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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1907)
PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Saturday, February 23. Nulcm, I i li L'.'l. The legislature which ik I j. hi r iii' I today wont dow n In history mm I lie iniiNt lavish Oregon Iihh over Iih-I. A grand Mul of $:i,r()0,(M)() Iiiin Ih i ii appropriated. 'I'lio senate ri fii-ed i ndit t ho houso Mil chunking llin IiiimIi Hie law. The house t in h iir I a voto at yos 1 1 r 1 1 m v and punned tun Iii Mm giving fiirm nun tors mill I h rrHlicr men liens on crops fur money duo tin-in. Imlmscd liy nearly every assessor in Ilie ullile, tlie hill providing fur mi equitable system of iisn-ssiiig tho tlm bor lauds uf the state went down to do- feat, in t lie senate. The Iiuiihk II 1 1 i H 1 1 1 t up 1 1 M business lit ll:.'ll lull it una 2 o'clock before (lie senate- hum through, hihI It was lures Mary fur the house tocoiitluuo in si-sciou until that lime. It was iitinniiii'e to t lie iih iiiIhtm nf tlie li'k'inliil urn tliat it would )o more convenient tu buy tickets at t lie depot 1 1 ill ri tu luiv fares on tlie tliliil. Passes wmilil nut itu, art tin new nuti-pass law M III elTi'et . Friday, February 22. Falem, Fell. 22. The lill creating tho state Ismrd of tax eoiiitiiissinneiK WHS killed In tho senate hy falling to tHISS. President IlaineH was presented with an elegant I v framed photograph of tho iiioiiiIhts and oll'ieers (if the senate. The senate hanking hill was KLHcd liy tlm house. Severn! unlmjiortaiit umcndonta Mere made. The Henate ill justed of all busiiiois hut 12 hills which will lm taken up totnuriuw morning Tho noniial school quest inn Ih the only Vexation thev huve (ill the tuhln. 'J'lnt houao hill appropriating money to my interest on certificates IhhiiihI in 1 !Mir( when the nppMprlut ion hill wuh held lip, was juutHtwl by tho Senate, amended so that interest in not to Imi iial.l on Much certificates aa were dis counted. Tho senate passtvl tho houso bill ci tending the law regulating hours nf fe male lulxir to mercantile establish ment. Another houso hill )iisstd liy Uie Heiiuto gives conductors nnd engineers . authority uf sheriffs on trnliiH. 1-! i lt 1 1 lioiirM in to constitute a day's work in underground inln.'H m-cording to b hill piiHKC.1 hy the houso, which Iho senate has already approved. Altogether the Semite JMlssod (IH tit 1 Ih today mid the hoiine 2U. Thursday, February 21. Salcui, I h. 21. The Nornul ech'Kil piectioii in ctlll iiiiHt-ttled nnd may he aanml up to the next Ictfndut uie. lvoth Iioiihi'h pitfued a hill providing for u tlirtcoiitiuuaiice of two lioriiiulH, but thia whh vetoed hy tho (foveruor. lluth Iioiihi'm have punned apprtipi hit iona for NV't-Mtoti and Ahhlund, uud tho Henate for Monmouth. The hoiine puHHinl a hill allowing furinera to hurn hruxh U-foie Juno 1 or after Of toler 1 without ohtainiiiK Iht mita. The IioIiho indefinitely tmtdpuiicd the Henate hill for tho puieliiit of the half Mock eiiht of tho iii()llol roiindM. fhti irri'ntion cixlo hill whh indefi nitely postponed hy tho Iioiiho. Tlie Henate piifHel tho ha ka liill aj propriatiiik' ;titl,(KHt for co-nX'nitiun w ith the Fedeitil Koverntnent in pur eluiMinU the Oregon City loekc. I.und huroiiH wero micccMMful In tlie heniite t'hiy securing tho defeat of the t'oon hay k'rant hill. Tho projxiHetl tux lawH have panned the lionao and wero fuvonihly reiKrt'd to tho henate. Tho houao changeil tho Iiroviniun for tnxcH to ho paid tho coun ty treasurer to Hherlff art at prenont. T'he Hctmto coinniit ten mado minor 4-hangeH in thin meanuro that tho Iiouho overlotiktsl. All hilla looking to tho creation of new counticH have heen killed. Th Iiouho jmHmd tho aenate reappir tioiiinent hill and nhortly afterward tho fonuVo jWHod tho houao hill aiproprint ing 2t),0(IU fur now huildingH at tho f tat o fair groundH. 