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DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
Tuesday, February 4.
. . Washington, Feb. 6. The senate to
day Peed the urgent deficiency bill,
f',J,,n ,n PI''prlntion ol over 24,.
""T,vu,1 uo wiuo nenciency apcro-
r. urougai out con-
ueraoie amcunion of the subject of
eiecutive departments making expend
lturee not provided lor by an appropri-
viuii
-eucienry appropriation for the
Panama canal gave rise to Democratic
publication of a paper
by the Canal commission at Panama,
and incidentally Teller declared that he
relieved the lock canal at Panama
wouu some day be declared a failure
nd that a lea-level canal would take
114 place.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, introduced
a Dili abtolntely repealing the timber
and atone law. He offers no alterna
tive plan ol deponing of public timber.
but ia in conference with Secretary Oar-
ueiu ami ia araiting a bin.
Wash i n ??, p?K rrC3il,
xvooaeveir. recent, message to congress
on the relation of capital and labor
and of corporations and the public again
wn the theme of discussion in the
hoiiHe today. So great waa the demand
for time that geneal debate on the Ia
diau appropriation bill, which ia the
pending business, waa extended tomor
row for four hours. Interest in today'i
. proceedings centered In a speech by
John Hharp VYilliams, the minority
leader, who, while lauding the preei
, dent for eome of hie sentiments, ex
pressed the belief that others were dan
gefoui. Williams spoke for nearly two
hours. Ins remarks on the financial
question prompted a lengthy discussion
of that subject by Hill, of Connecticut,
In which he oppoHed the Aldrirh bill.
Resolutions of sorrow over the aesaBS
lrmtion ol King Carlos ana the crown
prince of Portugal were adopted today.
Monday, February 3.
Washington, Feb. 3. Senator Piles,
of Washington, made a decided hit in
the senate today with his speech In
support of his bill appropriating $700,-
Oi l) for government exhibits and build
inga at the Seattle exposition.
Senator Fulton secured the passage
of his bill sending to the United State
Circuit court for the Ninth circuit all
claims of American sealers whose
vessels were seized by government ves
eels while in the open aeas.
Senator Fulton introduced a resolu
tion directing the secretary of war to
survey the locks at Oregon City with a
view to purchasing them in conjunction
with Oregon.
Tillman's resolution asking the pres
ident to inform the senate what action
had been taken in regard to violation
of land grant laws In Oregon and Wash
ington by the Southern Pacific was
passed.
Washington, Feb. 3. Three of the
giants of the home of representatives
had their Innings today. Technically,
the Indian appropriation bill was un
der dismission, hut legislation was rele
gated to the background while national
politics occupied the stage.
Ilefore the political question cropped
out the house, with next to the largest
attendance of the session and with but
one dissenting voice, passed a general
widow' pension hill granting a flat pen
sion of 12 a month to the widows of
all honorably discharged soldiers of the
United Mates who have not heretofore
received the boned la of the pension law
and an increase of a month for those
who have lienefited under the act of
June 27, 1H!0. The law expressly
waives the limitation of property hold
ings. The bill involves the expend i
ture of more than $12,000,000.
Friday, January 31. ,
Washington, Jan. 31. After the
rending of the president's message, the
senate devoted today to further consid
eration of the hill revising the criminal
laws of the United States. The first
na ling was concluded, including all
paragraphs to which no objection lias
developed. W hen the measure is next
taken up, sections involving amend
ments to the law ami others to which
object ions have been rninlo will be con
sidered. Senator Nelson introduced a local op
tion bill today applicable to Alaska.
Washington, Jan. 31. The house
today passed 2N8 pension bills and then
took up the Indian appropriation bill.
Representative French to lay intro
duced a bill proponing to amend the
constitution by granting the right of
franchise to women.
The house is awaiting with interest
speech from Cushman, of Washington,
who now wears the title of "Humorist
of the House." His colleagues look to
him for at least one "funny" speech
each session.
A favorable report on the Townsend
arbitration bill by the committee. The
bill provides for the appointment by
the president of a commission to inves
tigate each dispute between capital or
labor of such magnitude as to Inter
fere with interstate tratlic.
Thursday. January 30.
Washington, Jan. 30. The senate
today held a short session during which
Senator Aldrich reported his banking
bill from the committee on finance,
which he announced ha would call op
for consideration on Mondswa Wh?
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Mr. Aldrich said that the committee
bad nnder consideration some amend
ment! to the bill relating to railroad
bonds, and probably would suggest
them at a later day. He explained
that the bill was the bill of the major
ity of the committee and that member
of the minority might hsv a substi
tute to offer later.
Senator Bourne introduced a bill pro
viding for the sale at publio auction or
sealed bids of reaerved land in the Si
lets Indian reservation and appropriat
ing 1300,000 for purchase.
Senator Gore introduced a bill pro.
hibiting the granting of restraining or
ders by Federal courts in cases between
employer and employe unless it is ne
cessary to prevent injury to the prop
erty of the applicant.
