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a IS i; If Carried Out a Short Ses sion of Legislature Is Assured. Idecks ace cleared for action lo Contests of Importance in the u urbanization ot tho Two Houses. mmrn1ation That Jnnkctlng Re Done Away with Find ltespon- fiive Chord Tho Commit tee Assignments. TJaiutfrtf:, Mich., Jan. 10.--The leg- $lartlve docks arc now cleared for ae on ami hoIoiis are practically unanl- fclOU3 ln their promises of decisive ac Ifion on nil Important matters and the SIspatch of work with a promptness t will cladden the hearts of the xpayerR of the state and Insure a ort session. The ko!1 lace and claw hammer at period, which always marks the .Auction of a new corps of state of- Clals Into ofliee has heen passed, the houses have chosen their ollicers, o gulKTnatorI.il messages have been d, the scr.atorlal caucus has been Jjld, mul when, upon the reconvening t thf tivn 1irm-nu tnninrrnw oronln Sjie presiding ollicers have announced tixo Rtandinsr committees, the real husi pfiss of law making nnd unmaking will Jjdenterod upoir. J Thus far the session has been wholly ttovold of excitement. In the orpraniza LJoof tho two houses there were no contests worthy of the name, while tie selection In. joint caucus of a Candidate for United States senator Prtw unanimous, Julius Caesar Ilur- Jcavs reehincr the vote of every Iogls ator. Matters In this connection have fceen. decidedly difTerent in some years COne by, nnd. It may not be improper to remark, present Indications arc that they njrain take on more stronu ifensneRs In years Tot so far in the fu jturo; for thnv still remain quite n few tmbltlous statesmen In Michigan. Hut more of this hereafter. Messnffcs "Well Itecelved. The messatros of Governor Warner ft.ntl retiring fJovernor r.liss were very JVCll receivM by the legislators, who gave special attention to the state ments covering the financial needs of the vnrioiH stnte institutions and oth 'ftT Interests. There Is a general dls- Eosition to economize manifest nmonj? 1c lawmakers and Ihere Is reason to hope that while no interest will be jiand trapped in any way. all will be ftolil strictly to Imperative, needs and Wo new projects encouraged. The Btate has develojKHl so rapidly of la to fecars that Its actual current needs call for the appropriation of a vast f-nm felid the taxpayers should not expect jto escape with a levy such as amply provided for all of these needs a de cade or more npo. It Is folly to find fault because state expenditures nre Cjaterially greater today than they jivcro "in the pood old colony times," br shortly thereafter. The sooner tho taxpayers take n businesslike view of his situation the better they will feel Eegarding It, nnd the less disposed will hey be to curse the legislators, who, &fter all, are simply their own creat ures. Accommodations for Veterans. While, ns previously stated, the dis position appears to bo to discourage the enlargement of state institutions ftnd the creation of new ones, it is pos fclble that extensions must bo made la some cases to meet existing condi tions. For Instance, the state board of corrections and charities resolved at Its last meeting n few days ago that tho 170 veteran soldiers who are sleep ing In the basement of tho hospital and dormitories at the soldiers home In Grand Iiapids should be . provided with wholesome sleeping accommoda tions above ground, and that the fcnown increase of men who will en ter that Institution make necessary the Ifirectlon of more commodious build ings. The board mentioned scans the estimates of the various boards and in stitutions required by law to report to It very closely nnd makes recom mendations such ns the one embodied Ini the resolution referred to only when the need appears to le Imperative. The recommendation of Speaker Master In nn nddress made upon tak ing the chair after his election that Junkets lx done away with finds p parcntly a responsive chord in the hearts of the legislators genorally. In tho Judgment of the speaker, it will economy for tho legislature to take nn adjournment for n week while all tho committee visiting of tate Insti tutions is being done. The purpose is to have all this visiting done at the same time nnd not permit it to delay work throughout the entire session, as In Rome former years when a com mittee or two was absent nt a time. Speaker Mns! sat down hard on the Junket featirre ot former years, giv lng the memlKTs of the lower house to understand that neither the insti tution officials nor the communities In which the state Institutions is re locat ed had nny desire to entertain visi tors In train load lots. flame Laws Do Not Snlt. One of the singular things observed by those who have watched ie course of legislation through several admin istrations is the evident Inability in (PROMPTNESS solo