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Newspaper Page TextPROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Friday, Fsbrusry 23. ' I II I L (a It,, till. . I ' paiem, iu. ii,iut uiii criming the UUi buard of Us PoinmlwlonoK u killed In ths sonste by falling to President Haines was presented with it elegantly framed photograph of the tnerutxtrt and olUoere ol th smiate. Tha senate banking bill was passed by the Iichim. Several uiilmxrUnt amendents were made. The senate die- hm. of H buslnets but 12 bills which will I taken up loinitriow morning. Tha normal school question U tha only -vexation they havs on tha labia. Tba house bill appropriating money to pay interest on certificates Issued in 1UUA, when tha appropriation bill wm held up, wm paamtd by tlia senate, amended so tliavt Interest la not to be paid on such osrtilloates at wen dis counted. Tlia senate passed the houia bill ax tending tha law relating hours ol fe mala labor to mercantile establish ment. Anotlirr houaa bill passed by Uia senate gives conductors and engineers authority of sheriffs on trains. Kl(ht hours Is to constitute s day's work In underground ntlnw according to a bill passed by tha house, which tha sonata has already approved. Altogether the annate paused 68 bills today and tlia houaa 26.' Thursday, February 21. Halein. rab. 21 .Tha Normal auhool question la still unsettled and may be panned up to tlia next legislature, noui houses passed a bill providing for a discontinuance ol two normals, but this was vetoed by tha governor. Zuut house have pawed appropriations for Weston and Ashland, and tha aenala for Monmouth. The house paased a bill allowing farmers to burn brush befoie June 1 or after October 1 without obtaining per mits. Tlia house Indefinitely postponed the senate bill for the purchase of tha half block cast of the capltol grounds. The IrrlKatlon code bill waa lndefl ultolv postponed by the bouse. The senate passed Die locks bill ap propriating $3t)O,0U0 for co-operation with the Kedoial government in pur chasing the OrcKon City locks. Land barons were successful In the annate tolay securing the defeat of tlio Coos bay Kraut bill. , The proposed tax laws have passed the house and were favoiably reported to the senate. The house changed the provision for taxes to be paid the cotin tv treasurer to sheriff as at present The senate committee made minor changes in this measure that the house overlooked. All bills looking to the creation of new counties have been killed. The house passed the senate reappor tionment bill snd shortly afterward the senate passed the house bill appropriat ing 20,000 for new buildings at the suite fa r grounds. Jne passage oi the two bills was In the nature of trade. Today the houee passed 27 bills and the senate 13. Wednesdsy, February 20. Salem, Feb. 20. The bill for an ap- propriatlon of $2,500 for the Importa tion of song birds was defeated by the house. 1 House bills for free text books In public schools were killed In the sen ate. The sontae by indefinite postpone ment killed the house bill annexing to Bakei county a part of Grant county The same disposition was made of the bill proposing to create Neamltb county. The bill abolishing the 3 per cent tax rebate waa indefinitely postponed bv the senate. The houso defeated the bill appro priating $25,000 for the construction of a bridge across Snake river near Ontario. Hart's blil to found a state library at Pendleton mot a hasty death in the house. The senate Dossed the house bill ftp proprlating $10,000 for maintenance of the portage road. House members and attaches today presented 8peaker Davey with a gold watch and chain. An adverse report has been made In the senate to compel Southern Oregon land barons to soil their land at (2.60 per acre as provided in the grant. The house passed a bill for the re pair and maintenance of the flshway at Oregon uity. The lolnt resolution providing for recall of publio officers was indefinitely postponed by the house. Thirteen bills were passed by the house today. The senate passed 20 and killed 13. Tuesday, February 19. Salem, Feb. 19. Veto of the $126, 000 nnnronriatlon for the State uni vArnltv was overridden in each house Compulsory passes for publio officials wm mrrlnl over the governor's veto In the house and will be taken up in the senate tomorrow. Tota mtrlltlnnsl annranrlatlon bills were reported to the house by the ways and means committee. One carries $1,000 for making an exhibit of fruits