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i NEWS OF THE WEEH D O IN G S IN C O N G R E S S . Tuesday, D ecem b er 13. BIG EXHIBIT AT FAIR The house passed a resolution ini* peaching Judge Swayue, of the North* ern district of Florida, for "h ig h crimes and misdemeanors" A committee was appointed to notify the senate. The senate passe.I a bill to throw open tor settlement 800,000 acres in the Yakima Indian reservation. Nothing of any importance was de veloped in the Smoot case today. Five witness« were examined. The house resolution for an adjourn ment from lH»cember 21 to January 4 A Return« o f the L e s t Im portant but S p ecia l C om m issioner Is N ow Actively was adopted by the senate. Not L e t t Interesting Events At W o rk — Nation Boxing E x Senator Mitchell is sure of securing the chairmanship of the committee on o f the Pa st W eek . hibits— N eb rask a’s P a rt. canals. In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS The sultan of Morocco has removed foreigners and w ill take charge of his own army. There has been a great increase in the number of accidents on railroads during the past year. The Federal grand jury is now in ses sion at Portland behind ch>sed d.M.rs, investigating various land frauds. The Smoot investgation continues before the senate committee on p riv il eges and elections, but nothing new is being developed. Many hundred Chinese youths ar in Japan taking instructions in the art of war. Many are also at the front where a practical view can be had. It is probable that the North sea in cident w ill he put down as an unfortu nate blunder, whereby the Russian commander mistook two of his own vessels for an enemy. The United States supreme court has granted the motion to advance the hearing of the Benson-Hyde-Dimond conspiracy cases and they were set down fur February 20. The cases in volve the question of removal from one jurisdiction to another. Oregon expenses for 1905-1900 are estimated at $2,000,000. The complete election returns give Roosevelt a plurality of 2,526,470. The members of the North sea com mission are gathering in Paris to enter upon their work. Russia is assembling a third Pacific squadron, and it is believed it w ill be sent to the Far East. The Colorado supreme court has thrown out the entire vote in three Denver precincts on account of fraud. W h ile particulars are not obtainable, it is believed that General Soessel’ s latest report to the czar is coached in a despairing tone. Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann are on their way to Portland to appear before the grand jury in con nection with the land fraud cases. The first and second sections of the north bound Oregon express collided near Marysville, Cal. A brakeman lost his foot and five passengers were injured. E . Morton W hite, chief of the de partment of admissions at the St. Louis fair, has declined to accept a similar postiion at Portland. Frank B. David son w ill be tendered the position. The bandit Raisuli is again active. A number of Alaskan bills w ill come up in the senate soon. Carnegie has givtn Boston $540,000 for an industrial school. Both armies in Manchuria are seri ously hampered by cold weather. New York is inquiring into the mat ter of building a city light plant. Kuropatkin, when he receives more troops, may try to relieve Port Arthur. Traffic has been considerably delayed in South Dakota and Nebraska by snow. Stoessel has again been wounded, this time by a rifle bullet, but not seri ously. Fire destroyed property at the Silver Lake mine, Silverton, Col., valued at $ 100 , 000 . The remains of Kruger have been laid in the tomb at Pretoria with im posing ceremonies. The crown prince of Denmark, who is very anxious to meet Miss Roosevelt, is looking for a wife. An American captain just home from the Orient says he saw General Kuroki in November. The general was re ported killed early in October. A Japanese cruiser is reported, ashore in Yungehing bay. The Oregon land fraud case has been postponed until April. A Japanese wing of Oyarna’ s army driven back recently is again advancing. The Japanese are fearful lest the Russian government biiys a number of warships from Chile Brigadier General 8. M. Whiteside is dead. He had command of the de partment of Santiago during the Span ish war. Four men were soaldedd to death and four others Imdly injure«! by an explosion on the battleship Massa chusetts. P L A N S FO R C A N A L. F o u r Sch em es B e fo re C h ie f Engineer o f Isthmian C anal Com m ission. REFORM IS DELAYED Wushiugttiu, Ih'C. 21.