Washington, Jan. 30. The ap
proaching trial in this city of Hyde,
Diamond, Benson and Schneider,
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
government out of public lands In Pa
cific const territory, provoked consider-
sble discussion in the house today in
the course of the consideration of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
The bill carries a provision requiring
that the expenses of the trial shall be
borne entirely by the United SUitea,
but it was stricken out on a point ol
order by Mann, of Illinois.
Wednesday, January 29.
Washington, Jan. 29. The senate
waa entertained today by a series of
animated comments on the method
adopted by Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou in placing before the senate
his reply to the resolution calling for
notification relative to the operations of
the Treasury department in connection
with the financial disturbance. The
secretary had had the introductory part
of hia reply printed, and copies of the
pamphlet were on the desks of all sen
ators, which waa declared by Demo
cratic senators to be without precedent.
The Seattle exposition bill was given
black eye when it was passed over
under rule nine. This means that
hereafter the bill can lie considered
only when a majority of the senate
votes to take it up.
The senate passed a bill to reorgan
ise the corps of dental surgeons attach
ed to the army.
Senator Hopkins introduced a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting polygamy
in the United States.
Washington, Jan. 29. The nerd of
an American merchant marine as an
auxiliary to the navy formed the prin
cipal topic of discussion in the house
today during the consideration of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill
The debate waa precipitated by Little
field, of Maine, who questioned the
legality of the provision appropriating
$1,000,000 to supply a deficiency of
coal for the navy caused by transfer of
the battleship fleet from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. He criticised congress for
its failure to make appropriations for a
merchant marine.
The bill was still under consideration
when the house adjourned.
RfcPORT TO BE FAVORABLE
SCENES IN EUROPE
President Auvers Crincs and
Proposes uv ljhs.
SAYS TWnS KEIS COS
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nut.
Criminal " "SnrJsd Togsther for
RssCtios-tmp0y,r. Li,biity
LsfLu Injunction.
WathingwD, Feb. l. prw!ijent
President of Washington State School
Tells His Esperiencse.
Following Is ths address delivered by
President E. A. Bryan, of the eUte col
lege, to the wheatgrowera of Washing
ton at their recent meeting in Pullman,
lu which he recited various observa
tions he had made during his recently
imnl.f At trin abroad:
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Th .r44 Ihllltf tli, IlliliftoiU UJ
while In Europe was the fact that we
Americans do not fully realise the
creatness of our own land, and its op
portunities, and the greatness ami op
nortunitiea of our own people as com
pared with our brethen In Europe. The
.nrvrnni fur tha averaire man Is so
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much greater that we can nsruiy wu
oelve the difference. In Europe a man
ia Knrn In a cla-a from where he cannot
escape, and be accordingly fits hlmeelf Rooti.velt js'te'daj sect to congress a
for that classs. Theie is stratification . , nie4fBK buh 1 uevoUj
after Gratification, and it is practically ' ,lli0roui .....
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from claas to class; and think that the policy as n- railroad, and trusts
freeaom of the American people is one frou, the ass"iia oi bit critics and an
of the greatest things which we have I ,,, .vigorous denunciation of
nere. . . . r.itics end tr.o . i
in- T.-i- . nrl , iutreaa " iiuiu
ill lull; mo i .
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died ine greatest pity, n aeemwi i iemi'u'" miimifup. iaf.cn
if there were no end of beggars. Ihey 0f new employe'! liability bills, both
begged In almost every way imaglna- j j. government and interstate
ble. Whole families eould be seen 0,ul interstate
h-in tocher hv means of musical corporations, snj of law, restricting the
initruments. In one case I noticed a issue of injunction,, the menage pro-
woman holding an umbrella upside to renew the prealdent'a former
down to catch the coppers, while tne .tioi,, fo, 1.,..
IH.. n..l K .,lt.. .,,.1 tha ph d- . . " -.&
v.. v, , . ro0S ana mnnnr.nl ti...
esch plsyed some sort ol musical - " . . ,".
. I II fl IflB uuw- nuiT m ina itrit.ini.fn
instrument, ana ail were oegging. "e- - - -., .. - -
eral husky looking fellow, dived into oft" SS:, T?
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h.lf rant anil .Wired tha Deonla to Igullloia --""eurs. 11 thOWS
LTk. "L,Sr M..H their lncon.tat.ne, io nkM J(li
one-half of the population lived off the "nu,,1" ' ' 7,, "v,n.n
,th h.lf deiune.1 ths pres dent 1 much milder
SCORES EVIL-DOERSlsmiEFAT
Played Prosecution False From
Very Beginning.
they
ether half
"I waa very much interested in the
hornes. The average horse in Paris for
the heavy draft work is a very good an
imal Indeed. There were great nil in
bera of magnificent stallions that would
have sold in this market for from two
thousand to three thousand dollars,
and they were all of a very high type
One thing that impressed me both in
London and Paris was that the average
coach horse was a much larger fellow
than we have been accustomed to see
for that work. I think that we people
here In America should look toward
breeding a larger animal that we have
in the past, and unless we watch our
selves, we will be inclined to breed
down. In Naples there were many cab
horsf s, and about ninety per oent of the
cab horses driven were stsll.ions. One
thing that was very interesting to me
was thst they do not one the hit. They
use an instrument that fits over the
nose, and above the nostril is apiece
which extends out about three inches,
and when pulling a horse to stop, they
pull on the nose.
