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VOL. XXXV.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1898.
NO. 29.
THE SPECIAL SESSION
Both Branches of the Legis
lature Down to Business.
MANY HILLS WERE INTRODUCED
Joseph Simon Elected President of the
Senate K. V. (lartT, Cluilrinau
oT the House.
Salem, Sept. 20. In obedience to a
rail issued by Governor Lord, the Ore
gon leislature convened' in special ses
sion at tiio slate Capitol today.
Senate.
The senate was called to order at
10:10 o'clock by Taylor of Umatilla.
Tenipoiaiy officers were elected upon a
strict party vote of 24 to 6.
A committee on credentials was ap
pointed, consisting of Ben Soiling, G.
W. Proebstel and William Smith.
The senate adjourned until 10:45 to
give the committee on credentials a
chance to make their report. The re
port was adopted when the senate re
convened, and the new members were
sworn in by Chief Justice Wolverton.
The resolution providing for perma
nent organization was presented by
Heed of Douglas, and was adopted.
The election of officers proceeded,
with the following results:
President Joseph Simon, of Mult
nomah. Chief clerk S. L. Moorehead, of
.1 unit ii hi.
Assistant chief clerk J. P. Yates,
of Multnomah.
Heading dark J. D. Lee, of Mult
nomah. Calendar clerk Frank C Middle
ton, of M ultnomah.
Serjeant-at-arms Joseph S. Pur
dooi, of Grant's Pass.
Doorkeeper V. W. Smith, of Clack
amas. .Mailing eleik V. H. Humphrey, of
Salem.
Pages Harvey Pell and Frank Hart
man. The minor officers of the senate wore
then sworn in.
A resolution calling upon the secre
tary of state for his report on the finan
cial condition of the state was pre
sented and adopted.
The rules of the session of 1S97 were
adopted.
Mulkey of Polk, introduced a resolu
tion for a joint committee of two from
each house to examine and report uKin
the hooks of the secretary of state. It
carried.
A bill was introduced by Brownoll
of Clackamas, to repeal the act creat
ing the state railway commission, and
passed to its second reading.
Mackay of Multnomah, introduced a
bill to provide new pilotage rules Sor
the port of Portland.
Daly of Benton, introduced a bill to
reduce the statutory rate of interest to
6 per cent.
The senate then adjourned until 10
A. M. tomorrow.
Sept. 27. The senate convened at
10 A. M. After the reading of the
journal, President Simon announced
standing committees as follows:
Agriculture and forestry Looney,
Kelly, Clem.
Assessment and taxation Mulkey,
Mackay, Porter, Cameron, Taylor.
Claims Howe. Fulton, Daly of
Lake.
Commerce and navigation Selling,
Howe, Proebstel.
Counties Mackay, Taylor, Howo,
Cameron, Patterson.
Education Kuykendall, Harmon,
Porter.
Elections and privileges Harmon,
Brownell, Wade.
Engrossed bills Daly of Benton,
Reed, Michell.
Enrolled bills Patterson, Mulkey,
Cameron.
Federal relations Driver, Pioebstel,
Duf nr.
Fishing industries Reed, Micholl,
Bates.
Horticulture Daly of Benton, Pat
terson, Looney.
Insurance ami banking Haines,
Adams, Bates.
Printing Michell, Selling, Haines.
In igation Proebstel, Cameron, Mor
row. Judiciary Fulton, Biownell, Mi
chell, Kelly, Dufur.
Medicine, pharmacy, dentistry Daly
of Lake, Kuykendall, Morrow.
Military alfairs Hasultine, Taylor,
Wade.
Penal institutions Haines, Drivei,
Looney.
Mining Cameron, Harmon, Smith.
Municipal corporations Hasoltine,
Harmon, Smith.
Public buildings and institutions
Adams, llaseltine, Keed.
Public lands Porter, Mulkey, Howe,
Driver, Wade.
Railroads Brownell, Patterson, Mac
kay, Morrow, Daly of Benton.
Revision of laws Kelly, Reed, Ful
ton, Smith, Daly of Lake.
Roads and highways Bates, Looney,
Proebstel, Clem, Daly, of Benton.
Ways and means Taylor, Mulkey,
Kuykendall, Selling, Adams.
Following bills were introduced:
By Dufur, to amend the statute re
lating to terms of circuit courts. By
Daly of Lake, to amend the statute in
House Resolutions.
The following resolutions were intro
duced in the house:
A concurrent resolution by Myers
was read, providing for a committee of
three from the house and two from the
senate to examine and report upon the
books and accounts of the insane asy
lum. Young introduced a measure author
izing the secretary of state to have
printed 1,000 copies of the governor's
message.
A joint resolution by Roberts was
j end, favoring action by congress to
ward making an appropriation for the
improvement of the Columbia river at
the Cascade locks to prevent the possi
bility of such disasters to vessels as
have recently occurred.
A concurrent resolution by Hill was
read, providing for a committee to in
vestigate the land board. It was re
ferred. A resolution for a committee to in
vestigate the secretary of state's office,
which came from the senate and had
Len tabled, was taken up and con
curred in.
the matter of assessment and taxation.
By Fulton, to create the office of game
warden, in each county, and fixing
terms and salaries thereof. By Sell
ing, bill to regulate the Balary and
compensation of the fourth judicial
district and officers of Multnomah
county. By Haseltine, to provide for
the expense of the Oregon commission
at the Trans-Mississippi exposition at
Omaha. By Brownell, to provide for
a constitutional convention in the state
of Oregon. By Clem, to define titles
of land and real property for purposes
of taxation. By Driver, to confer upon
Eugene divinity school rights of a cor
porate character. By Mackay, to
amend the statutes relating to pilot
age. By Daly of Benton, to provide
for a free ferry across the Willamette
river at Corvallis By Harmon,
amending the statutes relating to the
character of the city of Grant's Pass.
