MAGNATES TRY
TO KIDNAP RUEF
riot Was Only Discovered In Time to
Thwart It.
Indicted Man Realize They Mutt Get
ex-Boss Out of Way at All Haz
ard He Has Played Prosecution
False From Very Beginning and
Will Now Get the Limit.
San Francisco, Jan. SO. An attempt
to kidnap Abe Ruef from the county
jail and epirlt him away wan unearthed
last night by Sheriff Larry Dolan. The
"details of the plot wereevealed by one
of the guards, who had eeen the prepa
rations. The plot was being engineered
. by the indicted magnates, who recog
nise that they must get Ruef out of the
way at all hazards to save themselves.
In the midst of the denunciation be
ing heaped upon ,the graft prosecution
by Patrick Calhoun and his fellows in
indictment has come a clear light show
ing that the prosecution stands at the
present moment as strong as, if not
stronger, than ever.
AbeRuef's trial will be pressed with
-vigor. ' Then he will be sentenced to 14
years in prison. He may at once be
placed on trial again and his sentence
raised to 28 years. Then Patrick Cal
houn will be put on trial and Ruef
dragged frem the prison to teetify.
This arrangement has been made
necessary by the discovery that Ruef
nd the indicted magnates were nego
tiating during the very time that Ruef
was under guard. The plot has been
unearthed by Special Agent William J.
Burns, and it includes the insinuation
that Ruef had an advance tip on the
decision of the Appellate court, which
quashed the indictment against him.
With this information, Ruef, believing
that he would be turned loose, sudden
ly loot his memory on all matters that
would tend to incriminate Calhoun and
-other indicted magnates.
HALL ON STAND.
Testimony Is Vigorous Denial of Con
spiracy Charges.
Portland, Jan. 30. For over three
hours yeeterday John II. Hall, ex-United
States attorney, testified in defense
-of the alleged conspiracy charged in the
indictment on which he is being tried
in the Federal court. He vigorously
denied that he had ever entered into a
conspiracy or an illegal agreement with
Steiwer and his associates or with any
body else. He asserted that at no time
had he ever been unfaithful to his trust
as a prosecuting officer for the govern
ment, neither had he ever been dilatory
in prosecuting all violations of the law
that had been reported to him and sup
ported by the necessary evidence. Mr.
Hall will probably complete his testi
mony this morning and the cross ex
amination of the witness by Heney will
follow. Aside from the final argu
ments to the jury, Heney's cross exam
ination of Hall promises to be the feat
ure of the trial.
Judge Webster, counsel for Mr. Hall,
said last night that he would probably
call only one witness when the witness
finished his testimony, although it is
understood Steiwer will be recalled for
further cross examination. Heney will
offer some testimony in rebuttal when
1he defense has concluded its case, so
that the final arguments cannot begin
before tomorrow afternoon and prob
ably not until Saturday.
Blame for Theater Fire.
Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 30. The pry
which has been Investigating the disas
trous fire at the Rhoades opera house,
turned in a verdict at 1 o'clock this
morning, in part as follows: "We are
of the opinion that Mrs. Munroand
the deputy factory inspector are largely
responsible for the disaster, owing to
negligence. We request the prosecut
ing attorney of Burke county to arreEt
and if possible convict Mrs. Munro,
owner of the stereoptican machine, and
Harry M. Bechtel, the deputy fccory
inepecor, on the charge of criminal
negligence."
Big Increase in Pensions.
Washington, Jan. 30. A general
pension bill, which, if ratified, will
increase the pension roll by about $12,
000,000, has been introduced by the
chairman of the committee on invalid
pensions. The bill provides for the
payment of a pension of $12 a month,
instead of $8, as at present, to all wid
ows of veterans of the Mexican war, of
the Indian wars, all widows of veterans
of the Civil war married prior to June
27, 1890 and all widows of Spanish war
veterans who died of disease contracted
in the service.
Riot in Lisbon.
Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 30. There
was an outbreak of political rioting on
the streets of this city this afternoon
in which shota were fired and some
people wounded. The disorders, how
ever, were of short duration. The po
lice had received warning in advance
and they acted promptly. The crowd
made use of revolvers and for a few
moments the firing was heavy, t but it
rapidly gave way and was disposed be
fore a show of force.
Band of Women Thieves.
Lublin, Russian Poland, Jaa. 30.
The police of this city have unearthed
a band of robbers composed entirely of
women and the leaders have been taken
into custody. The women are said to
be responsible'fop a long series of high
way robberies."
