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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1906)
r IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Snturdny, Mny VG. Washington, M.ty U'J. Muring tint course h lint h ihiy's Yglslnlion on the diplomatic ii 11 1 cousulitr Mil in thn homo today, Champ Chirk, of Mis souri, staled llinl Int had heard whis perings that I lii Chinese xclusiou law t) l0 IllOlllllltlt tO afWt nil clltSSeS lf CIllllCKH, Willi tlllt OXCCpl 1(111 (if tool IP labor. I In gitvo not led tlmt, if there wm miy Much Intention (iii tint part of tint uiH(irity, Int wouhl fight such a change tn tint Innt ditch ; tlmt hit had liven somewhat Instruments! In putting tint Chinese exclusion Ihw on tint stat ute hooka, mid tlmt for mm Int would not agrmi to it" inodiflcaMou. Under general debate, tint house hav ing met it II o'clock for further con sideration of thn diplomatic hill, speeches wit re nindii hy n number of members and thin subject took a wide range, from pensioning tint Missouri nllltlii to thn rntii hill. Friday, May 26. Washlngou, May l!o. Tim innate to day passed thn agricultural appropria Hon hill, carrying an appropriation of $7,100,000, end, without a word of di'hatn or mi objection from any source, ndditil to it an an amendment tint hill ioviilni) for mi inapitrt ion of fresh meats intcnilitd for doiuextic consump tion.' A number of other hills went paused. Thn Bfii level i'nniiniA cnnal hill was mild tint unfinished business. Tint message f thn house, declining to accept tint senate amendments to tint railroad ratn hill wan received, hut thn senate con f creed were not named. The fietiattt adjourned until Monday. V h n 1 1 ! 1 1 k t 1 1 1 , My 26. In the house of representative!! today the question of veracity wan raised helween Cooper, of Wisconsin, anil llephurn, of I.iwa, over H converf iition in w hlch the hitter is alleged to have partciputed with a inmnher of (hi ieiiatn and in w hich, (hooper HHHiirtnd, the inemher of the limine and lint senator referred to agreed Hint tint no-called express com pany nuieiidineiit to thn railroad ratn hill nhould not remain in the hill. The houne wan tnrhilleiit during tint i-oiiiiderMtioii of the rule sending thn rate hill to conference, the fear of many members heinj( ttint the rule, which disiigrccd to tint nenntu auieiidmenta en hl(M', id i k t have mi influence on the conferees and give them an opportu nity, If they so deaired, to vote out the express company amendment, the amendment relating to pipe linen and the sleeping-car amendment. Thursday, May 24. Washington, M y 24. The senate entered today upon the consideration of the agricultural appropriation hill. Hale criticised the provision permit ting the secretary of agriculture to ex tend to 30 days the fortnight' leave now allowed to employes outnide the city of Washington, expressing the opinion that the practice is growing rapidly, and thai it will soon extend to all the KMttollicen of the country if not checked. He spoke of the general de mand for government employment, say ing that such employes became "a hun gry, p'lrnintent hand ot mendicants," end that congress is dragooned, impor tuned and hrowhenten hy the demands of this organized hand of subordinates. Hale referred to the possibility of pen sioning government employes. The free alcohol hill was pat-sed hy the senate practically hs it came from the hoiiHe. 1 Washington, May 24. Speaker Can noii, with the memory of yesterday's proceedings in his mind, took a new tack today when the houne of represen tatives met, hy sending word to Curtis, of Kuiipas, to raise the point of "no quorum" when a dviision was demand ed hy Williams, of Mississippi, on the vote to resume consideration of the diplomatic and consular hill. Mr. Curtis made the poiiu of "no quorum," taking the wind out of Williams' sails, the "call of the house" proceeding un der Republican demand instead of on tho demand of the leader of the minor ity. A (Uorum was present, the vote heing, Ayes 222, noes 21, present 1U. Wednesday, May 23. Washington, May 2!J. In addition to passing a half closet) hills to which no ohjecliou was made, the senate de voted its entire session today to the im migration hill, which whs passed just before the hour of adjournment. The niBjor portion of the discussion was de voted to the provision for supplying til Should Continue Filibuster. Washington, May 21. Democratic members of the house of representatives today were signing an indorsement of an action of Williams, the minority leader, in flllbUBtaring in the house for the purpose of hurrying action on the statehood bill. The Indorsement was drawn by Henry, of Texas, and was circulated by Beall, of that state. It asks 'Williams to ontinue to demand roll calls on every motion which can be made hi the passage of bills or the adop tion of resolutions and raise the ques tion of no quorum when