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VOL. XXXV.
Happenings Both at Home
and Abroad.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From the Press
Reports of the Current Week.
Colonel Ray, with 400 United States
troops, has taken possession of Manza
nillo. The converted yacht Wasp lias heen
ordered to Chicago for the use of the
naval reserve.
General Garcia has left Santiago to
arrange details of the disbandment of
the Cuban army.
Secretary Hay tendered a recep
tion to the diplomatic corps at Wash
ington Thursday.
Captain Poleroann, the well-known
master of the coasting steamer Oregon,
died in San Francisco, aged 62 years.
Major Wilkinson, who was killed by
the Indians near Walker, Minn., was
formerly located at various posts in the
Northwest
The Salt Lake choir won the grand
choir contest at the Eistedfod, which
was paiticipated in by fivechoirs of 125
voices, for a $500 prize and a gold
medal.
Secret service officers have discovered
that the bogus f 100 silver certificates
have been made in San Francisco.
They were freely circulated in the
Northwest and K'ondike districts.
Chinese offiicals at Peking have pro
tested to the foreign legations against
the landing of marines, saying the
presence of these foreign soldiers is
likely to exasperate the Peking popu
lace. News has been received from Dowey
that Spanish reinfoicements are en
route to Manila. They have already
reached Singapore, and the intention is
to have them land at Ilioilo. The
Washinaton government may raise
strong objections.
Admiral Howell has been relieved
from the command of tho North Atlan
tic squadron, and his flagship, the San
Francisco, has been ordered out of com
mission at Norfolk. The command of
the squadron devolves upon Commodore
Philip, whose flagship, the ISew York,
is now at the New York navy-yard.
Captain C. F. Shoemaker, chief of
the revenue cutter service, has been in
structed by the secretary of the treas
ury to proceed to Cuba and Porto Rico,
and make a thorough seaich and ex
amination into existing conditions,
with a view to the establishment of an
efficient revenue cutter patrol of the
waters of those islands.
A Paris dispatch to the Now York
Herald says the United States commis
sioners will demand the cession of the
entire Philippine group, and that Spain
is ready to acquiesce. She had hoped,
howevei, to exact a heavy prioe for the
archipelago. Her commissioners, there
fore, manifest considerable uneasiness
at the altitude of the Americans, which
seems to foreshadow the making of a
demand for the unconditional relin
quishment of Spainsh sovereignty in
the islands.
Spanish authorities say they cannot
evacuate Cuha before February.
Governor Wolcott has been renomi
nated by the Republicans of Massachu
setts. An official dispatch from Iloilo, Phil
ippine islands, states the Spanish troops
have landed and dispersed the insur
gents. The Spaniards have killed 36
insurgents.
Reports regarding the losses on both
sides in tho Leech lake Indian out
break conflict, but it is certain that the
soldiers have suffered terribly, and
that many Indians have been killed.
During a game of cards in tho Ten
nessee camp at San Francisco, one of
the players. Private William Bumpass,
suddenly arose from the table, saying
that he was ill, and reeling to the tent
door, fell dead into the street. An
autopsy showed that he had died from
heart disease.
The administration will recommend
to congress the revival of the grade of
admiral, and the promotion to that
rank of Rear-Admiral George Dewey,
now in command of the Asiatic station.
Secretary Long has made the positive
announcement that he intends to recom
mend that thetiado of admiral be re
vived, and that that rank be conferred
on Rear-Admiral Dewey. Ilia presi
dent indorses the secretary.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones has received the following dis
patch from Indian Agent Sutherland,
dated at Walker, Minn: "The trouble
at Leech lake was the consequence of
an arrest made by a deputy United
States marshal of an Indian on a war
rant. The Indians overpowered the
marshal and rescued the prisoners.
Troops were sent out here to assist the
marshal in arresting the rescuers. I
have been here a week doing my best
to get the Indians to give themselves
up and avoid trouble, but they would
not. The troops and the Indians had
several battles. The United States
marshal has called for more troops."
Minor News Items.
Union book and job printers through
out the country will soon bo ordered
out on a strike to secure a nine-hour
working day.
David Christie Murray, in a London
newspaper, revives the suggestion that
a monument to George Washington be
erected in England.
General Shatter has been assigned
to command the department of the
East. His headquarters will bo at
Governor's island, New York.
Caroline Meskel Hoyt, wife of
Charles Hoyt, the playwright, died in
New York from Bright's disease.
Refrigerator manufacturers are said
to be forming a trust. It is to control
the 32 principal manufactories and has
a capital of $6,000,000.
The Madrid papers have unearthed
the baptismal certificate of Adelina
Patti, which has finally settled the
question of her much discussed birth
place and birthday. It was taken from
the register of the church of St. Louis,
Madrid, and says she was born at 4
O'clock February 19, 1843.
LATER NEWS.
A Pittsburg bank waB blown up and
(f000 stolen.
American officers report widespread
destitution in Northern Cuba.
Thirty-six deaths and 470 cases of
yellow fever are reported in Mississippi
to date.
Cuban sugar planters refuse to resume
operations unless guaranteed proper
protection.
The Oregon and Washington recruits
who have been encamped in San Iian
cisco for some time are to be sent to
Manila.
