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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL BODY OF LAWMAKERS Saturday, June 2. Washington, June 2. The greater part of the day was spent by the senate in discussing the resolution directing the purchase of Panama canal supplies in America, unless the price was extor tionate and unrea onable. Mallory's motion to strike c ut the word "extor tionate" was lost, 39 to 19. Carmack sought to limit the government's action to a preference f r goods of home man ufacture, other conditions being equal. It was lost, 39 to 17. Bacon wanted no higher prices paid for American goods than the American manufacturer charged abroad for the same article. This went down, 37 to 15. Culberson wanted goods purchased in the cheapest markets; lost, 38 to 16. An amend ment proposed by Pettus limiting the purchase to the lowest responsible bid der was adopted. The bill was passed, 39 to 16. Washington, June 2. What might have been a serious parliamentary snarl was dextronsly avoided by Speaker Cannon late this afternoon in the house of representatives, when Murphy, of Missouri, rose to present what he de nominated a privileged resolution. The conference reports on the rate and the statehood bills had been made and or dered printed, when the Missouri con gressman presented a resolution re scinding the action of the house send ing the statehood bill to conference and providing for a vote on the senate amendments. Payne, of New York, leader of the majority, instantly made the point that the resolution wis not The speaker, with smiling that the resolution was not as the papers in the cage the senate. privileged. face, held privileged, were with Friday, June I. Washington, June 1. The senate to day paseed the bill regulating the lia bility of railroad companies lor injury to employes, but Daniels gave noice of a motion to reconsider, which, if it pre vails, will havfc the effect of again bringing the question before the senate for consideration. The remaining time of the opening cession was devoted to a speech by Morgan in support of the assertion of American control in the Isle of Pines, and to a discussion of the resolution prescribing a policy for the govern ment in the purchase of supplies for the Panama canal. Stone opposed the amendment as uaelesB, and attacked the president as weak and wavering in pol icy. After a protracted executive ses eion the senate adjourned until tomor row. Washington, June 1. A blackdraped desk in the hall of the house of repre eentatives covered with Jnne flowers, brought a shock to almost every mem ber when the house convened today It told, with a pathos all of its own, the story of the passing of Robert Adams, Jr., late a congressman from the Second Pennsylvania district, from the scenes of a busy, active life. Following the reading of the letter, Morrell presented a resolution direct ing the sergeant-at-arms to make the necessary arrangements for the funeral, expenses to be paid out of the contin gent fund of the house, and then, as a further mark of respect, the bouse ad journed. Washington, June 1. The senate committee on privileges and elections today voted that Snioot, of Utah, was not entitled to his seat. The report of the committee will be ready for the senate next Friday. Thursday, May 31. Washington, May 31. The Senate today passed the Knox immunity bill and the omnibus lighthouse bill, and with practically no debate passed the military academy bill, and was only prevented from passing the employers' liability bill by a motion at 2 p. m. to go into executive session. Most of the afternoon was devoted to consideration in execucive session of the nomination of Judge James Wick ersham to be judge of the United States circuit court for the district of Alaska, but he waB not confirmed. Washington, My 31. The Demo crats of the house resumed their fili bustering tactics today, and demanded roll calls on every possible parliamen tary point. Notwithstanding these te dious delays, the house passed the dip lomatic and consular appropriation bill, carrying an appropriation of $2, 734.869. A number of amendments Torrent of Anti-Smoot Petitions. Washington, May 29. Protests against the retention of Reed Smoot as a senator of the United States flooded the senate today, as follows: Minne sota, by Senator Clapp, 6,802; Indiana, by Senator Hemenway, 8,341; New Hampshire, by Senator Gallinger, 3. 