Bohemia Nugget
OOTTAGI GROVS. . . OREGON.
THIRD TERM TALK.
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Term for Our
Easy Readers.
A Resume of the Lett Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Missouri valley lumbermen favor a
bjoint rate.
Russian reactionaries plan to dissolve
the douma. j
Britain and Russia niav unite to
keep order in Persia.
War between unions niav close the
Ooldtield, Nevada, mines
Jerome is confident of being able to
destroy the Thaw defense.
Garfield and Rallincei are to tour
the West iu the interest of land reform
Secretary Straus has started a radical
reform of the steamboat inspection ser
vice .JJ
Paris electricians have won their
strike and the big city again has light
and power.
Eleven of Portland's sawmills and
2,000 men are idle as a nsalt of the
labor troubles in that city.
Michigan copper companies are
pleading with the governor to allow
them to form a trust so as to evuvess-
fully fight their livals.
The Xiearaguan government has in
sulted the American Hag and assaulted
Minister Merrv, who has closed the
legation and gone to Costa Rica.
Radicals have elected officers of the
Russian douma.
Jerome has decided to recall Mrs
Thaw to the tt-ind.
Hearst has won another decision in
the New York mayoralty contest.
The sugar trust lias been sued in a
New York court by a crushed lival.
Roosevelt is preparing to close the
gates against Japanese immigration.
North Dakota solons passed a law
providing a 2j cent passenger fare.
The woman suffragist bill has been
talked to death in the British parliament.
An electricians' strike in Paris put
the city in darkness and demoralized
the newspaers.
The Spanish minister to the Untied
States says the battle of Manila bay
was a victory of iion over wood.
Leonidas Preston, a Tesa9 million
aire, committed suicide Dy taking poi
son. Physicians found enough of the
deadly hydrocyanic poison in his stO'
mach to kill six men.
The Kansas legislature has voted
$10,000 for the Seattle fair.
There is a promise of harmony be
tween the czar and the douma.
President Bonilla, of Honduras
claims a victory over Nicaraguan
troops.
A rich copper strike has been made
in Nevada not a great distance from
Tonopah.
Harriman offers to co-operate with
the government in settling the railroad
controversy.
Thaw's lawvers announce that the
defense is through. Jerome will tend
the case to the jury.
The news of the acceptance of Swet
tenham's resignation was received with
rejoicing at Kingston.
The attorney general has decided that
the new immigration law excludes
state aided immigrants.
Four of Portland's largest sawmills
are closed on account of labor difficul
ties. Nearly fifteen hundred men are
out.
Railroads in Nerbaska will comply
with the 2-ceit passenger fare law, but
will not grant a special rate of any
kind.
The Russian douma has opened with
radicals in control.
Movement' Refuses to Down and the
President May Accept.
Washington, March 11. Politicians
in Washington are trying to figure out
the meaning of the sudden outburst of
the Roosevelt third term boom here.
They regard ns especially significant
the typewritten memorandum given
out by Representative Martin, of South
' iHikota, Hfter a conference with the
president, vigorously defending the
third term idea.
They have reached the conclusion
that the president lealires that the
third term movement must 1h allowed
to run tight on in order to head off the
progress of the Imotus of reactionary
candidates. The prevailing opinion
here remains that President Roosevelt !
personally will go as far as he can to
prevent his own renominat ion, but will
stop at nothing to assure the noinma
tion of a successor in accord with his
iHtlioios.
Rather than see them stuvumh, many
loliee that the piosident himself, if
nroperlv approached, would lake a re-
nomination, providing no other candi
dale satisfactory to himself and friends
is strong enough to unite the next Re
publican national convention.
! IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS 1
i
DISARMING IS EXCLUDED.
Russia Will Not Allow Discussion at
The Hague Conference.
St. Petersburg, March 11. Professor
de Martens, Russian imperial councillor
of state, who has been making a tour of
the capitals of Europe for the piiriose
of determining the program to be dis
cussed at the next peace conference at
The Hague, is expected back in St
Petersburg this week.
