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NEWS OFTOE WEEK
la a f ninni En hr
taff
• f the
Bryan say* Roosevelt ia an hooeat re­
former.
The entire middle Weal ia suffering
from a bilimard.
The Heinae aavinga bank at Batts
w ill be reopened.
Senator Forsker sara Roosevelt is the
champion mookraker.
The new battleship Mississippi fans
been plaoed in com mission.
The government has brought enit to
dissolve tbs Harriman merger.
The' Engliah expect a visit from
Roosevelt aa soon as hla term is ended.
Two of the smaller street oar systems
of New York nave gone into the hands
o f a receiver.
A New York newspaper man claims
W illia m A . Rockefeller, father of John
D., died in 1906.
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Most French newspapers commend
the recent special message of the* preei
dent to
returned *00 indictments for violation
o f the Sunday closing law.
It ia believed the talk of war with
Japan w ill bring increased appropria
tiona for the defense of the Paaciflc
Washington, Fsb. 4.—I t is the par-
poos of Secretary Qarfleld to so conduct
the Interior department and so lnfcrprct
tbs public land lays as to actually aid
every bona fide entrymen* who is en­
deavoring to establish a home on the
ibllc domain.
Secretary Qarfleld
)lds that the land laws were enacted
for a purpose, and so long as the law is
not abased, he intends that the entry-
man shall enjoy Its provisions, and so
loog as he acts in good faith, shall have
tbs encouragement and aid of repre­
sentatives of the department. In other
words, Secretary Qarfleld la proceeding
on the theory that every man ia h o m d
until proven gu ilty; he is human
enough to reeogniae that hooeat men
may make errors which do not lay
them, or should not lay them liable to
the law. A reading of Mr. Qarfleld’ s
annual report, made public [yesterday,
w ill convince any man that there has
been s phenomenal— an almost incom­
prehensible—ohange in the manner of
conducting the Interior department.
Under Secretary Hitchcock, hh* en­
tire force of the interior department
and general land office, on spsoial in­
structions from the secretary, .proceed­
ed on the theory that the public land
laws were enacted to prevent men ac­
quiring* public lands; every technics!
failure to comply with the la w • was re­
garded aa ground for criminal pcosecu-
tion ; every obstacle wae placed in the
path of the honest, as w ell as t the dia-
honest entryman, and Mr. Hil itchoock
retired from offloe with the astounding
reoord of having actually deprived hun­
dreds of honest settlers of their lands,
while ho permitted shrewd thieves to
gobbje up targe tracts under his very
The report of Secretary Qarfleld
. . . . __iry encouragement to- every in -
tryman who ia striving to acquire pub­
lic land for an honest purpose. I t ia
a moat cheering document.
IM P E R IA L V A L L E Y C O N T E S T S
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NEW LA N D l*O L IC Y .
Secretary Qarfleld Aids Entrymen In*
stead e f Hindering.
t . It. WOODWARD. I
tears s flood o f Japanese Fifty Improved Claims o f Non-Resi­
dents A re dumped.
Bryan praises the president’ s special
Imperial, Cal., Fob- 4.— Out of 1,600
mssmgc to oongrees.
land claims in the Imperial valley,
Tbs battleship fleet has started about 60 improved claims belonging to
non residents have been jumped on the
thfough Magellan straits.
ground of failure to oomply w ith tbe
Tbs house committee on census wants law. A reoent decision of the commis­
a census of a ll standing timber in tbs sioner of the general land offioes revers­
United States.
es the practice that office baa held here­
President Ripley, of the Sants Fe, tofore lhat any person oonld take a
denies thé chargea of Rooaevelt that his number of assignments from claimants
so long as tbe total does not exceed 320
road has granted rebates on oil.
acres.
I t is now held that a person
Senator B o o n s says Roosevelt’s spe­
can taka but one assignment.
cial message ia bound to carry him to
Many claims, including soores of
the W hits House far another term.
well developed farms, are aff acted by
A tornado just north o f Weaaon, tbe reversal, and a number of contents
Mise., laid waste a strip three-quarters are filed. Tbe mutual water compan­
of a m ile wide and several miles long. ies have combined to send representa­
Six persona were killed and a number tives to Washington and lay the matter
before Secretary Qarfleld. An appeal
injured.
