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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL BODY OF LAWMAKERS Saturday, March 24. Washington, March 24. Hazing at the Annapolis Naval academy was dealt with by the house today in the passage of a senate bill with a house substitute. The action was taken after a protracted debate, which placed on record the impressions of the special committee which investigated the subject recently and a severe criticism by Hepburn of efforts to condone hating. Several amendments were proposed, but all were rejected save one, it being the duty of cadet officers, as well as other academy authorities, to report infrac tions of the rules. The bill repeals that portion of existing laws which makes it compulsory to dismiss mid shipmen guilty of hazing in any de gree, and substitutes punishment ac cording to the nature of the offense. Cruel and brutal hazing may be pun ished by dismissal. Previous to con sideration of the hazing bill, 265 pen sion bills were discussed and passed. Friday, March 23. Washington, March 23. Spooner today concluded his speech in the sen ate on the railroad rate bill, and the fortifications appropriation bill was taken up and passed. It carries an ap propriation of $125,000 for the erection of a powder manufactory, and Daniel spoke at length in support of the pro vision. He declared that the nation was entirely at the mercy of a powder trust, and urged that the amendment should be adopted as a safeguard. As passed, the bill carries an appropria tion of $5,278,993. Tillman also spoke on the railroad rate bill, suggesting that the Interstate Commerce commis sion should have authority to enjoin the railroads from increasing their rates. He said the snggesion had been made by a "corn field lawyer" in Ok lahoma. The following bids were also passed: Creating a steamboat inspectors dis trict in Alaska; providing for filling in the naval station at Honolulu ; author izing the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railroad to construct bridges across the Missouri, Yellowstone, Snake and Columbia rivers. Washington, March 23. The con sideration of the legislative appropria tion bill in the house today was enliv ened by a small spat between Prince and Tawney, a proposition to buy a pri vate c-r for the president, which was ruled out of order, and a jeering speech by Smith, of Arizona, about the sup press ion of debate by the rules. An echo of the statehood controversy yesterday resulted in an effort to cor rect the journal. Williams maintained he was put in the ridiculous position of moving to instruct the conferees after they had been appointed, a mo tion clearly out of order at that time. The correction was made as suggested. Thursday, March 22. Washington, March 22. The state hood bill was taken from the speaker's table in the house today, placed in the hands of three selected conferees and a request made of the senate for a con ference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses. This action was not ac complished without many words and votes. It was developed, however, that there were votes enough to carry out the program of the leaders. Then' fol lowed 40 minutes of fiery speeches, some of which provoked much amusement among the large attendance of mem bers and the crowded galleries. Then came the final vote on the adoption of the ru'e, which 175 members approved and 150 opposed. The legislative appropriation bill constituted the subject for t he remain ler of the day. Criticism was made of the management of the library of con gress, and Ilardwick, of Georgia, found himself opposed by members of both tides of the chamber in his endeavor to restrict the white house appropriation eo as to eliminate a social secretary for the wife of the president. Washington, March 22. The rail road rate bill occupied practically all of the time of the senate today. There were two speeches, one by Lodge and the other by Spooner. Lodge spoke in advocacy of his amendment, looking to the enlargement of the Interstate Commerce commission, and in doing so replied sharply to some recent utter ances of Commissioner Prouty. Spoon er devoted his attention to the consti tutional powers of the inferior courts, contending that these courts could not be destroyed nor their jurisdiction taken from them. Wednesday, March 21. Washington, March 21. The entire day in the senate was devoted to the consideration of the railroad rate bill Culbersen began the proceedings by presenting an amendment prohibiting corporations coming under the opera' tion of the proposed law from making campaign contributions and be was immediately followed by his colleague Bailey, who offered the amendment so long promised by him and followed this action with a speech in which he explained that he would not now pre sent the amendment but for the fact that Dol liver had referred to and criti cised it in an interview. He indicated Borne displeasure over the interview but exoneratad Dolliver from discour tesy in the matter. The Iowa senator disavowed any intention to reveal a secret and the incident was closed pleasantly. Eoth Bailey and Dolliver made speeches reiterating their views and they were followed by more or less extended remarks by Tillman, Patter son, Heyburn and Knox. Bailey wai interrupted in the middle of his speech by the announcement of his father's death, and immediately left the senate chamber. Washington, March 21. Represent ative George R. Patterson, of the Twelfth Pennsylvania