RUEF HOLDS OUT
FOR IMMUNITY
GOT FOUR SACK8 OF CASH.
Refuses to Testify Until Indictments
Are Dismissed.
Bold Robbers Hold Up Train Close
to Hittsburg
Pittsburg, May 1. Two train
robbera, who evidently boarded the
New York and St. Louis express, on
the Panhandle railroad of the Penn
sylvania system, at the Union Sta
tion In this city, when that train left
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
AIDS DtPOblFORS.
Convicted Banker Tells Where Secur
itiei Are Hioden
San Francisco, April 2 9. J. Dal
zell Brown, vice president and man
ager of the California Safe Deposit &
WINS FIGHT FOR
BATTLESHIPS
Saturday, May 2 land-grant resolution, which was In
Washington. May 2. The policy tended to follow the Fulton resolu
amnrht tn ooinMioho1 hv thn tmv. Hon. In view of the hnrl ffilth nf tence of IS monthti In Ran Oiilntln
at 10:50 tonight, ten minutes late, erDment of providing and equipping the lumbermen, the committee was for embezzling securities held In
overpowered the express messenger bulidinga for Ua ambassadors in Eu- overwhelmingly opposed to reporting t t by the Truat Comnanv toda
and got away with four bags of cur- r0pean capitals received a setback the measure, especially if the same trust , f the JTnf Company today
rency, containing an amount of today In tne Benate, where the dip- end can be accomplished, without Bave Information to E. J. Le Breton,
Trust company, who is under sen- Action of Senate Regarded as Vic
tory for President.
ownaa rai on nis contract With the money as yet unknown. The rob- ,nm9Ml, ,,, wnn nndpr consideration, legislation.
Proiecution Patrick Calhoun Re-lfT, was committed near Walker s Through a point of order by Culber- , M
fuses Also to Answer Oue.tion. 1 w & partlcularly lonely and is- Bon Xexa8 an amendment to the Wednesday, April 29
ruses aiso to Answer Questions olated spot in a rough section of h' h, ' nnrnnrintfr,n S4.i0.000 Washington. April .
and Is Upheld by Court -ittle country about 11 miles -west of the foP euch a buildine at Paris was Sharp Williams today gave the re
I . :Htr)Uf.n nut puDiican majority in tne nouse an ;
The train, one of the fastest on I Thn h, ' nflRR(1,,. flfter which opportunity either to permit or to f" "r"?ni?. ?I ,l"tL J u"
receiver of the bank, which will add Asked Four fchlps and Gets Two a
Progress Made.
$1,000,000 to the fund for the de-
Ttnaltnra IT a a lun tn 11 fa Ma r tha
John receiver and to Assistant District
Attorney Hoff Cook, which had the
the road, which Is not scheduled to nn th nf charter and refuse to permit a vote on the Ste- 1. "r' " ,
stop between here and Steubenville, publlc 8ervices of the late Senators vens bill to place wood pulp on the ' , work i at Stockton KoinK at
0.. was brought to a sudden halt by Mallory and Bryan, of Florida, were free list. In the course of a clever- a tte g,g 8 forthe .benefit of the
an emergency signal from The bell diivered ly humorous and satirical speech he 6 Deneut 01 tno aH
San Francisco, April 30. Patrick
t i . i .
amoun ana Auranam Ruef were an emergency signal from The bell delivered I y humorous and satirical speech
called to the witness stand in the cord, and when William Lafferty, j' Amendments to the diplomatic unrolled and held to view the fol-
i-uiu mai i-uuiij. om reiusea to uie conauctor, went iorwara to learn hill wer nrlnnteil increasing the sal- lowing petition to speaker Cannon.
Year Senate K'lls Original Bill,
But Substitute Is Practically the
bame United States Now in Front
Rank of Naval Progress.
Washington, April 28. Two bat-
positors. tleships a year is what President
That Brown's information relating ROOKevelt savs he has accomplished
testify on constitutional grounds and the trouble he found N. Roshen, the ary of the secretary of the legation 1 bearing the signatures of 164 of the 'hlclu wm live 1 000 ToOO more to throeQ hl8 fisM for his naval pro
were sustained by Judge La wlor. Adams Express messenger, bound and consul general to Salvador! 166 Democratic senators: depositors is believed to be cor- gram. Had he been victorious in
- Aft or Calhoun waa awnrn ha luoa'snd cntnroH In tha ovnroca on1 . , "Wo ha ..naalr. Lue Ut-JJUSJLUI a lb ueneveu IU u cur
: - " ooov. ... v.AfiLo V.U.. rroin izuuu to wauu: an uruui iat
asked by Assistant District Attorney
O'Gara:
"When did you come to San Fran
cisco after the 18th day of April,
1906?"
