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ixumtam VOL. XL. 2sT0. 12,509. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. vH Jtuwwttff Any Sire Any Quantity MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL-CLOTHING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest and most complete assortment o f all kinds oC Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. FEABE. Prtilflent. F. SL SHEPARD, JR.. Treasurer. J. A. SHEPARD. Secretary. im wwat&L. f 31 tall j.feSilr.B, 1- B14JMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. &? Shaws Pure Malt Tbe Condensed Strength and Nutriment of Barley and Rye BlUmaiier & Koch, I08 and HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon HOTEL PERKINS P r Fifth and Washinton Sts. . . . PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms Single 75c to $1.50 per day First -CI nun Check Rentanrant Rooms Double $1.00 to $2.00 jer day Connected With Hotel. Rooms Family $1.50 t $3.00 per day J. P. DA VIES. Pros. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. The Pleasures of Hand Playing T4jcJEiaQ5I-dxnrtswo,VbfifGts and pleasures of hand playing, for the player-regulates the expression, which is the soul of rriusic, . M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agent for the Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall. 353-355 Washington Street cor. Park. Portland. Or. We are Bole AcenU for th Pianola; also for the Stelniray. tho Chase and the Emenoa Pianos. FILIPINO CHIEF "SURRENDERS DeUcndo nnd Ills Command Lay Dovrn Their Arxna In Pnnny. "WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. General Mac Arthur reports the surrender of Delgado, commander In chief of no Ilo province, Panay. He also reports that other Im portant surrenders are expected during the next few days. General MacArthur's telegram to the War Department Is as follows: "Delgado, Commandant In Ilo Ilo Prov ince, Panay, surrendered January 11 to Brigadier-General Hughes, with four offi cers, 21 men and 41 rifles. His command was scattered. Other surrenders are ex pected during the next few days. Import ant sign of the end of organized armed resistance In Ilo Ilo Province, Panay." The dispatch gives much satisfaction to the War Department, although the com mand surrendered is not a large one. It. also was noted by the officials that the assurances were for the end of " organized- armed resistance." Indicating that there was considerable unorganized ma rauding still In progress. A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK. Indication of the Approaching End of the Filipino Rebellion. MANILA, Jan. H. Optimism Is taking the place of conservatism among tjie mili tary men here, the cause being the nu merous surrenders, captures and destruc tion of insurgent camps, coupled with the Increasing understanding of the Ameri cans Intentions among the natives. The propagation of the principles 6f the Fed eral party and the knowledge that they are approved by the United States Phil ippine Commission and the military au thorities, and the carrying out of tho terms of General MacArthur's proclama tion which classes all who commit acts Inimical to the Interests of the Army as rebels and traitors, are having pointed effect. The cutting of communications and supplies has destroyed the remnants of the Insurgents organization. The in habitants of the towns are disinclined any longer: to contribute to a hopeless cause, and It Is generally believed that the paci fication of the necessary number of prov inces to Inaugurate the scheme of provin cial government will be accomplished be fore many more weeks have elapsed. The most pronounced resistance at present is In remote Southern Luzon, Northern Mln dlanao, Cebu and BohoL The first batch of 30 leading Insurgents who were ordered deported to the Island of Guam will sail on the transport Rose crane tomorrow. General Wheaton. reports that 53 armed bolomen have surrendered at Benguet. Sixteen of Geronlmo's band were cap tured Sunday night and brought to Mon talban. RELIGION IX THE SCHOOLS'. Philippine Commission Will Sot Adopt Catholica' Sufrtrestlon. MANILA. Jan. 14. Representatives of the Central Catholics, at a meeting here, spoke on the subject of religion in the schools, and urged tbe adoption of amend, ments providing for the employment ex clusively or principally of native and Cath olic teachers, and for permitting religious teaching in the schools. They argued that native teachers could achieve better re sults than Americans, and that the public 'schools would be far more successful If the prevailing religious customs were not disturbed. In order to avoid a long response from their opponents In the question of relig ious teachings In the schools. Judge Taft announced that the Commission could not Any Style 73-73 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. BETTER THAN EVER, Beau Brummel BEST 5-CENT CIGAR " 144-146'Fourlh Street PORTLAND, OR. C T. BELCHER, Sec. and Treav American plan European plan .