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DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS COURT SHIELDED CRIME. I Rsmarkabl Petition for Re-Hearing fua In bchmiti Case Saa Francisco, Feb. 14. In what l probably one of the tnotit remark- T it- a H C L Washington, Kb 18 t . ii i If authorizes. wM made by PPri ever addressed to a Cal currency bill ... - 77 . A1,,r'ch Arkansas and when the prop-1 Uorni court the prosecution In the today bv ,n l" 'iate u ant-ciing the treasury d.part- MoM- V' M'uri. lutill n'ut salaries was read these In- plan for government iMisF.n.JL raised by b m. v...- . - Tk- ... . JHiU in National hanks llacon of 1 n Imposed Increase In the sal t'eorgia, took occasion to opws, u.J .J thu '"I'TvUIng architect of prcpji.;.ou ai some length. n. .i.. i ... . 'ta"J lejecteU on a point I . . - -' i. UD Ul Ur ItT r. V A.fu.,,n Mucon Iiiado another hi.int .,.i.,.. the increase of the salary of the as sistant secretary of war and It wai stricken out. On a point of order by Mann the appropriation for a monthly pilot chart of the North Pacific (Mean. eu.omucu oy me naw. waa stricken out. Crumpneker. Alaba ma offered an amendment reducing the mileage al iuweu io senators. Members and ueiegmes rrom 20 cents to M cents but on an objection by Inglebrlght olaied .ta.fcct. state lanki Vo'uMUu out of bus.ne.. M their deposits would ti. e ',r"7 "lto banks. . f ,k . ' -.t0. MV lM ths c,1,ninal code of he In.ted States was considered during a couple of hours in the after, noon. Washington, Feb. lH.-Spesker Can hod presidents! lom received mark, d Impetus in the house of represents tives today when Houtell. his colleague from Illinois, brought the .ujoet to the jallfornlu, it was refused ou a point tunia oi a iiaii nour s I .1. ii is rem irks were based on the fuit that .1 was me nun annivers- ij of Cannon's first speech in the house. Boutell ipoke with enthusiasm' an.i l..-r. I.- ..! 1 . i .. wasmngton, Feb. 14. A sub. miuce of the senate committee nn Judiciary today decided to take fav orable action on the Tillman resolu- he ci.ed w.thn.. J.i...;iUO? '".ffuctlng the attorney-general wi.hin the nexttwc, months "th IkTh ! " T. 'V? U ? cow"t'1 .""roads rwnlo of ... ... i. . . 1 111 weai io open to settle- S. , f r entry wuuUjoiBib. n.M,t land granted the... by the gov voters of Gannon's district in confer, ernmcnt. nng upon him the nation's filial honor," the speaker was given a great demonstration. Keen disappointment waa felt on all sides when the speaker made no reply. He stepped from the rostrum and amid cheering retired to hia room while the hoiife considered pension bills. Most of the day wan taken np by discussion of the bill to provide for taking the neit census, its consldeia tion had not been concluded when the house adjourned. Monday, February 17. Washington, Feb. 17. Altera brief legislative session today the senate or dered the doorj closed and for several hours diwussed the WiUierspoon nomi nation. During the executive sefSion an agreement was reached to consider the ocean mail subsidy bill on Wednes day, and Stone, of Missouri, announced that he would speak on the Aldrlch currency bill tomorrow. An amend ment to the mail subsidy bill was In troduced by Lodge, which authorises the postmaster general to contract for cairyiug ocean mail in vessels of the third class and to pay a subsidy of $2 per outward mile ou voyages of 4,000 miles or more. An amendment to the Aldrlch cur rencj bill was lot reduced by Stone. It is Intended that the rcRrilut Inn shall authorize the attorney-general to bring proceedings not only to compel the railroads to open this lanu to settlement, but to forfeit title In caws where It appears that me railroads nave deliberately con spired to defeat the purpose of the government in ceding the land. Wai-hinsgton, Feb. 17. The legisla tive, executive and judicial appropria tion bill, one cf the largest supply ineHHiires of the government, was paesed by the house today after several hours' discussion. The amount carried is practically as reported by the commit tee, 132,33(1,673. Macon, of Arkansas, continued bis policy of attacking all in creases in salaries and they were accord ingly rejected on points of order by t i in . There was a lively debate over the Thursday, February 13. Washington, Feb. 13. General debate on the legislative appropria tion uni was DroiiKht