THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, SATUKDAT MARCH 14, 1903.
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FIVE PLANS CHOSEN
First 'Irrigation Work to Be
Done by "Government.
IT WILL COST SEVEN MILLIONS
Oregon Jfot Aongr States Benefited,
tut Surveys "Will Continue on
Batter Creek Work Be
Dane If Proved Practicable.
"WASHINGTON. March 13. Secretary
Hitchcock, of the Interior Department,
has Granted authority for the acquisition
of necessary .property, rights of way. etc.,
prior to the construction of irrigation
works in Ave. localities. These projects
are: "Wyoming, Sweetwater dam; Mon
tana, Milk River; Colorado, Gunnison tun
nel: Nevada, Truckee; Arizona, Salt
River reservoir.
These projects are estimated to cost
$7,000,000, and will provide for the irriga
tion of about 000,000 acres of arid land. In
addition thereto the Gray Bull reservoir
project is to be taken up Immediately.
The construction remains subject to the
possibility xof obtaining: the necessary
rlghta and the adjustment of private
claims In such manner as to comply with
the act approved June 17,'l02.
The authority granted relates to the
projects upon which the examinations
have been made in sufficient detail to Jus
tify estimates 'Of cost and results. Sev
eral others in other states are as well ad
vanced as regards .Investigation, and it.
Is expected that further recommendations
cm soon be made.
The Secretary has also authorized the
expenditure during the present calendar
year of " $450,000 on surveys, borings for
foundations and other examinations,
which wlil be carried on In all ot the
states and territories included within the
provisions of the law.
DOES XOT PREJUDICE OREGON.
Action of Hitchcock Allows Butler
Creole Survey to Continue.
OREGONIAN NEV.S BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 13. The announcement to
day that Secretary Hitchcock has decided
to bagtn the construction of National irri
gation works in Wyoming, Montana, Ne
vada. Arizona and Colorado does not
prejudice the project which Is to be car
ried out on Butter Creek, Oregon. The
five projects referred to are those that
have been under investigation by the Geo
logical Survey anywhere from three to 12
years, and arc the ones on which the
most detailed examinations have been
made. But in no case have the examina
tions been completed nor are plans ready
for advertisement Today's announce
ment means that the department will lm
mediately turn Its attention toward ac
quiring full title to the reservoir sites jm&
.rights of way of canals by purchase or
condemnation, ..wherever private owner
ship conflicts with the proposed, work,
,and If In any instance the title cannot be
obtained the project will be abandoned.
The Geological Survey, as a result. ot for
mer study of these several locallties,?now
lias rough plans for reservoirs and canals.
and final plans will be hastened and con
tracts let.
As heretofore stated, the Geological Sur
vey has two experts now making surveys
and examinations on Butter Creek, and a
third will soon Join them. These examina
tions will be final, and, when their report
is made and a project is roughly outlined.
provided no unforeseen obstacles arise to
show the project Impracticable, this work
will be added to the approved list and
steps be taken looking to construction.
Hydrographer Newell roughly estimates
that It will cost $7,000,000 to construct the
five projects designated by the Secretary.
while the reclamation fund at this time
aggregates about .$10,000,000, thus leaving
$3,000,000 available for other projects that
may be approved later. Furthermore, tho
fund Is constantly growing, so there will
be no lack of funds with which to com
mence work on Butter Creek, when the
plans are finally formulated. Part of the
funds to be used In other states are thore
derived from sales of Oregon lands, but
a major portion of the Oregon fund for the
past 2& years romalns to Its credit and Is
more than enough to. build the favored
irrigation system in that state.
The report of the Oregon irrigation com
mittee recently forwarded to the Secre
tary of Agriculturo finally found Its way
to Mr. NoweU, and has been by him re
ferred to the field officers In Oregon. He
was somewhat surprised that the com
mittee made no recommendation, and has
therefore asked tly field officers to exam
lne all tho projects named, as they can
conveniently reach them. The field force
Tvill be augmented by new men from time
to time, and examinations and surveys
will be continued throughout the Summer.
although tho first work will bo the com
plctlon of Investigations qn Butter Creek.
transportation of all the lumber of that
vast region In the North, -and closing the
gap to Willits would mean the opening up
of large tracts of land to other enter
prises besldts giving the lumbermen quick
er facilities for transferring timber to the
East All the lumber tow coming out of
the .country is shipped to this city by water
and thence by raiL
NEW YORK'S RAPID TRANSIT.