"In going up the Tiber river north
of Rome, almost every wagon that I
met was being drawn
by tandem, or with a
were all very strong fellows, quite
large, well built, and had huge horni
rising above their heads. There did
not seem to be the beef type of cattle,
nor wsa there any milk type. I sup
pone their cows, were, of course, used
for milking purposes, but they were
not spparently bred to either type, but
rainer to ine ox type.
Itie poorer class of Italians do not
criticism of OUier jmigpg. j, a,ivocate
measures to prevent stock gambling,
attributes the panic to ipeculation and
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nign nnmim, ueviaree mat, even
if the president', policy did contribute
to the panic, n 11 better than to allcw
dichonest buiinen to thrive. He de
clares hia ptirpon of continuing the
same policy without flinching.
While the meeeaw sua being read in
the senate, msny senators simply scan
ned their printed ropif at first, and
befcre it sal half finished they gens
rally took np other matters. When
the striking passsne were reached,
many of ths senator, looked around the
chamber and enhmged emiles. Till
man seemed especially pleased with the
document; La Folletta paid very care
ful attention; Bveri(l(re, McCumber,
Knox, Gsllinger, Kelson, Elkins, Ile
uienway and Burrows, on the Republi
can side, and Culberson, Teller, Davis,
Bankhesd and Overman, among the
Democrats, were especially attentive to
the document.
On the conclusion of ths reading of
the message, Senator Davis, of Arkan
sas, promptly moved that 10,000
by oxen, either copies 01 ths messnge bs printed as a
yoke. The oxen pu""c uucuuieu.
- I lit. i.. il. n. A' J. a
11 ia mo utau LTaHXTaiic uocinne
that I have ever beard emanating from
a Republican source, said Davis.
The motion sai agreed to, and with
out further com mm t the meesage waa
referred to the summittee on interstate
oornmerre.
The readinj of the mesFage in the
house was lis'ened to with intense In
terest, by the members, of shorn there
was an unusially large number in at-
SUDDENLY FAillU HIM
THE MODERN CROESUS.
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Fulton's Bill Regulating Railroads Re
ceives Support.
Washington, Feb. 3. Nirtli western
senators who nnited in supporting Sen
ator Fulton's smendment to the inter-
know what it ia to have meat in in.
Quantity. The avermra nan is k rn,r tendance.
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to be able to buy beef, as they would As the resting 01 me message pro-
have to nay not less than twentv-two If' wed in tis nonse, numerous mem
cenra a potina lor It. Kids sre used for
flesh there a great deal. The swine
there were very large, and rather more
of the type of the bacon hog than like
onr BcrkMhires or Poltnd Chinas. They
use goar- milk a great deal, and en
pecially in Naples. In the morninii
you would see women and men drivinx
goats around from place to place, as
the mstomer has the privilege of hav
Thought Decision of Appellsta Court
Would Result in Releasing
Him Froni Jail.
Pan Francisco, Jan. 30. An attempt
to kidnap! Abe Ruef from the county
jail and spirit him away was unearthed
last night by Sheriff Larry Dolan. The
details of the plot were revealed by one
of the guards, who bad seen the prepa
rations. The plot was being engineered
by the indicted magnates, who recog
nize thst they must get Ruef ut of the
way at all hazards to save themselves.
Iu the midat of the denunciation be-
ucapau upuu.tue grait prosecution I
ny ratrick lalhoun and his fellows it
indictment has come a clear light show
mg that the prosecution stands at the
present moment as strong as, if not
stronger, than ever.
Abe Ruef trial will be pressed with
vigor. Then be will 1 sentenced to 14
years in prison. He may at once be
placed on trial again and his sentence
raised to 28 years. Then Patrick Cal
houn will be put on trial and Ruef
dragged from the prison to testify.'
itus arrangement has been made
necesnary by the discovery that Ruef
and the indicted magnates were nego
tiating during the very time that Ruef
was under guard. The plot has been
unearthed by Special Agent William J.
Rums, and it includes the insinuation
that Ruef had an advance tip on the
decision of the Appellate court, which
quanhed the indictment against him.
With this information, Ruef. believing
that he would be turned loose, sudden-
ly loet his memory on all matters that
would tend to incriminate Calhoun and
other indicted magnates.
HALL ON STAND.
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bera were teard audibly to exclaim
"ninst nnnsial," "this is red-hot," etc.
The prerdclent s vigorous denunciation
of wrongdoen was greeted with loud
spplanse, as vs his defense cf Federal
judges who pinish offenders lor viola
tions of the la.