DRAWS NET CLOSE.
Heney Has Evidence to Offset Hall's
Testimony.
Portland, Jan, 31. Francis J.
Heney's cross-examination of John II.
Hall yesterday materially strengthened
the case of the go vernment. One letter,
that will be followed by several others
today, was introduced by Heney show
ing that Hall in 1001 and 1A02, when
frequent complaints were being re
ceived against the Butte Creek com
pany, took immediate and effective
steps tow ardfl prosecuting settlers who
had from 200 to 400 acres of govern
ment land enclosed. The purpose ' of
these letters is to show oonolusively
that Hall did not molest Steiwer's
company, whose enclosures of publlo
land embraced about 20,000 acres.
Neither were other large violators of
the fencing law disturbed, either by
civil or criminal proceedings.
Further evidence, contradictory Of
the testimony of Hall on direct exam
ination, was offered by Heney at last
night's session. It consistsed of a letter
written by the department of justice to
Hall in November, 1902, in response
to a request from the department of the
interior on the application of Special
Inspector Greene, assigning Greene, to
report to Hall for the specific purpose
of investigating complaints of unlawful
fencing by W. W. Brown In Harney
and Lake counties, that had been re
ported to the Interior department by
Greene in the month of October, 1902.
HURRY OREGON BUILDING.
Beaver State Exhibit to Be in Place
When Seattle Fair Opens.
Seattle, Jan. 31. The Oregon state
building for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifio
exposition will be finished and the ex
hibit installed when the legislature
meets next winter, according to the
statementofW.il. Wehrung, chair
man of the Oregon commission, who
left for home tonight.
"It is not our purpose to enter into a
building contest with other states, but
we'have decided to have Oregon's ex
hibit in place several months before
the exposition opens. When every
thing is in readiness we shall bring the
fact to the attention of our legislature
and ask for an additional appropriation
of $50,000 to make it better. The ap
propriation already made is $100,000,
one-half of which will be used in erect
lag a building.
"E. W. Rowe and I have been look
ing over the ground allotted to Oregon
for its exhibit, and we are immensely
pleaeed. The site is on Nome Circle,
just opposite the Washington state
building, and the location could not
have been more favorable. We shall
go back and immediately arrange for
letting the contract. According to our
present plans, bids will be opened
March 1, and the work on the building
will be started by March 15."
ATTEMPT TO FLY MEANS DEATH
Rumor of Intended Escape Causes
Orders to Shoot.
San Francisco, Jan. 31. The Call
says today:
Warned by a persistent and well
defined rumor that Abe Ruef, grown
frantic on the eve of rial, has planned
in detail an escape from custody to be
accomplished on the lonely road be
tween this city and the county jail.
Sheriff Dolan has doubled the guard
over the prisoner and has taken every
precaution to prevent the carrying out
of the suspected plot.
Two deputy sheriffs, fully armed and
with instructions to keep Ruef prisoner
at any cost, now accompany him in his
automobile during all the time he Is
absent from the jail, and the strictest
orders have been issued concerning the
methods to be adopted at the first sus
picious sign made by either the fallen
boss or the chauffeur in charge of the
car.
Should Ruef attempt to put into exe
cution the plan which it is believed has
already been arranged, the first appear
ance of a rescue party would be the sig
nal for action by the deputy sheriffs to
the end of preventing their prisoner
ever leaving the automobile alive.
Low Rate to Standard.
Washington, Jan. 31. That a 6 cent
per hundred pounds rate on shipments
of oil from Whiting, Ind., to East St.
Louis, was charged the Standard Oil
company by the Chicago & Alton and
Chicago, Burlingtcn & Quincy in the
period between September 1, 1903, and
June 30, 1905, was established today in
the hearing of the suit of the govern
ment for a dissolution of the Standard
Oil company, by the testimony of Mr.
Chandler, a special agent of the bureau
of corporations. The total difference on
314 cars amounted to $17,297.
Freezing Out Japanese.
Los Angeles, Jan. 31. At least 200
Japanese have been dropped from ser
v'ce at prominent hotels and leading
clubs and in private families in South
ern California in the last week. The
movement has become general, cn the
ground that the Japanese are "undesir
able." On top of this has come the
failure of many Japanese restaurants in
this city. The prejudice against them
has become so strong that they get lit
tle patronage.
Loss in Indianapolis SI.OOO.OOO.
