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PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE STORMY TIME NEAR Friday, February 22. Balom, Fob. 22. The bill creating the state board of tax commissioners was killed in the senate by failing to XUHH. President Ilainos was presented with an elegantly framed photograph of the members and oflleorn of the senate. The Honate banking bill was passed by the house. Several unimportant 'amondontB were made. The Benate dis posed of all business but 12 bills which will be taken up tomorrow morning. The normal school question is the only vexation thoy have on the table. The houso bill appropriating money to pay interest on eortidcates issued in 1905, when the appropriation bill was held up, was passed by the senate, amended so that interest is not to be paid on such certificates as were dis counted. The senate passed the house bill ex tending the law regulating hours of fe male labor to mercantile establish ment;. Another house bill passed by the senate gives conductors and engineers authority of sheriffs on trains. Eight hours is to constitute a day's work in underground mlnss according to a bill passed by the house, which the senate has already approved. Altogether the senate passed 68 bills today and the house 20. Thursday, February 21 Salem. Feb. 21. The Normal school question is still unsettled and may be passed up to the next legislature. Both houses passed a bill providing for a discontinuance of two normals, but this was vetoed by the governor. Both houses have passed appropriations for Weston and Ashland, and the senate for Monmouth. The house passed a bill allowing farmers to burn brush before June 1 or after October 1 without obtaining per mits. The house indefinitely postponed the senate bill for the purchase of the half block east of the capitol grounds. The irrigation code bill was indefi' nitely postponed by the house. The senate passed the locks bill ap propriating $300,000 for co-operation with the Federal government in pur chasing the Oregon City locks. Land barons were successful In the .senate today securing the defeat of the Coos bay grant bill The proposed tax laws have passed the house and were favorably reported to the senate. The house changed the provision for taxes to be paid the coun ty treasurer to sneritt 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 and shortly afterward the senate passed the house bill appropriate ins 120.000 for new buildings at the state fair grounds. " The passage of and vegetabes grown in this state under irrigation at the National Irrigation congress at Sacramento, next September. The other bill carries $06,552. made TWENTY- KILLED,; Heavily Loaded Electric Train Leaves the Track, New York. Feb, 18. Sixteen Hansen- gcrs were killed outright, four others Ratal VICtON ill RQSSla PuT' nave Uiea oi meir mjuiicn, uuu at leasi 50 more were more or less seriously in jured in the wreck of the White Plains and Brewster express on the Harlem tends Violence. up of small items such as caring for es- division of the New York Central , & caped Insane patients. The bill to establish two or more state hospitals for tuberculosis patients was killed in the senate. The senate refused to pass the Smith norma) bill over the governor's veto. The senator will endeavor to secure a reconsideration. The senate bill for the purchase of voting machines passed 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. Agricultural college improvements was cut from $75,000 to $00,000 for 1907, and $65,000 for 1908 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 failing of pas sage. Monday, February 18 fialm. Fflh. 18. The Haines state banking bill passed the senate today, yards before they collapsed. It is very lenient, allowing banks to re- The cause of the wrecK nas not Been duce their reserves to 15 per cent of officially determined. At Grand Central their deposits and 10 per cent of their station there was inclination to blame time demand deposits, only one-third tho acci(ent to spreading rails, but necessarily to be cash. later it was said that it was believed ine nouse mis aiiernoon paste i wie the two bills was in the nature of a trade. Todav the house passed 27 bills and the senate 13. Wednesday, February 20. Salem, Feb. 20. The bill lor an ap pronriation of $2,500 for the importa tion of song birds was defeated by the house House bills for free text books in Dublic schools were killed in the sen ate. The sentae by indefinite postpone' ment killed the house bill annexing to Baker county a part of Grant county The same disposition was made of the bill proposing to create Nesmith county. The bill abolishing the 3 per cent tax rebate was indefinitely postponed bv the senate The house defeated the bill appn priating $25,000 for the construction of & bridge across Snake river near Ontario. Hart's blil to found a state library at Pendleton met a