'Iho pnHHago oi tho two hilla wiia in tho naluro of a trade. To-Liy the houe imHHed 27 hilln nnd fie Henato 13. Wedneaday, February 20. Sulein, Fob. 20. Tho bill for an ap propriation of $2,500 for tho importa tion of Hong birdH wan defeated by tho Iiouho. Hoiine hlllH for froo text hooks in pulilio hcIiooIh wero killed in tho Hen ate. The Hontno by indefinite pOHtpono nient killed (he Iiouho bill annexing to liakot county a part of (irant county. The Hume tliapooition waa made of the liill proponing to create Nramith county. Tho bill alKiliuhiiiK tho 3 per cent tax rebate wan indefinitely jwHtponed by the Henato. Tho Iiouho dtoatod tho bill appro priating $25,000 for the coiiHtruction of a bridge iutohh Hnake river near Ontario. Hart's blil to found a white library at Pendleton met a hasty death in the Iiouho. The Henato piiHHed the Iiouho bill ap pro)! luting $10,000 for maintenance of the portage road. Timber Becoming Scarce. AlbanySo groat has the rush for timber land claims become in thin jmrt of the Htate that many people are now using their timber entry right to secure 40-aere claims. The law gives eveiy pemon the right to take 100 acres, but having once filed on a smaller amount ho can then take no more. The entry men roalizo this, but since timberland values have risen so remarkably in tho p: et few months they are content to take a vacant 40 acres well timbered. ii i lit i I louso IneliilierM nml lit Inlien Iimiiv presented Hpoukor I Mvoy with ft K..li "I'l-Tt unif i.-n for civic betterment watch and chain, (brought nliotit ly tlm enrl hquiiko nnd An adverse resirt has boon uncle In , flni to go entirely neglected. A begin the scunto to coiiiK'I Hunllieni Ori son ' nirig, feeble enough though it bo, has i' arons to solilliclr land nt r.ot) per aero as ptovided In tho grant. Tho hoiine panned a hill fur the re pair uud maintenance of tho flnhway at Oregon ('ity. Tho Joint reaolul ion providing for a rival I of public oillcrra waa indefinitely punt poned hy tho Iiouho. Thirteen hilla were panned by the houao today. Tho aeniite punned 20 and kilted Tueaday, February 10. Hnlem, Feb. H. Vet') of tho $125.. 000 iippropriat ion fur tho State uni vcraity waa tiverrldden in ttu'li houao hahiy. CoinpiilHory paaHi-a for public ofliclala waa carried over tho governor' veto in the holme and will Imi taken up in tho Donate tomorrow. Two additional appropriation bills were reported to tho hoimti by tho waya and iniiniH iviinmiltee. One carries $1, (km) for making an exhibit of fruita and vegeuthea grown in thia atute under irrigation at the National Irrigation congreaa at Sacramento next Keptem her. Tho other bill earriea $;,. 152 made up of Hiinill Itema Hin-h aa caring for ca euped I una mi patientM. Th hill to entahliah two or more Htate honpitula for tul'rculotda patienta waa killinl in the acnate. The aeuatc refuwsl to i(iaa tho Hmith normal hill over the governor's veto. Tho Hcnator will endeavor to aocuro a rccouHldcration. Tho He::ste liill for the pin'haHe of voting liiachini'H KinHel the Iiouho. Tho houao piLHHixl the aenato bill ap propriating $IOO,(KIO for the purchaao of a aito and enrtion of a Iiouho for fit ble minded. Agricultural eollego improveinents wax cut from 7.r).(iou to $ti),(K) for 1 107, and f 05,OtK for WH hy the sen ate. Tho houao la working from early morning until midnight in an endeavor to get itrt calendar cleared hy time of adjournment. Today 31 meaaurea were miio.h1, only three failing of jaiH ugc. Monday, February 18. Salem, Feb. 1H. Tho Haines atato Umking hill punned tho Henato tothiy. It Ih very lenient, allowing banks to re duce their recerves to 15 jier cent of their drKaita and 10 per cent of their time demand ilejaiHitH, only one-third neeennarily to la caah. The houao this afternoon paat-el ti e bill rejaviling tho 3 per cent relmto for pavment of Uixea prior to March 15 eiu-h year. Ity unanirnoua vote tho hoiine passed u bill to reimlinrHe Indian war veterans to tho extent uf $50,000. A bill appropriating $40,000 to the various charitable iriHtitutions of tho statu waa passed by the house. Ity unanimous vote a pure haal bill similar to the Federal statute was past ed by the house. Iiegiiuiiiig with tho second Momlay m January, 1111, tho stau printer is to Imi placed on a Hat salary of $4,000 a year if a hill panned by the house Unlay Imvouich law. The house lodav passed 43 bills and killed 17. Tho senate, riassed 1(5 bills. ISoth houses have ailopUil a resolu tion to adjourn ut noon Saturday, Feb ruary 23. The senate has its business well in hand, hut the house has an im mense amount to dispose of. PORTLAND MARKETS. Nutter Fancy creamery, 32i,'35c or pound. Butter rat r irst grade cream, 33,V'c per pound; second grade cream. 