Heppner gazette., April 16, 1908, Image 7

CASTRO'S WORDS
CALLED AMAZING
United States is Frlenjl of Venezuela
of Long Standing.
CONDITION WORRIE8 DOCTORS.
Mat Championed Her Cause Against
Other Nationi and Is Now Ac
cused of Aggressive Designs
Entire Matter Now In Hands of
Congress for Action.
Washington, April 9. Administra
tion officials today expressed amaze
ment over the statements in President
Castro a official organ, El Constitucion
having as their basis the Tacoma mail
pouch opening incident. The editorial
leceived the closest attention. Mingled
with tbe feeling of amazement over the
sentiments of President Castro is one
of regret and mystification over tha
whole course which Venezuela has pur
sued in dealing with tbe United Slates
I he United States has been a good
friend to Venezuela," said a high offi
cial of the State department today,
iwiue wumn me last id veais we
have gone to Venezuela's aid when
that country needed assistance."
For this reason bo could not under
stand why Venezuela has acted as it
has. During President Cleveland's
second terra, when !Great Britain was
threatening to encroach upon Vene
zuela s territory, Mr. Cleveland sent a
message to congress which bad tbe re
sult of referring the question to the
king of Holland for impartial settle
ment.
Several years later, when tbe allied
powers were threatening a blockade of
Venezuelan ports to compel payment of
her foreign obligations, the United
States, through Minister Bowen, step
ped in and averted such a move.
Again the question was averted to Hol
land. The Navy department today received
a report from Commander John Hood,
of the cruiser Tacoma, containing de
tails touching the opening of the mail
carried by that vessel at tbe La Ouayra
postoffice. It agrees substantially with
the published statements, and the offi
cials are satisfied the opening was in
advertent. All the correspondence the Vene
zuelan question is now before congress.
Administration officials frankly ad
mit tbey will not be surprised should
there be some delay. Tbe issues pre
sented are such that time should be
yiven, they say, for thorough study of
the situation.
ITINERARY FOR THE SQUADRON
Will Leave San
Sound
Puget
Francisco for
May 18.
Washington, April 9. A program
for the movements of the Atlantic fleet
after the review by Secretary Metcalf,
in San Francisco bay, on May 8, was
made public at the Navy department
today. Tbe fleet will leave San Fran
cisco May 18, and on arriving at Puget
found, May 21, four ships will, visit
Port Angeles, eight will visit Balling
ham bay and three will go to Port
Townsend. One ship will proceed at
once to Bremerton to be dockpd.
On Saturday, May 23. all the ships
of the fleet, with the exception of the
one in dock at Bremerton, will rendez
vous in the vicinity of Port Townsend
and proceed to an anchorage in the vi
cinity of Seattle.
On Tuesday, May 26. 12 ships will
leave their anchorage near Seattle and
will go to Tacoma, so that the people
in that vicinity may have a view of the
fleet. Thence, without anchoring,
i ight ships will sail for San Francisco,
leaving four ships at anchor near Taco
ma for a visit of three days, when those
vepsels will go to Bremerton for docking.
It is expected that the eight ves
sels will arrive at "San Francipco on
Friday, May 29, where they will be
locked in succession.
The ships docking at Bremerton will
flail for San Francisco as soon as prac
ticable, the last one not to arrive until
July 3.
After the grand review in San Fran
cisco bay on May 8, the Pacific fleet
will leave the next day or the South' to
carry out a program of drills and exer
cises. Scandal in French Army.
Taris. April 9. It is believed that a
great scandal in the commissary depart
ment of tbe French navy has been dis
covered. It was learned recently that
the rations sent to some of the garrisons
on the Eastern frontier were unfit for
consumption. Minister of War Pic
quart issued orders that the supplies of
food delivered by certain contractors be
sent to Paris for microscopic examina
tion. That much of the food was un
clean and unfit to eat has been estab
lished and the investigation is being
continued.
