Heppner Gazette
fcwcd Thursday of tack Week
HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important
penlngs Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial. :
There has been an anti-British out
break in India.
A French cabinet crisis is threatened
on the church question.
A Chicago grand jurv may indict
Mayor Dunne for not enforcing the law
Brownsville citizens testified at the
senate investigation that many families
left the citv because thev feared negro
soldiers.
The investigation of Senator Bailev
of Texas, has proven that the senator
received money from the Waters -Pieree
Oil C ompany.
In a head-on collision between two
Northern Pacific trains near Helena
two firemen were killed and nine pas
setigers injured.
The Western Retail Lumbermen's As
sociation, in convention at Salt Lake,
adopted resolutions against prevailing
Lign lumber prices.
The Japanese - Corean Exlusion
League, of San Francisco, says Mayor
eichnutz and the school board surren
dered to President Roosevelt.
Hayti and Germany aie quarreling
The floods in Nebraska are receding
A bill for woman surffage has been
introduced in the house of commons.
The house land committee has yield
ed to Roosevelt's plea for the leasing of
coal land.
FRISCO BUILDING UP.
Discharged
there was a
Brownsville.
negro soldiers declare
plot to kill them at
The house pension committee has an
nounced that it has completed its work
fort his session.
The president has reached a final
agreement with the Californians on
the school question.
Senator Hopkins of Illinois, threat
ens to talk the river and harbor bill to
death. He would have a three weeks'
task.
The Postal Telegraph company has
announced an increase in pay for its
employes following the action of the
"Western Union in advancing wages.
Railroads of the United States need
$500,000,000 for improvements, but
since the Interstate Commerce com
mission inquiries they cannot obtain
the money on -watered stock and the
railway magnates don't know where to
look for relief.
Music of Saw and Hammer Continues
Night and Day. '
San Francisco, Feb. 19 San Fran
cisco, after air, is not going to allow the
opportunities for civic betterment
brought about by the earthquake and
fire to go entirely neglected. A begin
ning, feeble enough though it be, has
been made. Several of tho downtown
streets are to be widened. Tho heavv
a I teaming and the congestion brought
uui'ui n iivtr milium; if progressing
j have moved the board of supervisors to
decree that portions of the sidewalks
mustybe sacrificed to the thoroughfares.
While this in itself is of importance for
the future San Francisco, its greatest
significance lies in the fact that it has
met with general approval and repre
sents the first signs of a willingness to
make sacrifices for the citv that is to be.
The magnificent programme of wid
ened streets, parks and squares outlined
for the city while the embers still
glowed is a gradually passing vision,
but those who unselfishly love San Fran
cisco still have hope that part of the
great plan at least will be realized. The
street widening is the first ray of hope
A walk about the burned section
shows that a wonderful amount of re
building has been accomplished. Since
the first of Mav new buildings to the
value of $45,000,000 have been begun.
Plans are being drawn for a like
amount. In every case the structures
are erected under rush orders. In sev
eral instances work has continued night
ana day. i lie streets resound with the
sound of the piledriver, tho saw and
the hammer bv night as well as bv dav.
The last traces of gloom have given way
to an abiding faith
The promotion committee has issued
a bulletin bearing on the population of
San Francisco at the present time. The
committee, after figuring by various
methods, comes to the conclusion that
the city now contains 428,000 persons.
Before the fire the committee figured
that the population of the citv was
500,000. The figures of the Southern
Pacific agree almost exactly with those
of the promotion committee. Due al
lowance, however, must be made for the
zeal of both bodies, and a fair and con
servative estimate of tho city's popu
lation would place it at about 400,000.
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
Saturday, Ftbruary 16.
Washington, Feb. 3 0 Tho Adminis
tratiou plan to settle tho Califondu
Japanese situation was approved in the
senate today by the adoption of the sen
ato committee report on the ininiigra
Hon bill. This report continues a pro
vision which authorizes the president to
exclude Japanese laborers from the
United States at his discretion. The re
port will now go to the house for its
approval, which is assured. The entire
day was devoted to debate on the re
port.
