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61 LIVES IN - PERIL I
Steamer Santa Clara, Helpless,
Calls To Assistance.
Strikes Bar When Leaving Eureka,
California tor San Francisco,
and Water Puts Out Fires.
Eureka, April 13. Leaking badly
and with the fires under boilers appar
ently extinguished by the inrush of
water, but not until she had sont wire
less messages for assistance, the steam
er Santa Clara, of the North Pacific
line, bound from Portland to San Fran
Cisco with 61 passengors and a crew of
zo, is lying helpless a imle off Table
JBJutr, about four miles south of Hum
boldt bar. The boat is on her 13th
round trip between the two points.
The tug Ranger, sent in response to
the wireless call, is standing close by
lumgnt ana nas a line to the crippled
steamer.
A tremendous sea was running and
when last seen the small boats which
liad left the Santa Clara, had not been
awe to get alongside the Ranger.
The Eureka lifesaving crew attempt
ed to go to the aid of the steamer, but
was unable to cross the bar. Another
attempt will be made at 4 o'clock to
morrow morning, when it is hoped the
sea win nave suDsided somewhat.
Among those on board the Santa
Clara is C. A. Doe, one of the principal
owners of the steamer, and father of
k,. r. jjoe, general manager of the
.north i'acinc Steamship Company,
Captain Ned Parsons, who was form
erly in command of the steamer Po
mona and the Corona, both of which
were lost, was one of the passengers,
This was the thirteenth round trip of
me oaata uiara since the steamer be
came one of the vessels of the North
Pacific Steamship Company's fleet, and
the fact that today is the 13th day of
me niontn is regarded as a bad omen
by seafaring men.
The Santa Clara left Eureka at 2:05
this afternoon and proceeded south,
"When about four miles south of Table
Bluff, those in the lighthouse and wire-
loss station at the point saw the steam
er turn around and start back. It was
at this time that a wireless message
came from the steamer to the local
agent of the company, John Simpson
requesting that a tug be sent to her
assistance.
"Simpson replied by asking what the
trouble was, and a wireless answer
was received, stating that the Santa
Clara struck heavily in crossing the
bar and was leaking badly. Following
that no further communication could
be had with her. It is supposed that
her seams opened, letting in enough
water to put out tne nres.
When about one mile south of Table
Bluff, and a mile off shore, the steamer
dropped anchor. To those in the wire-
Jess station and lighthouse it was ap
parent that the vessel was badly crip
pled and could get no further.
The tug Hanger left Eureka at 4
o'clock and ran close enough to the
Santa Clara to get a line on board
Shortly after 6 o'clock two small
boats from the Santa Clara with pas
sengers could be seen trying to get
alongside the tug. Observers at Table
Bluff also saw through their glasses a
man fall overboard from the steamer,
ciing tor a time to the anchor chain
and then disappear.
FARMER FLEECED OF $10,000
. POPE CUTS OFF AMERICANS.
Archbishops Struck From ' List of
Cardinalate Candidates.
Rome, April 13. It is announced
that the Pope has struck off from the
list of candidates for the cardinalate
all Americans, including the Arch
bishops of New York, St. Paul, Chica
go and New Orleans.
The chancollory of the Vatican con
firms this without volunteering an ex
planation. The well-known American prelates
affected by this action of Pope Pius
are Archbishops John M. Farley, of
New York; John Ireland, of St. Paul;
.James E. Quigley, Chicago; and James
Blenk, of New Orleans, each or all of
whom have several times been spoken
of as candidates to the Pope's advisory
council.
James Gibbons, Archbishop of Bal
timore, is the only American Catholic
prelate now a cardinal.
Washington Man Plays "Sure Thing
Kaces in San Francisco.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 13. Louis
Guilbert, aged 55, a rancher, of Ellens
burg, Wash., appealed to the police of
Los Angeles today for assistance in re-
covering $10,000 which he declared he
had lost yesterday on a fake wire-tap
ping scheme in a poolroom, in San Fran
Cisco. Not until Guilbert reached this
city, in llight to escape arrest, as he
supposed, did he learn that he had been
bunkoed.
Guilbert arrived in San Francisco on
April 4, according to his story, with
some cash and a bank book showing the
posit oi iu,uuu in an lilonsburg bank
me proceeds or the sale oi his ranch,
which he had just consummated. He
made the acquaintance of two men,
who gave their names as Lane and Me
Guire. The latter took him to a place
on Market street, which he describes
as a poolroom. .