The introduction of anv measures for
the limitation of armaments is regard
ed here as definitely excluded, because
of the attitude of several of the jniwers
I nited States Ambassador Riddle has
inquired at the Foreign otlice here re
garding the mode of admission to the
next conference of certain South Amcr
ican and other states which did not
participate in the first conference. He
was informed that practically all the
signatories had agreed to the method
proposed bv Russia, namely, notifica
tion of acceptance of the regulations,
the signing of the protocol of the first
conference and the number of delegates
ALL PRISONERS GOING NAKED,
In-
more expensive
Milliners piedict
hats fot this season.
Jerome defied the judge in the Thaw
trial and was sternly rebuked.
Grover Cleveland cbjects to state re
strictions on insurance investments.
The Nortnern Pacific will lose rich
timber land through the new forest re
serves. England says her navy is equal to
that of any two other nations of the
world.
Secretary Taft and a number of con
gressmen are going to Panama, Cuba
and Porto Rico.
The upper house of the California
legislature has voted down the pro
posed woman suffrage.
The transport Thomas bus just sailed
Refuse to Wear Clothes Because
fected With Leprosy.
St. Petersburg, March 11. Four
hundred political prisoners at Smolensk
have gone on a very original strike.
A week ago they refused to put on
any clothes arm since then they have
walked around stark naked.
The reason is that the prison author
ities took away their own clothes and
gave them clothes made from the poor
est grade of butlap unfit for making
bags. After they had worn these
clothes a few davs nearly all were suf
fering with a rash covering their whole
bodies, but still the prisoners did not
mutter. When a number of them had
been infected with leprosy, one morn
ing all of the clothes, blankets and
sheets were thrown out of the prison
ers' cells and they declared unanimous
ly that they would go naked rather
than run the risk of contracting diseas
es from wearing the prison garb.
Monday, March 4
Washington, March 4. With a new
word for large appropriations and far-
reaching legislation, the riftv-ninth
congress was brought to a cloc shortly
after noon bxlav. The last few hours
were tame bv comparison with what
had been oxpivtod.
Extreme fatigue, due to continued
night sessions in the house daring the
last week, had a dampening efhvt iiHn
many congressmen and the usual exces
sive "last day" enthusiasm was con
fined to less than half the membership,
Vice President Fairbanks and Speak-
er Cannon rtveived the thanks of the
minority for the impartial manner in
which they had presided over the delib
erations of the two houses, and lnt h
made speeches expressing gratitude at
the words of appnviation.
A feature of the house session was
the presentation of a club silver service
of 300 pitves to General (irosvenor by
his colleagues of the Fifty-ninth con
gress. In addition to the songs and
stories that usually mark the close of a
session, the entire house of represent
tives waved Hags and sang "My coun
try, 'tis of thee" as the gavel fell at
12:15 P. M. In the senate the last of
the pnvcedings was a soieh by Vice
President Fairbanks.
REFORM IN POSTAL SERVICE.
Commission to Suggest Improvements
for Meyer to Execute.
Washington, March ft. President
Roosevelt today had a conference w it li
Postmaster General Meyer, and mem
bers of the postal commission, includ
ing Senators Penrose and Carter and
Representatives Over-street and Gard
ner of New Jersey The commission is
to make a thorough investigation of the
methods of the adininistrut ion cm-
ployed in the jxista I service, with the
view to suggesting reforms and im
provementts that may be for the I ot fer
ment of the service. There was a gen
eral exchange of ideas Wtweon the
president and his callers regarding the
w rk.
Mr. Meyer lelieves that the most
improved business methods should lie
adopted in all branches of the postal
service, with a view to its Wing en
tirely self-supporting, and that reforms
hould be put into effect wherever
there is any evidence of a want of sys
tem or laxitv of method.
PLAN TO FORTIFY PHILIPPINES
Push
Archie Now Recovering.
Washington, March 11. Marked im
provement was shown yesterday in the
condition of Archie Roosevelt, the
president's son, who is ill with diph
theria. Surgeon General Rixey last
evening expressed the opinion that
Archie was practically out of danger so
far as the diphtheria is concerned, but
that the disease has left him in a some
what weakened condition, lie assortod.
