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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL 'Saturday, February 3. Washington, Feb. 3. Various phases of the railroad rate quest'on were threshed over in the house today in the course of nine speeches which occupied ix and a half hours. This concludes the fifth day ot the discussion, but the nd is not yet. Many members on both sideB of the bouse desire to record their views and general debate will be allowed to continue. Representative Randall today offered a bill that he will offer as an amend ment. It makes stringent provisioi against the giving or accepting of rail way passes or franks by senators, con gressmen and judges. He proposes a fine of not less than $1,000, or impris onment for not less than one year, or both, and disqualification from ever again holding public office. The agent or official of the company giving the pass or frank, upon conviction, is to be fined not less than $100, nor more than 41,000, or imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than one year, or both. v Friday, February 2. Washington, Feb. 2. Oratory on the railroad rate bill held the attention of the house for six hours today. The speeches of Burton, Ohio, McCall, Mass.. and Rsssell, Tex., were features, while Thomas, N. C , Burke, 8. D., and Goulden, N. Y., took up particular and specific topics. Before proceeding to consideration if the rate bill the house passed a bill ex tending the public land laws to a tract of land ten miles square in Wyoming ceded to the government in 1897 by the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians. Washington. Feb. 2 There was for a moment today a prospect that the statehood bitl would receive its first , formal reading in that body, always the initial step in the consideration oi any measure reported from a committee. The senate took ud the calendar imme diately after disposing of the routine business and, as the statenooa diw oc upied the first place, the secretary had begun to read it before any of its oppo Dents realized the situation. He had covered but a few pages when Teller put a stop to the proceedings tor the time., . s The shipping bill wbb made the basis of a running debate between Patterson in opposition and Gallinger and Per kins in support. At the conclusion of this debate a bill authorising the treasury to investi gate certain Missouri slate war claims was passed. Thursday, February I. Washington, Feb. 1. The discussion of the railroad rate bill was taken up and prosecuted with vigor throughout the day. So many speakers have come to the froDt on this measure that the house agreed to meet at 11 o'clock hereafter until the debate is ended. The feature of the debate was the lengthy speech of Sibley, of Pennsyl vania, who arraigned the legislation with arguments of varied character, all of which tended to give his reasons for being unalterably opposed to the bill. The resolution of Burton, of Ohio, looking to the preservation of Niagara Falls, was agreed to without discus sion. The resolution calls for informa tion from the International commission on that eubjctct. Washington, Feb. 1. The senate to day passed 30 or 40 miscellaneous bills and gave several hours to the consid eration of the shipping bill. Among the bills passed was one providing for a delegate in congress from Alaska and a number providing for light houses, revenue cutters and fish culture sta tions. The greater part of the time devoted to the shipping bill was con eumed by Penrose in a speech in sup port of the measure. Wednesday, January 31. Washington, Jan. 31. Discussion of the railroad rate bill.continued in the house today. Incident to it two speeches, the efforts of Campbell, of Kansas, and Martin, of South Dakota, took a wide range and Bwpt the hori zon of "trust evils" generally. Bart lett, of Georgia, a minority member of the committee reporting the bill, made a two hours' epeech, in which he dis cussed the legal and constitutional questions involved and advocated the passage of the bill as a proper remedy for an intolerable condition. The first speech in opposition to the bill, which concluded the day's discussion, was made by Perkins, of New York. He Offers to Build Railroads. Washington, Jan. 31. Willard Reed Green, of New Yofk, representing a syndicate of capitalists and contractors, has filtd a bid with the War depart ment for the construction of the pro posed system of railways in the Phil ippines. Mr. Green and his associates contend that there has been no com petition, and that the matter is still open, although the department has practically accepted a part of one of the bids. The b'd presented by Mr. Green proposes the construction of a minimum of 1,000 miles of railroad. May Compromise on Rates. Washington, Jan. 31. There was some talk about the Benate today of a railroad rate measure compromise, the suggestion being that either the Elkins or the Foraker bill should be made a part of the Dolliver