THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. JANUARY 10. 1907.
15E5 WS
WITH M if
C. Oreel. recently appointed Mexican Am
bassador to the United Suites, left here
last lllght for Washington. Ambassador
Creel was to have left lor Washington
on January 15. but was summoned to this
SpiCial Sale Of Fancy Bags
SILK A2?X BEAD OPERA BAGS,
Leather Novelties Less
Cigar Cases, Tlasks, Wallets, Card
Cases, Billboolts, Writing Cases,
Stamp and Rubber Band Boxes,
drinking" Cups, etc. Your choice
of. any o these pieces today for
y Less Than. Regular
with line qualitv gilt frames and
chains, on sale like this: Regular
$2.00 qualitv goes 41 OC
today for only pX.J7
And all the others in the house
11 in.lA T?oml-
Tasses Urgent Deficiency Bin.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. The House
today In committee of the whole con
sidered the urgent deficiency bill, car
rying an appropriation of J3.4.65) for
various branches of the Government. The
bill was passed .with but slight amend
ment. But House
Carefully
Call on
Avoids
the
sneatlv reaueea ior iuuuv. nebu
Portland acents ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS
lar prices, $3.00 to $23.00.
a Roll
Amendment.
LOUD CHORUS OF ASSENT
ViCe-FrcsidCllt, CaMnet and Speaker
to Have SI 2,000 a ' Year Sena
tors and CTon preiiSincR $7500,
Beginning In - March,
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 18. By a rising
vote of 133 to 92 the House today
adopted an ameiiiiment' to the legisla
tive, executive and Judicial appropria
tion bill, which was taken from the
Speaker's table with Senate amend
ments. Increasing the salary of the
Vice-President, the Speaker and mem
Dors of the Cabinet to $12,000 a year
and those ot Senators and Representa
tives. Delegates from territories and
the Resident Commissioner from Porto
litro. to .7&00 a year, the Increases to
take erfect March 4. 1907.
An "effort a3 made to have a roil
call, but only 34 members arose, which
waa not a sufficient number, so the
1 i o ll ."i o was not force! to pro on record.
An Urgent deficiency bill was passed.
carrying a total of $344,650. The Il0US6
then went into the committee of the
whole find passed SO bills on the pri-
WOOL MEN HEAR SPEECHES
Many T0J)ICS DlSCtisserat Salt Iake
Convention.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. IS. Th.
convention of the National Wool-
growers' Association held but one ses
sion today,' and that was -wholly de-
VOteft to the reading: of addresses and
discussion of the topics presented.
This afternoon the delegates devoted
to inspection of th 500 sheep on ex
hibition at the State Fair Grounds.
H. J. Giltinan, or Helena, secretary
of the Montana WoolgrOWers' ASSOCla-
tion. begran today's programme with a
paper on "Depredations of Predatory
Wild. Animals." . Dr. E. D. Titus, of
Minneapolis, Minn., discussed "Gov
ernment Dips," and Robert "laylor, 01
Abbott. Xeb.. presented "The Best
Methods of Scab Eradication from the
Sheepman's Standpoint." Vlce-Presl-
! dent J. H. Halley, of Delta, Colo., spoke
of the "Co-operative Livestock Com
mission Company." E. S. Gosney, or
Flagstaff, president of the Arizona
Woolgrowers' Association, closed the
day's programme with a paper on
"The Future of the Association.
The following delegates were selected
to constitute a -committee on resolutions:
P, Sullivan, Arizona; F. Gooding, Idaho;
na p cmvtho. TTtnhr H. E. CamDbeil.
Arizona, and J. E. Bower, Montana. This
committee went Into session after the
convention adjourned today and will re-
port at tomorrow's session.
vate calendar reported by the commit- MONEY FOR LEASE ON LIFE
i I "
tco on claims.
Andrew Carnegie Would Give $200,-
000,000 for Ten Years.
Ruh to Vote for More Salary.
T-Ittaucr, of Xew York, precipitated
Olie Of the most interesting and exciting-
episodes in the history of the Fif-
ty-nlnth Congress, when he moved to
take up the login at I ve, executive and
judicial appropriation bill as it had
teen 'passed by the Senate and to
amend the same by inserting the sal-
ary provision.
Nearly every member was present,
hoth Republican and Democratic whips
'having sent 'out hurry calls tor absent-
ees.
