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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL BODY OF LAWMAKERS Friday, March 10. Washington, March 16. For an In etant in the houee today there was a lapse in the vigilance of those who have been on guard to prevent legis lation which would take away the rank of lieutenant general in the army. and the chances of Generals Corbin and MacArthur for promotion. Prince, of Illinois whose bill abolishing the grade in question is the regular order of bus iness under call of committees, slipped into the legislative breach. There was an immediate call to arms on both sides, and for three hours the friends of the generals filibustered against the bill. The net result was that the previous question is odered on the bill and an amendment is pending, having been offered by GroBvenor, of Ohio, which extends the time of the operation of the bill so as to allow the promotion of the two officers named. On this amendment the house was voting, but without a quorum, when adjournment was had until Monday, when the vote will be completed. At present it stands 78 ayes and 83 noes on the amendment. Previous to this, the first real fili buster of the session, there had been four hours of debate on the legislative bill. Shackleford opened the program with a severe criticism of Speaker Can non, which be was not allowed to fin ish. Then followed a somewhat lively lebate on the appropriation bill. of day of general debate on the legislative bill developed limited discussion of the retirement of aged clerks intersperced with a speecb on statehood by Babcock of Wisconsin, one on the restriction immigration by Gardner, of Massachu setts, and a presentation of reasons why the jurisdiction of Federal courts should be restricted in certain cases where was acquired because of the citizenship of the litigants being indifferent states Babcock said the house bill was one of the greatest legislative outrages ever enacted; that the senate had properly amended the bill, and he favored the senate amendments. Babcock dwelt at length on the reasons why Arizona and New Mexico should not be united as one state. Thursday, March 15. Washington, March 15. Williams occupied the last few minutes of today's session of the house, which was short ened on account of the Republican statehood caucus, in a sarcastic speech on the division among hie opponents on the statehood bill. He declared that a reference of the bill to a committee before the house had had an opportu nity to vote on the senate amendments 4 'would be the most high-handed ty ranny that ever took place from the speaker's chair." The Townsend resolution, conferring additional power on the Interstate Commerce commission to make the special investigation authorized in the Tillman-Gillespie resolution, regaiding the relation between certain railroads and the coal and oil industries, was passed. Washington, March 15. The senate today contineud consideration ot the railroad rate question by listening to the readirg of a report on that measure by Tillman. His report was read at the Tequest of Aldrich, who said he was curious to hear the opinion of the South Carolina senator. Brief attention was called to the message of the presi dent transmitting the letter of the sec retary of War relative to the recent Moro battle. Bacon spoke of the kill ing of the Moros as "slaughter, " and Lodge deprecated criticism until the facts should be known. The houee resolu ion giving the Interstate Com merce commission authority to admin ister oaths in connection with its in vestigation of charges of discrimination made against railroads was Adopted without resorting to the formality of requiring its reference to committee. Wednesday, March 14. Washington, March 14. The rail road rate bill today reached the contro versial stage in the senate. The ques tion came up in the regular order of business shortly before 2 o'clock and held the floor until the doors were closed for a brief executive session shortly after 5 o'clock. Rayner was the chief speaker of the day. Among the senators who were aroused by him were Foraker, Lodge and Doliver. Both the Ohio and the Massachusetts sena tors took exception to Rayner's con ten tion that the railroads have interfered with the framing of the bill and For aker also expressed himself as dissatis fied with the intimation that the rail roads are represented on the floor of the senate. Warren addressed the senate on the bill extending from 28 to 36 hours the me luring which livestock in transit on railroad trains may be confined without change, saying that the meas ure was in the interest of humanitar ianism and should be passed. He said that the extension of time was to be made only upon the request of sbi pers, and that it would not work a hardship on either owners or their Bto:k. Tuesday, March 13. Washington, March 13. Before tak ing up the railroad question today, the senate passed a number of bills, some of which were of considerable import ance. One of them provides for the punishment of government officials for the premature divulgence of secret in formation of government bureaus in such matters as crop