Calhoun I decline to answer.
O'Gara In the month of May,
1906, did you tell Frank A. Leach, Ipanles and the city and county de
superintendent of tho Mint, to paytective force, all of whom have been
ye, iuc uuuesisiiHu, reoresecta- t v. .. n i. j v. 1 t v.i v.
so frightened that he could not glvo g 1M00 to r eiabte the secretary tives in congress, request, each for mJot 1SVZ ZLZ Zl Z
any connected report of what had 0f state to protect the property and himself, and each for each of the tv PxnrPsPd as Zt esslon- the Ln,t.ed Statea COuld haVe
uuijpeuua. except mat DOtn oi tne rltrhts nf Htizena
rouuers were wnite, tne express mes-j states in the navi
senger is uname to give an laenti-'the St Johns river
) " " 1 , f. . U.000.00? at par. and in another lowing the passage by the senate to-
ficatlon that would aid the secret litiirati'on
i - - a . w
Bervico iorces oi tne rawroaa com
t the property ana " "iseu h, .a eacn zor eacn oi tne Th expressed themselves as san-
3 of the United others that you recognize one of us, ine th th receiver would seCure
Igation and use ot .r fyou prefer, somo otnrr rppre- possesslon of tne property, which is
-er in case of any , b --nta. ve, to move to .Uscharge tLe Western Pacific stock of the value of
to the defendant, Ford, $50,000?
Calhoun I decline to answer.
r Judge Lawlor ruled that Calhoun
should not be required to answer
any question which, In the opinion
of the court, might serve to connect
him, innocently or guiltily, with the
alleged crime for which he and Ford
have been indicted.
When Ruef was sworn he was
asked:
"Do you know Tirey L. Ford?"
Ruef I decline to answer unless
called out to work on the case.
ACCUSES LEISCHMAN.
No Attempt Made to Prosecute Turk
Who Wluraered American.
New York, May 1. On board the
steamer Koenig Albert, which ar
rived here today, was the body of
Bernard Warkentln, president of the
Kansas State bank, of Newton, Kas.,
who was shot and killed near Dam-
,uc' CAp1CDOCU momaciTco aa Jl.t.t term, nf fltormampnt In tho
nations Of the world.
This ptatemenl, made tonight, fol-
Washington, May 2. After tne;the rule3 and pass t, Stevens hill ?e ur. J , uinf W1"1day of the naval bill, calling for two
usual rollcall to demand the pres-!or other bPin X'effJSt ,haS Ll 'dnef i?"e ?"k- 'new battleships, is understood to re-
ence oi a quorum, ine uouluu to t wood pulp and hlt er m , . t' i, r-uT- V veal the pres
rpsiimpn pnnsinprai nn oi ine s marv u nt i . : uocu wj umiacn, hohci
., - - - u ue JIU T.. J TV. J T T
civil appropriation Din disposing or
it paragraph by paragraph.
An amendment offered by Gainfs
appropriating $10,000 to aidi the
Ladies Hermitage to care for and
preserve the Hermitage, the home
and toinb of Andrew Jackson, at
Nashville, Tenn., was rejected on a
point of order made by Tawney of
Minnesota.
An amendment by Smith of Louis
iana appropriating $150,000 for con
tinuation of work on the St. Mich
aels canal, Alaska, until the passage
of the sundry civil bill, was agreed
to without discussion.
The house, after a spirited and
somewhat acrimonious debate,
passed the bill authorizing the ap
pointment of the president of an ad
ditional member of the Philippine
commission.
The bill appropriating $2 5,000 for
the relief of the tornado sufferers in
the south was passed without incident.
tha InrHntmnnfo a r a nat ma ova
dimlRRfH in nAcnrrian with thfi!ascus early in April, whilo riding on
agreement I had with the District
Attorney and the Assistant District
Attorney, known as the "immunity
contract," and on the further addi
tional ground that a man cannot be
a witness against himself.