There they made several .wagers on
the Emeryville races .on different days,
Lane and McGuire drawing down $1500
as the winnigs on a single bet. Gun-
bert was informed that his companions
had won so persistently because they
had "tapped" the wires to Emeryville
and learned the result of races in ad
vance of the poolrooms, lie was let
in on what was to be the final big
clean-up.
The Ellcnsburg man drew upon his
home bank for the entire $10,000,
while Lane and McGuire pretended in
the meantime to place that sum for him
in a single wager. Soon after he was
told that he had won $18,000, but that
before drawing his winnings he would
have to deposit the amount of the
original bet.
Guilbert surrendered the $10,000 to
his companions. The latter engaged in
a quarrel over the division of their own
winnings, and while this dispute was at
its height the place was raided by sup
posed detectives. Guilbert and the two
confidence men escaped by a side door
and the rancher was hurried to
ferry, where he was supplied with
ticket to Los Angeles on last- night
Owl trains. It was hurriedly arranged
that he, Lane and McGuire should meet
in Tucson, Ariz., and divide their
prohts.
The rancher became uneasy on the
way down aad confided in the train
conductor. The latter advised him to
return to San Francisco at once and in
form the police. He was given the
same advice at the local station and re
turned north tonight. In the mean
time the San Francisco police were no
tihed of the affair by wire.
nnifjfis of mm hathai i awmskfrq
uuinuu ui uuii miuumiL milium. LIIU )7h
y
Washington, .April 16. President
Taft today informed Senator Jones
that he believed the house of represent
atives, before adjournment, would
pass the $30,000,000 irrigation bill
that is now before the ways and means
committee.
The president further said that, in
asmuch as congress has begun to take
an interest in his other conservation
bills, he was now doing everything
within his power to bring about the
final passage of the $30,000,000 bill,
which he regards as one of the most
essential features of his conservation
programme.
Senator Jones conferred with the
president on behalf of the Western
senators to learn the views of the
president with regard to the proposal
recently made to attach the $30,000,
000 bill to the rivers and harbors bill
as a rider. '
The president concurred in Jones'
opinion that this move would be inad
visable, as there are men in congress
opposed to both measures, and by com
bining forces they might defeat them.
Moreover, the president said, he be
lieved it will not be necessary to make
the irrigation bill a rider on any other
measure, for assurances he has receiv
ed convince him the bill will pass upon
its merits. If through any hitch the
irrigation bill does not pass the house
Prince, of Illinois, from tluf committee
on military affairs.
Washington, April 13. Satisfied from
testimony recently submitted that the
Lafean apple-box and grading bill ia
both vicious and unwarranted, the
House committee on agriculture, on
motion of Representative Hawley, to
day tabled that measure, thus render
ing impossible its further consideration
during this or the next session.
The House of Representatives today
passed the Hamer bill authorizing vari
ous Western states to relinquish title
to school sections included within for
est reservations and to take in ex
change therefor an equal area of for
est reserve lands lying in contact
bodies, provided lands so taken are oi
the same value as those relinqii:ht 1. I
These exchanges, before bocoraingj
effective, are to be approved l.v thei
Secretary of Agriculture. Tins bill, it j
it passes the Senate, will permit all j
Western states to adjust their scIiojI '
land contests that have long linen j
pending before the Interior Deua;t-l
ment, for exchanges may be mado j
Big Fees UewYork
Lawyers
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ABATES TRUST WAR.
Cod Resents Pennies.
Cody, Wyo., April 14. Cody has a
grievance and its against your Uncle
Sam. The Government has forced pen
nies on Cody a place which has no
more use for pennies than Nome has
lor fans in January.
It has instructed its postmaster here
to make change in pennies and the ar
rangpment embarrasses business men.
Nobody wants the penny and.invari
ably its drifts to the bank and there
it sticks.
Not until comparatively recently
were dimes and nickels recognized as
teal money in Cody.
Airship May Be Seized.
