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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL BODY OF LAWMAKERS Friday, April 13. Washington, April 13. Owing to tho iact that none of its members were prepared to speak on the railroad rate bill, that measure was temporarily laid aside today in the senate, permitting the devotion of the entire time to the consideration of other bills on the cal endar. Of these more than 300 were passed, most of them being private pen sion bills. Among the general bills passed was one increasing the pensions of ex eoldiers who lost limbs in the service; another retiring and pensioning petty officers and men of the army, navy and marine corps after 30 yearB of service at three-fourths their regular pay; and a third bill increasing the pensions of ex-Mexican war soldiers to $20 per month and making the attainment of 75 years of age evidence of disability. Washington, April 13. After spend ing much time in useless debate and wrangling, the house took up the post office appropriation bill. The bill was finally perfected at 5:45 o'clock, when Moon, of Tennessee, en tered a motion to recommit to the post office committee with instructions to report the bill to the house immedi ately with the borftbern railway mail subsidy stricken out. On this motion Crmpacker, of Indiana, demanded a rollcall, which was ordered. Moon's motion was lost, 96 to 99. This re tained the subsidy in the bill, and without further objection the bill was passed. Thursday, April 12. Washington, April 12. The feature of today's proceedings in the house of representatives was the speech made by Cochran, of New York, who, under an agreement made on a previous day, was given an hour to elucidate the subject of "general debate" on appropriation bills. In view of the announcement that Cockran would speak, the galleries were crowded and a very large propor tion of the members were in attend ance. Cockran, after a short discussion of the fiction of "general debate" and the failure of members to attend the Bit tings of the house while subjects cover ing the widest possible latitude were being illuminated, launched into a de fense of the Hepburn rate bill and the high position taken by the house, not only in the exceptional character of tbe legislation, but in the dignified way in which the billl passed the lower branch of congress. In this connection he ridiculed the constitutional debaters in the senate. Washington, April 12. After a brief speech by Lattimer on in support of the house railroad rate bill, Foraker todav took the floor on that measure and consumed practically all of the re mainder of the day's session of the sen ate. He spent some time in the discus sion nf some of the amendments he has suggested, and then entered upou the consideration of the entire question of railrcal rate regulation, arguing auainst tie constitutionality of the pending bill from various points of view. He was frequently interrupted by other senators. Lodge spoke briefly in support of the practice of granting lower rates on goods intended for export than on those used in domestic con sumption. Wednesday, April II. Washington, April 11. Among the many bills passed by the senate today was one granting land on Morton is land, in Snake river, Oregon, to that state as a fir-h hatchery. Other bills passed follow : Authorizing the allotment of land to natives of Alaska; prohibiting the use of diving apparatus in the taking of sponges; authorizing the etate of Mon tana to select lieu lands; prohibiting aliens from gathering sponges in Amer ican waters. In response to a request by Tillman to lis a time for taking a vote on the rate bill, A Id rich expressed the opinion that before the end of the week the speeches would be so far disposed of as o enable the senate to foresee the end of general discussion. Washington, April 11. When Speaker Cannon called the house to order today, a senate bill ratifying an agreement with the Lower Brule band of the Sioux tribe of Indian, in South Pakota, was passed. The postoffice ap propriation bill was then taken up. The military record of General Jacob II. Smith was the subject of a speech May End Race Problem. Washington, April 10 Dr. S. Har ris, profesor of medicine in the Uni versity of Alabama, at Mobile, talked to the president today about the ravages of consumption among the negroes of the South. He expresed tbe fear, and lie added that his opinion was concurr ed in by Die medical fraternity general ly in the South, that tbe negro race was likely to beconib extinct in this tountry. Statistics showed, he declar ed, that the death rae among the mem liers of the negro race in America was greater than the birth rate. Seattle Objects to Negro Soldiers. Washington, April 9. Seattle is vig orously protesting against the assign ment of a colored infantry