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THAT KEEP ODELL IN.
FINANCIAL AND OTHER POWER
FTL TNTERESTS-GOT. HIGGINS.
h Governor Is Looking for \ Man for
superintendent Of Insurance TO Whom
the Salary OF the Place Is Not an Object
Shoals OF Applicants for the Salary.

Gov. Higgins said yesterday that one Of
the greatest problems he had been up
against since he was elected was to find
a man who could fll the requirements he
had mapped out in his own mind for Super
intendent of Insurance to succeed Francis
Hendricks.
have had loads Of applications for that
position Mr.. Higgins said yesterday
at the Hotel Manhattan, where he now
makes his headquarters in this city, but
the maj l intend to appoint must be one
to whom the salary consideration shall be a
secondary matter. Most Of the applica-
tons l have had. in fact 1 might probably
say with truth all of them, are from men
who are seeking the office for the sake OF
the salary. That is not the kline of APP
pointee ] am looking for, and as there is no
particular hurry to fill the vacancy l mean
to wait until l can light on some one who
will carry weight with him as the head OF
the Insurance Department"
Mr.. Higgins was asked if he was seeking
for a practical insurance man.
Il am seeking for a practical man." he
replied, "but the practical man I want may
be one who is strong either in, say, law or
finance, or a man of great business capacity.
1t is not entirely necessary to have an
insurance expert at the head Of the depart
ment, because, just as in the case of the
insurance companies, where the details of
the insurance business are left to the
actuaries while the executive control de-
wolves on the president, so in the depart
ment we want a man who will be able to
tackle a wider field than one merely Of
figures"
Gov. Higgins seemed to think that there
was little possibility of the proposal to in
vestigate the banks getting through the
Assembly. Until a few day ago. he
said, Il thought that there was a proba-
bility of such an Investigation being under
taken, but the Assembly does not seem
to want to avail itself Of the opportunity
to start an inquiry into the banking sys-
TEN"
In reply to inquiries concerning Repub-
llcan political conditions in the State, one
of the statements made by Gov. Higgins
was that he thought that the Republican
Subcommittee wouldnot be ca~lledtogether
before the regular meeting time in Sep
TENDER.
THAT means, of course, that Mr.. Odell
will remain chairman until then it was
suggested to the Governor.
Well he responded, lit is an u%ndoubted
fact that financial and other powerful in
terests have made efforts to continue Mr..
the time being, because they think that
his removal at this time would not
strengthen the Republican party in this
Stale"
Gov, Higgins said that he thought the
Legislature would be able to get through
its work SO as to adjourn about the first
week of Nav
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MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS.
NEW YORK, March 81, 1904


BRESLIN.- NEW YORK, March 81. 1904
AT a special meeting OF the Board OF Truste"
Of the Excelsior Savings BANK, held al tn.
Banking House this day at a.. for the pur
pose of taking action with reference 10 tire
death Of Second Vice President James II
Brcslin on the slst instant. the following PR
amble and resolutions were unanimously Al
opted:
whereas, II has pleased Almighty God 10 re-
move from our midyt our fellow -0hncer, JamrS
II. BreSlin. who was elected Trustee June 18Th
1883, and Second Vice President of the Baps
December 10th. 1902, and who has during
these many years OF service been always faith
full In the performance OF bis duty. and has
taken such interest in the veltare OF It's depoStN
tors that he contributed in hrIe msAsurs n
the prosperity OF the Institution.
Hhsvas. for nve consecutive years hn nve"
as q member OF the Finance Of this
Bank. In which capacity his Wise counsel az"
Invaluable,
Bt n henfoT rSsotrgd, that by the death OF JanrN
II, Breslin, the City loses Q distinI uiShed clii
zen. the Trustees OF this Bank lose not onty "
beloved business associate whose unselhs'
services have long been appreciated b.
also a personal friend. .
Be 70 further resolved, that VIZ extend to his far1ij
our sincere sympathy In their berrAyemen'
and
BE u further re,0ired. that a copy Of these rrSolu
tions suitably engroSsed be presented IN Ne
family, and that the Trustees Of this Ran.
attend his funeral In a body.
c. GULICE,
RoBERTJ. HoRNER, Commute.
HENRY D. BREWSTER.
JOHN BURKE,
WILLIAM J. RooMB. PreSden,.
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DIED.