Safe ways Will Care for Traffic Only
for Ten Year.
NEW YORK, March 13. President H.
H. Vreeland, ot the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company, speaking on the sub
ject of rapid transit in New York, said.
after briefly reviewing the history of the
development of transportation in this city
with respect to the changes In motive
power iTOm norses lO electricity. : rnmnanles of the cltv. -whose men are on
"Since I have been here $70,000,000 has - otriv
been expended, about SO per cent of this Tha rt pomnanips netlttoned the court
In Manhattan, and only S miles of new , totiaT to res train the strikers and their
lines have been built When you consider ; sympathizers, on the ground that lnter-
wiui uie numuer oi pw,e- isuwcu u jcrence with wagons on the way to depots
year was 57,000.000 over the preceding year, I nA fih!nnlnir van's Is in violation of the
you can see that the opening of the sub- interstate commerce laws. The plaintiffs
way will furnish relief for virtually no argued that goods are in 'transit in the
more than a decade. meaning of the law. from the moment they
"At the expiration of this decade mere , are loaded into a wagon, when a receipt Is
will be handled a thousand millions of iriven by the transfer comoanv. and this
people a year in Manhattan and the t contention was upheld by the court This
Bronx alone. In addition to the 2,000.000 i injunction, which Is temporary. Is made
people In Manhattan, its transportation i returnable on March 20.
lines have to take care of the population J Notices of the injunction issued yester-
of all the places within E0 miles of New day upon petition of the Kansas City
York City. The only hope of Improvement Transfer Company were served today
NEWTHEORYOF COMMERCE
TRANSFER COMPAXIBS ARE INTER
STATE CARRIERS. '
Those ef KaBsas City Secare Injunc
tion Apalast Strikers on Tals The
ory Ten Rioters Arrested.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 13.-Judge
John E. Phillips, In the District Court,
this xifternpon, issued a sweeping injunc
tion restraining all members of the local
Team Drivers' , Union from interfering
with the business of 11 of the -transfer
COUNSEL FOR CANADIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
HOST. EDWARD BLAKE, NOTED BARRISTER.
Hon. Edward Blake, who will 'act as counsel for the Dominion of Canada in the
Alaskan boundary-line dispute. Is a noted barrister of Canada, and a member of
the Dominion Parliament He has been prominent in politics since 1S67, and among
other offices be has held are thoso ot Prime Ulnlster of -Ontario. Minister ot Jus
tice and Attorney-General of Canada. He now represents South Longford in the
Parliament -
Southern P&clflc Company and. the traln
rren's committee adjourned .their confer
ence over the latter" demands for higher
wages to Mo-ndky raomlng. The matter
ot an advance is teeing taken up la a- sys
tematic way. eack dlvisten being consid
ered separately, and especially as to -what
an Increase will mean to the company as
an additional .expense.
It was stated today if the 15 and 12 per
cent advance is granted to the freight and
passenger trainmen respectively, as has
bten the case on. other roads.'lt will in
crease the operating expenses over the en
tire Southern Pacific system about 5bW,.
NEGOTIATIONS CALLED OFF.
Trainmen at St. Panl Conference
Have Xot Enough Authority.
ST. PAUL, March 13. All negotiations
between the various committees of rail
way trainmen, and the four companies
looking to an agreement on the wage
question were called oft today. The call
ing off of the negotiations with the com
panies does not necessarily mean that,
there has been a dispute, but it does, mean
that the committees iave used all the
powers within their jurisdiction to effect
a settlement
The rock on which tho split occurred
was that concerning the running of double-header
trains. Neither the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific, Omaha or
Great Western will grant the terms asked
by the men. The committees, on the other
hand, had no 'authority to accept the
compromise offered. That Is why tho ne
gotiations with those bodies have been
called off. The question of pay was agreed
.to by two companies, and with two other
companies no agreement was reached.
I
TO EXJOIX USE OF MILITIA.
Colorado Striker Will Test Powers
of Sheriff in Court.
. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. March 13.
