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WILL COLLECT DUTIES. ON l*o««es»iou Hou»». Entire Group of Philippines to Be Ours. SENATOR HANNA’S STATEMENT Cndoubtedly Expreg.e. the View, of the President—Quextlon of n Govern inent for the I.land. Kemains. "Ì A Cleveland, Oct. 3.—The Leader has from its Washington correspondent the following interview with Senator Hanna concerning the Philippine question, which is believed to represent the views of President McKinley: “I do not know what the instructions given to our peace commissioners are," said Mr. Hanna, “but so far as con cerns tne negotiations which will be instituted in Paris tomorrow, I can see no other result than that Spain will have to relinquish her sovereignty over not only Luzon island, but the entire Philippine archipelago. Spain has no reason to expect to be able to retain any portion of the group. She went into the war and lost, and now ought to be prepared to suffer the conse quences which such a defeat implies. I regard the Philippines as lost to Spain, and, being a foregone conclu sion, in my opinion the problem which next confronts us relates to the form of government which we will give tlie i islands. “When the Philippine question fiiet presented itself, there was a strong sentiment among conservative, far-see ing ami thinking men in this country, which favored the retention by the United States of merely a naval base and coaling station in the islands—this base presumably being Manila and the Ibay contiguous thereto. Since then, however, this sentiment apparently has "undergone a very marked change, and it now appears that, for the most part, these same men who at first believed we should occupy Manila alone are ad vocating the termination of Spanish rule in the whole group. “Aside from the fact that the general sentiment of the oouutry seems to against returning any of the islands to Spain, the United States is under obli gation to the insurgents to establish a stable and enlightened form of govern ment throughout the entire archipelagoi. When the war broke out, the Philip pine insurrectionists became, in a oer- tain sense, the allies of the Americans, and it is, therefore, onr moral duty to see to it that they are assured safe and civilized rule; and until the United States determines in just what manner the Philippines ultimately shall be gov erned, we necessarily will have to con sider the Filipinos our wards. “During this transition period the United States will be called upon to ■exercise a primitive, or rather arbi trary, form of control over the islands, and continue it until congress finally •evolves a system of government. In Other words, it seems to me we will have to maintain a temporary protec torate over the archipelago, and this will be accomplished by means of the army and navy now in the Philippine waters. "What will be the ultimate fate of the islands is, of course, a problem of the future. Whether the Philippines will become an independent nation or a colony of the United States, or whether a long-time American protec torate will be established, will be a subject for congress to decide. “It is well understood that Spain must abide by the verdict of our peace commissioners, whatever that may prove to be, for she is in no fit condi tion to renew the conflict which bus re sulted so disastrously to her. She has no reason to expect that onr commis sioners will agree to any proposition which contemplates the continuation of Spanish control over any part or all of the group. I feel confident that we will have no further trouble in an armed way with Spain. The only ob stacle with which we may have to con tend is the opposition of the insurgents to our plans." A REIGN OF TERROR. Pana Look« for Another Bloody Buttle Between Strikers and Deputies, 4 > Pana, Ill., Oct. 3. — Last night was a terrorizing one for the people of Pana. Two-thirds of the residences were unoc cupied. Each house occupied contained groups of families. In some cases, all the resi<lents of an entire block spent the dark hours in one home, armed, terrorized and awaiting attacks expect ed to be made on their homes by the negroes imported from Alabama. All night the striking union miners, reinforced by brother miners from other towns, armed with shotguns and rifles, paraded the streets or lay in ambush on housetops and in alleys awaiting the coming of blacks from the Spring- eide and Penwell stockades, who had announced their intention to march I into the city and drive out the whites. But the deputy sheriffs were successful in keeping the negroes within the stockades. Many shots were fired in the vicinity of the mines throughout the night, but with what result could not be ascer tained. Many visiting miners, heavily i armed, arrived today, and later, with 200 local miners, left the city for Shelhv county, three miles east, to in tercept a train said to be oonveying 60 negro miners to Pana to take union men’s places. Sheriff Coburn, in wiring for the troop, last evening, reported one black killed in Wednesday's riot, and several wounded. Mayor Penwell, son of Operator Pen i well, s|W*nt last night in the stockade. He said he was afraid of being mobbed by the miners, and his father and mother have left the citv. I Washington, Oct. 8.