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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1906)
) IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS sTFobrury IB. I Vttt 15. " "lu tfublng' ' . .Idorfttlon of tlio LiiPt!e. i Till and for an hour tteaontcrrltorlca. ... HC0" ' .nl.ll.I Unit HI" U IH...- U other wit..- W. Pli cdtnbliHl.InK llKi- sill,ffe&nlion Capo Hindi ,mX William "oun(1. 1nd Pub 15. "Morning ff,fbiPgi In tho house today -.1' DreV'l,1u. . . ml.- ..nt n.miU H .Iter 6 o'cIock. ",""': to itfZ I'mlornl appropria- V. tale and territory for me. - to each ..xnorlmcnt M.. 1,111 roi.cftlln tho i.roaont Mionm r(K H or to lor- .Hinting Anioriwn r k ",WI5l?t b. l & of tho f?rf . i doJirtm.nl of Com- S;;otngStorntflCh regis- 'f. ill., .tav U'aH tllO lit- ItoWnrto th0 wny. apt 01 1J"0.' . t., ttCL his bill 1,;I3 n o customs colleo '"X A furious opposition Bin dllinc"' ,, . .I i.... , I t t nil l)V A roll CUM w'tal ""'''"" tlio (U it...,... tni mtlil in S iKS -kta n Jrintho record of Its purpose. Wedneiday, February 14. Manty, Feb. H.-At n fow itofttrO o'clock toiUy tho aonnte j.t L.llnt nil till) AtlhfUUy Bllll- l, bill, irlilch n pasted by ft vote I:?. . hi (i,,. vntfH for tlio bill m It Republican senators, and five Irtibicin lenaiora voiuu mw. . r fl.f.i. u-orit corcita in opiwomii. jiirtt, Dollivcr, U Tollotto, Hpooner J ffirner, Tho voto on tho bill was tedtd by action on a rummer oi admenta, and Ihii by nn entire day i.i.i. t.nv Itutinrtfitlt nitlllfld KMW. ..," jti tere accepted, but only In ono .... . . i ji.-i xiii a mouiucnuon agreeu u, mm j set in accordance with tho wishes L managera ol tlio mil. ino excep i hi on on amwidnient offered by tiMf...li.ti. Iti. ,irnltil(rwi 1tv. Lilf pay to membura of the naval ore who Havo acrvou ies man six .L. TL.. Il .l.tni.ln.. till! u-aH itttt. Mol the statehood bill was mndo i atflnitlieu tiuuinesa. WuMoston, Feb. 14. After spend- (iiooit the entire day in uebnto on tlcriiScatlon bill, that mcanuru wnu 1 by the houto today. Ttieiday, February 13. IWubloztoo. Feb. l!t. Tlio fortiflrn- Ixj appropriation bill held tho iitten- i ci me notiie todny, and whb tlio tlor roach lientiM nrt'iiinniit. (1 rut wthe lax method of oxpomlititro of cMie money and arcond over tho lo iftn of the propocod lfi,000,000 pmiutionlortlio Plillippinuo. IWaibineton. Feb. 13. Kcnntor KU NWiy Introduced hla bill for mil- tT rate regulation. Th ft innnunrrt urn. Itt that whenever any rate, faro or vniauinrica by any eoiiimon car- I lull Lo r.nliml nml lift runaniin tttik t . " iiutitiiiicniuii 1 hive power, aftor complaint mid " lu niaKe an order rcqulrinn ante lobe modiflwl. BO tur n nl.nll wwy in order to roinovo tho uti mWam and nnlawfiilnem. Tho laill take tffict on and aftor a r to be tDcrifiwl in i... i... n t . nan i-iiuii iiu inter tervlce iiK)n tho carrier, and -"wuiinm in cnect for ono year nn- P 01 (Wrnn nf i i T,; . l""ri or uijicbh ro C'ill'J n Biipploinontary U wlilcli may bo btliV.7 "Vl'"vu"u" or nilor notico r carrier defendant in tho proceed- fete ttonth7i n? on 1,10 Juy llt ,unaa concludoi. nfi Chairman Uurton, of reacea i IJftlSPA.lS.-Tia.b, of t,, K. 8ln and Portugal rttioooZ "Ecal yonr 1005 to h tulTiT"1' a report ,r ie departmont n r'DQr ni it " iiiu4aju F' idl O nnAnW'000'000 W"8 hwi ? iDA. "portt. Of w N t8 ana aA . WftB ,ro, 1 ort il'S0.0.'. 'rotn Snalii. Of fw 17000 nnft,W0l,t toTortu- IS the . fVOi Rroatly inoroaeod to that I 7y?r8' whllotho Will 7T - Iidla?.. V 01! WW one of i.n .i.. UkeSnV,oultI that action Bort of tha" Ba,,a H would bo eoolii;m,tt,ntoUilB country tho hoiiflo cornmlttoo, mid tho boiiuIo lcadors, that tho only poaslblo way of Hotting en npjiroprlatlon this bchbIoii for tho month of tho Columbia Is by an nmondmont to tlio sundry civil bill. Thoro Is absolutely no hopo of piishIiik n special bill, nor la thoro any hopo of ptittlriK through an emergency rlvor and harbor bill to provide for n limited number of dcHorvlng projects, as was at ono tlrno contemplated. Monday, February 12. Washington, Fob. 12. Tho senate today adopted a Joint resolution re potted by Tillman from tho senato committee on interstate commorcn, which directs tho Intorstato Commerce commission to Investigate tho charge of discrimination and