DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
TussJav. March 3
p . " - "uwn mo
lumtwr of North Dakota, and fiew -
lands, of Nevada, today spots
length on the Aldrich bill.
Mr. MuCumber wss opposed to any
expansion of hs Cuirermv iiirr to
"uiiiic(un. ai .reri
v. tne country from a catastrophe
imvtvniiiMiit
K-.urauu 01 deposits 1q national hanks
During a colloquy with Knat ,V Il
tha i.n. .7
viuu.meniing on savingsito prohibit the private employment
mere ought to be clear way
opened from the back door of the failed
banks to the penitentiary."
Washington, March 3. The start
ling charge that the railroads of the
country carrying mails had lobbed the
people of $70,000,000 was made in the
house today by Lloyd, of Missouri.
He declared that the new ststeui of
weighing mails was an admission of
the postmaster general that the weigh
ing In tiie past 27 years had been fraud
ulent. He called for an investigation
of the PoKtothce department, and Wag
ncr, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
committee to control the expenses of
that department, promised that an In
quiry would be conducted.
Othera who spoke were Moon, of Ten
nessee, Ooebel, of Ohio, Briggs. of
Georgia, Murdock, of Kansas, and
Smith, of California.
A strong plea for an ocean mall sab
sidy to steamers plying between the
united bUtes and Houth American
Porta, the Philitiriines. Janin. Chin
and Australia was made by Goebel.
Since last March the f jreign steamships
engagea in trade with the Orient have
been reduced to eight, with no new
hips building, and tie urged the subsi
dy in order to revive those sailings.
After an argument by Hrnith In oppo
sition to the p an fcr a rural parcels
post service, the bill was laid aside.
Monday, March 2.
Washington, March 2. A bill to re
organize the consular service passed the
senate today. It will close 28 consu
lates and create IS new ones, but not
one consul will be dropped. The law
will titka e fleet J ii I v 1. l!lil
The mail shipping bill was made the
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speoial order (or next Thursday
(Senator Smith, of Michigan, spoke
against the railroad bond features of
the Ahlrcb currency bill.
Alotit oi the day was devoted to trie
passage of bills on the calendar which
were not of general importance.
Washington. March 2. A variety of ,
subjects was considered by the house .
todav. A resolution wss nsssed an.
thorizing the Immigration committee to
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Investigate charge, of peonage In cer-
tain states. tour hundred pension
bills and a few other private bills were
passed at the rate of 10 a minute, and
the remainder of the time was con
sumed In considering the postoltice ap
propriation bill, wniuh will be dis
cusned for ssveral days.
An important bit of legislation was
offered by Hepburn, of Iowa, through a
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dred shares on stock or agreement, w
sell.
Saturday. February 29.
Washington, Feb. 2. Senator El
kis, chairniann of the committee on in
terstate commerce, said today tiiat this
committee would report adereely on
. . r u I 1 : tUiat'lWO B l T II H in VTU IV1HUX 111 lilt? rtlU"
henato, Fulto-i . bill. Prov'J n ' ; I rich currency bill in the senate to-
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be reasonable.
Mr. Kixinssays u.is aave rr,r ,
will be based on a letter which he lias .
received from Chairman Knapp, o( the Hft(,r .,(j0on 0f CullHTKon's amend
Intetstate Coiiitiicrce ccmmihsion, saj- .nt penalizing the Improper giving
lug it is the opinion of thst commission t of information by government of
that such legislation is inadvisable. jflclals affecting the market value of
products of the soil, except upon
Washington, rcb. 2!l. There was
suggestion ol "gislt" in the bouse to-I
day in co. aider ing a paKg'!'! in the
army appropriation bill appropriating
s"S Ittmo for the purchase i.i 6,000 acres
. i.n.l n- w.-hinnrnn. I). C. for a
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largev range. ...... .... '
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the priKwtition and ridiculed the idea of
)ying M0 an acre tot such propeity.
After the provision had been further
debated, it was stricken out on a point
oi order by Mann.
The last ra rag-oh of the bill also
met an olwtiuction in Mann, who vigo-
rouslr attacked the proportion it in-
volved of giving the chief of ordnance
Ji..n.,n in nMrehminif ordnance bud-
plies without publicly divulging their l;l;. n which he upheld the prln-
1 . 1 .1...,.:.:,., ..ninni c p e of the prottctve tariff system
ingted.en s snd the provision went out 1 Mf t (he
on a point of orJer. .'states had become the greatest of
The bill then was paaseu, carrying a
total appropriation of 84,757,5r56.
Friday, February 29.
Washington, Feb. 28. I-ong Win
ters spent In Isolated sections of Al
aska have so greatly Increased the
percentage of Insanity that the sen
ate today passed a bill authorizing
large expenditures for the mainten
ance of the Alaskan Insane. The 6
per cent of the license moneys col
lected outside of th incorporated
towns for road building, schools and
the rare of the Insane has been found
Insufficient for the demands.