$1.25. $1.50. $1.75 . 50c. 70c. $1.00 possibly adopt the amendments suggested by the" Central Catholics. The Commis sioners are unanimous in the belief that a great majority of the Filipinos desire religious teachings In the schools. They hold that the purpose of the bill for pub lic education would be partially defeated unless the children of Catholics are per mitted to attend the public schools. SUMMARY OF rMPORTANT NEWS Congress. Congressman Tongue replied to Cushman I in the House. Page 1. ' The Senate considered the Army bill, but maae no progress, .fage z. Teller made an attack on General Eagan. Page 2. J The Postal Commission filed its report. .fagez. Political. T. M. Patterson was nominated for Sena tor by Colorado fuslonlsts. Page 2. The Pennsylvania Legislature, will vote for a Senator today. Page 2. William A. Clark. Thomas H. Carter and Lee Mantle were the caucus nominees at"Helena. Page 2. Senator Hoar was renominated by Mas sachusetts Republican Legislators. Page 2. Federal Government. The Supreme Court decided that Neely must be extradited to Cuba. Page 3. The Huus Porto Rlcan and Crossman Ha waiian cases were argued In the Su preme Court. Page 3. Foreign. The protocol was signed at Pekln. Page 3. Russia turned over the Tien Tsln Railroad to Germany. Page 3. Dewet is no longer a Hon with the British. Page 3. Domestic. The Bosschleter murder trial opened at Paterson, N. J. Page 5. The Vanderbllt-French wedding occurred at Newport. Page 10. Another ocean-to-ocean railroad Is pro jected. Page 5. Northwest Legislatures. Oregon Legislature organized by electing Fulton of Astoria President of the Sen ate and Reeder of Pendleton Speaker of the House. Page L The Washington Legislature organized, and six bills were introduced. Page 1. The Idaho Legislature will ballot for United States Senator today. Page 4. Pacific Coast. Much damage has been done by snow and landslides and high water In Oregon and Washington. Page 4. A County Superintendent at Seattle and a Count Treasurer at Spokane refuse to give up their respective offices to suc cessors. Page 4. Oregon will send three messengers to carry the Presidential vote to Washing ton. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Wall - street support withdrawn from wheat. Page U. St. Paul stock is on the down grade. Page 11. Steamships Robert Adamson and JMllos in port. Page 10. Fleet of sailers reported off the river. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Supreme Court decides mortgage tax is Hen. Page 8. Portland ministers form law-and-order league. Page T. Remaining assets of Portland Savings Bank to be sold at auction. Page 12. School Board asked to recommend $5000 for Free Kindergarten. -Page 8. East Side Railway will double their shops at Mllwaukie. Pago 10. Mount Tabor cannot have free mall de- JIVfT DELAY AT SALEM Both House and Senate Promptly Organized. SENATOR FULTON PRESIDENT Reeder of Umatilla for Speaker of the House Both Nominations Were Unanimous in Repub lican Caucus. SALBM, Or., Jan. 14. No delay was ex perienced today in organizing the 21st bi ennial session of the Oregon Legislature! Senator Fulton, of Clatsop, was made president of the Senate, and Representa tive Reeder, of Umatilla, speaker of the House. It all' went like clockwork. A tentative effort of the McBride faction to make some kind of a. deal with the Dem ocrats to beat Reeder was early aban doned, for the reason that It was Im practicable. So no open opposition of any kind was made. Fulton was the unani mous choise of the Republican Senate caucus. Howe withdrew his name, and with his friends cheerfully accepted the result. The slate prepared by Mr. Ful ton's lieutenants on Senate officers re ceived the Indorsement of the caucus and later of the Senate. No candidate suspected of active sympathy with the Corbett campaign had much of a show. But It was all the fortune of war, and no bad feeling was engendered as a con sequence of the contest. As a matter of fact, the choice of Mr. Fulton is a pop ular one, and very general confidence Is placed In his declaration that he will be entirely impartial In his attitude toward all factions. The House caucus found" no difficulty In arriving In Its choice of a Speaker, but had a somewhat protracted struggle over the minor officers. Three separate ballots were taken for mailing clerk. There was no slate, and every candidate was consid ered strictly on his personal merits and the size of his Individual pull. Dr. Smith, of. Marlon, withdrew aa candidate for Speakor, and Mr. Reeder was the unani mous selection of the caucus a choice that teems to give complete satisfaction to all Republicans. Reeder polled the full Republican vote, with the addition of" Representative Shipley, (Dem.), of Multnomah. The action of Shipley Is not significant, however, of his purpose to