THE MORNING OKEGOXIAN, FRIDAY. MAT 18, 1906.
RENEW
n
ON HEPBURN BILL
Railroad Senators Oppose Re
liance on Judgment of
Commission.
PENALTY FOR SHIPPERS
May Be Punished for Asking or Ac
cepting 'Rebates, but Imprison
ment Is Expunged Much
Jesting About Passes.
WA6HIVOTOV. May 17.-Wlth th ex
ept!on of Bailey's digression, the entire
day- was devoted by the Senate to a
review of the amendments made In com
mittee of the mhole and covered some
what more than half of the measure.
There was a prospect of concluding- the
reading; until the section granting to the
Interstate Commerce Commission power
to fix rates was reached and the Ques
tion of the Constitutionality of that pro
vision was raised. The attack was made
on the clause s-ivinir to the committee
discretion in the matter of preserving:
rates, and a long- debate ensued. The
question was still under discussion when
the day came to a close.
The clause wu -sharply attacked by
Teller. Knox and Kornker. Knox ex
pressed doubt whether the bill would be
Constitutional, even with the discretion
ary power omitted, and it was Foraker's
conviction that It would not. There was
again considerable debate on the pipe
line, rebate and antl-pass amendments,
and slso on the amendments prohibiting
rommon carriers from transporting ar
ticles produced by themselves. All of
thee and other less Important provisions
sere modified.
- Lodge Hits at Standard.
T'lpe lines" were first things taken under
discussion. BeveridKe presented. but
later withdrew, an amendment to Include
pipe "lines carrying gas.
Ixidge said he cared little about the gas
provision. What he wanted was to con
trol the Standard Oil Company, which
has the oil business of the country by
the throat."
Talinfero presented an amendment
excluding- only natural ttas for munici
pal use from the provision making
pipe lines common carriers. His motion
was rejected, and the amendment lpft
as It stood before the controversy be
gan. ...
The provision Including express com
panies and sleeping-car companies as
common carriers was also left undis
turbed. Make Joke of Pass Provision.
The anti-pass provision was then
taken up and a new draft by Culberson
was adopted In place of the amend
ment adopted yesterday. The only
change made was in phraseology and
all the classes specified yesterday were
excepted. The provision was still
further amended at the Instance of
Hansbrough, so as to make the penalty
apply to persons asking and accepting
passes as well as to those granting
them. The penalty is a fine of from
J100 to $2000. .
Polllver moved to add traveling sec
retaries of the Y. M. C. A. to the ex
cepted classes and the amendment was
accepted.
Hale then moved to include "base
ball and football players." and Mc
Uurln "widows and orphans." ' Both
were voted down amid laughter. The
amendment as modified was then
finally accepted.
Must Not Carry Own Products.
The provision prohibiting common
carriers from transporting articles of
their own production was then taken
up, and, after some changes in phrase
ology, was agreed to. There were sev
eral efforts to extend the time when
the provision shall go Into effect, but
they were unsuccessful. Stone made
an ineffectual effort to have pipe lines
excepted and Piles made several efforts
to have' the provision apply only to
common carriers. "whose principal
business is that of common carriers."
I.aFollette secured the addition of a
penalty clause, to the provision requir
ing railroad 'companies to put In
switches and supply cars to snippers.
Making Penalty Effective.
The amendments to section two.
dealing with railroad tariff schedules,
were all accepted without discussion
and It looked for a time as if the en
tire section might be disposed of very
peedlly until Lodge sought to have
the words "knowingly and wilfully"
inserted in connection with the penalty
for granting rebates or discriminating
In favor of any shipper. The amend
ment precipitated debate.
This Controversy took the shape of a
discussion of the efficacy of the impris
onment penalty for a violation of the in
terstate commerce law. and was partici
pated in by Foraker. Ia Follette. Clarke
(Ark.l, Galllnger, Knox, McCumber and
Ballv.
The Texas Senator suggested that, if
the penalty against both carrier and ship
per should stand, the Government would
find Itself without witnesses In the prose
cution of offenders.
McCumber declared that the great trusts
re. the "principal criminals in the rebate
mn.Mr r."
The Lodge amendment was accepted
and the provision was agreed to after the
acceptance of a suggestion by Stone mak
ing the penalty clause explicitly appli
cable to shippers as well as carriers.