district, died suddenly here today. Heart failure is ascribed as the cause of death. The house adjourned immediately af ter it was called to order, out of respect for Mr. Patterson. The statehood bill will be taken up tomorrow. Tuesday, March 20. Washington, March 20. In less than 20 minutes the senate voted away $140,000,000 of the public funds. The sum is carried by the pension appro priation bill, which brief document was made the subject of very little discus sion. The railroad rate bill was laid aside for the day and the major por tion of the time was devoted to the consideration of the fortification bill. In that connection the question of the necessity for seacoast fortifications in the Philippines was discussed at length, with the result that all provis ions for such fortifications in these islands was eliminated. The consider ation of the measure was not concluded There was also a brief discussion of the power of the conference committee to amend the bill providing for punish ment for premature divulgence of gov ernment secrets so as to make the in hibition extend to senators and mem bers of the house of representatives, but the subject was left undisposed of for the time. Washington. March 20. The house of representatives today did business with a microscope in one hand and the bill making appropriations for the sal aries of its officers and employes in the other. The result was that, although h hours were spent in reading the legislative appropriation bill for amendment, less than 25 pages were completed. The spirit of economy in little things was all absorbing. Points of order were made and many of them were fatal to proposed increases in the salaries of officers, janitors, doorkeep ers, messengers and Jatjorers. A point of order which made the en gine room of the house cost $270 in stead of $280 a year, as proposed, caused a constitutional debate of more than an hour on the point aa to whether the house could do as it saw fit in the matter of fixing the salaries of its em ployes. The conclusion seemed to be that it could, and that it prescribed its own action by its rules. However, these rules prohibited increasing a sal ary without provision of law. in ADVERTISE NORTHWEST. School Teachers Asked to Enter Com petitive Story Contest. 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Oregon and this section of the United States as follows: First prize, $1,000: second prize, $500 third prize, $250; fourth prize, $200 fifth prize, $175; sixth prize, $160 seventh prize, $125; eighth prize, $110 ninth prize, $100; tenth prize, $90 ten prizes of $75 each, $750; ten prizes of $50 each, $500; ten prizes of $25 each, $250; twenty prizes of $15 each, $300; twenty prizes of $10 each $200; judges, to be acceptable to the officers of the National Educational association, $300; grand total, $5,000 In order to be eligible for com pet i ton these articles must appear in a regula edition of some newspaper or other publication printed outside of the states of Oregon and Washington, said pubh cation complete to be in the hands of the judges not later than October 1906. These articles must be sealed and addressed to: Teachers' Contest care Portland Commercial club, Port land, Oregon. They will be opened by the judges Prizes will be awarded strictly on the merits of the articles. Contestants can treat any phase of the subject that ap peals to them natural resources scenery, irrigation, agriculture and horticulture, history, educational and religious advantages, climatic or social conditions, etc. -or in a more com pre bensive vein. The judges. will beabso lutely untrammeled in making their decisions. This offer is made, not eo much with a view of having the country "boomed' in a common acceptation of that term, as to have the teachers of the country become more familiar with this portion of the United States and give expres sion to their views in such articles as will be acceptable to papers throughout the entire Union. CANNOT CONTROL LIFE INSURANCE ALLISON CELEBRATES TWO NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES. CANNOT EXPEL SMOOT. Monday, March 19. Washington, March 19 There were three speeches on the railroad rate bill in the senate today. MtCreary, Bailey and Heyburn were the orators. Mc Creary announced his determination to vot. for the bill whether amended or not, but said that he would not object to a reasonable provision for the review of the Interstate Commerce commis sion's findings. Bailey replied to crit icisms of bis suggestion for a prohibi tion of the suspension of the commis sion's orders by courts below the Su preme court. He contended, that con gress bad the absolute power to pre scribe limitations for the courts which it creates, and cited a large number of decisions in support of his position. Heyburn advocated a review provision, but expressed the opinion that, even if it were omitted, no person could be de prived of his right of admission to the courts. Two-Thirds Majority of Senate is Re ' quired, and is Impossible. Washington, March 23. It seems certain, in the tight of recent develop ments, that the campaign against Sen ator Reed Smoot, of Utah, will fail Mr. Smoot's enemies have been hoping to oust him by a majority vote of the senate, but senators who have given at tention to his case find that the consti tution stipulates that no senator shall be deprived of his seat except by a two- thirds "ote of the senate. The anti-Smoot senators have been taking the position that the protests were filed