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l PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF j 'ftia.,, , 14 hlnton . c April H. The ineaauge of the nresi,i..,,t i frrt.f..h'- Plai ,or n aPPrPrlation ior lour new hlch there t -o ruaiuesrnpa. concerning housei nLlr""'1' day by both Id" ruble d,? iTt'h- '7 Wa",co"- message in tthe'aen re laiiuu. wu house Koraker r waa engaged in making hia -."-.u..,i, sutein wnen the docu- meet was received; and In the house in. i ' a8 ln cn""lttee . ui uoi on me naval appropri.f- uiu, I That the message waa designed to Influeuco the house to increase the number of battleshlpa provided for In the naval bill from two to four lo lour ZK L a?.L!.h ed to i. ... ti..w,.i . " ' I 7C.. house Just before taking up that Dro-, I . . I Ti5iua, i It waa enthusiastically received hv the advocatea of a larger navy. The anna later gave vent to their fel- Ings by authorizing a petition from a ' number of cltizena of New York City, reuu ai me instance or ' 'r"leBun,K extravagance of spending over 160.-1 OUU.U00 for four battleshlpa. On en objection by Williams, Hob- aon waa prevented from reading a memorial from laboring men favor ing the building of more ships. The message wna a brief but vigor ous contention for the rapid devel opment of the navy. China waa held up as an example of the "peace at any price" doctrine, and Great. Bri tain aa having the naval policy to be emulated. It waa contended that the result of the last Hague conference made It plain that the natlona would not, for sometime, if ever, agree on a plan of limitation of naval arma ment. Monday April 13 Washington, April 13. I'nlooked for progress waa made by the house today. It considered the naval ap propriation bill. When It waa laid aside for the day It had been only half disposed of, and the advocate of the four battleshlpa were aligning themselves, In preparation for the fight on that subject, which prob ably will occur tomorrow. The hopea of the officer of the navy and marine corps for an in crease In pay were dashed to the ground when, on a point of order by Madden of Illinois, there was strick en out of the bill the provision for auch Increase. On a similar point by Mudd of Maryland an amendment by j.urmomv oi misaoun loroiuumg , tlie bin to promote the Safe transporta naval or marine bands accepting prl- j t)o of inter(ate commerce explosive vate employment In competition with comddered It will be finallv dls civilian musician waa lost. wa considered, n will De nnally dla- W hen the nrovlslon relatlne to the P"eJ ' tomorrow. naval station nt Alongapo, Philippine Islands, wa reached, the old contro versy over the fortification of Sublg and Manila Hay cropped out. Hob- son declared that any one who would choose between the two would not choose Manila Hay. The whole que- tlon, he aald, waa simply one of de fense. "We cannot hold Sublg nay ten days," he said. "We can hold Manila Hay 90 daya. Washington. April 13. The brief The bill carrie an item of $1,000,. aesslon of the sennte today was de- 000 toward the coiiftroct Ion of the sub voted to the transaction of routine marine torpedo txata and an item of business and the delivery of n speech $445,000 toward the construction of by Scott, of West Vlrg'.nin. chairman sab-surface torpedo boat. Provision of the committee on buildings and jg niaje for tne enlistment of 6,000 grounds. Kcott appealed to the sen- men l0 man the following ship, which ate to make adequate i.ppropr atl,ns b in commission w tbin for public buildings In Washington .. . , v .. ,. ... . City, so that omcl-il business might tle next few nionths: The ( al.fornl. bH transacted with tho greatest effl- Mleslsaippi, Malm, New Hamp-hire, ctency and economy. 8outb Dakota, North Carolina, Mon- Senator Koraker today Introduced tana, Chester, Birmingham and Salem ; an amendment lo the railroad rate and for 1,500 men required to man tor law passed June 29, lfor., providing pedo boats not now in commission, that the commndlt bs clati.u- shall not . Representative Hobson, of Alabama, apply to properties owned by the vIi,,i . minr,rit rnnrt rcom. railroads prior to the passage of the law. The effect of the amendment would bo to permit railroads to con tlnue to transport articles mined or manufactured by them and which they own wholly or In part, if that ownership existed at the lime the rate bill became a law. Saturday, April II. Washington, April 11. Debate on the naval appropriation bill In the House today resolved Itself In the main Into a discussion of the possi bilities of war between the Dnlted States and Japan. In line with his well-known views on the subject. Hobson. of Alabama iuenue.1 i..r four battleshlpa instead of 'two for pen imciu yrsr. am. p. '' Mr. Ridder declares that the waa and from now on the I nlted