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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1907)
. OREGON LEGISLATIVE PRO CEEDINGS IN BREVITY Thursday, January 24. led a memorial asking congress to re- Salem, Jan. 24. lloth houses this move all tariffs on raw jute or juto afternoon adjourned until Monday. bags. This move will quite likely tend This is largely duo to the state printer to defeat any effort to establish a jute being unable to secure enough composi- mill at the state penitentiary, tors to turn out the work on time and j Ry combining two resolutions the will allow him time to catch up. senate sought to eliminate one junktt- The two houses this morning met in ing trip. Resolutions had been intro- joinp assembly and listened to an ad- uueeu lor tno appointment 01 a com ln!H8 by Mr J'ryan. inittee to confer with a committee from A bill was intrxluced in the senate AVashington on Die subject of fisheries permitting capital punishment for 10b- and another committee to confer on bers who are captured "armed with dan-' pilotage. The senate committee on PROBE HARRIMAN SYSTEM. gerous weapons. Rills were aiso introduced in the senate creating the county of North Grant and create a railroad commission to bo appointed by the governor. In the house new measures included the appointment of a commission to in vestigate the fire insurance business and one providing that each county shall be a judicial district and provid ing for a prosecuting attorney for each county. The bill providing for publication of notice of all estrays was passed by the house. The senate bill fixing the Linn Jjine boundary was also passed by the house. Four bills were passed by the senate. They provide: For holding meetings if state textbook commission in May instead of July; raising fees of jurors from $2 to $3 per day; lixing salaries in Douglas count'; to turn unexpended school funds back into the county school fund instead of the general fund. resolutions provided that one commit tee should be provided for the two purposes. Wednesday, January 23 Salem, Or., Jan. 2.'. There are pending in hoih houses an unusually large number of lien bills and in a ma jority of cases the advantages that will follow their enactment are conferred upon the laboring man who performs work and who, under the piesent stat ute, in many instances experiences no vnd of trouble in getting what is his due, when he does not lose out alto gether. It has been discovered that all line officers of the (. X. G. have been vhosen in violation to the state con stitution. Representative Jackson has prepared a bill to remedy the defect. The bill providing that jurors may be kept together in civil actions has the honor of being the tirst to pass the house. The senirle passed the bill agreed upon by I.ane and Linn fixing the lioundary between those counties. Governor Chamberlain sent a mes sage to both houses today asking more money for the Jamestown exposition. A total of 10 bills have been intro duced relat ing to roads and highways. D M.mc.ii, pi;.i.ui.s iMjuun was i no one a lew years ago, improeniem. iy county aim suite is me tween 50 and i0 claims have Monday, January 21. Salem, Jan. 21. Standing commit- , tees of the Oregon legislature were an nounced this afternoon by President Haines of the senate and Speaker i Davey of the house. In each case the best places were secured by the support ers of Haines and Davey for leadership. I The hunters' license law, it is safe to say, will be changed tins session. , Two bills relating to the subject have already appeared in the house. I The normal school question is already a live one in this session. Ijtst week a bill to cut off Drain and Ashland was introduced. Today a bill was intro duced to close the Drain arid Monmouth schools. I The house unanimously passed over the veto of the governor the bill to regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial tertiiizers. JJus was oik of the seven house bills of the 1905 session vetoed by the governor. I Altogether 77 bills were read for the first time in the house todav. In the senate 18 new measures appeared. I Reorganization of the judicial system of Oregon is proposed in a senate bill I Among the house bills were: To col lect inheritance tax on estates of $5,000 and up, instead of $10,000 as at pres ent; bounties ranging from $5 to $20 i for scalps of wild animals, two-thirds 1 to be paid by the count v and one-third by the state; creating the office of in spector of mines, and several covering the several sections of the rejwrt of the state tax commission, in each case ad vocating the adoption of the report. In the senate the new measures in cluded: For reciprocal demurrage and prohibiting rebates and discrimination; for transportation of convicts bv prison employes; to purchase land adjoining the capital grounds on the east side, and to provide for working county pris oners on public highways. most important Twenty-four