TOUCHES POPULAR CHORD.
King Manuel Recommends Reforms
and People Cheer.
Lisbon, April 30 The Portuguese
Cortes reassembled today, the
eighty-second anniversary of the es
tablishment of constitutional govern
ment In Portugal. The royal mourn
ing for the late King Carlos and his
son was suspended for the occasion.
King Manuel was respectfully greet
ed by the people.
King Manuel proceeded to the
Cortes, accompanied by many digni
taries of the state and escorted by a
strong guard of ' troops. The floor
of the chamber was filled with dep
uties and the galleries were crowded
with a brilliant audience.
His Majesty slowly mounted the
tribune that had been erected for
his use. His address, which he read
In strong and fuil tones, was a most
pathetic and at the same time a
practical and vigorous discourse, cal
culated to win the sympathy of the
people. He touched upon the trag
edy of February 1, when his father
and his brother were shot down as
"the cruel disappearance of my fath
er and brother."
a railroad train. Mrs. Warkentln
and her son Carl accompanied the
body.
The cable dispatches announcing
the shooting, said that it waa done
by a Syrian who occupied a compart
ment on the train adjoining that in
which Mr. Warkentln was seated.
The Syrian said he was examining
his revolver and that it went off by
mistake. Ambassador Leishman, at
Constantinople, reported the shoot
ing to the state department. He said
assurance had been given him that
the Syrian would be brought to jus
tice if the act proved to be one of
murder.
Carl Warkentln said today that
the man who killed his father was a
Turkish Prince and that Mr. Irish
man told his mother that it would
be imposseble to prosecute him and
advised her to say no more about the
matter.
From his remarks it was apparent
that Mr. Warkentln was of the opin
ion that Mr. Leishman had not done
all that he could, and he Intimated
president's source of
no-,,,... ,.a tv,! a t ta'. strength in the naval fight which has
Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, of-'well Thls code 8(;cret and or been waged so strenuously
fered an amendment to fh sundry , , . h . Jt ownera navlne al Furthermore, two ships this year
civil bill appropriating $60,000 f'f S0y ' Cook Baid unhesitatinEly that wlth tne Prmise of two ships each
the establishment of a national art Contained tfce kwt?Si wtS Ze" t0 f"W' whlh th,f, effie
gallery in the Smithsonian institute. had been , posseJion of Brown to has accepted as a bona fide stipula
te amendment was rejected on a , ,," " U , ' rt n,.. tlon on the part of the senate, means
Point of order. "J'"n '" "L Bimply a program which will place
Friday, May I.
Washington, May 1. The house
spent all of today's session in con
sidering and passing, paragraph by
paragraph, under suspension of the
rules, the sundry civil appropriation
bill
Washington, April 29. The sen
ate and house conferee.! on the army
bill reached an agreement tonight.
The senate conferees receded from
the amendment raising the pay of
officers on a percentage basis. In
stead, a schedule was adopted in
creasing the pay of Major-Generals,
Brigadier-Generals, Colonels, Lieu
tenant Colonels, Majors and First
Lieutenants $500 per annum; Cap
tains, $600 per year; Second Lieu
tenants, $300 and cadets $100.
On this schedule, the salary of
Major-Generals will be $S000 per
annum; Brigadier-Generals $6000;
Colonels $4000; Lieutenant-Colonels
$3500; Majors $3000; Captains $2,
400; first Lieutenants, $2000; sec
ond Lieutenants, $1700 and cadets
$600.
and the Treadwells. The letters are
now in the safe of the District At
torney's office.
SAILOR8 DANCE.
Tuesday, April 28.
Washington, April 28 Ostensibly
considering the sundry civil appro-
As the outcome of a deter- priation bill, the house devoted most
mined effort to strike from the bill, of its time today to speeches cover
a restriction prohibiting the employ- ing a wide range of subjects and
ment of secret service employes in concluded the session by giving an
.. A.AAft,A U n.Vin. .knn irt I n. ...,, U I .n n.nnUnnf'a avanintr la tlifl nfllv ni'turPcn na foa,
guarding of the president and the j special message. Although nearly jture of the bluejackets' entertain
running down of counterfeiters, 'every member had read the message ; ment. They seem to enjoy it hugely,
which was vlcorouslv ODDOsed by ' in the newsDaDers. a larce number i however, and when the available
Chief Amusement for Navy While at
Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara, Cal., April 29.