reports ; another grants executive authority in the mat ter of construction of bridges over navi gable streams, and still another gives congressional sanction to the effort on the part of Delaware and New Jersey to adjust their long pending boundary dispute. Washington, March 13. The house devoted itself o general debate on the legislative appropriation bill. Litlauer, of New York, and Livingston, of Geor gia, representing the Republican and Democratic views, concurred on the question that something must be done in the way of reorganising the govern ment service. Marshall, of North Da kota, gave his voice to the proposition ol free alcohol; Hayes, of California, spoke in behalf of restricti g Japanese and Corean immigration and Bennett, of New York, defended his city in rela tion to the class of foreigners who make New York city their home. The bill carries a total appropriation oi 129,134,181. Washington, March 14. The second Smoot Case Next Month. Washington, March 13. The Smoot case is apt to be brought before the senate early in April', and will continue to be the foremost topic of discussion in that body for the better part of a month, of leaders of the anti-Smoot campaign are to be relied upon. Before the present congress assembled, it was understood that the case would be re ported eary in January, bnt the anti Smoot people had some additional wit nesses to produce, and then Senator Smoot wanted tome of his friends to ppear. Doubles Experiment Station Gift. Washington, March IS. The senate this evening passed the bill which passed ths house February 15, pro Tiding for an increassd annual appro priation for agricultural experiment station! of 15,000 for ths present year, and by an additional ram of $2,000 per year for five years, ths annual amount to be paid thereafter to each stats and territory maintaining such agricultural station to be $30,000, which ia double ths present appropritioa. Monday, March 12. Washington, March 12. There was a sharp division of opinion in the sen ate today over the question whether the Tillman-Gillespie resolution instruct ing the Interstate Commerce commis sion to inquire into the railroad hold ings of coal and oil lands justified the president's message regarding it. Till man complained that the president had charged congress with insincerity, pre tense and ignorance. Lodge and Spooner took the position that the charge of ignorance was warranted. The debate was interrupted at 2 o clock, when Culberson was recognized to speak on the railroad rate bill. He read a section of his bill to create emer gency powers for the Interstate Com merce commission, which he will offer as a substitute lor the pending meas ure. Foraker took issue with Culberson when he declared congress itself had construed the commerce clause of the constitution as giving it . power to fix rates, by granting a Federal charter to the Union Pacific railway. In that act it reserved this power, and it acted un der the commerce clause in that legis lation. This Foraker contended should not be so held. ACT ON JETTY BILL. BLAMES ALL ON FRANCE Moroccan Failure. Kaiser's Spokesman Says He Will Yield No More, and Rejection by France of Latest Term Was Sur prise Delegates' Hands Tied and Conference at Standstill. House Rivers and Harbors Commit tee Will Soon Meet. Washington, March 16. Chairman Burton, of the house rivers and bar hnrii pnmmitTAa aairi Ha wim11 nail a meeting of his committee at an early Germany Denies Responsibility for day to consider Senator Fulton's will appropriating $400,000 for work on the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river. The committee is due to arrive here from its southern trip by Saturday or Sunday and it is probable the meet ing will be held some time next week. If it shall be the opinion of the com' mittee that this separate bill should be presented to the house and pressed on its merits, the bill will be reported without amendment. There is every reason to believe that the committee will favor the appropriation of $400,000 inasmuch as the chief of engineers and secretary of War have both stated that this amount is absolutely necessary to preserve the jetty work from destrua tion and have specifically stated that any less amount will not answer. There is a report that the members of the house committee may favor en larging the Fulton bill by adding pro vision for three or four other emergency projects, so as to make it virtually an emergency river and harbor bill, such as was suggested earlier in the session. This is not certain, however, as the committee has had no meeting this session, and its sentiments cannot be accurately ascertained. If the bill can be bo amended withoat making it a general river and harbor bill, its chances of passing the house will be brighter than would the bill making an appropriation for the Columbia river alone. INGENIOUS ENTERTAINMENT IN INDIA. Berlin, March 15. German iaith in an amicable settlement of the Moroc can tangle has given way to hopeless ness. A spokesman for the government today admitted that the situation has reverted to a critical point, with di minishing prospects of agreement. When your