitions for printing.
The local option bill will come out of
the House committee on public morals
with a divided report. The committee.
after listening to arguments for and
against the bill, ptood five for and three
against the passage of the bill. A. Gerbel.
secretary of the State Liquor Dealers As
sociation, was present at the meeting.
but did not address the committee.
There was a long and heated discussion
In the House Insurance committee tonight
over a committee substitute bill which
prohibits life insurance companies giving
rebates to other than authorized agents
A number of Insurance men and attorneys
were present. The bill is favored by the
larger companies. It is alleged by them
that small and Irresponsible companies
sell policies by offering to make the
policy-holder a member of the board of
directors of the Insurance company for
the state, assuring him that he will re
ceive a rebate from busines subsequently
secured.
It is contended that the policy-holder
rarely gets the rebate and often finds
that he is Insured In a shaky company.
They allege it brings the Insurance busi
ness Into disrepute and the bill should be
passed In the Interest of the policy-hold
ers. The opponents of the bill say tho
measure is being pressed by tho larger
companies to give them control of all
the business. The committee reached no
conclusion.
RESTRICTIONS ON OSTEOPATHS
Senator Wilson Would Require Ex
amination and Certification.
OLYMPIA. "Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.)
Secretary Sharpless, of the State Board
of Medical Examiners, appeared boforo
the house committee on medicine, surgory
and hygiene last evening In support of
Senator Wilson's bill requiring the exam
ination and certification of osteopaths.
Dr. Sharpless disclaimed anything but
the best of feeling toward the school of
no-medlclne, and asserted that It was in
tho interests of the osteopaths that some
restrictions should be placed upon the
promiscuous practice of osteopathy by
persons whose training disqualified them
to attend to the bodily welfare of pa
tlents. He thought accredited osteopaths
should be permitted to Issue death certifi
cates In the same manner as other physi
cians.
Representative Booth asked him If he
was willing to exclude from the opera
tions of the proposed law osteopaths In
actual practice prior to January L 1905.
and Dr. Sharpless thought that the rights
or such osteopaths was a question of law
rather than of medicine. Dr. Wilson, au
thor of tho bill, declared that he was op
posed to any amendment attaining that
end.
Further consideration of tho bill went
over for one week, at the request of
Booth.
The committee decided to recommend
for passage the Senate bill raising tho
examination fee of physicians before the
board from $10 to $25.
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ELECTION FOR. SENATOR CALLED
Successor to J. P. Sharp, Deceased, to
Be Chosen at Once.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 9. (SpecIaL)
Governor Mead issued a proclamation
today calling an election in the Thir
teenth Senatorial district, composed of
Chelan and Kittitas Counties, to select
a successor to Senator J. P. Sharp, de
ceased. The Governor directs that the
election be held February 23. Senator
Sharp was elected last Fall and would
therefore have served in the Legisla
ture of 1907 also.
The Governor's proclamation is Is
sued under a law that requires him to
call an election immediately after
vacancy occurs in a Senatorial district.
Senator Sharp's death occurred in El-
lensburg this morning. He had been
in Ill-health for a long time, but was
in Olympia at the beginning of the ses
sion and remained through a portion
of the Senatorial fight. Sickness com
pelled him to go home, however.
Walter M. Olive, of Wenatchee. who
Is the head of an Irrigation company,
is out after the position, and there Is
a possibility that Representative
George E. Dickson, of Kittitas County,
will become a candidate for the noml
nation. The Kittitas County delegation
is the larger and will therefore control
the nomination if it desires.
Both Dickson and Olive will go to
Ellensburg tomorrow to confer with
friends concerning their candidacy.
ESTIMATE IS MUCI- REDUCED
Washington State Institution Will Be
Compelled to Economize.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.)
The House appropriation committee to
night appropriated the State Board of
Control's estimates for the needs of the
state institutions under their manage
ment, after making several reductions.
