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I Hillsboro Independent WILL ADJOURN EARLY. Friday el lack Waaa HILLSBORO. OREGON OREGON STATE ITEMS OF WTEREST NEWS OF THE WEEK RE-ELECT OFFICERS. Io a Condensed Form tor Busy Readers. Our A Rhuim of the Less Important but Not Lsss Interesting Events of the Past Week. There is a rumored alliance ol Rus sia, Austria and Germany. Forest reserve states are to get a share of the timber revenue, The movement to expel Bmoot from the senate bas been abandoned for tbis session. The pope is greatly improved. He laughs at the idea of bis life being en dangered. More bodies are being found by la borers clearing away '.he debris in San Francisco. Three Turks have been arrested on suspicion of having murdered Consul Csntnii Not Likely to Continue In Session After June 15. Washington, May 22. Present lndi- cations point to an adjournment of eon grees about the 15th of June. The treat debate .of the session bas been brought to a close, the railroad fate Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Ore bill has been passed by the senate, and gon in Good oonamon. the way is now clear lor the regular ap- Portland At the annual meeting oi the members oi ne wuya Aid Society. J. C. Ainsworth, W. B Gilbert and Robert S. Farrell were re- elected directors, aud Miss Helen r Spalding was chosen to fill the vscancy on the board caused by the resignation of Mrs. W. A. Buchanan The annual reports of the otiicers showed the institution in a flourishing condition. Superintendent w. l Gardner's report gave a thorongh re- n ma n( the work accomplished by the nrlt tha oast Tear. Under the sur veillance of the society in Oregon Washington and Idaho there are 408 children. Of these there are 70 girls who are in respectable homes in Port land. Assistant Superintendent tiard ner bas been appointed to look after the children who have been placed in private families to set that they are doing wet). In addition to this assist ant the society now bas county sdvis ory boards to look after the children in the different counties oi the state. propriation bills and other important legislation that demands consideration In the bonse of representatives . tue work is op to date. All of the big ap propriation bills, except the sundry civil bill, have been passed by that body, and this last bill will be reported to the house lust as soon as the house is ready to receive It. At the outside two weeks is ample to pass this bill and two unimportant appropriation bills yet to be considered, the general deficiency and the diplomatic In the senate appropriation bills have lagged behind on account of the debate on the rate bill, yet in spite of this protracted discussion the senate bas found opportunity to pass the urgen ... I ilS .il cy deficiency, pension, lorwncauons, army and Indian appropriation bills and will make short work of those now awaitina consideration, namely, the Stuart in Russia. San Francisco banks have opened for postoffice, agricultural, legislative, Die business and are receiving more money trlct of Columbia and military academy than they pay out. bills. The senate, in spite of its repu The injunction against the anion of tstion for long debates, can dispose of OREGON STATE FAIR. Preparatinns Under Way at Salem for Greatest Ever Held. Salem The State Fair Coard has be- the Cumberland with the old Preebyte-LpDroDI.,tion bills jn remarkably short sun preparations for the greatest State rian church has been denied. Louisiana doctors claim to have found a cure for leprosy, having cured three sufferers from the dread disease. George F. Baer, president of the Reading road, says there is no grafting among the officials of his line, as they are above such things. Miss Nance O'Neill, the actress, has become bankrupt through the San Francisco disaster. She lost all her scenery, costumes and stage effects. Torrents of mud from Vesuvius are causing death and panic. Marines are being rushed to Panama to avert a revolution at the time of the general election, June 20. The senate bill incorporating the Archaeological Institute of America has been passed by the house. Estimates have been made for con tinuing work on the Panama canal to June 30, 1907. The total amount is $26,348,231. S. A. D. Puter, wanted in Portland in connection with the Oregon land fraud cases, has been captured in Ala meda, a suburb of San Francisco. Four more bodies have been found in the debris at San Francisco by work men clearing away the rains. The coroner places the total number of dead at 305. periods when the tiaie for adjournment approaches. It always does. So the