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THE JlOBNTSJiS OKEJJQJJIAij. . SftBaj.iiABQH jj, 1905; GIN FOR NORMALS Law Puts on Same .Basis as the Reform School, AUTHORITY FOR CONTINUANCE Referendum Will Not Cut Off the ..Expense of the -State . Schools, .as Has Been. Believed " Heretofore. SaiLEJd. Or., March 10. (Special.) An examination of the laws creating the State .Normal Schools seems to show that ihese sphools are as much state Institu tions as are the Reform School. Mute School and BHad School and that there Is authority lor their continuance even though the appropriation bill should be held up by a referendum petition. Advocates of the referendum movement expect to cut off the Normal School ex pense along with some others, by Sling the petitions, but there seems to be as much authority for continuing the Nor mal Schools as there Is for the Blind School or Mute School. Under .the statutes and the decisions of the courts, the Secretary of State is bound to audit claims wherever there is a. law In oxlstence authorizing the ex pense to be incurred. An examination of the law on the subject therefore becomes Important The authority for the maintenance of the Blind School is contained In section 55C4 of the code, which says: "The State Board of Education are hereby constituted the Board of Trustees of said institute, and It shall bp their duty as such trustees to take charge of the funds of said Institute, to provide for the proper care of the pupils, to ap point all officers and teachers, and define the duties of the .am?, to fix and regu late tho salaries of all persons employed by them, and to make a full statement of the expenses, management and condi tion of the institute at each regular ses sion of the Legislative Assembly." The law creating tho Drain and Ash land Normal Schools is contained in sec tions 3501 to 2507 of the code. The act provides for a Board of Regents, consist ing of the State Board of Education and nine members appointed by the Governor on each board. Section 2505 defines the powers and duties of the boards, among which arc the following: "To appoint and employ a president and vice-president of said school and such pro fessors. teachers and employes as may be necessary, and to prescribe their du ties, compensation and tenure of office or employment." The Western Normal Is governed by sections 2490 to S500 of the code. Section 3500 gives the Board of Regents power similar to that quoted regarding the Drain and Ashland schools, and it Is also pro vided that the board shall have power "to purchase any needful and proper ap paratus, books or articles, and to provide for all necessary fuel and other supplies for use In the school." The same power to employ teachers, fix their compensation and tenure of employ ment Is conferred upon the Board of Regents of the Monmouth Normal. In the case of the Monmouth, Drain and Ashland schopls. authority Is given to ex pend any money belonging to or appro priated for such schools, and In the case of the Monmouth Normal, It Is specified that the expenditure shall be "according to the torms of such gift or appropria tion." but these provisions do not appear to be a limitation upon the power to em ploy teachers and fix salaries. The acts governing the Rpform School nnd Mute School are a little more particu lar In terms than that governing the Blind School. The acts authorized the boards of trustees to make any contracts for tho purchase of supplies, etc., neces sary for the maintenance of the schools. The acts governing tho Normal Schools authorize tho employment of teachers, which means the making of contracts, and there .seems to be no essontlal dif ference between the Normal School acts and those governing the Roform, Muto nnd Blind Schools. GOVERNOR'S THREAT OF A VETO Full Text of Message Sent on Big , Appropriation Bill. SALEM, Or., March 10. (Special.) Governor Chamberlain's message to the Oregon Legislature protesting against the passage of the appropriation bill which has since aroused so much op position 16 a document that promises to flguro In no small way in the next po litical campaign, and It Is now being 'discussed in that relation. Tac Democrats assert that the Gov ernor urged the Legislature not to pass a bill joining the normal schools with the other tate institutions. Tt has been alleged by some Republicans that tho Govornor's objection was only to the emergency clause, which the Leg islature removed before passing the bill. The message rocolved only pass ing attention at tire time, and only ex cerpts from it were published by the newspapers. Tho message was sent to Voth houses " at 2 o'clock on the last Jay of the eosoIoi), while tne appropriation bill was still awaiting the consideration of the Senate. In the House the message wan road .and placed on illo, and In the Senate It was referred to the judiciary committee, which made no ' report i hereon. The full text of the message is as follows: SAI-.EM. Or.. February 17. To the Honor. able Legislative Assembly ef the State of Ore Ken: IIoum bill 370 is In the Senate and baa sot been taken up for discussion. It contains the appropriations for the maintenance, repairs, improvements, equipment and current expenses of tho following state Institutions, to-wit: In FftBe Anylutn. Pooitontiary. Soldiers Home. Reform Fchool. Deaf. Mute School and Blind SehooJ. In addition thereto It contains appro priations for the support of the Unlverelty of Oregon, the Agricultural College, the four nor mal eee!a. the State Biologist. tb repayment t iht several counties of the state of ex pentes incurred by thetn in support of non rsbiAent poor, and possibly other Items. To th general bill is attached an. emergency clause declaring that It la necessary for the immediate preservation of the public jace, health and safety. While I desire to roost respectfully disclaim ny Mention to attempt to dictate to your ItoneraMe body what it should do. T neverthe lu feel It xnr duty to express to you candid ! ray views with reference-io this bill. Section 7 ef article 0 of the constitution of the state provides that laws making appropri utteoc for the salaries of public officers and other current expenses of the slate shall con- tats no 'proviso w- on any other subject. 