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OREGON LEGISLATIVE PRO CEEDINGS IN BREVITY Saturday, February 16. Salem, Feb. 10 By a practically unanimous vote the bill requiring old lino life insurance companies to create a reserve fund from a certain percent age of the premiums received for pol icies passed the house this morning. The house today passed a bill to en able t ho husband or wife to transfer property that was acquired subsequent to the time the other was committed to the insane asylum. The house adopted the senate resolu tion proposing an amendment to the constitution by which the number of justices of the supreme court shall be increased from three to five. The peo ple will vote on the proposed amend ment at the 1908 general election. The house postponed action on the bill regulating practice of osteopath physicians. The house passed the bill creating Xesmith County from that part of Wasco County south of the Deschutes river and the north part of Crook founty. The per diem and mileage allowance of the members of the house for this session has been mnde up. The total is $9, 705. 45. King, of Harney and Mal heur, receives the greatest amount, $1120 per diem and $149.10 mileage. Rogers and Reynolds, of Marion, receive the smallest amounts, each getting $120 per diem and 30 cents mileage. Friday, February 15. Salem, Feb. 15. The senate, by a vote of 18 to 1 1 , parsed the reappor tionment bill of Senator Hart. There will probably lie no banking legislation this session. One bill was reported in the senate today, but it is certain to be killed and most of the others will die for lack of time. The senate bill compelling the issu ance of parses to state officers was passed by the house today and sent to the governor. The irrigation and water code bill was slain in the house this afternoon. The senate voted to buy the half block between the capitol building and the Southern Pacific to complete the capitol grounds. An appropriation of 30,()00 is made for the purchase. The senate indefinitely postponed Hodsn's bill making the Associated Press a common carrier. The house joint resolution favoring five Supreme court judges as adopted by the senate. Both houses passed the juvenile court bill over the veto of the governor and the measure is now a law. The bill creating the Port of Colum bia for control of pilotage and towage at the mouth of the Columbia passed the bouse. The house passed the Jones bill for the purclia.se and maintenance of the Oregon City locks in conjunction with the Federal government. The senate today passed 32 bills and the house 11. Thursday, February 14 Salem, Feb. 14. The house today adopted a resolution fixing 12:01 a. m., February 24, as t lie time for adjourn ment of 'the legislature. It was also vted that no more bills should be re ceived except by the standing commit tees. There are 440 bills on the calen dar and consideration of senate meas ures lias not yet commenced. The sen ate is becoming anxious and is discuss ing means of forcing the house to act upon senate bills. The house passed the bill appropri ating $150,000 to the Agricultural col lege. . The house bill creating the office of inspector of mines passed that body without opposition Smith's bill to aliolish two of the four normal schools passed the house tonight by a vote of 38 to 10, sis ab sent. Only one slight amendment was made from the way it passed the sen ate, changing the time of the meeting of the new board from the third Wed nesday in June to the third Wednesday in May. A house resolution provides for the printing of 5,000 copies of the railroad commission bill for distribution to those who desire copies. The house passed seven bills and the senate nine. Eleven new bills were in troduced in the house this morning be fore the resolution checking the flood appeared. Wednesday, February 13. Salem, Feb. 13. With only one dissenting vote the senate today took the Chapin railroad commission bill from the table. It is now ready for the governor's signature and it is said lie will sign it. It was also reported tonight that he and the secretary of state and state treasurer had already conferred on the appointment of the commission. j Representative Newell proposed a constitutional amendment providing the recall of public officials. The idea is that where an officer is not serving the people the way he should, a peti tion containing the names of 25 per cent of the voters in his district may be filed asking his resignation. Should this not be forthcoming, a special elec tion is called to elect a successor. At the special election the officer whose resignation is asked is also a candidate, and should he not be re-elected he must vacate the office to the successful candidate. Post Habituals' Names. Grants Pass Grants Tass has solved the habitual drunkard problem in a novel wny that is satisfactory to all concerned. When a man begins to make a nuisance of himself by drink ing, the city attorney drafts an ordi nance enacting that John Jones is a habitual drunkard, the city