to a close in the house today after a session full of interest and entertainment. Sev eral speeches were made on the la- sues of the day, the most notable be ing by Champ Clark, of Missouri, who commanded the attention of the houao for an hour and a half. I pon the conclusion of his remarks he was accorded an ovation by democrats and republicans. Clark arraigned the republicans for their attitude on the tariff ques tion nnd Bald that the announcement that there would be a revl don of the tariff after election was simply "in preparation of another stupendous confidence game on the people." He discussed the president's niPssiiKe and said that, whatever his virtues or his faults, the president was not a democrat. Other Bpeakers were Itay ner, Illinois; Tlrrell, (Jlllett, Massa chusetts, and Hammond, Indiana, all of whom discussed various phases of the tariff question. San Francisco bribery-graft cases to day filed with the Supreme Court a petition for a re-hearing of the de cision of the Court of Appeals in which ex-Mayor ICugene Schuiltx and the former political boss, Abraham Kuef, were virtually held to be guilt less of extortion, the conviction uf the former reversed and the plea of guilty by Kuef practically nullified. The petition openly criticizes the Court of Appeals for Its decision and charges that the court by its act bud virtually legalized blackmail in the state. The appeal Is signed by Attorney General r. S. Webb, Francis J. Heuey, William II. Langdon, Charles W. Cobb and Joseph Dwyer. The pe tition concludea: We ask for a rehearing because the decision, with the greatest re spect to the court that rendered it and to this court Is: 1. Fallacious In its loulc. 2. Devoid of reason to support It J. Unsupported by thu authorities cited. 4. Diametrically opposed to hlith uiiuioriues, wuun we cited in our briefs but which are unnoticed by the opinion. CAN'T MAKE RATES ROAD TO PROSPERITY BATTLE ROYAL IN THE State Railroad Ccmmlssloa Has No Such Power. COURT SO DECICEJ WHEAT CASE Htats Constitution Qivtt Rats Makirg Power to Lsgmatura rxira bastion May B Calltd. MAKE SECRET TREATIES. WushlnKton, Feb. 13. The senate todav discussed the law Kovernlng the reserves of national banks, that subject having been brought up by Hayner, who reverted to a contro versy over statements made in the seriate yesterday when the Aldrlch currency bill was under considera tion. The criminal code bill also was a sub lee t for discussion during a couple of hours, Ofay and others se curing the substitution of the old revised nrmrision uivimr ilin-rrtlon to heads of'law Intsead of the proposed re department to remove or reduce inca- sections, which will effectually Pre- verir. i moxicui iiik iij"ua i is . pscitated eiiiplujes., A provision was adopted that incapables should not draw psy through the mulls Into "dry states or counties. Culberson today cave notice of Representative Hughes introduced an ,wo amendments to the Aldrlch cur amendment to the Khetman anti trust ' rem y bin, providing that after No law remedying defects affecting labor 1 vember 1, 190 '. . every national bank agreements. Saturday, February 15. Washington, Feb. 15. The house committee on military affairs today agreed to the report on the army ap propriation bill, having completed its amendment Increasing the pay of enlisted men of the various grades of service. The bill as It will be re ported to the house will carry sf, 254.0t;i. w hich Is $9.41 3, OS I less than the estimates submitted. The amendment Increasing the pay of en listed men Is intended to place the shall keep ou hand the amount equal to Its reserve now provided by law and also directing the secretary of the treasury to collect interest on government funds deposited In na tional banks. Wednetdsy, Februsry 12 Washington. Feb. 12. Hayner of Maryland spoke at length in the sen ate today on the currency bill con demning the present system of bnnk tiiK in the United States and inci dentally declaring that the president, Germany Destroys Hops' of Reform and Gets Concessions. London, Feb. 14. The Foreign Office has been advised by Sir N. K. O'Connor, the British ambassador at Constantinople, that Uaron Marschall von Bieberstein, the German diplo matic representative, announced it the last meeting of the ambassadors to Turkey that Germany has decided Instead of sigiilnir the Joint note to the Forte