GENERAL DEBATE ENDS
Tariff to Be Discussed in
Five-Minute Speeches.
JiOTMNG EXCITING OCCURRED
Credeatlals of the New Florid Ken.
tor Were Kefon-ed to the
Elections Committee.
Washington, March 27. The fonr
days' general deabto in the house on the
Dingley tariff bill closed tonight. The
bill will now lie open for debate under
the flve-mimite rule for Ave duys, when
the vote will be taken.
Bailoy, the opposition leader, who
was to have dosed the general debate
for his side today, was unable to make
his S)oeoh, owing to a sore throat, and
a mutual arrangement was made for an
hour's debate on each side just before
the final vote is taken.
The speech-making today was not of
a very lively order, but the crowds in
the galleries continued.
Five members of the ways and means
committee sjwke today Tawney, Dal
sell, Russell, Payne and Stone. The
other speakers at the session were Tal
bort, Clark, Maguire, Gunn, Cox, Mc
Rae, Grow, Simpson, Curtis, Burke,
Lentz, Colson, Hawloy, De Armond and
Fitzgerald.
The Koutlne Report.
Washington, March 27. This was
the last day of the general debate on
the tariff bill in the house. Talbert,
Democrat, of South Carolina, in the
presence of a scant audienoe, opened
the dobate. The house rapidly filled.
Talbert talked a great deal about robber
barons.
Champ Clark, Democrat, of Missouri,
followed. He said as a Democartic
politician he rejoiced in the passage of
the pending bill, because after it had
"become a law every storekeeper would
be obliged to make a Democratic speech
every time he made sale. The pass
age of this bill, he said, would give the
Democrats a hundred majority in the
next congressional election.
After brief remarks by Maguire, Dem
ocrat, of California, and Gunn, Popu
list, of Idaho, Tawney, Republican, of
Minnesota, member of the ways and
means committee, took the floor for
twenty minutes. Tawney defended the
lead schedule, which had been attacked
by Gunn. Tlio latter said he had no
criticism to make of the rates. He
only asked that they be collected.
Tawney asserted the classification of
this schedule was suoh that the duties
could not be evaded. The purpose of
the framers of the schedule was to give
' American labor employment in smelt
ing Mexican and Canadian ores, and at
the same time fully protect the Ameri
can lead minor.
Simpson, Populist, of Kansas, enter
tained the house for five minutes. He
read from McKiuley's speech at the
Minneapolis convention a declaration
that the foreigner paid the tax, whLh
he ridiculed. The last congress, he
said increased the appropriation $50,
000,000, and now, according to Mc
Kinley's theory, taxes on foreigners
were to be increased to pay for extrava
gance. The foreigner should be glad,
he said that the last congress had not
been a two-billion-dollar congress. If
the taxes of the foreigner could be suffi
ciently increased, he observed sarcastic
ally, the surplus could be distributed
Among our people and every day weuld
be Sunday here. (Laughter.)
Simpson said he was himself a farmer
who farmed farms, not farmers. If the
Republicans had desired to do some
thing practical for the farmers, why,
he asked, had they left hides on the
free list? Simpson announced himself
a free-trader.
Cox and McRaeof Arkansas followed.
The latter ridiculed the idea that pros
perity had existed under the McKinley
law, or would exist under the Dingley
bill, if it became law.
Grow, the venerable ex-speaker, made
a general speech in favor of the theory
of protection. The latest Democratic
ory of more money and less taxes, he
said, was preposterous.
Dalzell reviewed the results of the
Wilson and McKinley laws and de
nounced the ad valorem system as giv
ing opportunity for immense underval
uation. The Senate Proceeding!.
Washington, March 27. The senate
had a half-hour open session early in
the day and then was four hours in ex
ecutive session on the arbitration treaty
and resumed the open session to go on
the bankruptcy bill. The latter meas
ure, generally known as the Torrey
bankruptcy bill, was read at length and
Nelson offered a substitute differing in
a number of particulars from the com
mittee bill. The debate has not yet
opened.