Consideration of the Indian appro-
U. t. Arar Caatro.
Washington, March 4. President
Ca'tro, of Venezuela, will be snapped
on the wrist by his Uncle Samuel nn-
lake! h is a ir.xxl bov in the lutnre. It
wss announced this morning that the
administration la preparing to bring committee to address the committee
pressure to bear npon the South Amen- , on 'he subject. The Cnllfornlan de
Can president to force him to deal just- .'.! that the w hole Pacific roast is
y with American corporations. It is
.'Urged thst American capitalists have
b-en deprived of Venezuela investment
by Uastto's asonts. A complaint sirsinst
the reput lie will be sent to the United
States nenat".
Sub s; Bay Not the Navsl Base.
Washington. March 4. That Olon
gapo, on Su't.lg bsv, in the Philippines,
is not to be hereafcr considered in sny
estimate or plans or allotments under
consideration by the navy bureau is
indicated by the revocation of a formal
order which Instructed thst preference
be given to that F'ace as a naval pro
ject. Keoently the joint board ol the
irmy snd navy decided that the naval
hare for the Ksst should U at Csvite
InsteaJ of at Subig bay.
iprlatlon bill and a speech by Siuoot.
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- im curreury u 1 1 1, cou-
i,ume(1 nearly th entire time la the
today. The Indian bill was
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I . " "'fiton, fib. 2S. -Without &
,U'8"7UIU' volt; the bouse early lu
to the army appropriation bill the
T. l ' f aon:
,vU,uu,Ci, uiui i'cn uiiu -men anu
lor army musicians fur iniv lu.ih of
which yesterday weut out on point
or. oruer.
The house took up an amendment
offered by Foster, of Illinois, appro
priating $1,500,000 for Joint man
euvers of the militia, organization of
the several states and the regular
army. It provoked extended debate,
Hull and Tawney leading In opposi
tion. The amendment was altered so as
to limit the amount to $1,000,000
and as modified was agreed to, on
division, 66 to 48, but on the vote
being taken by tellers It was lost, 59
to 60.
Thuradsy, February 27.
Washington, Feb. 27. One of the
most dramatic scenes in the senate
was enacted today when Owen, of
Oklahoma, Insisted. In tragls tones
and with face showing much emo
tlon, that the five civilized tribes of
Indiana were dead and that he, as a
member of the tribe of Cherokee In
dians, was not tinder the control of
, the secretary of the Interior. The
event was rendered all the morn In.
terestlng by the fact that Owen was
BnarP'y engaged in controversy by
Curtis, of Kalians, blmsel a Kaw In
dlan.
It whs the first time that two men
with Indian blood in their veins had
ever locked horns as senators In the
senate chamber. The controversy
arose in connection with the consid
eration of the Indian bill and was
precipitated by a motion on the part
of Owen to have the bill, so amended
as to recognize the citizenship of five
civilized tribes of Indians by putting
the word "late" before this designa
tion, calling them the "late five civ
ilized tribes."
After further debate. In which
'wfn' Curt1lB; Clapp McCumber and
il.rin.'.. tiurl iif ii'ilitfl Mwbti a tir.tiir.ul-
Lodge participated, Owen's proposi
tlon to designate the Indians as the
"late five civilized tribes" was voted
'down. Owen's vote waa the only cue
in its support.
Washington, Feb. 27. Represen
tative I.llley, of Connecticut, today
Introduced a resolution calling on
the si'cretary of the nuvy to Inform
the house of representatives of the
physical condition at the present
tln!8 na yari"ua "bTJ
pedo boats owned by the Lnltea
'tateg KOVernnient, together with
fu inforrnaton 0f reports relating
. , nerformance of each, subma-
rlne accidents theieto and repairs
thereon. Mr. Ml ley sam:
"t am Informed that the dozen or
so submarines purchased from the
Holland Hoat Company by the Gov
ernment re practically all sick.
broken and tied up at wharves, out
of commission, and that the Octopus
... . .,, ,,. ... -nmI1Htnr In
off wport lllBt 'year, is In
such a shape of dilapidation that ac
ceptance by the navy department has
been refused.
Wednesday, February 28.
Washington. Feb. 26. There were
. i i t.l
,UilJ
The currency bill was. on motion
nf Aldrich, made the unfinished bus
iness.
Thp ,,, to rpv,He fhe crlmlnal
. ,. a s,n(fia .n. ni.Hrd
proper authority,
The senate today adopted a reso
lutlon Introduced by Senntor Lodge
n queHtlng the president to send to
the senate correspondence with Ven-
,"'"'" relation to pending contro-
I in.tin.ir.iilnir n lluirail a run ufl
irinirn tuinri Kins, " " 4 r-
, Ar,,ri(.,in. in ,hat country
by the Venezuelan government.
