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• DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
TuasKay, February 36
Wuahlngton, Feb. 2 *.---Currency
legislation «t> tUn ihfaf tuple liafor»
iha renal« today.
Fur uearly thro«
hour» Owen, nt Oklahoma, apok« on
I lie Mil: I'll bill. mi M iik Ulf' II'- liml.
throuah ai-Rabator Jone», of Arkan
sas, In 1*00 proposed b-nlalatloii
souiewhst similar to the bill und«r
cunalderatlon. but with «»sentlai dit-
ivi rm «a, * hi. h in .1 < 111 rd ».in bl
have prevented the recant panic hud
It been enacted Into law. Owen re
el, In I'd rlokti attention from the sena
tors and was frequently Interi npted
with quanttons, which led to spirited
debate.
Thu Indian appropriation bill re
ceived consldoruilon during a part
of the day.
The bill wua read
through.
Teller declared that Indlun bills
have In ths past been put through
the »»nut« loaded down with uew
legislation that should never have
been adopted.
Washington, Feb. 2t> General de
bate on the army appropriation bill
In the house of representatives today
again furnished opportunity for fi««
expression of opinion on the issues
of the day.
Garrett of Tennessee
and llau of North Carolina arraigned
the Republican party for Its policy
with regard io the tariff, wjlll«
Hayes of California denounc'd ths
financial system <>f the United Hiatus
as "patchwork," and the Aldrich bill
as "falling fur short of the remedial
legislation needed.’*
The only remarks pertinent to the
army bill were made by Parker of
New Jersey, who spoke In favor of
the proposition for Increased pay
for the otfl< »rs and men, and Kus-
lerman of Wisconsin In support of
restoration of the canteen.
The seven hours allowed for gen
eral debate on the bill will expire to
morrow. when the measure will be
read for umeudment.
Monday, February 24
Washington, Feb. 24.—Hersn mall
subsidy and currency legislation were
both ths subjs, ta of speohes in tbs
senate today.
Gallinger opened tl>s
debate In favor of his bill for oresn
mall subsidy Io build up the American
merchant marine, and was followed by
Depew, who strongly approved the
measure.
Hunmona. of North Carolina, and
While, of Maryland, spoke In criticism
of the Aldrich currency bill White
announcing Hist he would nut vole for
any measure before the senate. An
hour was devoted to ths further consid
eration ol the bill toreviadlhs criminal
code.
Ira I linger reviewed conditions miner
which the merchant m arms of thia
country to operating and cited many ad
vantage«« that Ira believed will accrue
to the commercial Intervals of the
United Hiatus if totter mall aervioe to
H ruth America and other points la es
tablished.
Washington, Feb. 24 —The unnsnal
•pectacls of the committee on rules
Ire I ng overruled by its chairman, the
epastker, on the floor of the house. wa*
witnessed In that body ta toy, Ulrich to
the dfaeomfitnre nf Dafaei), a mem tor
of the oommittes.
The armv appropriation bill, carry
ing *86.007,6611. was taken up.
After
Hull, of Iowa, had explained Its pro-
v|gi<M>e, Hlaylen, of lexaa, crlt Mused
"the enormous extravagance of the mil
itary establishment," while Holiday,
ol Indiana. pleaded for ItrcrMtaed pay
for the enlists 1 men of tire army.
Other speeches were delivered by
Hamilton, of fnwa. who favored tariff
revision, and by Washburn, of Maasa-
chnssite, in favor of removing the re-
atriction of the'sherman anti-trust law
regard mg organisations ol merchants
in certain cases.
Friday, February 31.
Washington, Feb. >1—Henator Hey-
bura and Iteprsaeulative French, of
Idaho, today Inlrudueeii tn the senate
end house the bill prepared by Idaho
sheepmen amending the 28 hour law,
by providing that railroad trains con
taining ten or more o.ra of livestock
going from one atals to aui.-ther shall
inalnlain an average minimum »[>«»<1 of
HI mill«« per hour from Ibe tuue the
stock is loaded onto cars until the des
Dilation fa reached, deducting reason
able time tor »top« made lor feed and
water. The bill provide» a fine of *100
to *bU0 for failure to maintain thia
speed.
Ao amendment to the poetoffioe ap-
prnpilatmon bill was introduced Imlay
by Henator Foraker.
He ven Filipinos may receive instruc
lion in the United Htatea military acad
emy, aec'Wdlng to a bill passed by the
senate today.
Washington, Feb. 21.—The time >d
the bouse of representative« today ««»
devoted to consideration of what 1»
known ar the District ol C dumbla rail
way Iranchiae—that la, the bill provid
ing for extemdon of streetcar lines to
the new union elation. The »object of
universal streetcar transfer» in Wash
ington elicited special attenti n and
no disposition was
manifested
to
amend the provision except to strength
en it. Tomorrow also will be given
over io District of Columbia business.