Admiral Evans Very Sick Man and
Recovery Will Be Slow.
Paso Robles, Cal., April 10. Mrs.
Robley D. Evans and her daughter,
Mrs. Charlotte C. Marsh, arrived here
shortlv after 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon and joined Rear Admral Evans at
the hot springs. Their coming cheered
him greatly, and. it is believed, will
have a good effect.
While his rheumastlsm has almost
disap eared as a result of the treatment
at the h t springs and his normal con
dition has improved greatly and he has
regained o nsiderable strength, Dr.
McDonald and L. E. Phillips, the pby
sican at the hot springs, admitted this
morning that there were other compli
cations which retard his rapid recovery !
and will make permanent improvement
very slow.
Lieutenant Emms' departure' for Los
Angeles to acorn pany his mother here
was no doubt largely for the purpose of
preparing her for the great change in
her husband.
That she would be greatly shocked
when she saw him was admitted. But
a mere shadow of bis former self, bis
pale, drawn face furrowed with many
deep lines, his thin, emaciated body,
his knees and ankles so enlarged end
deformed as to be very noticeable
through his clothes, there is not much
resemblance in the physical appearance
to that of the man who stood on the
bridge of the Connecticut, leading bis
great fleet out of Hampton Roads, less
than four months ago. He then
weighed 175 pounds, now he weighs
barely 120.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
BIG DRY PATCHES.
Saturday, April II,
Washington, April 11. Debate on
the naval appropriation bill in the
House today rebolved itself in the
main into a discussion of the possi
bilities of war between the United
States and Janan. In line with his
well-known views on the subject,
Hobson, of Alabama, pleaded for
I that day will take another adjournment
until Monday of next week. This pro
gram was arranged today by the Re
publican leadeis because no new meas
ures now on the calendar are likely to
be enacted this session. The unfinished
business is a bill by Gamble to regulate j Dun B'de9 claim a victory.
the settlement of the accounts between
Saloons to Be Abolished in Twenty
Illinois Counties.
Chicago, 111., April 8. In a hand-to-hand
contest the' saloon issue was
fought to a standstill yesterday in llli-
d is. After a campaign and election
seldom equaled in the state in bi ter
ness, 1,200 townships voted on the di
rect question of the licensed saloon and
JACKIES ARE
CLEANING SHIP
four battleships instead of two for thejtne United States and the several states
next fiscal year, and pointed out that
from now on the United States
should have a fixed policy with re
gard to naval construction. A war
between the yellow and the white
races he regarded as inevitable, and
he asserted that Japan's present mil
ltary activity was with a view to the
supremacy of the Pacific and ulti
mately she would clash at arms with
the United States.
GRAVE PERIL IN ANARCHY.
President Sends Vigorous Message to
Both Houses of Congress.
Washington, April 10. In one of the
shortest messages which he has yet
transmitted to congress, President
Roosevelt yesterday called the attention
of that body to the necessity for farther
legislation on tbe subject o; anarchy
With the message he transmitted a re
port reviewing the legal phases of the
question by Attorney General Bona
parte. The message of the president is
as follows:
'To tht senate and house of repre
sentatives:
'I herewith submit a letter from the
department of justice which exlains
itself. Under this opinion I hold that
existing statutes give tbe president
power to prohibit the postmaster gene
ral from being need as an instrument
in the commission of crime, that is, to
prohibit the use of the mails for the
advocacy of murder, arson and treason,
and 1 shall act upen such construction.
Unquestionably, however, there
should be further legislation by con
gress in this matter. When compared
with the suppression of anarchy, every
other question sinks into insignificance.