new measures were read for the first time in the house today. This makes a total of 2.'i7. Among the lit bills in the senate were two by 15ailey amending the di rect primary law. One provides for party convent ions before the primary election and the other makes statement No. 1 pledge apply to party candidates only. The election of Mulkeyand 1'ourne as United States senators was confirmed today in joint session of the two houses as the law requires. The journal of yesterday's election in the two houses was read and President Haines there upon declared them elected. Mulkey serves until March 4, 1(107, and Ronnie six years from that date. Rush for Timber Land. Corvallis A new rush for timber land is on here. It is not so great as but be been lo cated within the past few weeks. The timber lies 40 to 00 miles southwest of Corvallis in what is known as the Five Rivers country. Ijocators come to Cor vallis bv rail and take private convey ances for the rest of the journey. A carriage to the foot of Alsea mountain and a saddle horse from then on is the usual means of traveling. Women are among the locators, three from Portland ' having made the trip to the woods a few days ago. I The timber is not old fir. It is sec ond growth that has sprung up since the great lire that swept the coast range west and southwest of Corvallis 05 or (JO years atro. Interstate Commerce. Commission Meets in Portland Portland," Jan. 25. Traffic conditions in this state were investigated yester day before Franklin K. Lane, member of the Interstate Commerce commis sion, the object being to determine the legality of the Harriman merger of railroads. The questions of Attorney fceverance lor tno commission were in tended to draw out shippers and rail road men as to v. hether competition has been stifled by the merger and al ternate routes for traffic closed. The testimony of shippers was that there lias been no competition between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific worthy of the name since the consoli dation under one management in 1901. It was further brought out by the testimony of Thomas McCusker, a for mer employe of the Harriman system, that Ogden gateway via the Sacramento route was closed upon the accomplish ment ot tlie merger, and shipment irorn tins territory via Sacramento to the East was stopped. Orders were. he said, to send trallic over the O. K. & N. and Union Pacific to the Fast. This change gave a more direct route and re lieved the Harriman lines of hauling freight over the Siskiyous. It is the of the railroad interests that many routes are open to the shipper; that none have been closed and that the sole instances where shipmens have been advised by way of the T nion Pa cific to the exclusion of other routes have been because of the lack of cars oil other lines.) FOREIGN AID WAS WELCOME Archbishop of Jamaica Takes Gover nor to Task. PAY FOR CARS. Money Washington Lumbermen Give to Have Them Spotted. Seattle, Jan. 23 Evidence Indicating that lumbermen have been paying money to railroad employes to have cars "spotted" on their tracks was II- troduced before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, at the hearing yesterday afternoon Into the car shortage question. Charles E. I'atton, president of the Reliance Lumber f.omnnnv onrl vlco- Kingston Paper Says Whole Country president and secretary of the Atlas is Ashamed of Swettenham Aid Lumbfr and Shingle Company, made THE WEEKLY From Colon Accepted Refugees Are Leaving City Relief Work is Progressing. SENATOR ALGER DEAD. as Usual - United Alger, of his resi- Tuesday, January 22. Salem, Jan. 22. Hoth houses of the legislature in separate session today elected Jonathan Rourne, Jr., United States senator for the long term vtul Fred W. Mulkey for the shoit term. The vote on Mulkey in the house anil all members of the senate present voted for him. Three representatives, Reynolds, Rodgers and Settlemier, of Marion, refused to sup port Pourne. These men explained that they did not pledge themselves and also that their constituents pxve a plurality against him. Four senators, Jlooth of Ijine, lj.ycock of Grant, Mil ler of Linn-Marion and Whealdon of "Wasco, voted against Bourne. The senators gave much the same reason as the representatives for not favoring .Ronnie. The vote stood: Mulkey House, 0; senate, 27. Ronnie House, 57; senate, 2J1. No progress has so far been made in either house on the railroads hi Its that provide for a commission, reciprocal demurrage, maximum rates, taxation of gross receipts, etc. These subjects have hardly been heard of vet in the senate, and PORTLAND MARKETS. Fruits Apples, common to choice, 50(S 75c per box; choice to fancy, $1 ir.ol); pears, $1(V'1.50. j Vegetables Turnips, 90c $1 per sack; carrots, 0e$l per stick; beets, $1 .251 .50 per sack ; horseradish, f) 1 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3c per was unanimous pound; cablwge, 2.l4'c per pound ; cauli