Almost Immediately members were
'On their feet In protest flRainst a cut
and dried programme for Increasing
salaries without a roll call.
Several members opposed increasing;
a larlea of members of the present
Congress, but favored Increasing those
of future members.
Tirleson of Texas stated that he had
voted for the amendment whn It first
came before the House, VmtC would op
pose it in its present form.
Resounding Chorus of "Ayes."
When the previous question was or
dered, there was a resounding chorus
of ayra In favor ot the amendment, the Exr)rcss Truck Is Robbed or Bunion
nnys being noticeable through their 4
NEW YORK. Jan. 18. A Philadelphia
dispatch to the Sun says that near the
end of the Clover Club's 26th anniversary
dinner there last night Colonel a. m. Mc-
Clure. the aged editor, dean of the club
and Its ex-president, made a speech, in
which he decried fear of old age. lie
said:
"Old aj?e has nothing In It to fear.
When death calls me I shall not be
afraid:
Colonel McClure continued:
"After dining- with Mr. Carnegie once,
be said to me that he would give $200,000,
ooo to have a lease on age. 'Two hundred
millions," he Bald to me. 'that's what I'd
give for a lease on this life. I'm not hog
gish, either. I'd give it for 10 years only
I don't think Carnegie is afraid of death
but he clings to life. There is a differ
ence. I said: 'Andy. If you would, you'd
am ouncoea at mat price. "
WALKS OFF WITH $6500
HbsfBce.
On the division belnsr taken, the
H mrndment was declared adopted, 133
to 92. '
Macon, of Arkansas, called for the
airanays. but only three mem
bers rose. .
"NO.t a sufficient number," declared
the speaker, and the amendment was
declared adopted.
.The bill was then sent to conference,
the conferees on the part of the Mouse
being BlnRlinm, Llttauer and Living-
ston. An hour later the amended bill
was returned to the Senate, but the
Senate went Into executive session
.Without taking it up.
Senate Mill Promptly Aaree.
Box Bound for Mint.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. . 18. A
i special from San 'Bernardino says:
"A robber stole a box containing
J t: . in gold -tlHon bound ..for. -the
ran Francisco mint, from an express
irticK at' Barstow at 3 o'clock tuts
morning. The bullion, with mUCrt
other express matter, was beinj? trans
ferred from- the westbound overland
trains to Lon Angeles to the San
Francisco train.
"In the semi-darkness around the
station the thief readily discovered
the box and walked off with it. orri-
cers were notified of the theft by the
messenger of the San Francisco train,
Tho. Increase amendment will fee laid I who missed It while checking: up.
before the Senate earlv Montlav. Senator I The bullion Is too heavy to be oon -
Tnlliini rriHlrmin nf thft ' snh-rommlttee cealed and it is believed the thief has ,
V UllUII vmtti m. v -
having charge of the bill, will then move
to concur in the Mouse provision and; the I
general impression 1h that It will be ac
cepted with, practical unanimity.
1 VCR EASE AUTlllX.KItY CORPS
benatc Fucs dhi wncn Tom or
i Manless FVrts.
WASHTNGTON, .Tan. 18. The Senate
today passed the "Warren bill, Increase
e the corps of the Army. The total 38,000 a year.
burled the treasure near Barstow.-
Alarming Infantile Mortality.
NEW TORK, Jan. 18.In discussing- the
pure-mlik problem yestt-rday before the
Woman's Municipal League, William Mills
spoice or xne great mortaJity among: chil
dren. Me said:
"While you are Bitting here many
mothers in this city are watching1 anx-
ously over babies who will die before to
morrow's dawn, for the Infantile death
rate In this city is 72 a day, or more than
increase, which is to reach its maxi
mum in five years, is 619? officers and
men, which, with the increase in cer-
"tall! Salaries Of men in separate grades,
nurh as elprtricians, machinists, etc.,
-costs $243,324 annually.