The anarchist is tbe enemy of human
ity, the enemy of all mankind, and his
is a deeper , degree of criminality than
any other. No immigrant is allowed
to come to our shores if he is an anar
chist; and no paper published here or
abroad should be permitted in this
country if it propagates anarchist opin
ions. THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
THE LIABILITY LAW.
passed
liabil-
Federal Court Blocked
San Francisco, April 9. By a sudden
maneuver, John Benson and Frederiik
Hyde, on trial in Washington, D. C,
halted Surveyor General Kingbury, of
California, as he was about to leave for
the national capital with the records
bearing on the case. Kingbury bad
been subpoenaed to be in Washington.
As he was about Jo leave this evening,
he was served with an injunction for
bidding him to take the records out of
the state.
No Jurors Secured Yet.
San Francisco, April 9. The panel
was exhausted in the Ruef trial today,
and no jurors have yet been secured.
A new panel will be drawn tomorrow
and the trial will then proceed.
Provisious 'of Measure Just Passed
by Both Houses.
Washington. April 10.--As
by both houses of congress, the
ity bill is expected to meet t tie objec
tions of the United States Supreme
court to the common carrier liability
law of 1896, decided to be unconstitu
tional by the court. The bill abolishes
the strict common law liability, which
bars a recovery for personal injury or
death of an employe occasioned by the
negligence of a fellow servant. It also
relaxes the common law rule which
makes contributory negligence a defense
to claims for such injuries, and per
mits an employe to recover for an in
jury caused by negligence of a co
employe. The bill does not bar recov
ery, even though tbe injured one con
tributed by his own negligence to the
injury. The amount of the recovery is
diminished in the same degree with
the negligence of tbe injured to the injury-
Decide Not to Build Here.
Portland, April 10. That the pack
ing firm cf Schwartzschlid & Sulzberger
has given up all intention of building a
p.ant at Portland since being refused
the privilege of building on the Zim
merman site, in South Portland, is tbe
Btateniem of J. S. Heisey, Pacific coast
manager for the company, who has just
returned from New York, where he
conferred with the heads of the com
pany in regard to the matter. Mr.
Heisey returned here to settle up some
affairs that were pending. The S. & S.
people will locate at some other city.
Burn Rai'road Property.
Rio Janeiro, April 10. Serious riot
ing broke out yesterday In the city of
Campos, and troops were sent in today
to restore order. The Leopold railroad
has maintained exorbitant rates on
freight in and out of Campos. This
aroused the indiunation of the people
and last evening thpy descended upon
the railroad property and set tire to two
stations, 30 cars and several ware
houses. The railroad bridge over the
Parahiba river was destroyed.
Washington, D. C, April 11. No
definite arrangement lias yet been
made for the consideration of the
Fulton land grant resolution in the
House. While a privileged matter, it
is not as highly privileged as appro
priation bills, and as long as there
are approprltatlon bills waiting to be
considered there will apparently be
no time to take up the resolution.
Chairman Mondell, of the
public lands committee, who has
charge of the resolution, said today
that he would call it up at the first
opportunity, but he did not deem it
wise to endeavor to crowd it in
ahead of any appropriation bill, for
by so doing he would arouse those
members interested in appropriations
and furthermore, probably be over
ruled by the speaker, who would con
sistently give preference to appro
priation measures. Before long, how
ever, the appropriation bills will have
all passed the House, and then, If
not before, Mr. Mondell thinks the
resolution can be called up and
passed.
relative to the disposition of nublio
land. It is understood that this bill
j will not be passed at this session, and
that the other land bills, such as the
one to provide an enlarged homestead,
I will also go over until next session at
least.
Expectations are that there will be
little legislation except the appropria
tion bills, and it is not impossible that
congress will be ready to adjourn some
time between May 15 and May 30.
Washington, April 7. The whole of
the session of the house today was de
voted to tbe consideration of the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill.
