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PROCEEDINGS OF Tuesday, April 7. .i pm i. -rut senate 7', Juurneo nDt" Thursday, and on . , .7 W,'" UU "adjournment """nay oi next week. This pro- a rst . public leader, because no now jm,,, .w.i.ED-ru.-' narfaikndar are likely to iU, CTion. me unfinished business I a bill by Gamble to regu ate e"iimeni ci ll.u accounts between the United States and the several states relative to the disposition of public land. It la understood that thii bill mill not be pawed at this session, and that the other land Mils, such as tbe one to provide an enlarged homestead, will also go over until next senium at leant. Expectation! are that there will be little legislation except the appropria tion bills, and it it not impossible that congress will be ready to adjourn tome time between May 15 and May 30. Washington, April 7. The whole of the session of the house today waa da vowa to the consideration of the 0 .r.v oi touuiuia appropriation bill u uiruuuienia oi more or ivss na tional interest were adopted, one pro. viding lor 75-cent gas for all district establishments and the other requiring that all outside door to publio build, logs should open outward and that new buildings shall have four exits. An effort to secure the incorporation of child-labor provision applicable to the aistrici failed. The bill, hlch appro pi lates 19,661,450, was passed and tnerenpon tne bouse, out of respect to the memory of the late Representative ADranam L. Brick, of Indiana, took a recess nntll 11:30 o'clock tomorrow, be ing still on the legislative day of Mon day. ' Monday, April 8. Washington, April 6. The army bill, carrying an appropriation of almost $100,000,000, was passed by the senate today practically as reported from the committee on mlltiary affairs. The only amendment adopted carried an ap propriation of $20,000 for a system of water works lor Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana. The bill material ly Increases the pay of officers and en listed men. The fortifications bill, reported to the senate today, carries Senator Ankeny's amendment, increasing the appropria tion for fortifications on Puget sound $1,000 000. As the bllll passed the house, it appropriated $747,000 for this work. The appropriation is not item, iaed. The senate today panned An keny'a bill, appropriating $220,000 for a public building at Walla Walla. Washington, April 6. Beyond forc ing roll call on the approval of thj Journal and on adjournment, the Pem ocrrats of the house today offered no obstruct on to the orderly transaction of business. This being suspension day, several important bills were put through by practically unanimous vote. Among these was the Sterling employ-1 is' liability bill, only one vote being recorded against it, that of Littlefiold, of Maine, and the bill establishing a naval station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and appropriating $1160,000 fur the purpose, against which fcherwood, of Ohio, stood alone. At 6:10 p. m. the hoime took a recess until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Saturday, April 4. Waahlngton, April 4. The army ap propriation bill was completed by the senate committee on military affairs today and will be reported to the sen ate on Monday. It will carry about $16,000,000 more thsn was provided in the bill as It passed the house, making a toUl of approximately $100,000,000. An item of about $7,000,000 was in cluded to Increase the pay of the army, revenue cutter service and marine corps, but excluding enlisted men of the navy, in accordance with the pro vision of the bill which was paused by the senate. Washington, April 4. By adopting a sweeping cloture rule in the house today, the Republicans left to the Dem ocrats very limited powers. No longer can a filibuster be conducted against sending to conference bills with senate amendments; jio longer can a motion to close debate be amended or discuss ed, and no longer can a motion to ad journ take precedence over a motion to take a recess. Williams forced a rollrall on the ad option of the rule, and it was adopted, 134 to 119. Consideration of the District of Co lumbia appropriation bill was then re sumed, but only after anotaer rollcall. Friday, April 3. Washington, April 3. The senate committee on judiciary spent some hours connlderlng the various bills in tended to relieve prohibitoln states from Federal interference in dealing with liquor trafflo within the borders of ench states, but no agreement was reached. It was determined, however, to vote on the measnree on Monday. From the discussion today thers ap peared to be a chance for the reporting Parade Plans Are Modified. Wsshlngton, April 8. Soras slight mo.liflcation In the plans of the parade cfthe Atlantic battleship fleet from Magdalena bay to San Francisco, as an nounced at the Navy department Satur day, and which provides for stops at Port Harford and Monterey, were ma.le publio today. As a result of the change the fleet will leave Santa Barbara April 2flth instead of the 30th, as stat ed Saturday, and it will go to Pott r.,-hins there April 30. On- Iv a stop of one day will be made at fort Harford. Ppencer for the Netherlands. Washington. April S.