2c lesa per pound. Kggs Oregon ranch, 21 0 22c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 13W0 14c per pound; mixed chickens, 12(i) 13c; spring, 13.(914,0; old roosters, Hfi)10cj dressed chickens, 1415c; tur keys, live, lfi(rol7Je; turkevs, dresstnl, choice, lK20c; geeso, live, 10c; ducks, 17(.)18e. Wheat Club, flOe; bluestem, 71c; valley, (0c; red, 07o. Oats No. 1 white, $20; gray, $28.60. Hurley Feed, $22.50 por ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50. lye$l. 45(3)1. 50 per cwt. Corn Whole, $24.60; cracked, $22.50 per ton. May Valley timothy, No. 1, $14 15 per ton; Fastern Oregon timothy, $17(il8; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $!jl0; alfalfa, $14. Apples Common, 75c$1.25 per box; choice, $1 .5O2.50. Vegetables Turnips, $101.25 per sack; carrots,' $1(31. 25 per sack ; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7( 8c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3,c por pound; cauliflower, $2.25 per dor.- en; celery, $J.6 por crate; onions, 10 (n)12,0 per doze i ; parsley, 253(V; sproutn, 0c; radislies, 253U'; rhu- liarb, $1. 5 per box; asparagus, 20c per jxuiid. Onions Oregon, $1(()1.25 per cw t. Potatoes Oregon liurhanka, fancy, $1.35(.i)1.60; common, ta-$l. eul Dressed, 6y9o per pound. State Railroad Commissioners. Salem Oregon's three railroad com missioners will bo Oswald West, of Salem, now state land agent; Clyde 11. Aitchison, of Portland, now attorney for the Title Guarantee A Trust com pany, and Thomas K. Campbell, of Cottage Grove, a lumberman of the firm of Campbell A Alexander. These se lections were decided upon by the state board, which is given the appointment under the Chapin law. West is a Pern- ocrat and the other two Republicans. FRI8CO BUILDING UP. Mutle of 8aw and Hammer Continue Nlftht and Day. Hin Francisco, Fell, Id. -Hun Fnm- risen, arter nil, nt not ifoirii; to i n i im ' ' , ,ecri made. Hevcrnl of tlm downtown streets sro to hn widened. Tlm heavy ten in lug and tlm congeal ion brought about wliern building ia progreaaing linvn moved tlm hoard of supervisors to leereo that portions of tho sidcwalka must ho sacrificed to tho thoroughfare. While this in Itself is of importance for the fut urn Han Francisco, it a greatest HigniuVniiff) liea in the fact that it has met with general approval and rcpro acuta tlm flrat aigna of a willingness to make aacriflcea for the city that ia to b Tlm magnificent programme of wid ened atrccta, parka and s'pjnrea outlined fur tlm city while the emhers still glowed is a gradually pnaiing vision, but thoMii who unselfishly nve Kan Fran ciaco still have hope that part of the great j.lan at least will ho realized. The street widening ia the flrat ray of hope. A walk about the burned aectnm shows that a wonderful amount of re building hna been accomplished. Hitwe tho first of May new buildings to tlm value of $45,000,(100 havo been begun. Plana are being drawn fur a like amount. In every case the structures Hre erected under rush orders. In sev eral instanced work has continued night and day. Tho at recta resound with the sound of tho pilodrivcr, the saw and Mm hammer by night as well as hy day. Tho last trace of gloom havo given way to an abiding faith, Tlm promotion committee hna issued a bulletin bearing on the population of Han Francisco at tlm present time. The committee, after figuring by various methods, cornea to the conclusion that tho city now contains 42H,00() peraona. liefore