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THE MOTIVING OREGON! AX, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1903. ROOT PROBE MAY HVOLVE OTHERS Great Northern Official Will Be Asked to Testify, Is Report. COMMITTEE'S TASK IS BIG -Judicial Indiscretions Involving Several Incorporate Interests of State Hare Cause to Fear Publicity, It Is Said. SEATTLE. TVah.. Dec 7. (Special) An the Root committee's probe nroes deeper. It is evident that the investiga tion may take a iecidedly broader rope than that which at first was be lieved would be sufficient to get at the facts. It Is also apparent now that the investigation of Judge Root will not be whitewash affair and that the resig nation of Judge Root did not close 'the scandal, as Judge Root expected when he yielded to pressure and signed 4i:s resignation. Although members of the committee will not admit It, there has been a leak or two. and it is known that It is con tcmplated to summon Solicitor Begg. of the Great Northern, before the exam iners. Through press dispatches sent from St. Paul, Begg admitted the Gor don shortage. It was marveled at the time that no move was made to prose cute Gordon. Gordon has not declared that he was not guilty, but said he thought the Great Northern would not :prosecute him. If the bar committee follows out a line ' of report that has been touched casually, ' Home attorneys In this- state Identified with Mher corporate Interests might be dragged Into the controversy. There la no paral lel for the Gordon case, but there are ctlve rumors of other Judicial lndlscre- tlons. none of them venal, but all trans gressing the rules of court procedure and of practice. The committee Is anxious to go Into the records of the 'Supreme Court which diave a bearing upon the controversy and ill make a personal examination. It ris unlikely that either Judge Root or Mr. i tordon will be called before the com mittee has assembled facts covering all the allegations: then it is planned, it Is aid. to give both of the men an op portunity to be heard. OCRISTS KEEL OFFENDED Criticise Published Statements Ke- Xlectiiifr on Whole Court. OLYMPIA. Vah.. Dec. 7. (Special.) The bar commiitee investigating tho iltoot charges which began a sessTonTiere this morning hastened its work and left !Trr Seattle on the evening train, al though when the committeemen left Seattle to come here they had not ex pected to return home lefore Wednesday. lAli the members of the committee were &ere and began session in a room ad joining the Supreme Court about 10 k clock. During the day Chief Justice Hiram IK. Hadley and Justice Mark Fullerton 'were closeted for some time with the committee, the stenographers of the Su preme Court, law librarian and assistant law librarian also were questioned by members of the committee. These per sons, as well as the committee members, absolutely refused Information as" to any facts brought out or the scope of the In vestigation here. This much Is certain, there was no hesitancy on the part of the judges to place all facts they know at the dlspos.il of the committee. The judges are be--romlng decidedly irritated at some of the attacks a certain portion of the press Jhas made on the entire bench, and It ts possible contempt proceedings may !e Instituted against some of the publishers. This irritation was augmented today, (when each of the judges received in the rnalls a copy of the Spokane Chronlclo of Saturday, which charged that law clerks in Olympla write all the per cu riam decisions and many other decisions of the high court. Accompanying this article were h;ilf-tone likenesses of Chief Justice Hadles- and Justice Mount. Jus tice Hadley was highly indignant and leeply grieved because of the article. !He said that anyone familiar with the ' work of the court knows that the mem bers work year In and out. with rarely a holiday, reading briefs and voluminous records often late Into the night, bend ing every energy to master thoroughly each case and give it proper decision. Sometimes briefs will cover 100 printed pages and the record will fill more than 1000 typewritten sheets, an of which must be read. "Of course, it is absolutely and utterly false that law clerks write or have writ ten any decisions." said he. "When we were far behind with out work some time ago the court did employ Judge Malette. an attorney of age and standing, to brief authorities as an assistance to the Judges in considering the cases." Court Reporter Remington said the Washington Supreme Court members work harder and more earnestly than any other court in the t'nlon. In Wis consin, for Instance, each Judge has a private stenographer who Is a lawyer, who writes decisions from dictation and riefs authorities. Here there are but two Stenographers for seven Judges and gen erally the members of the court have to do their own brief work. Swear in Chadwlck. Today. OITMPIA. Wash.. Dec. 7. (Special.) Judge S. J. Chadwlck, of Colfax, will arrive tomorrow morning and If the court Is atlll in session, will be sworn In and take his seat aa a member of the State Supreme bench. He had expected to be here this afternoon. tut was delayed. WILL USE BLANK BALLOTS Voters at Renton Will Paste in Can didates' Names on Stickers. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec 7. (Special.) Without the names of the nominees of either party on the official ballot, municipal election will take place at Renton tomorrow. Judge George E. Morris, of the Superior Court, decided Saturday that it would be Illegal to print the names of the nominees on the ballot, but that the election-could proceed under the law of 1895, which allows the voters to use stickers. The names of the candidates are printed rn the stickers, which are pasted in place. Instead of putting- a cross to the tight of the name. judge Morris made his decision in a mandamus proceeding brought by the knti-admlnlstratlon faction. To Apportion School Fund. OL-Y-MPIA. Wuh, Dec. T. (Special. V lltate School Superintendent Dewey will tomorrow apportion J1S482S.9 to tho sev eral counties In the state, being the reg ural quarterly apportionment of state scbool moneys. Tills is about J21.500 more than was apportioned In December last year. PROGRAMME OF NORDICA Sinper Will Present Many-Fine Num bers at Heilig Thursday Night. The programme which Mme. Nordlca will present here Thursday evening contains some of the charming numbers which she sang recently in Seattle, and which aroused a veritable furore there. Among: them will be the aria "Dich Theure Halle" (Wagner), which per mits the diva full exposition of her great dramatic powers and shows, as well, the intensity of her temperament. There will be a group of beautiful Kngllsh songs on the programme, and this will delight many.. It is superfluous to dwell upon the vocal equipment of Mme. Nordlca. She sang here twice last June and her voice is so well-known and loved and her artistic position so unassailable that it is not to be wondered that ner com lng has aroused the musical interest to the highest degree. The concert Thursday evening, when Mme. Nordlca and her company will appear at the Helllg Theater, is under the direction of Lois Steers-wynn Coman. CONDENSED NEWS BY WIRE Ti'ashlnirton Tn th case of Miller ft I.ux vs. the Kast fide Canal ft irrigation lora rwinv lnrolrlnr an Irrigation Question from California, the Supreme Court of the fnlted State Monday affirmed the decision of the 1 nlti States . tmilt court tor mo iwuin ern District of California., which wae against Miller ft Lux. Boston Archbishop William O'Cotinell, wlio In 1H"." wj sent to Japan by tn rope witn nllnn to tha Mlkaoo -In the Interest of the Catholic Church. Is making preparations for a second visit, which la understood to be an effort to complete the negotiations ot tween the Vatican, and the Mikado. SDrlnadeld The National Exchange Bank, one of tha largest financial Institutions- In Springfield, did not open lie aoors daonany morning, by direction of the Controller of ta Currency. Chicago In tha top floor of S30 South Clarg sweet Sunday tha Chicago Brotherhood of the t'nemployed was formally organlaed. Robert M. Wilson, the "Uncrowned King of tha Honoy." presided and assisting him wa Jamea EaJs Howe, known aa the "Newsboys' Friend." and m grandson of Captain J. B. Eada. builder of the Eada bridge In St. Loula. New York Two gray wolves, fought before hundred of visitors a: the Bronx Zoo Mon day and one was so seriously injured that ha had to ha killed, while tha other waa badly mangled, but may live. Salt Lake City Governor-tfect Spry has been 'Invited to co-operate in a National movement to stop the pollution of rivere. lakes and streams by sewage and manufactur ing was'e. which costs the country S5.000 lives annually by reason of typhoid fever alone. Washington The caee of Hannah Fttchla and other heirs of the late George Galbralth. of Honolulu, vs. Ceoeile Brown, trustee of the Galbralth estate. Involving property amounting to f2.vi,t0n In value, was decided by the Supreme Court of the Cnlted States Monday in favor of the trustee. Bloomlngton, III. Tha ' Chicago ft Alton lias placed an order with the American Loco motive Works- for the construction of 10 con solidated freight engines, five Pacific type passenger engines and five of tho heaviest ciaas switch engines, to cost 3S0.XI0. New York Leaving two