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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL BODY OF LAWMAKERS Friday, June 29. Washington, June 29. "We're go ing home; we're going home tomor row, wan on the minds or tne mem bers of the house today when they assembled for the last day's work pre vious to adjournment. Conference re ports were considered throughout the day. The final report on the agricul tural appropriation bill, containing the meat inspection provision, was adopted, the senate eventually agreeing that the government should pay the cost of inspection. Other matters of vital moment were the agreement to the conference report on the pure food bill, the Ohio and Lake Erie ship canal and naturalization bills. Both bouses of congress tonight adopted the conference, report on the sundry civil appropriation bill and that measure now goes to the president for signature. Hale presented the report in the senate. The total amount carried in the bill as agreed to is $98, 257,184. The senate receded on the amend ment providing for a steel light vessel at Swiftsure bank, at the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Washing ton. The Jamestown exposition appropria tion stays in the bill as arranged by the conferees. The appropriation of $3,000,000 for the building for the department of State, Justice and Commerce and Labor was stricken out, that being provided for in the public building bill. Thursaay, June 28. Washingtno, June 28. The senate consumed the greater part of the day discussing the public building bill Efforts by several eenators to secure in creases for public buildings in cities and towns of their respective states were in no instance successful. For San Juan Porto Rico, Senator Foraker secured an advance from $200,000 to $300,000. In reporting the bill, Sen ator Scott, chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds, re (erred to it as "the pork"arrel. The agricultural bill reappeared in a partial conference report. The report was complete, except with reference to the meat inspection provision, and on that another conference was ordered. There was some desultory discussion of the conference report on the pure food bill, but its disposition was post poned until tomorrow. Washington, June 28. The house worked under forced draft today and accomplished an immense amount of business preparatory to adjournment at the week's end. Conference reports on a number of measures were adopted without debate, but it required ppecial rules in other properties to effect con sideration and adoption of some im portant conference agreements. Interests centered about the confer ence reports on the railroad rae bill and the agricultural appropriation bill 15 jth were considered and adopted un der a blanket rule permitting the con sideration of conference reports without being printed in the Record. Wednesday, June 27. Washington, June 27. The senate was in open session for about five hours and a half today, and, notwithstanding the cession began with a roll call in order to assure a quorum, the day was crowded with business of importance, including the announcement by Senator Proctor, chairman of the senate com mittee on agriculture, of a deadlock in conference on the meat inspection pro vision of the agricultural appropria tion bill; a reply by Senator Bailey to the recent attack upon him in the Cos niopoliian magazine; the passage of the naturalization bill ; the continuance of Senator La Follette's effort to pass kia bill limiting the hours of service on railroad trains, the acceptance of an almost complete report on the sundry civil appropiiation bill, and a speech by Senator Warren in support of his resolution relative to the livestock in dustry. Washington, June 27. The general deficiency bill, the last of the big money measures, passed the house at 6 o'clock today, with few changes in the bill. Several items were inserted, due to late information of deficiencies in the departments, the net increase being about $(00,C0O over the bill as report ed from the committee on appropria tions. Among the important actions of the house today were the passage of the senate bill providing for a lock type of canal and the adoption of the item in the general deficiency kill ratifying and legalizing the duties collected during President McKinley's term from im ports from the Philippine islands Tuesday, June 26. Washington, June 26. After two or three more speeches on the confer ere report on the railroad rate bill, the senate today sent the bill back to con ference, again designating Senators Till man, Jukins and Cullom as conferees During the day the naval appropria ttion bolill, which has been in confer ence for