—The cab meeting today was devoted largely to matters of detail in connection with the formation of the army which will lie sent to Cuba. Reports were read to the effect that by October 15 danger frotu yellow fevet will iiave passed, and it is understood the movement of troops will be begun about that time. The conduct of the Spanish customs officers at Havana is very unsatisfactory to the president, and it is said to bo decided to take possession of the cus toms-house there at an early date, and administer affaire under the regula tions prescribed by this government. There was also some consideration of the subject of mustering out a com paratively large number of general officers of the volunteer army, to meet mustering out of regiments already or dered. Instructions were given to the two commissions now sitting in the West Indies to provide, it is stated, for the actual occupation of Porto Rico iu ad vance of Cuba. A Military Telegraph Line. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 3.—Captain Brady, of the United States signal corps, has been ordered to begin the constiuction of an overland telegraph line from Guantanamo, via Santiago de Cuba, to Manzanillo. The line is to be used principally for the transmis sion of government dispatches, although commercial messages will be accepted. The present oost of transmission of messages by telegraph from Guantana mo to Santiago is 20 cents a word up to 30 words, and 12 cents for each ad- ditional word. Schools were opened today, The at* tendance will be compulsory, English will be taught. Thirty teachers at a salary of $60 a month each, and the su perintendent, at $125 a month, have been engaged. ACCIDENT IN A MINE. Thirty Men Miraculously Escape Death in Idaho. Wallace, Idaho, Oct. 3.—Thirty men working the night shift in No. 4 tun nel of the Morning mine had an almost miraculous escape from death early this morning, when 850 pounds of dynamite in a magazine exploded. The first re port to reach here was that eight dead and wounded had been recovered, and that smoke was still too thick to per mit the rescuers to get fartherback, where it was feared the impiisoned men were all dead, either from the di rect results of the explosion or from the gasses generated by it. Latei it was learned that not a man had been killed or seriously injured, the only casualty being the killing of a borse used to haul out the ore. Most of the men walked out, although some oi them were so stunned by the explosion or overcome by smoke and gas that they had to lie helped. A number ol them were stunned by the ooncussion, and one, Captain Woods, fell onto his candle, burning his face severely be fore he recovered consciousness suffi ciently to get from over the flame. It is not known what caused the explo sion, no one being near the magazine at the time. That no one was injured was purely a piece of luok. BRUTAL CRIME IN TEXAS. Woman. Aided by Her Paramour, Mur der* Her Old Husbaud. Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 3.—Word has been received here of an attocious murder recently committed on Porter’s creek, near El Campo, Tex. Tlie mur dered man was Otto Hannes, an old German farmer, who, it ie claimed, was murdered by his wife and Julius Harmes, iiis nephew. The information comes became infatuated with Mrs. Harmes and they decided to put the old farmer out of the way. It is said Julius hit him on the head with an ax one night when he was sleeping, and, assisted by Mrs. Harmes, dragged the body to a cornfield, piled brush over it, and start ed a fire. The story further says that Julius and Mrs. Harmes returned the next morning to find the fire had gone out and Harmes was alive, but unconscious, and that they then piled cornstalks over him and burned him to a crisp, after which they buried his remains. Both have since been arrested. Terrific Storm in «Japan. San Francisco, Oct. 3.—The steamer Gaelic, from China and Japan, brings news of a terrific storm, which swept over Japan September 6, doing much damage to shipping. Heavy rains fell, and the rivers became raging torrents. A summary of tlie loss of life and property follows: Deaths, 250; houses swept away, 164; hoases overthrown, 1,195; partially wrecked, 1,460; houses inundated, 15,577; river banks broken, 78. The heaviest lose of life occurred in the prelecture of Kofu. This section also showed otiier losses greater in comparison with any other, but Aichi prefecture suffered greater loss of prop erty. Coming of thr Obrtain. Washington, Oct. 3.—Tne following was received at the war department: “Ponce, Oct. 3.—Olxlam sailed to- ■ lay with 191 convalescents, 104 dis- charged soldiers and teamsters. ‘ ’BROOKE. ’ ’ Shot and Killed by m Friend. Baker City. Or., Oct. 3.—Wednesday night Jack Weaver shot and killed William McKinnon, aged 21, at Burns. McKinnon and his companion had at tempted to play a jokfc on Weaver by leading him out of a saloon as though he needed to be eecdfted home. Just is they reached the door, Weaver, with- out a moment's warning, drew a revol ver and shot McKinnon, who was a brother of Sheriff McKinnon, of Har ney county. Sheriff McKinnon, with a posse, is in close pursuit of Weaver. Good Miles Takes the Part of the Volunteers. DISEASE THEIR WORST ENEMY State Troops Did Not Suffer Through Their Own Fault—A Gross Insult to 330.000 Brave Meu. Chicago, Oct. 1.