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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 12, 1905. I t- - ' : : WORDS YET HIDDEN Railroad Commission Known in Tenor Only. "Is WILL BE PUBLIC MONDAY Capital Removal Fight-Will Also Ap pear. in Washington Legislature EarJy jri Week, and Warm v -Sessions Are Expected. OLYAIPIA, Wash.. Fob. 11. (Spe claDThe adjournment y the Legis lature yesterday has thrown active consideration of the Railway Commis sion, measure by the Joint committees well into next week. The Southeast combination, which has - been caucusing almost daily on Hallway Commission matters, was not in sufficient force yesterday to meet. It 3iad been expected that the Rail way Commission bill prepared by the subcommittee in conjunction with the Attornoy-GeneraJ would be ready for submission to the joint committee last evening, but the departure of so many members for their homes resulted in tying the matter up until next week. It is now announced that the bill will not be given out for publication until Monday. The main features of the bill as agreed to by the subcommittee have heretofore been outlined, however, and the public is well Informed about the bill except as to Its exact wording. In addition to the Railway Commis sion measure, the capital-removal fight will come up in tho House." The bill is now in the" custody of the House judiciary committee, where it will re main until Wednesday night when it will be taken up as a epecial order by the committee. It will probably be re ported on the next day. It is certain that there will bo either h majority or minority report recommending indefin ite postponement. A bill, unless the committeo is unanimous in recommend ing its indefinite postponement, goes on the calendar. If the committee is unanimous in the recommendation, then the report can be taken up and acted on without delay. To act on a divided committee report requires a suspension of the rules, which in turn takes a two-thirds vote. Capital Fight Friday. It is reasonable to suppose, there fore, that if the judiciary committee's reportis received by the House Thurs day morning the bill will go on the calendar and appear the next day, Fri day, for second reading. The rules committee has the power to place the bill-at the head of. the calendar or at any place it sees lit. It tnc committee wanta to force the fight it will place the bill at the head. It is likely, how ever, to follow the usual course and allow the bill to appear at the foot. Tho bll will therefore likely be reach ed Friday afternoon on second read ing, and a motion to adopt the report recommending its indefinite postpone ment, whother majority or minority, will be in order. If the friends of Olympla are unable to muster enough votes that day to indefinitely postpone the bill, and It now appears that they will, they will get another whack at it when it comes up on third reading. Unless killed on second reading it is not likely that filial action can be taken on the bill before the following week. "War .Over Earlcs Bill.. In addition to the Railway Commis sion and capital-removal wars that will be in full array next week there will be a big fight between the inde pendent and association fish-packers of Pugot Sound. The Joint committee on fisheries will meet Tuesday night to hoar, the various arguments for and against the Earles bill, which pro vides for a six weeks closed season in the Summers of 1S0C and 190S. The bill is favored by the Alaska Packers As sociation, the Pacific-American Fish eries Company and the British Colum bia Packers Association. It is op posed by the independent packers, the purse-seiners and the Fishermen's Onion. The fight is already extremely bitter. It is expected that in addition to those throe matters a local option fight will come up in the House. The John son bill, providing for a local option Jaw, has been acted on by the public morals committeo and five of hc mem bers will recommend its passage. Three will recommend that it be iydofinltely postponed. The bill will be reported to the House Monday in all probability, and will come up for some kind of ac tion about Tuesday or Wednesday. It Is expected that the Anti-Saloon League and Liquor Dealers' Association lob bies will be on hand ear:y in the -week to fight for and against' the bill, re-spootlvely. NO INCREASE IN SALARIES. House Committee Sits Down on Plans for Many Clerks. OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 1L (Special. ) The House appropriations committee has taken a stand that indicates almost beyond question that not one of the state offices will got the advance in salaries for clerks or the additional clorks and deputies asked of the Legis lature. Tne requests of the State Board of Control wore the first to bo acted on by the House committee. The board wanted $5000 for clerk hire for the two years, instead of $4030 as allowed two years ago. There are two clerks em ployed, a secretary and bookkeeper. The additional money asked would have enabled the board to pay the secre tary S15t)0 h year Instead of $1000. The committee, however, cut down the estimate to $4000, and in doing so said In effect that the same policy would be pursued in regard to the other offices. ADJ0UEN OK NOT? (Continued from. First Page.) marked, "and if Judge Tanner's testimony represents It truly, l do not think the Leg islature should adjourn without day un tll'thc outcome Is known. Senator Hodson. of Multnomah, a fore most figure .in the upper chamber of the Legislature, said Judge Tanner's testi mony amazed him. Senator Mitchell's vlg rous donlal of Heney'a accusations had strengthened his belief In Mr. Mitchell's innocence, but the admissions of tho Sen ator's law partner had put a new aspect on the case and given Mr. Hodson such a "wore jolt" that he was "all at sea." "Tho charges aro certainly grave," said Mr. Hodson, "and if true, it is Incumbent on Senator Mitchell to resign.' One of the perplexities of an adjourned session arises from the fear that all the nonemergency acts of the Legislature would be held up In their operation until 90 days after the final adjournment. If that wore done, a great deal of trouble would ensue, for many important bills contain no emergency clauses. t The ref erendum -amendment to the constitution says: "Referendum petitions shall ds filed with the Secretary of State not more than 90 days after the final adjournment of the legislative assembly which passed the bill on which the referendum is do manded." This means that no hills which are without emergency clauses shall become operative until after tho 90-day period shall have elapsed. But is the Legisla ture finally adjourned until It adjourns sine die? And even if Senator Mitchell should resign, might not the Governor hold back the official notification and thus prevent the Legislature from electing I a successor? GOLD'S WIDE SWEEP Eastern Temperature Coming Westward Now. TEN BELOW1 AT LA GRANDE "HIS USEFULNESS IS PAST." Senator Rand Thinks Mitchell Should Resign Before Adjournment. SALEM, Or., Feb. 1L Special.) Amazed beyond expression were the pub lic men In Salem when they read a pri vate dispatch this afternoon telling of tho confessions of Judge Tanner, law partner of Senator Mitchell, and Mr. Robertson, the Senator's private secretary. Over and over again men road the dis patch before they would believe they had read It aright. Senator Rand, the Republican leader of the Sonate, who introduced the resolution this week expressing confidence In the integrity of Mitchell, sat for a moment in dumb amazement, and finally gave vent to his feelings. "My God, can It be true?" he exclaimed. Notwithstanding the indictments, the published stories and the confessions of Putcr, Rand and many others have been steadfast in their belief In Mitchell's in nocence of official wrong-doing. This afternoon when news came of the latest confessions, their faith was shaken, though Rand is reluctant to admit it "I shall await further Information be fore believing Senator Mitchell guilty," he said. "As for the interests of the state, it must be admitted that Senator Mitchell's usefulness is past If he Is guilty, he should resign In time to give the Legisla ture at this session an opportunity to elect his successor. I do not see how wo can adjourn until late In the year, for none of the laws, except those hearing emergency clauses, would go Into effect until 90 days after the final adjournment" "I deeply regret the great misfortune that has fallen upon tho State of Oregon," said Governor Chamberlain, when seen at his office. "However, if there has been corruption in office n"o effort should be spared to detect and convict those who are guilty. The higher the officer who has been unfaithful, the greater should be the punishment" Governor Chamberlain was reluctant to discuss the course he may pursue, or the course the Legislature may pursue. He let it be known, howover, that he docs not think the Legislature would bo warrant ed In suspending the acts of this Legis lature for a year in anticipation of a possible vacancy in the Scnatorship. It is certain that If the appointing power ever comes to him he will place a Democrat in the Senate, but In his opinion Senator Mitchell's case, if conviction should finally result, will not reach the point of creHtlng a- vacancy for two years yet He thinks the case will be fought that long in the courts. Senator Coke believes this Legislature should make arrangements to elect Mitchell's successor. Senator Crolsan says the Legislature has no right to assume that there will be a vacancy, and should adjourn at tho ex piration of the usual 40 days. Senator Hobson thinks the Legislature will not adjourn Fridny. Senator Miller (Dem.) thinks Senator Mitchell . should resign at once If he is guilty, and let the Legislature elect his successor. If he does not resign, the Legislature should adjourn sine die at the appointed time. Representatives Graham and Sonne mann think the Legislature should tako an adjournment until Fall in anticipation of a possible vacancy. Representative Kay believes that in view of the develop ments today, Senator Mitchell should re sign, hut If he does not resign the Legis lature should adjourn Friday night Hoch's Name Bothers Him. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 11. (Special.) The fact that Representative Hoch, of Spokane County, has the same fam ily name as the notorious Johann Hoch, the man of many wivos, has given tho other members of the Spokane delega tion occasion for great Joy. Each Representative has on the front of his desk a large card bearing his name and county. The othor mem bers of tho delegation have decorated Mr. Hoch's card with clippings oC headlines from the newspapers whiqh show up In hig letters. Here are a few of them: "New York -woman thinks Hoch was man she married." "Hoch has 38 wives." "May be Hoch's secret poison Tube containing drug is found Two more wives discovered." 1 "Hoch will go to Chicago-." "Women identify Hoch as husband." "Xew York sleuths find more Mrs. Hochs." It is much easier for a woman to confide in the average nan thin in the average woman. She knows that the man will re spect her confidences and keep them to himself. He is strorrg-, has more experience of the wod and can help -the woman who needs advice. There is every reason why women should not trust their delicate constitutions in the hands of unskilled persons. It requires a thorough medical education to appreciate and understand the womanly organism. When a woman has ills and pains that she cannot bear when life seems dark for every woman, she should confide her troubles to a physician of standing in the community, or one who has a national reputation. Cer tainly it would not be the part of wisdom to confide in an ignorant person without, medical education simply because she was a woman. There is every reason why she should write to some great specialist one who has made the diseases of women a specialty for a third of a century, like Dr. R. V. Pierce, founder of the Invalids' Hotel and Suf-ical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. All his correspondence is held sacredly con. fidentisl, and he gives his advice free and without charge. So uniformly snccessful has Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription proven in all forms of Female Weakness, Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb, andLeucorrhea, that after curinjr the worst cafes of these distressing ana debilitating ailments. Dr. Pierce now feels fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in cash for any case of these diseases which he cannot cure. Dr. Pierce's Pleasaat Pellets aboald be usedvwith "Favorite Prescription - whes ever a laxative I required. Eastern Oregon and Washington Cry for Blankets and Fuel, While Idaho Miners Quit Work to Get Warm. COMPAttlSOK OF COLD WEATHER. Dep. Kahr. Portland. Or. (minimum) 17 above Oklahoma City 4 above Topeka, Kan. O below Helena, Mont. 22bow Clancy, Mont. 49 below Plains. Mont. 15 below Bkwsburg; Mont .4 G below Muvqula, Mont. 20 below Butte. Mont 35 to SO below Lx Grande. Or. 12 below Hood River. Or. S above Pendleton. Or. 4 below Idaho points S to 40 below TVallace. Idaho 30 below Eastern Washington points 2 above Salem. Or. ..12 above North Head, Or. 21 above LA GRANDB, Or., Feb. 1L (Special.) La Grande and the Grand Hdnde Valley is experiencing tho coldest weather that has prevailed here for some years, the thermometer ranging all the way from 7 to 12 degrees below zero this morning, and is still very cold, but tho wind is not blowing. A fierce wind was blowing all las night drifting the snow quite deep in places in tho valley, and along tho moun tain division of the O. R. & N. railway. It is still very cold tonight but all Indi cations point to warmer weather Sunday. HOOD RIVER 18 SHIVERING. But Snow Protects Strawberry-Fields From Three-Below Weather. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 1L Special.) Thermometers about town registered aa low as three degrees above zero this morning, the coldest weather for several years. Tho strawberry fields are covered with sufficient snow to protect them from the frosts, and it Is not thought that the cold snap will in any way damage orchard fruit. COLD WON'T DAMAGE WHEAT Umatilla County Sees Mercury Drop to Four Degrees Below. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. It (Special.) The coldest weather known here for live years has struck Pendleton and Umatilla County This morning the thermometer registered 4 degrees below zero, and to night the weather is unchanged. There arc two Inches of srtow here, and at Wes ton from six to eight Inches. Wheat is believed to be well covered with snow In most sections of the country. Cold Closes Couer d'Alene Mines. WALLACE, Idaho, iFcb. 11. (Spe cial.) In seventeen years the Couer d'AJenca have not experienced such cold weather as that of tho last two days. At 6 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 30 below zero at the electric light station. Water pipes are frozen In all parts of town, but water mains arc kept open because a crew of men Is busy cleaning slush out of tho flume. The Mammoth and Standard mills closed yesterday on account of the cold, and the mines supplying them with oro bavo now closed awaiting moderation in the weather so that concentrators can re sume operations. No caeo of peoplo frozen has yet been reported. Forty Below in Idaho. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 11. (Spe cial.) Reports from all portions of Northern Idaho indicate that intense cold pervades every district the ther mometer registering from 5 to -40 degrees below zero. Navigation is closed In nearly all the rivers. From Lako Couer d'Alene to St Marie tho stage supplants the boat Central Washington and Eastern Washington are gripped by the frost king. At 10 tonight the thermometer registered two above zero and de creasing rapidly. The outlook Is for tho most severe cold snap in ten years. Celd Causes Water Famine. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 11. (Spe cial.) This city is threatened with a water famine as the result of the present zero weather. Tho principal cause Is that citizens leave faucets open everywhere to prevent freezing. Mayor Hunt and the water committeo today made an appeal to tho pedple to stop this practice. An other contributing cause was the freezing of the reservoir pump in Isaac's Addition. A motor is being Installed today to re placo It Seven Above at The Dalies. THE DALLES. Or., Feb. 11. (Special.) Today has been the coldest that The Dalles has experienced in several years. Last night the mercury sank to 7 degrees above zero 23 degrees being tho highest It hart reached during tho day. The at mosphere has been brilliantly clear, with a light east wind blowing. There has been no trace of the dust in the air which was noticeable yesterday. Every indica tion points to lower temperature tonight Zero Weather at Milton. MILTON. Or.. Feb. 1L- (Special.) One of the worst snow storms ever known in this vicinity Is raging, wit'n a strong north wind and the temperature at zero. It is thought much suffering of livestock will take place if present con ditions continue, as farmers were wholly unprepared. Trains are late' and sleighs are running, something unusual in this part of the slate. Garfield Chills at Ten Below. GARFIELD, Wash.. Feb. 1L (Special.) The coldest weather that the Palouse country has experienced In six years is now on. The cold wave struck hero yes terday, and the mercury went down until It reached 10 degrees below zero. The cold wave is making a lively demand for wood and coat Water pipes all over the city are freezing up and bursting. Kalama Needed Blankets. KALAMA. Wash., Feb. 11. (Special.) Last night was the coldest night this Winter. The mercury fell to 13 degrees' above zero during tho night and as a consequence several wajer pipes that lay above ground frozo and burst MANY MOST COSTLY Wardner's Records Broken. WARDNER. Idaho, Feb. 11. (Special.) All records for cold weather for several yearn past were broken last evening Jn Kellogg and Wardner when the mercury reached 22 degrees below zero. Kellogg suffers because of the wind blowing up the rlver. Mercury Faling at Salem. -SALEM, Or.. Feb. 11. (Special.) The mercury registered 11 degrees above zero Great Awakening in Musical Circles Caused by Eiiers Piano House Co-Oper-ative Piano Sale. During the -week Just past Ellers Piano House has been doing a remarkably large volume of business. Their piano clubs are creating widespread Interest and bringing thinking people to a realiza tion of present opportunities. A costly Weber piano was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Driver for their handsome home at No. 720 East Burnside street The Instrument Is the lovely Co lonial style, cased In rosewood. Another notable sale was the superb Aeolian Orchestrcllo. valued at $1000, which was purchased for the Hotel By ron, at Belllngham, Wash. Scores of other pianos found homes dur ing the week, many going out of town to people who made their purchase and Joined piano clubs through tho mall. here thu morning. This Is the coldest weather" slnco February 4, 1S39. when It dropped to 9 degrees below. At midnight the temperature Is 15 degrees above, and going down. Chill Blasts at North Head. ASTORLV. Or., Feb. 11. ( Special.) -Last night was the coldest of the season thus far. and tho thermometer at the local Weather Bureau registered 21 degrees above zero. Tonight a strong east wind Is blowing and tho Indications are that before morning a much lower temperature will be reached. At an early Hour this morning the thermometer in the Govern ment station at North Head registered 20 degrees. COLDEST KNOWN IN BUTTE. Fifty Below, and Steel Buildings Crack With Frost. BUTTE, Mont. Feb. 11. This city is In the grip of the coldest spell In the history of tho oldest Inhabitants. Tonight the thermometers in tho city are registering 35 degrees below zero, while on tho wind swept flat below Butte the temperature Is 50 and moro below tho zero mark. Some of the big steel buildings in the city are emitting creaking sounds as loud as piBtoI shots, the structures contracting under the lntenso cold, while sidewalks are resounding noisily. The temperature his fallen 3 degrees since 11 o'clock. Avon reports tonight that all the ther mometers aro out of commission. COLDEST IN FIFTEEN YEARS Western Montana Tight in Grip of the Cold Wave. MISSOULA, Mont, Feb. 