several weeks, was finally passed, the senate receding from its amendment concerning the-naval train ing station at Port Rofyal, 8. C, which was the only item remaining in contro versy. The most interesting incident was a conflict over a motion by Senator LaFollette to enter upon the considera tion of the bill limiting to 16 years the time railroad employes engaged in the movement of trains may be employed consecutively. Washington, June 26. A bill recent ly passed by congress providing for the opening to settlement of the Blacbfcot Indian reservation in Montana probab ly will be retailed by resolution of th house. President Roosevelt hesitates to veto the measure, but he Mias been informed by the bureau of Indian affairs that the bill does not sufficient ly protect the water rights on the land subject to allotment to the Indians. It is likely the measure will go over until the next session of congress. The house passed the senate bill which allows live stock to be carried 36 hours insead of 28 without stop The omnibus public building bill was also passed. Monday, June 25. Washington, June 25. The senate today passed Senator La Follette's joint resolution extending the scope of the inquiry now being conducted by the Interstate Commerce commission under the Tillman-Gillespie resolution, so as to have it include the transportation and storage of grains. In support of his contentions, Sena tor La Foilette Baid that testimony taken by the commission indicates a joint ownership between the railroads and the elevator companies to the det riment of the farmers, who are entitled to a free and open market. About 300 private pension bills were papsed. The senate held a night session and at 9:45 p. m. adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. Washintgon, June 25. Under a rule limiting debate on all but two sections, the so-called immigration bill was dis cussed for three hours today in the house and passed, without an aye and no vote being permitted on any of the paragraphs. This bill attracted much attention, the representatives having large foreign colonies in their districts lining up generally against the head tax of $5, wh'ch was defeated, and against the educational test. After a very interesting contest a substitute for the educational test, pro viding that the whole matter be sub mitted to a commission, was adopted by a close vote. The most important feature of the bill were thus eliminated and the bill was passed without divi sion. At 5:35 p. m. the house took a cess until 8 o'clock this evening to vote three hours to oratory. rede- Will Not Go to Panama. Washington, June 28. By a vote of ix to four, the senate committee on in- teroceanic canals today decided not to go to the isthmus of Panama and take testimony in the canal investigation. Bya greement no testimony will be tak n in ashington until netx session, and therefore the disposition of Wil- iam Nelson Cromwell's refusal to tes- fy concerning canal matters prior to government ownership of the property will be postponed until next December, which wlil postpone action on the nom- nations of canal commissioners. It is expected the commissioners will be re- p pointed during the recess of congress. Nominations Sent to Senate. Washington, June 28. Te presi dent yesterday sent the following nom- nations to the senate: Marshal, dis trict of Idaho, Ruel Rounds; chief of bureau of insular affairs, Colonel Clar ence O. Edwards; to be placed on the retire ! list, Colonel John Pitman, Ord- ance department, with rank of briga- ler. NEWSPAPER SHOPS SEIZED. Government Attempts to Suppress Ac counts of Mutiny in Army. St. Petersburg, June 27. The gov ernment, taking advantage of the effect produced by the frankness and fincerity of Interior Minister Stolypin s declara tions in tbe lower house of parliament, has taken prompt steps to prevent any further anti-Semitic disturbances. But this effect is waning and the impossi bility of the present situation is daily coming more to the fore. Tbe senti ment in favor of a change in tbe minis try is now not only shared by tbe lower and upper bouses of parliament, and voiced by the entire presB, but is sup ported by a strong faction at court. Tbe revolutionists are jubilant at tbe progress made by tbe military propa ganda. The conservative Novoe Vrem ya today devotes a leading editorial to the subject, and the radical organs print columns of accounts of military troubles, some of wbicb undoubtedly were invented for suggestive effect, but the majority were based on fact. After a vain attempt to stop the pub lication of unfavorable military news by tbe confiscation of their editions, the police yesterday seized the typo graphical outfits of several