Washington, Feb. 16. In the discus
sion of the postofliee appropriation bill
in the house today Overstreet said the
committee had reached the conclusion
that a reduction in the railway mail
was absolutely necessary.
ine railroads are trying to stain
pede the house," he said, "vet there
is not a scintilla of evidence to show
that the reduction is excessive. Tli
posuu service win not tie impaired n
the slightest degree, and not a train
will he cut off, notwithstanding the
threats of the railroad companies. There
has not been a telegram received bv the
members of this house from a business
concern or a commercial body which has
not been prompted by the railroads, am
ior one x reruse to lie stampeded hv
their threats or deflected bv their en
treaties."
General debate on the bill was not
concluded when the house adjourned
STATEHOOD STRIKES SNAG.
Floods in Nebraska have blocked
railway traffic.
Cast ro has caused the wholesale ar
rest of suspected enemies,
The British cabinet has announced
the first step towards Irish home rule.
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, de
fends Smoot's right to a seat in the
senate,
The Massachusetts legislature has
petitioned congress to revise the pres
ent tariff laws.
The Thaw trial has been postponed
on account of the dt-.nth of the wife of
one of the jorois.
Trouble with employes has caused all
papers in Butte and "naconda to sub
pend nd in a statement the publishers
declare they will not issue another pa
per until the men give in.
Hermann's original letters have been
admitted as evidence in his letter book
trial. Postponement has also been
granted to give further time for the de
fense to prepare for the admission of
these letters.
Kuroatkin says he met defeat at the
hands of the Japanese because hie gen
erals disobeyed orders. He makes a
ghastly contrast between Japanese valor
and efficiency and Russian indifference
and incompetence.
Ex-Governor Higgins, of New York,
is dead.
A new Santo Domingo treaty has
been sent to the senate.
Roosevelt has a way to settle the
Japanese trouble and will call on. con
gress for help.
The British parliament is open. The
king's ejieech foreshadows war between
the two houses.
Jerome will attempt to send Thaw to
an insane asylum if tie escapes convic
tion for killing White.
Fourteen persons were injured by a
freight train on the Northern Pacific
crashing into a passenger train near
Seattle.
The San Francisco unions which
struck against the street ear comiany
will win their point through an arbi
tration board.
In twelve states Lincoln's birthday
is a legal holiday and February 12 was
appropriately remembertd. The states
are- New York, Colorado, Connecti
cut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyoming.
Nicaragua
Honduras.
is preparing to invade
Farmers Are Wearvine of Oklahoma
Constitutional Convention.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19 Anxious to
get busy with their plowing and fearing
they will not receive pay for a long
time, if ever, for their attendance on
the constitutional convention, many of
the farmer delegates have scattered to
their homes, intimating that they will
not return unless it is to vote for the i
document as a whole when it is com
pleted by the few men in control of the
convention.
The expense of the convention to
date above the $100,000 appropriation
made by congress is nearly $130,000.
Pay of the delegates has stopped, and
if congress does no come to the rescue
with an additional appropriation, some
of the delegates will be in a bad way,
as they cannot afford to stay longer at
their own. expense. Advices are com
ing in from the state that citizens here
and there are subscribing to funds to
send the delegates back to their jobs.
Neighborly farmers who do not wish
to see the convention entirely in the
hands of the lawyers, the politicians
and the urban element, have promised
to take rare of the farm work of the
rural statesmen. The daily attendance
at the session is now less than 75 per
cent of the 122 delegates, and many of
those still here sit sullenly in their
seats and let the leaders run things to
suit, themselves.
Prominent delegates from Indian Ter
ritory and some from Oklahoma are
openly charged with a plot to defeat
statehood entirely by drawing up a con
stitution that will be rejected bv the
people at the election next August. Those
involved in the alleged pint have been
against making one state out of the two
territories for political reasons. Dis
affection has now begun to pervade the
democratic members a well as those
on the republican side, and charges of
bossism have become so persistent that
there is apprehension the convention
may break up.
Friday, February 15.
Washington, Feb. 15. An agree
ment to vote tomorrow on the confer
ence report on the immigration bill,
winch includes the provision intended
to settle the California Japanese ques
tion, was reached in the senate today
as the repult of an entire day of discus
sion upon that measure.
The principal speakers were Bacon
and Tillman in opposition to what they
regarded as an effort to prevent the
South from getting a desirable class of
immigrants.
Tillman's remarks on the Japanese
question brought a warning from Lodge
that if thev were continued he should
move that the discussion proceed be
hind closed dcors. International re
ferences were not made afterward by
Tillman.
Wednesday, February 13.