Thursday. February SO
Washington, Feb. 20.—Beoauae of
the death In this city today of Henator
latlmer, of Hoath Carolina,
faith
branch»« of congfeea adjourned, the
senate a Imo» I immediately after con
vening end th* bouse an hour after
ward upon racaiving otfa-ial notree of
the senator's death. In each chamber
resolutions of regret were adopted and
a committee appointed to accompany
the body home.
Most of the time the house was in
an»«l<>n was consumed in the reading of
Impeachment < liargea offered by Mr.
Waldo, of New York, against Federal
Judge lx-bl>eua K. Wilfley, of the
United Stales court at Hhrngbai, China,
which were referred to the ooromittee
on judiciary.
Chaplain Hale, in Ills prayer open
ing the senate, referred feelingly to the
death of Henator latlmer.
The immigration
committee,
ol
which Mr. latlmer was a member,
also adopted resolutions of regret.
Wednesday. February 10
Washington, Feb. 19.—Henator Bo
rah, of blalio. dropped a bomb In the
United Hlatee senate when he proposed
to amend the existing law by providing
that United Htatea senator* and reprr-
sentativea in congress should not be
permitted to act as paid attorneys In
sny Federal court In cases In which the
Unite.I Stale» government ia Interested
directly or Indirectly. The senate was
droning along, considering the Hey
burn bill to revise and codify the Fede
ral statute«, when It reached tlust pro
vision under which United Htatea Hen-
»tors Burton and Mitchell had l«en In
dicted and convicted. It was here that
the junior Idaho senator unexpectedly
prop.«cl his amendment.
Th» senate in exwntive aeeaion today
ratifled the arbitralIon convention I«-
tween the United Hlatee and France,
which wan signed on February 10. A
naturalisation treaty
tietween
the
United Htatea and Fern also was rati
fled.
Henator Knox introduced a bill pro
viding for a system of p<>»tal savings
tanks.
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Naturdav, cebruary 22
Washington, belt. 22.—in the pres
ence of many senators and a large gath
ering in ths galeriee. Senator Porter
McCuiuber, of North Itakota, today
read the fare wall addreaa of Washing
ton.
the Indian appropriation bill, wldch
was reported to the senate today, carrier
*9,826,820, an in< reture of *1,610,123
over the total appropr aliens made by
tire bill aa It was pa-ecl by the houas.
The nomination of Ixulia A. Coolidge,
ol Mitssacbruidle. to be an assistant
aecrctaiy id the treasury, was ordered
reported favorably by the senate coin
mitse on finance.
Washington, Feb. 19 —The bill pro
viding for tire taking of the thirteenth
census occupied most of the time of the
seaslon of the house today. Progreea
with it wan alow iwcauve of numerous
anwndmente offered, which
In the
main were rejected.
The bill wnv-
amended In one important particular,
however, and that wa* limiting the
oensua to the mainland of the United
Htatc«, Alaska. Hawaii and Porto Rico.
Previous to the consideration of the
census bill, Henry, of Texas, taking his
cue from Kontol I's remarks of yesterday
lauding the speaker, urge I the Repub
lican« to bring in an employers liabilty
bill and a bill requiring notice before
tbe traiianoe ol Fedrnai indictment«.
A petition for tiie Impeachment of
Washington, Feb. 22 —The
face
question came, .to the surface in the Judge L. R. Wilfley, of Shanghai,
house today when Heflin, Atahama judge of the United Htatea court for
offered an amendment to the District of China, was presented to the house.
Columbia street railway tracksge bill,
*
providing for "J«m Crow" cars.
Hef
May Reimburse Harriman Lin«.
lin di cl rred that separate coaches for
the whites and blacks had solved the
Washington. Feb. 26. — President
race problem In Alabama and he ex- Roosevelt Imlay considered with Chair
prossed the opinion that such an ar man Miller, of the house committee on
rangement would solve it In Washing claims, the question bi reimbursing the
Houthern Ibn-lflc company to the extent
ton.
'Ihe amendment was defeated, 140 to of »1,600,000, the amotipt expended In
repairing the break In tiie Colorado
Wo
TTie bill wm passed.
it provides river. Hearings regarding the claim
universal transfer» on the basis of cash ate to be liegun by ths committee Mon
fare« or six tickets for 23 cents
It day. The money was spent by the
also prbvl.les for street, railway facilities railroad company pursuant to what is
from all parts id Washington to the new reganled aa an understanding that the
unian station.
'
'government should bear the expense.
Haney's Bin F«*-
Waslilngtoo, Feb.. 26.—Francis J.