265; Kentuckv, by S?nator Black burn, about 2,800: Alabama, by Sena tor Morgan, 801 ; Kansas, by Senator Long, 14,862; North Carolina, by Sen ator Simmons, 2,098. It is said that petitions will be received from every state and territory in the United States. Seattle May Dig Her Canal. Washington, May 29. An under standing has been reached by members of the bouse committee on rivers and harbors which will result in a favora ble report on a bill providing that the United States shall maintain the cf nal at Seattle connecting Lake Union and Shilshole bay with Paget sound. The consideration for maintenance of the waterway by the government is that a lock shall be built by a private corpora tion at the bead of Shilshole bay. were adopted, chief among which were changing the salary of ambassador to Japan from $17,500 to $12,000, and fixing the salaries of the ministers to Belgium (John Barrett), The Nether lands and Luxemburg at $10,000 per year, instead of $12,000, as fixed by the bill when originally reported. The legislative, executive and judi cial appropriation bill and the post office appropriation bill were sent to conference. Tuesday, May 29. Washington, May 29. Senator Per kins made an effort in the senate today to secure a subsidy of $217,000 a year in addition to the amount now paid to the Oceanic Steamship company, ply ing between San Francisco and Austra lia. The sum is the same as carried tor that company by the shipping bill, which passed the senate early in the session, and when Patterson asked Per kins why he did not wait for the pass age of the chipping bill, the latter re plied that "hope deferred maketh the heartsick." The amendment was de clared out of order on a point raised by Clay. Washington, May 29. During the consideration of the diplomatic and consular bill today in the house, an in teresting debate was had on the amend ment proposed by Longworth, of Ohio, to appropriate $1,000,000 for the ac quisition in foreign capitals of proper sites and buildings for the embassies and legations of the United States for the residence of ambassadors and min isters to foreign countries. Lcngworth, in urging his amend ment which went out on a point of order, insisted that, by providing resi dences for our ambassadors the question of ren,t would be eliminated. He said that was now the largest necessary ex pense. With a residence provided by the government, a man of moderate means could live in a dignified way on his salary. Monday, May 28. Washington, May 28. The senate today sent the railroad rate bill to con ference, listened to a long defense by Kittredge of a sea level canal and three Democratic speeches on the resolution in relation to the purchase of canal supplies in foreign markets, and devot ed the remainder of its time to the postoffice appropriation bill. No objection was made to the ap pointment of ranking members of the interstate commerce committee as con ferees on the rate bill, and they were not instructed in any manner. They are Elkins, Cullom and Tillman. Washington, May 28. Early in the session of the house today Williams, Miss., the floor leader of the minority, made the point that there was no quor um present, and it took a call of the house to start the wheels of legislation. After the appearance of a quorum, the house concurred in amendments made by the senate to a number of house bills. The house resolved itself into a "city council" for the consideration of bills relating to the District of Colum bia. The compulsory education bill for the district occupied most of the day, being finally placed on its passage. On a division, the absence of a quorum was disclosed. Williams made the point of no quorum, and a call of the house en sued, the veas and nays being railed on the passage of the bill. Will Need More Money. Washington, May 30. What mem bers of the house committee on appro priations regard as an absolute disre gard of the law authorizing the con struction of the new building for the department of agriculture is revealed in the hearings before that committee on the Fnndry civil appropriation bill. In 1903 congress appropriated $1,500,000 for this building. It was the general understanding that this was for the erection of a complete building for the accommodation of the entire depart ment. It was with some astonishment that the members learned last week that "somebody"had ordered the construc tion of two wings of what may be some day a completed building and that the two wings have practically exhausted the $1,500,000 approprated for a com plete structure. The wings, when completed, will, according to testimony given before the committee, be inade quate to house tbeJdepartment torce, and congress will be called upon to ap propriate another couple of millions to fill the space between the two wings. May Not Confirm. Waihington, May 28 In the light of the attitude assumed by the seiate subcommittee on judiciary, it is quite probable that Williamg C. Bristol will not be confirmed at this session as dis trict attorney for Oregon. The sub committee is not favorable to Biitol's confirmation, yet does not go to the ex tent of recommending the rejection of his nomination. It will probably make no report to the full committee, which