Suit will be filed tomorrow In the Dis
trict Court of El Paso County by John
R. Smith, the attorney employed by the
Western Federation of Miners, naming
Sheriff Gilbert and others as defendants
and asking an Injunction to determine
the extent of the authority of-the militia
as aids to the Sheriff in administration ot
iustlce. Three taxpayers will figure as
the complainants and the suit will set
up a complete history of the striked
It Is brought on several grounds, the
most pertinent being that the county
funds are now being misapplied and that
needless expense Is being incurred In the
bringing of the militia to Colorado City
and in the maintenance of it here, and
further, that the militia was brought here
for the purpose of breaking the strike and
that said purpose is unlawful and in
vades the rights of citizens. t)ther eults
are In advisement
MAY S Tit I ICE OX ALTOX ALSO.
Trainmen Vote on Joint Action With
"Wabash Employes.
CHICAGO, March 13. The grievance
committee of the Chicago & Alton train
men, which has been in session in Chi
cago for the past two months, has re
turned home, and last night, at a secret
meeting of brakemcn and conductors.
made a report says a dispatch to the
Record-Herald from Bloomington, I1L It
understood the officials of the road
refused to grant the increased scale de
manded, but agreed to equal any advance
by the Wabash or other competing roads.
It Is generally believed the Chicago &
Alton trainmen will immediately com
mence voting upon the question ot strik
ing, and that unless there is an. Increase
in pay the employes will go out slmul
taneously with those ot the Wabash. The
outcome of the balloting will not be
known until next week.
AFTER LUMBER TRAFFIC
Content Between Tiro "Roads for
Northern California.
in the future In New York lies in the
development of the underground systems'
BOUGHT BY THE SAXTA FE.
California Northern and Allied Rends
Leading to Enrcka.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. Full con
firmation of tho reported sale of the Eu
reka &. Eel River Railroad, the California
Northern ana the extension of the former.
known as the Midland Road, to the Santa
Fe Companv has been obtained from an
authoritative source. Captain A. H." Pay
son, assistant to President Ripley, today
stated that the story of the purchase is
true, but he would not discuss the report
that his company is after the California &
Northwestern Road further than to sug
gest that the acquirement ot- the latter
property would not be surprising as a
piece of news.
"Parties acting for the Santa Fo 'Road,"
said Captain Payson, "have secured these
small northern roads and in time the title
io them will be transferred to our com
pany. It is also true that surveys are
being made for a further extension of the
Eureka & Eel River Road-and the Mid
land In a southerly direction, which means
that eventually the Santa Fe will have
rail connection from San Francisco Bay j
to Eureka and possibly further north." i
H
ELKIXS LAW XOT RIGID. j
Railroad Men Say It Does Xot Forbid
Favors to Patrons.
CHICAGO, March 13. At a meeting held
here today by the Central Freight Asso
ciation, the Elklns law came under dis
cussion. The lines decided simply to send
copies to their agents with instructions
to obey its provisions. It was held that
it does not make anything an offense
which was not an offense under former
laws and that it does not prevent free
storage and similar favors granted to
patrons.
Xcvr Rond In Receivership.
MUSCATINE, la., March 13. Charles
Howard, general manager of the Musca
tine North & South Railroad, extending
from here to Elrlck Junction, 30 miles
south, has been appointed receiver of the
property. The road was built two years
ago as a. feeder of the Iowa Central. The
receiver, it Is said, may extend the road
to Burlington, with a view ot selling it
to the Burlington Company.
upon 33 labor leaders and strikers, but had
little effect But few men were employed
to take the strikers' places, and what men
did go to work accomplished but little
In the Bottoms ten strikers were arrest
ed for stoning a driver and blockading the
thoroughfare, and it became necessary for
the police to disperse the crowd, but no
one was hurt Later as many more men
were arrested for obstructing the side
walks, and" a charge of disturbing the
peace was placed against them.
WILL NEVER RECOGXIZE UXIOX.
Dnnsmnlr Sna He Would Rather"
Close Mines for Years.
VICTORIA, B. C, March 13. James
Dunsmulr said today ln-regard to the clos
ing of the Extension mines, he will never
recognize the Western Federation of Mln
era. Rather tHan do that he will keep
the mines closed for years.
