Heppner gazette., January 25, 1906, Image 3

DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
BURTON WILL HELP.
Saturday, January 20.
Washington, Jan. 20. The cry of
graft raised in the house of represents
tives this afternoon caused the defeat
of an amendment to an urgent deficien
cy bill apppropriating $10,000 to sup
ply an express deficiency in the fund
used for the payment of transporta
tion charges on silver from the sub
treasury to trade centers. The amend'
meut was proposed by General Kiefer,
Rep., and was opposed by Reprsenta
tives Tawney, Mind.. Smith. Ia., and
If ill, Conn. Representative Hill raised
thepoint of.order against it. He lost
Hill charged that the appropriation
waa a species of graft for the express
company. Smith joined in the declar
ation that it was no longer necessary
.for the Federal government to continue
the appropriation, and that if the
transportation of silver was not made
so profitable the coin would remain in
circulation longe'
house Secretary Metcalf, of the de
partment of Commerce and Labor, to
day sent to the house the report of
Special Immigrant Inspector Marcus
Braun, which deals at great length
with the character of the immigrants
coming to this country and the attitude
of the European governments upon the
matter. Mr. Braun declares that he
has incontrovertible evidence that,
while the number of aliens shipped to
this country who are legally inadmissi
ble due to disease is diminishing, im
migrants inadmissible for other reasons
are constantly brought into the coun
try in large numbers "by the concerted
action of some European governments
and steamship agencies, by bankers and
schemers of all sorts."
Washington, Jan. 20. Murmurings
are heard in the senate of a possible re
volt by the beet sugar men against the
Philippine tariff bill, taken up today
by the committee of Philippines for
consideration. The opposition of the
beet sugar industry to the Cuban re
ciprocity treaty developed a strength
among the Republicans of seven votes.
"This was enough to deteat the ratifica
tion, a two-thirds vote being necessary, i floor to make a brief Bpeech in expian.
Tuesday, January 18
Washington, Jan. 18. The Philip
pine tariff bill was passed by the house
today substantially the same as it came
from the ways and means committee.
The vote was 258 to 71. Rice was
made subject to the same tariff as sugar
and tobacco 25 per cent of the Ding'
ley rates and one or two changes
were made as to the language.
Washington, Jan. 16. Unexpectedly
the senate today found itself consider
ing the railroad rate question, which
was precipitated by Fulton s taking the
The same strength could not defeat the
Phi ipj'ine bill, which only requires a
inajoiity.
hriday, January 19.
Washington, Jan. 1. Reform in
the matter of making deficiency appro
priations agitated the house today,
and the entire time was devoted to its
discussion, with the exception of a sort
speech for free hides by Perkins, of
New York. The urgency deficiency
bill was being considered under general
debate order, aud Littauer, of New
York, in charge of the bill, set the pace
by pointing out the failure of the legis
lation of last year to curb the heads of
departments in their demands for den
cieucy supplies.
Thursday, January 18
Wathington, Jan 18. There was an
echo of yesterday's stormy session in the
senate today, when Tillman presented
his resolution directing a senatorial in
vestigation into the removal of Mrs.
Minor Morris from the white house.
The resolution provoked no debate, and
Tillman contented himself with a brief
statement, in which he said that he
would not have introducd the resolu
tion but for the taunt of Hale. When
he concluded, Daniel moved that the
resolution be laid on the table, and
this disposition was made of it by a
vote of 54 to 8. The remainder of the
-day was devo'ed to speeches on the
pure food and merchant marine bills,
Mi-Cumber advocating the food measure
and M.Mlory opposing the shipping bill
ation of an amendment offered by him
to the Dolliver bill, giving to courts of
justice authority to modify orders of
the Interstate Commcerce commission
imposing an unreasonable rate. He
had not proceeded far when he was
switched from a general explanation of
the terms of the provision to a defense
of the principle which it seekB to es
tablish, and a general debate of the
bill followed.
