DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS i
Tussdav, January 28.
Washington, Jan. 28 The senate
Inlay ordered that the privileges o( the
Boor be cx'.ended to Benito Leaarda.
nd Fablo (.Wuibo, resident commis
sioners appointed by the Fhilippiue as
sembly. Senator Heybum's bill, grunting
leave of absence to settlers on govern
ment imitation projects who have been
able to get water, u passed.
The bill appropriating IL'5,000 to re
survey the Washington-Idaho line waa
passed.
Washington, Jan. 28 Kepresenta-
tl McUavin, of Illinois, in the house
totlay attacked the custom of American
girl marrying titled foreigners. He
said I e had no particular person In
view, but went on to say that "women
are sacrificing Iheir souls and their
honor on the altar of snobbery and
vice." He maintained that everr day
is a bargain day in New York, "where
yon can uuy auytoing iroin a yard of
ribbon to a pound of flesh."
Mr. MuUarvin was speaking on the
bill to tai dowries and titled husbands.
Ills remarks were made under the li
cense of general . debate ami at times
they provoked laughter and applause.
The urgent deficiency bill was the prin
cipal topio of debate today, although no
great progress . was made. This was
the lor gee t session of the house.
Monday, January 27.
Washington, Jan. 27. Greatly to
the surprise of everyone, the subject of
slavery waa introduced in the senate
today. Secretary Taft was directly
charged with having a knowledge of
si very in the Philippine Inlands. The
debate was made pertinent by the sec
tions of the bill revising the criminal
ode of the United Btatts which pro
vide penalties for dealing in slaves.
Hale asserted that such provisions
should be ttticken out, as he regarded
slavery as obsolete in the United States
and could see no reason for referring
. to It.
Ileyburn, in charge of the bill, con
tended for the retention of the provi
sion, saying that there are forms of sla
very other than those abolished by the
Civil war.
Washington, Jan. 27. The financial
question was discussed in the house to
day by Fowler, chairman of the com
mittee cn banking and currency, in an
exhaustive speech in which he opposed
bond secured currency and the proposi
tion looking to the establishment of a
central bank. He used for his text the
bill introduced by him early in the
present month providing, among other
things, for bank redemption districts,
which, he argued, would meet national
emergencies.
Fowler declared the United States
had the worst financial and currency
process in the world, instead of the
best.
The Indian appropriation bill was
reported to the house today by Mr.
Sherman, chairman of the house com
mittee on Indian affairs. The bill
carries a total appropriation of $8,215,-U7.
Saturday, January 25.
Washington, Jan. 25. Representa
tive Kills today introduced a bill pro
viding that the time for reclaintion of
all lands covered by desert land entries
in Uumatllla county, Oregon, hereto
lore uuide, where it Ciin be shown to
the rat isfuction of the department of
the interior that the entryman has been
hindered, delayed or prevented from
reclaiming enrh land by unusual floods,
eith'T directly or Indirectly, is hereby
extended until the first duy of October,
1MH, and the time for making final
proof of reclamation of such lands is
hereby extended to the first day of
April, 1910.
The houe committee on pensions has
an reed on an appropriation f $15,000,
00, an increase of about$7,000,000.
Friday, January 24,
Washington, Jan. 24. The senate
expositions committee favorably report
ed the Seattle exposition bill, after
cutting the appropriation from $1,125,
(Hiii to $700,000. The bill appropriates
300,0(10 for buildings and 4(H).0()0
for exhibits. Of the latter item, $250,
HH is for the inn In government ex
hibit; $100,000 for the Alaska exhibit,
and $25,000 each for the Hawaii and
I'hilippine exhibits. Four buildings
aie authorized.
Washington. Jan. 24. An attack on
the power of the speaker was made in
the houte of representatives today by
Mr. Shackelford, of Missouri, during
the consideration of the nrgent defi
ciency appropriation bill. He said
Speaker Cannon was the "ablest, bold
est champion of autocracy this age had
produced," and declared the speaker
"exercised a greater despotism than
exists in any monarchy in Karope."
representative Ferkine, of New
York, introduced a bill appropriating
$1,37 J, 643 for the purchase of grounds
and erection of buildings for the United
Ststes consular srvh-e in China, Japan
anil (Vires .
During the debate on the nrgent de-
Cruicr Ordered to Hayti.
Washington. Jan. 23. It has been
decided to dispatch the cruiser Hoc
Moines to Hayti with headquarters
near the troubled section. The gun
boat F.agle, Captain Marvel I command
Ing, no at St. Marc, will look after
the protection of American interests
until the arrival of the cruiser, then
she will resume tier survey work
around the coast. The immediate rea
son for the increase of naval force in
Haytian waters was a report from Cap
tain Marvell that St. SlH.ro na.l oeen
letaken by the government troops.
