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! IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS I i Hnluidiy, J, hi. 13. Washington, I.'l. There Were iiimt speeches In Din In. 11 m today 011 tint I'lilli) 1'irin tsnff hill, cmiaiiu 1 g nearly mi it 1 1 I one-half hours. Three of the SpcakclS Opposed the dill and i fitvond it. Those who argued for lllll IIII'IIMUII' T (illilK'M, if Tennessee, Thomas, ill Nurlli Carolina, wlm in cluded n plea for tlx Southern farmer mikI I n 11 it ii ) reciprocity to benefit the cotton () nil Industry; Nccdhaui, of Citl 1 furii tit , Harrett, of Tenneaaee, Oardner of Maaeachuacl la mnl Scott, of KallHHI. Till) Opponents of tlllt IIICIlMirc Were Young, of Michigan, I . It) 1 1 , of M inncaotit, and Motrin, of Nftirnnk. The debate In to close Momlity at 1 o'clock, till! SCaaillll to begin nt 11 In tint morning. Friday, Jan. 12. Waghinglon, Jim. 1J. Interest Injected into 1 In) riiiliiimt tariff de bate, in tint Iioiimii balay ly "Massachu setts Idea" tariff expressions ly Mr Cull, of that state, by a character study of jibe ilipino ly I .ongv ortli, of Ohio, miiiI ly 11 defense of President Roosevelt ly I'ou, n Democrat from North Caro lina. I'.iwiidis these there wcro n num ber f pccchrs delivered on the merits of tlm hill, nearly nil of which went in lll mil 1011 to it , I hiring tint iluy an agrci incut wan reached whereby tint debate is to con tinue f ir two I h y m inure. Tlm hnuan h to meet at II o'clock totnorrow and Monday to close general debute nt ' o'clock. Tin) measure will hit taken U I r amendment under tint live minute rule Tocsdiay, ami doubtless diapoxed f on that day. Thur(J.iy, January II. Washington, Jan. II. I Morn going into executive seaaiori today, tint senate I slcncd to a speech hy Ilcyhnrn in Miiiiort of !,:; hill creating a national hoard for tint control of corporationa, in which Iih denounced Wall street be cause of itH alleged interferon1 with tin ufl.iim of lint country, lie Kai'l that when tint "street" coiil.l 11.1t die talc tin llnuncial con rm- of tint govcrn inciit, it waa ever ready to :hreatcn disaster, ami hi- pleaded for legislation that would roh it of audi jowcr for vll. Tint rcn.it in. let of the open session wan devoted to a diauasion of the prac tier of the senate of sending resolutions to the calendar after they had hcetl under discussion. Hacnn raised the nt of order that there, w all 110 rule ?euiriiK audi a course, ami aaid hid Moroccan resolution had leen i 111 n rly ihiced on tlm calendar. He alito contended that tlm resolution had not had a day'a discussion. The matter wan not disposed of in oj.en session, lie argued that ho could not asy what had occurred when the ((Mention was under consideration in ferret session, hut when pressed id that if permitted to do ao he, would any that tint reaolu tion itself had not been considered at that time. On tint suggestion of M"r jjan, the aenate at 1 p. tn. went into recrct aet-aion for the couaideration of (ho Blll.ji'Ct. WaahiiiKton , Jan. 11. The Philip pine tArifT ilchate in the houait today i-onHinted more of party maneuvering for a Ivantite iui canip.tiK'1 niatcrial than of diacuaaion ot the Ueat ion at in me. The tariff waa the text of A apeech hy (iroavenor. of Ohio, who he tHii the di-hate, and ot an extended re ply hy Williania, the irinority leader. The apeech of (iroaveor wan apii'ed with wittii iaina and enlivened with interrup tion from t'liRinp Clark, at whom (iroa venor aimed moat of his arumenta. Williania outlined the aperillc: tariff loctiine of the l)eiircratic party and held that the Kepuhlican tariff waa not, aa ao nlten claiuied, reaKnaih1e for the proapority of the country. To prove tlx 1h. he cittl the proaperity of 'sr.adr., Mexico and nthor countriea nt the preaent t ime, and the huailieaa de preaaion of theae countriea during the hard timed of lH!i:t. Adaiiia, of Wiaciinin, oppnaed the bill, hut advocated the rcndjuatmeiit of the tariff on huaineaa principlea. Mc Kinley, of CulifoiuiH, delivered li ia (lrat ppcech in the liouae in favor of the ineHHiue, ami pointed a flner of warn ing toward the growing induatriea of Japan. Wednesday, Jan. 10. Waahinxton, J'. 