By Fulton, to protect the sturgeon-fish-ins;
inteiests. By Brownell, to facili
tate the administration of estates of
decedents. By Dufur, to provide for
road and regulate procedure in justice
courts. By Patterson to amend the
statutes in relation to the terms of the
various circuit courts of the Third ju
dicial district. By Dufur, to protect
hotel and boarding-house keepers. By
Mackay, joint resolution protesting
against the proposed reduction on the
Canadian-American lumber tariff; ud
opted. By Selling, to fix the compen
sation of state officers and provide for
payment of same. By Daly of Lake, to
repeal the act establishing state rail
way commission. By Fulton, to pro
vide for a physical examination of par
ties claiming damages by reason of ac
cident (introduced by request). By
Mulkey, to provide for a recorder of
conveyances in and for the county of
Polk; read first, second and third time
and p'.t upon final passage. By Har
mon, to amend the statutes in relation
to appeals in civil actions. By Daly
of Lake, to limit and fix salaries of
certain state officers. By Brownell,
relating to the contest of wills and pro
cedure in trials thereof. By Daly of
Benton, authorizing sale of equities in
estates of decendents. By Kelly, to
repeal the act in relation to the statute
in the matter ot adulterated foods, and
doing away with the commission. By
Adams, providing for a tax on dogs in
the state. By Bates, for an act regu
lating fraternal societies. By Har
mon, resolution directing the secretary
of state to provide codes for the senate;
adopted. By Looney, providing for a
joint committeo of two from the senate
and three from the house to examine
the books of the state treasurer and re
port; tabled. By Taylor, resolution
(joint) providing for examination of
the books of the Oregon asylum for the
insane; carried.
House.
Salem, Or., Sept. 26. At 10:30 A.
M. Ralph E. Moody, member from
Multnomah and chief clerk at the
last two sessions of the house, called
that body to order. Tho following
temporary officers were named:
George T. Myers, temporary chair
man. A. V. R. Snyder, temporary cleik.
Messrs. Hill, Hawson, Massingill,
Nicholas and Gregg were appointed a
committee on credentials.
On motion of Moody the house ad
journed until 1:30 P. M.
The house met and organized at 1:30
this afternoon, with E. V. Carter,
Jackson county, as chairman.
Chief clerk A. C. Jennings.
Assistant chief clerk A. V. R. Sny
der. Sorgeant-at-arms Frank Motter.
Doorkeeper A. D. Griffin.
Calendar olerk M. P. Eisenberg.
Clerk D. B. McKay.
Sept. 27. The .house was called to
order at 10:05 A. M.
A concurrent resloution of the senate
to have a joint committee examine into
the books and accounts of the secretary
of state was laid on the table.
The speaker appointed Bruce C.
Curry of Clackamas, mailing clerk.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the secretary of state to purchase 90
copies of Hill's code at a cost of some
thing over $1,000.
A resolution by Ross that the speaker
appoint a committee to arrange for ap
propriate exercises on February 14,
1899, to observe the anniversary of
Oregon's admission to the Union, was
tabled.
Young secured the adoption of a
resolution to have each member pro
vided with 200 2-cent postage stamps.
House bill No. 1 proivdes for a gen
eral means of propagation of salmon,
and taxing of fishing gear to assist in
defraying the expenses of propagation.
Other bills were introduced as follows:
By Whitney, providing for the manner
of assessment and taxation of certain
real estate and making mortgages of
real estate for the purpose of taxation.
The bill is a virtual reinstatement of
I the mortgage-tax law. Bs Bayer, to
I regulate letting state contracts on pub
: lie works in matter of citizenship bid
! ders, bonds, etc. By Stillman, amend
ing section 40, Hill's code in relation
; to actions for recovery of specific per
sonal property. By Curtis, to regulate
: the catching and protection of stur
geon. By Cuitis, providing for the
office of game and forestry warden.
By Hill, to regulate the manner of
holding elections to require registra
. tion, etc.
One bill was introduced, but before
it could be read a motion to adjourn
, was carried.
! A joint resolution by Myers was
road, providing for a committee of
throe from the house and two from the
senate to investigate and report to the
regular session of the legislature in re
lation to food fishes and the legislation
necessary for their propagation and
protection.
A concurrent resolution by Beach
was read, providing for a committee of
three from the house and two from the
; senate to investigate the penitentiary.
A resolution by Stillman was read,
requesting that the governor, secretary
of state and state treasurer submit
their financial estimates, which are re
quired for the appropriation bill, not
. later than Friday.
A concurrent resolutin by Bayer was
read, providing for a committee to in
vestigate the state treasurer's office.
It was referred to the committee on
resolutions.
A concurrent resolution by Massin
gill was read, providing for a commit
tee to investigate the military board.
It was referred.
MI II
Full Text of the Docamrnt Delivered
Before the Joint Session of the Ore
gon Legislature.
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 27. At 2:30 today, in
the hall of representatives, in the pres
ence of the members of both houses of
the legislature, Judges of the supreme
court, and other state officers, Governor
Lord delivered his message to the special
session. Its delivery occupied half an
hour, and it was closely listened to. The
fuli text of the document follows:
Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly
Tho constitution authorizes the governor,
on extraordinary occasions, to convene
the legislative assembly by proclamation,
and, when assembled, devolves upon him
the duty to state to both houses the pur
poses for which he has convened them.
By virtue of such authority, and in com
pliance with this requirement, I shall en
deavor briefly to state the reasons which
have induced me to summon your body in
special session.