legislative program, so far as the ap propriation bills is concerned, msy be considered In such shape as to permit adjonrnment by the middle of June It is the appropriation bills that deter mine the length of the session after all, for when the last of these bills is agreed to congress always adjourns, unless it bsppens to be in extra session, called for some special purpose. The conference committee having the rate bill in charge is not likely to re port inside of two weeks, but in the end the house will probably accept the essential senate amendments, Including that offered by Senator Allison. The fact that the president approves this amendment will be ample justification for the house to give its assent, and the further fact that practically all the other amendments meet with the ap proval of the president will insure their final adoption. EXPENSES CUT IN ZION. Heyburn is slightly England are working for W. II. Stuart, United States vice consul at Batoum, Trans Caucasia, has been killed by unknown assassins. Tkm mmmm mIm JaMatJa-atad hy -Aim. tassador Meyer. It is said the military eourt which has been investigating the surrender of Port Arthur and the battle of the Sea of Japan has condemned to death Lieu tenant General Stoessel and Rear Ad ruiral Nebogaioff. Senator Heyburn is slightly lm proved Women of suffrage. Madrid is making great preparations lor the royal wedding. Vesuvius is pouring a torrent of mod on the nearby villages. It is now believed that Mrs. Jeffer son Davis may recover. A prompt agreement on the rate bill is likely by the two houses of congress It Is understood that an Anglo- iiussian agreement is about to be ptr locieu. It is regarded ss practically certain that the second Hague peace conference will meet in May, 1907. The district judge has seized tax r rords and ballot boxes at Denver and discovered wholesale fraud. United States warships have been ordered to watch for filibustering ves sels going to Santo Domingo. A severe earthquake in Luton, P. I. caused a lake to foam where a good sited mountain had stood. The na tives in the vicinity are in a state of terror. New York will expend 1160,000,000 in adding to the city's water system. The San Francisco fire destroyed prooi oi tne ciiisenshlp ol 100,000 vot ers. Wa Ting Fsng, ex-Chinese minister to the Unite.) States, proposes radical reforms in China. John Mitchell, president of the Unit ed Mineworkers, will soon resign to take up the prctlce of law. Barracks have been built in Golden Gate park, San Francisco, which will accommodate 5,001 persons. The Interstate Commerce commission has secured more admissions of graft ing by Pennsylvania railroad officials. Insurance companies have already paid about 1200.000 San Francisco losses and it is expected all undisputed claims will be paid by June 1. The president has declared himself in favor of ship subsidy. Evidence of rebating has been found against the Pennsylvania railroad. A great forest fire in Michigan bas burned over an area of 200 etiare ml ies and latest accounts report the flames still burning. Fourteen towns have bee,n wiped out entirely and thousands of people are homeless. As far as known no lives have leen lost, although sveeral entire families have not been accounted for and may have perished. The money loss will be enormous. Governor Blanchard, of Lonislsna, has sent a special message to the legis lature asking for an insurance reform law. Salaries of Overseers Reduced From $300 to $60 Per Month. Chicago, May 22. W. G. Voliva, the present head of the Christian Cath olic Church, announced to his followers in Zion City Sunday that between Jan uary 15 and May 10 be had reduced the expenses In the financial department of tbe church from 19,800 par month to f3,832 per month. Tbis saving, he said, had been brought about by re duction of the working fo-ce and a cut in the salaries of those retained. In the same manner, said Voliva, saving had been made In the eccleslas tical department that would amount to $70,000 annually. Oversers who had Deen receiving IJOU per month were reduced to 1 00. The pay of others was cut in proportion. His own com pensation under the new adjustment, Voliva said, was $100 per month These facts, he said, were some of the details of a report which he made at nrday to a committee appointed by Federal Judge Landis to investigate the condition of tbe industries in Zion City Voliva announced the resignation of John G. Excel 1, from the office of gen eral ecclesiastical lecretary, owing to lack of sympathy with some of the doctrines of the ckurch. The condition of John Alexander Dowie today was