Haney’s fee for prnaeoritlng lafid fraud
cases in Oregon amounts to practically
»60.1)00. all but *8,()00 of which lias
been paid. This Imlanoe was provided
for tn tiie dettoiency appropriation bill
whieh recently |«seed congress. It to
un<l*ratood that the fee for the Hall
case fa not included In the above
amount, a» that will lie paid out of the
appropriation for the current year. The
department of justice was not inclined
to approve Mr. Heney’s account aa
submitted, believing his fee exorbitant.
CommittM to Hold Inquiry.
Washington, Feb. 21).—Charges that
there have been serious defects In the
construction of the battleship« will be
considered at a special meeting of the
senate committee on naval affairs Feb
ruary 26. It w probable that Rear Ad
miral Converse, retired, preaident of
the board of construction; and Rear
Admiral Capps, chief of the bureau of
construction and repair, who recently
proposed extensive replies to the vari
ous criticisms In magazine articles snd
elsewhere, will be tailed before the
committee.
May Rearrange Stars.
May Hava Salaries Now
Washington, Feb. 26.—Benito I-e-
garda and Taldo Ocampo de Leon, the
receutly appointed reeident commis
sioners, who have arrived here to rep
resent the Philippine Islands in con-
grass, tqday visited tiie senate commit
tee on tbe Philippines and were later
taken to the floor of tbe senate, where
they were interested observers. The
senate today passed the house joint res
olution authorising ths payment U the
commissioner*' salary.
i.
Washington, Feb. 20. — Preaident
R<x4*velt is considering a proposition
to rdviac the national flag by an entire
ly niw arrangement of th« »tert.
On
July* 1 another star must he added to
the
to represent Oklahoma, rhe
plan of Dr. A. M. Martin, of Blcom-
vllla, ()., oalto for a geometrical design,
consisting of live arcs in combinations.
ThiauneaM -a Mg star with' five points,
the center being occupied with a few
■ ars.
BOULEVARD FOB CLEVELABD.
All Oregon Represented by Floats In-
uicatfve of Its Rssourcss.
Portland's gtaat annual loeiilulos,
th» lb«» Festival, which was inaugu
rated last June ondei such au*pi*ivua
olraumstrsces, will, this oomlng June,
b» consummated on a scale so bread
and grand that it will have a general
appeal to the whole state of Orgtoo,
and an Individual appeal to »vary com
munity in the ouwmon wealth. The
grand jubilee, which will be one round
of plvasur* for the whole wook begin
ning Monday, Juno 1, and coding in a
blase of glory th« following Satutday
night. Is not for Portland or Portland
people alone.
Ou« of Its most *p«ctarular snd b<il-
Rant features is to be the inagnibeenk
etrwt pageant. This is a oompMlliv«
•vent open to an elites and towns of
Oregon out*ld« of the Rosa City. Tliarw
will b" gland prises, th« capital pris«
being a princely sum in cash with a
numb«« of costly souvenir cups and
other trophies of great value and
beauty.
Up to the present time a lout 20
•Itias and towns of Oregon have been
heard from, each showing great inter
est In th» tpeolal state parade, and
several of there towns, through their
business organisations snd “boosting"
cluto, have sAit representatives to this
city to eonfer with the Faetlvel manege
ment with reference to character of tbe
floats which will make th» m<at effect
ive showing for their communitlea.
Ths Festival association ham secured
the cervices of a master float builder
from tiie East, who is now here with a
corps of aasistante teedy to advise with
all »ho desire to enter the lists.
The rallruad* of Oregon, and the
whole West, in fact, aia planning to
give special reduoed rates on all lines,
good f»r ths whole week ol the Feeti-
val. FpeciaI low rates from Portland
to all pointe In Oreogn.
Every town in Oregon is invited to
enter some characteristic float in the
"All Oregcn" parade, and tbs Festival
associatiso lavltes coraspoudsnes and
personal conf err nos with oltiee and
towns, large and sms)I, m thia all im
portant matter.
Publications for Farmers.
The following pub.icatlone of Internet
to farmer» and others have been issued
by the Agricultural department of the
Federal government and will be fur
nished free, co long ae they are avail
able, except where otherwise noted,
upon application to the Buperinteudenl
of Documents, Government Printing
Oflieo, Washington, I). C-:
Bulletin No. 119.—Report of Irriga
tion Invictigationa for 1901, under di
rection of Elwood .Mea-I, chief of irriga
tion mveetigatione.
Pp. 401. pie. 64,
flge. 12. Price 60 cents. This is the
third of the annual rrp-Mta of the irri
gation investigations of this office, it
deals chisfly with the duly of water,
but contains also repct la from four eta
lions In the humid states, where irriga
tion ia not a nKtweily, but a means of
increasing the returns from farm lamia;
a report on the underground water sup
ply of the Han Bernardino valley Cali
fornia, and tbe eeoond progress «sport
on ailt meMur'mente.