Amended credentials were presented
in behalf of John W. Henderson, ap
pointed by the governor of Florida to
the seat vacated by Call. It brought
out a statement from Hoar, acting chair
man of the committee on privileges and
elections, that action on the pending
election cases was delayed by the un
certainty as to the committee organiza
tion in the senate. The revised cre
dentials were referred to the elections
committee.
Spooner suggested that the question
had already been elaborately argued
and settled settled both ways.
"The inference from that sugges
tion," pursued Stewart, "is that we
vote on these rases according to our
political convictions."
"The manner of settling this is by
means of an international agreement
for the free coinage of silver," re
marked Hoar, facetiously. "When
that is accomplished, the senator from
Nevada will have do further objec
tions. "
COULD NOT TOUCH IT.
bouse Democrat Tried to Amend the
Tariff lllll.
Washington, March 29. The tariff
bill was thrown open for amendment
under the 5-minute rule in the houso
today. Seven weary hours of work
only served to dispose of nine pages of
the 163 pages of the bill. All the
amendments offered by the Democrats
were rejected. Three slight amend
ments by the committee, were adopted,
and also an amendment by Mahaney to
increase the duty on white lead from
2 cents to 8 cents per pound, the rate
in the act of 1800. The present duty
is cents Mahaney. said the in
crease was asked for by a concern which
was independent of the lead trust. It
was adopted by a strict party vote.
The discussion covered a wide range
of political topics, and at times was
interesting.
By far the most important feature of
the day was the attempt of Dockery,
Cooper and others, backed by the entire
opposition, to secure a vote on an
amendment' offered in a multitude of
forms, which provided that in case it
should be shown to the satisfaction of
the president that any articlo made
dutiable by the bill was controlled by
a trust or combination, the duty upon
such article should be suspended. Ding
ley made the point of order that the
amendment was not germane to the du
tiable list, and would not be in order
until the free list was reached. For
almost three hours this point of order
was gone over and made the subject of
criminations and recriminations. The
Democrats contended that if the
amendment was ruled out it would
never be voted upon, as the free list,
in all human probability, would not be
reached before the final vote was taken.
The ohair sustained the point of order.
An appeal was taken, but the chair was
sustained by a strict party vote 158
to 104.
In the Senate.
Washington, March 29. Another
brief discussion of the civil servioe bill
occurred during the open session of the
senate today. Mr. Gallingor presented
several forms issued by the civil serv
ice commission to substantiate his re
cent statement that certain applicants
for office were required to hop on one
foot for twelve feet. Ho said his state
ment had been challenged by several
penny-a-liners and by one member of
the civil service commission. The sen
ator read the "hopping provision" and
several other questions as to the weight
and height of typesetters, whioh he
characterized as absurd. Referring to
the size and weight requirement, Gal
linger said:
"Phil Sheridan could not have
served the government if the civil
service commission could have got at
him."
' The latter was referred to the civil
service committee.
A resolution was adopted asking the
president for information as to the
death of American sailors at Santiago
de Cuba; also resolutions asking the
attorney-general for information of any
proposition to sell the Union Pacific
railroad.
Owing to the public demand for
copies of the recent decision of the su
preme court sustaining the anti-trust
laws applicable to railroads, it was de
termined to print the majority and mi
nority opinions as a senate document.
Large Sum to Charity.
New York, March 29. The World
confirms the report that Baroness
Hirsch is about to expend $1,500,000 in
charity in this city. Oscar Strauss,
ex-minister to Turkey and trustee of the
Baron Hirsch fund, which expends for
charitable and educational purposes
the income of $2,400,000 annually,
says that Baroness Hirsch has appropri
ated a sum sufficient to buy land and
put up a building for the Baron Hirsch
trade school to be established.
She has further appropriated $1,000,
000 for the building of model houses for
the poor in the tenement district or
wherever the trustees of the fund may
determine. In addition she will build
a working girls' home on plans similar
to those of other homes she has built
abroad.