combination In re straint of trade mrido againht tho rail roads. It was a Joint resolution, and must bo passed by tho houso and signed by tho president before It be comes effcctlvo. Tho adoption of tho resolution was preceded by a speech by Tillman, in which he practically charged that tho administration was not proceeding in good faith to secure railroad legislation, becanso ho was not satisfied with tho president's advisors. Among theso he mentioned Secretary Root and Hoiintor Knox. Lodge nlso spoko at length on tho railroad question. Ho delivered a carefully prepared speech, in which ho took a position for governmental regulation of ratvs, but advised the ut most caution against too radical action. Ho expressed tho opinion that tho giv ing of rebates was practically tho only evil existing in connection with tho railroad systems of tho country. Washington, Feb. 12. Tho houso today had sport with tho bill providing for tho whipping-post for wifeboatorB in tho District of Columbia, and then laid it on tho tube, effectively dispos ing of it, by a voto of 153 to (10. A now gavol was dedicated lo tho memory of Lincoln, by Speaker Cannon in opening tho house, and tho birth day oi tho martyred president was re membered in tho prayer of tho chap lain. Pacific Coast Protests. Washington, Fob. 10. Serious op position from Pacific coast interests has developed to tho Cushman bill provid ing for now flailing regulations for Alatka. The houso committee on ter ritories Is now considering the bill and today six Pacific coast senators and a number of representatives appeared bo foro it and asked that tho hearing bo kept open until parties interested can reach hero from tho coast to bo heard in opposition to it. Tho principal point of objection is that tho bill gives to tho department of Commerce and Labor power to make sultftblo regulations. It is claimed tho department would bo absolute in this matter, and that any changes in tho existing regulations would work hardship, it not ruin, to the salmon fishing industries. Why No Statue of Lafayette? Washington, Fob. 16. Tho attention of Heciotary Hoot has been called to tho delay in completing tho bronze statue of General Ijifayotto at Paris, for which a largo sum of money was raised In this country, to take tho place of tho plaster cast placed on tho pedestal dur ing tho exposition of 1000. It is un cerstood that Mr. Root boa started an Investigation. Tho Daughters of tho Amorican Revolution are Interesting themselves in tho matter. Northwest Qraduatos at Annapolis. Washington, Feb. H. Raleigh F. Hughes, Portland; Frederirk N. Per kins, Salem: Carroll G. Graves, Spo kane; Randolph P. Seudder, North Yakima; Robert L. Ghormley, Mob cow, and Vestal P. Collin, Roieo, grad uated from tho Annapolis Naval acad emy yeatordny. Last Hearing oq Yakima Land. Washington, Fob. M. Land Com missioner Robs today had a final hear ing,on his light for tho approval of tho stato Caroy act selection of 55,000 acres in tho Yakima valloy. Tho cago will probably bo decided in a fow days. Llghthouso for Rosurroctlon Bay. Washington, Fob. 14. Senator Piles today Introduced a bill authorising tho construction of a llghthouso at tho en trance of Resurrection bay, Alaska, to cost $25,000. Railroads on tho Islands. Washington, Fob. 14. Tho bid of Solomon & Co., Cornelius Vandorbllt, J. O. WhltoA Co,, all of Now York; Thomas F. Swift, Dotrolt, with whom is associated tho International Hanking corporation; II. II, Wilson and Haldol bach, Ickolholmor A Co., has been ac cepted by tho Philippine government for tho concessionary contracts or grants for tho construction, mainte nance and operation of railroads in tho islands of Negros, Panay and Cobu. Tholrbld provldos for full government guoiantoo authorised by congroBB. Reserve Policy Llvo Issuo. Washington, Fob. 13. Senator Hoy burn's threo hour speech In denuncia tion of Prosldont Roosovelt's forost re sorvo policy will probably lmvo tho effect of making forest roflorvos a llvo issuo which muBt bo mot and disposed of by congress at .tho present session. Tho epoech of tlio Idaho sonator was a full and comploto argument on tho sldo of tho opposition It was sovoro in Its arraignments It was caustic In its criticisms. LIKE ROUGH RIDERS. Pennsylvania