All the furloughed soldiers of the
Washington battalion and battery A,
Oregon volunteers, have- reported tor
duty, and will be mustered out.
The health of the United States
troops now in the province ot banuago
has considerably improved, not more
than 10 per cent now being on the eick
list.
An association, to be known as the
Lumber Manufacturers of the Facitic
Coast, has been formed and has ad
vanced the price of lumber from $9.50
to $10 to $11 per thousand, cargo de
livered. Proposals for the cession of Porto
Rico and Guam islands to the United
States and providing for the independ
ence of Cuba will be discussed by the
peace commission in Paris at its next
session.
The American commissioners have
notified the Spanish authorities in
Havana that the United States will
assme entire contiol, military and gov
ernmental, of Cuba December 1. The
same control will be exercised in Porto
Rico October 18.
A meeting of importance, it is said,
will be held in a few days in some
Havana province, of all tho command
ers of the Cuban army. Gen. Maximo
Gomez will preside. The meeting will
have significance, as deciding the
future policy of tho Cuban army on the
island.
The great strike at Paris may be ex
tended, and pressure is being put on
unions not affected to join in the move
ment. Forty thousand men are now
oat. Violence has already been resort
ed to in a few cases to cause men still
working to come out. The streets of
Paiis are taking on the appearance of
a military camp. Tho soldiers sympa
thize with the strikers.
The annual report of the commis
sioner of Indian affairs, William I.
Jones, shows a general advancement in
the condition of the "nation's wards."
Education, the greatRt factor in solv
ing the status of the Indians, is being
pushed forward in the service, and now
there are 147 well-equipped boarding
schools and an equal number of day
schools engaged in the education of 23,
957 pupils.
Kansas negro soldiers stationed at
Santiago will be allowed to vote in the
state election.
Colonel Tyson, with a detachment of
770 men and 38 officers, has left Brook
lyn for San Juan de Porto Rico.
An attempt to compromise the Leech
lake trouble resulted in failure, as the
Indians refused to join in the confer
ence. Secretary Day says the Paris negotia
tions wiil soon be ended, and the peace
commission will finish its work before
congress meets.
The yellow fever epidemic in Louisi
ana is said to be of a mild typo, and
the state board of health has decided
to name it "yellowoid."
Secretary Alger has sent an Tinswei
to the war investigating committee,
which, in the words of one of the com
missioners, "does not answer."
A Madrid dispatch says evacuation
will be rushed, and Spaniards will be
out of Porto Rico by next week, and
out of Guba by the end of November.
President McKinley and party have
gone to Omaha, where they will be
guests of the Trans-Mississippi exposi
tion and participate in the peace jubi
lee. Thomas Greenwald, a private in bat
tery I, of the Seventh artillery, was
shot and instantly killed while trying
to escape from Fort Slocum, near New
Rochelle, N. Y.
The members of the United Statei
evacuation commission gave an elab
orate luncheon to the members of the
Spanish evacuation commission at th
Hotel Trocha, Havana.
The French government is preparing
for an emergency and has issued special
orders to the garrisons of numerous
towns near the capital to send immedi
ately to Paris 500 infantry each.
News has been received of the find
ing of gold quartz at Skagway, going
$1,000 to the ton. Although the exacl
location is not made known, it is said
to be within a very short distance ol
the Gateway city.
A woman's love and a man's insane
jealousy caused murder in the Seventh
immune regiment at Lexington, Ky.,
and another man who acted as peace
maker is at death's door with a pistol
ball in his abdomen.
In the annual report of Surgeon
General W. K Van Reypen, which if
the first of the navy bureau reports sub
mitted for publication, the surgeon
general states that he began preparing
for war when the Maine was blown up.
There are 300 patients
sion field hospital at the
in the divi
Presidio, San
Francisco.
Colonel Charles Williams has been
appointed chief quartermaster for Ha
vana and other provinces of Cuba.
Colonel W. J. Bryan has recovered
from his attack of fever and will joic
his regiment at Jacksonville, Fla.
The Second army corps wiil be ship
ped from Camp Meade to Anniston,
Ala., preparatory tx being -sent to Cuba.
The transport Obdam, which lefl
Santiago Sunday, returned with hei
bunkers on fire. The vessel, which had
several tons of ammunition aboard,
was flooded with water, and men set to
work removing tio ammunition.
The conference of the Miners' Fed
eration in LondoD, has decided to ac
cept the employers' terras, regulating
wages until 1901. The miners get an
immediate advanoe of per cent,
and a reference afterwards -to the con
ciliation board, who have given tin
minimum and maximum wage. Tin
decision wards- off the titreatenet!
strikes involving 81,500 minerj
I III
Caused by the Murder of a
Private.
SOLDIERS SEIZE
TRAIN
Dead Alan's Companions
geance, and Attempt
Swear Vrn
I.yncliing Kxciting Night at Lexington.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 12. As a re
sult of the killing of a private in the
Twelfth New York regiment by Provost
Guard Kitchen last night, 300 or 400
members of that regiment formed a
mob tonight and seized a train at Camp
Hamilton, with the intention of com
ing to town on it and raiding the
county jail for the purpose of taking
Kitchen out and lynching him. Gen
eral Wiley and Colonel Wood were
quickly notified of the uprising, and
they suppressed the mob by the most
radical and prompt action. The out
break was not unexpected, and the jail
was heavily guarded. The provost
guard in the city was also doubl
and things are now quiet, at midnight
The rioting tonight was the sequel
not only of the fatal fights last night,
but also of the drunken carousals that
have been going on since pay day.
