PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
Saturday, February 23.
Nulcm, I i li L'.'l. The legislature
which ik I j. hi r iii' I today wont dow n In
history mm I lie iniiNt lavish Oregon Iihh
over Iih-I. A grand Mul of $:i,r()0,(M)()
Iiiin Ih i ii appropriated.
'I'lio senate ri fii-ed i ndit t ho houso
Mil chunking llin IiiimIi Hie law.
The house t in h iir I a voto at yos
1 1 r 1 1 m v and punned tun Iii Mm giving fiirm
nun tors mill I h rrHlicr men liens on
crops fur money duo tin-in.
Imlmscd liy nearly every assessor in
Ilie ullile, tlie hill providing fur mi
equitable system of iisn-ssiiig tho tlm
bor lauds uf the state went down to do-
feat, in t lie senate.
The Iiuiihk II 1 1 i H 1 1 1 t up 1 1 M business lit
ll:.'ll lull it una 2 o'clock before (lie
senate- hum through, hihI It was lures
Mary fur the house tocoiitluuo in si-sciou
until that lime.
It was iitinniiii'e to t lie iih iiiIhtm nf
tlie li'k'inliil urn tliat it would )o more
convenient tu buy tickets at t lie depot
1 1 ill ri tu luiv fares on tlie tliliil. Passes
wmilil nut itu, art tin new nuti-pass law
M III elTi'et .
Friday, February 22.
Falem, Fell. 22. The lill creating
tho state Ismrd of tax eoiiitiiissinneiK
WHS killed In tho senate hy falling to
tHISS.
President IlaineH was presented with
an elegant I v framed photograph of tho
iiioiiiIhts and oll'ieers (if the senate.
The senate hanking hill was KLHcd
liy tlm house. Severn! unlmjiortaiit
umcndonta Mere made. The Henate ill
justed of all busiiiois hut 12 hills which
will lm taken up totnuriuw morning
Tho noniial school quest inn Ih the only
Vexation thev huve (ill the tuhln.
'J'lnt houao hill appropriating money
to my interest on certificates IhhiiihI in
1 !Mir( when the nppMprlut ion hill wuh
held lip, was juutHtwl by tho Senate,
amended so that interest in not to Imi
iial.l on Much certificates aa were dis
counted.
Tho senate passtvl tho houso bill ci
tending the law regulating hours nf fe
male lulxir to mercantile establish
ment.
Another houso hill )iisstd liy Uie
Heiiuto gives conductors nnd engineers
. authority uf sheriffs on trnliiH.
1-! i lt 1 1 lioiirM in to constitute a day's
work in underground inln.'H m-cording
to b hill piiHKC.1 hy the houso, which
Iho senate has already approved.
Altogether the Semite JMlssod (IH tit 1 Ih
today mid the hoiine 2U.
Thursday, February 21.
Salcui, I h. 21. The Nornul ech'Kil
piectioii in ctlll iiiiHt-ttled nnd may he
aanml up to the next Ictfndut uie. lvoth
Iioiihi'h pitfued a hill providing for u
tlirtcoiitiuuaiice of two lioriiiulH, but thia
whh vetoed hy tho (foveruor. lluth
Iioiihi'm have punned apprtipi hit iona for
NV't-Mtoti and Ahhlund, uud tho Henate
for Monmouth.
The hoiine puHHinl a hill allowing
furinera to hurn hruxh U-foie Juno 1 or
after Of toler 1 without ohtainiiiK Iht
mita. The IioIiho indefinitely tmtdpuiicd the
Henate hill for tho puieliiit of the half
Mock eiiht of tho iii()llol roiindM.
fhti irri'ntion cixlo hill whh indefi
nitely postponed hy tho Iioiiho.
Tlie Henate piifHel tho ha ka liill aj
propriatiiik' ;titl,(KHt for co-nX'nitiun
w ith the Fedeitil Koverntnent in pur
eluiMinU the Oregon City loekc.
I.und huroiiH wero micccMMful In tlie
heniite t'hiy securing tho defeat of the
t'oon hay k'rant hill.
Tho projxiHetl tux lawH have panned
the lionao and wero fuvonihly reiKrt'd
to tho henate. Tho houao changeil tho
Iiroviniun for tnxcH to ho paid tho coun
ty treasurer to Hherlff art at prenont.