regiment to Forts Lawton and Wright, in place of the Tenth infantry, that goes to Alaska in August. The appeals of Senator Tiles have been without avail and he is informed that Washington mut have its share of colored soldiers. The de tail of colored troops to the department of Columbia will not include Vancouver barracks. The detail is for two years. by Banon, Ohio, who defended the ac tions of General Smith, in the Philip pines, stating that General Wood's achievements were a complete vindica tion of the case of General Smith. Hayes, Cal., spoke in favor of an in creased salary for postal clerks. Tuesday, April 10. Washington, April 10. For seven hours today the house had under con sideration the poBtoffice appropriation bill, but in only a few instances were the provisions considered. During the debate on the special appropriation for railway mail pay, bitter words were exchanged between representatives from North Carolina, Arkansas and Kentucky, but all were within the rules of the house. A humerous speech was made by J. Adam Bede, Minn., and Charles A. Towne, New York, spoke in behalf of the JameBtown exposition. Both Bede and Towne rep resented the Duluth district in Minne sota in other congresses. They were warmly congratulated on their speeches. Washington, April 10. For more than four hours today Bailey held the undivided attention of the senate with a speech in replj to Spooner and Knox, and juBt before its conclusion there was a significant suggestion from Hale indi cating the possibility of an understand ing and an early vote on the railroad rate bill. The day was one of the most notable in the recent history of the senate. Very few senators were absent at any time during the day and every seat in the galleries, public, private, senatori al, executive and diplomatic, was held by its occupant with marked tenacity. Monday, April 9. Washington, April 9. McLaurin and Unman aririi-flflapd the senate todflV OO ... - the railroad rate question, the former . . ii l i. advocating tne legislation ana me iai tar nnnnaino Th MiBsissinm senator V, VffVTW.K'Q. . 1 announced his intention to support an amendment providing for a court re view of the decisions of the Interstate Commerce commission and also stated his adherence to the Bailey amend- mailt nrnhihitinw th temnorarv 8UB- ujvi. J" ' O 1 - pension of the commission's orders by the inferior courts. He criticized what he characterized as an effort to inject politics into the consideration of the bill. Morgan took the position that the nrnnospii legislation was an inter -' I I n ference with the rights of the states to control the corporations created ny themselves, and said that the best way to check exorbitant railroad rates was to keep the waterways' in such condi tion as to insure competition. Washington, April 9. Notwith standing that this was Pistrict day in tbe house and that body resolved itself into a common council for the purpose of making laws for the District of Co lumbia. general interest was shown in the bills requiring non resident pupils to pay tuition and regulating the em nlovment of child labor. Hepburn, of Iowa, replying to a long speech of Sims, of Tennessee, in which he contended for self government for the people of the District of Columbia, made a de fense of the form of government, but erith izpd its administration. He did not think two newspaper men and one army officer, who constitute the board of commissioners, the proper personuel for such a government. Cannon Gives Aid. Washington, April 14. Speaker Cannon tday assured Representative Jones, of Washington, and Chairman Burton, of the river and harbor com mittee, that he will permit them to call up the Columbia river bill on Mon day under suspension of the rules. This is the most satisfac'ory arrange ment that could be brought about, for it means that the bill must be consid ered solely on its own merits, and can under no circmstances le c infused or associated with any other river and harbor or appropriation bill. The merits of the bill are so apparent that it cannot be assailed, unless by mem bers who have been unable to secure reports on bills making appropriations for ri .