The hospital building at the Soldiers'
Home, to cost $10,000, Is cut out, and $4200
asked for Increasing the capacity of the
electric lighting plant is not allowed.
The library fund Is reduced from $2003
to $200. The estimate from the Eastern
Washington hospital Is reduced In the
matter of repairs and Improvements from
$5000 to $2500. The additional buildings for
the School for Defective Youth are dis
allowed and the maintenance Is reduced
from $SS.O00 to $4o,000.
In lieu of these items, however, the
Lindsley bill providing for a new school
at a location to be selected Is approved,
together with an appropriation of $02,500.
The total appropriation for. the Board of
Control and the new school provided for
in the Lindsley bill Is, as amended, about
$1,005,000. The board's original estimates
were $1,054,000, showing a net reduction of
about $50,000.
Opposition to Road Law.
OLYMPIA, Wash., ' Feb. 9. (Special.)
The members of the House representing
the rural districts are endeavoring
form a combination for the purpose of
securing amendments to the present road
law that will come up to their wishes
The movement arises from tho popular
demand that found voice in the platform
of both the dominant political parties last
Fall tor a repeal of the present road law.
The country members declare that the
present law has many disadvantages, so
J iajl& . is particularly obnoxious to those
counties that are extensive In territory
and small in population. The movement
Is only In the formative state, but prom
ises to become one of the Important fea
tures of the session.
PEPPERED BY A GOPHER GUN
Corvallis Real Estate Agent Gets Sur
prise in an Empty House.
CORVALLIS. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
Doctors are picking birdshot out of the
right leg of James u. Lewis, shot this
afternoon by the discharge of a shotgun
that. It Is alleged, had been set for squir
rels. The accident happened at the tem
porarily vacant farmhouse of Spencer
Bicknell, five miles north of town, at 4
o'clock this afternoon. Twelve of tho two
dozen shot In the limb have been removed.
The wound Is not serious and Lewis will
recover.
Lewis is a real estate agent and had
been showing a prospective buyer over
the Bicknell farm. Lewis was aheadwhen
they started to enter the house. As ho
opened the door and passed inside, the
discharge of a shotgun brought him to
the floor. Most of the shot took effect
above the knee, ranging In their course
slightly upward.
TWINS BORN IN A TOURIST-CAR
Oregon City Mother Is Shown Special
Accommodations.
SAN JOSE. Cal., Feb; 9. (Special.)
Twin sons were born to Mrs. W. E. East-
burn, on the Southern Pacific train, at
Lathrop, about 3:30 o'clock this afternoon,
while she and her husband were on the
way to this city from Oregon City, Or.
The railroad company ran the tourist
sleeper through to this city to accommo
date the mother.
The babes and mother are none the
worse for the strange experience.
ST. PAUL ON THE PORTLAND RUN
Alaska Commercial Vessel Will Sup
plement Present Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. (Special.)
The Harriman lines have chartered tho
steamship SL Paul to assist the steamers
Columbia and Oregon in maintaining
service between this port and Portland.
The St. Paul Is at present laid up in Oak
land Creek. She belongs to the Alaska
Commercial Company. She Is speedy and
comfortable, with accommodations for
many passengers.
SIX SALOON MEN ARE INDICTED
Accused of Breaking the Sunday-Clos
ing Law at La Grande.
LA GRANDE. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
At the February term of the "Union Coun
ty Circuit Court, In session In La Grande,
before Judge Eakln. six La Grande sa
loonmen were Indicted today, charged
with selling liquor on Sunday, the first
of the six being on trial now.
Since last Spring gambling and opon
saloons on Sundays has been prohibited
in the county.
Bee Men Hold Convention.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 9.
(Special.) The first annual convention of
the Washington State Bee-Keepers' As
sociation is now in session here, with
President J. W. Thornton In the chair.