Strengthens Land Fraud Law.
Washington, Jan. 23. A bill de
signed to amend the statute relative to
the entry of public lands in such man
ner as to I gallic affidavits made in con
nection with Interior department regn
Mlons will be Introduced in the senate
by a member of the committee on judi
ciary. Officials of the Interior depart
ment have communicated the need of
this amendment, which they believe
will aBsiat the department in the proee
Qtaea cf taxi fat.
ficiency bill Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
took occasion to boom I'.ryan as the
Democratic nominee for president.
Thursday, January 23.
Washington, Jan. 23. Fenator
Stone, of M s-touri, today presented sta
t sties of government deposits in na
tional banks to show that the distribu
tion of money duiing the if cent cur
rency stringency waa not "equitable,"
as contemplated by law governing the
Treasury department. He declared
that the West and South were discrim
inate.! against, while New York and
Uorton were favored. His speech was
on his resolution pending In the senate
directing a committee to investigate
and report on these transactions.
In response to a resolution introduced
by Senator Ankeny and passed by the
senate, the secretary of the navy today
transmitted to the senate a letter giv
ing the estimate of the cost of subma
rine torpedo boats delivered at Fuget
sound ani urays tlaroor, on the faciuc
coast. He said that under a recent
contract the navy had been offered 340
tou submarines for $300,000 and 270
ton submarines for $285,000. The Navy
department estimate for each boat on
the Pacific coast would be $378,000.
Washington, Jan. 23. The nrgent
deficiency appropriation bill occupied
the attention of the bouse today to the
exclusion of all other business. A sur
prise was sprung when Chairman Taw
ney of the appropriations committee
warned the members that the country
was confronted with the certainty ol a
$100,000,000 deficit unless the esti
mates for the next fiscal year should be
cut down materially.
Tawney's warning was leised opon
by Underwood, Alabama, as the text
for a lengthy discussion of the recent
financial depression.
Wednesday, January 22.
Washington, Jan. 22. President
Roosevelt today transmitted to the sen
ate and house copies of the tariff regu
lations negotiated some time ago be
tween the United States and Germany,
together with a proposed amendment
to the customs administrative act, put
ting the same in force as a statute. In
the senate the message aroused lively
discussion in executive session when
taken up. The remarks were not ad
dressed to the message so much as to
the policy of considering It in executive
session, as well as the policy of the
president in connection with the agree
ment.
Senator llansbrongb declared the bar
veeter trust is trying to control dele'
gates to the Republican National con
vention.
A bill has been Introduced to raise
the pay of officers in the revenue cutter
service.
Washington, Jan. 22. Kapid pro
gress waa made in the house of repre
sontatives in the consideration of the
bill to codify and revise the penal laws
of the Unittd States. The only amend'
tnent of v any Importance which got
through was one by Ollie James, of
Kentucky, making it a criminal offense.
under heavy penalty, to falsify govern
ment crop statistics, th object of the
amendment being to protect cotton and
tobacco growers from speculators. Over
50 pages of the bill were disposed of,
The house asked the president for
report of the commission tent to Gold-
field to investigate the trouble there
Representative Humphrey Introduced
a bill appropriating $3,000,000 for four
submarines for l'uget sound.
liep'esentulive Jones introduced a
bill making it unlawful for any person
to Injure or destroy any part of govern
ment irrigation works.
Representative Kahn introduced a
bill appropriating $5,000,000 for sub
marines for the Pacific coast.
PUT UP MONITOR AS TARGET
Navy Department Dec'des to Make
Gun Practice More Real.
Washington, Jan. 28. Kncouraged
by the valuable result believed to have
been obtained by the llritisli admiralty
in the aectacnlar sinking of the old
!attle?hip Hero by modern gun fire
lately, the Navy department lias deter
mined upon a similar experiment,
though not one to lie cariied out to the
same point. A singleturretcd monitor
is to be made a target for the big 12
Insh rifles of a liattleship, and the ex
periment will take place in the waters
of Chesapeake bsy or the Potomac
river. It is not the purpose to destroy
the monitor, which was built only
abont 10 years ago, hut the gun fire
will be directed against one of her
turrets. Much mechanism is contained
in the turret and Information is desire. I
as to the effect of actual gun fire upon
this controlling machinery.
National Bank at Wallowa.
Washington, Jan. 28. The control
ler of the currency Inlay authorized the
Stockgrowets and Farmers' National
!nk, of Wallowa, Or., to begin busi
ness with $50,000 capital. James P.
Stevens is president, K. A. Holmes
vice president and C. T. McPaniel cashier.
Visit Coast Defenses.