1'ri. fler this provision it ems Improper to Include therein any other appropriations than those necessary for the support and improvement of die Insane Asylum, Penitentiary, Soldiers' Heme. Reform School. Zaf Mute School and BMnd School, which are all state Institutions An emergency clause can with propriety be added to a. bill which proidoa for tbei state institutions, but it seems to roe lmprojer.lo iaiettg in this appropriation bill the other SSetttuUons and Items above mentioned, and Improper to add an emergency clause to any bll that baa for its object the appropriation ot money for their support. In the hope that no obstacle may be placed In the way of the proper maintenance or tho Insane Asylum. Penitentiary. Soldiers Home.' JjBif Mute School and Blind School, and their InmsteF. vards ot ttie state, because of a xnis UEtderstE.ndln? between -your honorable body j(na the Gxecutlv. I -have felt tt. Incumbent tiftou. ra to suggest to you.wlthout any Jts sosttlcn to be disrespectful, that If tha bill passes in ltd pre est shape I cxnaet coascles tloutly sire It my approval, no matter what the result may br to the cute insiltutlcns to which I have referred. GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN. Governor. After receiving this message the only changes -made la the bill was to raise the normal school appropriations 518. 000, to raise the Eastern Oregon ex periment -station appropriation $5000, and to cut out the emergency clause. RECRUITS FROM WASHINGTON Three Representatives Ready to Undo tho Work of the Machine. HILLSBORO, Or.. March 10. (Special.) Representative M. S. Barnes, of Beaver-, ton, when interviewed this morning as to the proposed extra session for normal legislation, said: "I am In favor of such a session, and would be willlng-to serve without com pensation. As a matter of fact the nor mal legislation should have stood on its own merits and I was all the time op posed to it being used as a rider on the general appropriation bllL We were call ing for the bill a long time before the session closed but the ways and means committee would not report until it was too late, and it became a part of the general bill. "I am fully satisfied that this was the deal made at the time of the organiza tion, and when the bill came to us we bad cither to reject the general appro priation bill or vote for the r-orxaals. If there shall be no special legislation I shall be glad to vote against the bill if referred. This tie-up is the result of machine combines, and I for one am ready to undo the work at once and without pay for my time." Representative W. F. Newell, of DliJey. when Interviewed at his home, said: '1 am In favor of the special session and believe that the Normal school legislation should be cut out of the general ex pense bill. I am ready to serve without pay, and help frame a normal bill that will stand by itself. During the session 1 contended that these sides bills should come in by themselves and not to be tacked to the jgeneral appropriation bill, but that was all the satisfaction I was tendered at the last 'minute tho normal bill came., and In such a manner that you were forced to vote it or vote against necessary expenses for the state admin istration. I am ready to go to Salem and undo the result of the machine." Representative Arthur B. Flint, of Scholjs. says: "I am for a special ses Elonvand believe we should cut the normal bill out, let the general bill stand trim med, and then pass such normal appro priation as the Legislature may agree upon, and let it tak"e Its chance with the Governor. Tho normal bills should not have been tacked to the general bllL I am willing to go back and undo the combination measure without pay for my time. I think It should be done." Mayor 8ees Through Televue. Mayor Williams looked into a small, dark funnel last night and saw a man In another room 30 feet away. And the vision of this man was carried along a wire by but that's Mr. Fowler's busi ness. "Electricity" say those who pre tend to know. The members of the Council yesterday received an Invitation from J. B. Fowler, the Inventor of the "televue," to visit his exhibition room on Ankeny street, close beside the Postofflce building. Mayor Williams and Councilman Foeller, early In the evening, looked over a wire for the first time In their lives. "Wonderful!" said His Honor. The officials talked with each other over the telephone attachment, and by looking into the little funnel above the telephone, each saw the other In his brilliantly illuminated booth. Not Averse to Session. INDEPENDENCE. Or., March 10. (Special.) "I have not considered the matter of an extra session seriously, for the reason that the probability of one being called is too remote," said U. S. Loughary, Senator from Polk County, this evening. Senator Haines communicated with Mr. Loughary by 'phone yesterday, but received llttlo encouragement. Though he does not expect to be called back to Salem, Senator Loughary is not averse