hasty death m the house. The senate passed the house bill ap propriating $10,000 for maintenance of the portage road. House members and attaches today presented Speaker Davey with a gold watch ana cnain. An adverse report has been made in the senate to compel Southern Oregon land barons to sell their land at $2.50 per acre as provided in the grant. . . n 1.211 4. u rue house passea a uiu ior mo re pair and maintenance of the fishway at Oregon City. The joint resolution providing for a recall of public officers was indefinitely postponed by the house. Thirteen bills were passed by the house today. The Benate passed 20 and killed 13. Tuesday, February 19. Salem, Feb. 19. Veto of- the $125, 000 appropriation for the State uni versity was overridden in each house today. Compulsory passes for public officials was carried over the governor's veto in the house and will be taken up in the senate tomorrow. Hudson Biver railroad, near Woodlawn road in the Bronx borough of, Greater New York Saturday evening. The train left the Grand Central sta tion at 6:13 o'clock, drawn by two heavy electric motors, and loaded with matinee crowd and commuters on their way home from business in the city. It consisted of a combination baggage an'd smoking car, and five coaches. After stopping at One Hun dred and Twenty-fifth street, the train BOTH SIDES MAKE DIRE THREATS Letters Menacing Reactionary Lead ers Met by Notice of Retribu tion on Democrats. St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. There turns received today were only from 15 additional electoral districts, bring' ing the total number of members of the was scheduled to run express to White dou ma elected up to 410, as follows: Plains. At Woodlawn road the four tracks pass through a rough, rocky cut and take a sharp curve. When the train reached the curve it was running at a speed estimated at do miles an hour. Both motors and the smoking Monarchists, 75; Moderates, 35; Pro' gressives, 26; Constitutional DemO' crats, 74; Left Party, 125; National ists, 40; indefinite, 11. The Monarchists made the greatest gains, 12 seats, but they nave about attained their full strength, as an over weighting proportion of the 108 mem- surely be car swung safely around the curve, but the other cars left the rails and plunged Dera ye 10 be elected will nvnr the aides with a terrific crash. PPsuion. tearing up the tracks for a hundred bill repealing the 3 per cent rebate for payment of taxes prior to March 15 each year. By unanimous vote the house passed a bill to reimburse Indiau war veterans to the extent of $50,000. A bill appropriating $40,000 to the various charitable institutions of the state was passed by the house. was that the axle coach broke. of the first passenger AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN NEXT. The results promise a stormy session. The bowling down of ministers will be supplemented by battles royal between the Radicals and the aggressive reaC' tionists under the leadership of M Kroushevian, the notorious anti-Semite of Kishineff . M. Kroushevian has received many threatening letters, to which the organ of the reactionists, the Russian Banner replies with a first page notice to the effect that Max Vmaer, Joseph Hessen Professor Milukoff and M. Kishaveter, the Moscow members of parliament, all leaders of the Constitutional DemO' cratic party, have been selected for retribution in case a hair of Kroushe vian's head is harmed. SAYS TRAFFIC IS DECLINING. Hill Follow Passage of Immigration Bill- California's Case Weak. Washington. Feb. 18. The state de By unanimous vote a pure food bill partment is awaiting the disposition by imilar to the Federal statute was pass- onryrrraaa nf fllfl nmAinir immigration bill V V. - 1 I " n ou ujr mo mmoc. .... Mn nrnr-BAfliiKT further with thn con- Beginning with the second Monday . in uauuaLYi ion. mo DiauQ wiiuuci id to be-placed on a flat salary of $4,000 a question. If the bill is enacted, an inv year if a bill passed by the house today mediate effort will be made to come to becomes law. a formal agreement with the Japanese The house today passed 4d bills and government that will insure the con in -I mi . 1 an 1 I 1 IO killed 11. me senate passed 10 dhib. f5nan tha T.r0.nt. li.v nf that Both houses have adopted a reeolu- . .tvfc1,1!n tion to aaiourn at noon Saturday, reD- , , r ,.. M Tha 00nr.a WH H rmHinBf. America to Japanese laborers. v i;it!. s well in hand, but the bouse has an im- no iar as m peuumg uu. mense amount to dispose of . concerned, it is stated that there is every reason, to believe that it will be Dracticallv acceptable to the Japanese government; are under way," said Mr. Hill. "Less at any rate, mere nas not yet Deeu me uiuiicjr in wj uo opcm uon num. mo slightest sign of disapproval in that effect of this movement is being felt at . the present time in the falling off " I nrAara Tho hpoinninc nf t.hifl mnve. a (..i