Last night there were two killed and
two wounded, and a lynching was nar
rowly prevented. The drinking nd
disorderly conduct is not in Camp
Hamilton, but in the city, when the
men get off on leave of absence.
Private Hefferman, of the Twelfth
New York, was last midnight killed by
Provost Guard Alvin Kitchen, of tho
Third Kentucky, while the formor was
running away from a fight he had been
in at a dive, and he refused to halt
when Kitchen called to him to do so.
Kitchen fired twice at Hefferman, the
second shot being fatal. The soldiers
are still desperately enraged at the
provost guard for chasing them with
weapons, when they are in the city,'
and threatened others as well as Kit
chen. Private Bailey, who was also
shot while in the city last night by the
provost guard, is suffering terribly from
the effects of the wound in his thigh,
and is in a serious condition. The
two colored immunes who were shot in
camp yesterday when Sergeant Green
was killed by Corporal Edwards are
resting easiei tonight. There is more
excitement in Lexington tonight than
at any time since the troops were
brought here.
When the 7:30 L. & N. train started
to town from Camp Hamilton, a crowd
of 300 members of the Twelfth New
York reigment was at the depot to
board it. They were armed, and were
coming to town to try to get Alvin
Kitchen from jail and shoot him. The
operator at the station wired to the di
vision headquarters in the camp the
facts, and General Wiley wired back
instructing the train to be held. He
sent a battalion to the scene of the
trouble, under Captain Holbrook, adjutant-general
on General Wade's staff.
Captain Holbrook ordered all peaceful
soldiers to return to the camp.
The Sixth Massachusetts regiment
was placed as special guard around
Camp Hamilton.
Later a report reached camp thai the
mob was forming in town.
The entire One Hundred and Sixtieth
Indiana regiment vas sent to town
about 11 o'clock. A guard of 5 men
has been placed around the jail, and
jailers and deputies, armed with Win
chesters, are protecting the prisoners.
Kitchen is badly scared, and fears he
will be 'ynched.
Kitchen will unquestionably get the
death sentence. When he shot Dyren
he was under orders not to have his
gun loaded. It is said Colonel Leonard,
of the Twelfth New York, was the prin
cipal promoter of the mob. The matter
wiil be thoroughly investigated to
morrow. DIRECT FROM DAWSON.
Topeka Arrives at Port Townsend With
Many Men and Little Gold.
Port Townsend, Wash., Oct. 12.
The steamship Topeka arrived tonight
from Alaska, bringing about 24 passen
gers from the various northern mining
districts. Many of the Topeka's pas
sengers are from Dawson, but thej
bring but little money with them.
They left Dawson September 23 and
came up tne river on the steamer Flora.
Ex-Mayor W. D. Wood, of Seattle, who
was aboard the Flora, when part way
up the river fell overboard and came
near being drowned. A life buoy was
thrown him, and he was picked up.
L. S. Ailes brings glowing leports ol
the Forty-Mile district. A Rock
Island company has a complete
hydraulic plant at the mouth of Forty
Mile creek, which will be transported
to the boundary, 2 miles from the
mouth of the creek, on the ioe thie
winter and placed in operation early in
the spring. This company has 12 acree
of placer ground, on which men with
rockers have been making from f 5 to
$10 per day, the rockers working only
a few cubic feet per day, while thie
plant will have a capacity of several
hundred feet.
Returning Klondikers report consid
erable thieving along the river. Caches
and tents are being looted of supplies
by parties who are trying to work their
way into Dawson without money.
Several parties have been robbed of their
entire outfits and have boen compelled
to return. The weather was turnin;
cold, and it is thought that ere thit
navigation will be closed. Several
boats have alreadv been hauled out oi
the water.
Rome, Oct. 12. Owing to Italy's
financial straits, the minister of ma
rine has renounced the sweeping naval
programme, involving an expenditure
of 540,000,000 lire, and will be satis
ficd with a naval credit.
Telegraph to the Yukon.
Ottawa, Oct. 12. Hon. James
Roche, member of the British house of
commons, acting for English capital
ists, has secured the charter granted
last session for a telegraph system in
the Yukon. Today he arranged with
the -government for the immediate
commencement of construction of a
line from Skagway, by way of Tagish
and Selkirk. Ha expects to have it
working bv New Years' and a cable
from Victoria to Skagway as soon after
ns nossible. Sir John Pender IB COD
nected with the scheme.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY,
WILL US YOUR BRAINS.
Startling Request Being Sent Out From
Cornell University.
Binghampton, N. Y., Act. 12. Pro
fessor B. G. Wilder, who occupies the
chaii of physiology in Cornell univer
sity, is sending out a unique document
that reqnests.the recipient to will his
brains to the university. The circular
is being distributed among present
and former students of the university,
and has been mailed to many leading
men of the nation who are numbered
among the alumni.
In giving his reason for the strange
request, Professor Wilder says that the
advanced science of today requires a
j superior article in the matter of brains
that that obtained from the criminal,
ignorant or insane.
