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ME88ENQER 18 KILLED.
Robbert Then Loot Expreii Safes o
1 Valuables.
Nowton, Knn., March 31. A. I).
Jlnlloy, an oxprniiH iricHoonKcr of tho
Wolla-l'ivrKO company, wan killed by un
unknown pornon on Hanta Fo train No.
110, botwooti Floronco arid Nowton,
early Htinday tnornltiK. Tho murder
wan vory bridal, with robbery no tho
oujooi. Jjom tno local and tho throuuh
iwfoH wcro ranimckod and at least fl,-
uuu in monoy ana sotno jowplry taken.
Tho amount tho robboru Bccurod is not
known.
Tho dead body of Messenger Jlalloy
was found at 4 o'clock Buuday morning
when tho train reached Nowton. It
was atrotched on tho lloor of tho car,
tho head beaton to a pulp and lying In
a pool of blood. Tho book of tho skull
was oruBhod and tho end of tho car
whoro It was lying wafl Bpnttored with
blood. Tho plood spatters reached to
tho coiling.
Thoro was no ovldonco of any atrug
glo, tho Indication pointing to tho
oommlBBlon of tho murdor whilo tho
mosBCngor was asleep, boforo ho could
offor reslauinco. Ualley was soon allvo
at Strong City. At i'eabody somoono
opened tho car door just onough to
throw out a paokago of waybills and
thon clonod It (ulokly.
Tho custom of tho meflsengor has been
to go to s'oop noon after leaving Flor-
onco and it is poaaiblo that ho did this
Hunilay night. Aftor lwlng struck
whllo slcoplng, and rondored 'uncon-
Bclous, liln body rolled to tho floor, and
tho robbor, after beatini him on tho
head, covered It with tho dead man's!
coat. Ono blow was struck at tho
man's" faco with some sharp instrument.
apparently a hatchet, which broke the
Jaw bono. From thi dead man's pock
oUi thn koya wuro removed and tho antes
ranracked. Then tho keys wcro nut
back Into Dal toy's overcoat, tho coat
foldod and put In his grip, whoro It
waa found lator.
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DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS I
EXPL08ION IN MINE.
Friday, April 3
woHnington, April 3. Tho Bonato
committco on Judiciary epont somo
hbiirH considering tho varloim bills in
wiHlen to rolluvo prohlbltoln stateB
from Federal Interference in dealing
wmi liquor traflio within tho borders
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ui Hiiun Biaien, out no agreement wi s
reached, ft was determined, howover,
to voio on tho measures on Monday.
From the discussion today there ap
pcared to bo a chanco for tho reporting
or somo meanuro dealing with a part of
mo questions, ut least, that havo been
agitated In a number of Southern
etatofl, which havo been prevented by
Supremo court rulings from exorcising
their pollco powors for tho control of
Intoxicants,
ORDER RATE8 CUT.
Commission Finds O. R. & N. Tolls
Are Exco.slve.
Portland, March 31. It la under
stood tho Oregon Railroad commission
will sustain tho complaint of tho Port
land chamber of commerco against tbo
O. It. A N. company and will lnsue an
order this week requiring a material
reduction in class rates ovor tho main
and branoh lines of that road through
out tho state.
Tho oxtont to wliloh existing tariffs
will bo affected by the ruling of tho
commlHalon cannot bo learned, but the
oflcct may be to dlnturh transcontinent
al rates and, proUibly, to require nn ad
justment all along tho lino in tho inter-
out both of tho railroad and tho shipper.
If tho decision of the commission Is at
tacked by tho Ilnrriman Interests it will
bo BBaailcd undoubtedly on tho ground
that its enforcement would necessitate
not only a wholesnlo revision by tho
railroad of its tariffs but would eorious-
ly disturb interstate business.
It in expected that tho findings of the
commiflsion will bo mudo tho basis of
ltigatlon on tho part of thu railroad
company positively to test tho powers
of tho railroad commlHalon which, un
der tho act by which it waB cicatcd, is
authorised to fix ratea. Tho members
of tho commission wore cautious and
thorough in tholr Investigation of tho
complaint of oxcchbIvo freight charges.