possible. Do Clerks Vote for Members? Washington, May 21. Speaker Can non instanced his confidence in the rending clerks of the house yesterday. Williams, of Mississippi, during the filibuster against the bill to pay Bam uell.ee $10,000 for expenses incurred during hia contest for a seat in the Forty-seventh congress, stated that he had heard the name of a member called and that the clerk iiad recorded him as -voting when as a matter of fact the member was not in th city. forms! ion concerning the different sec tions of tint country to imwly arrived immlgrnnts. Tint hill consists of a series of amend ments to tint, existing law, all of them intended to permit si rider regulations for keeping out the (Infective classes of aliens. Tho head tax is increased from 2 to 6. An amendment requiring an educn tlonal test for Immigrants and also re quiring that no Immigrant carrying less than $26 should he admitted was pre sented hy Hlmmons, who spoke in sup port of it. Lodge offered a suhntl'iite confining the test to an educatioi al re quirement and providing that no alien more than 10 years of age who cannot read In some language shall he admit ted except members of the l in I lies of main adults now residing In the United Htates. Hiinmons accepted the substi tute and it was adopted. Washington, May 23. When the hoiisn met today an unusual scene oc curred. Williams, the minority lead er, ilernnndttd thn ayes and noes on a motion of Adams, of Pennsylvania, to go into committee of tho whole for the further consideration of the diplomatic nod consular hill. This was refused, the speaker holding that one-fifth nf thn memhnrs prenent had riot risen to demand thn ayes and noes. "I demand that thn otter side be taken," called out Williams. The speak tr refused to take the nega tive on a rising vote, stating tlmt but a short lime before it had been demon strated that a quorum was present, 1D6. Thsn Williams thundered out a pro tent against thn speaker's ruling. An attempt to secure ordsr was in vain, an ), leaving Williams standing, the speaker left the desk, and Curtis, of Kansas, took his place, as chairman of the committee of the whole, and in a general debate the hill was discussed. Tuesday,-May 22. Washington, May 22. The senate today devoted the greater part of the session to consideration of the immi gration hill, hut before it was taken up McCuinher made a personal statement, contradicting an article printed in the New York Tribune that the railroad rate hill had been so amended at his instance as to lender it ineffective. 1'revious to that time alro the senate adopted a resolution directing the com mittee on privileges ami elections to consider the course to he pursued in the case of Burton. Speeches on theimmigration bill were made by Dillingham, McCieary, Bacon, Scott, Patterson and others. The bill was still under consideration when the senate adjourned. Washington, May 22. For an hour or more today the house of represena lives could not decide whether to go Into committee of the whole on the diplomatic and consular bill, or to follow the lead of (iardner of Massa chusetts to take up consideration of the immigration bill. Assisted by Williams, the minority leader, (iardner led a mild filibuster against taking up the diplomatic- bill, and endeavored to delay matters by raining a number of parliamentary points. The Republicans, however, had a quorum present, and eventually the diplomatic bill was taken up and general dehnte began and continued till 6 o'clock. The senate bill authorizing the con stuictinn of a dam across the Pend d'Oreille river in the state of Washing ton was passed. Monday, Mry 21. Washington, May 21. The legisla tive, executive and judicial appropria tion bill was passed by the senate to day within three hours from its read ing. It carries appropriations aggre gating $2VJ.H15,259, an increase of $6), 346 over the amount reported to the senate. A number of unimportant mensures were passed and at 8:.l0 o'clock consideration was given to pen sion hills. Washington, May721. Decided op position developed today in the house of representatives against the passage of the bill to extend the time for the completion of the Alaskan Central rail way. Williams, of Mississippi, insisted that the bill was obnoxious because it exempted the property from license tax and tax on its railway during the per iod of construction and for five years thereafter. He believed that every individual as well as every corporation should pay hia proportionate share of the tax burden. Back to the House. Washington, May 22. The railroad rate bill was considered for three hours tonight by the Iioubo committee on in terstate and foreign commerce and the decision reached to recommend disa greement to all of the senate amend ments and to send the bill to confer ence. The committee will not ask that instructions of any character be given to the house conferees. There