Washington County news., March 01, 1906, Image 7

S E A L E R S MAY S U E U N C L E
IN TUE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Tuesday, F ebruary 2 7.
W w h ig n to n , Feb. 27. - T he eenate
to d ay agreed to vote on th e stateh o o d
b ill before adjo u rn m en t on F rid a y ,
M arch 9.
T he proposition was m ade
by B everidge, and there was little diffi­
cu lty in reaching an u n d e rsta n d in g ,
-jljg suggestion im m ediately followed a
speech in su p p o rt ot th e b ill by H op­
k in s, d u rin g the course of w hich H a l)
(ted th a t th e te rrito rie s w ere not
for statehood, and suggested
t h a t th e ir adm ission be deferred .
rem ain d er of th e day was devof-
to th e discussion of th e b ill prcvid-
H H l o r the se ttle m e n t of th e affairs of
th e i F iv e C ivilised T ribes of In d ia n s,
th e m ajor portion of th e tim e being
given to th e provision for th e disposal
of the coal lands in In d ia n T e rrito ry .
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W ashington, Feb. 27.— M ilita ry m a t­
te rs h eld th e a tte n tio n of th e house to­
d ay k th e arm y ap p ro p ria tio n b ill being
u n d er i otis¡derat ion for am en d m en t.
T h a t G eneral C orbin and G eneral Mac-
A rtb u r m ight become lie u te n a n t gen­
eral*, th e provision ab o lish in g th a t
ra n k was e lim in ated on a p o in t of order
raised hy G rosvenor, of O hio, w ho su b ­
stitu te d an am endm ent to a b o lish th e
g rade a fte r th ese officers had been pro­
m oted, b u t th is, too, m et d efeat. M em ­
ber* of th e ap p ro p riatio n s co m m ittee
d isp u ted th e rig h t of th e m ilita ry com­
m itte e o ap p ro p riate for an a p p a ra tu s
for fire control of field a rtille ry , b u t
w ith o u t success. O nly eig h t of th e 50
p a g e s1 of th e b ill were passed upon
w hen th e house adjo u rn ed .
M onday, F e b ru a ry 2 6 .
W ashington, Feb. 26.— The d ea th of
bywffl «x-S p eak sr D avid B. H enderson was
th e subject of ap p ro p riate action in th e
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house of representatives today, w hen,
a fter th e tran sactio n of less th a n a
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tberei-'i d a y ’s business, resolutio n s of regret
'ed&stinj a n d esteem were adopted and a d jo u rn ­
lief pa-9
m en t taken as a fu rth e r m ark of respect
t o h is m em ory. Several b ills re la tin g
to they D istrict of C olum bia were
ant, ui'Jjç.
passed, in co rp o ratin g th e Lake K rie &
a equa-
•Ohio R iver Ship C anal com pany. The
b ill w ill be p u t on its passage th e first
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tberec ■ th in g tom orrow .
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D aring th e consideration of d is tric t
periooct™ leg islatio n , Sim s, of Tenneesee, m ade a
sev ere arraig n m en t of th e form of th e
H od . J k D istric t.
I t was un-A m erican , un-
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rep u b lican and un-dem ocratic.
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A bill was passed giving a n atio n al
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c h a rte r to th e N ational Society of Sons
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■of th e A m erican R evolutio n .
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W ashington, F eb. 26.— T he H ep b u rn
railro a d ra te bill was reported to th e
senate today by T illm a n , in accord­
ance w ith th e action of th e sen ate com ­
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m ittee on in te rsta te com m erce laBt
n
in and l m F rid a y .
L arge crowds assem bled in
Joshua A th e galleries, an tic ip a tin g a field day
of debate, b u t were d isap p o in te d .
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T here was little of in te re st in th e p ro ­
i are b frrt |
ceedings regarding th e b ill.
A brief
, or W«’ sta te m e n t from T illm an w ith th e neces­
sary arran g em en t for p rin tin g th e re ­
h m *
p o rt of th e hearings before th e co m m it­
date d
and M tee and a prom ise th a t a form al re p o rt
it there*,
w ould be m ade la te r, was followed by a
a 1« ton few rem arks irom A ldrich, show ing th e
.uflvtiw position of th e five R epublicans who
certain
opposed th e bill as rep o rted .
A ldrich
Will»»»
indicated th a t th e re w ould be no u n ­
gt the to
necessary delay, b u t th a t th e b ill would
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lock No-! be discusse 1 in accordance w ith its im-
nty, on portance.
N o rth .
C lapp called up th e b ill to dispose
120 iflf| of th e affairs of th e five civ ilised trib es
ig desc in
In d ian T e rrito ry , and th e p re lim ­
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in a ry discussion was m ain ly criticism
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of th e d isp o sitio n of th e coal lan d s
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owned by th e In d ia n s.
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D ick occupied th e floor d u rin g th e
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ir t may» 5 a r ernoon, c o n tin u in g his speech n sup-
of th e jo in t statehoood b ill.
iong th e h ills passed wa» one sp-
lge of the!
datedtia pH fu-iating $75,000' for a p u b lic b u ild -
ervedbrr ¡ng - t Moscow, Idaho, and one a t B aker
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F rieav, F e b ru ary 2 3 .
W ashington, F eb. 23. — Preceded by
a debate w hich indicated no hesitancy,
b u t ra lller a re lish , in ta k in g action
againsf|*lleged railro ad com binations,
th e house agreed w ith o u t opposition
to d g C x Jf he T illm an -G ille sp ie resolu­
tio n , d ire c tin r th e In te rs ta te Com m erce
com m ission to m ake an im m ed iate in ­
q u iry and rep o rt regarding alleged re ­
s tra in ts of trad e on th e p a rt of c ertain
railroad* in th e h an d lin g of coal and
o il. T he resolution was n o t in th e
form in w hich it p as . th e senate, and
w ill go ba ck to th a t jOdy for its second
a c tio n .
Proceeding u n d er call of co m m ittee,
hoi I Is w ere passed to req u ire $75 w orth
o f w ork an n u a lly on m in in g claim s and
#5 w orth of work on roads an d tra ils
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S m o o t M akes an Enem y.
W ashington, F eb . 27 — W hen th e
sen ate ti k e s a vote on th e Smoot case.
i t is q n fte likely th a t S en ato r H ey b u rn ,
i t M ji J
o f Idaho, w ill vote to u n seat M r.
P T fS Sm oot, n o tw ith sta n d in g it has alw ays
T EÛ- I been understood th a t M r. H ey b n rn was
* Morn)' • sym pathizer in h is own
sta te , ¡find was elected by M ormon
OUgt 1 ▼otee in th e Id a h o leg isla tu re . Be­
M ou^ h in d th is pparer.t change of front on
th e p art of S enator H ey b u rn lies an
ers &Ì in te re stin g story th a t developed d u rin g
Iress I th e conrse of hi* now fam ous spe c i
: kso > 1 a g ain st R oosevelt’s foreet reserve policy.
Thirl 1
No Aid fo r C o n g o .
* * * " a s h Jngton, Feb. 27.— The a ttitu d e
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J m erican governm ent tow ards
Jtio n s in th e Congo Free S tate
C o b -’
m erican desire for som e plan
^ m in istratio n of C e n tra l A frica
Several powers ru lin g or exer-
n tro llin g influence th e re are
le tter sen t by S ecretary R.,ot
n ta tiv e D enby, of M ichigan.
Secretary Root says th is g o v ern m -n t
ha* no fe w e r to investig ate Congo con-
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for each m in in g claim in A laska; allow ­
ing foreign sh ip s to clear from A m erican
p o rts w ith o u t exam in atio n certificates
w hen th e cou n tries to w hich they belong
recognize A m erican certificates of in ­
spection ; to p rev en t foreign
b u ilt
dredges from o p eratin g in th e U nited
S tates, except th e dredges now a t work
in th e U n ited States u n d er c o n tra c t.
W ashington, F eb. 23. — By a v ote of
3 to 5 th e eenate co m m ittee on in te r­
sta te com m erce today agreed to rep o rt
th e H ep b u rn railro a d ra te b ill w ith o u t
am en d m en t, b u t th e re so lu tio n re­
served to th e m em bers of th e co m m it­
tee freedom of
actio n
concerning
am en d m en ts offered in th e sen ate. By
a vote of 5 to 3, R epublicans p re v a il­
ing, T illm an , a D em ocrat, was given
th e honor of rep o rtin g th e b ill. T h is
estab lish es a precedent, in th a t a Re­
publican senate co m m ittee h as given
to a D em ocrat control of an im p o rta n t
m easure passed by a R ep u b lican house
and endorsed by a R ep u b lican p re si­
d en t.
T h u rsd a y , F e b ru a ry 2 2 .
W ash in g to n , Feb. 22.— K nox’s m uch
discussed and lon< expected railro ad
b ill was in tro d u c e d 'in th e seriate today,
an d because of th e ex cep tio n al in te re st
on th e suliject was accorded th e u n u s­
u al p riv ileg e of a reading for th e in ­
form atio n of th e senators on th e day of
in tro d u c tio n .
A t th e req u est of H ale, c h a irm a n of
th e co m m ittee on naval affaire, th e b ill
pro v id in g for th e p u n ish m e n t of hazing
a t th e naval n cale m y a t A n napolis was
ta k e n u p an d discussed a t le n g th . Dick
advocated ex trem e m easures, saying
th a t n o th in g lees would accom plish th e
desired re s u lt. H e said th a t he had
in v estig ated th e hazing practice, and
was p rep ared to pronounce i* “ an e d u ­
cato r in b r u ta lity .”
H e considered it
a crim e o u t of harm o n y w ith th e office
h eld by th e m id sh ip m e n . T h e b ill was
passed.
W ashington, Feb. 2 2 .— The house to ­
day refused to ad jo u rn in celeb ratio n
of W ash in g to n ’s b irth d a y , an d its
m em bers p a rtic ip a te d in a general field
day of deb ate on th e arm y a p p ro p ria ­
tio n b ill. T he speeches took a wide
range.
S h ip subsidy waB discussed for an
h o u r by G ilb e rt, w ho took th e position
th a t sh ip s could be b u ilt as cheaply
in th is co u n try as ab ro a d . H e asserted
th a t th e U n ited S tates possessed th e
finest m e rc h a n t m a rin e fleet of any
n a tio n .
Tom orrow th e jo in t reso lu tio n d ire c t­
ing th e In te rs ta te C om m erce com m is­
sion to in v estig ate th e ra ilro a d , soft
an d a n th ra c ite coal and oil tru s ts w ill
be considered an d m ost lik ely ado p ted .
A b id was passed reserving from d is­
posal by th e governm ent B attle M oun­
ta in , S. D .
T h e m o u n ta in is m ade a
p a rt of th e B attle M ountain S a n ita riu m
reserve. The m o u n ta in tak es its nam e
from being th e an cie n t battleg ro u n d
betw een th e Crow an d th e Sioux I n ­
d ian s.
A jo in t reso lu tio n was agreed to a l­
low ing A laska teach ers an d em ployes
of th e b u reau of edu catio n to assign
th e ir sa la rie s.
W ed n esd ay , F e b ru a ry 21.
W ashington, F eb. 21. — S ecretary
Shaw su b m itte d a re p o rt to th e house
to d ay concerning p e rm an en t a p p ro p ria ­
tio n s m ade from th e gen eral tre a su ry ,
in com pliance w ith a reso lu tio n of R ep­
re se n ta tiv e T aw ney
of
M innesota,
c h a irm a n of th e house co m m ittee on
ap p ro p ria tio n s, w ho has been lead 'n g
th e fight ag ain st p e rm a n e n t a p p ro p ria ­
tio n and has a b ill p en d in g w hich p ro­
vides for a b o lish in g such apprQ priations
ex cep t for sin k in g fu n d , in te rn a tio n a l
paym ents an d a few o th e r fixed o b lig a­
tio n s.
I t is th e d esire of M r. T aw ney th a t
a p p ro p ria tio n s sh a ll he m ade a v ailab le
for tw o years far th e p ay m en t of ex ­
p e n d itu res properly in c u rre d w ith in
th a t tim e , and At th e end of th a t period
a ll unexpended balances sh a ll be tra n s­
ferred to th e su rp lu s fu n d , th u s av o id ­
ing m ak in g th e ap p ro p ria tio n s p erm a­
n e n t.
W ash in g to n , F eb . 21. — A fter 15
years of m ore or lesB serious co n sid era­
tio n of th e subjects, th e sen ate today
passed th e H eyburn p u re food b ill by
th e decisive vote of 63 to 4 . T h e vote
was tak e n after a day devoted alm ost
exclusively to d esu lto ry d»b&te on th e
b ill.
S everal efforts w ere m ade to
am end th e b ill, and th e co m m ittee ac­
cepted a n u m b er of suggestions, b u t
only th o se th u s accepted w ere in co r­
p orated in th e b ill as passed.
D ecid es fo r R a ilro a d s.
W asliington, F eb . 28. — T h e su its
known as th e c itru s fru it cases, in
w hich a ll th e ra ilro a d s of S ju tlie rn
C alifo rn ia w ere in rto d u ced , were today
decided favorably to th e ra ilro a d s by
th e S uprem e c o u rt of th e U n ited S tates,
th e op in io n being by J u s tic e P eokham .
T he cases involved th e rig h t of th e
ra ilro a d com panies to d esig n ate th e
ro u te for fru it sh ip p ed E a st a fte r leav­
ing th e ir own lin es. T h e decision of
th e C irc u it c o u rt for th e S o u th e rn d is­
tr ic t of C alifo rn ia and also th e o rd er
of th e com m ission w ere rev ersed .
N ew N atu ralizatio n Bill.
W ashington, F eb . 2 8 . — T h e house
co m m ittee on im m ig ra tio n an d n a tu r a l­
ization su b m itted a favorable re p o rt to
day on a b ill to create a b u re a u of Im ­
m ig ratio n and N a tu ra liz a tio n u n d er th e
d e p a rtm e n t of Com m erce an d Labor
an d to am end e x istin g n a tu ra liz a tio n
lew s.
R ep resen tativ e Bonyngo, of
Color* ’o, p n p a re d th e re p o rt, w hich
w hich review s n a tu ra li* a tio n fraud*
an d says tw o p rin c ip le s co n tro llin g
n a tu ra liz a tio n a re included in th e b ill.
SA M .
Bill A llow ing C o u rts to A d ju st C laim s
f o r C o m p e n sa tio n .
W ashington, F eb . 23. — A favorable
rep o rt was m ade today on S en ato r F u l-
to n ’s b ill w hich p e rm its ow ners of
sealing vessels seized lor pelagic sealing
in B eh rin g sea to go in to th e C irc u it
co u rt for th e N in th c irc u it to recover
from th e g overnm ent an a m o u n t equal
to th e loss th ey su stain ed th ro u g h th e
seizure of th e ir vessels.
Y ears ago, w hen P e h rin g sea was
h eld to be a closed sea, th e U n ited
S tates claim ed ju risd ic tio n over th e
east h a lf and R ussia over th e .em ain -
d er, an d sealing was p ro h ib ite d . Many
sealing vessels were cap tu re d by th e
two g o v ern m en ts. T he S uprem e c o u rt
su b seq u en tly h e ld B ehring sea to be an
open sea an d den ied th e ju risd ic tio n of
tliis g overnm ent beyond th e th re e m a ­
rin e leagues lim it.
Follow ing th is , B ritish sealers whose
vessels were tak e n by A m erican reve­
nue c u tte rs Bued an d recovered from
th e U n ited S tates, and ow ners of A m er­
ican sh ip s tak en by R ussians recovered
from th a t g o v ern m en t. B u t th is gov­
e rn m e n t h as n ever p aid th e claim s of
A m erican sealers whose vessels w ere
illeg ally seized by th e A m erican gov-
jrn m e n t.
I t is to pay th ese claim s
th a t th e b ill is pressed. In th e aggre­
gate it is not believed th e claim s w ill
exceed $1,000,000.
'T W IX T H O P E AND FEAR.
M o ro c c o D e leg ates D oubtful o f S u c ­
c e ss o f C o n fe re n c e .
A lgeciras, F eb . 2 3 .— A lth o u g h th e
Franco-G erm an deadlock rem ain s u n ­
b roken, th e op in io n of th e delegates to
th e M oroccan conference fluctuates as
to th e re su lts, th e view to d ay being
ra th e r m ore hopeful th a t some solution
is possible.
T h is is due largely to th e
G erm an a ttitu d e th a t an a d ju stm e n t
e v e n tu a lly w ill be re ach ed .
T he
A m erican delegates also co n tin u e con­
fident, d esp ite th e F ren ch an d B ritish
pessim ism . Some of th e delegates ex ­
press th e view th a t some co n ciliato ry
m ovem ent w ill be m ade d ire c tly from
B erlin .
A t th e aftern o o n session th e con­
ference se ttle d a few m inor p o in ts on
th e bank q u estio n , in clu d in g th e adop
tion of a gold basis.
T he Ita lia n d elegates are discucsing
th e p o ssib ility of th e a p p o in tm e n t of
a n u m b e r of th e conferees as a r b itr a ­
tors for th e se ttle m e n t of th e con tro ­
versial p o in ts of th e F ren ch an d G e r­
m an p rojects, sh o u ld ag reem en t re la ­
tiv e to th e m a jo rity of th e d e ta ils be
a tta in e d .
A m bassador W h ite p ersists in h is
o p tim istic view of th e u ltim a te re su lt
of th e conference.
R U SSIA W ILL
BRAND C O W A R D S.
O fficers W ho S u rr e n d e re d W ithout
C a u se T o Be D isg ra c e d .
8 t. P e te rsb u rg , F eb . 23. — U n p rece­
den ted re g u latio n s to purge th e arm y of
officers accused of cow ardice and su r­
ren d erin g d u rin g th e w ar for no reason­
able cause w ere announced today by
th e m ilita ry organ, th e Ruseky In v a lid .
C ap tiv e officers re tu rn in g from Ja p a n
w ill, unlees th ey were w ounded when
c a p tu re d , he trie d before courts of
honor, an d u n less re in sta te d by th e
u n an im o u s decision of th e ir fellow
officers, w ill be dism issed in disgrace.
“ C o n tu sio n s,” a fre q u e n t excuse for
su rre n d e r, w ill n o t be accepted.
The h ig h e r officers who were respon­
sible for th e su rre n d e r of th e ir organ­
izations m ust secure a v in d icatio n from
a co u rt of honor and th e m in ie te r of
w ar. 8uch cases w ill be su b m itte d to
th e em peror in d iv id u a lly .
T! e troops w hich composed th e g a r­
rison a t P o rt A rth u r are ex em p t from
th ese provisions, th e resp o n sib ility for
th e su rre n d e r of th a t fortress falling
upon G en eral 8toessel.
OLDEST LOCOMOTIVE NOW USED.
WARNING IS ISSUED
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State Department Tells Mission-
arles of Danger in China.
WILL GIVE EVERY PROTECTION!
S ay s They S h o u ld Leave In te rio r —
A ssista n t S e c re ta ry B acon A d­
m its C a u se fo r Anxiety.
C in c in n a ti, F eb. 24. — In answ er to
a le tte r from F . M . R ains, corresp o n d ­
ing secretary for th e Foreign C h ris tia n
M issionary society, to th e S tate d ep art'
m ent a t W ashington regarding th e sitU'
atio n in C h in a, A cting Secretary of
S tate R obert Bacon sen t th e follow ing
letter to M r. R a in s:
“ T he condition of affairs in C h in a is
causing th is governm ent m uch an x iety ,
an d , w hile n o th in g is know n here
w hich w ould ju stify th e im m ediate
w ith d raw al of m issonariee from th e
in te rio r, it w ould app ear p ru d e n t to
th e d e p artm en t for th e heads of th e
m issions to w arn a il o u tly in g statio n s
of th e ap p reh en sio n caused by th e ir
exposed con d itio n and to advise them
to ta k e early steps to rem ove to places
of safety a t th e first cause of a la rm ,
even if it should appear insignificant
and th e danger not im m in en t.
“ T his governm ent is disposed to
afford every p rotection in its pow er to
its citizens in C h in a, b u t in case of
an ou tb reak such protection w ould be
m uch facilitated if A m erican citizens
w ere congregated in accessible locali­
tie s .”
C O M M E R C É S T IL L IN C R E A S E S .
L arg e
A dvance in E x p o rts and Ir
p o rts f o r Fiscal Y ear.
W ashington, F eb. 24.— T he foreign
com m erce of th e U n ite d States d u rin g
th e first seven m o n th s of th e fiscal year
1906 am o u n ted to $1,752,421,330, ac­
cording to a b u lle tin issued by th e de­
p a rtm e n t of C om m erce and L abor.
T h is show s a co n siderable increase in
both im p o rts an d exports, b u t m ore es­
p ecially in ex p o rts over th e correspond­
ing m o n th s of 1905.
In th e seven m o n th s en d in g w ith
Ja n u a ry , im p o rts have increased $70,-
000,000, and ex p o rts have increased
$155,000,000.
Im p o rts d u rin g th e
seven m onths ended w ith J a n u a ry ,
1906, were $699,764,566, and exports
w ere $1,056,656,764. T he increase in
im p o rtatio n s occurs chiefly in m an u ­
fa ctu rers’ m a te ria ls and finished m an u ­
factures, w hile th e increase in exports
occurs chiefly in a g ric u ltu ra l products
and m an u factu res.
W A N T S T O IR R IG A TE E G Y P T .
A m erican 's C laim to S lice o f D e se rt
H eld U p.
W ashington, Feb. 24.—T he S tate de­
p a rtm e n t has been inforroeds, th ro u g h
C onsul-G eneral G ittin g s, a t C airo, w ith
regard to th e claim of Cope W hite-
houBe to a vast tra c t of land in th e
E g y p tian desert, th a t th e ap p licatio n
filed by W hitehouee was reg u lar.
W hiteh o n se has m ade extensive ex­
p lo ratio n s in A frica and E g y p t. H e
discovered w hat h e believed to be th e
site of an a n cie n t city in th e E gyptian
desert, and took steps to secure title to
a large area of land in clu d in g th is
place.
H is purpose was to reclaim
and develop th e a rid land by tneans of
irrig a tio n .
H e h as not yet been able
to tak e possession of th e land and he
M en W on’t L et W om en T a lk .
W ash in g to n , F eb. 23.— Discord in th e alleges th a t h is claim has been field np
congress for u n ifo rm divorce laws be­ in th e E g yptian foreign office on tech ­
came so g reat th is afternoon th a t Miss nical grounds w ith o u t an y rig h t.
F an n ie Leake C um m ings, th e sole rep ­
P o w er F ro m th e C o lo ra d o .
resen ta tiv e of W ashington sta te , w ith ­
drew an d left for h er hom e. H er reas­
Los A ngeles, C al., Feb. 24.— Accord­
on was “ th e man w on’t let th e women ing to th e Tim es, th e energy of th e C ol­
ta lk .” Of th ese offenders, sh e said, orado river is to be tra n sm itte d to Los
m in iste rs were th e w orst. I t was e a rl­ A ngeles, according to p lan s now being
ie r in th e day, w hile she was m aking a m atured by local and P h ila d e lp h ia cap­
speech on th e “ R eal Causes of Divorc­ ita lists. F irst th e pow er is to be d is­
e s,” th a t C. L arue M unson, of P h ila ­ trib u te d am ong th e m in in g 'cam p s on
d e lp h ia , asked h e r to cease, because he th e N evada and A rizona border and u l­
tim ately bro u g h t h e re .
I t is said th a t
considered h e r rem arks “ n a u se a tin g .”
betw een th e G ran d canyon oi th e Colo­
rado and th e B lack canyon it is'possible
D rydock Dewey A drift.
New Y o rk , F eb. 23.— According to a to take advantage of c e rta 'n sites and
d isp a tc h to th e H erald from Las P a l­ develop electrical energy equal to 500,-
m as, C an ary islands, th e drydock 000 horse pow er.
Dewey broke a d rift th re e tim es and
L ocal O p tio n In O h io .
was picked u p w ith difficulty by th e
.fleet w hich is tow ing it. T his is re­
C olum bus, O ., F eb . 24.— T h e house
po rted , th e d ispatch says, by th e ta g th is afternoon hy a vote of 91 to 16,
Potom ac, w hich recently reached Las tassed th e Jones b ill, backed by th e
P alm as. T he fleet and drydock are O hio A nti-Saloon league, w hich p ro ­
now 480 m iles west of th e C anaries, th e vides for m u n ic ip a l local o p tio n by pe­
d isp atch says, and ev ery th in g is going titio n instead of by electio n , leaving
th e in itia tiv e exclusively in th e hands
w ell.
of th e tem p eran ce people, an d it is
claim ed by th e A nti-S aloon league th a t
C o n d em n s E x p o rt T ax on C o al.
London, Feb. 23. — T h e B ritish ex ­ it w ill en ab le th e people to d riv e
p o rt ta x on coal a p p a re n tly is slated for saloons from all th e residence d is tric ts
rem oval in th e forthcom ing b u dget of of th e cities of O hio.
C h ancellor of th e E x ch eq u er A sq u ith .
In v estig ate R ates On O il.
M r. A squith inform ed a d ep u tatio n
today th a t, w hile be declined to m ake
K ansas C ity, M o., Feb. 24.— J o h n T .
an y declaration in regard to th e ta x a ­ M archland, of W ashington, secret agent
tio n u n til be presented th e b u d g et, he of th e I n te rs ta te Com m erce comm ie-
considers th e coal ta x vicious and u n ­ I sion, a rriv ed h e re today to in v estig ate
necessarily in ju rio u s to an im p o rta n t illegal rates on o il.
T h e resolution
in d u stry
He said th a t th e m em bers under w hich M r. M arch lan d is w orking
of th e d ep u tatio n w ould find him anx- was introduced in congrees M onday by
ioaa to remove i t .
| C ongressm an C am p h e.. o/ K ansas.
T h e out of d a te locom otive herew ith Illu stra te d Is a relic o f the e a r
d ay s of railro a d in g In A m erica, b u t m odern progress In th is d irectio n has
n o t y et succeeded In releg atin g It to the Junkshop. I t I* still In u se on
C um b erlan d Valley line, and although It Is not rem ark ab le aa a m o u n t
clim b er It still does good serv ice as a yard engine.
e n e o -
T h e ocean co n tain s ab o u t 2,139
g rain s of sa lt nnd o th e r solids p er g al­
lon, and tile Dead Sea a b o u t 19,700
g rain s p er gallon.
G lass bricks, a G erm an product, a re
tran slu ce n t, hut not tra n sp a re n t, and
possess th e a d v a n ta g e s of being acid
proof an d of h arb o rin g qo disease
germ s.
T h e celluloid w ind screens of au to ­
m obiles give g re a t risk of fire. Very
tine copper gauze is said to hav e proven
a satisfa c to ry su b stitu te , being easily
seen th rough nnd non-inflam m able,
w hile It does not crack like celluloid.
T h e low efficiency of the steam en­
gine tem p ts Inventors w ith g reat possi­
bilities of saving fuel. M. C antor, a
E u ro p ean engineer, h as h it upon an
a lto g eth er new form of b ent engine,
an d proposes to use for pow er the ex ­
pansion of the gas produced by th e
b u rn in g of liquid fu el— like petroleum
nnd alcohol— w hen spruyed upon a
w h ite liot oxidizing m aterial,
like
oxide of copper. T h e oxygen rem oved
from th e copper ovide w ould he re ­
stored by an a ir Jet. P en d in g p ra c ti­
cal test. It Is claim ed th a t th e h ighest
possible ra te of expan sio n w ould be
produced In th e w orking gas, an d th a t
a g reatly Increased theruioydyuam io
efficiency w ould be secured.
P ro fesso r W. E. A yrton points out
th a t th e com m on expressions "b uying
electricity ” and "consum ing electric
c u rre n t” a re m isleading. No electrici­
ty is used up in lighting buildings,
driving m achinery, an d propelling cars
and tra in s. " J u s t us much electricity
flows aw ay per m inute, th ro u g h th e
re tu rn conductor, fr o m 'y o u r electric­
ally lighted house as flows to It
through th e com ing conductor. The
electric c u rre n t Is like a b u tc h e r’s c a rt
carry in g round m e a t—gou no m ore
consum e c u rre n t th a n you consum e
cart. I t Is not th e vehicle b u t w h a t tt
leaves behind th a t th e consum ers buy.
m eat In th e case of th e b u tc h e r’s cart,
and energy In th e case of the electric
c u rre n t.”
T he co n stru ctio n o f an o rd in ary te le ­
graph-line betw een L im a, on th e I’a-
eifle side of th e A ndes In P eru , an d
Iquitos, n e a r th e A m azon, being all
h u t Im possible, b ecause of th e d ensity
of the forests nnd th e anim osity c f
the Ig n o ran t n ativ es, th e w ireless
m ethod is to be em ployed. A lready
o m m unlcatlon hy w ireless telegraphy
ex ists betw een L im a and P u erto B er­
m udez, an d this line will be ex tended
to Iquitos, a dlstnitce of a b o u t 600
miles, w ith three In term e d iate stntlons
If th e en terp rise succeeds. It Is th e In­
ten tio n to extend th e w ireless com ­
m unication across th e w hole w idth of
B razil to M anaos anil I’arn, th u s link­
ing the A tlantic a n d Pnclflc oceans
ncross th e A ndes and th e g re a t B ra­
zilian plains.
T he Pomelo, som etim es called th e
C hinese
b re a d fru it, a c itru s-fru it
w hich m ay be described as a cross be­
tw een th e o range and tile g ra p e fru it,
com bining the good points of both, is
the su b je c t of a n In terestin g re p o rt by
Mr. A nderson, th e U nited S ta te s con­
sul a t H angchow . Mr. A nderson re ­
g a rd s it as th e finest fr u it gro w n In
the fa r E ast. H e believes th a t it
m ight he introduced w ith profit Into
the so u th ern U nited S tates. A lready,
It Is understood, a few persons In this
country a re c u ltiv a tin g th e pomelo,
b u t not upon a com m ercial scale. In
C hina, It is believed, th is fr u it has
been cu ltiv ated for a t lenst 2,000 years.
T he b est pom elos In th e w orld a re said
to com e from a little valley n e a r a
large C hinese city n am ed C hang C hew ,
lying Inland from Amoy, an d n o t y e t
opened to foreign trad e.
T h e su m ­
m ers In th is valley a re hot an d ra th e r
dnm p. and th e w in te rs a re w ith o u t se­
v ere frosts.
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‘Six y e a rs ago a t C ananes, M e t , one
w ould hav e se ttle d a n Irre g u la r ran g e
o f low m o u n tain s, eighteen m iles long
—"lo st m o u n ta in s” th e geologists call
them , because th ey a re connected w ith
no o th e r range, sa y s L eslie’s W eekly
T hey a re m ere “stu b s,” th e tops w orn
d o w n by th e pow erful action of th e
elem ents, an d th e valleys filled by ero­
sion. T h ese “lost” hills w ere b arren
an d bleak. Som etim es a b unch of
s tra y c a ttle w ould range am ong the
m ountains, b u t no w hite m an m ade bis
abode th ere. E ven th s b easts of prey
avoided th is so litary range. There
w a s no w ilder, lonelier spot In the
w hole w orld than the “lost mourn
of C ananes.
T h a t w as six years ago. N ow
a re the s e a t of th e th ird la rg e st
per m ine In the world, th e site of
city of 20,000 in h a b ita n ts. In the m!
th ere a re th irty -th re e m iles of und
ground w orkings; 5,000 m en are ta
lug o u t of the e a rth an d runnln
th ro u g h red u ctio n p la n ts a n d sm eltei
2,500 to n s of rock dally, producing i
to p p er, gold an d silv er m ore th a n $U
000,000 every y ear. A lready th e mint
have yielded $35,000,000.
T he “loi
m o u n ta in s” a re the scene o f trem ei
dous In d u stry . T h ere a re g re a t fui
naces w ith sm oking stack s, ore bini
foundries, shops, electric lig h t plant;
Ice and w a te r p lan ts, sh a ft houses, co
ccn trato rs, broad and n a rro w g au
railroads, stre e t cars, a telephone syi
tom, hanks, stores, schools, a bosplti
nnd all th e o th e r activ ities of a mode:
in d u strial tow n.
SHOEING OF AN AFRICAN
T he picture herew ith given come!
from G reytow n, N atal, and show s th.»
m ethod of shoeing a re fra c to ry m un
w hich Is In vogue in th a t fa ra w a y r a
glon. By m eans of pulleys, ropes anfl
a w ide leath er band ih e an im al Is pig
Into a fram e, Its head re stin g on
padded bar. Its fro n t legs b en t a t
fastened to side bars, an d Its hind leg
a tta c h e d to a sto u t cro ssb ar. To p n
v ent d am ag e from th e hoofs tw
conrse bags nre tied a b o u t them . T h u
p rotected from all activ e ln te rfe re n c
on the p a rt of th e an im al, th e shoe
m ay do his d u ty w ith c o m p aratlv
safety.
The
H e m n n 111 o f a
R egim en t
On tlie opening d ay o f th e Sha-H
b a ttle th e re w ere m any deeds of h«
rolsin, w rites th e au th o r of “ An Ey«
W itness In M anchuria.”
One lncl
den t, he says, b ro u g h t o u t clearly th
te rrib le n a tu re of th e encounter. P
D u rin g th e R ussian re tre a t a
eral com m anding n division notle- whU
officer an d som e forty m en ret-iii®®
th ro u g h th e lines. I t appeared a ®
It w ere a sm nll p arty w hich h ad b ,ei
ch arg ed w ith som e o utpost d u ty t
hail show n th e w hite feath er.
Incensed a t their a p p a re n t cowni^0
lee, th e gen eral rode up to th e offloi
and asked him w h a t he m ean t hy de
se rtln g his post.
W ith n som ew hs
grim sm ile th e officer salu tin g , said
“Sir, th is Is all th a t Is left o f mj
reg im en t.”
T h a t reg im en t had gone Into a c tio s
over tw o th o u san d stro n g .
A
F am ily
In
I ) l» tr e« ».
Queen W lllm lm lna of H olland, in
to lie as fond of her dolls as any o lhei
little girl, nnd her dolls w ent through
th e sam e experience th a t dolls with
Im aginative m otuers u su ally undergo.
One day, a t d in n er In th e palace, h
sm all m njesty m ade h er appearani
when d essert w as served, and pls<
herself n ex t to a co u rtly old general.
A fter entlng some fr u it the little glrl|
tu rn ed her gaze up a t him and se­
riously exclaim ed, "I w onder-you’re not
a fra id to sit n ex t to me l”
E verybody nt th e table turned to­
w ard th e childish voice.
“O n th e co n tra ry ," said the general,
“I ’m b u t too pleased an d honored t&
s it n e x t to my fu tu re queen.
Why
should I tie a fra id ? ”
“ ’C ause,” and the little girl looked
q u ite woebegone, "my dolls have the
m easles—th ey 're all of them down w ith
It”
T h e N e r v e o f H im .
"A d am — A dam ,” repeated S t P eter, ]
m ed itativ ely ; "th e nam e seems fa­
m iliar, b u t------”
I
" I ,” explained the applicant, "com e,
from Eden. I am the progenitor of th e ,
w hole hum an race."
“ A nd yon,” thundered S t
P eter,
"you have the nerT# to apply fo r ad- i
m ission here I Front! Show th e gen­
tlem an below.”—Puck.
Some men are such home bodies th a t
the look a*
of place In a restau­
ra n t a t noon as a housekeeper doe*
on the street s t meal tlmei
The wise old hen chuckles to herself
when she sees a m an try in g to mak* a
fortune w ith an Incubator.
Size of t w om an’s h a t ha* nothing
to do w ith the pries.