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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL BODY OF LAWMAKERS Saturday, March 31. Washington, March 13.- Thia being war claim day in the house, only those directly interested in the legislation in the private calendar were in attend ance. The house during the four hours it was in session considered and passed 179 hills, many, however, sending the particular claim to the court of claima for adjudication. Previous to taking up the calendar a hill wa passed granting to the Capital City Improvement company, of Helena, Montana, the right to construct a dam across the Missouri river in Montana. A bill to pay the claim of the French Trans-Atlantic Cable company for $77,712, growing out of the cutting of cables during the Spanish war, was passed. Another bill recalling the war with Spain which attracted little or no at tention was that appropriating $13,694 to the Ferro Carriles Railroad com pany, of Porto Rico, for mail service performed by this company during the military occupation by the United States. The bill wac passed. Friday, March 30. Washington, March 30. The house today passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, carry ing $30,000,000, after considering the measure two weeks. The feature of today'B proceedings was the elimina tion o' the age limit of clerks, a provis ion which created much discussion and which incited the fight agairst the bill. The bill as passed carries nearly $700, O00 lesB than the last appropriation bill for similar purposes. Thursday, March 29., Washington, Mareh 29. The senate today listened to speeches on the rail road rate bill by Clay, Carmaok and Newlands and passed a bill which pro vides for the reorganization of the med ical department of the army by author izing the appointment of ofilces to take the place of contract surgeons. All the senators who spoke on the rate bill indicated a purpose to support it, but Clay expressed the hope that it would be so amended as to afford a limited court review of the orders of th interstate Cjmmerce commission. Hale criticised thn military medical bill, saying it showed a tendency to in crease the army, which was not desir able in time of peace. Culberson presented and had the clerk read a memorial from the Cattle raisers' association of Texas, urging the passage of the railroad rate bill as it came from the house. A bill was passed authorising the erection of three life saving stations on the coast of Washington between Cape Flattery and Gray'B harbor. The senate adjourned until Monday. Washington, March 20. Today was a busy day for the house, considerable progress having been made on the ex ecutive, legislative and judicial bill. The committee on appropriationds suf fered a defeat, the committee of the whole, by a vote of 58 to 22, expung ing a paragraph from the bill which was alleged to be properly part of the postoffice appropriation bill. An in crease of $10,000 over the appropria tion carrel by the bill was voted for confidential agents of the Interior de partment to aid in ferreting out land frauds. Wednesday, March 28. Washing on, March 28. Knox made his first set speech in the senate today. He spoke on the railroad rate question, and dealt almost exclusively with the legal features of the prob'ein When he concluded the senate entered upon the consideration of the conference re port on the bill regarding the final dis position of the affairs of the five civil ized tribes of Indians and much objec tion was expressed tj many of the changes Several senators, including La Folette, Clark, of Wyoming, and Tillman, expressed disapproval nf the conference provision authorizing the secretary of the interior to lease land. Washington, March 28. The presi dent today transmitted to the house the report of Assistant Secretary of State Herbert II . 1). Peirce, regarding the consular service in the Orient. The visit of Mr. Peirce included many cities, but his severe criticism is reserved for ex-Consul General McWade at Canton, ana Consul Williams at Singapore. The chargeB against Mc Wade, ex-consul at Canton, are drunk enness, employment of a felon, issu ance of fraudulent Chinese certificates, extending protection to Chinamen who Bill for Cattle Shipping. Washington, March 27. The house committee on interstate commerce to day favorably reported a substitute for Representative French's 30-hour live M.H k bill. The committee bill confers absolute power on the secretary of Ag riculture to regulate Stock shipments, permitting him to extend or shorten the periods as he may deem proper. Under this bill, the secretary could continue to enforce the present 28-hour law, he could permit shipments for longer periods, or require unloading every eight