The frequency of the applause in
creased aa the imdmg proceeded. The
hum of cenverntion over the message
state commerce set, prohibiting ra'l
roads from enforcing any Increased in- Mug the operation of milking performed subsided and the members followed
tert-tate rate prior to the determination I in hia presence. The Boat selected ia every word. lUt the climax came when
of Its leasonahlenecs by the Interstate milked, and in many cases von will aee the resding waicOncluded
commerce commiSHion, liave heen very a goat being taken tin in an elevator, or W ithout iegM '0 party, the mem
busy during the part week, so much so P etairwsy. wherever the cnatomer bera loudly appended, cheered, thnmp
that the Interntate Commerce cnmrnia-1 iay be, and then milked in his Dres- 'd their desks and gave other evidences
to report favorably the I nce. of their apprwl of the document.
sion has agreed
bill.
When Senator Fulton appeared be
fore the committee early In the week,
ne was 10111 mat ine railroads were de
manding a hearing and thst ti e e in
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iniivrn niuiei nit ci on IMC Dill lint) S
full hearing could be granted. Thi.
meant that the hill would be unshed
aside and go unacted upon, at lea-t tliif
seesion. The Northwest men were de
termiml to got sction that tlrey finally
Induced the committee to waive hear
ings on condition thst the hill liesmend-
ed giving the Interstate Commerce com
mission the right to determine what in-
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crenseu raiea enouiii net-nine operative
without action on their part and what
should tie lnetigted before becomins
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ruevuvr. i lie cuuiproinise Dill W AS
framed by a subcommittee Saturday
aiternoon.
"In Italy the tillage is of a very in-
lenninej kind. There, manv of tha
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uaiiaiis nave llielr own vegetable irar-
den, and raise their own veuetahles.
Here we pay twelve or fifteen cents
head for cauliflower, and in Italy von
an Dny a dozen heads of can I id
for six cents, and that will make it
Cleai whv the Italian ia ahla tr li. nn
a egeraDle diet so well. The pt opln
imiii ineir vinevarla nnon tro u,.H
in msny cases there is liardlv anv ton
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vy, ,ree, as tney nait lieen cut down
10 slumps tor trie vines to climb on. I
iinl not get a decent ann'a ttl aaa t lift t i 1
n tx'ard the shin, and had nma
urcgon apple, served to me."
Rushes Revenue Cutter Bill.
Washington, Feb. 4. Senator Fulton
today took op with the house members
of the Oregon delegation his bill appro
priating .-.m,ouo ior a revenue cutter
lor uregon ci ast service, which passed
the senate last evening. Karnest effort
is to lie made to pass the bill in the
house, and the delegation believes this
will te accomplished.
Mexico to Get Statehood.
Washington, Jan. 30. A general ru
mor was In clrvulstion about the senate
end of the capitol today that what
amounts to practically an assuranct lias
been given to Governor Curry, National
Committeeman Solomon Lnna and
other citisena of New Mexico, in Wash
ington, that a bill granting statehood
to New Mexico will he allowed to pass
during the short session of the Sixtieth
congress. This, according to ths ru
mor, is in return for the agreement of
New Mexico to let statenooti urop until
after the presidential election.
raiMllil t-'rull.
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.M.ike n syrup ny Imillmr together a
s'tiinl nf siu-ur and a gill of water.
it, unit stirring, until a little drooiied.
Into 1, 11I water litvunn'H brittle. Take
rnuii the tire, set In an outer vessel of
Isillinu water un.i u.1,1 11,.. i,,i.. ,.t .
pi irter of 11 lenum. Have the vnrious
fruits reinly and ns dry 11s they run
ie iiinile, run a thin skewer thronirh
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"" '"i" 11 in 1 111? syrup, i.ny on
aeil paper to ilry. In imrklinr In
tin boxes to keep clean, sprinkle each
inter with iowdercU sugar. Ki
dry. co.il nlare. '
weep lu
Young Men Are Wanted
Washington, Feb. 6. The United
States reclamation service is looking "orsaradisa
lor atileDiKliea engineers, preferably r or cold meat To fonr tnhlMnAr,r..
young men, for service on government "' "f freshly grste.1 horseradlah A.t
irrigation projects. Civil service ex- heapeil teasnoonfnl r
aminatlons will lie held in all the reg- i"gr, half a tesajioonful of salt
nlar examination cities April 15 snd 3nsh of OeliTMkr mil n 4. - - ,
'" icun,sxillUIS or
many 01 ine prepnrea mustard. Ad.l
Agree to Recommend Utter.
Washington, Feb. 5. The Idaho sen
ators today formally agreed to recom
mend the appointment of D. A. Utter,
of Weiser, to be surveyor general of
Idaho, vice Mr. Eagleaon, resigned.
Thit formal recommendation will he
sent to the president Monday. Mr.