Indianapolis, Jan. 31. Fire in the
warehouse of Henry Coburn & Co. early
today caused a loss of $1,000,000, with
insurance of $575,000. Over one hun
dred firms with goods stored in the
warehouse are losers. Marion county
had stored $100,000 worth of voting
machines, on which there was no insur
ance. Six firemen were slightly hurt.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Friday, January 31.
Washington, Jan. 31. After
the
reading of the president's message, the
senate devoted today to further consid
eratioa of the bill revising the criminal
laws of the United States. The first
nading was concluded, including all
paragraphs to which no objection has
developed. When the measure is next
taken up, sections involving amend
ments to the law and others to which
objections have been made will be con
sidered.
Senator Nelson introduced a local op
tion bill today applicable to Alaska.
Washington, Jan. 31. The house
today passed 288 pension bills and then
took up the Indian appropriation bill.
Representative French today intro
duced a bill proposing to amend the
constitution by granting the right of
franchise to. women.
The house is awaiting with interest a
speech from Cushman, of Washington,
who now wears the title of "Humorist
of the House." His colleagues look to
him for at least one "funny" speech
each session.
A favorable report on the Townsend
arbitration bill by the committee. The
bill provides for the appointment by
the president of a commission to inves
tigate each dispute between capital or
labor of such magnitude as to inter
fere with interstate traffic.
Thursday, January 30.
Washington, Jan. 30. The senate
today held a short session during which
Senator Aldrich reported his banking
bill from the committee on finance,
which he announced he would call up
for consideration on Monday, February
10.
Mr. Aldrich said that the committee
had under consideration some amend
ments to the bill relating to railroad
bonds, and probably would suggest
them at a later day. He explained
that the bill was the bill of the major
ity of the committee and that members
of the minority might have a substi
tute to offer later.
Senator Bourne introduced a bill pro
viding for the sale at public auction or
sealed bids of reserved land in the Si-
letx Indian reservation and appropriat
ing $300,000 for purchase.
Senator Gore introduced a bill pro
hibiting the granting of restraining or
ders by Federal courts in cases between
employer andjemploye unless it is ne
cessary to prevent injury to the prop
erty of the applicant.
Washington, Jan. 30. The ap
proaching trial in this city of Hyde,
Diamond, Benson and Schneider,
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
government out of public lands in Pa
cific coast territory, provoked consider
able discussion in the house today in
the course of the consideration of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
The bill carries a provision requiring
that the expenses of the trial ehall be
borne entirely by the United States,
but it was stricken out on a point of
order by Mann, of Illinois.
Wednesday, January 29.
Washington, Jan. 29. The senate
was entertained today by a series of
animated comments on the method
adopted by Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou in placing before the senate
his reply to the resolution calling for
notification relative to the operations of
the Treasury department in connection
with the financial disturbance. The
secretary had had the introductory part
of his reply printed, and copies of the
pamphlet were on the desks of all sen
ators, which was declared by Demo
cratic senators to be without precedent.
The Seattle exposition bill was given
a black eye when it was passed over
under rule nine. This means that
hereafter the bill can be considered
only when a majority of the senate
votes to take it up.
The senate passed a bill to reorgan
ize the corps of dental surgeons attach
ed to the army.
Senator Hopkins introduced a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting polygamy
in the United States.
Washington, Jan. 29. The need of
an American merchant marine as an
auxiliary to the navy formed the prin
cipal topic of discussion in the house
today during the consideration of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
The debate was precipitated by Little
field, of Maine, who questioned the
legality of the provision appropriating
$1,000,000 to supply a deficiency of
coal for the navy caused by transfer of
the battleship fleet from the Atlantic to
the Pacific- He criticised congress for
its failure to make appropriations for a
merchant marine.
The bill was still under consideration
when the house adjourned.
Tuesday, January 28.
Washington, Jan. 28. The senate
tsday ordered that the privileges of the
floor be extended to Benito Legarda.
and Pablo Oeambo. resident commis
sioners appointed by the Philippine as
sembly. Experiment Farm in Umatilla.
Washington, Jan. 30. Representa
tive Ellis today again took up with the
reclamation service the question of es
tablishing an experimental farm in the
Umatilla irrigation project to demon
strate the best method of irrigation and
the best crops to plant. He was told
that 40 acres had been set aside for
this purpose. Later he was assured by
the secretary of agrioulture that his
department would at once take charge i by the fact that the elections for presi
of the farm. dent are to be held soon.