means that the committee will not re port to the senate and no action will be taken before the adjournment. Proposes Postal Telegraph. Washington, May 28. The idea of a postal telegraph has a warm advocate in Samuel W. Smith, member of con gress from Michigan, who in a careful ly prepared speech today in the house insisted that if the government would undertake juch a system, the deficit in the postal department would be almost wiped out. "We should," he said, "have a first-class postal telegraph in the United States in connection with our splendid postal facilities." I LOSS WILL BE HEAVY. Heavy Rainfall in Eastern Oregon and Washington Destroyed Crops. Pendleton, Or., June 1. Umatilla county has, lost by a conservative esti mate at least $1,500,000 by reason of the flood. It is impossible to' give de tailed figures, for the waters in McKay creek and Birch creek, in the Milton country, at Weston and the Umatilla river are raging, and the fields are still flooded and out of sight. On every hand, however, as the water recedes, are left fields of alfalfa coated thickjand weighted down with slime and silt. It is a worthless waste, and must not oulyjbe cut down but taken from the fields before other crops can be grown. Practically all of the alfalfa crops of McKay creek are ruined. The terri tory varies from 100 feet to a quarter of a mile in width and is from 15 to 20 miles in length. All of the bridges are out, the water, though falling, is still raging and no definite information can be secured. At Weston the town was damaged to the extent of $5,000 and the same amount was lost in the immediate vi cinity. In 54 hours h inches of rain fell, while on Weston mountain the fall was from 9 to 10 inches. Four out of seven bridges are washed out and three small store buildings were washed into the river. The greatest damage, perhaps, is due to stock losses in the mountain ranges. Thousands of sheep had just been sheared and were unprotected. The storm swept into the mountains with an advance guard of cold fog, followed by heavy rain and snow. In the face of this blizzard the herders in many instances deserted their flocks, leaving 2,000 and 3,000 head to their fate. Reports beginning to come in tell of disaster, though everything is unau thentic as yet. Hemphill lost his en tire band of 3,000 sheep. J. E. Smith lost 1,000 and Gus Lafontaine 1,000. Douglas Bett's herder left3,000 to take car of themselves. At Milton the loss will reach into the thousands. The orcbardB are flooded and the fruit trees covered with mud and slime. The alfalfa fieldB are masses of sediment, as are the straw berries, but the latter will not all be lost. It is hard to put an estimate on Milton's damage, because many of the fields will be saved. The estimate of damage is made by those who are fa miliar with he country and who know the area and the value of the crops. No actual figures are as yet forthcoming. In Pendleton the loss will be great on account of the stocks of merchandise flooded in the cellars, and the broken levee and consequent flooding of homes. A conservative estimate of the damage here iB $50,000., Walla Walla, Wash., June 1. After four days and nights of drenching Walla Walla and the surrounding coun trv are gradually recovering from the unequaled torrents of water poured in to the river and streams and submerg ing the fields. The big plants depend ent upon the electric power company are still nut of business, but there is hope now that within ten days the power will be supplied. The damage done by the high water has been immense, but the reports coming in today show that the greater actual loss will fall upon the farmers and the fruitgrowers. A conservative estimate of the damage done to crops places the loss at $250,000. This is not an exaggeration, as from all parts of the county come reports of bridges swept away, houses inundated and crops destroyed Trial is Postponed. Caldwell, Idaho, Jnne 1. When the cases of Charles H. Moyer, William D. Haywood and George A. Pettibone, charged with the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, came up in th district court yesterday, counse for the prosecution, acting upon the suggestion made on Tuesday bv Presid ing Judge Frank Smith, filed a formal motion for a continuance on the ground that the habeas corpus proceedings in stituted in the Federal courts in behalf of the defendants are still pending and serve as a bar to further proceedings in the state court until a decision shall have been rendered by the Federal Su preme court. Judge Smith granted the motion, and exceptions were entered by the defense and allowed. It is not likely that the case can be taken up again before December. Favors American System. Victoria, B. C, June 1. The Yorod zu of Tokio says the imperial family of Japaa has decided to