Washington, Feb. 26. The climax
In geneinl debate on the army ap
propriatlon bill In the house came
todav, when Dalzell, Pennsylvania
recognized as one of the foremost
protectionists of the country, deliv
ered an exhaustive speech in defense
of the republican pary nnd Its pol-
manufacturing nations.
The army appropriation bill was
read for amendment nnd Its ronsld
eratlon was not concluded when the
house adjourned
Treaty With Switzerland.
Whing'on, March 3 An arMtra
tion treaty between the United States
snd Switzerland was signed todsy by
Secretary K ot and Minister Iesvoel
It Is understood that the treaty follosa
the lines of treaties negotiated ncently
between the American government and
several Fnropean countries.
Hayes Unmindful of Protest
Washington, Feb. 27. Apparently
unmindful of President Roosevelt's
strong opposition to his proposed
Japanese exclusion law, Represents
five Hayes, of California, todav np
peared In fore the foreign affairs
unanimously
in favor of the nias-
lire. Th
exclusion
bill tightens the Chirese
law and subjects the Jap -
lines,, to in.- same conditions t Ii t
gov rn tl;e .idmisslon of ( Inn.
Kepi-. s,.nt..tle K.ihll also addressed
the coinmitt. e.
Postal Havirga Park R II
Washington. Feb. 27 Th postal
savings Lank bill. Introduced by Sen
ator Knox, provides that 2 p r rent
Interest shall be paid on all deposits,
an.l that these savings be deposited
In national hanks in localities where
snvlr.es nre accumulated. The na
tional banks made depositories are
to pav a rate of Interest to be deter
mined hy the postmaster-general snd
the secretary of the treasury. The
postal savings account for earh per
son, firm or corporation is to be lim
ited to 1500. 1
CtNAIUrUD ALCOHOL. .
farmers Miy Make It Future Fuel o
the Wast.
Br rrW W. l-e-ta, (Urrvtarr Waahlngt-a
Granaa, lumwaiar. kvk.
Two years ago the Grange, assist
ed by some other organizations, went
to work to try and pass a law that
would allow alcohol to be manufac
tured and nsed for light and fuel,
without having to pay the prohlbl
tl e revenue tax, that had been re
quired by the government, so as to
rrce tto rcctlo zZ tic ccuatry xr
the tyranny of the Standard Oil Co.,
which haa gradually raised the price
of fuel oil from a low price to on
amount that is paying the monopoly
extrennly large dividends, thereby
levying an unreasonable tax on th
consumer of the products of petro
leum. After a long and hard fight In
congress in which the Standard Oil
Company did their best to prevent
the passage of the bill, we conquered
and now a farmer, or several of them
may erect a still, and make alcohol
in any quantities, the aame to be de
natured, or poisoned, by ohjeers ap
pointed by the government, and may
then be used or sold to any one un
der a permit which may be obtained
from the government.
It Is now our duty to get the ap
pliances for the use of the product
into general use, so that there will
be a demand for the alcohol, so that
there will be distilleries Installed all
over the west, so as to use the waste
products of our farms to make fuel
for our engines, stoves, both heating
and cooking, and to give us one of
the best lights that you ever saw.
I wish that It were possible for ms
to show the lamp with Its beautiful
light, so that you could realize the
value of It as a light producing fuel.
Wherever I have demonstrated the
light. It has met with an enthusias
tic reception and it Is only a ques
tion of letting people see the value
of de-uatured alcohol, to Insure a
demand that will fill our land with
distilleries, making our own fuel out
of the small potatoes, sprouted
wheat, small, and Imperfect apples,
and fruit of other varieties, and in
fact, anything that is composed
sugar or starch
A corn-field, with Its stalks rinea
with sweetness, will make large
quantities of alcohol, and a email
amount of land will raise enougn
fuel to keep our homes well heated
and lighted for the year.
Another rood Quality of this al
cohol Is that It Is perfectly clean and
healthful. There is no dust, smoae.
soot, or gas, developed In the burn
ing of it for either light or heat.
and It does not vitiate the sir In the
room, as it contains oxygen, In Itself
and does not have to use the oxygen
out of the air In the room, so much
as any other fuel.
There is no wick-trlmmlng to De
done, as the wick is never on fire.
and as far as smoke is concerned.
the lamp chimneys will never need
any washing, so the lamps are much
easier to take care of.
You can turn It off until there Is a
very small light, and bo makes a per
fect night lamp, as there is no gas,
as there is from a kerosene lamp,
to make the bed room a hot-bed of
disease.
There Is another great boon to the
housewife In the alcohol flat-iron.
which will burn only about a cent's
worth of fuel, rather than ten or fif
teen cents worth as when you have
to use a stove of any sort. You can
take this flatlron into any room of
the house, out onto the porcn, out
under a ahade tree, or anywnere else
that you want to, as you have no
"string" attached to you as in tne
electric Iron, and you do not have to
travel back and forth between tne
ironing board and the stove, as you
have always had to do, nor do you
have to stand near a hot stove while
you are doing your Ironing.