A number of valuable papers were read
at today's session. Among them were
those of G. L. Tanzer. of Seattle, en
titled, "Food Values of Honey as Com
pared with Other Principal Foods." and
W. S. Lawrence, assistant botanist of the
State Agricultural Colleee. entitled. "The.
Value of Bees to the Orchard and the
Time to Cut Alfalfa."
Mr. Lawrence urzod the farmers not
to cut their alfalfa until after full bloom.
thus giving the bees a chance to get tho
noney out or tne flower and Improving
me quality of the hay.
Business Men Favor Dance Halls.
After two trials. Harrv Smith, a dance.
nan-Keener, has been aimulttfrt of th
charge of running his place without a
license, ismitn had his license revoked
by the Council, but alleged that he was
not summoned for a liearlni hut hs
license was taken away from him after
tne statement of the police only. On this
aerense the second Jury acquitted him
The first one disagreed.
The members of churches have hen
making complaint In rccard to dancohaita
out business men are In favor of them.
as a rule, as they maintain it helns bus!
ness. The church people may take ud
the light.
Centralis in Need of Sewers.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.)
It developed at the Council meeting this
week that Centralia was better fixed.
financially, than any other town of its
size In the state. The outstanding In
debtedness of the city Is lees, than that
of many smaller towns. This Is caused no
doubt by the fact that many of the towns
have complete sewerage systems. This
being the case, and the fact being
brought to the attention of the Council
that Centralia needs sewere. It may be
decided to start on a sewerage system in
the near future.
Teams for Albany College Debate.
ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
March 3 has been set as the date for
the annual intersoclety debate between
the literary societies of Albany College,
at which time will also occur the try-
out for places on the .Intercollegiate
debating team. The teams ure:
Senate Ralph W. Knotts. of Al
bany; Edwin B. Tilton, of Springfield
and Ross B. Miller, of Portland.
Literary society Laurence A. Hunt
of Oakland; Evert L. Jones, of Albany,
and Oliver M. Hlckey, of Latourell.
Allen Released on Bonds.
ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 9. (SpeciaL) B
F. Allen returned last evening from
Portland and this morning was served
with the warrant sworn to yesterduy
afternoon by John Hahn and charging
him with criminal libel. Mr. Allen was
arraigned In the Justice Court and re
leased on $200 bonds to appear for
preliminary hearing on next Tuesday
morning.
Youthful Forger at Old Game.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
Louis Norton, aged 20 years, is held
under a bond of $500 on a charge of
forgery, having attempted to cash
spurious check for $65 on the First Na
tional Bank of Roseburg. Norton has
already served a two-years term In the
penitentiary for a forgery committed
In Coos- County. He Is u. member of a
highly respected family.
Requisition Honored for Hoke.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Gover
nor Chamberlain today honored the requl
sltlon papers of Governor Johnson, of
Minnesota, for the arrest and return of
Henrj' Hoke, wanted In Minnesota to
answer to the charge of grand larceny
In the first degree. Hoke was arrested in
Portland.
Cases Set in Supreme Court.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Cases
were today set for hearing in the Su
preme Court as follows:
Tuesday, February 21 Harry Sandys et
al. vs. George H. Williams; James M
Welch vs. M. J. Kinney.
The first Is a saloon box case, and is ap
pealed from Multnomah County.
Chamberlain's Couth Remedy Absolutely
Harmle.
"Every mother should know that Cham
hPriain's Couch Remedy Is perfectly safe
for children to take. It contains nothing
harmfu' and tor cougns. corns ana croup
Is unsurpassed. Jb or sale by au druggists.
CHARLOT WILL GO
Flathead Chief Determined to
See the President.
TRIBE HAS PRESSING WANTS
Aged Indian Says Roosevelt Is Only
Man Who Understands the Con
ditions, and Who Will
Give Relief.
MISSOULA, Mont, Feb. 9. Chief
Chariot, of the Flathead Indians and
their allied tribes, intends to proceed
to Washington despite the orders to
the contrary Issued by tho Indian De
partment. Tho old chief arrived here
today all ready for the Journey.