Washington, Jan. 29. Representa
tive Smith has been informed that
prolablv the entire house committee on
naval affairs will visit the Pacific coast
early next summer and that they will
Inoluile the site of the proposed navy
yard at San Ihego on their route, lie
cause of the inclination of congress
toward economy this year it may not
he possible to secure an appropration
for the San Iiego project, but Smith
expects to have little trouble in secur
ing at least an authorization for an in
vestigation of a site.
THE GRANGE.
Secretary for Washington Tells et
Bsnsfits to Be Dnnvsd
By Frd W. Lawis. Samtary Waahinctuw. 8tt
Gru. Tumsttw. Waabumu.
The Orauge has, for forty yeais,
too.) for the upliftment cf the farmer,
and we only have to look back, over
its history, to sec what It has aooom
pilahad for us., .
It is to the Grange that we owe the
rural mail delivery, the oleomagarloc
bill, the denatured alcohol lis, and la
many states It has forced the passage of
better tat laws, and other laws that
assist In giving the farmer the btnefiU
of his labor.
Nor is the work of the Grange alone
directed to the urging the passage of
laws. It becomes needful to prevent
the passage of some laws that would be
detrimental tc the best interests of the
farmer, and that is s part of the work
the Grange dees.
Spsoe will not permit me to go into
details, hot anyone may obUin the de
tails by asking for them.
Although we take an interest In the
legislative work of our people, we slso
benefit them in many ways besides.
To th young man and weman, we
otter a chance lo'gaio pic-ui uJ
profit in the meetings of the Grange, at
we carry 30 our meetings in strict par
liamentary manner, providing we get
the right person for Master, and so give
thorn a chance to learn how (uou wore
is done. We also have literary pro
grams, providing we get the right per
son for Lecturer, and so give them
chance to practice speaking In public.
and appearing on the rostrum before an
audience, all of which is a benefit to
any voung or, In fact, an older person
too, in these times of public awakening
To the father and mother, who are
the providers for a family, it gives them
a chance to purchase their needed sup
plies In connection with their brothers
and sisters, and so gain the advantage
that is to be derived from wholesale
dealing.
To the home owner, it provides a safe
and tuie, as well as cheap insurance for
bis property, and any member of the
Grange, who is attached to any suhor
dinate Grange is entitled to that benefit
Our Insurance is carried at exact cost
and we are laving by no surplus to be
lost by poor investments, ot by the die-
honesty of the officers, but we keep
enouuh on hands at all times so that
we can pay all losses promptly, upon
the proof being sent in.
In life insurance we have none to
offer that will answer the demands of
the great majority of our patrons, but
we sre working on a plan, that will ol
timately furnish ns a life insurance as
well as a property insurance, and on
the same basis, that of actual cost.
In the line of purchasing and selling,
we are not as well organised as we
would like to be, but as the dealers are
all in combines, and the commission
men are ail united by common consent,
it behooves ns, as farmers, to combine
if we would protect our own interests
and obtain the just rewards for our
labor and enjoy the better aocommoda
tions that we might have if we could
obtain the real fruits of our Tabors,
In the Grange we place woman where
she belongs, on an equal. ty with man,
and so make our order a truly social
one, and oar Grange work includes the
enjoyment of the fruits of our labors, as
well as the education of the tnluJ, and
the guarding of ti e parte.
In conclusion let me state the pur
poses of the Grange, as set forth in the
declaration of purposes adopted by the
founders of the order:
To develop a hiirher and better man
hood and womanhood among ourselves.
To enhance the comforts and attractions
of the home, and strengthen our attach
ments to our pursuits. To foster mu
tual understanding and co-operation.
To maintain inviolate our laws, snd to
emulate each other in labor, to hasten
the g:o 1 time coming. To reduce out
expenses, both individual and corpor
ate. To buy less and produce more in
order to make our farms self sustaining.
To diversify our crops, and to crop no
more than we can cultivate. To con
dense the weight of our exports, selling
ices in me buenol and more in hoof and
in fleece, and less In lint and more in
warp and woof. To systematize our
work and calculate Intelligently on
probabilities. To discountenance the
credit system, the mortgage system,
the fashion system, and every other
system that tend to prodigalitj and
bankruptcy.
We propose meeting together, talk
ing together, woiking together, having
together, slling together, and in gen
eral, acting together for our mutual
protection and advancement.
If we, as farmers, broom organized,
we have the power to a'k for what we
want ami to get it, because we have the
numbers, and all thai is required is the
union that is the means of unifying
that power.
Think the matter over, and decide to
rrganfze a Grange and so help to make
this world more worth living in.
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FULTON IMPLICATED J HENDRICKS TELLS ITif
Brownell Gives Testimony in ihe
Hall Case.
FORCED OCT tf HIE Iff BALL INDICTED JOINTLY WITH HALL
Tells How Hs W Inducsd to Indorse
Hall Because of Veilsd Threats
cf Indictment.