Statea ... , , , 1 ahould have a fixed policy with re- mrans committee of the h.mse I. re gard to naval construction. A war rnslble for not repotting a bill. between the yellow and the wnite races he regarded aa Inevitable, und he nsserted that Japan'a present mil itary activity was with a view to the aiipretniicy of the Pacific and ulti mately she would clash at arms wltb the United States. Washington. IV C, April 11. No definite arrangement has yet hem mndi for tho consideration of the Knit on land grant resolution In the Housi'. While a privileged matter, It Is not ns hluhly privileged ns appro priation bl!N, Hnd ns long ns there nro appropriation bills waiting to be considered there will apparently be no time to take up the resolution. Chairman Mondell. of the House public lands committee, v. ho ha Scriom t End tho Agony. Wnuhinirton. Anrll 15. After brief conference with President i ....i. u'ainn of Indiana. the Republican whip1' of the house, aald he had an appointment to dis cus with the president a program of legislation for the remainder of the aession Mr. Watson ha In mind a nlnn for adjourning May 9. under atood to have been formulated hy republican lender In congress. The discussion will embrncf all the feature of this plan and President Roosevelt will undoubtedly make known his desires on the subject. Clip Win: of Court. Washington. April 15. Through Senator Overman the aenate commit tee on Judiciary today favorably re ported a bill, regulating tho rraetlce ,f granting Injunction by fnlted State, cou. restraining the enforee nt of atatutea. The bill provides That no frcu.t nor district court hall l"ue uch temporary Injunc tion, on tho around of t on.llty until testimony shall hav boVn taken by tho tnreo jud, j churg of the resolution said todav that be would caU It 2p'." h.X.t ,, ? . .. i. . -..V l . e "rV le to endeavor to crowd "it D "head of any appropriation bill, for OgsjS) - n'.mbir Interested in appropriation 'D,1 ,,?r,?rmore'1. Probb1' be over- M 'nr e ever, the appropriation bill, will have all passed the House, and then if not before. Mr. Moudcll thinka the resolution can be called up and passed. Frldir, April 10. Washington, April 10. The dove of peace hovered over the house todav Imtead of interminahla rr.ll.Ma -...I " P" '-ia.. on auction, of P-riiain-ntaiT law, there waa an or aerly e,io" ""'! almost entirely to ivtnki.l. putl.n ' . 9 1 1 . .. .... I - ui uavai appropna' lon bill, ISolh Cliairrana tor, ol III). noii "'' Padgett, of lennease. of the committee on naval affair, . haustive epeeehea justifying the action of the committee in reporting what they characteiixed at a conservative naval progtain for tha next fiscal year, Thursday, April 9. Waahlngton, April 9. The bill re lating to the liability of common car- rieia by lailrua ls, passed in the house of lepreaentativea on April 0, waa to day passed by the aenate without amendment and without diviaion. The teuste bill on the autre subject waa mt confined to railroads, but cov ered all forma of common carrier, and Dulliver, ol Iowa, mho had reported it from the committee on edocatiou and labor, sought to substitute it for the boure bill, bat his montion as de feated. Numerous amendments were offered, but all were voted down. Washington, A pi 11 9. Three time today in the bouse the Democrat caught the Kepublicana napping and forced them to produie a qourutn. On one other occasion a vote by teller lis- olored the absence of quorum, but Hpeaker CaDnon peremptorily applied the Keed rule and secured a quorum to be present. In doing so Cannon had a biie 1 ut lively clash with Williams. Notwithstanding repeated roll cslis, progress wa made in the transaction of public business. ISoth the army and the fortification bills weie vent to con ference; the aenate bill to increase the elfio'ency of the revenue cutter rervice a( with Democratic help, passed, and Wednesday, April 8. Wad I igton, April 8. The naval ap propriation bill, authorising the con struction of two instead of four battle- ships, and eight inetesd of four sobroa- rjn, torpedo boat, and carrying a total appropriation of 103,HH7,o8 lor the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1W01, ' wa reported to the bouse today by Chairman Fees of the committee on naval affair. ninK thgt proviBion be made In tho ,..".. '.., bill for four Brut-class battleship in stead ol two. Ridder Suro of Victory. Washington, April 9 Herman Rid der, of the New York Btaat Zeitnng, who represent the Newspapei Publish era' association in their demand for free wood pulp, so sa to reduce the (rice of white paper, said Unlay, aftr confer ring with President Roosevelt, that he wa sanguine congresa wculd not ad journ without passing such a merstire. Mr. Ridder said he had the written pde of HS Republican member of