letters. In one of which he said. "I have suffered mora than anvbody 1n the world." Ixul Evans, of Brooklyn, a youth of IS years, shot and killed h!ne;f Sunday In a hospital where ho was undergoing treatment for tuberculosis. Chicago Commander-in-Chief Henry M. Nevlus. of the Grand Army of the Repub lic, and the members of hie staff will reach Chicago tonight, en route to Salt T-ake City. Utah, to arrange for the annual encampment. Bristol, R. I. Mrs-. Emma Cheebrough, aged 59 years, wife of Alfred S. Chesbrough, a well-known yacht designer of this city, vhn la now tn Scotland on a business trip. committed eulrlde Sunday by shooting -herself twice In tha head. Calcutta An eitnloslon Tn the magazine at the military station here Monday resulted In the killing of 11 men tut tn wounoiog oi jo others, most of whom will die. Chicago The First Tresbyterlan Church of Chicago, the mother of all tha Protestant churches In this olty. began yesterday a Ave days celebration of the 75th anniversary of lis foundation. Chicago The mystery of recent threatening letters signed "The Knights of the White I-ath." and wrapped around coffin bandies and human bones which had lain long In the grave, has dovetailed Into another mystery, when It became known Sunday that the target of two of the letters Is Dr. Adolph Gehr mann, 381 Ellis avenue, who, in company with hie father, Theodore Gehrmann, shot and klllled Loula Louterbaeh. an ex-corvlct. while In the act of robbing the Gehrmann house on September 28. Chicago That Chicago Is at tha mercy of a "funeral trust" Is the allegation of P. J. Hursen. an mbalmer, who. in a "display" advertisement In dally papers, has been stir ring up his brother undertakers. Berkeley, Cal. Julius Anloft, said to be a brother of "Swlftwater Bill" Gates and a watchmaker, was found dead in bed of heart failure Monday morning. NEW NET WAISTS. . New net and silk waists, just tn by express, new silk petticoats, sweaters, neckwear, glovea and hosiery. Do your Christmas buying here. McAllen & McDonnell, Third and Morrison. G0SGH0VEMHY1T OIL DOCTOR SAYS Possible Chance for Recovery in Case Such as That of Governor-Elect. TURN FOR WORSE NOTED Tomorrow and Thursday last days for discount West Side gas bills. Don't over look pas appliance sale. Medical Director Says Symptoms of Yesterday Were ITnfavorable, but Noted Improvement I,ate in Pay. CONDITION LESS FAVORABLE. PASO. ROBLES HOT SPRINGS, Cel., Dec 7. (To The Oregonian. Portland, Or.) The condition of Governor-elect Cosgrove, of "Washing ton, Is not as encouraging today. His symptoms were unfavorable yes terday and last night. Late this afternoon he felt a little stronger. F. TV. SAWYER, Medical Director. Eemoves Poison Germs of Catarrh and Rheumatism From the Blood. For catarrh of the head use a teaspoonful of salt and a quarter teaspoonful of borax dissolved in a pint of warm water. Snuff this mixture through the nostrils twice daily and immediate relief is experienced. To cure, a con stitutional blood remedy must be used. Catarrh and rheumatism are both due to accumulated poi sons in the system. These poi sons ought to be eliminated, through the skin, the bowels and the urinary tract. The following simple home mixture warrants the utmost faith, as it effectually acts on the kidneys, the bowels and the skin, caustntr them to resume their functions quickly and prop erly. You can mix it at home or have any honest druggist do so. One-half ounce of fluid extract Buchu, one -ounce compound fluid Balmwort, and two ouncea syrup Sarsaparilla compound. Mix. and takei teaspoonful after each meal and one at retiring. Ulany cases of catarrh, rheuma tism, and kidney trouble have alreadv benefited by this treatv nient and this is the season when nearly everyone needs it. . t a.......... iPASO ROBL.ES HOT SPRINGS. Cal., Dec. 7. (Snecial.) Dr. F. V . Sawyer, who has established himself as the dis tributor of official information, declared today there was nothing furtlier to be said regarding the condition of Governor- elect Cosarove. "It is not like a case . of typhoid or some acute sickness, where there would be a crisis." he explained. "The patient Is practically the same day after day. There are two kinds of kidney trouble. One is the slow kind. In which the patient mav live, and In the other you can' ai most count the days. Mr. Cosgrove has the first kind, so there is a chance tor his recovery. The reason visitors are not allowed to see him is because he came here suffering from nervous prostration as a result of the campaign." 