Officials of the Japanese government w ill be taken from the deolsian of Com­
eay that they, like other nations, are missioner Dennet on the ground that
interested in the fleet’ s trip from the the Bnpremt court holds that an estab­
Atlantio to the Pacific, aa they want to lished ruling of a department of the
government cannot be annulled by a re­
know how the ship« stand the strain.
versal of tbe ruling.
Ruef baa pleaded not guilty to 14
No apprehension is felt by claimants
charges of offering a bribe. The cases as to the outcome, but it is considered
w ill be set for trial February 14. necessary to present tbe matter to Sec­
Bohmits, wbo ia also indicted on these retary Qarfleld.
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same oounts, has already pleaded not
guilty.
W O O D C H IE F M A TE R IA L.
The battleship fleet has been sighted
at the entrance of Magellan straits.
Small Percentage o f Buildings Built
China looks on the movement of the
o f Cement o r Brice.
Atlantic fleet as more than a pleasure
i Washington, Feb. 4.— In » r e p o r t
cruise.
today regarding building operations
Terror reigns supreme in Lisbon due and the timber supply the geological
to the ¿ r e s t of oonrpirators against survey says that the increasing price of
the government.
,
lumber and a rapidly increasing use of
perfected fire pfqpf lystmp cf construc­
Ruef says he did not negotiate with
tion should do much in holding down
tire graft defendants and that Langdon
tbe amount which forests are called
broke his immunity contract.
upon to yield each year, but so far these
Japanese who are supposed to be more substantial materials have not de­
eplea have been at every port where creased the lumber cut of tbe nation.
the battleship fleet or torpedo squadron Notwithstanding the increased use of
has stopped.
cement and other fireproof materials,
the last reports of tbe building opera­
been
excluded
Chine i printers have
under the alien contract labor lawa, tions in 49 of the leading cities of the
and New York Chinese papers are tem­ United States for the year collected by
the geological snrvey, show that 69
porarily tied np.
per cent were of wooden construction
The government has planned a series This doe* not inolade tbe large quan­
of scientific re-seeding experiments on tity of Inmber used for tbe construe)ion
several of the national forest ranges to of dwellings, stores and other buildings
determine how much damage done by in the thousands of small cities and
over-grasing can be remedied.
towns,» scattered over the country and
Officers have just recovered what ia not included in tbe 49 cities on which
believed to be a part of the loot of rob­ a reckoning was made.
bery of the Pacific Express company’ s
office in 8 idney, Neb., In 1880. A t
"Y e llo w Peril League.”
that time bullion veined at $127,000
Denver, Colo., Feb. 4.— Several hun­
was taken and but little of ¿t
dred representatives of nnion labor, in
disposed of.
mass meeting this afternoon, formed
the
"Y e llo w Peril Exclusion League,’ ’
The revolution in Hayti is said to be
designed to prevent further influx of
over.
Asiatic coolie labor into the United
In the stomach of a coyote killed States. One of the speakers said that,
near Santa Rosa, Cal., 42 chicken heads thousands of Japanese were coming into
were found.
the United States through the port of
New York’ s police dogs are now in El Paso as students. A prominent Jap­
active service. They are on duty from anese of San Francisco, he said, was at
tbe head of tbe enterprise end conduct­
10 p. m. to 3 a. m.
ed the business from a clothing agency
The government is taking testimony to the C ity of Mexico.
at Louisville. K y ., saga Inst the Ameri­
can Tobacco company.
T o ok Drydock to Manila.
San Francisco, Feb. 4.— Otto Wer­
Federal authorities are said to have
taken steps to establish the largest ner, Charles Bradley, J. H. Van Horn,
army depot In the United States at Ban T . Myers and W alter E Rudolph, en­
gineers who were in charge of the dry-
Francisco.
dock Dewey on its trip from tbe At­
W h ile drilling s well near B illln p . lanta coast to tbe Philippine islands,
Mont., a strong flow of gas was struck reached here today on the transport
a at depth of 200 lest.