Provldos BodyofPlckod Mon Against Time of Strike. Philadelphia, Feb. 13. When tho great coal strike comes on April 1 tho minors will find thernsolvcs confronted by anew kind of foo. Thoro will bo no Pinkortons to "in flame tho passions of tho workers." No militia or privato guards of any kind will bo on duty, nor will tho mill II bo called out. Tho duty of protect ing llfo and property will bo confided to the stato constabulary, an organiza tion without ii parallol in tho United Stales. Tlio noarest approach to it is tho body of men known as tho "Texas Rangers," farnod principally In dimo novels, but tho stato constabulary has greater powors than tho rangers, and far more work to do. At tho last session of tho legislature, authority for tho organization of tho force wns given out, and now tho men hovo been solcctod, drilled and aro ready for work. Tho superintendent oi tlio force, which now numbers 240 men, but can bo over fourfold that number if tho governor decides an emergency oxistB, is John C. Groomo, a former militiaman, who saw eorvico as a commissioned ofllcer during tho Spanlsh-Amorlcan war. Superintendent Groomo sternly dis regarded all tho preaBuro that was brought to bear upon him by politi cians, and not only did he declaro that not ono appointment would bo made to oblige a dealer In patronage, but ho kept his word. Several thousand mon were exam ined beforo tho quota waB filled, and there aro now on tho llata fully 500 qualified men, who can bo called upon if an emergency arises. Ono requirement was insisted upon: Every man had to bo an American, be tween the ages of 21 and 40, and be a good horeornan. Although it was not a requisite that troopers should havo seen military service, yet it was found that those who had been in the regular army or tho Pennsylvania National guard best answered tho tests, and practically all of thoso clioBon have been soldiers, real or "tin." PACKING FOR EXPORT. American Goods Sent to Orient Said to Arrive in Bad Shape. Washington, Feb. 13. As a result of the work of special agents sent to the Orient to investigate trade regulations with those countries, a valuabln object lesson in the way of packing goods for export is now furnished by tho bureau of manufactures of tho department of Commorco and Labor. Heavy Iobscb havo been sustained and the growth of exports retarded us the result of insecure packing on tho part of American exporters. Numerous photographs have been received show ing piled of boxes on, tho wharves in China, where the British and German boxes aro secure, while many of thoso of American mako aro smashed and tho goods injured or destroyed. Tho wood used for lioxes in this country is gen erally too'llght In weight and not prop erly held together. One of the English boxes on exhibi tion is made of hard wood, Boven eighths of an inch in thickness, with double ends, and lined with tin made to tho exact inside measurements of tho box. Inside this tin lining heavy wrapping paper is placed, in which aro packed tho bundles of different articles well wrapped and properly marked. Tho tin lining is soldered so as to bo water tight, whilo tho boxes aro held together by steel bands. Amorican piece goods reach China in machine-pressed bales bound with ropes. Other countries ubo iron bands with buckles or locks on the ends. Tho ropes aro useless for protection, and aB a result thoro are largo losses on damaged American bales. Some Amor ican mills use motal bands, but they aro tho exceptions. Chinamen com plain that Americans do not comply with orders as to labels, etc., and the lark of uniformity causes great losses. Tho CLineso purchase goods as a result of labels of which they have a know ledge. A change of tho label in any respect canees a loss to tho merchant. Old Treaty With Prussia. Washington, Fob. 13. Considerable interest attaches, in view of the termi nation of tho trade agreement with Germany, on tlio first of March, to tho fact that thoro is still in existence a treaty of peace and amity mado in 1828 botween tho United States and Prussia, which contains a most favored nation cIiuibo. under which it 1b contended tliat tlio United States has tho right to demand tho application of tho Gorman minimum tariff rates to its importB, as has been