to going for the purpose of separating the sohool appropriations from the other items of House bill 370. Agreeable to Senator Bowerman. CONDON. Or.. March 10. (Special.) Senator Jay Bowerman says he favors an extra session under the conditions pro posed by Senator Haines. DOCTORS SAY EIGHT BULLETS Discredit Result of First Autopsy' on Mrs. Pike's Body. BAKER CITY, Wash., March 10. (Spe cial.) The prosecution closed its side of tho Foster murder trial this morning. The principal witness pes for the state were Drs. C F. and A, A. jDougherty. who made an autopsy on the body of Mrs. Pike. Foster's mother-in-law, whom Fos ter Is charged with murdering. ' The remains were taken up January 17 last, about three months after burial. The doctors testified that they found eight separate bullet wounds In the body, caused, in their opinion, by eight separate bullets, any one of which would have proved fatal. Nearly all of them pene trated the heart. It Is alleged by the state that all save possibly one of the bullets were fired Into the body while prostrate; that all of the wounds range upward at such -an angle that it would not have been possible for them to have been inflicted while the body was standing erect. The defense alleges that only four shots wero fired at Mrs. Pike; that she was standing up and did not fall until all four shots were fired; that the extra wounds found oa the body were made by bullets passing through tho body and making more than one wound. The de fense put one man on the stand who was present at the autopsy, who swore that. according to his observation, only four bullets entered the body. The defense Is making a strong effort to discredit the autopsy. If the state makes- good on Its allegation that eight bullets instead of four were fired into the body, it will go hard with the de fendant. Senator Rand, for the defense, announced that only four bullets were fired at Mrs. Pike and that he will es tablish this fact beyond the reason of a doubt. CRIPPLED THROUGH HAZING. Hopkins Art Student Swears Out Warrants for Former Fellows. SAN FRANCISCO. March 20. A help less cripple from hazing, young Albert De Rome made his way into Police Judge Morgan's court on crutches today and swore out warrants for the arrest ot the Hopkins Art students who made him the victim of their sport. Judgc Moran issued warrants for the arrest of the alleged leaders- In the haz ing. They are Jackson Hatch. Jr.. A. P. Hunt and Curran C Harrison, all stu dents at the Hopkins Art Institute, where young De Rome, a fellowstudont, was hazed November IS last. The charge against them is battery. Addition to School Voted Down. GRESHAM. Or., March 10. (Special.) At a meeting of the taxpayers of Grcsliam school district a proposition to build an addition to the new ychoolhouse, for High-school purposes, was voted down by a small rnajotrty- The present building Is over-crowded and more room Is needed. School Clerk Lewis Chaituck. In speak ing of the matter, said that the High school would be continue! as at present. bHt that anothor building would have to- be secured either ferjt or one ot the .other grades. The subject will be brought . up again at the annual meeting In June. SENATE STANDS PAT House Refuses to Recede From Amendments Made, FIREMEN'S BILL LEFT IN AIR Insurance Associations of Washing ton Bring Influence, to Bear on the Closing Day of the Leg islative Session. OLTMPIA, Wash., March 16. (Spe cial.) It was 3:45 before the houses adjourned this morningi Predictions had been made eariier in the day that the session would end at midnight, but the overburdened enrolling clerks were unable to get tho bills into the posses sion of the waiting presiding officers before the hour mentioned. The closing hours of the session wero marked by an Incident In connection with one bill that Is unprecedented In Washington Legislative work. Tho Are- f men's relief bill, which caused more oratory than almost any other bill In tho House, had been defeated by that body after it had passed tho Senate, had been revived and sent to tho Ju diciary committe, amended to overcome the objections of the House opposition, and then passed yesterday, was sent in to tho Senate, and the Senate refused to concur in tho House amendments. The House "voted that it would not recede, and requested that a confer ence committee bo appointed. Late last night the Senate sent back word that it would never concur in the amendments nor appoint a conference committee. The matter was dropped by the House, and tho bill met death by hanging. The defeat of the bill in this manner was due to tho influence of fire Insur ance associations. In its amended form it placed an additional tax of 1 per cent on the gross premiums collected In cities and towns, which tax. It was re quired, should go into a fund for the relief of disabled firemen or the fami lies of firemen killed while on duty. The companies now pay a tax of 2 per cent, which goes Into tho general fund. and. as passed by the Senate, the bill took a portion of this tax for the relief fund. The House considered this virtually an appropriation from the general fund, and therefore opposed it and tacked on another 1 per cent. Of the 1SS bills presented to the Governor, he has approved at this time 15S. One, the capital-removal bill, has been vetoed: anothor bill which sought to amend the Jury commissioner law was found to be amendatory of an act that had been repealed by a previous Legislature, and the bill was withdrawn by the Sonate. The Governor has 28 bills under con sideration. .Some of these bills require only a perfunctory examination by the executive as