said to be practically unchanged. Wo Gen Cannot Land. Seattle, Wash., May 22. Wo Gen, manager of the Wa Chong company, one of the wealthiest Chinese merchants of the Northwest, is to be deported He made a trip to China recently to patch up trade relations, nd did a great deal toward alleviating conditions caused by the boycott. When he re turned a few days ago he was fonnd to havetrachoroa, the dread eye disease, and was placed in the quarantine sta tion at fort Townsend. Powerful in fluences have been brought to bear to nullify the order, but without avail. Mission Kept a Secret. Washington, May 22. The cruiser Columbia, which is expected to leave I'hiiadelphfa tomorrow for West Indian waters with a detachment of marines, will make her first stop at the naval station at Guantanamo. On arriving there further orders will be given to her commander. The officials of the navigation bureau of the Navy depart ment declined tonight to indicate the purpose for which the marines are be. ing sent to the West Indies, saving. however, that it has no bearing on the tan iKimingo situation. Nsw Signatories To Be Bound. it a xueiiagne, may zz. me govern ment has submitted a bill asking the second chamber of parliament to an prove a protocol which it wishes the signatories of the convention of 1899 to S gn on assembling for the second pare conference, which declares that the powers not re j resented at the first con ference, bat which have been invited to attend the second, shall, by accept ance of the invitation, become adher ents to that convention. Turks Killing and Plundering. Vienna, May 22. Trouble in the Balkans between the Turks and Bulgar- ans Is again very serious, and the lat est reports from Barits and Prorhterie districts are to the effect that continual fighting is In progress. Turks sre pres ent in force, and are burning and nil- aging villages, ravishing women and murdering men and boys. Fair ever held in Oregon. A portion of the money that would have been ex pended for premiums last year, when there was no State Fair, was used to make numerous improvements on the buildings and grounds in preparation for this year's fair. All main build ings have been repainted, stock sheds and race horse barns extended and im proved and the racetrack bas been re- graded. Tbe board purchased a quantity of park seats and chairs from tbe Lewis and Clark fair, together with exhibit cases, all ot which will be used this year to make the State Fair more at tractive and comfortable. Many strik ing pieces of statuary and Inside deco rations bave been removed from the Lewis and Clark grounds to the State Fair grounds, where they have been carefully repaired. Epidemic Attacks School. Aurora A teacher at tbe public school recently discovered that one of the pupils had what she thought was chickenpox, and sent the boy home with a note to bis parents to quaran tine him. It proved to be chickenpox, but the pupil would not stay quaran tined, and went back to school. The school directors consulted a physician. The doctor advised that the pupil be allowed to attend school, on the ground that he bad already infected the schol ars, and sure enough he bad, and now halt the cblldern in town are affected. Baker City'a Relief Work. Baker Citv The committee which had charge of the relief work for San Francisco has completed its task here and has made a final report. Tbe members of this committee were Fred R. Mollis, William Pollman, J. 11. Parker, Dr. E. B. McDaniel and N. U. Carpenter. The report shows that a total of (3,719 was collected, in sup plies and money, including 180 barrels of flour, 1,118 pounds of bacon, 17,664 pounds of potatoes, 30 camp stoves, 3, 032 pounds of beans, 2,070 pounds of rolled oats and much clothing. Will Sentence Meldrum Portland If Judge Wolverton Im poses the maximum penalty on Henry Meldrum, former surveyor general for Oregon, he will go to jail with a sen tence of 210 years of imprisonment hanging over his head. If the court imposes the heaviest fine the law al lows, Meldrum will owe the govern ment $21,000. Judge Wolverton set Friday, June 8, as the day on which Meldrum will come before the court for sentence. A motion for a new trial is pending in the case. MAY EU LICENSE. If Solvent, nT Corop,nlsS Will Not B Mad by State. Salem - J o( ut, Dunbar, who is ex-o(tici0 ifrtnes commission rof thi.su,., bjwn tns state ment that Cahf'd jievada i ante commis," oq1j drive out companies th ,Ihv,i. over tbe pay: ment Ot Kan t 'T that so mat quibble over . r- 0 6Fsco fire loss.. 