papers, and tbe offices of provincial journals which were reprinting the accounts of the Novoe Vremya and Slovo were sum marily closed. Agrarian disorders at Kharkoff, Pol tava and Tamboff have led to conflicts with the troops. The estate of Prince Volkonsky, a member of the lower bouse of parliament, at Morshansk, has been plundered and his residence burned. HONESTY IS NOT COMMON No One Can Be Trusted In European Commercial Life. Everything Must Go Down in Writing and Fen It Is Not Wholly Safe America Will Not Lose Anything by Comparison European Mud slingidg is Hypocrisy. STAY WITH WORK. Cannon Says Congress Must Finish Before It Can Adjourn. Washington, June 27. Congress will stay in session until its work is fin ished. Thia is the dictum of Speaker Cannon and his lieutenants, and is being emphasized at this time to coun teract any impression that the pure tood bill, at least, might go over until the next session. There is also trouble on tbe meat inspection bill, and the "tie up" on the railroad rate bill indicates delay The immigration bill is also in confer ence, as are several ot the appropria tion bills. All of these things must be worked out without any date of ad ournment being set, according to th decision of the house leaders. When the work is done an adjournment reso lution will be forthcoming in short order. While the situation today epellB de lay until next week, the work on th Hoor ib progressing. Members say there is no need to prolong the session beyond Friday, if the conferees make up their minds that the work must, be done or that agreements which will meet all demands can be arranged on all matters before that time, and that f the idea of prolonging the session for the purpose of killing certain bills abandoned, this week will see the end Chicago, June 28. The Berlin cor respondent of the Chicago Daily News cables the following interview with Adolph Kahn, a prominent American business man, on bis observance of business methods abroad: "European mud-slinging at Ameri can commercial morals, which is now so popular, is hypocrisy of the rankest kind," said Mr. Kahn. "Wide know ledge of European methods assures me that a comparison of ethics would de cidedly favor the business men and business practices of the United States. Representatives of our leading indus trial organizations declare -that their daily experiences reveal little of tbe A person starting from New York City on a tour of Europe has much to anticipate and considerable to regret. It Is in the grout eastern metropolis that true American life in Its fullness is attractively and strikingly depicted. The buildings, the environment, are not particularly picturesque, but the rush 'it business, the crowd of people sug gest a restless perpotuul activity that will not be met with anywhere in the old countries. The people are well dressed and good-looking, and it will SPREAD FERMENT. Russian Parliament Openly Advocates Revolution. St. Petersburg, June 27. The session Df the lower house of parliament todav was openly devoted to the revolutionist propaganda for undermining the loyal y of the troops. A score of speeches couched in ardent revolutionary tone were delivered, with the direct object f their dissemination among the sol iers. The authorities, who are able to con fiscate papers containing telegraph ac counts of the ferment among the sol iery, are unable to prevent the publi cation ot parliamentary speeches, and those delivered todav will tomorrow be rinted in every radical paper in the mpire and so find their wav into every barracks, camp and outpost. Ihe rostrum was abandoned almost entirely to Cossack representatives ine conservative Uossacks did their best to counteract the addresses of their revolutionary conferees. The lie was freely passed on both sides regarding the sentiments of the Cossack soldiers and their devotion to duty, in spite of the utmost efforts of Prince Paul Dol- gourokoff, who occupied the chair in the absence of President Mouromtseff Two Contests Decided. Washington, June 25. The bouse today adopted unanimously the report of the committee on elections No. 2, that Ernest E. Wood was not elected to membership in the house of representa tives in the Fifty-ninth congress from the Twelfth congressional district of Missouri, and that Harry M. Coudrey was elected. Coudrey presented him self to take the oath. The house adopted a rrsolution that A. J. Hous ton was not elected from the Second district of Texas. The sitting member, M. L. Brooks, therefore retains bis seat. Schools in Canal Zone. Washington, June 25. Twenty-three public schools, with an attendance of 1,128 pupils and with 26 teachers, have been established on the canal zone by