Utter was the original choice for this
appointment, but the matter was sus
n,W when hiscitinshipwaqnai.
tinned. ThU kssj ksssi iistiv sss-
plained.
16, and in addition
projects where government work is now
in progress. Among the latter pointp
are Klamath Falls anil Hermiston, Or
egon; Okano-an, Washington, Provo,
Utah; Cody, Wyoming; Ia Mesa and
Huntley, Montana, and Oakland, Cal.
Vinegar in
mnke It atnix.th and creamy. To serve
with hot meats, add two tahlearmnn.
fuls of thick cresm Sud hest In a dlab
et In boiling wster. Do not let the
IrlilM Kr.11
Experiment Farm in Umatilla.
Washington, Jan. 30. l!eprtsent
tive F.llis Uvisy Sk-sm took np with the
reclamation service the onestion of es
tahlishinf an rspsrimental farm In the
Umatilla im'smtion project to demon
etrefcs the lost metho.1 ol irrigation and
ths bsrt crop to plant. He was told
thst 40 sss hs.l been set sside for
this purpose. Laser he wt" assured by
t! m'nrr ti ajfrk-ultare thst his
eafyi s-,isi wssmist at oar take charge
lef fekss tsTM.
After a moment'i silence, the applause
broke cut again, several members, in
cluding many Dtmocrats, arising from
their seats and capping their bands
The message then, on motion of
Pavne. of New i"", was referred to
the committee ' the state of the Union
Mass Trops on Pc fie.
Omaha. Neb. Feb 1. Added strength
to the theory tt'St the sending of Roar
Admiral F.vans fleet to the Pacific may
not be so much for mere naval practice
as for rxv-tdhle protect ion wss given to
day, when it developed here that the
national government is also making
preparations for the mobilisation of
more troops on the I'aeitlc coast by the
time the fleet arrives there. Troon
will be sent from rnrt crook, In Ne
braska, Fort Leawiworth in Kansas,
and Fort Russell, in Wyoming, tsvar
ious Coast barracks.
After Trsds in the Orient.
Seattle, Feb. I. The Chicago, Mil
waukee A St. Panl vein shortly begin
sn active camp1"1 'or its share of
trade In the Orient. President A. J.
Karling. who is in tattle, said: "Ne
gotiations have been made for a line of
steamships between fuget sound and
the Orien. J. "'isnd, third vice
president of the t. Paul, nd F. A.
Miller, general ps'-ger sgent, have
been sent to investigate traffic rondi-
tinna In f hins and Japan, and will ra.
port npon the possibility 0 tr,je jg.
velopment.
Cut In Price of Steel.
New York, Fet). 1 About 70 steel
men, represent! ns 1 nneii states
Steel corporation. Republic Steel
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company, tne i-i'''-iirm mwi com.
pany, the Jones ""wrum steel com
pany snd the I'enrre.' nam Steel com
pany, were in cm" in this city
today and tonight- of those pres.
ent would talk, but u Was stated unotli-
cially that the s"" of the confer-
Testimony la Vigorous Denial of Con
spiracy Charges.
Portland, Jan. 30. For over three
hours yesterday John H. Hall, ex-Unit
ed States attorney, testified in defense
of the alleged conspiracy charged inthe
Indictment on whioh he is being tried
in the Federal court. He vigorously
denied that he had ever entered into a
conspiracy or an illegal agreement with
bteiwer and his associates or with any
body else. He asserted that at no time
had he ever been unfaithful to hia trust
as a prosecuting ollicer for the govern
ment, neither had he ever been dilatory
in prosecuting all violations of the law
that had been reported to him and sup
ported by the necessary evidence. Mr.
Hall will probably complete his testi
mony this morning and the cross ex
amination of the witness by lleney will
follow. Aside from the final argu
ments to the jury, Heney's cross exam
ination of Hail promises to be the feat
ure of the trial.
Judge Webster, counsel for Mr. Hall,
said last night that he would prolstbly
call only one witness when the w itness
finished his testimony, although it is
understood Pteiwer will be recalled for
further cross examination. Heney will
offer some testimony In rebuttsl when
the defense has concluded Its caBe, so-
thst the final arguments cannot begin
before tomorrow afternoon and prob
ably not until Satnrday.
Blame for Theater Fire.
Bnyertown, Pa., Jan. 30. The jiry
which has been investigating the disas
trous fire at the Rlioedee opera house,
turned in a verdict at 1 o'clock this
morning, in part as follows: "We are
of the opinion that Mrs. Munro snd
the deputy factory inspector are largely
responsible for the disaster, owing to
neuligence. We teonest the prosecut
ing attorney of liurke county to arr.f t
and if noeBible convict Mrs. Munro,
owner of the stereoptican' machine, snd
Harry M. Bechtel, the deputy facory
insnecor. on the charge of criminal
negligence."
Scramble for New Jobs.