to their general form. There are a few, however, of impor tance, that he has announced he In tends to look over very carefully be fore acting upon. One of these Is the anti-ticket scalping bill; another Is the bill making it unlawful for life in surance companies to give rebates to persons other than authorized agents: a third is the bill creating tho office of Public Printer: a fourth is the general appropriations bill. Among the other Important bills in the hands of the executive are the anti graft bill. the,anti-tradlng stamp bill, the general road bill, the bill creating the office of State Game Warden and prohibiting tho hunting of water fowl on the Columbia In certain counties, the oil Inspector bill, the horticulture bill, tho general fisheries bill and the peddlers' licensing bllL It Is believed that many of tho meas ures will be acted upon tomorrow. Last night tho Governor remained on duty looking over bills as fast as they camo in until the adjournment of the Legis lature. Owing to the arduous night's work, he did. not appear at the office today. There are but a few members of "the Legislature remaining in the city. Say Negro Will Be Lynched. OLTMPIA, Wash,, March 10. (Spe cial.) The negroes of the state are working up Interest in the case of William McPhay. colored, wanted in "PIko County. Mississippi, on a charge of murder, now undor arrest in King County. Sheriff T. M. Lee, of Pike County, is hero to secure extradition papers, and the Govornor will give a hearing tomorrow. The negroes. It is expected, will con test the extradition on the grounds that McPhay could not receive a fair trial In Mississippi and would prob ably be Tynched. The alleged murder, which was of a police officer, occurred three years ago. Road Law Is Constitutional. Y OLTMPIA, Wash., March 10. (Spe cial.) The constitutionality of tho road law of 1903 is upheld by the Su premo Court in an opinion handed down today. ' The action was brought by A. S. Newland, a road supervisor of Adams County, and the contention as to the laws invalidity was based n an al - leged delegation of tho power of the legislature, the granting of special privileges, and tho creating instead of providing for the election or appoint ment of officers. Tho decision Is an affirmance of the lower court. Senator Settles for Room Rent. OLTMPIA, Wash., March 10. (Spe cial.) Senator Bratt, of Spokane Coun ty, today settled out of court a suit brought against him by Joseph Cottlo. of Olympla, for an alleged debt for room rent during the session of the Legislature. It appears that Bratt contracted to rent tho room at Zh per month, but did not occupy It. Cottle sued for 350. The case was settled by Bratt paying ?25 and tne Justice court costs. Job for Tacoma Pedagogue. OLTMPIA. Wash.. March 10. (Special.) H. B. Dewey. ex-School Superintendent of Plercex County, and now principal " of one ot the buildings in Tacoma, has been offered the position of Deputy State Su perlntendent by virtue ot passage of the bill by the recent session, giving the Sjate Superintendent anotner deputy. Mr. Dewey has not yet accepted the position. F. M. McCuIly, the present deputy, will be the assistant superintendent created in the bill. WINS U. OF 0. ALUMNI MEDAL W. C. Win6low in Very Close Debate at Empire. EUGENE Or.. March JJL (Special.) At Vlllard Hall tonight W. C. Wlnslow. O. P.. won the Alumni medal for the best Individual debate. The debate was evenly contested and the result in doubt until the last minute. Tha ques tion discussed was. "Resolved, That it should be the policy of the United States not to hold territory perma nently unless for the ultimate pur pose otstatohood. The judges we: Judge PotterJudge Wlntermler and Pro fessor Carson, of the university. Tils Is the second 'annual contact tor the Alumni medal and the interest taken shows a full appreciation on the part of students of the action of the Alumni Association. Beside the win ner, those contesting were: Kaffety, Stelwer, iVeatch, G&lljway and S toe Je well. ' MANAGE ALASKA CANNERIES Captain Jarvis, Rescuer of Whalers, Resigns Collectorship. SEATTLE. March 10. Captain D. Hi Jarvis, Colector of Customs for Alaska, has accepted a position as manager ot the Northwestern Pacific Fisheries! Company. This company controls the fish canneries situated along the shores of Southeastern Alaska formerly owned by the Pacific Packing & Navi gation Company and recently sold at a receiver's saje. The Northwestern Pacific Company is a subsidiary organ ization, controlled by tho Northwestern Commercial Company, which has vast interests in Alaska and Siberia. Captain Jarvis was long connected with the United States revenue service, and, as commander of the cutter Bear, led the expedition which saved the lives of the officers and crews of the whaling fleet Icebound at Point Bar row during the Winter of 1S97. V ' BLIZZARD IN MONTANA. Spring-Like Weather Changed by Snow and Falling Temperature. MISSOULA. Mont.. March 10. Western Montana is being buffeted about by an old-fashioned blizzard tonight. Warm Spring weather has prevailed for over two weeks, but tonight has all the appear ance of mid-Winter. Snow is flying and drifts are piling up. With sundown tonignt came & change in the temperature and the thermometers are rapidly falling. Zero weather Is pre dicted by morning, but at 11 o'clock to night it was sUll 15 above. All traffic is delayed, the trains being from three to ten hours late. Jayne Will Give No Pledge. HOOD RIVER, Or., March 10. (Special.) Representative A. A. 