Write to me and I win ten you
how you may procure these splendid
Improvements, as the Grange is an
xious to get people to know of the
advantages to be derived from tne
Introduction of denatured alcohol
Agrlcultursl Club Formed.
By J. H. Fmnrifton. Department of Dairying, Idaho
Lxirimnt Sttiun, Moscow.
A sudden impetus was given the ex-Governor HurkUm, while the re
arrlciilturnl interests of the Unlver- u,1i,ii(.an nieniln hav heen n
alty of Idaho on the 19 of December.
1K07 when the students or tnat oe-Tne four demurs', who made pos
pnrtment organized an agricultural h11)p an election h;ve persistently re
club. It consists of students deeply fn0(i , vote for r. Beckham, and
Interested In agriculture, who are WDen they wer convinced that their
doing all in their power to build up party would unison no other man.
a strong agricultural college in the thpy withdrew jtb.r support from
university. It Is with a keen sense scattering can.!!as ani centered it
Ol tne neeos 01 iaanu iuai wie move-
mem is negun. laano is one 01 me
most rapidly growing states of the
union. Over 700,000 acres of land
have been added within the last year
or two to the grants covered by the
Irrigation companies. This will fur -
nlsh room for thousands of beautiful
homes In the near future. It Is ob-
vlous that scientific skill will be In
demand under the conditions
brought about by this extended sys
teni of Intensive farming.
A publication known as the Idaho
Student Farmer will be the club's
main method of Interesting the farm-
ers of the state in the work of the
agricultural college, ana 11 is nopea
by this method to get a great many
students from the farms. It is prob
ably the only student agricultural
paper published In the colleges of the
northwest. The first snd only num
ber of the present scholastic year
will come out In a wppk or ten days.
The people of Idaho should re
spond with the true spirit of an ener
getic commonwealth. Send In your
name and address to the Idaho Stu
dent Farmer, University nf Idaho,
Moscow, and receive the first cooy
free.
Rolled lrlnS.
ltoil slowly together s pound of gran
dated sugar and a gill of water. I
Dot stir. Test by dipping the polut
of s fork Into tt syrup. Wlieti a halr
Ilke thread floats from the up of the
fork take the syrup from the tire and
beat It to a creamy paste, .f it le
rvtnes t.si stiff to stir work with the
hands. Spread on the eaU-1 with a
, knife d'.pned In hot water if r i..
i rom.-s hard t.
11 art the v. ss, coll-
it.i'.nliic It In an outer ve.s of s. ali-
ll.i water.
Mine. e.f.
One quart of clii.ppisl boi! levf. 2
quarts of oho;.;d ;.ples l ,,iit ..f
laswes, 1 pint of sugar. 1 tea. up f vine
gar or cider. 1 quart of .'i.,I,ls raisins
or currants, 2 ta!'.ej.nfu. of . loves
and cinnamon, 1 nutmeg. 1 g.;i ..f .ut
Ur; co..k until s-sbb-l tl.r..ugi,. seal
In glass Jars until wsnte,L or jki.-k In
sn aarthtn Jar sjd covrr wltu melted
ksra.
NEW MINISTER HERElFAVORS WATERWAYS1.,..
H'o Tlcj tang Docs Not Seek
Oar Intervention.
LANDS WITH URGE RETIME
Admits That There Is Soma Friction
With Jspsn No Cha-iga in
Inclusion Las.
San Francisco, Feb. 2 9. Wu Ting
Fang, for the becoud time appointed
Chinese minister to this country, ar
rived yesterday on the 1'aclflc mail
liner Siberia, with a large retinue of
secretaries and legation and consu
late attaches numbering 70 persons.
He brought with him new consuls for
Mexico, Havana, New York and San
Francisco, besides three nephews and
three secretaries and fve other at
taches for the Chinese legation at
Washington and 24 young students,
who will enter various schools and
colleges la this country.
At the 1'scIMc mull dock, where
the Siberia made fast, shortly before
1 o clock, a large number of Chi
nese from the local colony were on
band with a brass band to greet their
minister. From the dock the minis
ter and bis party were taken to the
Fatrmount hotel, where a large num
ber of suites had been reserved.
Minister Wu denied the report
that he was the bearer of an appeal
to Washington .asking this country
to assist In preserving the interests
of China In Manchuria and orotest-
lng against the alleged aggrandize
ment of Japan in that Province, but
admitted "there was some local fric
tion." He professed to be Ignorant about
the Kan Tao boundary dispute be-
ofitw,en China and Japan and the ex
tension of the Hslnmintin-Fukemen
railroad, which has caused friction
between the two countries.
Asked whether he would endeavor
to secure some modification of the
exclusion law, Mlnlnter Wu said that
ho had no nartirular instructions
from his government with reference
to that.
Wli.L SHOW TfcEl H.
Japan Sards Cruiser to China to In
vest gate Seizure.