accordod- various European countries. Makes Demand on Porte. Constantinople, Fob. 13. The Turko-Porsian frontier dispute remains unsettled. The Persian ambassador has demanded of tho Porto tho ovacua tlon of lohldjan by Turkish troops and compensation for tho depredations by tho Turkish cavalry. It is beliovod that tho Turkish commission which has arrived at tho disputed territory will recommend to tho Porto tho lm modiato withdrawal of tho Turkish trootu. Piano Factory Burnod. Now York, Fob. 13. Flro starting in tho Rromullcr piano factory, at Tenth avenue and Fifty-first street tonight, caused damago estimated at $600,000. Tho blaro spread so rapidly that for a tlrno sovoral tenements which adjoin tho piano factory on Tenth avenuo and Fifty-first street -were throatonod, NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Oar Busy Readers, HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS S Resumo of tho Loss Important but Not Less Intcrontlng Events ' of tho Past Week. Aloxander, of Equitable famo, is ser iously ill. A Moroccan gunboat. has fired on a French steamer. It is now Baid that John D. Rocke feller is in Europe. There is a movement for congress to demand reform in tho Congo stato. Pat Crowe has been acquitted of kid naping and will now bo tried for car robbery. John A. McCall is Blightly improved, but his physicians say ho cannot stand many sinking epells. Exports of Amorican agricultural ma chinery to RuBBia this spring will amount to fully $25,00,000. Tho governor, of West Virginia may call a special session of the legislature to consider tho railroad rate problem. Tho senate committee on territories has agreed on a bill prohibiting gamb ling in all territories, including Alaska. Tho Iowa house has passed a bill prohibiting thetdischarge of revolvers, firecrackers and other explosives on July 4. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal company expects by April 1 to have enough coal on hand to last until next September. There are rumors of mediation in tho Moroccan dispute. Great Britain mav cstalish a national system of old age pensions. The Strandard Oil company is soon to be prosecuted under the trust law. The Austrian government will crush Hungarian liberty and a rebellion is sure to follow. The United States government has refused concessions to Germany to get tariff reductions. The Virginia legislature is consider ing a 2-cent a mile bill, tho house hav ing already pass it. The government investigation of the Valencia disaster tends to show cow ardice on the part of the "rescuing" fleet. Every large colliery in the anthracite district is accumulating a large reserve of coal in anticipation of a strike on April 1. Should serious troule occur in China the government is almost sure to call for volunteers and the nation! guard of Oregon, Washington and California will likely have the first Bhow. Pres ent plans of the government contem plate placing 38,000 troops in the Philippines, and as our standing army is only a trifle over 60,000, including artillery, volunteers almost have to be asked for. A snow Btorm has again blocked rail road traffic in the East. Ambassador White is ready to solve tho Moroccan question. The government is investigating the wreck of tho steamer Valencia. China is sending troops into Man churia to replace tho Japanese being withdrawn. Attorney General Hadiey, of Mis souri, has a clear case against the Standard Oil. John A. McCall, ex-president of tho Now York Life Insurance company, is near death's door. Heinze, the Montana copper king, has transferred his mines to the Amal gamated Copper company. Chicago police have been ordered to seo that no boy or girl under 18 years of ago goes to a public dance unattend ed by parents. Government riprap work costing $500,000 is threaetned with destruction by tho action of tho Missouri rivor near Rulo, Nebrtt"ka, which shows a dispo sition to change its channel. Mario Ware McKinley says she can reach her husband at any time. Senator LaFolletto, of Wisconsin, lias blocked a Bchemo to sell tho coal lands of tho Choctaw and Chickasaw JndianB for $2,000,000, when they are really worth $5,000,000,' and under tho terms at which tho laud is now leased it will bring tho Indiana $105,000,000. Morocco conferees still