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from San Francisco with a full cargo of ; fiTi , 7"'pi;iH!,!11 Bel
: ... n.w tjyy numn uu well ill LWf) (if
President Considers It and Will
Construction Rapidly.
Washington, March 11. Fortications
of the Philippine islands formed the
subject of a lengthy conference at the
White House tonight, participated in
by the president, Major General Frank
lin Jsell, chief of ttaff; Brigadier Gen
eral Murray, chief of coast artillery
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, and Cap
tain Mason Sargent, of the naval gener
al board. There is available at the
present time for this purpose $1,435,000
and tenative plans already have been
prepared for carrying out the project.
These were carefully gone over today by
Secretary Taft and Generals Bell and
Murray and it was the secretary's in
tention to be at the White House to
night ami join in the conference, but he
was unavoidably kept away.
Will Bridge Gap of Time.
Washington, March 11. As a lesult
of consultations between Secretary Root
and Director North, head of the Ameri
can Tariff Expert commission, which
visited Germany relative to the rnakinu
or some tan it arrangements before the
expiration of the German order sus
pending for a year the application of
the German maximum tariff rates to
American exports a new arrangement
will have been made which will bridge
over the period of time between that
date and the reassembling of the next
congress.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
Washington, March !. Washington
rural routes ordered established May
Ifi: Hatline, Douglas county, route 1,
population 340, families h."; Walla
Walla, Walla Walla county, route (,
population not given, families 12H.
Maurice W. Staples has been ap
pointed regular, John S. Gates sub.-ti-
tute, rural carrier, route 1 , at Fndicott
Wash.
Oregon postmasters appointed: Cor
bet, Newell P. Gleason, vice V. II.
Reed, removed; Inland, Percy G.
Mims, vice H. C. Ball, resigned; Ma-
deton, Ernest A. Tabor, vice F. C.
Jean, resigned; Wren, George W
Hovey, vice Richard Wilde, resigned.
NO ACTION ON CHlNthfc LABOR
Government Releases Didders From
Obligations Under Bids.
Washington, March N. Frederick
Morse, of the American China com
pany, and Julian Kubeiis, who have
submitted prop) 'Sit Is to the Isthmian
Canal commission to supply Chinese
laborers for I he canal work, have ad
dressed an inquiry to Secretary Taft as
to the decision of th( department upon
their bids, which have been pending
since last fall.
Action has been deferred on these
bids because the ndiuiuistrat ion was
not certain that the work would be
done by contract or rontinue under gov
ernment management. Meauw bile the
bidders have Ikvoiiio iniviit ient and Mr.
Morse called on Mr. Tuft today, with
the result that they went to the White
lbnise and discussed the matter with
the president. l-attr the following
statement was given out id the War
departmnet :
"In view of the changes which have
taken place In the management on the
Isthmus, the persons making led for
Chinese labor, which have long leen
H'iiding, have been notified that no
action will be taken iu rcscct to them;
that they are relented fiom any obliga
tions under their bills, and that, if oc
casion should ariso for a renewal of
bids for Chinese labor, they would be
notified."
STUDY COAST DEFtNST.
Absence of Many Regulars Prevents
Usual Encampmet ts.
Washington, Mandi 7. Asd-tant
Secretary Oliver has notified I he govern
ors of the various states and territories
w hich have an orgauicd uiilitia foice
that it has been found necessary to onnt
for this y ear the contemplated annual
brigade and division encampments fur
the instruction of the infantry, cavalry
and field artillery of the regular iirinv,
as many posts will be depleted by reas
on of the aoseiice of aliout (i.lHli) troops
in Cuba, a considerable number a'v the
Jamestown cxposit ion and the move
ment of a large portion of the army to
the Philippines.
In lieu thereof camps of instruction
for the coast artillery will Ih establish
cd'during the season of l!U)7, and the
Nat ioiial Guard of the various states
contiguous thereto w ill be invited to
take part in the development of the
problel. s involved in the defense of the
sea coast. Invitations will shortly be
issued to the governors of the sealsmrd
states interested, specifying in detail
the forces desired to carry out the pro
posed problems. The camps prohahly
will be held in July and hint from one
wick to 10 days.
