PROCEEDINGS . OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF
UURY FAILS TO AGREE.
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Tuesday. May 20.
leaders of the house again toduv .-..
pica the cemer cf the it,,, ,,1 per-
other :iil. ... ii. . J" J " " i
, Kiniuiiny lor the evil
conditions at present exist, ne in that
wiy. It came about through an order
""'"""J wr. t'ayne, of New York
; l l ' "": sojourn
ment in which to print in the Congres-
nicora tne remark that might
have been, but were not made upon the
floor. He took occasion to arraign the
,,,r mcir niihuster and laid
that republicans had no apology to make
for their course.
The democratic leader, Williams, ac-
.c majority 01 doing nothing in
...v p.cjcn, imoii ana opposed the or
dcr because it gave members no mumr.
liiiiity to reily to statements which he
felt in advance' would call for an an-
int order was adopted.
following this debate business pro-
lhc conference on the military acad
i,i""i,naiion oiu was agreed to.
ns consideration was marked by a vig.
orous s.icccli by Mr. blayden. of Texas,
uio.imm inc senate permuting the edu
cation of four Filipinos at West Point.
The bill were passed as follows:
Refunding stamp taxes on foreign
bills of exchange and certain duties on
anthracite coal illegally collected; pro
viding for the opening and settlement
of portions of the Cheyenne and Stand
in" Kock Indian reservations; promot
ing the safety of the employes on rail
roads by requiring the equipment of lo
comotives with ash cans that can be
dumped without requiring an employe
to crawl under the locomotive; pro
moting the safe transportation of ex
plosives. Washington, May 26. The omnibus
house bill, embracing seven separate
measures affecting the navigation laws,
was considered and passed by the sen
aie today, nut not without resistance
Senator Newland tried to amend by
inserting his bill creating the Inland
Waterways Commission. He was met
with prompt opposition by Mr. Nelson
. Monday, May 26.
Washington, May 2.v An effort to
annihilate time by dilatory tactics
without making progress on any legis
lation except that involved in confer
ence reports was the chief occupa
tion of the senate today under the
leadership of Ablrich. The attempt
was so successful that the net result
in the way of accomplishment of the
day's session was the adoption of the
conference report on the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
J
that two-thirds were of that character
and one half of those for damages to
choice property.
Aldrirh vigg'tH ,,,, ,.. jjjj,. e,.si,.
m oi claims arising 42 years after the
war, when the government could not
secure witnesses who knew anything
about them, except those who are re
lied upon by the claimants to prove
Fulton said he would offer an amend
ment that would do just what was de
sirca.
it- . . .
wasmngton. May K. The senate
amendment to the postofhee appropria
tion bill extending the ocean mail sub
sidies to steamers plying on the Pacific
ucean to tne Orient and Australia and
on the Pacific and Atlantic to South
American ports was the subject of warm
delate in the house and finally caused
me rejection ot the conference report
by a vote of 145 to 156. There is little
prospect that the house conferees will
yield to the senate.
Thursday. May 21.
Washington. May 21 The proceed
ings of the senate lodar, as is usual
toward thn close of a se-sion, covered
multitude of subjects, including a
probable final announcement on the cur
reney question. Announcing that the
conferees of the senate and houne on
the currency til would be unable to
agree i congress is to adjourn at an
early day, Ablrich reported from the
committee on finance a joint resolution
creating a national monetary eotnniis-
s on, to be composed of nine senators
ami nine representative, to investigate
all matter concerning the banking and
eurrecy system of the country, and the
resolution was passed without debate.
The senate passed a bill appropriating
$100,000 to enable the secretary of agri
culture to eo operate with states for the
Conner vat ion of forests. It also pro
vides fur a commission of five members
of the senate ami five from the house
to study the whole question of the
necessity, desirability and legality of
tne ptirciia.se or forest land by the
I'nited States and to report to the next
congress.
The senate today passed the general
deficiency and military academy appro
priat:on bills, the last of the great ap
propriation bills.
Rusf Again Escapes, but New Trial
Will Be Pressed
8aa Francisco, May
sgree, after Leiug out aluiost
'CflMlttS SEEN BYTHOUSANDS
Hours Of! Astoria.
"oTtr"uoUi: Congressional CniIltec$ Agree Atlantic Smiadron ln'sinht Two
- ' ----- ... a Mia ih . . --1 a "
the jury ia the ease of ALraaam . an jj,j,,iB njins 3
charged with offering a brits to former " 'UliUli.
Supervisor Jennings J. Phillips, was du- -
to frfrom the outset At o stsge was
tbers a chance for as agreement, tbs
credibility of the witnesses being the
main posat upoa which the jurors
id4.
Tus failure of ths jury to eonvict wiu
not alter the attitude of tb proeeeutios
as there are numerous indictments pen
ing against Buef, on one of which as
will be placed on trial as soon as in
state caa make its Arrangements to that
end. In view of this fact ths Do
supervisors today appropriated $0,nty
for the continuance of the graft p'"8
eutious.
Resuming their deliberations
BABBITS FOOT MADE GOOD.