'J far as rw ' i. eoncerned be cannot tsks an, ,3, of what tbs vri ous companies . California or any other state so W. I. .v. comply with ' wlili h eutitleJ them to the Oregon ' Registration Short in Baker. Baker City Registration at the county clerk's office bas been brisk, and it is believed that names entered since the books were reopened after the pri maries will exceed 350, including those sent in from country districts. Time for registration baa expired. It is esti mated that there are 700 voters in Ba ker county who have not registered. Some of these will be sworn in at the polls on election dsy, but there will be a shortage of 600 to 000. Berry Pickers Scarce. Portland Portland employment agencies are not only besieged by rail road contractors lor laborers, but calls are now coming in from Hood river and White Salmon strswberry fields for pickers. Thousands of men and women are wanted for this work and the m for help adds to the embarrassment of labor agents who are already trying with all their might to secure lahorer. for railroad and construction camps. Ackerman Resolvss to Retire. 1 Salem J. II. Ackerman. state inn. Intendent of public instruction, his announced his intention to retire from politics at the end of his next term. Mr. Ackerman bas tha disti being the Republican and Democrat!,. nominee, although he only sccepted the Republican nomination, and his nams will appear on the official ballot oi. as the Republican candidste. Klamath Land Is Reopened. Washington During 1904 R 1 unn . 000 acres of public lands in tha Klam- am region ot Oregon and California were reserved, pending Investigations to determine tha feasibility of reclaim ing under the Klamath If.U.ii ct. Half of this area is now restorer! to entry, the balance being reserved a lands reclalmable for reservoir alt.. rights of way. Hop Prospects Excellent. Aurora Hons in this section i v,. valley, the banner hon-ralatn of Oregon, are farther advanra.1 tki. year than io former season. . iu. time. There is a large screage, and all the yards are showing wsil. do business intli. L,-t. There is on d-Xieit with ths state treasurer $3,1000,5, in interest-bear-ing securities. L j.i,a AO companies doing business I, bis Hate have put up to secure th payment of any loss they may sustii. Tod which has been finally adjudicate avainst them. Fifty-eight have put up $50,000 each tMt7o complies $100, 000 each. T Only one conm.!. has notified the commissioner tiy it cannot continue to do business U Oregon on account of California Iosm that is tbe Trad ers' Insurancs to,,jpany, of Chlcsgo. an .gcui liar nOtlDea to Kvmmn writing Insurant . that company. The $50,000 onjdeposit will be held to pay any losm, Stained by Oregon policyholders is n.at mDany. or until all its policies heen legally can- celed, when ths deposit ruay be with drawn. I Mr. Dunbar ail! that refusal or Ina bility of an imnrance company doing business in thiaitata to pay any of its California lossjwould not be sufficient reason lor him to cancel their Oregon license. f All he is inihnriiftd to do is to look out for the interest of Oregon policy holders, and if ths) companies comply with the insurance Wtutes of tbis state they can continut 'to do business, as they are solvit J If sny of them be come insolvent thef put themselves out of business without any interference on the part of ths eomlriissioner of Oregon. TreaiwejMine Sold. Eugene inking deal of import nee has beei consummated in this ity. Charles Etriing Park, residing here, has sold the Treasure mine in the Blue river diatrrt fc J. Rowland Rags- dale, of Maneuver, England. Tbe purchase price i not made public, but is said to be ththighest ever paid for a mine in the listrict. The Treasure mine has long twn' known to be one of tbe richest proferties at Blue river. Mr. Park has int much money in its development, aul In the erection of a ten-stamp quart mill on tbe property. . Will Enforts Spraying Law. Pendleton 1, id Newell, chairmsn of the state boitd of horticulture, acd odd Geer. mentorkf the board of tbe Kaatarn Oiw, btfet, passed through here on the way hliUon, where tbey will enforce tbj kw regarding the spraying of fruit fVs. The majority oi me smau oyrdists have obeyed the law, but a f 'of tbe larger ones bave thus far sleeted to do so. al though repeated notified by the local inspector. Marv Evans. Tbey will be forced to cply with the law or proceedings wills brought. MANY SETTLERS MISSING. Michigan Forest First Lays Waste to Hundred Square Miles. Milwaukee, May 21. A dispatch to the Sentinel from Escanaba, Mich., by a staff correspondent says : Four known dead, a score or more persons uilsaing hundreds of families homeless, several millions ot dollars