hours, as demanded by some. Reports Timber Land Bills. Washington, March 26. The senate public lands committee favorably re ported the bill to repeal the timber and stone act and to provide for the sale of timber on public land at not less than its appraised value. Senator Fulton had an amendment inserted providing that 10 per cent of the proceeds of sales of timber shall be expended for public roads and tchools in the counties in which the timber? is sold, the balance to go to the reclamation fund. claim to be American citizens, persecu tion of American citizens for purposes of revenge, and corruption in office. The charges against Goodnow are 82 in number, some Kerious and some light. Some are soffieient to support suits at law and give evidence of cor ruption in office. The opinion of the better element was unfavorable to him in Shanghai. Tuesday, March 27. Washington, March 27. Tillman and McCumber divided the time of the senate today, the North Dakota sen ator devoting himself to the railroad rate question exclusively and the South Carolina senator discussing various questions. Tillman made a special in quiry concerning the status of his reso lution relative to the ubo of national bank funds in politics, and incidentally spoke of District Attorney Jerome's recent utterancea and pf Judge Humph rey's decision in the beef trust cases, declaring in the latter matter that the decision against the attorney general had merely reaped what he bad sown iu the case of ex-Secretary Paul Mor ton. Foraker defended Judge Humphrey and Tillman declared that he had not meant to attack the judge, but the law. McCumber picked innumerable flawB in the rate bill, predicting that, if en acted into a law, it would fail entirely to meet the demands of the public. He said, nowever, he would vote for the bill if properly amended. Washington, March 27. The house today witnessed a most unusual scene, the speaker rising on the floor in the midst of a spirited discussion on recip rocity and tariff revision and disclaim ing responsibility for differences be tween minority members. It was to ward the close of the debate on the urg ent deficiency bill, which appropriated, among other things, for the forthcom ing conference at Rio de Janeiro. The bill was passed. On motion of Tawney, the legislative and judicial bill was taken up, when Prince, of Illinois, and Hardwick, of Georgia, resumed the tactics inaugurat ed last week by raising a point of order against every paragraph in which there was a departure from existing law. A half dozen points of order were made and sutained affecting the officers of the subtreasuries at New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans and St. Louis. Monday, March 26. Washington, March 26. Following the president's suggestion, the house today passed resolutions to correct the useless printing of documents and to empower the printing committees of the two executive bodies to fix the number of documenta to be printed, and, should the demand arise for ad ditional copies of a publication, then to have authority to order another edi tion. It was claimed this action would result in saving the government upward of $1,000,000 annually. Nearly the entire day was devoted to District of Columbia business. The fortifications appropriations bill oill was sent to conference. Washington, March 26. There was a hint in the senate today at an effort to fix a time for a final vote on the railroad bill, but it wpb surrounded by so much circumspection and doubt that no pred.ction as to the time would be justified. Tillman stated that he would bring the matter up tomorrow and, unless objection was made, he mav ask to have a day specified. The suggestion as to a time arose in connection with the more or less seri ous effort on the part of a number of senators to secure immediate consider ation of amendments offered by them selves. Washington, March 30. General Luke E. Wright today took the oath of office as ambassador to Japan. He ceased to be governor general of the Philippines today. Henry C. Ide, of he Philippines commission, the pres ent acting governor, w'.ll continue until April 2, when the will be inaugurated governor general. Washington, March 30. The legis lation prompted by the recent wreck of the steamer Valencia off the Straits of Fuca was authorized to be reported favorably by the house committee on commerce today. it appropriates $200 000 for an oceangoing life-saving tug and f r the establishment of a life- saving station at Neah bay. St. Paul Bridge Bills Pass. Washington, March 27. The house today parsed three of the six bills au thorizing the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railro:.d to bridge navigable streams between Chamberlain, S. D., ami Pnget