Portland, Jn- J5- Penaior Fulton
was unfavorably connected wUb
Hall-Mays conspiracy cs by the testi
wony of Geurgs C. Brownel!,
dent of the Oregon ftatc tenate and for
years a prominent Jlepubliian of the
state. Brownell testified that be was
lowed to withdraw from the contest foi
appointment a United Btatet attorney
for Oregon in Jtuf die mein
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uations of m" ln" government
waa In powession of evulence on which
lliownell's indictment for complicity
in the Oregon land frauds wai probs-
ble. tm owiiiw "ui iiacxamat
county politics further testified that in
return for the indorsement of Hall for
reappointment, which he was forced
to make. Senators Mitchell and Fulton
eianted from Hull S promise of imrann
ity from prosecution fur Brownell ami
the Utters former mw partner, J. u
Campbell, alio of Cacksmti county.
The purpose of BrowneH'i testimony,
which was sduiittrd Ov the vigorout
objection of counsel for the defendants,
was to corrohoraie me marge of con
spiracy alleged ansinsl Hall in the in
dictment in that Hall controlled Steiw
er's vote for senator in return for his
failure to prosecute Steiwer snd his as
sociates for enclosing government land.
by showing that Hall med hit effire as
diBtr Let attorney to intimidate others
and tc force them to Indorse and sup
port him for reappointment. This
contention by Heney 1 as been snpport
ed by the testimony of Btciwerand
Hendricks in the Butt, Creek com
pany's operation! and br that of Brown
ell yesterday, and Heny proposes by
the Introduction of other witnesses to
day to show that Hall, together with
the connivance of Fnlton, prostituted
his office as district attorney by protect
ing violators of the las is two other
specific inetneet.
W. W. Stsiwer, president of the
Butte Creek company, completed bit
direct testimony yester lirmd will be
cross-examined this morning. Hs tes
tified that his understanding with Hall
waa of such a favorable character that
his company failed to remove the un
lawful fences it was maintaining alter
hs had the interview with Hall.
Pleads Guilty to Consplrac? to
Defraud Government.
WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED.
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Zachary A' Confeises Charges Are
Trui Stelwcr Also expected to
Testify Against Hall.
Portland. Jan. 13. Sensational and
damaging testimony against John H.
Jlall was given yesterday by Hamilton
li. Hendricks, who testified that In
May, lWMJ, he had suggested to Hall
that Hall use his know ledge of illegal
fencing by Kteiwer and his astociates as
a political club over W. W. isteiwer.
At the morning session Hendricks,
ho was a co-defendant with Hall and
Mays, entered a plea uf guilty to the
conspiracy indictment. Late in the
afternoon Hendricks was called to the
tand, and his testimony, following
that of a number cf minor witnesses
who preceded him, had the effect of a
thunder storm on a clear summer after
noon. While Hendricks recited the
stcryofhis interview with Hall In
1UU0, the ex district attorney could not
repress a commingled expression of em
pties and pain. Withdrawn features
and clenched jaws he scrutinised the
w itness ss the story of the incepticn of
his alleged unofficial relations with the
unlawful fencing monopoly was related.
The accused ex-Federal official soon re
gained the interested and semi-hopelul
expression that has characterised him
from the beginning of the trial, and
court adjouined for the day after the
sensational statements of Hendricks.
Clarence B. Zachary, who yesterday
entered a plea of guilty to the conspir
acy charge, was foreman of Ihe Butte
Creek company. He was a piominent
figure in superintending the different
schemes that were hatched by his associates.
Mr. Heney expects to complete the
government's case probably tomorrow
afternoon and not later than Saturday.
Hendricks will be on the stand during
the morning session, possibly a part ol
the alterneon today, and will lie fol
lowed by Clarence B. Zachary. Mr.
Heney last night would not discuss the
probability that W. W. Steiwer would
be called as a witness for the govern
ment, neither would he admit that
8teiwer would follow the lead of hia as
tociates, Hendricks and Zachary, of ths
Butts Creek company, and plead guilty.
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8TATE POL'CE FOR NEVADA.
Sll wkh UHIua, m t Willi u kttioMl
thetic friends almut tlx- burglur a'are
lu her buuie. "Yes," she said, ' I beard
a noiae, so I got up at oimv. There,
under the bed, 1 siw a mans' legs stick
ing out." "Oood graeioua!" m lalined
one of the lud.es. "The hurglar'a k.-g."
"No, my dear; my hiiHliuiid's leg. Ho
had heard the noise, too!"
A prisoner was brought l-efoie a o
Uce magistrate. The latter kinked
around aud diaoivervd that his rlerk
waa absent, 'tilll.vr," lie said, "what's
this man, charged with?" "Itlgotry
your honor. lies got three wives'"
The miigistrute looked at the ulliivr us
though astounded at his Ignorance.