Through his interpreter. Chief Char-
lot sent a telegram to the department
today asking that Agent Bellew bo
allowed to accompany him. If permis
sion is refused. Chariot will take the
first trsiin for the East accompanied by
his Interpreter.
Chariot told the Associated Press
through his interpreter today that
President Roosevelt is the only man
who understands conditions in the
West and when he hears what he tells
him Congress will certainly act. Char-
lot wants the water rights now used
by Indians protected. They are not
even recorded at present. He also
wants timber set aside and some alter
ation made In the allotment law rela
tive to others than full bloods taking
land. The condition of the sick, old
and feeble, he says, must bo looked out
for and counts on the President look
ing at things In the same light.
Chariot Is backed by the authority
of the full council. He expects to leave
for Washington by tomorrow night, at
the latest. Agent Bellew Is here wait
ing instructions from Washington.
VICTORIA PARLIAMENT OPENS
Extension of Railway Systems Indi
cated as Government Policy.
VICTORIA, B. a. Feb. 9. The sec
ond session of the tenth Parliament
of British Columbia was opened this
afternoon by the Lieutenant-Governor,
Sir Henri Joll de Lotblnlere, with the
usual ceremony. The speech from the
throne indicated a policy aimed at the
development of the province by exten
sions of the railway system. It was
announced that the extensive works
undertaken some years ago for the
protection of the lunds In the valley
of the Fraser River have been com
pleted.
The financial relations of the province
and the Dominion was the subject of
a memorial presented to the -Dominion
government showing the strong
grounds that exist for a recognition of
tne claims of British Columbia for
better terms.
An Ottawa dispatch received today
says: W. Sloan, member for Comox
Atlln, announces that in view of the
dispatch from Washington regarding
Hecate Straits, which Is not very ex
plicit, he intends bringing thematter
up again in the House.
SENATORS MAY NOT TESTIFY
District Attorney ..Says It Would Pre
vent LegarProsecutlon.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 9. In an
ticipation of a sensation in connection
witn the Senate bribery scandal, a
large crowd assembled in the Senate
Chamber this afternoon. The four Sen
ators accused of bribe-taking. Em
mons, Wright, Bunkers and French,
were in their seats when the Senate
was called to order. The special com
mittee which' has been investigating
the accused men, srint in a communica
tion, through Its chairman, Senator
Belshaw, asking whether it should re
fuse to swear the accused Senators and
receive their testimony under oath.
In view of the assertion of the District
Attorney of Sacramento that this
would "prevent their legal prosecution.
Several resolutions Intended to cover
the question at issue were presented,
and without action the Senate took a
recess.
When the Senate reconvened this af
ternoon, the same large audience was
present to listen to a continuation of
the debate and await the verdict of
whether the Senators are to be sworn
for the purpose of taking their evi
dence. After several arguments 'pro
and con. Senator Emmons, one of the
accused men, took the floor and spoko
in his own behalf, closing an impas
sioned appeal by saying:
"There is a simple way out of this.
Postpone your reporL Say to the grand
jury and District Attorney Seymour:
'Get out your Indictments, but give us
the right of a hearing.' We are Inno
cent until we have been proved guilty."
Throughout the debate Mrs. Emmons
sat by her husband's side. The Senate
decided not to allow the four accused
Senators to testify under oath.
FLAX PLANT TO BE AT CHEHAL1S
Citizens of Washington Town Have
Guaranteed Spur to Tract.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.)
George Nolan, general manager and
consulting engineer of the American Flax
Fiber Company of San Francisco, has just
started for San Francisco where he will
remain about ten days and then return to
Chchalls and begin construction of the
company's flaxworklng plant at Chehalis.
A sufficient acreage of flax has beon
pledged by the Lewis County farmers to
secure the construction of the works.