McCumber presented a substitute for
bis provision Imposing a penalt-.- for ac
cepting rebates amounting to three times
the amount received, omitting the impris
onment penalty. The substitute was ac
cepted. ' Old Argument Breaks Out.
When section .4. granting authority to
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
fix rates was reached, Tillman asked Al
lison for his opinion as to the propriety
of retaining the words "In Its Judgment"
In the clause empowering the commission
to prescribe lust and reasonable rates.
The Iowa Senator replied that he had
consulted several lawyers and was con
vinced "that the words constitute an es
sential part of the bill and should be
retained."
Tillman said he had been Informed that
the clause would render the bill unconsti
tutional, and be moved to strike out tne
words "in its Judgment." saying that he
had not found any one who could tell
him what the words meant. If it was de
sired to say that the words would be con
strued as rendering the findings of the
commission final, he thought that there
should be an affirmative declaration to
that effect.
Dolllver defended the language, saying
the words "have the effect of confiding in
the Commission a discretion very neces
sary to Its operation." He referred to
Kdoi'i Pittsburg speech as confirmatory
of Ms position, but the Pennsylvania Sen
ator said that that speech had no applica
bility to the pending measure.
Knox quoted his own rate bill, saying
that the language used in it was intended
to apply to the question of a court review.
He had, he said, submitted the bill be
cause he had been gratuitously arraigned
as a railroad Senator, and, desiring to
show the contrary, he had hastily pre
sented a. bill covering especially the court
review question. His clerk bad put the
bill together, and had used the words "in
Its Judgment." and he had not discovered
the fact until after the measure was In
print. "I want it emphatically under
stood," he went on, "that if ill comes to
the proposed law on account of the inserw
tlon of those words. I do not want to be
held responsible for their presence there."
Foraker pronounced the clause "a mere
Jugglery of words." and contended It was
legally nonessential whether the words
"in its Judgment" are retained or not. ex
cept that he was sure that the retention
of the words would be construed aa the
Senate's own condemnation of the meas
ure. "I regard the law aa . unconstitu
tional." he said. "The trouble is that It Is
fundamentally wrong, and you can't make
a silk purse out of a sow's ear. any more
than you could when that expression flrst
found utterance."
With Teller's motion to strike out the
words "in Its Judgment" still pending, the
Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow.
AMERICA GREAT EXPORTER
Leads All Nations In Volume and Is
Third In Imports.
"WASHINGTON. May 17. The world's in
ternational commerce will aggregate fully
125,000.000.000 in the year 1906. says a bulle
tin tasued by the Department of Com
merce and Labor. By the term "world's
International commerce," explains the bul
letin. Is meant the Imports plus the ex
ports of all countries of the world from
which statistical trade reports are avail
able. The figures given Indicate that the
trade between nations In 1906 will be elx
times as much as In 1850, 2 times aa
much as In 1870 and 36 per cent more than
in 1900.
' One interesting fact, says the bulletin,
which an examination of the figures of
average monthly trade of the principal
countries of the world develops is that the
United States now stands at the head of
the world's exportations. The average
monthly exportation from the United
States in the nine months ended with
March. 1906, is shown by the Bureau of
Statistics figures as $147,208,973; the month
ly average from the United Kingdom for
the same period Is J143.574.912; the average
from Germany during the 12 months ended
with December, 1905, 1110.777.800, and the
monthly average from France for the 12
montha period ended with February, 172,
370,400. An examination of the import column
shows that the United States stands third
among the nations as an importer, the
monthly average of importations into the
United States for the nine months ended
with March being J101.SO6.417.
JAPAN HAS OPENED THE DOOR
Denies Charge of Not Keeping Prom
I Ises in Manchuria.
WASHINGTON. May 17. Complaints of
American merchants engaged in the East
ern trade, and particularly of members of
the American-Asiatic Association, that
the Japanese authorities In Manchuria
have not been living up to their promise
to observe the principle of the open door,
have led to some Interesting correspond
ence between Secretary Ford, of that as
sociation and the Japanese Embassy.