New York, April 14. An outfit of
French aeroplanes may become Gov
eminent property by seizure if litiga
tion over them is not settled soon,
Attorneys for Louis Paulhan, the
French aviator, said today that they
bad been notified that the four aero
planes which Paulhan used in his
flights on the Pacific Coast and in the
West would be seized by the United
States if they were not taken back to
France by April 25.
6,600 Trainmen Get Raise in Pay.
Scranton, Pa., April 14. The Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Company today annnanced a 6 per cent
increase in wages to all employes op
crating betwocn Hobol-en and Buffalo,
numbering about 6000. The switch
men are given an increase of 3 eenti
an hour, 1500 being affected.
Action of Supreme Court Temporar
ly Limits Prosecutions,
Washington, April 13. One effect of
the postponement of a decision by the
supreme Court in the Standard Oil and
Tobacco irust cases will be to defer
action by the Department of Justice
against those combinations or trusts
believed to be operating in violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law. This
holds good where the vital points of
attack on such corporations are similar
to those in the suits awaiting settle
ment.
In the broad area of the law not cov
ered bv the Standard Oil and thn Tn
bacco Trust cases, there is considerable
room for operation and where there is
suthcient evidence of the existence of
combinations in restraint of trade and
an agreement to fix prices, prosecutions
will continue. This attitude of the
Government was made plain in Admin
istration circles today.
On tho judicial interpretation of the
word "monopoly" by the Supreme
Court in the big cases hinges the
method of procedure by the Depart
ment of Justice in its future action in
important trust prosecutions. That
word . is said never to have been de
ned adequately in English jurispru
dence.
An .important matter in which the
Attorney-General has deferred action
pending a decision in the Standard Oil
nd Tobacco Trust cases, is the inves
tigation into the complaints of tho
mencan federation of Labor against
he United States Steel Corporation.
I What, if any, other cases are beinir
neid oacK pending the court's decision
is not stated. In issues likes the al
leged window glass combine against
which indictments were recently ob
tained in Pittsburg and those similar
to the .Northern Securities case, the de
partment expects to continue prosecu
tion.
Embareo Will Go on PuId.
Quebec, April 13. That the Province
of Quebec soon will prohibit the ex
portation of wood pulp cut on the
crown lands of the province to the
united sstates was announced in the
legislature this afternoon by Premier
Gouin. The Premier said: '-.We have
not spoken of this question during the
eany part oi the session, because when
the session opened a tariff war was
threatened between Canada and the
United States. We have the right to
prohibit the exportation of pulp woods.
Within a few days an order will there
fore be passed by the council to this
effect. ' '
Actress Recalls Murder.
Washington, April 13. naving stood
as a young actress on the stage only a
few feet from the spot where Lincoln
was assassinated in Ford's Theater on
the night of April 14, 18G5, Miss Jen
nie Gourlay, now a gray-haired woman,
has returned to Washington for the
first time Bicce that eventful night and
visited tho spot where the tragedy oc
curred. On the night of Lincoln's
death, Miss Gourlay played the part of
Mary Trenchard, in the drama. "Our
American Cousin."
veyed or not,
The House of Representatives today
passed the Senate bill extending the
provisions or the 3ZU-acre dry farm
homestead law to Idaho. The commit
tee struck out the provision which
would have permitted non-resident
homesteads on nnt. tn ptippH i nnn nnn
before the sundry civil bill is reported acres. This was similar tn t.h Bon'
to tne senate, wfticn will be well to- bill that has been piseon-holed.
wards the close of the session, the The House Public Lands committee
president said he would then feel the today ordered a favorable report on
senate would be justified in attaching Hawley 's bill directing issuance patent
the $30,000,000 bill to the sundry civil t0 60 or 70 settlers on the Siletz reser-
hill. and in that wav mak sure of its vation. The bill was amended to re-
- I n,.:Mn i - a ,n ern
ononmanf H""" UailUCUl OI per BCfO
i iui iauu, wuicu wouia nave ueen neces-
Washington, April 15. Senator Bur- s,ar7 . , the Jands been Pened under
ton, who yesterday submitted a minor- V'"u BtDB cc- "ls VnQer"
ity report opposing the present system f?"d ie ?f!"le!e. ,no eetl0? to
,,mPIuT? erS .,lS: 8poke changes were made in the bill,
at length today in support of his con-
tentions. He delared that although it Washington, April 12. With about
HE size of legal fef is growing to keep pace with the magni
tude of financial transactions. Recently it became known that
Samuel Untermeyer, the New York corporation lawyer, had
received a fee of $775,000, all cash, with the exception of a
block of stock valued at $05,000. This Is above three-quarters
of a million dollars. When the news became noised abroad
there was a degree of consternation among clients and citi
zens who contemplated a legal flyer; some lawyers turned green, some
Judges began to figure on a polite form of resignation from the bench and
some police court attorneys raised their rate $2.50 for defending "drunks
and disorderlies."
