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KR U PPS LO SS R O YA LTY. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF Saturday, May 29. W ashington, May 28.— During two hours bofore adjournment today, tbs sonata made mors real progress in tbs adoption o f ta riff schedules previously passed over than has been usual during an entire day. Despite protests voiced by B everidge and Root, tbs duty on barley was in creased from 26 cents a bushel, as pro posed by the House, to 80 cents, an recommended by the comm ittee on The tax on bops was advanced. The com m ittee on finance had form erly ad vanced it to 16 cents. Today the com m ittee brought in an additional amend ment, m aking the rate 20 cents. The duty on potatoes was made 46 cents per bushel, instead o f 26 cents, and oysters in the shell were advanced from three-fourths o f a cent a pound to 26 per cen t The increase in the rate on oysters was made on motion o f Piles, who has an industry in bivalves to protect against Canadian tioo. Eels or sm elt fresh or frozen, -are taxed 1 cent per pound. Friday. May 28. Washington, May 28.— Aldrich suc ceeded today in gettin g action by the senate on the rest o f the sugar sched ule o f tbr ta riff b ill, w ith tbs under standing that the paragraph fixin g a duty on raw and refined sugar should be again placed before the senate i f d a y should so im prove in health as to p erm it him to move an amendment cu tting the figures in two. The to bacco schedule was also completed. N o changes were made in the finance com m ittee rates in either schedule. • The sugar, tobacco and agricultural schedules divided the attention o f the senate w ith incidental remarks by Ba- can and a general ta riff speech by {¿tone, Gore, Bristow and Clay c riti cized the provision fo r a duty on raw and refined sugar and Clay repeated his allegation o f fraudulent transac tions in the interest o f the sugar trust. B ristow declared that the trust bed benefited by the defeat o f his amend m ent yesterday. v Thursday, May 27. Washington, Mag 27.— By the de c is ive vote o f 60 to 83 the senate de cided today to postpone until June 10 further consideration o f the income tax ia connection w ith the ta riff. Consid eration o f tbs sugar schedule was con tinued, but a fter two amendments were voted upon the senate switched to a discussion o f the possibility o f gettin g a vote on the B ailey income tax amend- B ailey argued forcib ly fo r a but did not wuceasd in prevailing upon. Aldrich to concede a vote in ad vance ot the ta riff schedule. :T h a tw o amendments to tbs sugar schedule voted upon were those elim in a tin g the Dutch standard teat and low ering the duty on refined sugar from 1.9 cents per pound to f 1.82 % cents per pound. Both were defeated, th e form er by a vote o f 86 to 47 and th e la tter by a vote o f 82 to 68. On th e first vote 11 Republicans voted w ith the Democrats fo r the amend m ent, but on the second only seven Re publicans broke ranks. upon was passed over, as the finance c o m m i t t e e contemplates further amendments. Defending bis view s that tbs pledges o f the Republican party were fo r a re vision o f the ta riff downward, Bev eridge quoted from various utterances by Mr. T a ft to show that on numerous occasions the President had called a t tention to the need o f revisin g the du ties downward. Stone declared that he could see no w ay in which the United States Steel corporation coud profit by the duty on •toel. Raynor, o f Maryland, today made a speech abounding in humorous refer ences to many senators who have taken a prominent part in discussing the bill. Processes fo r Hardening A rm or Have Been Perfected jn Am erica. Pittsburg, May 28.— M ystery rounded tbe v is it o f Baron von Boden- bausen, o f Krupp interests, to Am erica until today. For some tin »« no royalty has boon paid Krupp by Am erican makers o f armor plats, as M idvale, Carnegie and Bethlehem interests now have each an armor plate hardening system o f their own. I t is $18 par ton cheaper also, as this is the royalty whieh the Am erican makers have paying Krupp fo r years. Baron von Bodonhaossn came Am erica fo r the purpose o f clearing the armor plate case. The have not believed that the Am erican makers could have invented three d if feren t forma o f hardening plate. The loss o f revenue to the Germans has very great, so tbe baron cams here to re-establish that revenue i f , That tbe Am erican companies had each invented armor plate proceaees distinct news to Pittsburg. The coming o f tbe pears to have made publicity impera tive. Krupps question the lega lity o f tbe Am erican processes, and the Am er icans express s willingness to demon strate that their process ia no in frin ge ment. A t armor plats headquarters it is stated Krupp’s Am erican royalties amounted to $1,000,000 annually. Monday, May 24. Washington, May 24.