Washington, Feb. 13. The senate
Kuiy passeu a Dill giving the govern-
lucul U1B r,K"c to appeal to the Su
pcuiowuruora construction of the
luiwucuuonaiity of any law involved in
a criminal suit. This measure has
been under consideration for several
days and was passed only after many
amendments had been adopted at the
suggestion of senators who have criti
cised the provisions of the bill.
The District of Columbia appropria
tion. bill, carrying nearly $11,000,000.
was passed after an hour' mn.i,i0.
tion.
The bill establish
bank in the Philippines was taken up
for consideration, but difficulty una on.
countered because the Philippine tariff
wnicn passed the house at the last
ot-aswn, was interposed as an amend
ment by McCrairy, of Kentucky. No
action resulted.
The first night session was hold to
night to consider private pension bills.
Washington, Feb. 13. Headway nx
made today by the house in its consid
eration of the naval appropriation bill
and more than half the bill perfected.
A number of points of order were mmln
and sustained against minor provisions
in ine uiii.
The appropriation for a steel floating
Irydock to cost not exceeding! $1,400.-
000 was struck out of the bill on a
point of order, which was made bv
Mr. Mann, of Illinois.
Washington. Feb. 15. The house,
after a highly interesting debate, today
passed the naval appropriation bill,
which carries in round numbers $96,-
000,000. Burton of Ohio made an un
successful effort to strike out the pro
vision for an additional battleship of
trie Dreadnaught type.
An amendment by Fops was adopted,
limiting to $800,000 each the cost of
two torpedo boat destroyers authorized
in the bill, exclusive of armament.
Another amendment, also by Foss,
was adopted, providing that, of the
vessels authorized in last year's naval
bill as well as in this year's, not more
than one battleship and one torpedo
boat destroyer or two torpedo bouts
shall be built by one contracting party,
The postoffice appropriation bill was
taken up under an agreement that gen
eral debate should cease at 12 noon.
TWENTY KILLED.
Tuesday, February 12,
Washington, Feb. 12. The senate
occupied the day in argument of the
bill granting the government the riirhfc
to take an appeal on points of law in
criminal cases. No action was taken
on the measure.
The District of Columbia appropria
tion bill, carrying $10,724,523, an in
crease of $087,298 over the amount as
passed by the house, was taken up and
notice has been given that the bill will
be put on its passage tomorrow.
Heavily Loaded Electric Train Leaves
the Track
New York, Feb. 18 Sixteen passen
gers were killed outright, four others
have died of their injuries, and at least
50 more were more or less seriously in
jured in the wreck of tho White Plains
and Brewster express on tho Harlem
division of tho New York Central &
Hudson River railroad, near Woodlawn
road in the Bronx borough of Greater
New York Saturday evening.
The train left tho Grand Central sta
tion at 6:13 o'clock, drawn bv two
heavy electric motors, and loaded with
matinee crowd and commuters
their way homo from business in tho
city. It consisted of a combination
baggage and smoking car, and five
coaches. After stopping at One Hun
dred and Twenty-fifth street, the train
was scheduled to run express to White
Plains. At Woodlawn road the four
tracks pass through a rough, rocky cut
and take a sharp curve. When the
train reached the curve it was running
at a speed estimated at CO miles an
hour. Both motors and the smoking
car swung safely around the curve, but
tho other cars left the rails and plunged
over the sides with a terrific crash,
tearing up the tracks for a hundred
yards before they collapsed.
Tho cause of the wreck lias not been
officially determined. At Grand Central
station there was inclination to blame
the accident to spreading rails, but
later it was said that it was believed
that tho axle of the first passenger
coach broke.
IRRIGATION
PROGRESSES
Water Ready for Vast Tract In Idaho
Next Spring.
AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN NEXT.
Washington, Feb. 12. After the
passage of a number of bills under
unanimous consent the house today re
solved itself into committee of the
whole to consider the naval appropria
tion bill. A number of recommenda
tions of the naval appropriations com
mittee were eliminated on points of
order. The army appropriation bill,
the fortifications appropriations bill
and the omniubs lighthouse bill were
sent to conference.
The naval appropriation bill was con- j
sidered by sections under the five
minute rule.
Thnrsday, February 14.