sound. Strange to say, the three Washington bills introducea by Cnshman were not passed, because Cushman, who is a member of the committee to which they were re ferred was not on hand to see that they were reported or call them up in the house for passage. The bills w ill no doubt go through. Repay Adams' Stealings. Washington, March 27. Senator Piles today introduced a bill authoris ing the appointment of a commissioner to ascertain the losses sustained by var ious persons who were robbed by George E. Adams, the defaulting rash ier of the Seattle assay office. The bill provides that the findings of this com missioner shall be final, and that con gress shall make a sufficient appropria tion to pay the losses, in the event that Adams' property fails. HALF MILLION TO STRIKE. Coal Miners of Whole Nation About to Suspend Work. Indianapolis, March 30. The joint meetings of the bituminous coal opera tors and miners of the central competi tive district, composed of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, and of the Southwestern district, composed of Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory, last night reached a final disa greement on the wage scale to go into effect at the expiration of the present scale on April 1, and the conference of the central district adjourned sine die, while the joint scale committee of the Southwestern district decided to report a disagreement to the joint conference of that district today. It is expected that this conference will at once ad journ sine die without an agreement. The action of the two conferences will directly cause the suspension of work after Saturday by 178,000 miners unless something unforeseen, like sub mission of the differences to arbitra tion, should intervene, and indirectly will affect 206,500 more miners, not including its effect on 150,000 miners in the anthracite neld, who were last night ordered to suspend work Monday. A national convent:on of the miners will be held today to decide whether miners will be allowed to sign the ad vance scale demanded and today re fused by all operators with a few excep tions, and to go to work where the ad vance is offered. Operators employing 25,000 miners in the central competi tive field have openly offered to pay the advance during the joint conference sessions. The wage scales of all miners, both anthracite and bituminous, will expire Saturday, except those in Tennessee and Alabama, where the Ecale will ex pire in September. One national offi cial of the United Mineworkers said: "It is a foregone conclusion that all the miners whose scales expire Satur day will cease work until officially no tified by the national and district offi cers that new contract arrangements have been made governing their scale." PROGRAM FOR CONGRESS. Pan - American Committee Prepares Subjects for Action. Washington, March 30. A program of subjects to be considered at the Pan American congress to be held in Rio Janiero, Brazil, beginning July 21, was agreed on today by the committee of the congress having that matter in charge, of which Secretary Root is chairman. In addition to Mr. Root the committee is made up of the ambassadors from Brazil and Mexico and the ministers from Chile, the Argentine Republic, Cuba and Costa Rica. The subjects include sanitary and quarantine regulations, uniformity of patent laws, international recognition of diplomas of practicians of the learned professions, questions affecting commer cial intercourse and an international railroad. It is expected tnat wnat is commonly known as the Drago doctrine, which is opposed to the forcible collection of private debts by one nation from anoth er, a doctrine adhered to by the United States, will come up for consideration in some form. IOWA WILL INVESTIGATE. Legislature Orders Inquiry Into Vio lation of Insurance Law. Pes Moines, Iowa, March 30 As a result of practically unanimous action by both houses of the Iowa legislature today, an investigation of insurarnce companies is to be undertaken in this state during the present summer, simi lar to that which was conducted in New York last fall. The resolution which awaits the governor's signature pro vides for the appointment of a commis sion to inquire into rumored abuse of Iowa insurance laws by state and Eaet ern companies, to conduct an inquisi torial investigation whenever in the commission's opinion it is desirable, and report to the legislature of next year what changes should be made in the laws to prevent a recurrence of any abuses that may exist. Road Tied Up for Two Weeks. Los Angeles, March 30. The local railroad situation resulting from floods in Southern California and vicinity is even worse than has j et been described. It is given out from the office of Gener al