council passes it, and John Jones' name is forth with posted in all the Baloons, which are forbidden under penalty of losing their license to sell him liquor. Among the other bills passed by the sonate are: Liquor licenses not to be granted persons who violate liquor laws; appropriating $125,000 annually for the State university; authorizing railroad bridge across the Willamette near Oswego. In the bouse the general appropria tion bill, carrying $2,207,070, was passed and the $1 poll tax law was also repealed. ' The senate passed 35 bills and the house 16. The larger part of these were of a loeal nature. Tuesday, February 12. Salem, Feb. 12. The senate today indefinitely postponed Bailey's bibs changing the primary law. The vote was so decisive as to make it clear that the law will remain as it is. The senate also voted down the con stitutional amendment to be submitted to the people granting woman suffrage. With but one dissenting vote the house passed the bill compelling the sale at $2.50 an acre of land granted the Coos Bay Wagon Road company ac cording to the terms of the grant. The senate has cut the allowance for the Agricultural college to $37,500, a reduction of $12,500. The habitual criminal bill passed the house today. It provides that on sec ond conviction ot a crime equal to fel jny the punishment shall be double the sentence provided by statute. The senate passed the Bingham rail road commission bill and tabled Cha pin s measure. The Bingham bill pro vides for appointment by the governor. The house tabled this bill. Pxcept for the method of choosing members the two bills are alike. The house passed the bill providing for the state buying ground and erect ing armories for the National Guard in stead of paying rent as at present. A bill appropriating $26,000 for the support of orphans, foundlings and wayward girls was passed by the house. Monday, February II. Salem, Feb. 11. By unamious vote the Chapin railroad commission bill passed the house today. At the June election in 15108 two of the three com missioners will be elected by the peo ple. The third will be elected in 1910. Until then the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer will appoint members. It is probable the house will accept the bill as it came from the house. The house passed the bill providing for a cheese and dairy inspector and a creamery and dairy commissioner. The appointees are to receive salaries of $1,500 each and expense allowances of $1,000 per year. The juvenile court bill is now in the hands of the governor. He may veto it as he considers too much expense would be attached to it as a law. Mult nomah county would be put to an an nual expense of $10,920. The house passed a bill to tax timber land in proportion to the amount of timber it contains. The bill providing "no sear, half fare" was voted down by the house. The measure giving the state uni versity $125,000 a year was passed by the house. The senate passed a bill providing $00,000 for extensions to the portage road. PORTLAND MARKETS. Butter Fancy creamery, 32g35c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 30c per pound; second grade cream, 2e less per pound. F'ggs Oregon ranch, 2325c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 13 14c per pound; mixed chickens, 11 122c; spring, 13L2 14 V8c; old roost ers, 910c; dressed chickens, 1415c; turkeys, live, (a)7c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 200 22c; geese, live, 10(ml2e; ducks, 1018e. Fruits Apples, common, 5075c per box; choice, $1(0)2.50. Vegetables Turnips, $11 25 per pack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1 .25(81.50 per sack; horseradish, 7 8c per pound; Bweet potatoes 3l4 3jC per pound; cauliflower, $2.50 per dozen; celery, $3 3.25 per crate; onions, 10122C per dozen; sprouts, tie per pound. Onions Oregon, $11.35 per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1.4O1.50; common, $l(jbl.25. Wheat Club, 6970e; bluestem, 71 7-c; valley, 70c; red, 676Sc. Oats No. 1 white, $29; gray, $28.50. Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50. Rye $1.451.50 per cwt. Corn Whole, $24.50; cracked, $22.50 per ton. Hay Va"ey timothy, No. 1, $14 15 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $14. Veal Dressed, 5-.,fi9c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 2123,,2c per pound; cows, 4l2' ( 5'2c; country steres, h(c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89cper pound; ordinary, 6(7c. Pork Dressed, 68Bc per pound. Secretary Loses Perquisites. Salem One of the perquisites which I the secretary of state lias enjoyed for years was cut off by the senate when that body passed S. B. 19, by Kay. This measure provides that all fees is sued for notary public commissions shall go into the state treasury, instead of into the junket of the secretary of state, as heretofore. The proposed law authorizes a charge of $5 a year for a commission, or $10 for two years. 