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"TH)m-y-"y "PHWff1 '.'"""l'fiyT' T- 8& INTERESTING SUIT FOR INTEREST ON STATE FUNDS Testimony of Witnesses Who Were Not An xious to Talk Heard Before Judge Boise If the Funds on Deposit by State Treasurer Metschan Be longed to the State He Will Get no Interest. If Mr. Aletschan-is Entitled to to be an Assessment The Tale of the Books. At tlio hearing before Judgo Boiao, on the objection of Theo. Nouf, a depoiltor In tho Williams A England hanking firm of Salem, to tho payment of interest on certain doposits of Phil Metschan and others, on tho ground thatthoy were stato fund deposited in vlolatior of law, a fow matters wors made very plain.' The examination of witnesses con sumed most of tho afternoon and was not a torlous matter. The witnesses wero many of them quito reluctant to testify. 'They wore more than unwilling witnecscB and wero strangely forgetful, especially as to facts that had any definite bearing on the caeo. General Odell told a very strnighiforward story and seemed to have nothing to conceal. Nono of tho witnesses teemed to t-urlout- lydetythat tho Metschan funds wero oilier man stntd funds, and an nlr of Jollity and persiflage characterized most of their efforts at concealing their real sentiment Thu great folios of tho bank wore stacked up in front of Judee Boiao on tho tables and bore their own silent tes timony within their covers with duo gravity Receiver W. T. Slater who has beon over tho records of the bank uutll ho knows them by heart was tempted at several points to refroth tho falling memories of the witnesses as they gently slid around tho main ovonts aa caailv as possible. Mr. B. F. Giltnor for instanco told tho court ho could only remember come of tho main features of beluga depositor. But the bookB tell quite a plain talo of tho deposit of $25,000 of atato funds, from tho timo tho monor was turned over by State Treasurer Geo. Webb to ha successor. Tho bank closed the 14th of November 180o, three little items as certificates of deposit appearing on the bank reglater ol S03 U8, $170.77, ana $53, made out to throe llirsck children, Tho next last entries of certificate! of deposit aro in one hand writing, hs follews: Nov. 8, 1801, E. O. diltuur, .... $ 0,010 Nov. 8. 18113. M. F Uiltuor 6.000 Nov. 8, 1HII6, L. K AilauiH 7,0 0 Nov. 8. )8()5, F. K. I.ovell, 3 000 Nov. 8, 181)3, L. A MoNary,. ... 4 000 Total $2-),000 All other items are small ttuna on this page. On tlio preceding pige kro four ontrieaof certificate of deposit n follows : June 29. 1603, Phil Mutrchan, Stato Trt $2,000 June 20, IS95, Phil MoUchau, 12 000 Juuu 20, 1805, Phil Metsch.iu, 6,000 Juno 20, 1S03, Phil Melachau, 0.0U0 Total, $25,000 The books show theae cancelled on the date the above were issued. Again, they appear: Jan. 13, 1802. Phil Metschan.... $ 2,00) March 20, 1802, Phil Mulachau, 8tato Treai 12.000 March 2, 18t2, Phil Moischan, 5,000 Oct. 4, 1802, Uro. W. Willi una.. 0,000 Totul ' $23,000 The abuve wero cancelled June 20, 1895, on tlio dato last above, when they were all re-Uaued to Phil Mitachan atate treasurer. The ab ive item of $5,000 on M truh 20 not having ditto mark uiidr "statu treasurer" Is being contested, on the theory that the Hunt waa an individual entry, a very aleuder thread to hang an excuse upon that these were not atate funds. In several places the ditto marks art omitted under the words "atate treaauror" Tvhere these certificates are entered in a-buueh. To go one atop ( rther back in the cer tlflcatos leaned Mar. 20, and Jan, 13, I892.it appeals from the eatue volume that on April 1, 1802 a $5,000 certificate made out to Phil Mttachan was canceled and also one one of $12,000 which kad been iaiued to Geo, Webb, atate treasur er Jan. 0, 1891, tho day Mr. Webb eur rendered the office to Mr. Mets chan The evidence showed that tills certificate waa transferred and aiaigned to Mr. Metschan as State Treaauter. 8tateTreaaurer Webb had' the $12,000 in the bank subject to check, and it waa converted Into a certificate by the bank t the inatance of Stato Treasurer Metichan. Thie proves.that theae were itate (unda and that the entriei under diffsront names were only dlegulsea of the aame transaction. The hooka ahow that the bank paid Metichan interest on theie funds at follows; l'r. 29, 18.(2 $1020 Oct. 25, 1892 $ 722 Total , $1742 The bank waa paying about four per cent inteieat on thia money belonging to the 8tate, and Mr. Metschan ia eueinr tor a't percent on.th&Nwhole. Ilia claima "raaafollowa; rk!flc8tei of deposit $25 000 00 n ma own name 780 73 treaaursr of State 8,013 60 Total IBTIHJil It is claimed by soma that tha above "em of $789.73 ia really interest that M due Mr. Meta-han on bis urrange tt" with tho bank when it cloeed. following marginal flinr rnirvt opposite tho Metschan certificates but - not offered in evidence; the Interest There Will Have on the Stockholders. Mar. 20, 1892 ii 11 ii Inn 13. 1892! Oct. 4, 1892. ..f 1,324 00 .. 5!J7 07 24(1 00 477 00 Total $2 004 07 If tho above itemsarointe'roat, though there is nothingin evidence to show that they are, excapt that wtorest is marked in the margin of somo other sums Iwft on deposlt by other persons then with in teres sued for the total interest received and claimed by Mr. Metschan is nbout $ 12,000. I Story of Witnesses. Those having claims against the bank ' E. 0. Giltner, B. F. Giltnor, F. K. Loveil aed L. K. Adams testified that the funds wero all state moneys de posited by thorn to accommodate Mets chan. Mr. Giltner stated that the de- poilta were divided among so many so as to avoid nulillrltv. 8tate Treasurer 0. 8. Mooro testified that theaffairuof thonm ar atl mr. rect Bt tho timo easeuinod their charxo i as successor to Mr. Metechan. The testimouy of the receiver, W. T. Slater, was principally to tho effect of tho manner of turning tho monevs of tho Stato treasury over to Mr. Metschau at the opening of his term of office. Mr. Slater was the chiof assistant of tlio preceding treaauror, Geo. Webb. Ho said that tho sum of $12,000 was on de posit in tho Williams & England bank, subject to chock. In turning thia ovor, Mr. Metschan said he would receivo it in a certificate of deposit from the samo bank. This request was complied with. This certificate of deposit was searched for Monday but could not be found amongtt the papers. General Odell's Statement Mr. McMahau asked that the com plaint as aguinat W. H. Odill ho dia- misaed. This waa overruled by tho court, who expreaced the opinion that all had better be heard together. General Odell went on tho stand and repeated tho statements set out in the ploadings, showing that tho cheeks and drafts ho left with Williams &. England wero there for collection only, and never deposited by him aa an account. Ho employed the bauk to collect the money. When the bank failed, on tho first of the morth following, he borrowed enough to make good all tha money due the atato. It waa not a personal matter with him un til tho bank failod. Thou he waa per sonally llnblo and made good every dol lar, lie derived no intermit from the deposit whatever. Other witnesses were: Otto Wilson, book-keeper in tho bank, and George.H. Williams, manager and part ownor of the bank. Further action will betaken in the case next Saturday morning. OREGON POLITICS ON TAP Changes in the Party Align ment. Fron the Astoria Newi, Rep, There seems to be quit a mixture in the political situation in Oregon. Gov ernor Geer was the ally of Corbatt, Scott and Simon heretofore. There seema to be a defection, eonie how. Moody waa once in alliance with tho aamn partiea and had the support of Senator Fulton. The Mitchell wing waa allied elsewhere. New alliances eeem now to be in the air. The close obaorver notes that Wil liamson for congress ia at a premium in Scott-Mltchell-Fulton camps, Geer does not eeem to be sitting at the same table with Scott, and Henry W. Gorbett seems to be an unknown quantity, Dunbar has now ac'ear field for Secre tary of State ai a result of the new alignments. Soma of the prera are asserting that th senatorial issue is between Simon and Fulton. They eeem to assume that both Mitchell and Harvey Scott are supporting the Clataop states man. Yet, there are Indications that, when Scott came to sit at Mitchell's table, be waa "ecrouging" Senator Fulton eff the end of the bench. Little tliinga indicate that the "fleshliest incubus" haa a purpose to become succeitor to Senator Joiupu Simon. Ilia picture hai been sent around IqhU newapaper aupportere nice, half-tone cute, that reiemble liiatnarck, Juat what ia the situation ia not dear. But "Little Joe" iabuey putting up hie fences and 'tending to bunneia lie isooped in the Multnomah situation a cotpleof days ago when he got all the jndgeeand clerks of the primary elec tions. Himnn liner anil MutVir Item IU UCIU . . coalition. Juat how the remainder ol the field stands it not clear. Matters will foon develop, porhsps. Many a good game is lost in the face of a shrewd foe like "Joe" Simon. If the Clattop statesman is wiao, ho will keep a sharp eye on both "Joe" and Harvey. DISREGARD ED ADVICE J Governor Geer to the Last Legislature. I leave the eolut on of this question with you, gentlemen, where it belongs, with the advico to steer clear of tho breakers, which have often in the past wrecked tho best legislative intentions. e Jn all countries, under conditions and at all times there is a large chits of peo ple who are compelled by tho stress of circumstances to labor incessantly to provide themselves with tho necessaries ""0, Theao aro kuown na the common I peop,' and U U un them Ul I burden of sovernment largoly falls, acd U '" upon l,,e,r Pro,Perlty the pros- porl,y evpntuallv of a11 olher c,a80' d" pondl1 Y,,u ,houltl be"r them m m,l,d wh"6 "r,nB t0 ory ro11 cal'- Endorses The Journal's Fight, T. J. Cherrington, tlio Dallas Photographer, writes: "I heartily endoreo the work you nro doing to abolish the feo system in stateofilces. If you keep on this lino of showing up corruption in oithor or any party, ahe pedplo willeirdorpoyou and back you up." ( Tho people take Tim Jouiinal and read it and generally find is about right on local inattcrp. Noone can get right on nil the national questions, but most of tlicm do not affect the people llko home matters. Lot us got right at homo beforo wo go to reforming the world.) En. J, The People Are Unanimous. Brownsville Times Rep. Through the efforts of tho Salem Journal tho question of placing tho atato officials on a stated salary is;, being agitated throughout tlio length and breadth of tho state, Republicans and Democrats .alike, sharing in tlio opinion that it should bo dono without dolay. From tho discussion it ia plain that the people are unanimoua in this question and tho noxt a'ato platforms of tiio two leading parties will doubtloaa contain planks pledg ing thin reform. Let tho atato ofilcora be placed on a etalcd salary, eufllciont for tlio purpose, and let tho feea bo turned into tho etato treasury whoia they rightfully belong. Strictly On a Business Basts. Euiene Dally Ref later. Wo believo our atato offices should bo conducted ou a strictly business basis, and that means at tho least possible oxponso consistent with ablo and effici ent Borvices. Tho present emoluments of btuteofllcei tire flxod by tho constitution, supplemented by leg islative enactment. If stato government is coating ua moro than it should, we havo a safo and speedy remedy at the hands of tho legislature which should consider iteolf morally bound to adjust tho matter. This ia a proposition however, on which wo should make haeto slowly. Wo aro not in favor of cutting off ono single cent of atato oxpunaos if tlio amounts appropriated are actually needed In carrying on our 55itiHv Will Avoid Strike Evil Pittsduko Jan 81. Tho Atnalcamat cd Ar-rociated of Iron, Steel and Tin workers haa Juat taken a radical st-p that may havo a wholesome effect in avoiding striken. The