There were no fixed features
Santa Barbara's entertainment pro
gram in honor of the Atlantic bat
tleship fleet today, the officers and
men being largely allowed to pursue
their own ways. Many of the latter
went to Los Angeles to spend the
day, and will over-stay their leaves,
which expire at 1 a. m.
The amusements offered the blue
jackets in Santa Barbara are natur
ally rather meager, owing to the size
the United States in the front rank
of naval progression, but which fails
to place it in the position of dictat
ing a cessation of naval aggression.
That the president, on the whole,
is pleased with the result of his ef
forts with congress on this subject,
was made manifest tonight; that he
firmly believes in the ability of the
United States to dictate the naval
on policy of the world in the future,
though overwhelmingly outstripping
us in naval construction.
PRESIDENT TALKS STRAIGHT.
Warns Congress Against Abuies of
Judicial System.
Washington, April 28. President
Roosevelt this afternoon sent to
congress a special message setting
forth in the strongest of terms the
of the city, and consist largely of j necessity of Immediate legislation
flying horses, shooting galleries and .strengthening the anti-trust law. Ho
a large variety of catch-penny affairs,
brought here for the occasion.
Dancing on the canvas-covered as-
phalton, the ocean boulevard, each
that charges would be lodged with! members of the appropriations com- remained in their seats, carefully
the state department
ambassador.
against the
WARSHIP BLOWN UP.
Powder Magazine Explodes, Killing
240 Japanese.
Tokio, May 1. Admiral Yoshl
matsu, commander of the training
squadron, reports that an explosion
occurred in the stern magazine of
the cruiser Matsushima at 4:08
o'clock this morning while anchor
ing at Makang, a harber on the Pes
cadores Islands. The Matsushima
sank until only tho
Efforts at rescue
Many Cities Will Be Represented.
Portland, Ore., April 30. Great
est interest has been aroused
throushout Oregon, Washington, immediately
and in fact the entire Northwest in 'bridge was visible
the Portland Rose Festival, to bejby boats from the cruisers Hashidate
held here the first week of June, and Itsukushima continued until 9
The following cities of Oregon, a. in., saving the lives of 141 men,
through their commercial organlza-j including some officers. The major
tions or business men's clubs, haveity of the officers were saved, and at
arranged to have floats in one or j the time of the Admiral's report the
more of the parades: Astoria, Sea- cadets numbered 58 out-of a corn
side. The Dalles, Hood River, Van-1 pkment of 300.
couver, Wash., McMlnnville, Dallas, I The sons of Baron Chinda, vice
Albany, alem, Eugene, Klnmath minister of the foreign office, and
Falls and Grants Pass. Medford. jof Prince Oyama, field marshal, are
Roseburc. Independence, Hillsboro, among the cadets who it is feared
St. Johns and a number of others are 'are lost; also Captains Name, Yosh
supply of eligible girls gives out
they dance with each other. It is
no easy task to provide partners for
mittee, the limitation was agreed to 'following the words of the reading
and the tKiraeranh adonted in sub-i clerk. When the portion of the
stantiallv its original form. message referring to the multi-mil- 1000 or more dancing sailors
Objection by democratic members lionaire "whose son is a fool and his For the officers today, tnere was a
n pursuance of the minority filli-. daughter a foreign princess" was 'garden party and in the evening a
buster, to unanimous consent defeat-' reached there was a storm of ap-1 dance. A number of luncheons and
ted the passage of a bill for the plause, equally loud on both sides of
printing and distributing of 100, 000. the house.
copies of a special report by the de- Mr. Lake, of New Jersey, made
partment of agriculture, describing some caustic remarks concerning the
president, evoking applause on the
democratic side.
Other speeches were made by Rep-
dlseasts of cattle.
Washington, May 1.-
-In the sen-
Htlll rnnsiderlne the matter. Lewis-
ton, Idaho, will send a beautiful
float, so will Dawson, Y. T. while
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and any
number of other communities will
be represented by decorated automo
biles and vehicles.
These cities and towns have eacn
raised anywhere from $500 to $1000
to defray the cost of their respective
floats, and these pieces will be typi
cal of the principal industries of the
communities represented.
British Destroyer Surk.