ARCHIE SUFFERS RELAPSE.
Third Son of Pros dent Seriously III
With Diphtheria.
Washington, March H. Archie
Pooecvclt, the president' third son,
who has been suffering from diph
theria since last Friday, hal a turn for
the worse yeslexlny, and last night,
though he had rallied somewhat, his
eon. lit ion is serious.
Dr. Alexander Limbed, of New
York, in response to a telegram fiom
the president, arrived iu Washington
at H o'clock and look charge of t he ease.
Doctors Rixey, Kennedy and Cralled
wcie holding a coiisiillat ion when Dr.
Ijimhcrt arrived id the White House.
.1 1 tr-1 pievlous to liis coming, further
null toxin was injertcd into the pa
tient. Washington, March S At 1:30 a.
in. word troin Dr. Lambert, who was
at the sick boy's bed-ddo. say that he
is still in a serious condition. Thcto
has been no change.
SAVliS TIMBER LAND
President Creates Reserves by
Wholesale More Too Late.
NtW RESERVES IN NORTHWEST
Adds Nearly 0.000.000 Acres to N
tlonal Forests of Oregon, Wash
ington and Id tho.
Washington, March X. A message
from the White House at :i a. in. to the
house of Congressman Nicholas loiig
Worth says that, while Archie was
ret lug easv, his condition wassli
critical. The message bole Dr. 1 Jim-
bert's signature.
TIED UP DY LEGAL POINTS.
Iroquois Theater Trial Blocked From
Huachne; Jury.
. Ihuiville, III., March H. The trial of
Will J. I'nvis, charged with liiiin
slaughter on ihvoiint of the fire in the
Iroquois theater in Chicago in IHU3, is
now at a standstill so far as cvlib-ticc Is
concerned and promises to lie t it. 1 uj
in the courts indefinitely on legal
points.
When thee points have been parsed
to I he court , more of vital ini'iortancc
will be submitted. The defense offers
to admit the facts. The pto-iviitioii
denies its right to do so.
Counsel representing the state wild it
won Nl lie shown t hat t lie t heater was
ilicoinplete w hen oH'iied and linllnisll
ed at the time of the lire, and that Mr.
Davis knowingly violated the ordinance
ridat ing to safety in public playhouses,
1 lie ilelehse inoveil thai t lie prosecu
tion ho required to introduce the ordi
nance iu iiiestioii, the theory being
that, should the court bold the ordi
nance invalid, there would have been
no I iw for Davis to violate.
The court set Friday for hearing the
argument.
JAPANESE SPIES ABOUND.
May Graduate to Consulate.
Washington, March ft. At the joint
request of Senator Fulton and John
Ilurrett, the president has designated
Isaac A. Manning, of Portland, for ex
amination with a view to appointment
to a consular position in South Amer
ica. Under the new law only persons
designated by the president may take
the examination and those making a
higher marK are appointed to existing
vairancies. If Mr. Manning makes a
gisxl showing, his appointment to
Some South American post is probable.
Forest Rangers for Idaho,
Washington' March !. The follow
ing forest ramrers have been appointed
in Idaho: W. A . Wickersharn, J. W.
Hill, 11. A. lieigh. C. T. Gray. J. I..
Wooden, C. K. Hoyt. of IJoise'; G. W.
Hudnnicutt, Iladger; (MI. Huff, Priest
River; II. O. Rose, Weston; J. D. Mc-
Call, I.ardo; (J. F. Johnson, Meiichnm;
D. II. Kerbv, C. E. Ilerrich, Alphi;
W. M. Carrbell, Weiser.
Kill Bill Amid Laughter.
Washington, March 4. Ccverldge
called up iu the senate today a bill
for the protection of game in Alaska.
The reading of the measure was de
manded by Culberson and hud pro
ceeded lor live minutes when t was
suggested by Carter that it would lie
impossible to get the bill engrossed be
foie noon, even if it passed.
