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Friday, O «cambar II.
Washington, Dec. l l.—The senate
yesterday received the report of the
comptroller of the currency. Senator
Lodge announced that he would dis­
cuss the Brownsville case next W ed­
nesday. An adjournment was( taken
Until Monday, when the postal sav­
ings bank bill will be discussed.
Washington, Dec. 11.—The first ac­
tion taken by the house of represen­
tatives today was the adoption of the
resolution introduced by Representa­
tive Perkins o f New York providing
for the appointment of a committee
o f five to consider what action should
be taken by the house with reference
to that part of the president’s mes­
sage which intimates that members of
congress may need watching by the
secret service.
The legislative, executive and judi­
cial appropriation bill, which usually
excites considerable discussion, lasting
for several days, was passed with lit­
tle debate and practically in the shape
it came from tne committee. An un­
usual feature was that no member
asked for time to indulge in general
talk. The facility with which the bill
nf IBS pages was put through was the
subject o f much comment, and the
members of the appropriations com ­
mittee congratulated themselves. The
bill carries an appropriation o f $31,-
335,350.
Representative Hawley of Oregon
today introduced a bill extending the
operation of the pension laws in favor
o f the officers and soldiers o f the
Bannock Indian war in Oregon and
Washington in 1878 and 1879.
Thursday, Decamber 10.
Washington, Dec- 10. — Congress,
which feels that it has been insulted
and outraged by President Roosevelt,
is preparing to vindicate its honor by
censuring the president or saying in
bis annual message that the members
voted to prevent the usual detail of
secret service men because they dread­
ed anything like investigation of them­
selves. Both branches of congress are
up in arms, and the leaders are hav­
ing difficulty in restraining the angry
hotheads from making some petulant
break.
Senators propose that by resolution
the objectionable statement of the
president shall be expunged from the
record. This would be an extraordi­
nary proceeding, but senators think
it is justified by the character o f the
imputation carried by the president’s
words. There may be some discus­
sion of the resolution, and in that
case it is expected the president will
come in for a sound rhetorical casti­
gation.
In the house it is proposed to have
a special committee appointed by the
speaker to consider the alleged affront
offerel by the president and to pre­
pare a suitable resolution covering the
case. O f this committee it is under­
stood that Chairman Tawney. o f the
appropriations committee, will be the
chairman, and this is fitting, because
it was Mr. Tawney who put through
the offensive provision last session
which restricted the president’s free­
dom of control of secret service of­
ficers and brought forth the so-called
insult to congress.
Wadnasday, December 0 .
Washington, Dec. 9.— For nearly
five hours the house today considered
the bill providing for the taking of the
13th and subsequent decennial cen­
suses and passed it without material
change. From the very outset it be­
came evident that progress toward
passage would be impeded by numer­
ous amendments and arguments.
Prolonged and heated discussion
was precipitated by an amendment by
Gillett, of Massachusetts, who sought
to have the temporary census force
authorized by the bill, with the excep-
tion-of a few minor positions, appoint­
ed upon the basis of competitive in­
stead of non-competitive examina­
tions.
Representative Englcbright of Cali­
fornia has introduced in the house a
bill appropriating $1,037.400 for the
improvement of tne entrance to Hum­
boldt harbor at Eureka. Cal.
Representative Smith o f California
has introduced a bill to appropriate
$259.250 for the improvement of the
harbor of San Diego.
A bill providing for the establish­
ment of a tariff commission of seven
members to fix the rate of duty on all
imports was introduced in the house
today by Representative Fowler of
New Jersey.
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Washington, Dec. 9.—Senator Car­
ter today introduced a bill to create
the office o f mine inspector for
Alaska. He says renorts are that the
slaughter of miners has become so
heavy as to need federal regulation.
Senator Cullom has introduced a bill
providing for compulsory military
service by all able-bodied American
citizens. The bill was prepared oy the
general staff of the army and strongly
urged in a special message by the pres­
ident. Under the proposed law, the
president said, it would be as easy to
raise an army of 2,000,000 men as it
would be now to get 50,000 into the
held.
The president today sent the fol­
lowing nominations to the senate:
Vice governor of the Philippines,
W . Cameron Forbes of Massachus­
etts.
Members of the Philippine commis­
sion, Newton Gilbert of Indiana and
Rafael Palma o f the Philippines.___
Tuesday, Oecember 8 .
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After Cattle Ruatlars.
Capps Reports on Navy.
Washington, Dec. 10.—Rear Ad­
miral Capps in a report today to the
construction bureau recommends that
the naval station at Pearl harbor. Ha­
waii. be developed along the lines of
a repair yard; that no attempt be
made by tne navy department to haye
it made into a shipbuilding yard. The
admiral also complains ifi the report
of the inadequate berthing spaces for
ships undergoing repairs at the Pu­
get sound and Mare* island navy
yards.
Reno, Nev., Dec. 14.— Captain W.