in property burned four towns wiped out entirely and doxen more partially, five counties de vastated and 100 square miles of terri tory fire-swept. This is the dreadful picture that the Northern Michigan peninsula presents today, after the worst forest fire since the Pestigo dis aster In 1871. General Superintendent W. E. Wells of tbe Escanaba & Lake Superior rail road, along whose right of way tbe greatest loss occurred, returned tonight from a trip of inspection over tbe fire stricken area, and says that the flames have gone down and for the time being the danger is over, unless a new gal arises to again fan tha embers into flames. Tbe following summary briefly tells the story : Peter Lafond, a cook, smothered in a lumber camp near Katoa, body found tonight. Three unknown children dead at Quinnesec, Mich., separated from their parents while the village was burning and perished. Scores of homesteaders and woods men are missing and many have prob ably perished in tbe flames. Territory devastated, five counties Marquette, Menominee, Delta, Alger and Dickinson. The territory fire-swept is 100 miles square. Towns totally burned: Talbot, Mich., 100 population, only a lew houses leu standing. Quinnesec, Mich., 1,000 population only one bouse remains. Saunders, 150 population, all wiped out. Niagara, Wis., 600 population, all wiped out. Towns partially destroyed: Northland, Cornell, Antine, Spring Valley, Kingsley, Woodlawn, Foster City, Sala and Metropolitan. KILL CANAL BY DELAY. New Dih Company. Baker City Aides of incorporation oi the McCary itch company have been filed with ti county clerk. The incorporators of a company are: G J. .Bowman, O. t Johnson and C. VV. raull. The capd stock of the com pany is $3,500 dided into 350 shares of a value of $Keach. The purpose of the company i to handle, for the purpose of irriaion, the water from Powder river njer the rights they i ave neid lor a imber of years. Cherriss Riening Rapidly. Aurora Cherra are ripening fast and all kinds of hits are ahead of for mer years. Tb severe cold snap of two days in Marck had no appreciable eneci on iruit trein northern Marion county. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club. Set Lines tern. 74(9 75c; red, 71c: vi,... 70071c. Oats No. 1 u a,t. 129: erav. $28.60 per ton. Parley Feed, in nna24 ner ton: brewing, $24(324.5(1. rolled. 124.60(9 26 60. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $12(913 per ton: clover, ;0(88; cbeat, $ 7; grain hay, $70j; au,lfa, $12. Fruits Apples, 12.60(33.60 per box; cherries, $1.25l.to per box: straw berries, California, $1.25(91.40; Ore gon, 10Q16c per ponnd; gooseberries, 6(9Bc per pound. Vegetables - Aiparagus, 75c$1.25 per box; beans, 8j!c per pound; cab bage, $1.75(32 per 100; green corn, 60c per dozen; onions, I015c per dosen; peas, S(35c: radii!, I Kft ner dozen 1 rhubarb, 3c pound; spinach, 90c per box; turnips. $li 25 per cl ; car- "" ""c per ick; beets, Hocaii per sack. Onions Bermod. 4c per pound. Potatoes Fancy graded Bnrbanks, 6065c per hundred; ordinary, nom inal; new California, 2c per pound. Butter-Fancy turnery, 17,'20c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 19 (3 20c per doien. PonltryAveraw oU hens, 14 , , V P?am1, chicken". 12i 13c; broilers, 2Q(322L,'c; young roos ter,. 121 9 ,3r. d ro0terif 12(3 I2Hc; dressed chi,kPris. 15c; turkeys, S1"CS turk,,Ts, dresed, choice, 20323c; gee-e, iv. lmlei geese, dressed, old 10c, yo,n 12c; ducks, old 17c, young 20c. ,ilT?r,')n' 19. llK312,Wc "won average best, l21c; valley, ttA 22323c; fine. 24 25c per pound; toohair, choice, 28 Owe per pound. 0a'-Drd. Sflc per pound. i'eef Dressed ban- 3c per pound; cows, LJtjgStfc; eor,ntry iteer- 53c. Mutton-ureised fftncy, 79Sc per Pound; ordinary, l(Sttc. Jambs, with pelt on, 8c. Pork Dressed, 739C per pound. Purpose of Sea Level Party on Pana ma Enterprise. Chicago, May 20. Expressing tbe sentiments of senators and congress men on tha recent action of the senate committee in voting for a sea level canal, Edward Q. Clark, correspondent at Washington for tbe Chicago Even ing Poet, says: "Suspicion that a systematic effort is being made in the senate to delay in definitely the digging of the Panama canal bas become a conviction. There is anger among the friends of rapid work on the isthmus and a well-defined and freely expressed belief that inter ests are at work to jeopardise tbe whole project. It is declared freely In Wash ington that, while it was supposed that the hosts of representatives of certain corporate interests who bad been at the capital during the last few months were here for the purpose of watching