WEEKLY OREGON STATES jJAN. IltAi. -- A SDBSTITUIE s & VAS PASSED Fcr Senate Bill Creating Ccia ; insrce Department J AUD BUREAU OF LABOR All Republicans and Fcrty ftinc Democrats Voted for, - 1 the Bill J DIFFERS FROM SENATE BlLL IN MANY PARTICULARS NAVAL fcNSTRUCTOR HOBSON MUST RESUME ACTIVE .DUTT OR RE CIGN BIG GUN A SUCCESS. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. At the end oftu struggle which ' prolonged the day's session until after o'clock, the Huse passed a substitute to the Sen nl Bill to establish a Department ,o( Commerce and Labor. I 3he vote stood 137 to 40, all tbe Re publicans and twenty-nine Democrats votfd for the bllL The substitute a p4ed by the House "differs from' the Senate Bill in the important particu lars. It leaves the Life Saving Ser vant. Marine Hospital Service, Steam boat Inspection Service. Bureau if Navigation, and Shipping; Commission er' under the control of the Treasury Department, but authorizes the Presl dtt. in his discretion, to transfer to the other bureaus for the collection jof states, and Inter-state Commerce Com mission, to the new department. If. places under control of the new dlfartment, the, Natlonaf Bureau of standards. Coast and Geodetic Survey afn uureau or statistics, census uu- rau. Bureau of Foreign Commerce, flareau of Immigration, including jur Ixrfiction over Chinese immigration and aim creates a Bureau of Manufactures and Corporations. i Take It sr Resign Wanhington. Jan. 17. Acting Secre tary of the Navy Darling today signed alt order assigning Naval Constructor llobson to duty in' charge of the con struct Ion department at the Puget Mound Naval Station, at Bremerton. flobson has been, for some months l4bt. on waiting orders, having d eel In eil the assignment of Pensacola pend ing the action by Congress upon the bill authorizing his retirement. . j The Navy Department concludes that, the straits It is in. through the resig nation of Constructor Hobos leaving a vftcant Important post at Bremerton, Jsstifles the action taken today. Hob sonjs now In a position where he murt resign from the Naval Service alto gether or? undertake active duty, for which he feels himself unfitted by reason of tan eye trouble. Big Gun Successful.; j . New- York, Jan. 17. The l-inch gun; tl largest ever built in .'America. -was tested today at Sandy Hook proving grounds. The firnt shot struck the water about four miles off shore. Washington, Jan. 17. General Cro zler said the tests showed that the gun w,a an absolute success, and proved that K-inch guns could be furnished whenever the country wanted them. Several officers nresent doubted . that any more ever would be built, a nuni ler of smalt guns being considered more effective than one ; enormous weapon. ' : i : The gun fired today cost $100,004. Tb- range at Its highest elevation is about twenty miles, but "it can be used to hit objects only at a distance of four or five miles. s BIG MINING SUIT . ' - -- ATTORNEY JNO CARSON DEPARTS V FOR ALASKA OX IMPORT- . ANT CASE, Attorney John A. Carson, of the law , firm of Carson Adami; has been re- tained in a mining suit involving alu sWe mining property In Valdez. Alaska, and will ave today for Seattle, from whence, he will sail for Alaska nezt Tuesday. Mr. Carson will be gone at f least three and possibly four weeks.' j j About four years ago a syndicate was organised consisting-of eleven mining men, under the name of the McClelUn Pros pitting Co. They succeeded In loenting valuable copper mines about miles west of Valdez, and about eighteen months ago the Alaska Cop perOv. controlled by the Havemeyer people, of New York, purchased the property, the f-rlce agreed on being $L loo.ftoft, or tHM).X0 for each of the elev en interests. They paid the first In stallment, and began developing: the property, when the Cbittenya Explora tion Co., of San Francisco, entered suit In equity to have It declared that the entire property belonged to them on the ground that they had employed the or iginal locators and advanced the money required In locating the property. - i . The case will be heard before Judge James Wlckershaw at Valdea. on