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, 1890-03-13
MuNIoIrAL CORPORATIONS.
Passage Of the BiIi. with Amend
ments. In the senate.

The reading of the municipal corpora
tion act, which was begun yesterday and
was in progress at the time of adjourn.
mcnt last night, was resumedln the sen.
ato this morning, and occupied the en-.
tire morning session.
The provision in tho bill allowing
cities OF the second class q, 600 to 1000
to levy and collect annually a property
tax was changed. 80 far as the school
lands arc concerned, the provision was
stricken out.
A lively fight cnsued over sections Is
and II OF chapter g, which provides that
the Indebtedness OF cilics should not eX-
coed the amount of the funds provided.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Rnchnrts
strong advocacy of section 10, the fol.
lowing substitute was adopted; city
councils shall not create, audit, allow
nor permit to accrue any debts ~ liza
billtics In excess Of one-half per cent of
the amount OF tho taxable property
within the limits of such city or town,
unless authorized by vote Of three
iifths OF the qualified electors of such
city or town, In which case such debts
shall not exceed iivo per cent. Of such
amount Of taxable property, said
amount to be determined from the last
essessmen, roll preceding the creation
of such Indebtedness"
Another contest occurred over section
20. relative to the improvement of
streets, etc. The section was changed
to read that a city council may eNpend
from the general fund for such purposes
such sum rs 1t may deem necessary for
repairs only.
Half Of the afternoon was devoted TO
the bill and several immaterial amend
ments were suggested and adopted.
The bill was then passed without GO
Ing 70 the engruSsinG committee
, 1890-03-13
MIR. DRUMS ELECTION BILL.
Favorably Reported by the = snate
Elections Committee.

The senate committee on elections to
day reported favornbly Mr. DRUMS bill,
providing for the registration of voters,
with amendments. 1t applies 20 all
cit lies and towns for general and munici-
pal elections and to precincts outside OF
cities and towns having a voting popu-
latfon OF $50 In cities and towns the
registration Is in charge of the may or
and council, with the clerk as the officer
of registration. In other precincts the
board OF county commissioners are re-
quired to appoint officers of registra-
tlon. In all cases the registration books
must be kept open during tho entire
year, except that they shall be closed
ten days pricr to the election.
No person II allowed to vote without
registration, and each voter must appear
In person for that purpose. Rcgistra.
ton is prima facio evidence of the right
TO vote, but the registered voter is still
subject to challenge, the same as II he
hHd not been registered. Zach voter
registered shall receive u certificate of
registration, which must he filed with
the judges of election when lie casts his
ballot III voter changes his residence
after registration he may have the
change noted on the registration books.
copy OF the registration books must
oe hicd with the Judges of election in
each voting precinct for their guidance.
Heavy penalties attach to any official
misconduct in connection with registra.
tion.
The bill contains an emergency clause
10 make II operative at the coming
spring elections In the cities.
, 1890-03-13
THE PACIriC ROADS.
Tho Nandever Biil discussed by this
House Com mittee.

WAsuIHGToS, March THE house
committee on Pacific railroads to-day
resumed consideration Of the vandeyoi
bill for bonding the debt Of tho Pacific
railroads 10 the government. Tno CON.
mittec got through several sections.
concerning the Union Pacific alone. aud
which are substantially that the amount
after being determined, shall be paid
The remainder OF the bill proposes re-
FUNDING plan TO meet the case OF tho
Central Pacific railway, and before en-
tering upon is consideration the qucs-
ton arose as to whether the committee
should report bill, as was done by the
senate committee, covering both com.
panies, Or separate bills for each.
Adjourn ment arrived before decision
was reached.
, 1890-03-13