demanding judicial re- torms in Macedonia, to agree to the lurklsh proposal that the Macadon in foreign gendarmerie be placed under the control of Turkey. No confirmation has been received by the Foreign OHice, however, of the report that Germany, Austria Hungary and Turkey have entered upon secret treaties, but the Inde pendent action of Germany in the matter of the reforms in Macedonia has caused disauletuiie. nn if onsets the work accomplished during the past year and makes the future un certain. In the meantime the powers are continuing the consideration of the recommendations of their ambassa- 'rf- J! I exc. however, that tne I'orte will acpt th, recommendations. In view of tier many's support of the counter-pro-" posals, and it Is believed that the emu win nave be , considered. REACH VALPARAISO. by W.. mnthna tf.f fUrhtlnif I ha Ofl , ......... Ill ,119 IIHIWW.O v. ... w army service ou a ioou..s com,....- t.hnien of predatory wealth, able to the navy service. had doU(j nUJ.n fo lnU,n8lfy the panlc Washington, Feb. 15. Represen- through which the country had re tative James, of Kentucky, appeared centjy passed. before the house committee on coin-, Turning to Aldrlch, Rayner asked nge, weights uud measures today to how u happened that the committee make an argument In support of his nad Btr,.ken from the bill the provl bill to restore to the I'nited States ( requiring the banks located out gold coins the words ' In (iod we o r,g,rVe or central reserve cities trust." On leaving the committee ,() k(1(,1, a r,,Berve equal to 1 5 pr cent room, Mr. James said he had been of th).lp d,.poBit liabilities nnd hold assured that his bill would be re- at n times at least two-thirds of ported favorably next week. 'such In lawful money. Washington, Feb. 15. With a view to the raising of the Ill-fated I Washington. Feb. 12. Morton battleship Maine nnd the proper Frewen. of Kngland. member of Par- burial ot its dead, now lying with the hulk of that vessel In the har bor of Havana, Cuba," Representa tive Sulzer of New York today Intro duced a resolution calling upon the secretary of the navy for papers nnd correspondence bearing on the inter national status of the question, nnd the rights of the government of the I'nited States in the matter. Friday, February 14 Washington, Feb. 14. Oratory In the hotisn today gave way to legis lation, with the result that material progress was made with the execu tive, legislative and Judicial bills. The first attack upon the Increases in the salaries of the assistant secre- lianient, spoke before the house com mil tee on hanking and currency to day, in explanation of the old (ioshen system, which provides for a reserve of silver bullion to be held as secur ity against trnde silver paper, Issued In denominations of $2.50 up to $111, not redeemable In gold, but In sil ver. Mr. Frewen said that all tiope of International blmetnltsm had disap peared, nnd that the1 Goshen plan could be allied In this country with out disrupting the present currency system. He declared that It woold be more applicable here and In Kng land now than It would have hoc n years ago. Ills Idea was to have the I'nited State adopt It first and then tarles of several departments which, let Kngland take It up. May Cut henttla Appropriation. Washington, Feb. 10. The house committee on expositions gave a fi nal hearing today on the Seattle Kx posltlon bill. Representatives Cush nian and Jones, Land Commissioner llalllnger. Major Richardson and D. A. McKenzle, of Alaska, were heard. Jones asked that the appropriation for the Philippine and Hawaiian ex hibits, be Increased to $.'.0.0(10 each, thereby increasing the bill to $ T 50. oiiii V poll of the committee shows the majority favorable, but It Is ex pected the amount will be reduced. Amends Dry Farmirg; Bill, Washington, Feb. 10. Senator Horah has prepared nn nmendment to Senator Smoot's 320-nrre dry farming bill, which provides that those locating land under the bill must be bona fl le residents of the state In which the land filed upon Is located. Senator Smoot has agreed to this nmendment, thereby securing for his Mil the support ot both Idaho senators. Hitchcock Hss Resigned Washington, Feb. 19 Frank II. Hitchcock t.xlay presented to the preii dent bin letter of resignation as assist, 'ant postmaster general. The president ' accept ei I the resignation and made