'Jayne firmly states that while he is not opposed to spending few days at Salem to attend an ex traordinary session 'of the Legislature, he will make no pledge to Governor Chamber- lainas to what he will do should the Legislature be convened. I should not favor a session of the Legislature on the grounds that any high crimes or misdemeanor have been com mitted in the session Just closed, nor do I know that I would vote differently when It came to making an appropria tion on the several Normal schools of the state While I believe there should be one well-supported Normal school In the state, located at the State Univer sity and forming a part of the state's higher educational system, I do not be lieve the time Is rips' to do away with the four normal schools at one full swoop. It would work an injury to the young men and women preparing them selves for the profession of teaching, and thus effect the efficiency of our public school work. "In the course of time I hope to see the four Normal schools of the state reduced to one strong institution, for tho education of those who propose to fit themselves for schoolteachers. Teach ers salaries should then be raised, and a Normal-school education be made one of the requirements of alt teachers." Diamonds Seized at 8an Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. March 10. Twelve thousand dollars' worth -of diamonds have been seized by tho Collector of Customs at this port. Louis Hospldal, an agent for a French diamond firm, had an as signment ot diamonds from the firm at Havana, where he was to dispose of them. From Havana, Hospldal went to Mexico and thence to this city, where he was arrested, but upon giving up the diamonds to an agent of the French house he was released and promised Immunity from prosecution by the firm. The Collector of Customs then seized the diamonds in the possession of the agent, and now holds them in his cus tody. He is about to begin suit to con demn and forfeit the diamonds as smug gled goods on the ground that the stones are not imported by the owners. Tho matter has been referred to tho authori ties at Washington for instructions. Fishermen Are Warned Away. ASTORIA. -Or., March 10. (Special.) The Columbia River Fishermen's Union held a long discussion at Its meeting last evening' regarding the Sacramento fishermen coming to the Columbia River every Summer, con trary to-the laws of tho States of Ore gon and Washington. As a result. Sec retary Lorentsen was instructed to in form the secretary of the Fishermen's Union at Sacramento that If the men come here during the coming season, trouble will surely follow. Chemical Works Destroyed. SAN FRANCISCO. March 10. The extensive works of the Standard Chem ical Company, at Bay and Dupont streets, caught fire about 2 o'clock to day and at a late hour this afternoon are still burning. Hundreds of tens of sulphur, a large quantity of cream of tartar and many gallons of nitric acid furnished material for a fierce fire. At present the Iosb cannot be esti mated, but it will bo "heavy, as the concern Is the biggest establishment of the kind on the Coast K. College Defeats university. NEWBERG. Or., March 10. (Special.) efore gS; naslum here this afternoon the Pacific College basket-ball team defeated that of Pacific University with a score of 18 to 9. The game was fiercely contested through out, the Nowberg boys winning by su perior team work. The visiting players were: Bollinger, captain; White. Sparks, Callff and Prideaux. Those playing on the Nowberg team: Pemberton. Captain Blair. Hodson, Macy and Spauldlng. Shingles Changed to Smoke. BELLINGHAM. Wash.. March 10. A special to the Herald from Sumas 6a y 3 the Hastings shingle mill, at that place, burned early this morning. In addition to the plant, 5,3CO,000 shingles were destroyed. The loss Is placed at HO.000. with small Insurance. The mill had a capacity of 125.0M shingles per day. Chosen to Succeed Himself. CENTRALIA, Wash.. March 10. Thomas H. Dunckley, United States Commissioner at Centralis, has been appointed by Judge Hanford, of the United States Federal Court at Tacoma, to succeed himself. LEAVES HIS EDITORIAL CHAIR Whitelaw Reid Resigns From Trib une and Staff Is Reorganized. NEW YORK, March 10. (Special.) An nouncement was made tonight by the Now York Tribune of Whitelaw Reld's retirement from the editorship and direc tion of that paper, in consequence of his appointment as Ambassador to Great Britain. In the necessary reorganization of the office. Hart Lyman, long a mem ber of the Tribune's editorial staff, suc ceeds Mr, Rcld aa editor. Donald Nicholson, who has been with the Tribune for 3a years, retires at bis own rcauest from the managing edltor- Pehlp, and is succeeded by James Martin. who has been news editor since 1900. Robert J. Mooncy has resigned aa night city editor, and is succeeded by George Burdlck. With tho exception of a- few minor changes, the other .departments of the Tribune, will continue' tb same. ROYAL Hence it is that Royal Baking Powder produces food remarkable both in fine flavor and wholesomeness. BRANTON MAY DIE Victim of Partner's Rifle Will Be Taken to Eugene, COTTAGE GROVE IS EXCITED Prostcut'lng Attorney Is Proceeding With His Investigation, and Feels' Sure That He Has a s .Very Plain Case. COTT.AGE GROVE. Or., March 10. (Special.) John Branton, who was ar rested last night for an attempt to murder his partner, John Fletcher, did not have & preliminary trial today. Prosecuting Attorney Brown arrived here from Eugone about 1:30 P. M. Since then ho has been on the alert probing into the case. Ho stated this evening that Branton's trial will not be held for a few days. Fletcher eeems to have taken a change for the worse, and will