Manager Wells, of the Salt Lake route, that the washouts between Cali ente and Las Vegas are so ferious that the roadbed cannot be repaired short of two weeks to admit the passage of trains. The Southern Pacific also re ports further trouble today. Another washout has occurred somewhere in the San Joaquin valley. Germany Hungry for Islands. London, March SO. The London Times correspondent at Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, states that, accord ing to reports from the Fiji islands, a German syndicate, probably ba keJ by the German government, is trying to secure the ownership of Fanning island, j which will be sold at auction April 1. It is feared that the transfer of the ownership nay prove a hindrance to the etatioa of the British Pacific cable on the island. Referendum on Statehood. Washington, March SO. That the senate and house will reach a compro mise agreement on the statehood bill, which will permit Arizona and New Mexico each to decide for themselves the question of their admission as one pric. No orders for coal are taken by anl TlM. Cll!,e was 8in,pe, French state, seems a correct solution from dealers at any price and other kinds of ..i. . sn.niish name andanlt.il pieeent indications. FLOOD WRECKS IRRIGATION DAM High Water Causes the Government Much Damage In Wyoming. North Platte River Tears Away Di version Dam, Bridge and Many Houses Thousands of Sheep and Cattle Drown in Raging Torrent Workmen Narrowly Escape. Casper, Wyo., March 29. The North Platte river has been rising at an alarming rate during the past 48 hours, due to the rapid melting of Bnow of the previous week. The great diversion dam at Alvova, erected by the Reclam ation service as a temporary structure to divert the waters of the river while the Pathfinder dam is being built, has been washed away, and its loss will seriously interrupt the completion of the government enterprise. Although the heavy rains of the last few days has caused much apprehension among residents of this part of Wyom ing, none were prepared for the over throw of such a piece of engineering as the huge dam. When the waterB swept through the immense masonry, many workmen barely escaped with their lives. The dm had been built at a cost of nearly $100,000. The steel bridge built by the govern ment six miles below the dam at Path finder was also carried away. Small cabins, barns and property of all de scriptions are floating down the swollen stream, which is spreading over the lowlands and causing great loss to stockmen and ranchmen. Miles upon milea of the lowlands are flooded, and it is feared much stock is drowned. A report from Lander says that 3,000 sheep, belonging to Charles Souther, which were shut in a large shed, were drowned and swept away. PERKINS ARRESTED. Charged With Giving Away Large Sums of Insurance Money. New York, March 29. On a charge that his connection with the contribu tion of $18,702.50 from the funds of the New York Life Insurance company to Iornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the Republican National committee in the campaign of 1904, constituted grand larceny in the first degree, George W. PerkiDS, a member of the firm cf J. P. Morgan & Co., and until recently first vice president of the New York Life In surance company, was arrested today on a warrant issued by City Magistrate Moss. When a detective went to serve the warrant upon Mr. Perkins, he found that a writ of habeas corpus had already been obtained from Justice Greenbaum, of the State Supreme ciurt, and the matter was immediately taken out of the hands of the magis trate. Mr. Perkins appeared before Justice Greenbum and, at the request of his counsel, the hearing was ad journed until tomorrow. Mr. Perkins was paroled in the custody of his per sonal attorney. Lewis A. Delafield. GREAT SMELTER BURNED. Immense Plant in Wyoming Destroyed When About to Start. Grand Encampment, Wyo., March 29. The great smelting, concentrating and electric and steam power plant of the Penn-Wyoming Copper company was practically destroyed by fire today, entailing a loss estimated at $300,000, insurance half that amount. The smelter building was saved after a hard fiaht by the fire department. The or igin of the fire is a mystery. The plant had been closed down for the winter on account of the deep snoff and improvements under way. Prepa rations were on foot to resume next month. The fire will bring the business to a standstill for months. The Penn-Wyoming company handled the copper ores of a large part of the Encampment dis trict in addition to the ores from its own mine, the Kuueiha. Legislates Out Officers. Albany, N. Y., March 29. The in surance bill postponing mutual insur ance elections until November 15 was passed in the senate