a felicitous response. Mr. Hitchcock ex pects to enter very soon npon his new duties s manager of the political cam paign of Secretary Tsft. Offices to b uel a headi,"srteri have been selected in the t'nl'in Tr st eornrnv bii'ld tig in this city. It is possible that ollices may 1 fftabliched also in New York city. Lest Lands for 15 Years. Washinuton, Feb. 19. The house committe on territories today favorab ly reported a bill limiting the duration of leasing of agricultural lands in Ha waii to IS yearn. The committee also favorably reported a bill snthoriilng the payment of Hawaiian postal sav ing bank deposits. When the territory of Hawaii was created the affairs of Hawaiian postal savins banks were wound np with tb proviso that the de positors be paid fey lbs United States. Battleship Fleet Being Escorted Chilsan Warships. Washington, Feb. 14. The Navy Department has received the follow ing message from Admiral Simpson, of the Chilean navy, on board the cruiser Chacabuco, which piloted Admiral Evans' fleet partially through the Straits of Magellan: "Taleahunno, Chile, Feb. 12, 1908. Admiral" Kvans requests me to in form the Department from the fleet at sea Tuesday 4 p. m., bound for Callao, via Valparaiso: 'Everything going on well. Admiral Kvans much better In health.' " Mr. Hicks, the American minister to Chile, today cabled the state de partment that the Chilean cruiser Chacabuco, presumably now at Val paraiso, would anil south today for the purpose of Joining the battleship fleet again with two 'Chilean war ships, one of which Is the Esmer alda. The three vessels will convoy the fleet to Valparaiso, where President Montt will review It from a war ves sel and at the same time salutes will be exchanged between the vessels of the two navies. The Chacabuco convoyed the bat tleships from Punta Arena to a point nearly opposite Porto Montt, when she left them and proceeded north. Olympla. Wana., Feb. 15 That the Washington state railroad com mission has do authority to fix max imum rates la the gist of a decision handed down by Judges llanford In the federal court in this city la a de cision in the Joint heut rate case. Judge liaufurd holds that under section 18, of article XII, ot the state constitution, the power to es tablish and fix maximum freight and passenger rutin is reserved to the legislature and cannot be delegated to a commission. By this decision the usefulness of the railroad cooiuilHsiou as to rate making Is destroyed, and Governor Mead stated tonight that he has un der consideration the advisability ot calling an extra session of the legis lature to consider submitting at the next general flection a proposed amendment to the state constitution giving the railroad commission the power of rate making. The decision la a victory for the O. R. & S. and the commercial Inter ests of Portland as opposed to the efforts of the Northern Pacific and the Ureal Northern to divert Eastern Washington wheat tralllc from Port land to Puget Sound seaports. The case will immediately be car ried to the supreme court of the I'nited States. If the ruling Is up held in the higher court of appeals, the state commission will have power only to take testimony and gather data relative to rates and forward this to the legislature with recom meudutlong for fixing rates. Rush on to Wbolelale Honsss to Replenish Stocks. BUT HEAVIER THAN LAST TEAR Republican National (lathering Alone Will Determine Who CanJidate Is to Be. CHILEANS CHEER FLEET. Battle With Lynchers. Chicago, Feb. 14. A dispatch to the Tribune from Valdosta, Ga., Nsvy Thunders Salute Roosevelt and Evans Toaated. Valparaiso, Feb. 15. The sreut American fleet of 16 battleships, un der command of Rear-Admiral Evans, passed Valnaraiso yesterday afternoon and continued on its voy age northward for Callao, Peru, the next stopping nia.ee. All Valparaiso and thousands of persona from every city In Chile witnessed the passing ot the fleet. President Montt "! the other hlirh nnini..ia of the republic came out from shore to the battle ships, and almost tne entire Chilean navy exchanged ' " ",ln lnem as they swuns: around "raumilla Point and Into Valparal"0 'yy in single mu t. the niluiin frnlyur Chacabuco and five fl lean torped bont destroyers. President Montt nd onr Chilean officials embarked on the training ship General Baquedano and took a position well out In tne