act with the Republicans. He seems to have been moved by personal considera tions. Bdson of Washington failed to realise his unbounded hopes of a Republi can squabble, wherein he might slip In. He was the Democratic caucus nominee, but beyond the party vote and a compli mentary vote from Mr. Reeder, he did. not go. A. C. Jennings, of Lane, is in his old place as chief clerk of the House, and ,S. -L.' Morehead Is also agaJh chief clerk of the Senate. The House, which Is clearly In the hands of Mr. Corbett's friends, rushed complete organization through today, un der some apprehension that failure to ellct all clerks and employes might cause delay of the Senatorial election. Under the Legislative act of 1899, the various clerks, doorkeepers, stenographers, etc. are, perhaps by some Inadvertence, de clared to be "officers." Now, It is held by some persons who think they know thexlaw, that the Legislature cannot be completely organized until it has elected all its officers; therefore, organization Is not perfected until, every "officer" named In this statute has been chosen. The Sen ate adjourned till tomorrow, and will then name Its clerks. If the view of the tech nical constructionists Is correct, the first ballot of the Senatorial election will not take place until the second Tuesday af ter organization that Is, two weeks from tomorrow. Whether the McBride forces, who may have their own reasons for wanting to enforce this view upon the Legislature will make it a pretext for putting off the Senatorial fight remains to be seen. Likely maybe they will try it, with very small prospects of success. President Fulton has been actively at work all afternoon and evening preparing his list of committees. The work has teen so far expedited that he hopes to make the announcements tomorrow. The chairmanship of the committee on rail roads will gd to Senator Brown ell, and Senator Mays will probably get either the JudlcJaTy or the ways and means com mittee. All this, however. Is merely sur mise. In the House the labor of select ing the committees Is not so far ad vanced. It Is understood that Represen tatives Smith and Story, defeated candi dates for the Speakership, will be given, prominent chairmanships. It is said that Smith will be awarded tho committee on ways and means. The friends of Senator Corbett are objecting to this arrangement on the ground that it Is placing the House patronage and power over the legislative business too much In the hands of mem bers not friendly to him. Little has been heard of the Senatorshlp fight today except gossip about the bear ing the legislative organization has on the fortunes of the two leading candi dates. As the matter stands, the friends of Senator McBride are In control of the Senate and the friends of Senator Cor bett of the House. The no-caucus pledge appears to have been wholly dropped, at least for the present. Mr. McBride's supporters say that Senator Fulton's victory Is first blood for them. The small son of Senator Cameron, a sturdy, bright-faced youth, was named' by President Fulton as one of the pages; and thereby hangs a tale. Senator Cam eron, was a member of the Legislature of S93, and one day he was summoned home on a mysterious errand. Now, the Sen ator is not a young man, and his friends were not exactly prepared for the news that came later that to tho Cameron household had been born a fine young son the first. When the Senator returned he found his desk covered with flowers by his appreciative colleagues, and ever since his fellow-members have taken a so licitous interest In the lad's welfare. The Senate page Is the same youth whose advent caused such an overflowing of Legislative congratulations eight years ago. Senator Proebstel Is anxious that the Senate begin its labors under constant spiritual guidance, and early today he presented the usual resolution calling on the clergy of Salem to open the dally sessions with prayer. It has been re marked that the wording of the resolu tion was significant. Inasmuch as It did not request the Salem Ministerial Asso ciation, as is usual, to mako dally as signments of ministers. It is reported that that body has not always been as catholic in Its selections as it might have bean, and preachers of certain denomina tions have been excluded from opportuni ty to show the quality of their eloquence, and the character of their religious faith. Whether this Is so or not the sergeant-at-arms -will now make the selections, and presumably he will do his duty without reference to the peculiar prejudice of sect, creed or denomination, and those Sena tors who listen to the prayers will get a judicious variety of spiritual admonition and instruction. The roll-call of the Federal brigade continues to show several Important ab sentees. Doubtless the ranks will be filled .and a solid front presented to the ene my, now that the question or organiza tion is settled, and