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THE LEGISLATURE
The Aibany Charter Bill Intro
duced by Mr. Weatherford.
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN.
Ths Portland Ball Ban Water Bill Pasied
in tht Hone -Several Hew
Meassru.
Salem, Jan. 23. The senate was
called to order at 10 o'clock a. m
The roll waa called and prayer"
was offered by Rey. 8. -P. Wilson",
of the Methodist church.
The journal was read and ap
proved. Blackmail introduced a bill by
unanimous consent to incorporate
Canyon City; passed through
second reading, and referred to
corporations.
By Weatherford To amend the
city charter of Albany; through
second reading; to corporation
with leave to report at any time.
T.y Looney (by reqnest) To
license auctioneers.
By Mackay Salary of assessor
of Multnamah county : second
reading; referred to Multnomah
senators.
By Crosno To incorporate Cor
rallis ; to third reading.
By Fullerton To aid the county
court of Douglas to improve the
road in that county.
By Sinclair Regarding the fees
of assessors and county commis
sioners of Coos county; second
reading, engrossed and to third
readintr.
By Weatherford To amend the
law retarding the defendants' Dlea
of guilty, and making costs a Dart
of the punishment; to second read
ing, judiciary.
HOl'SE BILLS, TIIIKD READING.
By Crook Changing the name
of Fllensburg to Gold Beach;
passed.
benate joint memorial by Fuller-
ton For an appropriation to sur
vey public lands of Oiegon;
adopted.
REPORTS.
Judiciary Unfavorably on sen
ate bill 37, to increase the pay of
judges in each district; third read
ing.
Elections Paquet's bill for re
cording wills, with amendments.
takin s bill, creating records in
certain counties, amended so as to
nclude Henton. Corporations
Favorably on Medford, Fossil,
Athena ; to incorporations.
Counties Regarding town and
cemetery plats ; favorably.
NEW BILLS.
By Willis Denning the duties
of county officers.
tullerton moved that wnen the
senate adjourn it be until Monday
Adjourned.
THE HOUSE ALSO ADJOURNS.
The house was opened with
ceive the approval of the governor
for reasons which he has published
many times, but still, owing to
the unanimous demand of the peo-
Ele of Portland for better water,
e will allow it to become a law
without his signature.
The total appropriations now
asked for wagon roads, including
bridge bills, is $199,000 and the
end is not yet. One morn bill at
least will be introduced tbe first of
next week asking for an appropri
ation to build a road from Clatsop
plains across Tillamook head to
Tillamook bay.
Representative Aimer ot Jose
phine county introduced a bill
to-day for an act declaring that
the state proposes to exercise the
rfgur. reserved in an act passed by
the legislature of 1870 of taking
and appropriating the canal and
locks at Oregon City. Ilia bill
provides that two commissioners
of arbitration be appointed, one
on the part of the state, and one
by the company to decide upon
the value of the locks at this time
He names the governor as com
missioner on the part of the state
and provides that in case these
two cannot agree upon the valua
tion, Chief Justice Strahau.of tbe
supreme court, be called upon to
settle the differences. It is also
provided that a tax of half a mill
shall be levied annually for two
years to raise a fund from wbicl
to pay the indemnity.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
STATE AND flOAST When the phonograph was brought
JJ.il.LU AJ.11 WAOl, :.ltft th- sick-room lust. Mondav i.
week ago. Chamberlain MacFar-
LITTLE BUSINESS TRANSACTED
IN EITHER HOUSE.
The Cloture Rule Still Under Oil'
cusston in the Senile Time Be
Ide Wanted on Dilatory Measures,
And keep yourself warm, if you would enjoy health and life. The Tastenr Filter is reconuner.ded to all
physicians as the very best. Call and see how they work and learn prices. No one can afford
to do without one. For an elegant heating stove that will make the room comfort
able, or a cooking stove or range that is warranted to keep the housewife
in good humor, call and select from onr immense line, embracing
all the most desirable makes of stoves.
World's Best-
MOKE THAN
SEVEN HUNDEED
different styles and differ-
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seating and
manufactured
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prayer by Key. U. (June, pastor
ol the baleru Metno Jist church.
M.ckay's Portland Bull Run
bonds bill (special order) came up,
ana was passed by a unanimous
voie.
She resolution concerning the
boat railway at The Dalles ; com
mitted to Federal relations.