—The Daily News' Washington special snvs that General Miles, at tlie reception given at his house last night to hie comrades of the Medal of Honor Legion, denounced as false the claim that volunteer officers and soldiers were themselves responsi ble for the sickness in the camps. “The volunteer troops of the United States in the war with Spain,” said he, “were as brave and as patiiotic a body of soldiers as ever took the field in any campaign tlie world has ever seen. The battles they fought were won as gallantly as any recorded in histoiy. And yet the peril which our soldiete had most cause to dread was not bullets but disease, which swept over our camps and destroyed hundreds where bullets killed one. Our sol diers entered into the fever-stricken camps as they went up the hill in the face of the enemy—with a courage and devotion that must open to them the glorious pages of history. "Those who say that theeo men sickened and died because they wished to; those who blame the soldiers and officers of our army for dieeaee and death that devastated the camps and thinned tlie ranks; those who assert that our soldiers suffered through their own fault, insult 250,000 of the brav est meu that ever carried arms beneath tlie sun. “These men did not suffer and die because they liked it, and whoever says they did insults our aruiv and the men who offered it It is an affront to reason. I bavo nothing to say of the blame for the death of those brave meu. " ARMY First OF OCCUPATION. Division to Garrison Cuba Has Been Formed. Washington, Oct. 1.—The public order forming the First division for the occupation of Oul>a does not designate the major-general who will command it, but states that the division will be temjiorarily commanded by the senior officer on duty until a permanent divi sion commander is chosen by the presi dent. The division is of three brig- ades, as follows: Cavalry brigade, composed of the Seventh and Eighth United States cav airy, to be commanded by Brigadier- General L. H. Caipeutei, United States volunteers. The First infantry brigade, composed of the Fifteenth United States infantry and the Fourth United States volun teer infantry, to be commanded by Brigadier-General Simon Snyder, United States volunteers. Second infantry brigade, composed of the First United States infantry and the Sixth United States volunteer in fantry, to be commanded by Brigadier- General B. E. Williston, United States volunteers. These troops, with the exception of the Fifteenth infantry, are under or ders to go to Huntsville. Ala., and the Fifteenth will probably be expected there soon. It has been generally sup posed that the division would lie com manded by General Wade, who is now in Cuba as chairman ot the military commission. The following is the order as issued today: ' “Adjutant-General’s Office, Wash ington, Oct. 1.—By direction of the secretary of war, the Fourth United States volunteer infantry detachment from the Seventh army corps will be placed in readiness for immediate serv ice in Cuba, pursuant to general orders 149, current series, from his office, and pioceed, fully armed and equipped, to take station at Manzanillo, the com manding officer reporting his arrival by telegraph to Major-General Wade, United States volunteers, Havana, who will give instructions as to its duty and disposition. “By oommand Major-General Miles. “H. C. CORBIN, “Adjutant-General.” Newfoundland’! Trouble«. St. John's, Newfoundland, Oct. 1.— The British commissioners, Sir John Bramston, Sir James Erskine and Lord Westmeath, to investigate the French treaty rights in Newfoundland, have completed their inquiry into the opera tion of the French treaties on the northwest coast of the island. At Bonne hay they will begin an investi gation of the trouble arising in connec tion with the lobster and herring fish eries. They report that extreme dis tress exists among the fishermen on the northeast coaet, owing to the failure of the fisheries. Rear-End Collision. Seattle, Oct. 1.—A rear-end collision between an extra freight and a work train occurred this morning on the Northern Pacific at Maywood aiding. Engineer Beaumont, of the freight train, was killed. America's Friendly Offer. New York, Oct. 1.—A dispatch to the Herald from Montevideo says: It is officially stated here that the United States minister offered to Uruguay the protection of his government for the maintenance of neutrality in case of a war between Chile and Argentina. An American «yndicate established here for the exportation of cattle has an nounced that an American commission will soon arrive to study various ques tions, principally the Montevideo har bor. AMERICAN Deport* Brought Y tikouer». RIVER. DOWN Port Townsend, Get. 1.