The merchant marine bill was then
laid before the eenate and Gallinger
urged early attention to this subject.
Scott spoke in support of the bill.
The pure food bill was then taken up
and a number of committee amend
ments were agreed to. Hepburn gave
notice that after the conclusion of the
routine morning business tomorrow he
would ask the senate to fix a day for
taking a vote on the bill.
Washington. Jan. 18. After paying
a tribute to the frigate Constitution
today and ordering an investigation in
order to aecertain the annual amount
necessary to preserve the ship, the
house devoted the day until 5:45 to
the perfection and passage of a bill
providing for the final disposition of
the affairs of the five civilized tribes in
me Indian lerritory. vutn one or
two minor amendments, the bill was
passed subsequently substantially as it
came from the committee. The bill
provides for concluding the enrollment
-of Indians of the tribes and the allot'
inent of land to them. The enrollment
and allotment is made the subject of
many restrictions and provisions.
Wednesday, January 17.
Washington, Jan. 17. The recent
forcible removal from the white house
of Mrs. Minor Morris was made the
subject of emphatic denunciation by
Tillman in the senate today. His re-
inaiks railed out remonstrances from
Hale, Hopkins aud Daniel, and led to
the very abrupt closing of the doors
and the sudden adjournment of the
senate in the middle of the afternoon.
The speech abounded in Tillman's pe
culiar expressions, and was character.
ir.ed by many severe and exceptionally
personally thrusts at the president. At
times he wept over what he regarded
as the indignities to the lady, and his
voice and eyes were full of tears when
he declared, in the face of protests from
his fellow senators, that he would de
mand an investigation of the white
house incident.
Washington, Jan. 17. In response
to the Sulzer resolution passed by the
Monday, Jan. 15.
Washington', Jan. 15. Senator Ba
con today succeeded in securing an open
discussion of the Moroccan question by
the senate. This result was accom
plished by the introduction of a reso
lution making a declaration against in
terference on the part of the United
States in any controversy among Euro
pean nations concerning their internal
affairs. The broad scope of the resolu
tion relieved it from the point of order
made on the Moroccan resolution, and,
notwithstanding that Bacon referred
freely to the Moroccan conference, no
effort was made to put him off. He
spoke at length in opposition to the
policy of interference in European in
ternal compl cations, pointing out the
possibility of disastrous consequences,
and his address brought out a number
of questions and interruptions to relieve
the proceeding! of the characterization
of a set speech.
A number of senators made short
speeches against the resolution and in
the end it was referred to the committee
on foreign relations, and the merchant
marine b'll was laid before the senate.
Gallinger offered a number of amend
ments to the bill, which were agreed
to. The amendments related principal
ly to the naval militia proposed by the
bill.
A bill introduced by Smoot, giving to
homesteaders on the recently opened
Uintah reservation an extension until
May, 15, 1906, to establish residences
was passed.
Many Obstacles in Way of Appropria
tion for Columbia Jetty.
Washington, Jan. 19. Chairman
Burton, of the house committee on riv
ers and harbors, today gave a bearing
to Senators Fulton and Gearin, H. W.
Scott and J. N. Teal, of Portland, on
the Columbia river jetty project. Rep
resentative Jones, of Washington, who
is a member of the committee, was
also present and took part in the dis
cussion. .
Mr. Burton is thoroughly familiar
with the situation at the mouth of the
Columbia and is fully aware ot the fact
that it would be good business policy to
make an appropriation this session, not
so much to extend the jetty as to pro
tect the work that has been done dur
ing the past season. He realizes that,
unless an appropriation is made, the
sea end of the jetty, and particularly
the unprotected tramway, will be left
at the mercy of the heavy seas and lia
ble to be damaged to the extent of sev
eral hundred thousand dollars.
But, while Mr. Burton ia in sym
pathy with the Oregon men and while
be recognize! the wisdom of an appro
priation to protect the new portion of
the jetty, he is not willing to give any
assurances .that such an appropriation
will be made." There is no general
river and harbor hill this session, and
it is a serious question in Mr. Burton's
mind whether it will be possible to
put through special legislation in the
interest of only a few emergency pro
jects.