A seven-acre site has been taken south
of town near the Northern Pacific Rail
way track on which the plant will be
erected. The citizens of Chehalis have
guaranteed the building of a spur to the
site from the railway. There will be
four big buildings erected and the outlay
will be about $20,000. The process
building. In which will be the power
plant, the retting mill, the scutching and
braking mill, a dryklln and 'dinger
house' will be of brick, covering about
65x100 feet of ground. Two hundred feet
south of the process building will be the
combination building. 40x150 feet, used
for a thresher-house, seed storing, fiber
room and office. The two other prin
cipal buildings will bo 40x150 feet and
used for storing straw.
The American Flax Fiber Company of
San Francisco has a paid up capital of
$250,000. The officers aro Theodore
Polndexter, president: Oliver Haslett, sec
retary; George D. Greenwood, treasurer;
George Nolan, general manager and con
sulting engineer. The company owns
patents for working flax which are being
used In other mills, but the Chehalis mill
will be the first plant of their own which
they will operate.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Mrs. Susan M. Wirt.
ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
Mrs. Susan M. Wirt, wife of Augustus
C Wirt, died at Tier home in Sklpanon
at 8 o'clock this morning- after a lone
illness, aged 73 years. Mrs. Wirt, who
was formerly Miss Susan M. Kimball,
was an Oregon pioneer of 1S47 and was
a survivor of the Whitman massacre.
She came to Clatsop County in ISIS,
and with the exception of a few years
spent at Oysterville, Wash., has resided
in this county since that time. In 1S50
she was married to Mr. Wirt, who sur
vives her. She left two daughters
and two sons.
Mrs. Harriet M. RIeman,. of Portland;
Mrs. Olive McGuire, of Seaside: John
K. Wirt, of Astoria, and O. B. Wirt, of
Portland.
Mrs. Anna M. Linser.
ROSEBURG. Of., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Mrs. Anna Marie Linser died at the
home of her son, G. R. Linser, in this
olty yesterday, aged nearly 82 years.
Deceased was a native of Germany,
coming to this country about 40 years
ago. The family came to Roseburg
from Portland in 1S92.
UNION MEN CHARGE BAD FAITH
Delegation in Legislature Will Not
Work for New County. .
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) Because
Senator Pierce is now openly opposed to
the Hot Lake County proposal, the name
of the new county, made an advertise
ment of Pierce's sanitarium to please
him. will be changed, for the citizens
from the town of Union expect nothing
from their delegation. The citizens' com
mittee, now working here, rely upon out
side support for the creation of the new
county, and declare the strongest pledges
have been made them.
When Senators Pierce and McDonald
and Representative Dobbin return to
their respective bailiwicks they will find
a big -bunch of trouble awaiting them,
for the Union men here charge them with
bad faith. It seems that at a mass meet
ing in Union a few days before the open
ing of the Legislature. Senator Pierce de
clared he would support the new county
bill if it was backed by a strong petition
from the district and an industrious
lobby at Salem. McDonald and Dobbin
tacitly said they would do the same.
Representative McLeod was not present.
But now with a petition of S9.2 per
cent of the voters In the district behind
them, the citizens' committee Is given a
cold shoulder, and whisper of underground
politics.
FACES SEEN IN THIRD HOUSE
Smiles That Lighten the Gloom of an
Overcast Day.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Among
the celebrities whose smiles gladdened
the lobby today and took the place of
sunshine beneath the cloudy sky were
I. I.. Patterson. Collector of Customs at
Portland, and said to be In control of a Salem
newspaper which Is fighting the Multnomah
"machine."
C. H. Carey, who la attorney for tho Pacific
States Telephone Company, which is flBhtlnu
the groan earnings tax. who piloted the
Mitchell "organization" through the last prl
mary storm in Multnomah and who chose
most of the members of the Multnomah dele'
gatlon.
J. ti. AUKin. or Huntington, who is an
aspirant for the office -of State Treasurer and
who was awarded the courtesies of the House
today on motion of Representative Smith of
Baker.