Toklo, Feb. 29. The Japanese ar
mored cruiser ldzumi sailed yester-
day
irom Shanghai for Hongkong
where, It Is understood, she will in
vestigate the seizure on February 7
by the Chinese customs cruisers of
the steamer Tatsu Maru.
This movenient is possibly .intend
ed as a demonBtrlon against the
Chinese ofcllll, a" hough the for
eign office d"1 ha" Bucn n ob
ject in vie. a,VnK that negotia
tions are P'","' "V Pe)!,n "nd
that the J?t7b,, I,"
stored to th iasu Maru.
The who" Question of the aelsure
of the Tat 1,aru. which carried a
r-rm. . .rmS and other munitions.
now turna. ,pon th i-hrctr of the
merchant to whom the arms were
consigned. It Is believed that he is
a sympathizer of the revolutionists
In China, for whom the arms were
possibly Intended.
KENTUCKY ELECTS SENATOR.
Legisliturs Elects Governor Brsd'ey
After Six Weeks.
Frankfort, Ky Feb. 29. Four
democrats, who hare stood out from
the party machlnt, swung into line
with the republicai members of the
general assembly yesterday, result
ing in the electin of ex-Oovernor
William O. Bradlet, a republican, to
the United Statei icnate. The elec
tion followed a deadlock that has
held up more thai six weeks, the'
democratic organ .:, t l,,n inminrllni
I un)t for Mr. Hrad.v from the flrBt.
on tne republlrSn tholce
Union Men fifu.d Pardon
Washington, lb. 29. The Presi
dent has denied! pardons In the cases
nf p, t). henihsa, j j Plunkett,
1 Joseph Shnnnoii Wlliiam Cutts and
a. Kdwards. nrsbers of a labor
! unn, convict.-,)! ,. months ago of
violating an Injs. union Ua..eH hv
United States rsirt Judge enjoining
them and other frm interfering
with the opera'l a and business of
the Rocky MouH ain jiell Telephono
Company, at Hut;, Mont. The pen-
aite, imposed from three to
four months 1n11.rU0rjm.ent and, In
some cases, fines.
Another Plot to Murder Priest.
Chicago. Feb. J Chancellor E.
M. Dunne, of tbe Catholic diocese
of Chicago, has Informed the police
of a plot by Italians to murder Rev.
Father Pasqtiale Kenruii0 pastor St.
Roch's Church at Chicago Heights,
in exactly the saBi manner as Fath
er I.eo Helnrtchs aa murdered In
Denver. He got th information In
a letter from an I'ali,in, who, he says
would be murder! if hg name Wl(,
known. The mayor a. warn(.(li po.
lice were Pt " guard and the
would-be assawl" flni. Father Ren
zullo now carries a revolver.
Prates CsfSdt', p0,if(
Ottawa, Ont.. Fb. 23. Dr. Thom
as, of the Yukon, in the house today
discussed the Q""'inn of Canada
having the right to take part In the
negotiation cf " tr.;,i,.,, between
Great Britain nJ 'he foreign coun
tries. Referrlc ' 'he British-Japanese
nllin"' r,7tl"mas said. In
the event of 'r'" " between the
United S'a'e JMn. the sym-j
pathv of U.ioaus - yA 0 nilt to ,h(.
United S' .' ,c'' i.-t the ally of
Great liritain
New Cisi JJr,; Big; Priees.
I.os Anec!-.- fa. . f,,, 29 A(1.
vices received " " 'Hv todav state
that the t nri',r"'1 r' alms at Hart,
San Bernard'" "mry. where a
ramp was e-' - '""l "it weeks ago,
followln S.d;"0 ''T of enld. have
been sold for ft of $20,000
cash snd s boti f'T mo.000. The
claims were o,?'' b James Hart
snd Bert Hltt 5'1 ,01a l0 col
onel Hopkins. 1
Roosevelt Says Rivers Shsiild
Be Improved.
GREAT VALUE OF THEIR POWER
Lays Great Stress on Preservation of
Our Natural Keaourcss Against
Monopoly and Waste.
Washington, Feb. 27. With his
beurty indorsement in a special mes
sage. President Roosevelt yesterday
transmitted to congress the prelim
inary report of the Iulund Waterways
Commission, recommending a gen
eral policy of waterway Improve
ment. The president proceeds to point
out the connection between naviga
tion of the lower reaches of a str am
sud control of methods and preven
tion of soil erosion. L'se of a strtam
tor domestic and municipal water
supply, power and irrigation must
also be taken Into account. He says
deep channels will have high value
for national defense; use of water
power will relieve drain on the coaj
supply; transportation by water in
stead of rail will conserve Iron; for
eBt protection will prevent timber
famine and perpetuate the remaining
forest; Irrigation will sustain mil
lions; and pure water will promote
health. The work is nutlonal lu
scope.
The commission recommends a
policy for developing all commercial
and industrial uses of wuterways at
the same time. To this end the work
of the various departments con
cerned should be, co-ordinated, that
there may be no delay. The cost will
be large, but far less than would be
required to relieve the congestion of
rail trattlc, and the benefits will be
large also and will unite tbe Inter
ests of all states and sections.
