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