It In said tho commissioners feel confi
dent that their findings will bo found
to 1)0 fair and reasonable and nuch as
cannot bo considered an abritrnry exer
cise of tho authority with which thoy
aro clothed.
Closely Quard Adams.
Toilurido, Colo., March 31. Ah. the
result of tho attempt to murder Geno
ral IJiilkloy Wells, general manager of
tho Bmugglor-Unlon mines and mills at
Pandoru. Sheriff Fltzputrick Is taking
precautions to guard the jail in which
Steve- Adams, charged with tho aseass
natlon of Arthur L. Collins, General
Wells' prodecesfior, is confined. The
foellng against Adams Is becoming mora
bitter from day to day.
Fcoling against Adams lias also been
engendered, it Ih raid, because of tho
fact that miring tho past two wcexs ini
ly a score or more of minors and others
who wero doortod during strike days
mvo returned to tfio district.
Qolng Out of Business.
Victoria, ii. C, March 31. Nowa
yraa brought by tho Empress of China
today that of tno i'a emigration com
panies in tho business in Japan last
voar. but thieo remain. Tho Morioku
company 1b arranging to Bond emigrants
to Callao, Uio nrst shipment oi i.uuu
being embarked Just boforo the Empress
of China loft ; tho MolJI company will
sond BOO Japanoso to Peru in April and
tho Kokoku company is arranging to
Bond 1,000 to Hrar.il. Tho Morloka
company has charted a atoamer to carry
3,090 Japanese to umio.
Washington, April 3. When tho
house of reprtBontativos adjourned late
today, tho breach between the majority
and minority parties was, if anything,
wider than evor. Tho leaders on both
Bides arrived on tiio scene early, appar
ently none tho worse for the parliamen
tary Btrugglo of tho night boforb. The
DemoctatB resumed dilatory tactics and
kept it up through ut tho day, notwithJ
Bin. .ill.... ,1 ..lli ...I.W
ing tho gag law to general debate ou
thn District of Columbia appropriation:
hill, which wuh In order for considora
tion. The rule was adopted amid up
roar and after tho Democrats has ox
nausuu every parliamentary move
which they could mako to obstruct its
final disposition.
1 huraday, April 2.
Washington, April 2. Tho executive
session of tho senate today was largely
consumed by discussion, without pas
sago of a bill to reorganizo tho public
school system in the District of Colum
bia by placing it under the control of a
director appointed by the national com
missioner of education, superseding tho
control by tbo board of education com
posed of citizons of tbo District.
Tho bill rotating to tho settlement of
claims of states on account of tho dis
position of publio land was again taken
up and tho Uacon amendment for Bot
tling tho accounts of ownors of cotton
solzed by the government during tho
Civil war, amounting to $5,000,000,
waa considered, but without results
either on tho bill or tho amendment.
Washington, April 2. Carrying a
total of 11 608,800, the agricultural
appropiiation hill was paaeed by the
houBu Into today. It had beon under
discussion for nino days and from the
time its consideration began until tho
Toyr end its provisions were attacked
at every turn, with tho result that it
underwimt many change. Juet bofore
its passage, Scott, of Kansas, chairman
of the agricultural committee, made un
unsuccessful fight to havo stiickon tut
tho amendment adopted yesterday con
siderably increasing tho appropriation
for soil investigations.
During tl.e debate today a brief flurry
was created by Harrison, of New York,
Democrat, characterizing as socialistic
the bill of tho mlnoritJeador, Wil
liams, providing for tho utilization of
tho treasury surplus in the construe tkn
and Improvement of roads in tho seve
ral ttatea.
lloyburn declared ho would maintain
his position, even if satl'flod that by bo
doing ho would imperil his scat in the
Benato. No voto had been reached
when the Benato adjourned.
Washington, March 31. After hav
ing undorgono many changta, tho para
graph of the agricultural appropriation
bill relating to tho bureau of fAestry
waa finally passed by the house of rep
resentatives. An amendment by Humphreys, of
Wisconsin, to increaso by $103,400 tho
apppropriation for soil investigations
provoked a long debate. After many
flvo-minute speeches had been made for
and against tho proposition, it was car
ried, 100 to 88.