The situation at Ladysmlth and Exten
slon Is unchanged, the miners awaiting
the arrival of James Baker, of the West
ern Federation of Miners, before making
any further move.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. The San
ta Fe and the Southern Pacific are en
tering upon a war for the lumber traffic
from tho Northern Coast of California,
says the Examiner. The Santa Fe is ex
tending its system in the rich timber dis
trict and projects a new Coast line north
from San Francisco, and, as a nucleus of
the proposed road, has purchased three
email roads in the vicinity of Eureka,
Humboldt County. By obtaining control
of these railroads, the Santa Fe is en
abled to cover the territory as far south
cb Popperwood, whence it contemplates
closing the 150-mile gap to Willits, the
terminus of the California Northwestern.
However. President Harrlman, of the
Southern Pacific, is rumored to have ob
tained an option on a majority of the
stock of the California Northwestern,
with a view to preventing the Santa Fe
people running over that line from Wil
lits to Tlburnon. but the Santa Fe will
offset this scheme, according to Captain
A. BPaysun and W. A. BlsselL the well
known railroad men. by constructing a
parallel line from Willits to this city. The
report regarding the contemplated pur
chase of the California Northwestern,
however, is emphatically denied by Pres
ident A. W. Foster, of that company.
The purchased roads are, the Eel River
& Eureka, Callfornlan Northern and an
extension of the former known as the
California Midland. The Del Norte &
Humboldt County, recently incorporated.
is also Included in the deal, which is said
to involve about $750,000.
The reported contest between the two
railroad lines ha3 for its prize the
Xevr Rallrond Lavr In Montana.
TU7TTE. Mont. March 13. Railway of
ficials in Butte have been notified of tho
passage of State Senate bill No. 70. intro
duced In the last Legislature Dy senator
Hopkins. The law is in effect immedi
ately, and provides that all railroads must
correctly report delayed .passenger trains
to the traveling public by posting notices
in a conspicuous place in the station and
notify telephone exchanges.
Formal Transfer Made."
PIERRE. S. D.. March 13. A deed of
record has been filed with the Secretary
of State, transferring for a consideration
of $1 all the lines ot the Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley Railway to the Chicago
& Northwestern Railway Company.
Snow In Monte Cristo Mountains.
EVERETT. Wash.. March 12. (Special.)
Tho snow-stalled Monte Cristo train ar
rived here today, being unable .to reach
tne terminus ol uie imc. ss.icrwm. is aa i . ,
far as trains can proceed Into the Monte f .t-TT'
Cristo Mountains, owing to deep snows.
PROGRESS OF WABASH CASE.
Company Wants All Letters and Em
ployes AVI 11 Furnish Them.
ST. LOUIS, March 13. The legal depart
ment of the Wabash Railroad Company
is busily engaged in the preparation of
counter-affidavits, to be filed in the United
States Court tomorrow morning, in sup
port of the bill of complaint on which
Judge Adams issued the injunction re
straining the Brotherhood leaders from
declaring a strike.
"These affidavits," said Colonel Wells
H. Blodgctt general solicitor of the Wa
bash, "will cover at least 30 typewritten
pages, and will fully support the con
tentions in the bill. Our exceptions to
the defendants answer are ready to be
filed, and tomorrow we will present our
motion asking the court to furnish us ail
the letters, communications and other rec
ords mentioned In the affidavits."
C H. Murphy, chief counsel of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
when asked about the latest motion filed
by the Wabash, said:
"We shall enter no demurrer to the mo
tlon, but will, as far as possible, "furnish
the information desired. As already
stated, some of these communications
have been destroyed, not being of suffl
dent importance to Keep, we nave so
Informed the Wabash Company."
F. N. Judson, of St Louis, associate
counsel for the Brotherhoods, stated that
affidavits in sur-rebuttal would probably
be filed; as to that he could not say for
certain until the contents of the counter
affidavits become .known. The filing of
additional papers In the case, Mr. Judson
said, would be promptly done, so as not
to delay the hearing.
FIRST BREAK AMOXG STRIKERS.
Six Clerks Resume Work Gompers
Approves Arbitration Offer.
VANCOUVER, B. C. March 13. The
first break In the ranks of the strikers
against the Canadian Pacific Railway oc
curred today, when six members of the
United Brotherhood of Railway Employes
returned to work. They had been mem
bers of the clerical staff In the freight
and passenger departments, and were giv
en their former positions. The railway
company officials state that a number of
other former employes will be at work to
morrow. The following telegram has been
sent to Gompers, based upon the com
pany's offer of arbitration:
"Company in present dispute has volun
teered to refer all differences to arbltra
tlcn by heads of recognized labor orders
in the railway service. Do you consider
this fair proposition?"