-Spencer Ed dy, the the Chicago man who has for many months been an attache of the American legation In London and who recently married Mias Spreckels, dangh ter of John D. Spreckels, was today nominated by President J"" !' minister to the Netherl.nd His head quarters will be In Luxembourg. Eddy uVbrother-ln-law of Senator Bever tdge. of Indiana, who married nn sis-ter. CONGRESS IN BRIEF of some measure dealing with a pm oi the qneatiuLi, at lost, that have been agitated in a number of Southern itates, which have been prevented by bupreme e. urt rulings from exeiciaing their polue powers for ths crni.t IRrWW.ai Washington, April 3. When the house of representatives adjourned late IOiay, tl e breach Is-1 ween tha ui.tmn. snd niinoiity parties , if anyibm-' wider lhan aver. The leaders onl-.it aides arrived on the i-eerie early, appar ently none the worse f..r the pari iauieii. tary strugg'e of the night before. The IVmicrats resumed dilatory tactics and kept it up through lit the day. not it h. standing tl e committee on ru'es apply ing the gag law to general debate on the District of Columbia appropriation bill, which was in order tor considera- tion. The rule a as adopted amid np rnar and after the Democrat has ex hausted every narliamenbarv move hicb they could make to obstruct it 8nal disposition. ? Hi4tW, April' Washington, April J. The executive session of the senate today was largely consumed by discussion, without pas sage of a bill to reorganise the public school system in the District of Colum bia by placing it under the control of a director appointed by the national com missioner of education, superseding the control by the board of education com posed of citisens of the District. The bill relating to the settlement of claims of states on account of the dis position of publio land was again taken np and ths Bacon amendment for set tling the accounts of owners of cotton seised by ths government during the Civil war, amounting to $5,000,000, was considered, but without results either on the bill or the amendment. Washington, April 2. Carrying a total of $11 608,806, the agricultural appropriation bill was passed by the house late today. It had been under discussion for nine days and from the time its ronclderatiDn began until the veyr end its provisions were attacked at every turn, with the result that it underwent many changes. Just before its passage, Scott, of Kansas, chairman of the agricultural committee, made an unsuccessful fight to have stiicken out the amendment adopted yesterday con siderably increasing the appropriation for soil investigations. During the delte today a brief flurry was created by Harrison, of New York, Democrat, characterising as socialistic the bill of the minority leader, Wil liams, providing for the utilization of the treasury surplus in the construction and Improvement of roads in the seve ral states. Wednesday, April I. Washington, April 1. Senator Hey- burn's three-day filibuster to defeat Representative Jones' bill authorising the Benton Water company to dam Snake river at Three-Mile rapids ended in ntter rout this afternoon, the senate turning him down by a vote of 47 to 4. The passage of this bill snd the con-' lderation of a measure for adjudicating the claims o( states against the govern ment on account of the disposition of the proceeds of publio la nils occupied nearly the entire seision of the senate today. Washington, April 1. Debate on ths agricultural appropriation bill was de void of the charges and imputations which marked Its consideration on Monday and Tuesday. More process was made with the measure than on any previous day, and the indications are that it will finally get through to morrow. Today's discussion dwelt on s propo sition for an Increased appropriation for the farmers' bulletins, which, however, was re I used, and he subject of inquir ies Into road-building, etc., by the de partment, the trend of opinion being that such work should be encouraged. Max co Is Angry. Washington, April 7. While the offi cial relations between the United States and Mexico were never more cordial than now, and while there Is nothing In the material interests or desires of either republic which conflicts In the slightest degree with the others, offi cials of the American State department have become suddenly aware of the ex istence and rapid growth of a public sentiment in Mexico of distrust and suspicion of Americans and the Ameri can's intentions respecting Mexican ter ritory. This condition is made more exaxperating