Tho bill was laid aside less than half
completed, and tho house adjourned.
Exles Purchase Grave.
Paris. March 31. Tho body of the
ato Gregory GorBehunln, tho Russian
torrorlBt loader, who died recently In
Switzerland, was burled today in Mont..
parnasso comotery in a grave purchased
Russian exiles in runs, rum
thousand persons followed tho hearse.
The procession wbb headod by a car
of hutro wreaths tied
with red ribbons, which wore flont byl
Amorlcan Socialist organizations, who
wero repreaontod by Anna btrutiBKy.
Knottier Plot Discovered.
Pn-fc An Prince. March 31. A freBh
conspiracy against tho government has
been discovered 111 tniaoity. xno ienui
of tho plot, Gonoral Larraque, who was
arrestod on March 14 on suspicion of
coimplrlng lagainBt tho prosldont and
who was released with four others on
March 24, took refuge thla afternoon
n the Vrench legation,
Wodnotday, April I.
Washington, April 1. Senator Hoy
burn's threo-day filibuster to defeat
Representative Jones' bill authorizing
tho Benton Water company to dnm
bnuke river nt Three-Milo rapids onded
in utter rout this afternoon, tho eenato
turning him down by a voto of 47 to 4.
The piiBsago of this bill and tho con
sideration of a measure for adjudicating
tho clniius of stntes against tho govern
ment on account of the disposition of
the proceeds of publio lands occupied
nearly tho entire session of tho senate
today.
Washington, April 1. Dobatoon tho
agricultural appropriation bill Was do
void of the oharges and imputations
which marked Ho consideration on
Monday and Tuesday. More progress
was in ado with the measuio than on
any provlous day, and tho indications
aro that It will finally got through to
morrow. Today's discussion dwelt on a propo
sition for an increased appropriation for
tho farmers' bulletins, whloh, however,
was refused, and tho subject of inquir
ies into road-building, etc., by the de
partment, tho trend of opinion boing
that such work should be encouraged.
Tuesday, March 31.
Washington, March 31. Tho alleged
tendency of the gonoral government to
override tho powers ol tho states of tho
Union and to Jgnoro tho reatrictions of
the constitution was tho aubjeot of re
marks by Tollor, of Colorado, in tho
sonato today. Ho declared that thoro
had grown up a practice of attempting
to justify nny act by the Federal author
ities, whother there was authority for
it or not, bo long as It waa ascribed ,to
the public interest.
Tho romnlndor of tho day was dovot
od to discussion of the Rentcn dam bill
on its morlts. lloyburn and Rorah,
both of Idaho, took opposing sides.
llAvburn onnosInK and Borah favorlmr.
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Monday, March 30.
Washington. Maroh 30. The objec
tion of the president to the construe
tion of dams across navigable rivers b;
private companies, except when tl
public interest Ih fully guaranteed, fig
ured in tho consideration of a house
bill in the sonato today. Thla bill pro
poses to authorzo tho Benton Water
company to construct a dam across
Snako rlvor, in the state of Washing
ton. .
' Tho urgent deficiency bill, appropri
oling $2,000,000 for armor, etc., for
vessels heretofore authorized, was
passed. On motion of Warren, $50,000
was added for mileage of officers and
contract surgeons of tho army when au
thorized by law.
A bill regulating the sale of liquor in
licensed taverns in Alaska waa passed.
It forbids gambling in places in which
liquor is v sold. Perkins said that in
tho dajB of prohibition in Alaska there
was much smuggling and illicit selling
of liquor.
Washington, March 30. Charges of
a serious nature against Gi fiord Pin-
chot, chief of tho forestry bureau, were
made today in the houso by Smith, of
California, and Moidell, of Wyoming,
during consideration of the agricultural
bill. Smith accused him of entering
into a secret understanding with the
city of Los Angeles, witii a view to se
curing to tho city valuable water rights
in the OwonB river valley, as against
tho interests of private parties having
prior claims. Mondell denounced him
for, as he charged, illegally paying tho
expenses of forest officials in attending
conventions in the West, in which tho
government had no part, and alao for
spending government money to boost
his bureau in tho nowepapers. Mr.