"Why, ollieer," he said, "that's uot big
otry; that trigonometry."
Iu a Jury trial In New York rwvntly
c atturecy fcr ttcfeuJaut -tart.i!
lu to reud to the Jury from a certulu
volume of the Supreme Court rciorts..
lie was Interrupted ley the court, who
mid: "Colonel ltlank, it Is not HdinU
sililc, you know, to read law to the
Jury." "Yes, I understand your honor;
I uui only reading to the Jury a decis
ion of the Supreme Court."
A story Is told of the famous Itlchard
Hrlnsley Sheridan that, one day when
euuilug buck from snooting, with uu
empty bug, und seeing u iiiiiiiUt of
dueks lu a imiiiiI, wliile near by a man
was leuiiing on a fence watching lilin,
Slierldun usked: "Whut will you take
for a shot at the ducks?" "Well," mild
the man, tlioiiglil fully. "I'll take hulf
sovereign." "Iloiie," said Shcrldau,
and he tired Into the middle of the
Hock, killing a dozen or more. "I'm
afraid you made a bud bargain," aald
Sheridan, laughing. "I don't know
about that," the uiun replied. "They're
not u:y ducks."
Purlng his first year the nmateiir
fanner discovered that all his little
lilckens, which were confined iu coops.
were languishing at tiie (silnt of death.
The novelist went over his "hen liter
ature" to locate the ciuine of the trou
ble, but to no avail. Finally he culled
iimiu a neighbor, to whom he put the
lileatloii : ''What do yoll supsie Is the
matter with those chickens?" "Well, I
dunno. What do you feed 'euiV "Feed
theiu!" exclaimed the novelist fanner.
'Why, 1 don't feed them anything!"
Then how d' you s'ise they wua
J-goln' to live?" "1 presumed," replied
the literary person, "thnt the old hens
had milk enough for them now."
Bill
With
Election Csusea Uprising.
Washington, Jan. 29. Humors of an
npriting or an invasion in Honduras
has reached the Plate department. IV
tails sre lacking but It is believed the
leaders of the movement are persons
who were driven out of Honduras into
Guatemala during the last revolutionary
outbreak. The revival of the attempt
to overthrow the goernment at this
time is believed to have been Inspired
by the fact that the elections for presi
dent are to I held soon.
dissolve one henplng tablespoonful
f lard in one cup of boiling water, add
l tahlespoonful of baking soda, one
f ginger or cinnamon, one-quarter
tenspoonful of salt, one cup of niolasses
and enough flour to make a soft dough.
Unke In a loaf tin.
The rilErliu Congregational church,
nenr Iinhm, founded In 101G, Is ths
oldest of the denomination lu the em
pire, and It wns fn.m it that the Lon
don contingent of rhe men of the May
Sower wasj-ecxuited:
"i tlrtst.wiiiu.i "
Among the newer dishes Is "chicken
', " w hich Is simply wsrmed chick
en with pees. Cut the cold chicken
Into small piece, ,ni warm wltQ but.
peptr. salt and a little cream,
m peas, which have been
nlted water; stir till all
mrnugn and serye. For
Jean fowl, add a
meats to the
make It richer.
from old bens
Add
cooked In
Is heated
a moderately
small copful of nut
stuffing, and this will
In making chicken pie
nave nlentv of irrs
uu uou me meat till
der.
thoroughly ten-
Rio Maa.
Boll three-quarters of a cup of rlos
In milk In a double boiler. When cook
Sd, add a half box of gelatin dissolved
to a llttls cold milk, sdd suaar anil
rsnllla to taste. When ooM h.. i.
quart of cream that has been whin.
ped to s stiff fmth. Pet In a wet
mold In ths Icebox to form. Rervc
arttJi raspberry juice poured ever It,
New York Uses fheuaands to Shovel
York. Jan. 2J. New York it
digging itself out of I foot of snow so
unevenly divided that whils exposed
and unfrequented epole like Coney is
land have been blown bare, the
thoroughfares of tlis million! sre left
piled high with drift) that impede tlve
progress of man and beast and in the
open districts have tied tip streetcars
and vehicles. Mercifully, the snow
whs aeco npanied by moderate tempera
ture and in its early stHes was wel
comed by the honest part of the 35,000
unemployed men in me city. All wno
sought employment from last midnight
found it readily ana at gooa wages
The street cleaning department requir
ed 10,000 shovelers, the traction com
panles as many more, and thousands of
others esrned many uonars from nouse
holders by cleaning off walks.