Mr. Burton stated, and the Oregon
delegation agreed with him, that it
would be utterly impossible to pass a
special bill making an appropriation
for this one project. Such a bill would
be amended in the house and senate by
the addition of appropriations for in
numerable projects until in the end it
would become a regular river and har
bor bill, and under existing conditions
a bill of that character would stand no
show of passage.
But there are three or four other pro
jects of importance, where emergenciep
exist similar to that at the mouth of
the Columbia. Unless appropriations'
are made this session for the preserva
tion of these works, the government
will sustain a heavy loss. Mr. Burton
is considering the advisability of re
p r.ing an emergency bill making ap
I ropriations for these specific project
nl, but he is not yet satisfied that
uc l a bill could get through without
6. i g amended to embrace many other
projects.
Mr. Burton, because of th condi
tion that exists in congress and because
of the difficulties that stand in the wav
of Bpecial river and harbor legislation
will hold out no promises to the Ore
gen representatives, though he freelv
admits his interest in Columbia rive
improvement and expresses his per
sonal belief that an appropriation
should be made.
An appropriation ol il.auu.uuo can
not he had, but it is possible that
1400,000 may be procured. Mr. Bur
ton explains that it would be impossi
ble to pass any bill which did more
than provide funds to protect work al
ready done.
DOWIE DEPOSED
AS ZIONS RULER
This Action WasNecessary to Avert
financial Ruin.
Weary of Pyrotechnics of Their White
Elephant, Zionists Take Relations
With Creditors Into Their Own
Hands Dowie is Now Religious
Leader Only.
EACH ISLET A REPUBLIC.
Washington, Jan. 15. General de
Date on ine rnuippine tariti bill was
concluded in the house today, having
been continued daily since January 4
The bill will be taken up for amend
ment under the five minute rule tomor
row, and put on its passage either to
morrow or the next day.
Preceding the debate today, the
statehood fight made its appearance on
the floor for the first time, in the form
of a personal explanation by Babcock,
of W isconsin, credited with being the
leader of the opponents of the joint
statehood forces. Babcock denied that
his course in opposition to the bill was
dictated by any feeling of revenge be
cause he had not been made chairman
of the appropriation committee. He
also took occasion to state his position
in lavor of tariff revision.
Favors Alaskan Home Rule.
Washington, Jan. 16. Senators
Piiee, Lodge and Allis n and unoffiical
d.-legate S. S. Ryan, of Alaska, today
railed on the president and elicited
from him a promise that Alaska should
have home rule. Lodge and Allison,
the two strongest men in the senate,
said they favored this move, and the
president heartily promised to give it
his support. As a cornerstone for the
new regime, he promised to appoint an
Alaskan as governor to succeed Brady,
who will soon lesign because of the indiscretions.
Stevens Testifies on Canal..
Washington, Jan. 16. Chief Engin
eer Stevens, of the Panama Canal com
mission, appeared before the eenate in
vestigating committee today. He talk
ed of conditions on the isthmus, dis
cussing sanitary, labor difficulties and
questions of like character, dealing
with the administration of canal affairs,
with greater detail and freedom than
in his published report. He denied the
stories being circulated of alleged im
portation from the United States of
women into the canal one for immorla
purposes.
Proposes Assay Office.
Washington, Jan. 16. Senator Fnl
tnn today introduced a bill authorizing
the establishment of an assay office at
Portland. The bill provider for an as
xayer and melter at $2,350; chief clerk
at $1,400, and authorizes an annual
expenditure of $15,000 in payment of
salaries to assay employee, including
the officials named. No specific appro
priation ia made for the office, as it is
customary to make these appropriations
in regular appropriation bill.
Newlands Airs His Scheme.