was no disposition to criticize the amendment conferring jurisdiction on the courts to review orders made by the Interstate Commerce commission. Statehood Bill as Rider. Washington, May 22. There has been a revival of the question as to whether the bill tor the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as it passed the senate will be made a rider on an appropriation bill. This talk has been going on for some time, but was given more attention today because the proposition was broached by one of the close friends of the president. But no suggestion of this kind was made by the president, so it was stated. FAIRBANKS CITY BURNED. Largest Town In Alaska Suffers Heavy Lots, Including Foodstuffs, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 22. Fire has broken out hero and Is threatening tint town w ith destruction. The Washington-Alaska bank is burned. The flames have crossed First and Hecond avenues, and are rushing up Cnshman street with great speed. The National bank Is doomed. Nothing can save the town. Seattle, May 22. A special to the Post-Intelligencer tonight states that the entire business section of the town of Fairbanks, Alaska, was destroyed by a fire which started in the Fairbanks building, a three-story frame structure, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Details of the disaster are very meag er, but it is feared that the food supply of the town has been destroyed and great suffering may result. Nothing was left standing in the section lying between the water front and Third avenue and Htacey and Tur ner streets. The work of the fire fight ers was centered on the block of ware houses owned by the Northern Com mercial company, in order to protect the food supply of the town, and the result is still in doubt. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000, and it is announced that the heaviest interests of the town are already pre paring to rebuild. No lives were lost. Fairbanks is a mining town on the hanks of the Tanana river In Alaska It is the entrepot for the miners in the great Tanana section, one of the richest gold-producing regions in the great country in the north that was bought from Kunsia by the United Htates. The output of the Tanana mines has been enormous, and the town has lately as sumed the proportions of a city, being credited with a populaion of about 15,-000. WILL AGREE ONTATEHOOD. Conferees Will Recommend Foraker's Original Plan. Washington, May 23. An agree merit on the statehood bill will be em bodied in a conference report which will be reached this week, according to information today. What the terms of this agreement will be cannot le stated with preciseness, as the report has not yet been drafted. The plans which seem to be acceptable to both sides, however, are: That Oklahoma and Indian Territory shall be admitted as one state at once; that Arizona and New Mexico shall be allowed to vote separately on the ques tion of being joined in one state; that the vote shall be cast at a regular terri torial election, when officers of the ter ritories are voted for. The proposition is generally known as the Foraker amendment of a year ago. MORE ABOUT STANDARD OIL. Garfield Preparing Further Sections of Report on Methods. Washington, May 23. Commission er of Corporations James R. Garfield stated today that he would submit to the president further information on the result of his investigation of the oil industry. It has not yet been de termined, however, whether this will be in one single report or several sepa rate reports. The report recently sub mitted to congress covered the question of transportation anJ freight rates, and Mr. Garfield is now engaged in prepar ing reports on the production and refin ing of oil, the control of pipe lines, or ganization, foreign trade and conditions and competitive methods. The data for the first four has practically all been received, and the report on com petitive methodB is well under way. Mr. Garfield said he did not believe he would he able to submit to the presi dent any of these reports before the ad journment of congress. Readjust Philippine Coinage. Washington, May 23. Senator Lodge today introduced a bill at the request of Secretary Taft for a readjustment of the ratio of the Philippine coinage and for an increase in the elasticity of the present system. The bill is framed upon the re-ommendatlons of the Phil ippine commission contained in the annual report and in brief authorizes the commission, with the consent of the president, to change the weight and fineness of the silver peso and to recoin the existing peso so as to adjust it to the change. Conference on Morales' Move. Washington, May 23. Disquieting advices relative to revolutionary move ments in Santa Domingo led to a con ference today between officials of the State and Navy departments. Details of these movements are vague and are difficult of access, but