'. In explaining the bill. Warren called
attention- to the plans of the i: nut cot t
Hoard, under which he said p.ow.ow bad
already been expended for coast defenses
nrl to complete the plans J75.00O.OOO more
would be required. The emplacements
lnfl many guns, which cost into the !
hundreds of thousands of dollars, were
now practically aba ndoned because there !
were not men enotiRh in the Artillery j
?orpa -to put the guns in position or to
give them any care, sworn occasion
'arise to use them. he said, the present
corps would - be entirely inadeonate to
jnaho . any defenfe. Warren i urged the
Tiecesity of the present measure to care
for the" guns already in the possession or
.the povernment.
iscjciny, into loiber trcst
Senate Adopti Ktttredge Itcsol ut Ion
About High Price. '-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The Senate
today agreed to the- Klt,tredge Resolu
tion, Instructing the Secretary of Com
merce and. Labor to investigate the
lumber trust.
The resolution directs that the In
vestigation shall be conducted to as
certain whether there exists any com
bination, conspiracy, trust, agreement
or contract. Intemlod, to operate in re
straint of lawful trade in lumber or to
Increase the market price of lumber
in any part of the. Vnited States.
'One-third of "the 76.306 deaths In this
city In 1906 were of children under B years
or age.
"TO every 1000 children born in this city
in the past year there were 2S3 deaths ol
Infants."
Several speakers discussed the milk: sit
uation, and it was unanimously agreed I
that the pasteurizing metnod used on the I
j t,.. V a i l m CH-., 1 Vie, I
miiK aispenseu vy iatudii ouaus in ma
philanthropic career is the one solution
ox me proDiem.
Hear Solinilii Motion Tuesday.
iS -V iS FRANCISCO. Jan. 1 R R.Uh
Mayor Schmltx and Abraham Runf were
In COUrt today, in compliance with the
order man by JudfTe Dunne yesterday.
commanding: them to be present at the
(WKposli Ion of the motions made on
X.heir behalf to dismiss the indictments
lor prejudice. But the motions were
not disposed of, although 80methlner of
I a concession was made by the attorneys 1
! for Ruef and Sc'iimlU In stipulating- that j
I all the testimony heretofore taken shall i
mlti in oil flvi inrtlrtments. and not
i !')' J iu ' w - w . - i
alone to tho one that has been under
consideration. It was on account of
this concession that Attorney TTlrara
.Tohnsnn renresen t lno n -nroner-n n nn
Agreed to allow me case to go over
until nr i ureudy iui uet IBUIIl. . A I.
that tirrib It Is expected tfiat Judge
jL'unne win aispose or the motions.
HOOT AUIUVKS
With Wife and. Paiijtli
Combine All Fast Freight Lines.
MILWAUKEE, 'Wia,. Jan. 18. The
Evening Wisconsin says: The most
Important and by far the most sweep
ing consolidation of freight lines of the
great railway systems and comblna-
tions of the country that' has been
brought about In. years Is booked to be
MONTREAL made in a short time by the Yander-
bilt system. The plans. It is learned.
1 are now practically matured. The plan
nier on Way to I i absolute consolidation of all - th
I - I Vfast freight" lines and "dlsoatch
isit i.rej.v iinlg Whtch bave (or years been'oper-
ated under the general Vanderbilt sys
tem, ann win place an the lines umle
one corporation the Merchants' Uis
S t' M
MONTREAt Jan. 18. Ellha Root. Sec
retary of State of the United. plates, ac-
unronHnieri' hv "Mrs. and Mii?s .Root ar-
rived here this afternoon. They will patch Company,
le.ive for Ottawa in the morningr. where
Mr. Root will be the fruest of th -Governor'
Generai for a few da-s.
lntj Liquor Bill In Pigeonhole.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Another at-
tPITipt t0 report the Hcpburn-Uolliter
S.I11 was defeated today by a. vote of
to-7 In the House committee on Ju.
Mciary. This bill makes llQirorM-ln In
terstate commerce subject to the laws
of States into which they are shipped,
nnd has been the basis of much controversy-
in the committee for two years.
Amhnfsador Creel Starts North.
citv OF MEXICO, Jan. 18. Enrique
C1ALS
FOR
'ATU
RDAY
$2 Sateen Petticoats $1.49
Fine black mercerized Sateen, made with a 14-Inch flare ruffle, fin
ished with, a 4-inch dust ruffle. Splendid values at $2 A-Ck
special for today only ipl..!
CHILDREN'S SWEATERS Our entire slock going today at a
reduction that will take every one in the house to eome pleased buyer.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE AT HALF REGULAR prices.