the various municipalities under the direct:on of tbe canal zone government. Five of the six municipalities have adopted compulsory education laws and well attended schools are developing rapidly in a country that knew nothing of free schools before the establishment of the canal cone government. Bids for New Warships. Washington, June 25. Wliliam Cramp & Sons' Ship and Engine Build ing company, of Philadelphia, was the lowest bidder today for ships of the Michigan and bouth Carolina type. with the machinery as prescribed by the Navy department. The depart ment plans for machinery will proh ably be accepted by the Navy depart ment in preference to plans of bidders The bids for the prescribed machinery were known as Class 1 bids, and Cramps' bid was $3,540,000, the New York Ship building company, $3,585,000. Bill for Government Buildings. Washington, June 26. The omnibus public building bill, as agreed upon by house committee on public buildings and grounds, was presented to the house today by Chairman Bartholdt. Some of the appropriations are for ad ditions and repairs. The buildings au tnorired, together with the amounts to be expended, include: Idaho Mos cow, $100,000. Washington Spokane, $100,000; Tacoma, $100,000; Belling ham, $25,000; North Yakima, $20,000. Detectives Murdered in Streets. Warsaw, June 27. At 5 o'clock this evening in the outskirts of this citv a band of terrorists, armed with revolv ers, attacked three detectives, of whom they killed two and wounded the third. When an ambulance arrived and the doctors tried to assist the wounded de tective, two men approached and fired twice, killing the injured man. The shots attracted Cossacks and infantry to the scene, and the soldiers barred the street, firing several volleys by which a number of sympathizing workmen were wounded. Granted Half Holidays Weahington, June 27. Saturday half holidays during the months of July, August and September have oeen granted by President Roosevelt to skilled mechanics and laborers and to all employes in the classified service at the navy yards and naval stations cf the United States. The same benefit is extended in another general order to the skilled mechanics, laborers and em ployes in the classified service of the government printing office. Investigating Canadian Beef. Victoria, B. C, June 27. An Otta, wa special says Hon. Sydney Fisher minister of agriculture, is having an investigation 'made into the canned meat industry of Canada so as to be able to assure tbe British buyer of the purity of the Canadian article. boasted moral Superiority of the Old World. "One of them makes the sweeping assertion that, barringperhaps English men, he would not trust any Earopean merchant, manufacturer or tradesman, unleis the transactions were tied up in formal documents producible in court. "Such things as a 'gentleman's agreement,' which is an everyday feat ure of American business, is unknown here. The doctrine of common honesty and mutual trust appears to play no part in European commercial life. Everything must be put down in black and white, and even then there is a tendency to quibble and crawl. Broad- guage, generous methods and princi ples, characteristic of the best class of American concerns, are utterly foreign to the European business code." PASSESARETO BE LIMITED. Rate Bill'Conference WilhAlso'.Report Pipe Line Amendment. Washington, June 27. The confer ence on the railroad rate bill tonight resufted in no agreement on that meas ure. The discussion made it clear that the pass provision, which is to be per fected for the action of the committee tomorrow morning, will follow closely the lines of the original senate amend ment on that subject. It will name certain classes of persons who may re ceive passes and exclude all others. , There is also ground for the predic tion that the pipe line amendment will be reported exactly as it was in the last conference report that is, the phrase "common carriers" will give place to the word "railroads." The effect of this will be to permit pine 'lines to transport the product owned by the ewners of the pipe line. Before discussing the two disputed amendment! it was decided that the former agreement as to all other Doints in dispute should stand. This was the first meeting since the rejection of the conference report by the eenate on ac count of the pass amendment and provision relating to pipe lines. STARTING ACROSS Tilt ATLANTIC. the Interest tbe tourist to recall, when he reaches the other sale of the ocean, that all of them wear hats, and pretty ones, except perhaps an occasional beggar, or a foreigner with a shawl upon her hoiid, who is selling crocheted laces from a basket. Another fact to be re