L. Cox, superintendent of the naval
state police, with a picked squad nf
men, working in harmony with Sher­
iff Emerson, df Lassen county, Cali­
fornia, left yesterday for Pyramid lake
on an expedition to drive out and
arrest if possible the cattle rustlers
who have been making depredations
in that region recently. The rustlers
have been stealing horses and cattle
in Northern Nevada and California,
and it is expected will make a fight to
resist capture if overtaken.
Wilfley Resigns Judgeship.
Washington, Dec. 11—The resigna­
tion of Laebbeus R W ilflev o f Mis­
souri. judge o f the United States dis­
trict court for China, has been ac­
cepted by Presiden* Roosevelt. The
iresent has appointed Judge Rufus H.
Thayer of this city as W ilfley’s suc­
cessor.
Washington, Dee. 8.— Secretary o f
War Wright today concluded the pur­
chase o f the ships Shawmut and Tre-
mont, belonging to the Boston Towboat
A Transportation company. The ves­
sels are now at Seattle, and will be used
an transports in the Panama canal
service.
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Washington, Dec. 9. — Professor
Milton Whitney, chief of the bureau
o f soils, reported yesterday that the
farming lands o f the United States
aggregate 838,891,774 acres, and that
the yield per acre o f all cereal crops
has increased. The bureau of soils in­
tends to make an investigation of the
Neill to Ba Raappolntsd.
soil o f the semi-arid belt o f the
Northwest, with a view to Ascertain­
Washington, Dec. 9. — President
ing the nature o f the aoil, what it is Roosevelt has informed Labor Com­
adapted to, and h ow it can be best im­ missioner Neill that he will reappoint
him.
proved.
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Chicago, Dec. 16. — Plans for aban­
doning tbe great Auditorium hotel
have been decided upon by the board
of directors of the Congress Hotel
company, operating the Auditorium
and the Annex. All the business of
the two big hotels on Michigan boule­
vard is to be concentrated in the An­
nex, which recently was enlarged to
double its former capacity.
President Southgate asserted that
the Auditorium hotel had been losing
money for years. He asserted that il
did not pay 1 per cent on the money
invested, and that it was pdbr prop­
erty compared with the new Annex,
which, he asserted, was paying its
stockholders $250,000 a year.
From the earnings account for the
year shown at the Chicago Auditor­
ium association stockholders’ meeting,
it is seen that the hotel paid last year
in rentals $153,701. The theater paid
$67,000 and office building $64,780,
while interest and dividends brought
in $9.015 more, making a total of
$295,077.57. The cost of the building
amounted to $262,103, leaving a net
income for the year o f $32 974, from
which was deducted $17,168 as depre­
ciation on equipment.
Washington, Dec. 8.—Congress to­
day heard the last annual message
of President Roosevelt, but paid little
attention to the reading, which most
o f them followed merely by reading
the printdtl copies.
Washington. Dec. 8.— Bills have
behn introduced in the house o f rep­
resentative» providing separate state
hood for the territories o f New Mex­
ico and Arizona.
Washington, Dec. 8.
President
Roosevelt today sent to the sen­
ate the following nominations for
confirmation: Luke Wright, secre­
tary o f war; Truman H. Newberry,
secretary of the navy.; Herbert L.
Satterlee, assistant secretary of the
navy; Daniel J. Keefe, commissioner
eneral of immigration; Rufus H.
layer, judge of the United States
district court o f China; Wade Ellis,
assistant attorney general.
The president also sent to the sen­
ate several hundred nominations of
lostmastcrs and other officials who
lave been appointed during the con­
gressional recess, and whose names
h ^ e already t
W O R 8 T A C C ID E N T O N CANAL
Among the postmasters named to­
day are the following: John C.
Young, Portland; L. B. Rutherford, Thought Other Bodies May Still Be
Rainier; J. E. Logan. Burns: Ben
Buried Under Debris.
Weathers, Enterprise; George F. Rus­
Colon,
Dec. 15.—The explosion yes­
sell, Seattle.
terday at Bas Obispo was the most
serious accident in connection with
GREAT J UNK S H O P .
the building of the Panama canal
since the United States took control.
Government Hae 8 ,7 8 4 Packages in A thorough investigation has been or­
dered, and already officials are taking
Dead Letter Office.
evidence and endeavoring to ascertain
Washington, Dec. 10.—The dead the cause of the premature discharge
letter office of the postoffice depart­
Thirteen bodies have been recov­
ment is preparing for the annual sale ered. but it is believed that a score or
o f dead letter packages, which will be more are still under the masses of
rock and earth that were thrown up.
held at a local auction house begin­ The death list would have been appall­
ning December 14 and lasting until ing hnd a train conveying 500 laborers
the whole of the 8784 packages adver­ passed a few minutes later. This train
tised in the annual catalogue are dis­ had just passed through the cut. and
posed of.