congress 10 authorize the Oregon Rail l.
way and Extension Company to bui Id
o bridge across the Columbia river at
Vancouver, was passed in the house Tia Is
morning,
The senate held two sessions to-day,
each Of two hours length. But little
was done in the mornings session, most
Of the senators being In the house listen.
ing to the debate ON the tide lands
question.
Just before adlourning this afternoon
palpable effort was made by the King
county senators TO induce Mr.. Nestal 10
call up his county line bill from the
table, but Nr, Drum, who was the ON ly
Pierce county senator present, had got
wind of their intentions, and managed
through his friends TO make the senate
adjourn. 1t was simply question Of
diamond cut diamond, and the lone
democrat OF the senate got the best oil
the question.
Governor Ferry notified the senate to.
day that he had signed senate bills Nos
i2o, l20 aud i27, which taken togeth or
make a complete code of laws for high
ways and turnpike roads, and for laying
out, establishing. and changing the
width of county roads.
The governor also made known in his
communication that he had signed sem
ate bill No. 100, requiring Transports
tion companies to promptly forward
freight
, 1890-03-13
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Action Upon Number of Important
Measures


Stevenson's bill authorizing corpora
tions to improve unnavigable streams to
float logs and timber products was par
TALLY read In the house this morning.
This is substan TALLY the same bill intro.
duced early in the session by Rotch, and
withdrawn Kennedy declared the bill
rotten measure. and tried to have Il
indefinitely postponed, but failed.
Consideration of the bill was then
deferred till next week.
Tho house to-day passed Senator
Cloughs bill for compulsory education
of defective youths. A strong but un-
successful effort was made to exclude
feeble-minded children from H. proyis.
ions OF the bill Clark and shaw opposed
1t strongly. Clark.was looking out for
the interests of some warm friends in
Spokane. Shaw In support Of his oppo.
sition, showed 4 letter from man who
has been trying for five years to get his
feeble-minded children into the school
for defective youth at Vancouver, but
has been unable to, owing to the crowded
condition of the school. 1t Is proposed
in the near future to erect speci al
building at Vancouver for feeble minded
children
, 1890-03-13
A FORFEITURE BILL.
Approved by the Sena,a
Committee on Lands.
A SYNOPSIS OF ITS TERMS
Framed on the Same Lines as IN.
Bill Passed by the
Last Senate.

WAsHIsdroS, March 7.-Tbo ser.,-
committee on public lands this morn,"S
reported general land grant iorfein,s
bill framed on the same lines us tho Mn
passed by the senate during last con
gress. Tho hill forfcils to the I'nua',
states all the lnnds opposite to and con-
tinuous with the portion of .ny roil,os,
not now completed and In oper,tlou
for the construction or benefit of Wbish
the lands have heretofore hcen aran,st
provided, however, that this shall moi 4,
constructed as foriclting the land nor
toioro earned by the construction of AN.
portion OF u railroad under any aeXi
congress making a grant Of public lnnJ
Persons in possession Of any forfcitso
lands under title derived from tho sts,s
or corporation, to which the lands wer,
granted, arr given the right to pureha.s
lands from the United States in ouan,I
ties not exceeding 40 scrcs 10y any trr,
son, at the rate Of 81. % per acre. nj anv
time within two years af,er tho passac,
Of the act. Where persons or cornora'
tions hold land TO which, under the
terms of the act they can not obtain h.
tle from the United states,
they are given six month,
within which TO remove growing erons
OF improvements which may be made,
clause added to this section provide,
that II shall not apply 10 any lands In
Iowa TO which any person ia good faith
has made or asserted right to make
pre- omptiOn or homestead settlement.
Tho bill ropeals certain sections OF
several acts IN regard to land grants In
Iowa and Minnesota which conflict
with its provisions.
In homestead entries Of forfeited
lands parties VIII b. given credit for The
time they have already been on the
lands.
II 1t shall be found that any land,
heretofore granted the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company and ~,
stored to tho public domain be
north of the Harrison line" in Wash.
ington, the persons who acquired title
tn these lands from the railroad com
pany prior To July |, 1885, will bo en-.
titled To purchase lands within one year
from the United States at the rate o,
-, 10 an acre.
The city of Portland. Or., Is confined
IN certain riparian rights OF way which
II secured in order to obtain good water
supply.
In cases where grants made to aid
the construction Of main and branch
lines conflict but only one line has been
completed, tnc grant shah not inuro TO
the benefit OF the completed road.
, 1890-03-13
a NOVEL PROPOSITION.
Ex-Attorncy General Metoaif Oners
HIS Portrait.