the house, a h e h. added to the Demo- rratlo v,,,,, milkps . a large majority. Castro Did Not Lota Mail. Washington, April 13. President Castro's caustic reply to the com plaint filed at Caracas rcgardtng the opening of mall sacks containing mail for the gunboat Taronin nt the I. a (luayra postolllce has reached the State Department. A report of the Incident has also been received nt the Navy Department. It appears that tho l.a (luayra post office received S3 sacks of mail, three of which were for thi Taronin. The sacks were nil opened, ns Is the custom nt the office. It was not until thU had been done that the mistake was noticed. No Indication Is given nt the Stnto De partment as to what will be the next step In the matter. Tillman Not a Well Man. April 9. The opinion Washington, ."P"" Tillman, of here that when Senator Sonth Carolina, returns from hia vacation, made neceary by 111 health, be will have left behind him his famed pitchfork, not through any lack of deaire on his part, but be cause of his physical condition. Till man occupies a somewhat anomalous place in the npper house. Althoneh he haa spent 13 years trouble hunting, there Is no member of congress so uni versally esteemed for hi bigness of heait and mind. Denies lll-treatina; Ind an. Washington, April 9. Major Rey nobis, government agent on tho Crow Indian reservation in Montana, today test i lie. I before tho senate committee on Indian affair., denying the charge made by Mr. Helen Pierce Gray, ol 111 treatment of tho Indians. II pro duced large aroonnt of documentary evidence token from tho file ef the Indian office. In defense of hi conduct in varlont matter of which Mr. Grey oood plained. CONDITION WORRIES DOCTORS Admiral Evan Vary Sick Man and Roctvsry Will U Slow Piiao Roble, Cal., April 10. Mn. Rubier D. tim and bar rUnui t..r "rVu'"'lo Maish, arrived her .'h,,rt,w ,,,M 8 0'eloBk -""'r noon and i..in..l R-.r A.1.....I I th" llot PrlnK- Their cumin cheered 1 blBa t'"J, and. it is Ulieved, will . t I While bis rheumastlsm baa tlmoit diaappe.ied .. . result of tha treatment ' V" I"" " f I Z',l, " ""Sn?' J"" sican at the hot pilngt, ad m it led this morning that there neie other compli cation which retard bis rapid recovery and will make permanent iuipioveuieut very tlow. Lieutenant E.'an' departure for Loa Angele to accompany hi mother her wa no doubt largely for tho purpose of preparing her fur tho great change ln her husland. That aho would be greatly shocked when she saw him wa admitted. But a mere shadow of hi former self, hi pale, diawn face furrowed with many ee-p Unes, his tn, etriaclnt bo. hia knee and ankle to enlarged and deformed a to bo very noticeable through hi clothes, there is not much resemblance in tho physical appeaiance to that of the man who stood on the bridge of tho Connecticut, leading hi. great fleet out of Hampton Reads, les than four month ago. II then weighed 175 pound, now ho weighs barely 120. GRAVE PERIL IN ANARCHY. President Send. Vigorous Mossag to Both Housts of Congress. Washington, April 10. In on of the shortest message, which ho hs. yet transmitted to congresa, Pieeident Roosevelt yesterday called the attention of that body to I he necessity for fnrther legislation on tho subject o.' anarchy. With the message he transmitted a re port reviewing the legal phase of th question by Attorney General ISons parte. The mersage of the president U aa follows: "To thsj senate and bom of repre sentatives: "I herewith snbmlt a letter from the depa tment of justice which exlains Itself. Under this opinion I hold that existing statutes give tho president power to prohibit the pootmaater gene ral from being used as an Instrument in the commission of crime, that is. to prohibit tha us of the mail, for the advocacy of murder, arson and treason, and I shall act npen such construction. "Unquestionably, however, there should be further legit lal ion by con gress in this mat'er. When compared ith the suppression of anarchy, every other question sink. Into insignificance. The anarchiat is the enemy of human ity, tho enemy of all mankind, and hi. is a deeper degree of criminality than any other. No immigrant is allowed to ccme to our shores if he Is an anar chiat; and no paper published here or abroad ahould be permitted in this country if it propagates anarchist opin ion. THEODORE ROOSEVELT." THE LIABILITY LAW. Proviiiou 'of Measure Just Passed by Both'.Houtes Washington, April 10.