tho fire the committee figured that tho population of tho city waa 500,000. The figures of tho Houthern Pacific agree almost exactly with those of tho promotion committee. Due al lowance howovpr, must be made for the zeal of both bodies, and a fair and con aervative estimate of tho city's popu lation would place it at about 400,000. STATEHOOD STRIKES SNAG. Farmers Are Wearying of Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19 Anxious to get busy with their plowing and fearing they will not receivo pay for a long time, if ever, for their attendance on tho constitutional convention, many of the farmer delegates havo scattered to their homes, intimating that they will not return unless it is to vote for the docuyient as a whole when it is com pleted by tho few men in control of tho convention. Tho expense of the convention to date above the $100,000 appropriation mado by congress is nearly $150,000. Pay of the delegates has stopped, and if fongreas does no come to tho rescue with an additional appropriation, some of tho delegates will be in a bad way, as they cannot afford to stay longer at their own expense. Advices are com ing in from the state that citizens here and there are subscribing to funds to send the delegates back to their jols. Neighborly farmers who do not wish to seo the convention entirely in the hands of tho lawyers, the politicians and the urbnn element, have promised to take enro of tho farm work of the rural statesmen. Tho daily attendance at the session is now less than 75 per cent of the 122 delegates, and many of those still here sit sullenly in their seats and let the leaders run things to suit themselves. Prominent delegates from Indian Ter ritory and some from Oklahoma are openly charged with a plot to defeat statehood entirely by drawing up a con stitution that will be rejected by the poople at the election next August. Those involved in the allogod plot have been against making one state out of the two territories for political reasons. Dis affection has now begun to pervade the democratic members as well as those on the republican side, and charges of bnasism have become so persistent that thero is apprehension tho convention may break up. Snow Assures Heavy Crops. Fllensbnrg, "Wash.,' Feb. 19 If the heavy snow goes off gradually crops this year will bo the largest in tho his tory of Kittitas valley. Baled hay is now selling at $22 a ton. Loose hay, alfalfa, is worth from $12 to $10 a ton in the field. Potatoes are worth $30 a ton. The Northern Pacific, owing to shortage of cars and equipment, is un able to hamllo freight inward or out ward bound, causing thousands of dol lars loss to tho railroad company and to the people. Give Up Leasing of Churches, Rome, Feb. 19. Advicos received by tho Vatican are to the effect that Pre mier Clomenceau, of France, has ordered a cessation of tho negotiations begun by Minister of Education Hriand, with M Selves, prefect of the Seine, for tho leasing of churches. The Vatican was tiii an -vti.iu.iil in Iwinv rt nnnli wi f i . mi aa it expected wnai it cans a soeona coup do main" after the first, namely, tho expulsion of the secretary of the papal nunciato at Paris. Kansas May Give $75,000. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 19 A bill appro priating $75,000 for the Alaska-Yukon-l'aciflo Exposition was introduced In the senate this morning by the commit tee on wavs and means. The exposition is to be held in Seattle in 1909, and the annrnnrintton in tn nnvnr ihm Aonfc nt a. building and making an exhibit for Kansas, REACH AGREEMENT Japanese Coolies to be Excluded From America. GIVEN EQUAL SCHOOL PRIVILEGE San Francisco School Board Will Ad mit All Alien Children to Her White Schools Now. Washington, leb. 19. JapancHO children are to lie admitted to the white wdi'Mila of San Francisco under certain restrictions; skilled and unskilled la Itorer coming from Jnjmn are lrred frim the mainland of the United States, and American lalxirers, skilled and un skilled, are to ls excluded