.
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
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