and vegetable grown in this Hate under Irrigation at the National Irrigation congress at Sacramento next Septem ber. ' The other bill carries $09,662, made np of small Items such as caring for es caped Insane patient. : The bill to establish two or more state hospitals for tuberculosis patients was killed In the senate. The senate refused to pass the Smith normal bill over the governor's veto. The senator will endeavor to secure a reconsideration. The senate bill for the purchase of voting machines paased the house. The house passed the senate bill ap propriating $100,000 for the purchase of a site and erection of a house for feeble minded. v Agricultural college Improvements was cut from $76,000 to $00,000 for 1907, and $06,000 for 1008 by the sen ate. The house is working from early morning until midnight In an endeavor to get its calendar cleared by time of adjournment. Today 31 measures were passed, only three falling of pas sage. Monday, February 18. Salem, Feb. 18. The Haines state banking bill passed the senate today It is very lenient, allowing banks to re tire their reserves to 16 per cent of their deposits and 10 per cent of their time demand deposits, only one-tnird necesMirlly to be casn. ; t . -t The house this afternoon paw el the bill repealing the 3 percent rebate for payment of taxes prior to March 16 each year. By unanimous vote the bouse pasted a bill to reimburse Indiau war veterans to the extent of $60,000. A bill appropriating $40,000 to the various charitable institutions of the state was passed by the house. By unanimous vote a pure food bill similar to the Federal statute was psss ed by the boose. Beginning with the second Monday in January,' 1911, the state printer is to be placwl on a flat salary of $4,000 a year If a bill passed by the house today becomes law. The house today passed 43 bills and killed 17. The senate passed 16 bills. Both houses liave adopted a resolu tion to adourn at noon Saturday, Feb ruary 23. The senate has its business well in hand, but the house has an Ira mouse amount to dispose of. Sshirday, Fsbrusry 10. Salem, Fob. 16. By a practically unanimous vote tbe bill requiring old line life insurance companies to create a reserve fund from a certain percent' aga of the premiums received for pol icies passed the bouse this morning. The house today passed a bill to en' able the husband or wife to transfer property that was acquired subsequent to the time the other waa committed to the insans asylum. The house passed the bill creating Nesmith County from that part of Wasco Coanty south of the Deschutes river and tbe north part of Crook jonnty. The per diem and mileage allowance of the members of the house for this session has been made up. The total is $0,705.43. King, of Harney and Mat hour, receives the greatest amount, $120 per diem and $149.10 mileage. Rogers and Reynolds, of Marion, receive the smallest amounts, each getting $120 per illem and 80 cents mileage. PORTLAND MARKETS. Butter Fsncy creamery, 82)35o per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 33c per pound; second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 21 22o per doxon. Poultry Average old hens, 13 K 14o per pound; mixed chickens, 12 13c; spring, 13k314ko; old roosters, 910c; dressed chickens, 14016c; tur keys, live, 1617tc; turkeys, dressed choice, 1820c; geese, live, 10c; ducks, 17(318o. Wheat Club, 69c; blueetem, 71c valley, 69o; red, 67e. Oats No. 1 white, $29; gray, $28.60 Barley Feed, $22.60 per ton; brew' Ing, $23; rolled, $23.6024.50. Jtye $1.45(31.60 per owt. Corn Whole, $24.60; cracked $22.60 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14 16 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $14. Apples Common, 75c$1.25 per box; choice, $1.602.50. Vegetables Turnips,' $11.25 per sack; carrots, $11.26 per sack; beets $1.51.60 per sack; horseradish, 7 8o per pound; sweet potatoes, ia per pound; cauliflower, $2.26 perdoi en; celery, $3.76 perorate; onions,' 10 12Mo per dozen; parsley, 2530e sprouts, 9c; radishes, 25 30c; rhu barb, $1.76 per box; asparagus, 20c per pound. Onions Oregon, $11.25 perewt. Potatoes Oregon Burbanka, fancy, $1.851.50; oommon, 90c$l. ' Vesl Dressed, 6K9o per pound. Beef Dressed bulla, 2H3Xo per pound; cows, country steers, 666io. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8X9o per pound; ordinary, 67o. Pork Dressed, 69o per pound TWENTY KILLED. Heavily Loaded Eleetrle Train Leaves -t the Track,' - . New York, Feb. 18. Slxtesa passen gers were killed outright, four others have died of their Injuries, and at least 60 snore were more or lass seriously Is- Jured Jn the wreck of tbe White Plains and Brewster express on the Harlem division of tbe New York Central Hudson Bivsr railroad, near Woodlawn road in tbe Bronx borough of Greater New York Saturday evening. Tbe train left the Orasd Central sta tion at 6:13 o'clock, drawn by two heavy elsctrie motors, and loaded with matinee crowd and commuters en their way borne from buainesi in the elty. It eonsistsd of a combination baggage and smoking ear, and five eosehes. After stopping at One Hun dred and Twenty-Sftb street, tbe trais waa scheduled to run express to White Plains. At Woodlawn road the four tracks pass through a rough, rocky cut and taks a shsrp curve. When the train reached the curve It was running at a speed estimated at 60 miles an hour. Both motors and the smoking ear swung safely around the curve, but tbe other ears left the rails and plunged over tbe sides with a terriie eraab, tearing up the tracks for a hundred yards before they collapsed. Tbe cause of the wreck has not been officially determined. At Grand Central station there was Inclination to blame the aeeldent to spreading rails, but Ister it waa said that It w believed that the axle of the first passenger coach broke. AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN NEXT Follow Pssssge of Immigration BUI- California'a Cass Wssk. Washington, Feb. 18 The state de partment la awaiting tbe disposition by congress of the pending Immigration bill before proceeding further with the con sideration of tbe Japanese exclusion question. If the bill is enacted, an im' mediate effort will be made to come to formal agreement with the Japanese government that will insure the eon' tinuance of the present policy of that government withholding passports to America to Japanese laborers. 8o far as tbe pending legislation concerned, it is stated that there every reason te believe that it will be acceptable to the Japanese government st any rate, there bas not yet been the slightest sign of disapproval in that quarter. An Interesting fact that has devel oped in the discussion of ths respective rights of state and nation where treaties are Involved is that, in at least one case, the California courts nave taken the most advanced grounds In favor of the supremacy of the treaties, in one instance holding that the treaty rights of aliens to possess real estate could not be destroyed by a state law. LOSSES MADE KNOWN. Firs Insursncs Companies Suffered to Extent of l80,0OO,OOQ. New York, Feb. 18 The committee of the five of the thirty-five insurance eompaniea which acted in unison in set tllng their San Franciaeo losses by fire and earthquake, today made public in this city the list of their net losses by the disaster. The estimated round value of the destroyed or damaged property insured by the 233 companies in San Francisco was $315,000,000, and there was a net Insurance loss of $180,000,000, covered by 102,000 polioiea The gross loss of all kinds by the disaster is est! mated by the committee at $1,000,000,' 000. The 35 companies, in their settle' ments, handled 42,077 claims. The eight largest settlements on Indi vidual buildings were: San Francisco Hotel, $992,200; Fairmount Hotel, $200, 000; Merchants' Exchange, $582,000 Shreve building, $384,497? Spreckeds (Call) builuuin, $515,000; Chronicle building, $480,000; Palace Hotel, $1,265,- 000. Milk Poisoned With Formaldehyde Chicago, Feb. 18. That thousands of infants in Illinois as well as many larger children, are being sent to pre mature graves, is indicated by the spe cial report by State Pure Food Com missioner H. A. Jaynes. Commissioner Schuknueht points out that of 35 cities visitea not one escaped Having sold within its limits milk from unclean and unsanitary cans and vessels or milk not properly strained, showing a deposit of filth, and in 32 of the cities skimmed milk was sold as standard, and was adulterated with formaldehyde, which autnomles pronounce a poison. Signal Honor for Mulkey. Washington, Feb. 18. For half an hour Saturday Senator Mulkey, of Ore gon, presided over the senate, while the Japanese question was under discussion, STORMY TIME NEAR Radical Victory In Eassla for- . tends Violence. B8T9 SIDES HAKE EIRE THREATS Letters Menacing; Reactionary Lead ers Met by Notice of Rstribu tlofi on Democrats. Bt. Petersburg, Feb. 23. The re turns received today were only., from 16 additional electoral districts, bring ing the total number of members of ths dooms elected np to 410, as follows: Uonsrcbists, 76; Moderates, 86 ; Pro gressives, 23; Constitutional Demo crats, 74 j Left Party, 126; National iati, 40; indefinite. 