unanimously. The bill as passed by the senate was re ported to the assembly late in the af ternoon and was substituted for the identical assembly bill, which was on the order of their reading. This will probably bring it up for final passage tomorrow, and there is little doubt that it will be passed without material op position and gi at once to the governor for his approval. Puts Screws on Castro. Paris, March 29. Announcement 's mailj flint Vrannn nnara Venezuela has forfeited her right to thejprivileged, tariff by extending the diplomatic rup ture tu the commercial and personal re lations of French subjects. The French government therefore is arranging to apply the maximum tariff on all Vene xuelan goods, particularly cotTee, which s now paying 133 francs, wtien it should be paying 300 francs per hun dred kilos. No Coal on Iowa Market. Des Meines, March 29. In anticipa tion of a strike April 1, the visible sup ply of coal in Des Moines and Iowa has been absorbed by railroads and factor- ies to the extent that not a pound of 'commercial coal can be had at any fnel are bringing exorbitant prices. IN MEMOHY OP Wv ft PATHETIC SCENE IN A FISHING VILLAGE CHURCHYARD, BRITTANY. At the little fishing village of Plonbazlanec, near Palmpol (twenty-five miles from St BrleuC) there is in the churchyard a wall, called le mur des dlsparus, on which are placed tablets, crosses, and other memorials to those who have been drowned at sea, and whose bodies have never been recovered. The fishermen on this coast, it should be sal(L mostly go to the coast of Ice land for their fish. The memorials are mainly of wood, those painted black being In memory of married men, and the white indicating that the lost sailor In question was unmarried. It Is pathetic to see the women In this corner of the churchyard on Sunday, after mass, praying for the souls of their lost husbands, brothers, or sons; and the scene brings forcibly to one's mind the fact that the women of flsherfolk have their share to bear of the hardships: attached to the men's perilous calling. ffvention Sodium or zlnc-slllcate, In a hot one half or one per cent solution, Is a new French preservative and fireprooflng for wood, especially for mines. Passing bubbles under ships by an air Jet, or lubricating with kerosene oil two or three times a day, has been suggested as a means of lessening fric tion. The "recognltlon-seuse" of ants Is found by II. Pelron to be a recognition of odor by the antennre. The usual hostilities of anta ceased when those of the stranger species or community were given their own odor, while after losing their antennae they fought friend and woe alike. During the last twenty years 2,001 balloon and air ship ascents have taken place In Germany and only thirty-six cases of accident have befallen the 7,570 persons taking part in them. Con sequently one trip in fifty-seven comes to grief, or one aeronaut In 210 meets with an accident. Sir Robert Ball, who has been lec turing on the glacial epoch, Informed his hearers recently that the next ice age is due 200,000 winters hence. Then, he says, all northern Europe and Amer ica will be once more under an Ice cap that will cover the highest mountains and last for many thousands of years. In a novel device for preventing the racing of propellers, a pendulum grav ltates with the vessel's motion. The pendulum is connected to the throttle valve, and as the stern rises steam is gradually shut off up to the point 'where the engines are stopped alto gether, the valve being reopened as the propeller begins to take water again. For the purpose of studying the causes of mountain sickness, two French medical authorities, Drs Guillemark and Moog, during last July made a stay at the Mont Blanc observ atory. According to the results of their Investigations, which have now been published, "the diminished tension of the oxygen of the atmosphere clogs the process of oxidation and this sets up an elaboration of toxic substances, the re ti'iitlon of which causes symptoms of autointoxication." A recent discussion of the duration of life among birds In the English peri odical, Kuowledge, recalls the story of a venerable parrot which Humboldt saw during his travels In South Amer ica, and which, although very voluble, could not be understood by anybody, !ecause the words it used belonged to tbo Inncuasre of a tribe of Indians who had become extinct since the aged bird took its lessons. Parrots are prover bially long-lived, and so are ravens and some species of vultures. A white headed vulture died in the zoological gardens at Vienna after 118 years of captivity. Keeent experience with the acetylene blowpipe In England has approved it ns a valuable Invention. It produces a teniierature exceeding 7."N