but none the less harmless and embarrsasing from the fact that it is entirely groundless in fact, and the officials declare has for its basis nothing but irresponsible newspaper gossip anil criticism. fuss Hsfiin far Damages. Washington, April 7. Representa tive Thomas Hefl'n, of Alabama, was today made the defendant in a suit for $20,000 damages filed by Louis Lundy, the negro with whom the congressman hsd an altercation on a streetcar on March 27 last. The affair grows out of Mr. Heflln's taking exception to the negro's drinking on a stieetcar in the presence of women. Lundy is repre sented by four negro attorneys. Does Not Guarantee Purity. Washington, April 2. If a bill pass ed by the senate Monday becomes a law, it will be unlawful for any adver tiser to announce that h s wares are "guaranteed by the government of the United States nnder the pure food law." The bill is intended to prevent the misleading statement that under the pure fond law articles are guaran teed as to their purity. The senate also passed a bill Including drugs of the homoepath'c pharmacoepia on ejnal terms with thoe of the allopathic nn der the pnre food law. Sioux Want Reservations Opened. Washington, April 8. A delegation of Sionx Indians from the Cheyenne and Standing Rock reservations, who favor opening at !eat half of these res ervations to settlement, called upon the president todey w th Commissioner l.enpp, of the bureau of Indian affairs. The president chatted with them a short time. If the plan for opening these reservations should become s law, about 3,200,000 acres would be ooms open to settlers. UrVfcR COURT TO OtCiOt. Rusf Asks That Judge Doolng, ! Foroiooen to Try Him. Pan Franciaco. April I. With the views of Judge Maurice T. Dnoling, announced from the beno' , that an Im muriity contract is riou existent in lu, illegal II entered into bv a district at torney and unenloicfable by a defend ant, indiia ing a probable ad vera ruling on the objection of Abraham Ktn-f to -'uii.it." piocraoi as strsmst him t cause of the promise of Immunity made him by th pr cut ion but afleraardi repudiated, Kinl, through biaatto neys, today made application to th ftiata (Supreme rouit for a v ri' of man date and petitioned for a writ of pr hibition. The application anil petition are Identical with ihe onis denied ea terday liy the llistr ct Court of Appeal The Supreme court Is atked to prohib J dg Uatllng from continuing th irlal of Ruf and to inane a wiit of mandate ordering him to transfer the case t another department of the 8u perior court. Assistant D strict Attorney Francis J. lleney this afternoon replied to the argument of Frank J. Murphy, who raised ths question of the Immunity contract before Judge Doolina this "virejjig tzi ccv.4,ijUcu nisi turougn Ruef's reliance upon the promise made him, bis constitutional rights were in vaded when he testified before the srand jury and that he was entitled to be placed back where he could attack ths validity of the indictments. CONDEMNS ALL PtNDINQ BILLS Nsw York Chamber Advecatss Com mission on Currency 8, stem. New York, April 3. None of the ourrency legislat on now before oon grers, with the exception of the Lover ing bill, which provides for the sp pointment of a commission to investi gate the currency and banking systems of the United States, will have the ap proval of the New York chamber of commerce. This was the decision to day when the chamt er adopted the re port of its special committee to invest) gate and report npon pending legif la tion. It is the belief of the committee that thtre Is little chance o' any cur rency legislation being enacted at the present session of comrrrs. The committee's rt p rt recommends the enactment of a its providing for the appointment of a commis-iion to in vestigate the currency sn 1 banking sys tems of the Uni ed States and other leading commercial nations snd to re port such meaiure "as may be found necessary to place oar currency and lianking system on a sound basis, which is absolmely essential f ( r the perma nent welfare and progress of the coun try." PRACHCE NEARLY OVER. Vessels at Magdalena Bay About to Coal and Clean Ship. San Diego, Cal., April 3. Wireless reports received from Magdalena bar state that the record target practice of 1908 for the Atlantic fleet Is practically at an end. The Vermont, the last of the "Big 16" to go npon the Tanses, completed the firing of her 12-inch gone yesterday and today was complet ing her record with the rifles in the secondary battery. Most of the ships also have completed their torpedo prac tice, so that little remains to be done at Magdalena bay but to coal and clean ship. It Is said that all of the vessels will take on fu bclent coal to cany them to San Francisco. In this way the ships will be open to visitors every day of their stay at the various ports on the coa-t. During coaling days