Interest In the Sen atorshlp' resumed. Collector of Customs Patterson is here, and Deputy Postmaster Matthews, and various office-holding small fry. The Senate speedily got down to busi ness by naming Its two-flfthB of the usual Joint committees for the purpose of In vestigating the Insane Asylum and Peni tentiary, and the bQok of the Secretary of State and State-Treasurer. Ex-Senator Crosno, of Lincoln County, is one of the Interested spectators at the Legislative proceed 1j gs He Is complain ing because, under the present appor tionment, Lincoln County has no repre sentative In either house of the Legisla ture. He says that the residents of his county are -awaiting the decision of the United States Supreme Court on the ques tion of whether the Constitution follows the flag, and If the decision be favorable, they will apply for annexation to Hawaii. Disaster by flood was not enough to keep away Representative Hemenway from -the opening session. He came In to day on the special locomotive sent up the Southern Pacific road after Presidential Elector Fullerton. He walked across the Harrlsburg bridge, took a velocipede to Junction; boarded the waiting engine, and reached the scene of his duties in time for tho Republican caucus. Representa tive McQueene, who has been sick, Is ex pected as soon as the regular trains get through. . The Governor's message, It Is expected, will be delleverd before the Legislature In Joint session toiiorrow. It is known that Governor Geer has devoted a great deal of thought and care to Its prepara tion, and It is expected to be an uncom monly interesting document. Its length Is in tho neighborhood of 10,000 or 12,000 words. It was given to the printers this afternoon. No hint as to any particular recommendations can be obtained. Hi, THE SENATE. Election of Officers the Chief Busi ness Concurrent Resolutions. SALEM, Jan. 14. By 9:30 o'clock this morning the members of the Oregon Sen ate were on hand, ready to proceed with the organization of that body. About 10 o'clock all the Republican members as sembled In the office designated for the president of the Senate and proceeded to select the party candidates for the vari ous offices of the Senate. This work occu pied over an hour, during which time the opposition members of the upper house busied themselves at their desks or found other means of passing tho time. All was-a flutte of es-renfewjien, shortly after 11 o"clock, the door oflhe presi dent's office opened and the Republican Senators filed out. After a short consul tation, Senator Theodore Cameron, the hold-over member from. Jackson County, took the chair and called the assemblage to order. He announced that the first business would be the election of a tem porary president. Senator Kuykendall, of Lane, placed In nomination J. N. Will iamson, Republican, of Crook. Senator Sweek, of Multnomah, nominated William Smith, Democrat, of Baker. A rising vote was taken, resulting In the choice of Williamson. On taking the chair Senator William son said that he considered It an honor to be called upon to preside, even tem porarily,, over the Senate of his state, and he begged to thank his fellow Senators, not only for himself, but also on behalf of the people of Eastern Oregon, for the honor conferred. For temporary Chief Clerk and assistant Chief Clerk, S. L. Moorhead and Frank Grant were chosen without opposition. On motion of Senator Brownell, the chair appointed Senators Brownell, of Clackamas; JosephI, of Multnomah, and Stelwer, of Sherman, a committee on cre dentials. After a moment's conference. Senator Brov.nell read the report of the committee, and It was adopted. Senator Porter, of Clackamas, moved that a committee of three be appointed to Invite the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to administer the oath of office to the new members of the Senate. This committee, composed of Senators Por ter, of Clackamas; Kelly, of Linn, and Adams, of Marlon, all hold-overs, retired, and In a few moments returned with Chief Justice R. S. Bean, who, at the request of Chairman Williamson, admin istered the oath of office to the new Senators. The new Sentaors being now Inducted Into office, the upper house was ready to proceed with the permanent organization, and Chairman Williamson so announced. Senator Brownell secured the floor with out opposition and placed before the Sen ate the name of Charles W. Fulton, of Clatsop County. In making the nomina tion he reviewed the successful experi ence of Senator Fulton as a presiding of ficer, paid a high compliment to his worth as a man, and announced that he was the unanimous choice of the Republican caucus. Senator Sweek, of Multnomah, placed In nomination Senator Smith, of Baker. The vote was taken on a call of the Senate, and resulted as follows: For Fulton Adams, Booth, Brownell, Cameron, Daly, Dlmlck, Howe, Hunt, Johnson, JosephI, Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney, Marsters, Mays, Mulkey, Porter, Proebstel, Smith