T'he Hctmto coinniit ten mado minor
4-hangeH in thin meanuro that tho Iiouho
overlotiktsl.
All hilla looking to tho creation of
new counticH have heen killed.
Th Iiouho jmHmd tho aenate reappir
tioiiinent hill and nhortly afterward tho
fonuVo jWHod tho houao hill aiproprint
ing 2t),0(IU fur now huildingH at tho
f tat o fair groundH. 'Iho pnHHago oi
tho two hilla wiia in tho naluro of a
trade.
To-Liy the houe imHHed 27 hilln nnd
fie Henato 13.
Wedneaday, February 20.
Sulein, Fob. 20. Tho bill for an ap
propriation of $2,500 for tho importa
tion of Hong birdH wan defeated by tho
Iiouho.
Hoiine hlllH for froo text hooks in
pulilio hcIiooIh wero killed in tho Hen
ate. The Hontno by indefinite pOHtpono
nient killed (he Iiouho bill annexing
to liakot county a part of (irant county.
The Hume tliapooition waa made of
the liill proponing to create Nramith
county.
Tho bill alKiliuhiiiK tho 3 per cent
tax rebate wan indefinitely jwHtponed
by the Henato.
Tho Iiouho dtoatod tho bill appro
priating $25,000 for the coiiHtruction of
a bridge iutohh Hnake river near Ontario.
Hart's blil to found a white library at
Pendleton met a hasty death in the
Iiouho.
The Henato piiHHed the Iiouho bill ap
pro)! luting $10,000 for maintenance of
the portage road.
Timber Becoming Scarce.
AlbanySo groat has the rush for
timber land claims become in thin jmrt
of the Htate that many people are now
using their timber entry right to secure
40-aere claims. The law gives eveiy
pemon the right to take 100 acres, but
having once filed on a smaller amount
ho can then take no more. The entry
men roalizo this, but since timberland
values have risen so remarkably in tho
p: et few months they are content to
take a vacant 40 acres well timbered.
ii i lit i
I louso IneliilierM nml lit Inlien Iimiiv
presented Hpoukor I Mvoy with ft K..li "I'l-Tt unif i.-n for civic betterment
watch and chain, (brought nliotit ly tlm enrl hquiiko nnd
An adverse resirt has boon uncle In , flni to go entirely neglected. A begin
the scunto to coiiiK'I Hunllieni Ori son ' nirig, feeble enough though it bo, has
i' arons to solilliclr land nt r.ot)
per aero as ptovided In tho grant.
Tho hoiine panned a hill fur the re
pair uud maintenance of tho flnhway at
Oregon ('ity.
Tho Joint reaolul ion providing for a
rival I of public oillcrra waa indefinitely
punt poned hy tho Iiouho.
Thirteen hilla were panned by the
houao today. Tho aeniite punned 20 and
kilted
Tueaday, February 10.
Hnlem, Feb. H. Vet') of tho $125..
000 iippropriat ion fur tho State uni
vcraity waa tiverrldden in ttu'li houao
hahiy.
CoinpiilHory paaHi-a for public ofliclala
waa carried over tho governor' veto in
the holme and will Imi taken up in tho
Donate tomorrow.
Two additional appropriation bills
were reported to tho hoimti by tho waya
and iniiniH iviinmiltee. One carries
$1, (km) for making an exhibit of fruita
and vegeuthea grown in thia atute under
irrigation at the National Irrigation
congreaa at Sacramento next Keptem
her. Tho other bill earriea $;,. 152 made
up of Hiinill Itema Hin-h aa caring for ca
euped I una mi patientM.
Th hill to entahliah two or more
Htate honpitula for tul'rculotda patienta
waa killinl in the acnate.
The aeuatc refuwsl to i(iaa tho Hmith
normal hill over the governor's veto.
Tho Hcnator will endeavor to aocuro a
rccouHldcration.
Tho He::ste liill for the pin'haHe of
voting liiachini'H KinHel the Iiouho.
Tho houao piLHHixl the aenato bill ap
propriating $IOO,(KIO for the purchaao
of a aito and enrtion of a Iiouho for
fit ble minded.