HIS Portrait.
Ex.Attorney General J. L. Metcnlf
is determined that he shall not be Tor
gotten by posteily. Here is letter lac
sent TO Governor Ferry. who has trans
mitted it to the legislature;
SEATTLE, March 3.
Sir; | forward by Mr.. Il. James, Of
this city, an oil painting OF myself
which | desire to fender 10 the state OF
Washington. This idea suggested itself
to mo 10y reasonof the fact that portraits
of the different attorney generals of the
United States ndorn the walls of the do
partnient OF justice at Washington, ID.
70, and thought, having
the honor 20 be the first at
torney general of the tcrritorr
of Washington. that il would not be an
immodcst act to begin this innovation rs
TAR as states arc concerned. For histOry's
sake | thought II might be well to pre-
serve the phy steal likenesses of these
men whose privilege 1t was to represent
her interest In public.
This senate parsed u concurrent resolu-
iion authorizing the governor to accept
the portrait Tho house thought Met.
calf and his proposition was piece oi
monumental check, ana an eIlon
to lay II on the table failed aud the let
ter was filed
, 1890-03-13
REAPPoRTIOsMENr.
Governor Ferry's BiIi soon to BE
Considered.

Considered,
Now that the end of the session is
near at hand, 'he legislature has saRen
up the reapportionment question, which
will prove very hard nut TO crack.
Speaker Feighan to-day appointed
Messrs. Grant, McReavy, Person,
Evans, Flummerfelt, Geoghegan, VIII
liams and Sharpe as house members of
the committee on apportionment- As
soon as Lieutenant Governor Laugh ton
names the senate members, the Joint
com mittee will take hold of the reappor-
tlonment bill drafted by Governor Ferry
and redistriot the state.
The bill provides for one more senator
and two more representatives. which
will he given to Pierce TO molliiy it,
The bill to be reported by the Joint
committee will recognize the rights of
the seventeen hold-over senators.
Governor Ferry is in favor of revising
the first six sections of article 2, Of the
constitution, pertaining to the legis-
Iativc department OF tho government.
he nnds several Inconsistencies therein.
Section particularly has received his
attention. IL contemplatos thirty.five
senators, one-haifo Of whom shall retire
every two years. One-half Of thirty
five senators Is seventeen and one.half
senators. For that reason the governor,
10 drafting his bill, provided for thirty
six senators, so that an even nu m Der
should retire bicnnially. Governor
Forry Is in favor of large legislature,
say 100 senator's and 200 represonenta-
tives. lie says that one of tho greatest
dangers of the times Is small lcgisla-
turc. which permits of more vicious leg
islation than q large one. He Is
strengthened IN the idea by recollecting
the iim1 when the territorial couucil
had only nine members, five of whom
banded together and opposed, or worked
for. any bill according to the desire OF
any mem Der of the cli1lc
, 1890-03-13
AN EXPLANATIoN.
The Books of tho Land League Were
Burned.

CHICAGO, March s-Michacl Corcoran,
Of Lincoln, Neb., has written q letter to
the Inter Ocean, in which he explains
why the books and checks of the Irish
Land League were not produced before
the Times-Parnell commission in Lon
don.
Corcoran says that Patrick Egan LEFT
these papers with him in the Hibernian
bank, OF Dublin, ON January Is. 1883.
Subsequently Egan left for America,
and 1t seemed best to him (Corcoran) TO
have the books and checks burned, al =.
though Egan, In note assured him that
there wns no treason In them. CorcOran
says II was his own thought to burn
them, without suggestion from any body
else, and if IL was u fault 1t was his alone.
, 1890-03-13
DETAILED REPORT.
A Complete Record of the Proceed.
ings In Bo eh Houses.