CHILDREN'S BONNETS Silk and velvet, nicely trimmed; CA
regularly worth from $1.00 to $1.75 JJC
ANOTHER LOT, worth to $1.00....; 25t
ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS, with girdle top, long Princess hip,
with supporters front and side; made of the, best quality white
coutille. - Sizes 18 to 28; worth $1.75; special, ' $1 19
3 Be Framed Pictures for lSc
A fine lot of Framed Pictures, in gilt or liarcl
:'c each. special today only. .........
TOILET PAPER Large size rolls and ex
tra fine quality; special, 10c value
for." I C
TOOTH BRUSHES, fine imported Q
French goods; special for 'c
DETACHED HANDLE BATH BRUSHES,
from the best makers; regularly CQ
worth $1.50; special iOC
RAZOR STROPS, genuine horse- ACkn
hide; special for today, each ....... tJ
WHITE ENVELOPES, odd lot, 25 in O
IS W
ood frames; regularly torth to
package; regular 6c value, for.
wooa irumes; leguianj nunu i .
X
TRENCH HAXR BRUSHES, extra quality,
all bristles,. with solid foxwood QQ.
back; worth $1.50 for CJl
WRITING PAPER, cloth finish ; comes in
boxes; Wth 2oc the box; spe-
WRITING- PAPER Fine linen cloth fin
ished, 120 sheets; regularly worth "t Qar
35c; special at.... 17C
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS, foreign and
American pictures, 23 in a box; J r"-
reg. 00c value; special today OC
ornen s
Warm Union Suits $1. 75
They are the famous "Merode" make Of White merino, and they come in
good, generous sizes for fleshy women (40, 42 and 44 Only) ; medium
weight, ankle lengtli. with long sleeves; they are regular It 1 y
!f2.O0 Value? and sell spcial for today only at p X . O
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS, Merode make; silver gray worsted, ankle
length, with long sleeves, and regular $1.75 values; sizes
4, 5 and 6; special pi..O
WOMEN'S TIGHTS-White silk and wool. Merode make; d1 1Q
good Winter weight; ankle length; reg. $1.75 vat. ; today. Y
Women's Hose, black cashmere, fine ribbed; regular 40c val.; sp'1..29
CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS Winter weight, cream colored: long
sleeves and ankle length. Regular values, 50c and 60c; spe-
cial today, only OOC
MISSES' HOSE High-grade, fine-ribbed cashmere, with fashioned
foot, and made of selected long yarns. Sell today as follows:
SiZC 7 ReSHlIar, 55c; Special.... 43$ Size, S Regular, 60c;
Size, 712-Regular, ooc; special. .. .42? Size, 9 -Regular, 70cj SpCCifll . . . .540
Size, 8 Regular, 60c; special ... -4T Size, OVi Regular, 70c
Size, 10 Regular, 70c; special
;it
special. . . .47tt
special. . . . 5 4c
Large Wool Blankets, Per Pair $4.15
WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, full size,
and made of splendid grade wool, specially
priced for today , right in this cool weath
er, when you need them most :
Regular $ 5.25 values 4.15
Regular $ 6.00 values $4.85
Regular $ 8.50 values S6.75
Regular $11.00 values $0.00
ALL-WOOL NAVAJO BLANKETS, in
canarv, white and browny-slightly mussed;
worth $70 the pair, Q
REAL DOWN COMFORTERS, covered
with best French sateen; regular $fi.5fl
values; special for today 4iC
only, each lO.UVJ
Women 's CoatS Worth $12.50 65c Turnovers Men 'S Warm Underwear 79c
Today's Price $6.25
,'V.
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mmm
fm
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And that's the rate of reduction
on a lot of about 2O0 coats that go
On sale. They come in three-quarter
and seven-eighths lengths semi
or loose-fitting styles, and in plain
colored materials or fancy mix
tures. The regular, prices range all .
the way from $12.50 to $28.50 each,
and whatever the-regular price of
any coat in this lot WAS, 'twill
sell for just half that. Come and
pick out the best coat you ever had
for the money, while these sell for
half price:
Coats worth $12.50 now. . . .$6.25
Coats worth $15.00 for.... $7.50
Coats worth $20.00 for.. $10.00
Coats worth $28.50 for. .$14.25
WOMEN'S WALKING SKIRTS,
in plain colors or fancy mixtures ;
good styles and all-wool materials j
jegular values run up to $10 each;
special, Saturday, while they last
and. there are about 200 in the
lot your
choice ..........