MAklXO S AU.0S CLIHUE3.
ru on
ml the Ksslsrrr's Pus-art J'arturr Hrwokljr a-
4 lie ssmiUMMS Train. j HraoUiilua lr furiBe.
"A good, clever rabbit's foot, left. The t'loililug fa -lory at the Krol)
hlml." said the englnwr to a NVw York! Myy yr, is Just rifivsl lartf.
Sun uian. "one that la always on tin ( rN,il.ltlin for JiiuiHTm, overliln.
Joh, la a grvnt Imiou. Now, I have ue tnTs aiul oereMit, to be d.-llvered
turn 1 !) mij in j i.(nre aiar 1 ui nit- iuh
at
day morning, the jury was calleJ into
court at 11:45 o'elm-a vy -u-n- -
ling, but asVod the eourt ior u'c t- -TUo
request was granted and tuey "
tired. . . ...
When 4 o'clock arrived tne
dered the courtroom elearel, as
Dooling had decided to sen.I ior
. 1 . , ufu was a
jury in a short time, swi -desire
to avoid any demonstration on
JuuiMr KM-ket. I run over a rabbit ' jt,Mrt island and Kreim'rton on the Pa
otw day V lu the choppln' protvs ltlCirtt. nNiat. niivs thtf New Orleuim Pl.-a-
J nr 1 left iiiiHi W ana to k d :u?ct:s t:a ,,,
1 h'tiil us, I cntt window' rigui'lMlVW UVi." tV ..TZTJZ,
attorneys directly interested and the
. .v... .v.. nre.i were about the
only ones in attendance when the jurors
filed in and took their places in the box.
!.'..... inn. .r. and in response
to the question of Judge Dooling said
it was impossible for tne jury
Veh 4nrnr mum then uucxtioned by
Judge Dooling, and all agreed that they
enul.l not arrive at a verdict. Jud'e
Dooling then formally discharged the
jurf-
BUILD TO PACIFIC.
As a result
Washington, May 25. Working un
der heavy pressure with a single eye
to adjournment at the earliest possible
moment, the house today disposed of
a great amount of business. Several
conference reports were agreed to
and the following bills passed:
Amending the navigation laws; re
moving the discriminations against
native otlicrrs of the Porto Kican
regiment of infantry; authorizing the
sale of unallotted land of the .Spokane
Imii.in reservation; encouraging the
di'tlupmcnt 0 frail deposit in
Alka; and prescribing penalties
against the sale ot clothing and gov
ernment property by soldiers. The
omnibus bill relating to disposition of
the public land was sent back to con
ference. After an active debate of an hour
and a half the project for a reduced
hall rf representatives was defeated
by a large majority.
Saturday, May 23.
Washington, May 211. Following a
precedent the United States Senate
killed oil the attempt of the Western
Senators to open (lie way to a consti
.tutioital amendment providing for the
election of Senators by popular vote
The question came up on a resolution
offered by Owen, of Oklahoma, and
after an unusually spirited debate, the
resolution was referred to a commit
tee, where it will be smothered to
de it M.
r niton, ot tircgon, was paired in
favor of the resolution; Bourne was
absent. Ankeny and Piles, of Wash
iugtoii, both favored the passage of
the resolution, as did Ilorah, of Idaho,
but llcyburn was opposed to it.
, Washington, May 23 The House
again today wrestled with the subject
of mail subsidies to steamhsip com
panics and once more recorded itself
against the proposition by the vote of
141 to 1.14. The debate ran well into
the nittht.
Having been overwhelmingly He
featcd yesterday the conferees on the
postofbee appropriation hill today
came into the House with a new re
nort. agreeing with the enate on
everything except the subsidy pro
vision and that relating to the system
for weighing the mails. The portion
of the report on which there was no
disagreement was adopted unanimous
lv under an agreement to extend the
time of debate on the subsidy qucs
tion.
Friday, May 22.
Washington. May 22 The omnibus
claims hill was considered by the Sen
aie today until displaced by the resolu
tion to extend the period during which
no penalty will be enforced for violation
of the commodities clause of ' the Hep
burn bill. Aldrich inquired of Fulton
of Oregon how much of the total appro
pri.11 ion carried by the claims bill was
for Southern war claims, and was told
President Not to Interfere.
Washington, May 21 That President
Roosevelt has authorised no one to
apeak for him regarding the anti gam
Ming legislation pending at Albany, was
the only eomment obtainable at the
White House regarding the report from
Albany that the president has privately
expressed himself on that subject.
President Roosevelt's policy, it was
stated, has universally been to Inter
fere ia way whatever in state legis
lation, and it was added that be has
made no exception to that paliey ia
the present instance
Mercury Cure Success.
Wsshington, May 21 Recent advices
from the new naval hospital at Fort
I.voo, Colo., eonflrm ths promising re
port made by Surgeon B. U Wright re
tarding ths results of treating tuheren
l..i bv the us. of mercury. Naval sur
geons at the hospital have been close y
observant in the 30 eases subjected t;
ths treatment, and progress, it is said,
has been such as to lead to the eonv.c
tion that they have made an impoi.-4
discovery.