"I wish to call attention to the fact
that the hill must necessarily be
amended, sant t.iapp. "It gives no
protect ion to woodchucks, and there
no exception against the penalty for
men who kill ducks and prairie chick
ens in seii-deicnso. 1 lie Pill was
withdrawn amid laughter
Nominations Not Co firmed
Washington, March 4. When con
gress ended bslay, there reinainvi
about Hit) riominaticns by t he president
that had not liecn confirmed. Of these
three were aprxjintccs as United States
attorneys and confirmation was object
ed to by senators from the districts to
. which the appointments wero madi
I J hey were: William C. P.ristol, for
i the district of Oregon, opposed by Sen
iitor I ulton; James D. Elliott, for the
j district of South Dakota, opposed by
(Senator Kittredgo. and O. R. Hundley
; for the Northern district of Alabama
The remaindc r of the unconfirmed iioin
iriations wero postmasters.
Henri Post for Governor Appoints Wickersharn Again.
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Post, of Payport, L. I., and a former ' dent today signed a recess appointment
assemblyman lor that district, has been ! for District Judge James Wickersharn,
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rciei u;ii nn governor 01 I'oriO xvieo oy OIAIIISKH. i lie jlldge IS HOW Serving
me president to succeed Governor win- his second term on the hem h, but his
throp, w ho is to become assistant sec- nomination for that term has not Ixten
retary of the treasury. Mr. Post is confirmed by the senate. Charges
now secretary or the insular trover n
merit, and is about 43 years of age.
against him are lioing investigated by
the department of justice.
supplies for the troops In the Philip
pines. Governor Swettenham'a resignation
Las been accepted.
John F. Stevens has been appointed
temporary chairman of the Isthmian
Canal commission.
The congress which hue just adjourn-
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eu passeu appropriation uiwu nggregai
three weeks.
the
Ballinger Takes Office.
Washington, March ft. Judge Rich
ard A. P.allinger, of Washington, yes
terday succeeded Governor William A.
Richards of Wyoming as commissioner
of the general land office. After being
sworn in, Mr. itallinger had an infor
mal conference with the bureau and di
vision chiefs. Judge itallinger enters
upon his duties as commissioner co
incidentally with the entrance of James
R. Garfield as secretary of the interior.
Secretary Garfield and Judge Jiallinger
were classmates at college. J. H. Ial
linger, of Seattle, is his secretary.
Stevens Making Good Record.
Washington, March 6. Chief Engi
neer Stevens is trying to make a record
before he furnH the Panama work over
to his successor, Colonel Goethals, as
is evidenced by a cablegram from him
lng a iota 1 of $919,048,680.
Those 600 Not Avenged.
Danville, III., March 11. In
trial here of Will J. Ihivis. chareed : rivnl l.v Seernfurv Tuff wlil. l, uu..m.
with manslaughter, owing to the Iro-"In 23 working days in February ex
quois theater lire at Chicago, in which eavation in the Culebra cut was (i.'18,
nearlj (i()0 lives were lost in 1003, (544 jards. On the same basis a full
Judge Kirnbroiigh today held that nart month would Iirvh been 72'? (inn vr,lu
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, "l " uieugu ordinance on wmcii Alarm mould go considerably over
, Davis was indicted is void. 800,000 yards."
New Rules for Private Postcards
Washington, March 6. An order
has been issued providing new regula
tions governing private postcards. Such
cards must be made of an unfolded
piece of cardboard, not exceeding 3 1Mb"
by 6 0-10 inches, nor less than 2?4 by
4 inches. They must in form and iu
quality and weight of paper be sub
stantially like the government post
cards. They may be of any color, tint
Interfering w ith a legible address and
postumrk. Very thin sheets of paper
may be attached to them if they com
pletely adhere to the card.
Square Deal in Weighing Mail.
Washington, I). C, March 5. It
was announced today at the PostWhen
department that the following order
was issued by Postmaster General Cor
telyou on March 1: "That whenever
the weight of mail is taken on railroad
routes rierforming service certain days
per week, the
Military Engineer D.es In Mrxlco
Hundreds Smuggled In.
Guadalajara, Mex., March H. (hie
of the Japanese who deserted the con
struct ion camps of the Mexican Central
railroad dn-d a few days ago nl the
Santo 1 loin ingo mine, of the Ainpara
Mining company, iu the Ftzian dis
tlicl, of this Mate. His papers wcie
turned over to the general manager of
the company and it was found he was a
military engineer ill the employ of the
Jliianese government. Refore his death
the Japanese engineer staled that he
was on his way to the United States.