11. Tbe Monarchists made the greatest gains, 12 seats, but they have about attained their fall strength, as an over weighting proportion of the 108 mem' bers yet to be elected will surely be opposition. ' . Tbe results promise a stormy session. The bowling down of ministers will be supplemented by battles royal between the Radicals and tlie aggressive reac tionists under the leadership of M. Kroushevian, the notorious anti-Semite of Kiahfnofl. , ; rr - M. Krousbevian has received many threatening letters, to which the organ of the reactionists, the Bussian Bsnner, replies with a first page notice to the effect that Max Vinaer, Joseph Hessfn, rroreaeor niiaaoit and M. Kiahaveter, the Moscow members ot parliament, all leaders of the Constitutional Demo cratic party, have been selected for retribution in case a hair ot Krousbe vian 's bead is harmed. ' ' - 8AYS TRAFFIC IS DECLINING. Hill Predicts a Gradual Reduction In Business Volume. New York. Feb. 23Jamee J. Hill, president ot tbe Great Northern Bail way company, who has returned from 8L Paul, expressed the conviction yes terday that the tide of prosperity turning and that there are are indica tions of a significant recession in busi ness. Mr. Hill phrased it, "tbe hills of prosperity are being reefed." "General policies of retrenchment are under way,'.' said. Mr. Hill. ."Less money is to be spent on new work. Tbe effect ot this movement is being felt at the present time in the tailing off of orders. The beginning of this move ment is very evident in Chicago. "While I would scarcely call it a re cession in business: it is more of a drawing in. The railroads are curtail ing their expenses and placing . fewer orders. On our lines we will finish the work we have under way, and that is all." , . s FAVORS SAN DOMINGO TREATY Senats Committee Reports on Plan for Collecting Revenue. Washington, Feb. 23. The commit tee on foregin relations today author ited a favorable report on the treaty with Santo Domingo relative to the collection of the revenues of that conn try by Americans. The Demociats voted against the report. The treaty, which later was made public, provides for collection of the revenues of the Dominican tepublic for the benefit of creditors by a general re ceiver and assistants to be appointed by the president of the United States. The sums collected shall be applied as follows: First, to paying the expenses of the receivership; second, to the pay ment of interest upon bonds; third, to the payment of the annual sums pro vided for amortisation of the bonds, in cluding interest upon all bonds held in linking fund; fourth, to the purchase and cancellation or the retirement and cancellation of such bonds as may be directed by the Dominican republic; fifth, the remainder to be paid to the Dominican republic, No Connection With Japan. Washington, Feb. 23 It was stated at the White House today that the con ference held there between the presi dent, Secretary Metcalf and the general board of the navy had no bearing upon the relations between the United States and Japan. . , The statement was made that the name of Japan was not men tioned during the discussion. The con ference, it was further stated, had to do in part with the general question of the personnel of the navy and the advisa bility ot an increase of the strength of the entire navy. Predicts War for Markets. Chicago, Feb. 23. "The time is coming when our manufactures will outgrow the country and men may be turned out of the factories," said Sec retary of the Treasury Shaw in an ad dress last night. "One .of these fine dya we are going to have an excess' Ot manufactures," he said. "Then the world will not come after our manufactures. FRISCO BUILDING. UP. Music of Saw ana Hammer Continues Night and Day. Ban Francisco, Feb. 19 8aa Fran cisco, after all, is sot going to allow tba opportonitles for eiris betterment brought about by tbe earthquake aad V firs to go entirely neglected, A begin ning, feeble enough though it be, has . been made. Several of tbe downtown - streets are to be widened. ' The heavy teaming snd ths congestion brought about where building is progressing have moved tbe board of supervisors to decree that portions of ths sidewalks must be sacrificed