10. The senate made it plain today that it had ycatcr lay all that it wanta to hear for the preaent on tint Moroccan question. Revolt Against Cannon. Waahinxton, Jan. If. Speaker Can non'a efforts to w in the inaurxents over to the Hamilton Joint statehood bill have met with little biutchs apparent ly, anil the joint statehood propoaition is still shrouded in uncertainty. The insurgents claim they have more than 68 votes, the number which, coupled with the solid Democratic vote, will force a consideration of amendments to the Hamilton bill. Two or three Re publicans are reported to have been won over to the administration meas ure, throiiKb Speaker Cannon. Senate Will Investigate. Washington, Jan. 0. All matters relating to the Panama canal and the government of the canal tone and the management of the Panama railroad will be investigated by the senate com inltttee on interoceaniu canals. This was decided toTay at the first meeting of the committee. The investigation will begin on Tuesday next, although there may be a special meeting in the interim to take up the nominations of canal commissioners. There were two opport 1111 it iea to reatime conaiilerat ion of the subject, hut both were avoided, nppurelitl v with tint a aeul of all the ineinhera, ami the senate Hloiirned at a rnmpurat ively early hour rather than take it up. I' or lint real of the aenaioii the aenate nave attention in turn to the ipieation of aalariea paid to Panama canal olli c als, to the pure food hill and the merchant marine ahippiiiK bill, but w ithout tak ing act ion on any one of thoNfl auhjecta. The canal auhect was iliiciiaaed by Simmons and the pure food hill hy lleyhurn. The only action taken on lint ahipping bill was that of rending it at length. Washington, Jan. 10. A vigorous apeech in favor of the Philippine tariff hill by Palxell opened the proceedings in the house today. It was followed by several othera aKaiimt the meaaiire, moat notable of which waa a two-hour addreaa hy the veteran statesman, ei Speaker Keifer, of Ohio, who returna to the hotiMt after a retirement of 20 yeara. Keifer bespoke a "atandfiat" doctrine of the moat pronounced type. I In said he would oppose the pending hill because it was a concession to lii'iiKM-ralii: principlea. Ilia apeech was replete with recollections of esrlier days ami iceeived the closest attention and liberal applauae from both sides of the chamber. Tuetday, Jan. 0. Washington, Jan. It. The propriety of discussing in open aenate a resolu tion introduced by Senator llaocn cal ling uMn the president for an account of his appointment of delegates to proposed conference in Moroccan affairs to ho held hy Kuropcan owera at Al gericaa, Spain, was considered for four houra today, and then by strict party vote, it waa decided that the reaolution should he executive huaineaa. Paeon in supporting his reaolution, contended for a public session, arid Spooner de clared that the adoption of the reaolu tion would be an encroachment by the senate upon the constitutional rights of the president, and virtually of hit Hiwers as chief mngiatrale. Washington, Jan. The Philip pine tariff measure was the single topic of consideration in the house today. The speeches were uniformly against the measure and were allowed to go, in general, without answer. Digression in the form of tariff revision discussion was made in a brief speech by OilleUe, of MasaachiiNptta, who lavored Cana dian reciprocity. llonynge, of Colo rado, dieeuased the bill from the stand point of the beet sugar industry. Monday, Jan. 8. Washington, Jan. 8. The senate to today gave attention to the Panama canal, the situation in Santo Domingo and the merchant marine shippiing bill. The canal bill question came up in connection with a message from the president, in which, among other things, he invited the cloaeat scrutiny into all that had been done by the gov ernment in the Isthmus of Panama, (iorman made that utterance the text for a speech, in which he criticised the salaries paid for work in connection with the canal, and urged congression al inquiry. He said that the president was not so much to blame as congress (or his assumption of control on the isth mus, and that the chief mistake bad been made when connreas released its hold upon canal affairs. He agreed with (iorman in urging the rights of congress in connection with the canal, and said that, while congress bad dele gated the matter to the president, the latter practically had referred the whole matter back to congress. The senate took up the merchant marine shipping bill and (iallinger spoke in support of that measure. Quoting the utterances of Presidents McKinley and Koosevelt on the im portance of building up the merchant marine, he urged congress to heed these admonitions by passing a law that would relieve the situation. The aenate then, at 4:13 P. M., went into executive fceesion, and at 4:20 ad journed. Washington, Jan. 8. With over an hour devoted to the District of Colum bia, there was left but a half-hour to be devoted by the house today to tariff discussion. This was utilized by Sulli van, of Massachusetts, who spoke strongly for tariff revision from the Democratic standpoint. New Lightship and Tender. Washington, Jan. 8. In the absence of representation in the bouse from