Washington, Jan. 15. The eenate
committee on interstate commerce met
today, but there was not a quorum
present, and, after an informal discus
sion, adjournment was taken nntil
Tuesday. Senator Newlands, occupied
most of the time discussing his plan
for incorporation of railroads under a
national law instead of the conflicting
laws of 45 states. He said canitalisa-
Russian Revolution Spreads to Dots
of Land in Baltic.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 18. In addition
to the Caucasus and a few loca'ities in
Siberia, the open revolt is now chiefly
confined to small islands off the Baltic
coast, where the difficulty of landing
troops hampers the subjugation of the
revolutionists. The icebreaker Yermak,
carrying detachements of marines and
infantry, has been unable to reach the
principal island, Osel, at the entrance
to the Gulf of Riga, and is now await
:'ng a light-draft steamer to land the
troops.
Following the example of their
brothers on the mainland, the peasan
try ot even the tiniest islands in the
Baltic have instituted independent re
publics. One of these, on the islet of
Lineuitt, probably the smallest state in
the world, already boasts of a second
revolution and a second president, the
citizens having risen and' overthrown
the first president. The present chief
magistrate, Jamneenson, is addressing
them in proclamations as "my faithful
subjects."
Petition to Save Constitution.
Boston, Jan. 19. Eric Pape, the
aitist, left Boston yesterday for Wash
ington with the "Constitution peti
tion," which he expects to present to
congress. While in Washington Mr
Pape will try to secure th? signatures
to the petition of many men prominent
in national life, who have expressed
themselves as favorable to the move
ment to save "Old Ironsides." The
petition is an immense affair, and re
quires four men to rarry it. It is esti
mated that over 20,000 persons have
signed it.
Chicago, Jin. 18. John Alexanedr
Dowie has been permanently removed
from financial control of the Zion City
industries, according to assurances giv
en the big creditors by the financial
agents of the community. The ap
pointment of the triumvirate, with
great ostentation, it is how declared,
merely cloaked Dowie's accession to the
demands of Zion City and its creditors
that all business arrangements be tak
en from his bands, leaving him religi
ous leader only.
The awakening of the people of
Zion has come at last, according to one
of the large creditors in Chicago today
"They have been open in saying
be declared, "that they awoke too late
and found thit in Dowie they
something in the nature of a croBS
tween a 'white elephant' and 'the
man of the sea' hitched on them.
t i r-v l v
uowie nas squandered money in
a most profligate manner," said this
creditor. "His trip around the world
cost over $1,000,000. He drew on the
treasury for it. The trip to New York
cost half as much. It was given out
that the followers paid their own ex
penses. This was hardly true. The
recent trip to Mexico was another ex
pensive luxury for the old man. He
spent thousands Itere. And for all
these expenditures all Zion Citv has
got out of it nas been a few pale fire
works.
The fact of the matter is that cred
itors have been promised for months
that if they were lenient Zion's officials
would get the old person out of the
way."
MARSHALL FIELD DEAD.
had
be.
old
Pneumonia Takes Away Millionaire
Chicago Merchant.
New York, Jan. 17. Marshall Field,
of Chicago, millionaire merchant and
a leader in tha dry goods trade of the
world, died at the Holland house in
this city at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon, after an illness extending over
more man a week, beginning with a
bad cold and developing quickly into
pneumonia, which affected both lungs.
Mr. Field, although 70 years old, made
a fight against the disease which the
attending physicians characterized as
braver and stronger than would have
been expected of a man many years his
junior. Mrs. Field and other mem
bers of the family were with him when
he lapsed into the period of uncon
sciousness which ended in death. In
an adjoining room were many persons
prominent in the business and social
life of Chicago, intimate associates of
Mr. Field, who had gone to New York
when the seriousnees of his eond.tinn
was made known to them.
An outline of the funeral arrange
ments was decided upon last nieht.