PARKER,-At Elizabeth, n. j.. on Saturday. March
81. 1906, Elizabeth h.. daughter OF the late John
and Emily Parker.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
March 80, 1905. Isaac Townsend Smith.
Consul General for Slam, aged % years and 10
days.
Funeral services at the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church, corner 3lst ST.. Sunday afternoon AT
o'clock. Interment at Greenwood.
Paterson, y. j., Thursday. March .
1905. James W. Smith, n. d.
Funeral from ST. Johns Roman Catholic Church,
Paterson, n. j., Monday, April :, at 10 O'Clock
A N.
VANCE ST, JoHN.-on Friday. March 80, 1905,
in New York city. Mrs. Elizabeth Vance st.
John.
Funeral services private at her late residence.
Cedar place, YonSers. Interment al Green
wood cemetery.
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OBJECT TO ARMSTRONG BILL.
New York Life Says II Can't Tell Names
az Russian Insured.

This statement was given out yesterday
by the New York Life Insurance. Company:
The New York Life Insuranc &c. Company
has received a cable from Paris which states
: that it's ooun sci in Russia ad vises that names
and add of Russian policyholders can.
not be made public without q special
amendment to the concession under which
the company does BUSINESS IN nnssta; wni en-
the Russian Government, This probably
means that if the bin amending, the general
as it stands, including the section regulating
elections the New York Life Jill he so situated
that II will violate the, penal code Of Russia
il it observe the New York law and commit
a misd cmeanor in New York II it does not
observe the New York law,
The company has also had intimations that
the same legal condition probably exists in
other countries ia Europe, although it has
NOT as yet received n formal opinion from its
counsel in the several countries.
This raises a grave International question.
Il presents in a new phase the plea made by
the, representative Of companies rom Mas,
that whatever laws are passed should apply
only. to domestic companies. and the New
The business of the New York Life Insurance
larger. than that Of any American company
and controlled by different codes of laws and
presents more claims for cons!d eration than
other states Of the United States. If Massa-
Chusetts companies are to be exempt IRON
the operation Of these laws. executing as TO
the business actually done within New York
State, why should not the European bust
ness of the New York Life and of the Mutual
Life come under the same exception
IN addition TO the probable violation OF
the statutes Of Russia and possibly of other
European countries there, are, other grave
insured should not be published broadcast.
4 mans life insurance is always a private
matter, and frequently a matter which he
desires to keen secret. He may have family
reasons or business reasons, perfectly valid
rea sons, too, why he does not want the world
TO know that he Ii insured. This proposed
law seriously invades private rights and
il will very likely subject the companies 30
a large amount Of litigation, aside from me
danger 9i NE Tipfatioh oi penai sdatm,I11
stan DIS.
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Perry Belmont Purchases n site for q
House I'm Washington.

WASHINGTON. March s1.-Perry Belmont
has purchased the triangular piece of
ground bounded by New Hampshire avenue,
Seventeenth and r streets. and will build a
handsome residence on the Site The
residents of the neighborhood ave been
trying for a long time to induce the District
Of Columbia authorities to purchase the
tract for conversion into a public park.
1t is expected that the new Belmont resi-
dence will be one of the most SNOWY strIct-
ures in the fashionable Northwest section.
A Paris archit ect is said to be at work on
the plans.
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John A. Merritt for Collector at Niagara
Falls.

WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The President
to-day announced that he will appoint John
A. Merritt to the Office Of collector of Gus
toms at Niagara Falls, to succeed the late
Major James Low, Mr.. Merritt has been
postmaster Of Washington for the last six
years and has a good record. His home
Is at Lockport, n. Y. He is a member Of
the Republican State committee and the
Republican leader in Niagara county. The
appointment was made at the suggestion Of
Representative Wadsworth.
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Special Ambassador 10 Hing OF SPAIN
Wedding.

WASHINGTON. March 31.--The President
has appointed Frederick W. Whitridge Of
New York to be special ambassador to rep
resent the United States at the wedding Of
the King Of Spain,
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UIkU.

CLARK AT summit. y. j.. on Saturday. March 81,
1874, the Rev, George II. Clark, I'D, Of Hart.
ford, Conn. age Sc.
Funeral services AT his late residence, i2s Was
ington St, at 3 o'clock, Tuesday. April 8, Hart.
ford. Conn. Kindly omit flowers.
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Army and Navy Orders.