( f the 1 ,400 Japanese lande.1 in the
lat three months for work on the Mex
ican Central, only L'.'iO remain . The
others deserted and rriariv of them
are now in the United States.
One of the interpreters of the Japan
ese workmen was coriespniidcnt of one
of the lending Tokio newspapeis during
the war with Russia. Another is the
Son of u high government ollicial in
Tokio.
May Not See Canal After All.
New York, March 8. Speaker Can
non and I he the other members of tie
congressional party u -hich S tiled a f
days ngo on the Hamburg-American
steamship r.lucher, may not be permit
ted to visit Colon, sect riling to infor
mat ion received here today The bar
ty had planned to stop at Colon on the
homeward trip and Inspect the canal
work. Today the news came that the
Panama government has established
quarantine against cneziioJun ports
because of a reported outbreak of yellow
eer at j.h Gimyra,. The Itlucher is
scheduled to call at La Guuyru and also
at Puerto ( itbello.
Washington, Mulch ft. Prior In
signing the agricultural bill, which
contains Senator Pulton's iminidineiit.
prohibiting the creation of forest re
serves ill the Noll hi slel II states ex
cept by the authoi Ity of coiigrt, the
president yesterday issued a pr hima
tion creating 31! forest reserve iu tlu
hi states iilhctcd by the I'liltou amend
incut. 1 1 is pna'laiiiiit ions add l.liM,
DUO acres to the leerve area of Oregon.
4,lMil,UU! acres lii Washington and
f, si l,l 010 acres in Idaho.
The Cleat i' 'II of I he-e ri serve proh
ablv inaik the end of ieere extension
ill the Northwest for many years to
come, fot the additions now Include
tii"st of the decliablr I iiiiU'I' land of all
six statis, so far a known tothe I oust,
seixiee. Ileing hastily made in older
to circumvent the rest I let o of the
Fulton amendment, the icserve are
iH.ely created and no dmiM contain
much laud that w ill be baind iiusniied
to forestry puisisis mid which will ul
timately be restored to entry.
The liuyest reservation In Oregon
was llll uddilloii of 1177,000 ncies to tln
Clue mountain reserves iu liftcrn Ore
gon. Other a. Mil ions Iu ivi-'t mg re
serves sre: 44ii,oiN)o the Siskiyou in
Southern Oregon, 7l,OIIII aeieslotho
Wchchii icserve, M I, non aer s to the
Cascade reset e, mostly on it we-tern
border, and l.'4,INIO to the Ashl.ihd re
Serve in Sunt h H slei ii Oregon.
I'o include t he timber land of the
Coast range the pritddeid cieated tlu
Tillamook reserve, continuing li.ri,(ioi
acres; t he ( 'oijuil le re-er e, embody ing
I pl.ooo acres, and the Uiiimiiii rescrw,
with iiii area of nul'.immi iicre.
The Wallowa and ChciulmihUH re
serves are combined under the luiliie of
I innaha, and "H.'I.IIOO acres are uddid.
In Washington the Washington re
serve Is inlaigi.l l the iid'litloii uj i:,-
i.'T.'i, noil acres, which includes pi Helical
ly nil government hind between the
present Washington and Rainier re
serves. I his makes one continuous re
serve a long t he Cn-cade inoui tain- fiom
the Columbia rivrr I i the int"rnat ional
boundary. This addit ion embrace the
No'tliern Pacific grant, but railroad
lands are in t made part of the re-crw
lllid ho I ight of lieu schvtioii neeriles.
A new reeeive is entili-d t i Include
K.IT.oim acres of the Colville Indian
land; the Priest river reserve 1 creat
ed ill Stevens count y t contain 3Iii,iioO
acres; t he Olympic reserve is enlargi-.!
by ll'.I.INHI acres, and 730, (a HI iicich
lire iiiiel to the Klllhlcr resent'.