-ers or harbors in their own dis tricts, and it is not believed any such opposition can now defeat the Colum bia river bill. Everyone who is directly interested in the hill seems confident that it will pass on Monday. It will certainly re ceive the approval of the president, for he long since committed himself to its asspage. No Limit on Use of Franks. Salt Lake, April 10. That there is no law limiting or prescribing the char acter of printed matter which congress men may authorize to be sent through the mails under official frank, is the gist of a decision rendered here today by Judge John A. Marshall, of the United States District court. L. II. Anderson, chairman of the Republican committee of Sanpete county, Utah, was indicted for alleged illegal use of the frank of Congressman James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, for distrihutio in 'J tali ol political matter. Question for Steel Trust. Washington, April 10. After a con ference with the president today, Gen eral Grosvenor, chairman of the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries, announced that his committee proposed this week, in connection with hearing) on the ship subsidy bill, to interrogate officials of the United States Steel corporation regarding the report ed selling of steel products abroad at a rate cheaper than was given to consum ers in this country. LAVA COOLS AND ASHES FALL. Naples Recovers From Panic and is Cheered by King and Queen. Naples, April 13. Frequent deton ations are still heard on Mount Vesu vius, but faintly. The main crater is gradually enlarging. The most con soling news is that the lava is cooling on all sides. Ashes are falling everywhere, houses are collapsing and burying their occu pants. Roads near the volcano are no sooner opened than they are closed again. The heaviest fall is now over Somma, Santa Anastasia, Ponticelli and other villages in a section opposite and distant from the city. The people have recovered from the panic of yesterday, are less sullen and downhearted. It is largely due to tbe presence of the king and queen. They are mingling freely with the populace, doing everything in their power to alle viate tho condition of the injured and mingling their tears with those who have lost friends or relatives. The inhabitants of this city are en during the yellow gray atmosphere of yesterday, which is even more oppres sive than before. The popular costume of those who can afford it consists of an automobile coat, cap and goggles, which enables the wearer to maintain a semb lance of cleanliness, but the people generally have to be contented with paper masks and raised umbrellas. The drivers of trolley cars are wearing masks of some transparent material under the visors of their capB. More shops were opened today and the city is slowly resuming its normal life. The latest reports say that 243 houses have been damaged at Portiei, 195 at San Giovanni and Teduccio, 432 at Kesina and 1,000 at Torre del Greco. It is knpossible to determine the ex act number of buildings demolished at Torre Annunziata. It is estimated that about 5,000 houses in all have been partly or entirely destroyed. In villages on the Ottajano Bide of the mountain all the houses are dam aged. At Nola desolation reigns, tbe place? having been almost entirely abandoned. A committee has been formed to col lect funds and organise assistance for sufferers. It is presided over by the Puke of Aosta. The government heads the tubscription list with $100,000. The amount collected up to the present time is $300,000. Firemen have been sent from Paler mo, Sicily, and other places to tbe vil lages in this vicinity which have suf fered the most from the fall of ashes, to assist in removing the ashes from the roofs and relieve the exhausted soldiers. Camp kitchens have been established and free meals are being served. COAL TRAFFIC IS POOLED. Eastern Roads Admit They Have an Agreement as to Rates. Philadelphia, April 13. That rates are fixed by the Traffic association com posed of various coal carrying roads was the admission drawn from railroad offi cials at the final hearing of the Inter state Commerce commission investiga tion into tbe affairs ard abn-es of the coal trade. Through Joseph G. Searles, coal traffic manager of the Pennsylva nia railroad company, who is also chairman of the All-Rail Traffic asso ciation, it was learned that this organi zation not only fixes the percentage of tonnage alloted to each read, but also establishes the rates. Counsel for the commission produced the minutes of the meeting of tbe Tide water Bituminus Steam Coal Traffic as sociation, held on September 19, 1900. The records showed that a resolution offered by the Norfolk & Western com pany permitting that company and the Chesapeake A Ohio railroad to carry tidewater coal at the rate of $1.25 a ton was voted down and that the rvate was fixed at $1.40 a ton. Mr. Searles ad mitted that there had been an agree ment as to the tonnage to he allowel each road, and that, if one roal ship ped more and another less, aiettlement was made. He adds that there had ben no settlement since 18!W. Mr. Searles denied that there was an under standing to maintain rates between ali rail and all water associations for the purpose of preventing competition. Wild Stampede for Gold. Carson, Nev., April 13. The report ed strike of gold in Churchill county has stampeded Carson. Early this morning there was a string of vehicle? and automobiles heading for Churchill county