Two amendments of more or less na
tional interest were adopted, one pro
viding for 75-cent gas for all district
House establishments and the other requiring
that all outside doora to public build
ings should open outward and that new
buildings shall have four exits. An
effort to secure the incornnraHnn nf a
'child-labor provision applicable to the
district failed. The bill, which appro-
pi lates $9,561,450, was passed and
thereupon the house, out of respect
tbe memory of the late Representative
Abraham L. Brick, of Indiana, took a
recess until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow, be
ing still on the legislative day of Mon
day.
mi. a i i rt l
ine Anti-baioon league leaders are
jubilant over tbe fact that 20 counties
voted to become absolutely anti-saloon
territory and more than 500 saloonB
in many of the cities and villages of
the state were voted out of business.
The following counties are now ab
solutely anti-saloon territory, so creat
ed by the voters yesterday, in addition
to the six which voted last November
to banish the dramshops:
Boone, Brown, Cumberland, Moul
trie, Saline, Shelby, Fayette. Gallatin,
Coles, Hamilton, Douglas, White, Ed
gar, Macon, Wayne, Clark, Piatt, Rich
land, Merced, JDewitt, Champaign,
Winnebago.
It was in the cities that tbe desperate
character of the warfare waged between
the two elements developed in its en
tirety, and both sides were more or less
surprised by the returns from some of
the municipalities.
Atlantic Fleet Being Overhauled From
Top to Bottom.
Will PresentSplendld Appearance on
Arrival at California Ports Div
ers Find Bottoms of Many Ship
Aa Clean Aa When They Started
From the East.
EXPOSES RAILROAD JUGGLERS
Friday, April 10.
Washington, April 10. The dove of
peace hovered over the house today
Instead of interminable rollcalls and
clashes of party leaders on questions of
parliamentary law, there was an or
derly session devoted almost entirely to
consideration of the naval appropna
tion bill. Both Chairmna Fobs, of Illi
nois, and Padgett, of Tennessee, of the
committee on naval affairs, made ex
haustive speeches justifying tbe action
of tbe committee in reporting what
they characterized as a conservative
naval program for the next fiscal year.
Thursday, April 9.
Washington, April 9. The bill re
lating to the liabilitv of common car
riers by railroads, passed in the house
of representatives on April 6, was to
day passed by the senate without
amendment and without division.
The senate bill on the same subject
was not confined to railroads, but cov
ered all forms of common carriers, and
Djlliver, of Iowa, who had reported it
from the committee on education and
labor, sought to substitute it for tne
house bill, but his montion was de
feated. Numerous amendments were
offered, but all were voted down.
Glass Too III for Trial.
San Francisco. Anril 10. When the,
j bribery charge against Louis Glass, of
the Facinc Telephone A Telegraph com
pany, was called in Judge Law lor 's
'court this morning, his attorneys stated
that the defendant was very ill and
asked for a continuance of two weeks.
Assistant District Attorney O'Gara was
made no objections. Judge Lawlor set
the matter for May 13.
Washington, April 9. Three times
today in the house tbe Democrats
caught the Republicans napping and
forced them to produce a qourum. On
one other occasion a vote by teller dis
closed the absence of a quorum, but
Speaker Cannon peremptorily applied
the Keed rule and secured a quorum to
be present. In doing so Cannon had
a brief but lively clash with William?
Notwithstanding repeated roll calls,
progress was made in the transaction of
public business. Both the army and
the fortifications bills were sent to con
ference; tbe senate bill to increase tbe
effie'ency of tbe revenue cutter eervice
was, with Democratic help, passed, and
the bill to promote tbe safe transporta
tion of interstate commerce explosives
was considered. It will be finally dis
posed of tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 8.
Washington, April 8. -The naval ap
propriation bill, authorizing the con
struction of two instead of four battle
ships, and eight instead of four subma
rine torpedo boats, and carrying a total
appropriation of $103,967,518 for the
naval service for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1901, was reported to the
house today by Chairman Foes of the
committee on naval affairs.