J. D. Lee. of Portland, ex-Superintendent
of the Penitentiary.
H. E. Ankeny. of Eugene, said to be a con
didate for Governor.
V. C. Francis, of Portland, who has an eye
for big: sticks of lumber.
E. S. J. McAllister, who would cut off the
tall of the Jayne local-option bill right up
close to the ears by eliminating all but the
enacting clause.
Adverse to Mining Bureau Bills.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
There will be no raining bureau created
by this session of the Legislature. This
conclusion the committee on mining
reached today and reported all the Sen
ate mining bureau bills with adverse
recommendations. Tne mining men.
it Is said, do not want a bureau of the
kind some of the bills propose, but
would like to have some geological
survey work done as a means of fur
nishing information which would be
of benefit to the state in the develop
ment of mining.
The irrigation committee nas decided
to report a bill carrying an appropria
tion of 5S000 for hydrographic and to
pographic work In connection with
the United States Geological Survey,
and this is all the appropriation the
Legislature is likely to make along
this line. The Government will spend
dollar for dollar with the state In the
survey, and In this manner a great
amount of work will be accomplished.
Bank Will Resume Business.
ALBANY. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Ad
juster for an Insurance company today
adjusted and settled the loss of P. M.
Scrogglns & Co., Lebanon bankers, whose
vault and safe were burglarized Wednes
day morning. The bank will resume
business as soon as a money box can be
secured.
Two tricycles were used by the rob
bers who cracked the Lebanon bank safe
and it is now believed four men were en
gaged in the crime. The railroad vehicles
were stolen from Tallman and Goltra,
two miles west of .Tallman, and dumped
Into the Santlam canal at Albany. Four
well-dressed men were seen wnlking along
the track toward Lebanon about C o'clock
Tuesday evening. These men are believed
to have boarded the train early yesterday
morning.
Robbed on a Coast Steamer.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. The de
tectives have vainly tried to find a
clew to the mysterious disappearance
of $3S5 alleged by A. S. Calder to have
been stolen from his berth on the
steamer Francis H. Leggett between
Los Angeles and this city. Accom
panied by his wife, Mr. Calder Is on
the way to Portland, Or.
Calder is a farmer and went from
Denver to Los Angeles, where a short
visit preceded his trip on the steamer.
Logging Road Along the Coast.
ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) The
assertion is made that the Seaside Spruce
Lumber Company will soon begin work
on the construction of a logging railroad
south from Seaside. Ralls for one and
one-quarter miles of road are said to
have been purchased. The proposed road
is to run oa the survey already made
adjacen. to the Nccanicum River and
can be utilized for the extension of the
Astoria &- Columbia River Railroad to
Nehalem, If desired.
Action to Prevent Sewer-Building.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Feb. 9.
(Special.) There Is a probability that an
action will be commenced In the courts
to prevent the city from going ahead
with building the new sewer. Ex-Coun
cllman Thorp Is behind the movement.
Ho alleges the election was illegal, but
City Attorney Forsythe said today that
the ballots were as legally printed as any
ever used nere.
Bricks for Cold-Storage Plant.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Bricks are on the ground for the erection
of a chemical cold-storage warehouse and
Ice plant by the Davidson Fruit Com
pany, of this city. The structure Is to
be 40x100 feet In extent and two stories
high. It Is estimated to cost 515,000.
Enough Timber for a Lifetime.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.
The Lincoln Creek Lumber Co., which
has been idle all Summer, will start its
mill plant next Monday. It has timber
enough to last a lifetime.
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Laxative Bromo Quinine, world-wide Cold and
GrlD remedy, removes the cause. Call for full
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WON'T STAY DOWN
Firemen's Relief Bill Recon
sidered at Olympia.
AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE
Important Revenue and Taxation Bill
Passes House by a I .rge Major
ity After Some LWely
Debate.