Washington, May 21 The house
spent another busy day today. After
a protrncted dcl.uto, the conference re-
iort on the District of Columbia trae
tiou bill, permitting the laying of
'troet cir tracks to the I'nion station,
was adopted with the provision for uni
versal transfers eliminated; the eonfer-
euco report on the agricultural appr
priation bill was agreed to; the Sonata
amendments which increased by ll.non,.
ui' tne public buiMing bill aiipropria
tion were disagreed to, nnd a confer
ence asked, and lil.'s wera passed as
ronows:
Kstablishing in the interior depart
ment a bureau of mines anil providing
ror tne cooperation of states Tor the
conservntion of the forests and waters
fif the White and Southern Applachian
iiiouniainn, ami me appointment of
national foreet commission.
Wednesday, May 20.
Washington. Mav 20. The senate
today passed the omnibus public
building bill, inserting not only the
numerous amendments suoizesteil hv
the senate committee on public build
ings and grounds, but also a few pro-
poseu ny uuiiviuual senators. As
passed the bill carries a total of about
:iVmo,ouo, of which J6,ooo,ono is for
buililing contracts. The larger appro
priations for new buildings added by
the seriate included: Riverside, Cal.,
l25,tlt)tl; F.verett and Walla Walla
Wash., $140 000.
The limit of cost fixed for the suh-
trcasnry building in San Francisco
was increased from $375,000 to $0'J5.-
"00. The senate amendment
ing for a new office building for the
departments of state and justice to be
used jointly was retained, the ulti
mate cost ot which is limited to $2..
loo.tmo, and it is hinted that if this
item is not retained the bill may be
allowed to fail. The amendment id-
propnating Hoo.nim for purchase of
an embassy building in J'aris to be
used as an ollice and residence also
was accepted by the senate.
Washington. May 19-Tlie confer
ence report on the sundry civil appro-
lui.iiioii oiu was submitted to the
house today and action on it his been
postponed until tomorrow. The re
port of the house conferees showed
that about 40 of the K.3 amendments
under consideration have been dis
agreed to.
Chief among thee are the appro
priation of $3.nno 000 for the purchase
of a site for the department of com
merce and labor building; $000,000 for
the purchase of two steamers for the
Pnnnma trade: $OO.ooo for the
Alaska-Yukon Exposition of Seattle
and upward of half a million dollars
for new revenue cutters and light
ships. Spends Over a Billion.
Washington. May 2R. Although
the figures on the total appropriations
tor tne present session of Congress
are incomplete, from careful estimates
the indications are thit thry will ex-
reeu l .lino ihiu.oiiu. 1 niS Is $100.0(10,.
ooo in excess of anv previous ri,-,n
The largest increases over previous
years are lotind in the postofhee, pen
navai ana army appropriation
nuis.
Edwin Gould Makes Announcement
for Western Pacific.
Los Angeles, May 22 Edwin Gould,
pathfinder for the "ocean to oeenn"
railroad ambition of his brother,
Ceorge, announced that the Gould lines
will not only reach San Francisco, but
they will enter Los Angeles and the
ports of the I'acifle Northwest, through
Portland. Mr. Gould arrived today
from Texas in bis private sare "Dixie."
Gould is a director of the Western
Pacific, and makes the positive an
nouncement that the ocean to ocean
(iould line will be consummated with
the early completion of the Western
Pacific into San .Francisco, and that the
lines of the Goulds will also be extend
ed to Portlnnd in the near future.
Further, Mr. Gould declares that the
Pacific Coast will be the scene of the
moft extensive railroad operations ever
known.
For many months it has been rumored
that the Gould interests have been so-
curing options on rights of way along
tne const from the nortn shore or Ban
FranaMeo bay to Kureka. " The North
western railroad, which eatle at Willets,
Mendocino county, is supposed to tie
the property of the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe jointly, but lately it haa been
reported that part of the right of way
tetween Willets and Eureka has been
found to overlap other claims, and liti
gation was ttreatened.
WRECK IN BELGIUM.
Washington O.IKi High,, El.d
ArevStr.ekM 0(jt
Washington, M, .Th
ence commute on the tlaiitj civil bill
yesterday agreed to,,ve ,0 ,be
Seattle expOU'n". Flft. ln.j A .,
... ' "" "a uui
brs will be cut il from ...
of the government hoJri, .. .
duced to three ni.r. ,
esting features of ft, ,vernmem fx
hil.it are eliminated Thtre
in the appropriate (or bmUi 0f
th.e Alaska, i'hilippme or ...
hibits. The contttace ttpon wju
agreed to today. The compromise is
highly satisfactory to the Washington
delegation.
governor Sparks dead.
Nsvada Executive Killed by Oveawork
at Extra &n,ioni
Reno, Nev., May $3.-i tcn-t (flr
death. I have done my best. I am
tired and am read; to g0, Caed ye."
Surrtfunded by hit ,(. ture. a.
and a daughter, Gotmor johsi Sparks,
conscious to tne mt, t- jf ,
8:30 yesterday morning, after ottering
the above words.