— John F. W al lace, chief engineer of the Isthmian canal commission, has given the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce the benefit of his investiga tions so far aN made regarding the engi neering tanks to l>c performed in the construction of the 1'anuma canal. The testimony was taken aboard the army trans|s>rt Sumner in Colon bar- Com m ission Appointed by Roosevelt to Ixir on the occasion of the rrrent visit Decide on Needed C hanges H as of the committee to the canal urne. Not Y et M ade Final R ep ort. It is to I n . printed for the use of con- gr«-ss. W ednesday, D ecem ber 14. Asked hy mcmls-rs of the commis Wushlntgon, IN*«*. 16 .— The house St. Louis, Mo., Dee. 19.— "Missouri The senate has appointed a commit committee on public lands tixlay voted is to be spleixlidly represent«-*! at the sion for an estimate <J the cost «if the tee to arrange for the trial of Judge Lewis and Clark expu«iti«>n at Port various plans, Mr. Wallace said tin- to |Mwtpone imlcflnltcly the hill to re* Swayne, of Florida. This A bill was passed in the seuate ap land," states M. T. Davis, presilient of best estimate that could Is- made at |s-al the timls-r and stone act. propriating $25,000 for the improve the MisHouri State W orld’s Fair com present would I n - huac«l on th«* esti action iiicuns there w ill I n * no land- law reform this session. This result mission L m I s v . ment of Mount Rainier national park. " W e w ill send out there an exhibit mate of tin- former commission <>f was expected, i-S|s-eially in view of tin* In the house the urgent deficiency bill and several other hills of a public that could n«*t I n - duplicated for $300,- $200,000,000 for a 90-foot level canal. fact that the puldic lunds commission has not y«-t made a final report. Tht* 000," ho continued. nature were passe-1. Figuring with this us a basis, the 60- hill passed on was hy far the most im The displays for the western fair w ill I n - selected ami prepare«! for shipment ftxit level «-Hlial would «-uSt $225,000,. portant of the lumi reform hills pend T hu rsd ay, D ecem ber 15. 000, could Is- open fur trullic in 10 ing, hut when it was passed hy the sen The senate spent practically the en by E. S. Carver, special commissioner from Missouri to the Lewis ami Clark years, anti fully completed in 12 years; ate last session there was a «listim i tire «lay disenssiing the Philippine ad He is now actively at tin- 30-fiMit level cnnal would cost understanding with the members of ministrative bill. A number of amend exposition. tin- limi»«- committee thut it shoul«i not ments were made. Under unanimous w-trk. $250,000,000 und Is- open for tratlie ill Is- rcporttxl to the house during the The work of boxing the government agreement the v«>te on the b ill w ill la- 12 years ami «•uinpli-t«-d in 15 years; present congress, taken tomorrow and the disposal of all exhibits that art- to I n * shipped from Th«- house committee tornisi the hill amemlments w ill occur at the same the W orld’s fair to Portland for the the sea-level canal would cost $300,- «liiwii hy n vote of 10 to 4, this«- voting 000,000, «-«mid Is- open fur tratlie ill 15 Lewis and Clark exposition has I h - cii time. for repeal Is-iug; Chairman Lacey, of The urgent «leficiency bill was passed commence«!, and hy January 1 they years und completed in 20 years. Chairman Hepburn’s questions de- Iowa; M iller of Kansas, Needham of w ill I n - ready to I n - sent away. They without debate. In the house an attempt was made to w ill not I n - shi|i[H-«l until March 1, how vchipi-d that the «-stimuli- id titut* to California und Volstead of Minnesota. call up the bill to improve currency ever, according to the present plans. build u «-anal was based on a 10-hotir In turning down this bill the commit conditions. This matter occupied al Portland is to get about 65 per cent of «lay, ami that with tin- const ruction of tee statisi that the rejs-ul o f the timls-r The re- the (iuiutxiu dam unit tin- operation id and sont«- art woulil shut off tin- source most the entire «lay, only a few minor the government’ s exhibits. inaiinler w ill I n * return«-«! to Washing the power plant, electric light sulfi- of the greater portion of the reclama items coming before the house ton, I). C. cient to illuminate tin- whole id the tion fund, und would s«-rioUsly handi Tht- machinery in the money coining Culehra cut might Is- had, thus making cap irrigation work la-gun hy th«- gov Friday, D ecem b er 16. The senate by a vote of 44 to 23 display w ill Is- sent as soon as possible practical the working of tw«» or mon ernment. Furthermore, it was said passeil the Philippine government hill. to Denver, Colo, where it w ill I n - uh * x I shifts und xliorU-niiig tin* time <d con that the re|s-ul of this law would Is- of imineusurable Is-iu-fit t<> rnilroud com As passed it exempts from taxation all to enlarge the United Stut*-s mint. struction. Mr. Wallace stat<-<l that the excava panies und other large hohlcrs of forest bonds issued by the Philippine an«l The gr«-at ordnance which proved such Porto Rico governments; authorizes an attractive exhibit here may I n - re tion of this cut was tin- feature <d the reserve lands, as it woulil «-mise a con Its disposition construction of the canal that t<s>k tin- siderable rie«- in the value of scrip, municipalities to ipeur a bonded in turned to the East. which would I n * the only remaining debtedness amounting to 5 per cent of has not been definitely decided upon time. He aaid: way of getting large tracts of govern as yet, on account of the possibility of "U p on the economical and efficient the assessed valuation of their property; authorizes the Philippine government obtaining great rifles and other guns on handling id mat«-rial from Cub-bra ilc- ment timber lami. There was, more to incur a bonded in«lebte*ln«*ss of $5,- the Western coast so much closer to |N-nilx the cost und time it would take over, a g«-iieral belief that the timls-r to complete the canal. Every <>th«-r ami stone act, if projs-rly administered, 000,000; establishes a system for the Portland. question and every other problem con is not u Inni law. location and patenting of mineral, coal N eb rask a to Have B ig Exhibit. nected with the entire work is sulsird- and saline lands, and gives the civil Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 19.— J. B. Dina- inate and inferior to the problem of «-x- R O O S E V E L T U R G E S A C T IO N . governor the title of governor general. The greater part of the day was put more, Nebraska commissioner, and in eavation and dis|*osal of the material in discussing and voting on amend charge of the livest«»-k exhibit of the from the Cluebra cut; that is tin- prin Anxious Interstate C o m m erce C o m St. Louis fair, an«l ex-president of tin- cipal problem <d this w ork." ments on the Philippine bill mission to H ave G re a te r P o w e r. state hoard of agriculture, said tixlay Work is now going on in the «-ut, dm- At 5:05 p. m. the senate adjourned Washington, Dec. 16, — President that Nebraska would have a big exhib American steam shovel ami some <d the until Monday. Roosevelt considered t«slay with several French machinery Is-ing on tin* iqx-ra-1 it at Portlantl. Today’ s session of the house was tion. Fourteen American st«-aui shov fricmls his riH-ommcmlution thut in- given over almost exclusively to c«>n- <-reuMc«l powers Is- conferre«! by h-gisla- si«leration of the hills on the private M U C H F E E L I N G A G A IN S T C H I L E els have I n - i - ii purchased, one of which j tion u|M>n the Interstate Commere«« I is ls-ing set up. The others ar<* tf> Is- ( calendar, a dozen or more being passed. j delivered ut tin- rate of one a month. j commission. Those to w hom In* tulk«-<l The senate amendments to the urgent Ja p a n Still F e a rs S h e W ill Sell H er During Octols-r 3,1X5 men were on tin- were not only members of congress, deficiency bill were agree«! to. W arsh ip s to Russia. payrolls of the commission. Of those hut men in other walks of life. To all A resolution was adopted providing 2,165 were lalsiri-rs. Mor«- lals»r«-rs In- imlicutf«! his earnest «lesire thut ac Tokio, De«-. 19.