We are at a critical period in the history
of our country. The next few. years will
mark an advance or retrograde movement
in our national destiny. Not since the
war of the rebellion has the statesman
ship of our country been confronted with
questions of such transcendent importance
as those which have grown out of our
victorious contest with Spain. They ere
questions involving considerations of such
various sort and far-reachng effect that
they will require for their rightful solu
tion the best brains and wisest heads of
our country. Cuba and Porto Rico 'n the
west, and the Philippine islands in the
far oast, have been wrested from their
Spanish oppressor by our victorious arms,
are now in the possession of the United
States, to be dealt with on those en
lightened principles of justice and equity
wliioh animate the conduct of free gov
eri ments. Hawaii has gravitated to UF,
by the law of political affinity, and by an
nexation has become a permanent part of
our territory. All these islands lie vithin
tho tropical regions; their climate is mild
and their soil fruitful to exuberance, ren
dering the struggle for existence free from
that constant labor and effort exacted by
the rigor of the temperate zones. Their
people are of an alien race, whose habits
and customs, modes of thought and civili
zation, form of government and institu
tions, are different from our own, and
whose condition of poverty, ignorance and
wretchedness is the result of pitiless taxa
tion and merciless tyranny. As a conse
quence of these causes, and of blood adul teration,
deteriorating the quality of their
people, and weakening their mental and
moral fiber, these islands, though richly
endowed by nature, have been only par
tially developed, their civilization is sta
tionary or backward, and In some of the
Philippines a condition prevails that verges
on semi-barbarism.
To meet these complex conditions and
undertake their genera improvement; to
institute regulations aiming to revive
trade, improve sanitary conditons, induoe
social reform, and aid in the educational
ami political advancement of these people;
to win their loyalty by providing a govern
ment that shall lighten the burden of taxa
tion, add to the wealth of the country by
development of its natural resources and
the interchange of trade and commerce,
protect rights of property, and secure
the blessings of civil and religious liberty,
is a herculean task, demanding for its
proper performance our best thought and
wisest statesmanship. If we must retain
these islands, or any part of thorn, con
siderations of this kind must confront us
for determination. We are in legal pos
session of them, and cannot shirk the re
sponsibility of our position. Can we give
them back to Sapin? Would not such an
act be a crime, and turn the glory of our
battles into victories of 'dishonor? All
commercial nations now are fighting for
trade, and in their race of cupidity and
inordinate ambition China is threatened
with partition. We need the business of
these islands. Exchange of products, nat
ural and artificial, would be mutually ben
eficial to them and to us. We must find an
outlet for the surplus product of our
fields and forests, our factories and work
shops; we must share on equal terms with
all other nations the opportunity for trade
In the Orient, which our possession of the
Philippine islands affords us. Their loca
tion is said to be the key to the Orient,
and now to throw away the opportunity
it affords would be worse than a blunder
it would be a calamity. What, then,
shall we do with these islands? Shall we
retain them as naval stations, or as a
permanent part of our territory? And if
the latter, what form of government shall
be devised for them? Shall it be a pro
tectorate, or a dependency, or what?
These are some of the important ques
tions which will confront our national
legislature at its next session, in Decem
ber, and demonstrate the need of a full
representation in that body. Already,
commissioners to agree upon terms of
peace have been appointed by the United
States and Spain, and have received their
instructions from their respective govern
ments, and the strong probability is that
they will close their labors and make their
report before the meeting of the United
States congress in December.
It is important, then, to our state and
tho nation, that we should have a sena
tor present to assist in the discharge of
tho onerous and responsible duties of the
senate. If his election be delayed until
tho regular session, he will not he likely
to reach Washington until near the end of
the session in February; but his election
now will afford him opportunity not only
to ascertain tho will of his constituency,
but to study the situation and acquaint
himself with its environments, so as to
be ready to render intelligent and faithful
service when the session of congress be
gins in December, and when the country
needs his service and tho administration
his support.
There is another matter Incidentally
connected with these considerations, which
furnishes additional reason for the elec
tion of a senator at the present time.
I refer to the early construction of the
Nicaragua canal. The wonderful voyage
of the battle-ship Oregon has demon
strated the necessity of it.s construction,
to protect our coast from depredation
and our commerce from spoliation. Its
building ought to be undertaken without
further delay; It should be built, owned
and operated exclusively by the United
States. The canal should be in name and
fact em American canal, under American
control. No corporation should be allow
ed to construct it, or supervise its opera
tions. The building, though, of this isth
mian waterway, uniting two great oceans,
will necessarily affect the Interests of all
commercial nations, and give rise to
many conflicting questions of public pol
icy and international relations which our
country cannot ignore, and which will re
quire the wisdom of its best statesmen to
solve, on principles of Justice and equity.
But built this canal must be, whatever the
responsibility it imposes, to meet the de
mands of our growing commerce, and to
strengthen our coast defenses. The signs
of the times, tho future development of
our boundless resources, the growth of
our Industrial interests, and commercial
enterprises admonish us of the necessity
of its early construction, and of the im
portance of organizing a naval force ade
quate to protect our commerce and coast
from tho depredations of hostile nations,
and equal to the task of meeting all ques
tions for which our government stands
sponsor among the nations of the earth.
These considerations, gentlemen, are
suggested as showing in part the neces
sity of an extra session, to enable your
body to select a senator before the meet
ing of congress In December, and thus af
ford our state an opportunity to be heard
In Its deliberations, and to cast its full
vote in determining these various import
ant questions, which so largely affect the
Interests and welfare of our state and
the states of the Pacific coast.