I Senator Heyburn's bill, granting
leave of absence to settlers on govern
ment irrigation projects who have been
able to get water, was passed.
The bill appropriating $25,000 to re
survey the Washington-Idaho line was
passed.
Washington, Jan. 28. Representa
tive McGavin, of Illinois, in the house
today attacked the custom of American
girls marrying titled foreigners. He
said 1 e had no particular person in
view, but went on to say that "women
are sacrificing their souls and their
honor on the altar of snobbery and
vice." He maintained that every day
is a bargain day in New York, "where
you can buy anything from a yard of
ribbon to a pound of flesh."
Mr. McGarvin was speaking on the
bill to tax dowries and titled husbands
His remarks were made under the li
cense of general debate and at times
they provoked laughter and applause.
The urgent deficiency bill was the prin
cipal topic of debate today, although no
great progress was made. This was
the lor gee t session of the house.
Monday, January 27.
Washington, Jan. 27. Greatly to
the surprise of everyone, the subject of
slavery was introduced in the senate
today. Secretary Taft was directly
charged with having a knowledge of
si very in the Philippine islands. The
debate was made pertinent by the sec
tions of the bill revising the criminal
code of the United States which pro
vide penalties for dealing in slaves.
iiale asserted that such provisions
should be stricken out, as he regarded
slavery as obsolete in the United States
and could see no reason for referring
to it.
zieyburn, in charge ol tne bill, con
tended for the retention of the provi
sion, saying that there are lorms oi sla
very other than those abolished by the
Civil war.
Washington, Jan. 27. The financial
question was discussed in the house to
day by Fowler, chairman of the com
mittee cn banking and currency, in an
exhaustive speech in which he opposed
bond secured currency and the proposi
tion looking to the establishment of a
central bank. He used for his text the
bill introduced by him early in the
present month providing, among other
things, for bank redemption districts,
which, he argued, would meet national
emergencies.
Fowler declared the United States
had the worst financial and currency
process in the world, instead of the
best. ,
The Indian appropriation bill was
reported to the house today by Mr.
Sherman, chairman of the house com
mittee on Indian affairs. The bill
carries a total appropriation of $8,215,
697. REPORT TO BE FAVORABLE
Fulton's Bill Regulating Railroads Re
ceives Support.
Washington, Feb. 3. Northwestern
senators who united in supporting Sen
ator Fulton's amendment to the inter
state commerce act, prohibiting rail
roads from enforcing any increased in
terstate rate prior to the determination
of its reasonableness by the Interstate
Commerce commission, have been very
busy during the past week, so much so
that the Interstate Commerce commis
sion has agreed to report favorably the
bill.
When Senator Fulton appeared be
fore the committee early in the week,
he was told that the railroads were de
manding a hearing and that the com
mittee would not act on the bill until a
full hearing could be granted. This
meant that the bill would be pushed
aside and go unacted upon, at least this
session. The Northwest men were de
termind to get action that they finally
induced the committee to waive hear
ings on condition that the bill be amend
ed giving the Interstate Commerce com
mission the right to determine what in
creased rates should become operative
without action on their part and what
should be investigted before becoming
effective. The compromise bill was
framed by a subcommittee Saturday
afternoon.
PUT UP MONITOR AS TARGET
Washington, Jan. 28. Encouraged
by the valuable result believed to have
been obtained by the British admiralty
in the spectacular sinking of the old
battleship Hero by modern gun fire
lately, the Navy department has deter
mined upon a similar experiment,
though not one to be carried out to the
same point. A Bingle-turreted monitor
is to be made a target for the big 12
in:h rifles of a battleship, and the ex
periment will take place in the waters
of Chesapeake bay or the Potomac
river. It is not the purpose to destroy
the monitor, which was built only
about 10 years ago, but the gun fire
will be directed against one of her
turrets. Much mechanism is contained
in the turret and information is desired
as to the effect of actual gun fire upon
this controlling machinery.
Election Causes Uprising.
Washington, Jan. 29. Rumors of an
uprising or an invasion in Honduras
has reached the State department. De
tails are lacking but it is believed the
leaders of the movement are persons
who were driven out of Honduras into
Guatemala during the last revolutionary
outbreak. The revival of the attempt
to overthrow the goernment at this
; time is believed to have been inspired
8CENES IN EUROPE.
President of Washington State 8chool
Tells His Experiences.