Feb ruary td. by the first term' of court In that district. Attorney Carson was re tained about November 1st by the Mc Cleiian Prospecting Co, and will be associated in the legal battle with at torneys from New York, Chicago. Ida ho, and Seattle. Washington. ; ; PAYS FOR MISTAKE DISHONORED CHECKS OF WHO HAD MONEY ON . .... DEPOSIT. MAN PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Jan. 17. Judge Barrett, tn charging a Jury yes terday, said .that a depositor w hose checks tre dishonored although he had funds In the bank to meet them, suffered an injury which entitled him to damages. ' '...,' -. . , The case on trial was that of Sam uel Kuriak, a depositor tn the South western National Bank. It was testii fied that while he had a little more than 30 in the bank he drew four checks against it aggregating less than $100. The (beck were reorned '"no funds. It was subsequently discovered that .a j book-keeper in the bank had mixed Kuril's account. The bank admitted its mistake. The Jury gave Knrlak, a verdict for 1W. A GOOD ONE, A London naner tells s storv of Was:- ner in the days of bis youth and pov erty, calling upon Rossini; In Pan and noticing: "a little composition" it bis own on the piano rack, i The rep'T f Rossi na when it was pointed : out to him that the music was upside down was perhaps hardly up to the best form of the "polite Frenchman. You ee. found it sounded better that "var." Bill Nye's compliment to Wagnr was 'n happier vein, lie told the treat com poser that be had no, doubt his music was really much better than It sound ed. : ' . FILED FORTY"; INDICTMENTS Special. Grand Jury Brings Up Damasinsr Evidence BIG COMBINATION EXISTS Among: Coal Operators: and Dealers to Control the Whole Supply ;: FROM THE MINES TO CONSUMER. A COLLISION OF OPERATORS1 ASSOCIATIONS THE RAILWAY COMMISSION, ENTHUSIASTS TO ' PUT UP DARK HORSE. CHICAGO. Ill- Jaiw 17. Forty in dictments haye been voted by the spe cial grand Jury which has been investi gating the causes of the shortage of coal In this city.' No names are given out and will probably not be wfiwe Monday, when the Jury will reconvea It is said that among; the men aai'irt whom the indictments will b return ed are men who stand high In the busi ness and social world. In analyzing the evidence to vhich it had .been listening to for a we?!:, ths Jurors believe they had found a com bination to exist between the' opera tors, Jobbers, wholesalers and retailors cov ering the course of the coat supply from the mines to the consumer ? They also found that understan itt?s existed between the operators of the vatious states, the Illinois Ooa I Operat ors' Association and the Northern li'i no's Soft Coal Operators' Association beirg in collusion with the Indiana Coal Oceis tors Association It: the attempt to govern the whole bituminous supply of the two states. BASKfcT BALL GAME WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY HAD . WALKOVER WITH THE CHEMAWA BOYS. Tbe hasket ball game played In the Willamette University gymnasium last night, between the men's teams of the Willamette University and Chemawa. resulted in a walkover for the Univer sity by the score of f to 4. - Pollard. captain of the University team, was the star of tbe evening, throwing fourteen baskets with a score of twenty-eight I -flint. Judd threw nine baskets, and Parsons, who threw from the field on fouls, missed only three chances to score. The Indians showed themselves very weak In team work, resulting frra lack of practice. Sanders, of Chemawa, made some gTod individual plays. The line-up of the teams was as fol lows: - . Forwsrds Chemawa, Sanders and Davis; W. U Parsons and Judd. : Guards Chemawa. Dyke and Deck er: W. UVWlhslow and atthews tntre--hemawa Meekam; W. U Pollard. Fechter, referee;-J. G. Miller, Prof. Warfield, umpires. - : CONDEMNED STRIFE PRESIDENT MITCHELL DELIVERS FAREWELL SPEECH TO THE j STRIKE COMMISSION. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 17. President John Mitchell of the Mine Workers I'nion. before leading; for In dianapolis to attend the national con vention of his organization and subse quently the national wage convention of soft coal operator and mine workers, delivered today what he believes was his farewell address to the Coal Strike Commission. The Seranton Coal Company closed Its case during the session today and was followed by the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western Railway Company. During; the course of his remarks. President Mitchell saiI that he was sat Isfled with the ynanner in which the In vestigation Is being conducted. He con tended that every man should be first an American, and condemned lawless ness by saying that it never won any strikes. . " , . TREASURER IS SHORT, -j .4 ' SACRAMENTO. CaL. Jan. 17v The safe of W. T. Bunney, ; the missing Treasurer bf Inyo tounty, has : been opened and reveals a shortage of 91 300. Bunneys friends, who have been inves tigating the .rase, claim that this mon ey represented taxes collected, but not due at the State Treasury until the following-quarter. Bunney cune to Sac ramento on December lth and settled with the State Treasurer. The theory is that when he found that the 91300 was not due until tbe next quarter he started home with the money and was waylaid and killed. He was last seen at Reno. Nev on December 24 th. The Record Price, i -Walla Walla,: Jan,' 17. Wheat 75c for Bluestem. the record price for the season on the local market, was paid for approximately SO, IH0 bushels today. v7HL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE Fcreifn ninister of Morocco Varns Foreigners WITHDRAW FROM DISTRICT Where the Sultan Intends to Pursue Pretenders Pun itive Forces ; - : : : ' SERIOUS ENGAGEMENT. MAY OC-J : CUR AT ANY, TIME SECRETARY CHAMBERLAIN GIVES OUT PLAN TO PAY TRANSVAAL'S DEBT TERMS OF SEPARATION. TANGIER Morocco. Jan. 17. Defin- Ite Information has reacnea nere uui with the forces of the pretender on January 13th. There were few casual ties on each side. A serious engage ment, however may follow at any mo ment. -' The Foreign Minister sent a circular to the foreign representatives today, warning tbem to instruct their coun trymen ; to withdraw from certain' dis tricts where the Sultan contemplates pursuing the puniUve expeditions . and advising them that the Moroccan Gov- ernment will not hold Itself responsible for the safety of the foreigners In these regions. " ,'.: ; . Will Make Big Loan. Johannesburg. So. 'Africa, Jan. 17- a hannuet was siven ' here tonight in honor of Colonial Secretary Chamber lain, who delivered a speech in which he gave for the first time -the details which had been arranged for the fin- anclng of the new1 colonies He said: The Government undertakes to submit to the Imperial' Parliament a bill to. guarantee the loan: of $175,000,000. DEVIATED FROM RULE GRAND MASTER SMITH DELIGHT ED LOCAL WORKMEN WITH INTERESTING ADDRESS. Grand Master Workman Wm. FJ Smith, of Baker City, arrived in Salem yesterday and last night delivered a most instructive and interesting lecture to the members of Valley and Protec tion lodges and the Degrees Of Honor, A. O. U. V, which assembled Jointly , In the Workman hall in the Holman block. Over 300 members of the lodges in this city "were present to welcome and listen to the talented speaker, who I held the large audience In rapt atten-j tion for at least an hour. I The speaker deviated from the estab-1 lished rule, and instead of wearying the listeners with "a batch of dry statistics, I he gave them a straight talk on the du ties of Workmen toi one another and the fundamental principles of Workman- hip. His "well chosen remarks td the ladies of the Degree of Honor were es pecially interesting; and it is not say ing too much to state that no man who has spoken in the interest, of fraternal societies in Salem left a better impres sion "or made. more friends than did Master Workman Wm. F. Smith last night. At the close of the. lecture a grand reception was given in the form of a banquet In honor of the ' noted visitor, i ANOTHER BONANZA STORY OF RICH STRIKE SURPASS ING KLONDIKE. COMES FROM DAWSOX. SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 17. A special to the Times from Dawson says: A tremendously rich strike, the magni tude of which has never been equalled since Bob Henderson . told his wonder ful story of the Klondike, has been made eighteen mites north of a point on the Tanana river, 309 miles from its source. The district Is in American territory, and a wild stampede of pros pectors from all the surrounding coun try is in, progress. ' WOOL GROWERS TOO NEXT ANNUAL SESSION OF NA TIONAL ASSOCIATION BILL ED FOR PORTLAND. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 17. Th next annual convention of the National Wool Growers Association will be held in Portland.' Oregon, on the second Monday in January. 1904. one day prior to the convention of the National Live stock Association. Senator ,F. E. War ren, of Wyoming, was Ve-elected presi dent of the !- Association. Resolutions relating to the forest reserves and aj disease known as "scab among sheep provoked the principal discussion of the session. ; SHEEPMEN SHUT OUT. J , NORTH TAK1 MA. Wash, Jan. 1 Superintendent Sheller, of the Rainier forest reserve, has debarred a- large number of sheepmen from grazing- priv- iliges this year on account of violation or the rules governing the reserve. He has been here since Tuesday attempting to make the allotments, but sill not get through before tomorrow. The Washington Woolgrowers Asso ciation members say they will appeal to the departraenX If Mr. Sheller does not recede from his present position. They cuiuvim uai nc wiu not give mem a I bearing.;- -; , i -: I-.;: ' ; :. ' -i ABSORBS. ANOTHER COMPANY. . runiiia.Tii err, jan. is. it is un derstood that the Pacific States Tele phone Company v has absorbed , the Columbia Telephone Company, which has its headquarters, here. The Co lumbia, Telephone Company has 1.3 o subscribers in this city and a, number oi long distance telephones. : RAILWAY SHEDS DESTROYED. BOSTON, Maas, Jan. !. Practical fv an the nre-flghtlng apparatus .in, the! cuy was canea to Long Wharf today to combat a fierce blaxe'te the sheds of I the Dominion Atlantic Railway -Lom- rn-r. The shed and inost of the con tents were destroyed, nd part f the w harf ,WJi burned to the water edge; several vessels were hauled out into the bay and escaped serious damage. The firemen succeeded in averting; what promised to be a serious conflagration, and the total loss will" not exceed $25, 00. - ' ' ' "?. .' .. HI II-"'" ' ' I j " j" ' THE WAR IS OX. OLYMPIA., Jan. ' IX In the Senate today, by Talmon, the RaJlroad- Ctoro mission Bill and the maximum S-cent freight rate bin were introduced. " Tf we were never a mue louiwm ,w c be deadly dulL But If we were not wise sometimes we will be raowea oown as useless weeds. ,i :'---V -',.". S-:L , Every great enterprise owes cess to Judicious advertising. . its 'sue THEY WANT M INSPECTOR j jQp Qr0WWS HaVC Completed ... . Creation 01 SUCU j UlllCer TO BE APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR SECRETARY AND TREASURER FOR TERM OF TWO YEARS HIS DITTIES SPECIFIED LA FOL- ! LETTE WILL INTRODUCE. The hop growers have been working upon a new bill, with the assistance of some local attorneys, to. present to the Legislature, which provides for the creation of a State Hop Inspector. The bil has been completed and was1 ap proved by the directors of the Oregon Hop Growers Association, which met in Wood burn on Wednesday evening last. . It will be -placed In the hands of Representative Alex. La .Folette- as soon as it can be put in good shape, for Introduction at the earliest date possi ble.' The text of the bill is given Jn full herewith: - Section 1. That the Governor, State Treasurer and Secretary of this State shall appoint some competent person hop-inspector, for a term of two years. or until his successor Is appointed and qualified, whose duties shall be herein after provided Section 2. Any person, firm, com pany Or corporation, owning hops with in the state of Oregon, who may con tract for the future sale of his, her or their hops, or give a chattel mortgage on any crop of hops yet to be grown for mone) advanced by the mortgagee to be used in cultivating and harvesting said crop, or any person, firm, company lor corporation . contracting- to. buy