Washington, Feb. 14. The naval
appropriation bill occupied the entire
time of the house today, and it Was al
most completed. The single remaining
section is that Increasing the naval es
tablishment. It was allowed ' to go
over until tomorrow, when it is expect
ed an effort will be made to reduce the
number of battleships provided for in
the bill. Points of order were made
against many provisions of the bill, and
were generally sustained.
Smoot's Victory Assured.
Washington, Feb. 19. There appears
to be not the slightest doubt that the
senate will vote to permit Reed Smoot
to retain his seat when this famous case
is closed on Wednesday next. Smoot
friends claim to have 43 sure republican
votes anil anywhere from six to ten
democrat". The probabilities are the
senate will hold that it will take a two
thirds vote to oust Smoot, in which
event 31 votes would save him; but if
it is decided that a majority vote would
vacate his seat, he will still have the
necessary 46 votes and some to spare.
Give Up Leasing of Churches.
Rome Feb. 10. Advices received bv
the Vatican are to the effect that Pre-
mier f'lemenceau, of France, has ordered
cessation of the negotiations begun
v Minister of Education Priand. with
M. Selves, prefect of the Seine, for the
easing nf churehes. The Vatican was
not surprised to hear of such action, as
it expected what it rails a "second coup
le main" after the first, namely, tho
expulsion of the secretary of the papal
uuurimo ar. i'aris.
Washington, Feb. 14. The senate
today passed a bill providing for the
investigation of the water sources of t lit
United States. The investigation is t
be made by the director of the geologi.
cal survey. Both underground ami
surface waters are to be investigated.
An amendment was adopted, which
permits co-operation between the t-tate.
and the Federal government in making
hydrographic surveys.
'A solution of the Japanese problem
is threatened wiih complete failure
because of Senator Lodge's irritating
and bulldozing tactics. Republicans
are alarmed at the situation tonight
and apprehensive that the exclusion
amendment added to the immigration
bill will be opposed by a strong Demo
cratic filibuster that cannot prove other
than successful at this late period of
the session. Democratic senators an
also considering the advisability of
calling a conference on the amendment
and making it a party measure.
Monday, February II.
Washington, Feb. 11. The senate
today passed the army appropriation
bin, carrying f 81,000,000. The amend
ment which permitted the government
to accept reduced rates on army sup
plies and permitted army officers and
enlisted men to accept reduced trans
portation and an amendment increasing
by 20 per cent the pay of officers and
enlisted men were defeated on points
of order.
Washington, Feb. 11. Bills relat
ing to the government of the District
of Columbia were considered in the
house today. The house in committee
of the whole favored a flat 4-cent street
railway fare, together with a provision
for eight tickets for 25 cents in the
District of Columbia, but in the house
the amendment was defeated. There
upon "no quorum" was made and the
house at 5:10 adjourned.
The Indian appropriation bill was
sent to conference.
Follow Passage of Immigration Bill
California's Case Weak.
Washington, Feb. 18. Tx.e state de
partment is awaiting the disposition by
congress of the pending immigration bill
: before proceeding further with the con
sideration of the Japanese exclusion
question. If the bill is enacted, an im
mediate effort will be made to come to
a formal agreement with tho Japanese
government that will insure the con
tinuance of the present policy of that
government withholding passports to
America to Japanese laborers.
So far as the pending legislation is
concerned, it is stated that there is
every reason to believe that it will be
acceptable to the Japanese government;
at any rate, there has not yet been the
slightest sign of disapproval in that
quarter.
An interesting fact that has devel
oped in i! e discussion of the respective
rights of state and nation where treaties
are involved is that, in at least one
case, the California courts have taken
the most advanced grounds in favor of
tho supremacy of the treaties, in one
instance holding that the treaty rights
of aliens to possess real estate could not
Le destroyed by a state law.
Minidoka Project Has Already Cost
Nearly a MillionWhen Complete
it Will Water Nearly 150,000
Acres of Land
River Valley.
in the Rich Snake
Washington, Feb. 16. Progress on
the Boise-Payette and Minidoka irriga
tion projects in Idaho during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1906, is extensive
ly reviewed in the fifth annual report
of the Reclamation service, now in the
hands of the public printer. It is evi
dent from the report that many diffi
culties have been encountered on both
projects, due to the scarcity of labor
and the high cost of materials, which
made it difficult to award contracts on
a favorable basis and made it difficult
for contractors to fulfill their agree
ments. In spite of delays, however,
the Minidoka project will iie ready for
water next spring and the Boise-Pa vette
project will follow along a year later.
from tue report it is seen that the
total expenditures on the Minidoka
project up to June 30, 1900, amounted
to $061,806. The main items are $280,-
352 for the main canals, $330,253 for
the Minidoka dam, spillway and diver
sion channel, and $175,000 for tho dis
tributing system. This project, upon
completion, will irrigate from 130,000
to 150,000 acres of land in Central
Snake river valley, and ultimately
from 50,000 to 70,000 acres additional
will be added when the secretary of the
interior authorizes the construction of
a pumping system on the south side of
Snake river.