ti.nt i.. .Wnl. e nitciconng "Mment is verv evident in Ch caeo. oped in the discussion or tne respective while I would scarcely call it a re Predicts a Gradual Reduction in Business Volume. New York, Feb. 25 James J. Hill president of the Great Northern Rail way company, who has returned from St. Paul, expressed the conviction yes' terday that the tide of prosperity is turning and that there are are mdica tions of a significant recession in busi ness. Mr. Hill phrased it, "the hills of prosperity are being reefed "General policies of retrenchment Saturday, February 16. Salem. Feb. 16 By a unanimous vote the bill requiring old line life insurance companies to create a reserve fund from a certain percent age of the premiums received for pol icies passed the house this morning. The house today passed a bill to en able the husband or wife to transfer rights of state and nation where treaties cession in business: it is more of property tnat was acquired suDsequeni . involved is that in at ieast one drawing in. The railroads are curtail L,:"To "ier" Cn """" case, the California courts have taken ing their expenses and placing fewer vu .. .. .. - , . . I On mil. 1 naa n,a mill rri, i.n.. n...j a .,n anut nn thn tnoHt. SLcivanppri frrniinriH in ravnr ni umcm. uuv imvu Nesmith County from that part of the supremacy of the treaties, in one the wrk we have under way and vyasco uouniy souin oi we iescnuws instance holding that the treaty rights """ nvci mum Lii n ii vii lu uaii ii vjiuuu i ... ... . . t of aliens to possess real estate could not FAVORS SAN DOMINGO TREATY The per diem and mileage allowance be destroyed by a state law, of the members of the house for this finish that session has been made up. The total is $9,705.45. King, of Harney and Mal heur, receives the greatest amount, $120 per diem and $149.10 mileage. Rogers and Reynolds, of Marion, receive the smallest amounts, each getting $120 per diem and 30 cents mileage. LOSSES MADE KNOWN. PORTLAND MARKETS Butter Fancy creamery, 32)35c per pound. Oregon ranch, 21 22c Senate Committee Reports on Plan for Collecting Revenue Washington, Feb. 2o. The commit tee on foregin relations today author' ized a favorable report on the treaty with Santo Domingo relative to the collection of the revenues of that coun try by Americans. voted against the report. The treaty, which later was made FRISCO BUILDING UP. Music of Saw and Hammer Continues Night and Day. San Francisco, Feb. 19. San Fran cisco, after all, is not going to allow the opportunities for civic betterment brought about by the earthquake and fire to go entirely neglected. A begin ning, feeble enough though it be, has been made. Several of the downtown streets are to b'e widened. The heavy teaming and the Congestion brought about where building is progressing have moved the board of supervisors to decree that portions of the sidewalks must be sacrificed to the thoroughfares. While this in itself is of importance for the future San Francisco, its greatest significance lies in the fact that it has met with general approval and repre sents the 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 for the city while the 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 want about tne burned section shows that a wonderful amount of re building has been accomplished Since tne first of May new buildings to the value of $45,000,000 have been begun. Plans are being drawn for a like amount. In every case the structures are erected under rush orders. In sev eral instances work has continued night and day. The streets resound with the sound of the piledriver, the saw and .he hammer by night as well as by day. The last traces of gloom have given way to an abiding faith. lne promotion committee has issued a bulletin bearing on the population of San Francisco at the present time. The committee, after figuring by various methods, comes to the conclusion that the city now contains 428,000 persons. Before the fire the committee figured that the population of the city was 500,000. The figures of the Southern Pacific agree almost exactly with those of the promotion committee. Due al lowance, however, must be made for the zeal 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 SNAG. Fire Insurance Companies Suffered to Extent of $180,000,000 New York, Feb. 18 The committee of the five of the thirty-five insurance companies which acted in unison in set' tling their San Francisco losses by fire earthnuake. todav made tmblic in public, provides for collection of the jjuulci j. a m: ii ou Kiauo wicaixi 7Dv ' " . K . - . 4 - , , ,, ii. nr nrmml : second trmdn nmam. 2o 1 this citv the list of their net losses by revenues of the Dominican lepuDiic ior abIumtaJ nit HomflnnH nilnnavrv vu" v x L . Wi mD uonuu v.-.