To this Mr. Gompers sent the following
reply:
"Offer to refer dispute between railway
employes and railway company to arbltra
tion by the executive officers of railway
brotherhoods and differences existing be
tween the classes of labor they cover is
Washout en Short Line. '
SALT LAKE, March 12. Traffic on tho
Oregon Short Line is temporarily Impeded
by a 1300-foot washout near Cornish, Utah.
The washout occurred early this evening,
and was caused by the rapid melting ot
the snow in the mountains.
Mud Covers the Tracks. -EVERETT,
Wash., March 13. (Special.)
A mudslide, occurring near Richmond
Beach, on the Great Northern, about mid
night last night covered, the tracks 100
feet or more.
Drays driven by owners and officers of
truck companies continue to move as
much freight as they are able. The mas
ter draymen announce that nonunion
teamsters are en route from the East to
replace the striking teamsters.
The strike has so affected the. coal deal
ers that they are only attempting to fill
orders by delivering to each customer one
50-pound sack of coal. Instead ot a ton.
DEBATE OX HIGHER WAGES.
If Southern, Pad He Grants Demands,
cost win Be ?see,ooo.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. After
lens session today the officials of the
Advance Given Rio Grande Men,
DENVER, March 13. It was unofficially
announced today that the Denver & Rio
Grande Railway has granted an advance
In wages to the engineers and firemen
and that a settlement of all differences
will speedily follow. The terms offered
It is said, show an advance ot about 12U
and 15 per cent Neither Manager Edson
nor Superintendent Coughlln would deny
or affirm the report of a settlement, and
the workmen said they were not at lib
erty to talk for the present The agree
ment will be submitted to the unions for
ratification.
Company Recognizes Union.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., March 13,
The strike at the mines of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel Company at Sunshine has
been settled satisfactorily to both sides
The company has agreed to the recognl
tlon of the union and the strikers hav
withdrawn their other demands. An
agreement to this effect will be signed
today and the miners are ready to return
to work as soon as the mines are ready
for them. The miners are members of the
United Mineworkers of America.
Merchant Tailors Organize.
NEW YORK. March 13. The Merchant
Tailors' National Protective Association
has been organized in this city, with local
organizations affiliated with it in prac
tlcally every important city In the coun
try' and Canada. Its objects are to giv
to the merchant tailors of the country
the same standing relative to. dealing with
the labor question that the Journeymen.
Tailors Union gives to the employes.
Strike Stops Shipbuilding.
NEW YORK. March 13. The New York
Metal Trades Association has opened an
employment bureau, and today 2000 men
representing all the trades affected by the
shipyard strike, were sent to the different
yards. In anticipation of trouble, all the
yards are canceling their orders as fast
as they can. Several ships were turned
away from the yards tcday.
Work for 5000 More Men.
JOLIET. I1L, March 13. The plant
the Illinois Steel Company here will re
sume work Monday, after being Idle
several weeks on account of scarcity
coke. This will put 3000 men at work, and
also means the resumption of work In
the mills of the American Steel Wire
Company, where 2000 men are employed.
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DEBATES ON RELIGION
OCCUPY BOTH BRITISH AXD FREXCU
PARLIAMENTS..
Bill to Check English Ritualists
Passes House - Suppression of
French. Convent Schools.
LONDON. March 13. The entire sitting
of the House of Commons today was oc
cupied with the discussion of the church
discipline bill, which passed Its second
reading by 139 to 51 votes. The Archbishop
of Canterbury, Dr. Davidson and Lord
Halifax, president of the English Church
union, occupied seats In the peers' gallery.
The debate, which was strictly on non
party lines, brought out a strong senti
ment on both aides of the House against
extreme ritualism. The bill proposes giv.
ing the civil courts the right to take cog
nizance of proceedings brought by lay
men to prevent the practice of extreme
rituallem, abolishes the bishops right of
veto and provides that offending clergy
men may be deprived of their livings.
Premier Balfour opposed the measure.
He said the new Arjchbishop of Canter
bury should be given time to carry out
his plans for reform. Mr. Balfour ad
mitted that Illegal practices must be put
down, but he preferred to extend the au
thority of the church rather than to
adopt a policy whjch would "render the
episcopate almpst a superfluity."