'From other sources come different re ports. It was learned today through one of the Washington politicians who is haunting the hotel, that the attendants regard Mr. Cosgrove as having the barest kind of a chance to reoover. It Is said that the water in the veins, which Is a nwmifeatit-atlon of the dropsy, is creeping toward the heart and unless this Is stopped he cannot live. Plan of Final Kecourse. It was rumored today that there may possibly be an attempt made to swear in the Governor at the hotel on the day set. if that is necessary, and if he lives that long. Whether this can be done remains to -e seen, but the fact that It Is talked about shows that his friends do not expect to see him return home and for reasons of their own do not want to see him robbed of the office. C. B. Williams, of Seattle who has been here for several days, says that such a proceeding would be out of the ques tion, and he does not think It would be seriously considered. Personally, he Is of the opinion that Mr. Cosgrove's days are numbered, and he told the writer that he did not believe the patient would be alive by the middle of January. Took No Bath Yesterday. Governor Cosgrove did not put in an appearance this morning for his custo mary bath. The information has leaked out that a party of Seattle and Wash ington politicians, ostensibly on the way to Los Angeles, will be at the hotel next Tuesday. If they hope to see the Governor-elect, however, they will be disappointed. Mrs. Cosgrove, worn out by the, nurs ing of her husband, who requires con stant attention. Is being bothered with letters from friends and strangers alike. offering what they term "certain cures." One of these letters came from a. hypno tist, who said that he was sure if he could see Mr. Cosgrove he could cure him. The distracted wife, xtt her wit's end. has been inclined to grasp at every straw, but the letters have been turned over to Dr. Sawyer, who has naturally destroyed them. TOWXSEXD WANTS CAXXOX Clears Speakership Fight by " His Statement. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. The Speak ership, fight was somewhat cleared to day by Representative Townsend, of Michigan, declaring to the members who approached him on the subject that he was not a candidate for Speaker.. "Who is your candidate?" he - was asked. 'I am for Cannon.'" be replied. '"That is, provided he will give due deference to the desire to amend the rules, and I believe he will do so." Notwithstanding this action on the part of Mr. Townsend. Representative Murdock, of Kansas, was conferring with members, with a view to organiz ing opposition to the Speaker. "At the proper time we will hold a conference," said Mr. Murdock. "The sentiment against Mr. Cannon is grow ing. We want to make sure that no Cannon man' ia at our conference." LEGISLATIVE HALL UNSAFE TOO MITCH AVKIGHT IX LIBRARY ABOVE. Floor in Capitol Building: in Weak ened Condition and Repairs Badly Needed. SAL-EM, Or., Dec 7. (Special.) When the Legislature meets next month the members of the House of Representatives will find themselves in a position nearly as perilous as that occupied by the man over whose head a sword was suspended by a thread. The Hall of Representatives is directly under the room occupied by the State Library and the library-room floor now has upon it approximately the full weight the supports were designed to sustain. About a year ago it was necessary to remove a lot of books be cause the floor was settling. While the library floor is now considered safe. It Is probably no more safe than the sword suspended by a thread. The library-room occupies what was formerly the upper part and gallery of the Hall of Representatives, that hall having been originally two stories high. "When the library floor was put in, caet Iron pillars were provided ex tending from the ground up, so that the library floor In no way depends upon the two floors beneath for sup port, except that the outside walls which partly support the library floor also support the floor of the Hall of Representatives and the office floor beneath. The plans for the library room were drawn with the Idea that there would be Installed 38 double bookcases, weighing, when full, 4500 pounds each. There are already 30 double bookcases in the room and 15 single cases, equal in weight to four double cases. There is also stored in the library-room a quantity of docu ments kept for distribution purposes and equaling In weight three or four of the double cases. In addition, there are a number of very heavy reading tables, not contemplated by the plans for the library. All told, the weight In the library has reached the limit for which the supports were con structed. About a year ago the supply of Sen ate and House Journals was delivered at the library and the books were stored in a cloakroom in one