OLYMPH, Wash.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
The Firemen's Relief Association and pen
sioning bill, which after passing the Sen
ate was yesterday defeated In the House,
was today resurrected by the adoption of
a motion by Poyns to reconsider the vote
by which the bill failed to pass. Several
of the members who yesterday spoke in
opposition to the bill favored reconsidera
tion, on the understanding that there
would be an effort to eliminate what to
them was the most objectionable feature,
providing that a portion of the present
excise tax on fire Insurance premiums be
used to create the relief fund.
After the adoption of the motion to re
consider, the bill was referred to the ju
diciary committee to prepare amend
ments. The House refused to adopt the unani
mous recommendation of the committee
on medicine that Senator Moore's bill reg
ulating the sanitary condition of hotel
and restaurant kitchens be Indefinitely
postponed. It adopted the report of the
same committee Indefinitely postponing
the Senate bill prescribing penalties for
the adulteration of vinegar.
The Vilas foreign bank bill, which was
saved from being amended to death Tues
day by a recommitment to the commit
tee, was back on the calendar this morn
ing in the House, with a recommendation
that the bill pass as originally introduced.
The House reconsidered the vote by which
it eliminated the clause forbidding new
foreign banks to receive deposits, and re
placed the section in the bill. The friends
of the bill now believe they can secure
Its passage.
The Falconer state depository law was
passed by the House, ayes 67, noes 3. Fal
coner, speaking for the bill, asserted that
the quarterly balances in the State" Treas
urers office for 1904 wcro over 51,000,000.
He insisted that the state should receive
interest on deposits.
The plumbers licensing bill, which was
Indellnltely postponed luesday, was also
resurrected by a vote to reconsider, and
took Its place on the calendar.
An attempt was made by Scott of Spo
kane to amend Christian's "high finance"
bill by limiting the amount of stock that
one corporation may own in another to
one-third. Scott declared that the bill, if
adopted as before tne House, would per
mlt one corporation to purchase 51 per
cent of the stock In another corporation
and gradually squeeze out the other 49
per cent of stock. Todd Insisted that the
state constitution now prevented "freeze-
outs of the kind suggested by Scott, and
tnat this bill was Intended simply to
facilitate business transactions that the
law now permits to be accomplished in a
roundabout way. The amendment was
lost.
One of the most important revenue and
taxation bills before the Legislature was
passed by the House this afternoon after
a somewhat extended discussion. The bill
is by Reld of Pierce County, and elimi
nates from the present law that section
which permits a person in returning the
amount of his taxable personal property
to onset against his money and credits
the gross amount of debts owed in good
faith.
It was argued by Roth. Twitchell. Lam
bert and Bishop that the bill was ?. good
one to prevent tax-dodging and that there
was no reason why debts should be an
offset against one class of property and
not another.
"There Is no way to dispute how much
a man says he owes his mother in Bos
ton," said Twitchell, "but we can deter
mine the amount of his money and cred
its.
Todd and Gleason objected strongly to
the bill on the ground that It would be a
hardship on persons who were entitled to
an offset for bona fide debts, while it
would prevent probably only a small
amount of tax-dodging. If any.
The bill received 71 ayes and 4 noes.
19 absent and not voting.
Megler's bill, providing for the nur-
chase of 2& acres of school land near
the mouth of the Columbia for pre
sentation to the Government for use
as a quarantine station site, was passed
without opposition.
The following bills were indefinitely
postponed by the House: Providing for
a state road from Methow River to Bar
ron; regulating mill-mess and board
ing-houses; providing for the examina
tion and licensing of stationary engi
neers.
The Huxtable fellow-servant bill
came In from the labor committee with
a majority report recommending Its In
definite postponement. By division the
House adopted the minority report fa
voring passage, which action places
the bill on the calendar.
The Senate today passed Rand's bill,
which permits delinquent taxes In river
Improvement districts to be collected
in the samo manner as other taxes.