WARRINGTON, March 81 These army orders
were issued TO day:
Major Charles Richard. Surgeon. detailed TO
represent the medical department Of the army at
Fifteenth International Congress of Medicine at
Lisbon, Portugal. April 10 10 rs, 1905.
First lieut.. Samuel +, Lambert, Assistant Sur
geon, TO Fort Wright.
First Lieut.. Louis c. Duncan, Assistant Surgeon,
from san Francisco, to Fort MisSoula;
Capt. James NJ, Williams, Artillery, 10 Fort Mon
roc
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X

SEAMAN -OOTHOUT.-At Washington, u. C..
Thursday. March 20, 1905. Lloyd W. Seaman 10
Emma Florence Oothout, by the Rev. Randolph
V. McKim.
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eral hours in preservative and then
allowing them to cool to atmospheric
temperature. While the feasibility Of
the open-tank treatment has been
demstrated, there is much yet to be
learned. The cost may be reduced by
shortening the immersion and thus
consuming less fluid. A very heavy
treatment is not necessary. The best
personalities approximately double
the serviceable life of railway ties and
may be counted on to do the same or
better for mine props. Seasoned and
treated props, which were put in along
side Of the old-style prOps unseason-
ed and unpeeled, are as sound as ever,
while he others are already showing
signs of fungous growth and decay.
Most of the props in the collieries
investigated are loblolly pine, Penn
s%ylvania pitch furnishes 20 per cent;
black and red oak, 10 per cent. the
loblolly pine comes from Maryland and
Virginia, the pitch pine from north
central Pennsylvania, and the oak
largely from New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania. The experiments have been
mainly on loblolly pine, the wood most
used.
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BOISE Is LIVELY CITY,
WalIa WaIIan Returns From Trip to
Busy Little Metropolis.

Outside of Walla Walla, Boise is
n OF the liveliest and best of the
smaller cities Of the northwest" said
John Garvey, assistant manager of
the Davis-Kaser company today. Mr..
Garvey returned yesterday from a
short business trip to Boise where he
looked after company interests.
Boise is a busy, bustling little city
and the business men as a rule are ex-
ceedingly progressive. The Boise Com
mercial club rooms are handsomely
appointed and the organization is wide
awake in advancing the interests Of
tht section Of Idaho. Boise has paved
streets, an excellent streetcar service
and many municipal improvements
that go to make up a city"
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ORIGINALITY" IS KEYNOTE
Sidney Strong D. D., Gives Interesting
Lecture to Student Body in Whit
mar Memorial Chapel.

"Work your own brains as much as
you can. Cultivate being original
was the advice given to Whitman col
lege students by Sidney Strong D. D.,
Of Seattle at a chapel talk yesterday
morning. DR.. Strong is one of the
trustees of Oberlin college and was for
merly pastor of Oak Park church of
Chicago.
He said that the tendency in college
life was to conventionality not origin
ality. GA man ought to work his whole
brain. Encyclopedias are all right n.
their place and dictionaries are all
right" said the speaker, 'Tbut there is
more to be gained from original work
than from all else. You should think
more get something out of your own
head. 1t is because of this originality
that the occidental surpasses the ORR
entail. The more a mar works inside
of his head the less he will have to
WOTk OutSluo OF IT,. !
DR.. Strong also spoke of the advan-
tage of having a strong personality
saying that more real good could be
done by becoming a friend than by IONS
Of preaching. 1.-THE men who have ac-
complished most are the men with a
personality which they made count"
He advised young men to enter
Christian work of some sort in the
large cities as there was more to be
o n there than anywhere else. Great
organizing minds were needed, men
who could become leaders of their fell
lows.
DR.. Strong was warmly %applauded
when he referred to seeing the Whit
man-Washington football game and
said that he thought had the contest
been this side of the mountains the
victory would have been to the east
ern Washington college.
He described athletic. literary work
and spiritual work in the Y. M. c. A.
as the proper tripod of duties for the
college student.
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part in the destruction of mine tim
bers. Many forms are found, includ-
ing bark borers, ants, and timber
worms. Their presence may be due to
allowing logs to lie unpeeled for a con-
siderable time after telling. Insect
infested timber is frequently overlook
ed by the inspectors and allowed to
go inside the mines. Ants and ceram-
bycid borers may attack props after
they go in the mine. There decay
spreads rapidly, and the destructive
work of the insects appears to be IN
no way affected by the lack Of light
Or by presence of gases. Creosote and
carbolinium are effective insecticides
and stop the work of the wood-borers.
Props Are Replaced.
A mine prop is composed of three
parts, which together form a "set"
two uprights, called legs, across the
top of which is a crosspiece, called =
collar. After a prop is decayed suffi-
GENTLY to necessitate it's removal, it is
replaced. At times, when only n
leg is decayed, that leg alone is re-
moved and replaced by a new one.
Frequently, however, the whole set
is replaced, and this involves the de-
struction of all the logs by saving
them in two to remove them.
Various materials and methods for
p~reservative treatment have been tried,
and up to the present time will have
proved efficient. Only time will show
which are the most satisfactory from
the practical point of view. Applied
with a brush, creosote and carbolinium
give an excellent penetration in solid
wood. frequently averaging from one
fourth to one-half an inch. The
of oil that seasoned lObolly
pine takes from a brush application is
surprising, especially in the end grain.
Little difference in penetration has as
been noted betwee creosote and
carbolinium, though the latter seems
better on absolutely green timber. All
treatments were applied hot and
in two coats. The second coat absorb
ed practically Is much oil as the
first.
Open tank treatment has succeeded
beyond all expectations. This consists
of an immersion of the timbers for sew
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LIFE OF RAILROAD T|ES|