it is gathered that in substance they indicate that ex President Morales, who for some time had disappeared from the scene of ac tivity, is now at or near St. Thomas, and is determined to expel Caceres Japanese Send $30,000 More. Washington, May 23 The American National Red Cross received $30,000 today from the Japanese Red Cross for the relief of the San Francisco earth quake sufferers. This brings the total Japanese Red CrosB contribution to $80,000. STOCK FREE OF COST Pennsylvania Railroad Officials Acquire Coal Holdings. COMMISSION MAKES DISCOVERY Stock Paid for by Granting Rates and Discrimination In Distribu tion of Cars. Philadelphia, May 24. Further rev elations concerning stockholdings in soft coal mining companies by officials of the Pennsylvania railroad were made today when the Interstate Com merce commission resumed its investi gation into alleged discrimination by railroads in the distribution of cars. Three high officials of the railroad ser vice, Vice-President John P. Green, Third Vice-President Samuel Rea and William A. Patton, assistant to the president at Philadelphia, were the im portant witnesses of the day. Mr. Patton was under examination the greater part of the morning and was an unwilling witness. The per sistent questioning of Mr. Glasgow, at torney for tho commission, however, brought out the fact that he bad ac quired stock, the par value of which is $307,01)0, in various coal companies without cost. He explained, however, that he had signed notes obligating himself for his share of the losses anil declared his belief that it was proper for him to accept the stock under these conditions. Mr. Rea read a statment to the com miflilm, in which he explained all of his stock transactions, stating that he diil not believe be was debarred from ownership because of his connection with the railroad company. Mr. Rea said that most of his stock was acquired through his associations with land pur chasing syndicates, which took up the coal properties for development. Mr. Green said that 20 or 30 years ago it was not considered improper for an official of the road to own coal com pany stock, but that conditions had changed and such holdings might not now be regarded in the same light as formerly. He informed the commis sion tnat the board of directors of the Pennsylvania railroad, acting upon the information that had been brought out at the hearings, had today appointed a committee of five directors to make an investigation into the connection of its officers with coal companies. Mr. Green said he did not own a dollar's worth of coal company stock. Other witnesses testified to stock ownership and discrimination in the distribution of cars. MAY CLASH ON CANAL. Probable Disagreement Between Two Houses on Question. Washington, May 24. A growing sentiment in the senate in favor of msking the proposed canal appropria tion applicable only to the construction of a sea level canal across the Isthmus of Panann in accordance with the ma jority report of the senate committee on interoceanic canals is proving em barrassing to the administration, which is committed to the lock type. Presi dent Roosevelt today discussed the sub ject with senate leaders who called at the White House, and apparently he is much concerned as to the outcome. As the result of the president's in quiry, an attempt will be made today to ascertain how the senate stands on .he . question of canal type. There were too many absentees to make an effective poll, but it was learned that several senators who had been counted upon to support the administration program w ill vote for a sea level canal. Secretary Taft has informed the senate that, if the type of canal is not deter mined by congress, the president will not hesitate to proceed with the plans for a lock canal recommended by the minority of the board of consulting en gineers. Shall Moody Prosecute? Washington, May 24. An important conference was held at the White House late this afternoon, participated in by the president. Attorney General Moody and James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations. It is understood that, in connection with some features of the recent report on the oil industry by Mr. Garfield, the question considered was whether a legal remedy is to be applied or whether the rate bill now pending, when finally passed, will not furnish a remedy for some of the matters com plained of. Alaska Town in Peril. Seattle, May 24. The Post-Intelli-gencer has received advices through the United States cable office from North Fork, Alaska, stating that the rviver at that point rose eight feet the night be fore and that the water had reached the catins from all sides. The men were working to save the cabins, and if the river rises another foot the people will have to take to the hills. There is grave danger of the town being swept away. New Dominican Revolt. Washington, May 24. News of