Agricultural eollego improveinents
wax cut from 7.r).(iou to $ti),(K) for
1 107, and f 05,OtK for WH hy the sen
ate. Tho houao la working from early
morning until midnight in an endeavor
to get itrt calendar cleared hy time of
adjournment. Today 31 meaaurea
were miio.h1, only three failing of jaiH
ugc. Monday, February 18.
Salem, Feb. 1H. Tho Haines atato
Umking hill punned tho Henato tothiy.
It Ih very lenient, allowing banks to re
duce their recerves to 15 jier cent of
their drKaita and 10 per cent of their
time demand ilejaiHitH, only one-third
neeennarily to la caah.
The houao this afternoon paat-el ti e
bill rejaviling tho 3 per cent relmto for
pavment of Uixea prior to March 15
eiu-h year.
Ity unanirnoua vote tho hoiine passed
u bill to reimlinrHe Indian war veterans
to tho extent uf $50,000.
A bill appropriating $40,000 to the
various charitable iriHtitutions of tho
statu waa passed by the house.
Ity unanimous vote a pure haal bill
similar to the Federal statute was past
ed by the house.
Iiegiiuiiiig with tho second Momlay
m January, 1111, tho stau printer is
to Imi placed on a Hat salary of $4,000 a
year if a hill panned by the house Unlay
Imvouich law.
The house lodav passed 43 bills and
killed 17. Tho senate, riassed 1(5 bills.
ISoth houses have ailopUil a resolu
tion to adjourn ut noon Saturday, Feb
ruary 23. The senate has its business
well in hand, hut the house has an im
mense amount to dispose of.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Nutter Fancy creamery, 32i,'35c
or pound.
Butter rat r irst grade cream, 33,V'c
per pound; second grade cream. 2c lesa
per pound.
Kggs Oregon ranch, 21 0 22c
per dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 13W0
14c per pound; mixed chickens, 12(i)
13c; spring, 13.(914,0; old roosters,
Hfi)10cj dressed chickens, 1415c; tur
keys, live, lfi(rol7Je; turkevs, dresstnl,
choice, lK20c; geeso, live, 10c; ducks,
17(.)18e.
Wheat Club, flOe; bluestem, 71c;
valley, (0c; red, 07o.
Oats No. 1 white, $20; gray, $28.60.
Hurley Feed, $22.50 por ton; brew
ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50.
lye$l. 45(3)1. 50 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $24.60; cracked,
$22.50 per ton.
May Valley timothy, No. 1, $14
15 per ton; Fastern Oregon timothy,
$17(il8; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain
hay, $!jl0; alfalfa, $14.
Apples Common, 75c$1.25 per
box; choice, $1 .5O2.50.
Vegetables Turnips, $101.25 per
sack; carrots,' $1(31. 25 per sack ; beets,
$1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7(
8c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3,c
por pound; cauliflower, $2.25 per dor.-
en; celery, $J.6 por crate; onions, 10
(n)12,0 per doze i ; parsley, 253(V;
sproutn, 0c; radislies, 253U'; rhu-
liarb, $1. 5 per box; asparagus, 20c
per jxuiid.
Onions Oregon, $1(()1.25 per cw t.
Potatoes Oregon liurhanka, fancy,
$1.35(.i)1.60; common, ta-$l.
eul Dressed, 6y9o per pound.
State Railroad Commissioners.
Salem Oregon's three railroad com
missioners will bo Oswald West, of
Salem, now state land agent; Clyde 11.
Aitchison, of Portland, now attorney
for the Title Guarantee A Trust com
pany, and Thomas K. Campbell, of
Cottage Grove, a lumberman of the firm
of Campbell A Alexander. These se
lections were decided upon by the state
board, which is given the appointment
under the Chapin law. West is a Pern-
ocrat and the other two Republicans.
FRI8CO BUILDING UP.
Mutle of 8aw and Hammer Continue
Nlftht and Day.
Hin Francisco, Fell, Id. -Hun Fnm-
risen, arter nil, nt not ifoirii; to i n i im
' '
, ,ecri made. Hevcrnl of tlm downtown
streets sro to hn widened. Tlm heavy
ten in lug and tlm congeal ion brought
about wliern building ia progreaaing
linvn moved tlm hoard of supervisors to
leereo that portions of tho sidcwalka
must ho sacrificed to tho thoroughfare.