Trobably the thai pf at dittress was
experienced by several thousand genuine
tramps who, having ridden into town
on the hardtimes wave and since en
joyed the city's bounty, sweke today to
find themselves confronted with an un
mistakable opportunity to work. Some
rose t-i the occasion, aud others shifted
their lodgings.
Provides Means for Dealing
Riot Conditions.
Carson, Nev.. Jan. 23 The special
committee appointed to prepare a bill
to regulate riot conditions In Nevada
has agreed upon and drawn np a meas
ure which will be Introduced ip the
legislature today. The bill creates a
state police which shall consist of a su
perintendent to be appointed by the
governor, one inspector, four sergeants,
25 subordinate police oflicers ami zro
reserves. The superintendent shall ap
point all memebts and oflicers, subject
to the sdwovbI of the governor. The
New Railroad for Chile.
Santiago, Chile. Jan- 25 Congress
yesterday passed a bill authorizing the
president to maks contracts for a rail
road running north and south. The
bill limits Immediate expenditures to
about $37,400,1X10, bt It is intended
that the load eventually will be ex
tended to the northern and southern
frontiers. When completed the rail
way will run from th frontier of Pern
to the Strait of Magfl'an. a distance of
about 2,600 milee. Ppnr lines will be
built tc ooast pirts an 1 into mining
district! and agricultural areas.
Fails to Quath Indictment.
Pan Francisco, Jan. 25. James
TreadwelJ, of the insolvent California
Safe Deposit A Trust company, this
morning before Superior Judge Dunne,
asked, through hia attorney, ex-Die-trlet
Attorney Lewis F. Pyington, that
the indictments sgaintt him be dis
missed Infcsnse five of the grand jurors
who found the indictments were depos
itors in the defunct bank, h was his
srgument that a person' feeling enter
ed Into theif findings" snd that they
bad a feeling of malic toward the de
fendant. Not Accountable for Coolies.
San Francisco, Jan. 25. Captain I.
II. Hathaway, of the Taciflc Mail
steamship Magnolia, txiay exon
erated by Commissioner Heacock of
blame In connect on with the escape of
Chinese immigrants fm his vessel.
It was ehown that order the revised
law officers of vest'1 ""not be held
strictly accountable for the escape ol
coolies, if they can thow that reasona
ble care was taken W pfvent evasion
of the act.
Shut Down Locomotive Works.
Providence, R. I , ,J,n- 25. The
local plant of the ArBf'''n Locomotive
Works will be shnt down the firgt week
In February for an indefinite period.
The force which in Pteemher number
ed 1,008 has gradually l0 reduced to
600.
lice shall have power to perform all
lutiea required of peace officers except
to teive civil processes.
The superintendent of police shall ne
over 30 years of age and subject to re
moval at any time by th governor
w ithout previous notice and shall have
the rank of raptain.
The bill provides that when, in the
judgment of the governor, a state of riot
exists and the public safety is endan
gered, It shall be the duty ot the gov
ernor to issue a proclamtion declaring
martial law and until the same shall
be revoked, the state police thall have
full am! absolute power to lake any
stens necessary to restore peace and
order.
Another section empowers the super
intendont of police to organise a r. serve
force not to exceed 250 men. The
rules and discipline of the United
States army shall, so far ss practicable
constitute the rules and discipline ol
the state police.
with
in the Mt mid
wilb a gracious
Judre Dunne Postpones Decition
San Francisco, Jan. 23. Judge Dunne
this morning continued fur one wem
him dpeiriion linon the demurrers to the
indictments agair st them, hied by
Walter J. Bartnett, J. IteUell Urown,
formerly vice president and general
manager, respectively, of ihe California
Safe Ieposit A Trust company, now in
the hands of a receiver. These two
officials and James Treadwell, a former
director, are charged with embenle
ment irr connection with the sllcged
wrecking of the bank. The latter sleo
filed a demurrer.
China Still Resists Japan.
Fekin, Jan. 23. The Intimation hat
Japan is ready to permit extension of
the Ilsin Min Tun railroad to the north
with Japanese capital has aronted re
newed opposition on the part of the
Chinese government, which is determ
ined to test the pledges made by Jsnan
in the matter of the restoration of Man
churia. Hsu Shlh Chsng, viceroy of
Msnchurla. is again nrging the thrcne
to sanction a loan of 10,000,000 taels
for the purpose of Increasing the effira
ry of the new Chinese administration
of Manchuria.
Fleet Sails From Rio.
'Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 23. To the
booming of guns snd the cheers of
thousands on the sccompanylng pless
nre craft, the American warships tailed
from Rio yesterday afternoon, bound for
PunU Arenas in Magellan straits. Ten
days will bring the flectalmost midway
on its 14,000 mile cruise to San Fran
cisco, and the ships and the men car
ried with them the Godspfed snd
good wishes of ths whole F.raxilian
people.