membered is that our American police men walk one by one, while in Italy they will be found always marching about in twos. The skyscrapers are of course a distinctive feature. There Is not anything like them in Europe, one group covering the most valuable ten ace lot in the world. The initial prospect ot the steamer tli.it Is to give the tourist his first run from home is not particularly attrac tive. The great ship does' not look en ticing in the docks, The sailors make a great task of cleaning it up after coaling, and everything is in confusion over the handling of freight and bag gage. The place is noisy, too, and the staterooms a re close and musty, redolent of odors of the wharf. The best friend to make at starting Is thr deck steward, who is always pleased to advise the inexperienced traveler where he will most enjoy sitting on deck during the voyage. This Is the more Important, because one's first choice of a place will hoKl throughout the trip at sea. The great hour comes ivhen the steam er leaves Its wharf, and the tourist re alizes that lie Is off for Europe. The crowds on the docks below wave their hats, handkerchiefs and pnmsols In adieu, and the big ship moves slowly away from American shores. In many Instances the tourist Is fulfilling the cherished dream of years, and. al though It Involves partings and heart aches ami personal separations, it means a strong and striking begiunlng of entirely new things. Hut anxiety, nervousness and Impatience gradually wear off. and all eyes turn from the Jagged skyline of New York, and looH toward Europe. The steamer passes beneath Bar tholdl's statue of Liberty, the copper bronze of which shines brightly in the sunlight, and then skirts Governor's Island, with Its old m-lltary museum. This was put Into practical use seven years ago, when war stared us in the face. Within ten days the tourist may look upon the coast lines of our Span ish enemies of that recent, though now rarely thought of hour. Tho enomous steamship puts out to sea, a proud Titan of the deep. It is a far cry from Itobert Fulton's steamboat ot 1807, wherein he made a Hd&ion river trip of 110 miles in twenty-four hours, to the amazement of every one who heard of the exploit. It Is reassuring to con sider that specialization of ocean Indus try has minimized the perils of sea travel, especially with tbe Improvement of submarine signals and perfection of wireless telegraphy. To-day It Is less hazardous to cross the Atlantic In an up-to-date steamship than It Is to cross the American continent by rill. The usual seasickness, a sharp look out for Icebergs, the rout.ne of the three great events on shipboard, breakfast, luncheon and dinner, guessing on the day's run all these lead up finally to the first sight of new land off St. Mi chael's, of the Azores. Gray masses of rock seem to rise out of the sea, but as the haze lifts the indefinite mass resolves Itself into outlines of villages, fruitful lands, marked out by hedges, windmills, solitary houses, gray cliffs. All about are little fishing boats man ned by Portuguese fishermen from the Islands. Puenta Delgada Is the most noticeable of the towns, being Spanish In appeaance, and Its old houses of stone and colored plaster have taken on exquisitely mellowed tints. The next land Is Cadiz, "the white city of Spain," which rises out of the ABIVAI, A.T GIBBALTAtf, sea like an edifice of dreamland. At first It Is like a low-lying cloud, grad ually pierced by towers and domes, and then the entire beautiful prospect. Not far from this city is, Palos, whence Co lumbus sailed for the unknown west, and Hifelva, where the great statue to the discoverer of America stands. Be hind them, futher inlaud, are the snow topped Sierras. The tourist looks back towards hi native land with the feeling that it Is very far away, Indeed. He his crossed the broad Atlantic, and just ahead are the straits of Gibraltar and tbe Medi terranean, giving a nearer glimpse of the actual castles in Spain. ' MINUTE MEASUREMENTS. Sulphites Used in Sausae-es. Kansas City, June 28. A chemical analysis of hamburger Eteaks, bologna sausage, loose sausage, Polish eausage, iranmurters and weinerwursts, bought in me open market from the three lead ing parting companies, has convinced Dr. B. W. Lindberg, president of chem istry and toxicology in the Ksnsas City Habnan Mann Medical college, that these products of the packing compan les contain sulphites. In every sample of the product of two and in two ont of five of the other samples sulphites were louna. Spread of Mutiny, St. Petersburg, June 28. The com mander of the ultra-royal Prebrajansky regiment, to which belong the men who recently held a meeting in the guard camp at