While this in Itself is of importance for
the fut urn Han Francisco, it a greatest
HigniuVniiff) liea in the fact that it has
met with general approval and rcpro
acuta tlm flrat aigna of a willingness to
make aacriflcea for the city that ia to b
Tlm magnificent programme of wid
ened atrccta, parka and s'pjnrea outlined
fur tlm city while the emhers still
glowed is a gradually pnaiing vision,
but thoMii who unselfishly nve Kan Fran
ciaco still have hope that part of the
great j.lan at least will ho realized. The
street widening ia the flrat ray of hope.
A walk about the burned aectnm
shows that a wonderful amount of re
building hna been accomplished. Hitwe
tho first of May new buildings to tlm
value of $45,000,(100 havo been begun.
Plana are being drawn fur a like
amount. In every case the structures
Hre erected under rush orders. In sev
eral instanced work has continued night
and day. Tho at recta resound with the
sound of tho pilodrivcr, the saw and
Mm hammer by night as well as hy day.
Tho last trace of gloom havo given way
to an abiding faith,
Tlm promotion committee hna issued
a bulletin bearing on the population of
Han Francisco at tlm present time. The
committee, after figuring by various
methods, cornea to the conclusion that
tho city now contains 42H,00() peraona.
liefore tho fire the committee figured
that tho population of tho city waa
500,000. The figures of tho Houthern
Pacific agree almost exactly with those
of tho promotion committee. Due al
lowance howovpr, must be made for the
zeal of both bodies, and a fair and con
aervative estimate of tho city's popu
lation would place it at about 400,000.
STATEHOOD STRIKES SNAG.
Farmers Are Wearying of Oklahoma
Constitutional Convention.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19 Anxious to
get busy with their plowing and fearing
they will not receivo pay for a long
time, if ever, for their attendance on
tho constitutional convention, many of
the farmer delegates havo scattered to
their homes, intimating that they will
not return unless it is to vote for the
docuyient as a whole when it is com
pleted by tho few men in control of tho
convention.
Tho expense of the convention to
date above the $100,000 appropriation
mado by congress is nearly $150,000.
Pay of the delegates has stopped, and
if fongreas does no come to tho rescue
with an additional appropriation, some
of tho delegates will be in a bad way,
as they cannot afford to stay longer at
their own expense. Advices are com
ing in from the state that citizens here
and there are subscribing to funds to
send the delegates back to their jols.
Neighborly farmers who do not wish
to seo the convention entirely in the
hands of tho lawyers, the politicians
and the urbnn element, have promised
to take enro of tho farm work of the
rural statesmen. Tho daily attendance
at the session is now less than 75 per
cent of the 122 delegates, and many of
those still here sit sullenly in their
seats and let the leaders run things to
suit themselves.
Prominent delegates from Indian Ter
ritory and some from Oklahoma are
openly charged with a plot to defeat
statehood entirely by drawing up a con
stitution that will be rejected by the
poople at the election next August. Those
involved in the allogod plot have been
against making one state out of the two
territories for political reasons. Dis
affection has now begun to pervade the
democratic members as well as those
on the republican side, and charges of
bnasism have become so persistent that
thero is apprehension tho convention
may break up.
Snow Assures Heavy Crops.
Fllensbnrg, "Wash.,' Feb. 19 If the
heavy snow goes off gradually crops
this year will bo the largest in tho his
tory of Kittitas valley. Baled hay is
now selling at $22 a ton. Loose hay,
alfalfa, is worth from $12 to $10 a ton
in the field. Potatoes are worth $30 a
ton. The Northern Pacific, owing to
shortage of cars and equipment, is un
able to hamllo freight inward or out
ward bound, causing thousands of dol
lars loss to tho railroad company and to
the people.
Give Up Leasing of Churches,
Rome, Feb. 19. Advicos received by
tho Vatican are to the effect that Pre
mier Clomenceau, of France, has ordered
a cessation of tho negotiations begun
by Minister of Education Hriand, with
M Selves, prefect of the Seine, for tho
leasing of churches. The Vatican was
tiii an -vti.iu.iil in Iwinv rt nnnli wi f i . mi aa
it expected wnai it cans a soeona coup
do main" after the first, namely, tho
expulsion of the secretary of the papal
nunciato at Paris.