hopo for a settlement. Bryan has regisned as trustee of a collego which asked money from Car ueglo. Tho Pennsylvania legislature lias or dered an inquiry into coal raining by railroads. The Rio Grando Southern railroad lost $100,000 by flro In Its roundhouse at Rldgway, Colorado. Senator Dubois, of Idaho, declares polygamy Ib tho greatoat raenaco to American civilisation, The president has pardoned Minor Meriwether, Jr., sontencod to dismissal from Annapolis for basing. COMPARISON OF THE POULTRY AND WHEAT PRODUCT. Tlio poultry mid egg product are shown by the heavy circles, and tho wheat product by tho light circles. All State circles are drawn to one acale. Tho figures pointed wlthlrt the circles Indicate millions of dollars. No circle la given for leas than half a million dollars. The census of 1900, from which both the foregoing chart were drawn, report a total poultry and egg product of $280,000,000, as utated on the larger of tho two great circles above. The wheat product Is given as $370,000,000. An export value of $141,000,000 leaves tho homo consumption $229,000,000, as stated on tha smaller of the two great circles above. Therefore the National poultry and egg bill Is almost one-fourth greater than tho wheat bill. The egg bill Is about C per cent greater than the poultry bill. Franklin Forbe3, In Success Magazine , POOH-BAH OF PANAMA. Cnpf. Shnnton, Who lm to Control tho Montrrela of All Nation. Cnpt George IL Shanton, of Chug wnter, Wyo., chief of police for the Isthmus, marshal of tho Circuit Courts of Panama, marshal of the Supreme Court of the canal zone, warden of the canal zone prison and coroner this 1h the ma.n, or, at least, these are his ti tles at present. A giant of a man is Shanton, a laughing, reckless, fearless giant, with a boyish face and pleasing smile, but with a hand of iron and a determination that knows no law ex cept the one that gets for him what he was put there to get pence through out the canal zone. Facing a situation unprecedented In history and dealing with a class of men who care nothing for laws as mere statutes, Shanton has cast aside all precedents and molded rules and made punishments to suit the occasion. He Is now in charge of a force of 140 black CA1T. GEOKGE B. SIIAICTON. policemen and 40 white ones, and, what ever else may be said of the canal zone, it Is reputed to be free of crimes and to Shanton belongs the credit But with the beginning of real work on the canal his duties will be many times Increased. Fifty thousand men will be nt work there then twice as many as now such a gathering of adventurers as the world has never before seen. From all. the earth the offscourings will be sifted Into Panama. A strip of land 10 miles wide and 40 long will hold the scum of creation, tho criminals of every land. Ten thousand of them will be white, It is estimated white of skin, if not of heart and the remaining 40,000 will bo mode up of the black and mongrel of all nations. It will be a daredevil class, Just as it was in tho old days, when the French were on the isthmus Just as It was when Suez was being constructed Just ns such places, where money Is plentiful and tho civilization and presumably tlio law distant, nl ways draw such men. And up and down among these, from one end of the zono to tho other, will ride Shanton on his rainous black broncho, 'Vhlsky Tete." "Whisky Pete" Is almost as noted on the Isth mus now ns Is his master. He Is of tho lighting, biting "outlaw" kind. Until Shanton got him he knew no hand as a master's, and even now ho Is as much an outlaw ns ever to all but tho Rough Rider carUaln. Shanton tamed him In a roping contest at Den ver, won a thousand dollar prize by it, and nftcrvvnrds bought tho pony, which no one else would nave. "Whisky Pete" has followed his mnster since then through all his wanderings and they havo been many. Ho saw n lot of tho world under Shnnton when tho Wyoming man posed as "King of tho Cowboys" for Buffalo Bill; ho wns In Cuba when his master eloped with Margaret Lo Mar, a southern boauty, who now reigns In tho Shanton homo on the Isthmus, and flnnlly ho Is the ofllclal mount of tho Rough Rider man of many titles In tho canal zono. Shan ton weighs over 200 pounds and Btands 0 feet 4. Shanton Is tho court