Harwich, England, Apr.i 30. The
British torpedo destroyed Gala was
cut in two and sunk early today off
Kentish Knock, in the North Sea, by
the scout Attentive. The torpedo-boat-destroyer
Ribble also was in
volved in the collision and returned
to Sheerress with two compartments
full of water. The flotilla was en
gaged in night maneuvers when the
accident occurred. Engineer Lieu
tenant Frank A. Fletcher, of the
Gala, who was in his bunk at the
point where the destroyer was struck
went down with the vessel. -
Count Is Buried.
Dampierre, France, April 30.
The body of the Duke de Chanlnes,
the young French nobleman who was
married a few months ago to Miss
Theodora Shonts, of New York, and
who died suddenly In Paris last week
was today interred at the chateau
here of the de Cbaulnes family. The
body was brought down from Paris
yesterday. This morning a private
nass was celebrated in the chapel of
the chateau. Only the Immediate
members of the family were present.
Rebels Set Fires.
Victoria. B. C April 30. News
was brought by the Empress of In
dia today of a series of disastrous
conflagrations at Pekln. involving a
loss of many lives and due to Incen
diarism. Nine fires took place in as
many days at the end of March and
early in April. Dynastic rebels were
considered responsible, and whole
sale arrests were made.
mori and Yashiro. The cause of the
explosion is unknown.
Washington, May 1. Commander
;Taniguchl, the naval attache of tho
Japanese Embassy, said today that
the regular complement of the Mat
sushima was about 335 men and that
on her cruise she- had about' 50
cadets aboard, making a total of
415. His cablegram, he said, indi
cates that about 175. were saved,
which would make the loss of offi
cers and men about 240.
ate today, Senator Davis, of Arkan-!resentatives HUcheock, of Nebraska,
sas, moved to discharge the commit-1 yreeland of New York and Hamllin
tee on tne judiciary irom tne rur- of Missouri
ther consideration of his bill, 'for At 5:05 p m the house took a
the suppression of trusts, pools and rcess until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow
combinations In trade." He spoke m0rning.
for about two hours, reading much. '
of the time from a typewritten state-j Washington, April 2S. The pen
ment which he said he had prepared sion and District of Columbia appro
in advance, "that no intemperate ' priation bills were passed by the
language might escape his lips on'nMe today. In addition the spe
this occasion," a thing which he said cial message of the president urging
he had never done before. ' legislative program was head and
During his speech he roundlv de-1 another chapter of Senator War
nounced the trusts, commended the ' ner's speech on the Brownsville af
president's recent message outlining tuir was heard. Several measures of
measures for relief, spoke of the re- minor importance and the resolution
moval of the motto, "In God We of the house to give government aid
Trust" from the coins, and declared to cyclone sufferers in the south were
Hint John D. Rockefeller, the Stand- passed. The resolution to extend
ard Oil Company and J. Pierpont the time when the commodity clause
Morgan should be indicted for trea- of the railroad rate law shall be
son. He also paid his respects to come operative was called before the
tea parties on the battleship were
given to the junior officers.
WRECKAGE ASHORE.
Strikers Attack Funeral
Seattle, Wash., May 1. Bringing
word of the arrest of Treadwell of
30 strikers for breaking up a fun
eral and attempting to make away
with the corpse, the steamship Dol
phiu arrived in port this morning. A
popular young man among the
strikebreakers was accidently killed
recently. The funeral procession ex
tended for many blocks, making a
formidable showing of the strike
breakers. Notwithstanding this dis
play, the strikers attacked the pin
cession in force and nearly captured
the body.
the press.
Thursday, pHI 30.
Washington, April 30. Consider
ation of the sundry civil appropria
tion bill was resumed in the house
today.
senate bv Mr. Elkins, but went over
under objection from Mr. Culberson.
The Semite at 5:27 p. m. adjourned.
Large Sailing (Vessel Probably Lost
Off Northwest Coast.
Victoria. B. C, April 29. The
steamer Tees, from the Vancouver are in restraint of trade.
Island coast, brings further informa
tion concerning the wreckage recent
ly washed ashore near Carmanah,
Roby Daykin, who investigated the
wreckage, was among the passengers
of the steamer. He says there is no
doubt that the wreckage found is
new. There was neither slime nor
barnicles, nothing of the growth
which soon accumulates.