The Embassy communicated the com
plaints to the home office, and this has
made reply by asserting positively that it
has faithfully carried out Its intention to
open Manchuria to foreign trade. The
Foreign Office points out that foreigners
already have been permitted to enter cer
tain specified ports and that consuls have
been admitted.
St. Louis Just Passes Speed Limit.
BOSTON. May 17. The new protected
cruiser St. Louis developed an average
speed of 22.13 knots an hour on her endur
ance run from Rockland. Me., to Boston
Light today. The Government contract
calls for an average of 22 knots an hour.
TRANSIT TUBES FLATTENED
Sand and Water of East River Ren
der Costly Work Valueless.
NEW YORK. May 17. Mayor McClel
lan announced today at a meeting of the
Rapid Transit Commission that, crushed
by the weight of sand ' and water, the
roofs of the Rapid Transit tubes . under
the East River, connecting the subway
system In Manhattan with Brooklyn,
have been flattened so seriously at va
rious points that they must be rebuilt
so that trains can pass through them.
C. M. Jacobs, chief engineer In charge
of the Pennsylvania tunnels under the
East and North Rivers; Gustav Llnden
thal and C. S. Smith, called In as experts,
declare that- the present conditions in the
East River are sufficient to cause de
lay of from 2H to three years In the work.
Reconstruction is expected - to be abso
lutely necessary for more than 1200 feet
of the section from Joralemon and Hicks
streets out under the Brooklyn water
front. In addition to the defects In the work
already done, serious other deflections in
the grade of the tubes which are being
bored from the Brooklyn shore have
been discovered.
BIG STEEL RAIL DEMAND
More Orders Booked by Mills Than
Ever Before In History.
PITTSBURG. May 17. Since the order
books were opened two weeks ago. the
United States Steel Corporation, the Col
orado Fuel & Iron Company, the Jones
& Laughlln Steel Company, the Pennsyl
vania Steel Company, the Maryland Steel
Company and the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company have booked an aggregate of
1.00.000 tons of steel rails for delivery in
1907. This is an unprecedented amount of
business for this time of the year. In the
history of the steel trade.
It is estimated that the tonnage booked
by the various compantes Is more than
700,000 tons above the actual production
of the United States in 1905. From pres
en Indications the year 1907 will be more
active In the production of steel rails than
any previous year.
A NEW O. R. N. TRAIN.
V'pper Columbia JMver Given Service That
Is Appreciated.
The new local Upper Columbia River
train put on by the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company. .May 20. will do
much toward attracting tourists to points
along the river between Portland and The
Dalles. The new train, leaving Portland
as It docs, at 8:15 A. M. and arriving at
Portland at 6 P. M. the same day. gives
one an opportunity to spend the day at
some of the delightful places along the
Upper Columbia River, and permits them
to return home the same day.
The train is made up of baggage-car and
coaches, and -tops at all points in both
directions so as to accommodate local
travel aa much as possible. The lightness
of the train, however, permits It to run
at a high rate of speed between stations,
so that even with the stops, good time is
made.
There are many beautiful places along
the river, such as Rooster Rock. Latou
rell. Multnomah Falls. Bonneville, at
which a day's outing and picnic can be
enjoyed to the uttermost, and this new
service makes it possible to take such
outings, whereas, in the past, when the
service has been performed by the heavv
through trains, it has not been possible
to do this.
Columbia Southern passengers, instead
of waiting at Bigg?, which Is unattractive,
are taken to Th" Dalles promptly, where
they await the train for Portland, coming
In on No. 1. as at present, or taking the
local, as they may desire.
COAST GAINS POINT
Differential on Building War
; ships Allowed.
CLOSE CONTEST IN HOUSE
Naval Bill Finally Passed and Nat
uralization Bill Is Considered.
Power to Make Citizens
Taken From Courts.
WASHINGTON. May 17. After two
weeks' debate the House today passed the
naval appropriation bill, carrying 198,764,
000. The amendment providing that the
Secretary of the Navy could go into the
open market and purchase chains, an
chors and cordage, should it be demon
strated that they could be had cheaper In
free markets than they could be made by
the Government, was defeated today by a
vote of 1S8 to 129.
By the action of the House on a second
amendment, upon which a separate vote
was demanded, a 4 per cent differential
-will be allowed bidders from the Pacific
Coast on ships constructed there. The
vote was very close, three Republicans
changing from no to yes, Haughen of
Iowa, Thomas and Longworth.