The bill carries an item of $1,000,
000 toward the construction of the sub
marine torpedo boats and an item of
$445,000 toward the construction of
sub-surface torpedo boats. Provision
is made for the enlistment of 6,000
men to man the following ehips, which
are to be put in commission within
the next few months: The California,
Mississippi, Idaho, New Hampshire,
South Dakota, North Carolina, Mon
tana, Chester, Birmingham and Salem;
and for 1,500 men required to man tor
pedo boats not now in commission.
Representative Hobson, of Alabama,
submitted a minority report recom
mending that provision be made in the
bill for four first-class battleships in
stead of two.
Tuesday, April 7.
Washington, April 7. The senate
today adjourned until Thursday, and on
Monday, April 6.
Washington, April 6. The army bill
carrying an appropriation of almost
$100,000,000, was passed by the senate
today practically aa reported from the
committee on miltiary affairs. The
only amendment adopted carried an ap
propriation of $20,000 for a system of
water works for Fort William Henry
Harrison, Montana. The bill material
ly increases the pay of officers and en
listed men.
The fortifications bill, reported to the
senate today, carries Senator Ankeny's
amendment, increasing tbe appropna
tion for fortifications on Puget sound
$1,000 000. As the billl passed the
house, it appropriated $747,000 for this
work. The appropriation is not item
ized. The senate today passed An
keny's bill, appropriating $220,000 for
a public building at Walla Walla.
Washington, April 6. Beyond fore
ing roll call on the approval of thj
journal and on adjournment, the Dem
ocrrats of the house today offered no
obstruct on to the orderly transaction of
business. This being suspension day,
several important bills were put
through by practically unanimous vote.
Among these was the Sterling employ
ers liability bill, only one vote beme
recorded against it, that of Littlefiold,
jf Maine, and the bill establishing a
naval station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
and appropriating $650,000 for the
purpose, against which Sherwood, of
Ohio, stood alone.
At o:iu p. m. the house took a recess
until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning
Ridder Sure of Victory.
Washington, April 9. Herman Rid
der, of the New York Staats Zeitung,
who represents the Newspaper Publish
ers' association in their demand for free
wood pulp, so as to reduce the price of
white paper, said today, after confer
ring with President Roosevelt, that he
was sanguine congress wculd not ad
journ without passing such a mersure.
Mr. Ridder said he had tbe written
pledges of 68 Republican members of
the bouse, which, added to the Demo
cratic vote, makes a large majority.
Mr. Ridder declares that tbe ways and
means committee of the house is re
sponsible for not reporting a bill.
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
sues Special Report.
Washington, April 8. A special re
port just issued by the Interstate Com
merce commission gives a practical
illustration of tbe manner in which
railway corporations, once independ
ent, have developed into fully control!
ed systems. The report is the result
of an investigation made in connection
with the establishment of a uniform
system of reports for railways which
tbe commission is empowered to pre
scribe. One of its principal duties
will be tc compile information to aid
in determining the proper form of
standard balance sheet.
une oi tbe principal uses o( tbe re
port will be to furnish information
heretofore unobtainable, to the public
congress, court and Interstate Commerce
commission, it makes public for the
first time the amount of securities in
the hands of tbe corporations. The
statistical tabulation shows that out of
over $18,000,000,000 of outstanding
securities $5,550,000,000 is held by
railway corporations, leaving in tb
hands of the publio about $7,800,000,
000 of funded debt and $4,700,000,000
of stocks. It includes a table of mis
cellaneous holdings of railway compan
les in other securities than those of
railways.
HAS PAID REBATES.
I eech is Public Printer.
Washington, April 7. John S.
Leech, of Illinois, now public printer
in the Philippines, was today appoint
ed public printer. Mr. Leech is a legal
reeident of Bioomington, III., although city has
he served respectively as compositor, i rioting on
proof readers and foreman in the gov
ernment printing office here from 1889
to 1901, at which time he was selected
as public printer for the Philippines.
He has made for himself a most envia
ble record as an administrative officer
there, according to reports in the pos
session of the insular bureau.
Great Northern Railway Co. Convicted
and Fined $5,000.