Bulletin No. A6.—The Use of Water
in Irrigation. Report of investigation*
made In 1H99, unuer the auverpieion ol
Elwood Mead, expert in charge, and C.
T. Johnston, sael*atnt. Pp. 2H3. pl*.
60, flg*. 1«. Price 30 cents. Thio bul
letin explains the method* in use ia
tbe arid »teles in tbe distribution and
nee of water in Lr'leation.
It gives a
larye number of measurements made to
determine the duty of water and the
loeeea by seepage and evaporation from
canals, and diecuaoea th* metho<ia by
which the water eupply may be mor»
effectively and economically utilised in
the production of crops.
Bulletin No. 104.—Report of Irriga
tion Investigations for 1900, under su
pervision of Elwood Mead, expert in
charge of irrigation lnveetleaUona. Pp.
334, pls. 26, flg*. 29.
Price 60 cento.
This report covers the second year of
investigations relating especially to the
duty of water. The reporta of the field
agents contain also a large amount of
lnformatioa on laws »nd custome, agri
cultural methods, crop returns and
other subjects related to irrigation. A
progress report on the quantities of silt
carried by a number of southern rivei*
ia also contained in thia volume.
i
Central
Is Premiseli Rail Rebate Pmecotlni Raise Rates
CeiMCtlons.
te tbe Orlee’.
Oragli
FROM SUMHEI TO PRINEVILLE JAPAN CONTROLS ALL MANCHURIA
River Valley May Be Prwvokes China by Her Aggression
tmended •autheast to Connect
and Shuts Out R.v»l Nanons
Line Up Haod
With Other Line«.
Hood River, Or., Feb. 22.—If pre
llmluary plane being promoted
by
wealthy capitalists ot Hall lake City,
who own the Mount Hood Railway ex
tending up Hood River valley and also
the Sumpter Valley, running out of
Baker City, materialise, Centre I Ore
gon may have a railroad In the near fu
ture that will open up Ito many re
sources. The projtet provide« for an
extenaion of the Mount Hood line
through the mountain» east of Mount
Hood, and a party of surveyors is now
in the field trying to locate a pa»»
through the mountain«. The work ia
in charge of Jueeph A. West, chief en
gineer of the Sumpter Valley.
Early last tall a large surveying p«.rty
headed by Mr. Weet was taken Into the
Central Oregon ooanlrj frutn Heppner
Junction to determine the taeibility of
building a railroad on tliat side of the
mountelns and hie report is »aid to
have been favorable. The money pow
er behind to propose; railroad ia David
Ecclee, the millionaire sugar manufac
turer and lumberman, of Kalt lake
City. If tbe project is completed the
two reads will connect at come point in
Crook oounty.
By »«tendon of the
Sumpter Valley roa<l south it would
pase through Canyon City. Grant coun
ty, and alto Prineville.
An extension of th- Mount Hood read
has already been commenced.
A big
gang of men with a steam shovel ws*
put to work at Dee, the present tertn-
inui of the line, and will build a« soon
a* it can be pushed through the six
miles of road toward Mount Hood that
lias been surveyed and staked.
This
will lie done to accommodate the rapid
ly developing fruit land in the Mount
Hood settlement. It is admitted, how
ever, by W. H. Ecclee and lharlee T.
Early, president and manager of the
Mount Hood rami, that it may form
part of the connecting link <>f the pro-
poeed new line. Ofbcera of both roads
reoently went over the territory that
would be tributary to the project and it
1s learned that it fa considered moet
favorably.
In addition to reaching
many acres of fertile farm lands, mil
lions of feet of timber, for which there
iinownooutlet.it is raid, could be
utilised.
TUNNEL UNDER RIVER.
Manhattan Island Now Joined to Long
Island City.
New York, Feb. 22.—Tbe first of the
great system of tunnels and subways by
which tbe Pennsylvania railroad will
be enabled to run • train from Phila
delphia under tbe Hudson river ■crooa
Manhattan ¡»land and under the East
river to Long Island City was completed
today. The two ends ot one of the four
tubes connecting Manhattan
Island
with Long '»land city were brought to
gether under the bed of the middle of
East river off Thirty-fourth street be
fore noon today and steel tings comp» s-
ng the shell of the tube were for the
first time bolted in one conticuous
string from shore to shore.
This tube
was begun in August, 1906, and is 4.-
000 feet in length.
Two other tubes
will be complete! within a few days
and tbe fourth will be finished within
three months, acxxirding to an an
nouncement made by the company.
Ho accurate were the measurement«
of the engineers that the ends tame to
Idaho Corn Show.
gether with a variation of only three-
On the 2d, 3d and 4th of Ttocembet, eighths of an inch.