all ships of the navy are barred to visitors and practically all of the officers have to lemain on board. The Connecticut, which bronght Ad miral Evans to San Diego yesterday af ternoon, and which cleared again for Magdalena bay at 4 o'clock in the after noon, was 240 miles south at noon to day ar d will rejuin the fleet late to morrow afternoon. The weather at Magdalena bay is re ported as cloudy and threatening, these conditions having prevailed for some time. No rain has fallen in the bay, but a few miles inland it is said there have been heavy showers. White uniforms were expected to be worn, but blue has been the prescribed color nearly every day. Gold Key for the Admiral. Seattle, Wash., April 3. A solid gold key to the city, made of Alaska nuggets, is the unique token of hospi tality that will be presented to the ad miral In command of the big battleshl fleet when it visits Seattle next June. It is to lie of handsome design and wll weigh about ten ounces. The key will he presented by Mayor John F. Miller. A committee of the chamber of com merce today decided to cal) upon citi sens to contribute s fund of $26,000 for the entertainment of the men and offi cers of the fleet. Moves to Start Mines. Indianapolis, April 3. Ths first offi cial act of President Lewis, of ths United Mineworkers of America, In assuming his office today, was to send telegrsphlc invitations to the operators of the competitive field, consisting of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, to attend a meeting in this city Monday, April 6, with repre sentatives ol the miners, to make an effort to agree npon a call for an Inter state wage convention and, If necessary, to decide npon a general resumption of mining operations In the field. Just Passes Contrsct Speed. Rockland, Me., April 3. Facing ad verse conditions today in the way of highwinda snd heavy seas, the armored cruder Montana exceeded her contract requirements by a slender msrgin on the Rockland trial course. Her fastest mile, which was made with the tide In her favor, was at the rate of 23.8 knots an hour. The Montana made 13 runs today, being started at a lH-knot clip, which was Increased gradually to 12 knots. Anarchy Rules In Haytl. Tsrls, April 3 A dispatch received here today from Port an Prince, Haytl, says that the situation there is extreme ly grave and that complete anarchy pre vails. Ths dispatch furthar declares uib americma wansstlyw Bl ysapilting BsilnnrnnW 0Ttt ittiio nr niTrnroT I UHLUUH JlUL ULMO W miLilEOI ! Ortwirs Os Architect's Drawings goon Start Work, M;ii..-.-'r'-lt "' "' flaw' warehouse snd cold skra Pni to be erected by tbe Milbn Fruitgrowers' union have b n received from ilw architect, F. E. Fiiikeiil-iner Walla Walla, and pre parations are bein iiiadr to begin work. 1'l.e buil.Hi.g ' ve l lo,,i walls, iBiH.utHiri. i tie second ftory ol injury from irwts and late rains, will be u-ed " facory and for Growers expect lair weather through loiaue pup,'', "alf of the lement the blossomiug period Hnd with such will be ued lr cold ttoiage, the re- conditions prevailing a full crop ol fruit maimler for slonge ol f,u,is aud ber- j will "set." riei awaiting sldpmei t. Apples in the Willamette valley vere The plans are now to construct the a short crop last season and with even building of ronrrtte. Large shipping fair conditions this year the trees should platforms will surround it on two sides bear an Immanse crop. Cherry, p-ar and one end. Tbe building will be 40 and prune trees are apparently In per lt wlile and 1U0 feet lonir, with freight feet condition aud there seems to be no elevators st each end. it war ill have a ' reason why a bumper crop should not capacity of handling $500,000 woithof fruit during a season. VAtS a'26.0OU rOH ORCHARD Dr. F. C. Psgs, of M.dford. Buys 268 Acres In Ashland District. Ashland The papers nave been diawn at Ashland in what it is believed la the biggest orchard sale yet consum mated in the hletory of tbe Rogus River valley. Tbe pmperty Involved la the orchard and farm of County Commissioner Joshua Patterson, locat ed in Talont precinct, four miles north of Ashland. Two hundred and fifty eight acres was the acreage involved in the deal, 130 acres being young orchard of lour and five-year-old apple trees in fine condition, ths remainder being farm lands suitable for Iruitgrowing, but unplanted lo trets. The consider ation in the deal was $52,000. Set Out Many Qrapea. Grants Pass One of the largest ship ments of Tokay grape cuttings was un loaded at the depot this week that has ever been received in one lot In South ern Oregon. One hundred thousand cuttings were consigned to W. B. Sher man, who Is setting out 80 acres in the foothills just outside of the city limits overlooking town. Several other con- Ignmeiits of small amount! have been distributed to various other fruit grow ers. Growers feel jubilant over