bill, so that two courses of procedure could be opened to the commission in regard to the com plaint regarding rates, one by the com mission itself and the other by recourse to the courts. In this way, it is thought a rate bill could be passed. BODY OF LAWMAKERS based his opposition to government control of rates on an inherent aversion to government control of business en terprises. . Red tape and fixed condi tions, he said were an inseparable part of government action on any matter. A bill was passed granting a Federal charter to the Carnegie fund for the ad vancement of teaching. The fund con sists of $10,000,000, the income of which is to furnish pensions to retired educators. . - Washington, Jan. 31. In the senate today Patterson strongly endorsed tne position of the president In Santo DO' mingo and in the matter of the Moroc can conference. He said that he was sorry to differ from his Democratic col leagues, but that he felt'it Lis duty to do so in these matters. He also ex pressed absolute confidence id the pa triotism of the president and in nis good faith in announcing his determin ation not again to be a candidate for the presidency. The remainder of the session was devoted to a debate on tne shipping bill. Tuesday, January 30. Washington, Jan. 30. Members of the house evinced a more general in terest in the discussion of the railroad rate bill throughout today than in any other topic of legislation for sometime. The debate throughout was listened to attentively and many questions were asked of the different speakers to bring out either obscure points in the meas ure, or evils complained of, which no attempt bad been made to include in the bill. The debate was opened by Townsend, of Michigan. Adams, of Georgia, representing the minority, fol lowed in commendation of the measure, and in praise of President Roosevelt's stand on the question. Hinshaw, of Nebraska, depicted the benefit the leg islation would do to the great trans Mississippi country, and Richardson, of Alabama, dioiussed as a Democrat things don and left undone in the measure. The senate today passed 40 bills, many of them of considerable import ance. The list included a number of measures for light houses, fog signals, revenue cutters and public buildings, and also the bill providing for the re organization oi the consular service. The shipping bill was under consid eration for a time. It was amended so as to relieve it of constitutional objec tions and Lodge delivered a speech in support of the bill, in which he gave the details of a combination of the owners of foreign sailing vessels for the purpose of controlling the freight rate in grain shipments from the United States. There was also a discussion of the bills making common carriers, lia ble for injuries to employes. . which arose over the question of their refer ence to committees, ratterson gave notice of a speech tomorrow on the Mo roccan and Dominican questions. Monday, January 29. Washington, Jan. 29. The Chinese boycott and the administration of the forest reserves divided the attention of the senate today. The Chinese ques tion came up in connection with a reso lution of Tillman, directing an investi gation by the committee on immigra tion. Tillman modified the resolution by omitting the major portion of the preamble, and, after considerable dis cussion, .it was referred to the commit tee on contingent expenses. I ley burn raised the question regard ing the reservation of forests. He sharply criticized the methods of the Forestry bureau and charged it with maintaining a press bureau for the pur pose oi attacking him. He declined, however, to hold the president respon sible for this course. He said that the course was calculated to retard the de velopment of the West. Washington, Jan. 29. What ifl con sidered a strike at the railroads was taken by the house today in the adop tion of a resolution calling on the pres ident to furnish information as to the existence ot an agreement, in violation of the interstate commerce law, among the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, Norfolk A Western, Chesapeake & Ohio, Ohio & Northern Central and Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington railroad companies. Opposition to the resolution did not develop until after it had been declared adopted by the speaker. At this point Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, moved to reconsider. This motion was laid on the table. Light on Boycott. Washington, Jan. 31 The senate will begin the week with the considera tion of the Chinese boycott. The quesj tion will come up in connection with a resolution offered last week by Senator Tillman, directing the committee on immigration to investigate the reports concerning Chinese oprtositionto Amer ican manufactures. When the question was presented Mr. Tillman asked for immediate consideration, but Mr. Aid rich objected. It is understood that he and other Republican senators dislike the preamble to the resolution. Will Test Dry Farming. Washington, Jan. 31. While the de partment of Agriculture does not deny three is merit in what is known as the Campbell system of dry farming and while it is willing that all credit for that comparatively new system shall go to its instigator, there is a strong belief in the minds of irrigation officials of that department that the system should be carefully studied by the government in order that its limita ions as well as its benefits may be discovered. MINERS WILL STRIKE. Every Mine In Country To Be Tied Up Till Better Pay Is Secured. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb 2. Ibe re lection of the counter proposition offer ed bj the coal operators of the central competitive district by an almost unan imous vote of the National convention of the United Mineworkers, and the adootion of a resolution offered by Sec retary Ryan, of Illinois, placing the miners on record as a unit in refusing to sign an agreement for anjr district until an aareement was signed for all districts under the jurisdiction of the United Mineworkers, nas created a situation which, in the opinion of the officials of the miners' organization, will result in. the disruption of the joint agreement and probably' one of the greatest strikes of organized labor the country has ever known. Immediately after the rejection of the operators proposition tne conven tion set abont to Drovide means for ac cumulating a strike fund of $6,000,000 in addition to a like amount now on deposit in the international, district and sub-district treasuries oi tne min ers' organizations. To provide for an emergency Secretary Wilson moved that a ner canita tax of SI a week be voted and that all districts take care of the dependent miners within their jurisdiction tor at least six weeks He said that after that time he believed the international organization would be in a position to take care of the miners. After the motion had been amended to substitute ten weeks for six as the time during which the districts should care for their dependents, the matter was referred to the international executive board with power to act. RIOTS AT CHURCHES. Catholics Resist Entrance by Officers of French Republic. Paris. Feb. 2. Everywhere in France the actual putting into opera tion of the clause of church and state generation bill which provides for the making of inventories of the property of the churches has aroused a storm oi protest. In several provincial parishes Catholics have gathered in the churches and made such strong resistance tnat the government commissioners were unable to enter the edifices. In Paria today violent scenes took place in several churches, notably that of St. Clothilde. An inventory of the Drooertv of the church of St. Roche has not yet been made, owing to the op position of the congregation, Dut me WnrWs nf the church of St. Clothilde succumbed before the acsault of an armed force which acted on the avowed intention of the srovernment to use every means at its disposal to compel obedience to the enactment. In the chamber of deputies this after noon Premier Rouvier replied to an in terpellation on the subject Dy a tsociai ut deDutv. The government, however, secured a vote of confidence by 384 atrainst 166. after the premier 'had assured the chamber that the govern ment was desirous oi using tact ana moderation in carrying out the law, hut that it was fullv determined to per form its duty, no matter what the coat. A dispacth from Dijon says fresh dis turbances broke" cut today in front of the church of St. Michael. The equare was closed only after the free use of re hose and the efforts ot mounted gendarmes. Many arrests were made. TURN LIGHT ON HARRIMAN. Democrats Propose an Inquiry Into Southern Pacific Combination. Washington, Feb. 2. The Post will say tomorrow : The minority members of the house committee on Pacific railroads got to gether and agreed upon a plan of action through whicn they hope to throw the searchlight upon an alleged combine of the Southern Pacific and its tributaries, which they assert is on all fours with the Pennsylvania, Baltimore A Ohio, and Southern in the Eaet. A resolution will be introduced in the house requiring the president to transmit to congress all information that may be in the possession of the Interstate Commerce commission or any other division of any department of the government bearing upon the al leged fact that the Southern Pacific Railway company is the holding com pany of the Union Pacific, the O. R. A N. Co. and the Oregon Short Line. Gale Breaks Up King David. Victoria, Feb. 2. The steamer Queen City, which reached Clayoquot today, reported that the British ship King David, which was wrecked on Bajo reef December 13, and abandoned by her crew while standing high and dry at low water on the reef, broke np during the gale on Monday, January 23, when the steamer Valencia was wrecked. Captain Davidson and crew, excepting the chief officer and eight men, who were lost when goiug to Cape Beale, to seek assistance were saved by the Q ueen City. Caucasus Again in Revolt. St. Petersburg, Feb. 2. It is report ed here that the village of Saluaordon has been bombarded by the artillery in consequence of the refusal of the inhab itants to give in to the organizers of last month's disorders. The Caucasus is again in a state of rebellion. Mobs are plundering in Kutals Shnsa and Elinbethpol, and there have been many fierce encounters between the Mussulmans and Armenians. The troops are unable to quell them. Let People Elect Them. Columbus, O., Feb. 2. The honse today adopted the senate joint resolu tion nrging congress to submit a consti tutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. ASK ROOSEVELT TO INVESTIGATE Action of Seattle Chamber of Com merce on Valencia Wreck. ' Stories Told b Survivors at Investi gation Conflict, but It Is Evident There Was a Great Lack of Dis ; cipline Among the Crew of the Lost Steamer. " ' : - ' ' Seattle, Feb. 1. The positive declar ation made by Frank Richley, a "fire man aboard the Valencia, that he had refused to risk wearing a tule life pre server; the statement of T. Brown, a passenger, that the preserver he found ashore immediately sank when thrown into the water, were the sensational features of today's inquiry into, the Valencia wreck. Supplementing these sworn state ments, and equally important, is the peremptory demand of the Seattle chamber of commerce that President Roosevelt send from Washington a com m in it tee to make a thorough inves tigation of the wreck. Fireman Richley's declaration that no officer went off in command of No. 6 lifeboat was the other sensational fea ture of the day. Richley's statements, though, are not worth much, for be was badly mixed on the stand when ex amined, and later the sailor Joslyn contradicted him flatly on points where Richley had wavered under cross-examination. Joslyn testified that after the No. 6 boat had gone he went to No. 5. Contradicting the testimony of H. A. Hawkins, who yesterday said the for ward fall on this boat had broken, Jos lyn said it was all right. He stated that the after fall had been cut. When the last boat was lowered from No. 5 falls, he said, it had become necessary to take the fills from No. 6 qver and rig them on the No. 5 davits. William Dougherty, a fireman, stated the lifeboat's tackle was in bad condi tion. He said that when the order was given to lower the boat it was difficult to do so, because the ropes holding them to the davits were entangled. He heard some one order the boats low ered, but does not know who gave the order. He helped lower one of the boats. When asked what chance the pas sengers bad of getting into the life raft he gave the significant answer: "They had as much chance as the crew. CORBIN LEAVES ISLANDS. Transfers Command to Wood with Public Ceremony. Manila, Feb. 1. Major General Cor- bin today relinquished command of the military division of the Philippines to Major General Wood and sailed for Hongkong, accompanied by his person al staff. The transfer of command was made with impressive ceremony at Fort Santiago. Army and navy officers, clergy and business men and others from civil life were present. For the first time in the change of commanders there was no parade of the troops. In giving over the command to Gen eral Wood, General Corbin said: "It has been my aim to make the army here an honor to the country and a credit to the military service. Com ing here, I placed myself in touch with Governor General Wright, and he met me in the same spirit in which I ap proached him. As a result there has been a total disappearance of the last vestige of friction and jealousy between the military and civil government." Maj-r General Wood and Governor Ide made brief speeches expressing the universal regret over General Corbin's departure. All classes of business men declare that General Corbin has dons more to aid commerce than any pre vious commander. There was a popu lar demonstration when he embarked. General Wood has announced that he will continue General Corbin's policy. Patterson Takes Hand in Smoot Case Washington, Feb. 1. Some signifi cance is attached to the change made today in the membership of the senate committee on privileges and elections. Clarke, of Arkansas, has never attend ed any meetings, nor was it known how he stood in regard to the Smoot case, pending before the committee. It is known, however, that the substitution of Patterson for Clarke is satisfactory to those who have been opposing Smoot. It is also known that Clarke has been dissatisfied with the commit tee assignments given him. Flood Swallows Money. El Paso, Tex., Feb 1. Laden with bullion valued at $100,000, a train of donkeys was on its way to Mazatlan from the Guadalupe de los Reyes mines in Sinaloa, Mexico, when the roadbed, high above the river, caved in as the result of heavy rains. The burros and their precious cargo were swept away in the flood waters. Several drivers perished with them. Search was im mediately begun for the precious metal, which was in bars of gold and silver. Revolution in Colombia. I Panama, Feb. 1. Private advices re-' ceived here from Cartasena are to the effect that General Gonzales Valencia, i ex-president of Columbia, and General I Nelospina have started a revolution in the province of Antiquia against Tresi-j dent Reyes. How to Make Steam Engine, An easily constructed steam engine may be made by any boy with very simple materials. An old baking-powder box will do. for the boiler. Fasten its lid to it with shellac varnish, and punch two boles In the side of the box, one about the size of a pin hole, the other as large as a slate pencil. The larger hole must be fitted with a wood en plug or a cork. , Your boiler Is now complete, but it must be fastened at Its two ends be tween two upright posts that are at tached to a baseboard, so that the two holes will be a the top of the boiler. The side posts should rise at least two Inches higher than the top of the boil er, and should be connected at the top by a piece of stout wire, which will serve as an axle to a stiff wheel, like a water-wheel, or the paddle of a steamboat. This wheel Is made by taking a large pill box, making silts in Its sides, and slipping In pieces of stiff cardboard, which project at least half an Inch on each side of the box. When these are In place, fill the box with damp sand to steady the slips and keep them from moving, and then put on the lid of the box and fasten It by glue so that it will not open. Arrange this wheel on the wire axle so that one side of It comes directly above the pinhole in the boiler. Now remove the plug from the larg er hole, and" fill the boiler with water; then close It, and light ' an alcohol lamp under the boiler. When the wa ter boils, the steam will Issue from the pinhole In the boiler, and striking the paddles of the wheel, will cause it to spin very rapidly. A grooved wooden wheel may be glued to one side of the paddle wheel, and a string run around the groove may be connected with any of the toys that are to be set In motion by miniature steam engines. You may use for the grooved wheel a small spool such as buttonhole Bilk is wound on. This engine will serve for your amusement as well as a purchased one, and an Ingenious boy can Improve on it and elaborate It as much as he likes. People's Home Journal. The Moon's Wives. In Bulawayo, South Africa, the na tives have a curious belief concerning the moon. -These children of nature say the man In the moon has two wives, one of whom treats him well and the other badly. During the first quarter he goes over the hills to the Zambesi and lives with his first wife, whom they call Keep the Door Open. She feeds htm so well that he gets fat and full and round. But on his way back he stays at the hut of the second wife Shut te Door Tlgtit who starves and Ill-treats him, so It is a very thin and woe-begone moon that finally returns to start his travels afresh. A Snow Map. Lowell and Caroline live In one house and Elsie and Lloyd In the next, and the four play together In the big back yard that stretches behind both houses. One day, when the snow was soft and sticky, Lowell, who is on Europe and Asia in geography, fancied a spot of untrampled suow looked like the continent of Europe, and he began to 6hape it more perfectly. He told Caroline if she wished that 6he might make an Africa to go with the Europe and Asia he was making. Caroline hurried into the house after her geography, for she did not remem ber all about Africa. Elsie chose to make a map of North America, and said she wuld help Lloyd with South America, for he had Just liegun geography, and was not yet out of the United States. The eastern hemisphere is the hard est to do, because It Is so Irregular ; hut Lowell and Caroline modeled It In the damp snow, and Lowell helped Elsie and Lloyd. The next day they added Greenland and Iceland and Australia and Japan, and other Islands. Another day they mnde mountains and mountain ranges, and since Lloyd had learned about vol canoes, he was allowed to make those and to sprinkle ashes on the tops. They tegan to find geography more Interest ing than all their other studies. When a snap of colder weather came, the children filled the rivers and lakes with water which froze; and since they had made the land high, they ac tually flooded that part of the yard one night, and the next morning the continents stood out of frozen oceans. Hays and gulfs and straits glistened, peninsulas ran out in the ice ocean, and the Islands were real Islands. Although the snow was now too hard to handle and model, the children could mark the boundaries of the countries with twigs, put in capitals with brass buttons, large cities with big buttons A HOME-MADE ENGI5E. of different kinds, and small cities with shoe buttons. . They learned the school geography lessons on this snow map in half the usual time and with much more pleas ure. Whenever one heard a new place mentioned he put It Into the country where it belonged, and one morning Lowell hurried out before breakfast to make the Philippine Islands, which had been forgotten. They sent chip steamers across the ocean, worked on the Panama Canal, explored the frozen north, and wher ever, all over' the world, a war was going on, they planted a small red flag On that spot on the snow map.