—The bark Hayden Brown, 15 days from St. Michaels, arrived tonight, bringing 79 passengers from the various mining sections of the Yukon basin. About 2o are direct from Kotzebue sound, having left that section as late as Sep tember 6. All confirm previous re ports of no gold being found on the sound. E. H. Sullivan, ex-judge of Whit- man county, is among those returning from the Yukon country. He spent 14 months in searching for gold and bus visited nearly every mining camp on the Yukon. He speaks in the high est praises of the prospects of American river and its tributaries. Bluff,Marion, Canyon, Gravel, Discovery, ¡Caribou aud Dome creeks. On American river, 85 claims have been located and are being worked, and on its tributaries, 200 more claims have been worked dur ing the summer, some of them being quite rich, No. 4 yielding $100 per day to the man, but it was not worked long owing to high water. Discovery gulch has made the best showing in the pro duction of gold, having been more ex- tensivley worked and being more favor ably situated. Eaglo City is the outfitting point for American river and tributaries and it is rapidly becoming a formidable liva) to Dawson. Already thia summer 300 cabins have been erected. The United States government has established there a military post of 70 men and a cus tom-house. There are about 600 men in that immediate vicinity, and during the summer there has not been a single oaee of sickness. P. J. Tuohy, of Chicago, has spent the season at Circle City. He reports about 700 men working in that dietriot and that claims are yielding well. Wages are $10 per day. The Koyukuk river conntiy is an other dismal failure, according to re ports brought down. It is claimed there are about 40 small stoamere on that stream and 400 men were lured there by reported strikes, but thus far I nothing has been found. Many are starting out, while others are going into winter quarters. Just before leaving that district a re port came down the river that a rich strike had been made 900 miles np the stream, but no credit was given to it. UNFORTUNATE TO BUSINESS. D owd PROSPECTORS. Eight Minera Lost Their Lives on Kot- sebue Sound. San Francisoo, Oct 1.—Charles E. Watson, a mining man of Carson City, who has arrived here on the bark Northern Light from Kotzebue sound, tells how eight gold-seekeira lost their lives. He says: “On the night of August 17, Fred Howard, Irving Howard, Joseph Gra- ham, Samuel Wilmeth, of Providence, R. I., and J. G. Starke, of Grub Gulch, Madera, Fresno county, Cal., who went north on the bark Mermaid, were drowned while trying to get across Hothain inlet with their provi sions. A storm arose and capsized their small boat. When morning came the other prospectors missed the Rhode Island party, as they were called, and the searching party that was sent out found the boat floating keel up, but no trace of the men. The provisions and other effects belonging to the hapless party wero cast upon the beach by the waves. “George Mueller, of Iowa, was drowned August 13, while ascending the Kubuck river. Muellei and his I partner had moored their boat under a sand bank that caved in on them, cap sizing their craft. I was nearby and rescued Mueller’s partner just in the nick of time. “Two men named Clark and Craw ford were drowned in the Kubuok rap ids. I could not ascertain their bap tismal names or where they hailed from. ” Watson says he is satisfied there is very little gold in the Kotzebue coun try- _____ _________ Thomas F. Bayard Dead. Dedham, Mass., 8ept. 80. —Thomas F. Bayard died at 4:80 o’clock this afternoon at Karlstein, the summer residence of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel D. Warren, arren, after an illness of six weeks. His death was without pain. His wife, his two daughters—Mrs. Warren and Miss Florence Bayard— and his eon, Thomas F.. jr., saw him draw his last breath, and his third daughter, the Countess Lauenhaupt, was on her way to Dedham. English Eulogie* of Bayard. London, Hept. 80.—The morning paperB publish long obituary notices, memorial articles and editorials eulo- gisttic of ex-Ambassador Bayard’s career, and especially of his work in promoting an Anglo-American entente, and expressing profound regret at the news of his death. Only One Got Through. Vancouver, Oct. 1.-—W. Sandstrom, one of the passengers on the steamei Horsa, from the north, left Edmonton for Dawson on January 13, and reached Dawson August 24. He claims to have traveled 3,090 miles through trackless forests, and to be the only one of 2,000 people who started via E>l mon ton to reaoh the Klondike. The scenes along the trail, be says, were ternlbe. The therometer often went 50 below zero, and the suffering was awful. Hundreds threw themselves on the snow and wept, many threatening to blow their brains out. Seventy-five per cent of all the hoi see taken were frozen to death. Aguinaldo has formally inaugurated the republic of the Philippines by a great celebration. Invitations were ex ended to the principal army officers and newspaper correspondents in Ma nila. A thousand natives attended. “The dictator” reviewer! hie army and issnerl a proclamation vo the nations of the world setting forth the intentions of hie government I Sixty Bill* and 2ft lleiolutioni Intro» duceil iu Sfiiate, anti 36 Bills and 35 Keaolutionx in House. Both houses of the Oregon legisla ture adjourned early Friday afternoon until Monday afternixm, at 2 o'clock; and most of the members