Tho failure of the legislature to organize
at its regular session in 1897 left the state
without an appropriation of money to
meet its current expenses, and in conse
quence many warrants have been issued
for saiaries and audited claims, and many
vouchers exist for unaudited demands that
need to be examined, and, If they are
found correct, warrants should be drawn
for their payment, after which an appro
priation should be made of the funds In
the state treasury to pay all such outstand
ing warrants.
Th- appropriation for such objects ought
to receive your attention early in tho ses
sion to enable you to give full consideration
to its various items, and prevent the pay
ment of fraudulent or illegal claims. It
would greatly augment the labors of the
regular session to impose upon it the
work of examining the accounts und
providing appropriations for their pay
ment, in addition to estimating the reve
nue to meet expenses for the ensuing two
years. An appropriation bill Is always
exposed to more or less dickering and
Jobbery, and to have two such bills pend
ing before the regular session would afford
too great an opportunity for raiding the
treasury with swapping Jobs, needless ap
propriations and pillaging contracts. It is
better far better that the regular session
shall be relieved of this work, and its clme
occupied with providing remedial legisla
tion so urgently demanded, and enae'ing
wise laws to advance the interests of the
state and. the happiness of its people. I
am desirous that the affairs of the present
administration shall be examined and
ciostei. ant? not imposed upon the incoming
administration. I want the decks of our
splendid ship of state cleared and ready
for action when my successor shall take
her helm, though I trust that, during his
trm arel under his pilotage, with banners
streaming and sails set to catch the favor
ing gales, she may be wafted over summer
seds on a prosperous voyage.
The business of the supreme court has
increased so rapidly that the court is now
behind more than two years in the hearing
of c--es. II is imperative that some re
lief should be afforded the court, so that a
prompt hearing and adjudication of causes
may bi obtained. To afford such relief two
remedies have been suggested: One is to
enact a law that shall limit appeals to
the supreme court, in civil cases, to those
involving title to real estate, or matters
affecting the public revenue, the construc
tion of the constitution of the state or
the United States, or where questions of
franchise are raised, or where the amount
of th? Judgment exceeds $300; the other Is
to enact a law authorizing the supreme
court to appoint three commissioners, for
a term of four years, to assist the court
in hearing and deciding cases. The ob
jection raised to the first law Is that every
Governor William 1'. Lord.
citizen should have the right of appeal,
no matter ho small the sum Involved in
litigation, and that its denial would affect
largely the poor man, whose "money de
mands are usually small. The second law
suggested woulo be eilioient to remeely the
evil complained of, and is preferred by
the supreme court. As the delajo.in hear
ing in some cases now practically amounts
to a denial of justice, it is desirable, if a
law is to be enacted authorizing a com
missioners' court, that it should be en
acted at this session, in order that such
court may ben the Work of relieving the
congeste-i condition of the supreme court
docket as early as practicable, or at least
begin Its sessions at the first of the en
suing year.
The act of congross, approved July 19,
1597, entitled "An act making appropria
tion to supply deficiencies," etc., contains
a provision to the effect that the invitation
of the republic of France to take part in
an exposition of works of art and the prod
ucts of manufacture and agriculture of all
nations, to be held In Paris, commencing
the loth day of April, and closing the 5th
day of November, 1900, Is accepted, and
that "the governors of the several states
and territories be, and are hereby request
ed to invito the peeiple of their respective
states and territories to make a proper
representation of the productions of our
industry, and the natural resources of the
country, and to take such further meas
ures as may be necessary, in order to se
cure to their respective states anel terri
tories the advantages to be derived from
this benelicent undertaking." In conform
ity with this provision, and with especial
reference to the latter portion of It, the
secretary of state of the United States,
the Hon. John Sherman, in a letter to me
as governor of the state, dated Septejjrnber
27, 1S97, urges the propriety, as well as the
necessity, of taking steps immediately to
secure representations of the natural and
industrial resources of our state, "to the
end that an exhibit on behalf of the gov
ernment of the United States, befitting its
material and industrial Importance, may
be assured." Owing to the limited time
now available for selecting and arranging
the exhibits of our state, it Is proper that
this subject should be brought to your
attention, for the reason that it is abso
lutely necessary, if our state '.s to partici
pate In this great international exposition,
that a law be enacted at once, providing
for the appointment of commissioners, and
appropriating sufficient funis to make a
proper representation of the products of
our industries and the natural resources
of our state.
Under an act passed by the 18th legis
lative assembly, a coitraot was made
with J. Loewenberg, of tl-e Xorthweste:n
stove foundry, in Julv, 1895, for convict
labor, and the board of managers of the
state foundry leased him I ho plant and
sold him the manufactured stock on fme.
His obligations to the state were not met;
but, in view of bad Itusmeec condition:,
and the desirability of keeping the con
victs employed, great leniency has been
shown him. First, ho was allowed an ex
tension of time, and later, in the spring of
1598, a second iocommodation was ar
ranged for him, under which the Loewen
berg & Going Co. Indorse 1 the notes of
the Northwestern stove foundry; but. not
withstanding these accommodations.
' Loewenberg has not kept his promises, nri
! met his obligations to the state. The
sums due the state, with interest, aggre
, gato a large amoun. In view of ther-o
j facts, I have deemed the matter of his de
j fault of such import nice a a to be a proper
i subject fur your immediate (.onv:t!eraLie.n.
I have purposely refrained from recom
; mending any new .eslsiatto 1, except .ho
organization of a comnji"i3ioners" court,
which the exigencies of the uubllc service
reejuire without delay. In this case I have
done so because I know there are few evils
which aiTect the peooie of the state so
seriously and injuriously as delay in the
administration of Jm.u.co. The bill of
rights of our state, and of every free stale,
I recognizes the evi's resulting from sm-h
delay, and the nece3s!lv oC their prompt
removal, whatever :na be' tho source from
. which they spring, py declaring that "j.:
tlce shall he admin tcrod openly and with
out purchase, completely and without de
lay." I do not wl3'i, howevjr. to be under
; stood as being AVitte to new legislation,
, or as doubting your autiority to enact it,
; whether general or special.