Was barely out of view when the ex­
There are a larger number o f pack­ plosion occurred.
For a space o f 800 feet in length
ages advertised for sale this year than
ever before, and night sessions are to and 400 feet in width the Bas Obispo
be held in order to dispose o f the stuff cut presents a graphic picture of the
terrible effects of the explosion. The
before Christmas.
There Are 7162 packages in the whole hillside has been devastated,
’miscellaneous” schedule of the cata­ the dynamite rending the earth and
logue, which was issued today. These tossing boulders in all directions.
A 90-ton steam shovel lies a wreck,
packages represent
articles "from
every walk o f life. Every imaginable crushed under the weight o f falling
article from aprons, bicycle pumps, rock. Every one of the crew was
clothing, dresses, fans, girls’ hats, killed. All the tracks in this section
hardware, knives and phonograph were torn to pieces and are now cov­
records, to saws, razors, hypodermic ered with tons o f debris.
A long time will be necessary to
syringes, neckties, typewriters and
watches, is contained in these pack­ take away the great heaps o f earth.
ages.
One package contains shirt waists,
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scissors, a metal tray, a magic lan­
tern and some collars.
Another contains some damaged Washington Legislators Will Confer
With Governor Mead.
barber shears, a cheap watch, some
damaged razors, playing cards and
Tacoma.
Wash., Dec. 15.— State
dice.
Senator Stewart, of CoWlitz countv.
One prize package contains 1000 and Senator McGowan, of Pacific
stogies, and' it is stated that UncL county, and Representative Burke, of
Joe Cannon will be offered the first Wahkiakum county, passed through
chance at this.
Tacoma today on their way to Olym­
The automobilist is more in evi­ pia to interview Governor Mead and
dence this year than every before Attornev-Gcneral Atkinson relative
Several score packages are made up to a reopening o f the Washington-
o f spark plugs, automobile watches Oregon boundary jinc case recently
and patent tire inflaters.
decided by the United States supreme
There are 492 articles o f jewelry. court.
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Everything from silver snuff boxes
It is contended that the decision
and cigarette cases to gold rosaries is takes awav from the Sta#e of Wash­
represented.
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ington Sand island and Puget island,
There are 1130 packages of books, territory that always belonged to this
and these represent about 15.000 v ol­ state. Revenues to the state have been
umes, written in every tongue of the seriouslv reduced, it is maintained,
earth. The H oly Bible and “ Three and the fishing interests of the state
W eeks” appear together, and books have been greatly affected.
of “ How to Make Money Easily” are
It is believed bv those interested
grouped with Roosevelt’s books and that if Governor Mead and Attorney-
Elbert Hubbard’s works. Some of General Atkinson will intervene op
president's books on animals are list­ behalf o f the statd the supreme court
ed alongside of Jack London and of the United States may be induced
Ernest Thompson - Seton’s stories, to give this state a rehearing upon
which were characterized by Roose­ new evidence that will be submitted.
velt as “ nature fakers."
Chinese, Choctaw, Danish, Dutch,
Dead Men Teats Illegal.
Finnish. French, German, Greek. He­
Albany. N. Y.. Dec. 15.—Prison o f­
brew, Hungarian.! Italian, Japanese,
Norwegian, Polish, Prussian, Sla­ ficials in this state will not lend them­
vonic, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and selves t6 any experiment seeking to
Welsh are some of the foreign revive a man executed in the electric
tongues represented in the book cat«r- chair, such as has been discussed in
New Jersey. Superintendent C. V.
logue.
Collins
said today that he would con­
Last year’s sale netted the postof­
fice department about $10,000, and it sider such an experiment illegal, and
is thought more will be realized this permission would have to be secured
year. Everything sold is bunched to­ from the legislature before he would
gether and wrapped up, and although consent to revive a man af*er he had
all the articles are described in the been electrocuted in order to psove
catalogue, as many “ lemons” as the theorv that the electric current
“ prize packages” are drawn by the does not kill, and that it il the physi­
cian’s autopsy knife that really causes
bidders who attend the sales. A
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"gentleman’s
watch” may mean an death.
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El gin or a Waterbary.
Buys Panama Transports.
Soils Ara to Ba Tastad.
Will Closa Chicago Audi­
torium Soon.
Indian Editors Arrested.
Calcutta. D*c. 15.—Great excite­
ment prevails here, owing to develop­
ments in the agitation against the
government.
The most prominent
Bengali leader in Eastern Bengal.
Dutta, was arrested Saturday and
conveyed to an unknown destination.
Another oromjnent nationalist leader.
Mitra. editor of the Sanjibani, has
been arrested at Calcutta, while the
editor of another native paper has
been sentenced to transportation on
the charge o f sedition.
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Tokio, Dec. 15.— At a dinner given
today to the new Japanese minister to
Chile, it was announced that the Toy
Ysin Steamship company will start a
new line of steamers between Japan
and South America, commencing Jan­
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