left town over Sunday. Everything about the state printer’s office is running at high pressure to get the bills already intro duced in sha;>e. i In the senate 60 bills have been in troduced, and have gone to the printer. Some 25 resolutions have also been handled there. In the boose the num ber of bills introduced is 36, and reso lutions, including joint and concur rent. 36. Proceeding* in Detail. The senate opened at 10 A. M. Fri day with prayer by Rev. Hornschuch. A communication from the secretary of state was received, forwarding the correspondence on the matter of consti tutional amendments between his office i aud that oi the attorney-geneial, with tlie adv- rse opinion of the latter officer. It was referred to the judiciary com mittee. The committee on agriculture was permitted to leave the senate until Monday in or ler to visit Corvallis. Resolutions were introduced as fol lows: By Michell, that the sergeant-at- arms furnish the senators with three daily papers, he making the selection. By Reed, for a joint committee to inspect the building and business of the Oregon Soldiers* Home at Rose burg; adopted and ordered printed. Bills were introduced as follows: By Michel), to establish a rule of pleading in case of arson; read firstand second time by title and refeired to the committee on judiciaty. By Morrow, amending the statute creating the sixth judicial district. By Wade, giving the pieference in employment to old sol diers and veterans. By Reed, amend ing the statute to protect salmon and othor food fishes of the et">te; read a second time by title and referred to the committee on fisheries. The senate then took a recess until 2 P. M. In the House. In the house the committee on agri culture was excused until Monday, so that the members might visit the agri cultural college at Corvallis and in vestigate the recent fire in accordance with the governor’s message. Bills were introduced as follows: By Topping, changing the location of the county seat of Coos county from Empire City to Coquille City. By Freeland, to regulate the scale of sal aries for county officers who are now on fees, and also establishing trial fees. By Gray, giving preference to honora bly discharged Union soldiers in work on public works. By Palmer, making the legal rate of interest 6 per cent, ex cept on contracts, where it can be made 8 per oent by stipulation between the persons interested, but regulating the right of private parties to examine the public records and make such notes as are wished. By Thompson, regulating the salaries of Washington county offi cers as follows: County clerk, $1,800; recorder, $1,000; sheriff, $1,800. The house then adjourned until 2 P. M. At the afternoon session Dills were introduced as follows: By Ross, to abolish estates in entire ty. By Hill, prohibiting the sale of railroad tickets by other than regular agents of roads. By Freeland, fixing the terms of court in the sixth judicial district. By Marsh, to establish the boundary lines of Washington county. A number of bills introduced at the commencement of the session came up for a second reading and went to the proper committees. The veto messages of the governor came up in the house today on a special order. One in regard to sheriff’s fees, etc., in the case of embezzlement by an official of Douglas county, was referred to tlie Douglass county delegation for a report. Ex-Representative U’Ren had intro duced in the house an amendment to the constitution of the state, section 1, article 4, to agree with the populistic platform providing for the initiative and referendum; indefinitely postponed. A report of tlie committee on resolu tions recommended that tlie resolution providing for an investigation of the state military boaid be not adopted, owing to tlie chaotic state in which the military board is now in owing to the war. Tlie house adjourned until Monday. FAST WORK DONE. Condii erxb le lioutine Busine«« Tran* »acted—Astoria Charter Amended- Much routine business was transacted in the two hours the legislature wus in session Monday afternoon. The senate received four new bills, one of which was finally passed tinder suspension of the rules—an amendment to the Astoria chai ter to enlarge the powers of the common council. Twen ty-eight bills were advanced through the second leading, and half a dozen resolutions were concurred in. The Astoria chai ter amendment also went through the house, as did a bill to give Tillamook county two terms of court each year instead of one, and a bill to authorize Coos county to sell certain property that had been pur chased for a courthouse site, but had been found unsuitable. A dozen new bills were intioduced in the house, eight others passed second reading, and five resolutions were handled. By tlie agreement of the senate to the resolution authorizing an investigation of the insane asylum and the concur rence of the bouse in a resolution to in vestigate the Soldiers' Home at Rose burg, the fourth investigation of the session was set on toot, the others being of the penitentiary and of the secretary of state's office, which are already in progress. One of the resolutions introduced by Ross of Multnomah, and passed, is for arranging