--As passed by loth houses of congress, tho liabil ity bill is expected to meet trio objec tions of the United State. Supreme C'inrttothe common carrier liability law of 1898, decided to be unconstitu tional by the court. Tho bill abolishes the strict common law liability, which bar. a recoveiy for personal injury or death of an employe occasioned hy the negligence of a fellow servant. It also relaxes the common law rule which makes contributory negligence a defense to claim, for such injuries, and per mits an erop'oye to recover for an in jury caused by negligence of a co employe. Tho bill does not bsr recov ery, even though the injured one con tributed by hi. own negligence to the Injury. Ihe amount of the recovery Is diminished In the same degree with tho negligence of tho Injured to tho in- Juiy. L swmsksrt Strike Snag. Washington, April 10 lawyers of congress confess they have rnn npon a real question in Ihe resolution intro duced by Senator Elkins to suspend un til January 1,1901, the penalties at tached to the commodities clause of the railroad rate bill. Mem tiers of the senate judiciary committee have inves tigated the Elkins resolution, and say that if it were adopted in advance of May 1 It would violate the commodity clause so that the Supreme court of ths United States would decline to take cognisance of test suits. Decide Not to Build Hero Portland, April 10. That the pack ing firm cf Schwtrtt-M'hlid A Sulzberger l as given np all intention of bniiding a p. ant at Portland since being refused the privilege of building on the Zim merman site, In South Portland, is the statement of J. S. Ileisey, Pacific roat manager for the company, who has just returned from New York, where he conferred with the heads of the com pany in regar I to the matter. Mr. Helsey returned here to settle np some affairs that were pending. The 8 A 8. people will locate at some other city. Burn Railroad Property. Rio Janeiro, April 10. Serious riot ing broke ont yesterday In the city of Camp-ie, and troop wero sent In to-lay to restore order. The Leopold railroad has maintained exorbitant rates on freight in and ont of Campo. This aroused the Indignation of the people and last evening they descended npon th railnd property and set fire to two stations, 30 car and several ware houses. Tho railroad bridge over the Parahiba river wa. destroyed. Class Too III for Trial. Pan Francisco, April 10. When the bribery charge against Loai. Olass, of the Pacific Telephone h Telegtaph eoot pany, wa called in Judg Law lor' enart this morning, his attorneys state! that th defendant wa very ill and asked for a continuance of too weeks. Assistant District Attorney O'Gara was made no objections. Jadgo Laolor st th mattor for May II. ANARCHY A MENACE H'tiespread Fxtstence In United States Is AstcDodlDg. AUBit'lEtrWlfrtlCiAlCttUS thousand of Suspscts On Govern ment Lists Details of Duccv erie. Kept Scrt. Washington, April 11- Ai s result of the work of th government, recently undertaken for the stamplog cat of an archy and anarcbisi in the United State, it leaked out today that govern ment officials are abaolutsl) astounded at tho widespread growth of anarchy in thl oountry. Group of anarchist hav been discovered in almost every state in tho Union and la most unex pected place.. Detailed information concerning their jocat'iuu' ud ouuiber waa refused by high official, today, bnt it i. known that steps sr now being taken by the government to got ac quainted with tho various groups and their Individual members, and that th Reds will bo kept under strictest sur veillance Lo oaf to-. The cine to tho location of th anar chist, is said to bavo been (umiibed by a list contain a the names of several thousand which recently fell into the hand, of th government. Tracing down tho list, it ha been found thai for every nam on it ther are several anarchist , ranging from two or three to a group of 10 or 20, or vn more, living in the same town. According to tho local police, extra men have been assigned to th neigh borhood in which Postmaster General Mever lives, and that official was so ck mpanled by plain clothes men when he went to Boston to preaids ever the Republican convention today. RUSSIA TO STATE POSITION Will Reastort Attitud Sat Forth by Baron Rosen. St. Petersburg. April 11. It is the purpose of tho Russian government shortly to Issue a statement iu the mat ter of tho question of territorial ad- mlnistrntinn that has sriseo at Hatbir. and Challar. It is understood that this announcement will reaeit the at titude ret fcrth recently In Washing ton by Burin Rosen, tho Kuaaian am bassador there. This entire question was brought to th front about thre weeks ago by the refusal ofF.D. Fisher, the American consul it Harbin to recognise Russian jurisdiction an. bl. Insistence that he was accredited olely to China. Tho Novo Vremya May publlshe a dispatch from Harbin detailing th nrogress of the conflict and saving that th antagonism between Russian and China Is S'owini stesdilT. China op poses all Russian administrative estab lishment in Manchuria on the ground that the railroad concession carries with It only the right of a common carrier