— The Japanese are that the exercises appropriate to the tion of a detiflite nature— action thut are to Is- employed in the iinmeiliute reception and acceptance from the state watching with great interest the al- woubl bring results to the p e o p le - fntnre. of Kansas of the statue of the late John lege«l plan of the Russian government should I n - taken as m « kiii ns practicable. Answering a qu«-stlon nlsait ......... J. Ingalls, erected in Statuary hall, of to purchase warships from the govern A «lay or two ago he conshlered the the capitol, be made a special • order ments of Argentine and Chile. In r«-s- ation <d a sea-level ennui, Mr. Wallace «{Uestion with Judge Griwseup, of Clii- said: ponse to a diplomatic inquiry, the gov for January 21. Tixlay he dis«-uss«-il it with " A sea-level canal would Is- less «-x- cago. The house adjourne«! until Monday. ernment of Argentina frankly disavow Jmlgc W illiam W . Morrow, of tlu* pensivo to maintain and less cx|*ensive ed any intention to sell warsbipc to United Stat«-s c«>urt at San Francis«-«». M onday, D ecem ber 19. Russia, but the answer received from to o|s-rate, save time in passage through Ry invitatoin of the president, a spe it, anil could lie widened and deejs-ne«l The cor- No business of importance was trans Chile is said to be evasive cial committee of the Commercial Trav acted in either house t<xlay, the entirft respondence on the subject is still in when required w ithout interfering with elers’ Protective ass«s-iation «-itlli-«! on traffic." time they were in session l«eing taken progress. him tixlay to consider his n-i-ommemla- There is a growing feeling of resent up by discussion of minor measures. ti«»n that the powers of the Interstate Discussing Many senators ami representatives were ment here against Chile. R IO T IN M O S C O W . Commere«- commission Is- extended so absent. Adjournment was taken until the question with the Associated Press as to enable the commission to puss up correspondent today, an offi«'iul said Students and Po lice Battle for H ours Wednesday. on questions of railroad freight rates, that in the event of Chile selling war in C ity's Stre e ts. subject only to review by the courts. O R E G O N W IN S M A N Y P R IZ E S . ships to Russia, Japan w ill unques- Moscow, I >«•<•. 21.— This city was the tionably take the first opportunity to scene of a revolutionary demonstration M I T C H E L L M U C H G R A T IF IE D . W . H .W e h ru n g S a y s State M ade Fine settle the score. tixlay from noon until nearly evening. Sh o w in g at S t. Louis. Probably 5,000 |s-rsons actually partic He W ins Im portant C om m itteeship in PR O T EC T FLO O D ED V A LLEY S Portland, Dec. 17. — After several ipated. Fortunately the agitators «lid F ace o f M uch Opposition. months in St. Ix»uis, where he had not succeed in «lrawing the working Washington, D«-c. 16. — 8«-nator charge of the Oregon exhibit at the Engineers Have Sch e m e to Redeem men from th«* fa<-tori«*s into the dis- Louisiana Purchase exhibition, W. II. One Million A cres. turbanees, und aft«-r many collisions Mitchell was highly gratifi«-«l tixlay to Wehrung returned to Portlan-1 yester receive the appointment as chairman Sioux City, la., Dec. 19.— A commit- the police firing blank volb-vs and of the committee on intenx-eanic ca day. He reported wide interest among charging with tln-ir sabers, tho crowds tee «if distinguished engineers chosen nals, which will liamlle all legislation Easterners in the Lewis ami Clark ex by California to s«ilv«! the problem of finally were «lis|N‘rsed. position and predicte<l there w ill be Many were wounded, ami more were hereafter enacted affi-i-ting th«* Panama protecting the valleys of the San Juu- heavy westward travel next year for the canal und the canal zone. He succeeds ijuin the Sacramento rivers from r«-gu- arrested. As far as known none of the the late Senator I fauna. purpose of seeing the Western W orld’s lar flfssls made its report t<xlay. I f rteters were killed. One policeman is A v«-ry strong fight was made to keep fair. reporteil fatally injured. Many on successful their plan w ill reileem 1 ,- Mr. Wehrung speaks highly of the Hi-nator Mithccll out of his position, Isitli sides were roughly bandied. 