The illness which culminated in ths
governor s death sai directly due to
overwork and nervous strain attend
ant upon the extra iesion of Nevada's
legislature late la fall.
Mr. Sparks wai born in Mississippi,
August M, 1S43, and came to this state
in IMiS. engaging m ttockraising. He
owned large cattle ranches in Nevada
and Texas, as well a, a iare cotton
plantation in lexaa. He wai eiected
chief executive in 1902 and again in
1'jiiO by large majorities.
Lieutenant-Governor D. S. Dicker
son is now governor of Nevada. He
came to Nevada tight years ago and
went to work in a mine at Cherry Tree.
EXTRA SESSION CALLED.
Philippine Assembly Needs a Month
More to Finish Work.
Excursion Steamers Salute Warships
s They Round Tillamook Head
Colors Dipped in Reply.
coura It would tie
too much
like
tetnptlu' fate to let good thing Hkilt uialuuuied
that get h 'n' Pre carried It with me , marue ,r.
on uiy runs ever sine.
"Tim other day I Btoiwl at the
Junction for water with the daylight
one wt'ratiil t iiw it-t'j .-t. r.-r.-
for the imvy pnijifr. Another factory
ill Philadelphia f the
rs. The naty yarn raciorr
wus fouiuhsl in April, st. by It. V.
Thompson, then janvtury ' the imy
d.smrtinent. At present It Is umler
Quash Land Fraud Cases.
Washington, May 27 Arguments
looking to the quashing of the indict
ments in the llyde-tlenson land fraud
cases today occupied the time of those
interested in the proceedings. Coun
sel for the defense maintained that
the prosecution has not made out its
case, asserting that the whole ques
tion ot the netend.ints guilt apparent
lv hinges on the court's ruling as to
the transactions in Oregon tint are
alleged to be fraudulent. The defense
argued that they are within the statute
of limitation and should be ruled out
Insists on Subsidy Clause.
Washington, May 27. A partial
agreement of the conferees on the
postoffice appropriation hill has been
laid hefore the senate by Mr. Ferrose
and was agreed to. The sections ap
plying to ocean mail subsidy and the
weighing of the mails were not agreed
to hy the 'Conferees. The senate or
dered that thi amendment be insisted
upon and c.-nttiiued Senators Tenrose
burrows and luj luuicret:.
Sixty Killed and Hundred Injured in
Collision of Trains.
Antwerp, May 22 In one of the
worst railroad disasters that ever oc
curred in this eountry a great number
0i passengers, the number being esti
mated as high as 60, wero killed today,
and at least 100 seriously injured in a
colli'ion between two passengers trains.
The trains wen running at a high rate
ot speed when the crish occurred. They
came together with great force, throw
ing the cars from the tracks and piling
mem up in neaps or ruins, ureat dif
ficulty was experienced in releasing
the imprisoned passengers. Twenty-two
none nave neen recovered, and search
for more is being made, in the ruins.
the collision occurred at Contich. six
miles southeast of Antwerp. One train
was bound for jtrussels and the other
was going to Lierre. Three coaches of
the latter train were erushed into kind
ling wood. The accident, which is
thought to hava been due to mistaken
gnais, took place on a crossing.
Chinese School at Bay City,
fan Francisco, May 22 San Fran
cisco is to have the first Chinese school
in the country. Plans for such an edu
cational institution where the children
of local Chinese ran be taught their
language and trained as If they were
in i nina are now being drawn nn. The
IC. wnicll in on Stnrktnn v.-
tween (lay and Sacramento, toil .1
ready been purchased, and the building
will he erected at an expenditure of
o.ono. which represents half f th.
ino.noo relief fund sent to the Chinese
arter the fire and earthquake.
New Outbreak in Havti.
fort au Prince, HavtL Mav 22. In-
cneij m insurrection Br;.
f... ... J
sianus, tne rehel leader, a serious antl
government outbreak has taken rdaee
In the southern part of the Island. Strong
mere nave reen sent to the scene to
suppress the uprising, but fesrs are en
rnainea mat before the troops arrive
the insurrectionists will have seized a
-umuer or cities, following the seiinre
-..n ma acres in, revenge for the sum
mary execution of a numhe f
nent anti government sympathiters ia
- Aiarca.
Tslegrsph Operstors to Strika.
Chicago. May 22.Membere of th.
Cnm anryiak1 Tt i
again talking strike. They are plan
"'", K'l'ral tienp of the wire, at
ine nmof the republican national eon
ih.e . J " JU?',Jt w 'M,i,, Th'r fimre
... ..,,, ruwi or a strike at such
" " y rr-i.iu.ee results within ths
convention h.u whi,h mi h fc
feted later when the delegates meet
"ml rr" font a govern
...r.iiipnio, or eonlitioha.
Favors Opium Cor.fer.nc.
Tokio, May 22Th. Jn
eminent haa signified its Intention of
joining America in the latter 'a efforts
'i'inj of aa international
! uu voBierenee.