any crop of hops yet to be grown, or who takes a, chattel mortgage on any such crop, may if said owner, buyer or mort x-asee cannot agree on grade of, said nops when in the bale and reajr for delivery, call upon said hop' inspector to inspect said hops and determine or fix the grade or quality, and issue to each or saia parties a cemncate speci fying name of owner, the buyr -or mortgagee', the date of inspection' and grade or quality fixed by him. "Section Z. The certificate of said hop-inspector tathrg the grade or the quality of any hops shall be prima facie evidence3 of the same. . . Section 4. Said hop-inspector shall be paid J5) dollars per day for each day actually engaged in the perform a'tfee of his duties, together with actual traveling expenses, to be paid equally by said owner and said buyer or mort gagee. "Section ' S. It shall be the duty of the assessor, when he makes the gen eral ' assessment, ' to make a list of all the hop growers In each county, with j the postofnee address, ! pa me of owner and renter of hop yard, and number of acres bearing hops on -.each farm for the; current year, said list shall be fur nished to the said hop-inspector before the first day of September in" each year. The hop-inspector .shall mail blank forms to each hop grower who shall be required to fill out the number of bales and quantity of hops grown by im, and mail the same to said Inspector imme diately after the completion of baling. Said inspector shall hold an office In Salem Oregon, during said term, and all .information shall, be open to the public, and he shall make an accurate statement of the returns thus obtained as-soon as possible after the-returns are received and signed. . The printing and postage and fees required to carry out the provisions of this section shall be furnished by "the Secretary of State, who is hereby required to furnish the same and audit the bills for same oat of the general funds of This state. "The compensation of said hop-in spector for. his services performed un der this section shall, ' be $75.00 per month for the months of September, October,' November and December , of each year, to be paid, out of the general funds as other state officers are paidf Section 6. For the purpose of es tablishing a certain and definite grade of bops between the hop grower and the contractor for the purchase of the hop crop in any year, it is, hereby declared that the term prime and the .' term 'choice, a used in any contract, shall be construed to mean such a grade of hops as can be sold at the price of prime or 'choice in the hop market Si the time set - for the delivery of such hops In such contract. Section 7. The amount of tare to be deducted from the gross weight of each bale grown' and hereafter sold in this state is hereby fixed at five pounds per bale. ' : i : : , Section 8. A bale of hops shall con sist of from 175 to 215 pounds of hops. REMAINS HAVE ARRIVED. HILLSORO, Or, Jan." 17. The si-e- cial train, bearing the remains of Con gressman Tongue, arrived here at C:20 p. m- The train was met by citizens to the number of 500. The funeral will oc cur tomorrow afternoon. DEATH FROMy PLAGUE. llATALAX, . II ex- Jan. 17.--There were seven deaths from plague today. and the number of patients at Lazar ettos is fifty. The business is nractir. ally suspended and the majority of the inhabitants are sUU away. PEOPLE'S BABG-AIN HOUSE The barcaios "we are oiTerins Me certainly trade winners, ju.lg "frora the crowds that visit our store. Tuesday's pnct slaughtered. At 45c yd Velvet corduroy, all shades, the latest for waists, beautiful goods, regular price 75c, Tuesday '3 sale price 45c. ' , At 49o yd v Black taffeta silk, fine quality, good weights regular price 75c yd, Tuesday's Sile price 4i)c r At45cyd . Best French Jlanne), all the la test shades, beautiful cloth heavy audi thick, every thread wool, reg ular price 75c, Tuesday's sale price 45c. . :" - At 49 c yd Imporied English covert cloth, dress goods, beautiful cloth for dress suits, regular price S5c, yd, Tuesday's sale price 40c. 12c linen finished cambric, beautiful soft cloth, sale price 9c. : , Low