s PROM St "frame pun laws that will suit sports men of the state. Fur so many ses sions that the mind of man runs not to the contrary, the sportsmen's asso ciations have combined nnd put in ap pearance ns sponsors for legislation guaranteed to cure all existing defects in these laws, but no sooner does a succeeding legb-lnture convene than these same sportsmen nre on hand with nn entirely new code. This year is no exception to the rule, numerous amendments being nsked for. The forestry question is likely to re ceive considerable attention this win ter. This has come to be considered by public men as a matter of grave importance, and the indifference of a very few years ngo has given place to active interest. Doubtless this change in public sentiment is in no small measure due to the activity of tho state forestry commission during the past three or four years. It is pro posed to agitate this matter still more vigorously during the next few weeks, the subject being given a prominent place on the programs of the numer ous farmers' institutes to be held throughout the state. The forestry commission has thus far done excellent work, and it is probable that the present legislature may enact legisla tion that will extend its usefulness. May Abolish Mill Tax. If the educational officials of tho state have their say the legislature will provide for the abolition of tho so-called mill tax. The proceeds f this tax can be used only for the pay ment of teachers' salaries, nnd it ia argued by the otlicials referred to thr owing to the Increase in the primary School interest money which is seud innually apportioned among the coun ties of the state, the mill tax is no longer needed. Under existing condi tions substantial surpluses; are being piled up iiv many districts a fact which leads to abuses. It Is estimated that there nre fully '.MO school districts in the state in which tho primary in terest money paid by corporations pay lug specific taxes is more than suf ficient to pay the salaries of nil teach ers employed, while there are five times as many districts In which the mill tax and primary fund combined more than provides for this expendi ture. The result is that there nre in stances of district treasurers turning an hottest penny by loaning these sur plus funds and pocketing the interest, while in other cases the supervisors ignore the law nnd refuse to spread the mill tax, knowing full well that the nfoney is not needed. Committee Assignments. Just nt present there is much specu fition nnd strife over committee as signments, but it is useless to predict ns the "secret" will be out tomorrow. Speaker Master, realizing that the primary reform questions will be prob ably the most important matter to be considered this winter, conceived the idea of increasing the membership of tho elections committee from five to thirteen. This will enable him to give representation on thecommlttee to each congressional district and liave one member at large, thus avoiding any possible charge of stacking tho com mittee against general primary reform by placing thereon legislators who favor only one side or the other of the proposition. With every section of the state represented, the charge of bias cannot well be sustained. Notwith standing tho prominence of this ques tion in tho last campaign and the fact that it is still being more generously discussed than nny other, no one np pears to have yet prefected a bill cov ering tho subject. There has been worlds of talk, but it would seem that when it gets right down to "brass tacks," tho matter Is not such nn easy one to handle. Tho legislative com mittees of the state grange nrd state association of farmers' clubs will probably present bills before many days, and doubtless there will ere long be a flood of reform measures intro duced. Just what the two houses will be able to ngree upon nlor.g this line cannot be safely predicted at this time. Home rule for cities, especially for the city of Detroit, will again receive consideration this winter. Two years ngo the Detroit delegation were great ly Interested In this measure, but could not break through the opposition of the chairman of the committee to which the bill was referred. Bills will be introduced in both house nnd sen ate during the coming week, and a vigorous effort will bo made to enact one of them into law. Local legislation. It Is, of course, figured that If the great Hood of local legislation which now fills the legislative hoppers can be done away with, the solons will not only have more time to give to the consideration of matters of general Btate interest, but the length of the legislative sessions will be very materi ally reduced, to the great benefit of the taxpayers and everyone else. Und?r the syRtem which has thus far ob tained In Michigan a municipality is required to