Manila, May 23.-The statutory time
for the adjournment of the Philippine
assembly having arrived with the work
of that body incomplete, Governor-Gen
eral Smith has called a month's extra
session. Prior to the adjournment of
the regular session, the radical! at
tempted to present a resolution favor-
ma im,lwHlM ,1 i,irtU mm-; hw I.e.
headed oil by conservatives unuer
the leadership cf President Osmena. It
is believed that the attempt to present
the resolution will be renewed during
the extra session.
The Philippine commission has re
icctcd the assembly bill providing for
the teaching of the various Filipino di
alects in the public schools, and has
instituted a bdl creating an institute
for the sttidv of these dialects.
Manuel Ouocon, a member of the
assembly, has been appointed delegate
to the navigation congress, to be held
at St. Petersburg. Me will sail tomor
row, accompanied by his secretary, The
odore Rogers.
Sues to Recover Graft.
San Francisco, May 23. Joseph A
Sullivan, a retired capitalist, who owns
block of stock in the United Rail
ways Investment Company, today be
gan a suit in equity in the superior
court to recover the $200,000 Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Rail
roads, is alleged to have paid, through
Tirey L. Ford, general counsel for that
corporation, to Abe Ruef for the pur
pose ot inniicncing the supervisors to
grant the company t trolley Irancruse.
Interest on the above-named amount
and costs are also demanded by the
plaintiff. The complaint alleges that
the suit is brought in the interest of all
the stockholders of the corporation.
Conspirator May Hang.
Deer Lodge, llont., May 83. Will
iam Hays, a convict jn the itate prison
here, was today found guilty of first
degree murder it killing Guard John A.
Robinson in th course c the sensa
tional prison brjlt jn March. George
Rock pleaded gut ty two weeks tea and
was sentenced ta hang June IV Hays'
defense proved he had not laid a hand
on Robinson, but he was found guilty
of conspiracy. The jurjr recommended
hanging. 1 wo tiers are charged and
are yet to be tfHL These are C B.
Young ana vre atevens.
i
Railroadi Cut Wages.
Chicago, May .A ,,.) eut in
wages of all on mcn anj unskilled
laborers has beeti ordered by the rail
roads extenum west from Chicago.
Several thousanJ Hen are affccted. This
is the first wagejrnucti()11 made by ,he
western roads aiw u considered in some
nuarters tne nri ep :n ,.rn,r. cut
which is declared ,0 ineviuWe un.
less the revenue c, incrfajtd fcy
advsnce in freifit ne he reduc.
tion in the ca teM j pn j,
from I 3S ' 10 hours to Si 25.
Astoria, Or., May 11. From every
point of vantage on dunes and head
lands between Willapa Harbor and
Tillamook Head yesterday the pa
triotic people of the Pacific North
west waved their welcome and fare
well to the battleships of the Atlantic
fleet as they steamed up the coast.
Ten' thousand throats cheered the im
posing pageant of the nation's naval
power; hats were flung high in the air
and tears streamed down the faces
f wi- "jw'-Uors in n e.-'. of
patriotism, as the imposing file of
monster fighting ships rounded Tilla
mook Mead and came in sight of the
waiting multitude.
it was a magnificent sight, such as
the Oregon coast has never before
witnessed. In the lead, flying Rear
Admiral Sperry's blue two-starred
flag, was the Connecticut, the splen
did type of the navy's latest fighting
machines. The vessel that led the
squadron on its historic voyage from
Hampton Koads. with l ighting Bob
Evans on the bridge, still stood at the
head of the column, which was made
up of the following ships:
nrst squadron, first division Con
necticut, Kansas, Minnesota and Ver
mont. Second division Georgia, Nebras
ka, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Second squadron, third division-
Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio and Mis
souri.
Fourth division Wisconsin, Illi
nois, Kearsarge and Kentucky.
Accompanying the war vessels was
the hospital ship relief.
As the fleet rounded Tillamook
Head at 11:30 in the morning, the
battleships, which were steaming
abreast of each other in a straight
line stretching to the horizon, swung
ntd a single column, the flagship lead
ing the van, and cruised within two
miles of the surf, affording a splendid
view to the spectators on shore. A
fleet of excursion ste.ncrs crossed
the bar early in the day and greeted
the battleships off Tillamook Rock
with a volley of whistles. Each ves
sel was loaded to its capacity with ex
cursionists, and their cheers were
added to the noisy salute. The mos
quito fleet escorted the wr vessels
northward of the Columbia Kivcr
when they returned to Astoria. When
the war vessels left the excursion
craft behind, the battleships resumed
their positions, steaming to the north
abreast of each other.
As the snuadron steamed nloni In
nerfert order, each vessel dinned its
. ... - . -
colors in acknowledgment oi ine iouh
acclaim from the excursion cratt
eipmui. The U.ys at the Mundhmiaf .,a.rii.ieiwleuc of Paymaster J.w
down ther got to thrfiwln' a J.mh Into r(f tbr ,attl,r f ilom . ,.h;rge of
me about my rabblfa-f.ad protestor. I U, ,ftmeut of provisions and riot If
Some of them didn't believe It was )n
rue that I put so uiucb faith Into It. f . ,
tors and iimiMi-tor, w ho work In build
ing No. SI. where the factory la main
tained, and alxiut I.'.) men and women
BOMB WRECKS TENEMENT.