narnor. Around the Batyiedano the fleet swung at a speed of four, knots, fir ing the presidential salute as they passed In review. It was one hour from the time the head of the fleet entered the bay until the last vessel had passed the president's ship and turned toward the open sea. Country Fast Recovering From Fi nancial Csprsaaioi Factories Resuming Operations. Chicago, Feb. 13. That the na tion again Is on the high road to prosperity was hbown today by re ports from all sections of the coun try. On every hand It Is agreed that the depression following the finan cial flurry of last full is a thing of the past, and that the outlook is for a steadily Increasing volume of bus iness until, normal conditions have been reached. In some brunches of trade prosperity in a full measure has been recorded, and other lines show an Improvement (hat promises! some satisfactory records at the close ot the year. Following the end of the stringency in money comes an Improvement in collections and a corresponding facil ity of barter and sale. It also bus been demonstrated completely that the general public escaped the effects of the flurry. The people huve cash with which to supply their needs, and their needs are Just us great us ever. With more factories resuming op erations every day, the number of the unemployed is decreasing, and It is believed that before long the idle mill will be the exception. Chicago wholesalers report that the couutry merchants are coming in with "their spring orders in greater numbers than a year ago. In almost every case they say that their stocks are low and must be replenished im mediately to care for the demands of their customers. The Bteel business, recognized as the barometer of trade In general, has shown marked Improvement within the last few weeks. . Such ar tides as wire and nails, which get to the general public quicker than the other products, ure in great de mand, and the railroads are coming Into the market for large quantities of supplies. The outlook Is for bigger business, both In quality and In quantity, than Inst year," said Walter L). Moody, business manager of the Chicago As soclatlon of Commerce. "I have been around the wholesale district a good deal lately, and I find it is op timistic over the outlook for the spring business. I have had direct reports from many of the large houses, and they all read the same, "There are many merchants in town, and they are coming by every train. They are flocking to the wholesale houses, and in practically every cane they are buying freely. JAPS AT TARGET PRACTICE j RE AT 1808 CAMPAIGN NOW ON. In the Democratic Field, Washing ton Political Observers Think Bryan Is a Certainty. Washington corrrimn!enrs : r 5 HIS city will be II the center of the great political campaign which will rage from California t o Maine until the ballots of next November deter- s new PRESIDENTIAL CAM PAIGNS SINCE 1856 i Oood Thing to Cut Out and Eave for Reference. TIuti have been thirteen campaign by the Republican au.i 1 vims-ralic parties, iriiabllraa Matilda!. I'd". Fremont ml I Mi Men. 1 xi lit- l.iinulii and 1 1 m ml io. i"H- i.ineniii uini' JiiiiiiHdii. IMP-liraiu ami Colfax. (inint anil Wilseii. tln.vfs sail Whwlfr. liarhelil and Arthur. 1 1 u in- and l.i'H'Ui. ilHrriwui ami Morton. llnrriMiti ami Iteid. McKinley ami Hubert. ISTil 1 VSlI- 1V4- 1SXH lNSI'J-lS'.Sl l'.sa MiKinli'y ami Kismevelt. ItiHiMOflt ami Fttiil.nk. I I'M 1i;lJ(j .Nxveiuiier uetcr J- ' "4i mine the iM-ople' IrnTOjgs'Sr - ' - on until the sue It W tayii,eroiiMtiipr' cer of Mr. KiMisovcIt Is cho sen there will nut be nn instant's lu termlsMon in the din of t m . I i t i -.-1 1 battle. Secretary Tuft stands sharply in the limelight and his friends are redoub ling their efforts In his behalf. The fact that he Is the candidate uf the ad ministration Is sure to have the effect of keeping Washington ou the Jump to watch every move. Senators Foraker nnd Knox and Secretary t'ortelyoii. also locntiil in Washington, will help io keep the jMilltlcal pot furiously boiling in the capital. New York will get the height of its excitement from the fact that (iov. Hughes seem destined to lie a factor of no small moment In the line Up of the contestants in Chicago. Vice President Fairbanks and Sis-aker Can- lion, presiding olllcers respectively of the Senate hihI House, must inevitiibly kei these Isslies embroil)) In the stress growing out of their canillilaey, and their home States of Indiana mid Illinois are likely to feel the heat. Itetween these men, Tnft, Knox, Hughes, Fornker, Fairbanks and Can lion, the convention nt Chicago Is re- garihil an open chance. All lire ov erfully luu-kcd, nil will push their cam UiiMrr4tle t Mntllilalrs. ISVi - Itin lunula and llreckinridge. 