1 Formerly the fee was$2. . MOST LIBERAL IN HISTORY. River and Harbor Bill Gives Almost All Northwest Asked. Washington, Feb. 15. Never before in the history of rivers and harbors leg, islation has any congress dealt so liber ally with the Pacific Northwest as the present congress will do in the pending river and harbor bill. Not only is the aggregate appropriation larger than ever before, but the appropriations more nearly appoximate the estimates of the engineers. This is in a very large measure due to the remarkably efficient work of Representative Jones, of Washington, who is on the river and harbor committee as repesentative of his own and neighboring states. Mr. Jones was in a position to do things, and his accomplishments epeak for themselves. Indeed the house has been so very liberal that the senate has nothing left to do, unless it be to raise a few appropriations that fall below the house figures, and it is doubtful if many such increases can be secured, for in eveiy instance where the house cut the estimates on Oregon and Wash ington projects it was for some specific and very good reason. In his work in committee Mr. Jones had the active support of Senator Ful ton, and the Oregon senator did every thing that a man not a member of the committee could do to aid in getting liberal recognition for Oregon and Co lumbia river projects. There was ab solute harmony throughout, and the two men worked together to a common end. The effectiveness of Mr. Jones' work is found in the figures themselves. The total amount recommended by the en gineeis for Oregon and Washington projects was $5,110,244; the total ap propriation carried by the house bill is $4,670,244, a difference of $440,000. The reductions were on the Celilo ca nal, $150,000 being taken from the amount recommended and given to the upper river, for which a new project was recommended late in December; on the Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland, where $150,000 was deducted because Portland business men had assuied the committee that a new taxation district was to be formed to raise money to aid in this improve ment; and the Cascade locks on the Columbia river, where $105,000 was recommended for grading and filling in behind the completed locks. The com mittee felt that this work was not urg ent, as the canal lock is itself com pleted. With these exceptions, the housa bill provides the amounts recommended by the engineers, and in the case of Co quille river the committee appropriates $00,000 when only $40,000 was asked by the War department. The $60,000 will complete this project, as shown by the figures of the local engineers, so the committee decided to clear up the whole matter at one time. The following table gives the various projects and the amounts appropriated by the house bill: Mouth of Columbia river, $2,450, 244; Dalles-Celilo canal, $000,000; rivers, Portland to sea, $300,000; Co lumbia lietween Celilo and mouth of Snake river, $120,000; Upper Colum bia, between Wenatchee and Bridge port, $42,000; Upper Columbia and Snake, $10,000; Coquille river, $60, 000; Coos river, $3,000; dredge, Ore gon and Washington coast harbors, $100,000; Tillamook bay, $10,000; improvement of Upper Willamette, $00,000; Clatskanie, $500; Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, $50,000; Willapa harbor, $25,000; Gray's harbor, $600, 000; Gray's inner harbor, $177,000; Gray's river, $2,500; Puget sound and tributaries (dredging) $75,000; Lake Washington canal, $10,000; Swino misli slough, $75,000; Okanogan and Pend d'Oreille, $20,000. Two Dead, 1,000 Homeless. Tine Bluff, Arkansas, Feb. 15. Not withstanding the rumors in regard to the loss of life as a result of a fire which last night destroyed 90 cottages and residences, three hotels, the Carr memorial church and fully 200 barns and outhouses, entailing a loss of $200, 000. so far as can be learned only two persons lost their lives. They were John Springer, a foreman in the Cotton Belt railroad yard, and a man named Reed, who is said to have gone into a burning building while intoxicated. Nearly 1,000 people are homeless. Finds Huge Spot on Sun. Tittsburg, Feb. 15. Professcr John M. Brashear, of the Alleghany observa tory, announces the discovery of one of the gteatest sunspots ever brought to the attention of astronomers. He says as a resut electrical disturbances will be experienced throughout the country tomorrow night. The spot can be seen through smoked glass, but the sci entist adds that it is one of the most active of solar spots. Its approximate length is said to be 150,000 miles and ; 30,000 miles w ide, covering an area of about 3,500,000 square miles. Great Flood in Nebraska, South Omaha, Feb. 15. The liodies of Dan McCrone, a veterinary surgeon, his w ife and daughter, ami Miss BH, who were drowned in the flood at Co lumbus yesterday, have leen recovered. Today all the livestock in the Union Pacific stock yards at Columbus was destroyed. All trains are held up, tel ephone and telegraph wire's down. j Dynamite is lieing used in the Loup river by the Union Pacific, which is do ing its utmost to relieve the situation. Treaty for Prohibition