Since the finding of the wreckage
nrovlnnctu rpnnrtpd. a tarffe amount
nf pmntv rsspa. whiskv cases and way as complete as those furnished
others, have been found in the vi-jby organizations for profit. More-
rtnttv nf Nitinak. Stanley Wood, a over, so rar as laDor 13 engagea in
timber cruiser who came from the ; protection only
reiterates his well-known views as to
the grave danger to free institutions
from the corrupting Influence of
great wealth suddenly concentrated
in the hands of the few, and urges
the immediate passage of measures
similar to those he advocated in his
former message on the same sub
ject. Such legislation, he says, will be
in the interest of both the decent
corporations and the law-abiding
labor unions. In this connection, he
sounds a warning to the labor lead
ers who have objected to the inclu
sion of labor organizations in the
Unti-trust law amendment, and says
plainly that the exception of the
unions from the operation of the law
would render the measure invalid.
A strong effort has been made to
have labor organizations completely
exempted from the operations of the
law, whether or not their operations
Such ex
emption would make the bill uncon
stitutional. It is not possible wholly
to exempt labor organizations from
the workings of this law, and they
who insist upon wholly exempting
them are merely providing that their
status shall be kept wholly un
changed, and that they shall con
tinue to be exposed to the action
which they now dread.
Obviously an organization not
formed for profit should not be re
quired to furnish statistics in any
its claims to be ex-
vicinity of Nitinah, said there was an
unusual amount of these cases re
cently washed ashore
empted from the anti-trust law are
sound. This would substantially
cover the right of laborers to corn-
Monday, April 27.
Washington. Anril 27. By an
Townsend of Michigan of- overwhelming vote. President Roose-
fcred an amendment increasing from Velt's four-battleshiD program failed
$50,000 to $350,000 the appropria- In tlie spnate. just as It did in the covered with tin
tlon lor entorcement py tne inter- hou8e. Tn0 amendment for four bat-, and empty,
state commerce commission of that tleships was introduced by Senator
clause of the Hepburn act directing pnes elld the fight for Its adoption
the commission to cause to be made was jed hy Senator Beveridge. Twen
examinations of the accounts of in- ty-three votes were cast for the in
terstate railroad to determine wheth- creased program, the number large
er that law Is being violated and to y being made up of recently-elected
n.ivkln savs the wreckage seemed, bine, to strike peaceably and to en-
positively to indicate that some large Iter into trade agreements with em-saiHn"-
vessel, a shin or a bark had plovers. But when labor undertakes
met with disaster. in an unlawful manner to prevent
Three trunks found on the rocks
westward of Carmanah Point were
of the usual American pattern, wood
They were broken
Jury Still Incomplete.
San Francisco. April 29. The be-
the distribution and sale of the pro
ducts of labor it has left the fold of
protection and its action may be
plainly in restraint of interstate
trade.
New Consumption Cure.
Washington, April 28. A prelim-
ginning of the fourth week in the inary report on the treatment or tun
work of selecting 12 men to try Ab-; erculosis bv the administration of
rnham Ruef on one of the ill in-
make public the result of such ex- senators. Fifty senators voted to sup- Xtm' tV retiirned aeaint him t,viniercur' has been made t0 tne b"r"
aminations. After a debate lasting r,rt thp house and the recommonda- ; ' ' , u , t eeon-General by Surgeon Wright, of
wio nas neen conducting
aval Hospital
commenting
animations. Aiier a aeoaie lasimg prt the house and tne recommonaa-j . rd . charging the former . geon-uenerai Dy surgeon
four hours the amendment was tion of the senate naval committee j ;, boJs, San Franrisco with the navy, who has been
"Kreed to- for building only two battleships bribery, finds the jury still incom- investigations at the Na
The house disagreed to the senate, Tno dol,at(, on the battleship! e -fh ninf nlen ,n the box ac at Fort Lyon Colo. In
was begun n renaior i wnf,t the word accomplice meant.
Wltn an eloquent appeal mr me sup-
Food for the Fleet.