come to the legislature ard isk permission to do pretty much everything It deems best for Its people. The local acts always constitute about two-thirds of all the legislation en icted, and so far ns the legislators are toncernod no one has the sllghest h forest in it or elves it the least atten tion, except the member who repre sents the locality affected by the bill under consideration at the time. What ever be says goes, no one else bother ing his head about the matter. It all costs time nnd money, however, and could be vastly better done by the committee directly Interested. It will be ixpcessary to amend tho constitution before this reform can be completely accomplished. This Is one of the rea H?is I dvnnced by those who advocate t" " mbmlsslon to the people of the H ' of providing for a general re f t T the constitution. I ' JAMDS V. BARIIT. HANDS AND FEET TIED. Italian Woman Mysteriously Killed In Buffalo. Duffalo, Jan. 10, Mario Dessau tl, aged 21 years, was found dead by her husband in a room on the third floor of the Terrace Park hotel. Her hands and feet were tied and she appears to havo been strangled to death. A few days ago she had Informed neighbors that sho had received a letter from tho "Clack Hand" society, demanding 200 under penalty of death. A man Is said to have visited her room the night before and evidence of drinking was found. The woman had been reported to havo about $2,000, and it was said that sho was to return to Italy shortly. Noted Woman Anarchist Dead. Paris, Jan. 10. Louise Michel, prom inent as a communist and revolution ary agitator for the last thirty-five years', is dead In Marseilles, aged 75 years. Louis Michel first came Into prominence during the Franco-Prussian war, when she joined an ambu lance corps and took part in the de fenso of Paris; later siding with the Commune and advocating the burning of Paris to prevent the entry of the Versailles troops. Sho was arrested and tried for treason and sentenced to transportation to New Caledonia, where she remained until 18S0, when she was allowed to return to Paris un der an amnesty act. Three years later sho was again imprisoned for three years for her activity in communist movements. She then removed to England, where she continued her ad vocacy of communistic and anarchistic doctrines. Victory For the Maccabees. Pittsburg, Jan. 10. Judge Joseph Buffington of tho United States circuit court has dismissed the bill in the case of D. St. C. Wineland against the or der of Maccabees of tho World, on tho ground that the court was without Jurisdiction. An Injunction was asked against tho order declaring recent new regulations readjusting the Insurance provisions null and void. Some years ago Wineland joined tho Maccabees. Ho was then C4 years old and by an agrcoment was to pay dues until he was 70, after which he was to receive $2,000 in yearly Instalments. He con tended that tho new regulations made his contracts void. Land Officers Fired. Washington, Jan. 10. As the result of the investigation and prosecution of the land fraud cases In Oregon, the president has signed an order suspend ing from office James H. Booth and Joseph T. Bridges, respectively regis ter and receiver of the United States land office at Roseburg, Ore. The ac tion is on tho recommendation of Sec retary Hitchcock and was based on a telegram from Assistant United States District Attorney Ileney, who alleged that the affairs of tho Roseburg office wero in bad condition. Special Agent Neuhasen has been ordered to take charge of the office. President Urges Their Passage. Washington, Jan. 10. The president Monday sent to the senate a message urging the passage of two bills provid ing for the reorganization of the medi cal and ordinance corps of the army. Tho bills already had passed the sen ate. Attention to this fact was called by Mr. Cockrcll, who asked that the message bo printed. Twenty-Four Persons Perished. Geneva, Jan. 9. It Is said that twenty-four persons lost their lives In the mountains during the recent blizzard, fourteen of the casualties being on the SL Bernard pass. GENERAL MARKETS. Tuesday, Jan. 10. DETROIT. Wheat: No. 1 white, $1.23; No. 2 red, $1.23; May, $1.23; July, $1.03. Corn No. 3 mixed, 45c; No. 3 yellow, 46Vic. Oats No. 3 white, 33 Ac Rye No. 2, 82c. Beans Jan., $1.C3; Feb., $1.64. Clover Spot, $7.83. CHICAGO.