appropriate exercises for a joint meeting of the two houses Febru ary 14, to celebrate the 40th unniver- sary of the admission of Oregon as a state and the 50th anniversary of ex tending United States laws over Ore gon, tlie governor being requested to appoint a committee for a semi-centen nial ce'ebration in Portland, June 15. The last member to appear at roll-call this session is Representative Donnelly, ot Grant, who had been absent in Ten nessee and only arrived Monday. When the general agents of insur ance companies have an opportunity to read the bill introduced by Fordney of Wallowa, in the house, they will, it is understood, take immediate steps to defeat it. The bill provides for the retention and investment of the legal reserve on all policies to be written in the future in the state A failure to comply with the provisions of the bill will entail a forfeiture of the license of the offending company. « The Senate. Bills were introduced in the senate Monday as follows: By Kelly—To repeal the act regulat ing the sale of adulterated food and medioines. By Adams—Providing for the taxa tion of dogs and kindred subjects. By Mulkey—To incorporate the town of Monmouth. By Fulton—To amend the statutes relating to the incorporation of the city of Astoria; passed. The House. In the house Monday afternoon, bills were introduced as follows: By Flagg—To incorporate the oity of Salem. It provides for bonding out standing warrant indebtedness and aims to secure better sanitary conditions. By Stanley—To reimburse the Omaha fair commissioners in the sum of »18,- 000. By Curtis—Amending the general laws in relation to the administrative department so that the term of the gov ernor shall commence the second Mon day in January after his election. By Sherwin—Amending the charter of Ashland; passed. By Maxwell—Amending the miscel laneous laws in regard to the time of holding elections in the fifth judicial district. By Stillman—Compelling persons or corporations operating sleeping cars to keep upper berths closed when not oc cupied, and imposing $500 tine tor vio lations. Bv Hobkirk—A hill which is intend ed to remedy certain alleged irregular ities in the manner in which the rec ords of Multnomah county are kept, and throwing the same open to the gen eral public. Wade of Union, introduced in the senate a bill for an act giving prefer ence in appointment and employment to honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors, in every department of the state, an<l in counties and cities and on public works. It is provided that age, loss of limb, or other physical impair ment which does not in fact incapaci tate, shall not be deemed to disqualify them, provided they possess the busi ness capacity to discharge the duties of the position involved. It is also speci fied that no such soldier or sailor now holding any such position, unless for Freeland of Morrow, introduced a a definite term, shall be removed, ex bill to make a change in the salaries of cept for cause shown after due hearing. sheriff ami county clerk in Morrow The measure is not made to apply io county, reducing each from $2,400 to confidential poeit'ons. Failure on the $2,000 a year. pint of appointing officers to observe the letter and spirit of the law is made Representative Ross of Multnomah, a misdemeanor. introduced the briefest hill of this or any other session, it is believed. It is The Baker City charter bill was the a bill for an act abolishing tenancy by first measure to pass both houses, Its entireties, and reads as follows: chief purjeise is to relieve the present “That tenancy by entireties is here city officials of office. They were elect, by aliolished.” ed mote than four years ago, and then This is to do away with the < onimon the city charter was amended, and by law rule that personal estates shall go inadvertence it failed to provide for any in entirety to the husband or wife in election. So the mayor and councilmen case of the death of the other, instead have had to continue to hold office, of descending to heirs. The dis;>osal greatly to the envy ot politicians else of real estate is already arranged for by where. The new charter remedies the statute. difficulty. ________ An amendment to the code, intro A resolution by Curtis of Clatsop, duced in the senate by Reed of Doug provided that the speaker, chief clerk, las, is to make it unlawful to fish for assistant clerk and two members, to be salmon in the waters of the Nehalem, appointed by the speaker, constitute a Tillamook, Nestucca, Salmon, Siletz, committee to examine, correct and ap Yaquina, Alsea, Singlaw, Uni|iqua, prove the journal of the bouse; that Coos bay, Coquille, Sixes, Elk, Chetco, said approval lie made within 12 days Rogue, Windchuck or anv of their after the adjournment of the session, tributaries, or in any other streams or and that they shall receive for the bay, of the state except the Columbia service the same pay as the chief clerk. river and tributaries, from November It also provided that the journal be 20 to Decern tier 20, and from April 15 not read during the session. The reso to June 1, the emergency clause lieing lution was referred. attached. If ■ '»’( ' A •’s <■ I -ijj C'