Montgomery's bill, allowing no
exemptions of indebtedness, taken
irom the assessment and taxation
committee, ana sent to the ways
ana means.
The apportionment and congres
sional committee was increased
from live to eight.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Story To make the salary of
Aiuitnomau s assessor soouu; read
twice and committed to the Mult
nomah delegation.
By Armstrong (Dy request) For
counties to license auctioneers $50
a year.
By Garfield For an enabling
act lor (JOOS.
By Dustin Amending the game
laws.
By Reed Making the per dieiu
of commissioners $5 a day.
By Reed For $500 for a road
from Drain to Scottsburg.
By Miller For the purchase
ci the Oregon (jity canal and
locks, price to be fixed by arbitra
tion. By Miller Incorporation of
Grant's Pass.
By McCall For normal schools.
By McCall For five agricultur
al fair districts ; to special com
mittee of five.
By Minto For a record of all
Indian veterans by the secretary
of state.
Adjourned until 2 o'clock Mon
day. FROM SALEM.
Governor Pentoyer Will Not Veto
the Hull Run Water Bill.
Salem, Or., Jan. 23. The second
week of the legislature closed to
day when the house adjourned
till Monday. Two hundred and
twenty-two bills have been intro
duced in the house and 133 in the
senate. Nearly all in both houses
have passed to their second read
ing and have been referred to the
committees. The house has passed
six bills and tbe senate two.
The Portland water bond bill.
which Dassed the senate (he first
of the week, also passed the house
this morning. This will not re
Washington-. Jan. 23. The sen
ate met at 11 o'clock this morning
in continuation of yesterday s ses
sion. Cockrell was immediately
leonested to proceed with his
speech. At this point Gorman
called attention t-J the absence of
a auoruni and the call of the roll
was ordered. Only thirty-eight
senators responded, but in ten
minutes a sufficient number to
make a ouorum appeared, and
business was proceeded with.
Mr. Morrill asked coneent to
offer a resolution for distributing
public documents to agricultural
colleges, but Gorman said he was
comDelled to object to any busi
vneaa, whatever except tbe regular
order.
Cock.-ell resumed the floor, but
yielded to Hoar.
IN TUB HOUSE.
Breckenridge, of Arkansas,
caused the usual delay this morn
: 1 . I . . 1 ( ill n inii.nal
but it was finally accomplished
after it had been read in lull.
Cooper, of Indiana, rising to a
question of privilege, had read a
resolution offered by him Septem
ber 4th last, making certain
charges against the commissioner
of pensions and asking lor me
broadening of the investigation of
that official. This resolution had
been referred to a select commit
tee to examine the previous
charges, and on the 11th of Sep
tember the chairman of that com'
mittee, Morrill, of Kansas, was
directed to report a resolution, bnt
he never performed this duty.
THE PERSECUTED JEWS,
The United StatesOovernment Will
Protest to Russia.
Washington. Jan. 23. Repre
sentatives Cummings, of New
York, and Cathings, of Mississ
ippi, called upon Secretary Blaine
to-day and presented him with
resolutions adopted by the
Hebrews of Greenville, M;ss.,ask
ing the secretary to protest
against the persecution ol the
Jews in Russia. The secretary
said he received many similar
netitions from all parts of the
country, and that a digest of them
is being made, which win oe lor-
warded to the United States min
ister at St. Petersburg, and by
him transmitted to the Russian
minister of foreign stfairs.
A BIO FIRR IN BUFFALO.
Several Fireman Perish in the
Flames-300,OUO.
Buffalo, Jan. 23. Warner
Bros., building at ' Tarrace and
Pearl streets, occupied by Warner
Bros., Darling & Scholes, Zing-
shein & Harris, and Marcus &
Sons, was destroyed by fire to
night, the losses aggregating ?.iuu,-
000. One of the walls fell out.
killing firemen Adam Fisher and
Robert Snider, and painfully in
juring several others.
Texas Proposes Retaliation.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 23. In the
house to-day Representative
Moody introduced a joint resolu
tion opposing any appropriation to
have Texas represented at the
world's fair should the "force bill"
pass.
Hansbrou-fh Elected.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 23. Con
gressman Hansbrough was elected
United States senator to night on
the seventeenth ballot to succeed
Pierce. The democratic vote went
to Hansbrough.