in Africa. Washington, Feb. 15. The senate committee on foreign relations todav authorized a favorable report on a gen-; oral treaty with the powers looking to the suppression of the liquor traffic in Africa by enforcing a prohibitive tariff, MAKING NEW FREIGHT RATES Railroads of Entire Country Are Re arranging Schedules. Committees Working on New Tariffs Which Abolish Commodity Rates and Make Advance of 3 to IOO Per Cent Shippers Must Pay for Improvements. Chicago, Feb. 14. Railroads of the entire country are preparing to make general increases in freight rates which will bring them several hundred mil lions added revenue annually. In Chicago conferences are being held between the highest traffic men of both Eastern and Western roads with a view to eliminating hundreds of rates which are known as "commodity rates" and to compel shippers to submit every thing to classification rates, which are substantially higher. The preliminary work is being done by committees rep resenting both sections of the country and the real magnitude of the increases and of the general move for more reve nue will not be known until these com mittees make their report, which may not come before June. The plan for a general increase in rates is due to the alarm which is felt in Wall street and among the stock holders and directors of all railroads over the growing difficulty in securing money with which to make needed im provements, build extensions and pro vide equipment and facilities for carry ing the traffic of the country. It was stated today that more than $1,800,000,000 had been appropriated by the railroads for these purposes, but that it is impossible to float the securi ties in any of the markets of the world. Accordingly the railway presidents and the men who control the transportation facilities of the country have come to the C( nclusion that the only way to raise the ne -essary money is to increase the price of what they have to sell, which is transportation. In some way it is expectedjthat many hundred articles which are now trans ported on "commodity rates" will be restored to the classification, which will operate to increase the rates from three to fifty, and in some cases even 100 per cent. In connection with the elimina tion of many commodity rates, it is stated that all of the lines have agreed that uniform classification would be a good thing, as the shippers, desire it. When this is finally obtained, it may be found that the classification rates on many articles have been increased. At present fully 75 per cent of the tonnage of the country is carried on "commmodity rates," which are very much under the corresponding classifi cation rates. All of the heavy tonnage, such as flour, grain, iron, steel, coal, are moved on the lower rate . TURNS DOWN LEASING PLAN. House Committee Proposes a Slight Change in Coal Land Law. Washington, Feb. 14. A compro mise of the coal land bill was finally agreed upon today by the house com mittee on public lands and recommend ed for a favorable report. It falls far short of the program President Roose velt outlined for the withdrawal of all coal land from entry and the leasing of such land, instead of selling it. In the bill agreed upon the coal land is reserved under the same restrictions as land entered under laws other than coal land laws, with the exception of homesteads, the patents for which are issued without commutation. To encourage the development of coal land in the Rocky Mountain states, the bill largely increases the amount of coal land which may be taken by one corporation. It provides that an asso ciation of four persons may be granted patents on 2,560 acres of coal land after having expended $10,000 for improve ments. The bill permits an association of four persons to receive patents for 1,280 acres after $5,000 has been ex pended in improvements. cujl Concession on Land Order. Washington, Feb. 14. President Roosevelt today told Representative ' Stevenson, of Minnesota, that he had j giving two meals a day, and the food made a mollification of his suspension j is revolting. Passengers will not pat nr.W rf Tannnrv OS rtl;i t i n to pntries ronize the dining cars unless allowed .. , r-'- - ... i . i , . on purine land, wnicn would except from the operations of the order all homestead proofs on ceded Indian land where there are deferred payments. The exceptions made by the president do not, in the opinion of the represent atives of the Northwest, go far enough and they will continue in their effoits to obtain further concessions. Bisbee Miners Locked Out. Bisbee. Ariz.. Feb. 14. Seven bun- dred miners were laid off in Bisbee to-, that he sold watered stock; that he sold j day. The reason given was that there ! $3,600,000 worth of stocks and bonds ' was a shortage in fuel and lumber, and , for $1,800,000, and was going to put ' that, in order to make some necessary more on the market. "I think rail repairs, it was decided to close dow n J roads and owners of railroads are en-; some of the shafts. There is a general ' titled