Pinchot waa defended by Pollard, of
Nebraska, and Scott, of Kaneas.
Smith, of California, denounced the
forestry service lor attempting to ac
quire the Owens valley in California.
, Saturday, March 28.
Washington, March 28 But little
progress waa made in tho houeo today
in conBiderlngg the agricultural bill.
Tho ditoufrBion dwelt mainly upon the
proposed esablisbmentof Federal stand
ards of cotton grades and Federal in
spection of grainB. Mr. Crnmpacker
and others opposed a section providing
for tho establishment of Federal labor
atories for examination of eamples of
seed or grain.
The clause of tho section providing
that the reports made as result of such
laboratorical examinations "shall serve
as a basis for tho fixing of definite
grades, such grades to become the offi
cial standards for tho grading of grains"
wns stricken out on a point of order
aftet a lively debate.
Tho section was then adopted as
amended.
Cale Doesn't Like Job.
Washington, March 31. Tho Hon
orable Thomas Cale, delegate in con
cress from the territory of Alaska, baa
tho'happy faculty of knowing when he
has had enough. Two years in congress
is all ho can stand. The job is not to
liis liking and he intends to quit. He
is not a candidate for ro-olooilon, and
liaB so stated in plain terms. Mr. Calo
lias made the discovery that has been
mado by hundreds of men before him,
but a discovery which few will discuss;
tint a momber of congress isn't such an
awful big follow, after all. Ho is big
to Ills pobplo at bone, but when he
comes to Washington ho Is a pigmy;
one of many. Tho job seldom measures
up to expectations, and Mr. Calo is one
of tho few wiio is frank enough to voice
ids disappointment and get out.
Continue Work In Valley. 4
Washington, March 31. The agri
cultural appropriation bill reported to
the house on March 11 contains an
item of $150,000 for irrigation and
drainage investigations, to be carried
on by tho office of experiment stations,
undor vt. a, u. True, director 01 that
office. During the past year a largo
part of til's appropriations ban boon
epont in Oregon, the work carried on
bolng in tho Wiljametto valley, under
the direction of A. P. Stover, whoso
I headquarters havo boen in Portland.
Test Commodity Clause.
Washington, April 1. Tho govern
ment will not proaoouto for failuro to
comply with tho "commodity clause"
of tho railroad rato law, ponding a de
cision of Uio Supremo court. Tho pres
ident lias dl rooted tho Department of
Justloo to bring a teat enso as Boon as
possiblo aftor it becomo effootivo, tho
law forbidding any railroad to transport
any artlolo or commodity other than
timber produoed by such road, or in
whloh It la Interested.
Spencer for the Netherlands.
Washington, April 2. Spencor Ed
dy, tho tho Chicago mnn who baa for
many months beoii an attache of tho
Amorlcan legation in London and who
reoontly married Miss Spreckols, daugh
ter of John D, Sprockets, was today
nominated by President Roosevelt for
ministor to tho Netherlands. His hoad
quarters will bo In Luxembourg. Eddy
is a brothor-ln-law of Senator Bover
idge, of Indiana, who married hia
tor. V
Men Figntlng Flro Caught In Under
ground Workings.
Butte, Mont., March 30. A special
to tho Minor from Hanna, Wyo., Bays:
This camp was visited by another big
holocaust Saturday afternoon and tho
lives of 20 men were snuffed out by an
explosion of gas in Mlno No. 1, of tho
Union Pacific Coal company .
A flro had been raging below tho 10th
level slncb last Saturday, and tho force
of 200 miners bad been laid off for the
day as a precaution.
Superintendent Alexander Brlggsand
Foremen Josoph Burton, Alfred Dodds,
James Knox, 0' Mines 1, 2, and 3, with
a crew of 10 or 17 men, all experienced
minors, with gas men and fire-fighters,
wont down into tbo workings early in
tho morning to fight tho conflagration,
which was rapidly eating ita way
through the workings.
At 2 o'clock tho men abovo tho work
ines, the idle men in tho homes and
tho townspeople were ' startled by an
awful roar, followed by a heavy boom
and tho shaking of earth and trembling
of buildings.
All knew what had happened, and
thero was a rush to the mine. Both
entrances bad caved in, and the mine
timbers had been blown gioat distances
about the outside workings.