Washington, May 1. Prepara
tions for furnishing food supplies in
largo quantities for the use of the
Atlantic battleship fleet on its way'
around the world, were opened at
the navy department today
amendments to the
lumbia and pension appropriation exclusion
bills and sent those bills to confer
ence. The usual point of no quorum was
raised whtn the house reconvened I tion that a larger
today on the motion providing thatnedcd for war.
the house go into committee of the
whole for further consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill
under the five minute rule. The!
doors were locked and the roll calUdjp;ons
on the motion, which prevailed
flno nf thp ven-
of an otner
r, T-. M in.-ini-u v ...i
n-feila onntlicr wna rhaltensreri hv Atr.
port of the president and the sugges-. . round thnt his morai
navy might ne rharacfer was sch. that he was not
fit to be a juror.
WashinKton. April 27. A favor-,
able report was today ordered on
Senator Ankeny's bill increasing pen-
of Indian war veterans and
their widows from $S to $12
month. The committee
Life Is All a Gamble.
on this report. Medical Inspector C.
T. Hibbett said the subject is en
gaging much attention by officers on
duty nt the hospital and the treat
ment is being applied personally by
surgeons.
Sermon Against Racins:.
San Francisco, April 2S Sermons
supplies are to be loaded aboard
the auxiliaries nt Mare island and
Paget Sound. Among the items are
1,51)0,000 pounds of flour, more
than 1,210,000 pounds of frozen
meats, large amounts of sausages,
potatoes veg tables and fruit.
Washington, April 30. The Pres- report a bill which would place these
TheHe.ident today signed the Fulton land- veterans on the same footing as ser-
i o American pontics, tticnara itokpf, ir.niv nn win i
r OT,ce boss of Tammany hall, today than 2000 chu
declined ,0ieavp ft as his opinion that Governor Sunday morning
Siamese Revolt.
Paris, May 1. The Temps today
publishes a special dispatch from Tint
tambnng, a town of Slam, in the
French sphere of Influence, saying
that the town is at the mercy of the
natives, who have risen in revolt
and are threatening the European
residents. The troops nre insuffi
cient to insure protection.
grant resolution. I vice pensioners of the civil war.
The house public lands committee ; whose maximum pension is $20 a
today discussed Mondell's patent ' month.
Will Cover 42.600 Miles.
Washington, April 30. A total of
approximately 42.500 miles will
have been covered by the Atlantic
battleship fleet when it arrives at
Hampton Roads on February 22,
next, according to tho estimates
made by the naval officials. The dis
tance to be covered for the voyage
of thjvfleet from San Francisco to
the Philippines, thence to China and
Japan and back to Manila, is 1 6.1 S
miles The longest lap Is from Hon
olulu to Auckland, 3S50 miles.
Dublin. April 29. Discussing . voicing a protest against the race-
American politics. Richard Croker, track evil will be preached In mora
cnurcnes ot vniiiornia
g. The plan has been
Hushes' indorsement by New York elaborated hv the Anti-Kaeetrach.
i is merely complimentary. "Mr. League, recently organized in Berke
Huches' anti-gambling attitude." he ley. The movement will call it"Rnca
s:.id. "will injure him undoubtedly track Sunday." which marks the in
in his own state. "Why can't such ecption of a bitter campaign against,
jnen keep out of that rut? Isn't life the racetrack in California, the ob
!all a eamble? Put thev select th? ject of the league being to bring
Wants Hospital Ph'ps
Washington, April 29. With a part of the gamble that's pleasant ( about state legislation
view to preparedness in case or ana propose to pniaiic u.
necessity, the surgeon general's of-i
flee of the navy has suggested thej Go to Work to v M'n
designation of several vessels avail- Johnstown. Pa.. April 29. Under or Hushes this
Anti-Gambling Csmraign.
Albany. N. Y., April 2S. Govern-
afternoon inaugu-
able for use for hospital purposes. ' nr.ors from Patrick GHdav. presi- rated what is believed to be a cam-
Among the ships suggested by Sur- dont cf district No. 2, several hun- pnign of speech-making in several
goon-General Rixey is the Buffalo. (?r.d striking miners of the South of the large cities of the state in
now up on the Pacific const. The tvrk Coal Company returned to support of the anti-racetrack gam-
surgcon-gencral is an enrnest advo- work today in an effort to save the bling legislation which will prohably
cafe of the use of the hospital ships, mines from bevy losses from water be the feature of the extraordinary
and takes the ground that the navy pnd a probable permanent suspen- session which is to convene on May
should always be ready. slon. 11.