The body will be taken to Chicago this
morning on a special train over the
New York Central and Lake f-ho e sys
tems. There will be no service of anv
sort in this city. It is planned to hold
the funeral service in Chicago at a date
to be fixed, either from the Field resi
dence on Prairie avenue or from the
first Presbyterian church, whose pas
tor, Rev. Dr. Morrison, will, in either
case, be the officiating clergyman.
FIXED SUM FOR HARBORS.
REBELS HAVE
FULL CONTROL
Caucasus Expected To Be Scene of
Heavy Fighting.
Russia Sends Great Army of Manchu
rian Veterans With Heavy Artillery
to Capture Mountain Strongholds
Held by Warriors Well Armed and
Desperate.
HER NEW PRESIDENT.
France
of
371;
Elects Fallieres, Leader
Radical Elements.
Pans, Jan. 18. Clement Armand
r- 1 1 vi i .i
rawieres, presraeni oi ins senate, was
today elected president of the republic,
to succeed Emile Loubet. His only
rival was M. Doumer, president of the
chamber of deputies. The total vote
in the national assembly, consisting of
the senate and chamber of deputies
meeting jointly, was 849, and the vote
was: Fallieres, 449; Doumer,
scattering, 28; not voting, 1.
Aiinougn eeverai candidates were
mentioned for the presidency in sue
cession to M. Loubet, including M.
Fallieres, president of the senate; M
D uimer, president of the chamber of
deputies; M. Sarrien, ex-minister of
justice; and M. Leon Bourgeois, the
former premier, the real contest wae
between M. Fallieres and M. Doumer.
M. Fallieres had the .support of the ad
vancea socialist and nadicai group",
onstituting the famous party which
sustained the Combes ministry. M
Doumer, however, was a formidable
opponent, whose election to the pres
dency of the chamber of deputies lapt
year, after breaking away from his
former connection with the famous par
ty previously referred to, gave the first
blow to M. Combes.
When the nrst hguress were given
out, there was an outburst of enthusi
asm, wnicn was renewed alter the cor
rected figures, giving Faillieros 449,
thus increasing his already clear major
ity, were announced.
M. Fallieres returned t Paris from
Versailles, escorted bv a military guard
of honor. He will take over his new
duties February 18.
River and Harbor Congress Proposes
Change in Methods.
Washington, Jan. 17. The National
Rivers and Harbors congress today
adopted the report of the committee on
organization, recommending the elec
tion of the following officers: Presi
dent, Harvey D. Goulder, Cleveland,
u.; one vice president from each state
represented, to be named by the dele
nations; Colonel Willipm H. Love,
Baltimore, secretary; E. II . Share
wood, Philadelphia, treasurer.
Among those recommended for the
executive committee were John W.
Ferris, San Francisco, and A. II. Dev-
ers. Portland.
The executive committee is charged
with the duty of actively prosecuting
the work of securing regular and in
creased annual appropriations for the
improvements of rivers and harbors of
the entire country, and to this end to
take such steps and use such means ae
will tend to mold public sentiment in
favor thereof.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the national government should
put river and harbor bills on a par
with other great appropriation bills bv
annual appropriations, and direct all
such work economically and continu
ously, without the waste incident to
intermittent efforts. The resolutions
urge an annual appropriation of at
least $50,000,000.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 16. Though the
government is reasserting a precarious
authority in the cities along the rail
roads in the Caucasus, official advicea
received today show that the mountain
eers are under arms in large sections of
the viceroyalty. The government of
Kutais is entirely in the bands of the
insurgents, who have interdicted taxes
and are levying their own import
duties.
The reduction of the inaccessible dis
tricts of Gori and Osureeti. whose
mountain strongholds, with their fierce
warriors, have been the despair of all
conquerors, will involve a campaign of
weeks and even months, with the co
operation of mountain artillery, in
comparison with which the operationa
in the Baltic provinces are child's play.
The troops in the Caucasus being
inadequate, the government bae decided
to send there a large force composed of
the veterans returning from Man
churia, perhaps seven army corps. No
figures regarding the force now in Man
churia have been given out, but the in
clusion in the budget of an estimate of
$20,000,000 for the construction of bar
racks for these troops gives some indi
cation of their strength.