flower, 2.o0 per dozen ; celery, $3.50 per crate; pumpkins, 2c per pound; squash, 2c per pound; sprouts, 8c p r pound. Onions Oregon ; $11.15 per hun dred. i Potatoes Oregon Rurbanks, fancy. $11.30; common, 75 95c. Wheat Club, G7e; bluestein, 6'Jc; valley, txc; red, hoc. Was Attending to Business Almost to the End Washington, Jan. 24. States Senator Russell A. Michigan, died suddenly at dence in this city at 8:45 o'clock this morning, following an acute attack of oedema of the lungs, with which he was stricken shortly after 8 o'clock i in i A 1 1 .iiinougn .ir. Aiger had not been in good health for some time, his death was most unexpected. The senator last night was apparently in his usual health. During the day he transacted considerable business, and was at the War department up to a late hour yes terday afternoon. At the bedside when he passed away were Mrs. Alger, and their son, Captain F. M.Alger, and his wife. On Tuesday night Mr. Alger, when about to leave the house to attend a dinner given in honor of Senator-elect William Alden Smith by the Michigan lelegation. suffered an attack of heart failure, but it was only with difficulty mat lie was persuaded to reman at home. He attended the session of the senate Tuesday afternoon and appeared as well as usual. ice President Fairbanks was the first to call at the Alger residence to day to express sympathy. the luneral services will be held at 2 m. Saturday at the taniily residence in this city. The body will e taken to Detroit for burial. Kingston, Jan. 24. Most Rev. Enos -Suttall, lord archbishop of the West Indies, having heard here today that King Edward had cabled deprecating the idea that the people of Jamaica should accept foreign assistance, sa!id he trusted his majesty had not given utter ance to this sentiment and that if lie had, he, thejarchbi diop, did not ap prove of it. The archbishop said also that he believed a great mistake had been made when Governor Swettenham rejected the offers of American aid. The relief committee is actively en gaged in sending refugees into the coun try and distributing food and money to those who are unable to leave the city. Bishop Hendricks, of Colon, arrived here this morning on board the steamer advance, which brought from Colon 100 tons of food and $800 contributed to the Jamaican sufferers by the officials of the canal and merchants of Panama. Governor Swettenham consented to ac- ept these supplies, waiving the custom luties. The Daily Telegraph, in a scathing editorial article, arraigns Governor Swettenham as follows: We would be unfaitful to our duties as exponents of public opinion if we failed to call attention to the extraordi nary conduct of his excellency in the present crisis. His general behavior at a moment of great peril and difficulty was unworthy of the responsible British official and even a cultured English gentleman. His letter to Rear Ad miral Davis was a production of which he ought to be ashamed and of which the Jamaicans are ashamed. The United States is a friendly nation; their bone is British bone, their flesh is British flesh and no one but a blind ed bigot would have refused to admit American landing parties." SHONTS TO RESIGN. the statement during the course of his examination. To say that the evl dence of Mr. Patton was a sensation would be putting It mildly. Mr. Pat ton had been giving some facts and figures showing that there was an ap parent discrimination in the distribu tion of cars at Tacoma among the mills. A multitude of witnesses testified be fore Commissioner Lane yesterday about the car shortage and the crip pling effect it has had upon the Indus tries of the state. Not only were lum bermfn put on the stand, bat Senator Paulhamus told of the sufferings of the Puyallup berry growers, and the troubles of the wheat farmers of East ern Washington were gone into. The lumber men contended that while the car shortage was particular ly acute at the present, there had nerer been a time for years when they got all the cars tat they wanted. The rate at which cars moved was gone into and it was shown that this has stead' ily decreased from an average move ment per car of 94 miles in 1903 to 36 miles in 1906. No attempt was made to dispute the car shortage by the railroad attorneys. They sought to show, however, that the present paralysis of traffic was the result of the floods in November. MUST APOLOGISE. OR RETIRE STILL ENCASED IN ICE. Oats No. 1 white, $27; gray, $2G. Barley teed, $21.5022 per ton; brewing, $22.50; rolled, $23 .50 24 .50. Rye $1.401.45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $20; Clicked, $27 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. l, $14 15 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $171S; clover, $9; client, $9; grain hay, $!i10; alfalfa, $14. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per pound. Europe Hung With Icicles and Choked With Snow. Ixmdon, Jan. 25. Arctic weather conditions continue to prevail in the whole of Euroj'ie, while, curiously enough, the actual Arctic regions, .Northern Norway and Iceland, report the prvealence of mild and rainy weather. All the vessels reaching British ports are covered with Ions- icicles and have snow on their decks. telegrams received from all parts of the continent give almost incredible re ports of the extreme rigor of the weather and consequent suffering Many deaths are reported. In Aus tria two sentinels were found dead at their posts as a result of the cold. The heavy snow continues in Russia and Turkey, and the Danube is frozen over in several places in Roumania. Slight earthquakes are reported from Jtatouin. The blizzard continues at Constantinople, where the snow is said to 1k several feet deep. Navigation on the Bosphorus and the Black sea has been practically suspended. Will Take Charge of New York's Rapid Transit, Washington, Jan. 24. The resigna tion of Theodore P. Shonts as chair man of the Isthmian Canal commission was announced at the White House to day. It will take effect not later than March 4, Mr. Shonts having been elected today president of the Inter- borough-Metropolitan company, which controls the rapid transit and many surface lines in New York. No announcement was made as to who will succeed Mr. Shonts as chair man of the commission, but it was learned authoritatively that headquar ters will be removed from Washington to the isthmus and that a high salaried chairman to serve in that capacity alone will not be named. This being admitted, it follows that John F. Stev ens, the engineer in charge of the con traction of the canal, would not be made subordinate to another official. Fate of Swettenham Unless He Car. Give Good Excuse. London, Jan. 23. The incident aris ing from the exchange of letters at Kingston between Governor Swetten ham and Rear Admiral Davis now ap pears to be entering the waiting stage, as the government, after doing all possible in the absence of advices from the Governor of Jamiaca, is obliged to defer further action until he reports. In the meantime the trend of official sentiment is toward having Governor Swettenham apologize or retire, but this is based on the press accounts 0? the incident and on letters, and it may be modified by Governor Swetten ham's version, giving extenuating cir cumstances. In the absence of a report from the Governor to his government, his dis patch to Secretary Root, which has been reproduced here, tends further to mystify the mind of the public, which finds it difficult to reconcile the Gov ernor's present recognition of the as sistance rendered by the American squadron wit hthe terms of the pre vious letter. SEIZE FOOD SUPPLIES MINERS ARE ENTOMBED. Probably All Lose Lives by Explosion and Stopping of Ventilator. Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 24. Twenty miners, according to the authentic in formation available, lost their lives as a result of an explosion which occurred at 3 o'clock this morning in the Colo rado Fuel it Iron company's coal mine near Primero, 20 miles west of this city. Twenty Collins have been ordered by the company from a lx-al under taking establishment. The explosion stopped the air fan, which was not repaired until late to day, and there is little chance that any of the men in the mine at the time of the explosion are still alive. District Superintendent Robert O'Neill is per sonally directing the work of rescue. Mayor of Cincinnati Orders Police to Stop Extortion. J Cincinnati, Jan. 23. Mayor Demp sey yesterday afternoon issued orders to the police to confiscate food and fuel where needed for relief of flood sufferers and where dealers attempted to extort unreasonable prices. Thi action was taken because of numerous reports or extortion in charges for transportation and for relief supplies Those attempting extortion will be ar rested. The high water in the Ohio rive; siowly but steadily receding tonight The railroads have begun preparations to resume regular traffic, although it will be several days before the track are safe. Keiier work continues actively. Six school buildings have been turned oer as temporary homes for the sufferers. The city council tonight appropriated a sum for a relief fund which is be ing augmented by private subscrip tions. Appeals for aid have been received from many Kentucky towns. Butter Fat First tmidp creinn .??! :n only one bill has apiearcd per pound; second grade cream. 2c less per there relating to them. Ibis is the per pound lull of Senator Johnson, of Benton, 1 Eggs Oregon ranch, 32 l.,33c providing for reciprocal demurrage ami dozen. prohibiting rebates and discrimination, I Poultry Average old hens 13u?14c per iH)imd; mixed chickens, 12 13c; spring, 1414; old rootsers,10 llc; dressed chickens, lfifi?17c: tnrU-ovs No Exception to the Rules. Washington, Jan. 25. Shaking of a dispatch from Kansas City concern ing the new order for recruiting negro soldiers, Major-General Ainswoith. tho military secretary, txlay said that no significance should attach to the orders j given for the enlistment of negroes for service in the Philp. pines. The orders (were not confined to Kansas City alone, 11...