There are plenty of this class, but it
is next to impossible to obtain a higher
quality on account of the antipathy to
dissection entertained by all cultured
people. In order to solve this prob
lem, the circulars have been prepared
and sent out.
OREGON AND IOWA.
Commodore Kautz Says They Will Re
main With the Pacific Squadron.
Chicago, Oct. 12. The Chronicle
says: Contrary to public belief, the
battle-ships Oregon and Iowa, recently
ordeied to sail from New York to Hon
olulu, are not destined to reinforce
Dewey's fleet, says Commodore Albert
Kautz, the newly appointed command
er of the Pacific squadron to suoceed
Admiral Miller.
Commodore Kautz is in this city on
his way to the Pacific coast. There is,
he says, little likelihood that the ves
sels would go to Oriental waters this
year. He declared they would remain
part of the Pacific squadron.
One or more of the great sea scourges
will probably be maintained perma
nently in Hawaiian water, ready to sail
at an instant's notice to the Philip-
nines, but the commodore is of the
opinion that no further reinforcements
will be necessary.
Home to Retire.
San Francisco, Oct. 12. Rear-Ad
miral Miller, who will retire from tho
navv October 15. savs he will stop at
his old home in Ohio on his way East,
but will probably reside part of the
time in San Francisco. He warns peo
de against going to Honolulu in the
expectation of making their fortunes.
ACCIDENT AND SUICIDE.
Young Man Paid Penalty
lessness With Hit
of His
Life.
Care
Carlv e. 111.. Oct. 12. While a
party composed of Joseph Corcoran,
Scott Crabtree. Leila Shade and Rosa
Smith were rambling in the cemetery,
Corcoran exhibited a revolver and the
party closed about him to examine it
Corcoran playfully pointed it at Miss
Smith. She jumped aside, but tho
firearm was discharged, and the bullet
entered Miss Shade's thigh. She
fainted away. .
Corcoran supposed he had killed her,
walked awav a few steps, placed the
muzzle of the revolver to his left tem
ple and blew out his brains.
The voung woman was taken home
and is now in a precarious condition
Corcoran was 20 years old and Miss
Shade is 19.
Railroad Employes Killed.
Boone. Ia., Oct. 12. Superintendent
Leisure.jOf Clinton, and F. C. Ander
son, of Boone, employed by the Chi
cago & Northwestern in the water sup
dIv department, were killed at the
railroad well in this city while put
ting in a new pump. The pump.
weighing over a ton, fell on them. F.
C. Case had an arm broken.
Bad Indians Denounced.
White Earth, Minn., Oct 12. A
grand council, composed of 30 chiefs
and head men, including the leading
mixed bloods of the White Earth reser
vation, representing some 3,000 people
was held here today. Resolutions
were adopted deploring the sad state of
affairs at Leech lake, and denouncing
the authors of the mischief. A peti
tion of lovalty to the government was
signed by all present.
Hunter Accidentally Killed.
Tacoma. Oct. 12. While Lewis
Crow, of Pe Ell, was hunting near hi
home Sunday, his rifle was accidental
ly discharged. The ball passed uhrough
his heart, killing him instantly.
Deposits aggregating $ 207. 36 were
made in the savings bank conducted in
connection with the public sohools of
this city by 1,629 pupils this week.
Hop Crop Can't Be Moved.
Salem, Or., Oct. 12. The hop crop
is now moving as fast as shipping fa
oilities are obtained. The crop would
he moved from the warehouses much
more rapidly were it not for a scarcity
of cars. A dealer conservatively esti
mates the entire crop of the state at
60,000 bales, which, at the average
price realized by growers, will bring
them not less than $150,000. The
same dealer estimates the quantity yet
in the hands of growers at 1,500 bales,
or one-fourth of the crop.
Shot While Drunk.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 12. John
Corbett, of the First North Carolina,
was shot and fatally wounded tonight
by Clint Robinson, of the Fourth Illi
nois. While intoxicated Corbett as
saulted Robinson with an ax. Robin
son fired a shot in the air, but finally
bad to bring Corbett down to save his
own life.
Buried Wealth Stolen.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 12. Albert
Stanley and George H. Ritter were ar
rested in this city today, charged with
robbing Frederick Leka of $14,000.
Stanley confessed. Leka is a wealthy
retired farmer. Of late he has been
living with the Stanleys in Spring
field. He buried his wealth in the
barnyard, back of the Stanley house,
at night. Mrs. Stanley discovered the
robbery last night and informed the
police.
Bank Failure Victim Kills Himself.
Astoria, Or., Oct. 12. Fred Swick,
an aged German, committed suioide
today. He was for many years em
ployed about the bank and home of
Charles W. Foster, ex-secretary of the
treasury, and when Foster failed in
1893 he had money in the bank. He
had made repeated demands for the
money, and told Foster he would com
mit suicide.
The Princess of
opera , glasses of
rubies, saphires
valued at 2,000.
Wales has a pair of
platinum set With
and turquoises and
OREftOTJ, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1898.
THIKD ECONOMY BILL
Senate Votes to Abolish Equalization
Bourd and Bouse to Abolish
Railroad Commission.