The second explosion was more severe
than the first, being felt in all parts of
the town, and it is feared that 50 to 60
names have been added to tbo death list.
"BOMB FOR WELLS.
INCREASE IN FORCES
Railroads Most Pat On Large
Forces of Laborers.
Attempt Made to Blow Up Manager
of Tellurlde Mine.
Telluride, Colo., March 30. Eluding
the night guard stationed at the Smuggler-Union
mine, at Pandora, two miles
south of Telluride, and the searchight
which ia constantly thrown about tho
premises during the night from the
high tower of the mill as a precautionary
measure, an unknown person gained ac
cess to the residence of General Bulkley
Wells, genera) manager of the Smuggler-Union
Mining company, Saturday
night and planted dynamite under his
bed. The dynamite was exploded by
lighting a fuse on the outside of the
building about 2 o'clock Sunday morn
ing when ths intended victiml was
asleep. Ho was burled against the
ceiling and alighted under a mass of
debris, but escaped with some scratches
and bruises and impaired hearing.
Although a systematic search has
been made by Sheriff Fitzpatrick and
deputies, aided by hundreds of citizens,
no clue has been found to the perpe
trator of the deed. One man who is
charged with having said that Wells
would be killed has been arrested.
General Wells took a leading part in
the suppression of labor troubles
this Btatn in 1004. and 1905, and was
prominently identified with the recent
prosecution of the officers of the West
ern Federation of Miners at Boise on
the charge of complicity in the assass
ination of ex-Governor Prank Steunen
berg, of Idaho.
HAS MODIFIED ITS RULING.
Interstate Commission Will Re-open
Portland Gateway.
San Francisco, March 30. A tele
gram was received at tho general office
of the Southern Pacific company in this
city today from Charles S. Fee, passen
ger traflio manager, who -is at present
in Chicago, announcing that the recent
action of the Interstate Commerce com
mission, which was interpreted as clos
ing tho Portland gateway and necessi
tating a higher passenger rate by the
Southern Pacific to Seattle and other
Northern pointe, via Portland, has been
modified. The objection of the com
mission, it appears, related only to the
manner of publishing through ratea,
and revised tariffs conforming to the
commission's wishes will bo issued nn
Boon as possible.
This new ruling will be'received with
great srtisfactlon in Portland, which
was being adversely affected by the
higher passenger ratea charged from the
East toJSeattle via Portland than were
charged to Seattle over the Great North
ern. The Southern Paclcfi is equally
pleased, for it has been known that Its
earnings and prestige have Buffered by
the ruling wbioh baa now been modi
fled.
Says Dunne Is Prejudiced.
San Francisco, March 30. Abraham
Ruef today filed an affidavit through
which ho seeks to disqualify Superior
Judge Frank H. Dunne from presiding
in the so called Parkside trolley fran
chise bribery cases, in whloh Ruof is
a joint defendant with W. I. Brobeck,
G. H. Umbsen and Joseph Green. In
his affidavit Ruef alleges bias and pre
judice on the part of Judge Dunne and
sets forth many instances in which ho
says Dunno showod antipathy, bias and
prejudice against the defendant in for
mer trials.
GIVE AMERICANS FIRST CHOICE
At Least! 250,000 Men Needed to
Repair Ravages of Winter
Labor is Cheap.
English Hopmen Protest.
Worcester, England, Maroh 30. A
largply attsndod meeting of hopgrowors
was held in this city this afternoon and
a resolution was passed protesting in
dignantly against what was described
as the "dumping of Amorjoa'a surplus
hopi in this country:" Enormous quan
tities of hops are said to bo duo to ar
rive hero in a few days. They are be
ing offered at from 18) to 25 shillings
a hundred weight, whloh is loss that
half tho English price.
Alabama Law Is Killed.
Montgomery, Ala., March 30. Judge
Thomas G, Jones, of the United States
court, today hold tho Alabama penalty
railroad lawa 'unconstitutional; also
that the suits brnucht by tho railroads
are not in violation of tho eloventh
constitutional amendment, not being
suits against the state. Several of tho
minor claims were alaodeolared to be
invalid.