After the passage of the naval budget
the House, in committee of the whole, re
sumed consideration of the so-called nat
uralization bill, but no great headway
was made.
Pacific Coast Men Hustle.
The previous question having been or
dered on the naval appropriation bill, and
notice having been given that the ayes
and noes would be demanded on amend
ments inserted in the bill during Its con
sideration, the House proceeded with the
final disposition of the measure. When
the amendment that any bid for the con
struction of any of the vessels provided
for in the bill from the Pacific Coast shall
have a differential of 4 per cent in ita
favor, which shall be considered by the
Secretary of the Navy in awarding, con
tracts for the construction of vessels, was
submitted, the Pacific Coast delegation got
busy. k
The vote was so close on final, rollcall
that the chair ordered a recapitulation.
Before the- chair announced the vote,
Haughen (Iowa) and Thomas and Long
worth (Ohio) changed from "no" to "aye"
and. the Pacific Coast delegation read its
title clear, the final vote being, ayes 121.
noes 117. Amendments having been ais
posed of, the bill was passed.
Naturalization a Farce, -
When the naturalization bill was taken
up, Hepburn attacked present conditions,
saying:
Naturalization Is a fare In this . country.
In 50 years I have known but one refusal on
the fart of a Judge to naturalize an alien.
It is a notorious fact that courts admit men
as a matter of course. They are generally
advised that the applicant is not competent
for naturalization, but making eltlzena goes
on without hindrance. The naturalization
law is looked upon as a Joke.
He believed that naturalization should
be looked upon aa a boon and that, if sac
rifices must be made In getting to courts
of competent Jurisdiction for purposes of
naturalization, the object attained was
worth the sacrifice. He was of the opin
ion that frauds In the issuance of nat
uralization papers were perpetrated in
state courts and not in Federal courts.
State Courts Lose Power.
Williams of Mississippi called the at
tention of the House to the section mak
ing Judges, Justices, clerks and officers of
state courts, when acting in naturaliza
tion matters, officers and agents of the
United States, and, after protracted dis
cussion, the amendment offered by Wil
liams to strike out the words objected to
prevailed, by a vote of 80 to 35.
Campbell of Kansas led In a fight
against the section empowering the agents
of the Bureau of Immigration and Nat
uralization to examine into the methods
employed in naturalization proceedings by
the court, on the ground that it was
clothing a bureau chief with too much
power and that it would be humiliating
to a Judge or clerk of a court to have
some clerk investigate him. The amend
ment striking out section 4 of the bill
prevailed, 60 to 59.
The bill was under consideration when
the House arjourned.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
Mormon Church Will Sell Car Lines
and Other Enterprises.
SALT LAKE CITY. May 17. The Mor
mon Church Is going out of business, ac
cording to a local morning paper.
Its principal holding in Salt Lake, the
Utah Light & Railway Company, Is to be
taken over by the Intermountaln Con
solidated Railroad Company, composed
of English and American capitalists,
with $25,000,000 capital. The new com
pany will also acquire the Ogden
Street Railway and build an electric
line from Juab County, Utah, to Oneida
County, Idaho. The board of di
rectors will Include H. H. Vreeland,
New York City; Baron d'Olssel, Paris; Sir
Thomas Jackson. London; W. G. Rath
bone, Manchester, England; A. McKenzie,
Ottawa, Ont.: Henry Dupont, Paris;
Beresford Hope. London, and a number
of Utah men, among them Governor John
C. Cutler.
Simultaneously the announcement Is
made that the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
Railway, another church property, has
been sold to a local syndicate for 1500.000.
This road is 13 miles in length and runs
from the city to the lake.
President Joseph Smith, of the Mormon
Church, is quoted as saying that the di
vorce of religion from business Is made
on account of the fact that the Mormons
whom the church sought to protect years
ago no longer need the protection of the
church in business affairs. The church
entered business to assist converts and
strangers belonging to the church, but as
they are now on a firm footing, the
church will withdraw from business en
tirely. If this policy is completely carried out.
the sale of the traction interests will be
followed by the sale of stocks In banks,
sugar factories, the great Z. C. M. I. de
partment store, and many smaller enter
prises. It will be nothing less than a
commercial revolution, which will pro
foundly affect the political and social life
of the state.