Woman Soffrage for Michigan.
Lansing, Mich., Jan. 23. The con
stitutional invention committee on
elections unanimously reported ont last
night a proposal granting woman suf
frage, with a recommendation that it
be parsed.
FILIPINO FAMILY CIOAE.
Rnibarrasalnar t'ae of an lastrnmcwt
r Hospitality la the lalanda.
'I like a good cigar," said the man
recently from the Philippines, to a New
York 8nn writer. "The family cigar of
the Islands Is a good cigar good in ma
terial. In mlike and in elite, but the Fili
pino family cigar I never could enjoy.
'It Is from fifteen Inches to a foot
and a half long and Is somewhat more
than an Inch In diameter. When not
In use It Is IhriMt into a hole in one of
the upright bamboo mis(s tif the dwell
ing. The hole Is not so fur ulsive the
floor that the youngest walking mem
bers of the fiunlly ciinnot reach It.
'When any member of the house
hold, the old man or his 4-yenr-old
daughter, feels like taking a smoke, the
family cigar Is dragged from lis hole
In the S)st nnd tired up. lieu the
clgnr gets too short for eoiurortnlile
Kinoklng another takes Its place.
"It Is a queer sight to see a riliplno
if rant pulling away nt a big bhnjt cl
unr nlsitlt a third ns long as the child
Is nnd so large around It distorts the
Mttlc yellow faf Into which It U In
serted. The family cigar Is not f.iken away
from the resilience; it renin ins always
at hnnd lis vehicle of hoKplUilile ex
nresslon. When a visitor i;IIh the fatn-
Uv t-lcur. if It H not hi us.
drawn from its hole
oliered to the guest
gci tu re.
"If the cigar luppcns to I lu u
(crimps by Huh' prl squatted buck
iu a corner, the person doing the hon
or: snatches II from the mouth of the
, ker and proffers It to the guest
without delay.
To decline this offer of hospitality
Is not considered gissl form In Filipino
society; In fact. It a unts to -oni of
friendly Intention. Knowing the ca
reer of the average family cigar, It is
not easy to a'fi'pt and smoke It with
an appearance of enjoyment when It
Is taken from Us hole In the Mt, hut
It Is considerably harder to reiflve It
from the mouth of some memln-r of the
ut overncet hs'klng family, and Fu
ropeans and Americans freipi.witly
hn Ik at this stage of the cull.
"There Is a queer thing alsiilt the
etiquette of smoking In the rhlll
plnes," the traveler added, "for which
I nnvV never leen able to find any ex
planation. It la this: If a Filipino
asks you for a light from your cigar
vou must not flick off the anliew, as we
u almost Invariably In this country,
before handing It to him.
To do so Is regarded as sn affront
that no degree of gracious manner In
extending the weed to him csn atone
for. I never found any one who could
suggest an explanation."
Men ti Wear ells.
The Tuurega, of Africa, are desif nd
ants of the Iterber or whl:e rneo of
the Atlas Mountains, who have leon
crowded off Into the desert. They
have long been noted as the brigands
of the Sahara. They are especially
dlstitigulsh.il by the fa.-t that they
wear veils nlghf and day. The veil
are bla. k and they wind thern about
their beads like a turban and then
pass thern over the nose and mouth
and across the forehead, so that only
the eyes can be seen. It Is said that
the veil was originally adopted to keep
out th dust, but that It Is now a mark
3t fashion and modesty. Another
itory Is that the Tuareg men first put
on veils ss s matter of cowardb-e snd
shame. They ere surprised by their
enemies aud were at rr.''ilciied that
they threw diwu their arms and run.
leaving their families. The 'cup hi the
women picked up the swurils, H-:irs
aud daggers, and ilefcat sl the eiicmj .
From that day until Mow the men. t
bhjw their adinlrathiu for the to'idn t
of their wives, bav adapted the veil,
and the Tuareg women a III go w t i
bare faces.
iAMILY BIBLE Li WIED.
lis Hrrord I'tsi-i ol Vital Statistic
rr fta-ltlttm seva.
"The family Itihle, with Its genealog
ical record, served a useful plirp in
!: day," said thi librarian, "and I
don't see that, with nil our boasted ad
vance in civilization, we have devchqt
ed anything quite to take Its plait'.
Of ivnrxe, uowailays, cities and tonus
pride themselves on the aituraey of
their vital Ki.iiisih-s, and we bate
w hole libraries of genealogical work -dry
enough most of them are. too. Hut
the Individual family record, such as
was kept a few generations ago. Is very
decldislly missing, iiik It's a pi J that
such U the case.
"For one thing, the list of plrths.
to ,'." 1un m, iiii.l Ic.mim l,ul vrr k.vt
In the siiilerouM volume of lady writ
oerated to kivp the members of the
family clo-e t one another; It was.