Kansas May Give $75,000.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 19 A bill appro
priating $75,000 for the Alaska-Yukon-l'aciflo
Exposition was introduced In
the senate this morning by the commit
tee on wavs and means. The exposition
is to be held in Seattle in 1909, and the
annrnnrintton in tn nnvnr ihm Aonfc nt a.
building and making an exhibit for
Kansas,
REACH AGREEMENT
Japanese Coolies to be Excluded
From America.
GIVEN EQUAL SCHOOL PRIVILEGE
San Francisco School Board Will Ad
mit All Alien Children to Her
White Schools Now.
Washington, leb. 19. JapancHO
children are to lie admitted to the white
wdi'Mila of San Francisco under certain
restrictions; skilled and unskilled la
Itorer coming from Jnjmn are lrred
frim the mainland of the United States,
and American lalxirers, skilled and un
skilled, are to ls excluded from Japan.
This is the basis of the agreement
between President K'sisevelt and Secre
tary Hoot on the one hand and Mayor
Sehruitz and tlie San Francisco school
Isiurd on the other, as an adjustment of
the antl-Jajiunese agitation brought
alsmt by the segregation of Jajianese
children in the San Franchco schools.
The agreement means that the schools
of Sun Francisco will le conducted in
the same manner as they were liefore
the Isier 1 of education adopted the -solution
last Octolx?r, providing for the
segregation of tlie Japanese, except that
adult Japanese who are in primary
grades must continue to attend the Ori
ental schools, and that Jajianese child
ren under 10 will be udmittcd to classes
with white children of their own ages.
The State department since the pas
sage of the immigration bill, is prejar
ed to take up again the negotiations
that were already in progress with the
Japanese government looking to the
regulation of Jajianese immigration into
the I'niUtl States. It is expected the
negotiations will result in agreement
between Japan and the UniU-d States
for the withholding by the former of
riassports to Jajianese of the laboring
classes seeking to enter the United
States. For several years jiust the Jap
anese government has declined to isHue
any such juissjKirts, but the intention is
to make this matter of formal agree
ment, if jiossible.
In the rhort time remaining of the
jiresent session of congress it is not
possible, it is said, to frame anything
in the nature of a treaty, which would
require the action of the senate.
In fact it is by no means certain tliat
a formal convention is necessary to in
sure the continuance of the present
Jajianese jsjlicy of refusing passports in
the United States to coolies, so it may
lie decided to give this agreement an
other form than a treaty.
HERMANN TRIAL.
Letters Do Not Show He Was Con
nected With Land Fraud.
Washington, Feb. 19. Two facts
were brought out in the Criminal court
yesterday while arguments were being
presented in the case of Hermann on
the rnution of the district attorney that
he be allowed to amend his bill of par
ticulars. The most imjiortant fact was
the admission by the jirosecution that
there is nothing whatsoever in the let
ters written by Hermann and now in
the possession of the government which
in any way implicates him in the land
frauds. The second disclosure was the
fact that the government had many of
these letters in its possession prior to
Hermann's indictment and subsequent
ly, while the case waa being prepared,
notwithstanding which fact, the prose
cution in its original bill of particulars
declared that the contents of Hermann s
so-called private letterbooks were "un
known." The progress of the case was delayed
by unavailing efforts of the defense to
prevent the amending of the bill of
particulars so that the letters of Her
mann to various parties In Oregon and
other Western states secured by the
prosecution might be placed in evidence.
Let People Vote on Question.
Sacramento, Feb. 19. In the state
senate yesterday Senator Caminetti in
troduced an anti-Japanese bill, which
not only emlKxlies the provisions of
Senator Keane's measure givirg tlie
school authorities the jower to segre
gate children, but goes further and de
clares that where separate schools have
been or will be established hereafter
they shall not be discontinued until the
matter of such discontinuance has first
been submitted to the vote of the quali
fied electors of any district or city
affected by the change.
Japan Is Calmly Resigned.
Tokio, Feb. 19. The passage of Pres
ident Koosevelt's passjxirt bill by the
senate of the United States was semi
bfhcially announced this morning. Tho
leading newspaiwrs today explained
that this Is perfectly legitimate" and in
accordance with treaty stipulations. It
is alHO poinUxl out that the promise of
success of tlie judicial procedure in tlie
school question is lessening. . The pa
pers thus far have refrained from mak
ing comment on this latest news.