Sir vernon Harcourt, Liberal, in sup
porting the bill, said the conditions had
reached a stage where, if the right of
'veto was left to tho bishops and laymen
were not given rights In ecclesiastical
as well as in civil matters it would be
better to disestablish the church.
pany's statements, were discharged. Tho
company does not employ the dockmen
direct. All the wharf work is done by
two contractors, Heinrich and Johann
Hinsch, who won decorations from Em
peror William for their promptness la
embarking the China expedition.
A number of dockmen received minor
decorations at the same time for loading
ships at Hamburg, while the Hamburg
American Steamship Company's employes
were on strike. The dockmen of the North
German Lloyd Company have ever since
been split into two parties, the radicals
and the conservatives. The former, it
is alleged, are lor political reasons seek
ing to force a strike.
NOW HE LOSES HIS WIPE.
German Prince Who Gave Up All Is
Sadly Bereaved.
BERLIN, 'March 13. Princess Bernard,
ot S axe-Weimar, died suddenly Wednes
day, near Hanover. She was eelzed with
convulsions while driving with her hus
band and expired two' hours later in a
wayside cottage. The Princess was of ob
scure orlcin, and was born at Lubec. It
patch from Bucharest, the Roumanian
Senate, by a large majority, has declined
to sanction a bill recently voted by the
lower chamber In favor of the naturaliza
tion of two Jews born in Roumania.
Those J. P. Morgan Forgeries.
LONDON. March 13. The Gazette to
night announces that a receiving-order
has been- made against Count Maurice dc
Bosdarf; who was connected with the re
cent forgeries of J. P. Morgan's signa
ture on bills purporting to be in payment
of purchases of bric-a-brac. The Count
disappeared when the forgeries were dis
covered and his present whereabouts is
unknown.
RIOT IN LEGISLATURE.
Doorkeeper Strikes Reprcsentatlvt
and Disorder Ensues.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 13.
Speaker Whitecotton took the floor to
day when the discussion of the Davidson
school text-book bill was on In the House
and made the charge that boodle was be-
was for her that Bernard, second son of i Ing used to defeat the bill. As the dls-
the late Prince Hermann, of Saxe Weimar, cussion proceeded Representative C, M,
Can't Agree on Miners' Wases.
ALTOONA, Pa., March 13. A joint scale
committee, consisting of operators and
miners, in district No. 2, has not yet
agreed on the wage scale adopted by the
miners committee. Today the operators
offered a counter-proposition granting a
10 per cent Increase in wages, but it was
not accepted.
Brief Strike la Nevr Tork.
NEW YORK, March 14. The firemen
and oilers employed in the marine de
partment of the New T,ork. New Haven
& Hartford Company struck today for an
increase in wages. The strike was of
short duration, the men returning to work
after an Interview with the officials of
the company.
FRENCH DEBATE RELIGION.
Itcpnbllcan Opposes Policy of Clos
ing; Religions Schools.
PARIS, March 13. The Chamber of Dep
uties was again crowded today by persons
anxious to hear the continuance of the
debate on Premier Combes proposition to
refuse the request for authorization to
teach made by 54 male religious congre
gations, which yesterday was made the
special order of the day. The debate, while
animated, was confined to some minor
phases of the question, chiefly as to the
Benedictines ana other orders engaging in
various lines of commerce. The strong
orators of the Chamber have not entered
Into the debate and will probably not
speak until the closing days.
M. Aynard, Progressive Republican,
gpoke today at much length against the
proposition, arguing that its adoption
woul dbe a terrible mistake, as it aimed
at destroying Catholicism in the country.
Just the contrary was taking place abroad,
continued the speaker. The English Min
isters were trying to Increase the author
ity of religious schools, while the Ger
man government was seeking to lean more
and more on the Catholics and obtain
control over France's religious depend
ants abroad. Nowhere except in France
was thl3 religious war being wagec.
Liberty, said M. Aynard, is the pat
rimony of all, and only When it is ac
corded to all will peace be restored to
France.
After M. Grosseau. Nationalist, had ar
gued in favor of examining and debating
separately all the applications for author
isation, the further oiscussion ot so.
Combes proposition was postponed until
Monday and the House adjourned. .
31'CORMICK GIVES RECEPTION.