Tbe president calls attention to
the great amount of detailed infor
mation needed to carry out the com
mission's plan, but says beginning
of work should not be postponed till
all the facts are obtained.
The president says our policy
hitherto has been purely negative
one of repression and procrastina
tion and frequent changes of plun
and piecemeal execution have further
hampered improvement. In Bplte of
large appropriations our rivers are
less serviceable than half a ceutury
ago and are less used.
In Its report the commission first
states the facts it has found. It
rinds that there are 25,000 miles of
navigated rivers and at least an
equal length, which are navigable or
might be made so; 2,500 miles of
navigable canals and over 2,500
miles of sounds, bays and bayous.
which could be connected by less
than 1,000 miles of canals parallel
with the Atlantic and Uulf coasts
These waterways are In 42 states
and development of rivers for irrl
Ration, power, etc.. will make cer
tain waterways navigable in the re
maining states.
Railroad Interests have been suc
cessfully directed against mainten
ance and development of water tral
flc. Successful waterway Improvement
must provide for adjustment of the
relations of rail to water lines. Rail
roads can bo control traffic us to
leave waterways insufficient to sup
port vessels and terminals, for they
can so reduce rates on trattlc for
which waterways compete as to de
stroy profits, and can recoup them
selves with higher rates on traffic for
which waterways do not compete.
Waterway improvement will not re
lieve rail congestion unless co-ordination
Is arranged to insure harmon
ious co-operation.
In some instances the cost of
works to control floods and Improve
navigation would be less than the
loss by floods and drought.
The annual soil wash is about 1.-
000,000,000 tons, mostly the most,
valuable part of the soil, which pol-1
lutes the water, necessitates dredg
ing and reduces efficiency of river
Improvements.
Forestry, farming, mining and
other industries affect the flow of
streams for commerce.
Wide variation In the level of riv
ers hampers establishment of water
terminals.
Tslegrspners May Quit.
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 27. Rail
way telegraphers of this division an
nounce that the union and nonunion
men have voted to strike If the
Northern Pacific or the Great North
ern cuts are wage scale. They claim
the companies are trying to make the
men pay for the extra operators that
will be required If the Interstate
nine-hour law goes Into effect March
Tbe vote on the strike question
I shows 95 per cent of the operators
on both roads will quit, iney sre
now averaging $75 per month for 12
hours' work.
Money to Fntertsin Fleet
T.o Angeles. Cal . Feb. 27.
The
nrr,i,, .nlirltlno- funds for t he I
.n..r..i.m.si of the officers and sea- I
men aboard the battleship f le. t has,
obtalned pledges covering $16,01)0
of the $25,OUO which will be ex
pended hy the committee of citizens
headed by Postmaster Flint. The
city and county each contributed
$5,000. The entertainment will be
repeated on four successive days.
The men will be given free transpor
tation to and from the b. aches. Two
parks will be leased during the en
tire wetk.
Will Cut Wages
Butte. Mont., Feb. 27. The man
agement of the Northern racnir rail
road has notified all the tei.grapn-
ers employed r-n the svs'eni in:n
their wages will be reduced from I".
to $10 a month. In all probahill'y
ihls means a strike of these men.
The telegraphers are now votin on
the question of nrreptlng or r jeer
ing the reduction. The cut In wages
la Af Hlrectlv to the new federal
nine-hour law,
feet March 1.
ihlch g"' Into if-
Reelsmstion Work in Nevsds.
Rait Lake City. Feb. 27. The
Utah-Nevada Irrigation Company,
will begin work promptly nn a dam
snd Irrigation system In Eastern N
vsda near the Utah line. The com
pany plans to reclaim 23VOOO acres
of land in the Meadow Valley, Wash.
EENTISTHT FOB D0U3.
Its lull. Mvalhs.
"Painless dentistry tr dogs Is now
as highly deveb-d as fur human Iw-
mij iiiit i 'i di....
six asslstsnts, aiirding to the size
and energy of the pntlent, even after
cocaine has been applied, ami often we
use gas If the patient proves to 1" too
nith'h for us. I'.ut with dons. n Hitli
teople. care must tie taken that the
heart is In good condition before the
gas la admliilNtred.
"For filling a dog's teeth gold, sil
ver, and platinum are used, and fre
quently if the filling la very large and
conspicuous a gold tilling Is uwd Mltll
rll.Ll.la A IMXi S TI.KTH.
s small diamond Inserted In the mid
die.
"And If milady's 't poodle has a
tooth mfVslug, particularly one of the
four front teeth, which show. when be
smiles, a Mirce!aln or ,,'oiu tooth can
easily be sulwtltutcd. Often when one
of these teeth Is broken s gold cap Is
put on.