Senator Hearst Worse.
Washington, Jan. 23. Senator
Hearst is very low to-night. Blood
poisoning has set in, and death
may be expected within a few
days.
More Chinese Mobbed and Driven
Out in Eastern Oiegon
FOB THE UPPER WILLAMETTE
$10,000 to be Expended ia Improving tbe
Chiunol-Ths States Finances -Srowued
at Astoria
Pendleton, Or., Jan, 23. All
the Chinese lauudrymen and
laborers have been driven from
the towns of Weston, A thena. and
Adams by a mob. At Milton one
Chinaman refused to leace and
was dragged for some distance
with a roie around his neck. A
report from Hilgard says: The
discharged white section hands
raided the Chinose houses and
compelled them to leave the place
It is rumored that a party of white
men who raided the Chinese piar
ters in the other towns are on
their way here and will drive out
the Chinese to-night.
AT (ILYUI'IA.
The Debated but An cry Calkins
Men Issue a Manifesto.
Oi.vmpia, Jan. 23. Nelson Ben
nett, H. K. Houghton, Thomas
rayne, W. 11. Doohttle, Miles C
Moore and ihomas Jawing, maiia
gers of Judge Calkins late cam
paign, to-day issued a manifesto
denouncing the charge of bribery
by Metcaite as an act ot infamy
the pernicious effects of which
were felt upon some members of
the legislature. Thev say evi
dences of lavish expenditure of
money on the part of Watson C
Souire were very plain, but that
Judge Calkins resorted to no trick
or scheme to secure his election
and comes out of the campaign
without a stain upon his character.
A bill was railroaded through
the house and senate to-day to le
vise a speedy method ol tillin;
vacancies when a member of the
legislature dies during the session.
tpon the death of Representative
Davis it was found that his suc
cessor could not be elected in time
to take his seat during this session
a number ol new Pills were in
troduced.
The opinion is gaining ground
that Kenresentative Metralfe, of
Stevens county, who made a brib
ery charge against Harry A.Clarke,
ill be expelled. At least an
effort will be made to oust lain.
and it has been suggested that he
resign before the storm bursts
rims far Metcalfe has produced no
corroborative evidence, and the
case is still a question of veracity
between the accuser and the ac.
cused. It is likely that the in
vestigation will cost the state be
tween $3000 and 5000. The
committee was instructed to go to
bpokane rails to take testimony.
DREW THE COLOR LINE.
A Washington Legislator Who Ob
jected to Sitting by a "Nigger,"
Olympia, Jan. 23. Representa
tive Samuel Bass, of Whatcom
county, drew the color line at the
performance given by the Henry
burlesque Company ednesdav
night. A number of democratic
representatives were taking in the
show, and William Lynch, Lieutenant-Governor
Laughton's col
ored messenger, took a seat along
side of tfass. 1 he t hatcom man
paid no attention to the matter at
first, but when the other demo
crats guyed him for sitting bv a
"nigger" he got mad, and going to
the box-ollice asked Manager
Hanna to remove the lieutenant-
governor, as he called , J.ynch.
Manager Hanna requested the
messenger to take another seat,
but he refused, saying he hrd as
much right to the seat as any one.
Bass had to submit, an 1 the per
formance went on.
TUB UPPER WILLAMETTE.
Im-
AIO.OOO to Be Expended I
proving the Channel,
Salem, Or., Jan. 23. The cow-
mitt ee appointed last week by the
state 1-oanl of commerce to look
after the improvement of the up
per Willamette, has had a con
ference with Major Handbury.
government engineer, who says he
will at once use an unexpended
government appropriations in
clearing the channel of the upper
river. There remains about ten
thousand dollars, and bv the first
of February he will send up the
government snag boat, which will
be employed in pulling snags be
tween Corvallis ami the Yamhill
river.
Oregon's Finances.
Salem, Or., Jan. 23. The state
treasurer's biennial report shows
that officer to have received in
two years the sum of $2,542,517.77,
including the balance in the treas
ury two years ago of nearly 2-0,-
000. Disbursements during the
same time were $2,30!l,373.4S.
A MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE.
King Kalakaua's Last Address to
Hawailans In a Phonograph.