rail road rate legislation, in reality most of them were here with the intention of using what influence was at their com mand to defeat tbe attempt to obtain a favorable report for a lock canal. "Senator Piatt, of New York, voted for a sea level canal. It is stated that Mr. Piatt did not attend one committee meeting at which the matter was dis cussed. Everybody knows why John T. Morgan, of Alabama, voted in favor of a sea level plan. He is bluntly hon- He does not want a canal, and be nas tne grace to say so. "The movement that began in the senate committee to get a sea level ca nal has behind it, however, a tremen dous force and it is the intention of powerful senators to endeavor not only to get the sanction ol the senate itself. but to bring every possible pressure to bear on the bouse to induce it to recede from tbe position it took in favor of a lock type. If the powerful ones suc ceed, the day of canal digging is far in tbe distance. The people may be obliged to speak on tbis matter in no uncertain way." Thieves Steal Baggage. San Francisco, May 20. The work of Detective O'D a bas resulted in the capture of a gang o.' trunk and luggage thieves who reaped a rich harvest dur ing the fire, who were planning to dis pose of their valuable plunder in Los Angeles. Three of tbe men, who admit connection with the sang, are held at the St any an-street station. Through them the detective bas learned the name of the Los Angeles "fence," has recovered three trunks and three suit- rases, and nas a line on 92 other pieces of luggage. Biggest Steamer Afloat. New York, May 20. The Hamburg line steamer Ka serin Augusts Vic toria, the largest passenger steamer afloat, with a gross tonnsge of nearly 26,000, completed her initial trip across the Atlantic tonight from Ham burg, Dover and Boulogne. She brought 490 saloon and 1,706 steerage passengers. lbs Kaiserin ictoria made an average speed ol 17 knots dur ing the voyage. Tbe Kaiserin Augusts Victoria is 700 feet in length over all. with a beam of 77 feet and depth from beat deck to keel of 57 feet. Gout Gains on Pipe. Rome, May 20. When Dr. Lnpponi visited the Pope this morning he fonnd his patient improved, although the pontiff passed a somewhat restless night as the result of bis attack of tout. Owing to a slight rise in tern- pera'nre, Dr. I.apponl ordered tbe pope to remain in bed for several days. Al though the condition of tbe Pope is not grave, some apprehension is felt at the frequency of the gout attacks through exposure to fatigue. Die of Heat in New York. New York, Msy 20. Two deaths and some prostrations irora beat were re ported here today. Tbe official ther mometer stood at 85 degrees during the afternoon, but on the streets the mer cury rose to 65. IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Tuesday, May 22. Washington, May 22. The senate today devoted the greater part of the session to consideration of the ituiui oration bill, but before it was taken up McCumber made a personal statement, contradicting an article printed in the New York Tribune that the railroad rate bill had been so amended at his instance as to render it ineffective. Previous to that time aleo the senate adopted a resolution directing the com mittee on privileges and elections to consider tbe course to be pursuedain the case of Burton. Speeches on theimmigration bill were made by Dillingham, McCreary, Bacon, Scott, Patterson and others. The bill was still under consideration when the senate adjourned. Washington, May 22. For an hour or more today tbe house of re preee na tives could not decide whether to go into committee of the whole on the diplomatic and consular bill, or to follow the lead of Gardner ot Massa chusetts to take up consideration of the immigration bill. Assisted by Williams, the miuority leader, Gardner led a mild filibuster against taking up the diplomatic bill, and endeavored to delay matters by raising a number of parliamentary points. Tbe Republicans, however, had a quorum present, and eventually tbe diplomatic bill was tektn up and general debate began and continued till 6 o'clock. The senate bill authorising the eon sturctlon of a dam across the Pend d'Oreille river in the state of Washing ton was passed. Monday, Mry 21. Washington, May 21. Tbe legisla tive, executive and judicial approprla tion bill was passed by tbe senste to day within three hoars from its read ing. It carries appropriations aggre gating $20,815,259, an increase of $69, 345 over the amount reported to the senate. A number of unimportant measures were passed and at 3:d0 o'clock consideration was given to pen sion bills. Washington, May 