and does not imply government function.. DRAFT CODE OF PROCEDURE Power. Will Move to Establi&h Inter national Prize Court. Washington, April 11. Great Brit ain has invited the government, which participated In the last lUftue confer ence to send expert to London whose duties shall be to formulate a code of procedure for the proposed Internation al prlxe oourt, the establishment of which is provided for in each of the treutie resulting from the conference. The American government will be represented at the London eonft rence. This conference is regarded as Inform al in character, and the participation of the ITnl ed States will require no legis lation, except, perhi pi, a small appro priation to meet the expenses of the American representatives. Tho date for the conference hs. ot been fixed. It Is ttated here that ths mtifi at ion of the treat providing fur tins oourt will doul tless be delayed by ths nations un til after the report of this body. Absorbs Cooper Col'eg Stanford University, Csl., April 11. President Pavld Starr Jordan today announced the affillati'D of Cooper Medics! college, ol So Francisco, with Stanford University, and ssid that the medical institution and Lane hoeitsl will hereafter be under the control o1 the university trustee. This is the first step towards making s real nni verstity at Stanford by the addition of graduate schools in the professional courses. At present, i"" law depart- mnt is the only cne having complete graduate courses. Japs Msnufacturing Flags. Fan Francisco, Art'1 H. That the Japanese intend to profit in more ways than one through tne vim nr the At lantic fleet liecauie known today when it was reported that Tokio firm had mann factored thousands r,f American flags and shipped them here in sntici nation of a areat demand fur patriotic emblem when the armai! arrives here. The information cam In a letter from an American in Toila The writer statea that tho quantity it o great that It took op all tbo cargo ipaco on th vessel. Croat Northern Is Fmd. Minneapolis, Aril H Counsel for tho Great Northern railr-isd pleaded gnlltT todav in th Fnlenjl t0 the charge of rebating bronght against th company, and J unite "inrri imposed fin of $3,000. The case was brought in November, 1906, but as not tried, as the Great Northern U l appealed a similar ra. Judiie Ji'frrn tried the case which wa appealed, nd jQ that case had Imposed a floe of 115,000. Tho Boprm coart onita.ned hi action. Asjasae Quarantine. Hawaaa, laril 11 '0Trnor Gene sal a goon soot an Mrnut protest to Washington today against tha qntra. tin against Cuba. me? is supported by rep" Blni Acumrsn officials thron about U Is.aa doayiag that fvv nuts asifwt. TRAVELING LIBRARIES Wondsrful Growth of Past Sixteen Year. Br Cornelia lUntn. rrtry Orasua Library In 1905 traveling libraries had been authorised by law in twenty fiv date. In sixteen of t'leae, th libraries were in th direct charge of stale librariea Of ub'raTr boui'uiVioij." ' Thi wonderful record ol growth from th idea promulgated by Mr. Mel vil Iewey in 1HM1' is a most significant ttv-tl.ii' nial, not enly that illiteracy if becoming unpopular, but that good taste in reading is to become sn Amer ican habit. rime was when some of our scholars thought that bad reading was better that none at all. A well known teacher ol English literature at one of our large unifersit'es ttated to one of his clashes twenty years ago that It would be better for people to read even the "Fireaido Companion" than to have no reading at all. In those days our raral population had little or nothing to lead. Msgaxine were ex pensive, and the almanacs and county paper, made a very meager literary diet. Even the doubtful good of having tho dooryard wa. denied the average farm home. In these days, when the farmer Is Just aa close to tho heart of tho world as the rest of us. If bo cbocae to be, he I greeted by a bewildering oppor tunity for choice among medlocio and even more viciou publication than ware common twenty years ago. There are capable men and womeu, highly cultivated and useful citixen., whose early reading was largely of the chai acter then current in the cheap week lies; but who shall dare to prophesy that the youth of today, whose literary excursion take him into the company of "Buster Brown" and "Happy Hoo ligan" will have an even chance with the youth of a generation ago to devel op into a naeful and law abldirg citi xen? The Influences ol the dukes, haughty countesses, swaggering pirates and common ruthana of those days was certainly not so quickly transmuted into bad conduct as that of the current yellow favorite. Isolation had its advantage, for th pex pie on our farms. Today, the farm er's lad, only leas than his city contem porary, has the worst that our times afford thrust upon him. In the