In a way. a central point, valuable for
sentimental reasons us well as for rea
sons more distinctly utilitarian As
serilie sueeeeib'd scribe, the family inn
tluulty was empliMsl.isI nnd thi en
tries were significant of the growth of
a cliiulsh feeling, which Is too Utile in
evldeinv lit the present time. There
ore not, I venture to s'iy, very many
(icople In tills year of grace w bo know
anything or cure imj thing alsiut their
relatives further removed than the de
gree of first eoiislhshlp, and even first
cousins are frequently out of mind, of
course, our tendencies are reswinslblH
largely for ibis slate of HfTulrs. but I
often wish that we had reminders of
our kin such as were furnlKhed by the
family ltibles of pasr days with their
direct personal testimony, amounting
to mcHN.igea from parents to children.
Whenever I see one of these page fill
ed with careful entries entries mmle
In Joy and In sorrow. In the confidence
of pride) of life or by the trembling
fingers of old age, it seems to me that
we have lost something lu our hurried
existence that Is to Is' regretted. We
can go to the city or town clerk, or,
(H-rhaps. to the public library for In
forinatloii us to our ancestry or our
relatives, but this Is a rather cold ami
formal method of pnxvdure. Ortuln
ly we do not tind in otllelal rccoriLs aud
In book tlie handwriting of our for,
U'urs." t'hlcugo Inter Ovean.
A Kahla.
The hen remarked I" the miiley cow.
As she cackled le r daily lay,
(That is, the lien tackled), "It's funny
how
I'm good for sn eug a day.
I'm a ftsil to do It. for what do I t?
My fisid and my lodging. 'My!
Hut the poodle gets that he's the hsnse
Iiold pet.
And hr never has Inlet s sinale ( yet
Not even when egg4 sre high."
The niilley cow reinsrksd to ths hsn.
As she masticated her cud.
(That is. the cow did), "Well, what thent
You quit, and your name Is nurd.
I'm gM"l f"r eiitlit gallons of milk each
day,
And I'm given my slnble end groh ;
Hut the mrrot gets that much, anywa.r
All she can gobble - snd what tloes h
pay'
Not a dribble of milk, the dub!"
II nt the hired innn remarked In the pair,
"You if"l nil that's com in' to you.
The poodle doit tricks, an' the (in mil kin
swear,
Which is belter th'n yon kin tin.
You're necessary, bur tt lint's the use
if liewailiu' your daily mrt?
You're bourgeois norkin's your only ,v
ense ;
You can't ihi notion" bur jest produce
What thern fellers dis'S is Art!"
Musician's Chronicle.
Don't I nt Ihe Halters.
"Ilon'l out the bailers; 1'litle 'cm
I'ntie 'em '."
It was the voice of Joe Clancy, for
mer cHViilryiiiuii in the Cultcd KMte
army, now emihryed in the IttH'kbill
Pvery stable st 47th street and Tpsisf
avenue. Next door In the pool hull of
C. A. Ilichardsoii & Son a lire isul U-cii
dlis-overed. The fdskhlll etnble wns
b ilni: (Hied w ith smoke. The horses
were 111 danger, says the Kansas dry
Star.
"If you cut the halters lliry won't
move and we'll never get 'em out:"
was next slMillled by Clancy to the only
other employe iu the bam at the time.
Jack Carter.
One by one the halters of twenty-five
horses were untied ami one by one they
were, led tlirout'h the smoke to the
street.
"Army exisTlenee." said Clancy later
In ciplsliilng his. presence of mind.
"Never try to drive horses from burn
ing buildings. Lend "em."
Itut the llfickhill stables were rs.t
damage! by the lire. The flumes were
confined to the sd hall next dr,
where several table were destroyed.
Hrnltrbari.
Morrison, sn Kngllsh traveler of
tlie seventeenth century, while at
Iiantxlc, Prussia, says lie "snw a mill
whit, nitlaiut the hci of human
bands, did saw boards. It had a great
Iron wheel, whbli did not only drive
the saw, Isit which did also hot In
and turn the Usjs on the saw." Ir.
John ! must have n a abiillnr
mill at Fragile. Of It he says: "I mw
me a mill st rrsgne of which I verily
ts l'.eve the devil himself was master "
Took lire I m.
Iielle I think l liariew Itrown Is Ju-t
horrid.
Kstcllt! What's the matter?
Heiic I let hliu $" on the eeet;n
and lost and when 1 offered to pay hliu
he nercptcd the mouey.--lMr!t Freej
Frees.
A womsn who g-xwli Is bad enough,
but a man who listens to gossip Is
worse.
F.very man is tntltled to a llmlt'l
number of faults, but most nia ta
ceed their limit.