Following is the address delivered by
President E. A. Bryan, of the state col
lege, to the wheatgrowers of Washing
ton at their recent meeting in Pullman,
in which he recited various observa
tions he had made during his recently
completed trip abroad:
"The one thing that impressed me
while in Europe was the fact that we
Americabs do not fully realize the
greatness of our own land, and its op
portunities, and the greatness and op
portunities of our own people as com
pared with our'brethen in Europe. The
opportunity for the average man is so
much greater that we can hardly con
ceive the difference. In Europe a man
is born in a cla?s from where he cannot
escape, and he accordingly fits bimeelf
for that classe. There is stratification
after stratification, and it is practically
impossible for an individual to pass
from class to class ; and think that the
freedom of the American people is one
of the greatest things which we have
here.
"In Italy the poverty and distress
were very interesting, although it ex
cited the greatest pity. It seemed as
if there were no end of beggars. They
begged in almost every way imagina
ble. Whole families could be seen
begging together by means of musical
instruments. In one case I noticed a
woman holding an umbrella upside
down to catch the coppers, while the
father played the guitar, and the child
ren each played some sort of musical
instrument, and all were begging. Sev
eral husky looking fellows dived into
the sea to get coppers worth about a
half cent, and begged the people to
throw the coppers in. It seemed as if
one-half of the population lived off the
other half.
"I was very much interested in the
horses. The average horse in Paris for
the heavy draft work is a very good an
imal indeed. There were great num
bers of magnificent stallions that would
have sold in this market for from two
thousand to three thousand dollars,
and they were all of a very high type.
One thing that impressed me both in
London and Paris was that the average
coach horse was a much larger fellow
than we have been accustomed to see
for that work. I think that we people
here in America should look toward
breeding a larger animal that we have
in the past, and unless we watch our
selves, we will be inclined to breed
down. In Naples there were many cab
horses, and about ninety per cent of the
cab horses driven were stallions. One
thing that was very interesting to me
was that they do not use the bit. They
A A 1 4. A 11 .
use an instrument tnai nts over tne
nose, and above the nostril is apiece
which extends out about three inches,
and when pulling a horse to stop, they
pull on the nose.
"In going up the liber river north
of Rome, almost every wagon that I
met was being drawn by oxen, either
by tandem, or with a yoke. The oxen
were an very strong lenows, quite
large, well built, and had huge horns
rising above their heads. There did
not seem to be the beef type of cattle,
nor was there any milk type. I sup
pose their cows, were, of course, used
for milking purposes, but they were
not apparently bred to either type, but
rather to the ox type.
"The poorer class of Italians do not
know what it is to have meat in any
quantity. ' The average man is'too poor
to be able to buy beef, as they would
have to pay not less than twenty-two
cents a pound for it. Kids are used for
fleBh there a great deal. The swine
there were very large, and rather more
of the type of the bacon hog than like
our Berkshires or Poland Chinas. They
use goats' milk a great deal, and es
pecially in Naples. In the morning
you would see women and men driving
goats around from place to place, as
the customer has the privilege of hav
ing the operation of milking performed
in his presence. The goat selected is
milked, and in many cases you will see
a goat being taken up in an elevator, or
up a stairway, wherever the customer
may be, and then milked in his pres
ence. "In Italy the tillage is of a very in
tensified kind. There, many of the
Italians have their own vegetable gar
den, and raise their own vegetables.
Here we pay twelve or fifteen cents a
head for cauliflower, and in Italy you
can buy a dozen heads of cauliflower
for six cents, and that will make it
clear why the Italian is able to live on
a vegetable diet so well. The people
train their vineyards upon trees, and
in many cases there is hardly any top
to the trees, as they had been cut dewn
to stumps for the vines to climb on. I
did not get a decent apple to eat until
I was on board the ship, and had come
Oregon apples served to me."
Iloraeradlah Smcf.
For cold meat To four tablespoon
fuls of freshly grated horseradish add
I heaped teaspoonful of granulated
near, half a teaspoonful of salt, a
flash of pepper and two teaspoonfuls of
nrenared mustard. Add vinegar to
make It amooth and creamy. To serve
with hot meats, add two tablespoon
fills of thick cream and heat In a dish
et In boiling water. Do not let the
Baked In Tomato.
Select round, smooth tomato of uni
form size. Out a thin sllco from th
top of each and with a" teaspoon scoop
out enough of the pulp to admit an
egg. Season the cavities with aolt and
popper and a tiny pinch of onion or
parsley. Drop an egg into each. Set
the tomatoes Into a well-buttered pan,
to which a very little water baa been
added and bake about fifteen minutes.