WOMEN'S .SWEATERS, blouse
effect, heavy rave, turnover wi-
lar; come in red only; regular
$3.50 values ; special for Q
Saturday
Furs at Half Price
a lot of
; mi m the
$3.95
That Wtineye every for in tie louse, but it takes in
boas, stoles and scarfs that are as neat and stylish as any woman
ill the land would want- The.rogmlar prices run from I
i to 3S.50 eacl, tod Saturday tley sell for
25c
WOMEN'S TURNOVER COL-
LAK.S, eyelet embroidery, in linen
or lawn; values that run up
to 6oc each; special to- OC
day aCtaJL.
COLLAR AND CUFF SETS, hem-
stitchd; regular 35c values; spe-
cial for today, 1 7
only ..........- C
WOMEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS,
fine Swiss, embroidered or hem
stitched, or scalloped; sliphtly
soiled j regular 50e val-
ues; special mvv
IMITATION TORCHON LACES,
in edges or insertions; widths run
from 1 to 3 inches; very Ar
special for today, yard ..... .
Worsted Ribbed Shirts and Brawersf,
best values possible to make at
special today, garment
MEN'S AUSTRALIAN WOOL
UNDERWEAR, the best known
Value at $3 the garment; special
for today, the par- 29
MEN'S OUTING FLANNEL
SES' in mt ,fd MEN'S SILK AND WOOL MUF
effects; regular (JQ
$1.25 irrades for. 17 OC
MEN'S UNDERWEAR, silver
gray shirts and drawers, in flat
weave ; a splendid value at $1 .50 ;
speeial today
at
MEN'S SWEATERS, that sell
regularly for $1.50 and $2.0Cr;
ue at 1 .:o ;
?1.25
in blue, pink and gray; one of the
.$1.25 the garment. Very y C
MEN'S MERINO HOSE, a regu-
lar 20e qualitv; special "1 "V
today.. A vC
MEN'S SOX, in gray mixed; reg-
..l.- m. .. .-l I
for C
special today at,
each
$1.05
FIBERS, in plain colors and fan
cies ; regular ifl grades fj
.today forriMi". )
And all other grades at the same
pi-eat reduction HALF.
MEN'S GOLF SHIRTS, including
the famous Cluett, Star and Grif
fon brands; regular $1.50 quali
ties; special today, "1 fCk
each y 1V
Trimmed Hats Arabian Curtains $2.95
Worth to $2S
500 trimmed Hats, including mod-
els from d t rre . Oenrh art o 1-1 A
some of the most famous houses;
many attractive styles, and val
ues that run as high as $'2.; spe
cial for today, while A-Ck
they last, your choice. . P
All Imported Patterns Hats, val
ues up -to $75.00 ; on Bale at one
price today; your - - flfl
choico for only..... V VV
JTJST RECEIVED, A LARGE
SHIPMENT Of TO CAF8
TRIMMED WITH ROSES AND
FOLIAGE.
two HUNDRED PAIRS IN THIS LOT, THAT WE GIVE TQU for
TODAY'S SELLING. They are full 3V? yards loiiff and 50 inches
wide, made on a heavy cable net. Thev are splendid wearinjr Curtains,
and the patterns are pleasing and effective. The regular J2,95
$4.50 qualities sell for only
Regular $0.00 grades for.. 3.35 Regular .57.00 jrrades for. .$4.75
Regular $6.50 grades for. .$4,35 f7-50 FaflC8 for- -?5-
Regular $8.50 grades for. .5. 75 Regfular $0.50 grades for. .$6.3
Clearance Sale Gold Clocks
Sixth Street, Main Floor.
Pretty Ormolu Clocks, in a lnrfre variety of designs; grioA timekeepers
and verv nicelv finished. Olocks that sell regularly for ZCk
fi.oQ each, now going for pa.oef
Clocks worth $3.00 for $1.95 Clocks worth $4.00 for 2.45
Clocks worth $G.0O for .$2.95 Clocks worth $7.50 for. ...$4.33
DlifFw
(Continued from First Phft.)
many laws there Is no end." Each ses-
The state con
Forged Checks In Havana.
HAVANA, Jan. 18. Officials or tho
Banco National have discovered that the
I bank, has cashed many forged checks that
had been handed in by various money ex
Changes In the city. Investigation devel-
ied that the money had been obtained
bv employes of th sanitary department.