to all the interest and dividends' belief that the situation is directly due they can get, provided reasonable rates j to the attempt being made by organizers of the western Federation of Miners to make Bisliee a union camp Otliials of the company refuse to admit this. Eifcht-hour Day for Dispatchers. Jefferson, Citv, Mo., Feb. 14. The house today passed the bill applying the eight-hour law to all train dispatch- j en and telegraphers who handle the ruining of railroad trains COLLISION DURING BLIZZARD Believed 175 Lives Were Lost Many of Them Froze. Block Island, R. I., Feb. 13. A ma rine disaster with appalling loss of life and entailing suffering almost beyond the limit of human endurance came to light today, when a life boat of the Joy line steamer Larchmont, bound from Providence to New York, drifted into Block Island harbor. In the boat were several bodies of men who bad died from the effects of long hours of exposure to a death-dealing temperature. In the boat also were 11 men whose suffering was so intense that they seemed oblivious to the fact that death was in their midst and they had escaped only by virtue of their ability to withstand the rigor of zero weather in an open boat at sea. The boat brought a tale of disaster that has rarely been equaled in New Imgland waters, and it is believed that, when the final outcome is known, it will be found that not less than 150 lives were lost. Following closely in the wake of the solitary lifeboat came bodies, lifeboats and rafts, cast on the beach by the angry waves. Owing to the condition of the sur vivors it was impossible to get from them an estimate of the loss of life. From 150 to 175 persons went to their death, and at a late hour tonight it was believed that the latter figures are nearer correct The cause of the accident has not been satisfactorily explained. It oc curred just off Watch Hill about 11 o'clock last night, when the three masted schooner Harry Knowlton, bound from South Amboy for Boston with a cargo of coal, crashed into the steamer's port amidships. Captain McVey, of the Larchmont, declares that the Knowlton suddenly swerved from her course, luffed up into the wind and crashed into his vessel. Captain Haley of the Knowlton asserts that the steam er did not give his vessel sufficient sea room. ORDERS NEW VENIRE. Jury Panel in Adams Case Exhausted Second Day. Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 13. At the close of the second day of the trial of Steve Adams for the murder of Fred Tyler, 34 talesmen had been examined, exhausting the panel and the court bad ordered the summoning of anew venire. Eleven jurors remained in the jury box and the defense still retains the right to four peremptory challenges and the state one. When the court ordered a new venire Attorney E. F. Richardson, counsel for the defense, made an affidavit that the sheiiff is biasea, and asked that a spec ial commission be appointed to summon the venire. In his affidavit it is alleg ed that Angus Sutherland, whose term as sheriff expired last month, was made sheriff in 1899 during the labor troubles by the Mine Owners' association, and that as sheriff he cannot serve two con secutive terms. .The present sheriff, William Bailey, was nominated with the understanding that Sutherland should still be in complete control un der the direction of the corporation hostile to the Western Federation of Mineis. A session was held laet night to decide the point. BOUND FAST BY RED TAPE. Down Timber Goes to Waste Because Law Forbids Sale. Washington, Feb. 13. There's money going to waste in Klickitat county owing to departmental methods and red tape, as well as to the fact of there being no law under w hich action can be taken. Last spring a severe storm passed through this country, felling an immense number of trees, practically all the timber in two town ships lieing razed. This timber is on the ground, is rapidly bluing and un less something is done by which it can be utilized it soon will be worthless for lumber purposes. There is a sale for this timber, but the lumber companies are afraid to touch it, as the home steaders upon whose land it is lying have not in all cases commuted their claims and if they should abandon them after selling the down timber, the buyer might be placed in a very em barrassing position. Travelers Rebel at Food. Leavenworth, Wash., Feb. 13. An other trainloivd of passengers arrived here today, making about 600 stranded at this place. Conditions in the day coaches are terrible. The rairoad is - - . i n 1 : f . t . I to order their dinner in preference to the meal handed them. The large ice house at the depot was wrecked today, I the roof caving in from the weight of CllV. vtiKtii cv. ii io inn nvi in uiv debris and sustained a broken arm. He Sold Watered Stock. Minneapolis, Feb. 13. President A. B Sticknev. of the Chicago Great Western railroad, admitted to the legis- ' lative railroad investigating committee are charged. Demurrage Bill Passed. Pierre, S. D.. Feb. 13. The house today passed the