cities, the public libraries are live to the ne cessity of getting people to read, and to read that which ia, at least, not dis tinctly harmful, with strenuous efforts to promote the more vigorous and help ful sort of reading. That those in charge of traveling library systems are fully conscious that wise selection of the books means much to the common aealths whoe interest, they serve, may be seen from the character of the books they are sending to the villages, oountry school and farm houses. It Is recorded of one well selected and com bined collection of 40 volumes that in three years it traveled over 2,000 miles, and had 918 recorded loans in 28 months of actual circulation In 8 differ ent neighborhoods. Only (F4 per cent of this circulation was fiction, so that these encouraging figure show that the miscellaneous books are being read and appreciated. What the general result of the circulation of this better olass of books in more or less bookless commu nities is, no one may definitely kno-v, but the librarian of any sylsein of traveling librariea could find in the cor respondence of her office Innumerable and eloquent testimonials of the good work that is being done. So general Is the belief that this class of literature will help people to live on farms and in villages more inienigeniiy, ami therefore more contentedly, that state workers in farmers' institutes have perj sistently acted as advocates of traveling libraries, with excellent and immediate results in many cases. Oregon now has 85 state traveling li braries being sent to as many stations throughout the state. As thrs libra ries belong to the state there is no charge for theif use. Oregon people, wherever they may be located, may draw books from the Oregon Library commission at Salem. I)lsa Dralaar. Th majority of Improved appliance designed to assist and leases the work Of tb bousewlf ar too comnllcated and troublesome to warrant ven a trial. To gain at tention they muet b exceedingly lmpl In construc tion. ocli th dish drainer shown here, th Invention of a New York man. Thl dim drainer 1 mn nn.iu. mad a part or m dish pan. being hinged to the edg t on of th handle. o that It will not lip. Th drainer Is lw In the form of a pan, having lde wall to prevent the dishes falling to the ground when being drained. The wter draining from the dishes descend down the In clined bottom of the drainer Into th dish pan. A mall upright erve to npiKrt the outer end of the drainer, nd raise the drainer on n Incline. The drainer and dish pan can b u aiantLr epa rated or readjmtod. aaiailr rrmrra. Scrape and grate the roots of i bunch of salsify. Make a batter o two eggs, a gill of milk and enougl flour to niak of tb desired consist encv. Turn the salsify into tui Mtoa s grated, exposure to the al will blacken It. Salt to taste and aro, lb mixture by the ;sxnful Into deep oiling fat A soon a brown, drali .o a hot coluuder. Eighty -six P'r cnt of ths population of Teru ar D'f roea, half breeds, Indians and Asiatics. x rta af a clat aad a half of liquid a day a rnaa drink plat during kl lif Tsaats Relish. fine rock of rlpa tomato pooled cold, chop and let drala over night. six onions cut fin, three bed of col ry, five red pepper, one small cup of snJt, drain o and add two oound or rwn suaar, ro oueer wool Bwi tard d. n "'? of vloegrur. rut U pm aaas oold do aot ooohv in linnnrrrnritTrn id unrntiLUtiMtu Government Olllclals Cannot Un derstand Castro's Action. t H A MPi OA to l!VtZLrtTAi IMi Twic Has United States Gone to Republic'. Aid and i. Now ac cused of Aggressiveness. Washington, April 9. Administra tion official toi'.ay rxprosed amaze ment over the statements in Preeldent Castro' official organ, LI Corgtitucion, having as their basis the Tacoma mail pouch opening incident. The editorial lecelved the closest attention. Mingled with the feeling of amazement over the sentiment of President Castro i on of regret and mystification over th) whole course which Venetnela haa pur sued in dealing with the United State. "The United State haa been a good friend to Venezuela," said a hikh offi cial ol the State department today. "Twice within the last IS ytaie we have gone lo Venezuela's aid when that country needed assistance " For this reason he could not under stand why Venezuela lias acted as it has. liming President Cleveland's second term, when ,(irrat Britain wa threatening to encroach npon Vene zuela's territory, Mr. Cleveland sent a message to congress wbich bad there suit of referring the question to tb king of Holland for Impartial settle ment. Several year, later, when the allied power were threatening a blockade of Venezuelan poit to compel i-ayment of her foreign obligation, the United States, through Minister low en, step ped in and averted such a move. Agaiu the question was