Price McEVOY BROS; 1 TO mm If you are going home to your childhood's home this s year, remember that the NORTHERN PACIFIC leads to evr -erybodyfs home. . . "ijou tstn goby way of St. Paid to Chicago, or St. Louis, ' and thence reacb the entire East and South. Or, you can pro to Duluth,Jaud from there use either the rail lines, or one of the superb Lake Steamers down the lakes to Detroit, Cleveland, Erie, and Buhalo the Pan-American City. i j, - Start right and you will probably-arrive at your destiua , tion all right, and, to start right, use the Northern Pacific, and preferably the "NORTH COAST LIMIT ED'S train, in service after MAY 5th. Any local agent will name A. D. CHARLTON"""' Come In And - brand GROCERY STORE J ut ojietied. We carry a complete line of frtli poods, and wil lx; pleased to have, .you come in andlexamine tliem. You will find ik in tWrtKm on CourtiBtitei for-, merly occupied ly tlie W. C. F, 'U...;,.-!,-;-' 4 J. A. NORWOOD & CO. Our - Reduction -1 I ATA A WW Ilfxtucetl Prtreg on Ecery Article Ercrpl Sjtofjl GjUoh. Shawl fascinators were i0c, rt'(hict.-il ti- . Ijjtinidry bags were 50c, reduced to Laundry bags wre 3oct-reduced to.... , Ice wool was lc a ball, reduced Ut Spool silk was 10c a sjKKd, Veduced to ; . Spxl silk, oO yards, rwluced to ' . Mioses' wool hoso were 10c a Iair, reduced to. L-idies wool iios were aoc a pair,' reduced to. Ladies'wo.jI Losc Mere 23c a 20 icr cent, reduction ou all while gotKls. Muslin night gowns, c.heincse, sjcirts, drawers and infatits'wear. - One third reduction ou all millinery. ! 1 Greenbaum's Dry Goods Store 302 Ccinniercfcl St. PATIENTS DOING WELL. : NEW YORK, Jan. 1C When the or thopedic section ot the. Academy " of Medicine meets1 tonight, the . members will have an opportunity to examine the little, patients on whom Dr. Adolf Lorenx operated while here. The sec tion will meet to discuss; the technical questions on the Lorenx methods of treating congenital disease of the hip, and the children will be shown to illus trate the progress of the cure. - All. of the patients who were operated on by Dr. Lorenx are doing finely, and with one or two exceptions all are walking and running about, their plas ter casts holding the hfp firmly in Its place. ' -' . - " , : : ' ,, -v. jGIVETHEif LASHES. , JEFFERSON CITY. Mo- Ja:t. 16. -A bill wast Introduced in the House tods y by Mr. Haines, of Saljlne. to establish a whipping post for persons convicted of petty larceny. The bill provides that a constable will inflict from ten to flftr Hashes, according to the sentence of th At41-2cTdj Best apron ginghams,' 4t)0 yds. to select from, regular price Jc yd, Tuesday '8 sale price 41c. At 41-26 yd " Best . standard prints and cr cales, 500 yds. to iselect fnin. spring shades, regular price 7ic Tuesday's price 4c j At49cyd , f iu uit; iiiivii unmaak ut- ble linen, Belfast goods, thick and heavy, regular, price Socj Tues day's price 49c At 5c f . Union huck tow-els, . fringed f length 30 inches, 5Uj dozen to se lect from, best towel made for 10c, Tuesday's! price 5c j 100 white bed Fprcads, sale price 75c. . . e 95 white hemmed sheets 49c 15 pillow cases, sale price 10c. Manufacturers. - Court St., Salem THE IHKDMIIE rates. yIE. see for. yourself a new , v Fm t-cLss, 3Dc L J.SOc .L-..-10c -lr10c uL- sc L4u i?kx1 : 2"c ; kj air, rtxluccl to : 15c Next Door to PostofHce court. Mr. Elmer, of Dent county, in troduced a bill to abolish the death penalty for murder. ; . PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Legislature left It to the people, and the people acted and left it to the Legislature. And the way it was left IS right, - That's right. Sis - ; , Oil If the laws are not to be, regarded. rereal them, by all means. Do not make a farce of a law. and continue it in the statute-books, for the making of future . farces. . . i o o o Righteousness exalteth a nation and 1 a Legislature. ' ' -' t o o o ! The right and honest thing to do Is to do the right and honest thing all the time. There Is trouble ahead if the right and honest thing Is not done by the I Legislature. Sure as you're a foot high ) or a day old. ; ' ' .. , .i: