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W ednesday, May 13.
Washington, May 13__ Further con
Moderation o f the Brownsville affair was
today postpoued by the senate until
December 16 next. This decision was
reached after an extended exchange o f
views among senators. Foraker, after
urgi°K (he appointment o f an early
day for voting on his bill, moved that
it be taken up next December. A fte r
a motion by Culberson o f Texas, to vote
on the bill next Saturday, was laid on
the table, Foraker’ h motion was adopted
by a vote o f 62 to 6.
Foraker gavo out a statement saying
that, while he could not have pussed
the bill now, he thinks he has insured
its passage by the postponement.
Washington, M ay 13.— One half o f
the fivo hour session o f the house today
was spent in roll calls on the various
propositions presented. When the d ay's
work had been concluded, the agricul­
tural and postottice appropriation bills
had been sent to conference, and tho
follow in g bills passed:
Perm itting owners of patents in cases
where the government has appropriated
inventions to apply to the court of
claims fo r relief; authorizing the entry
o f tea sweopings when intended to be
used in the manufacture o f caffeine, and
an omnibus bridge bill.
eluding a child labor law for the Dis­
trict o f Columbia, intended as a substi­
tute for the senate bill, permitting ap­
peals in naturalization cases from the
District to the Circuit Court of Appeals,
aud repealing the act o f the legislature
o f New M exico o f 1903 regarding civil
procedure in personal injury cases.
The house adjourned until 2 o ’clock
tomorrow, when eulogies w ill be de­
livered upon the life and character of
the late Representative Adolph Meyei',
of Louisiana. In view o f the circum­
stances o f the adjournment, Williams
did not insist upon the usual roll-call.
Under a statute passed by the last
assembly, Louis Ferris, who dynamited
the train at Butte, will be sentenced to
I death i f convicted.
Practically every property owner a f­
fected by the recent fire in Atlanta,
Ga., has announced that modern struc­
tures will be built.
M AR C H O F M EN O F F LE E T .
L . r Ke st Arm ed F o rce E ver Landed Is
Review ed at San Francisco.
San Francisco, M ay 8.— Eight thou­
sand bluejackets and marines— the larg
est armed force the American N a vy has
ever put ashore in time o f peace or war
— were landed yesterday from the com­
bined Atlantic and Pacific fleets, now
lyin iu the harbor, and marched
through the streets o f San Francisco in
the most notable parade the e ity has
ever known. For four miles and a half,
along streets lined and canopied with
colors and in review o f a never-ending
crowd, the fighting men o f the fleets
made their way to the martial tunes o f
their shipmate bands and to cheers that
began with the first command to march
and ended only when the sailormen had
again embarked in the small boats that
returned them to their ships. Twenty-
five hundred soldiers o f the regular
army, in full-dress array, graciously
acted as an escort to the visitin g ineu
o f the sea, and were liberally applauded.
The cheers, however, were not all re­
served for the sailors and marines. Rear-
Admiral Evans, commanding the fleet,
and the six other Roar Admirals in com­
mand o f squadrons and divisions, rode
in carriages. Admiral Evans was quick­
ly recognized by the thousands in the
immense reviewing stands, and bowed a
constant recognition o f the cheering
which was caught up by the throngs
ahead and echoed by those in the rear
ns his carriage slowly moved at the
front o f the marching columns. Secre
tary o f the N a vy M etcalf, Governor
Gillett, o f California, and M ayor T a y ­
lor, of San Francisco, rode in tho parade
and afterward reviewed it as it counter­
marched down Van Ness avenue.
Friday, May 8.
Washington, M ay 8.— L ittle progress
was made in the senate today on tho
agricultural appropriation bill, the ses­
sion being devoted to a discussion upon
the principle of forest reserves and the
administration o f that service. Teller
concluded his remarks in opposition to
a lump sum appropriation o f $500,000
for further development o f the forest
reserve system. Nelson o f Minnesota
Tuesday, May 12.
and D olliver o f Iowa spoke in support
Washington, M ay 12__ The senate to­ o f the reserve service.
day passed the postoftice appropriation
McCumber, chairman of the commit-
bill,
carrying amounts aggregating tco on pensions, called the attention of
$229,072,367. As passed the bill al the senate to a deadlock among the
lows $1 a day expenses for railway conferees on the pension appropriation
postal clerks when away from term i­ bill on the senate amendment requiring
A D M IT S O T H E R C R IM E S .
nals, which will incur a total expense a continuance o f the present system of
o f about $1,000,000.
having the pension funds disbursed
Amendments adopted by the Honato through eight pension agencies, located Man W ho Blew Up Burlington Train
provide for weighing the mails annu­ throughout the country, instead o f
A lso in Holdup.
ally instead of every four years, and through a single agency k>caed in this
add the Oallinger provision concerning city. Many senators expressed a de­
Butte, Mont., M ay 8__ Lewis Ferriss,
tho improvement o f the mail service to sire that the conferees should insist on who last night confessed to planting 25
the Philippines, China, Japan, Australia the senate amendment.
sticks o f dynamite under Burlington
and South American ports.