the outlook for grapes and are hustling to get well rooted vines to plant and in some Instances Willamette valley nurs erymen have been unable to fill more than half ths ordera. Market Day is Big Success. Baker City Baker City's first month market day was a pronounced suo- cess, nunoreua " isruiers navicg brought in stock to ne sold. ' Between 1 and 12 o clock mere was a band con cert by tbe Baker Concert band and at 1 o'clock tbe horse snow was held. Hundreds of boises were in the parade. mmediately after tne p.irade was held the publio wedding, which was one of tbe chief attractions, took place. The crowds then went to the oubiio auetion where thousand ot .oiite' woitn oi stock was sold. The merchants of the Itv did sn immenre business, having made special reductions for the day on 11 of their goods. Shear Speep With Machinery. Arlington Sheep-shearing will begin at Smyths A Smith's plint, five miles south of here, this wtek. Sixteen shearing machines will te used, the power being furnished by a six horse power gasoline engine. Forty thou and sheep will be sheared at this plant this seascn, and an arerage of 2.000 head daily U expected. Sheepmen re port that the sheep are in good condi tion, but that pai-ture is getting scarce. This has been one of ihe most success ful lambing seasons known, but few lambs being lost Irorn any cause. Will Seek Isolated Land. Union Property in this county which has been lost to the assessment rolls is about to be discover! and made to pay its share of the expenses of county and state government. It is said that nu merous tracts of isolated land have nev er been located by as?esori in listing property. J. T. Williamaon, of La Grande, who has made a business of lo cating land for a number ot years, has rranged with the county commissioners to do the work on a percentage basis. The early records are very poor and will require much work. The Dalles Mates Qood Brick. The Dalles Mr. Litheiland. a Port land brick expert, whose opinion was sought by Ihe architect of the city ball, now in process ol construction, regard ing brick lately burned here by The Dalles Brick A Tile company, has mads report sftei acareiul examination and declares the brick equal to any made in this stste. Some of the easing brick delivered In this City by mistake had been rejected by the architect, which led to the examination. Appls Land st SI.OOO an Acre. Hood River One of the biggest sales of orchard land that hss taken place at Hood Rie M "ported in ths pur chase of 32 acres of bearing orchard . r I. u.r.nii 1 tnm mnn nnn Th nurchaser w as F. W. Angus, of the firm of MacRae A Angus. The orchard is set to young trees that hsve only been in bearing a year or two. and the price paid is not regarded as high, owing to ths standard varieties of apple trees and its Iocs! ion. Invited te Visit Presldsnt. Palera Governor Chamberlain has received an invitation from President Roosevelt to attend a dinner at the White House on Tuesday evening, May 19 when there will be an assemblsse of governors sod other officials to dis- i the qiieeucu un cocservstion of na tional resource!- Governor Chamber- ain hopes to d oie to sttend, but is ifraid that he will be unable to do so, owing to other prying matters. Seek for Oil. The Dalles Articles of incoronratlon by the "Beavis-Msy oil company" havs been filed with the county clerk hers. The Incorporators are George K. Beavis, inn Mav and Dr. Harry F. McKsv. Ths capital it is $30,000. The com pany pnrpc 10 in developing oil lands in tn 'nuuy oi uutar, or., at which piacs ths head office is to bt. WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVOR Fruit In Willamette Valley Promises to Do Unusuallv Wei', . Ralam Climatic conditions during; the past winter have b-en ti eption ably favoralde for all farm crops and the present fair weather is considered Ideal lor fruit. The cold sprint has kept the fruit trees back, thus protect ing them to s lare exts'it Iron danger be realised. Tne high prices secured in recent years for fruit twnr.;?!! ths growers to do mors extensive prun ing ami spraying that ever before, with the result that the quality of fruit har vested will be exceptionally good. Tne coming of fair weather has set the plows going in all orchards and cultivation will this year be unusually thorough. Clears Columbia Channel. The Dalles The Port'and contract ors, Wakefield A Jacobaen, who have been dredvlng and otherwise clearing the narrow channel of the Columbia at what is known as Three-Mile rapids, near this city, have completed their work arM brought the dredge to The Dalles, whsre it is now moored. The removal of the rocks snd reefs from this portion of the Columbia has cost the government about $100,000, and has oc cupied several years, thcugh it ccull have been finished sooner but for the fact that it could not be carried on the rear around, on account of