organixation haa made an agreement with thn American fiK el Hoop Company and the Republic Iron A Steel Company that the mills ol these concerns shall not bo shut down next Summer pending tho wage adjust ment. In other words, there is to be no stop, even if a disagreement on wages resul'B. Tho new scale will be formu lated at the annual convention of the association at Wheeling in April. An effort will be madn to have the scale ex tended through three years, which would relieve much of the uncertainty aroused every year by th wage question. Preai dent Shaffer said today that at the Wheeling meeting a movement will be inaugurated which will do away entirely with mill committees, talariud district presidents being elected, whoso du y it ohall be to settle disputes in their dis tricts. Result of The Merger Omaha, Jan., 30. January 1 a general order was iaaued by the Burlington Rail road thatall of the rolling-BUnk of tho Great Northern road waa to ba treated aa Iiurlington cara and so tepor ed. I wo weeka later tho order waa modified toln- hide only box cars, and today a third circular waa iisued doing away entirely withtheoriidnal order. All Great North ern cars will now be treated as foreign cara. Thia la taken at the local head quartera to mean that there ia no proa prcts of other departments being merg ed into the Hill system at present. St JohFoix Will Settle WiUTCOW.Jan. 31. 8t. John Dix, who was anested in London for wrecking the Scaniiinavian-American Hank here announce from in prison cell hr that arrangements will be made lo pay the J....o..nra nl lliu iia n If III fllll llM hnnll UCIVBIli'lB v. w . - . -- " " I "- . ... - .ennlllal h nrnvl a llil the bank waa Insolvent when be bought it. NOW BROTHER SWANK The Aumsville Political Sage Weeps. liecause Politicians are Set ting up Beer, Cigars, etc. Ed. Jeurnal: Myself and many oth ors with whom I come in reverential political contact, express themtelves as being well pleased with tho efforts you are putting forth to arouse tho tax pay ers and vot. m to a realizing seno of tho intrigues practiced by professional poll tiriana. For twelvo years to my certain knowl edge these professional wnu'd bu Siivio a havo platformed, resoluted, speechified, and promised in most emphatic terms, that they would, the next timo if elected, curtail expenses and reduce taxation. But behold what expsrence and the records teach I Each succeeding legislative record shows an increase of burdens for the Some Press Comments affairs auccosafully and Judlcionly. To bo niggardly in handling stato aff.ilra ia tlio worst evil that could befall any commonwealth. The Theory That It Makes No Difference. The editor ol the U'mono ,'ouiual. who has lieon thert', eaya tlio nuttier of calarioa i ml fun of etato official in not the terloua ono with Oregon, Tho diff'Tuuce would not vhnng the total of receipts mid expellees much. Tho great Hums are. iho grafti voted by tlio etato legirlaturo, and it la an Interest ing fact that when Brother llofttr waa in I lie hijalit turo he voted forull of tlioin. Alliauy Uom icrat. Tliu above ia of interest because it shows tho readiueaa of somo people to fall in with an urrur. Tlio Albany Democrat waa l tho opposite opinion whon tho editor of Thk JotiHSAt. was in tho legisla ture. It then aald wo fought tho grafts nnd tlio oxpauao for clerks in tlio iljtisu that eusalon waa only nbout $3500, white the Senate tho samo sua sion with only half the members spent $8300 This shows what might bu done. The stato revenues io qulrud tho year following the leIalaluro of 1805, (whon tho Democrat eaya wo voted for all tho grafts,) was only half what ij required this year. Tlio tuat of the pudding ia in chewing tho string. But no cno wants to discuss nnc 'lit history. Tho question 'a what can bo done to cluck legislative extrava gance that shall prove uffdjtivu? If tho Demo crat will help accomplish that it can call ua iuiihh and Bay wo voted for grafts to its he.trt'a content. Tho Kugeno