Washington, M ay 8.— The officers and train No. 6, which was wrecked hero
Washington, M ay 12.— A fte r a de­ enlisted men o f the army today won Friday night, killing three persons, was
bate lasting practically the entire bos their fight for increased pay when the this morning taken to Hills by detec­
sion, the house today, by a vote o f 136 house, after a debate o f two hours,
to 24, agreed to the conference report agreed to the conference report on the tives to dig up the rest o f the powder
upon the naval appropriation bill. The army appropriation bill. An appropri­ which was cached after the wreck. F er­
insertion of a new provision relating ation o f $7,000,000 was made for the riss also admits being concerned in the
to increase in pay fo r officers and men purpose, $5,000,000 o f which will go to hold up o f the North Coast Lim ited two
o f tho marine corps and navy drew the enlisted men. Nine hundred officers weeks ago.
forth a good deal o f criticism o f tho on the retired list also w ill benefit by
The engineer was flagged on a steep
conferees, who wero charged with hav­ the increase. The army appropriation grade. The train was stopped, and
ing taken liberties and with having vio ­ bill carries an aggregate appropria­ when the engineer saw the hold-up men
lated the trust reposted in them by the tion of $95,382,245. The principal item he ran a blockade of bullets and pulled
house. The conferees reached a com­ o f increase is the $7,000,000 additional his train safely into town.
plete agreement, and the bill now goes pay. W ith the various changes made
Ferriss made his confession in the
to the president.
in conference, the bill represents a total hospital, where he was taken afte r be­
Considerable interest was manifested increase o f $3,263,115 over tho amount ing slightly wounded by the officer who
on the floor in the announcement that authorized by the house.
arrested him.
the currency bill would bo considered
Ferriss was arrested while tryin g to
and disposed of Thursday next.
pawn, a rifle o f a peculiar old-fashioned
Thursday, M ay 7.
caliber, cartridges to fit which were
Washington, M ay 7.— In reply to Hey- found on the ground a fte r the attempt
Monday, May II.
burn’s attack upon the forestry policy to rob the North Coast train. Bus
Washington, M ay 11.— The senate to-;
of the «dm inistration, Depew o f New pieion was directed to him when he was
day passed the agricultural bill, carry­
York today, in the senate, spoke at found loafing about the place where the
ing an appropriation aggregating $12,-
length in defense o f forestry reserves Burlington wreck occurred.
142,146. For building roads and mak­
and the reforestration o f denuded land.
Railroad men here are much aroused
ing other permanent improvements in
Only the other day, he said, N ew York and threaten to form a party to lynch
tho national forest, $1,000,000, instead
State received 1,000,00 trees from Ger­ Ferriss. He is being kept under a heavy
o f $500,000, as provided b y the house
many for use in reforestration of the guard.
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o f representatives, was appropriated,
Adirondacks. He commended the ac­
g iv in g one-half the amount asked by the
tion o f President Roosevelt in inaugu­
C
O A L IS W A S T E D .
chief forester.
rating tho system o f forestry reserves
by
setting
aside
20,000,000
acres,
which
Washington, M ay 11__ The hous$ to-
O ffic ers o f Federal Survey 'D isco ver
day took tho final congressional step by was increased to 40.000.000 acres under
Valuable Fuel Is L eft.
which betting on horse races at Ben President M cK inley, and is now 150,-
nings w ill hereafter be prohibited. A 000,000 acres. In the last two years,
Washington, M ay 8.— Coal valued at
bill authorizing the appropriation for he said, France hag spent $50,000,000 $200.000,000 is being wasted every year
an addition to the regular m ilitary es­ fo r reforestration in view o f the enor­
tablishment of 50 captains to command mous damage to property and the homes through improper mining methods. It
o f the people by floods.
is estimated by officers o f the Federal
the Philippine scouts also was passed.
Extended discussion o f the expendi­ Geological Survey that the loss repre­
The bill amending the homestead laws
so as to permit the entrv o f 320 acres tures o f the Forestry Bureau for pub­ sents 200,000.000 tons, and that this
instead o f 160 acres o f non-irrigable lic ity work o f various kinds, called amount would supply the courftry for
public land in Western States was forth a vigorous denial b^, Mr. Smoot six months. The coal is worth at least
that a forester had attended a conven $1 a ton.
passed.
J. A. Holmes, one o f the officers o f
The bill allowing the States o f Idaho tion and charged his expenses to “ the
tho survey, who are tryin g to solve the
and W yoming 2.000.000 additional acres hay and grain account.**
fuel problem, says today that nearly
o f land for reclamation was defeated.
Washington. M ay 7__ A fte r ten days* half o f the total coal supply is le ft
Tho dry homestead bill was passed by
139 to 74. I t applies to nonmineral, discussion, consideration o f the sundry underground, either as pillars to support
nonirrigable, unreserved and nonappro- c ivil appropriation bill was completed the roof o f the mine, or because it is
priated public lands in Colorado, Cali­ by the house today, but before putting of an in ferior quality.
The investigators find that the waste
fornia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Ore­ it on its passage a recess until tomor­
gon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, A r i­ row w-as taken. The bill carries a total is also due to the fact that the working
appropriation o f $106,966,369. or $1,- out o f the lower beds o f coal first in
zona and New Mexico.
241,000 njore than was reported by the some cases breaks and renders imprac­
ticable the subsequent mining o f the
Washington, M ay 11.— At a confer- ’ committee.
once today between the leaders o f the • Tho principal resolution o f the day adjacent higher coal beds.
“ W e are skimming the cream o f tho
house and senate it was practically related to the salary and wage scale
agreed that congress shall adjourn F ri-j to be paid in tho construction o f the natural resources,** said Mr. Holmes,
Panama Canal. The committee had in­ “ and we are using the best and cheap­
day, M ay 22.
serted a provision providing that such est o f our supplies. Each of the suc­
salaries and wages should not exceed ceeding generations w ill obtain its
Saturday, May 9.
by more than 25 per cent the salaries needed general supply, but each will
Washington, M ay 9.— The debate on
and wag»»s paid in the United States for pay higher prices, as mining w ill con­
the main features o f the agricultural similar work. Tho provision was de­ tinually grow more expensive and more
appropriation biM was practically con­ feated, 10 to 101.
dangerous. **________________
cluded by the senate today. Smoot o f ■
F igh ts.to E scape Fine.
Utah spoke at length in advocacy o f the 1
Make W ar on Rats.
Chicago, M ay 8.— The Standard Oil
forest
reserve
service. Lodge
and
Washington, M ay 12.— A ban has
Newlands supported the policy o f the been olaeed on rats and mice on the Company o f Indiana today commenced a
new fight to escape payment o f the fine
service.
I Panama Canal zone, in efforts to pre- I o f $29,240.000, levied against it by
Clark o f W yom ing reviewed at length vent bubonic plague from gaining a j
Judge
Dandis, in the Federal District
what lie said he regarded as the weak­ foothold there. It has been demon- j Court, when its attorneys appeared to
ness of the forestry service. He de­ strated that the plague is communicated j aigue an appeal from the lower court.
clared that its opponents were not in­ by means o f fleas. The fleas get it from '
John S. M iller argued that a reversal
different to the preservation o f the tim ­ the rats and mice and communicate it j should be granted, because, he said, the
ber lands, but objected to the methods to human beings. W ith the extermina- i
oil company did not know that it was
practiced by the Bureau o f Forestry tion o f rats and mice it is stated there I using illegal rates, and that each train-
w ill be no danger from the bite o f a flea i
under its present administration.
load o f the com pany’s product should
In addition to the attention given the so fa r as plague is concerned. Canal ' have been taken as the basis o f a ship­
agricultural bill, the senate voted te employes have been instructed to kill
ment instead o f each car, as charged in
send to the committee on judiciary the rats and mice.
the indictment.
resolution introduced by Burkett o f
Will Let Dry Farm Bills Pass.
N»»braska declaring tomorrow to bo
Asylum fo r Quake S ufferers.
44 M others’ D a y ," and suggesting that
Washington, M ay 12.—8peaker Can­
Santiago, Chile, M ay 8— When V a l­
senators and employes o f the senate : non has given reasonable assurance that
wear a white flower in honor o f that ’ he will grant time during the coming paraiso and other Chilean cities suf­
day.
week for consideration in the house of fered the terrible earthquake o f August
the 320-acre dry-farm homestead bill
Washington, M ay 9__ Although on ! and the bill by Representative French 6. 1906, the republics o f Brazil and A r­
several occasions it had difficulty in granting Tdaho an additional 2.000,000 gentina sent their sister nation consid­
maintaining a quorum, the house trans- j acres under the Oarev act. Tt is be­ erable sums of money, of which there
acted considerable business today. A lieved both w ill pass i f they come to a remains a surplus in the hands o f the
number o f measures were passed, in- vote.
Chilean government. I t has been deter­
mined to use this in founding an asylum
Appointed as President's Aide.
*or the widows anti orphans o f those
Reduce W eight o f Battleships.
Washington, M ay 13.— Captain Arch
Washington. M ay 14.— The navy de who lost their lives in tho* disaster.
ibald W . Butt, who w ill take Captain partment has inaugurated the policy of The sum will be made up to $300,000 for
the work, and the institution w ill be
Fitzhugh L e e ’s place as m ilitary aide
reducing the weight o f the battleships known, as the Asilo Brazil Argentina.
to the president, is on his wav to Wash­
as
fa
r
as
possible
by
the
removal
of
ington from Havana. Captain Butte
came to Washington in 1898 as corre­ some o f the boats and davits, unneces
O range C ro p S h ort in South.
spondent fo r the Atlanta Constitution. snrv bridges, heavy tons and masts,
Los Angeles. M ay 8.— W ith but a few
In his newspaper capacity he saw a and boat cranes. Naval constructors navels le ft and a brisk demand for all
part o f the Spanish-American war. He have been given instructions to follow I
was made a captain in the volnnteet out the idea as fa r as possible, and the | o f them, the season fo r this variety of
service in 1900, and assigned to the result w ill probably be the elimination | oranges is approaching a whirlwind
quartermaster’s department. The next o f the rather elaborate superstructure close, prices advancing sharply and
year he entered the regular army as which characterizes American warships. buyers scrambling for the remainder of
captain, continuing in the quartermas­ This is one tangible result o f the armor the crop. The navel season w ill end
t e r ’s department.
within 10 days— a month ahead o f last
belt controversy.
year. Only 500 cars o f navels are le ft
in the state. The shipments to date
Wants R oosevelt to Stop K nocks.
A ffected by Am erican Panic.
have been about 2,000 ahead of those at
Washington, M ay 13— Insisting that
Washington. M ay 14.— Reporting to this time a year ago.
the president “ let n p " on the railroads the state department from Amsterdam,
and that no opposition be made to the Consul H enry H. Morgan says that pos­
M ore T rou b les fo r Brazil.
proposed increase in rates, representa­ sibly no country o f Europe had been
R io de Janeiro. M ay 8.— Colonel P lá­
tives o f the “ Prosperity league** called relatively affected so disadvantageouslv cido Castro, who headed the revolution
on the president this morning. A l­ bv the recent financial crisis in the o f Acre, declare* that i f Acre is in­
though the committee declared that it United States as The Netherlands, corporated with the state o f Amazonas
represented the most influential mer­ largely on account o f the total suspen­ instA*d o f being proclaimed a separate
chants o f both East and West, it is be­ sion o f the diamond trade. Whereas state, the inhabitants will proclaim an­
lieved here that the railroads influenced the exports o f the sparklers in 1906 other revolution and fight to make
the movement to create sentiment in amounted to $11.633.352. in 1907 they themselves this time an independent na­
favor o f higher rate«.
fe ll off to only $7,452,604.
tion.
C A P IT A !« OP MOROCCO.
STORM IN OKUHOMA HAULS DOWN FLAG1
T l,
C n a U la ,
K m p lr. H u
I m p e r i a l C ltla a .
I
F obs
T b a empire o f Morocco, which l ( now
crumbling Into piece*, ha* four Impe­
rial, or capital cities. Fez, Meklnez,
Rabat and Marrrakecb.
Fez is tb*
moat Important, politically and relig­
iously. I t la the center o f the Berber
tribes, always so ready to rebel against
tbs rule o f tba Sultan. These royal
cities are the homes o f the Sultan when
be goes about through bis empire.
Fes has about 100.000 Inhabitants,
and In Its best days was one o f the
L oved Adm iral Says Farew ell at Ban­ ■btnlng lights o f all learned Islam. It
prldea Itself now on Ita citizen life. In
quet Given in His H on or at
distinction to the nomad life o f the
St. Francis H otel.
savage Berbers o f the mountains and
tbe boorish Arabs o f tbe plains.
The modern Faal, aa the Fez citizen
San Francisco, M ay 9__ Rear-Admiral Is called, baa In bla veins a curious
Evans bade a personal farew ell to the j strain. T h ere Is the passion o f the
officers o f his command at the banquet j Moors who came from Andaluslt In
given last night in honor o f the visit I Spain afte r the wars o f the Moors and
of the Atlan tic fleet by the C ity o f 8an j the capitulation o f G renada; the Be­
Francisco. The banquet was given in j douin's wild love o f freedom and ha­
the white and gold dining room o f the j tred o f the s o il; tbe Arab keenness, the
St. Francis Hotel, where Adm iral Evans Jew's dominance, and the Moslem re­
He reckons time, not
and his fam ily have been making their j ligious fervor.
headquarters since the arrival o f the so much by the clock aa by the hours
fleet on Wednesday. I t had been hoped for prayer called from the many mina­
that the commander-in chief o f the fleet, j rets. The Fasis claim the most com­
who hauls down his flag today from the pact mass o f Moorish population, and
truck o f the Connecticut, might appear j the center o f Arab culture for northern
for a few moments, 'but it was not |
Africa. T h ey cling to their traditions,
known until well along in the progress |
of the dinner that he was actually well and desire above all things that the
enough to do so. The admiral was Sultan should keep the old orthodox
wheeled into the crowded dining hall ways. T h e strange heterodox Innova­
amid spontaneous cheers, in which the tions o f recent years have been to them
officers and their hosts, the citizens o f omens o f a coming loss o f their Inde­
San Francisco, joined with equal en­ pendence and subjugation to foreign
thusiasm. He was in civilian attire, as
powers. In the past, rumors o f such
was also his son, Lieutenant Frank T a y ­
lor Evans, who wheeled the invalid a danger whispered about the city by
the wenlthy class have found their
chair.
Rear-Admirals Thomas. Sperry, Em ­ way to the Berbers In their mountains
ory, Dayton, Sebree and Swinburne, the and Incited them to revolt.
captains o f all the ships, Governor G il­
There is a very marked difference
lett, Secretary o f the N a vy M etcalf, between the Berbers or mountain peo­
M ayor Taylor, General Funston, o f the
ple, and the Arabs, or plains people.
army, and other notable guests crowded
about the chair and shook hands with There are often flercequarrels and clan
Admiral Evans, who had a cordial re­ feuds among the former, they always
suspect the government, they are ready
sponse to each in turn.
at all times for revolution, and never
slow to d raw the sword. They seldom
U N IT E F O R D E F E N S E .
leave their caves and mountain fast­
S hippers P rep arin g fo r Titanic Battle nesses. and rarely mingle with any one
but their own.
W ith Railroads.
Mnrrakech Is situated on an oasis
Chicago, M ay 9.— Commercial and formed by the many tributaries o f the
manufacturing interests o f cities from
Ten slft
river, which, concentrating
the Mississippi R iver to Maine, aggre­
gating over $1,000,000.000 in capital, dere, have given growth to a forest o f
are preparing fo r a titanic struggle date palm trees, which, in their turn,
with the Eastern railroads. The ques­ shelter many other trees and plants.
tion- o f a general advance in freigh t
It was to Marrakech that St. Fran­
rates is tho issue. The gauntlet was cis o f Assisi sent his first missiona­
thrown down by the railroads in the ries.
There are In this city to-day
shape of a definite announcement that only about two dozen Europeans, and
on July 1 and August 1 a general ad­
vance of freigh t rates approximating most o f these liv e In the English Prot­
10 per cent w ill be made east o f the estant mission. Marrakech has some
Mississippi R iver. The great shippers 50,000 cr 60,000 Inhabitants, all pure
and manufacturers have lost no time Arab or Arabised, and the whole plain
in accepting the gauge o f combat.
la peopled by Berbers who have adopt­
The first movement in arraying the ed Arab customs. T h e land ow ner» are
commercial and manufacturing inter­
pure Arabs, the merchants Moors. I t
ests o f the affected territory in a solid
phalanx against the Eastern railroad Is a typical Moroccnn city, with three
systems was made yesterday by the I l ­ entirely separate quarters, one for the
linois Manufacturers* Association. I t royal body, one for the Musaelman pop­
quickly was follow ed by the Chicago ulation, and one for the Jews. A t sun­
Association o f America. The form er is­ set, and at noon on Friday, the hour
sued a call fo r a great conference to be o f prayer, the gates sre closed and the
held in Chicago next Friday o f all the city lies quiet, with only
a single
commercial and industrial organizations
watchman at the gates.
There are
o f the eastern section o f the country.
The meeting w ill map out a general beautiful garden» about the govern­
ment buildings, a market and a bazaar
line o f battle.
where one o f the principal attractions
Is the booth for Morocco leather, which
L O S E S S I , 2 6 9 ,OOO B Y FIRE
takes Its name from the city.
One
T w o Blocks in Atlanta, G eorgia R e­ charactc-istlc o f the city Is the public
fountains.
duced to Cinders.
KMole Town of Vlcl Is Torn to Evans Gives lip His Command of
Pieces and Scattered.
Atlantic Battleship Fleet.
EIGHT PERSONS KNOWN KILLED BIG OVATION BY SAN FRANCISCO
Hugs Hailstones
Injure
Deatroy C rops and
L iv es to c k — Devastation
in Farm ing Districts.
Woodward, Okla., M ay 12— A t least
eight persons were killed and scores o f
others injured in the several tornadoes
in Northwestern Oklahoma yesterday
evening.
There was a succession of tornadoes
between 5 o'clock and 10 o'clock P. M.
They appeared first in the western part
o f the devastated district and moved
toward the east. The most serious re­
sults were in the vicinity of Arnett,
where fu lly 30 persons are believed to
have broken limbs. Nearly all o f these
victims are residents o f the farming dis­
tricts.
The only town known to have been
destroyed is V ici, a postoffice town in
the southern part o f Woodward county,
where it is said there is not a house le ft
standing. Postm aster E. A. Speck has
asked that a postoffice inspector report
on his office, which was demolished and
the contents scattered in all directions.
The report o f four deaths at Arnett
includes the two at L ittle Robe, and is
confirmed by the news that four caskets
have been sent overland from Gage to
Arnett, Gage being the nearest railroad
point.
Reports from the neighborhood of
V ici state that the heavy hail that ac­
companied the storm did much damage
to property, crops and cattle. H ail­
stones measuring 15 inches in circum­
ference are said to have fallen.
A L L FO R G O O D O F PRODUCER
Com m ission Favors Produce Business
o f E xpress Companies.
Washington, M av 12.— An important
report was transmitted to the senate by
the Interstate Commerce commission on
the results o f inquiry made by the com­
mission as to whether the express com­
panies, o f the country were engaged in
the business o f buying, selling or hand­
lin g consignments o f fruit, vegetables
and oysters entering into interstate
commerce.
The commission finds that for the
handling o f perishable cortimodities the
express companies have established or­
der aud commission departments. The
agents o f the companies undertake to
find a market fo r producers and to han­
dle the products offered. The products
are marketed and the proceeds, less the
express charges, are turned over to the
producers.
The commission reports that express
companies do not buv or sell commodi­
ties transported b y them to their own
account. Agents o f the companies who
have done so have been prohibited from
continuing it by the companies.
Accordingly it recommends that all
express companies and their agents be
prohibited from buying or selling on
their own account comip^dities trans­
ported by express, but that express com­
panies be permitted to continue their
present methods o f conducting inter­
state business through order and com­
mission departments, subject to the pro­
hibitions o f law against unjnat discrimi­
nation.
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O . R. & N. T O F IG H T .
Starts Suit Against L o w erin g o f Rates
on Freight.
Portland, M ay 12.— Suit was filed in
the United States court yesterday b j
the O. R. & N . Co. to enjoin the Oregon
railroad commission from enforcing its
order o f A p ril 22, directing a reduction
by the railroad company o f 15 per cent
in its distributive rates in Oregon, be­
tween Portland and points east o f The
Dalles. In support of its applpication
fo r a temporary injunction the railroad
company alleges that the proposed ac­
tion o f the commission is in violation
o f federal and state constitutions, con
flicts with interstate commerce, and
necessarily would involve a complete
revision o f all interstate rates. B y the
order o f the railroad commission the
reduced tariffs were to go into effect
tomorrow,
M ore “ G raft” Cases.
Harrisburg, Pa., M ay 12__ The second
o f the alleged “ g r a f t " cases having
to do with tho building and furnishing
o f the state capitel was called for trial
today. This is the metallic furniture
case, in which the defendants are Arch­
itect Huston, Congressman Casswell,
former Auditor General Snyder, former
State Treasurer Matheus, form er Super­
intendent Shumaker and T ravelin g Au­
ditor Irvine. Former Governors Stone
and Pennvpacker are among the no­
tables who are to be subpenaed as w it­
nesses at the trial.
Anxious T o S ee Adm ira .
Reno, Nev., M ay 12— Rather than
miss the opportunity o f giv in g his old
friend, “ Figh ting Bob** Evans, a
hearty handshake, and recalling the
davs when thev fought in battle to ­
gether, M artin Gilbert walked 50 miles
over Nevada hills to see the old sea
warrior. Gilbert stood in the crowd of
2.000 people who gathered at the depot
when the train reached Reno Sunday
morning. Evans raised the blind o f h»s
ear and saw him. “ Hello, there. G il­
b e r t ! " shonted the form er commander
o f the Atlantic fleet. “ Come in hero
and shake! "
T hom as Not Seriously III.
San Francisco, M ay 12.— Rear A d ­
miral Thorr.as. the new commander of
the Atlantic fleet, who was reported to
be so ill Sunday that he had to take to
his bed in the Fairmonnt hotel, was up
and around early today, and le ft for
bis flagship at about 9 o ’ clock this
morning. The admiral admitted that
he felt a little worn out and weary Sun­
day, but declared there was no grounds
for the report that he was quite ill and
could not see visitors.
M em orial Day in South.
Raleigh, N. C., M ay 12.— Yesterday
was generally observed
throughout
North and South Carolina as Confeder
ate Memorial dav. The chief cere­
monies were at Raleigh, W ilmington,
Charleston, Charlotte, A sh eville and Co­
lombia.
Atlanta. M ay 9__ One million and a
quarter dollars is the loss conservatively
estimated tonight of a fire which early
today destroyed two blocks o f Atlanta
business property. Tonight the fire is
under control with ruined buildings in
the district bounded by Forsythe, N e l­
son, Madison and Hunter streets. Late
today the police and fire departments
dynamited what was le ft of the ragged
walls. How the fire started is a mys­
tery. There was no loss o f life and no
injuries. The insurance on the prop­
erty destroyed was plaeed at $750,000.
One o f ft'" heaviest losers is 8. M. In ­
man, o f Atlanta, who owned the entire
block bounded by Forsythe, M itchell
and Nelson streets and Madison ave­
nue.
The Terminal I^otel, one o f the larg­
est in the city, is a mass o f bricks. I t
had on its register 200 guests when the
fire started a block away. E very one
escaped.
Firem en C o n fess Arson.
N orfolk, Va., M ay 9__ Four members
of the Jamestown Exposition fire de­
partment, and two o f the Powhattan
Guard were today held to the grand
jury on the charge o f arson. Tw o o f
the1 men filed w ritten confessions that
they started the fire on the ground
which destroved the Philippine village
and other villages, ten days ago. They
sa»d it was understood that F ire Chief
M iller had recommended a cut in both
forces and salaries, and they thought
a fire would demonstrate the value o f
both the firemen and guards o f the
grounds.
A n gers S ta n ford Faculty.
Stanford U niversity, Cal., M ay 9.—
On account o f “ joshes’ * on Professor
Clark and President Jordan contained
in the 1909 “ Q u a d ," the Stanford book
store today refused to sell the book,
a f t o r making an agreement to do so
with the manager o f the book, D. W.
Burbank. The manager o f the book
store refused to give any reason fo r his
change of mind, but as the corporation
is controlled by facu lty members, it is
understood that some o f the stockhold­
ers nrevented the sales as a means o f
retaliation for the joshes on the faculty.
Repair D red g e Chinook.
Washington, M ay 9.— Senator Fulton
todav proposed an amendment to the
sundry civil bill appropriating $100,000
for repairing the dredge Chinook. The
Senator had a conference with the ch ief
o f engineers, who is anxious that the
Chinook be again placed in commission
and set to work on the Columbia R iver
bar. It is doubted i f $100,000 is needed
fo r repair*, but an estimate w ill be had
in a short time, and i f a smaller amount
is required the amount w ill be reduced.
Will M ake Lobbyists R egister.
Guthrie. Okla., M ay 9 .— Both branches
o f the Oklahoma legislature today
agreed to the nnti-lobbying bill, which
provides that criminal action may be
had on any lobbyist who does not first
file his name and a statement o f his
business with the legislature. The bill
is similar to a measure proposed by
Governor Folk, o f Missouri. Governor
Haskell has said he w ill sign the bilL
How
W ater
B e n e fit s
M a n k in d .
Physiologists tell us that the animal
body consists o f almost 80 per cent o f
water. Adm itting this to be true, It
would seem plausible. aa.VB the Medical
Record, that this quantity Is necessary
In order to carry on the normal physio­
logical proccsacs o f the animal econo­
my In proper condition.
F o r atmllar reasons It would also
appear plausible that should this quan­
tity In any way be greatly reduced or
diminished, either through normal proc­
esses o f the body or through abnormal
processes, this Inst quantity must Im­
m ediately be resupplied. Should such
a withdrawn! o f w ater be permitted to
he unduly prolonged the disorders w ill
assume such grave dimensions that Ilfs
■tself may ultim ately he terminated.
E lasticity and pliability o f muscles,
ner-e», cartilage, tendons and even
bones depend mainly on the amount o f
water they contain. W ater also serves
aa a distributer o f bodily heat and
regulates the body temperature hy the
physical process o f
absorption
and
elimination.
Under normal condition» and In a
pro|sT degree o f health this supply Is
ordinarily furnished partly by the food
and partly by the drink we are dally
consuming. An overlndulgcnce In tbe
use o f w ater— provided It la not car­
ried to excesa— will seldom If ever ne
productive o f any deleterious conse­
quences.
A
D is h
She
W o u l d n 't
Cook.
Rev. Mr. Freuder, o f I’hlladelphla,
te ll» this story o f h im self:
Some tim e ago he was Invited to dine
at the house o f a friend, whose w ife
went Into her kitchen to give some final
orders. Incidentally, she added to the
servant, "W e are to have a Jewish
•abb! for dinner to-day.”
F o r a moment the maid surveyed her
mistress In grim silence.
Then she
spoke with decision. ” AII I have to say
la,” »he announced, " I f you have a
Jewish rabbi fo r dinner you'll cook It
voureelf.”
III.
«re s t
raaH .
"Y ea ," said the would-he author,
“ I'v e taken a house In the country,
but It w ill he neceasary for me to en­
gage a gardener. There’s quite a plot
o f gronml around the house; too much
for me to handle."
“ Yea," refilled Crlttlck. “ you never
could handle a plot, could you?”
In
(O B lM lif
O f Limerick writer», the worst
la be by the passion accursed
Who flings them and flirts them
But always Inverts them
And writes the last line o f them first
— Success Magazine.
The
C k a rw e e .
Ford— Your law yer made some very
severe charges against the defendant
didn't he? Brown— Ye-e-e-e-s, bat yon
ought to see how h* charge.? m e 1—•
Llverpooc Mercury.
MOW K W H X A J U T O W »
Smttm B n llt In M orn W a n thwn O a e
• n a H u m M i l . e l C *> h >.
T b . history o f American mining
towns presents many examples o f ths
determining effect o f mineral deposits.
Butte. Moot., Is s city o f 62.000 Inhab­
itants, supported by copper underly­
ing about one square mile o f land sur-
faoe. Ths metal forms the sols ralaon
d'etre o f this considerable settlement,
fo r In other respects the region la un­
productive and unattractive; without
the mines the locality would support
with difficulty s population o f
100
souls.
T b * mineral deposits o f Nevada oc­
cur beneath strips o f land a few hun­
dred feet In width and In the midst
o f s hopeless desert, but they b sv*
formed plausible pretext, says Har­
per's Magazine, for adding a State to
the Union and two Senators to Con­
gress. The decline o f the lode* has
now reduced Virginia City to a popu­
lation o f 2,500, aa against 11,000 in
1880, when it was one o f the busiest
cities In Am erica In the midst o f a
superlatively "booming” State. In 1900
Nevada was credited with a popula­
tion o f 43,335— a figure somewhat un ­
der that for 1870; thus this State, with
an area twice that o f New England,
has less population than Waterhury,
Conn.
Through the existence o f mineral
products In close proxim ity Pittsburg
has become the emporium for Coni, pi<-
troleum and Iron.
Its case differs,
however, from the above, for Its de­
velopment was far less artificial and
Its destiny eould never be that o f the
regions already mentioned.
Three navigable rivers converge a t
this point; valleys sunk In a plateau
provide natural routes for approaching
railways. Natural and unnatursl ac­
cess, It may he added, are contrasted
In Pittsburg by the fact that one rail­
road bns recently been forced to e x ­
pend $35,000,000 to effect an entrance
to the city by overcoming a minor geo­
graphic obstacle.
The property o f a bankrupt was
sold fo r taxes prior to the Institution
o f bankruptcy proceedings, hut the
title and possession remained iu the
bankrupt. T h e aule was set aside hy
the court on the ground that the prop­
erty was In custodla legls, and could
not be affected by a deed Issued with­
out consent o f the bankruptcy court.
In re Eppateln, 156 Federal Reporter,
42.
The case o f Fews r. State (Ga. C't.
App.) 58 Southeastern
Reporter, 61.
bolds that where defendant was ac­
cused o f shooting tw o different persons
In rapid succession, who had made no
Joint attack upon him, tw o distinct
crimes were committed, and that a
conviction for one was no bar to a
prosecution for the other. A sim ilar
question arose In Bnrnam r. State. Id.
683, where the State court, afte r set­
ting out a hypothetical case, applied
tbe same principle.
During the argument o f defendant's
counsel near the close o f the trial In
a personal Injury case, Connpll v Seat­
tle R. & S. Ity. Co., 02 Pacific Report­
er, 377, p lain tiff gnve way to her feel­
ings and wept and trembled In tho
presence o f the Jury. The Supremo
Court o f Washington said tbnt It was
not Improbable that her act, caused by
her nervousness and the criticisms o f
the defendant's attorney, was unavoid­
able. The Judgment o f the trial court
denying a new trlnl was affirmed.
An Injunction to restrain the officer*
o f a labor union from violating Its
contract with an employer’s nssndntlon
was granted In Barnes T. Berry.
Federal Reporter, 72. Defendants de­
manded the eight-hour day and tho
closed shop. T h e court held the "clos­
ed shop” to be contrary to public policy,
and that the demand fo r the Imme­
diate adoption o f the eight-hour day
was viola tive o f the contract.
The
court granted an order restraining de­
fendants from unlawful use o f their
Influence and power
In
inciting s
strike.
A watchman on a drawbridge was
struck by an engine and knocked Into
the stream beneath and drowned. The
evidence showed that when struck he
fell on an Iron girder, parallel with
the bridge, with such force flint ho
bounced; that he then dropped his
flag, threw up his arms, and fell Into
the water. The Supreme Court o f A r­
kansas held In the case o f St l-oula,
I. M. A 8. R y Co. v. Stamps. 1l>4
Southwestern Reporter. 1114. that In
this Instance the facta were suitlclent
to show an appreciable Interval o f
conscious suffering and to wsrrant a
recovery o f $500 therefor.
A
B o ild tn *
F in a n cier.
Bobby's iiarents bad forbidden him
to accept presents o f money from cas­
ual visitors or strangers. T b e visitor to
his home who was attracted hy the
boy’s bright face and who «visited to
show his approval by offering Bobby
his stray
pennies was politely hut
firmly told any other kind of present
would be welcomed, bat that t lie *>y
was not allowed to take g ifts o f money.
T be parents explained that they «visaed
to keep the Innocent boy nntainted by
the lust o f money, which he would
only squander on harmful swi-etmeata
However, In cases where Bobby ren­
dered an actual service he tvas per­
mitted to accept remuneration when
offered, a* his parents reasoned that
*.he laborer 1» w orthy o f his hire
A nice old Indy who was u friend o f
the fam ily noticed Bobby parsing on «
day, and. calling him In. asked him to
run down to a near-by store for lier.
Hobby executed his commlsslm and re­
turned promptly.
The old lady- wus
-ileased.
•Th at was v e ry nicety done, Ur.oby.
and yon are a bright lad." »lie Haul,
fumbling In her parse. “ Now here la
a penny fo r yon.”
Bobby drew him self up with dignity.
“ My price fo r doing that kind o f aa
errand,” be said very distinctly, “ la
five cen ts”
W h ile the telegraph annihilates dim
tsars, ths messenger boy kills Urna.