Cook and w ill proceed East tomorrow.
Terrific floods have occurred through­ Tbe Dewey left the Atlantic mast on
out Bavaria. Traffic has been suspend- Deoembcr 28, 1906, and arrived at
Olong >po, Philippine islands, on July
od on many o f the railroads.
10, 190«.
The announcement that John D.
Rockefeller is giving work to the unem­
Malt From Fleet.
ployed is attracting an army.
New York, Frb. 4.— The steamer
Daring 1907 the police of the bo
Thespis which arrived today from Rio
oaghs of Manhattan and Bronx, Ne
Janeiro brought 20 sacks of mail from
York, arrested 149,494 persons.
tbe American battlesbipe.
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K IN O IB M URDERED.
OREGON STATE H N S OF INTEREST
FAR M E R S P L A N
W AREH O USE
Exporters’ Term s Unsatisfactory to
Weston Whaatycrowers.
C L E A N U P O RO H ARD S.
Fruitgrowers to Fight
T re e Disease.
Spring brook — The 'fruitgrower«
Sprlngbrook, Yam hill county, mot last
week for an open discussion of tbahr
local interests. C. E. Haskins spoke
at some length on the necessity of a
more systematic and vigorous effort to
clean up orchards, and also introduced
the quest ion of getting In tooob with
the W illam ette V alley Development
league. Others present spoke of the
various phases of orchard work.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
for a vigorous campaign against tbs
Ban Jose scale and Indorsing the state
inspection lews and upholding the
oounty inspectors and courts in enforc­
ing the laws where this is found net
eery.
Weston— Farmers of the Downing
neighborhood, near Weston, wnioh is a
region of 60-bushel wheat and $ 100 -an-,
acre land, are planning to build their
own warehouse at Downing station..
The movement has been under way ever
since the exporters raised their handling
targes surd adapted a form of wheat
receipt oasatisfcotory to the burners.
They have jest been given definite as­
surance by the O. R . A N. company
that the company has adopted an open
policy and w ill grant warehouse room
at Downing station or elsewhere at a
purely nominal charge.
The farmers
intereeted in the movement are jubi­
lant, and w ill hold a mass meeting to
arrange for the building of the ware­
house. This, they declare, they will
oertainly do unless the exporters reduce
Cannery fo r Da Hat-
their handling chargee and change their
Dallas— Tbs matter of establishing a
form of receipt. Farmree hers ate or­ cannery in Dallas to he conducted by
ganising along co-operative lines and home stockbolders, is now well under
have a very flourishing farmers’ 4 Mian, way, over two-thirds of the accessary
which meets regularly.
capital being already subscribed. Tbs
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capital stock has been divided into 100
Muy Trade Territory.
shares of the par value of $26 each,
Albany— The residents of northern
more than two shares being sold to
Benton county are agitating for a ’ ^ , . one person or firm. A site for
change in the boundaries of Linn and the cannery has already been donated.
Benton. It is proposed to make an j i „ the north part of the city, and kha
even trade and allow Linn to annex one ; building w ill be started early in the
township or more in Benton, immedi­ spring. Them is enough fruit in end
ately across the river from this city, around Dallas and vicinity to make the
and to exchange therefor a township proposition a paying one, end the work
lying across tbe W illam ette from Cor­ w ill be gradually enlarged to keep pace
vallis. I t la thought this plan w ill with the number of new trees being set
meet with the approval ol the residents out.
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of tbe sections concerned and make it
possible for them to have bettor roads
Lust o f Machinery Enroute.
and reoeive more benefits from the
North Powder— The lest wagon load
taxes paid for the care of roeds and of the four carloads of mining machin­
bridges. A t present the roads across
ery delivered here last week for the In-
the river in Benton county are badly
dlaona, or Muir, gropp of mines, 22
neglected as likewise are the toads
milee from North Powder, at the head
leading into Corvallis on tbs south side
of Grand Roods river, has etarted on
of Linn. The residents of those sec­
the new rood.
The Indiana Mining
tions are said to be generally favorable
com pin y, which owns and spares no
to this change.