editor ia mlatHlcui in saying tho amount paid the etutu ofiluiula in fuu, a.tl.irloj mid p npiia itles makes no difference. If they did not -jot miuli largo appropriations and if tin fens wore put in tho treasury, tlioro would Im u difference of at least fifty thousand dollars u yo.u as tho fUuroa ahow and the aro not disputed To hold their own grafts statu officials would not have to stand in witli all the others grafts in tho Htuto and tho leglshituro would be on a liusluoss (ootliig. The co-incUIonco of tho combined graft would not bu suoli a partic ularly Inly terror to tho taxpayer aa It ia now whon ho tenda up p'ayera toheavuii that th' legULturo may come speedily to an end, when it Ih in ses sion. -Hi). J. fool voter and tax payer Mind you I don't blame the polithian half so much as I do tho f'.ol dig that licks tho hand that smites him. Tha toilers and producers of wealth are In the majority, ten to one, or sixteen to one if you pleaso, and if they had seusn enough to concentrate their tfforta for equality, freedom and justice, they could establish coudltioub that would lighten the burdens of taxation, and mcurH for themeelvea the remuneration to which they aro justly entitled. Juat now tho aame old political whol horses, aa they are proud to be called, are caavasnlng the atato and counties, fixing conditions that eventa may be ahaped to give nominations for tholiiora tlve officea that are to be divided up among themaelvet. I am a granger and potalbly may havo mistaken the offices for political wheul horaea, for It Is ono of the cardinal prin ciples of the Grange to so purify politics that the office would seek tho man, in stead ol the man the offi.o. The Grange hae now been in existence about thlrt years. It seems aa though some of tho fruits and principles of re form planted by the Grunge ought to be maturing in tangible form by thia time. Nevertheless the things 1 tua oaoillat ing in different parts of Marion county were pedee tailed on two pillara and buzzed into each other's eara, just like the old political wheel-horaea did, a long time ago when I naa not quite aa old aa I am now. KnrAlv Mif.aA ftiitifrs rtmltil nnt Iiuvh been offices for they were not so timid j as new-born habea uaualiy aro and win thinite partook and dlatiibuled cigars, whiskey, beer.ind smiling countenance Whatever the nature of tho animals may be; that are mauoeiivering through out the State of Oregon don't stop the vibrating thought wavea prndueed by the edl'oriala in the fearless outspoken JouctiAn. V. E. Swank, Aumsville, Jan. 20. The Marines Suffer Greatly Washington. Jan. 31 -Secretary Lng tcday itemed the following cable - grams from Rear-Admiral Rogers at Cavlto, concerning tho march of tho marines noroaa Samar: "DetBils of Waller's expedition ncross Samar not yet recoivod. Much credit is duo Shoemakor for servico rendered in connection with tho rescued dotoch- mont at Lanang. Marines In Samar will' be relieved in about 10 days." Tlio second dispatch read: "Following casualties 'rcurrod in Captain Porter's command whlloat temdting to march from Lr.nang to Rosev, Samar: Lioutennnt A. S WIIIIb, slightly wounded In chest and suffering from ecr.oma; Corporal V. Slattorly, Privates J. McKay, E. Witzull, J. W. Ilackler, V. D. Smith, It. D. Dotnond, J. Egan.T. J. Corroy, coudltlon serious from weeping eczema ; Privates P. J. Connell. 't. oanjule, G. M. Foster, T. Bredtt, J Woods, V. F Brown, T. Mur rny, M Bnwtt, L. A. B.iiley nnd J Bnronlo, mis-ing; hopo abundoiieJ. Lieutenant Willinin It. Khocmakor, who Is commended in Admiral 'lodgers' first dispatch, coin in an da the gunboat Arayat, and linn loured with distinction in n numiier of engaueinoiita in tho Islands. "Weeping eczema" la a form of that r-kin dlaeaiuiu which theencnist ed cuticlo breaks and tho sores "run." I'rovioua reports from Admiral llodgera liavu shown that tlio marines suffered great hardships from exposure in their march through the rough country of tho island. 