high water. The Columbia is now free from impedi ments to the Big Kddy, where it con nects with the portage road. Cuts Freight Rates. Salem The Oregon Railroad com mission has rendered its decision In the O. R. A N. distributive rate case, or dering a reduction in rates between Portland and points cant of The Dulles. The reduction amounts to 3 cents a hundred nn first-class freight to Biggs, 7 cents to Arlington, 13 cents to Pen dleton, 18 cents to La Grande and Ba ker City, and 19 cents to Huntington, with proportionate leduotions to other points and on other clauses of freight. Rates to Ths Dalle are already low enough, owing to water competition. All the commissioners concurred In the decision. Fight for Watsr Rights. Milton Hearing of the second irri gation suit in the Involved water situa tion in this part of the Walla Walla valley is on, court being held here in stead of at Pendleton because there are about 860 witnesses. The first suit was the reacock Milling company agalnat numerous waterusers on th walla walla river, i n is second sui is brought by the Irrigation union which has lands below Mlltcn and Free water and which is trying to stop land owners abeve them from using water to which they claim exclusive right. The Dalles to Have Flost The Dalles At a meeting of the com mercial club It was decided that this city shall be represented at the rose show in Portland by a float to be de signed and constructed by J. W. Har per. ot Portland. A committee has made a canvass oi tne business nouses and obtained $600, with the promise of an additional $100. The float will be decorated with the products of this vi cinity and will be one of the features of ths spirit of the Golden West pars le. S2.C00 Raised for Diking Fund. Freewater A largely attended meet ing of ranchers, interested in oon troll ing the floodwaters of the Turn a lum snd Walla Walla rivers, met laet week in Badgero's hall. About $2,000 has been subscribed for the project, and tbe work of diking the river has already commenced. Twenty-three thouxand acres of land In this valley are Irriga ble, of which there are 6,000 acres now nnder cultivation producing excel lent crops. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 84c; bluestera, 87c; vallev. 86c: red. 82c. Barley Feed, $24.60 per ton; rolled, $27fS23per ton; brewing, 127 . Oats No. 1 white, $2(1.60 per ton; gray, $26. Corn Wiole, $33.60; cracked, $34.60. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 per ton; Eastern Oregon timotny, ii dus clover, $14; cheat, $16; grain hay, $14 016; alfalfa, $11. Fruits Apples, $13.60 per box, according to quality; cranberries, $80 1 1 per barrel. Vegetables Artichokes, 76f0e P" dosen: ssparagua, 9c ponnd; beans, 20c 'pound; cabbage, lXWl'aC ponnd ; can- "nower, ouci i cw.e. j, ."vr" crate; paraiey, y uuu, ym, v pound; peppers, 20o per pound; rad ishes, 26c per dosen; rhubarb, $22.25 per crate; spinach, 86c crate; sprouts, 10c per pound, squssh, l(S&l.Vt0 pound. Onions Oregon $4.26(4 .60 per hun dred. Potatoes 45 5 5c per hundred, de livered Portland. Butter Fancy creamery, 27,0 per ponnd. Poultry Average old hens, 14.lSo per pound; mixed chickens. 13c; spring chickens, 16320e; turkeys, live, 16(Sr16c; dressed, choice, 17(S.18c; geese, live, 9j; ducks, 16oal7c; pigeons, 7IW4$1; squabs, $1.60r2. Kggs Fresh ranch, lc per dosen. Veal 75 to 126 pounds, 8(9c; 12S to 150 pounds, 7c; 160 to 200 pounds, 638Ke. Pork Block, 75 to 150 ponnds, 7(3 7)o; packers, 638He. Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4C,5c per pound; olds, l(31)o P" pound. Won I Eastern Oregon, aversge best, 1216o per ponnd. according to shrink sse; valley, lG'wHc, according to qual ity; mohair, choice, 25c p ponnd. Casoara Bark 3o per pound. A BAD A3 ANCIENT HOME. Mew 1rlt MaaUlral llwrlla Low Mural Tait ol Thai (lir. Low cut gowua woru by New York Society woiui'U at the iiera and lu tlio restaurants have shorkt-d I-croy It. Crane, one of the magistrates of the Municipal Court In that city. As a remedy he udvo-ntes the establishment of s'hx)!s of moitt!ii io rai ttie mor al tj.- oi .New lor'i.' wiiltU, he de clares, hus tieimie its bad us ancli-nt Koine. KxprexKing bla view of tho lux moral tne iu (ioihaui. Magistrate Crune an Id: "I believe the public exhibition of so doty women In eitri'inely low rut gowns at the oimts and other public plaivs; drinking, smoking, and the gen eral abniulou of others, eKpectally young girlie at rcHtuiiruuls throughout the city, and the conditions and teui talions surrounding glrla of tender ue at middle cluss dunces lu cvrtniu public hulls and their aMorlute generally, will prove the morality of New York will reach a status upprouchlug that of Rome lu her declining days. "Do you know I would not leriiilt my daughters to attend the oH-ra or fT- Tl-'-- .2i'.'