reciprocal demurrage bill. The bill to prohibit corporations to contribute to campaign funds was passed. Another bill approved by the house prohibits "treat ing in saloon, All these measures hsvp pissed the sen ate and now go to tue governor . LEGISLATION IS DEMANDED No Concession on Schools Without Exclusion. San Francisco Delegation Refuses to Yield on School Question Unless Assured Japan Will Agree to Ex clusion of Coolies A Complete Deadlock is Result. Washington, Feb. 12. A complete deadlock has developed in the discus sion between President Roosevelt and the educational authorities of the city of San Francisco relative to the exclu sion from the public schools of that city of Japanese children. There is no present indication that this deadlock will be broken or a satisfactory solu tion of the perplexing problem will be reached. The blame for present conditions rests largely on the president. He was forced to an admission yesterday mac ho could on no further than to promise the exercise of his utmost exertions in negotiating a treaty with Japan for the exclusion of coolies. ihis was noi sufficient for the Coast delegation. The members desired an assurance that Japan is willing in good faith to enter upon negotiation of such a treaty, ana that it will be followed by drastic leg islation. The president could not give the assurance requested and bluntly said that the legislation leature is im practicable. At the conclusion of the conference the president informed the delegation that he would present the entire matter under consideration to the cabinet at its meeting todav and later call the delegation to the White House again. LONG ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT Able Lawyers Gathered From Far and Near to Assist in the Case. Snokane. Feb. 12. The legal battle for the life of Steve Adams began yes terday in the mining town of Wallace, Idaho. On one side are the forces of the state, seeking Adams' conviction as the first step toward convicting the leaders of the Western i-eaeration or Minprs. who are charged with the as sassination of ex-Governor Frank Steun enberg, of Idaho; on the other is the powerful Federation, with all the re sources at its command, declaring the charges are false and an attempt by the mine owners to break up tne union. The crime against Steve Adams is the murder of Fred Tyler, a settler who disappeared from his timber claim on Marble creek about August 10, 1904, and whose body was found later. His murder remained a mystery till after the assassination of ex-Governor Steu nenberg. Harry Orchard's graphic confession is said not only to have im plicated Steve Adams an i other Federa tion men in the governro's murder, but declared that dams and Jack Simp kins also killed Tyler. Sinipkins has never been found. OREGON APPLES IN LONDON. Rogue River Newtowns Net Grower $2 38 F- O. B, Medford, Or., Feb. 12. The high character of the yellow Newtown apples produced in the Rogue river valley ia illustrated by the returns which are coming in from the numerous cars con signed to the London dealers by the growers of this valley the present sea son. Fred H. Hopkins received a cable today from the first car of his product placed upon the market this year, the same having been consigned to Dennis jk Sons, of Coven t Garden, who report the sale of the carload, consisting of 450 boxes of four-tier and 150 boxes of four and one-half tier apples, at an average net figure f. o. b. shipping point, of $2.38 per box. The importarce of the apple situation impresses one the more when it is known that the Rogue river valley has no less that 10,000 acres of the yellow Newtown variety of amies, either now in bearing or nearing the bearing age. Traoe Treaty With Germany. Washington, FVb. 12. S. D.N. North, the director of the census, who was a member of the tariff commission which went to Germany to confer with a similar commission appointed by the German government with a view to ar riving at a basis upon which the tariff of the two countries might be satisfac torily arranged, had a conference today with Secretary Root. While no state menat on the subject can be had, it is believed that the draft of a treaty in process looks toward a correction of complaints made by Germany. Inquiries Into Omaha Grain Rate. Omaha, Feb. 12. The Interstate Commerce commission here today be pin an investigation of the recent raise in grain rates put into effect by the Union Pacific railroad. The complain ant charges that the Union Pacific raised carload rates on grain across the Missouri river bridge at Omaha from $2 per car to $S per car. The railroad in its answer admitted all the claims except that it is denied that the in creased rates are exorbitant. Mexico City is Shivering. Mexico City, Feb. 12. For the first time in many years, snow fell upon the streets of Mexico City today. The unusual conditions have caused suffer ing among the or, who habitually g about clad in light garments and with bare- feet. The government is provid ing food and shelter tonight to hundreds.