The statement that the railroad to
Saltair and the Saltalr Beach and Pa
vilion practically had been sold to
local capitalists for $500,000, was con
firmed today at the headquarters of
the - Mormon Church. The reported
sale of the greater commercial Inter
ests of the church, however, cannot be
confirmed from any reliable source. At
the church headquarters it was stated
that nothing was known of the other
deals reported. R. S. Campbell, secre
tary and general manager of the Utah
Light Railway Company, stated that
such a sale was not mentioned at the
meeting of the directors, but admitted
that sales of the stock may have been
made by individual holders. John R.
Winder, president of the Utah Light
& Railway Company, and ranking next
to President Joseph T. Smith in the
first presidency of the Mormon
Church, positively stated that the
Story was untrue.
The statement that the railroad to Saltan-
and the Saltair -beach and pavilion
had been sold to local capitalists for half
a million dollars was confirmed today at
the headquarters of the Mormon Church.
The reported sale of the greater commer
cial interests of the church, however, can
not be confirmed from any reliable source.
John R. Winder, president of the Utah
Light & Railway Company, and ranking
next to President Joseph F. Smith in the
first presidency of the Mormon Church,
positively stated that the story of the sale
of that road was untrue.
TOO BEARD THE CZAR.
(Continued From Pag 1)
against the other, and to the discovery
that " inflammatory proclamations had
been printed in the printing office of
the Minister of the Interior, and asks
why steps have not been taken for the
punishment of the guilty parties. The
second Is as follows:
"Does the Minister of the " Interior
know that the prisons are still full of
political offenders, whose treatment is
such as to femre them to hunger
strikes for. Kllef?" ""
RADICAL GROIT IS FORMING
Socialist Workmen Are Splitting Off
From Democratic Party.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 17. The Con
stitutional Democrats are unable any
longer to hold the extreme radicals In
Parliament, who are breaking away
and forming about the Social Demo
cratic workmen group, and establish
ing a distinct party of the extreme
left, which wants not parliamentar
ism, but a revolution. Some of tha
Polish delegates are flirting with this
group on the basis of complete au
tonomy for Poland.
In other words, the situation In both
Parliament and the government is
growing more complicated and more
chaotic, and the greatest anxiety pre
vails as to what tha immediate future
may bring forth.
The scheme most favored by tha
bureaucracy is to allow Parliament to
formulate its demands and ventilate
its grievances for two months, and
then dissolve Parliament. Notwith
standing this reactionary talk, the far
sighted realize that such a step, In
view of the great agitation in the
country, would be fatal, and that the
government's only chance Is to com
promise with Parliament.
This certainly is the Emperor's pres
ent intention. The Cabinet, however,
made a bad start in this direction.
Had Its members immediately begun
participating In the debate and mani
fested a disposition to meet Parlia
ment in a conciliatory spirit, they
might already be on the road to rap
prochement. The leaders of the Constitutional Demo
crats will now introduce a bill for the
establishment of civil liberty and demand
its immediate consideration.
AVENGER CATCHES ANOTHER
Torturer of Maria Splrldonovo Dies
at Hand of Assassin.
TAMBOFF, Russia, May 17. SehanolT. a
police office.- who participated in the bru
tal maltreatment of Maria Splrldonovo,
was shot and killed on the street here
today by an unknown person. The aveng
ers of the young revolutionists recently
meted out the same fate at Borlssegllebsk
to Abramoff, the Cossack officer who
boasted of his cruelty to her while she
was In prison.
Maria Splrldonovo, the young daughter
of a Russian General, ehot and killed
Chief of Police Luzheinoffsky, of Tam
boff. She was condemned to be hanged,
but her sentence was commuted to 20
years' imprisonment. The girl was ter
ribly treated in prison immediately after
committing the crime by Abramoff and
another Cossack officer, who are said to
have made a football of the beautiful
young woman, kicking her from one to
the other in her cell until she was un
conscious, then renewing their sport as
soon as she had revived. Other and un
speakable miseries were inflicted, through
all of which the high-spirited girl re
tained her dignity and her steadfastness.