- Youth's Companion. , House Hade of Paper. We have all heard of the ice palace of Canada, but here Is an account of a paper house, built in the town of Savlnoroska, in Russia. The struc-'' ture Is made throughout of blocks of papier-mache, even the foundation and roof being of that material. So, too, are the chimneys, although the paper used In their construction was first mingled with a fireproof material. The tent and will. In the oninlon of lt architect, outlast such as are built of '; stone and brick, was erected at a cost of more than fortv thousand dollars. Am to "Gallery Gods." jiacK in oia Lionaon tne urury Lane Theater, a venerable playhouse, gave an origin to the phrase. The ceiling., or dome was painted in representation of the sky. The artist placed In this celestial setting numerous cuplds and clouds. The gallery of the theater was built 1nnt helow this celling and to persons seated below the occupants of . the upper tier looked to be part of the heavenly ornamentation. In time these spectators were referred to as "sit ting among the gods," and finally were dubbed "gods." ELECTRIC PLANT FOR PEAT. Product of Boars Disintegrated, bat Retains Heating; Power. An electric process for the treatment of peat has lately been adopted in Eng land at the Johnston & Phillips works. The peat Is transformed into a hard combustible, which is well adapted for use under boilers. The operation la said to last two and a half hours, and . the material costs less than ordinary coaL The combustible which is thus produced has a high calorific value and gives scarcely any smoke. A plant on a large scale is to be in stalled in Ireland and if successful it will be an important move in the direc tion of utilizing peat as fuel under the best conditions. In the present pro cess the peat as it comes from the bogs is placed in cylinders, which revolve at a high speed, while a set of air fans is used to drive off the water, which forma about 80 per cent of the totaL A set of electrodes is placed in the cylinders and connected with a dynamo. The circuit is completed through the mass of the peat between the electrodes. The resistance which the peat offers to the current causes a considerable beat and the latter breaks up the peat and pulverizes it, but with out causing it to lose any of its prop erties. In order to increase the conductivity of some kinds of peat they add cer tain chemical products. After this process the ieat Is treated by a Bet of kneading rollers, which give it a plastic consistency bo as to enable it to take any desired form. From here it passes to an automatic press which forms it into briquettes. It is then ready for use and is taken to the storeroom. ft is to be remarked that although the passage of the current through the peat gives rise to a heating effect the results obtained in this way are quite different from those which another method of heating would produce. By fire heat the particles of the peat lose their different constituent matters, while the electric heating causes them to disintegrate, thus freeing thel? cel lular material and distributing it throughout the entire mass of the pent. Thus all the particles become adapted for combustion. To obtain a harder material the d' aggregated pent is given a larger treatment with the current The air is kept out by a tight cover, and the inns Is then treated with an adhesive solu tion so as to unite the particles. The exjierlments have been made with th process on a largo scale and at a gr.?at expense, and It is said to hare beo greatly improved In the details and can now be applied commercially. Fair Warning;. Henry had been so continuously and persistently naughty that, says the New York World, his aunt, who had charge of him In his mother's absence. did not know what to do with hlnu In despair she said, weakly: "If you will not behave. I shall put you in one of grandpapa's hen-coops. "Well." said Henry, sturdily, "before you put me In, I want to tell you that I will not lay any eggs. Saw Her and "Ducked." Xpps Yes, I saw May Gaddle at the reception last night jess Why. that s strange: She told me to-day that she didn't see you there, although she was looking for you. tm Of course, stupid! IMdnt I Just tell you I saw her? Philadelphia Press. A a-lrl will believe anything a mart tells her during courtship, but after marriage well, that's another story. If a sick man can't keep anything else on his stomach he should try a porous plaster. There Is often a superior air about an Inferior person.