'i i i ? fa i I I i 4 ft ' .! li Last of the Stage Drivers Wichita, Kan., Jan. 31 Byron Ter nll, the litHt of tho fmnoua stage drivers of Kansas, died at Gouda Sprluga yes terday. Ho drovo states before there was a mile of railroad in the state. He drovo Horace Greeley, Jim Lauo, Gen- ural Sherman, John drown, nearly all o tho Territorial Governma, and Heurr M. Stanley, tho African explorer, llo was woll known in Arizona, whuro ho aooumiilatod a for.une, At u ataue tournament in Dmivor he won a prizu overall tho craok ill Ivors of thu West by cutting tho figure 8 in tho smallest epaco. ENGINEER'S TRIAL Whi.ker, tho engineer of th train that ran Into tho local in Ihu recent I New York tunnel horror, will ahnrtl) b idaeed on tHal. Allhm.gh tbe eompany j will employ coumel to delend blm, It la' xpected that the ifliciala will try to k "' tbo icapegoat. SUSTAINS JOURNAL'S FIGHT But Has Kicks On Lines. Other A Howler Who Wants to Re form Everything at Once. Editor Jeurnal: I am with you in your fight against tho feo system. I believe that thero is only one prnpor wny to pay our Stato officials, and that is by paying them a fixed salary, and covering the foes Into the Stato treasury. 1 suppose we must crodit you with sin cerity in making this fight, but aome timea 1 have some double nbout it Wiiv do you claim tho honor of being thu originator of thia plan. You speak of it as "our plan," whon the fact la thu idea Is b vory old one. For years nnd years I have heard people protoating againat nllowimr our Stato ofllciala to pocket the feeB which camo into their offices. Tho committee of ono hundred advocated thia very "plan which you claim aa your own. The Oregon Independent for the past six or seven years lias been pound ing away on the samo lines. But noth ing ever camu of it, for the simple reason that it did not Buit tho politicians. I am free to admit, however, that you have gono Into tho matter moro fully than any one who tias preceded yoa. You havo presented your readers with more figures and perhaps ventilated tho subject ino.3 thoroughly than any one who haa aa yet written on tho subject. For thia you deaurvo great crodit. Now while you are exposing tho cor ruption and rottcnutae of our legiala tuioa, and telling the voters what they should do to bo saved from endless taxation, why do you not have something lo say regarding tho nopotiam which pro valla among our public men. Just look at our Senators nnd repreeentatlvoa. Thero haa not oeuu n aoaalon of the legislature t .at senators and assembly nion havo not been guilty ofthlaahameleBa and lul- qtiilloue practice. And tlieio ia nothing In politics miiro demoralizing. 1 have known our representatives to appoint their wives, aiBtora, daughtera and aons to clot Kahipa both in tlio senate and in tho house. 11 it woro not for this ungodly and beggarly practice, tho clerkehip ovi) would never havo amounted to audi an octopua as It haa become. Theae relatives uro given poaitiona regardleaa of their qualifications, mid lueiuiultsaio patent In sucii cases bb that of Geoigo W. Davis, when tho ulerko reported everything correct while ho waa a de faulter lo tho tune of fl-'.OOO. No high toned man would bagui.ty of putting his wife, sister, or child in a public position fu a department whuioiu lie himself was mi actor, And yet you have nut a word to any aualuat thia i.'ifamoua practice. Ymi keep iiat plug away at thu aalary question a- If that woro the only griev ance of which thu peupli- havo to coin- pun. Why ia tuiaf What aro you afraid o ? I know a Beuator, and ho dota not livu a thousand iiiilea from wa - loin either, who had 11 vo of hia nearest relatives two of thorn h.aowiichildren appointed to oleiksliips while hu was in office, la that right? lfhu had theao things to diapoao of,, why did he not think of soinH of tho poor bova and girla thu children of some of the people who voted for him? Why? Ilocauuo he waa loo selilih lo consider them. Hu wanted to hog Ihu whole cheute himself while ho had the