Vancouver 1b the only town that has
taken advantage of the act of 1903 per
mitting bonding for river improve
ments. Under the original act this
burden is borne by a special tax col
lected apart fro mother taxes. Rand's
amendment adds Improvement costs to
the goneral tax and makes the collec
tion posible at one time.
The Welsh bill, which Is the result
of a legal fight mado by Collector of
Customs C. W. Ide against the pay
ment of poll taxes to the City of Port
Townsend, was passed by the Senate.
Tho old poll tax law provided that per
sons who had attained a certain age
would be exempt. In fighting his poll
tax Ide obtained a ruling of tho Su
preme Court to the effect that the act
was unconstitutional on. account of the
maximum age limit. Welsh's bill elim
inates the objectionable feature.
Senator Wilson's bill providing for
the appointment of county and munici
pal health officers and for a system of
reports failed to pass, ayes 11, noe3 18.
Senator Potts gave notice that he
would move to reconsider.
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The Senate passed the following
Senate bills: Palmer's bill providing
for a $5 bounty on cougars and $2.50
on lynx and wildcats: Hutson's bill giv
ing well-diggers a lien upon the land
for unpaid services; the Rasher bill ap
propriating $"000 each for aiding tho
Crittenton Homes in Seattle and Spo
kane and tho White Shield Home in
Tacoma; Hunter's bill providing that
all claims against municipalities shall
he Invalid unless presented within 30
days from tho time when the claim
accrued; J. J. Smith's bill prohibiting
the adulteration of any ground grains
fed to livestock under a penalty of $25
to $100 fine or Imprisonment from one
to six months.
Senator Earles introduced, a bill In
the Senate today which Is designed to
relieve the millmen and other ship
pers from the annoyance of car short
age. It provides that shippers must be
supplied with freight cars asked for
within six days thereafter, upon a pen
alty to the railroad company of $1 per
day for each car delayed.
New road bills appeared in the House
and Senate. They seek to restore the
system of electing road supervisors for
road districts 'to be created by the
County Commissioners, and provide for
a poll tax on each male citizen.
A bill was introduced by Moore
greatly strengthening the labor Hen
law. It declares that where property
Is destroyed by fire a lien may prevail
against the insurance money, and
makes a Hen for work done on build
ings under authority from those hold
ing title to the land apply to the land
also.
In the House new bills presented
give mineowners right3 of way over
intervening lands: declare eight hours
to be a full day's work in coal mines;
providing for the licensing of under
takers; add Spanish-American War vet
erans to beneficiaries of an act provid
ing for relief of Indigent soldiers and
families.
VICTIM OF GAMBLING ARRESTED
Olympia Saloon Men Bound Over for
Felony Alleged Witness Embezzled
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
As a result of the preliminary hearings
in the criminal action brought by John
Crowley against William McGowan.
George Taylor and Ed Rogers. Olympia
saloon men, under the law declaring the
conducting of gambling games a felony,
all three of the men complained against
have been bound over to the Superior
Court, and James Crowley, the states
leading witness, has been arrested on a
charge of embezzlement preferred by Mc
Gowan. The embezzlement charge against Crow
lew grew out of the testimony, which was
to the effect that a large portion of money
alleged to have been' lost at roulette by
James Crowley, belonged to his son, John
Crowley.
Scarlet Fever at P:ndIeton.
PENDLETON, Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
An epidemic of scarlet fever is raging in
Pendleton. Eleven cases have been re
ported, some being of a malignant form.
All houses where the disease Is found
have been quarantined, and the Health
Department Js taking every precaution
to prevent the spread of the disease.
It 13 feared that the city schools will
have to be closed. Two- cases of diph
theria are also reported.
Stranded Lightship Floated.
SOUTH DARTMOUTH, Mass., Feb. 9.
The Nantucket South Shoals lightship,
which went aground off Dumpling-Rock;
on Monday, was floated today.
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