KIDNAPED BY RUSSIAN POLICE
President of Extinct Baltic Republic
Taken Back From America.
CHICAGO, May 17. Dr. Gregory Majt
ime, political fugitive from Russia, who
was due to arrive at Chicago last Sunday
morning to address local advocates of a
republican form of government in the
empire, is believed by his followers to be
on his way back to St. Petersburg, a
prisoner In the hands of Russian secret
service men.
Dr. Maxime. who was once president
of the short-lived republic made up of the
Baltic provinces, was awaited here by
Ivan Narodny, a former Secretary of
State of the same republic, who is now
residing temporarily at the Saratoga Ho
tel. When he failed to appear, Mr. Nar
odny got Into communication with the
revolutionary bund In New York and
learned last night that a man answering
Maxime's description had been seen at a
New York dock booked with three other
men giving Russian names for European
passage.
Meyer Made No Criticism.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 17. The Slovo
today printed what purported to be a
statement of Ambassador Meyer, criticiz
ing the action of the Parliament and the
opening ceremony at the Winter Palace.
The Ambassador has authorized the As
sociated Press to deny, in the most em
phatic manner, that he indulged In any
criticism whatever. He said the alleged
statement was made out of whole cloth.
ITS SURPLUS EXHAUSTED
Insurance Company Takes Steps to
Recoup San Francisco Loss.
HARTFORD. Conn.. May 17. President
Brown, of the Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company today Issued a circular letter to
the stockholders, by direction of the di
rectors, calling for a meeting on Tuesday.
May 29. to act on the recommendation of
the board to "place the company's finan
cial condition beyond the possibility of
critical scrutiny." It Is the opinion of the
officers that the San Francisco losses "ex
haust the present surplus."
The letter recommends that the capital
of $1,000,000, the present legal limit, be re
duced to $500,000 and that the stockholders
then Increase the capital from $500,000 to
$1,000,000 in subscriptions at the rate of
$200 a share.
ANOTHER SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE
Shock Felt at Oakland and Other
California Towns.
OAKLAND. May 17. A slight shock of
earthquake was felt here tonight and at
San Jose and other points. No damage Is
reported.
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GARFIELD PRODUCES EVIDENCE
AGAINST STANDARD.
Shows Monopoly Often Paid Only
One-Third of Published Rate.
Tricks of Concealment.
WASHINGTON. May 17. President
Roosevelt today transmitted to Congress
the complete report of Commissioner Gar
field on Standard Oil, a synopsis of which
was senj to Congress May 4. In sending
the complete report to the President, Mr.
Garfield took'occasion to answer the com
ments of various railway officers and oth
ers on the statements he had made in hta
synopsis.
The report covers 600 printed pages. In
support of . various allegations made by
him, Mr.. Garfield prints bodily in the re
port copies of waybills, letters of railroad
officials bearing on transactions with
agents of the Standard Oil and independ
ent oil companies, special oil tariffs of
various railroads, bills of lading, blind
bills of lading and secret understandings
and agreements of the several railroad
companies named with the Standard Oil
Company. In many instances, according
to the copies of the waybills, the rate paid
by the Standard Oil Company was only
33 1-3 per cent of the amount stated In
the bills. ' . -
The testimony of employes of railroads
is given in confirmation of the bureau's
charges that there was a concealment of
rates granted to the Standard Oil Com
pany. Although it is alleged in the case
of the Chicago & Alton Railroad that the
general tariff officers admitted the exist
ence of a secret rate and that the pur
pose was to conceal it from other rail
roads and not from the shippers, one of
the leading freight clerks of the Alton is
quoted as testifying that the secret rate
was intended only for the benefit of the
Standard Oil Company and that had any
other shipper inquired for rates he would
not have been given the low rate accord
ed the Standard OH Company.
The report further shows the establish
ment of through rates from small, incon
sequential and in many instances obscure
points near large shipping centers, and the
filing of the tariffs with the Interstate
Commerce Commission as evidence that
the rates were not secret. But Mr. Gar
field maintains that by this arrangement
the rates were effectively secret, because
any shipper, other than the Standard Oil
Company, in applying for rates, would be
given the published rates from other
places in the vicinity of the small points
referred to, which in every case were con
siderably higher. He declares that the
railroads recognized the irregularity of
the arrangement, "and that they designed
this to hide the rate from all shippers ex
cept the Standard OH Company."