11. Western Montana is in tho grip of the coldest weather recorded for 15 years. Today the official reports of tho Northern Pa cific show from 15 below at Plains to 46 below at Blossburg. In MIsEOUla tho thermometers regis tered 20 below at 8 o'clock this morn ing and 24 below at 1 o'clock this af ternoon. Thirty' below is predicted by morning. Forty-Nine Below Near Helena. HELENA. Mont, Feb. 11. Reports from mining camps near Helena Indicate that tho past 24 hours has recorded lower tem peratures than for many years. At Clan cy, about 16 miles from Helena, tho' tem perature this morning was 43 below. In tho Park district four miles from Hel ena, It was 36 below. The lowest tem perature In Helena was 29 below, and the highest today was 17 below. Tonight It Is 32 below at various points In the city, with about six Inches of snow on the ground. More Snow In Missouri Valley. OMAHA, Feb. II. There was anoth er heavy fall of snow last night over practically the entiro Upper Missouri Valley. The storm covered the State of Iowa and extended west to Denver and Cheyenne and south into Missouri and Kansas. Zero temperature pre vails over nearly all of the territory covered by the storm. Blizzard Rages in Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla. Fob. 11. The worst blizzard since February, 1899, is raging throughout Oklahoma and Indiait Territory tonight ' In two hours the temperature dropped from 18 to 4, with indications that below zero will be registered before mid night Snow covers tho ground to a depth of five inches. Worst Blizzard of Year in Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. 11. Tho worst blizzard of the year prevails in Kan sas tonight A fall or snow and sleet Is driven, by a fierce wind from the Northwest The temperature Is C be low and rapidly falling. Blizzard Stops Freight Traffic. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. It On account of the blizzard which is raging in Ne braska, the Rock Island and Northwestern Railroads have announced that their freight trains will be annulled until fur ther notice. "Is Dobson aa liard up as he la reported to be?" "Really, I couldn't say. I understand however thnt his last Summer's bathing suit Is doing" duty aa Winter underwear. De troit Tribune. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Few People Know How Useful It Is in Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the 3afcst and mo3t cJHclent disinfect ant and purii.er In nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that tlfo more you take of it the better; It is not a drug at all. but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always present In the stomach and intestines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and Improves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic It absorbs the injurious gases which collect In tho stomach and bowels: it disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best char coal and the most for the money is in Smarts Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed of tho finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form, or Tather in the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, tho char coal being mixed with honey. The -ally use of these lozenges will soon tell in a mucc Improved condition of tlie general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it Is, tha no possible harm can result from their continued use. but on the contrary, great benefit A Buffalo physician in speaking of the benefits of charcoal says: "I advise Stu art's Charci Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bow els, and to clear the complexion and puri fy the br.-th, mouth and throat; I aleo bellevo the liver Is greatly benefited by the dally uso of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at drug stores, and although in some sense a patent prep, aration, yet I believe I get more and bet ter charcoal in Stuart's Charcoal Loz enges than In any of the ordlnarv char coal - tablets: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL. WEAR THIS SEASON ASK BEN SELLING ABOUT IT "SsBm. Spring Topcoats SPRING SHAPES . 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Children's Drawers range 23c, 19c, 15c 10 Ladies' Gowns $1.95, $1.58, $1.49, 95c 47 Corset Covers 37c, 23c ,17c, 15c 10 Skirts range $1.95, $1.75, $1.29, 69c and 49 Chemise range $1.45, $1.25, 99c, 72c and 49 ODD THINGS AT 5c Silk Chiffon Collar Foundations in pink, blue, white and black. AT 5 Ladies Stocking Feet the usual price is 10c. AT 10 Knit Waists for boys and girls; all sizes, in cream and pure white. SMALL WARES AT 5 Ladies' turnover embroidered Collars. AT 15 Ladies' Sleeve Protectors in black, white and black and white check. m AT 1 You will find our notion stock complete in all the little things. . ' HOUSEKEEPERS cannot afford to misa our great special sale of Curtains in Swiss, Lace, Bobbinet, Table Linens, Blankets, Comforters, Towels, Napkins, Crash, Silkolines, Draperies, Pillows, Cushion Tops, Bedspreads, Table Covers. We are headquarters for the wide-awake cash buyer. Corner Third and Morrison Corner Third and Morrison I