The third economy and .reform bill
passed the senate Thursday afternoon,
repeals Jtbe law creating the state
board of equalization. Considerable
oratory., ras indulged in before the bill
was pnt on its final passage. It was
finally passed by a vote of 17 to 12.
The featuiB of the forenoon session
in the house today was the passage of a
bill abolishing the board of state rail
road commissioners. When the biil
came up on final passage, after a sus
pension of rules, there wore but Sour
absentees. The vote of those remain
ing was unanimous in favor of the bill.
Friday's vote for senator: Corbett,
36; M. A. Miller, of Lebanon, 23;
George, 10; Gatch, 5; Eakin, 6; Wil
liams, C
. In the Senate.
ThtTjfwiee bill providing for the in
corporation of the city of Con don
passed the senate.
The house bill remitting the over
paid taxes to Lincoln county was
passed.
The house bill amending the statutes
relating to circuit court terms in the
third judicial district was referred to
the committtee on judiciary.
The house bill to regulate salaries of
county officers in washingtpn county
was referred to the senators from Wash
ington county.
The house bill to incorporate tne olty
of Ashland was passed.
The committee on revision of laws
reported back favorably the senate bill
providing for placing the Amerioan nag
on ail Bcnooiiiouses. it was oruerou
engrossed for third reading.
The committee on penal institutions
reported back favorably the sonate bill
providing for working misdemeanants
on public highways. It was re-referred
for specific amendment.
The committee on education reported
back favorably, with slight amend
ment, the bill regulating quliflcations
of electors at sohool meetings and
school elections. The bill was lost by
a vote or lo to 10 on nnai passage.
The committee on agriculture report
ed back the senate bill in relation to
Eastern Oregon agricultural societies
favorably, it was ordered engrossed
for third reading.
The committee on judiciary reported
back the senate bill fixing the statu
tory rate of interest at 6 per cent.
Mulkev moved an amendment placing
the rate at 5 per cent; the amendment
was lost. Ordered engrossed for third
reading.
The senate bill fixing the terms of
circuit court in the seventh judicial
district was reported favorably, and
under Suspension read a third time and
passed.
The senate bill calling for a consti
tutional convention in September,
1889, was reported back with amend
ments and adopted. The bill was or-
dered"ngrossed for third reading.
The senate bill to establish a mle of
E leading in Cases of arson was reported
ack favorably and ordered engrossed
for a third reading.
The bouse bill relating to the terms
of circuit court in the third judicial
district with amendments was adopted,
and the bill ordered to third reading
under suspension of rules was passed.
In the House.
A bill creating the office of game
and forestry warden in each county
caused lively discussion in the house,
but was passed by a vote of 38 to 20.
Many were opposed to it by reason of
the expense to the state, claiming the
wardens would cost the state $30,000
annually in salaries alone. Some
claimed their counties did not need
such wardens at all. Flagg of Marion,
made a good talk against the bill, but
to no purpose.
A measure providing for the ap
pointment of supreme court commis
sioners was read a second time and re
ferred to the judiciary committee.
Young's bill, providing for exempt
certificates for volunteer Astoria fire
men, was taken up, read a second and
a third time, and passed.
A special order for 10:30 was at this
time brought up and passed. The
measure amends section 291, title 1,
chapter 3, Hill's code, and its effect
will be to take the publication of sher
iff's sale notices out of the hands of the
sheriff and place it in the hands of the
judgment debtor or his attorney.
A bill by Reeder, relative to the cor
rection of defects in deeds for lands
sold under execution, etc., came up for
final passage. The vote stood: Ayes
17, noes 41, absent 2. Reeder himself
voted In the negative, promising to
bring the bill up in another form later
in the session.
A bill by Moody provides for a
change in the Oregon law relative to
the commission of nonresident attor
neys to practice, so as to make U con
form with the statutoiy law of Wash
iugten, thereby allowing Oregon attor
neys to handle legal business in Wash
ington. Curtis' bill to regulate and protect
sturgeon-fishing was. on motion of
Roberts, made a special order for 3 P
M. Monday. The measure protects
sturgeon from March 1 to November 1.
The senate bill conferring auuthor
lty upon Eugene divinity school to is
sue degrees and diplomas was read the
first and second times and referred to
the committee on education.
Young's bill to protect elk from Jan
uary 1, 1899, to January 1, 1910, in
Oregon, came up at 11:30 A. M., and
was also a bill providing for the regu
lation of the carrying on of public
works.
The senate bill making it a misde
meanor to tear down or destroy toll
gates, telegraph poles, bridges or mao-
adam roads, and providing penalties
therefor, was passed by an almost
unaniomns vote.
The courtesies of the house were ex
tended to Hon. T. B. Handley.
The senate bill incorporating the
town of Monmouth, after passing its
second reading, was referred to the
Polk county delegation. The senate
bill incorporating the town of Elgin,
after passing its second reading, under
suspension of the rules was passed.
Flagg of Marion, introduced a reso
lution for an appropriation to pay vol
unteers for the late Spanish-American
war who were rejected, allowing $1.50
per day from the time of enlistment
until the time of rejection. The reso
lution prevailed.
The bill abolishing the railroad oom
minion is in the governor's hands.
JOSEPH SIMON NAMED.
Republican Caucus Choice for Senator
Corbett Withdrew From the Race.