of last resort for tho men under him and for all who break tho law on tho Isthmus. What Shanton says "goes"; thero Is no appeal and no going behind tho returns. If a man commit n crime he Is hommed In by the sea on two sides, and Shanton's black policemen watch all outgoing vessels. On tho othor- two sides tho posslblo refugoo. faces a wilderness from out of which men do not return except when thoy 60 Into 'It well prepared to face Its dangers and seldom then. Up and down the short and narrow zone rides Shanton on "Whisky Pote," ana the black patrol keeps a lookout always. So what Is your poor criminal to do? Why, "Come In and' face the music," says Shanton. And In he usually comes, either of his own accord or by force, and when he comes he gets such mercy, or such lack of It, as Shan ton's report paints him deserving. This strong arm system has had its effect and crimes are few on the Isthmus to day, where murder, rapine and robbery ran riot In the old reglmo of the French. There have been only two murders on the isthmus since Shanton became czar. But when work on the canal was progressing under the French, the number of murders each night was ap palling, and seldom or never was any body punished. Robberies and crimes of every character were so frequent then that they scarcely attracted at tention, and It was expected that a like reign would bo assumed Ty the lawless of the earth .when the Ameri cans took hold. Utica Globe. THE DREAMER. At Lnt She Found that Her Dream Came to Her. Hester Caplln never could remem ber when her drcain first came to her. It must have begun when she was a child, for tho house her dream house was clear and distinct among her earliest memories. It was an old gray gabled place with a snow-drop hush beside the door steps and cottage roses over tho back porch, and a row of blackheart cherry trees behind. Year by year she had seen the cherries white with bloom, and watched the tiny pink, blossoms of the snowdrop chauge to Ivory ber ries, and caught the morning fra granco of the roses; year by year sho had seen happy faces at the windows and children running in and out The faces changed, for peoplo camo and went In tho house, but always there wero happy eyes and always there was the gay laughter of children down the wind. All through her lonely childhood Hester had lived In the house. Sho never had played much with other children her mother did not approve of it. As she grew older her mother's exacting Invalidism claimed all her time, and after her mother died thero was still a crippled father whose tem per was worse twisted than his hands. Through all tho prisoned years she worked with cheerful patlenco, Buro thnt'somo time her hour would come. But It was so long in coming! Sho could not invite neighbors In for It annoyed her father; sho could not leave him to go to other places, sho could not even take a Sunday school class sho who loved girls sol Sho could only waylay tho doctor some times and send a little soup or Jolly to his patients, or give a few llowers to somebody or write a note now and then. Sho never guessed how could she? that her dream had already 'come true" in her own heart One day complete discouragement foil upon her. The years stretched out before her gray and empty, and tha house had vanished; It had all been n mirage nnd she a foolish dreamer. Why had God let her dream so If sho waB always to bo denied? Then thero was a step upon tho stair, and nester started. It was a neighbor's daughter, one of her few visitors; tlio girl drew n long breath as she looked about tho small, plain room. "I bad to corao, Miss nester," sho said. "I can't tell you why I don't know nil tho why myself, only that when I got bothered and tangled up I alwnys want to run hero. Yoivr room looks like anybody's, yet when I am la It I always feel as If I were In soma large, beautiful placo, where people learned tlio way of peace. Why, Miss nosterl" For Into Hester's face had coma tho light of a great Joy, Youth's Com. panlon, IIU Wllllnvneaa. no (laying down His paper) Well, I begin to think It's truo that great rlch do not bring happiness. She And yet I havo no donbt yoat would be glad to experiment with gl!d ed misery a llttlo If yon had the meaj of enjoying It Cleveland Plain DmWiv