Though the progress of the revolu
tionary propaganda among the troops
has been largely nullified by the eventa
of December, the "red" leaders are re
newing their campaign, and are dis
seminating thousands of copies of. the
appeals of the Saratoff Peasant league,
the Union of Liberal leagues, and
other organizations, declaring that the
government has perished by its own
hand, and that the loyalt? of the sold
iers is due to the champions of the
people.
MADE SPURIOUS GOLD COIN.
Is
SWEPT BY BLIZZARD.
Wind
New Governor for Alaska
Washington, Jan. 19. Assuming
hat J. G. Brady, governor of Alaska,
proposes to resign his- position, M. H.
Perkins, of Nome, has len recom
mended strongly for that office. Sen-
tors Allison, Lodge and Piles called
on the president yesterday, with ex-
Governor Swineford and S. S. Rvan, of
Alaska, to recommend Perkins' ap
pointment. It is not known absolutely
that Governor B-aday intends to re-iign.
Peace With Insurgents.
San Domingo, Jan. 19. A treatv of
peace between the insurgent generals at
Monte Cristi and the government was
igned todav on board the American
cruiser Yankee. This assures perfect
tranauilitv thronffhont th rennhlic
tion would be limited to honest valo- J Monte Cristi is now in the hands of the
tion and Actual investment. constitutional government forces.
Castro Buying Machetes.
Havana, Jan. 18. A German merch
ant who deals in machetes informed the
Associated Tress today that he was
questioned recently by A. L. Bref-ler,
an American, formerly a resident of
Detroit, who is the Nicaraguan consul
here, with reference'to the purchase of
10,000 machetes for the Vent zuelan
government. ihe negotiations, the
merchant said, were interrupted by the
sailing for New lork yesterday of Mr.
Bredler, who will poon return to Ha
vana. Mr. Bresler lived for some time
in Venezuela.
Reaches IOO-Mile-An-Hour"Gai
in Montana.
Anaconda, Mont., Jan. 17. For tw
hours this afternoon Anaconda and
Deer Lodge valley were swept by th
fiercest storm in manv years. At the
weather observatory above the Washoe
smelter the velocity of the wind regis
tered as high as 100 miles an hour
Several inches of snow fell. The storm
subsided at 6 o'clock.
A special to the Standard from Boze-
man says the Gallatin valley was
swept by a 40-mile gale and the storm
has been raging all night.
Helena, Jan. 17. Helena and Cent
ral Montana was visited this afternoon
by a blizzard which lasted about an
hour. The blizzard followed a light
ning and thunder storm and wa- imme
diately preceded by a hard gale. The
wind attained a velocity of 42 miles an
hour. The temperature went to 15
above.
Missoula, Jan. 17. A rather heav?
mizsard visited this part of the state
for the greater portion of the day.
During the morning the wind blew a
gale and in the afternoon considerable
snow fell. The teinperature was about
at freezing point all day.
Errors Make a Shortage.
Oakland. Cal., Jan. 17. R. A. Mad-
aern, postal inspector ot this division,
has discovered discrepancies in the ac
count of K harles J. Harrington, clerk
in charge of the money order division,
indicating a shortage of several hun
dred dollars. This morning a repre
sentative of Harrington deposited with
Postmaster Dargie a sum snffic'ent to
rover All the apparent discrepancies.
which Harrington says a due to a mul
tiplicity of errors which have been per
mitted to go uncorrected. He denies
anv intention at embezzlement.
French Have Panic ot War.
Berlin, Jan. 18. The Neus e Nach
disten prints a dispat h from Me?z to
the effect that two French deserters
have arrived at Ars snr Moselle (in
Loriaine, eix miles from Metzi. They
pretended to have left their regiments
at Verdun, vtith 12 comrade? . in ordrr
to escape service in a war which thev
expected eoon to take place. The dis
patch say there is a regular panic at
Ars-sur-Moielle. The savings banks
there have postponed payments.