If William Nelson Cromwell would reveal the fee that he got for en
gineering the sale of the Panama Canal by the French owners to the United
States government It might be found that he is entitled to the laurels of
the highest legal compensation. At the time of the sale of the $40,000,000
property It was reported In Washington that his fee was upward of $1,000,
0K'. Of course, mere rumor cannot be credited in an official championship
omu.tt. On another case Mr. Cromwell is said to have admitted that he
riia1 $t)0,000 In Bixty days, which Is a very fair achievement. It was his
for adjusting the affairs of Decker, Howell & Co., New York bankers,
who failed for $17,000,000. There Is little doubt that Mr. Cromwell realized
x figure fafg for his work In organizing the United States Steel Corpora
tion, tta Arm dean Cotton Oil Company and the National Tube Company.
Senator E'Jvm Root's fee for acting as counsel for James Hazen Hyde
whether the forest reserves are sur-1 during ti e E;ul;iM Life Assurance Society disturbance was at the rate
or $--. iw a mltufi', or T1,O0 a day. One evidence of the size of Mr. Root's
fees Is hi long rttiitiwcr.t from active practice, which Is conceded to be
a costly luxury. Many suuavrnen have retired from public life because
they couldn't afford it.
In contrast with thes Iarsa compensations, Governor Hughes of New
York State, obtained only $';5,t0o for his long, arduous and highly skilled
labor as attorney is the insurance Investigation, which, however, made him
a national figure, in criminal cases, Delphi n M. Delmas, the gilded . orator
of the Pacific Slope, probubly made a -word with his $50,000 fee for help
ing to defend Harry K. Thaw. Ex-Cover nor Frank S. Black of New York
State is reputed to have obtained some large Tt war els for legal work. James
M. Beck, formerly Assistant Attorney General of tho United States, has
gathered a few sizable plums In t'.e corporation orcr.ard.
Receiverships are generally profitable to the lawyer who act as re
ceivers and counsel. Fees in six figures are not unrotnoica. and it is rare
that a court sets aside the amount agreed upon a-n;.ng the attorneys, as
happened in the receivership of the KnicKei Nwk r Trust Company, when
a judge held that a charge of more than $500,00 ws excessive. More re
cently a sensation was created by a Brooklyn lawyer, who voluntarily
turned back his share of a receivership fee on the ground that It was too
much. It is said there was a movement to disbar this lawyer for unpro
fessional conduct and violation of legal ethics tending to lower the stand
ard of living among practitioners. However, the fear that other attorneys
might follow in his footsteps was not realized.
was not neccessary but desirable that 200 members in their seats, the Admin
transportation should continue to be istration railroad bill was taken up
by both rail and water, yet the records '"r 'iion y .e use toaay.
would show that railroads were carry- . " cum
t;4- u a rnittee on interstate and foreign com
u I- , , i V""""' T- , merce, addressed the House on the
the chief value of improved inland measure reported from his committee.
noTarwaira loir in ,hai i , , , -A , . , .... . .... ... . i
noJ 1 J """jr caci- "With a lull realization." hp nail. Plain rrnmniA. - ti.
Cise a control OI rates. "of the benefits and the necessity nf ti ..- it-.i
o .. x , - . . I " "
oenauors gave respecuui anemion xo wise ana successrui management, oper- After all, maybe it isn't so much fun
PBESIDENT 'S LONELY LIFE.