of Multnomah, Smith of Yamhill, Stelwer and Williamson 22. For Smith Clem, Fulton, Inman, Mor row, Sweek, Wade and Wehrung 7. Smith of Baker, the 'opposition nomi nee, was absent at the roll call, but came In later, and on being Informed of what had taken place, stated that he had ex pected to return to the hall before this business came up, but, not having done so, he requested unanimous consent of the Senate to have his vote recorded for Senator Fulton. This was granted. Hunt, Mays and Smith, of Multnomah, elected on the Citizens' ticket, voted with the Re publicans throughout the organization. Senators Brownell, of Clackamas, and Johnson, of Sherman, were appointed to escort the newly elected president to the chair. Senator Fulton was greeted with a good round of applause as he mounted the rostrum and addressed the Senate. He assured the members of his deep ap preciation of the honor conferred upon him, and said that he would endeavor to perform the duties of the responsible po sition impartially and without regard to partisan or factional lines. He asked per mission to call the attention of new mem bers to two requisites of a valid law which are sometimes overlooked, with the result that needed laws are declared In valid. These requisites are embodied In the constitutional provisions that each bill must contain an enacting clause, and that each bill must embrace but one sub ject, which subject shall be expressed In (Concluded on Fifth Page.) OLYMPIA'S OPENING Washington Legislature Or ganizes for Work. CAUCUSED AS AGREED UPON Half a Dozen Bills Introduced in the Senate Governor Expected to Transmit His Message Today Apportionment Measure. OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. 14. The Wash ington Legislature convened today, and both houses perfected organization, fol- 'THE SENATE WILL NOW COME TO ORDER." "- ft 'I flfl r rVtfjMflr' e-r-K.-r-r- M,r lowing which an adjournment was taken until tomorrow. In the Senate, Megler of Wahkiakum was made president pro tern., and will' preside until Lieutenant-Governor Mc Bride shall be sworn In on Wednesday. The full Republican caucus list of offi cers and clerks were elected. The Demo crats were allowed to name the assist ant secretary, the index clerk and one page. Six bills were Introduced. The most Important was one by Senator Preston, of King, creating a railroad commission. This bill was outlined In this morning's Oregonlan. The probabil ity Is that Senator Tolman will Introduce a bill on somewhat different lines. Sena tor Crow, of Spokane, introduced a bill providing for an additional Superior Judge for his home county. A bill providing for deficiency appro priations for the stae Institutions was in troduced in the Senate today by Land, ' Democrat, of King. The bill appropriates $12,500 for the Penitentiary, $4500 for the Soldiers' Home and $500 for the expenses of the State Board of Audit and Control. Crow, of Spokane, today lnroduced a bill In the Senate providing for the sub mission of a constitutional amendment changing the manner of electing Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts. The amendment provides that they shall be nominated by petition, and not by party, and elected at a special election held for that purpose, and no other. . The House convened at 12 o'clock. A. C. Rundle, assistant chief clerk of the last House, called the members to or der, after which prayer was offered, and then the list of members as certified by the Secretary of State was read. Nomina tions for Speaker being In order, Easter day of King presented R. B. Albertson, of King, as the unanimous choice of the Republican members. Falkner, of Thur ston, and Rosenhaupt of Spokane, who were defeated for the Speakership by Mr. Albertson, seconded his nomination. Mer rltt of Spokane, who had been selected as the minority leader, was nominated. Al bertson received his full party vote, and after he had been declared elected he made a brief address. Justice Reavls administered the oath of office. Speaker Albertson then administered the oath to the members. i After adopting several resolutions look ing to the enactment of routine business, the House appointed a committee to meet with a like committee of the Senate and notify the Governor that they were ready to receive any communication he had to offer. An adjournment was taken un til tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. REAPPORTIONMENT BILL. Senator TVilshire's Will Increase Totnl From 114 to 128. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 14. King Coun ty, which by reason of her extraordinary gain in population during the past decade. Is more Interested in the reapportionment of the state Into Legislative districts than any other county, will open the redjs trlcting fight early In the session. A bill will be Introduced In the Senate by WI1 shlre. redlstrictlng the state so as to make the total membership of the Senate 39, and of the House 89. The membership at present is, Senate 34, House 80. A bill similar to Wdlshlre's will be intro duced In the House by Jones of King. Under the terms of the Dill Stevens, Snohomish, Lincoln and Yakima gain one 'in the Senate and King gains two. Pierce loses one. Several counties, heretofore attached, get Individual Senators. In tho House, under the proposed bill, Stevens, Spokane. Walla Walla, Yakima, Lewis and Chehalis will gain one member each, while King and Snohomish gain four and two respectively. Jefferson loses one, while Franklin will probably lose Indi vidual representation, and be attached to Adam. County. If the bill shall pass, the new Senatorial districts will be as follows: L Ferry; Okanogan and Douglas. 2. Stevens. x 3. Spokane. 4. Spokane. 5. Spokane. 6. Spokane. 7. Whitman. 8. Whitman. 9. Columbia. Garfield and Asotin. 10. Walla Walla (part), Adams, Frank lin. 11. Walla Walla (part). 12. Kittitas and Chelan. 13. Lincoln. 14. Yakima. 15. Klickitat and Skamania. 16. Clark. 17. Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Pacific. IS. Lewis. 19. Chehalis. 20. Thurston. CW-FUITON, l- PRESIDENT OF TH Ai . $r 21. Mason, Kitsap .and Island. 22. Clallam, Jefferson and San Juan. ' , 23. Pierce. 24. Pierce. 25. Pierce. 26. Pierce. 27. King. 28. King. 29. King. 30. King. 31. King. 32. King. 33. King. 34. King. 35. Snohomish. 36. Snohomish. 37. Skagit. 38. Whatcom. 39. Whatcom. The new bill provides for representation In the lower House as follows: Asotin li: Adams (and Frank- : Lewis 3 Lincoln 2 lin .".. l)Mason Chehalis 3 Clallam 1 Clark 2 Chelan 1 Columbia 1 Okanogan 1 I'aclflc 1 Plercet 9 San Juan 1 Skaelt 2 Cowlitz 1 Skamania l Douglas 1 Snohomish 4 Frankllnf 0 Spokane 9 Garneid l Island 1 Jeffersont 1 Stevens 2 Tnurston 2 Wahkiakum 1 Whatcom 4 King 17 Kitsap 1 Whitman 4 Yakima 1 Kittitas 2 Klickitat 1 Gain. fLoss. The basis of Senatorial representation is one for every 13,500 of population, and for the lower House one for every 6476. It is highly probable that Pierce Coun ty will make a bitter fight against the Wllshlre bill, although as yet no member of the Pierce County delegation has indi cated his Intention to Introduce an opposi tion bill. Lieutenant-Governor Recovering:. Vancouver, wash.. Jan. 14. Ex- Lleutenant-Governor Thurston Daniels Is slowly recovering from a serious attack? of la grippe, which prevented his being present at the opening of the State Leg islature today. Casting; the Electoral Vote. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 14. The elec toral vote of California was formally cast today for McKlnley and Roosevelt. S. M. Shortrldge, of San Francisco, was chosen to carry the vote to Washington. TOPEKA, Jan., Jan. 14. The Presiden tial Electors met here today and cast the 10 electoral votes of the state for William McKlnley. W. A. Smith, of McPherson, was selected to carry the vote to Wash ington. The President Is Better. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. President Mc Klnley continues to improve, though It Is not expected he will be In bis office or see any one this week. He Is transacting a little business, but It is confined to urgent pardon cases and the signing of bills. Utah's First Strike. SCOFIELD, Utah, Jan. 14. Five hun dred coal miners went on strike today for Increased wages. There is no intimation as to what the managers of the mine will do. This is the first mining strike In the history of Utah. REPLY TO CUSHMAN. Tongue Answers the Wash ington Congressman. APPROPRIATIONS FOR OREGON Improvement of the Columbia "Will Benefit Both States Rash Tnllc in, the House Is Equally Injur ious to Both. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. In a SO-mlnuta speech today Representative Tongue as sailed the remarks of Representative Cushman on the river and harbor bill, and made a strong defense of the appro., priatlon made for the mouth of the Co lumbia River. He pointed out that the improvement of that river was aa much in the interest of Washington as of Ore gon, and that it should command the sup. port, rather than tho antagonism, of tho Washington delegation. He showed how the wheatgrowers of Eastern Washington are dependent largely upon the Columbia for getting their grain to market. Ho made the assertion that the speech of Cushman had done more to injure tho chances of getting through, the large ap propriation for the mouth of the Colum bia than anything that could have been said, and, furthermore, his speech had prevented what little possibility there was for getting recognition of a new project at The Dalles. The combined efforts of the Oregon, Washington and Idaho dele gations, he admitted, will bo necessary to get an appropriation for a new project, and now double efforts will be required. He pointed out that Senator Foster and Representative Jones were