Owing to a senatorial contest, which
! only ended with the election of a senator
in the expiring nours of its sess'on, the
i legislative assembly of 1895 failed to en
act much remedial legislation demanded
! by the people in the piiforms of thelt
different parties, and needed to correct ex
! istlng evils, and the legislative assembly
of 1897 falling to organize, ehere has been
but little opportunity for legislation, and
practically none of importance has been
enacted, though public in tore-its have
greatly suffered In consequence thereof
since the legislative session of 1893. Much
legislation, especially of a remedial char
acter, which properly belonged to those
sessions, and still is needed for the pro
tection of the public interests, must be
considered by your body at its next regu
lar session, In addition to its own legis
lative belongings, thereby greatly increas
ing your labors and responsibilities. It Is
always desirable that legislation affecting
large classes of society in person or prop
erty should be examined with deliberation,
and discussed with fullness, before enact
ment Into law. In this way whatever 6
fects lurk within the terms of a statute
are likely to be discovered and eliminated,
and whatever amendments are necessary
for Its improvement or efficiency may be
suggested and ad icd. The vicious habit
sometimes Indulgeel by legislative bodies,
of hurrying important measures through
their different readings, and especially ap
propriation bills containing obnoxious
clauses, without investigation or discus
sion, is subversive of the time-honored
custom of open debate, and inimical to
the public good. Bills for assessment and
taxation, for registration of voters, to
preserve inviolate the ballot box, for the
abolition of useless boards and commis
sions, for reorganization of the circuit
courts by equalizing their judicial labors,
for the revision of court costs, and espe
cially criminal costs, which are a griev
ous burden on tho counties, and for the
appropriation of public moneys, and tho
like, require time for their proper exam
ination, and should receive the fullest dis
cusion before passage by either house.
To afford you time and opportunity for
the full consideration of all such import
ant matters, the regular session ought to
be relieved of those more urgent matters
"of public Interest, which need prompt leg
islative attention, by an extra session. In
view of those conditions, not to call an
extra session, but to leave to the regular
session the election of senator, with its
exciting and often obstruciive incidents,
and two appropriation bills, with their op
portunities for trades and hold-up of Im
portant measures, would imperil, and
probably prevent, the enactment of much
needed legislation, and prove disastrous
to the highest good of the state. For
these reasons, I have conceived it my duty
to call an extra session, believing that you
would meet its responsibilities with pa
triotic zeal and intelligent service.
A Drydock for Portland.
In the senate Donald Mackay, of
of Portland, introduced a bill to amend
the Port of Portland act so as to au
thorize the Port of Portland corporation
to borrow $100,000 over and above the
$500,000 already authoiized, "for the
purpose of constiuctirig, mintaining and
operating a drydock, floating dock, or
marine railway," if it shall be deemed
advisable. For a temporary loan, a
note to run no longer than six months
may be given. The bonds to he issued
for tho drydock indebtedness shall bo
in denominations of $100, $500 and
$1,000, to bear 5 per cent interest and
run for ISO years.
This hill also provides for the amend
ing the Port of Portland act so as to
permit that corporation to "establish
a scale of habror and wharfage dues,
and assessments on freight, goods and
property landed upon the wharves and
upon all ships and vessels arriving at
or departing from said port of Port
land, or within the limits of the terri
tory under its jurisdiction." It is
provided that "from the dues so col
lected, if any, and from the regular
taxes levied and collected by it, the
said corporation, the Port of Portland,
shall pay the interest on its indebted
ness and provide a sinking fund for the
pavment of its bonds at their maturity,
and no funds derived from tho sale of
its bonds shall bo expended other than
in making improvements of a perma
nent nature to the channel of the rivers
aforesaiel (Columbia anil Willamette),
or for the construction of and operation
of a drydock, floating dock, or marine
railway."
The power and authority to be given
bv thi'.:ct, it i" provided, shall bo ex
ercised by a board of commissioners,
to be composed of John McCraken,
Ellis G. Hughes, Theodore B. Wilcox,
J. C. Flanders, Donald Mackay, J. A.
Brown and Charles E. Ladd.
Nice Present for a Bride.
Both of the girls had been unfortu
nate enough to fall in love with the
same man at differont periods of his
and their existence, and the girl who
had been engaged to him for over three
years at one time was not the one who
finally married him. Tho other girl,
says the Chicago Times-Herald, while
knowing nothing of the actual engage
ment, knew that the first girl had been
a strong and dangerous rival, and she
was more than pleased to receive,
among her other wedding presents, a
dainty remembrance from her hus
band's oid love. The husband being
better acquainted with the old love,
suspected something peculiar although
he didn't know what or why.
"That was a beautiful slumber pil
low, you sent us," said the btide to
the other girl, upon the occasion of the
first call, "and such lovely, firm fill
ing, too. What is it filled with,
dearie, excelsior or curled hair?"
"Curled hair," the other girl made
smiling answer, "curled hair, my dear;
Charlie's hair, in fact. All the time
he was engaged to me over three
years, as yon know, of course, darling,
I made him save his pretty curls every
time the barber cut them and bring
them to me. It was an awful bother
to liim, but he always would do any
thing i asked him I hope your influ
ence over him is half as strong, my
dear girl and I got enough hair in
time, naturally curled hair, too."
The Artless Kimono.
The most artless little room gown is
no other than the kimono, so dear to
the Japanese maiden's heart what
difference if some do Bay it's the height
of art? Of course, the tall, ungainly
maiden must fight shy of it, which is
the reason the "shy" little Yum Yums
and Pitti Sings will don it with all the
more glee. We all like something
which is our very own, and the con
struction of which amounts to a
"hands off" placard to everbody else.
Ot course, it's nice to have a rich,
silk embroidered kimono, but if that's
out of the question, a gay little cotton
affair, with cheerful landscapes and
thrilling marines cavorting indiscrimin
ately over its surface, may be had for a
modest sum of a dollar and a half.
For a bit more one may indulge in a
cotton crepe of sofest gray, over which
a party of fans and pink oleander blos
soms are making merry.
The Latest Bustle.
There's a latest in bustles, too.
These humble little adjuncts to some
toilets which humorists have even
encouraged us to believe weie made of
newpapers, are blooming out into
things of beauty let us hope not joys
for ever. Insead of consisting of three
tubular folds, boasting a "rat" apiece,
tho down-to-date bustle is covered with
thiee little ruffles, each edged with
lace. This extra outlay pays though.
Instead of a woiid resemblance to a bit
of stray anatomy this new-fangled no
tion reposing on a chair might be taken
for a bit of fancy work or a doll's dress.
'The Daintiest Pressing Sack.
One has no eyes for the dainty mull
dressing sack, which is ordinarily con
sidered luxurious wear, but lingers
instead over a silken affair which ia
! nothing but a mass of pink satin rib
bon and Val insertion and edge, wun a
suggestion of Wattteau's dainty beau
ties in tho baok plait.
F THE DI
Happenings Both at Home
and Abroad.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From the Pi ass
Reports of the Cnrvent Week.
Over 10,000 people witnessed the
opening of the Portland exposition
Thursday night.
The state fair opened at Salem,
Thursday. Most of the stock, poultry
and exhibits are on the ground.
Mr. "Angell, our late minister to
Turkey, reports that the sultan repudi
ates the American claims, and recom
mends a naval demonstration to bring
him to time.
Major-General Miles, commanding
the United States army, has completed
his plan for the reorganization of the
volunteer forces into corps, divisions
and brigades. This plan has been sub
mitted to the war department for ap
proval. It contemplates a reoiganiza
tion of the volunteer force which has
not been ordered mustered out.
Frank P. Myers shot and killed John
Lenhart, constable, and M. Kerns, by
stander, at Garrett, Md., while resist
ing eviction from a house which was a
subject of a family dispiute. He then
barricaded the doors and windows, but
was finally captured by the sheriff. As
he was being taken to jail, some one
in the crowd shot the prisoner and he
fell dead.
According to special dispatohes from
Peking, members of the European com
munity there believe the emperor of
China is in danger. It is added that
the dowager empress desires to place
Prince Hwang's grandson on the
throne. The emperor realizes the!
strength of the conspiracy against him
and lias ordered the guarels at the pal
ace strengthened.
A dispatch to the London Globe from
Hong Kong ports gives the details of a
secret convention signed recently at
Peking. It appears that the Chinese
thereby concludetl an agreement with
St. Petersburg by which China ceded
Port Arthur and Talien Wan, stipulat
ing that only Russian and Chinese
warships shoulel enter or dock at Port
Arthur.
Aguinaldo and his chiefs have made
a plea to the powers for recognition of
belligerency and independence. An
goncillo, his agent, who was a passen
ger on the steamer China, is on hia
way to Europe to submit the question
to foreign arbitration. Before proceed
ing to Europe Angoncillo will stop in
Washington and attempt to impress
the administration with his appeal.
No mention of the United States nor
any American force ir made in the doc
ument which he carries.
Cambon. the French ambassador at
Washington, is to be transferred to
Vienna.
Gomez has issued a general order to
the army under his command to the
effect that Spaniards must have con
sideration shown them, and American
orders obeyed.
The navy department has ordered
400 sailors to be sent to Admiral
Dewey's squadron at Manila to take the
place of sailors whose terms of service
have expireel.
Goneral Blanco has issued an order
authorizing the soldiers of the Cuban
army to travel unarmed on railway
trains in the provinces of Pinar del Rio
and Havana.
As far as new discoveries went, the
expeditiou sent out by the university of j
Pennsylvania to study Ivorth Alaska
from a scientific standpoint has been a
failure. Three men of the party re
turned to Seattle on the Excelsior.
Nearly 12,000 specimens, weighing
tons, were brought back.
The report that the last Spanish gar
rison in the island of Luzon had sur
rendered is premature. The Spaniarels
still hold seven seaports in Albay prov
ince, the principal hemp district.
The disturbances have already resulted
in the diminution of the output of Al
bay hemp by 250,000 bales, as com
pared with last year's figures.
Advices from the Orient state that
China and Japan have been visited by
thunder storms and destructive floods,
in which many hundreds ol people have
lost their lives. The region north ol
the Anshang mountains has been inun
dated for hundreds of miles by the Yel
low river. Several hundred thousand
persons have been plunged into the
deepest distress, and many into abso
lute penury, which local authorities
are unable to alleviate.
News received at San Francisco re
ports the loss of the schooner C. C.
Funk, on Flanders island, on July 31,
with 10 of her crew. Only two seamen
were saveel, and but one body has been
recovered. The list of the drowned is
as follows: Captain and "Mrs. Nesson
and two children, aged 8 and 5 years,
respectively; A. Hansen, chief mate;
J. Stump, second mate; Charles Olsen,
Peter Neilson. Charles Joahansen and
Peter Anton, able seamen. The vessel
was driven ashore by a gale and went
to pieces in the suif.