Burton as he talked, but he seemed to alion and progressive construction of to De tne 'president of the United
have made few converts. As he pro- our railways, we also realize that in the ot.t. -r,.. ... ,
ceeded he aroused considerable opposi- benefit, that they confer upon the peo- J,1"" rfn Un non
tion and engaged in controversies with Ple thflv are servants and not masters. sociaDie samraction in being a non
d1 t V!! oi?,l .r!!8' . 11,1 It is their duty to treat all persons commissioned officer in the great army
'T' ". iey jiiiu ouiera. ..,,,, ' ' of 1nst cnmmnn folkH Thpr Is nlmn
XT.4-AH I Al . 1 VM"""J I " -- "
uuuu al umt u.e country nau Mann deelared tnat th. rakina flni1 of neCesBitT a condition sueeestive of
gone wild over the construction of Hepburn laws were mainly effective and loneliness attaching to every eminent,
locks and dams. He -instanced lm- had nnt heen followed w M:.n. .,, -,... , ,,,
provements of this character on the ters" that had been so freely predicted. Whatever in the nature of wall or
Green and the oandy rivers of Ken- Mann said the bill would give great- fence or soclal or offlcla, barr,er
tucky contending that desp.te the mil- er expedition to justice, greater ad- to Bhut the crowd out t(J Bnut
hnna Thar nasi .mn a vnnnrlnW n 4- V-. av Pflnrn era rn axr an rarm a t n n 1 1 ah lnnAvii
the Individual in. One cannot enjoy
lions that had oeen expended on them vantage on even terms to all shippers;
there had been a falling off in tonnage, greater security, to those who care to
mi thie,t ,oM w invest their money in railway stocks. ne nonor distinction or occupying
of transportation is going out of exist- fd bon.?s' and ,Peater Protection to Psitio abJe the ,ev of ,tne, ?ul;
ence those railroads whose managements de- tltude and at the same time feel that
rpi, m lt..v. Vnj . sire to operate mem emcientiy in tne sense or miimaie sociaDiiuy inai comes
The miners of Alaska had no trou- ft ' I . ... , '
ble over their mining claims until the He summarized the Tirono.ition. un . J i . ,
looin t (ho , . . . , , lle summarized the propositions un- beings. The normal, ordinary mortal
lawyers got there. Iney had not de der three treneral heurU Tha worn . . .. . . ...
veined th m-Aat Ampr.Van in . " aZ a. -V J: ""' aoes not particularly enjoy oeing too
stinct, but settled everyg amicably ly IheTreatfon of" a TmmercrTourt mUCh, U TT f ft TS
throue-h their minr' juuuwi.t.inna " with exnert innVeH hc .rrpatJ especially if he is expected to make
This was the declaration tnrfav jurisdiction than the Circuit Courts now e attempt of presuming to meet them
. . . 1 J, 1 ., ... 1 An V InirM
Delegate Wickersham, of Alaska, be- uavo' seconu, enlarging tne statutory
fnw. thp bnnap mmmifi to-,,- duties of the railways and the rights And so it is that for every-day peo-
tories, which had under consideration lhipTpe8 powers pie to meet and enjoy the society of
the Alaska legislative bill. The " l:.,,B,ii", h0,,u,,,, tM-WgnMt executive omcer oi u
f u u:u o.ti.-.t x.- su luitl- ciassmcations, regulations ana united States of America, requires
ofpoweof.tto1yi practices shall be just and enforceable more tact and le8s self-consciousness
powers oi attorney in staKing claims as such; third, regulating the cpnsoli- thfl th who have never trled lt
was immediate subject of discussion. dation of railroads and their issues of than those who have never tried it
stocks and bonds so that competition
would be likely to imagine, the Chris-
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WooTnonn 14 it . mar hn kn nnn o. for nu;kl .r, tlan bcience Monitor Bays. remaps
compatible with the public interest rates sha11 not be maintained unreason- the feeling that is apt to possess one
President Taft will tell the house what abI hiSn in order to Pav returns upon making such an attempt might be
facts, if any, existed that would make exce8Slve capitalization. compared in a measure-to the sensa-
it expedient for that hnHv trt pntpr ,,r w! a-.-i ,i wu tiDti one would experience in going for
j v- h Minn)' wii, nuiu ax. x Lie BtriiziLt: i ... ... i t
nn nv inlnt,' nf A ! tkJ..j jit.'....- - a Stroll Wltn a inena wuo vas luuuui
BUw... Vi x.ouus in, tne ujuay cntereu me voting stage oi its , .... Ao . . - hp
rustnma uprvino
nection with the disclosures of sugar railroad bill. In accordance with the Presid! nt ,U j j u I it wfre
frauds. previous am-eement. Senator Fllrin. down fr0m hlS fflClal BtUta. 11 .e
x : . ' ... .. possible for him to do so; out, try as
uy xfcCL,- was uiviliut ill IIIUVIUIT U1C CUnSlUerB- - ... . . xl ....