New York, April 8. The Great
Northern Railway company was today
convicted of granting rebates to the
American Sugar Refining company, be
fore Judge Holt, in the United States
Circuit court, and fined $5,000. The
company was charged by the govern
ment with giving rebates on sugar
shipped from this city to Sioux City,
la., in 1902. Counsel for tne company
gave notice of an appeal. Ihe rebat
ing indictments against the Northern
Steamship company were dismissed
The trial was remarkable for its brev
itv, la: teg only two days.
Before Judze Holt imposed the fine
United Stab s District Attorney Stim-
son called the court's attention to the
fact that there bad been no attempted
concealment of the alleged crime upon
the part of the defendant.
There is no element of concealment
n this case," said Mr. Stimson, "and
he court will recall that in the case of
the New York Central, convicted for
the same offense, there was an elabor
ate system of bookkeeping which
concealed the payment of rebates, and
the giving of the rebate money was
kept off the regular books of the com
pany. There is nothing of that kind, I
am glad to say, in this case."
Sues Merlin for Damages
Washington, April 7. Representa
tive Thomas Herl'n, of Alabama, was
today made the defendant in a suit for
$20,000 damages filed by Louis Lundy,
the negro with whom the congressman
had an altercation on a etreetcar on
March 27 last. The affair grows out of
Mr. Heflin's taking exception tc the
negro's drinking on a streetcar in the
presence of women. Lundy is repre
sented by four negro attorneys.
Lisbon Prisons Crowded.
Lisbon, April 8. Unawed by the
strong military force with which the
swarmed since the election
Sunday evening and the
n avy arrivals oi troops irom the prov
inces today, the population of Lisbon
made fresh demonstrations this even
ing. In the outlying sections of the
city they paraded, shouted, and jeered
the soldiers and sang revolutionary airs
until dispersed by tbe troops. Two
hundred arrests were made and it
officially announced that more than 600
arrests were made Sunday and Monday
Magdalena, Bay, April 7. (Via San
Diego) The work of preparing for tbe
California reception, now but ten days
distant, is already in progress among
the battleships of the Atlantic fleet.
Every ship not engaged in coaling or
working on tbe torpedo range is ndergo-
ing a thorough scrubbing, scraping and
painting from the water line to the
mastheads. Every inch of tbe surface
of the ships will be gone over and
cleaned and polished. Divers have
been Bent over the side of each ship
and have made thorough inspections of
the bottoms.
Many of the vessels are nearly as
clean as when tbey left Hampton
Roads, according to the reports of the
divers. The long time spent at anchor
age in the bay has done more to foul
the bottoms than the trip around the
Horn.
The work of coaling for the final leg
of the long voyage is being pushed with
all speed. Last night the crew of the
Maine worked all night taking coal from
a collier alongside and stowing it away
in the bunkers.
Admiral Thomas has issued a tenta
tive program for the fleet for the dates
April 11 to April 19, which includes
the departure of the fleet from Magda
lena at same hour not yet fixed on
April 11 and its arrival at San Diego
at 1 p. m. April 14. The program
quotes from the official program of the
reception committee in San Diego, giv
ing the details for the four days the
ships will be in port there.
Admiral Thomas has also issued a
lengthy detailed order, on the forma
tion of a brigade of sailors and marines,
for parade duty in San Diego, San
Francisco and other cities, it provides
for the formation of a fleet naval brig
ade of more than 5,000 men. The total
is made of 64 companies cf bluejackets,
four from each ship, and 16 companies
uf marines or one from each ship.
STREETS RUN BLOOD.
Seven Are Killed and IOO Wounded in
Lisbon Election Riots.
Lisbon, April 7. Seven persons wera
shot to death and 100 others wounded
by soldiers last evening, after the vot
ing in tbe elections in this city bad
ended. Tbe rioting was widespread and
such was tbe confusion during tbe vio
lent conflict between the populace and
tbe municipal government tbat the
guardsmen, mistaking tbe infantry who
bad been called out for rioters, fired a
volley into their ranks, seriously
wounding three of the soldiers.