The Minidoka dam was eomnlotivl
last fall under contract by 15ates & Rog
ers and has proven a complete success.
Very satisfactory progress has been
made by Orman & Crook and bv Hub
bard te Carlson, contractors on the
main canals, but progress by Monarch
& Porter, who hold a part of this same
contract, has been very slow. Only
28 per cent of the work under Monarch
& Porter's contract was completed
March 1, 1900. but their bond Km on
then assumed charge, increased tho
force and completed 50 per cent by tho
close of the fiscal year. The canal" will
be ready for distriution of water this
season .
RAILROADS CRUEL TO CATTLE.
Government Will Prosecute for Vio
lation of 28-Hour Law.
LOSSES MADE KNOWN.
Seattle Fair Bill Must Wait.
Washington, Feb. 12. Senator Piles
today attempted to call up Senator An
keny's bill appropriating $700,000 for
government buildings and exhibits at
the Seattle exposition, but was unsuc
cessful, lie nas nopes or passing the
bill through the senate later this week,
but it is understood no attempt will bo
made to have it acted on by the house
before next winter.
Washington, Feb. 16. The Navy de-
Fire Insurance Companies Suffered to
Extent of $180,000,000.
New York, Feb. 18. The committee
of the five of the thirty five insurance
companies which acted in unison in set
tling their San Francisco losses by fire
and earthquake, today made public in
this city the list of their net losses by
the disaster. The estimated round value
of the destroyed or damaged property
insured by the 233 companies in San
Francisco was $315,000,000, and there
was a net insurance loss of $180,000,000,
covered by 102,000 policies. The gross
loss of all kinds by the disaster is esti
mated by the committeo at $1,000,000,-
000. The 35 companies, in their settle
ments, handled 42,077 claims.
The eight largest settlements on indi
vidual buildings were: San Francisco
Hotel, $992,200; Fairmount Hotel, $200,
000; Merchants' Exchange, $582,000;
Shreve building, $'384,407; Sprocknls j
(Call) building, $515,000; Chronicle
Washington, Feb. 16. The depart
ment of Justice is about to proceed
against a number of railroads for viola
lations of the law relating to the ship
ment of cattle. This law provides that
cattle shipped in interstate commerce
shall not be confined in cars longer
than 28 hours consecutively without
their being unloaded for rest and
water, except that in cases where a re
quest is previously made the time may
be extended to 36 hours.
In many cases, it is alleged, cattle
have been confined in cars without
rest, fo(xl or water for 50 hours, and in
some cases 60 hours. It is the purpose
of the government to insist upon the
maximum penalty of $500.
PLOT TO WRECK CRUISER.
partment was informed today by cable J1uil)1inft $4SO,000; Palace Hotel, $1,205,-
that the cruiser Chicago had arrived at
Acaiutla, Salvador, whither she had
been sent from Magdalena bay to look
after American interests during the ex
isting friction between Nicaragua and
Honduras. The vessel will be kept
within readi of cable connection with
the department for a few days, ready to
neet any demands upon her
Congress Leaders to Help.
Washington, Feb. 13. That the San
Francisco school question wiM be set
tled is the general opinion in official
circels. Mayor Sehmitz and his asso
ciates received a message from the pres
ident saying he desired to confer with
them today at 2:45 o'.clock. Secretary
Root had a long conference with Speak
er Cannon and while both declined to
talk, it is the general belief that the
Japanese pchool question was discuss
ed. It is admitted that coiumiinioii-
tions have been exchanged between the
Jajianese ambaf sador and Root.
New Santo Domingo Treaty.
Washington, Feb. 13. The presi
dent today sent to the senate the new
treaty with the repubplie of Santo Do
mingo relative to the revenues of that
country. It sets forth in the preamble
the fact that Santo Domingo baa
entered upon an agreement with her
creditor which is made cont ingent upon
the fact that this county shall collect
the money and it is then ageed that the
president of the Lnited States shall ap
point a representative of the govern
rnent as receiver general to take charge
of all the funds collected.