The checks bore the forced -signature- of
trie sanitary paymaster.
A French barrister, whose client had the
mlitrnrttinft to be found guilty, appealed on
the ground that during th trial a Juryman
a ffip. i ne court or cassation held
that the Juryman, nlniv asleep, was techni
cally not present during the hearing, and
quashed th verdict and ordered a new iriaL
Slon of the Legislatures of 45 states, some
of which meet every year, some every two
years and a few only once in" four years,
adds hundreds of freak, .and spanlal Stat,- -
utes to the mass. ffcven m the civil law
there is great diversity. The statute of
limitations and the legal rate of Interest
are new matters whenever a state line
la crossed. The common law of England
is the groundwork ot the jurisprudence
of all the states except Louisiana, mat
state, true to her old French history,
relies upon the civil codes perfected by
Napoleon, although the latter has been
greatly amended toy statute.
These diversities nave long neen me
cause of much worry and d i spute. The
only reasonably successful effort to se
cure uniform legislation by the states
wan the work of the American Bar asso-
elation, which resulted In the passage
of 3. nearly uniform law on the subject
of negotiable instruments by the lesis-
latures Of all the states Dut tour. The
divorce-law -question has been most ag-
it ated. The state laws on divorce vary
all the way from strict South Carol in a,
which makes no provision at all for dts-
solving the marriage tic, to lax south
Dakota, where to secure a divorce means
only a matter of paying & few months
board in the state.
Great congresses and conventions have
imdored the states to take uniform ac
tion to correct the evils of the divorce
laws, and President Roosevelt now ad
vises that the Federal Government taka
a hand, even If an amendment to the
conBtitution la necessary. Thft laws gov-
ernlnic- the orfranlsatton of corporations,
such laws as have made Now Jersey the
"mother 01 trusts. are also or great
concern to the public welfare, and what
to do about It Is the principal question
of the hour with statesmen.
o Two Constitutions A. 1 lite.
stltutions ae as different
as are the statutes enacted under them,
except that they all agree In setting up i
a Republican form of government, each -
with a Governor and a Legislature of
two branches modeled after the Federal
Government. In some states, as in New
York:, the Question of calling- a conven
tion to form a new constitution must be
submitted to a vote of the people at reg-
alar stated intervals. The pedple of
the IQmpire State vote on the question
every 20 years. In other states, as in
Tennessee, It (is almost impossible to
change the constitution. A proposed
amendment must not only be passed by
one Xjegtslature, but by the one follow
ing, and then must receive a majority
Of all the votes In the state at an elec
tion called for the purpose. ' ,
A tendency to hold elections on the
same day has resulted In many changes,
so that all the states but three now
plpct thpir Coneressmen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In No
vember. Maine and Vermont abide by
the September elections. and Oregon
holds Its election in June. Members of
Congress .must he elected by ballot, as
required by the Federal Constitution, but
In Kentucky, as late as 1891 it was the
custom to vote for all other officers -viva
VOCe. Instead Of depositing a ballot, the
voter merely announced to the Clerk the
name of the man he desired to vote for,
and It was immediately recorded.
.Salaries and Religion.
The governors of the states hold of
fice from one to four years and are
paid all the way from 1 0.OOO a year
In New YorK, New Jersey and Pennsy
vania to $1500 in Vermont and Ore
gon. Freedom of religion is guaran
teed by the constitutions of all the
states, but South Carolina and Tennes
see will not permit persons who deny
the existence of God to hold oflice, and
In the latter state all clergymen are
ineligible to serve in the legislature.
Another unique . provision in Tennes
see is that before a man can hold of-
flee he must first make oath that he
has never fought in a duel, and. fur
thermore, that he never will engage in
one.
The relations of the state to the 1
Federal Government are all the same,
whether of tho original IS states which
formed - the Union or admitted since
1787. Texas holds a peculiar position,
as she was a nation of independent
rights when taken into the Union. The
act admitting Texas provides that this
great commonwealth may divide itself
in five, states at will Whether this
nroviso wcild stand the tent nf the
courts probably never will be known.
as the Texans seem not to have the
slightest disposition to split up.