-Vheat: May, $1.174; July, 99c. Corn -May, 44Hc; July, 45V&C Oats May, 307c; July, 30?c, Pork Jan., $12.27; May, $12.62. Lard Jan., $6.65; May, $6.87. Ribs Jan., $6.35; May, $6.65. FlaxJan., $1.15; May, $1.22. Timothy, $2.75. Clover Jan., $12.75. Live Stock Markets. DETROIT. Cattle: Choice steers, $4.254.50; light to good butcher steers and heifers, $2.7503.23; mixed butcher fat cows, $2.503.50; common bulls, $202.50; common feeders, $2 2.50. Veal calves, $506.50;, extra, $7 7.50. Milch cows and springers, $25 045 each. Best lambs, $7.2507.50; light to common lambs, $506; fair to good butcher sheep, $304.50; com mon, $203. Hogs Light to good butchers, $4.5004.55; pigs, $4.3504.40; roughs, $3.2504.25 CHICAGO. Cattle: Good to prime tteers, $5.6006.10; poor to medium, $3.9005.50; cows and heifers, $1,250 5; bulls, $204.50; calves, $307. Hogs Mixed and butchers, $4.4504.70; light, $4.4004.60. Sheep, strong; lambs higher; good to choice wethers, $4.85 06.60; fair to choice mixed, $404.75; native lambs, $5.6007.75. EAST BUFFALO. Cattle: Strong! 15025c higher. Hogs steady; medi ums, $4.9505; heavy, $4.9505.05,' pigs, $4.7004.75. Sheep end lambs, strong; b?t native lambs, $7.7507.90; culls, ooA ion, $6.7507; best sheep, $5.2505.60; wethers, $5.60 0 5.75. Veals strong; tops. $4-5009. THEY CVCSE FALSELY Hundred Persons In Montana to Be Tried cn This Charge. THEIR DEMURRER3 OVERRULED Alleged Two Missoula Citizens In duced Them to Make False Oath In Proving Upon Timber Lands Sena tor Clark Bought the Property Later. Helena, Mont., Jan. 10. Judge Will lam S. Hunt, in the United States court here, has overruled tho de murrers of tho defendants to tho in dictments in tho caso of the United States vs. R. M. Cobban, J. B. Cattliu and many others, charged with subor nation of perjury and perjury in con nection with timber land entries in western Montana, and the accused will now have to come to trial. There are twelve Indictments for subornation of perjury and ninety for perjury. Among tho defendants are many settlers in Powell and Missoula counties, who are alleged to have made false oath in proving upon ti uber lands, which were afterward acc.ulred by Senator W. A. Clark. It Is chirged that Cobban and Cattlln, well-known citizens of Missoula, Induced their peo ple to swear falsely. The Indictments wero returned In June, 1901, and tho cases have since been pending in court. Washington, Jan. 10. The following authoritative statement was made last night: , "In the spring of 1902 tho Interior department was informed that exten sive land frauds were being perpe trated in Montana and Idaho under an act of congress known as the timber and stone act Secretary Hitchcock immediately set on foot an Investiga tion and In tho state of Montana It was discovered that at tho land offlco of Missoula and Helena many fraudu lent entries had been made. Conspiracy Organized. "It was soon discovered, it is al leged, that under the leadership cf R. M. Cobban a conspiracy was organ ized and a lot of people living in the vicinity of Missoula men and women were directed to make applications at the land office. Under this act of congress it was necessary for the ap plicant, when ho made his applica tion, to take an oath that the land was not taken for speculative purposes, but for his own use, and that no one else was directly or Indirectly Interested In the purchase. Cobban and his asso ciates prepared all these affidavits and paid all expenses, and $2.50 an aero for tho land and gave these persons from $100 to $130 apiece for falso swearing and entry. "There were 102 persons, men and women. Indicted and a number of in dictments were filed Cobban being indicted some ten times. These In dictments were for perjury and for ger'. All theso lands, amounting to somo 15,000 acres, were sold by Cob ban to United States Senator W. A. Clark. Demurrers were filed to theso Indictments, and these havo been de layed from time to time until now." MANY CONVICTS KILLED In Attempt to Break From Prison In Philippines. San Francisco, Jan. 10. News from Manila, just received, tells of an at tempt of about 500 convicts at Bllbld prison to break Jail. It occurred on the afternoon of Dec. 7 and resulted in the killing of sixteen of the prisoners and the wounding of forty others. Six of tho wounded are not expected to live and twenty-six others are in a critical condition. Ship Lost and Many Perished. Manila, Jan. 10. The owners of the Iron screw, three-masted schooner Le gaspl have given up all hope of the vessel, which probably foundered in the China sea. She carried seven pas sengers and had a crew of sixty Fili pinos. Her captain was a Spaniard and her first officer an American. The British steamer Nanshan has returned here after an unsuccessful search for the Legaspl. Preacher Murderer Liberated. Indianapolis, Jan. 10. The last offi cial act of retiring Gov. Winfleld T. Durban was the unconditional parole Of Rev. William E. Hlnshaw, convicted of the murder of his wife, Thurza Hln shaw, whose death occurred at Win chester Just ten years ago last night Cince his conviction Rev. Hlnshaw has been confined In the Michigan City rison. He will be liberated at once. Looking For Chadwlck Gems. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 10. II. B. 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