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PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LXI NO. 321 CONGRESS IN SESSION Fifty-Ninth Congress Began It's Session at Noon. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE Message Not Delivered Yesterday After Transacting Routine Business Adjourned. NEGRO TROOPS RESOLUTIONS Long Llit of Appointment! Received From President Roosevelt, Whloh Will Not Bo Considered Until After Message U Read. ' WASHINGTON, Doc. i. Th Fifty-ninth Congress began lti laiit ses sion today. It took I he Senate fifteen minute to arrange Its prellmlnarle and th Houae one hour. The Senate received from President Roosovelt a long Hat of appointment for It con firmation and In an executive aeaalon which lamed fifteen minute, It was decided that a the nomination had boon received befora the body was or ganlxqd formally, to make no confir mation until the .President's annual message hnd been received and the session fnlrly started. ' '. Smiatnr Penrose of Pennsylvania and Foraker of Ohio came forward with resolution of Inquiry regarding the discharge of the negro troop of the 2Sth Infantry, One was addressed to th President and the other to the secretary of war. After a ripple of surprise had passed, the vice president augmented that It w unuaunl to transact any business until after the President's message hnd been rocelved and the resolution went over. Sen ator Dupont of Delaware took the oath of office. The opening of the two houses of Congress wna witnessed by an animat ed throng which filled the gallerlc to their utmoat capacity. Hundred went away disappointed In not gaining admission to witness the aeaalon of either Houae or Somite. Not In year lias there been as large a number of z members elect of the lower house to present themselves at tho speaker desk to take the oath of office, Death has been unusually active among the membership during the closing days of the last Rexslon and the beginning of the presont, and Chaplain Coudon feelingly called attention to the work of the gri mreaper during the months lnce adjournment. The routine work of the House In cident to tho epenlns day wo quick ly dispatched. Roll call showed 300 members present. After the appoint ment of the usual committee to wait on the President and Inform him that the House 'was qrganlzed and ready to receive hi message,, the House ad journed out of respect for. deceased members. . APPRAISERS' MEETING. Annual Convention to Be Held In New York City. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.T0 conform with the last call issued some time ago by Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, appraiser from all part of the United States will commence their annual convention here today to 'discuss the subject of uniformity of appraisement of merchandise. The convention will probably Inst until December 10. Some of the delegates began to arrive In town Saturday, and It Is expected that when today' ses sion is called to order, such cities a Boston, Philadelphia oatl, Cleveland, Pjysbi" SV? Chicago atid Pan Franclso 0 be represent ed, while some oLer appraiser will arrlv in town later, Including the government' representative at Ma nlliu Whatever Conclusion may be reached during the convention will be submitted to th Treasury Depart ment and the whole matter will then be reviewed by the secretary. ' AT THt ASTORIA THEATIR. Th Hack 8 wain Theater company have entered upon the Inst week of thetr engagement In this city, a fact that will be viewed with ngret by the theater-going public. Last night the great f scenic melodrama, "The World" wa presented to a large, ap preciative and enthusiastic audience. Th settings for several act of th playwr made In full view of the audience and th skill and deftness of th ttag crew In making the nec essary change wan warmly applaud ed. Tonight the beautiful pastoral drama, "The Allen Homestead" will be presented. Wednesday . will be Souvenir Night; every lady attending th performance will be presented with a beautiful colored portrait of Cora King Swain, and the world-famous drama "East Lynne" will form the bill ; 8MOOT CA8E. Senstor Burrow Announce That th Case Will Be Called Monday. WASHINGTON, Dc. 8. Senator Burrow of Michigan, chairman of the Senate commits on privilege and election, ha announced that nest Monday he will bring up the, report against Senator Reed Smoot a to be ing entitled to a seat In the United State Senate. Harry K. Shaw and Wife Will Re side in Paris. PROVIDED THAW ACQUITTED Mr. Thaw 8ay 8h and Her Husband Will Quit Amerioa Forever, Pro viding Her Husband I Ao quitted of Murder. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Mr. Harry JC Thaw la confident of the acqultal of hor husband at his forthcoming trial for the killing of Stanford White, In an Interview Sunday she said she was negotiating for the purchase of a home In Paris, where she and her hus band will take up their residence If her' expectation of his liberation from prison Is realised. Mr. Thaw said: "When Harry, leaves the prison we shall take the first ship from New York, leaving America behind for ever. I have already made arrange ments with a Paris real estate firm for the purchase of a modest house In the Champs Elysee district. You aee how certain I am of Harry's ac quittal. "I would rather live in Paris than in any other city in Europe.'1 We both feel it would nevor do for us to re main here after the trial, so I am making arrangements to locate perma nently in the French capital." - 8HOT BY BANDIT. Chas. Ward Shot During Attempt at Train Robbery. TOPERA,' Deo. 8. Charles Ward, of DePurcell, I. T., was shot by a bandit during an attempted train robbery , on the Santa Fe railroad near Holllday, Kans., tonight. Ward was shot in the right leg, the robber firing four shots at him. B. H. Wood was also in jured by Jumping through the window. The robber boarded the train at Kan sas City. . 