an other outbreak in Santo Domingo reached here today from a senior naval officer on that station, to the following effect: "News has been received of an insurrection at Macoris, Santo Domin go, in which prisoners were released, the rebels withdrawing. No American interests endangered," WORLD'S GREATEST SHOWMAN. MM .lame A. Ilnllrj, Who linn lne1 .frillies A. Pin I ley, who died of cryslpe 1ms lit Mount Vernon, N. V., whs tin doiilitivlly the grentest showrnnn of the present day. Hlnco the close of the Civil War he hud been continuously In tho business, In which he inimsHed n fortune, conser vatively estlmnted at $S,000,0fm. His extensive trnvels In Kuropo had made his name a household one In the old world os well as In tho new and to his enter- JAUrS A. BAI.KT. prlso millions of people owe ninny Joy ous momenta In their Uvea. Mr. iSailey, whohe real an mo was McGlnnla, enme up from tho ranks of poor boys and early erperlenceyl tho hardship of life. rtoni In Detroit, Mich., flftj-nlne years sgo, he set out at the ago of 11 to make bis way In tho world. Ho worked at first on a fiinn for $.1..V a month and then be rtimo o 1II loy In a Pontlac hotel. There Frederick liallcy, general agent for tho Lane A Robinson cirrus, borsine Interested In him mid gave him a place on tho advance staff of the circus. Out of grntltude tho young mnn changed his nurno to Unlley. Mnny years later when Frederick Iiatley wns old and rifx-dy, bin wants were tenderly enrod for by his former protege. In Vv4 young Ualley quit the show business and bocme clerk to a sutler In the army. At the close of the war ho rejoined tho circus, then managed hy Lake, us nn agent. In 1872 he be en me equal (owner with J. E. Cooper of the Cjreut London Show and traveled with It all over the world, visiting the Sandwich Islands, Australia, India and South America. Halley at this time had no serious rival besides Harnum and tho competition between them wns for several years keen. In 1881 they united their shows and after Barnum's death Bnlley purchased the Interests of the letter's heirs, becoming sole pro prietor. Other shows were at different times bought and added to the II nl ley aggregation. Halley had almost the whole res;onslbIllty and management of tho Uarnum A Bnlley combination and It was bis Ideas that entered so deeply Into Its success, although Bar num reaped the credit Therein Is seen the difference be tween the two. Bnrnum courted no toriety ; Bailey shunned It The latter wns unassuming and retiring quali ties one does not usually associate with the business. By those who know Mr. Bailey Inti mately, will be bt remembered for his benefactions. These, while numerous, were secretly performed and this phase of bis life will appear new to many. By bis employee he was beloved. He was ono of the most generous employers In the country. He educated the children of those who worked for him, and those who had become aged In his service he never let pass therefrom. There are men to-day about the circus who have no possible work to do but to draw their salaries. He never forgot a former friend. Once from Vienna, amid a multiplicity of duties, he sent a check for $2,000 to a former acquaintance, whom he had not seen In Ave years, but whom he had learned was In need. Often at Christmas he would distribute ns much as $10,000 among his employes- In private life Mr. Bailey was blame less. His chief Interest centered In his home, his show and bis quiet philan thropies. Cheered Htm I'p. When John Sharp Williams was fighting to get the quarantine bill through the House the other day the Texas delegation fought It tooth aud nail. They denounced It as a viola tion of the constitution and to a mnn predicted the downfall of that vener able document If the hill passed. The House, however, passed it. An hour or so Inter Mr. Williams bumped up ngalnst Mr. Slayden of Texas In the cloakroom. Slayden looked at Wil liams with sad reproach, but spoke not. Williams looked back at Slay den opologetleally. Then he placed his hand on the Texan's shoulder. "Slayden," he said, comfortingly, "cheer up. To-morrow I am going to Introduce a bill to re-enact the consti tution." I ndcricroand Teleurrnphlo Lines. There Is now underground telegraph ic communication between Loudon and Scotlnnd. Germany's underground sys tem dntes from 1870. France followed suit In 1S79, as the result of a great storm thnt lsolnted Tnrls In 1873. Up : to date her system has cost $30,000,000, but Is believed to have more than paid for Itself. Lines constructed In 1SS0 are still In excellent condition. Observation. To behold Is not necessarily to ob serve, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by ed ucation. It Is much to be regretted that habits of exact observation are not cultivated In our schools. To this deficiency may be traced much of the fallacious reasoning and the false phi losophy which prevail. W. Humboldt Speaking of hard tasks, how would you like to be a widower and have to break the news to the children when they are to have a new mother? The man who travels over the path . 