'For the more pugnacious bull pup
who has an opHrtunlty for all kinds
of warfare a whole row of false teeth
Is sometimes needed. This call always
be done as long as there Is a t.Nith 011
each end to which the false teeth may
lie fastened.
Many dogs have to have their teeth
cleaned regularly, especially those who
live on a IhiiiIhiii diet."
af-Ujol.U Mm tat.ii wMHMi
3 ' Legal Information
The United Statin Circuit Court of
Apienls for the Sixth Circuit In tiriilu-
ger vs. lKiuglas Park Jiskey liuh, US
Federal Iteirter, ol.'t, upholds as con
stitutional a Kentucky statute, which,
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while exempting from Its provisions tr employed by the Bureau of F.th
trottlng meetings or races conducted by I nology, who has been looking Into the
fair associations, prohibits the conduct- rglu of the tirst Inhabitants of the
lug or any running race In the Stat"
except by a coriHiration or asNxiatlon
licensed by the State racing commis
sion, snd eniHiwers tbe commission to
grant and reject licenses, to adopt
racing regulations, and to tlx tbe time
for races between sHiflcd date of the
year, Its action in certain matters to
be subject to review by the courts.
A limited use of tbe Bible In the pub
ne schools Is approved by the Texas
Court of Civil ApH-als In Church vs.
Bullock. UK) Southwestern IteTter,
lOL'.'. U is there held that the ouistl
tutlotial guaranty of religious liberty Is
not violated by morning exercises lu
tbe public schools consisting of the
rending, without comment, of 11011 sec
tarian extracts from King James' ver-
sion of the Bible and by repeating the
Lord's Prayer and the singing of appro
priate songs lu which the pupils are
Invited but not required to Join. Decis
ions from Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan,
Iowa and Massachusetts nre 'died lu
support of the court's holding.
In Vance vs. Kansas City, lnO South-
western Ueirter, llol, which was an
action for Injuries received by railing
over building stone pla.v.1 lu a streel,
it appeared that though the particular
stone which caused the Injury had Iss'ii
placed there only a few hours Is'fore
the accident, other loads hud lieen left
1111g11arcl.1l for throe days, continuously
maintaining the olist ruction. Under
such circumstances the Missouri Court
of Appca'ls held an Instruction that the eminent I mind an agricultural
piling of the last load of stones was bunk, and that our coastwise laws be
too short a time U-fore the accident to made inapplicable to trade between
impart constructive notice whs erro- the l ulled States and Philippine
neous, as the Identity of the stone was s.ris. The President concurs In the
of no moment, so long as the ohstruc Taft re ommeii.lSlioiis nnd gives i spe
tlon was continuously maintained. 'dal praise to Governor Smith and his
That a recorder of deeds is liable on 'ass.s iates for their conduct of uftalrs
his bond for a negligent violation of ,
the statutory requirements In entering
satisfaction of Incumbrances and ib'
parts from the law at his peril Is the
g'.st of the Missouri Court of Apsals'
holding In State ex rel. Philips vs.
Green, B Southwestern Reporter,
111S, wherein the court deddi-d that a
recorder of deeds was not relieved from
liability for permitting the release of
a deed of trust without requiring the
production and cancellation of the note
secured or aflldnvlls showing payment
by t be f art tha t t he vendee of t he prop
erty accompanied the beneficiary of the
deed
to the recorder's oin-e snd re-
marked that they had come to satisfy
.he record.
I urn rt a stale.
I met s legless man on day,
A poor unfortunst. ho lirs
From very on who g's-s his wsy
A railroad train cut off bis legs.
"Oh, luckless, luckless man." I said.
"Your plight my soul with pity fills;
Tour legs are gonr" I Is.wrd m.v head-
However do .von foot your hills'"
Jtroit Free Press.
la Arrlle Alamal Hall.
the slosh-Ilt, "My fouilt'n
Said
pen I
froe
So I Couldn't ll-e ilik if I elios.
If tl..y d'.n't arh this bail
I'll 11 p.-d. il. that's all
All'l erase 'he hl-lnkes "h by l'i
-Vale e.,.rd.
Ida arilin of Ike liar.
The gr.-at question of the day is not
who will I- the presidential loinl ii.-o ;
It Is tvd tbe tnr.ff question r.'.r President
l.nwirlt attitude toward Wit. I str. t,
but. Will our cal pile last through the
w ,ter?-I err-it Fr Press.
A married man conies nearer know
ing h'.w mean be Is tbao ou who Is
bot married.