to reach the Cooney Springs Strike. The town seems to have been almost deserted today in the pell mell rush. News conies from Virginia City and other towns that the stampede las affected them in the same manner. Tonight there are rumors ol another strike within 20 or 30 miles of this city. Makes Troops Work Hard. Manila, April 13. Major General Wood has had the troops constantly engaged in maneuvering and practice marching. The officers and men com plained that they are leing wo'ked ex cessively in this severe climate. Gen eral Wood has since directed that the company drillj in front of the barracks be abandoned. At present, battalion, regimental and brigade drills rover miles of territory, officers and men car rying heavy field equipment. Castro Quits Temporarily. New York, April 13 General Cipri ano Castro has retired temporarily from the presidency of Venezuela. General Juan Vicente Gomez, first vice presi dent of the republic, is the present ex ecutive. This information was con tained in an official cable dispatch re ceived today from Caracas by Carlos Benito Figuerdo, vice consul genera in this city. DESERT WHERE VILLAGES WERE Entire Country Around Vesuvius Like Sahara Desert. Distress Among Thousands of Fugi tives is Appalling Ashes are Now Lighter and Worst is Believed To Be Over Much Help Being Sent and More is Needed. Naples, April 12. The whole of the Vesuvius district, as far as Naples, Ca eerta and Castellamare, is one vast Sa baran desert. Reports tonight from all sides state that the fall of ashes is not so heavy as it has been for the last few days, and tbe ashes are much finer, and from this it is argued that the prospects are much brighter. The blockade of local traffic contin ues, but service on the main lines of railway has been re-established, al though greatly disarranged by the in describable confusion in the stations where foreigners, not fully understand ing the situation, inveigh against the delays and discomforts to which they have been subjected. This has been a disquieting day in Naples. The people, alarmed by what has happened, have deserted their shops, and the manufactories are nearly all closed. The crowds are in a tem per for any excess. It would only re quire a spark to start a conflagration. The distress among the tens of thou sands of refugees is appalling. The government has forwarded supplies ol food and money, several of the Italian cities have done the same, and private citixens are contributing money for the assistance of the sufferers. More help is needed. REVISE EXCLUSION LAW. New Bill Intended to Remove Griev ances of Chinese. Washington, April 12. Representa tive Denby, of Michigan, introduced a bill today, making extensive revision of the Chinese exclusion act. It ex tends the operation of this act ten years and incorporates the recommendation of Commissioner General Sargent for American inspectors in China under the supervision of the Immigration ser vice and for the re-registration of Chi nese now in this country. The bill is not intended to modify the basic principle policy of excluding Chinese laborers, but according to Mr. Denby is an attempt to find a compro mise which shall harmonize differences with China. It permits Chinese residents of this country to go and ciine under proper regulation in regard to return certifi cates, etc. It repeals the provision of existing laws permitting Chinese labor ers to leave the United States and sub sequently return only in case they have wives or families or debts due to them in the United States, and which limits their right of return to one year. It admits Chinese applicants for the writ of habeas corpuB to bail, a privi lege now denied. It provides that any Chinaman resident in the United States, may receive a return certificate on exhibition of his certificate of regis tration or original certificate of entry and pro if of his identity. It repeals the provision of the exist ing law placing the burden of proof upon a Chinese arrested for being un lawfully in the United States to show his right to be here. It repeals specifically the provision in toe law ol loVz, already neld un constitutional, that Chinese found un lawfully in the United States shall be imprisoned at hard labor for one year and then deported. It enlarges the exempt class beyond those mentioned in the treaty of 1880 to include accountants, bookkeepers, hankers, members of the learned pro fessions, editors or members of other lasses not falling within the category of laborers, but it alfo provides that it shall be unlawful for any Chinese rer fon entering the United States as a member of an exempt class to work for gain as a laborer. Rails Blown From Under Train. Pittsburg, Kan., April 12. An un successful attempt to wreck the south bound St. Louis A San Francisco pas senger train, known as the "Meteor," was made last night at a point between Turk and Scammon, routh of Pittsburg. Dynamite had been placed on the track. The train, running nearly CO miles an hour, struck the explosive and caused an explosion that tore out three feet of the track. The high rate of speed at which the train was moving carried it over tbe break without damage to the cars or injury to anyone. Drydock Dewey Breaks Tow. Washington, April 12. The drydock Dewey broke its tow lines in the Med iteranean off Malta and drifted about in a storm for about 23 hours, but is now again in control. This informs-j tion reached the Navy department in a dispatch from Admiral Sigsbee, da'ed at Me?sina, Sicily, yesterday. He stated in the dispatch that the Brook lyn remained with the Dewey when it was floundering about, and did not leave it until it wae safely in tow. Traveling Will Be Expensive. Chicago, April 12. The Central Pas senger association has decided to in crease the summer tourist rates which prevail every season to the Atlantic sea jvuraii irouri?. mi r.u vtrrnc n.r 1110 will be raised about 15 per cent. em Plmurufr. T rk tV Situated In a narrow ravine on tbe south fork of the South Platte river, 48 miles from Denver, Is the highest dam on earth, known as the Cheesman dam. Its wall of solid masonry la 221 feet high. Impounding more than 30, 000,000,000 gallons of water. From an engineering viewpoint, its nearest rival Is the famous Croton dam that Im pounds New York city's water supply. This contains more masonry and cost more money, but It does not hold as much water, and Its construction was not attended with so many or so great engineering difficulties. It almost seems as though Nature It self had Intended the site of Chees man dam to some day be utilized as great reservoir. The canon of tbe South Platte river at this point la not more than 35 feet wide nt the bottom, and the sides are almost vertical for nearly 100 feet At this point the canyon begins to widen, so that 200 feet above the bottom It Is 000 feet wide, and 220 feet above the bottom Its width Is about 700 feet. From the bottom of the canyon to the summit of the dam the side walls are of solid granite. Before the masonry was laid, the loose boulders, rocks and debris were re moved. This work developed the fact that while the bottom contained pot holes, and the sides many Irregulari ties, yet there were no 6eams nor crev ices. The dam was constructed of granite rubble masonry laid In Portland ce HERR MOST. In Boyhood Football of Fate, He Became the Apontle of Hate. Ilerr Johann Most who died in Cin cinnati the other day, was the high priest of anarchy. Brought up under the most adverse circumstances, disfig ured from boyhood. Ill-treated by his first employer, kicked and cuffed about Europe by soldiery and police, he grew Into one of the most rantankerous phil osophers and reddest revolutionists of modern times. Most was born In Augs burg, Germany, Feb. B, 184(1 Ills father held nn office at the court and managed to give the boy a fair elemen HERR JOHAXX MOST. tnrv education. In l"Vl young Most became bl. and an ojeration was per formed, which disfigured his face fwr life. This did as much as anything else, perhaps, to sour his disposition. Then his mother died, and nn unsym pathetic stepmother came Into his world to torment him to rebellion. lie was apprenticed to a bookbinder nml after learning the trade went wan dering through Italy. Switzerland .v.d Hungary. lie found It difficult to get work, because, as he says In his auto Hography. his "facial disfigurement kept customers away." Most went to Zurich In 1S07 and got work, escaping military service because of his deform Ity. He Imbibed socialistic Ideas and started a crusade against all organized government. In May, 1S!9, he made a violent speech denouncing the clergy, the military, the police and the middle class. He spent a month In Jail for this outbreak. After passing other time In Jail for similar offenses. Most was selected by the Socialists as a mission nry In Austria. The authcrltles ban ished him on May 2, 1S71, and he was escorted to the frontier by a large pro cession of worktngmen. In Saxony he was not allowed to se.ik publicly, but he carried on the propaganda In the homes of wagework- ers. lie was maue euuor or mo i neni- nltz Frele l'resse by his party, and served a month In Jnll for making an Incendiary sieeoh. Ilr wns summoned to appear In -court 4.t times and was convicted of 23 violations of law. He bad then teoome nn anarchist of the most rfdlc.il type, advocating the ue of force, even assassination by poison and IhiiuK He was elected to the Reichstag twice. After passing many months In prison he was ordered from Germany. He went to London In 1S7! and he trepan the publication of Frelhelt. When Alexander II. of Russia was killed by nihilist Most published Frelhelt with a red border and an editorial expressing a wish that all tyrants might be served like the Czar. The Russian and Ger man government called the PritNh government's aucntlon to the article. 