Krasnoic-Se'.o and drew up resolutions addressed to their com mander, upholding all of the actions of parliament and declaring that thev want no more police dntv entailing the slaying of brothers or fathers, has been Beerely reprimanded by the emperor. MeetingjNo Resistance. Mexico City. June 28. News from Salvador relating to the revolution in Guatemala is that General Toledo has advanced into the count rv without en countering any resistance during a three-days' march. It is believed be is now near or at the city of Guatemala. A large number of government troops have deserted to bim. The government commander at the Keratempa had to resort to the severest measures to pre vent his troops from disbanding. Apparatus that Meaaarea One-SeT-enty-Mlllloiith of on Inch. In. P. K. Shaw, of the Cnlverslty College, Nottingham, England, after live years' labor, has completed an ap paratus making it possible to measure oiie-seventy-nilllloiith part of an inch, says the New York Post. Consul Ma hin writes that the invention consists of a very line micrometer screw and a series of six levers acting in con junction with it which must be sus 1 ended by rubU'r bands from n spe cially made frame and Inclosed In a box. The frame Is placed in a vault under the university and surrounded with every safeguard against friction and vibration, "but even then," says lr. Shaw, "it Is Impoaslhle to carry out experiments to be successful while there Is traffic In the streets. Every factory, too, where motive jwwer 1 em ployed must ! closed, even if it N some distance away. Even a draft N ald to W fatal to the successful meas urement of such minute quantities as one-seventy -millionth part of an Inch. lust must also W kept from the vault. !f 1 .i!.1 tli.it even the hnzzln.: made to pass through them and excite a telephone or other sensitive recorder. Previously, It has been Impossible to measure the sparking gap of an elec tric current of less than thirty-tight v.ilts hut with lr. Shaw's apparatus .i sparking gap of half a rolt can be treasured If physicist desire to un til rstand and explain nature's happen ings It Is Imperative that there should ie exact measurements of very small lengths, and of extremely minu'o ar ticles. Seeing that nature deals In such small quantities it is useless t attempt to unravel her secrets with out the finest Instruments." A SivrilUh Cook. It was Tuesday morning. The clothes had been washed, dried and folded, and comuionsense io!uted to the fact that It was Ironing day ; but cautious Scan dinavian Tlllie, the new maid, was not going to make tbe mistake of going ahead before le!ng sure that she was right. Before committing herself to the obvious task, according to the Youth's Companion, she poked her head Into tbe dining room to say. npjeallngly, "Meesis. I skuld like to seak ome thlng." "What is It. Tillle?" "Ska! I ... ..... . d.tl..tiV .-1. 1 T-Ili; . an ordinary ny nas made it neces- .mr u.ituvu. nv-ri iiwie. ear- sary to suspend exiierlments till the , nestiy. Give'UpjTheir Arms. Manila The. Pula jane leaders, Qui nentin and Adva, have surrendered to Governor Omena. and the constabula ry. These were the last of the men ar-1 rayed against tbe Americans on tbe is-'principle of the method ana oi cube. The rifles and ammunt- 'touch. This explanation ! given: "If lion of tbe members of their band were tw, surface, clean and polilied. come also surrendered. !4tJ vnUot the current can at once be isect had boon disposed of. The apparatus. It Is claimed, could be made specially serviceable in nioas- rring engineering gauges. It is broad ly assorted that all scientist regnize t'.iat I'r. Shaw has succeeded in sur passing every other form of measure ment on gauges In delicacy nn! accur acy. There are said to W many other ue for it; for instance, that It will act as a most delicate coherer for wire less telegraphy and will promote the .study of nature and possibly of the movements of the molecules of mat ter. Ir. Shaw Is still Improving his np j-aratu In the hoin of measuring qua:i- j Mties still more minute. The general i Is electric j A I.lrrlr atrh. Mrs. S. And so you are leaving us, Bridget? And what are you going to d-'. I?rldget Please, mum, I'm going to uet married. Mr, s. ivar me: Isn't that rather udden? Who Is the happy man? Bridget lv you renienif'er. mum. m askln' you about four weeks ago to g. to the funeral of a friend? Well. I -o Ik? coin" to marry the corpse's hus band. Sure, he told mo then I wnu tbe life o the party. Harper's W eekly. T'.iere many a g'rl hanging over the gate waiting for a man to cum ahiuc w-ho Is guilty of a greater watt,, of time than when she hung ever th. .i:ne gate as a child to see a circus parade go by.