Black Hand Angered Because Efforts
to Extort Money Fall
New York. May 21 The refusal
of a wealthy Italian physician to com
ply with the demands of Black Hand
criminals lor money resulted in en
dangcring the lives of 100 persons
yesterday, when a bomb was exploded
in tne icnemeni ihju;c h ..-.
Eleventh street. A number of per
sons were injured and the occupants
of the house rushed into the street in
pnnic, while doors and beams which
had been twisted out by the explosion
tumbled all around them. The lower
part of the house was almost com
pletely wrecked. None of the injured
was dangerously hurt with the excep
tion of Tonv T.ambirro. who w;as
crushed bv falling timbers and in
tcrntilly initired.
The explosion occurred when most
of the occunants of the house were st
brenkf.ist. The bomb had been placed
in the rear hall, under the stairs. The
stairway was nlmost completely torn
awav every door on the first and sec
ond floors was wrenched off. windows
were blown out. and plaster and
beams all over the house were shaken
dowfl. I.ambarro was on the stairs
when the explosion occurred. The
others iniured were struck by flying
timbers in their apartments.
Western Pacific to Rush Work.
Reno, Nev., May Zl urarrs nave
bffn i,ued to rush with all possible
speed the work of constructing the
Western Ficific Railroad's new tun
nel through the Sierra Nevadas at
Chilcott. The slow progress made
during the past winter " P"". re
sponsible for the order, which author
ize the employment of an increased
T is not thotieht that the tun
nel can be completed inside of a yesr.
Officials of the road xr.e.ct that with
in two vears trains will be nirimng
through 'Reno from Great Salt Lake
to tidewater in the west.
Big Deal in Oil Land.
I o Ana-eles. May 21.-The hifgest
oil deal in the history of California
t... v. .1.. w the purchase ot
ns peril ii"".' j
"'Well.' I say, "you can Joah nm as
iiiui'b u you like, but I am frank tit
admit that I wouldn't like to go out
on the road for a trip without my
hunch In my s'ket.'
"Then they all hud to have a look at
It. After they bud pnmwd It around It
wus time for our tritln to leiive. V I
i;.vlwly .tiiflV. If... til the .out ah
pocket of my Jiiuit. I wna lit such a
hurry.
I bad a heavy train, but we wero
right on t tins', so I didn't mind iniicli,
as the i:t'J7 was workiu' her dundli-Ht
n' we. plowed along Junt like an Ut
yacht before a forty-inlle gnle. (loin'
round the Ten iM-greo curve the 1:127 ,
slipped 'n' hobbled for a second like a
fat man steppln' on a biiuunu cvl. I
eased her off with the throttle a bit,
stickln' uiy head out of the cub win
dow to see what cuuwd the mmtoiidl
ness on the part of the i:t'J7. An 1 did
the locomotive gave a little lurch 'n' I
felt my rubblt's foot hIMIii' out of my
jumper pocket. I miide? a grub at it,
but I didn't come within a foot of It.
It landed on a little ledge of the run
nlu' Ixiard Just outside the cab. 1
leaned out of the window to get it.
Some mysterious Influence sifnieil to
be workiu' iiguliiHt my reachlu' that
rabblt'M fixd. In iinoiher second tt
bounced off to the bull list to one side
of the track. v
"Well, I wim In n qiinndury for a
second. However, I firmly made up
uiy in 1 ui I wiisu't goin' to loHe my rub-
It's foot guardian tiugcl In that fash
ion. So I put on the air. As the train
ciiine to a stop 1 dropped from the ru ti
ll S 11 In Mini V dusted hark ufter toy
good luck pleis. As noon ns the train
stopped n niituriil curiosity rose In the
minds of the piiHweiigers 'n' the train
rew n h to what was the mutter. Jim
Spriitt, the conductor, iixkcd me what
wus up, V I Just told bini Unit I !n-
I .I.t.... ... I. I.. ....(.... ..
nsi noun-no UK 1,1 o'linnn i himi' mint' 11
hint stopMil to pick it up. A rrcwli guy
In one of the l'ulliniin's overheard my
nimwer 'n' butted In n follows:
Sny, ol HMirt. 1 dropiH'd a qulb
toothpick from the dining cur buck up
the roud a piece. Would you mind
Imckln' up there "n getting It for mel
Of rourm we are In no hurry to get' '.n
This, near rullrondln fatigues nm."