dispatch Mis Highness Prince Kamin as special en voy to America to show imperial con cern for the disastrous San Francisco earthquake. Prince Kamin will leave for America on June 25. A Pekin report says Tuan Fang and Taihung Chi, Chinese traveling com missioners to America and England, have memorialized the Chinese govern ment commending the American eco nomic system. May Lose Warship. London, June 1. It is feared the British navy will lose one of its best vesels, the first-class battleship Mon tagu, which struck on the rocks at Lundy island Wednesdav, and, sccord- ing to latest reports received at Devon- port at midnight, is not likely to be re floated. Naval experts are of the opin ion that the attempt to refloat the Mon tagu under present conditions will mean her disappearance in30 fathoms of water. General Buchanan Will Retire. Washington, June 1. Brigadier General James A. Buchanan, lately in command of the department of the Vi sayan, Philippines, will be placed on the retired list of the army tomorrow on his own application. LOCK CANAL THE THING Address Delivered In Which Congress Is Scored'for Delay. Wrangle Over Plans Should End ard Work Commence Congress Ac cused of Throwing Obstacles in the Way of PresentGeneration Securing Benefits. Atlanta, Ga., May 31 . Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the Panama canal commission, as the guest today of At lanta friends. He delivered two ad dresses. The first was at the dedica tion of a new building at Agnes Scott Institute, a college for women, in De catur, a suburb of Atlanta. The sec ond was delivered this evening before the chamber of commerce, in which he spoke of the relations of the south to the Panama canal. He took strong ground in advocacy of the lock canal system. Mr. Shonts said that between the time of the selling of the supplies which will enter into the construction of the Panama canal and the period when the opening of the canal will re sult in the development of the country a gulf is fixed. How great and how wide that gulf is will depend on the type of canal selected. Mr. Shonts spoke in favor of a lock canal as recom mended by the minority of the consult ing board and indorsed by the canal commission. He said, in conclusion: "The practical question for all sec tions of the country is, How long shall we wait before we can enter upon the period of development which the open ing of the canal will bring to the coun try? I am not surprised that European countries are indifferent to the early completion of this canal. I am not surprised that they are indifferent as to how much this canal may cost our gov ernment. I am not surprised that they can view calmly an indefinite postpone ment of the operation of this great waterway. They are neither paying the bills nor will their commerce and industries suffer by waiting for the comple'ion of this undertaking. "But I am surprised that those who are supposed to represent the best in terests of the American people should try to throw obstacles in the way of realizing the benefits of this work at the earliest possible date. When we can get a better cans! for less money and receive the benefits ourselves, why wait? Why make it a heritage to our children, with the possibility of their being deprived of its benefits through Borne unforeseen contingency? I have spoken of a gulf. Now how wide that gulf shall be depends on the people. D j you want to reap the benefits of this undertaking yourselves, or do you want to transmit a hope to your child ren or your children's children?" INSURANCE MEN 'ARE SLOW. Rebuildtng Stopped Because'jThey Do Not Pay Losses. San Francisco, May 31. Building operations in the ruined portions of this city have received a decided set back owing to the dilatory tactics of the underwriters, Almost before the ruins had cooled the owners of large build ings in the business section which had not been destroyed beyond restoration planned for their epeedy and complete rehabilitation. In a lew days after the great, fire throngs of menwere engaged in strengthening the shells and clearing awav the debris of the great office buildings and hotels in the downtown district. Today the men engaged in the Crock er, Shreve, Mutual Savings bank build ing and the St. Francis hotel in these operations were given notice that all work must cease because of lack of funds Accordingly the army of laborere and skilled mechanics who were making the ruins of the great buildings hives of industry were laid off, and quietness once more reigns in these sections of the devastated district. Good Provision for Queen. London, May 31. Under the mar riage treaty signed here May 7 and is sued in the form cf a parliamentary paper todav, King Alfonso engages to secure to Princess Victoria, as Princess Ena is now known in Spain, an annual public grant of $90,000 while both are alive, snd in the event of her widow hood $150,000 annually while she re mains a widow. A private settlement is also made. The treaty recog nizes that the princess forfeits all he reditary rights of succession to the crown of Great Britain. Stampede Empties Town. Goldfield, Nev., May 31. Remark able ftrikes have been reported from near Alkali Springs, 17 miles northwest of Goldfield, and today Goldfield is nearly depopulated of rrining men and prospectors. For two davs the stream of goldseekers has Wen pouring into the district from Goldfield and nearby camps. lne ore taken nut ranch re sembles the Tonopah. bearing gold and silver in nearly equal quantities. The field is large. Serious Revolt in China. Shanghai, May 31. A serious rising, assisted by secret societies, is in pro gress at Yingshan, in the province of Kiangshi. The people are seeking re fuge in the cities. The British gunboat Snipe, from Sangchang, will proceed to the scene of the disorder. The gover- f a : i i . No missionaries are involved. THE WORLD. Sorreapondent of the The World To Iay Telia How It Will Be Done. Science la dissatisfied with the ac cepted figures of the earth's weight They are considered a trifle antique for a twentieth century standard. Ameri cans are to lead the way In weighing the world once more, writes Percy Trenchard In The World To-Day. It may sound absurd to some to speak of weighing the great earth and yet It has been done and is to be done again More than half a century ago pendu lums were swung, under Alry's direc tion, at the top and bottom of an Eng lish coal pit The comparison of their times of swing showed how heavy the whole earth was compared with the outermost thin shell, a shell of the thickness of the depth of the coal pit Since geologists were able to give a fair estimate of the weight of this sur face shell, the weight of the entire earth became a mere matter of multi plication. The same experiment Is to be repeat ed by a scientific expedition from the Survey Department at Washington. Pen dulums are to be swung at the apex of the great pyramid and In the cham bers at its center and base. From the swing of these pendulums the compara tive weights of the earth and of the pyramid can be learned, and the weight of the pyramid having been estimated, the weight of the world will be, as in the case of the Alrv experiment a mere matter of multiplication. All this may be a little puzzling to the lay mind, but the explanation Is not difficult Asked to describe the method of weighing the world In plain un technical language an official of the Survey Department said : "The prlnclp'e Is that the weight of a body Is proportionate to the attrac tion which It exerts. By tho pull that the sun exerts over tho earth as shown WEIGHING h- . ' - - ; ' r i , , ' ' ' v s i ---- - 1 A-M-h'ftH- -V GREAT PYRAMID by the earth's motion, we estimate that Its attraction Is 352.2S0 times as great an the earth's and therefore that the sun's mass Is that many times greater than the mass of the earth. Knowing the weight of the earth it Is easy to estimate the weight of the sun by this method of comparison. In the same way the weight of Jupiter, Saturn, Ve nus, Neptune or any other planet may be ascertained by comparlsop with the weight of the sun, basing the calcula tloiis on the amount of attraction the sun exercises over these planets. But first the earth's weight must be estl mated to form a basis for the other calculations. "The same principle Is applied. The pyramid will be used as a basis for the first estimate. A pluinb-bob will be swung from the apex of tjie pyramid. observation and calculation will deter mine the force of the attraction of the small body, namely, the pyramid, for th plumb-bob and the greater attrac tion of the large body, the earth, for the plumb-bob. The weight of the py ramid having been estimated, the weight of the earth will be calculated by multiplying the pyramid's weight by the number of times the attraction of the earth for the plumb-bob Is great er than the attraction of the pyramid for the plumb-ltob. From the standard thus fixed the weight of all other bodies In the solar system can be estimated. "Here are some old figures for you ; the number of cubic miles In the earth Is about 2."9.8.0f0,000 ; each cubic mile contains 147.2tX).000.O(TO cubic feet and each cubic foot upon the average, weighs 5.GT times as much as a cubic foot of water, or 354 pounds, 0 ounces avoirdupois, t igure it out for your self." SUCCORS WOUNDED ANT. Lord Avellnar Convinced that the In- aeet la Poaaeaned of Reason. Lord Avellng. better known as Sir John Lubbock, the famous scientist writes: "In one of my nests was an mt which had come Into the world without antennae. Never having pre viously met with such a case, I watch ?d her with great Interest but she nev er npiwared to leave the nest At length one day I found her wandering about In an aimless sort of manner, ap parently not knowing her way at all. After awhile she fell In with some ants 3t another species, who directly at tacked her. "I at once set myself to separate thorn, but whether owing to the wounds she had received from her ene mies or to my rough though well-meant handling or to both, she was evIJently much wounded, and lay helpless on tho grvunL After some time another ant rom the same nest came by. Sho ex- vmlnod the poor sufferor cnroiully. 