Filter Water for Canal Cities.
Panama, Feb. 19. A filtration plant
is to be installed in connection with
the water Biipply of Panama and Colon.
An American expert, w ho examined
the water system, said the water sup
ply would be better than that enjoyed
by most of the cities of tlie United
States, and that filtration is not neces
sary, but it was decided to install the
plant nevertheless.
THE AMEER OF AFOHANI3TATT.
Ilrltlsh India hns been doing honor
to n roynl visitor from beyond tlm
northwest frontier, who, bears the nnmo
of llahlbullnh Khnn and rules moun
tainous Afghanlatan, which acta ns n
bluffer la?tweii Itusalu arid Itrltnln.
Tho Ameer Is thirty-five years of ng",
nnd sncfK-dod his father, Ahdur Itnh
man Khnn, In 1001. Ills crown Is not
IrTi
IIAB1BLLLAH KB AS.
an easy one, for the Intrigues of the
Queen mother and the Jealousy of his
brothers cause him constant anxiety.
That Is one of the reasons why be has
elected tq lean on British support.
Make Money at Trapping-.
The Inst few years of the life of John
Macdougall, son of Hev. John Maedou
gnll, the first missionary who worked
In the Canadian Northwest, and L. C
S. Ward are brimful of adventure. Mr.
Macdougall has been working for the
Hudson Bay Company In the far north,
while for the last six or seven consecu
tive years Mr. Ward has been trading
on his own account with the Indiana
and half-breeds.
In this wild country It Is no uncom
mon thing for a trapper to spend
months without seeing a soul excepting
the solitary mall carrier who trudges
along with his dogsled, often covering
as much as 100 miles In a day. The
country In the district where these old
trappers live abounds with moose, musk
ox, arctic foxes In fact. It Is a verita
ble hunter's paradise.
During the season the trappers, who
are eorni08ed almost solely of Indians
nnd hnlf-brecils, make from $500 to $1,
Wa), according to the plentlfulness of
furs. During the summer months they
pass their time spending this money.
Horses are unknown among the Rib
and Beaves tribes, dogs, snowshoes and
canoes being the sole means of trans
portation. Attempts have been made
to harness moose and a trapjx?r named
Poacher Purdy has succeeded In taming
a team which he drives regularly eith
er to sleigh or his home-made wagon.
Flre-Kllled Timber Good.
Flre-kllled timber, the forest service
has discovered, Is some use after all.
This la a thing that has been known
In the West for a long time. The disas
trous "forest fires" do completely bum
up timber In many cases, but there are
thousands of acces where the timber
Is simply "flre-kllled;" that Is to say,
It Is killed standing by the fire that
sweeps through It and finally rots at
the ground and falls In the first wind
storm. Immense areas of this timber
have been utilized In mining and rail
road work and there have been mills
established simply to work up the flre
kllled logs Into boards and boxes.
The seasoning of flre-kllled trees
seems to be more perfect than that of
ordinary seasoned lumber and In the
case of much of the pine that would
otherwise have an objectionable odor
the fire-seasoned logs can be worked up
Into cracker boxes and the like, where
the odor In ordinary pine lumber would
make Its use Impossible.
Some of the flre-kllled timber has
been used after it had been dead flfty
flve years, though the more common
time Is from three to seven years. The
forest service says that the use of this
dead and down timber makes available
many thousand acres of burned forest
that were formerly accounted worth
less. Correct Explanation.
Wife What Is meant, John, by the
phraso "carrying coals to Newcastle?''
Husband It Is a metaphor, my dear,
showing the doing of something that Is
unnecessary.
Wife I don't exactly understand.
Olve me an illustration a familiar one.
Husband Well, If I were to bring
you home a book entitled "How to
Talk," that would be "carrying coals
to Newcastle." Judge's Library.
In the furniture Store.
Irate Customer (energetically) I
want a square deal In this establish
ment Placid Proprietor All right, sir.
Show the gentleman some kitchen ta
bles. Baltimore American.
It Is safe to bet thut a man Is genu
inely polite if be is that way lu talk.
Ing over the telephone.