1MU1-- IioiiIum anil Johnson. lM'.t - M,-iel!iiii hihI Pendleton. l.MPi Sejiiionr and Hltiir. l.HT'J tireelcy slid ltroMn. lsTii Tililen nml Hendricks, lssii- 1 1 a nix k uud Fnglish. 1NM - ifveliunl and Hendricks, lvv 'lr hImm'I hihI Thiirtimn. lVi'J - Cleveland and Slevenson. iv.se- l.rjnn ami ewail. IlKsv - iiniiii nnd Stfi'iiHiin. i'nrker hii. I Havis. Hv the north tii I leniiM i iits and Itrei k inriilge sail Lane by the southern lcw ocrats. f-'lerlitml Vol. The numlicr of eliHtonil votes rweivi by the two parties in thcxe contests and the pluralities are shnwu here: Hep- I 'e"'- is.-sl lit 174 "K l IMill 1M1 s;j OS It 1MU IM'J 21 P'l H 1M1S '.'II St I'M H 1S7J '.'MI m SS H 1S7H 1ST, 14 1 U INSO LM4 l.Vi 'I v,s. s ".lit o7 1 1HS.S -SM HIS H lvij l'7l 17ii 1 IS'.Hi 'J71 K' 11 p.NNi 'j!!1.' l.'o u HMH .'I.".li ll' l'Ml " The electoral vote of the Hreckin-riilge-Lane ticket of the southern lenio cnits; the pouglns-.IohnMoii ticket of the northern I leinm-nita received l'J. and even worse upheaval will take place. Frenzied stump speakers will tramp tip and down the country, paint ing In horrible phrase the terrific ex-perleni-cs that confront the nation In the doleful event of the sueoess of the opposition party. Platforms will be torn to ptee-s In this delirium of ex hortiitlon : men's lives, nlms and char acters riddled; the constitution of the country will !. both Invoked nnd eon- PHEW! IT'S GETTING HOT. SHIP GOES ASHORfc. Vessel and Cargo of Coal Lost on Oregon Coaat. Hay City, Ore.. Feb. 15. The American wooden ship Emily Reed, 103 days out from Newcastle, N. S. W., with a cargo of coal for Port land, went ashore half a mile south of the Nehalem river, on the Ore gon const ,nt 1:30 o'rhsk this morn ing. The vessel Immediately broke in two and ten members of the crew were drowned. Captain Kessel, his wife. Second Mate Charles Thompson and three members of the crew were saved. The survivors wre brought to Bay City yesterday morning and are now quartered at private residences. The ship has broken tip and will be n total loss, as will to the cargo of 2,110 tons of coal. The vessel was consigned to the Pacific Coast Com pany at Portland. Army of Bjyere In New York. New York, Feb. Jo. The Mer chants Association estimates that says: Attacked by a mob of lynchers Just across the Florida line yester day, .lack Long, a white man, fought fully 700 more buyers reached town his assailants desperately, wounding jyesterday. making nearly 4.000 now ten and forcing the others to kill the city. Although yesterday was mm. i.ong was accused or Killing James Sapp, a wealthy citizen. A son of Sayp had killed a brother of Long nnd escaped. Long was ar rested nnd fifty men visited the pris on and took the prisoner out to hang him. Jiu Jittu In Germany. Ilerlln, Feb. 14. The Japanese method of wrestling, Jiu Jltsn, Is to be Introduced Into all the military and naval gymnasiums of Germany, at the express command of the F.m peror. His Majesty has directed all officers to acquire a thorough ac quaintance with the rules of Jiu Jltsu. Thp officers, upon obtaining their certificates of efficiency In this new method, will be detailed to the various local gymnasiums through out the empire where they will im part a knowledge of the methods ) the recruits as soon as they Join. Rescue Modern Crusoe Washington, Feb. 14. A man by the name of Jeffs, nnd whose home Is said to have been In Connecticut, Is believed to be stranded oh one of the Galapagos or Tortose Islands, sit uated off the west coast of South America. A prominent person from Connecticut, Interested In Jeff s case has written to the department, nsk Ing that one of the vessels of Ad miral Kvans' fleet stop at the Islands on Its way from Callao. Peru, and make a search for him. Companies. Increase Forces. St. Ixmls, Feb. 14, The Republic Iron & Steel Company In East St. Louis put 900 men to work yester day and today announcement was made by the National Enameling ft Stamping Company that 400 extra men will