1. 1 i i . ... i . n i n - . prints, and sees where you could have vnliltful nmnv a nlt-fAll- I oML MfrW Tho Appendicitis Fad. Not ono pa tlent In ten who Is operated on for ap pendicitis In a sufferer from the dis ease. An occasional ense of npiendlcl tls requires ojwratlon, but the appendix craze Is In full swing among the peo ple, as well as among many doctors. Mnny good physicians are Inclined to regard any pntn or ncho situated lxlow tho diaphragm as due to a fullfledged case of appendicitis, requiring Imme diate operation for a fat fee. The lend ing men In the profession ore to bin me, for they refuse to rulse their voice against an abuse which they know ex ists and the Insistence of patients them selves for the frequency of these un necessary operations. Gallstones. These result from the accumulation within the system of re tained mineral matters and are partic ularly serious where alkali water Is used. The treatment depends to some extent upon the peculiar conditions) present. As a rule, however, fasting or light diet with free drinking of dis tilled or llthla water, enemns, sweat baths, the use of absolvents and abund ant exercise to Induce perspiration will do much toward giving relief. The hot sltz bath, hot applications and avoid ance of mental strain are Important. In a large number of cases the only cure Is a radical operation and this when performed by a competent sur geon Is not especially difficult, painful or dangerous. Brain Disorders. Congestion of the brain most frequently results from wor ry and anxiety of the mind, producing sleeplessness, followed by engorgement of the small blood vessels of the brain, sudden loss of vital power and almost Instant death. Apoplexy may be an In herited disease, or It may be induced by too free living or Its opposite, too great abstemiousness. Paralysis may affect only a small part of the body, from a finger or a toe to an entire limb, or It may disable half the body or the whole body, when death soon follows. When half the body Is affect ed with paralysis, we may be certain that the seat of the disease Is In the op posite side of the brain, because the nerve fibres cross. WEDDING WAS INTERRUPTED. Halt Ceremony While Sally "Ja ared" the Chicken. Bishop Candler of Georgia recently told one of the national lawmakers from that State an experience be had when be first began to preach the gos pel and tie nuptial knots, says the Washington Times. "One day I was called on and en gaged to marry a couple In one of the out-of-the-way districts. I found the house a rudely constructed log affair, with but one room and a loft above, which was entered by a ladder and a trap door. A big table was In the cen ter of the room, and It was loaded with good things to eat, everything having been cooked on an open fireplace which took up nearly all of one side of the room. The bride and groom lined up and I was proceeding with the cere mony, and while In the most Impressive part of it, tho old lady poked her head out of the trap door In the loft and called : " 'Sally, turn them chickens and Jag em with a fork.' "The command was obeyed by the daughter, she leaving the trembling bridegroom while she Jagged 'em with a fork. I could not help laughing at the ludlcrousness of the whole affair, and I have never witnessed a marriage ceremony since without remembering this experience." SteTeneon In Samoa. Stevenson's life In Samoa Is, In soino ways, the most Interesting story of all, and here again you can find that story in his own writing. This time, how ever, it Is In his letters more than In his books. These letters are so vivid, moreover, that you feel as if you were right In Samoa with him. You are liv ing In his spotless little box of a house, called Valllmn, which means "five rivers," and so reminds you that It la within sound of flowing streams. There, from the broad veranda and the house is almost half veranda you can look straight up on one side nt the wooded Vnea Mountain ; and on the other eldo down 600 feet before you gleams the sea, "filling the end of two vales of forest." The house Is built In a clear ing In the Jungle. The trees about It are twice as tall as the house; the birds about It are always talking or singing ; and here and there among the trees echoes "the ringing slelghbells of the tree toad." St. Nicholas. Bare Thin. Teacher A miracle Is going against the natural order of things. Are mir acles performed to-day? Bright Boy Yes'm. "Name one." "Well, mamma says that papa Is al ways turning night Into day." Life. In Ponbt. The Tragedian Yes; we opened la Oshkosh. The Comedian And what did your audience think of your Hamlet? The Tragedian Why er he went out before I bad a chance to usk blni. Philadelphia Ledger.