Oregon, Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, introduced a bill authorizing the lighthouse board to immediately expend $120,000 for the construction and equipment of a new light vessel to take the place of light vessel No. 60, off the mouth of the Columbia river, which ia now undergoing repairs; also a bill authorizing the construction of a new lighthouse tender, costing $150, 000 to replace the Manzanita, which is deemed unworthy of repairs. Bills to Decide Old Claims. Washington, Jan. 8. Senator Fulton today introduced bills referring the claim of the state of Oregon for money paid volunteer troops for service dur ing the Civil war to the court of claims for adjudication; referring certain claims claims of Waukiakum and Mecqueclahwemuck bands of Chinook Indians, Chehalis Indiana and Whee lappa band of Chinook. The claims are on account of lands taken from them by the government. CONVENTION ON RATE ISSUE. K.innt Commercial Bodies to Form State Association. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 10. Many del egates have alrialy arrived in the city to attend the State Freight Kale con vention, which meets hern tomorrow. Tint convention will bn held for the purpose of forming a atate organisation to irifliii-nci) freight rate legislation, both in the state legislature ami in congress. It Is expected trial luny 1,000 delegates will attend, rep'eaent ing commercial nml farmers' organiza tions from all pans of the state. The principal speakers will be ex- (Jovernor Van Sant, of Minnesota, and Speaker I. I.. I-nroot, of Wisconsin. (iovernor llocli snd other prominent men of Kansas are also on the pro gram. A preliminary meeting attend ed by the executive committee and such delegates as have arrived was held this evening. It is probable that J. L. P.ristow, ex-fourth assistant postmaster general, will be elected permanent chairman. The meeting this afternoon reaulted in a decision to present his name. lies! dec the accredited delegates there are a large number of prominent busi ness men from various parts of the state present. A banquet will be ten dered the visiting delegates ami guests of the convention tomorrow night by the membtrj of the IocaI coiniuen ial organizations. SIBERIA IN REVOLT. Mutinous Soldier of the Car Con trol the Whole Railroad. Nagasaki, Jan. 10. News that has failed to leak through St. Petersburg because of the cutting of communica tion curie here today on the arrival of the trriKirt Mongolia from Vladivo stok carrying Russian refugees. The Russians tdd a story of horror along the Silx-ria railway, as it had come to them from stories told of stations blocked hy mutineers, who'looted and burned everything in sight. Many of those who started for Itussii have turned back. Trains have been seized and turned on a backward course and great gaps exist in the line to the Kurojiean Ru-tsian frontier. According to the refugees there has lieen a general uprising in Siberian Russia, which will stop operation of the railway for the winter at least, considering the difficul ties of maintaining the line in winter weather. The stories of privation and horror told by the refugees confirm in the worst degree the small bits of news that have leaked, out from St. Peters burg of the cutting of the railway and the rebellion in the Manchurian army. MORE REFORMS PROPOSED. Pennypacker Amends Call for Special Session in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 10. (Jovernor Pennypacker today issued a supplemen tary proclamation to his call for the ex tra session of the Pennsylvania legisla ture which convenes next Monday, so as to include a uniform primary elec tion system, a civil service system for atate ollicere and the regulation of elec tion expenses. He also amends his original call so as to enable the legisla ture to pass a bill for the confolidation of the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, eminent lawyers having contended that it was impossible to pass such a bill under bis original proclamation. The governor's supplementary call was a great surprise to his official ad visers, tint one of whom thought be would make any change in his original call, despite the pressure for a uniform primary election eyatijm and a new bal lot law. Among the subjects men tioned in the original call are personal registration, state treasury reform and senatorial and legislative reapportion ment. Collect for Stolen Timber. Washington, Jan. 10. The Supreme court of the United States today heard argument in the case of the United States against the Hitter Root company, of Montana, and at its conclusion took up the case against Senator William A. Clark. In the Bitter Root case, the prosecution is based on the allegation that the company, aa the assignee of Marcus Daly, received the proceeds of a large quantity of timber cut on pub lic land in Montana, while Clark is charged with possession of about 11, 000 acres of timber land fraudulently. Wants Iowa to Investigate. Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 10. F. M. Moleeherry sounded the first note of battle against the life insurance com panies in the Iowa legislature today by introducing a resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee of the house and senate to conduct a sweeping investigation of the life insur ance business; revise the statutes and frame new bills and report to the next general assembly, which meets next winter. Bomb Factory Blown Up. St. Petersburg, Jan. 10. Reports have beenjreceived here of a battle at Tiflis between the rebels, who bold the w hole of Western Transcaucasia, and the troops sent against them. The rebels took refuge in a bomb factory, which was exploded by the troops and great loss of life inflicted. German Soldiers Called Home. Copentagen, Jan. 10. All German subjects in Denmark who are liable for military service have received official warning to be ready to return to Ger many upon three days' notice. NEW TIMBER BILL Senate Committee Favors Change In Present Law. SUL TIMBER INSTEAD OF LAND Senator Fulton Opposes Giving the Sec.ret.iry ot Interior Power to Provide for Appraisement. Washington, Jan. 11. The senste public lands committee today nad up for consideration the hill repealing the timber and alone act, but no conclusion was reached. The committee intends to give this legislation very careful con sideration, i rid it now seems probable that some bill w ill ultimately be re ported repealing the present law and substituting a new law authorizing the sale of timber on public land at not less than its appraised vane, in some manner to be prescribed by the secre tary of the interior. When this feature was touched upon, several Western senators, particularly Fulton and Patterson, took occasion to atate their opinion that too much was now left to the discretion of the secre tary of the interior, particular reference being made to his power to withdraw land from entry for forestry purposes. It was alleged that this power was many tiroes abused, that vaat areas bad been withdrawn when there was no justification for it, and in consequence of such withdrawals development bad been retarded. This diacuaaion had no hearing on the subject under consideration, and if this particular question is taken up it will probably be in the committee on agriculture and forestry rather than the committee on public lands. FIRE CAUSES PANIC. Hotel Guests Suffocate or Leap to Sure Death at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Jan. 11. Eight per sons are dead from suffocation or from leaping from windows and a score of people are more or less injured as the result of a fire in the West hotel early this morning. The fire, which is supposed to have been caused by crossed electric wires, was in itself insignificant, being con fined to the elevator shaft and the top floor in the coiner of the building, but the wild scene which followed the first alarm hurried people into the balls and ont npon windows in a frantic attempt to save themselves. The financial loss w ill not exceed $30,000. All of the hospitals sent their ambu lances to the fire. Physicians hastened to the hotel and offered their services, and undoubtedly many lives were saved by their efforts. The hospitals sent a corps of nurses to give first aid to the injured, and they were kept busy for several hours after the fire bad been checked. CHINA OPENS NEW TOWN. Great Ceremony Welcomes Foreign Traders to Tsinan Fu. Tsinan Fu. Jan. 11. The ceremonies of opening Tsinan Fu, capital of the province of Shan Tung, to foreign trade today were attended by many Chinese and foreign officials. The invited American guests present included con sular otticials and representatives of prominent mercantile companies. Two hundred and fifty guests attended lun cheon at noon, and the governcr of Shantung w ill give a banquet to many guests tonight at his palatial home, which is built and furnished in for eign style. The governor's speech today em phasized the fact that the first interna tional commercial settlement opened by China herself was initiated and long awaited by viceroys Yuan Shi Kai and Chou Fu. The area of the settlement of about four miles. Unite for Irrigation. Omaha. Jan. 11. The American Ir rigation Federation is the name for an organization formed by representatives of the irrigation states who met in Omaha today. Among the objects of the federatioi set forth in an otticial statement are to harmonize conflicting interests, promote beneficial legisla tion, distribute instructive literature, aid in settlement of reclaimed areas, criticize otticials or others for acts of injustice and to aid in the adjustment of freight rates to and from the re claimed areas. Rebel Houses Bombarded. Tiflis, Jan. 11. The plundering of this city continues. Last night bombs were thrown at a military patrol, whereupon the bouse from which the bombs were hurled, and the adjoining buildings, were bombarded by artil lery, with the result that many persons were killed or wounded. A house in which an Armenian who had attempt ed to assassinate an officer had sought refuge was set on fire and the man was burned alive. Plot to Capture Fortress. London, Jan. 11. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to a new London paper, the Tribune, reports the arrest of eight artillery officers of the St. Petersburg garrison on the charge ot being engaged in a conspiracy to blow up the TroiUky bridge and to capture the fortress. LABOR TRAINING SCHOOL. i .if 11 J Iff 4ft $i Although less than twenty year have pnased since It was first proved In Richmond. a , that there were com mercial possibilities In the overhead trolley, the profession of electric ra 11 ronillng has already become so well ev tablUhed that nil aorta of young men are getting Into It. It Is again reported thU fall from several district of the Middle West that male school-teachers can hardly be secured because Hie young fellows who formerly taught In the rural schools are now all In service as conductors or motormen. From the country towns In the Ka.st, too. there Is all the time going on an exodus among the most cnpiilile men to the otticcs of tJie transportation companies In the cities. Such are the opportunities which the extension of urban and In terurliau lines have made that even women In some cases, as recently In Indianapolis, have attempted to quali fy as conductors, and though In this Instance they proved unsuccessful, no body dares to predict that live or fif teen years hence the patrons of some American road may not be handing over their nickels to uniformed con ductors In petticoats. A large proportion, certainly, of those who thus Join the ranks do so with the expectation of rising from the car platform to the higher paid positions of responsibility. Although the wages paid employes by the elec tric roads are good for the class of work, the opportunities for advance ment are what are especially attract ing a superior class of men. Thou sands, undoubtedly of the ambitious have been Incited by the example of street railway kings of to-day, who only a few years ago occupied humble positions at small wages. A large percentage comes from the country. It has indeed been the expe rience of the elevated management that the lads from the smaller places are apt to pass very creditable phys leal examinations aud to develop Into high-grade employes. Remarkable diversity as to former occupations exists nniong the men whom the visitor to Itoston notes ns polite conductors or motormen In well cut uniforms. Many, of course, report simply that they have all their lives been farming or helping their parents on the farm, but among the hundreds of uew ones taken on each year are to he found the names of men who must have been through stirring adventures before they undertook the useful task of collecting nickels. From the United States army and navy there Is notice able a regular drift to the service of the Boston company. Several score of former soldiers or sailors pass their examinations every year and enter the Industrial ranks under the leadership of that veteran of the Spanish war. Major General William A. Itaucroft, president of the elevated, company. Those, too, who have been god serv ants of Uncle Sam are likely to con tinue to be good soldiers. They find In their new occupation opportunities for advancement which are Impossible In army and navy, for there exists In It no Impassable barrier between com missioned and non-commissioned offi cers. The most efficient men may go right from the bottom to the top, as Indeed every division superintendent of the road has. If men from the government service turu up often at the elevated com pany's famous training school In the Sullivan square terminal, hardly less frequently do people from callings which would not seem exactly to pre pare for street railroading present pa pers of application and recommenda tion. School-teachers and superintend ents, weary of the deadening grind of the schoolroom, have lately been ap pearing In considerable numbers. They know that In the chosen vocation the same devotion that was shown in teaching will eventually reward them much better. College students, too, en ter the service, some for a few months In the summer and