"See America" Conference Great.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 18. The Com
mercial club committee having in
charge arrangements for the "See
Americal First" conference in this city,
January 25 and 28, announces that rep
resentation is now assured from all the
trans-Misvissippi states and from Dn
luth in the North to New Orleans on
the South.
Threatens Lawmakers.
Dos Moine?, Jan. 17. D. i. Clay-
man, an es convict, was arrested at
the door of the seriate chamber of the
Iowa legislature this afternoon, charged
with threatening the lives of Repre-
seniative 11. r.. Teachout and Senator
O. O. Diwell, bevanse the latter failed
to get him a j ib. Clayman was snt to
the penitentiary for wife murder 12
years ago. ne served out his time and
then came to Is Moines, soliciting a
job during the legislative session.
Hermann Sworn In.
Washington, Jan. 17. Birger Her
mann is once more a full fledged con
gressman. He took the oath of office
just l-ef.re the hone adjourned this
evening, went downstairs and drew his
mileage and departed, and not a dozen
men in congrew were aware of what
had happened.
Gang of Japanese Counterfeiters
Captured at Seattle.
Seattle, Jan. 16. Three Japanese
counterfeiters have been placed under
arrest by a secret service officer, and
hundreds of dollars' worth of epurioua
$5 and $10 gold pieces, with parapher
nalia used in their apartments cap
tured. Captain Bell, head of the
Northwest division of the secret ser
vice, has bandied the case, and with
the arrest of Knichi Fugimodo, in
Port Richmond, Cal., he stated that
the last of the gang had been rounded
up.
According to Captain Bell, the case
is unique in the annala of the Pacific
coast, not only from the wide field of
their operations, but from the fact that
the batteries and some of the molds
used by the coiners were made in Japan
and shipped to this country.
Since last June more or less spurious
gold coin has been in circulation, and
the secret service men have been work
ing on the case. Although they have
several clews to the identity of the
men passing the coins, direct evidence
wns unobtainable until December 30,
when Officer Pi'kins, in Tacoma, arrest
ed S. Sunado for pass;ng a counterfeit
$5 gold coin in the Marconi saloon.
Worked Soldiers to Get Land.
Omaha, Jan. 16. The trial of Rev.
George G. Ware, president of the U. B.
Cattle company, charged with con
spiracy to dtlraud the government of
public lands, was resumed here today.
Frank Lambert, one of Ware's alleged
co-conspirators, confirmed previous tee-
miony to the effect that he induced
about 20 inmates of the Soldiers'
Home to file on homesteads and give
99-vear leases to the U. B. I. company.
Lambert said he paid them $150 each
and received from Mr. Waie $50 for
each lease secured.
Will Confer With Miners.
New York, Jan. 16. The coal oper
ators, including the big railroad operat
ors as well as individual rutneowners.
will meet the miners' representatives
n about two week, it was said yester-
lay by the president of a coal railroad.
The exact date of the conference has
not been fixed. Probablv it will he
eld in this city early in February,
fter the national convention of the
"nited Mineworkers. The object of
the conference wil . be to establish
age scale for the next three years.
Harper Left Little Behind.
Chicago, Jan. 16. It was announced
ixlav that the estate left bv the late
resident Harper, of Chicago univere-
y, is small, and consists almost en
rely of life inurance policies. It is
timated that Dr. Hamper duting his
life gave between $35,000 and $50,000
to the American Institute of Sacred
Literature, a publishing concern in th
work of which he was grealy interested.
He also gave much money to needy
students.
No Longer Head of Army.
Washington, Jan. 16. Lieutenant
General Chaffee today tendered his res
ignation as chief of staff, United Statea
army, to take effect today, and it was
accepted by the president. General
Chaffee does not go on the retired list
until February 1, but he desired a few
days' leave of absence before retiring.