A series of articles now apiwarmg
lu the Scientific- inenem ...sIi.m. re
ply to the charges against the Ameri
can Navy contained In the M.i'lure
article by .rtlt lie utcr.lahl. The tirst
article aims to show that the various
boards which have determined the
characteristics of the American Navy
have had a majority iA llielr member
ship composed of sea going olllivrs,
contrary to the statement made by
Re utcr.lahl. The nisoihI one contra
dicts the statement that none of our
battle ships has its main armor belt
Inches a how the Mater when fully
equlpH-d. It is asserted that our ves
sels show from I In. In s to 11 feet i
Inches of armor belt alone the water
Hue when fully c.ulpcd. As to the
alleged low fr.-cltoard of our ships, the
Scientific American m.iiis out that,
with tbe single exception of the I 'read
naught, there is not a ship In the Brit
ish Navy with the forward d.s-k L'H feet
high. As to the broadside guns, the
writer holds that they are as high as
similar guns In the licrman and Japa
nese navies, and from 2 to 4'-j feet
higher than those of some of tbe mod
ern British battle ships. The writer
concludes that American ships lu the
matter of heavy armor are ton for ton
superior to the ships of other navies.
The
results of
conducted
exhaustive exierl
by the Bureau of
nielits
, inlry ,lf ,,, j (..partment of Agrl-
culture to determine the h.1soiious ef
fect of such drugs as borax, benzole
add. hcnoiite of soda, sulphate of
copHT, sulphur dioxide, formaldehyde
and salicylic a. id when used as pre
servatives lu foodstuffs have been out
lined before the House Committee on
Agrl.nillure by lu II. W. Wiley, chief
of the l.iireaii. The main conclusion
Is that the expulsion of these and kin
dred drugs from the Ix.dy shortens tbe
term of the average man's life In the
l ulled Slates, and that kidney dis
ease, so prevalent among Americans,
is largely the result of constant Intro
duction Into the system of such sub
sta s. Ir. Wiley told the commit
tee be h,".d discovered that salt solu-
I tlon was a perfect substitute for sul-
! nliur lu the whitening and drying of
fruit, and he exhibited samples of v-
oles so dried to prove his statement.
Dr. .1. Waller Fewkes, an Investlgii
Island of Porto It loo. now reports his
conclusion that the West Indies were
foruiei ly (smnected with South Ameri
ca, whence came the primitive Cnrrlle
esus to Porto Hi co, and not from Yu
catan, Florida or elsewhere, as held
by the scientists who sriipt the the
ory of a prehistoric Island extending
almost across Hie Atlantic Ocean from
the 1 'nrrilieim Sea to Africa. Tl.ls fa
bled Atlantis, now supposed tn have
been submerged lu some change In the
earth's . rust, has served as the h.o
thesis to account for Immigrations of
primitive mini, mammilla and plants
from the (lid World to the New. thus
n.iiuiiit lug for the ruins of Fgvptluri
pyramids ind architecture In Yu.iitaii.
Ir. Fewkes virtually shutters this thc-
ory by usscrtim: that the rl.lge of the
Antilles extends from nor t Ii to south
'nslead of from east to west.
Thai the duty on sugar and tobacco
be removed Is imaln recommended in
the report of S.-eieiar.v 0 1 War Taft
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I till ill.- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 'I 1 11- i-hiiiin, 1 inn niin-i ,
he sa.vs. is ncccs-ur.v In order to have
these Industries attain their former
I pross'i-ous condition, and be believes
!that the removal of the duty would not
Injure miy American Interest nor iif-
f.st the prl.es of sugar and tobacco
In this country. lie also urges Con
gress to ri'iuoxe the present restric
tions on the 11. -.position of mining
claims; to authorize the insular gov-
' the rniiippines.
William J. Bryan np;cared lefor.
tbe House Committee on Flection of
President and Vice President for the
puriM.se of urging ti e passage of a bill
providing for publicity of ciimpitlgti
contributions to the political parties.
He took the ground that nil argu
ments used In elections should be used
publicly, and all means employed to se
cure the election of or to defeat a enn-
tldate should !c means which the one
nsmg them would not he ashamed to
have the world know. lie Insisted
that the most Important thing to be
done was to make the campaign con
rll.utioii known before the ehsiloti.
The Navy I hpartment has sr
noiin.-ed the first step in n ri cxtierl
inent designated to demonstrate the
utility of the submarine In naval war
fare by triisirtlng to the Pacific two
of the smaller type of submarines 011
colliers, so lis to Join the fl.si there.
If that Is successful, the larger sub
lnarlii. s nil Is handled In the same
say. The Shark and the Porpoise
have Is-etl Sel.-ete.l for the test. They
will be lif'.d by fh.a'iig .rates at tho
N,-w V ..rk av ard. to K..ti,ii on
'le
.1- IsS of the h
Se.ret.iry " . . : r . -' -. . 1 1 mad.. :t known
fb it be would b g:tl at ol.ee 'he w It Ii
Irawnl vf the go eminent fund, fn.ni
various bank de.starle In o...-r to
rep!e!l!l tl.e W'.rki.g ensd halnuee t,f
'he treasury. Th s :o ri is taken
nft.r tearing from th.. bankers In sll
ports of the country. mf of whom
any that the stringency Is few h tbliij
of the pf.f. Tin- withdrawals may
mount to $jMsifi or f ,.m,ittt.
The first call for ii,ioi.rtfi ha la
Tisde uion the New York banks