averted to Hol land. Ihe Navy department today received a report from Commander Juhn Homl, of the cruiser Tacoma, containing de tail touching the opening of the uis.il ciwried by that vessel at ti e Iji Uuayra potdoffice. It agree substantially with the published statements, and the offi cial are satisfied the opining was in advertent. All the corresponderce on the Vene zuelan qcestion is now bvfuie congress. Administration officials frankly ad mit they will not be surprised should there be some delay. The ismee pre sented are such that time should be given, they ray, for thorough study of the siluatiou. ITINERARY FOR THE SQUADRON Will Leave ban Francisco for Pugat Sound on May 18 Washington, April 9. A pro i a in for the movement of the Atlantic fleet after the review by Secretary Metealf, in San Francisco hay, on May 8, was made public at the Navy department today. The fleet will leave San Fran cisco May 18, and on arriving at Pnget sound, May 21, four ships will vieit Poit Angeles, eight will visit llelllng ham hey and three will go to Port Townsend. One ship will proceed at once to I'.rernerton to be dirked. On Saturday, May 23. all the ship of the fleet, with the exception of the one in duck at llremerton, will remits vous in the vicinity of Port Townsend and proceed to an anchorage in the vi cinity of Seattle. On Tuesday, May 26. 12 ship will leave their anchorage near Seattle and will go to Tacoma, so that the people In that vicinity may have a view of the fleil. Thence, without anchoring, eight ships will sail for San Francisco, leaving four ships at anchor near Taco ma for a visit of three days, when those vessels will goto I'.remir'on for docking. It is e'peited that the eight ves sels will arrive at San Francirco on Friday, May 29, where they will be docked In succession. Ths ships docking at Bremerton will sail for Han Francisco as soon ss prac ticable, the last one not to arrive nntil July S. After the grand review in Pan Fran cisco bay on May 8, the Pacific fleet will leave the next day or the South to carry out a program of drill and exer cises. Scandal in French Army Paris, April 9. ll is believed that a great scandal in tiie commisi-ary depart ment of the French navy hss been dis covered. It was learned recntly that he rations sent to some of the garrlxms on the Pastern frontier were unfit for consumption. Minister of War Pic quart issued orders that the supplies of fond delivered hy certain contractors be lent to Pans for microscopic examina tion. That much of the food was un clean and unfit to eat hss been estab lished and the investigation is being cont inuc d. Look to Unite! Sta'es Port An Prince, April 9. There is reason to believe that measures are being taken in this city to for-e tl e intervention of the United State If possible. At the moment apparent tranquility prevaila. A prominent llaytien official, raid today: At r resent conditions bere are Intolerable snd it Is impossible that they can con tinue bevond a few days. Prompt In tervention on the part of the Unitrd States or some other power i the only mean of avoiding a condition of abso lute anarchy." Fderal Court Blocked Pan Francisco, April 9. Hy a sudden manenver, John Penon and Frederu k Hyde, on trial In Washington, I). C, halted Purveyor General Kinghnry, of California, as ho was abont to leave for the national capital with th records bearing on tho case. Klngbnry bad been subpoenaed to bo in Washington. As ho wss about to leave this evening, he wa served with an Infnortlon for bidding him to taks tbo records out of tho stats. No Juror Secured Yet, Fan Franciaoo, April 9. Tho panel wa aakanited in tb Rnef trial today, and no jorom have yet Won sronsrd. A nsiw paanl will drawn tomorrow mi trroJ wlii titan pKnssd, tkinitts spire was tall . : rlim Jarrat Slrartwrra Maa II l ook Like a Hula la la linaa. "When I was a youngster," au!l a Qildille-nc.-d man to a Sun reporter, "I isme l"u to New York. 1 got sonic Idea of the size of the city by riding In the hurse cars. Hy the way. It one of the few citlc 111 tile world where you can still ride In horse rant ' '"t v I -1 1 r -. 1 . ..f f sli.ivy. ol.i.'t' and went to all the theaters. 