191*6, there will bo held «t Moscow •
state corn show under the managr-ment
Expect Evans to Recover.
of the Idaho Agronomy aasociaticn. Not
Washington, Feb. 22.— While not
only will there be a show, but also a
by
Admiral
rousing program, which in itself would yet formally advised
pay the farmer to come to Moscow. Thomas that he has «»«timed command
The subjict of corn will be taken up nf the Atlantic fiiet, the officials of tbe
and discussed from a practical and eci- Navy department are expecting seme
rntlflc point of view; the «oil will be such announcement, on the basis of
eonsldered in Its different phases; Irri preceding reports on the condition of
gation and dry farming will be talked Admiral Evans. These report« are not
• b>ut and the various live stock, dairy regarded as indicating that the Admiral
and horticultural subjects will bo con ia suffering from any permanent inca
pacity, but that he is simply again a
sidered.
There will be some good premium« victim of rheumatic gout, which is di
offered to the winners of th« show. rectly the result of the injury he re
Now 1« the tim« to begin preparing by ceived at Fort Fisher in the Civil war
planting lome good corn and getting I d
line.
Fight Indian Liquor Sale.
Tell your neighbors about It.
Wash in gon, Feb. 22.—The senate
Do not forget the date. Mark thoe* committee on Indian affairs today con
days on your calendar and plan to come. tinued its consideration of the Indian
For further information addroeo, R. appropriation bill. Among the amend
E. Hyslop, Superintendent Idaho Ag- ments adopted were: Increasing from
wuiomy Association, Moeoow, Idaho.
*26,1)00 to *40,000 the appropriation
Th»ae may be made of bfa-mlt «linuh for the suppression of the traffic in in
the same ne apple dumplings, or of puff toxicating liqnors among the Indians;
paste rolled Into rounds six Inch«-« making an appropriation for agricul
tural experiments; anthoiiing the sec
across. Pinch up tbe edges to »liape
retary of the treasury to expend *50,-
Into cupa. Arrange In n baking pan
000 for the purchase of agricultural
■ nd put a peeled jiesch In the center of
lands and Irrigation of them for the
each.
Sprinkle with augur and dot use of Indians in California.
with gutter, then bake In a hot oven.
Itlekorr
M»«
Cnnkle«.
Two cups of sugar, 2 eggs, half a cup
of melted butter, 6 tableetHMinfula of
milk, 1 tes»t>oonful of cream of tartar,
half s tenapoonful of so<la and 1 cupful
of chopped kernels stirred Into tbs
*4/\n**H
rrMervM.
Make a syrup of Ove pounds sugar
and two 'nips water; boll until clear.
Wash, stem and aecd one gallon cher
ries, drop tn the syrup and boll thirty
minute«; aklm well. Fill alr-tlght Jerx
seal and put In ■ cool place,
T« Claaa a 9<»«l Kalt».
Out an Irish potato In half, dip ooa
sf tbe pieces In the brickbat which
Is generally used for cleaning knives
Rub the blade of the knife and the
Kain will Immediately disappear.
Denies Part In Graft.
Harrisburg. Pa., Feb. 22.—Ex-Gov
ernor Pennypacker in hia testimony at
the state capitol conspiracy trial today
denied the statement of 8. B. I-ewie
that the famous Huston letter to ex
Attorney General Carson was pre;«red
at a conference i*tw«»n fsnnypacker,
Lewis and ex-Audiior flamal Snyder,
one of the d<fenlK|*g,a| Mr. Penny
packer declared that ffh*T Lewis state«I
that thia letter was Intended to be a
"whitewash," he stated falsely.
Kentucky Still Deadlocked.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 22.—The ballot
for United State» senator in the ioint
session of the legislature today resulted
a fol Iowa: Beckham, 67 ; Bradley, 66;
Allen. 1; Blackbutn, 1; Campbell, 4.
Necessary to a oboioe, 66.
—Powers May Protest.
Washington, Feb. 20.—Information
from unofficial and individual source»
evidencing the aggteaeivensae of Japan
in Manchuria has been accumulating
in the Htate department for some time.
Tl>at this condition ia irritating in in-
creasing degree to China is also a mat
ter of knowledge here. It fa said with
authority, however, that in no manner
has tbe Chin««» government brought
the matter to the attention ot the
American government, and no report
on the subject is looked far.
A remarkable explanation of the at
titude of our government in thia im
portant matter is developed a the reeuit
ol inquiry directed towaid officials wbo
cnanot be quoted, but are in positions
to direct out policies. In effect, it is
as follows:
"It ia frankly admitted that America
is losing her commercial footbold in
the Orient. This l<«s, however, ia not
charged to Japan. Rather it ia assert
ed to be the effect ot the growing ten
dency toward international government
al regulation in tbe United Htatea. A»
an illustration ot this, attention is call
ed to these facts:
"Five years ago flour in barrels vraa
being shipped to the Orient hom the
Northwest, steel rails from Pittsburg,
and cotton in bales from Texas. These
shipments were made possible because
of an exceedingly low ocean freight rate
arrived at by a railroad combination.