others those of t lie type that the company most approves for permnnent work. It would be hard to sny Just how many ex-clergymen are taking up nick els Instead of presenting contribution boxes on the Hues running In and out of the New England metropolis. There Is, at any rate, a considerable num ber of them. Some are men who be came discouraged In the disheartening task of maintaining a congregation In a town of diminishing population and lessening regard for religious tradi tions, and they turn to the conductor's calling as one which gives outdoor life, exercise of Intelligent and abundant opportunity to practice the Christian virtues. Occasionally a minister takes the examinations because be hat some throat trouble which prevenU hit go ing on with his preaching. Chicago Chronicle. A TIhe- ollrrtor. When any one, even the minister, attempted an argument with Mlsa Marie Hlgglns, he was pretty sure tu find himself worsted In the end. The minister objected at times to the firm manner In which Miss Hlg glns placed his duty before him at every opportunity, although be had a great resp-t for her character. "I can't see my way to preaching a sermon on tithes Just yet," he said, meekly, one day, when Miss Hlgglns had been making blrn a long call. "The people haven't much money, you know, Miss Higglns, and they can't divide up other things very well. .Even jou couldn't, always. Suppose, for in stance, you should go home and find your hens had laid fifteen eggs, how would you manage to give a tenth of them to the IorlV" '"I should come back and take yon and your wife home to tea with me," said Miss Hlgglns, with a grim aralLi. "and I guess when I'd made a scram ble of six of those eggs and set you two down to It, the Ird would get His tithe fast enough." Chicago has a noble, if somewhat odorous, waterway, called Bubbly Creek. The stockyards discharge Into it. It has been discovered that the famous stream will burn. Saya a local paper: "That this historic sec tion of the city's commercial water way can bubble and does bubble, and that It can exude smells compared to which a rendering plant Is as a fra grant morn In budding June, and does so exude, has long been a matter of local history, if not pride. But that the famed old swimming pool can be converted Into kinetic heat energy by the mere application of a match has remained for the Weekly Health Bul letin to disclose." It is now proposed to set the river on fire! The Japanese are making great strides in the art of advertising. The agents of the government tobacco monopoly offering their wares In Man churia declare that their cigarette "administers life," "supports the spir its"; "this cigarette of government manufacture is sweet and of good quality, famous, once tried always to liked"; "will cause the smoker to feel as if in a dream like unto the Moun tain Woo-Shan." A case has been reported In Ger many which suggests the curative value of fear. The subject, an old woman, had been bedridden on ac count of paralysis for ten years. LaBt August a tempest burst In the region, where she lived. Hall destroyed th vineyards. A gale shook the houses. Premature darkness settling down caused general terror. The old para lytic, Influenced by fear, leaped from her bed. There has been no relapse, and she may be set down, perhaps, aa the only case of cure by tempest. Dr. Daniel Murphy, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Tasmania, who recently celebrated his ninety-first birthday aud the diamond jubilee of his episcopate, ouco made a Jest that amused The late l'ope Leo. At the close of a farewell audience In th early '80s the Pope suld: "Well, brother, 1 suppose this is the last time we shall meet In this world." But In the early 'UOs Dr. Murphy turned up again at the Vatican, re minded l'ope Leo of his pessimistic prophecy, aud added: "So you see you are not Infallible after all." A handy word much misused In phe nomenon. The London Globe once beard a man, explaining Its meaning to a friend. He did It as follows: "Now, If you see a cow in a medder," he said, didactically, "that's not a plilnomeeua. It's a pretty animal audi whut not, but it ain't a phinomeena. And If you see a thistle In a medder, that ain't a phinomeena. Nor if you see a lark In the medder, that ain't a phinomeeua. It's a pretty bird and what not, but It ain't a phinomeena. But if you were to see that cow att tiug on that thistle and singing like that lurk, that would be a phino meena." ' Ills frleud said, yes, he savB now. Not a Comfortable Seat. Coakey He is now, they say, uponj the very pinnacle of success and proas perlty, and yet he isn't happy. Jokeley Well, that's not altogether surprising. Did you ever sit on a pin nacle of any sort? Philadelphia. Tresa.