against Mr. Smoot before he took his seat, and, inasmuch as he was seated under protest, the majority vote can be applied, since it takes only a majority to exclude a senator-elect. But this view is not generally concur red in by senators. Mr. Smoot was seated, and, having been permitted to take his seat, the only way to get him out i6 to expel him, and this requires a two-tbirds vote. It seems absolutely certain that two thirds of the senate is not in favor of unseating the Mormon tenator, prob ably not a majority, and for this reason it is believed the much discussed case will fall fiat. Revise Second-Class Rate. Washington, March 20. The house committee on postoflices and postroads reported the postoffice appropriation bill to the house today. It provides for an expenditure of $191,373,848 for the fiscal year 1907, or $913,221 lers than the modified estimates of the Postoffice department. Thif amount exceeds the appropriation for 1906 by $10,351,755. Legislation for freeing the mails of heavy matter and for gaining informa tion to reclassify mail is included in the bill. One provision appropriates $10,000 to pay freight on supplies. All Eat Chinook Salmon. Washington, March 20. Unite! States senators and a few favored mem bers of the house feasted on royal Chi nook salmon from the Columbia river today. Senator Fulton acting as host. A big 50 pound fish was cooked and served Oregon style, and liberally served, to every senator with his lunch eon. So popular has fresh Columbia river salmon become that it is impossi ble to hold a qurrum in the senate hen one cf these fish is being served. Measure Oregon Streams. Washington, March 20. The Geo logical survey has formed a new hydro graphic district, comprising the states of Washington and Oregon. The head quarters of J. C. Stevens, hydrographer in charge, will be at 351 Washington street, Portland Mr. Stevens is train ed in engineering, and has had several years of experience investigating the hydrography work in the arid states of the West. He is well qualified for this important work. The Oregon state surveyor at present co-operates with the government geogaphical survey. Claim for Exploded Shell. Washington, Mach 20. A claim for $15,000 has been presented to the War department by the parents of three children who were injured by the ex plosion of a shell on the American lake camp site near Tacoma. This shell was fired during the maneuvers two years ago, but failed to explode. The chil dren were playing with it recently and exploded it The department is unable to pay the claim, and will refer it to congress. Iowa May Oust Standard. Pea Moines, March 23. The house, by a vote of 48 to 12, today passed the anti-discrimination bill, which is in tended to oust the Standard Oil from Iowa or compel a revision of its busi ness methods. The bill prohibits dis criminating rates for oil and is pattern ed after the Missouri law. It provides a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for violation. Representative Cnmmings, the author, in presenting the bill, as serted that the Standard Oil com pan v had made a. price of 4 cents a gallon for oil in bis home town recently, in order to drive out competition. , Italian Island Quaking. New York, March 23. A cable dis patch to the Herald from Palermo says: There have been 21 earthqnak shocks on the island of Ustica daring the last three days. The population lives in constant terror. A great valley has been formed in the center of the island and all the bailees have been demol ished. The shocks were vertical, not nndulatory, and were accompanied by loud subterranean rumblings. The last rhocks, which occured yesterday, fin ished the work of destruction. Panic seized upon the 2,000 inhabitants. Federal Legislation Out of the Powe of Congress. Would Tend to Impair Police Powers of the States House Committee Unanimous That Supreme Court Decisions Are All Against Federal Control. Washington, March 22. That there is no constitutional authority for Fed eral control of insurance or other state corporations other than railroads is to be the conclusion reported to the house by the judiciary committee. The re port has been drafted by Chairman Jenkins, of the committee, and is now in the hands of members of the com mittee for their perusal. An unofficial poll of the members indicates that with practically no exceptions they concur in the correctness of this conclusion. The report collates all the important court decisions on the matter involved, treats each exhaustively and reduces the whole problem to these two prin ciples: First The Supreme court of the United States has declared and has never been shaken or weakened in maintaining, first, that insurance is not commerce, and second, that congress cannot impair the police powera of the states. Second The advocates of Federal regulation concede, according to the re port, that insurance is not commerce. The report sets forth sjction 8 of ar ticle 1 of the constitution as conferring the only power possessed by congress to regulate commerce. PACKERS ESCAPE LAW. Judge Gives Immunity to Individuals But Not Corporations. Chicago, March 22. All of the pack ers who were indicted by the federal grand jury last summer upon charges of being in conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce were today granted immunity from criminal prosecution under the indictment. While the in dividuals are to go free, the indict ments found against the corporations, of which some of the indicted indi viduals