both willing to assist these two projects. Mr. Tongua resented tho assertion that Washington had been discriminated against, and point ed out that there were many continuing contract projects in that state for which provision is made In the sundry civil bill, while Oregon has not one. Ho more over asserted that as the "Seattle ditch" has $170,000 unexpended after five years er more, it -was not deemed expedient at this time to increase that amount, Mr. Tongue had no opportunity jf addressing the House Saturday. In closing debate on the river and har bor bill today. Chairman Burton, after de nouncing the speech of Representative Cushman, said that as far as the Colum bia River was concerned, the appropria tion for Its mouth should be credited equally to Oregon and Washington, and that this Improvement disregarded, Washington gets more money than Ore gon in the present bllL Representative Cushman today offered amendments to double the appropriation for New Whatcom and Increase Taeoma a allowance to $100,000, but both were de feated along with ail other amendments. THE DAY IN THE HOUSE. Congressman Grosvenor Also Re plied to Cushman. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. The House to day postponed District of Columbia busi ness until next Monday, and proceeded with the river and harbor bill. Good progress was made, 59 of the 97 pages of the bill being completed. Many amend ments were offered, but all of them failed. When the House met Loud (Rep. Cal.) presented the report of the Joint postal commission, which has been investigat ing the question of railway mail pay and other matters affecting postal affairs. The debate on the river and harbor bill was then resumed. Lawrence (Rep. Mass.), a member of the committee, protested against the appro priations in the bill for great National projects being charged to the states In which they happened to be located. He cited the case of Boston Harbor, which received several millions in the bill. That Improvement, he contended, will benefit all sections of the country, as less than 10 per cent of the commerce of ships en tering and leaving Boston ore chargeable to Massachusetts. Grosvenor (Rep. O.), who was formerly chairman of the committee on rivers and harbors, replied to some remarks made by Cushman (Rep. Wash.) Thursday, rel ative to the appropriations In the past for the Columbia River. Morris (Rep. Minn.), another member of the river and harbor committee, also defended the bill, arguing along the lines followed by Lawrence, that appropriations for big National projects could not prop erly be chargeable to the states In which they happened to be located. Tongue (Rep. Or.), -mother member oC the committee, replied to Cushman's criti cisms, using official figures to deny some; of his statements. Referring to Cush jnan's assertion that were Caesar alive today, instead of dividing Gaul Into three parts he would divide "gall" into enough, fragments to give one to each member of the river and harbor committee. Tongue said that were Caesar alive today he would not have divided gall at all; ha would have left It in the original pack, age in its pristine integrity, and have pro claimed to the world that the gentleman from Washington was not only the "real thing," but the "whole thing." Cushman moved to increase the appro priation for Taeoma harbor from $30,000 to $100,000. The motion was lost. A host of small amendments were offered by various members, but all were lost. After completing 59 of the 97 pages of the bill, the committee rose. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was reported. It carries $7,747,564. At 5:05 P. M. the House adjourned. ANOTHER PROFESSOR RESIGNS Sequel to the Dismissal of Professor Ross From Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Jin. 14. The recent dismissal of Dr. Ross, pro fessor of economics, from the Stanford University, had a sequel today In the res ignation of rPofessor George E. Howard, head of the department of history. It will be recalled that during the Ross Incident, Professor Howard took a strong stand' in Ross' behalf, asserting that his dismtesat was due to corporate influence. His ex pressions were allowed to pass unnoticed by the university management until to day when President David Starr Jordan addressed a letter to Dr. Howard request ing a satisfactory apology for what her (Professor Jordan) considered a breach of discourtesy and to give such assurance of t his attitude towards the management oi the university as would guarantee a prop er harmonious relation in the future. Falling in this he was asked to tender his resignation to take effect at the end of the current year or Sooner. Professor Howard promptly answered that he would be unwilling to remain under tho present management and asked that his resignation take effect at once. Pro fessor Howard is one of the oldest mem-, bers of the Stanford faculty. I"PT1 103.0