Gacstu Are Selected for Him fey Rus
slan Conrt Officials.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 13. United
States Ambassador McCormlck tonight
gave a formal reception to. the diplomatic
corps and Russian official society. The
officers of imperial ceremonies, according
to custom, drew up $he list of guests.
Ambassadors are never allowed to sug
gest changes In this list or Invite any one
except members of their families and the
staffs of other Embassies.
The list tonight consisted of 1S00 men
and 700 women and upon all these able to
attend the reception Ambassador and Mrs.
McCormlck must make a personal call
Such receptions are never attended by
the members of the imperial family.
Tonight's reception commenced at 10
o'clock and lasted until past mldnlght
The invitations included all the leading
court, civil, naval and military officials
and their families.
renounced his name and royal rank about
two years ago. and received for himself
and his male descendants the name and
rank of Count von Crayenberg. The de
ceased Princess was, before she married
Bernard, the widow of the Marquis
Luchesslni, an Italian. When the. Marquis
married her in London, in 1900, she was
37 years of age, but was a beautiful and
accomplished woman. Owing to her varie
gated career the family of the Marquis
declined to receive her, whereupon he
gave up his family.
WELCOMES BISHOP DUNNE.
Pope Receives Greeting and Ex
presses Affection for United States.
ROME, March 13. The pope received to
day in private audience Bishop Edward
Dunne, of Dallas, Tex., who presented
tho pontiff with a jubilee offering. The
bishop was Impressed with the pope's vi
tality, especially when in expressing his
affection for the people of the United
States. He asked the bishop to convey
his blessing to all the faithful in his dio
cese, saying "Come again."
The pope also - received Mgr. Sbaretti,
secretary of Bishop McDonnell, of Brook
lyn, in whose name he presented the pope
with 51000 in gold.
Selph, of SL Louis, and Doorkeeper J. E.
Clark became involved ..in a eon ive'ST
because the doorkeeper Snlfch io
keep quiet. Clark struck Selph and the
House was in anuproar.
Several members Jumped on desks and
yelled for order. Some moved to ad
journ, while at least a dozen others rushed
to the doorkeeper's station and took part
In the row. Order was finally restored
after the appointment of a committee to
assist the Sergeant-at-Arms in clearing
the lobby and seating, members.
PIANISTE MAKES A HIT.
Extraordinary Success of Madame
Roger-Mi cklos.
NEW YORK. March 13. Madame Roger-
Micklos, the Parisian pianlste, achieved
an extraordinary success at the seventh
Philharmonic concert at Carnegie Hall,
this afternoon. The audience insisted upon
recalling her until the attendants came
forward and closed the piano, which
ended the incident. Walter Damrosch
conducted.
COMING TO AMERICA.
Lady Granville Gordon on Atlantic
With. Her Stolen Child, .
LONDON, March 13. The captain of
tug says he has reason to believe that the
child Cycely, Lady Granville Gordon's
daughter by her former husband, Eric
Gordon, for the possession of whom the
recent sensational suit was brought and
with whom Lady Gordon fled after the
courts had ordered her to return the child
to his father, is now on his way to the
United States. He says he carried
woman, accompanied by a child, from
Gravesend to Dunkirk, and the woman
stated, that the child was Lady Granville
uorcons.
Baildlng .Strike Is Averted. "
CINCINNATI; March 13. At a confer
ence tonight between the Building Trades
Council and the contractors of this city,
all differences were amicably "settled and
a threatened strike has been averted. The
contractors agreed to recognize the unions
hereafter.
BUDGET WILL SHOW DEFICIT.
More Loads for Groaning British.
Taxpayers to Bear.
NEW YORK, March 13. The treasury
experts are greatly disappointed by the
revenue returns, and are forecasting i
deficit when Mr. Ritchie makes his bud
get speech, says the London representa
tive of the Tribune. There are shortages
in excise, the income and the customs,
and it now seems improbable that Sit
Michael Hicks-Beach's estimate will hold
good. Delay in the payment of taxes is
due to exhaustion of the country under
the pressure of financial burdens.
STILL SHUTS OUT JEWS.
Ronmanlan Senate Refuses to Natu
ralizc Those Born In Country.
VIENNA. March 13. According to a dis
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WTLKESBARRE, Pa., March 13. Le
high Valley enginemen, yard conductors,
trainmen, switchmen and engine wipers
were given a 20 per cent increase in wages
today.
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