000.
A revolt against the government is
on in Persia.
Kansas May Give $75,000.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 19 A bill appro
priating $75,000 for tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition was introduce. in
the senate thi mnrnin'r tv ttin inmmit.
tee on wav an.I means Th ornnsitinn ! cussion of the institutional power
is to be held in Seattle in 1909, and the tne senate to expel Smoot, holding that
appropriation is to cover the cost of a any senator could re excluded bv a
building and making an exhibit for majority vote of the memlters of that
Kansas. body."
Berry Favors Excluding Smoot.
Washington, Fe. 12. Berry, of Ar
kansas, addressed the senate yesterday
in opposition to Smoot's retention of
his seat. Berry disclaimed anv politi
cal or religious prejudice which might
contribute to his opposition. He con
fined his argument primarily to a dis-
of
Favors Leasing the Range.
Washington, Feb. 13. Without con
tinuing its hearing upon the Burkett
amendment to the agicultural appopri
ation bill providing for the leasing of
the public grazing lands, the senate
committee agreed to adopt the amend
ment. Several amendments to the Bur-
j kett proposition were adopted however,
designed to protect the mtereHs of the
homesteaders. The policy outlined,
which is favored by the president, was
ageed upon by a bare majority. I
Hearst Wins a Round.
Albany, X. Y., Feb. IS Supreme
Court Justice Fitts has handed down
decisions sustaining the position of At
tome' General William S. Jackson ir
the matter of the proceedings in the in
terest of William R. Hearst to oust
George B. McClellan from the office of
mayor of New York City. Justice Fitts
decided that tho attorney general had
authority to hear the application of Mr.
Hearst for leave to begin quo warranto
proceedings against Mr. McClellan,
which was denied bv Mr. Jackson's
predecessor, Attorney General Mayer.
Platte River Blocks Five Roads.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 18. Five trans
continental railroads through Nebraska
are today using tho line of the Burling
ton railroad to tho West, due to the
flood conditions of the Plate river. The
t'nion Pacific is tied up for 200 miles
west of Omaha, and the Missouri Pacific,
Hock Island, Northwestern, Union Pa
cific, and Burlington are using tho Bur
lington tracks between Omaha and Lin
coln. No freight trains are moving.
Many Rivets Removed From Boilers
of Yorktown.
Vallejo, Cal., Feb. 16. It became-
known today that a secret inoiiiiy is
being liebl at the Mine Island nnvv
yard in connection with the condition
of the boilers of the cruiser Yorktown.
The Yorktown had been ordered to
Magdalena bay to protect American in
terests in troubled Central .America,
but just before starting it was found
that her boilers were leaking badly
and examination showed that 11 rivets
liad been removed, apparently deliberately.
Had the Yorktown been allowed to
proceed, it is stated that the Benning
ton horror would have been duplicated.
Cold Water Demonstration.
Washington, Feb. 16. Temperance
advocates, 1,000 strong, marched
through the national capital today in
support of the bill introduced by Rep
resenative Weber, of Ohio, to rid the
District of Columbia of the liquor
traffic. Men, women and children,
representing a score of total abstinence
organizations, formed the procession,
which moved through the capital for
more than-two hours, while Mr. Weber
and other prohibition advocates were
speaking before the house committee on
the District of Columbia.
Signal Honor for Mulkey.
Wa'-injton, Feb. 18 For half an
i hour Saturday Senator Mulkey, of Ore
gon, presided over the senate, while
the Japanese question was under discussion.
Monuments to National Heroes.
Washington, Feb. 16. The house
committee on libraries decided today to
make favorable reports on bills to
erect monuments in Washington to
Ik-njaniin F. Stephenson, founder of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
to Captain John Ericsson. The (. A.
R. will give the Stephenson statue to
the Capitol, but an appropriation of
$10,000 is carried to buy a site and
erect a pedestal. The bill carries $50,
000 for the Ericsson statue.
Money for Bay City Fair.
Sacramento, Feb. 16. The senate
today passed the bill appropriating
$300,000 for an international exhibi
tion at San Francisco in 1913 in honor
of the 400th anniversary of the discov
ery of the Pacific ocean by Balboa.