correspondent on March 5 cabled that harmony. was in sight, he reflected the firm confidence of the iser and Prince von Buelow that a settlement was only a matter of hours France's refusal to regard the German concessions as adequate surprised the Berlin authorities, who now insist that handing over police control of Casa Blanca, which is one of the seaports of Morocco, to the neutral powers is the German irreducible minimum. The Foreign office's conception of the position of affairs at this hour is that matters are where they were before, except it is "plainer than ever that, if the conference breaks up, the blame will belong to France, and to Francs alone." CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA. Washington, Marh 12. Carrying out the recommendation of the commission that investigated the wreck of the Va lencia, Senator Piles and Representa tive Humphrey today introduced a bill authorizing the construction of an ocean-going tug for use on the North Pacific coast from the entrance of Puget sound southward along the coast of Oregon. This tug is to be designed primarily for use in times of emergen cy, such as shipwreck, and intended to be otherwise useful in caring for life and property along the north coast. No specific appropriation is made bv the bill, the size of the appropriation to be determined by a committee, but it is stipulated that the vessel shall be built under the direction of the secre tary of the treasury, and shall be con trolled by the revenue cntter service. Her crew shall include skilled men de tailed from the life-saving service. Senator Piles also introduced a bill authorizing tho establishment of three life-Baving stations on the Washington coast between Gray's Harbor and Cape r laiery. Commissioners Predict This as Result of Study of America. New York, March 16. Prince Tsai Tse, High Commissioners Shang Chi Heng and Li Cheng To, envoys of the emperor of China, their secretaries and attaches, sailed on the White Star iner Baltic today to continue their investigations in England, France and Belgium. The prince said last night: 'I have greatlv enjoyed my visit to this country, and the uniform courtesy that has been accorded me, including the reception by President Roosevelt, has deeply impressed me with the friendly attitude of the American peo pie. I believe that such contact makes for a better understanding and must bring benefit to both of onr peoples." That China will soon hnve a contsi- tutional government is the opinion of some of the commissioners. Announce ment of tMs belief was made by one of the secretaries of the commission just before the Baltic sailed. It followed a brief conference between all members of the party. "We have been making a compre hensive study of the political situation ia this country," he said, "and have seen the application of your laws and the workings of the governing bodies. I bel ieve that China will soon have a constitutional government. It will probably be modeled much on the lines of the British constitution, but will contain some of the good features of your own constitution." Cannot Move Step Forward. Algeciras, March 15. The Moroccan conference has reached a peculiar stage. It is completely helpless to solve the deadlock which has arisen over the re maining details of the police and bank questions.' The sessions are temporarily sus pended without knowing when they will be resumed. The French and Ger man delegates are bound by their in structions, and therefore are unable to make any further concessions, and the conference, not having judicial or ex ecutive powers, cannot settle the differ ences by a majority. The neutral delegates who have here' tofore fought to secure an agreement between the parties which the confer ence could unanimously confirm, now recognize that if the conference is left to itself, it is incapable of getting out of the present difficulty, and it remains for the governments themselves to in tervene for the purpose of reaching an agreement. TO CHANGE EXCLUSION LAW. CENTERPIECE THAT CONCEALED THE MAHARAJAH'S TABLE RAILWAY. DININO- THE MODEL TRAIN WITH DECANTER AND CIGAR TRUCKS. At the Maharajah of Gwalior's banquet to the Prince of Wales the center of the table was occupied by a sort of temple. It was decorated with flowers and electric lamps. Towards the close of the banquet this ornament was raised to the roof by pulleys, revealing a perfect model railway In the center of the table. The engine was an exact copy of the Gwallor light-railway loco motive, and the train, eight feet long, carried decanters, cigars, cigarettes, and matches. The Maharajah started the train by completing an electric circuit, and any guest could stop the train by lifting the decanter. By an ingenious system of compensating bogeys the train could turn a four-foot curve. Each truck bore one of the letters of the Maharajah's name, Sclndla. ALFON80 AND HIS BRIDE. Tbe Klngr of Spain to Be Married to a British Maiden. While the people of the United States have been taking a deep Interest in the courtship and marriage of Alice Roose velt, daughter of our chief magistrate, to Representative Nicholas Longworth. of Ohio, the nations