resentativp Fit7rPralrl nf V1, f! t vl u:n Zr.- u he Will, he IS powerless in. tne matter.
calling for his information was passed met, and it received continuous atten- HmaA i t?Sn thlv
by the house today after an extended tion until the close of the session. leve that he is no taller than they
Hphatp xirv.:i u -n are but it counts little wnat ne may
aeuate. While the nnnoRit.inn will nnt nnn. M110' ,,p
The question. whether the passage of cede the Elkins amendment to h thp ay or do; they win persist in loosing
such a resolution would embarrass the amendments of the majority of the P to him. Perhaps there nas never
administration in continuing its prose- committee on interstate commerce, they an occup1 of tbe h lte " ou!
cution oi tne so-canea sugar trust was consented to t ow them to be treated wuo U!la
considered. In view of the recent!con- as such, tiius consenting to their com- People on a common level man noes
ference between the president and.Rep- pletion in advance of the presentation President Taft. But those witn wnom
resentative Hill, of Connecticut, on of other amendments. Senator Cum- he meet3 canDOt forget fthat ??.
this subject, it is believed that the in- mins in turn succeeded in procuring first citizen of the great repuDiic.
formation called for will not be" triven the concession that his ann" Rpn.tnr The President of the nation, who-
and that the declination will be based Clapp's amendments should be next ever he may be. needs and deserves all
on the discretion reposed in the cresi- taken ud. the honest and disinterested frlendii-
dent by the resolution which finallv The onlv amendments acted nnon ness that individuals and the public
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was adopted. during the day were those rejrulatine 08,1 Slve nim
xne aepate was political lareelv and the lurisdiction of the proposed court
the names of Henry W. Taft. brother of commerce, irrantinr aoDeals from
of the president, and John E. Parsons, interlocutory orders of the court of
iatner oi Kepresentative Parsons, fig- commerce and permitting five days'
ured as counsel for the-Sugar trust. notice of hearing in injunction pro-
run or Connecticut introduced a sub- ceedings.
stitute resolution calling on the presi- Almost the entire "insurgent1
aent to state "what reasons,
VALUE OF FAKM PBODUCTS.
C email. Bureau's Statement Concern-
inK Method of A.certalnlnar It.
Inquiries hae been mado of the
Census Bureau whether farm products
instead strength of the house was ioined with Dhmii ,1 Vu vsliipd hv farmers in rpnlv-
of "what facts" made a congressional the Democrats today in what was gen- lng t0 census enumerators, at the gen-
nvoct1Ktiuii inexpeaieni, erauy acKnowieugea to De an additional prai wholesale prices or at the actual
A pension bill of sweeping provis- rebuke to Speaker Cannon,
ki-Ia.. tlttalna htf tha 11 Par Tt
, .-ina imHtM Tt;nL -II i I a a i, il-
...i. umci until in Burvivinz voiun- a conierence report on tne iczisia- .,nio t ht- tho innniran thot
v.v. o ui mo uuiieu otates army tive, executive anu juuiciai appropria-
who served six months or more would tion bill contained an agreement to
Roosevelt to Hunt in England.
Lon8on, April 13. What o Mr.
Roosevelt probably will be one of the
most interesting features of his tour of
England is the planned visit to the
Northumberland home of Sir Edward
Grey. The Foreign Secretary who,
while retaining his grasp upon the
world of politics hag gained some fame
as a sportsman, has invited the former
President to spend few days with
him.
receive retired pay according to length
of service, and all honorably discharged
enlisted men over 70 years old and
suffering a certain decree 'cf disabil
ity, would receive a straitrht pension!
oi a montn, was reported to the
house yesterday by Representative
Settlers Warned of Suit.
Washington, April 14. Secretary of
the Interior Ballinger has notified the
Local Land Office at Spokane to warn
all settlers on the Spokane Indian
reservation that the Northern. Pacific
Railway intends to bring suit to secure
title to the odd-numbered sections on
that reservation. Warning is to be
given settlers locating on the odd sec
tions and they are to bo made fully
aware they are likely to be involved in
a lawsuit with the railroad company.
appropriate for the expenses of auto
mobiles previously provided for Speak
er Cannon and V ice President Sher
man. The house reiterated its disap
proval of these expenditures and by a
vote of 132 to 111 refused to agree to
the resolution.