4fii?Zrm?lZmmm, .. . mi, mill i ii.i n mil lift ment mortar, with the exception of th upstream face, which is of rough-pointed granite ashlar. For the downstream face, granite blocks of moderate size are used, making It one of the most handsome reservoirs to be seen any where as well as one that should last almost as long as the eternal hills. To the beauty of this work of man, are added the glories of the Rockies towering mountains rising In the dis tance capped with everlasting snow, whispering pines, rugged boulders and sapphire skies. The width of the dam on top Is 18 feet, with a 14-foot road way. At the bottom It Is 170 feet wide. The elevation of the top of the parapet walls above the sea Is 6,805 feet The primary object of this great en gineering work Is to supply the city of Denver with water. Incidentally water Is supplied for the irrigation of several thousand acres of land in the valley of the South Platte river. The artificial lake created by the Chessman dam covers an area of 84 acres, extend ing up South Fork valley five miles, up Goose creek two miles, and up Turkey creek one mile and a half. This reser voir Is filled with the melted snows of the Rocky Mountains, furnishing prob ably the purest water enjoyed by any large city In the world. So capacious Is the reservoir that the water always In storage would suffice for the 200,000 Inhabitants of Denver and its suburbs for five years. Wllllamsport (Pa.) Grit and Most waB arresteo. tried, found guilty and sentenced to 10 months hard labor at Clerkenwell prison. On his re lease he sailed for New York, arriving in December, 1S82. He spent three terms on Blackwell's Island for Incen diary utterances. His last Imprison ment w-as for publishing in Frelhelt on the day President McKiuley was shot nn article entitled. Murder vs Murder. Most was not taken seriously by many of his brethren. He was a the atrical and earnest talker and had a fine flow of adjestlves, chiefly denuncia tory. He achieved some success as an actor in 1894 by appearing at the Thalia as Old Baumert In the Weavers. He had not been conspicuous as an ad vocate of force In recent years and thd radical anarchists of the Emma Gold man stripe were at odds with him. Electric Lights from Windmill. Wind-made electricity holds out thu promise of becoming n great boon to rural districts ; and the day Is near at hand when every farmer who has n windmill on his grounds can enjoy elec tric lights and tbe many other services hleh electric power Is cnpable of yield ing. For many years, men have been trying to convert wind power Into elec tricity. It W. Wilson, of Westfleld, Ind., has worked out a practicable method of accomplishing It. In producing wlnd-siai: s!ctrlclty; Wilson caiis uioii uie wmi.'! !? form its customary function of pumping water. He leads the water Into a hy draulic regulator built on the prlnclplo of n wnter-llft In which the pressure Is controlled by weights, and from which It 1r released by means of automatic valves. This regulator Is the means of main taining the even pressure under nil con ditions, whether the windmill Is revolv ing fast or slow. Under the uniform pressure, the wa ter is passed from the hydraulic chain ing through a water motor to which a dynamo Is attached. Mr. Wilson demonstrates the success) of the Invention nt his own shop in Westfield, which Is brightly lighted with wind-made electricity, and to all appearances It equals the steam-made product that city folk enjoy. Million Baihrl of Wbt-at Wmlrd. "During 10o5," writes Ceorge R. Metcalfe, M. E., In the Technical World Magazine, "the railroads of the Tutted States ordered new locomotives to the number of tf.300, together with 3.3) passenger cars nnd 34,0K freight cars. These last figures give a good Idea of the relative liiiiortaiioe of passenger and freight traffic to a large railroad. The rail mills started the new year with orders for 2..VIO.O0O tons on their lxHks. "In spite of these great orders nnd In spite of the lest efforts of the railroad managers, pile after pile of thousand of bushels of corn has been henied up on the ground In Iowa. Kansas, aud Nebraska, for want of storage rn or transportation facilities; while In Ni rth Dakota alone, over a million bushels of wheat has rotted on the ground for want of freight cars ta move it." The Thankful War. Thankful xve wander in bloom blight, AuJ reap in the red thorns the licht. An,L toil being ended, we'll and In lilies of whisper "Hood-night,' Anil dream of a beautiful morning! Atlanta Constitution. Did you ever encounter a lazy man who didn't attribute all bis trials and tribulations to bad luck?