from Japan. This is the basis of the agreement between President K'sisevelt and Secre tary Hoot on the one hand and Mayor Sehruitz and tlie San Francisco school Isiurd on the other, as an adjustment of the antl-Jajiunese agitation brought alsmt by the segregation of Jajianese children in the San Franchco schools. The agreement means that the schools of Sun Francisco will le conducted in the same manner as they were liefore the Isier 1 of education adopted the -solution last Octolx?r, providing for the segregation of tlie Japanese, except that adult Japanese who are in primary grades must continue to attend the Ori ental schools, and that Jajianese child ren under 10 will be udmittcd to classes with white children of their own ages. The State department since the pas sage of the immigration bill, is prejar ed to take up again the negotiations that were already in progress with the Japanese government looking to the regulation of Jajianese immigration into the I'niUtl States. It is expected the negotiations will result in agreement between Japan and the UniU-d States for the withholding by the former of riassports to Jajianese of the laboring classes seeking to enter the United States. For several years jiust the Jap anese government has declined to isHue any such juissjKirts, but the intention is to make this matter of formal agree ment, if jiossible. In the rhort time remaining of the jiresent session of congress it is not possible, it is said, to frame anything in the nature of a treaty, which would require the action of the senate. In fact it is by no means certain tliat a formal convention is necessary to in sure the continuance of the present Jajianese jsjlicy of refusing passports in the United States to coolies, so it may lie decided to give this agreement an other form than a treaty. HERMANN TRIAL. Letters Do Not Show He Was Con nected With Land Fraud. Washington, Feb. 19. Two facts were brought out in the Criminal court yesterday while arguments were being presented in the case of Hermann on the rnution of the district attorney that he be allowed to amend his bill of par ticulars. The most imjiortant fact was the admission by the jirosecution that there is nothing whatsoever in the let ters written by Hermann and now in the possession of the government which in any way implicates him in the land frauds. The second disclosure was the fact that the government had many of these letters in its possession prior to Hermann's indictment and subsequent ly, while the case waa being prepared, notwithstanding which fact, the prose cution in its original bill of particulars declared that the contents of Hermann s so-called private letterbooks were "un known." The progress of the case was delayed by unavailing efforts of the defense to prevent the amending of the bill of particulars so that the letters of Her mann to various parties In Oregon and other Western states secured by the prosecution might be placed in evidence. Let People Vote on Question. Sacramento, Feb. 19. In the state senate yesterday Senator Caminetti in troduced an anti-Japanese bill, which not only emlKxlies the provisions of Senator Keane's measure givirg tlie school authorities the jower to segre gate children, but goes further and de clares that where separate schools have been or will be established hereafter they shall not be discontinued until the matter of such discontinuance has first been submitted to the vote of the quali fied electors of any district or city affected by the change. Japan Is Calmly Resigned. Tokio, Feb. 19. The passage of Pres ident Koosevelt's passjxirt bill by the senate of the United States was semi bfhcially announced this morning. Tho leading newspaiwrs today explained that this Is perfectly legitimate" and in accordance with treaty stipulations. It is alHO poinUxl out that the promise of success of tlie judicial procedure in tlie school question is lessening. . The pa pers thus far have refrained from mak ing comment on this latest news. Filter Water for Canal