Chicago, March 31. In the next 60
days the railroads of tho United States
will havo to find between 250,000 and
300,000 men to mend their tracks and
roadbeds and another large army to go
into tbeir shops and repair their cars
and their locomotives.
The railroads centering in Chicago
alone will, between April 1 and June 1,
require more than 100,000 laborers,
who will be employed in remedying tbo
ravages of the winter months, which,
with tbeir frosts and their snowa, havo
made many miles of shaky track and an
many more of softened roadbed.
The past winter has not been as hard
as the season usually is on roadbed and
track, and physical conditions are not
as bad as usual for the further reason
that tho traffic haa not been so heavy.
No renewal work, however, ia being
done this winter, and after the frost
comes out of the ground in the spring
there is bound to be settling of the
roadbed, sagging of bridges und a score
of things which go to prevent efficiency
of operation.
In the employment of iabor the rail
roads seek to procure Americans when
I they can get them at the price which Is
fV rr j t I 1 1
oueieu lur moor. ab a xuie, nowevei,
the railroads are glad to get men wher
ever it is possible, the only stipulation
with the labor employing agencies be
ing that the men shall be competent to
do the work for which they are em
ployed.
MANY MINERS QUIT.
Men Lay Down Their Tools Although
No Strike.
Indianapolis, March 31. The union
miners of the Fields company will lay
down picks and shovels tonight. Al
most 250,000 of them will stop work in
Western Pennsylvania Missouri, Iowa,
Kaneas, Arkansas, Texas, Michigan,
West Virginia and Kentucky. The
conditions under which they are work
ing expires tonight and, except in Cen
tral Pennsylvania and Indiana block
district, no conditions have been made,
nnr have the miners entered into dis
trict agreements providing for the oper
ation pending the April 1 agreement.
Technically the minora will not go
out on strike, but in reality they stop
work because the operators, except in
Indiana and Illinois, show no real in
tention of meeting and treating with
them, though no question of wages or
principle is at stake.
ALWAYS LIKED HIM.
Kaiser Says Gossip Greatly Exagger
ated Hill Incident.
Washington, March 31. With a
view to bringing to a close the gossip
connected with the reported disapproval
in Berlin of the appointment of Dr.
David Jayne Hill as ambassador, and
terminating the incident. Baron von
Sternberg, the German ambassador,.
called at the White House today by
appointment to Bee President Roose
velt and Secretary Root. Assistant
Secretary Bacon was alsq present At
the conclusion of the copference tbo
following statement was given out:
"In addition to the communication
already made publio from the Foreign
office, the German ambassador has also
conveyed to the American government
the assurances of the emperor that thero
haa never been any change in his atti
tude toward Mr. Hill, and his cordial
willingness to welcome Mr. Hill to
Berlin. The emperor's favorable opin
ion of Mr. Hill waB communicated to
the Washington administration last
November, and his attitude has never
changed since."
Defraud United States.
Helena, March 31. What promises
to be the most sensational case tried
here in many years was begun today in
the Federal court, when Oliver C. Dal
las, John D. MoLeod and A. S. Hovey
were placed on trial on a charge of
conspiring to defraud the United States.
Three overt actions are allowed in each
of tho two counts that falsified notea
wero forged; that affidavits purporting
to be that of deputy mineral surveyors
wero forged, and that the notes and
affidavits were presented io tho sur
veyor general fcr official approval.
Harriman to Resume Work.
Ogden, Utah, Maroh 31. The Utah
Construction company has been in
Btrucetd by the Harriman officials to
resume grading a lino from Huntington
to Homestead, Baker county, Or. This
work was halted last fall at tbo begin
ning of tho financial flurry, and the
order to commence activity is looked
upon as an enooura?ing sign of return
ing confidence in railroad quarters.
Tho road to Homeatead is the first link
in a cutoff into Lewiston, Idaho.
Cut In 60,000 Millhands' Wages.
Boston, March 31. The general re
duction of 10 per cent in the wages of
New England cotton mill operatives
whloh waa recently decided upon, be-,
came effootivo yesterday in mills em
ploying 60,000 persons, Next Monday
the movement will apply to tho pay of
many more.