!ui..u.i'uf wlir'e sngiit raiment la the rule and look umiu the bold exhibition of women who rufik high In the society world. I believe It la not only a demoralizing Influence, especially upon the young, but that the exhibition lu Itwlf is an itidlcatlou of a low moral tone. 1 cannot understand bow a chaste and uiodcst woman can go out In public dreaaed as Is the cus tom In tbe preacut day. Supposing the women of the oltwery were to exhibit themselves In such costume as are worn In many places, of amusements, in ho tels, restaurants, etc. They would be liable to arrest and censured at least. "Now, while It Is true, ns tins been aald, thut morality Is largely a ques tion of geography. It Is hIko true the different moral codes uiuxt le separat ed by more than a mile and a half. Scenes enacted nightly about New Y'ork, I believe, exhibit as low a moral totio us bus N-eii shown In any civilized society, ancient or modern. The French, during the revolution, hud a oddcH of ItciiHou' who wus a woinau of the streets. "Tberolgne was no more of u public character than some of the queens of the stage of whom we have made hero ines. Why within the last year a young woman whose lin k of character was the cause of one of the tnost sen sational murder trials has actually set the fitslilou for young girls by the clothing she has worn." Legal Information A provision of a city charter that the city should never im liable for any datnsgv sustained by any person In roiisotiucuce of the neglect of any r eon to keep any sidewalk clear of snow, etc., or other olmtrui'tlon, was In Muclum vs. City of Marquette, 111 Northwestern Reporter, 1070. upheld by tbe Michigan Supreme Court as valid, soil not m'H to the objection that It was cluss legislation. In lu Yivler A Co. vs. t.allli'e. UU Federal Reporter. IIS, NO (,'. C. A. .Vai, the I'nlted States circuit Court of Ap euls for the Koeoud Circuit hold iliat a corporation organized by the mem bers of a partncrNliip, lo whom all the stork Is Issued, to take over all the property of the partnership and con tinue Its tuiKi iiiHH at tho same place, is liable for the debts of the paituerNliip even though miiiIi debts were not ex pressly assumed by the coi'Kinilion. That dciNlous of to-day arc some time governed by prtrilciils wlit'ii appcur to huve outlived their u4'f ill ness Is Illustrated by the recent deci sion of the Xew York Supreme Court In Ie Wolf vs. Ford. 104 New York Supplement, 870. The court In this case, on sutliority or an early r.ngllxh esse (Cs lye's Case. I Smith's Lead. Cns. 8 Ann. Kd 1 240). held that a guest at a hotel could not recover for Insults heuM upon ber by a servant of the proprietor of the hotel. In the Knglish casd the rule was laid down that an lntikeeTs liability extends only to Injuries to the movables of his guests, lie Is not liable for Insults or Injuries to the person. As the court could not tlnd thut this chk. had ever been questioned In Kuglund. It consid ered itself hound. Jndue .Mcf.aimlilln, however, dissents from the decision of the majority. In Pickering vs. Winch. S" Pacific Reporter, 7Ki, the Supreme Court of Oregon notes that residence and domi cile are not Interchangeable terms, and draws a distinction between such terms. Residence denotes a plai-e of abode, whether teinsrsry or is-ruia-nent, while domicile denotes a fixed and permanent borne, and need not lie the actual place of abode. iMnlrlle does not de;iend uxn mere naked resi dence, bnt Is the legal, the Juridical seat of every person the seat where he Is considered to be In the eyes of th law, for certain application of the law, whether be be conoreal!y found there, or whether he be not found there. To constitute a change of domi cile, three things are essential first. residence In another place; second, an Intention to abandon the old domicile; and. third, ths Intention of acquiring a new one. A Proaaerflve Saab. Thoebe "You would hardly know Freddy since he got back from Mont Carlo. He lost all bis money there nd " Kvelyn "Hardly know blm! Why, shan't know blm at all." IlluatrateJ Hits. Ill Awfal Thraat Mother Why did you not STuern when Hans klseed you) daughter He threatened na. Mother How? I laughter He said If I did he'd ntv er kla Die sgaln. Meggeudorrer Hist ter. Any man Is willing to sdmlt that be doesn't write s gol "hand;" bsd writ ing Is generally regarded as a aasrk of genlua. 1 . . -3 L0ND09 FOB A QCIET LIFB. Twoa, ftlefctlaaoli-a " " I Make (siry !' .olfr. There is only one spot on earth wber the Judod spirit, weary of the rush an-t noise aud bustle of modern life, can til i.l true -ace and perfect quiet. It I known a London Town. What with cowa, dojrs, Miiiltn. motor rurs au-.l " ieJ'Jlr I'-V-t'.'