The baroness has authorized the edu
cational alliance, whose work is chiefly
among the Russian Hebrews, to pay off
at her expense the $100,000 mortgage
on its property. .
Probably a Murder.
Tacoma, Wash.. March 29. Peter
Olson, a horse trader, who always car
ried large sums of money on his per
son, was struck on the head tonight
with a large cold chisel, by some per
son unknown, and will die. Olson was
in a lonely part of the city, and was
not found till about 8:30 P. M. Just
how long be had been lying there is
not known. When found, there was
only a $10 bill in his watch fob, but
near his body was a 50-cent piece and
his keys. The police have no clue fur
ther than the cold chisel the deed was
done with. The doctors say Olson can
not recover nor regain consciousness, as
the weapon was driven in his head to
the base of the brain.
Germany Steps Out.
Constantinople, March 29. It is as
serted here tonight, on what is regard
ed as reliable authority, that in conse
quence of the refusal of Lord Salisbury
to join in a blockade of Greek ports,
Germany has given notice to the pow
ers of her intention to withdraw from
the concert.
Fire la The Dalles Cornet Factory.
The Dalles, Or., March 29. From
ashes in a paper box was started a fire
in the corset factory over the Van Nor
den jewelry store at 3 o'clock this
morning. Prompt action by the fire
department prevented serious damage.
Van Norden's loss amounts to $200,
fully covered by insurance.
A great international congress of
science will be held at Dover, England,
and across the channel at Boulogne,
France.
THE FRUIT OUTLOOK.
A General Survey of Present Conditions
In the Northwvat.
A correspondent writing from Salem,
Or., in regard to the fruit outlook in
the Northwest, says:
All are looking anxiously to see the
fruit trees of our wide reigon pass
through the ordeal of springtime, for
that is the critical period with orchards.
It is not often that any severe injury is
done in the fall and winter, and if fruit
trees are in good condition at the mid-
I He of May there is no reason to fear
mrm while tho fruit is being perfected.
The past fall was exceptional in re
ipect to damage done, for the heavy
freeze that ocourred late in November
was quite disastrous in many localities.
While this is no doubt true, it will not
be possible to trace the extent of the
injury until the growing season comes,
for while in the dormant state it can
not easily be known how much harm
was done.
It was said at the time that the Ital
ian prune was especial ly affected, which
appears to have been true at The Dalles
region; also at Hood River. Mr. D. J.
Cooper, of Wasco county, told me that
much harm had been done in that dis
trict. He thought it was chiefly due to
overmuch and too late cultivation and
irrigation, for he says he had noticed
that where there was light cultivation
and irrigation was not continued late,
the wood ripened early and trees are all
right
Mr. E. L. Smith, of Hood River, who
is a very close observer, says much
barm was done in that country to
young apple trees, and the Spitzenbergs
were especially suffering, the heavy
freeze having in many instances, killed
the tops, as it occurred when the sap
was flowing. In many cases the bark
had split on the trunk, but he doubted
if the damage would all show until
spring came.
Mr. Smith thought the excessive rain
fall in the mountains made it worse
there than out in the open country.
The Hood river valley is in the very
heart of the Cascade range, and when
there were light rainB west of the
ranges, there was constant, heavy irain
there last fall, and the effect was to
keep the sap flowing and the trees grow
ing. At the time the freeze came, late
in November, the leaves were all on
and held their dark green color, so the
effect of the cold snap was more disas
trous than if it had occurred in a normal
season, as the sap was frozen, and much
tender young wood was killed. We
expected to hear of harm done wherever
people had plowed or cutivated late,
and so kept sap flowing but condi
tions at Hood River were exceptional,
and the damage seems to have been
general.
There seems to have been damage
done in many parts of the country.
Clark county, Wash. , was said at the
time to have suffered loss in the Italian
prune, which is planted largely there.