A Complete Record of the Proceed.
ings In Both Houses.
The following new bills were intro
duced IN the senate to-day;
by the judiciary committee-Rclativ We
to the costs in convictions for felony,
etc.
by Mr.. Drum-Confirming sheriff.
deeds. made by successors who have
sold lands, etc.
THIRD READING OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. kenned edy-Relativo to swine
running at large; passed.
by the special committee-Grantin ting
ci'ies aud towns the right to construct
interna, improvements; passed.
BY the Judiciary committee Relating
to iorclble entry and detainer; passed
BY Mr. Owings-li Relating to the giving
OF the bonds required by law passed.
BY Mr.. Meagler-ro protect lobsters
passed.
BY Mr.. misunderstanding innocent
purchasers of community property;
passed
BY Mr.. Jud son 90 Authorizing the trus.
tees OF the stelacoom asylum to sell
certain land passed.
, 1890-03-13

The senate was notified this morning
by General Ferry that he had appointed
II. q. Tibballs, Jr., +. b. Hastings and
Nelson j. l.aubauci as members OF the
board of health for Puget sound district,
The nominations were confirmed in
open senate, tho senators voting down
the motion TO 90 into executive sessio a.
Hunsnker Introduced II memorial today
In the senate praying congress TO make
an appropriation 10 deepen Olympia
harbor.
A memorial passed the senate to-iay
adopting the port of the committee on
medicine, recommending the passage of
a bill creating board oil health and
bureau Of vital statistics.
rEw BILLS.
BY Fairweather--Pfovidins for the y.
pointlnent OF persons TO represent tho
state In certain cases.
BY Fofsythe-Regulating and icons
ing the sale OF Intoxicating liquors.
by the committee ON inodlcine- Reg
ulating the practice of medicine.
InIHD READING OF BILLS.
BY Hyde-Amending certain sections
of the code relative TO exemption OF fire.
men from jury duty.
by Robertson-Giving road districts
the right TO levy special taxes.
, 1890-03-13
DETAILED REPORT.
A Complete Record OF the Proceed
iuGs of Both Houses.

Jugs of Both Houses.
The following new bills we're intro
duocd in the senate to-day;
by the committee on corporations
a substitute for Mr.. Parknson's bill
granting the right to railroad corpora.
lions to bridge streams.
By MIR. Wolfe--liegulating the pro-
fessional charges Of physicians, liking q
penalty, etc.
by MIR. Payne-Defning the rights
and obligations of telegraph and tele-
phone lines.
THIRD READING or BILLS.
BY Mr.. Shaw-Appropriating $4,000
for the school OF defective youth con
sidered in committee of tho whole and
passed.
BY Mr.. Drum Establishing n system
of common schools in cities OF {, 200 etc,
passed.
By MIR Wooding-ProyIdlng for
authorizing cities TO erect and maintain
draw bridges, etc, passed,
House Proceedings.
The senate resolution authorizing the
governor to accept the portrait of ex-
Attorney General Metcalf was con
Cured in
THIRD READING or BILLS.
BY senate Judiciary committee-Pro-
viding n method for the removal of
causes from superior courts TO the su-
preno court passed
by the senate Judiciary com mittcc--
Relating to witnesses In civil actions;
passed.
BY Mr.. Painter-Appropriati $4O-
0oO ior the maintenance of the Walla
Walla penitcntlary during 1890; passed.
by Mr.. Painter for the government
Of tho officers of the peniton tiary;
passed.
BY Mr.. Robertson Empowering coun.
ties to- issue per cent. bonds TO pay
their outstanding Indebtedness; passed.
By Senator misunderstanding the
United States government title to lands
in front of military reservations; passed.
BY MIR Pickrcll-To protect liens;
passed.
by Senator Clough--Appropriati
~, 22D.B3 to pay for the work done upon
the school for effective youth passed.
My Mr.. Evans--Enabling the Puyal-
iup Indians to ALLEVIATE their lands:
passed.
by the house insurance committee
For the better. protection of life and
limb IN cases OF fire In hotels; passed.
, 1890-03-13