are members and others are employes, are to stand. The decision to the above effect was handed down this afternoon by Judge J. Otis Humphrey, in the United States District Court. Immediately following the'dismissal of the jury, District Attorney Morrison raised the question of the date for the trial of the corporations. He asked that the case be set for trial and that t commence within two weeks. This met with a storm of protest from the attorneys for the packers, who insisted that they would be unable to prepare for the case before the fall of this year, pleading the number of .witnesses whom it would be necessary to bring to Chi cago, the strain of the present trial, nd various other reasons. After some iscussion, Judge Humphrey directed that the lawyers agree among them selves upon a date and notify him of their decision next week. SENATOR WILLIAM B. ALLISON. Senator William Boyd Allison of Iowa, who the other day celebrated' hi seventy-seventh birthday, and the day following celebrated the thirty-sixth anniversary of his entrance Into the Senate, has served In that body a longer period than any other member now on the rolls. He took his seat March 4, 1873, and since then has been re-elected five times. Before entering the Sen ate Mr. Allison served four terms in the House. He was born at Perry, Ohio, March 2, 1829, and was educated In the Western Reserve College. Subsequent ly he studied law, and practiced at the Ohio bar until 1857, when he moved to Iowa. In I860 he was delegate to the convention at Chicago that nom inated Lincoln, and In recent years always has figured as a candidate for the presidency. Mr. Allison has lived In Dubuque nearly fifty years. BUY OUT GREAT LAND OWNERS. Kutler Proposes to Divide the Land Among Peasant Proprietors. St. Petersburg, March 22. M. Kut- er, ex- minister of aguculture anil now andidate of the Constitutional Deino- rats for election to the lower house of ie national parliament, todav began publication of an interesting series of articles on the agrarian question. He ays the only solution of the problem which is a most crying issue before Kussia, is the expropriation of the land of the big proprietors for the ben efit of the peasants, who, he contends, have a moral right to the land, much of which was stolen from their ances tors by the Boyars when the latter re duced them to slavery. Millions of Sockeye Fry. Vancouver, B. C, March 23. Twenty-nine million sockeye salmon fry will be turned out of the Dominion government hatchery at Harrison lake next week and started toward the sea. The fish are about three inches long. The operations at the Harrison lake hatchery last fall and winter were at tended with great success. The fish at the Seton lake hatchery, which is a provincial institution, will also shortly be released. New Drydock for Puget Sound. Washington, March 23. Secretary Bonaparte appeared before the house committee on naval affairs today and discussed naval appropriations. He urged an appropriation for a stationary drydock on Puget sound. Pattison's Case Serious. Columbus, O., March 22. Governor rattison's illness took a serious turn today, and his physicians were at his bedside until midnight- Dr. Wilson said that the governor was quite ill to day, after having spent a very bad night, but that he was resting more comfortably tonight. There had been an increase of pain, which had raised the patient s fever to 103 degrees. Dr. Wilson declared that there was no dan ger when he left the governor's bed side, although the governor is a very sick man. Oregon s Keel Plate Damaged. Washington, March 22. One of the keel plates of the Oregon was found to be somewhat damaged six or eight months ago, but the condition was thought to be due to docking. Orders were given at that time not to fire the big guns of the vessel. She is on her wry home for a general overhauling and thorough repair. No reports have reached the ordnance office of any weakness to the gun mounts on the battleship. Gross Earnings Tax Invalid. Austin, Tex., March 22. The Court of Appeals ot this, the Third district, today declared unconstitutional the law passed at the last regular session of the Texas legisslature assessing a special 2 per cent tax on the gross earnings of all railroads. Loss of sleep proves to be the curi ous effect that may limit man's mountain-climbing. Dr. Bullock Workman mentions that In his camp In the Him alayas at 19,358 feet, members of his party were kept awake by lack of breath, and on dozing off would sud denly awake gasping. He concludes that Inability to sleep may Itself be sufficient to keep climbers from going beyond twenty-three to twenty-five thousand feet On the apex of the Prince of Wales' crown, which he wears on special occa sions, is a curious feather, or, rather, a tuft of perlwak feathers, the top of which Is adorned with a gold thread. This feather Is said to be worth 10,- 000, and has the distinction of being the only one of Its kind In the world. It took twenty years to procure It, and It caused the death of more than a doz en hunters. The reason the pursuit of the perlwak Is so dangerous Is because It Inhabits the jungles and other haunts of tigers. Drafts over deep wells are usually due to changes of temperature or bar ometric pressure, air being forced lu as the pressure rises and drawn out when the barometer Is falling. But two wells lu the Vlcksburg Jackson lime-stoue of southern Georgia have shown the strange phenomenon of a continuous In draft. This has been