As to orchards in this valley (the Wil
lamette), it is not probable that much
harm was done where they had not too
much and too late cultivation. People
had to learn that there can be too
much of a good thing. There has been
too much pruning, as well as too muoh
cultivation. What is needed is to as
sist nature, not to take the job too much
out of her hands. Only a few days be
fore that freeze, one of those very en
thusiastic orchard men told me he had
kept on plowing and cultivating up to
date. I asked him where he would be
when a freeze came, and thought of him
the first thing when it did come.
I hear of some damage (to Italian
prunes especially) done to orchards near
here on prairie land, and to some ex
tent in the hills. The Oregon Land
Company has 8,000 acres of trees on
high hill land a few miles south of Sa
lem, that they cultivated late, and I
hear some harm was done there. The
lesson to fruitgrowers is that there is a
time when trees should mature their
wood, as well as their fruit, and if we
ignore the laws of nature, we are apt
to pay heavily for it. A gentleman
who is engaged in fruitgrowing reports
that he was in Southern Idaho after
the freeze, and young orchards along
Snake river were almost destroyed by
it. They were, no doubt, forcing growth
by irrigation, and overdid it; so suffer
as a cosequence. It was a warm No
vember up to the freeze, and the change
came suddenly and was disastrous.
While this must be true of many, it
is safe to say that the older orchards of
the Pacific Northwest are in good condi
tion to produce well, and that we may
hope for the largest yield for the season
of 1897 that ever was known. The
short crop of 1896 leaves the trees well
rested, and with vigorous growth of
fruit buds. We are almost at the end
of March, and yet the trees are not in
bloom, when they often are in full
bloom before this time. There is more
danger from late spring rains than from
winter freezes. If we have a late bloom
time, and no cold rains later, we may
look for an exceptional fruit year all
over, this Western Oregon, as well as
the Indland Empire. We have had so
much to learn that it has been a school
of experience up to date, and henceforth
we should reap some of the practical
results.
The Bill Killed.
Springfield, 111., March 29. The
senate anti-department store bill came
up in the house today on first reading,
and was ordered laid on the table.
This action practically kills the meas
ure. The Cane of Butler.
San Francisco, March 29. United
States Marshal Baldwin has received
the mandate ordering him to deliver
the Australian murderer, Butler, to
agents of the British government. Two
men will watch the murderer day and
sight until he sails April 1 for Austra
lia. The Australian detectives fear be
may commit suicide.
Five veari rjenal servitnde was tha
sentence imposed recently on a bicycle
thief in f-ogland.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cltlei and Towns of
the Thriving Slater State
Oregon.
About forty tons of corn are being
shipped from Nebraska to Dallas.
The principal of the Jacksonville
public schools is paid $1,000 a year.
Eleven hundred sacks of potatoes
were shipped south by the latest
steamer out of Coos bay.
An eagle was shot on the Siuslaw last
week that measured seven feet from tip
to tip and weighed ten pounds.
The grand jury in Douglas county re
ported that the county jail in Roseburg
is insecure, for the safe custody of pris
oners. Frosts in Umatilla county have in
places taken off the tops of the grain a
little, but no serious damage has been
sustained.
Farmers in Sherman county have
about finished plowing and are now
waiting for the ground to dry enough
to begin seeding.
A boy living near Centerville, in
Washington county, a few days ago
shot a hawk on the wing that measured
four feet six inches from tip to tip.
Lambing has begun on some of the
sheep ranches in Sherman county, and,
in spite of unfavorable weather, a good
percentage of the lambs is being saved.
Commissioner Lee, of Fremont, Neb.,
who at one time made annual purchases
of sheep in Grant county, has returned
again this year, and will buy a band.
The sheriff of Crook county prevent
ed a jail break last week by discovering
in time a hole in the jail wall that one
of the prisoners had dug out with a
case-knife.
Coyotes are increasing so fast near
Hayes' hill, in Josephine county, that
the number of quail, large gray squir
rel and other small game is rapidly dis
appearing. The county court of Harney, at its
recent session, ordered the new Burns
road opened. The road is to extend
straight westward from the bridge near
Saver's mill, to the south end of the
town of Burns.