1 LEAVING AMERICA HOLY CITY ABANDONED New Moses With Lead Chil dren Out of Wilderness. CREDITORS IN CONTROL New City Will be Founded for Ignorant Followers of Eli jah Dowie. OtIVA IS TO BE SUPREME Autooratie 8eoialism I to be th Gov ernment of th New Community and No More Debt or Hous ' Rent CHICAGO, Dec. 8. The Chronicle today says: Zlon City is to be abandoned. The "Restoration Host," which was built up by John Alexander Dowie after year of strenuou effort, will shortly be left to It creditors, by Overseer Wilbur Glenn Olivia, who, like a new Most, will " lead ""his people forth from the discredited gates to found another Zlon. Announcement of the approaching heglra was made yesterday by Over seer Vollva before an audience of mora than 1,000 persons In Zlon Church at 16th and Michigan avenue. It was marked by his assumption of "divine authority," at the same time he outlined his plans for & new city, to be conducted along socialistic lines with himself as supreme spiritual and temporal head. Coupled with tho an nouncement of his plans were vehe ment denunciation of the unworthy members of the church, whom, he de clared, were, responsible for its fall. The new Zlon, Into which no unwor thy member shall be allowed to enter, will form the nucleus of a most en ergetic crusade against the wlckednesf of the world and Chicago In partlc lar. , Autocratic Socialism Is to be the government of the new community. No more debts, no more house ront, no more holding of land or property by individuals, but a sublime condition of brotherly love and primitive Chris tianity is to prevail. At the same time Vollva Is to be supreme. The nucleus of the new Zlon Is to consist, of ten chosen families which will be selected by Vollva. These families will be chosen for their Im plicit faith In the guidance of the new prophdt and their preparedness to sacrifice all at his bidding,. As to the location of the new Zlon Voiiva is silent, contenting himself with the declaration that he would have several announcements to make within two weeks. In . preparation, however, of the crusade which he pro poses to start in Chicago, he stated that to a certain extent headquarters would be located In the ."great devil's kingdom," as he determined this city. JAPANESE POURING IN. Entering United State Over the Mex . ' lean Line. ; ' SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Deo. 8. A dispatch to the Express from Eagle Pass, Texas, says: ; Three hundred Japanese have en tered the United States from Mexico through Eagle Pass since November 1. They are leaving Mexico 'because of 111 treatment which they received at the hands of Mexican employers. ' The Japanese says they were lured into Mexloo with promises of good pay and pleasant work on farms. ' So Inviting were the promises that Japanese lm migration societies worked to get the Japanese for agricultural work. The men on arriving In Mexico declared they wers put to work In coal mines on little wages and food and are watched by guards, malng conditions little better than servitude. To this Is duo, the great exodus of the ori entals from the Mexican Republic. BASEBALL LEAGUE.v Suit Brought to Reimburse Club for Losses Sustained. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. The echo of the trouble of the Pacific Coast Baseball League' of the past season was heard today in the Superior court when two stockholders of the former Los Angeles club brought suit against the former manager. J. J. Moreley, for 135,000, the amount of loss It Is claimed the club' sustained , at hi hands durin gthe last season. It Is hands during the last season. It is by orfeHIng the franchise of the lo cal club and also by rescinding con tracts with sixteen players, all of which. It; Is averred, was done without the consent of the board of directors. KILLED IN ACCIDENT. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 A fatal accident took place tonight on the San Mateo line near Cypress Lawn Cemetery. A crowded In-bound car was run Into by a work car and as a result one man, an Italian named Campelllni Napall, was killed and two others, Jos. Mello and C. J. Saxllnetto, had their skulls fractured and received other injuries which will, it is feared proved fatal. ( Other passengers on the car were badly shaken and in jured more or less seriously. Seven Changes Reported in Presi dent's, Cabinet. APPOINTMENT NOT CONFIRMED Senat Refuse to Confirm Appoint ' ments Until After th President' Message Has Been Received and Considered. WASHINGTON, Dec, 8. Seven cabinet changes and one appointment to the United States Supreme Judge ship were sent to the Senate today by President Roosevelt, but- they were not confirmed in accordance with the general custom concerning such lm1 portant nominations. It is said there Is no opposition to any of the ap polntees for the cabinet or to the nom Inatlon of Attorney General Moody to be associate Justice of the Supreme Court, despite the fact that it was determined to refer these nominations to a committee for . a report The reasons advanced for the delay were that no message of any character had been received from the President, and therefore it would not be proper to transact any business. TANSPORT SHERIDAN. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 8. Unusual currents, unchartered rock and defec tive lights on Barber's Point, are the reasons assigned by Captain Peabody for the stranding of the transport Sheridan on the reef near Barber's Point, Oahu Island, on August 81. Captain Peabody was under investiga tion today before Inspectors Bulger and Bolles and was questioned at length regarding the stranding of hi boat. He declared the current, which Is given In the sailing directions as having a southward tendency, was on that night setting toward the north, and was during the weeks the boat was on the rocks very variable. He said the shoal water he struck was not on the charts. Third Officer Ken nedy corroborated the captain's story, especially as to the unusual currents. CABINET APPOINTED MM U.S. Supreme Court De cides Steuncnberg Case. GOVERNOR IS UPHELD Important ' Case Comes Up on Hebeas Corpus Proceedings -for Decision. CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION Governor of Colorado Not Required to Demand Proof Beyond That Al leged in th Extradition Pa per a Presented. WASHINGTON, Dec 8. In deciding that the United States courts have no Jurisdiction in habeas corpus pro ceedings Id the cases of Moyer, Hay wood and Pettibone, who are Ipcar cerated at Boise In connection with the murder of former Governor Steun- enberg, the United States Supreme Court,' speaking through Justice Har lan, today, said that the appellate court could not perceive that anything had been done in Colorado In con nection with the arrest of the pe titioners and their deportation, how ever hastily or Inconsiderately done, that can be adjudged to be in viola tion of the constitution and laws of the United States. Ha stated in his opinion, that the governor ( of Colo rado was not required to demand proof beyond that stated in the extradition papers and his failure to do so cannot be regarded as an Infringement of any of the rights of the petitioner. The court said that if the petitioner was not a fugitive from Justice no warrant could have been Issued by the governor of Colorado, and after the Issuing of the warrant, it was competent for a court, federal or state, sitting In Colorado, to inquire whether the petitioner was a fugitive from Jus tice and if he was not to discharge him from custody. But, tne court said, It was not lncmbent upon the gov ernor of Colorado and upon the agents of the state of Idaho to so time and conduct the prisoner's deportation from Colorado as to afford htm con venlent opportunity to test the ques tion before a court. The court de cided that the United States court, sitting In Idaho, could not go into the question of the prisoner's guilt or in nocence of the crimes charged, that being wholly within the Jurisdiction of the Idaho state court ' The question before the appellate court Is whether the state court of Idaho could be pre vented , from Issuing extradition pa pers. ' ' The court concludes by stating that any Investigation Into the motives of the governors of Idaho and Colorado would be Improper as well as irrele vant to the questions to te deter mined. , It must be . presumed that those officers proceeded throughout the affair with n0 evil purpose and with no other motives than 'to enforce the law. , COAL STRIKE ENDED. Operatora and Miners Come to An Un derstanding.' LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Dec 8 The long standing coal strike is over, the operators and men having come to terms last night. A large number of miners will return to work Imme diately. The following terms were ac cepted: No checkoff or discrimination be-, tween union and nonunion men em ployed, but a substantial Increase In wages ha been granted. Arbitration Is also provided for in advance of future disputes. The news will cause great rejoicing throughout the en tire west, as the strike has created a fuel famine and coal has had to be brought from the East GLASS IMMITATIONS. Most of People Wear Mostly Glas Diamond.' NEW YORK, Dec 8. Warnings axe being sent out by importers of pre cious stones to wholesale and retail dealers to beware of glass imitation of rubles, emeralds and sapphires that ' have been sold In large quantities In the last week or two to dealers by a French vendor who designated the ar ticles as re-constructed stones. It la said that some of the Imitations have already been sold under the same name to holiday buyers. INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED. Decision of Inspectors in Dix Acci dent Reported Next Week. SEATTLE, Dec 8. The investiga tion held by the marine Inspectors to determine the blame for the sinking of the steamer Dix was concluded to day. Three witnesses were examined. Their evidence showed that the crew of the Jeannle consisted of one long shoreman, one watchman- and on sailor. The rest of the crew had left the vessel that day. There was also difficulty in getting out the life boat The evidence tended to show that If. the ship had been properly manned, more lives Could have been saved. The decision of the inspectors will be ren dered some time next week. EX-GOVERNOR DEAD Former Territorial Governor Dies at Hotel. . HEART FAILURE THE CAUS Was Territorial Governor, of Wash ' ington, Postmaster at Portland and a Delegate to Congress from 1 Washington in 1863. PORTLAND, Dec 8. Former Terri torial Governor George E. Cole of Washington territory was found dead at a local hotel this evening. Coro ner Flnley stated that he had been dead about ten hours and apparently died from heart failure. The friends of Mr. Cole, who had been with him In the city, stated that he was in perfect health this morning. Mr. Cole resided at Falrvlew, Wash. Ex-Governor Cole came to Oregon In 1850. He was postmaster, at Corvallls In 1858 and moved east of the moun tains when his term expired and en gaged in the steamboatln gbuslness, residing 'at Walla Walla, from which place he was elected to congress from Washington In 1863. He was appoint ed governor of Washington Territory In 1866. Later he moved back to Portland, where he became postmas ter during Grant' administration. For several years he has been a resident of . Spokane. . PARTIAL REPORT. Utah Grand Jury Will Submit Report of Investigation, SALT LAKE, Dec. 3. Word comes from the Jury room that a partial re port will be made by the federal grand Jury to the presiding Judge tomorrow. A "partial report" Is construed to mean the first Installment of indict ments against persons supposed to be Involved In the recent revelations con cerning the stealing of government cool lands. '