One of the biggest expenses con-
nected with coal mining is found in
the mine timbers used to support the
various gangways. Their destruction
by decay and breaking costs many
hundreds Of thousands of dollars an
nually and in some cases the loss of
human life. Mine operators are fully
familiar with these losses. They know
also that the seasoning and the pre-
sentative treatment of timber d to
it's life in service in the mine. But it
has only recently been established by
experiment hat effective seasoning
and treating with c%reOsote, %carbolini-
UNI, and zinc chloride as wood pre-
servatives can be secured at a cost %
slight in proportion to the greatly in
creased life Of the props as to effect a
material saving. The experiment car
ried on during the past few months by
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron company, at its colllerles
heal Potsville, Pa, under the direction
resulted in an economy which demon
strates that the preservation of mine
propsprops can be put on a firm COM
mercial basis.
Decay Causes Loss.
In the loss Of mine timbers at least
60 per cent are destroyed by decay n
the remainder by crush. The percent
g charged to decay SHOULD be even
higher, because many of the timbers
which break have already been weak
ened by decay. Decay is probably
the cause of Is per cen of all failures
in mine timbers.
Decay in props is principally caused
by Notwithstanding fungi. warm
moist air, together with certain gases
always found in mines, greatly 1avors
the development of these fungi. Tim
Der in the vicinity of shafts and slopes
where there is abundance or fresh Dir
lasts longer than that deeper III the
mines. The variation of moisture and
temperature with mines is so VICE
that timbers may decay In elghe
months or may last several years. I'M
hers that are constantly wet or con-
stantly dry last longer h a those SUD-
iected to an alienation Of these con
ditions.
Insects play a very consloeraoie
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One Dead, Two Fatally Hurt.
HOUTON, Mic, Dec. 7.-One dead
and two fatally hurt is the result of a
dynamite explosion at Quincy, We'd
nesday which for the time imprisoned
forty miners.
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will visit the schools during the fore
moor session and deliver an address
during the afternoon exercises.
After several days the street clean
ing department has the street f1ushers
in operation and the work of cleans
ing the streets is progressing rapidly.
Owing to the freezing weather of the
past week, the pavements were al
lowed to accumulate with dirt and de-
bris to enable the horses to keep their
footing.
;. Jack Chambers, convicted at Spo-
kaye of forgery and sentenced to
four years and Charles Evans, con-
victed of unlawful cohabitation at
Chelan, and sentenced to one year,
were brought to the penitentiary yes
terday evening by Guard Chariot.
Local o. r. & N. officials expected
t o hear this morning that the warm
wind of last night had played havoc
with the transportation companies in
the mountains as there has been con-
siderable snow falling for the past few
days. So far there have been no re-
ports Of damages.
Rev. Thomas G. Rogers of California
will hold revival services at the mis-
sion chapel on Juniper and Hawthorne
streets at II o'clock and 2:3O o'clock
on Saturday and Sunday.
William Krater has been granted
judgement by default against A. L..
Kuhns and wife in the sum of $3S3.50
due for building an addition to the
defendants residence in Watertown
addition to WalIa Walla.
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GPidlroa Stars Organize Team at
Bowling Alley.
GEORGE GRAY JOINS WAllA WA!u
OLD HIGH SCHOOL MAN FOR.
sAKEs PENDLEToN FOR HIS
HOME CITY.