Season with butter and serve each to
mato on a slice of delicately brown
toosL
HENEY PROVES
HALL'S INACTION
Clients ot Senator Fulton Were Never
Drought to Trial.
Burke and Gotlin Indicted on Perjury
Charge but Never Prosecuted
Senator Fulton Secured "I heir Re
lease, Knowing They Had Mad
Unlawful Filings.
Portland, Jan. 28. Senator Fulton
was again dragged into the conspiracy
case of John H. Hall and Edwin Mays
yesterday by Special Prosecutor Heney.
By the testimony of W. E. Burke and
William G. Goslin, former agents for
A. B. Hammond, timberland specu
lator, and at one time president of the
Astoria & Columbia River railroad, it
was shown that late in 1899 and during
1900 Fulton appeared as attorney for
Burke and Goslin and two others, who
had been indicted by Hall on a charge
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by perjury.
Burke and Goslin testified that in
September, 1899, they induced 20 tran
sient male residents of the North End
to file on as many timberland claims
for a consideration of $2 each for their
services, with the express understand
ing that the claims so filed on should
be held for a time and relinquished.
when Burke and Goslin, representa
tives of Hammond, procured lieu land
scrip to cover the land included in the
relinquishments. Only the prelimi
nary facts by which Fulton, as attorney
fer Hammond and his various interests,
will be associated with this transaction
were brought out yesterday, but Heney
promises by the introduction of further
evidence this monring conclusively to
prove not only that Fulton appeared in
a legal capacity for the men indicted,
but that Hall, as United States attor
ney, failed to prosecute the alleged per
jurers, althouh he had full knowledge
of the unlawful filings.
RAILROADS ASK FOR TIME.
Want to Test Law Against Owning of
Coal Mines.
Washington, Jan. 2S. The operating
vice presidents of many of the large
railroads of the country were received
by President Roosevelt yesterday- and
presented a request that in execution
what is known as the comity amend
ment of the railroad rate law bill one
case be brought against the roads by
the government, this case to be finally
disposed of by the Supreme court of the
United States. This, if agreed to by
the government, would mean that the
railroads owning coal producing lands
would not sell them by May next, as
required by law, but could operate
them as heretofore until the disposal of
the test cases. The law in question is
regarded by the roads as unconstitu
tional. The president referred the railroad
men to the Interstate Commerce com
mission, where it is understood the
question will be fully discussed and a
report made to the president as to the
legal possibility of carrying out the
suggestion made.
POLICE BILL IS PASSED.
Nevada House Acts on Bill Received
From Senate.
Carson, Nev., Jan. 28. The Nevada
legislature has passed the police bill,
giving this state a measure that pro
vides for a system of policing in time of
riots which it is believed will quell all
trouble in the Goldfield section at the
present time and place the state in po
sition to handle any future contingen
cies that may arise.
Several members who were devout
union men have made a fight in opposi
tion to the bill, while the conservative
members have made a forcible issue
and have won the law. Speaker
I Skaggs, who has been taking a most
active part for the union men, left his
chair and voted. Skaggs denounced
the bill as pernicious and czar-like and
predicted the men who voted for it
were digging their political graves. All
amendments were lost and the bill
went through as it came from the sen
ate. Fined On the 16-Hour Law.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 28. A special to
the Miner, from Helena, says that for
violating the 16-hour law, the Noth
ern Pacific Railway company was this
morning fined $100 in Judge J. M. Cle
ments' court. The case attracted con
siderable interest because it is consid
ered a teet of the law created at the last
session of the legislature to prevent
railroad employes from being obliged
to work when they are really incapaci
tated from efficient service. The case
will be appealed and t
ality of the law tested.
the constitution-
Plans to Divide Finland.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 28. A startling
report is current both in St. Petersburg
and in Helsingfors that the emperor
has decided upon the partition of Fin
land, annexing to Russia the district of
Viborg, which was formerly a part of
the empire, and sending an army corps
to the grand duchy of Finland to over
awe any protest. This report is
strengthened by the publication in the
Novoe Vremya of an article defending
such a step.
Mother of Empress Dead.
Tokio. Jan. 28 It was officially an
nounced Saturday that Lady Showing
Ichijo, mother of the empress, died
January 25, at the age of 80 years.