This rate lias been condemned by our
court* as a conspiracy against trade,
and the development of this trade has
been abandoned.
Tbe domestic nr,
■a it is characterised, against the Stand
ard Oil company, which ia credited
with the largest Oriental trade of any
American enterprise, is declared to
have been disastrously effective in the
Orient, while the tobecco and cotton
goods trades are said to have been dealt
hsavy Injury through the operation of
th» railroad legislation here.
"From thia point it seemed easy for
government officials here conversant
with foreign matters, to view Japanese
commercial aggression in Manchuria
with a greater degree of complaisance
than would be the case in the face of
an urgent domestic demand for govern
mental a»*i»t«mce. Japan, it is assert
ed. without great difficulty, justify
everything she has done in Manchuria
as sanctioned by the 'open door* policy
initiated by tbe late Secretary Hay,
and adhered to by the greater nations,
including Japan.
Wbilt Japan may justify these thing«
through the "open door’ policy, it lias
been charged that thtre exists evidence
of her use of many methods and prac
tice» which might not bear the light of
impartial investigation.
Beedee her
claim to an equal footing with other
nation* in Manchuria, on the ’open
door' basis, she has, it is «useried, ob
tained many valuable
concessions
through which her control of tbe rail
road and telegraphic facilities is prac
tically complete. This control is known
to be used primarily in the interest of
Japanese tradesmen ar.d to the detri
ment of all foreign competitors.
Brazil Continues Rebates.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The president
of the republic of Braxil. to commemo
rate the visit of tbe Atlantic fleet to
the city of Rio Janeiro, has signed a
decree anthorixing the continuation of
rebates on tariff charges cn articles of
American merchandise during the fiscal
year 1908. The rebates which are con
tinned apply to wheat, flour, condensed
milk, manufactures of rubber, watches,
writing Ink, varnishee, typewriters, re
frigerators, pianos,scalesaud windmill«.
Train« Blocked Near Peor'a.
Peoria. III., Feb. 20.—Twopassengei
trains, one on the Big Four and the
other on the Chicago, Peoria A St
Louis, are stalled in snow drifts 16 to
>8 miles south of Peoria.
Th« B g
Four train, which was due here at 7:30
o’cl'ck this morning, is near a small
station named Leslie, with a huge snow
drift in front and the wind has filled in
Rescuing
a snow bank at the rear.
parties are working in both directions
and ice shovel-ra are in demand at *5 a
day. All freight train* are abandoned
and the freight terminal yards are Idle.
Michigan Trains Snowbound
Detroit-, Mieh. Feb. 20.—At least 13
passenger trains poked their pilots into
impervious snow drifts throughout
Michigan, and late this afternoon re
ports from out in the state indicate that
■oine of these trains are still snow
bound. Traffic was completely aband
oned in some instances
The blixzard
which swept down upon the lower por
tion of Michigan from the West yester
day afternoon still prevails with great
severity, and the snowfall ranges Itom
eight inches in Detroit to 18 inches in
the Southwest section of the state.
More Deaths in Chicsgo.
Chicago, Feb. 20.—The blixxard
which began here yesterday was still in
progress today, although the greatest
fury of the storm had passed.
A light
snow fell during the early part of the
day, and wss pi led into deep drills by
a strong wind. Traffic on all surface
■nd elevated atreetcar lines, as well as
on steam roads, was greatly delayed,
though large squads of men worked all
night in an endeavor to keep the tracks
clear of snow.
Blizzard In Adirondack*.
Platteburg, N. Y., Feb. 20.—A north
west storm of such severity aa to be un-
uuaa), even in this bllxzard-accnstomerl
region, fa ragir.g in Northern New York
tonight, and is rapidly adding to th*
■now that oovers the whole Adirondack
region.
La«4 (or Tkl* Paekwar 1» Ulft «(
Pr«*«er«r Owner» «<• «k» «’Hr.
Cleveland la about to re<’elve tbe
most Important addition to her pork
system since tbe acquisition of Risks-
feller boulevard.
Embracing a tract
of 125 acres In tbe valley of irugway
Brook, tb» new gift will eventually be
come a boulevard of exceptional beau
ty. two and one-ba If miles long, con
necting Gordon Park with Forest Hill,
by way of tb» Lak» Hhora boulevard.
A first-clasa speedway, three quarters
of a mile In length, tbe dream of Cleve
land horsemen for many years, will tie
tbe moat striking feature of tbe city’s
newest park.
Following cloeely tbe course ot frug
way Brook, tire new boulevard will
have a setting unsurpassed by any of
tbe parks Io Cleveland. Tiie topog
raphy of tbe country will lend itself
readily to tbe lands ape gardener.