- . . .1 but omitting the commission. In the house, however, a nunilier of bills have been introduced. A joint memorial was introduced in the senate this morning by Senator Mulit asking congress to compel the owners of the Oregon California Railroad company to sell its grant lands at the price stipulated in thn grant. The resolution was referred to the com mittee on resolutions. By unanimous vote the senate adopt Will Plan Reapportionment. Salem As a solution to the problem of rearranging the legislative represent ation of the counties of the state, Rep resentative Jewell today introduced in the house a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of seven to report to the house a reapportionment bill. Representative Washburne, of Lane county, has already introduced a bill covering this subject, Uising the apportionment on the last state census. live, 17 17,S choice, 2022e ducks, 17 18c. Wnl Dressed, 51 c; turkeys, geese, live, dressed, 10 12c; 9i.," per pound. out were sent to other points. It is said to be the custom of the department so far as pos sible to recruit up to their full strength all regiments. Thaw Trial Begins. New York, Jan. 2.'!. The long-await ed trial of Harry K. Thaw for the mur der of Stanford White began here today before Just ice Fitzgerald. Two jurors were secured as a result of the day's work. Out of the 200 talesmen 19 were examined. Three successfully passed the rapid-tire questions of the opposing counsel, but one was afterward excused bv the court after making some private Chinese Sold Like Slaves. Washington, Jan. 23. "Chinese bovs ad girls are sold in their San Fran - ;co market every day like horses and mules," was one of the statements of Representative McKinlay, of Cali fornia, before the House committee op foreign affairs, which is considerina the Perkins bill to modify the chai-re in the exclusion act. Mr. McKimay urged that only a few great companies which brought such young Chinese to this country in practical slavery would profit by any modifications of the ex clusion act. 1194 Emperor Frpdprick II., one of the most remarkable historic figures of the Middle Ages, born. 1020 Plymouth, Mass., founded. 1717 First pantomime produced in Lon don, called "Harlequin Executed." 1778 Savannah taken by the British. 180.1 Treaty of Presfjurg. 1S07 Embargo laid by Congress on American ships. 1SU More than sixty nersons nerished in burning theater at Richmond, Va. 1812 Commodore Iiainforiik'p. command ing the frigate Constitution, captur ed British frigate Java, off San Salvador. 3S2.S Rowland Stenhenson. English banker and member of Parliament, absconded with $1,000,000. 1S31 Roger 15. Taney of Maryland be came Attorney General of United States. 1S32 John C. Cnlhonn resigned vicn presidency of the United States. 1S3.1 Dade's massacre by the St-minoles. 1837 Admiral Georire Dewey. V. S. X born. 184.1 Texas admitted to the Union. 1840 Gen. Taylor took nossession of Victoria, capital of Tamaupilas. . . . Col. Doniphan, in command of 1,000 Missouri volunteers, defeated force of Mexicans at Braceti. 1S47 Arab chief. Abd-el-Kader. surren dered to the French. 185S New Adelnhi theater. London. opened. 1SC0 John B. Flovd of Virginia re signed as Secretary of War. 1SG2 The Confederates attacked Gen. Sherman and drove him back to the first line of defense before Vieks burg. ... Second attack on Vicksburg ....Gen. Sherman attacked Confed erate works about six mdes from Vicksburg. 1S68 Mosby Clark, a Revolutionary sol dier, died at Richmond, Va., at the advanced age of 121 years. 1S"4 Gov. Warmouth stabbed and killed D. C. Beverly of the New Orleans Bulletin. lS7t5 Train wreck at Ashtabula, O. Eighty killed and sixty injured. 1889 Charles I. proclaimed King of Portugal. 1S90 Captain Wallace and several sol diers killed by Sioux Indians in South Dakota. 1S94 Forty persons perished by fire at a Christinas festival at Silver Lake, Oregon. recruiting I representat ions concerning his busines invariable At 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning the court will resume the work of choosing a iurv wthich shall pass on the case. New Denatured Alcohol Bill .New ork. Jan. 25. When jioei pressed bulls, 2( 3c per pound ; tists read yesterday the cabled report 'continues in Germany cows, itnjoe; country steers. o(W5i.,c of Sir Wi iarn Crooks' uii tho.l of ox. 1 h.. ..wwi,.l !. ,Wrf..s bid Mutton -Dre-sed, fancy, 8 ls9c per trading nitric acid from the ntmos- this morning. The hiromete pound; ordinary, (7c Pork Dressed, G9c per pound phere, they said there was no longer any fear of a scarcity of food from over- ; population, I HH'ause the result of the Savings Bank for Albany. discovery would lo a doubling of the Albany