CAUCUS OX AXTI - INJUNCTION'
Railroad Employes Circulate Call
and Complain of Delay.
"WASHINGTON, May 17. Republican
members of the House are being asked by
letter to indicate whether they will sign
a caucus call to consider the question of
pending anti-injunction bills. The com
munication ia being sent by the repre
sentatives of railway employes and in It
a complaint is made that the judiciary
committee of the House, which ,had for
some time been considering the various
bills to thia end. has used dilatory tactics
whenever a motion is made to get final
action on any of the measures.
New Delegate to Rio Conference.
WASHINGTON. May 17. Paul Samuel
Reinsch, of Madison. Wis., has been ap
pointed one of the American delegates at
the Pan-American Conference in place of
James S. Harlan, who has been obliged
to decline the place owing to an acci
dent to his knee. Pa,ul Reinsch is pro
fessor of political science at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin. .
SULTAN STEPS ON TOES
Foreign Powers Will Object to New
Corporation Law.
LONDON. May 18. The correspondent
at Constantinople of the Standard says: .
The Porte has again disregarded the
capitulations by the promulgation, mlder
an Imperial trade, without previous refer
ence to the embassies, of a law dealing
with foreign joint-stock and investment
companies doing business here.
Many provisions of the new law hamper
foreign enterprises. Local guarantees by
deposits invested in Ottoman funds are
demanded, and only Ottoman subjects will
be allowed to act as provincial travelers,
while numerous opportunities are afforded
for constant official meddling. It is cer
tain the irade will lead to a concerted
protest by all the powers.
DROPPING THE FOREIGNERS
Chinese Customs Decree Indicates
Deliberate Policy for Future.
PE3KIN. May 17. The ministers of the
powers are considering the question of
$30,001
TO $20.002i
taking joint action on the customs' ques
tions. While the Chinese assurances are
plausible, there are strong evidences that
the authorities fully intend to replace
the foreigners in the service with Chinese
when they are in a position to do so.
In conversation between foreign minis
ters and the Chinese officials, the latter
maintain an Independent attitude, inti
ma.ing that the question Is one' with
which foreigners have no right to inter
fere. It is considered significant that the
edict was issued - without any previous
consultation with Sir Robert Hart, and
Immediately after the departure from Pe
kin of the Ministers of three of the lead
ing powers.
LONDON. May 17. Foreign Secretary
Grey informed a questioner in the House
of Commons today that there was no rea
son to believe the position of Sir Robert
Hart, as Director of the Chinese Cus
toms, had in any way been affected by
the recent Chinese Imperial edict.
LONDON. May 18. The' Times' corre
spondent at Pekln telegraphs that the
Chinese Foreign Office's reply to the
British note "regarding the customs edict
Is wholly unsatisfactory, evasive and im
possible of acceptance. The correspond
ent adds that Germany has notified
China of its approval of the new customs
appointments.
Priucess Radziwill Geis Divorce.
PARIS, May 17. Princess Leon Rad
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NORWAY CELEBRATES FEAST
First -National Holiday Observed
With Popular Rejoicing.
CHRISTIAN! A. May 17. The national
fete day, the first since the dissolution of
Sweden and Norway, was celebrated here
today with extraordinary enthusiani.
There was a general holiday, all business
was suspended, thanksgiving services
were held in the churches, and there were
processions through gaily decorated
streets to the Akerehus fortress, where.
In the preseuce of King Haakon, Premier
Loevci made a patriotic speech.
There was a banquet In the evening at
the royal castle in honor of the Storth
ing, the guests numbering 500. There
were also numerous popular entertain
ments. Tried to Pass Forged Check.
Jim Brown was arrested yesterday b
Patrolman Mears and Chief Clerk Leon
ard at the corner of Second and Oak
streets after he had attempted to pass a
forged check on Ben Smith, a saloon man
at 135 Sixth street. Several checks were
found on Brown when arrested, and it is
believed he is responsible for more than
one. bogus check cashed in this city In the
last few months. He is held at the Sta
tion, and It Is expected a formal com
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