be given employment In the tin mills of the company at Granite City next Monday. a holiday, large ""can; nouses were compelled to ke open all day because of the great nunilier or buy ers. The winter goods season which Is supposed to clow In January has been lengthened ana many large or nor nre renorted as placed yester day. Merchants and buyers from the west report a great increase of busi ness. Idle Men PsWs Work. Wheeling, W. Vs.. rVb. 15. More than 2,000 workmen have resumed work In the Wheeling district this week. A dozen addi' Innnl mills at the Aetna Standard plant have start ed, giving employment to 500, and the Masking C.laM Harit. Martin's Ferrv. elves work to as many more. The starting of th' ,Ml' mill furnace, nnd the Wheeling ec and Iron Works gives enipl0'ni"nt to more than 1,000. The National Tube Co.'s Riverside plant will P 'ftlally resume about the 20th. Abolish Bc Tr' Oakland. Feb. 15.A mass meet ing was held here tonight to deviso a means of nbotlhlnir the racetrack nt Emervvllle. Th'fp was i-,rKft atrendance. Prcsm"" n-njamm Ide Wheeler, of the tmw-lty of Call fornla. was the prlmjl speaker. He state.1 that racin "'.'.es f,f itself, is not harmful. b v 'h .I.he "',Mn ring which goes " 1 the modern racetrack Is on" of " worst Inatl tutlons of the time I! aiso took occasion to gcoreJ-!lm hist. After tier Cmp,ny. Cincinnati. O.. 15. Viola tion of the P"' ,, 'J T rrrTln first-class mall B1'"P,, charged against the Amerfn "pre,, com pany in suit fil'dj the rnIte1 State district co" today. Have Small Cannon Mounted Along California Coast. Santa Monica. Cal., Feb. 13. On an unfrequented bluff, which marks the northern limit of Santa Monica buy, a party of seven Japanese, wl'h a small cannon in their possession have been for several days past en gaged in experiments that have aroused the suspicions of the settlers In the homestead district, and the news of their operations, reaching here tonight, has created some little excitement, particularly as it is known that the portion of the Am erlcan battleship fleet will remain several days in the waters enchried by Point Duma, where the party of Japanese made its headquarters. Their evident anxiety to escape ob servatlon, he said, drew upon them the careful observation of several of the settlers, who found them on one occasion in possession of a small pivot gun, which, mounted on a cliff 185 feet above the water, was being fired, first in one direction and then in another. The Japanese, unaware that they were being watched, seemed Inter ested in determining the range of the little piece of artillery, which threw missiles over a mllo from the shore. The gun was operated with smokeless powder. Free to Work for Strika. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 13 Judge Mc- Lemore has dissolved the Injunctli n obtained In his court sometime ago by the Luckenhach Towing Company, of Hrooklyn, X. Y.. by which the .Norfolk .Marine Engineers I'nlon, its ofllcers and members, were restrain ed from Interfering with the em ployes on the Luckenhach tugs In an effort to bring on an engineers' strike. Judge McLemore ruled that no Injunction could lie until the evi dence against plaintiffs, or their property, was attempted by the defendant. Need of More Vessels. Marshall, Mich., Feb. 13. Every available seat was taken at the an nual banquet of the Calhoun Coun ty Lincoln Club, at which ex-Secre tary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary were the princi pal speakers. Mr. McCleary In speak ing on "Present Day Problems" de voted considerable attention to the fact that the auxiliary fleet, carry coat and supplies for the battlesntp cruise to the Pacific, sailed under many foreign flags. Msil Pubaidv Bill Washington. Feb. 13. On motion of Senator Galllnger, the .senate io- dav agreed to consider the ocesn mall subsidy bill next Monday. The Kilt a tit hfirlTl'tt the Postmaster-Gen eral to pay for ocean mall service in vessels of the second ciass i....-. to South America, the Phllloplnes. Japan and China nnd Australia at a rate of $4 per outward mile, w hlch Is ik -ota row naid to vessels of the first class which carry mall under contract with the government. Portugsl Growing Quiet. London. Feb. 13.