Best of all, tbe nece»errry property,
valued at about g750JSX), will cost tbe
city nothing, having been nearly all
donated by generous landholders. Ev
ery landholder baa been asked to do
nate what Is needed of bls estate, and
not a single refusal ba» been regis
tered.
Tboae behind tbe new parkway are
counting on tbe donation of Forest Hill
to the city some day. «July then ••an
tbe Irugway Brook boulevard realize Ita
greatest measure of usefulness as a two
end a half mile link In the chain of
parks extending from »lgewater Park
around tbe city to Forest Hill. No
definite word on this subject from Mr.
Rix-kefeller has ever been received, but
tbe men close to him believe that he
will make this disposition of bis mag
nificent estate. It would seem the nat
ural and logical course.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
In spite of a poverty which limits
tbelr good intentions, tbe inhabitants
of Central and South Central Asls dis
play a charming hospitality. Such, at
least. Is the impression gained from
Ellsworth Huntington's recent -book,
'Tbe Pulse of Asia.”
At Matayan, a village In tbe province
of Ladakh, tbe habitable portion ot tbe
upper Indua valley, a friendly villager
invited Mr. Huntington to dive down
from tbe crust which covered eight or
ten feet of snow Into a one-story bouse.
This was at an elevation of ten tbou-
aand five hundred teeL
Although it waa April 11, tbe snow,
even on a level, waa higher than tbe
tops of tbe bouses. Where it had been
aboveled off tbe flat roofs, it formed
high banka protecting them from tbe
wind, and making them tbe favorite sit
ting room at that season, and even in
winter, for tbe sunshine Is always
warm In that dry. cloudless climate.
When tbe little black cowa bad been
driven and pulled out of tbe way. Mr.
Huntington descended to an almost
closed shell used for the two or three
hardy sheep snd goats, and was ush
ered. stooping. Into a dark stable con
taining a little pony, shaggy, like all
tbe animals. Bending low once more,
be climbed over a high sill, and was In
tbe warm, close family living room.
Light and air came In through a bole
In tbe roof a foot square, surmounted
by a chimney pot a foot hi^h. made
of three stones set up to keep out the
snow. A few bits of ragged cloth on the
mud floor for sleeping purposes, a half-
dozen metal utensils, and an iron pot
full of Himalayan tea. kept warm over
some embers, comprised all tbe visible
equipment for housekeeping.
After tbe bust had persuad.d Mt.
Huntington to take a seat on the floor,
a balf-paisied old woman Insisted upon
ladling out for him a bowl of tea. It
was surprisingly good lu view of the
fact that a poor grade of tea leaves
had been stee;>ed half an hour or more
with milk, butter, salt and soda. In
richer
bouses Mr. Huntington was
often served with tea which had been
Improved by being churned violently in
a sleuder. greasy black churn, twenty
Inches long by four In diameter. In or
der to mix tbe rancid butter well iuto
the compound before it was turned Into
tbe drinking bow la
HANY NEW W
JOBS OPEN FOR WOMEN
tallwaya
Place
Are I« U m Phene In
•* Telegraph Alter
March I.
JPÏBATORS TO BE LET OUT
(lock Signala Also Will Be In-
■tediad and Many Small
Station* Closed.
A new field of employment for wou»
m ia to be <>;*u«d by tbe railway»
Thia does not mean that tbe roads will
•rnploy women telegrapbem but on the
contrary tbelr employment will be for
tbe purje>«e of taking tbe plain of tele
grapher» already in tbe service. Tha
future woman railway operating m-
ploye will be engaged at tbe smaller
Rations taking truin orders over a tel»
>bone. where formerly eu< b orders «.era
transmitted and received by telegraph.
This new field will be open to women
when tbe new nine-hour day law gov
erning tbe working time of railway
telegraphers goes
into
effect
on
March 1.
It was confidently expei-ted that thia
law would work a revolution in railway
■peratlon, and It waa with thia end In
view that tbe Order of Railway Tele
grapher* procured It» passage dewptta
tbe determined opporitlon of the rail*
way manager* and even against advlc*
Street from tbe White House. Tb« i«v-
•lutfon fa coming, all right, but It will
bo a revoltwton which will ralegate the
telegraph to a back aeat *■ an adjunct
to railway operation and will throw
thousands of operator* out of employ
ment «nd annually will decrease their
number until they will almoM disap
pear from American railways
It waa expected that tbe reductioi
In tbe working boor* of railway tele
graphers to nine hours would compel
the railroad* to employ at least 8.1MX)
additional men at once. It was also
known that It would be Impossible to
secure this number of men when need
ed. and It was luerefore hoped by tba
men that an Increase In wages would
be a part of tbe revolution planned.
Cbaa*»»
«0
K m «I«.