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expense in the development of the
Muir minea, has 40 men at work in­
Initiative Petition Filed.
stalling a new concentrator, the capa­
Salem-—The petition for the initia­
city of which is 100 tons per day.
tive.of the question of the division of
There ia aleo an electric hoist under
Wasco oounty end the creation of Hood
construction for the párpese of sinking
River county has been died with the
a shaft 1,000 feet below the present
aeuretary of state by W . B. Andrus, of
level.
the Hood River Commercial club. The
petition is said to contain 10,867 sig­
Belem Druggists Censured
natures, and is composed of a number
Salem—
Salem drug stores have been
of asperate pamphlets, each of which
ia provided with an artistic cover de­ put under the ban of the state board of
sign, with three luscious red-cheeked pharmacy by a visit of Secretary Blake­
epplee on the obverse and a tempting ley, who is authority for the statement
that they are not complying with the
strawberry on the reverse.
law which provides that the drug and
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prescription business shall be in the
Good Quality o f Lim e.
cere of e registered pharmacist. Dis­
Freak Hughes end
A . trict Attorney MoNary also recently
Carter, of this oily, are successfully en­ made the discovery that no reoord of
gaging in the manufacture of lime at
tbe sale of poisons was being kept as is
Gold H ill, with a plant that turns out required.
TOO barrels per day of an article that it
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claimed to be 98 per oent pure.
Mr.
Eight Miles o f Shade Trees.
Carter has just returned from the lime­
Eugene—
An order has been plaoed
kilns and the firm has scoured oiders
from the paper milla at Oregon City with an Oregon nnreery by tbe eitisens
and Lebanon. , The Southern Pacific of Falrmount for 1,000 trees to be
has made a rate to Portland of 15 cents planted along the street« of this suburb
of Eugene. The trees are to be planted
per hundred.
about 60 feet apart on both side« of the
street, and w ill stretch over e distance
Linn 8 tock Doing Well
Albany— Reports from all parts of of eight miles.
tbe county are that cattle and sheep are
wintering to better advantage than for
many yean . On account of the mild­
ness oi the weather fields and pastures
furnish excellent gracing and unless
tbe valley should experience extreme
changes within the next few weeks it
is thought all danger of a hard winter
w ill have passed and tbe fkrroen not
be obliged to draw on tbelr stored sup­
plies of feed. _________
Burns Land O ffice Business.
Burns— Tbe lend office in this city
for the quarter ending December 81
shows an increase over the same period
in 190«. Tbe year 1907 has been one
of tbe liveliest yean for tbe Burns land
office since It was establishd here, and
it is expected that 1908 w ill be still
better, as the country is getting better
advertising t* an in former years, and
large rush of new settlers ia expected
here in tbe spring and summer.
Portland Retires Certificates.
Portland— It is stated by the com­
mittee of Portland banken having in
charge the banking operations of the
Portland banks during the recent de­
pression, that all of the $1,000,000 of
clearing bouse certificates issued during
that time have been redeemed, includ­
ing $260,000 loan certificates issued to
the suspended Merchants’ National
bank.
W arnirg to Druggists.
Salem— G. W. Blakeley, of the state
board of pharmacy, is making a tour of
Western Oregon, gathering evidence as
to violation of the phamraey law.
He
lys that many drugstores are being
conducted in violation of the statute,
and that prosecutions w ill be brought
unless the offenses
Another Horticultural Society.
Freewater— The Horticultural society
has permanently organised and w ill be
celled the Milton-Freewater Horticul­
tural society. A series of meetings is
to be held in tbe near future n Milton,
Tumalum Orange, Fern da Is and Bien-
kle hall, In the interests of horticul­
tural education.________
Elgin Livestock Shipments.
Elgin— During the pest week a great
many bog shipments have been made
from the W allowa and Elgin oountry.
Several carloads have gone to Walla
W alla and about 10 loads weal to
TYoatdsle, while several carloads of sat*
tie have gone to Portland to the past
veial days.
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Poultry 8 how at Th e Dalles.