Carson. Nev.. Jan. 30. Governor
Snarka aiirned the police bill yesterday
an.l if. is now a law. Already there is
a fierce scramble for places on the po
lice force. Applications for otliiers sre
being received from all quarters. It
1 that the new for.-e can take
tha ftald inside of 40 davs. The after
noon session of the legislature resulted
in aavera! appropriations. The lieuten
ant governor'a salary wss raised from
tl Hfin to 13.000 in order that he may
comply with the duties necessitated by
the new police law.
fin naked im T.-.
Peio-t round. aniAnth hn ' ,
form 1 zs i.it a thin all fr .k-
u-y ot eacn and wlti, . tean.inn a ' il to r-H,,... .1..
Out enon.h f , ' mT' "'.
.. 7. u,p m lam" of ateel in genera
.... u me carinas with arUt snd
rTPer sa.1 a tiny nlnch nt m u.-l R.slna- f. c.j
' vuavsu u 1 n nramaii wT-t rt w f r linn
Buffalo. Feb. 1 ihe office of the
. -:-t nt DOOr at V... c.
to Which a 1,..- r..,i-....-....-".-ir - r-rnn-a
the tomati-se Into a wll-rn,rf,
i-uitcim yi
ry little vn.r h.. 1 .
added and hake about flfteaa minute
Beseon with butter and aerv each tn.
mato on a alice of daitcat.i.
.IV.4
wss besieged today by RJ men begging
for food. The rrt'V "pension of the
steel and iron inauetry there has
caused miKh suffering among the for.
eign laboreri.
ed to l.CilO.Mtl. One person in every
thirty of the population was depnsitinf
hia or her savings where they woiilil draw
interesr. To ilay S.fiKS.SiH mtsoiis, or si
milar exsctly 10 ier cent nf the entire
population of the country, have a.vowiil
in saving hanks an sverage of one in
every ten ni'n, womelt and children in
the United States.
The internal commerce for the yea.
was greater than ever before, tin the
(Treat I.akea and on the railroads the
movement of natural products was beyond
ill comparison. There waa a gain of l.t
per cent In the amount of Iron ore ship
ped, a gain of '" per ceut in coal and s
imilsr gain In corn, wheat, live stock snd
every other Important article, while the
freight charges averaged tenter than for
iny previous yesr.
The Increase in exports occurs chiefly
in manufactured nrticlea. The figures of
agricultural ezorta remain about the
same aa in l'.SNI, when tbey were the
lars-eet on record.
The government, treasury was never In
letter shape. The report of the United
States treasurer for June 30. lHTrt, show
"d an available cash balance of f IM,!,
TOO in the treasury at Washington; the
report for Iteremlwr 14, 1INI", shnwa sn
tvsilahle cash balance of 'J.VI."il'J.oi:.
without counting f-J4tl.2H4.4riA deposited
In national banks anil subject to the call
of tha department. This makes s total
available balance of frst.04i,.7ii4.
Secretary Wilson In his recent annua.
report showed us that the crops or ths
farmers of the I'uited States fur ths year
IIX'7 was beyond all comparison and had
1 farm value of f 7.41 2,1 H,(S an In
reaae of .17 per cent in eight years.
In 1N70 the value of the farm animals
In the fnlted States was f l..',M.tSii,14'. :
In 1!H)7 they are worth $ t,4LM,Kl7.H.T.'l.
In 1S70 our farmers had iM.4H4.tisT
neat cattle; In 1!H7 they have T'AoWKHI.
In 1S70 they had M.JJM.XSI horses; in
1!SI7 they have l!.74ll.."i.S.T.
In INTO the wool clip wns JM.issl.ntKI
pounds; in l'.sJ7 it was i!lrS,!il.i.l.l
IHiumls.
The wheat crop in INTO was I'.T.i.'C,,.
Tiki buheU ; in 1!K)T it wns i.'l.i.'Ji.o.li.o
bushels.
The corn crop In INTO was l.imt.'J.",.",.
SMI bushels; lu 11HI7 it was 2.1127,4 HI,
f.ll bushels.
In INTO the cotton crop was 3. 1 1 1 .!l.",2
hales; iu IIsiT it was l,'t..ilo,:iN.' bales.
The cotton mills of the t inted Suites
consumed K."7.liO bales of cotton in INTO
and 4,i2T.io bales in I'.hiT.
In INTO we exported II..n,.m?..i.'.i
Irounds of cotton; in V.HJT we exported
4,.MN.217.22o pounds.
The proilurtioii of gold in 1N7'I wns
f:l. .; in l'.si7 it s .;.i.''.
In INTO the iiroduction of silver wns
f ld,.Tt4.aai; in 1!M,T it wns $::T.1 l"J.!
In INTO we produced 22 .:" 1.2!" Jons
nf colli; iu llS'T e produced .'i,:;12.T I",.-.-(12
tons.
In INTO we produced l.f..Vi.tT! tons n.
pig iron; in l'."7 we produced 2.'i..'!o7.r.M
tons. s
In INTO onr fiinui'-es hnd sn o'ltimt of
Bis; Increase In Pension.