State Senator Joseph Simon, of Port
land, was nominated tor United
States senator Friday night by acauous
of 63 Republican members of the leg
islature. Without nominating speeches or any
Dther method of putting forth candi
dates to be voted for under a secret
ballot, Simon received 41 of the 63
votes, and he was subsequently de
clared the unanimous choice of the
caucus, on motion of Senator Fulton,
of Clatsop.
Corbett's tetter of Withdrawal.
When the caucus had assembled,
with Senator Michell, of Wasoo, in the
chair, an Representative Moody, of
Multnomah, as secretary, the organiza
tion that was first effected by the reg
ular Republicans, there was a roll-call,
and then Representative Ross, of Mult
nomah, in careful terms announced
the definite withdrawal of Mr. Cor
bett's name as a candidate, and read
the following letter:
"Portland, Or., Oct. .Gentlemen
of the Republican Caucus of the Ore
gon Legislature: I am sensible of the
honor which you have conferred on me
in making me the Repubhoan caucus
nominee for United States senator.
Although I have been assured of the
support of a large number of friends to
the end, and notwithstanding that I
am the majority candidate as declared
in the caucus, I am convinced that my
continued candidacy for senator would
precipitate a deadlock and tend to dis
rupt the party, creating 3ores which it
would require a long time Co heal. For
a penoa or. 40 years l nave given me
party the warmest affection and the
best service of which I am capable. I
do not now desire any personal ambi
tion of mine to stand in the way of
party harmony or of the continued tri
umph of Republican principles. 1 am
therefore constrained to withdraw my
name as a candidate. In doing so, I
desire to assure my friends and the
party of my continued zeal and active
co-operation in permanently securing
the important principles for which we
have so earnestly oontended.
"I beg leave to thank my friends for
the loyal and generous support which
they have accorded me. I earnestly
hone that without further delay a sen
ator may be elected- who is and has
been in accord with the sound financial
principles of the party as embodied in
the Astoria platform. Very respect
fully yours, H. W. CORBETT."
SESSIONS WERE SHORT.
Senatorial Question Overshadowed Lee
islatlon at Salem.
The senatorial question quite over
shadowed legislation Friday. Both
houses attended to some routine work
in the morning, and then adjourned.
The Senate.
In the senate, Kuy-kendall's bill de
fining the qualifications of voters at
school eleotions, which lacked one vote
of passing Friday, was brought forward
again as a new bill, by unanimous con
sent, and finally passed under suspen
sion of the rules. The property quali
fication of the present bill is only
$100, which must stand on the assess
ment roll to the credit of the voter in
the regular assessment prior to tht
election at which he or she is then
qualified to vote. The new measure
also provides that in school districts
having less than 1.000 inhabitants, a
widow or male citizen, otherwise qual
ified, may vote without the property
Qualification, if he or she have chil
dren of school age in the district.
The committee on ways and means
reported back to the senate a joint res
olution authorizing the secretary of
state to turn over to the officers of the
Indian war veteran camps copies of the
history of the Indian wars. The res
olution was adopted.
Mulkey offered an amendment to the
house joint relolution providing for
the payment of $1.50 per day to reject
ed recruits by adding that the further
sum of $3 per month be paid to those
mustered into the serivce, and that
such payment continue until they are
mustered out. The amendment was
debated. The resolution and amend
ment were referred to the committee
on Judiciary.
The house joint resolution appropii
ationg $25,000 to rebuild the burned
portion of the Oregon agricultural
college was referred to the ways and
means committee, which is to report
Saturday at 10 A. M.
Senator Adams called up the bill au
thorizing sohool districts to contract
debts. It was read a second time, and
under suspension read a third time
and passed.
In the House.
The chief measure before the house
was the Hill registration bill. Hill
made a strong speech in favor of its
passage, showing the great necessity
for such protection of the ballot-box,
and urging it for the favorable consid
eration of the members. His was the
onlv speech unon the bill, which was
passed by a vote of 48 to 10.
Selling's bill fixing the compensa
tion of the district attorney for the
fourth judicial district was referred to
the Multnomah delegation.
The committee on education reported
back a measure providing a suitable
time for holding teachers' quarterly
examinations, with the recommenda
tion that it be not passed.
Senator Dufur's bill to punish van
dalism reads: "If any person shall
willfully break down, injure, remove
or destroy any free or toll bridge, rail
way, plank road, macadamized road,
telegraph or telephone posts or wires,
or any gate upon any such road, or any
lock, or embankment of any canal, snob
persons, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by imprisonment in the
penitentiary not less than six months
nor more than two years, or by fine not
less than $50 nor more than $1,000."
Senate bill No. 45, by Taylor ol
Umatilla provides for the unconditional
creating the state board of equaliza
tion. The board of arbitration to setth
the dispute between the American rail
roads and the Canadian Pacific, has
been completed by the selection of Ed
ward S. Washburn, of Chicago, as th
third member.
Ornithologists have discovered thai
crows have no leas than 27 cries, each
distinctly referrable to a different ao-
tion.
OBEGON'S SENATOR.
Joseph Simon, the Caucus Nominee,
Gets 64 Republican Votes
on First Ballot.