bo re moved to Eugene, where there are bet ter hospital facilities. In case of his death, Branton will Jbo tried for man slaughter, instead of an attempt to murder. Mr. Brown would not dis close any developments in the case to day, but simply stated they have a very plain case, which leads to the con clusion that Branton is branded as a victim of criminal intent. This has been a day of unusual ex citement. Men in bodies have been mov ing to and fro on the streets, and all kinds ot speculations are being" made relative to the injury to Fletcher, and tho fate of the three women that found tho graveyards soon after their mar riage to Branton. Branton is a middle-aged man. To be undsr tho custody ot officers and to bo tried for a cold-blooded crime does not seem to affect him in the least. His expression Is one of cool defiance. Branton's three motherless children are objects ot pity. One of his boys approached Marshal Underwood today and said: "Do you think my fatner shot Fletcher?' The Marshal could scarcely reply. DOUBTS RESULT OF AN INQUEST Stanford Estate's Attorney Can Find No Reason for Murder. SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. Mount ford Wilson, legal representative of the Stanford estate, in an interview with the Associated Press, has authorized tho fol lowing: "Although tho Coroner's jury at Hono lulu concluded that Mrs. Stanford was the victim of a murder, we are as yet un prepared to accept the judgment as final. Wo have the opinion of half a dozen physicians to the effect that the symp toms attendant just previous to the death of Mrs. Stanford would indicate that she died of angina pectoris, a disease of the heart, causing most acute agony. "This, however, has In no way influ enced us In the lines of investigations pursued in the hopo of solving tha mys tery. In this we first proceeded on the theory that Mrs. Stanford was the victim of a criminal. With great deliberation and thoroughness we took up this line of reasoning, questioning every person who had relations with Mrs. Stanford for the last few months preceding her death, but thus far we have obtained absolutely nothing that would justify us in making an arrest. "We then took up the proposition that Mrs. Stanford was accidentally poisoned, but this proved untenable. Tha sugges tion that Mrs. Stanford's death might have been the result of a drug clerk's mistake failed to justify itself after re search. "Last night we worked along the Una that perhaps some one without the house hold, who had a grievance against Mrs. Stanford, might have bribed one of the servants to administer a fatal dose, but llko all of fSiQ preceding speculations, it ended in nothing. "Neither Miss Berner nor Miss Hunt are under arrest in Honolulu, nor will they be escorted back to this country by tho detectives. They will come as freely aa any ot the other passengers'. They will probably return on the steamer Ala meda, upon which the remains will be shipped and which is due here about March 20. They will undoubtedly be sub jected to a rigid quizzing here. Just as the other members of the household have been. "We want to see all of tho documentary eviuenco adducedlfn Honolulu before we proceed to definite things here, and these will arrive by the Alameda. We -are no nearer a solution of the mystery now that we wero on the night of her death." MISS BERNER 13 QUESTIONED Detectives Take Charge of Case Jor dan Says She Is Innocent. HONOLULU, H. L, March 10. Detect ive Harry Reynolds, of the San Francisco Police Department, and Captalp Jules Cal lundan. of Morse's Agency, had two in terviews today with Miss Berner In con nection with the death- of Mrs. Jane I. Stanford. Mies Bemcr was apparently greatly shocked by the San Francisco newspaper statements that suspicion, to a certain extent, had been directed against her. Detectives Reynolds and Callundan have taken charge of the case", and High Sher iff Henry has declared that he is no longer conducting the inquiry. The re sults of thsir investigations, will bo r&- ported to tha authorities at aaa Fran ABSOLUTELY-PURE Healthful cream of tartar, de rived solely from grapes, refined to absolute, purity, is the active principle of every pound of Royal Baking Powder, ROYAL BAKlNGt POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. cisco, and It is probable that very little of the information, secured by them will be given out here. They will return on tho steamer Alameda, and President Jor dan, Timothy Hopkins and Miss Berner will accompany them, having in their care the body of Mrs. Stanford. irrtaiueui. uuruiui ta uiByuoeu iu uyyuae any theory that Miss Berner had In any President Jordan is disposed to oppose way any connection wltn tne aeatn oi Mrs. Stanford. He says that she had no motive to wish for the death of her bene factress, and that she has lost a position more valuable than her legacy of $15,000 will be to her. Services will be held next Wednesday at the Central Union Church before the steamer Alameda leaves, at 9 o'clock, and President Jordan will speak to the alumni of Stanford University and tho Callfor nlas who will attend. Jordan Party Reaches Honolulu. HONOLULU, March 10. David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford Junior University; Timothy J. Hop kins, a member ot Board ot Trustees ot tho University; Captain Jules Callun den, representing a detective agency of San Francisco, and Detective Harry Rey nolds, of the San Francisco Police De partment, arrived here today on the Oceanic Steamship Company's steamer Alameda. Dr. Jordan and Mr. Hopkins said to the correspondent of tho Associ ated Press that they had come to show proper respect to tho memory of Mrs. Stanford and to escort to San Francisco her remains. Dr. Jordan eaid that all tha way to Honolulu he hoped ho would find on ar riving that the death of the benefactress was due to natural causes. Mrs. Stan ford In, conversations with him, he said, made little reference to tho attempted poisoning at the Stanford mansion in San Francisco on January 14, and did not ap pear to think very much ot it. Dr. Jordan and Mr. Hopkins both said they had nothing whatever to do with the Investi gations which the police of San Francisco and Honolulu are conducting. . Detectives Callunden and Reynolds' ara consulting with High Sheriff- Henry, and will later see Miss Berner and Miss Hunt, secretary and maid respectively to Mrs. Stanford. Stanford Verdict Meets Criticism. HONOLULU, March 10. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury to the effect that the death of Mrs. Stanford was due to strychnine poisoning- Is the subject of much adverse criticism here. Many per sons declare that the evidence was lack ing to sustain the conclusion of the jury as to a felonious Intent. The verdict was written out with tho knowledge and assistance of Deputy High Sheriff Rawlins, and the Jurors, who took less than two minutes to arrive at tha verdict, immediately signed their names. I Huntington Case Goes to Umatilla. BAKER CITY. Or., March 10. (Spe cial.) Judge Eakln, after hearing the ar guments on motion of the defendants, in the case of Baker County vs. ex-Sheriff Huntington's bondsmen, granted a change of venue to Umatilla County. The defendants asked that, as the county was a party to the suit and It was one in which every taxpayer was directly interested, it would not be possible to se cure an Impartial Jury in this county. Aa Judge Eakln had tried the case before and Judge White was disqualified, for the reason that he had represented the county in tha former trial. It was not possiblo to grant a change of venue to Union County, Judge Eakin's district, so he sent It to Umatilla County. Fisherman Mysteriously Shot. ASTORIA, On. March 10. (SpeclaL) Joe Nick, a Greek fisherman living at Clifton, is at tho hospital here suffering from tho effects of a bullet wound near his heart- Just how he was injured Is not known, but by some he Is said to have been accidentally shot hy a compan ion who was cleaning a revolver, while others assert that he was shot during a fight at Clifton. The matter was not reported to the offi cers until today, and they will make an investigation tomorrow. Senators Seek; Reinstatement. SACRA3IENTO. Cal.. March 10. In the office ot the clerk of the Supreme Court today notice was given that April 3 a pe tition for mandamus would be presented commanding the reinstatement of ex State Senators F. M. French. Ell Wright. E. J. Emmons and Harry Bunkers, as members of the upper house. They were recently expelled after being accused of accepting bribes. Warden Charters the Elk. ASTORL, Or.. March 10. (SpeclaL) Master Fish Warden Van Dusen today engaged the gasoline launch Elk to bo used as a patrol boat during tho closed season. The expense of maintaining tho boat will bo paid from a fund sub scribed by the canners and bankers of this city. Pardee Congratulates - Legislature. SACRAMENTO. CaL, March 10A-The aeslon ot tho State Legislature closed to day. Governor Pardee sent In a message congratulating the members for having accomplished much good work. WHEN D0CT0ES DISAGREE. Then It Is Time for Patients to Ponder, Writes Mrs. D. A. Watters. PORTLAND, March 8. (To tha Edltor.)r- That la a bit of Interest tag. reading- you gave us about the quarrel amons tho doctors. "What a pity that the brethren should disagree among themselves and bring their "profeealosal eth ic"' Into dlarepute and suffer a "atorm of per eonlIU" to arte among them who? office it la to produce quiet, and all this following a paper oa the absorption of food. That motion to adjourn was a timely antidote and. "ar rested" the, course of thinga." How fortunate that a "cure" was at hand more effective -than fcnlfe or droir. That was a good subject for the fraternity to dlscuaa. TVholeaonic food, pure air and water are the great restoratives. TVs -tnnt not forget, nor mui&.-tbe doctors. lsat tr-BeTee euro anybody; .Uug-only aait. BAKING POWDER A. A wlte and honest one clilrr-a so mcr. Na ture cures or there is no cure. No doubt that when the doctors reached tho open air their temperature waa arreatly reduced. How fortu nate that the inly sure restoratives known to humanity, air. water, food, rest and o forth are the common property of the common peo ple, and Nature U the good physician. It haA i - ; " - bn t the profession of medicine has they have done something-, and wo must give credit where credit is due. and why should they not give to the world w-hat they know and have to offer for the pains and ills- that Sesh. Is heir to. Is it became the doctors have so Mttle that will bless humanity, or are not quite certain of anything that they faesltats .to give, out what they have. We -havB followed for many years the report ot the medical associations as given in Th Oregon la n. "We are not far removed from the "liquid air" theories and the exploded syndi cate, but we 441U go on breathing the purs article aa prepared above as a most effective and among the few remaining free remedies. The X ray, too. has not proved to b a. "cure-all." but the sunshine is still a most blessed remedial, and the people are not afraid of It. because in It are life and health. The proposition that there is a remedy for all ilia and disease has not yet