Walla Walla is going to hit the
line at Pendleton on Christmas day
hit it hard if all signs do not fail
Over a dozen of the best veteran play-
ers in the city have already promised
Dan Lankard that they will don the
canvas for the Walla Walla team,
They are Estes, McCool, Durry, Old
right, butcher, Winans, Dimick, Har-
mon, Whitney, Harvey, Epstine, Day
and Gray, besides others who have in
timated they will be at the meeting at
the bowling alley at 8 o'clock tonight
to talk things over. ~.r"on-"
Gray is an old high school player
who was going to play on the Pendle-
ton team on Christmas but as his
run on the W. & c.. r. was changed
into Walla Walla a day or two ago
he will play with his old crowd. Geo.
Day was a star end on the University
Of Oregon team and half on McMinn-
willie. He is a very fast and heady
player.
N SNS OAS VI AC dUOte ok.
gregation has played this year and
is up on the new rules.
Lankard is trying hard to get special
railroad rates to Pendleton so that a
large gang of rooters can go along.
The company has already promised
him one and a third rates providing
rs go and probably a better rate can
be secured if a large crowd would
agree to take the trip. This will make
the cost Of the trip only $1.9O both
ways.
There is considerable discussion over
the name of the team. Walla Walla
Wonders, Lankard's All-Stars, and
Garden City Boosters, have been sug-
gested. This question as well as sew
eral others will be settled tonight.
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PERSONAL MENTION

w. A. Gordon is a business visitor
in Portland this week.
Paul Parkhurst, Of Portland, is Wis
iting with ]. w. Cookery.
Walter NJ. Pierce, of Hot Lake, Ore
| gan. is registered at the Dacres today.
]. H. Calender, of Pomeroy is in
the city today transacting business.
H. H. Hanson, county commissioner
elect, of Touchet is a business visitor
in the city.
Deputy Sheriff, Allen Byrnes, of Wal
lula arrived in the city on this morn
ing's early train.
MI. and Mrs. Sol Messenger left last
night for Seattle where they will make
their future home.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Phelps, Of Free
water, were in the city yesterday buy
ing holiday goods.
A. C. Purdy and Sam Rodgers, prom
inent residents of Pasco are business
visitors in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Slime have gone
to Kansas City for an extended visit
with friends and relatives.
S. B. Calderhead, general freight and
passenger agent Of the w. & c. r.
is in P%endleuton in the interests of his
company.
Mrs. H.. Wenning, of Pomeroy visit
ed friends in the city yesterday while
on her way to Portland for a short
visit.
William McCarroll, a well known
fruit man Of Clarkson, is a business
visitor in the city today. Mr.. Nc
Carroll is also heavily interested in
Gardena irrigated lands.
George w. Jones, an o. r.. & N.
section foreman of this city, accom-
panied by his family has gone to Bray
mer, Mo-, where he will visit friends
and relatives. for some time.
DR.. S. B. L. Penrose of Whitman
college left yesterday evening for Eu-
gene, Oregon where he will address
the Y. M. c. A. convention Of Oregon
and Idaho returning on Monday ext.
President S. B. L. Penrose has gone
to Eugene, Oregon, where he will
make two addresses before the inter-
state convention of the Young Mems
Christian association of Oregon and
Idaho. He will return to this city
Monday morning.
Mrs. E. K. Ross, Of Wallula is Wis
T. J. Ennis left yesterday evening for
Santa Rosa, California to visit friends.
While in the golden state he will pur-
chase several harvesting outfits of the
Best Mfg Co., Of this city. He was
accompanied as far as Portland by his
friend Thomas Bowe.
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Nine Injured in Bio Fire.

LYNN, Dec. 1.-The Boston &
Maine railroad station was destroyed
by fire yesterday with a loss of $780,
600. The fire was controlled. Nine
were injured, none fatally. The po-
lice reported none killed.
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Believe Curtis Insane.

DAYTON, Dec. THE police be-
1ieve Curtis is insane as he sticks to
his statements varying with the de-
malls of the murder. Two years ago
he confessed to a crime and was
innocent.