"I didn't iiiuke uny reply to hlin
though I would have liked to give lilm
a alum In the shits. In less time thnn
It tiikos to tell It I hud the triiln start
ed Hgiiln. I Just got 'em moving about
eight miles un' hour when I beiird a
fTHHhln' of the ties 'n' the 1.17 listed
over to one Hide. Of collfse we wer.'
going so slow that we omlit iilmost
stop In n spnee the size of it Ill-cent
plei-e. I dropMsl down to the ground
again 'n' on liiKpti-tln the truck I
found a broken mil. Now. wnsn't that
nice work for that rubblt's foot?"
who work in ahopH outside of the yard
or iu their own homes. The trousers
nnd overcoats are miide almoMt exclu
sively by oMrMtlvo who have hpwi of
their own, but the various kinds of
JumiHTTC-.o-.d -;.v.-T.if-;.s".;rt .:Rnd'.si...
women. Tliip ore uxuiilly the wives
and daughters of Fndisl States veter
ans. All f them lire iiiueuuhle to Hie
State fin-t ry biw uiul If they live in a
tenement nr npiirtuient lionise iimr
have a State license. It In a omnium
sight ut the Suiids utrect gute every
luorulng to nif long lines of women
laden with Inrue puckagni returning
work Hint hits boon asslctied to them.
All such work dune on the outside Is
rigidly lns(octed by government offi
cers, and If prop-rly and neatly made
Is pnsMsl. if for any rehson a gar
ment Is rejected the government Is cm.
powered to charge the coat of the ma
terial ngnliiNt the operative. Women
are paid from in to ivnts for milk
ing Jiiiiim rs. 4S ii'iit n piece for . over
shirts. 10 ii'iits ier inllnr for taping
Hiid -'-j cents for emliroiderlui a star
on the isillar.
When the operative returns a fin
ished garment, another allotment of
material Is miide to her and she takes
It home nnd puts It together. This
n m t it In I Is cut nnd uxMcuitilcd ready to
be sewed together.
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, j
4 HM-Mr:
.Mrs. Wilcox had boundlex fulth It
the wisdom nnd general I'tTcclveiiexs of
her hUHlmiid's ndvlee, and iMeiiientlj
ho bud prliniHl her with Instruetlont
for nny emergency Hint might iirin
when he was abwnt. Among olhet
things, he bud repeatedly wnrned het
In case of fire to spread a rug on thr
bluze. and then telephone for the ei
glues.
So deeply was this aiiviee nnpreswu
on her mih-eoiiHchiiiHncHH that her a
Hons tne day of the fire iu her home
were purely automatic.
a mi tn
Jesse Lynch Willliiuis' "My Lost
lUii'liexx" lx n roiiiiiuce, with a niysiery,
the sceneH im-I chlelly In Fifth avenue
and Central I'ni'k.
A new mid diasilcully revise:! eill-
loii of John lialNWorthy'N novel, "The
iHluiid I'hnrUecH." containing n preface
hy the author, will lie Issued In H few
weeks. The Ixxik orlglnully npiienred
In the spring of v.iut.
I The trauMlntloii Into French of lien
I ry Vim liyke's 'The Uullng I'usxlon"
I has hud n great success In France, nnd
M. Kinlle Kiiguet. II ineiiiher of the
iicinleiiiy uiul iiutlmr of "The lllxlory
f Kngllsli I.lterutiire," culled It "a
pure chcf-d'oeuv'-M.;' 'J'hlts do we learn
io i-xlliniite M. Ftnlle Fngilet.
Iird Itolieris ix uxliig hlx spare time
In the col'eclion nf uiiiterlul for another
volume of an iiiilolilngriiphlcul nnliire.
designed to be a ciuiipniilon to bis iic-
couiil of his forty .veuix In India. I he
IxHik, of cotirxe, will Include the period
if the South Afrlciin war, nnd If "Holm''
imhlixhex In cold print mini' coiuinciils
on certain 'geiieru Is who llu'iired In that
ciinipiilgn. lii''!i cable ilNpatihes xii.v
he din not hesitate to express In pri
vate, he ulll cii tso Nome sensation.
Prof. A. I.H-.vr,'ni'0 swell's lung
art io I ed work on "Kiigluiid" Is an
iiiiuiti id f r i'!!illc:ttliiii. It Is predicted
hv those who know Prof. Lowell and
his work bi"t. that fhls hxik will prove
scarcely less iin mii tuiit In Its way than
Itryiv'x "Aiiierlc-iii roininonweiilth.'' It
In ii comprehensive survey of the F.ng
.Ish ihiIIHcuI Hjsteni at the present time,
written from the point of view of a
highly trained student of affairs and
a iiotuhlv Intelligent and sympathetic
rritlc.
According to a rellnhle pHllniflte, thn
number of ImmiUn puhllHhed each year
throughout the world In at the present
time iihoilt 7,IK. Most of then go
....I .......!. ., .uf lint
room Mug rather M.rly lighted, .lit 'into " i-rltl obllvlo... Home enjoy
used the gas Jet ovef her bureau (in no a temporary ,pu.r,.y. a very .on
.Id to studying the new milliner, lied l.umher are translated Into several
" ' ' - . ' I - B.wl Imm.uiiid fkurt nf tll IM.P.
hieveineiif. . Suddenly, as sue war .""' - -.-.., , -
lifting the la.-e creation off her head, maneiit heritage or Humanity, r rom
ine miot i, " n....
reader few questions cau be of greater
Imjxirtsnee thnn this: What Is the
quality that makes a book vital, that
s-lves It world liiitfortain'e? In the
i
It slipped ami reii uirecny uiu o
biasing gs Jet.