to the thoroughfares. While this in itself is of importance for tbe future San Francisco, its greatest significance lies in the fact that it has met with general approval and repre sents tbe first signs of a willingness to make sacrifices for the city that is to be. The magnificent programme of wid ened streets, parks and squares outlined ror ins city wane tne embers still glowed is a gradually passing vision, but those who unselfishly love San Fran cisco still have hope that part of the great plan at least will be realized. The street widening is the first ray of hope. A walk about the burned section shows that a wonderful amount of re building bas been accomplished. Sine the first of May new buildings to tbe value or S45,uuu,ooo nave been begun. Plans are being drawn for a like smoant In every ease the structures are erected under rush orders. , In sev eral instances work has continued night and day. The streets resound with tbe sound of the piledriver, the saw and he hammer by night as well as bv dar. The last traces of gloom have given war to an abiding faith. (HVIUUUVH WIUIUHHV DM JBVUVU . a hnllatin bMrinff on the nonnlalum af San Francisco at the present time. The committee, after figuring by various methods, comes to ths conclusion that the city now contains 428,000 persons. Before the fire the committee figured that the population of the eity was 500,000. The figures of ths Southern Pacific agree almost exactly with those of the promotion committee. Due al lowance, however, must be made for tha seal of both bodies, and a fair and con servative estimate of the city's popu lation would place it at about 400,000. STATEHOOD STRIKES 8NAG. Farmers Are Wearying of Oklahoma i Constitutional Convention. . . Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 19Anxious to get busy with their plowing and fearing they .will not receive pay for a long time, if ever, for their attendance on the constitutional convention, many of the farmer delegates have scattered to their . homes, intimating that they will not return unless it is to vote for the document as a whole when it is com pleted by the few men in control of tha convention.;:.: 'V. I '.-: f ', - ' . ;.' The expense of the convention to date above the $100,000 appropriation made by congress is nearly $150,000. Pay of the delegates has stopped, and if congress does no come to the rescue with an additional appropriation, some of the delegates will be in a bad way, as they cannot afford to stay longer at their own expense. ; Advices are com ing in from the state that citizens here and there are subscribing to funds to end the delegates back to their jobs. Neighborly farmers who do not wish to see the convention entirely in the hands of the lawyers, the politicians and the urban element, have promised to take care of the farm work of the rural statesmen. The daily attendance at the session is now less than 75 per cent of the 122 delegates,' and many of those still here sit sullenly nr their seats and let the leaders run things to suit themselves. Prominent delegates from Indian Ter ritory and aome from Oklahoma are openly charged with a plot to defeat statehood entirely by drawing up a con stitution that will be rejected by the people at the election next August. Those Involved in tbe alleged plot have been against making one state out of the two territories for political reasona Dis affection has now begun to pervade the democratic members as well as those on the republican side, and charges of bossism have become so persistent that, there is apprehension the convention may break up. . u . .- Snow Assures Heavy Crops. Ellensburg, Wash., Feb. 19 If the heavy snow goes off gradually crops this year will be the largest in the his tory of Kittitas "valley. "Baled bay is now selling at $23 a ton. ' Loose hay, alfalfa, is worth from $13 to $18 a ton in tbe field. Potatoes are worth $30 a ton. The Northern Pacific, owing to shortage of cars and equipment, is un able to handle freight inward or out ward bound, causing thousands of dol lars loss to the railroad company and to the people, Kansas May Give 876,000. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 19 A bill appro priating $75,000 for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition waa introduced in ths senate this morning by the commit tee on ways and means. The exposition is to be held In Seattle In 1909, and tha appropriation is to cover the cost of a building and making an exhibit far Kansas.