Washington, Jan. 30. A general
pension bill, which, if ratified, will
increase the pension loll by shout $12,-
000.000. has been introuiiceu oy me
..h.irmiin of tha committee on invalid
,,.;..n. Th bill nrovides for the
navment of a pension of $12 a month,
- . . . . . . 11 V i 1 1 .
u.tia, nt sk. as at ureseiu, iu w.-
ows of veterans of the Mexicsn war, 01
the Indian wars, all wido.s of veterans
of the Civil war married prior to June
27, 1890 snd all widows of Spanish wsr
veterans who died ol disease contracted
in the service.
Riot In Lisbon.
Lisbon. Portugsl, Jan. 30.-There
was an outbresk of political rioting -n
the strsets of this city tnis auer...,..
in which shots were fired snu some
people wonnded. The d sordeis, now-
ever, were 01 fiion oiiraiiou. ,
lice had received warning o.,....-
and they acted promptly, ine crow.,
made use of revolvers aun .v - -
moments the firing wai heavy, rmiii
rapidly gave way and was disused be
fore a show of force.
Bsnd of Women Thieve.
Lublin, Russian Poland. Jaa. 30
Ti- .t;. f this city have uneannen
a lnd of robbers compose.1 entirely of
women snd the leaders hsve been taken
intrt enatndv. The women sre ssm so
be responsible'for long series of high
way robberies.
in
only UN. 1.1O tons of steel
1ut wns 2H,02:!,mT Ions.
In INTO we operated
railroad; in 1 : 7 we hnd 22'J
oneration. snd carried N15.
seneers and
liT the oiit-
2 !2
! miles of
',. mil -s in
1.1 IN pus
21i!.ii-"i'.T'.i."i.Hlsl Ions of
frei(tht. The stHtistuK Tor rreisiir sun
passenirer traffic do not go hack of Inimi,
when the railroads of the country carried
.'i20.4;!'.,oei2 passengers and T'.,1!I2,!IN.",,
12S tons of freight.
The averaire freight rate per mile hi
iss was PH cents and iu l'.HtT it was 77
cents per ton.
There were iiN.T'l tons or snipping on
the rreat lakes In 11", wnien nns 111
. . .. ..... i i'u,r 11..
rresseii to ...'.ni -
amount of freight passing throneh the
Sault Ste. Mnrie csnal in INTO was ti:s,
sjil tons; in l'.siT the total waa 4l,o!iN,-
:4 tons.
In INTO we had 2N,4!2 postnftVes In
the country; In r.sai we nan iii,i,.-w. nini-e
that time, by the introduction of rural
free delivery, the nutnlier baa been reduc-
I to tl2.tV."!.
Tliere la no better thermometer of mm-
m.ecinl and ndustnal activity than the
I'ostofTu-e Ih pnrtment, for people do not
write letters when they hnve no business
to write about. The receipts of the de
partment in 1N.0 for postage sfnmps
amounted to i.M...i.-: in i.rn m-y
had increased to $ li;T.P.'!2 TN.T.
In Innii there were 4.1-. money order
ofh.-es in the I uueii stares. in i "i.
,llPr, ere 3T..'.'io. In Inno 7.2o,.,;;7
lnmestic money orders were issued; In
. 1 ., m-'i fi
l!si7 the linintier ass n. i i iiosr
lMuel 111 I-"-' ri" -
$;ii,.1.i2,'N ; those issued in 1)7 fei re-
nted s value or ir.i.o.si,.ttj.
In INTO the pay rU of teachers In pub
lic schools was .i,.-..j..e,. ine ynj run
in v.s.T was f 177..-.02.HN1.
The Incressa In wsijea per capita in
Ihe United Mates since i-.o uas oeen
alut 82 per cent; the Increase during
the last fifteen years baa ben 24 per
cent.
The Increase In the eoet of food since
1N70 has been stout n tr cent, j as
Increase In the cost of fowl during tbs
last fifteen years has btsa 14 pr csat.
PLANS FOR ESTABLISH
ING POSTAL BANKS
How Dills of Carter anj Hitch
101k Differ from MaJJcn
br.app XiTi,
DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS.
Democrat Provides for Board of
Investment All Fix Deposit
Limit at $1.0O0.
UMin the iiicl iiscinciit by I'osi muster
(o'tiernl Meyer and Inter by IVi-sidi-iir
ltoom-velt of the imstnl s.-ivin.-s bank
sjsti-iu for the t nltisl Slates, three
separate and distinct plans line Ixi'ii
prosisl to t'ongn-sM us the proM-r pne
ceslure for estalilisliinir mid muring into
o)ierat!ou such hanks. In the House
of Representatives Itcprcxelitillivca
Mnddeii, of iTiicniro, and Snnpp, of
Jollet, III., have introduced similar
measures. Iti'rseiitiitie Hitchcock,
of tUniiha, a 1 iciuii.-r.it. Iiiih Introilnciil
another House bill, and Senator T'lioni
as Carter, of Montana, la the fulln-r of
s senate bill. The iniiiii l fTor.ci.vs in
these bills lie lu the pmi.stio.i afford
ed deHiNitors mid deposits mid in the
Investment leatuiv nf the funds of the
ptsstal savings hanks.