Cities. Panama, Feb. 19. A filtration plant is to be installed in connection with the water Biipply of Panama and Colon. An American expert, w ho examined the water system, said the water sup ply would be better than that enjoyed by most of the cities of tlie United States, and that filtration is not neces sary, but it was decided to install the plant nevertheless. THE AMEER OF AFOHANI3TATT. Ilrltlsh India hns been doing honor to n roynl visitor from beyond tlm northwest frontier, who, bears the nnmo of llahlbullnh Khnn and rules moun tainous Afghanlatan, which acta ns n bluffer la?tweii Itusalu arid Itrltnln. Tho Ameer Is thirty-five years of ng", nnd sncfK-dod his father, Ahdur Itnh man Khnn, In 1001. Ills crown Is not IrTi IIAB1BLLLAH KB AS. an easy one, for the Intrigues of the Queen mother and the Jealousy of his brothers cause him constant anxiety. That Is one of the reasons why be has elected tq lean on British support. Make Money at Trapping-. The Inst few years of the life of John Macdougall, son of Hev. John Maedou gnll, the first missionary who worked In the Canadian Northwest, and L. C S. Ward are brimful of adventure. Mr. Macdougall has been working for the Hudson Bay Company In the far north, while for the last six or seven consecu tive years Mr. Ward has been trading on his own account with the Indiana and half-breeds. In this wild country It Is no uncom mon thing for a trapper to spend months without seeing a soul excepting the solitary mall carrier who trudges along with his dogsled, often covering as much as 100 miles In a day. The country In the district where these old trappers live abounds with moose, musk ox, arctic foxes In fact. It Is a verita ble hunter's paradise. During the season the trappers, who are eorni08ed almost solely of Indians nnd hnlf-brecils, make from $500 to $1, Wa), according to the plentlfulness of furs. During the summer months they pass their time spending this money. Horses are unknown among the Rib and Beaves tribes, dogs, snowshoes and canoes being the sole means of trans portation. Attempts have been made to harness moose and a trapjx?r named Poacher Purdy has succeeded In taming a team which he drives regularly eith er to sleigh or his home-made wagon. Flre-Kllled Timber Good. Flre-kllled timber, the forest service has discovered, Is some use after all. This la a thing that has been known In the West for a long time. The disas trous "forest fires" do completely bum up timber In many cases, but there are thousands of acces where the timber Is simply "flre-kllled;" that Is to say, It Is killed standing by the fire that sweeps through It and finally rots at the ground and falls In the first wind storm. Immense areas of this timber have been utilized In mining and rail road work and there have been mills established simply to work up the flre kllled logs Into boards and boxes. The seasoning of flre-kllled trees seems to be more perfect than that of ordinary seasoned lumber and In the case of much of the pine that would otherwise have an objectionable odor the fire-seasoned logs can be worked up Into cracker boxes and the like, where the odor In ordinary pine lumber would make Its use Impossible. Some of the flre-kllled timber has been used after it had been dead flfty flve years, though the more common time Is from three to seven years. The forest service says that the use of this dead and down timber makes available many thousand acres of burned forest that were formerly accounted worth less. Correct Explanation. Wife What Is meant, John, by the phraso "carrying coals to Newcastle?'' Husband It Is a metaphor, my dear, showing the doing of something that Is unnecessary. Wife I don't exactly understand. Olve me an illustration a familiar one. Husband Well, If I were to bring you home a book entitled "How to Talk," that would be "carrying coals to Newcastle." Judge's Library. In the furniture Store. Irate Customer (energetically) I want a square deal In this establish ment Placid Proprietor All right, sir. Show the gentleman some kitchen ta bles. Baltimore American. It Is safe to bet thut a man Is genu inely polite if be is that way lu talk. Ing over the telephone. i TKEVEEKLY &HISTORIAH WA Conference at Hampton Court palace, leading to new translation of the Bible. 