of Europe, more especially Spain and Great Britain, have been watching a royal courtship which Is soon to result In an Interna tional marriage. After casting his eyes over Europe and disappointing several match-making mamas of royal families, the young King of Spain has finally fallen as deeply in love as wearers of crowns ever do. Ills choice Is Princess Ena sea level. Tbe new scheme consists of a combination of the fundamental prin ciples of the ordinary aerial cableway, now so much used In constructive en gineering for the transport of mate rials, and of the elevated mono-railway, best exampled in the line between Barmen and Elberfeld, In Germany. In the latter a car Is suspended from a single rail supported by a system of girders, while in tbe new Swiss rail way, Instead of a rail, a stout steel cable will be stretched from station to station, and from this will be suspend ed by Its running gear a car or cags for the passengers. Each car will con tain ten passengers, and be of the light est possible construction. The line will run from the Grindel- Report on Employers' Liability Bill. Washington, March 12. The house committee on judiciary decided today to make a favorable report on the Bates fcmployers' Liability bill, in amended form. Representative Sterling, of Illi nois, will draw tbe report. Under the bill a railroad is made liable to an em ploye, his wife, children or dependent relatives, "for all damages which may result irom me negligence of any of its officers, agents or employes or by reas on of any defect or insufficiency due to its negligence in its cars, ens-mes. an. plianoes, track, roadbed or works." Allot Colville Reserve. Washington, March 12. Thers is svery reason to believe that congress will pass ths bill now pending before both houses authorising ths opening to ssttlemnt of the urallottsd lands of ths south half of ths Colville Indian reser vation. A bill for this purpose was pressed in ths last congress, but was handicapped by a provision that ths CoMlles should be paid $1,500,000 for land which they had previously relin quished in ths north half. 1 WRECK KILLS ISO PEOPLE. Head-On'Collision of Fast Passenger Trains in Colorado. Pueblo, Colo., March 16. No. 1, southbound, and No. 3, northbound, passenger trains on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad collided head on near Portland, Colo., shortly after midnight, 1 ! A ! i S . 1 ana n ib reported at leasi &u persons are killed and a large number injured. Relief trains have been ordered from Pueblo and Florence. At this hour de tails are unobtainable. Meager but authentic information from several sources states that the number killed in the collision will reach 150. The coaches caught fire and most of the victims were roasted to death. Money for Guns and Powder. Washington, March 1ft. The senate committee on appropriations today completed the fortifications bill, and it was reported by Senator Perkins. It carries appropriations aggregating $5, 618,993, an increase of $780,000 over the amount appropriated by the house bill. The increases are: For mountain, field and siege cannon and eauioment and machinery for their manufacture at arsenals, $290,000; for the erection and equipment of a powder factoiy and or seac iaat cannon, equipment and nia- ch:nery for their manfactnre, $365,000 Did They Steal Money? New York, March 16. The grand jury which is investigating evidence in the insurance matter submitted by District Attorney Jerome is at sea as to whether a political assesment by a di rector of a corporation constitutes the crime ot larceny. Ths members of the jury questioned Mr. Jerome on the matter and at his suggestion the matter was placed before Judge O'Sullivan, of the Court of General Sessions, who will render an opinion next week. Representatives of Commerce Give Opinion to House Committee. Washington, March 15. John Foord, secretary of the American Asiatic asso ciation, and representatives of commer cial interests in prominent cities of the United States, appeared before the house committee on foreign affairs to day in support of the Foster bill to amend the Chinese exclusion act in such manner tbat high class Chinese may be admitted at less inconvenience Mr. Foord discussed the section of the president's message recommending modification of tbe exclusion act. "There is nrthing radical about the changes the president proposes," said Mr. Foord "The president's simple remedy is to define the excluded class of Chinamen and let all others enter after due consideration by the consular officers of the United States at the port of departure in China, and bearing cer tificates duly vised by the officers." D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. C. representing the National association of Manufacturers, said his associates bad no desire to admit Chinese coolies. He said class distinctions were made in China and must be recognized bv the United States. The coolie was so eas ily recognized that it was desirable tor this country to say that all Chinese bnt the coolies may enter our ports. He urged tbat there was no desire among manufacturers to bring Chinese labor ers here to compete with American labor, for, he said, intelligent labor, using improved machinery, excels Chi nese cheap labor. i H I ft i st loo Wrm ft E$SCi .':-' -- ' - .v,,. ......... o,,. if OF SPAIN AND HIS KING ALFONSO SPAIN AND BRITISH BRIDE-ELECT. Will Nationalizs Railroads. Tokio, March 16. 