KALAMAZOO, Mich, March G--Last
Saturday night twenty-one students Of
Kalamazoo college kidnapped Prof Ferry
and Instructor frobridge, bound them
and loft them lying out In a corniicd, II
being nearly two hours before they sue
cecded In liberating themselves. The
suspended another and a freshman for a
yeur, while the other eighteen students
are suspended for the remainder OF the
school year. The punishment is gener-
ally considered to be too severe.
, 1890-03-13

their broken lines, and II this could not
be done what RESOLUTION there was to
first silng they learned was
that Representative Randall, OF Stevens,
who has boon absent several weeks, has
returned. MIR. Randall, however, said
that hc would not enter into the con-
trovsrsy one way or the other He is
quoted rs saying that he would vote
against tho bill. Then the fact was made
known thnt Judson, of Pierce, and two
or three othors OF tho opposition were
willing 70 reconsider the vote
by which tho bill iaied,
and favor its passage, provided
that . few minor amendments could be
mnde- Judson. wants the first part Of
section TO reads ANY person, associ-
alton or corporation desiring to pur-
chase tide lands may file ap-
plication with the state land COM
missioner, ETC." instead OF: ANY per-
son entitled TO purchase, etc." II was
Thought that this plan, II adopted,
would result In innumerablc amend
ments, and probably In the destruction
81 tie intent and meaning of the bill, so
u was deemed best not to adopt II.
, 1890-03-13
THE VALENTINE SCRIP.
The Case May lie Decided Against
the state.

wAsHIsGroS, D. c., March lit is
runiored. and with some show of
truth, that the tide land contest now
pending before the secretary OF the in
terror will be decided against the state
OF Washington, and in favor OF the
men who have located the scrip. The
officials of the interior department said
to-day that IL was merely n question as
TO whether the strip of shore which has
been overtlowed when the tide was In.
and was land when 1t was out, could be
considered rs land or part of the
ocean. Ii 1t was land. IL was subject to
entry by scrip. II water, 1t was the
property of the state.
, 1890-03-13

.WAsniSoroS, March 0.-Tho secretary
OF tho treasury purchased over ~, ,0oO,Ooo
OF United States bouds to-day, and
thereby reduced the available surplus 70
about s2s,O00,oo0 As the secretary 10
disinolincd to reduce tfie surplus below
SSo,Vo,oOo few rcpettions Of to-days
operations would soon result In n tenn
orary suspension Of the bond purchases,
Nv least 50 iur as the 4 per cents. are
, 1890-03-13
Providing for . Duty on CoGee,

-WAsHisoros, March Representa-.
tive O'Donnell, of Michigan, introduced
a bill in the house to-day, providing for
tho collection of "A duty on cofieo eouiya.
liant to the export duty levied by certain
countries on coffee coming TO this coun-
iry.. Countries not exacting expor
duties shall be admitted free, and when
tho nations now collecting duties on
coi'ec exported to the United States
shall abolish the same no duty shall be
collected at any American ports.
, 1890-03-13

the time viii probably be extended to
April 10 or 10, The senate docs not seem
disposed to settle down to work. II ad-
Journed Saturday until 2 r. NJ today
and, after brief session, adjourned un e
til L. VI. Tomorrow.
The house met promptly at 10 and
worked hard all day, and by avoiding
long debates, passed a dozen or more
bills.
, 1890-03-13

CrscrssArf, March Sat Lebanon,
Ohio, to-day, Al Graham, formerly au.
ditOr OF Warren county, was sentenced
on plea Of guilty 10 an indictmen
charging him with embezzling the
funds OF the county to the amount of
S63, 2ll. The court sentenced him 10
Abe penitentiary Tor eighteen years, and
a line of sI26. i22
, 1890-03-13

A Long and Hot Debate Before the
Diii Was Passed..