It costs the city of Pendleton about
$50 every time a fire alarm is turned
in, whether the fire amounts to any
thing or not, and it is suggested that
some more economical arrangement
should be made with the firemen.
Joseph Hall, who was found dead
near Medford last week, with a bullet
bole in his head, having been shot
from behind, was a bachelor, and about
45 years of age. He had lived on Elk
creek, where he was killed, about two
years.
Washington.
A warm wave brought relief to the
stockraisers in Adams county last week.
The plan of spreading disease among
the squirrels by inoculating some of
them and turning them loose will be
tried in Adams county.
The severe weather and a lack of feed
was the cause of several hundred head
of stock dying, one man losing at the
rate of seven head a day.
Scarcely any plowing has been done
around Oakesdale, but as the snow is
now rapidly melting, and the ground
is not frozen, a large aoreage will be
put to wheat.
The commissioners sent to North
Yakima to treat with the Yakima In
dians for the sale of their lands have
left for Montana, being unable to ac
complish anything.
The Indians along the Sans Poil are
busy pulling up the location stakes that
were driven on the Col vi lie reservation
bars by the locators that expected to
see the reservation opened.
A band of horses and cattle has been
started from Rock creek valley for the
bald bills of the St. Mary's, where
there is plenty of feed. The farmers
in Rock oreek valley have run out of
feed.
Taxes are being paid into the county
treasury in Spokane at a rate that may
make it unnecessary for the county to
negotiate a loan for $30,000 with which
to pay interest on the county's funding
bonds.
The hunters of Pierce county will
meet to the number of about 100, and
drive Fox island, from end to end, on
April 17, for the purpose of slaughter
ing coons and other "varmints" on the
island.
Gin Pon, a Chinese, who was con
victed of murdering Lee Tong in Spo
kane, has been denied a rehearing by
the supreme court, and will now be re
sentenced to hang, unless there should
be an appeal to the United States su
preme court.
A sawmill and box factory is being
erected near the Great Northern depot
in Wenatchee. This location will be
convenient for fruit shippers this season
as they can unload their fruit, and,
without going out of the way, take on
load of boxes for the return trip.
Tacoma's lumber manufacturing con
cerns are unusually busy just now. The
St. Paul and Tacoma mill is running
day and night to get out the orders.
The Wheeler-Osgood Company began to
run day and night last week. The com
pany has recently been getting out the
largest order ever placed with a Pacifio
Northwest firm for lumber for Africa.
The Tacoma mill is kept busy turning
out the fir lumber.
The printers' copy of the senate
journal of the recent legislature is ready
to be turned over to the state printer.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins Company'! Review
of Trade.
Trading in wheat this week has not
been widesDread, but to a great extent
was confined within the ranks of the
professionals, who are considerably
worked up over the Increasing amount
of bad crop news. St. Louis appears to
bo the center of the disturbance and
has been persistently loading the wriea
with stories of great harm done. Many
traders have been disinolined to give
the reports muoh attention, and in fact
have only arched their eyebrows when
brought to their notice. Many of those
who have been loathe to acknowledge
these stories are now changing front
and think there muBt be some fire where
there is so much smoke. The country
at large, though, is only buying wheat
sparingly, but St. Louis professionals
appear to be taking hold liberally, and
are pinning their faith in the reliability
of crop damage in the Southwest. This
is just the time of year for a genuine
crop scare, and, with the weather con
ditions as they are, damage tales will
multiply instead of diminish.
Statistics are, of course, just as favor
able for an advance as at any time re
cently; in fact more so. Visible stocks
are decreasing and the world s stocks
are steadily diminishing. The world's
shipments are running from 8,000,000
to 8,500,000 bushels below the weekly
requirements of the United Kingdom
and the continent, but for all that, for
eigners are not alarmed over the out
look. They are certainly not taking
the wheat from this country in such
quantities as one would expect nnder
the circumstances. Cables are merely
fractional in quoting changes on the
other side. Exports of wheat and flour
from both coasts for the week are 100,
000 bushels more than last week, and
exceed those for the same week in 1896
by about 5,000 bushels. We have had
war scares of the opera bouffe order,
but war seems to be just as distant as
ever.