.r. iv"'--"? ' ' .U) au-h an uproarious puttdcnioiiluiii that only a deaf man or an artillerist run live there In comfort, snys the London 1'iilly News. Such were the srnments which !r. Robinson, town clerk of Sboredltch, nd tiiinisl when (!. S. I. Murray conclud ed his Inquiry on behalf of the chiirlt.v ivinmhKioncrs Into the application of the Ironmongers' company to remove their slmstiouses froiu Kilii-'sland roud, Sliortslitch. It has tx-cn suggested. Ir. Robinson said, that the old ladies In the alms houses were disturbed by the noise In the dUtrict. but probably the site whs always noisy. The couches going to York In the old day made quite a much noise as nny London county coun cil trum car did today, tf oM ,iv uies tboilglit they were going to escape noise by removing to tbe country they would le bitterly disappointed. lie lived In tbe country himself and heV lis often awakened at 1 o'cUiek In the morning b.v the passing of nn oid wheexlng, croaking motor car belong ing to his majesty's ostilllee. If peo ple wanted to know what dust and noise and Ht Ink meant, let them go Into the country, where there was no po lice commissioner to stop motor omni buses fnuu currying on their Infernal t rattle. To take only one night of his life, there was a corncrake rasping outsldo bis door till 10 o'clock. Then be was awakened by a nightingale a bird which made music for a quarter of nn hour, but becnine troublesome when It sung for two hours. When that ceased a cow began Isdlowing and then a dog beard the local policeman walking down the street and barked for an hour. At dawn the birds begun again. Loudon was the one place where pev pie could get rest from such noises. There are forty-live medical socie ties In New York City. "American tiiilter' Is the uunic given In Syria to olcoiunrgurlne. Au Iowa mun has Invented a ma chine for puralllulng butter tubs and boxes. The estimated value of dairy prod ucts for l.i07 whs $Stsi,(sKMi0, and thut of Hultry $iHrO,lSS),000. Bears are liable to taxation In some Japanese villages. Tbe origin of this curious custom Is unknown. The paper cups used on milk bottle are made ut tbe rate of 000,000 a day, uud one man operates five machines. Import into Cauudn In l'.X)7 (esti mated) from the L'ulted States will amount lo f lOS.Ooo.ooo. against onlr f TK.ooO.tSrO from (Jrent Britain. Canada's gn eminent revenue from all soiins's this year w ill be more than t ICM).lKM,iMiO. Ill the first seven months the customs receipts Increased JU.oOO,. turn. A few days ago !avid I'lngree, of Salem, Mass., bought several hundred thousand acres of the "wild lauds" of Maine, thereby hcooinlng possessor of a trni't of In ml larger than the entire State of Rhode Island. It is the best hunting ground In the eastern part of Ihe I'nlted States. A cosmopolitan rlllzcn says that the foreigners, artists, philanthropists, edi tors, scientists uud sociologists who go to New York City to study America are likely to Is' led into nil sorts of errors If they confine their studies and observation to tbe inetroNdls, for New York City Is less typical of America than any oilier part of the country. The linen industry I the greatest manufacturing Industry Ireland oa- sesf.es. I nere is invested in H aome- blng like fifteen mid a half million pounds, and it gives employment to To.i pik i pisple. It Is a matter for much uneasiness that year nfter year for n considerable time has marked a dcrlln.i in the area under flnx In Ireland. Northern Whig. Few -ople will have had the cour age to sit down thirteen at table for the greeting of a new year. Hut five and- fifty years ago Ird Robert was one of thirteen who sat down to dinner on New Yenr's dny at Peshawar. Kleven years later though most of them had been through the Indian mutiny and half of them had la-en wounded they were all alive. And I-ord Rolsprta Is still very much alive. Ixjndon Chron icle. fleas Kara Ptaeaaa. It Is not generally known that bees ire swifter In flight than pigeons thnt Is, for short distances. Some years ago a pigeon fancier of llamme, West phalia, laid a wsger that a dozen bee lllsprated three miles from their hives would reach home In less time than a dozen pigeons. The ronietl tors were given wing st Ryliern, s tilings nearly a league from llamme, and the first bee reached the hive a quarter of a minute In sdvsnoe of the first pigeon. Three other be- resulted tbe goal before the second pigeon. The bees were Slso slightly handlrapd, having been rolled In flour before starting for the purpose of Identification. The Reader. Taarkvrar's Vortm. Thackeray's fnvorlto ps?t were Oolilamlth an.! the "sweet lyric sing ers," Prior, whom he thought the easi est, the richest, the tmsit charmingly humorous of Knglish lyrical poets, ami Gay, the for-e of whose simple melody snd artless ringing laugnter ne appre ciated. He admired Pope, too ; but while admitting Milton's greatness. thought blm "such s bore that no one could read blra. It Is not surprising, therefore, that Thackeray never es sayed the "big bow wow kind" of oetry. If fathers could be sons to them- nlvsa, tvbat & man they would be I