Tbe Dalles— As tbe result of a meet­
ing of local poultry fanciers a poultry
show w ill bis held here some time dur­
ing February. Committees on arrange­
ments are at work and the show w ill be
open to any and all poultry enthusiasts.
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PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 80036c per
pound.
Poultry— Average old hens, 1 2 ® 1 2 *o
per pound; mixed chickens, 11 > 4 ® 12 c;
spring chickens, 12®13c; roosters, 8 0
10c; dressed chickens, 14c; tnrkeys,
live, 13c; dressed, choice, lft@17e;
geese, live, 9010c; docks, 16017c;
pigeons, 7 5 c0 $ l; squabs, $1.60®2.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 26020c
per dosen.
Vet 1— 76 to 125 pounds, 9 0 9 * c ; 125
to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds,
6 0 6 *0 .
Pork— Block 76 to 160 pounds, 6 0
7c; packers. 606c.
Fruits— Apples, $1.2602 per box;
pears, $1.2501.75 per box; cranber­
ries, $8011 per barrel.
Vegetables— Turnips, 76c per sack;
carrots, 66 c per sack; beets, $1 pcs
sack; beenr, 20 s per pound; cabbage, 1
0 1 * o per ¿ound; cauliflower, $1.76<
2 per dosen; celery. $303.50 per o n to ;
onions, 16020c per dosen; parsley, 20 c
perdoeen; peas, 10 c per pound; pep­
pers, 8 ® 17c per pound; pumkpins, 1 0
l * c per pound; radishes, 20 c per doc-
en; spinach, «0 per pound; sprouts, 8 c
per pound; squash. 1 ® 1 * 0 per pound.
ttaions— $2.50 per hundred.
Potatoes— 40076c per hundred, de­
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25
50 per hundred.
Wheat— Club, 84c; blnestem, 88 c;
valley, 84c; red, 82o.
Oats— No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28
per ton.
Barley— Feed, $27 per ton; brewing,
$82; rolled. $29®30.
Corn — Whole, $82.60;
creaked,
$82.60.
Hay— V alley timothy, No, 1, $18
per ton: Eastern Oregon timothy, 120
0 2 1 ; clover, $14018; cheat, $15;
grain bay, $14®15; alfalfa, $18.60;
vetch, $14.
Hope— 1907, prime and choice, 6 0
7 * o per pound; olds, 102c per pound.
W ool— Eastern Oregon, average best,
190200 per pound, according to shrink­
age; valley, 18020c per pound, accord­
ing to flneneae; mohair, choice, 290,
SOe per pound.
Carlos,
o f Portugal, end Hie Heir
Kiiieu
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r io n in .
Lisbon, Feb. 8 .— K ing Carlos, of
trtugal, and the Crown Prince Lula
Philippa, ware assassinated Saturday,
and the city is in a stats of uproar.
The king’s second eon, tke Infant Man­
uel, wax slightly wounded, bat Queen
Amelia, who' strove to save the crown
prince’s life by throwing herself npon
him, was unhurt.
A bend of men w iltin g at tbe coiner
o f the Praco do Commando and the Run
de Arsenal suddenly sprang.toward the
open carriage in which the royal fam ily
driving to the palace, and, leveling
carbines which they had concealed
npon them, fired.
The polios guard
fired upon the saaasatoa and killed two
of them.
The royal fam ily was returning from
Villa' Vloloea, where it had been so­
journing, end wee on the way from the
railroad station to tkepalaoe. A strong
guard was in attendance, because of the
reoent uprising in tbe city and the dis­
covery of a plot to assassinate Premier
Franco and overthrow the monarchy.
But the band of morderare bad selected
the most advantageous s(x>t for the com­
mission of the crime,, tor it was con­
cealed from the eyes of the party until
the vehicle had oome into the Praco da
Cpmmereio, a large square.
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The bodies of the king and crown
prince rest in the royal palace, and be­
side them the queen sat throughout the
night, sometimes with bar band press­
ing tba forebead of K ing Carles and
sometimes stroking the face of the dead
crown prince. The condition of tbe
newly proclaimed king, Manuel, is
satisfactory to the physicians in attend­
ance. Hia wounds are not severe, and
if there are no complications, o f which
there are no signs now, he is expected
to make a speedy recovery. He carries
bis arm in a sling, and declares that he
sudffers no pain.