The night was one of terror for Lis
bon, which seemed suddenly aflame
with revolt. Bands of men ran wildly
through the streets, brandishing weap
ons, while the sharp crack of rifles was
heard in various sections.
Lisbon remains practically an armed
camp. Large numbers have been ar
rested. The people are now in a state
of feverish unrest and it is feared there
may be a recurrence of tbe bloodshed.
WOMEN CARRY ON WORK.
Chinese Boycott Against Japanese
Goods Spreading Rapidly.
O.nton, April 7. The boycett
gainst the Japanese arising out of the
trouble between Japan and China over
the seizure and subsequent release of
the Tatsu Maru, is spreading rapidly.
Mass meetings have been held with
the object of impressing upon the Chi
nese the necessity of making the boy
cott of Japanese products and manufac
tures as far reaching s possible.
Despite a torrential rain today more
than 1,000 women dressed in white as
an emblem ot mourning attended a
meeting held for this purpose.
Sioux Want Reservations Opened.
Washington, April 8. A delegation
of Sioux Indians from the Cheyenne
and Standing Rock reservations, who
favor opening at least half of these res
ervations to settlement, called upon the
president today with Commissioner
Leupp, of the bureau of Indian affairs.
The president chatted with them a
short time. If the plan for opening
these reservations should become a
law, about 3,200,000 acres would be
come open to settlers.
Denies Ill-treating Indians.
Washington, April 9. Major Rey
nolds, government agent on the Crow
Indian reservation in Montana, today
testified before the senate committee
' on Indian affairs, denying the charges
made by Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray, of
;' ill treatment of the Indians. He pro
duced a large amount of documentary
evidence taken from the files of the
Indian office, in defense of his conduct
, in various matters of which Mrs. Grey
complained.
Thanks England for Offer.
Ixmdon, April 8. The formal reply
of President Roosevelt to the invitation
of Great Britain, offering the facilities
of British ports to the American battle
ship fleet on its voyage around the world
and asking the fleet to visit an English
port has been received at the foreign
office here. The president points out
that the details for the last leg of the
voyage have not yet been arranged, but
he thanks the British government for
its kind invitation.
Trophy for Best Record.
Seattle, April 7. A special to the
Times from Spokane, says tbat when
the Atlantic fleet reaches Seattle next
month, the battleship or first class
cruiser which made the highest score at
the recent target practice in Magdalena
bay will be awarded a solid silver tro
phv, valued at $1,500. presented by the
is people of Spokane. The cup is to be
competed for annually by battleships
and cruisers of the first class of the en
tire American navy. Secretary Metcalf
announced that the trophy would be
acceptable.
Nebraska Returns Blow.
Lincold, Neb., April 7. Insurance
Auditor Pierce today decided to notify
agents of companies organized under
the laws of California that they must
cease doing business in Nebraska. This
action followed a refnsal of Commis
sioner Wolf, of California, to cdmit
Nebraska companies. The action of
Insurance Auditor Pierce affects tbe
Firemen s Fund, of San Francisco; the
Argentine Also Ambitious Home Fire & Marine, of San Francisco,
Rio de Janeiro, Apil 8. Information and the Tacific Mutual, of Los Angeles.
obtained from an official source today
leads to the belief that Italy is ready to
sell to Argentina for $20,000,000 the
three battleships Ret in Elena, Napaloi
and Roma. Argentina is thourbt to be
contemplating this increase in her navy
to counterbalance the praiects of Brazil
to augment her strength at sea.
Four Big Colliers Arrive.
San,Francieco, April". Since Satnr
day four British colliers, carrying 25,
000 tons of coal for the big fleet of 1ft
battleships from the Atlantic, have ar
rive'! at this port and are now moored
in the stream.