Tlie exiiei-tisl hnpix-neil. The hut wn
sih.u burning fieni'ly, still ou the toj
of the gns pl.
Mrs. Wilcox, mindful of Jack's ad
vice, grubbed a valuable Persian rug oi
the floor, and spreading It carefully
over the lighted gas Jet and fliiiulnj
bat, rushed out to the telephone.
At the doorway she rollhbsl with he.
innld. Kstclle. who, hearing the rnpl.l
movements In thf nm, was coming tc
A deal
BiK Proj,e,.
San Francisco; ya.
. . :,l ..1,,,,., ' I
wn'rn 71 c tv ,? rvo!utionire the
PVCr r'focn wE Khout the state
i ? Z invcWm consummat
ed in the tnvctrit ..Aitin.t
$25,000,000 in tr. tia nnsi ntJi
.l? L,M hi river. The
'.K' .ti' "angemenl. to
avj-ansfs,, .... - :
ital.
" V i J . A thniiiTh miaht
-h ste rs rit m i "
the fire that dc4 P"5-1
ho, factory rwtzz::
had been reco'v-i
.t,. search was 4W' '"."n.ght, when
"'d until tomor-
mount of cap-
the search was
row.
. i . i .
t 500 acre, of oil fields in the heart ot team .
- j:...:-. k- ,,. American1 Kuniung u.rr ... .... . ...
the coaunga iiisuisi "j ---
rctroleum Company for the mm J
...umk With the excepiion ui o.t
Southern Tacific holdmes this land
represents all the undeveloped ground
in the best part of the Coaltngs field
F, ly operation and . the
of sn enormous nusntity of oil sre as
?,,red as the American Petroleum
Company is P-'tlid t 110,000,000.
Seven Killed In Explosion,
Mfmphis. Tenn May
persons lost their livf " "me oth
ers narrowly escaped destruction in
In rM"nt which befell the gasobne
hunch Columbia, about eight miles
.Zh of Cl'f'ndon Ark . .H'oclnr
Tuesday night. The tank on the
,3urvting member, of the P,r
. nrecarious condition. An in
V clFon oVX remain, of th launc
.hows that both sulcs of the cratt
were blownj)uJ-
Italy Protests.
..Sf'
largest sense. It may lie answered that
the universal hook Is the Ixxik that
tranwends all national boundaries and
npiienls to unlversul einothins. Hut
these emotions vary In Intensity from
sge to age snd from rentury to eeie
tury. Current Literature.
Scar aaa sfS Sa Kar.
The westeni rlvef bad executed on
turned out the g i. anil throwing tn f ta lightning cliimges and Hug a new
nig on the flcxir. stHinixM out tbeflnmesjrhnnnpi fr Its-lf. thereby cutting a
which had burned a bole through tin ,,, farm In two
valuable tais-stry. The farmer wus sitting on the bank
"Why. Mrs. Wilcox." she rrled, "why'nf tm, river, gating disifinsolately at
didn't you turn out the gns?" (u opposite shore, a quarter of a mile
Turn out the gas?" answer. het,lwar.
mistress. "Well, areu't you bright! l! 'Water has been pretty high here.
never thought or tnat. jsc nss at tann't It? askeil the passing trsveier.
wsys tld me to put a rug on a Ore." I Tolcr'ble, like," answered the fsrni-
er, without loosing aroiinu.
"Ixxiks as W your bank had been csr.
Rartk's Mailt af Popalalloa.
It Is estimated that the fertile Intiili Ing In
. th. vlotv aiiiount to 2'ki,i wiunr "Sort o
miles, the Ntep-s to H.'.i"0 ami th
dew-rts to Li"'.'"". Fixing 27 perui
to Hie sipiure mile for fertile lands. tf
f,,r step-s snd one for des'rts as tin
grenti-st iopiilatlon that the earth coiili'
Hslbly nourish, lentlNts have arrlver
st the roticliislon that alien the niiinls'l
of Inhshltnnts resclHS fi.isi.ssMi th
earth will I peopled to Its full cap.ic
Hy. At prewtit It contains somewhat
more than one-mmrter of that tiuiiil" r
If the rate of liurease shown by tin
latent census statlHtics should I tint
formly mallitalmil. the"g!ol would 1
fully (it-opied about the year lljTi.
"Has It done any mischief to your
fsnd?"
".Mls-hlef I" said the farmer, slowly
turning bis head snd looking at him.
"Say, Mls'er, see that patch ' ground
over there on the other side?"
"There's twenty acres In It. Well,
tbst used to be mine. Tsln't now."
"NoT Cbsnged hands, has It?"
"Changed bands! You dern fiwl,
can't you see IWs chsng'-d banks?"
The traveler rode on, snd the farmer
continued to sit snd gaze at bis loaf
acres. Cblcsgi) Trlbutia