1U.U1 picked her up and carrlod her away Into the nest It would have been difficult for anyone who bad witnessed the scene to have denied to this ant the possession of humane feelings. "In face of such facts as these It la Impossible to regard ants as mere ex quisite automatons. When we see an ant hill, tenanted by thousands of in dustrious Inhabitants, excavating cham bers, forming tunnels, making roads, guarding their home, gathering food, feeding the young, tending their domes tic animals each one fulfilling its du ties It Is difficult altogether to deny to them the gift of reason, and the preceding observations tend to confirm the opinion that their mental powers differ from those of men not so much In kind as In degree. FIR8T CA8E OF LYNCH LAW. Hanarlna- of a Murderer by Hla Heela In tho Woat of Ireland. So many different versions and ex planations of the term lynch law have at various times been given and occa sionally are even yet added to, that It seems fitting to recount the tragic Inci dent which has since given a name to so many calamitous occurrences not only In our land but on occasion also In that of others. The very name of "Lynch" gives the direct clew to the land of Its origin Ireland. And when we recall the fact that during the latter part of the sev enteenth century there was compara tively a large Immigration from the north of Ireland and the south of Scotland, coming as settlers to the Car ollnas, from which much of this ma terial spread westward Into Kentucky and Tennessee, and, realizing the tenacity with which these peoples hus band, nourish and perpetuate their folklore and traditions, It needs only to relate the Incident which Thackeray In his "Irish Sketch Book" graphically recounts to show bow natural It was EGYPT. to apply the memories and such a term to the Individual exercise of Justice and punishment Thackeray, in the book referred to and in chapter 1, which treats of Gal way, thus speaks of an occurrence within Its precincts whl;h hi 1842 and probably does to this day bore the grewsome "memento" so grimly de scribed in the words following : "Then there Is Lombard street oth erwise called, Deadman's lane, with a 'awjad and crossbones and a me mento mori over the door where the dreadful tragedy of the Lynches was acted In 1493. if Galway Is the Rome of Connaught James Lynch Fltzste phen, the mayor, may be considered as the Lucius Junius Brutus thereof. Lynch had a son who went to Spain as master or one of his father s ships, and being of a wild, extravagant turn. there contracted debts, drew bills and alarmed his father's correspondent who sent a clerk and nephew of his own back In young Lynch s ship to Galway to settle accounts. On the fif teenth day young Lynch threw the Spaniard overboard. Coming back to his own country, he reformed his life a little and was on the point of marrying one of the Iwakes, Burkes or Bodkins or others, when a seaman who had sailed with him, being on the point of death, confessed the murder fci which he had been a participator. Hereon, the father, who was chief magistrate of the town, tried his son and sentenced him to death, and when the clan Lynch rose in a body to res cue the young man and divert such a disgrace from the family It Is said that Fltxstephen Lynch hanged the culprit with his own hands. A tragedy called 'The Warden of Gal way' has been written on the subject and was acted a few nights before my arrival." New York Times. Handle Work with Glove. "I hope," said the woman who was ordering a pair of slippers made of flowered satin, "that you will tell your workman to wash his hands before he begins to make these up." "Wash his hands!" repeated the clerk. "Wliy, madam, he never will touch these with his bare hands." Then the clerk explained that all workmen employed In making slippers of light colors worked witu white gloves on. "Try to keep them clean !" h contin ued. "1 should say they did. They try so hard that they change their white gloves three times a day." Which Is uot so fantastic as it may svm, for if a nhoeinaker soils material of this kind the expense to him of replacing the material, to say nothing of the loss, of his time, makes it worth his while to work hi glovos and kep them cleaa at that Now York Press. OF