Minor News Items.
Russia's common soldier gets $2.25
a year.
Our daily output of powder is 10,000
tons.
Cuba has 16,000,000 acres of virgin
forest
War has doubled the price of army
horses.
Italy's war department utilizes $45,
000,000 a year.
I'aI i ftim on in Rnstnn tmrn hpfln in.
etructed to salute the flag whenever it I
is carried past them in parade.
Four unfortunate sailors belonging
to the steam whaler Mary D. Hume,
escaped from the vessel during the
winter and started overland to the gold
fields of the Yukon. They have not
been beard from since, except from In
dians, who report finding the bodies of
the four a considerable distance from i
the Arctic, shrunken from starvation j
and frozen stiff. This is one of the ,
terrible Arotic tales brought back from
the North by the cutter Bear. I
LATER NEWS.
General Sir Herbert Kitchener has
been elevated to the peerage by the
British government as a reward of
merit.
The American evacuation commis
sion at Havana has been officially noti
fied that Manzauillo will bo evacuated
October 2.
The Italian government has sent to
Russia a diplomatically worded accept
ance of the czar's invitation to take
part in the peace conference.
Damage to the amount of about $30,
000 was caused by fire in the Hotel
Vendome, San Jose, Gal., which is one
of the finest hotels on the coast.
The New York transport Yucatan
has arrived from Ponce, having on
board 135 men belonging to the various
regiments sent home for rauater out.
The president has appointed Harvey
Humphrey, of Washington, special
agent to allot lands in severalty to the
Indians on the Colville reservation in
Washington.
The Farmers' bank in Flora, Ind.,
was looted, the robbers securing about
$12,000. Cashier William Lennon,
who was aroused by the noise, was shot
and probably fatally injured. Blood
hounds were put on tho trail of the
bandits.
General Nunez of the Cuban army,
refutes all statements to the effect that
Cubans were in league with Spaniards.
Cubans, he says, could not so far forget
themselves as to form an alliance with
the Spaniards, who have so cruelly op
presed them, against the Americans.
The commission to investigate the
conduct of the war department held a
secret meeting Monday. Nothing can
be learned as to what transpired. Tho
commission decided to hold two ses
sions daily, one from 10 A. M. to 12:80
P. M., and the other from 2 to 4 P. M.
The first word that lias come to
Washington from the American mem
bers of the peace commission since their
departure was received at the navy de
partment Monday, being a cablegram
requesting that Captain Bradford, chief
of the equipment bureau, be sent at
once to Paris to assist the commision.
A new and highly important inven
tion has been tested at the German
naval maneuvers at Berlin. It was in
the shape of a Greek Phoenician fire,
invented by a Berlin engineer. It ig
nites on contact with the air or water,
and cannot be quenched by either
water or earth. It burns with a bril
liant flame, exceeding big searchlights,
and it can be sunk under water or un
der ground, and, when brought to the
surface, instantly bursts into flame at
any desired point. . It was tested dur
ing the night evolutions off the island
of Heligoland, and off Kiel, and proved
most efficient in detecting tho presence
of tho enemy.
The work of raising the Cristobal
Colon has now been taken up by the
navy department.
The steamer Rosalie has ar.ri.yed.at
Seattle with 110 passengers froinTKlon
dike, and $40,000 in gold dust.
A recapitulation of the leports of the
board of health shows a total of 124
cases in the state of Mississippi.
The war department will not enter
tain applications for discharge, ex
cepting they reach it through military
channels
News has been received from Ju
neau, Alaska, of the eltowniug of W.
Nutling, of Michigan, and W. H. Lock
wood, of California.
The Louisiana board of health makes
the official announcement that Frank
lin has had 101 cases to date. s Five
persons have died there.
An official dispatch from St. Louis,
Senegal, in West French Africa, says a
force of Soudanese shaipsliooters in
the French service defeated an army of
Sofas under one of Samody's chiefs,
capturing 5,000 men.
The most beautiful of the souvenirs
of the great naval battle of July 3, off
Santiago, has reached the navy depart
mnt from Guantanamo. It is a bronze
bust of Christopher Columbus, taken
from the flagship Cristobal Colon,
which lies below the surface of tho
ocean, 20 miles from Santiago.
Advices frm San Francisco say Gon
eral Shatter will soon return to resume
his station as commanJer of the depart
ment of California, relieving General
Merriam, who will probably be as
signed to his former duties as com
mander of the department of the Colum
bia. The steamship Topeka has arrived at
Seattle with 150 Klondikers, 90 per
cent of whom have Utile or no dust
The passengers report that H. Fraser
and E. L. Tolner, both of Seattle, were
held up by two men near Haines' mis
sion and robbed of $4,800 in gold.
The body of Ike Martin was found near
the scene with a bullet-hole through
the head. He had been robbed of
$4,000.
At a meeting of the French cabinet
Monday, all the ministers being pres
ent, a decision was taken in favor of a
revision of the trial of former Captain
Dreyfus, and the documents in the case
will be sent to the court of cessation.
Crowds of people outside the ministry
of the interior, where the cabinet coun
cil was held, loudly cheered the minis
ters. The legality ot the proposed re
trial proceedings must be passed upon
by the court.
America's wheat crop for 1898 is esti
mated at 70,000.000 bushels.
Every Spaniard is liablo to be called
to military service on attaining 20
yearB of age.
Tho annual report of the commis
sioner of pensions shows that there
were 5.380 pensioners residing in the
state of Washington on June 30 last,
and they were paid $780,877 during the
year just closed. In Oregon there were
4,932, who drew $712,008 during the
12 months embraced in the report.