21. Decided op position developed today in the bouse of representatives against the passage of the bill to extend the time for the completion of the Alaskan Central rail way. Williams, of Mississippi, Insisted that the bill was obnoxious because it exempted tbe property from license tax and tax on its railway during the per iod of construction and for five years thereafter. He believed that every individual as well as every corporation should pay his proportionate share of tbe tax burden. Towers, of Maine, insisted thst the bill was a good business proposition. The yeas and nays were ordered and the bill was defeated, yeas 109, nsys 60, present 25, two-thirds not having voted in its favor. A bill was also passed authorising tbe sale of surplus or unallotted land of the Coeur d'Alene Indian reserva tion. Saturday, May 19. Washington, May 19. The house arose today in its wrath and put to eternal sleep a measure that it bad pre viouslv passed, making It a pen I ten tiary offense for sny official or employe of the government, Including senators and congressmen, to make public any secret information that would have an effect upon the market value of any American products. The bill original lv passed the house some weeks ago without discussion, and was intended to reniedv a defct in the law as expos ed bv the recent cottm scsndal in the department of agriculture. It was amended bv tbe senate, and the report of the cnnfi rees brought the matter to tha attention of the house today. After a heated debate in which the measure was attacked as vicious legis lation by McCall of Massachusetts, Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Crumpacker, of Indiana, Republicans, and delended by Burleson, Democrat, ol lexas, us author, and Chairman Jenkins, ol the judiciary committee, the house, by a record vote of 107 to 66, tabled the bill, having refused in the first instance to agree to the report of the conferees. Friday. May 18. Washington, Msy 18. After 70 days of almost continuous deliberation the senate today at 4 :63 p.m. passed the railroad rate bill by tbe practically unanimous vote of 71 to 3. The three negative votes were cast by Fotaker, Republican, of Ohio, and Morgan and Pettus, Democrats, of Alabama. There a a kuuivwhat larger aUuJame of senators than usual, but the attendance in the galleries was by no means ab normal, and there was no manifesta tion of any kind when tbe result was announced. There was, however, an almost general sigh of rslief among the senatjrs. Washington, May 18. Reminiscent of the stressful days of tbe 47th con gress were tbe scenes in and about the house today. Hardly bad the journal been approved when the Democrats, under the leadership of Williams, of Missiasippi, began tbe first real fili buster in a number ot year, their ob ject being to defeat the bill paying in the estate of Samuel Lee, of South Carolina, $10,482 for allowances made by reason of tbe election ot Lee, a ne gro contestant for a seat in the 47th congress. This bill bss been reported favorably by nine congresses six times by Re publicans and three times by Demo crats. After spending almost tbe entire day on tbe question the bill was passed. Thursday, May 17. Washington, May 17. With the ex ception of Bailey's digression, tbe en tire day was devoted by tbe senate to a review of tbe amendments made in committee ot the whole and covered somewhat more than half of the meas ure. There was a prospect of conclud ing the reading until the section grant ing to the Interstate Commerce com- n lesion power to fix rates was reached and the question of the constitutional ity of that provision was raised. The attack was made on the clause giving to the committee discretion in the matter of preserving rates, and a long debate ensued. The question was still under discussion when the day came to a close. Washington, May 17. After two weeks' debate tbe house today passed tbe naval appropriation bill, carrying $99,74,6000. The amendment provid ing thst the secretary of the navy could go into tbe open market and i.urchase chains, anchors and cordage, should it be - demonstrated that they could be bad cheaper in free markets than they could be made by the government, was defeated today by a vote of 188 to 129. By the action of the house on a sec ond amendment, upon which a separate vote was demanded, a 4 per cent differ ential will be allowed bidders from the Pacific Coait on ships constructed there. The vote was very close, three Republicans changing from no to yes, Haugben of Iowa, Thomas and Long- worth. Wednesday, May IS. Washington, May 16. Ths consider ation of