Albany is to have another world's crops. Nitrate of soda, used Below Zero in Germany. Berlin, Jan. 24. Bitterly cold weath- sciem- jer accompanied by a biting cold wind The mercury low zero ntmos this morn i in;. The Iwrorneter reached ink. According to articles of incor poration tiled with the county clerk here, the Linn County Savings bank will le opened here as soon as a loca tion can Ik? secured. The incorporators of the new bank are II. S. Myers, F. N. Myers, and M. S. Myers, "all of Sati Francisco, who will start the institu tion with a capital stock of $5,000. Albany now has two banks, but this will be ita first savings bank. for fertilizing the soil, has grown so scarce it is said that it will soon le exhausted. Relieve Idaho Settlers. Minneapolis, Jan. 25. The North Iakota fuel shortage again is Incoming serious, according to reports received here. Inability of the railroads to keep . lreight trains moving is responsible, in a large degree, for this condition. a height unsurpassed since meteorologi cal records have been carried in Ger many and is still rising. Railroad trains are greatly delayed and the loco mot ives are covered with ice. liOcal street cat traffic also has lven hampend and motor cars are sciree. Disgustad With Swettenham. London, Jan. 23. In a dispatch from Kingston the correspondent of the Chronicle records the extreme indigna tion of all classes at Governor Swet- tenham's conduct and savs so much disgust is felt that people will demand his recall. "In every direction the government has blundered." the cor respondent says, "and is still blunder ing bady, while it is palpably unable to cope with the situation." The Tri bune and other papers publish tele grams couched in similar terms. Two More Awful Shocks. Kingston, Jan. 24. Two earthquake shocks, the heaviest since the destruct ive ones of January 14. were felt here at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Sever al building" were thrown down, and there was great alarm among the peo ple. No one was injured. Epidemic Grows Worse. Chicago, Jan. 23. Ixical health de partment records for the number of contagious disease cases reported In a single day were broken today, when 214 cases were recorded at the city hall. Of 'hese 145 were of scarlet fever a .u 40 of diphtheria. The pre valence of these diseases, railroad of ficials report, has caused a marked in crease In passenger traffic to winter resorts. Fever Among the Refugees. Aurora. 111., Jan. 23. Though the river has fallen four inches since Mon day, the conditions are desperate. Cit izens are huddled in camps on the higher grounds or crowded into school houses, opera houses and city hall. 1 Scarlet fever has broken out among The government at Vienna has intro duced to the upper house of the Austrian parliament a bill limiting the number of live members of that house to ISO. It is now hoped that the upper house will pass the universal suffrage bill. Several women suffragists entered the House of Commons on requests to see members and then tried to make speeches in the lobbies. A number resisted expul sion and were arrested. They refused to pay $.1 tines, and went to jail for four teen (lavs. Prof. Zinno, who has made an exhaus tive examination of the asnes oast out 01 Vesuvius in the recent outbreak, says that he has found them free from ingre dients injurious to plant life, while con taining matter helpful to the growth of grapes, grass and vegetables. The return of the non-conformists' ed ucation bill to the House of Lords, with radical chanses, greatly excited the liberal leaders, and it was expected that the House would disagree with the lords amendments as a whole, thus virtually dissenting from the ricbt of the lords to make such chances. The lords have also rejected the bill providing for the aboli tion of plural voting and amended the trades bill. In an interview with th correspondent of the Publishers' Press. King Leojiold of Belgium made an elaborate denial of the revived charges of his cruelty and mis government in the Congo. He admitted that probably there had been cases of crime and cruelty in the Congo, but he insisted that every effort had been made to bring the guilty to justice and stop th ill treatment of natives. He said he was poorer instead of richer because of his Congo responsibilities. The British colonial secretary, the Earl of Klgin, announced recently the issuance of letters patent, establishing immediate responsible government and a constitu tion to the Transvaal. The chamber of deputies at Brussels has voted. 127 to 30, in favor of the pro posal to accept the terms of Kinz I.eo pold's will, bequeathing the t'onjn Ind pendent State to Belgium, on condition that the royal private domains be main tained integrally after ns annexation. This means that Belgium will proceed to tha rfil(rtpa fmm Ihd lr,i-. n n rt f the city 1 ann,'x ,"e 1 "ga. after a full accounting uf its obligations nad concessions. i r