-Tbe Time, this morning publishes a long patch relative to recent events In Portugal. It say. that the -dtu.flon Is Improving dally and that the gov ernment adhere, to It. policy of con dilating public opinion. would be a mistake to consider all danger over. palgns with that energy for which the American sdlticiau is famous. For theia will be exsinled limitless elo quence, nnd in tiieir interest tne quiet work, which appears little on the sur face, but which means so much in the flnnl result, will keep forces of trained men busy from now on until the nomi nation Is maile. For the first time In twenty years the Republican convent lull will see n real battle. The gathering that nomi nated Ileiijiunin Harrison In lsss win nn open tight much similar to the one that promises for this year. In lsjij the reiioinlnntlon of Harrison was n fore gone conclusion; In IS'.si the movement against free silver had fixed on Mi Kin y In advance of the convention as the mnn to lead the tight; nnd in '. not Shallow of opIMisltloll deVelop.-d against his reiiomlnatlon. Similarly ;.isevelt outranked In popularity every tianie sugestiil fur the Republican nom ination. Hut this year the quadrennial upheaval will Is- minle still inor chaotic by the sharpness, of the Republican but le. Ilemoormlo Klaht ll Vriil. The Iicmocrntio fight Is a little dif ferent. There Is no mixed field with the hoies even. It Is everyll.v against Prynn. In opposition to the .Vebrnsknn will Is welded nil the forces that intend that his two defeats for the plin eliminate blm, but thouxli Judge Gray, Gov. Johnson of Minneso ta. ( hauler of New York, and link" Smith have Is-eu tentatively mentioned, there Is no evidete-e of any biHiiii pow erful enough to prevail against the magnetic .Nebraska!!' undoubted strength- lu his party. Six months of ii.titcriflmi must take pi. ice In-fore the two parties plaee their standard liearers In the field, the Re publicans nt Chicago, the Iwiioi-rats nt Ixtiver. Meantime the nation's hus!li'"s will tie swayed Nnd movel by every new boom, by every straw, by every Indication. Capital, sensitive above nil things of which man line knowbslge, will rejol.sj or tremble n. ttils man or thst Pstns to gsln the s-etidaricy, and g'garitlc projects will bang Are pending the nominations. And when the men are In the field, far from teiplt.g the situation, new leuini-il ; the giants of huslness w ill on the one hand be cUoll.il, on the oilier savagely i-omlcmiic I. The eiiiupa'L'ii will Inst four month' ami ill that time Imtli parties will call on the biggest guns they have; the star speakers will be drafted to present the oi;n ving arguments, s n forensic struggle the fight Is hound to he more than o.-i -narily Interesting. Laoh side has orators of the tirst rank, veterans who iiiidersi nnd the art of stirring an il ierices. leading the licpiihllcnns may he Roosevelt himself. For him to s;.eak In n campaign while holding tie- ultko of president would u- in violation of precedent, of course, hut the chief nis- tle of the strenuous life has never hot In-red minii about slavish deference to custom, nnd as his policies lire like ly to be under flte throughout the cam paign It Is entirely piwsiile that he may be wrought up to one of his char acteristically bllltlt Kpeeehi s. For I icniooraoy lirvan Is bound to I the teg figure, whether be Is the can didate or not. No man -matches him In the popular kind of eliMpience, and his fine voice, handsome face nml mug netle Isnriiig give him a phenomenal power to sway audiences. If P.rynn Is the nominee It Is probable that the country will lie stirred by another spcii'limnklrig tour similar to the mem. (ruble one of lVdi. Arid after the turmoil tins subsided, nnd business, collecting Its scnffcrs wits, gets together lit the beginning of l's'l to fry to make up the ground lost hi n wasted year there will be new nd-vis-ates for ii bill Intrixlueed Into Con gress reieutly tiy the Venerilhle Sena tor f'ullotii of Illinois, which prmlde for nn amendment to the const ifutioti making the term of the President six years, limiting eto h Inciimhent to one term, nrnl thus decreasing ." per cent the recurrence of the year of politics. Tii kct scnlirs lost their fight In the I'nited Ftntes Circuit Court in N-w Or leans to save part of tle-ir business from Hip rent Supremo Court ord'-r making ticket scnlpitig llleif.il. Th" sialpcrs ask od for a dH-re making the Supreme Court decision applicable only to thwe tickets bearing the aigriature of the pur chaser. j