the rate bill in committee of the whole was concluded by the senate today, and the measure was then re- nnrted to the senate, wbeie there win be oppoitunity to review and alter all the amendments heretofore made. Practically the entire day was devoted to consideration of the anti-pses amend ment, which was adopted after making so many exceptions as to arouse laugh ter every time the provision wss read. The work of the senate after the bill was reported was confined to tbe partial consideration of the pipe line provision, which was so amended as to strike out tbe Morgan proviso extending its ope ration to other conntries where the United States had jurisdiction. Washington, May 16. The naval appropriation bill, carrying nearly $100,000,000, was completed today in the house after one of the busiest days of the present congress. Tbe feature of the day's debate grew out of the at tempt to defeat the appropriation for the largest battleship of its claw in the world and the tenor of the speeches for the big ship was that tbe American re public must be abreast of the nations of the world in tbe strength of her navy. The opponents talked for peace. disarmament and arbitration, and in sisted that there was no national need for such a large navy. Tbe amend ment introduced by Burton, of Ohio, to strike out the appropriation for a rival to the British Dreadnaught was defeated, as was the amendment leav ing the construction of tbe battleenip- to the discretion of the secretary of the navy after the second Hague conference. final vote on the bill will be taken tomorrow. Back to the House. Washington, May 22. The railroad rate bill was considered for three hours tonight by tbe house committee on in terstate and foreign commerce and the decision reached to recommend disa greement to all of the senate amend ments and to send the hill to confer ence. The committee will not ask thst nstrnctions of any character be given to the house conferees. There was no disposition to criticise the amendment conferring jurisdiction on tbe con re to review orders made by the Interstate Comnerce commission. Will Oppose Big Battleship. Washington, May 22. The naval program providing for the construction of one great battleship ot tonnage equal to any afloat or now building will meet opposition in the senate, but not of rich stubborn character, it is thought, as to endanger its passage. Several members of the senate committee on naval affairs have expressed themselves as opposed to the buildirg of "the great unwieldy type of the Dread naught," now being constructed for the navy of Great Britain and which the house favors. Should Continue Filibuster. Washington, May 21. Democratic members of the bouse of representatives today were signing an indorsement of an action of Williams, the minority leader, in filibustering in the house for the purpose of hnrrying action on the statehood bill. The Indorsement was rswn by Henry, of Texas, and was circulated by flea 11, of that state. It asks illiams to continue to demand roll calls on every motion which csn be made iu ths passage of bills or the adop tion o' resolutions and rsise the ques tion of no quorum when possible. Do Clerks Vote for Members? Washington, May 21. Speaker Can non instanced bis confidence in the reading clerks of the house yesterday. Williams, of Mississippi, during the lihnster against the bill to pay Sam uel Lee $10,000 for expenses incurred nring his contest for a seat in the Forty-seventh congress, stated that be ad heard the name of a member called nd that the clerk had recorded him as voting when as a matter of fact the member was not in the city. Two Houses Will Soon Agree. Washington, Mai 21. There will not be a prolonged contest hetw en M e bonse and senate over the railroad rte bill. Indications are tha it will )e accepted by the house within s i.irt time, substantially in th liapin which it was adopted by the senate That was developed today at a conf. r ence between Pieeident Roosevelt, Speaker Cannon, Senator Kpooner, Representative Hepburn, author of the bill and chairman of the commerce committee, snd Representative Mnr.n, also of .be committee. Statehood Bill as ftider. Wsshington, May 22. There has been a revival of the question as to whether the bill lor the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as it passed the senate will be made a rider on an appropriation bill. This talk has been going on for some time, but was given more attention today because the proposition was broached by one of the close friends of the president. But no suggestion of this kind wss made by the pretidenS so it was stated.