000,000 seres. showing made by Oregon at the St. The authorities knew in ailvance and it was only when all endeavor to' The floixls were cause«! prim arily liy Louis fair, saying that the state held «(eposits from hydraulc mines filling that trouble was impending, and many for«-«- Senator Platt to accept the pla«-e up well against states with much larger faili-d that the position was given to the channel. The project w ill cost houses along the Tverskaia stro«-t were appropriations. He also says that he Several squadrons the Oreg«in senator. $1,000,000 at least W hile the report specially guartled. has been told that Washingt«>n’ s repre Friends of Panama r«-ally wanted t«» is not ma«le public, it is understixxl it of mounted gendarmes w«-re conceal«-«! sentatives IsHight a consignment of Ore mak<* Kittredge, of South Dakota, recommends the construction of «lykes in the courtyarils of lious<-s, ri-ady for gon cherries from a «lealer and exhib chairman of this committee, hut conbl an emergency. to confine the water to the channel, ited them as Washington product. Thus not consistently jump him over Mitch an«l thereby carry Out the debris. Oregon compete«l in the cherry contest ell. S n o w Is T w o Feet Deep. against her own product. Senator Mitchell was fought Is-eaus«« C onservative R efo rm s fo r Russia. Newport, R. I, I)«-c. 21.— As a r«*sult he was an earnest a«lv«x-ate of th«* Nic St. Petersburg, Dec. 19.— A special of the worst blizzard that has vistied aragua route. M en on Battleship Q uarrel. New York, Dec. 17.— George Wash council was held this afternoon at Tsar- Newport in many years, all l«s-al traffic D redge fo r O reg on H arb o rs. ington, a negro seaman, shot an«l koe-Selo, under Emperor Nicholas, at is practically at a standstill. The Washington, I)«-«:. 16.-— Representa- wounde«l two others «>f the Illinois crew, which President of the Ministerial storm l«-gan at midnight last night and tive Hermann ap|N-ure«l before the riv- on the United States batth-ship Illinois, On a level the <*rs and harbors committee in support council C Witte, Minister of the Inter abate«! at noon today. in the New York navy yard bxiay. Henry More, an apprentice, received a ior Hviatopolk-Mirsky and Minister of sn«iw is more than two feet in depth, of his bill Asking an appropriation of while a strong winil has piled up drifts $ 100,000 for a <lr«-«lge to I n * used on bullet in the arm and Seaman Hliap, Justice Muravieff discsssued the qnca- The first train Oregon roast bars. Representative another in the back. More and the tion of reforms. It is unilerst<i«sl that that block the ste«-ts. from Boston was five hours late. The Hermann lias re«-eive«l assurances from the emperor a«lvised with them on the colore«l man occupied adjoining ham mocks and Washington was sai«l to be question of a manifesto which w ill lie Fall riv«-r line steamer from New York Chairman Burton ami other members This document, it was «-aught in the storm and reached of the committee which l«-a«l him to in«»ff«*nsive until More’ s tantalizing ac- published Onlay. here five hours late. belivee the committee will incorporate tmns casue«l Washington to l«*se bis is ls-lieved, outlines a policy of careful conservative reform. in the river and harbor bill a provision temjN-r hxlay, an«l he shot More. Shap Dummy Sh ip s on Guard. for the dredge. The committee is un interfered an«l was shot. Fed eral Building fo r Honolulu. London, De«-. 21.— A n-port from willing to make further appropriations Land W ith d raw n in Washington. Washington, Dec. 19.— Senator Per Chefis* that a portion- of the Japan«*«* for the coast proji-cts. Washington, Dec. 21.— The g«-neral kins intrrsluced a bill Oslay to make fii-et has left for 8mgnjs»ro and that, a land office has or«ler«*d the temporary an appropriation of $1,400,000 to ac number of Japanese merchantmen have C anada W ill Not C o m e to F a ir. withdrawal of 17,920 acr«*s of public quire a site to construct a F«*«leral been lightly arme«l to maintain the Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 16.— The Domin lands in the Vancouver, Wash., land building at Honolulu, Hawaii. Repre blockade of Port Arthur is published ion government decideil toilay n«»t to district from all terms of <tis]Ki*al ex sentative Csuhman, of Washington, in bslay in a Cbefoo dispatch to the Daily semi an exhibit to the Lewis and Clark troduce« the same b ill in the house. cept under mineral laws. Telegraph. exposition. Missouri Will Make a Fine State Display at Portland. Land Laws Will Not Be Changed At Present Session. WILL MEAN OUTLAY OF $300,000 DELAY WAS RATHER EXPECTED 1 I i i Í