8an Francisco. Jan. 23. Out
side of a little circle of immediate
friends and the attendants unon
the late King Kalakaua, it has not
been known that for ten days prior
tome monarch s death, a phono
graph stood near the bed-side.
lane explained its use and purpose
to the king, and begged that he
would gKak into the receiver so
that in after years bis people could
hear the advice of their ruler.
The king consented, and talked
into the instrument in his native
tongue. H e spoke slowly and with
some effort for nearly ten minutes,
then he sank back exhausted. On
Wednesday the phonograph oper
ator was sent for. lie removed
the waxen roll and gave it to Col
onel Baker, who has since guarded
it sacredly. Yesterday he took it
back to Honolulu with him. It
has not been read yet, nor will . it
be reitdnniii it Is placed ' in the
instrument on Hawaiian soil. It
will probably play ah important
part in the Hawaiian obsequies.
FINED ?5.
Charles Nlckell Pays tar Printing
a Lottery AdvertiHenieiit.
Portland, Jan. 23. In the
United States district court to-day
Charles Nickrll, proprietor of the
Jacksonville Times, indicted for
advertising the lxuisiaua lotterv
entered a plea of guilty. He testi
tied that the advertisement was
"dead matter" and his foreman
had accidentally placed it in the
forms to fill up.. The court sen
fenced him to pay a fine of $2.
THE COMPANY WINS.
THE SUIT AGAINST THE ORE
GON PACIFIC RAILKOD CO.
Contractors Searle Dean An arded
Practically the Amount Claimed
by the Company.
Portland, Jan. 23. The case of
Searle & Dean vs. the Oregon Pa
cific Railroad Company, which has
occupied the attention of the
I nited States circuit court for the
past few days, was concluded to
day, the jury rendering a verdict
in favor of the plaintiffs for 5t-3.62
over the amount the defendants
admitted to be owing them.
Searle & Dean bad a large contract
from the Oregon Pacific Railroad
Company, and received from them
about $100,000 on the work thev
lid. A dispute arose as to the
amount due, the contractors
alleging that it was somewhere be'
tween $1)0,000 and $70,000, wbilt
the company claimed that it wis
only i41.05. The jury returned
a verdict allowing the plaintiffs
the J'.MM.Oo, whiiii .'he defend-
a its admitted was due them and
the sum of $5C5.i2 fjr extra work,
with interest on lxlh amounts
from January 15, 188:1.
AX IMPORTANT SUIT.
Decision in the Seattle Harbor Line
Cased, Involving Million.
Seattle, Jan. 23. Thecelebrat
ed Seattle harbor cases, involving
over eight million dollars worth
of projerty, were decided in the
superior court to-dav. The s'ate
constitution provides for a harbor
line commission to be appointed
by the governor to locate and es
tablish the harbor lines in cities
fronting on navigable waters.
The lines located included numer-
our wharves, mills, factories, rail
ways and other property built on
piles along Elliott bay in the city
imits of Seattle. A number ot
writs of prohibition were sworn out
in the superior court to prevent
the commission from establishing
the harbor lines located.
Attorney-General Jones, in be
half of the state, moved to quash
the writs of prohibition in order to
enable the commissioners to com
plete their work. The court de
nied the motion to quash the writs
and the case now goes to the su
preme court. Among the plaintiffs
in these cases is Henry L. Yesler,
one ot the pioneers wno home
steaded land on which the bus:ness
center of Seattle now etands. The
Northern Pacific, Puget Sound
Shore, Columbia & Puget Sound
Railways are also piamtiua in
these cases.
A COLLISION.
Train Runs Into a Stage Throw
ing the Occupants Thirty Feet.
M mysvii.le, Cal., Jan. 23.
This morning as the north-bound
freight train left the depot about
six o'clock it struck the Downie-
i lie stasre containing five passen
gers. 1 lie stage was demolished
and the occupants thrown thirty
feet. Several stage pasengr8
were badly hurt. It was dark and
the engineer claims he could not
see the stage. The passengers
sav the bell was not ringing and
charge the engineer with the re-
ponsibility.
The Indians Quiet.
Spokane Falls, Wash., Jan. 23.
General Currv, Colonel J. J,
White and Lieutenant Walters ar
rived in the city this morning
over the Washington Central from
the Okanogan country. General
Curry reported that the Indians
were pacineu, dui oeyonu mis ne
would say nothing until after bis
report to the governor is made.