Heyburn Opposes Commission.
Washington, April 13. The senate
conservation committee today consid
ered Newlands' bill authorizing the
creation of a conservation commission.
Practically the entire session was con
sumed by Heyburn in opposing the bill.
No other member of the committee ap
peared hostile and Monday the commit
tee will meet to report favorably. The
bill will limit the life of the commis
sion to three years and stipulates none
of its members be paid a salary.
many rarmera sen a proportion oi
their eggs for breeding, at much high
er than the regular price. Others sell
part or all of their milk, butter, and
cream, at retail. Quite a number sell
pure-bred live stock of various kinds
at more or less fancy prices. The
bureau's correspondents are of the
opinion that if sales are quoted in this
way In the census reports, the results
might be somewhat uncertain as a ba
sis for the average market prices.
Responding to these Inquiries, Cen
sus Director Durand states that la
forming Its inquiries and instructions
with reference to the Talue of domes
tic animals and fowls, the. Census Bu
reau must necessarily follow the lines
laid down in the law governing its ac
tion. That law requires the bureau
to ascertain the number and Talue of
animals and fowls. The value sought
Is cot the ' Talue of soma particular
class of animals or fowls, but of all
animals and fowls.' It Is the amount
at which the animals and fowls can be
sold. Good pure-blooded animals will
sell for more, and thus have a greater
value than the poor animals. Where
there are many pure-blooded, the aver
age will be higher than where the op
posite condition of affairs prevails,
but, as a matter of fact, the pure
blooded animals are so thoroughly dis
tributed that they left no appreciable
influence upon the average published
by the twelfth census, except In the
case of the young colts of the State
of New Jersey.
No appreciable influence on the aver
age price or value of eggs, milk or
butter is observed in consequence of
the practice mentioned by the inquir
ers. The high-priced eggs, milk, but
ter, etc., are found about as muqh la
one part of the country as in another.
The average which the census will
publish is not that of a particular class
of eggs, but of all eggs produced. It Is
the same for all animals, fowls and
animal products. The relative num
ber and value of the animals and prod
ucts to which specific attention has
been called does not exert, for the
country as a whole or for many of the
States, an influence sufficient to make '
tne average published by the census
materially different from the average
market p Ices.
ABTIFICIAL.SAPFHXRES APPEAB.
Denier. Say They Can't Tell the
"Synthetic" Stone, from Ileal.
Excitement was caused in the Maid
en Lane district recently by the ar
rival of the first of the synthetic sap
phires, made according to a new pro
cess, the discovery of which was an
nounced several weeks ago from Paris,
the New York Times says. Dealers say
that the trade has not been so much
agitated since the first synthetic ru
bies appeared in New York in 1893. .
One of the dealers who received
some of the stones said that, although
he had been selling sapphires all His
life he cannot see any difference be
tween the synthetic product and the
natural stones. He said that he had
tried all ordinary tests on the new
stones without finding the slightest
difference between them and natural
sapphires.
One dealer said the results would be
disastrous to the trade if it proved
impossible to distinguish between the
natural and the artificial stones. This
would mean that a vast amount of
money now invested In sapphires.
which have been selling at from J100
to $200 a carat, would be lost to the
owners.
At the same time that the artificial
sapphires reached New York there
appeared In the wholesale markets a
new variety of imitation made of an
exceedingly hard and brilliant qual
ity of glass. Warnings were at once
sent out by wholesale dealers to test
all stones with hydrofluoric acid,
which quickly eats Into and disfigures
even the hardest glass. Maiden Lane
was especially indignant because the
glass Imitations were offered under
the name of synthetic sapphires in
order to get prices much higher than
they would be paid if they were sold
for what they are.
What Mlcht Hart Been.
"It Is said that Napoleon contem
plated coming to America after Water
loo. Seems a pity that he could not
perfect his plans.
"It does so. What a hit he would
have made in vaudeville!" Washing
ton Herald.
When a youth begins to sow wild
oats lt is tloie for father to start tho
thrashing machine.