1001 Seventeen Anabaptist leaders exe cuted In London. 1070 Claude Duval, the highwayman, executed. 1740 Jacobites victorious at Falkirk Moor. 1739 British museum opened. 1772 Queen Matilda of Denmark con demned to Imprisonment for life. 1793 Louis XVI. of France guillotined. 1SO0 John Breeklnridfc-e of Kentucky became Attorney General of UniteJ States. 1S00 Sir John Moore killed at the bat tle of Corunna. 112 Ciudad Bodrigo taken by Welling ton. 1815 Lady Hamilton, Nelson's "Guard ian Angel," died in poverty at Ca lais. 1810 General thanksgiving In England for peace, following end of Napo leonic wars. 1828 Count Capo d'lstrla chosen Presi dent of Greece. 1839 City of Aden captured by th British. 1802 Trial by jury abolished In Aus- , trian empire. 1854 Fmigrant ship Tayleur wrecked oo Irish coast near Dublin; 290 Uvea lost. 1858 Attempted assassination of Napo leon III. by Orsinl. 1800 Capt. Harrison of the Great East ern drowned at Southampton by cap sizing of small boat. 1801 Juares entered City of Mexico, and re-elected president. 1862 Two hundred buried alive in Hart ley colliery disaster. 1S64 Society for promoting aerial navi gation formed at Paris. 1SG5 Capture of Fort Fisher .... Em peror Maximilian Instituted the or der of the Mexican Eagle. 1807 Forty-one persons drowned in Regent's Park ice calamity. 1S0S Gen. Pope assigned to command of department of the lakes, with headquarters at Detroit, 1573 Funeral of Napoleon III. at Chislehurst, 1574 Eng and Chang, the famous Siamese twins, died. 1S79 E. M. Ward, member of the Royal Academy, committed suicide at Windsor. 1SS5 Messrs. Cameron and Herbert, war correspondents, killed in the Soudan. 1SS0 Order of presidential succession determined. 1SS7 Interstate commerce bill became a law. 1S91 Sioux submitted, ending Indian war in the Northwest. 1892 Nineteen lives lost in burning of surgical institute at Indianapolis. 1S93 Queen Liliuokalani of Haw-ail de throned by revolutionists. 1894 Sixteen killed in railroad disaster in Province of Matanzas, Cuba. 1S95 Francois Felix Faure became President of France. 1890 Gen. Martinet Campos resigned the captain generalship of Cuba. 1S97 Spanish gunboat Relampago de stroyed by Cuban torpedoes. 1900 U. S. Senate ratified Samoan treaty with Germany. 1901 United States government surren dered the defaulter, Neely, to Cuban authorities. .. .Hazing abolished at United States Military Academy at West Point. 1903 German gunboat Tanther bom barded a Venezuelan fort.... Con gress suspended coal duties for one year. 1904 Joseph Chamberlain's tariff com mission met in London. 1905 Attempt on the life of the Czar at the ceremony of the Blessing of the Neva. .. .Great Fall River strike ended. . Electric Itactn- Cars Now. One of the new turns in the automo bile trade was shown in the Madison Square Garden exhibt, when electric ve hicles built on the racing plan attracted much attention. This rival of the popu lar gasoline car Is made by the Baker Electric Company, and one of them waa purchased by C. K. G. Billngs, owner of the champion trotter, Lou Dillon, The sixty horse-power Thomas flyer has brok en all non-stop records, and is expected to continue until Feb. 0, after a run to Chicago, having been In continuous opera tion 1,000 hours, representing Journey of 7,000 miles. Halifax-London Fast Line. A project for Canadian steamer aer vice from Halifax to Black Sod, Ireland, is announced at MoutreaL The time from lnnd to land is to be three and one-half days. It will depend, however, on ' tho sanction and subvidy of the Dominion parliament. It is claimed that with rail way connections, the journey could be made as quickly from Loudon to Chi cago as it is now made from Loudon to New York. Lord Struthcoaia Is Inter esled In this project. rK?; ,,,,