been demonstrated. It never can be, for it is not true. Man In mortal. Men come and go. The fountain of perpetual youth remains undiscovered. Thousands of remedies hare been offered for the cure of consumption, but the difficulty with them all is that none of them cure. This is the general Judgment ot the people. At a recent association meeting an able paper was read on tuberculosis, tha writer taking tha ground that drugs were not only useless, but Injurious, and "that It sihould be made a penal offense for any M. D. to administer drugs to a tubercular patient." At another time there was & discussion an to whether millc "was & proper food for young children, as though the Almighty had not set tled that when the first babies came. But patience la a great virtue, and It requires a long time for some to get their milk teeth. X bab wa born in a home recently, and as la the case yet eometimes. all were delighted, even the aged and invalid grandma, who remarked that aha wished the "storks" would bring her a. baby, whereup on the little 6-year-old, looking straight Into grandma's face with wide-open eyes, said with most emphatic voice: "Xou can't do it, grandma; you haven't any milk, and bottle-fed babies are no good." Why not count on this boy for a future doctor of the right sort. A system of therapeutics that dries up the mother's milk: is artificial and unnatural.- A hand of Jersey cattle would be pronounced worthless if tha owner had to resort to manufactured foods to bring up the calves. A professoc of a renowned Kastern medical school, in a paper, not long since, on water driktng, beforo an association ot his breth ren, declared that "the abuses of .rater drinking are committed by alL" Another one has put restrictions on the outward ap plication of water, telling us that the peo ple bathe too much. Pray what are we. the people, to do? Whose counsel are we to follow? Perhaps if the profession could eliminate personal ambition and commer cialism, from Its practice It would come back to nature's simple remedies and simple life, and a multitude of counterfeit remedies thrustupon the credulity of the Ignorant would pass from tha market. - But we like the doctors and await with joy their more perfect unity, higher enlightenment and greater brotherly love. Medicine and tha other learned professions as well may find soma comfort In the conclusion of Goethe U" his verse: I'vo now, alasl Philosophy. Medicine and Jurisprudence, too. And to my cost Theology, With anient labor studied through,. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before. MP.S. D. A. WATTE3H3. Favoi3 Dr. Coe for Mayor. PORTLAND, March 9. To the Editor.) 1 have read with much interest In late Issues of your paper, suggestions as to the Mayoralty, and deal re to odd to the list already mentioned the same of Sr. Henry Waldo Coe aa an avail able candidate for the Republican nomination. I believe that the Republicans, as a party, and the City ot Portland, as a self-governing community, could not do better than to nom inate and elect the doctor to preside over Its affairs for the coming term. Tnoee'who have known him during his 14 years residence in Portland know him to be an aggressive worker for the Interests of his home city; an enter prising man ot affairs; a -man whose word is as good as his bond; one whose record for strict Integrity cannot be for a moment ques tioned. At the came time, in addition to these qualities, ho has had enough experience in political affairs for his friends to be able to guarantee that no scheming contractors, polit ies.! machine, nc designing grafters could In fluence him. A number of good men have been named in the papers as available to succeed Mayor Will iams, and without making any comparisons. I believe I am safe iu eaylng that no ona so far mentioned could give the city a cleaner or more capable administration than Dr. Coe. It takea something more than honesty and good intentions to manage tire affair? of a. city ilka Portland. It needs a man who knows some thing of the ins and outs of the crafty pol itician; and the doctor's late record at Salem in the Eenato shows conclusively that he Is thoroughly able to take care of tha Interests of his constituents. Dr. Coo Ir In the Hast, at present, and I do not know that nw would consider the proposi tion, but I believe. If he could be induced to accept tho nomination, so better man could be found for the place. This year more than rver before we should be careful of our selec tions, aa the- eyes or the world are turned on our city, and the duties of Mayor will require jl. man ever on the alert, and especially jealous of its good name, and at the same time a man with enough worldly wisdom to make no Puritanical mistakes. JjA the citizens of Portland who realise as I do the importance of making no rati take at this Juncture consider my suggestion. Tours very truly, B. L, HARHOH. Open War on Slayers of Birds. BERLIN', March 10. A society of young men. some of them of position, .called tho Association of Active Friends of Animals, has distributed pamphlets through Berlin In which It warns wom en against wearing birds InjUrelr hats. The pamphlets quote a resolution of the society whereby the members de termine to ask any woman they meet,, with a "bird In her hat to' remove It, Should she refuse, it. is the member's duty to remove the bird, using such force as may be necessary. Legal pen alties will, the resolution recites, be cheerfully paid by the society. Don't' wait until you araslck before try ins; Carter's Little- Liver Pills, but get a vfal at ence You can t'" take thenr -with- JLout benefit. V -