There lias been a fair amount of trad
ing in the com market this week and
speculation has been brisker. Wheat
no longer exerts much of an influence
upon values.
Market (notations.
Portland, Or., March 80, 1897.
Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $4.10; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.10; graham, $3.50; su
perfine, $2.76 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7778o; Val
ley, 79o per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 4244o per
bushel; choice gray, 8638o.
Hay Timothy, $13 18.50 per ton;
olover, $11.0012.00; wheat andoat,
$9.00 11 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $17.60 per ton;
brewing, $1819.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.60; shorts,
$16.60; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 4560o; dairy,
J0 40c; store, 17K80o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,65 65o;
Garnet Chiles, 75 80c; Early Rose,
70 80o per Back; sweets, $3.00 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 6o
per pound.
Onions $1.75(32.00 per cental.
Poultry Chiokens, mixed, $3.00
8.25; geese, $4.00(95.00; turkeys, live,
11 12c; ducks, $4.004. 50 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 9)0 per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, 12c; Young
America, $ per pound.
Wool Valley, llo per pound; East
ern Oregon, 79o.
Hops G10o per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.753.50;
cowb, $2.258.00; dressed beef, 4
6o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3. 50 8. 75; dressed mut
ton, 6o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choioe, heavy, $3.25
4.25; light and feeders, $2.608.00;
dressed, $4. 60 5. 00 per cwt.
Seattle, Wash., March 80, 1897.
Wheat Chioken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats Choice, $2324 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $19 per ton; Vracked,
$19 20; feed meal, $19 20.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$5.00; Novelty A, $1.60; California
brands, $5.85; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$6.40.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $10.00;
Eastern Washington, $14.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 26c; select, 24o; tubs, 23c;
ranch, 15 17c
Cheese Native Washington, 12)o.
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $17
18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per
sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60o; ruta
bagas, per sack, 60c; carrots, per sack,
40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.60;
onions, per 100 lbs, $2.00.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
bens, 10c; dressed, 10llo; ducks,
$7-60; dressed turkeys, 15.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 11a
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep,
Do per pound; lamb, 6c; pork, 6o. per
pound; veal, small, So
Fresh Fish HaIibut,46;salmon,
66; salmon trout, 7 10; flounders
and soles, 8 4a
Provisions Hams,large,llc;hams,
small, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c;
dry salt sides, 6Jo per pound.
San Francisco, March 80, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c
$1.10; Early Rose,65 75c; River Bur
banks, 60 76c; sweets, $1.251.76 per
cental.
Onions $1.60 2.00 per cental
Eggs Ranch. 1 OX 1 2c per dozen.
Batter Fancy creamery, 14 16c; do
seconds, 1313,c; fancy dairy, 13
13s; seconds, 11I2C
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 6)(7c;
fair to good, 56c; Young America,
8c; Eastern, 1414tfc.
ALL GOING TO PIECES.
Western Trafflo Associations Are Break
ing t'p.
Chicago, March 20. The Chicago A
Northwestern, the Missouri Pacific anil
the St. Louis & San Francisco filed no
tices of withdrawal today from all tha
traffic associations ot which they were
members. The Louisville & St. Louis
Air Line also withdrew from tho South
ern Status Association, of which it was
a member.
A meeting of executive officers of
Western roads was held today at the
office of the third vice-president of the
Santa Fe to talk over the situation. At
the close, however, it was announced
that no conoerted action had been de
cided upon, and none was likely to be.
The more the decision of the supreme
court is considered, the more clearly
does it appear that not a vestige of
ground is left trafflo associations, mm
they have heretofore been conducted,
on whioh to stand. All that now re
mains for the roads to do is to direct
their energies toward scouring legisla
tion that will open some way for them
to conserve their interests and prevent
their revenue from being dissipated.