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w hria' asu, MARSH Inv
nVuso "". ,"onNey anu P"r'o' uu'e
WI 'uu ''uo i'nus p''. '",s uo'h'ns'
""sn '''e eo."."'''e' w "si"oh """
"'' '''h"o'e waters p''sen'eu 'he ahehu-
n's,'' asiee' upo" ~ i's n'ee'ns. &c
eo"'p"'! mb w 'eporV ""s "'i 'iens'ossca
vops VI '"o o,.'. ~" opposi''O" nau
NeV'"eu W man. var upon ue repor,
""" W 'b"' ~, ".'e ~ having 'no oii
pr',,e"' snu -"f' iu'uy maui a mo''oh
'" ,ns enec"
"'. o'oNenaoI onereu an anierumeh'
"s' 'no Ie,V,. oe a,oP,eu.
oIeaN.' iois"'" 'ooS .he noo,' anu
p.o.s7'e' "e'''''' WV "uoP''o" VI '"e ~
FL ,. A.. A..
~ ,"u .ua' VIC V"n'iii'teo nau re-
turned the bill with every objectionable
feature 1t contained priorto its reference.
The idea of the bill, he said, was to give
toe upland owners the pre.emptive right
purchase, whether they were improy-
ara or ma, and ho would opnoao a, an
ri. ,,,,a ua ,.i,s,aJ Va
uns sivo"', ~ W a"u survey
OF the iahus "itnih Two miles oi the
limits oil cities, the committee having
substituted this provision for the one
mi!s limit.
A LONG fiyh, tbon onsuod
~ H,,paa.. in.,,,,n,i,, 49,,
'' ''Enun'y ""rs,u
that the oppostion wanted the bill
prlnled for no other reason than to waste
time
MIR. Cstrandcr asserted that the bill
,s printod would ,,nin ton vo,os I,o
r1,,ff, ~, ',., 'o' 'e
""o"cu u up WIN 'ne CONCESSION that
nc would not vote iOf the Dlll under the
circumstances.
The report of the committee was then
adopted. uycs 30 noes d.
~ i.i.-In,,r,, ri. ,.r
,, N"'i"' .u.y' Lul, anu
'"''on VI 'e'c'i M"o Noteu WIN Ihe
port.
The motion to print was then voted
down rho vnte wa. nf,ervarI r.cn,,-
si,le.r,.d mud thc hiil was or'iorsJ ,'r;n,,I
and made the -ppci,I or,lsr fnr ~ "Incp
this rveniry
r, nn , ~ hNan'' s,ss",i.
viii, nsn. was rssniea a. IN b; ,ns EVENING
". ~, - ~ oV"t'ssvS"h ~ Wy onnii, nPcaN-
y. ie'rnan l,H snls 'ne hoon 70 ieha Tue
" crI rnsun '",Svs !" we Hiuus"riIS
~ 'iNn"'! io,toS s'opu hr'l On tIio
'.' '''.in f,ypos'' f,pHl uus pio.N NV iihe
sctsra, t'nos o' nihoI questions,
81 ~, E''"F s.S''si W. uet' llhs W
onefing an hmehuinont TO section TO
a.t uhe'I 'Ic se,,eusly ci sti'e nhtt stnto "u.
uiW'i Ioni tne loaru o' equalitaUoh' III
was Vp.su aown.
MI telghhn lo,lowel with an amend
mV,t 70 see',osl o whIeh proposed TO
ilake 'he bonru eI "ppratsers consist oi
tniee uis,i'c.esscu IieelioluetSi instead
o. r"siueh's o. COUNTIES where thero are
tIu. i"nhs' ~ was ieJec'eu.
Mh oaluy Wleh proposed 70 abolish
'he tNo .mile lill, ana open 70 survey
oIily INC ihhu Nilhih corporate limits,
OF wi,hih one hile thereoi' IL was de-
iea,eu'
Mi. rhphat resumed the tehtw an
nihchuhrhI 70 section =. requihhg the
20 Dc prrmnnrnt ana val
uhl ". instead Oh oniy valuable ME-
fnlShhii -aid 'iiht TINS was only aimed
AZ tue ude lhnu jumpers
az. huhh saiu 'hnt inns would raise
neliea,e olu.s,ion' Us WOOL 'nat was DC.
lhR eafh Dy the toieuo woulu not be
considered permanent Tie Hmendmcnt
wa, rejected.
Mt Eu',f sucVeeueu III Retuhg IN
nnaor ann,nun,Vns ilakn,R ,le ahpraise'
, 1890-03-13

BERLIN. March ga special from
Constantinoplc reports the death of ex.
Sultan Murad w.. who succeeded his
uncle, the Sultan Abdulazis, NAV ID.
1875. and was deposed in favor OF his
brother the present sultan, in August OF
the same year Sinee that time he has
been confined In the palace,
, 1890-03-13

WAsHiscros, March 6. - Representa-
tive Taylor, of illinois, to-day intro
duced In the house bill to provide for
tho establishment Of a system of govern.
ment telegraph for the use of the gov.
ernment and tho people, to be operated