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The bodies of K in g Garloa and Prince,
Luis were embalmed yesterday and w ill
lie In state aoooidlng to the custom of
the oourt.
The funeral w ill probably be held
February 10.
QOE 8 T O A S Y LU M .
Jury Acquits Thaw But Declares Him
New York, Feb. 8 .— Adjudged not
guilty of (he murder of Stanford W hite
by reaeon o f insanity at the time tbe
fatal shots were fired, Harry Kendall
Thaw Saturday was held by the coat to
be a dangeoua lunatic and Was whirled
away to the state hospital for tbe crim­
inal insane at Mattes wan.
Tbe verdict came after 26 hoars of
waiting, and when every one connected
w ith the cnee had abandoned all hope
of en agreement ever being reached to
this or any other trial. Four hours
after the foreman's lips bad framed
the words “ not g u ilt y ’ ’ with tbe to-
oompanylng insanity danse, Thaw,
protesting he was sane, was on bis way
to Mat tea wan. A little after nightfall
ha had been reoeived to the institution
under commitment papers which di­
rected his detention “ until discharged
by due course of lew.”
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D E A TH IN IT B P A T H .
Tom ado Kills Eight end Maims IOO
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In Mississippi.
Wesson, Miss., Feb. 8 .— Extending
40 miles from west to east, the path of
destruction made by Friday’s tornado
just ' north of here was found to have
suffered a worse disaster than at first
reported. In tbe tornado path the
known deed number eight, the fatally
injnred four and tbe seriously injured
at least 100. There are lean that tbe
death list maj reach 16 or 20 , most of
those believed to be dead being negroes
wbo have not been aooounted for since
tbeir cabins were crushed.
The damage is estimated conserva­
tively at $300,000 and may reach a half
million.
In tbe wreckage lie four
churches, six cotton gins and several
country stores.
The tornado cut a path about half a
mile wide. Relief parties have been
sent ou t AH streams are swollen and
the country roads are strewn w ith fal­
len trees.
SCORESjm -DOERS
msMnt Austri Effila s i
Propos« New Urn.
sirs nun
need cwtiol
Ori m ini I Rich
Banded Togeth er f o r
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Reaction— Employers' Liability
Laws—Lèsa Injunctions.
Washington, Feb. 1. — President
Roosevelt yesterday sent $0 oongrass a
special message which Is devoted
mainly to a vigorous defense of hia
policy as regards railroads and trusts
from the assaults 01 his erities and an
even more vigorous dsn unelation o f
those critics and those whom they
champion.
Beginning with tbe reoommendalion
of new employers’ liability bills, both
binding the government aixf interstate
corporations, and o f lawa restricting the
issue of injunctions, the message pro­
ceeds to renew the presidents former
recommendations for legislation dealing
with railroads and monopolies. Then
it enters npon a~ reply to the criticism
of the president’s policy, not mincing
words in its characterisation of bis an­
tagonists as lawbreakedrs. I t (bows
their inoonsletenoy to criticising Jodies
Landis and Wellborn after having con­
demned tbe pres dent’s much m ilder
criticism of other judges. It advocates
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»0 p rev en t sto ck g a m b lin g ,
attributes'the panio to speculation and
high finance, and declares that, even
if the president’s policy did contribute«
to the panic, it is better than to allow
dishonest business to thrive. H e de­
clares bis purpose of continuing the
same policy without fllnohlcg.
W hile the message was being read in
the senate, many senators simply scan­
ned their printed copies at first, and
before it was half finished they gene-
ra il; took up other matters.
When
the striking passage« were reached,
many of the senator« looked areand the
ohamber and exchanged smiles. T ill-
especially pleased w ith tb e
document; La Follette paid very care­
ful attention; Beveridge, MoOumber,
Knox, Gellingsp, Nelson, E lfin s, He-
men way and Burrows, on the Republi­
can side, and Oulberson, Teller, Davis,
Bankhead and Overman, among tha
Democrats, were especially attentive to
the document.