-b r-r-v president of the United States insured by the idi companies in n Tha BumfJ colected Bhall be applied as Francisco was $diD,uuu,uuu, and tnere f0nows: First, to oav ng the expenses was a net insurance loss of $180,000,000, 0f the receivership; second, to the pay covered by 102,000 policies. The gross ment of interest upon bonds; third, to loss of all kinds by the disaster is esti- the payment ot the annual sums pro. k.. ti, nmit.t.a 1 nnnnnn . vided for amortization of the bonds, in J iii n,-,Arf mfkraar. nnnn all hAn H a halH in UlUUJllg lllUVlOU WVWll Ull Farmers Are Wearying of Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19. Anxious 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 the convention. 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 send the delegates back to their jobs. Neighborly farmers who Eggs per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 13 14c per pound; mixed chickens, 12 13c; spring, 13146c; old roosters, 910c; dressed chickens, 1415c; tur keys, live, 1617)c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 1820c; geese, live, 10c; ducks, 1718c. 000. The 35 companies, in their settle- Wheat - Club, 69c; bluestem, 71c; Lents, handled 42.077 claims. 11 nr-. 1 n . - - I ' ' vaiiey, owe; reu, oc. Oats No. 1 white, $29; gray, $28.50. Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.50 24.50. Rye $1.451.50 per cwt. Corn Whole, $24.50; cracked, $22.50 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14 building. $480,000; Palace Hotel, $1,265, 10 per con; eastern uregon iimotny, 00n H(3i8; ciover, f; cneai, f; grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $14. Apples Common, 7oc$l.zo per box; choice, $1.502.50. Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per sack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7 So per pound; sweet potatoes, 3c per pound; cauliflower, $2.25 perdoz en; celery, $3.75 per crate; onions, 10 per dozen; parsley, 2530c; within its limits milk from unclean and sprouts, 9c; radishes, 2530c; rhu- unsanitary cans and vessels or milk not sinking fund; fourth, to the purchase and cancellation or the retirement and The eight largest settlements on indi- cancellation of such bonds as may be vidual buildings were: Ban Francisco Hotel, $992,200; Fairmount Hotel, $200, 000; Merchants' Exchange, $582,000; Shreve building, $384,497;. Spreckeds (Call) building, $515,000; Chronicle directed by the Dominican republic; fifth, the remainder to be paid to the Dominican republic. 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 tne spe cial report by State Pure Food Com- A. Jaynes. uommissioner 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 do not wish The Demociats to see the convention entirely in tne hands of the lawyers, tne 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 in their seats and let the leaders run things to suit themselves. Prominent delegates from Indian Ter ritory and some 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 the alleged plot have been against making one state out of the two territories for political reasons. .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. IJllOOlUllCl XX, O.. tTllva. vuillllDOluuci I , . ... . . . , ,1 Schuknucht points out that of 35 cities Pa" la. l,ne 8eneral question , visited not one escaped naving sold prBUUU01 ul W1D "n,Jr nuu Dliliy oi an increase ui uie uueugiu ui barb, $1.75 per box; asparagus, 20c per pound. Onions Oregon, $11.25 per cwt. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1.351.50; common, 90c$l. Veal Dressed, 5)9c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, zxmiy&c per properly strained, showing a deposit of filth, and in 82 of the cities skimmed milk was sold as standard, and was adulterated with formaldehyde, which authorities pronounce a poison. the entire navy. Signal Honor for Mulkey. Washington, Feb. 18. For half an hour Saturday Senator Mulkey, of Ore- pound; cows, 45c; country 1 nnnrnnriation bills . steers. 5 Wtf&GWc. were reported to the house by the ways Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8)9c per gn presided over the senate, while and means committee. One carries 'pound; ordinary, 67c. the Japanese question was under discus il OOO for making an exhibit of fruits Pork Dressed, 69c per pound. Ision. 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 dys we are going to have an excess of manufactures," he said. "Then the world will not come after pur manufactures. Snovtr 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 hay is now selling at $22 a ton. Loose hay, alfalfa, is worth from $12 to $16 a' ton in the 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 $76,000. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 19. A bill appro priating $75,000 for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was introduced in the senate this morning Dy tne commit tee on ways and means. The exposition is to be held in Seattle in 1909, and the appropriation is to cover the cost of a building and making an exhibit for Kansas. T -1 w I