Most of the ft left land in Idaho llll
ready been reserved. A l'uloiie re
serve is created w d h an area of Hiiioo
acres; the l olt .cuf is created with all
ana of 1 Oil, (MM) m-ii-s ; the Cig lb.ni is
enlarged Py the iidiM nm of I'.su.ooil
acres, and about 1 on, Out) acres is added
to t he Weiser reserve.
Ap-
lllinols Prepares Attack.
Chicago, March H. A special to the
Tribune from Washington mvs: Olli-
dal steps have been taken by the stale
of Illinois to attack tho validity of
is iii.oiMi in Alton railroad bord-i
issued by E. II. Harriman and his as
sociates when they reorunnized the
Chicago & Alton Railroad company.
The Interstate Commerce commission
has received an application from W. II.
Stead, attorney general of the state of
Illinois, asking for a complete trans
rript of all the testimony taken bv tho
Interstate Commerce commission.
Sorry Ship Subsidy Failed.
Riicnos Ayres, March 8. General
isiippointmeiit is expressed in com
mercial and official circles over the fail
ure of tho A inerlcan congress to adopt
the bill pioviding subsidies for steam-
is trading bet woen t he United States
and South Americi. In this cormee.
tion much sympathy is expressid for
Secretaty Pool, whoso efforts to
strengthen the commercial and friendly
eiiiuoiiM oeiMcen rue two Americas uro
lighly appreciated by the public.
MANY "DEAD DUCKS
Number of Noted Men Will Not
pear in Next Corrrtt,
Wa-hingtoii, March ,ri. It is prob
able that the designation Is resented,
but "dead duck" is the name the sur
viving congressmen apply to those whi
have failed of m -el.-ct ion. The Wash
ington game lug is full of "dead dinks"
todify.
Nine members of the senate have
yielded their seats to their successors.
The surrendering ones are J. Frank Alee
of Itelitwarc, James H. Perry of Arkan
sas, Joseph C. S. Clackbiiin of Ken
tucky, Ed wan I W. Carmack of Tennes
see, William A. Clark, of Montana,
John F. Jlrydcii of New Jersey, Joseph
H. Millard of Nebraska, 1 red T. Hubois
of Idaho, and Thomas M. Patterson of
Colorado.
Iu the house there wore 72 member
whoso names will not be called at tho
next session.
Invardn'g Honduran Army.
San Salvador Maich 5. A strong
column of Honduran troops has invad
ed Nicaragua through the department
of Ocolal. Tho headuiiarters of tho
Honduran army is established (, JVs-
pire. President Ponilla is iu Chi lateen.
directing affairs thcio generally. No
Is well satisfied with the discipline and
the spirit of the troops. Chilatccu, as)
at present fortified, is deemed impieg
nable. The gi neral opinion here is
that the Honduran forces will eventual
ly triumph over those of tho Nicura
guari government.
Removal Bill is Signed,
Sacramento, Cal., March 8. Cover-
nor (nllett this lnoiiniiL' suoied ih..
wnoio nuiiiiicr oi days capital removal bill. Sacramento thus
The Reconstructed Cabinet.
Secretary of state. Elllui Root, of
York; secretary of treasury, (ieoici. It
Cortelyou, New York; secretary of
war, William II. Taft., Ohio; secretin v
of nay, Victor II. Metcalf, California;
attorney general, Charles J. Iloniipaite,
Maryland; is.stmastei general, Georgo
von L, Meyer, Massachusetts; secre
Uiry of interior, James R. Garfield,
Ohio; secretary of commerce and labor,
Oscar Straus, New York; secretary of
agriculture, James Wilson, Iowa.
the malls are weighed shall bo used as i loses tho seat of government of Califor- Sheldon t
a divisor for obtaining tho average j nia, which goes to lierkeley. Governor from tho
weight per day." It is believed this i Gillctt was expected to veto tho mens-1 that it wi
will be a fairer deal
ure. Sacramento Is much aroused.
Accepts Two-cent Rat.
Lincoln, Nen., March IS. -Governor
tonight received ollicial notice
Hiirlington Railroad coinnanv
will accept the 2-cent farn luu-
Without resistance and revise its rates.