On the conclusion of the reading o f
the message, Senator Davis, of Arkan­
sas,
m oved , that 10,000
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■age be printed as a
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public document.
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" I t is the best Democratic doctrine
that I have ever heard emanating from
a Republican source,” said Davis.
The motion was agreed to, and with­
out further comment the metaage was
referred to the committee on interstate
oommeroe.
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The reeding of the meeeage in the
house was listened to w ith intense in­
terest. by tbe members, of ahum there
was an unusually targe number In at­
tendance.
Ae the reading of tha message pro­
gressed in the house, numerous mem­
bers were heard audibly to exclaim
"m ost unusual,” "th is is red-hot,” etc.
Tbe president's vigorous denunciation
of wrongdoers was greeted with load
applaase. as was his defense c f Federal
judges who pnnish offenders for viola­
tions of the law.
The frequency of the applause In­
creased aa the reeding proceeded. Tbe
ham of conversation over the message
subsided end the members followed
every word. But the climax came when
the reading was concluded.
Witbout^regard to party, the mem­
bers loudly*applauded, cheered, thump­
ed tbeir deeks and gave other evidences
of their approval of the document.
After a moment’s silence, the applanee
broke out again, several members, in­
cluding many Democrats, arising from
their seats and dapping their hands.
The message then, on motion of
Payne, of New York, was refefrrd to
the committee on the state of the Union.
Insurance Must Be Paid.
Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 3.— Tbe
English insurance companies that lost
heavily in the earthquake and fire of
A fter Trede In the OWont.
January, 1907, have had a further ver­
dict handed down against them. Two
Beattie, Feb. 1.— Tbe Chicago, M il­
test cassa tor the payment of losses waukee A Bt. Panl w ill shortly begin
sustained at the time of the earth­ an active campaign for it* share o f
quake were recently decided adversely trade to the Orient.
President A . J.
to tbe companies. The companies ap­ Earling, who ia In 8 eattle, said: " N e ­
pealed to tbe Supreme court. Today gotiations bave been made tor a line o f
the Supreme oourt upheld tbe decision steamships between Puget sound and
of the low er body, which had decided \ the Orien
J. H . Hlland. third vice
that the fire was not of earthquake president of tbe St. Paul, and F. A .
origin.
M iller, general passenger agent, have
been sent to Investigate traffic condi­
, Wants a Central Bank.
tions to China and Japan, and w ill re­
New York, Feb. 8 .— Speaking at tbe port upon tbe poeaibllitim of trade de*.
wnnual banquet of tbe Sohool of Com­ velopment.”
merce, W illiam J. Ridgeley, controller
of the currency, expressed himself as
Cut In Price o f Steel.
f
fearful that tbe political situation is
New York, Feb. 1.—-About 70 eteel
such at present that tbe prospects of men, representing the United State«
getting legislation to reform the coun­ Steel corp ration, the Repnblio Steel
try’« banking system are far from oompany, the Bethlehem Steel com­
bright. " A central bank and a credit pany, tbe Jones A Langblln Steel 00 m*
currency,” he mid, "a re the things pany and the Pennsylvania Steel com­
noon which we must rely, and not po­ pany, were to conference In tbie city
litics, to prevent pantos.”
today and tonight. None of those pres­
ent would talk, but It waa stated unoffi­
cially that the subject of the confer­
Bank Closed In Brooklyn.
New York, Feb. 8 .— 'Tbe^Home Bank ence was a proposal to rednoe the price
of Rr'O'tlyn, sn institution on which a of at eel to general
run was started, did not open for busi­
Workmen Begging fo r Food.
ness Saturday. The Home bank ia a
Buffalo, Feb. 1.— Tbe office of the
small institution, located to South
Brooklyn. ' It has a capital stock of superintendent of poor at Wsat Seneca
$100,«no and a surplus and divided waa besieged today by 60 men begging
profits amounting to $58,670. The de­ for food. Tbe partial suspension of the
posit t, whloh formerly averaged about steel and Iron industry there has
$600.000, have been redooed greatly caused much suffering among tha foe-
sign taboran.
since tbe October panie.