None ot the associations attempted to
do anything today. No circulars were
issued by any one of them, and no at
tempts were made ,to enforce observ
ance of agreements. As yet, no rate
cutting has been resorted to as a result
of the action of the association. The
roads are attending to routine busi
ness, and seem to be afraid to take ag
gressive aotion of any kind.
A mass meeting of passenger men.
representing the Western, Transconti
nental, Ohio river and Southern lines,,
was held today. It was entirely in
formal, no resolutions being adopted or
concerted aotion of any kind agreed to.
BRYAN'S ROYALTIES.
A Committee Appointed to Eipenel
Half the Amount.
Lincoln, Neb., March 29. W. J,
Bryan will give half the royalties fron
the sale of his book, "The First Bat
tie," to the cause of bimetallism, ami
has appointed a committee, whose duty
it will be to properly expend the funds
reserved for that purpose. The com
mittee is composed of the following per
sons: Senator J. K. Jones, of Arkan-.
sas; Senator II. M. Teller, of Colorado;
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, and A. J.
Warner, president of the National Bi
metallic Union.
In answer to his publishers, W. B.
Conkey & Co., Chicago, stating that
$16,000 was due him as royalty on the
first month's sales, Mr. Bryan at once
instructed them to forward $4,500 to
Mr. Jones; $1,600 toWarnor, $1,600 tm
Allen and $500 to Teller, and oertifled
checks for these amounts were sent to
day. Mr. Bryan based hiB division on thsj
vote he received from the four parties'
represented by the gentlemen named-.
Brothers Fought a Duel.
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and Calvin Holmes, brothers, fought ay
duel to the death near Moore's Hill.
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old. They were members of a promi
nent and wealthy family.
Miss Higgs, over whom they fought,"
is 20 years old, the daughter of one ot
the wealthiest families in the county.
About a year ago George Holmes began.
paying aiimuiunn vu wins xngga, an
was favorably received. Last Christ
mas his brother Calvin returned from
college and met the young lady at sv
neighborhood dance. They at once
seemed smitten with each other, and
this aroused the jealousy of the girl',
lover. Nothing was known of his feel
ings . however, until Sunday niaht
when Miss Higgs jilted him for his)
brother, and a quarrel ensued.
Yesterday the brothers met in the
road. They quarreled and struck each
other, when Calvin fired. Several
sliotB were exchanged, when George
dropped dead. Calvin is wounded over
the heart.
The Tokat Massacre.
Constantinople, March 29. The
Greek patriarch issued an official re
port that thore were 700 persons, in
cluding a number of Greeks, killed in.
the recent massacres at Tokat The.
porte, fearing an outbreak here, has ar
rested eight Armenian suspects.
It is stated that the sultan is solicit
ing an explanation, through the Turk
ish ambassador at St. Petersburg, of
the concentration of Russian troops
upon the Turkish frontiers. On the
other hand, the rumor is revived of the
existence of a secret treaty, by the
terms of which Russia undertakes to
uphold the integrity of Turkey, who
thereby becomes her vassal. It is al
leged there can be no other reason for
Russia's unexpected attitude toward
Greece.
Found Half Starved.
Tacoma, Wash., March 29. Officer
Desmond, while partolling his beat to
day, heard a child screaming. On in
vestigation he found a half-starved
child chained to the wall of a foul cel
lar. Frank Yocum claims to be the
father of the child. The child was
turned over to the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty ot Children and the
police are investigating the matter and
will probably arrest Yocum.
An electric roller for massage pur
poses is composed of plates of copper
and sine and generates its own elec
tricity. Klneald Unchanged.
Salem, Or.. March 29. The state
board of agriculture held a meeting
here today. The members of the board
claim that the act creating the board
carries the appropriation, and Secretary
of State Kincaid was waited upon to
ascertain if warrants would be issued
for the fair. Secretary Kincaid reas
serted his former declarations that no
warrants would b drawn for the agri
cultural societies, unless compelled by
mandate of court.