oppor unity, Thia gentleman may havo loaoliclt our auf frugua again and if ho duea ho will hear of those things. I baveulxo to find fault with you for handling guilty public officers tcD gin gerly. When a man ia guilty of an (in teullonul wrong why not handlo him without gloves? Why bo mealy-mouthed H- lib a culprit? I do not mean by thia to call him ugly nainea, or to denounce him without mercy, or to accuse him of other things of which ho ia not guilty. Hut I do bellevo in calling a spade a spado. In dealing witli men or bodlea who havo not acted ri'jht, you reurnd me of a bully I once saw, He would give hie antagonist a moat unmerciful blow or a elan ou the face, and then apologise to in m for having done bo, You accuse a legislature of having been recklessly ex travagant In ono sentence and in tho next you aay it haa been no woreo thnn ita predecessor. I uotlco that you aro down on the Scalp bounty bill, ua every honest man should be. Senator Williamson ia the author of (hat hill which la one of the worst grafta ever enacted in the State. Hut while condemning tho bill, you have nothing but honeyed worda for its author I Now, that in not the way to handle men who introduce such in jurious measures. I hope) mi will pardon me for thia plain speaking. While I admire many of the poiltioiia you take on public qiiestioni, yet I am convinced that you a'o leaving muny things undone that hould be attended to. Yours etc. Mu Duvr, Marion County Jan. SO. 1001. PERSONS WHO MAY REGISTER RulCS AdODtCfJ In the PrlflCl- Hal Prill ntl ai VUUUy' In v-ew o( , fi0t ,at w toni , ,!.,, .rnin .ifuti..!.. of .ertaln neonle to realater. theclerk o! Multnomah county ba submitted a numbor of them to tho Dhirict At tornoy, and In conformity with an opinion received from M. Ohamborialn, haa adopted tho following rules: Nono but an elector is entitled to reglater. Thia means a person who is an alcctor at tho timo ho applies for regis tration. For example, numerous younir men who will soon becomo ol age have beon dented, owing to tho fact that they are not now electors. There aro alao porsona who have declared thoir inten tiona, and who will bo votera noxt elec tion. Tho constitution provides that thoy can voto ono year alter having taken out first papers, but tho yeBr alie nor, passed, Thoy cannot register. Then there aro recent arrivals, who have not lived hero tho bIz months re quired by law to gain a residence. Theao, also, cannot now reglater. Registration cloaea on May 15. If the time limit haa expired by that lime, or prior thereto, they can return and register, otherwise they uiuat vote ou affidavits made when thoy aro electors, which, when signed by six freeholders, will glvo them tho rirfht to oxurciee tho ulectlvo franchise. Natural zed citizens must produce their citiEuuahip papura, or proof of tho loaa of tno same, All allona tuuat pro duce decluratton of intention papera, or proof of loaa of same. Where electors woro unable to produce a copy of declara tion or naturalization papers and were allowed to reglater in 1000, no further attempt to uecuro lost papura will be In sisted upen: but those wiio havo not re gistered heretofore duJ who have loat papera muat first uao reaaonabla effort to secure copies of the aamo, but An afll davit will be required in a.l caaoa. Any person claiming citfxonahip by virtuo of hla fathor'a citizenahip before ho became of ago, la not required to pro duce hia father'a citizenahip papera. Mr. Swotlaud hai caused to be priutod largo notlcoa ol requirements of electors, ai follews: 1. The placo shall bo considered jmd held lo bo the rua.douce of a pe'r'ion in which hla habitation n fixed, and to which, whenever ho la absent, ho baa thu iutentiou of returning. 