degrees. The temperature producible by the oxy hyilrogen blowpiiHN 3.UH degrees to 4,Vi(H) degrees, is limited by the dissocia tion temiH'rature of steam, whereas with acetylene the limit is that of the dissociation temperature of carbon nionoxid, which Is much higher. The acetylene, in a dissolved state. Is used I" conjunction with oxygon It splits UP UllO 11 1 1 m il i, ii iiu'i-ii jiuti carlton. at the base of the flame, and the carlx'ii only takes prfrt In the burn ing. The hydrogen remains free and forms a protection t the small cone at the nozzle, where the carbon Is burn ing, and which Is the oint of maximum tenitvrature. PARIS PICTURE-TRADE TRICKS. How Carlo Haulers Art Swindled In Their Art Farraaaea. Falsification of pictures In Paris has 'v,ne a scandal, which a case heard h .,, tm.u correctional court Is likely ni;ihslzp. una the London St.inl- tan with a Freucb name kept a curi THE I0ST AT SEA. oslty shop a collection of old furni ture and old pictures scattered about In two front rooms, and spilling over on to the pavement, after the fashion of curiosity shops In the Rue de Pro vence. Some of the curios were really old; others were only old In appear ance. There were several "examples of modern French artists" the whole be ing arranged In perfect fashion for tak ing In a foreign or provincial bargain hunter. The tricks of the trade were not dis covered for a long time, but In 1903 the cosmopolitan firm sold five pictures represented to be the works of Chapln, Henner, Zlem and Boucher. These pic tures, bought for about 1,500, were given by the purchaser to his daughter as a marriage gift Some time later the young woman got a divorce and went to live with her father, takln? the pictures with her. A friend who happened to be an expert pointed out that they were all false and worth only a tenth of what had been given for them. The dealers were prosecuted and one of them fled, leaving the other to get out ot the mess as well as he could. This young man, versed In all the Ins and outs of his dubious calling, patch ed up a very Ingenious defense. He quoted mistakes made by the Louvre experts and other less remarkable case to show that he might well have been deceived himself In pictures which were undoubtedly good imitations. The defense might have been successful had not the prosecuting barlster asked for the receipts given to the defendant when he bought the pictures. One of them was signed by a Count del Drago, who was brought up from prison at Fresnes. and he admitted having signed a bogus receipt for 320, although he made nothing out of the transaction. Go Quietly. When the middle-aged lawyer of whom the Washington Post tells was a young man he had a position in the office of a man who has a great reputa tion for ability and Integrity. Naturally the young man felt his re sponsibility. It was soon plain to him that the head of the firm had outlived his usefulness, and the youngster used to feel sorry to think what would hap pen to his employer If he ever left him. The young man was not treated in that office with all the deference ho thought due him, and one day, when somebody went too far, he entered his employer's private office aud unbur dened his mind. Sheer magnanimity made him over look a lot of things, but he did not neg lect to say that he would not endure such treatment another day. He was going to leave, aud at once. Then ho paused to give the head of the firm a chance to aiologlze aud beg him not to tuln him by leaving. His employer did not look up from his desk. He simply said to the young man. m a polite tone: "Please don't slam the door when you go out" The Man Who Struck the King-. The Earl of Wemyss, who, though an octogenarian. Is one of the most fiery members of the upper house, may boast of being the only man who has ever struck the King in public. It occurred when his Majesty was Prince of Wales, and In the House of Lords during a de bate. The Prince, as Duke of Cornwall, at tended, and sat immediately before Iord Wemyss. The noble lord made a speech, during which he, as usual. le- came heateu, ana, in tne course or a gesture, brought his fist down bang on his Ucyal llighness's hat. The Prince, appreciating the force of the Earl's argument, retired to a place further from him. I.ord Wemyss was well known. lefore sueoedlng to the earldom, as Ixml Elcho, an enthusiast of volunteering and rifle shooting. Pearson's Weekly. Hearts and Spades. I see that one of these Panama canal commissioners says that the hearts of the helpers along the big ditch are In the work. "Seems to me It would be a good deal more encouraging If their spades were In it." Cleveland Tlaln Dealer. lVn't espect others to think well of you unless you are that kind of a thinker yourself.