'Ths parliamen tary majority in favor of nationalisa tion of railways ia reported to be in creasing and there seems to be little doubt ths project will be carried through. Work on ths elevated rail road in Tokio, suspended during the war, has been resumed. Japan and Russia are planning to sxchanre im perial envoys to signify ths restoration of peace. Utah Roads Demoralized. Salt Lake City, March 15. Railway traffic both north and south from Salt Lake has been badly demoralized. Trains from the north on the Oregon Short Line are 10 to 20 hours late. The train from Portland due at 7:40 last night did not arrive until this fore noon. Drifted sand along the Colum bia river and snowdrifts near Weiser, Idaho have caused most of the delay. Trains from L09 Angeles on the Salt Lake route are detained by washouts. No trains have passed this point since Tuesday night. Relieve Settlers on Railroad Land. Washington, March 15. The house committee on public lands today favor ably reported a bill permitting settlers along the Northern Pacific railroad be tween Portland and Wallula to retain their land wherever they come within the conflicting grant to tbe railroad, tbe railroad being authorized to make se lection of an equal area of land else where in lieu of that which passes to the settlers. Tbe bill is indorsed by ths Interior department. Vote to Seat Hawaiian Delegate. Washington, March 15. B unani mous vote, ths house committee on elections No. S decided today to re commend tbe seating of Delegate Kala nianaole, of Hawaii, whose seat waa contested on the ground of fraudulent lection methods. 1 of Battenberg, niece of King Edward of Great Britain. Alfonso XIII. will be 20 years old next May. He was born sir months after the death of his father. With his first breath he was a King, but his mother ruled In bis name till he was 17. Since then he has been a really, truly King. Princess Ena's full name Is lctorla Eugenie Julia Ena. She Is 19 years of age and Is the daughter of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter, Beatrice. Beatrice was 2-3 years of age when she married and her aged mother had hoped to keep her as a constant com panlon. When she married Henry of Battenberg her husband took up his residence In England and lived on an Income provided by the British gov ernment Their children have been reared as Britishers. Prince Henry died a victim to the Ashantl expedl tion to Africa In 1S9G. The Princess Beatrice, or Batty as the English af fectionately call her, Is a plump and healthy matron In middle life. In the picture, which we present, the King of Spain and his future bride are shown side by side, while the mother of the bride-elect stands In the back ground. ELECTRIC AERIAL RAILWAY. Dt- A New Departare la Plaa te eeeaa the Wetterhora. There Is apparently no mors attract ive field for engineering than tbe moun tains of Switzerland, and ths greatest kill and Ingenuity have been exercised In ths various railways designed to car ry tourists to ths summits. Recently, says Harper's Weekly, there has bean an entirely new departure from exist ing practice In a plan proposed for as cending the northwestern aids of ths Wetterhora. which rises preclpltoualy to aa altitude of 7,700 feet above tbe wald upper glacier, at about 4.000 feet altitude, up to the Enge station In one lift, a distance of 1,300 feet This sta tion is of massive masonry and affords an anchorage for the cable. The gra dient of the cable for this part of ths line Is about 80 per cent This station affords access to a series of fine views, and there Is a path along the Enge to thedeparture station of the second sec tion of the line, which extends to a point at an altitude of 7,701 foot, or a lift of 2,300 feet. The motive power Is to be electricity at high tension and part of the Installation Is already com pleted. The summit of the Wetterhora Is 12.150 feet above sea level, and from the present studies there Is apparently no reason why access to It should not be gained by a series of such railways as the two sections already described. Only once before has the mono rail sys tem been used on a mountain railway. on Vesuvius In 1SSO, and this method, was supplanted when the line was re constructed. A Xew Theory. In an uptown school the teacher in one or the lower grades endeavored to Instill a little Information Into her pupils on the subject of horses and their gaits, and then asked each of them to prepare a brief essay embody ing some of the facts they had just learned. One of the boys thereupon prepared and turned In the following lucid offering: "Soros horses Is called pacerers They can run faster 'canse they ars bowlegged." Cleveland Plain Dealer. It baa been decided by the chaper ons mat ins ngnt place ror the nap kin Is across tbe lap. But how about ths men who are so fat they bars no apT Shouldn't there be a special dis pensation for them?