Investigated by S. W. MeCallie, who has found a rapid subterranean stream at a depth of nbout 120 feet, and it Is supposed that the air is sucked in by frictiou and car ried along until the water rises as a large spring. East of the Missouri River In South Dakota more than l,O0 artesian wells now exist, drawing their water from the supply carried by the underlying sandstone formation, and supiosed to come from the Black Hills and the Rocky Mountains. These wells, used mainly for Irrigating purposes, aro come from the Back Hills and the pressure of water In the eastern part of the State Is sufficient to give a sur face flow, except on the highest lands. One well at Springfield yields 3,292 gal lons per mluute, and furnishes power for a flour mill by day and for an electric light plant by night The development of this source of water supply Is still going forward. The French chemist Moissan, re ports that In the electric furnace gold boils freely at a temperature of 2,400 degrees centigrade. In two or three minutes from 100 to 150 grams of gold pass into the state of vapor. In con densing uiu a cold body, this golden vajntr forms filiform masses and cubic crystals. At Its temperature of ebulli tion gold dissolves a little carbon, which, at the moment of resolldinVa- tion, Is deposited In the form of graph ite. In an alloy of gold and copper. copper distils first. In an alloy of gold and tin, the tin distils more abundant ly than the gold, and when a large quantity of these mixed vnixirs Is tak en, the tin hums on contact wun mo oxygen of the air. forming oxid of tin. colored purple by a fine dust of con densed gold. This is an unexpected method of preparing the color known as "purple of Cnsslus." KEEP DISCOVERY A SECRET. Mrilmn Indiana Refnae to Rftml MMiirr Wkrrr They Kind Kick Ore. Some two weeks ago a Mexican, of buscon class, onered to sell me a con siderable quantity of placer gold, which be claimed be bad found within loO kilometers of Tepisco. but he refused to tell where be had got It." said T. (J. Gibson, uf Tepisco. Sonera. "Amoii,- this gold was one nugget as large as aa ordinary sized marble. A friend ol mine bought this gold for $300 and a day or two later sold It for $565. "It Is no uncommon thing to find the buscones of that part of the country with gold for sale. This nugget" here he exhibited a piece of smoothly worn wash gold of Irregular shape and about half an Inch long by a little over a quarter of an Inch wide, with a piece of quartz running crosswise through it "I bought from a buscon some three years ago In Tepisco. He had several other pieces of fine gold ore, but as I was not Interested in mines I bought this simply for the purpose of making a pin out of it "About eight months ago a buscon brought Into Tepisco a mule load of silver ore, which he sold for $260 to one of the local ore buyers. All efforts to Induce him to reveal the place where he obtained the ore proved of no avail. When he found he was watched by spies of mining men he went back to work upon a little corn ranch that he had In the neighborhood, and there ha stayed until those watching him got tired. About two months ago he sud denly disappeared and had uot again been seen there at the time of my de parture, two weeks ago. It is my opin ion that he Is again on the hunt for the mine from which he got the ore. Oh, If he knows where It Is, he Is tak ing ore out of It on the quiet; for he sold out all his corn and realized on his other crops at a sacrifice before be left "It may be that he Is taking out de nouncement papers. But this I doubt, as an Indian In that country rarely does that, for It means the payment of taxes and Incidentally the revealing of the place where the mine Is situated. The Indian about there has been so badly treated and cheated that he is afraid of every one and suspicious of even the mining authorities. "The silver ore which this Indian brought Into the town was an oxide almost jet black, running like a seam through a wide viein of hard lima formation. One of the pieces of ore brought In by the Indian assayed $1,800 to the ton In silver and $1,500 to the ton In gold-. Very little of It ran much less. The man who made the assay has tried every means In his power to Induce the Indian to tell him where the hidden mine Is. But the best he could get out of him was that It Is In the north, at a considerable distance from Tepisco, and that the whole re gion, which Is on the borders of the hot lands, Is seamed with veins of sil ver ore. "Many buscones have been seen on the hunt for this hidden mine ever since the Indian brought in the famous ore some months ago." Mexican Herald. Chinese Kycn Are Straight. Chinese eyes are straight In the skull, according to E. Lcmnire in La Nature. They appear oblique, but they are not really so. Von Siohold, A holds dorff and Schlcgel, the groat authori ties, all agree that the eyes of the Chinese are straight. The reason the eye appears oblique ! that the upjier eyelid and the general direction of the eyebrow are oblique; the upier eyelid at the side of the noso forms a special fold which covers entirely the angle where the lachrymal gland Is found. In addition the lids are generally very thin and the eyes loss ojen. A Woman's Wit, Edith What luck did you have In the last race? Maud None at all. I hacked all the horses with a pretty name, but I didn't find the winner. Illustrated Bits, Wise politicians climb Into the band wagon rather than risk being knocked, do'.vn iluJ I-viiij; run over by lu