1 went to ltrookl.vn by ferry. I di-voletl a day to going io ll.irleiu by the S)lvuil (ilcii r Sjhtin St ron in. or Sylvan aoun thiiig on the Kimt river. "Hut the thing that Impressed me niont was the view from the steeple of Trlnliy church. "Away up tlu-re. where the lookout holes were, 1 could look down on the lower n rt of the city, could s-e the river on either side, the np-r buy hihI the llronklyn and New Jersey shores. "At that great height I discovered that otlM-rs hnd U-en there Is'fore me; for on the timber were cut the nanus or initials of my prilmvKors. I had a dixtliM'tive way of cutting my Initials in uionoc.'ain, snd this monogram oriui meiited the smooth trunks of various lurch trevs in I lie wood of uiy native region. "This I cut on a vacant space high up lu the stteple of Trinity und then looked at it nnd thought that daring spirits of remote future generations would clliuh to the same height and perhaps so it among the other Initials. "I have never been up In the steeple of Trinity Church since that meiiior shle iiNviit. Hut the other day I was walking past the church and I saw typewriter girls looking down on the spex of Trinity spire from windows tliHt seemed to he several hundred feet shove It. "1 then thought of Die iiionngrnm I had carvi-d on the Inside of the spire nud noted the location of the little lookout windows from which 1 had seen such a wondrous panorama forty years ago. "I had no Inclination to make the Interior ascent of the spire, but from uy position on the Itroiulway sidewalk I should say that if I had gone up and look.'d out of the same little win dows could have seen at the farthest aliout sixty feet, except In one direc tion. In-fore the view was shut off by 'vails of steel and stone. "Perhaps adventurous climbers will no more carve their Initials up among the tiniliers of Trinity's steeple. It would involve less exertion to cut them on Home beam In the cellar, from which ixisltloii the view would tie almost aa extensive, and then to take an express elevator and -e how the aiex of Trin ity's spire looks from a point a few hundred feet above It." S'ur Wage Karnrrs ol Mllllnaalres. In a grcsvry article Woman's Home Companion make this iHiint : "In a New Jersey town, not many miles from a famous Institution of learning, I found one of those groceries whom- proprietors have Hot progressed. You could lirush your skirt against a dripping molasses barrel ; you could dip your hand into a cracker barrel and help yourself; you could pick out hig pickles with your fingers If you wanted them of uniform size, because the clerk did the same thing; but you could not count the fly speck on the cheese box and coffee grinder, because life is too short for ho stupendous task. And oh, the dust ! "The proprietor of that store could not sell me a certain brand of ginger snaps In a moisture proof box. He said he did not believe In package goods. I lis customers could not af ford such luxuries. "There are thousands of customers like his nil over America. They di--elare that package goods are for mil lionaires, not wage earners. Hut, oh. If the wives of wage earners would only study such problems and not Jump at conclusions. How much further th hard en rued wages would go and how much lietter fixsl would lie placed le fure the mini who earns the wages!" Irish harrh llrlla. It wns alsuit the time of St. Pat rick. In the fifth century, that hcllr began to lie ailoptisl 111. the ('hrUtlim chun-li, though their use In other dl rcotloiis was long anterior to tlins tlanlty, as Mr. Ijiyard rei-onls havlna found some in the palace of N'iiiiriiud The first Christian Is-lls like Patrick"! wcU!icd only s few ounces and from that day gradually liicreaw-fl till the greatest weight was reached at Mix eow with l'.CH tons of Ix-autifuHy en riched work, a strange contrast to tli humble "' log an cadlsachta Patr.ii.-.' or "hell of 1'iitrh k's well," soni.-il ne referred to ns the tx-t of Armagh, will) It diminutive dimensions of six Inches high by five Inches broad, four ln he! dcp, made of thin sln-ets of hammer ed Iron, bent Into a four shh-d form fasti- 1 with rivets nud brazed o brotizi-d. This Is-ll N lit once the most authentic and the nMct IrMi relic of Christian metal work th.it has d senled to lis. writes W. .1. Kennel In the I'.elfast (iaette. mid Is mentioned In the "Annals" under the date of fio-i 'I he railed Oat f hr.l. "The puff etl out chest a ib luslos whleli has sii-iiiiiIh-I to artcntlfk knowledge of the human Nid.v." said drill officer. "It mine Into exIsteiKi purely for show reason or from false analogy. It was sis-n that men de; In the chest were strong men, and thl old drill serg'Miit probably Imagined that by making men tlirow out theli c!-1 they would make them strong as well as make thrtn kiok stroru whh'ii Is a complete mistake. Instead of strengtlietilng a nmn, ruiHIng hl cheat tends to weaken hhn. as It throw a atraln iilon the In-art. We now fel. m-n to 1 sure snd puff out theli chests. If you puT out your clM-st ami do dumbbell exercise you are to hold the brent h. That strains the In-art Any exeMse that prevents hrenthlni freely Is bad. Knottel muscle sn also wrong. Toil see a man with Inv mens cheat muscle end iK-rharsi yos think be Is really an ideally trained nstfi, out "Kb muscles simply hind tlx oheat and tie Uie heart down." ReaJr r Ma (mine. Uafortucately ther I no mean ot itlfcf agalcst "lev at first sigUL