All these hills p'a.e a limit on the
Interest -bearing depo-lts which can be
made by any Individual within any sin
gle calendar year mid liiuilly. TTie
Madden Snui'p bill piMvhlea that flUsi
may la desislteil within one year and
that no iiitoi'cNt shall la paid to any
depositor upon n ilciiiisit In exii-sa of
$l,i Ml. T he t 'niter bill makes the lim
it of nniiiial deposit .Mo ami the final
11 Hi K of liiterest bearing des,slt $ I.USl,
while the Hitchcock bill has u douhle
harrchil provision which Is more com
plex. It pi-ovhb-s 11 limit of monthly
di'sslt of floo mid the final limit of
any single desisit nt fl.isio. Iu 11 d
dition it provides that no Interest shall
be paid 011 more than f.'rtio to any de
positor and that If any depositor de
jsislt more than 2i In any one year
Interest shall not lie paid on new de.
posits In excess of that amount.
I loth the Maihh'ii Sniipp and Carte,
hills provide an Interest rate of 2 per
cent on dcsslt. while the Hitchcock
hill stipulates that the rate on f'Joo or
less shall tie 24 per cent, and over
that amount snd up to foot) the rate
shall be fixed by a board of Investment,
icomMiHd of the rostniiiMter (leneral,
the Secretary of the Treasury and tin
Comptroller of the Currency.
In estnbllHhliig s,stal savings bant,
adjuncts to isist ollli-ea there Is also s
'difference between the MiKldeii-Hnapp
;blll and the others. The Maddcn-Snapp
meiiHiire gives the rostmnster lieneral
discretion In the selection of oftlcea for
postal saving hank purs,Hes; the
Hitchcock bill Is inmidatoiy iu that nil
money order sist ollli-ea are riiadf
tiriiiii-lies tif the hhIjiI savings tumk
system, while the Carter bill makes nil
first, second, nnd third class post of
flit-s briini-h postal savings banks mid
gives the Postmaster (ieiiernl soine ills
cretlon ns to further extension Intu
the fourtli-i lass post otlli es.
In administration the Madden Snap),
bill provides a general superintendent
of postal savings bunks, with such as
sistants nnd clerks ns may he neces.
snry. while the Secretary of the Trena
il ry Is authorized to Increase the audit
or's force lu the Post tltlli-e I N'parlinelit.
The sum of f.'rii.iSHi Is set aside to start
the hanks In operation. Itoth the
llltehiMsk mid Carter bills stipulate
that the head of the postal hanks shall
be an ollicer known to the Fifth As
sistant Postmaster lieiiernl, nnd nsk
f 1INI.IKKI to establish the hanks.
crLtitTsntvl?
The Nobel prices were aunrdcil, thnt
'or lileraiure going to Itudvard KipliiiK.
The treasurer of a Canadian railroad
-Ollfessed to stealing I N.",,IS( in eighteen
years.
Advices from London indiinted ilint
Ambassador Hryce may ipnt his ost in
this country.
Jspnn and the 1'nited States came to a
verbal understanding to limit einirutiou
of Japs to tins country.
1 tic hard Miller of SI. I.ouis won high
praise in Krure-e, one of his paintings
Is-itig Isiught by the Minister of Pine
Arts.
Mm. Taft, wife of the Secretary of
War, whose ship wns 1 But-lit in a stoiin
off Boulogne, hail a narrow es.as- from
death.
Mrs. Atherton won her breach of prom
im suit aiiiinst Cnplajn nrde Ituller, the
Imdon court giiing Judgment for iluiir
ages and costs.
Foreign newspnsTs etpressel vsrii-d
opinions on the suriulii-am-e of the Milling
nf the American licet, on its globe girding
Mliedition.
The cabinet of the Slmh of Persia re
tinned Issaiise of the delay in executing
toldiers who family attacked
.hopkeejsrs.
A terrible storm swept the Atlantic
-oast of Kuro;ie, a ! n te h si hooiu-r sink
ing off Nnrnu in v i-w of thousands,
among whom was the premier.
The financial program of .lapnn was
formally seitl. d 11 1 the ims-nmc of th
council of the rid, r slates n on Mon
day. It involves a reduction in the n-
pensea of the army and nay for tie-
IIK Vesrs. W lieretiy Ilie roverilllieill
tare f J a 1,1 i,i .
liisristihes from Santiago. Chili,
ate that alsmt N.iaai lahon rs in the
apaca nitrate fields have gone on stnt
r.d business is psrale. 'I In- situation
Is considered critiml snd warships :nd
troops have len sent to the troubled dis
tricts, but up to the pr-.ssrnt time there
Ltt lMI 0 vio,aiB.
Tj he ran
riit
will
itoli-Inr-