The complex diversity of state law
is added to by the complicated rela
tion of nation to state, of state to
county, of county to city, so that the
whole syatern of American govern
ment is almost imposlble to compre
hend. In Missouri one must pass an
expert examination Imposed by the
State before he may become a barber,
while in Florida a man may get a
charter and constitute himself and two
of his friends into a university 'with
out asking leave of anybody. "Of
making many laws there is no end.-
CARRIED TO THE GALLOWS
Murderer Has Accident Moment Be
fore Time of Execution.
kin'GMAV. Arii.. Jan. 18.-0. C. Leigh
was hanged today in the jatlyard. for the
murder of Jennie Baufem, a, woman of
the haJf-world, at Gold Road in Sep tern-
ber. 1905. As he was being led to the scar-
fold, he suddenly weakened and fell
against the sharp edge of one of the jail
cells, a great gash, being cut in his head
and rendering him partially unconscious.
The officers carried him to the scaffold
and held him up while adjusting the
noose and cap. Mis neck was broken by
the drop.
TO
able tablet, or monument to mark tho last
resting-place of Facajawea,
GOVBBXOR BROOKS OP WYO
MING SUGGESTS MO?flTIIS3fT.
Ac! vi k-m Cse of Balance of lewis and
Clark Fair Fund to Erect Me
morial to Fair Maiden.
OREGON CITY. Or., Jan. IS. (Special.)
-Mrs. Eva Emery Dye. author Of "Mo
Ijoushlin and Old Oregon" and "The Con
quest." has received a. copy of the an
nual message ot Governor Bryant B.
Brooks, of Wyoming, in which he recom.
mends that the balance of the appropria
tion for the Wyoming exblb.lt at the
Lewis and Clark Fair be expended In the
erection of a suitable tablet or monument
to mark the last resting place of the In
dian maiden. Sacajawea. who BUided
Iewis and Clark to Oregon. There re-
mains unexpended In the fund 500, and
Governor Brooks says :
History record! that and Clark
were greatly assisted in their' perilous jour-
ney by a Shoshone Indian maiden named
Bacajawea. In fact, so Import aift waa the
part, played by ttitM now tar-famed Indian
Ctrl, wjio showed qualities of heroism and
lOyBlty almost unmatched In the annals ot
history, that the management or mc Lewi
and -Clark .xponttton erected a splendid
memorial In hr honor on the Expoxltlon
grounds. In the years to come the name of
Saeajawea will be recorded aide by ide
with that of the world-famed FocaJiontM.
T , V,-- ,.n Hl.MUh.rf tt-vnnH all
controversy that Bacajawea Is hurled on the
Shoshone reservation. In the State of Wy
oming, and her final resting-place is known.
The commission recommends that this Leg
islature un. a portion of th unexpended
. balance Cor the purpose, ot erecung a ault-
Slurder Trial t Crtetialla.
CHI5HAI.1S, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.)
The trial of George Trent for the. murder
of T. M. era ton at Ie EQ1. November 9.
befjran this morning. Tt Is not bollnvcd
that a jury can be secured before tomor.
row or Monday. The state will he repr-
sented by County Attorney M. A. Ttne-
norne, while i-.rnpy a. bonder -will de
fend Trent. Trent's father recently came
Jiere from Ohio to see his son through his
trouble.
.ast night the Jury In the case of A. I.
"Flynn. -who waa accused of obtaining
money under false pretenees. brought in
a verdict of not guilty, but recommended
that Flynn be reprimanded by the court.
Figlit Fans Meet Rebuff.
SPOK'ANE. Wash.. Jan. 18. Plans of
local sports who had wired to James J.
Jeffries, proposing that he flKht Bill
Squires in this city for a $35,000 purse
have been rudely shocked by Prosecut
ing Attorney R. M. Barnhart, who has
riven out that no pri-zefltrhta will K.
allowed in this county, whether the
match In for 136. ooo or a meal ticket
Jeffries had asked for $30,000 win, lose
liist of Judges Marie T-nbltc.
M'MIK'N'VILLE, Or.. Jan. IS. (Special.)
McMlnnville College students are con
siderably agitated over the publication of
a list of the judges for the state orator-
leal contest. The announcing- of the
judges Is contrary to the constitution of
the leaenie. The contest Is to be held here
on March S.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
I Bmby la Oa tains' Tee.
Be sure sod use that old and weu-trted rara-
dy, Mrs. TV'insloWi Soothing- Eyrup. for
children tee thine. It soothes ths child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, ouxas wind
colio and diarrlooea.