Drowned at Astoria.
Astoria, Jan. 23. Capt. Allan
P. Warren, of the steamer Be!-
shaw, was drowned in the
hlokomin Thursday afternoon.
MODEST DEMANDS
Of the Farmers Alliance and
Labor Organizations.
NEWS EAST OF THE ROCKIES.
lbs BVirto tbe Throne of Belgian Diet
Under Bntpieioai CircnmiUsoes -Fm&llpox
Epidomio is Teiat.
Washington, Jan. 23. The
Farmers' Alliance and labor or
ganization delegates, in conference -hereto-dayr-adopteri
-and agreed
upon resolutions as a basis of
action under the proposed confed
eration. Tbe resolutions csll for
the abolition of national banks as
banks of issue, and demand the
issuance of legal tender treasuiy
notes in sufficient volume to meet
the business of the country with
out especial advantage to any
class or calling. They favor gov
ernment loans to the people at 2
per cent, interest upon non-perishable
products and also upon real
estate, and demand free and un
limited coinage of silver, national
control and supervision, and if
this does not remove the exisiting
abuses, then governmental owner
ship of telegraph and railroads,
election of senators by tbe direct
vote of the people. Ben Terrill, of
Texas, was elected president and
J. W. Hayes, of Pennsylvania
secretary and treasurer of the con
federation. The amalgamated as
sociation is known as the "confed
eration of industrial organization."
BELGIUM IN MOURNING.
The Heir Apparent to the Throne
Is Dead.
Brussels, Jan. 23. Prince
Baudouin, nephew of King Leo
pold and heir to the throne of
Belgium, died this morning. The
cause is alleged to be bronchitis.
The death has caused a tremend
ous sensation and creates constern
ation in all classes. All sorts of
rumors are in circulation, as the
public was unaware that tbe
prince was ill.
Most alarming rumors are circu
lated on all sides and grow as the
day progresses. It is openly as
serted that the death of the prince
was a reietition of the circum
stances surrounding the death of
Archduke Rudolph, heir to tbe
Austrain throne who met death in
a mvs'criuus manner January 30,
18S!. It is added that a beauti
ful Gennan governess who has
been recently banished from the
Belgian court, by order of King
Leopold, is in some way connected
with the dea'.h of Prince Baudouin.
Kumor also has it that there was
an intrigue between the governess
and the prince and the result of
the liason is said to have been the
birth of a child. In any case, the
leath of Prince Baudouin is sur
rounded by mystery and specula
tion. The court physicians, in
the death certificate, announced
that death was caused by hem
orrhages following a severe at
tack of bronchitis. But these
statements are far from convincing
the people of the real cause of the
leath of rn nee liaudouin, and the
start'.ing rumors already referred
to are popularly believed to be
founded on solid basis.
A SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.
The DMease Spreading la Central
and Southern Texas.
Spokkord, Tex., Jan. 23 Small
pox is becoming epidemic through
the central and southern part of
fexas. The facts have been with
held from the press on account of
the supposed injury to the com
mercial interests of the state.
From the mayor of Sedina, Mo.,
who ia now in this city and who ia
on the closest terms with the offi
cials, we leirn that there are at
least 500 cases of well-developed
smallpox in the city. The hospi
tal haa been converted into a pest-
house. The high school, accom
modating over 000 pupils, was
adjourned indefinitely. Although
every measure has been used to
stop the spread it goes steadily on
claiming new victims. A shotgun
quarantine is not an uncommon
thing in many '.small towns
throughout the state.
A MOTHER'S CRIME.
Caused By a Spiritualist Who Said
Her Husband Was Unfaithful.
Brockton, Mass., Jan. 23.
Edith Anderson, second daughter
of the Anderson fatn.ly, died last
night from the effects of morphine
administered by her mother yes
terday. Two other children are in
precarious condition, ana tue
mother is expected to die at any
time. This morning M. George,
spiritualistic medium, who told
Mrs. Anderson her husband waa
unfaithful to her, which caused
the tragedy, was arrested.
UNH APPY MISSOURI.
The World's Fair May Have to Go
on Without That State.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 23.
A resolution passed the house to
day which declares it as the sense
of the house that no appropriation
be made tor the world e fair while
the election bill is pending in con
gress, and further that nothing be
expended by Missouri should the
force bill become a law.
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