corner. A few days later Librarian Gillingham noticed that the floor in that corner had settled more than an inch. As this was at a place where the floor joists , were supported by the brick walls of the building, it was apparent that the situation was dangerous and the books were removed at once. During the legislative session the library-room is used for committee meetings and sometimes when impor tant sessions are being held there are as many as SO people in the room, mak ing an additional weight of more than 6000 pounds. New books are added to the library at the rate of 8000 pounds a year. It is therefore apparent that something must be done to make the library room safe. Additional supports would necessarily pass up through the Hall N0EHBB - UNSET MAGAZINE THE MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA 0. S. Aften. A study of f'The King's Highway" today. Superbly illustrated. THE TALE OF THE MISSING PASSENGERS -' Beatrice Grimsha Another Vaiti story. THE RAILROADS AND THE WEST J- 0. Stubbs BUSHIDO STORIES ShiuiBhiro Saito Dealing with Japanese rural life. THE CLOUD George Sterling Another notable poem by the author of "Wine of , Wizardry." .1 LIN M'LEAN ' ' Owen Winter OTHER GOOD ARTICLES AND STORIES Beautifully illustrated from drawings by Gertrude Partington, Maynard Dixon, Gordon Coutts, M. J. Spero, and other artists. "THE BLUE MOON," Mary Austin's latest and most notable novel of the West, will begin in the January number of Sunset. of Representatives, shutting off the view from parts of that room. There are already four large pillars in the room and these are found very incon venient. Two solutions for the dif ficulty have been discussed. One is that if provision should be made for a separate heating plant and printing office, a room could also be provided for the Library Commission, to which could be transferred all the reference books and documents now in the State Library, leaving only the law books in what is now the State Library. The Library Commission could very appro priately take charge of the reference books, which are of no use In a law library. The other suggestion is that the Capitol building be enlarged, either by constructing two additions on the west wing or by extending the east wing, and that office assignments be then shifted so as to provide - more space for the library. It is certain that the coming Legislature will be compelled' to make some arrangement for increased room, not only for con venience, but for safety. BIG APPLE SHOW OPENS I W. HILL, OF GREAT XORTH ERX, IN CHARGE. Many Railroad Men Among Visitors. Apple-Cooking School Fea ture of Fair. SPOKANE, Wash., Deo. 7. The first Xattonal Apple Show ever held In America was opened today by Presi dent Louis W. HUI, who Is also presi dent of the Great Northern Railway Company. Governor Mead also ad dressed the large audience. President Hill predicted that within a quarter of a century the value of the apple crop of the Pacific Northwest will be greater than the present combined value of wheat, ore and timber. Many railroad men are here, includ ing C, W. Mott and Max Bass, general immigration agents 'respectively of the Northern Pacific and the Great North ern; A. L. Craig, general passenger agent of the Great Northern, and Will iam McMurray, general passenger agent of the Harrlman lines. One feature of the show is the pres ence of 16 young women from the do mestic science class of the Washington State College at Pullman, who will demonstrate all this week in the cook ing and serving of apples. They have recipes for 66 ways of cooking hls one fruit. The exposition Is really National in its scope. Canada has many large and impressive exhibits, and Germany, Norway and Japan are also represented. All parts of the United States have ex hibits. The South is represented by North Carolina, Georgia, Missouri and Arkansas, and other states represented are New York, Kansas, Indiana, Colo rado, California, New Mexico and Ok lahoma. British Columbia is here with L to an-extraordinary degree. During the 25 exhibits. j last few days, the chronicler proceeds, a Miup lias leu one oi tue prmcipHi er- Japnn Importing Active Cats. London Globe. Japan, it seems. Is Infested with rats, and the reason is explained by a Paris contemporary, viz., that the Japanese cats, which are not prolific, ar? pampered man ports with 6000 cats on board. These, . on arrival, are to be settled In the various maritime towns of the Mikado's domin ions, and we further learn that the pres ent consignment of cats is to be followed by four others, each of 5000. The namo rtf the principal German port la not given. 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