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TKEVEEKLY
&HISTORIAH
WA Conference at Hampton Court
palace, leading to new translation
of the Bible.
1001 Seventeen Anabaptist leaders exe
cuted In London.
1070 Claude Duval, the highwayman,
executed.
1740 Jacobites victorious at Falkirk
Moor.
1739 British museum opened.
1772 Queen Matilda of Denmark con
demned to Imprisonment for life.
1793 Louis XVI. of France guillotined.
1SO0 John Breeklnridfc-e of Kentucky
became Attorney General of UniteJ
States.
1S00 Sir John Moore killed at the bat
tle of Corunna.
112 Ciudad Bodrigo taken by Welling
ton. 1815 Lady Hamilton, Nelson's "Guard
ian Angel," died in poverty at Ca
lais. 1810 General thanksgiving In England
for peace, following end of Napo
leonic wars.
1828 Count Capo d'lstrla chosen Presi
dent of Greece.
1839 City of Aden captured by th
British.
1802 Trial by jury abolished In Aus-
, trian empire.
1854 Fmigrant ship Tayleur wrecked oo
Irish coast near Dublin; 290 Uvea
lost.
1858 Attempted assassination of Napo
leon III. by Orsinl.
1800 Capt. Harrison of the Great East
ern drowned at Southampton by cap
sizing of small boat.
1801 Juares entered City of Mexico,
and re-elected president.
1862 Two hundred buried alive in Hart
ley colliery disaster.
1S64 Society for promoting aerial navi
gation formed at Paris.
1SG5 Capture of Fort Fisher .... Em
peror Maximilian Instituted the or
der of the Mexican Eagle.
1807 Forty-one persons drowned in
Regent's Park ice calamity.
1S0S Gen. Pope assigned to command
of department of the lakes, with
headquarters at Detroit,
1573 Funeral of Napoleon III. at
Chislehurst,
1574 Eng and Chang, the famous
Siamese twins, died.
1S79 E. M. Ward, member of the Royal
Academy, committed suicide at
Windsor.
1SS5 Messrs. Cameron and Herbert,
war correspondents, killed in the
Soudan.
1SS0 Order of presidential succession
determined.
1SS7 Interstate commerce bill became a
law.
1S91 Sioux submitted, ending Indian
war in the Northwest.
1892 Nineteen lives lost in burning of
surgical institute at Indianapolis.
1S93 Queen Liliuokalani of Haw-ail de
throned by revolutionists.
1894 Sixteen killed in railroad disaster
in Province of Matanzas, Cuba.
1S95 Francois Felix Faure became
President of France.
1890 Gen. Martinet Campos resigned
the captain generalship of Cuba.
1S97 Spanish gunboat Relampago de
stroyed by Cuban torpedoes.
1900 U. S. Senate ratified Samoan
treaty with Germany.
1901 United States government surren
dered the defaulter, Neely, to Cuban
authorities. .. .Hazing abolished at
United States Military Academy at
West Point.
1903 German gunboat Tanther bom
barded a Venezuelan fort.... Con
gress suspended coal duties for one
year.
1904 Joseph Chamberlain's tariff com
mission met in London.
1905 Attempt on the life of the Czar
at the ceremony of the Blessing of
the Neva. .. .Great Fall River strike
ended. .
Electric Itactn- Cars Now.
One of the new turns in the automo
bile trade was shown in the Madison
Square Garden exhibt, when electric ve
hicles built on the racing plan attracted
much attention. This rival of the popu
lar gasoline car Is made by the Baker
Electric Company, and one of them waa
purchased by C. K. G. Billngs, owner of
the champion trotter, Lou Dillon, The
sixty horse-power Thomas flyer has brok
en all non-stop records, and is expected
to continue until Feb. 0, after a run to
Chicago, having been In continuous opera
tion 1,000 hours, representing Journey
of 7,000 miles.
Halifax-London Fast Line.
A project for Canadian steamer aer
vice from Halifax to Black Sod, Ireland,
is announced at MoutreaL The time from
lnnd to land is to be three and one-half
days. It will depend, however, on ' tho
sanction and subvidy of the Dominion
parliament. It is claimed that with rail
way connections, the journey could be
made as quickly from Loudon to Chi
cago as it is now made from Loudon to
New York. Lord Struthcoaia Is Inter
esled In this project.
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