Cuba has 1,631,000 inhabitants;
Philadelphia 1,350,000.
Prior to tho war the annual net rev
enues of Cuba was $80,000,000.
Slxtf trained nurses have been sent
to Porto Rico from New York.
It is the intention of the navy de
paitment to place three men-of-war in
commission during October. These aie
the cruisers Chicago and Atlanta, which
have been undergoing repairs at the
New York navy-yard for two years, and
the gunboat Yorktown, which has been
put in condition for service at the Mar
island navy-yard.
HflLL BE SHIPPED TO SPAIN
Remains of Columbus to Be
Removed From Havana.
THE OFFICIAL EXHUMATION
Witnessed by General Blanco, the
Church Authorities and the Peo
ple of Havana.
Havana, Sept. 28. At 10 o'clock
this moining the official exhumation
of the remains of Columbus took place
in the presence of General Blanco, Sec
retary Govin, civil governor, Bishop
Dean, of the cathedral, and other au
thorities. The general public was or
dered out of the cathedral at 8 o'clock.
The entrance to the cathedral was
guarded by a force of "ordin publico,"
which kept back the crowel which as
sembled in front of the edifice.
The remains of Christopher Colum
bus, which this morning were removed
from their niche in the cathedral pre
paratory to their shipment to Spain,
had laid in their last resting place since
January 19, 1796, when they were
brought from Santo Domingo, that
island having been ceded to France by
Spain. Since the date mentioned, the
remains have laid in an open niche in
the wall of the presbytery of the cathe
dral, a yard and a half above the
ground, between a pillar supporting
the main arch and the choir. In
1892, there was placed in front of the
niche a slab of doubtful artistic taste,
representing in relief a bust of the great
admiral, and bearing this inscription
in Spanish:
"May the remains anel image of the
great Columbus lie a thousand centu
ries preserved in this urn, and in the
remembrance of our nation."
After the 400th anniversary of the
discovery of the New World by Colum
bus, the Spanish cortes included in the
Cu'. an budget large sums for the pur
pose of erecting a fitting monument
sybolizing the travels of the discov
erer, to be erected in the most conspicu
ous place in Havana, anel the construc
tion of a mausoleum to hold the ashes.
This mausoleum, the work of the Span
ish sculptor Melida, was brought to
Havana and placed upon a base erected
in the center aisle of the cathedral,
close to tho main door.
The monument, the work on which
was entrusted to the sculptor Susillo,
has not come, and probably will never
come to Havana. It was to have been
paiel for by an appropriation included
in the budget of the island, but circum
stances have overturned the plans made
on the occasion of the celebration of
the 400th anniversary of the eliscovery
of America, and it is probable that
both the monument and the mausoleum
will be placed in a fitting place in
Spain, where they will be looked upon
as one of the treasures of theSpanislr
nation. ""
BLOWN OFF THE ROCKS.
The Maria Teresa Ifu Floated by Us
of Oynamite.
Santiago do Cuba, Sept. 28. De
tails just received of the floating of the
Spanish armored cruiser Maria Teresa
show that with the help of dynamite
she was blown off the looks into deep
water on September 23, and proceeded
under her own steam soon afterwards
to Guantanamo, accompanied by one
of the tugs of the Merritt Wrecking
Company. She will shortly leave for
New York.
Naval Constructor Hobson says he
can raise the Spanish cruiser Cristobal
Colon, with the use of airbags, in a
week, if given authority to do so. Com
modore Watson thinks he cannot. The
Colon, it appears, was not seriously
damaged by shells, but her valves were
open, which caused her to sink. The
other two Spanish cruisers sunk in the
battle of Santiago, the Almirante Oqu
endo and the Vizcaya, are useless
wrecks of melted iron. In answer to a
number of small capitalists who havo
written here asking for information
and advice as to coming too Santiago,
General Wood advises them not to
come until December, as there are no
facilities at present for the transfer of
property. After that time there will
be many opportunities for the use of
brains and capital.
The Buffalo Coining.
Washington, Sept. 28. The navy
department has decided to send the
cruiser Buffalo, now at New York, tc
the Pacific station. She will probably
go to Honolulu, and, in the event she
is needed to reinforce Dewey's fleet,
she can receive orders at that place by
dispatch-boat. The Buffalo goes out
under Commander Hemphill, late ol
tho navigation bureau, who has de
voted himself to tho conversion of tho
vessel, which was lately attached to
the Brazilian navy, under the name of
Nictheroy, into a modern and offective
cruiser.
Shatter Will Return.
San Francisco, Sept. 28. Advices
from Goneral Shafter to friends in
this city state that he will soon return
to resume his station here as com
mander of the department of California,
relieving General Merriam, who will
probably be assigned to his former du
ties as commander of the department
of the Columbia.
Soldiers' Homes Open.
Milwaukee, Sept. 28. Soldiers of th
Spanish-American war, when so dis
abled that they cannot care for them
selves, will be admitted to the National
Soldiers' Homes. Senator John L.
Mitchell says that while the law pro
vides that national homes are for dis
abled soldiers of the Civil war, some
discretion is given the board of man
agers of" the homes in a clause which
permits such other soldiers to be cared
for as in the judgment of the managers
is deemed right.
Coast Survey Party.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 28. Tho Unit
ed States coast survey parties, under
John Nelson and J. E. Flerner, have
returned from Alaska. Their sum
mer's work is of great importance, as
Its result will doubtless be considered
in determining the international bound
ary. Huntington, W. Va., Sept. 28.
Sells Bros, and Forepaugh's circus
train was wrecked, near here. Jamee
Doyle, of Philadelphia, and Harrison
Kipps, of Virginia, were killed, and
Pat Forepaugh eei lonely hurt.