2. A puraon shall not be conaidored or neiu to have loat lite residence who shall Itavo his home and go into anotbor ttato or territory or county of thia atate for a temporary purpo.e only. 3, A norain shall not ba considered or held to luvo gainoil a resldenco in any county of thia atate into which he ahull come for temporary purposea only', without the intention of making saiu county hie home, but with the In tention of leaving tho samo when ho ahall havo accomplished tho buelneaa that brought him tato it. 4. If b poraon rumovo to Any other atato, or to any of tho territoriea, with thu inteutlou of making it hia perma nent borne, hu ahull be conaidored nnd held to have loat hia rotidonce in thia atato. C. Tho placo whoro a married man's lamlly reaidea ehail be coualdurod and held to bo hla residence. 0 Tho nlacs whoro an unmarried man sloops ahull bocunsldeied. and hold to bu hla residunco. 7 If a person ahall go from this atate Into any other atato or territory anil thero exorcise tho right ol auffragu, ho shall bu considered ami held to have bat ilia ruaidunit iu thia stato. 8. All qualified eh ctora shall vote in tin- election precinct in thu county where they may reside for county officers, and in any county in tho statu lor state offi cers, or in any c iiuty of a Congression al district in which such elector may resldo lor uu mourn of Congress. Thu following regulation notice toelec-- . tors tueela theuyo in boldlaco typo In the .ollicu: Any poraon who ahall willfully or fraudulently register moro than once or register under any but his truo name, or attempt to voto by impersonating an other who has registered, contrary to tho provisions, of hia act or knowingly register in any precinct where he la not a resident Hi the timo of regiatttriug, upon conviction, ahall bo puulehed by liiiprlxoninent in thu penitentiary not leas than nuu year nor more than three yuura, or by a linn not less that f 100 or more than 2000, or both such flue and Iiiipnioiiiiient, Any port-on who shall faleely-swear to any affidavit required by thleact ahall bo deemed uuiltvof nerlurv. and unon conviction thereof be punished accord ingly. Thia la an oxtract from tho rogletra tlon aw. The work of each day la com pared by tlio doputies, and every effort la being mado to eoe that no errors aro made. Klcctora are urged to reglater aa aoon aa poaaiblo, and not to delay .and create a mail, After primary day haa beon announced, increaaed lnteroat will prob ably reault. All electors muat reglater. Prevloua roglatrationa are now void, Theory of Condor's Fate Suattlk, Jan. 31. Groat excitement haa been caured in local marine circles by the theory of collision between tho Condor and Matteawan, advanced by Captain Haadorff, of the Capo Flattery lightship, and every circumstance tend ing to throw light on the (ate of tho two veseela la now died in support of a de duction that appeara moit tangible. Tlio steamers Bailed from Ladyamitb and Victoria, It. C, reapectlvely on Decern her 3. and passed through tha Straita within u half hour of one an other, The course of tho Matteawan bound for San Franciaco and the Condor for Honolulu would havo been exactly the samn for at least 20 mllai after leav ing Flattery. Thu Matteawan waa noticed (n the afiornnou by the weather observer at Neah liay, six miles from the termina tion of the Capo He has so reported to he local oflloo. Still later Captain Haa dorff, of thu lightship, atatioued H miles "oiitli of Cape Flattery, and anchored oft Flattery Rooks, noted the steamer south ward hound, about two miles off and ev idently In dlalreia. The Condor muat have been at that.tlmo.but a.ahort dia- anon behind. It la now believed hero that the Mat-ti-dwan put back lor abetter at Neah flay and at somo point near and undoubtedly uniithward of CapH Futierv collided wiih the Cmdor. Tho terrible marine tragedy winch would follow auch a col lision U accented hero aa the x pi na tion of the awful mystery which ahronli It fate of tho mlaaing craft Ifyoudoa't te It aaywbtre else you will Uai It Is ' ry' AIbmssc It Is full ef v ustte laformalloB. Call for free cow at Fry's Otuf Star. 1 Mf. s 1 &m . l! ff ' k 1 fi r- i l 'I Tni Be llli U u iOU III 1. 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