The nominee of Friday night's Re
publican caucus, Joseph Simon, was
Saturday regularly ohosen United
States senator by the legislature in
joint session.' He received the full
Republican vote, exoept that of Senator
Kuykendall, who was absent. All the
members seemed to recognize the bind-
ng force of the caucus, and there was
no attempt to evade or disregard it.
The result was as follows:
Simon 64
Bennett 1
Blank 1
Kineaid 23
Joseph Simon.
Joseph Simon, the new United States
senator from Oregon, was born in Ger
many in 1851. The family moved to
California when Joseph was but one
year old, and, after five years' residenoe
there, oame to Oregon, in 1867. Since
that time Mr. Simon has continuously
resided in the olty of Portland. He
obtained his education in the pnblio
schools of Portland. In 1872 he was
admitted to the bar, and is now a
for many years past has been a mem
ber of the law firm of Dolph, Mallory
& Simon.
In 1877 Mr. Simon was eleoted to
the city council of Portland, and served
as a coucilman tor tnree years, in
1878 he was elected secretary of the
Republican state central committee,
and managed the state campaign of
that year. In 1880, 1884 and 1886 he
was chosen chairman of the Republi
can state central committee of Oregon,
and had charge of the national and
state campaigns of those years in Ore
gon. In 1892 he was ohosen a delegate
to the Republican national convention,
which met at Minneapolis, and was
there selected as the member of the
national committee for Oregon. In
1880, 1884, 1888, 1894 and 1898 Mr.
Simon was elected to the state senate
from Multnomah county. At the ex
piration of the present term, to which
he has just been re-elected, he will
have served 20 years as a member of
that body.
At the sessions of the state senate of
1889, 1891, 1895 and 1897, and th
special session of 1898, Mr. Simon was
ohosen president of the senate, and,
the state having no lieutenant-gover
nor, he presided over the senate and
over the joint conventions of both
houses.
In the Senate,
The senate resolution providing for
a constitutional amendment repealing
the clause creating the office of state
printer was passed Saturday.
The house bill creating the office of
game and forestry warden in each
county was called up by Senator Mi
chell as a special order of business for
the hour, and read the first time.
The committee on ways and means
reported back the house Joint resolu
tion providing for an emergency appro
priation of $25,000 for the Oregon
agricultural college at Corvallis. The
senate did not concur.
A bill by Dufur to provide for pay
ment of justice court fees into the
county treasury was read for the first
time.
A senate bill by Morrow, fixing th
time foi holding terms ot circuit court
in the sixth judicial district, was read
a second and third times, under sus
pension fof the rules, and passed.
A bill by Harmon to protect elk,
deer and other game was read the first
time.
Hill's registration bill was read the
first and second times, and referred to
the committee on printing.
A house bill granting Astoria fire
men privileges of exemption was read
the first and second times, and under
suspension the third time, and passed.
A house bill authorizing the county
court of Multnomah county to acquire
and operate a ferry at Sellwood was
read the first time.
In the House
The Sellwood ferry bill, by Beach,
was introduced in the house Saturday,
read a first and second times, and
passed by a vote of 56 to 8. The bill
authorizes Multnomah county to estab
lish, acquire and operate a free ferry at
Sellwod.
Maxwell intrduced a bill for the reg
illation of fees to be charged and ool
lected by the county clerk of Tillamook
county. Under suspension of rules the
bill was read the first.second and third
times and passed.
Speaker Carter this morning signed
the senate bill establishing a free ferry
at Corvallis, and the bill abolishing
the railroad commission.
Young's fisheries bill, reported on
favorably, was read a second time and
referred to the committee on fisheries.
Hon. J. II. McClung was extended
the courtesies of the house.
A resolution providing for an appro
priation of $25,000 to rebuild the me
chanical hall at the agricultural col
leee came up in a new form Saturday
Nichols of Benton introducing a bill
providing for an appropriation of that
amount.
A committee appointed to look into
the cost of the house calendar reported
that the average cost daily during th
extra session was $26.11, and that
could probably be printed for $17.60:
if unnecessary items were omitted
The report was amended to read
"That the calendar shall not be print
ed again during this extra session at a
cost to exceed $20 per day.
Ahnnt a dozen new bills of minor
importance were read the first time.
The report of the committee on the
bill fixing the salaries of Marion coun
tv officials was the occasion tor quite
tilt between Represenattives Flagg
and Cummines. The former submit
ted a report recommending the passage
of the bill with an amendment cut
tin salaries still further than provid
ed by the bill. Cummings opposed
further reductions, claiming that th
figures were below a living basis.
After a spirited set-to of words between
Flaoir and Cummings, a motion to re
fr to tha committee on salaries of
state and county offloers was adopted
The senate resolution donating 1,000
copies of the book on early Indian wars
to the Indian war veterans was mau
special order for Wednesday.
Newspaper Men Sent to Prison.
Ht. John's. N. F.. Oot. 11. Mr
Parsons, editor of the Evening Tele
gram, of this city, and Mr. Herder, its
proprietor, were sentenced to 80 days'
imprisonment for contempt of court in
puDllsniUK Birioiureu upuu iu
of the supreme court.
NO. 1.
RAPID WORK IS DONE.
The T.eo-islature Is Disposing or
Con
siderahle Business.
The settlement of the senatorial
question has brought a consioeraoie
degree of buoyancy into legislative
proceedings. Business moved alona
with more life Monday tnan nas rjeen
seen in routine work before during the
session. Five bills were passed by the
senate, and seven by the house. The
senate was notified by tne governor
that he had approved two bills senate
bill 18, by Daly of Benton, to author
ize the county court of Benton county
to establish and operate a free ferry
across the Willamette river at Corval
lis, and senate bill 21, by Daly of
Lake, to repeal the act providing for a
board of railroad commissioners.
In the Senate.
Upon motion, ex-State Senator Will
King was made the guest .of the
senate.
Brownell of Clackamas, introduced
bill providing that all state printing
be done by contract It was read a
first and second time, and referred to
the committee on printing.
Representative Moody's bill amend
ing section 1037 of the code relative to
foreign attorneys and their admission
to practice in Oregon courts was read
second and third time, and passed.
The senate bill relating to mining
claims and their status in justice oourts
was called up by Senator Smith, read a
third time and passed.
The senate bill reducing the statu
tory rate of interest to 6 per cent was
read a third time and passed.
The senate bill providing for a con
stitutional convention in September,
1899, was read a third time, and, after
a spirited address by the author, Sena
tor Brownell, was, upon motion of Sen
ator Reed, indefinitely postponed. .
The senate bill by Dufur of Wasco,
for the protection of hotel and boarding-house
keepers was read a third time
and passed by a vote of 22 to 4.
A message was received from the
house announcing the passage of" senate
bill No. 66, with an amendment. The
senate concurred in the amendment.
This is Senator Selling's district attor
ney 6alary bill
The bill by Smith of Baker, reg
ulating Eastern Oregon agricultural
societies was read a third time and
passed.
In the House.
The first bill to come up on the re
convening of the house Monday after
noon was Senator Reed's bill extend
ing the open season for salmon fishing
for a period of 20 days in all water ot
the state except the Columbia river.
By consent, the bill passed to the
third reading and was passed without
dissenting, vote.
Gray's bill -requiring that doors ol
all public buildings hereafter con
structed open 'ontwaids was passed,
but as no penalty is attached it will be
amended in the senate.
Selling's district attorney salary bill
was reported back favorably by the
Multnomah delegation, with an amend
ment giving both depuaes $150 per
month, and was then passed. -
Hobkirk's bill giving tin; public -the
privilege of inspecting and making
copies of records in the office of the re
corder of Multnomah county was refer
red to the committee on judiciary.
The committee on judiciary was also
given charge of Moody's bill requiring
the payment of taxes in cash and pro
viding for the redemption of county
warrants in the order of their issuance.
Curtis' sturgeon protection bill,
which was next called up as a special
order of business, provoked considera
ble discussion, and was finally referred
to the committee on fisheries and game
for further revision.
Nichols' bill pioviding for an appro
priation of $25,000 for the Corvallis
agricultural college, to replace the
buildings recently destroyed by nre,
was passed without opposition. This
bill takes the place of the resolution
passed earlier in the session, which is
considered of no force.
Bayer's bill giving Oregon contrac
tors and Oregon raw material the pref
erence in the construction of publio
buildings, and Ross' bill establishing a
fiscal agency for Oregon in the city of
New York, were passed without oppo-
sition.
The bill by Young of Clatsop, pro
viding lor the protection of elk, passed
almost unanimously, only two noes be
ing recorded against. By this bill the
killing of elk is prohibited for a period
of 11 years from January 1, 1899, and
live elk can be kept in parks only by
written consent of the game protector.
Flagg's bill reducing the salaries of
the Marion county officials by about
$9,000 per annum was lost.
The bill of Topping of Coos, provid
ing for the destruction of teachers' ex
amination papers one year after exami
nations are held, for the purpose of re
lieving the archives, was defeated.
The bill of Kruse of Clackamas, per
mitting the practice of healing without
the authority of the state medical
board, considered to be in the interest
of quacks and magnetic healers, was
defeated by an overwhelming vote.only
seven voting in favor of it.
Hill's bill oreating the office of clerk
of the justice court and deputy consta
ble in oities of 50,000 population and
over, and fixing their salaries, was
passed without opposition. This bill
fixes the salary of clerk of a justice
court at not to exceed $65, and that oi
deputy constable at $80 per month.
Curtis' bill consolidating all fish
laws of the state into one act met with
considerable opposition upon being
called up for final action. It was re
ferred back to the committee on fisher
ies and game.
The bill of Ross of Multnomah, abol
ishing tenancy by entirety, was de
bated by Moody of Multnomah, Mc
(Jul loch and McCourt of Marion, and
Reeder of Umatilla. Curtis of Clatsop,
and Ross also took a hand in the de
bate. McCulloch was the only one to
oppose the bill. It was defeated.
The question as to whether this leg
islature has the power to preserve in
its regular session the continuity ol
legislation begun at the special session
was brought up by a joint resolution
by Ross of Multnomah, for a committee
to ascettain and report on the law gov
erning unfinished business before this
session wbioh might be carried over to
the regular session for conclusion.
Representative Kruse, of Olaokamas,
was excused from further attendance
during this session owing to the serious
illness of bis aged father, John Kruse,
of 77i'.eonville.