The railway manager* at first took a
similar view ot tbe situation, but it
soon was discovered that it would ba
Impossible to supply tbe demand If all
existing telegraph office* were to be
maintained after March 1. As a re
sult of a careful study of tbe situation
the nine-hour day for telegraphers will
bring about tbe following changes:
1. Tbe abamdonment of all stations
as telegraph station* except division
beadquarters and Junctional point«.
2. Tbe substitution of teelphones for
tbe receipt and tbe transmission of or
der* and messages.
3. Tbe employment of womei) as
■gents in many station* thus trans
formed iuto telephone stations.
4. Tbe transaction of a tremendous
■mount of office business by letter
which formerly was transacted by tele
graph.
5. Tbe rapid extension of tbe auto
matic electric block signal system,
which will make telegraph stations un
necessary.
In determining to Inaugurate these
changes tbe railway managers found
that they bad in Reality been preparing
for them for years. It was discovered
also that by adopting tbe most expen
sive system of block signaling train
orders and telegraph stations could for
tbe greater part be done away with.
Tbe railroads, therefore, decided that
they would rather spend millions In
providing and maintaining automatic
block signals which never go to sleep
•nd which never fail unless they spell
"danger," than to spend tbe same
money in maintaining telegraph sta
tion» and telegraph operators.
The
closing of stations s* telegraph stations
Is made possible by tbe fact that with
an automatic electric signal all that is
Not <ialuins Aay,
necessary Is to start trains aa fast as
Long division, a writer In tbe New tbe termlual block Is empty and keep
York Hun declares. Is the Waterloo of them going until a semaphore say*
moet of the middle-aged women who “stop."
apply f°T city poeitiona One woman
Wk>x More Box Bable« DI».
took some time off from work to learu
Dr. Francis Warner, senior physician
how to do long division. The teacher ot the London hoapital. has drawn atten
told her a million times, more or leea, tion to a curious aex problem. Taking
that when the divisor would not go Into the birth» of 1906, be »bowed that 57 per
tbe dividend she must put a cipher in cent were toy», yet the dea^h rate of
boy* was »0 much higher than that of
tbe answer.
girl» that of 5-ye»r-old children only 43
One day the teacher came along and per cent were boya. Further atatietics
looked over her shoulder and saw four •howed that 27 per cent of toys as com
teen or fifteen ciphers In the result, pared with only 22 per cent of girls, died
while the correct auswer could not have in the first year. Dr. Warner attributed
had more than three figures in It. The the preponderance of females In England,
teacher was [mtlent with her. and asked despite tbe more numerous birth of boya,
to the fact that a much larger proportion
her where she got all those ciphers.
“Why.” she said. looking slightly wor of male» had tbe name physical defect. A
minute examination of tbousaada ot chil
ried. “you told me that when the di
dren showed that 9 per cent ot boys were
vision wouldn’t go to put down a cipher, physically defective, aa compared with 7
and It wouldn't go nil these times, and per cent of girls, but taking the children's
I havent got to the end yet. and don't medical wards, where practically *11 wars
see as I'm gaining on It a ML"
physically defective, the mortality of de
fective girls was higher than that of the
K«er«r.
boys. Hence be deduced that while the
Aubrey de Vere, an Irish poet and female eex apparently approaches clooer
gentleman, mentions In his “Recollec to normality than the male, yet when
tions" that when ten years old he bad normalities are found equally in both, the
a tutor wbo constantly Inculcated In girls have lea» vitality, a fact which
causes a more rapid breakdown under an
him rectitude, purpose and energy.
added strain.
It was also noted that
The tutor's praise of energy was ex-
while the male sex supplied a great ma
press«xl by the saying:
jority of criminals, yet In murder* com
“There are three letters of more plicated with lunacy women were la a
value than all the rest In the alphabet »rest msjorltv.
—namely, N R G."
nnad»
iH<t llrady Market.
Of the $.30,000.000 of equipment tniwt
Iluwlnmn 1« Rnalneaa.
bond» of New York Central lines recently
Gotrox—What are your lowest terms offered for public subscription *24,000..
OOO waa' taken the Bret day. They were
as a eon-ln-law?
offered at price« to yield from 4 to 5%
Count—One million.
Gotrox—All right; I'll sign a check per cent. It fa understood that s»v«ra)
millions of theae cart i flea tea war» placed
to-morrow.
■broate.
Count—And how soon shall I marry
The English turbine torpedo boat de
your daughter?
Gotrox—Oh, you won't marry her; stroyer Tartar, In her final triad* brake
all records in fast steaming, attaining •
I'm going to bold you for a rise and
speed of 37.087 knots, and maintaining
■ell you to somebody else.—Life.
the unprecedented spaed of 36.303 knots
on a six-hour taat.
When a girl says she has a man tied
to her apron string*, she means that
Chinese troop« In Form»«« matlaM
and killed sixty-throa Japaaaate
■be baa him saddled for Ufa.