— N o single piece o f lumber was ever used more effectively as s see-saw by ehildren than was the great lumber industry to day by the United States senate. The lumber schedule o f the ta riff b ill was under consideration almost the entire day, w ith Root, Hoyburn, Borah and D olliver contending on the one hand fo r protection, and Clapp, Burkett and Me- Cumber arguing strenuously against the policy. The day closed w ith more than a two-thirds vote against McCum- ber’s free lumber amendment, the bal lot showing 25 fo r and 66 against. C ATC H O M AH A SU SPE C TS. B ailey asked fo r unanimous consent fo r * vote on the income tax on Thurs day. When Aldrich objected, B ailey Police A rrest Three Men fo r Union said that he would object wbenveer Pacific Train Robbery. Aldrich sought Unanimous consent fo r Omaha, N eb., May 28.— The polios n the ta riff bill. a vote on o f South Omaha arrested tonight three D irector North Resigns. men suspected o f com plicity in tbs Washington, May 29.— I t was stafcsd Union Pacific train robbery near this officially a t the W h ite House today that city last Saturday night. One o f the Census D irector North had resigned men had $125 and the second $98 and and that E. Dana Durand, deputy com missioner o f corporatkxfk, had been tbe third a sm aller sum. named to succeed him. The announce Children playing last night in the ment o f the resignation o f N orth waa vicin ity where the arrests w ere made mad# at the eloae o f a conference be found three handkerchiefs cot fo r tween President T a ft and Secretary o f maeke, throe revolvers, flashlights and Commerce and Labor Charlea N agel. other paraphernalia, hidden by the I t is understood N agel demanded the holdap men. The place waa watched. resignation aa a result o f the investi Four men w ere seen late tonight to ap gation recently ordered by the presi proach the spot where the outfit bad dent. I t waa explained that the resig been bidden, and three o f them w ere nation was presented because o f the arrested. existence o f certain conditions that ap They gave what tbe police believe peared lik ely to continue and which are fictitious names and told d ifferin g would probably operate to make ¿forth’* stories. Tbe clothing bears the mark administration unsuccecsafnl. o f a Denver merchant. They told o f having been w ith some women during Bourne O ffers Postoffice Bill. the evening, but would not divu lge Washington, May , 28. — Senator names. __________________ Bourn« today introduced a b ill to appro priate 81,600,000 fo r a postoffice build G R E A T W ILD H O R8E H U N T . ing a* Portland. Ha baa been consult ing w ith Supervising A rch itect Tay lor, who hesitates between tw o plans, Fifty Square M iles o f T erritory to Ba “ Driven” fo r N ew 8teeds. a new building fo r all Federal activities a t Portland, and the retention o f the Reno, N ov., May 28.— Under the present building fo r Federal court pur leadership o f Superintendent Creel, o f poses’ and the building o f a new poet- Boe building. When Fa 1 eon introduc Pyram id Lake Indian reserv ation, and ed a b ill fo r the same amount Taylor R. H . Cowles, a ranchman o f Washoe reported that a suitable building could oounty, the biggest w ild horse hunt bo erected fo r $900,000, plus $260,000 attem pted in Nevada w ill ba fo r a site. Bourne w ill endeavor to started tomorrow in the Lim bo coun induce Taylor and the senate comm ittee try, north o f Wadsworth. F ive han to agree to a sum adequate to m oot the dled “ backsrooe” from surrounding grow in g needs o f Portland. nches w ill participate. F ifty square m iles o f territory w ill Hammond Declines H onor. be encircled by mounted man, who w ill Washington, May 26.— A fte r an drive toward a central point near tbe 's interview w ith President T a ft end o f tbe N igh tin gale moon- today, John H ays Hammond definitely here an immense ca n a l has declined the tender o f the m inistership been erected. The older horses w ill be to China. M r. Hammond told the pres shot, w hile the younger ones w ill be ident that he agreed w ith him that broken fo r aeddle purpose«. China offered a field fo r Am erican en terprise hnd developm ent o f Am erican Julia W ard H ow s C elebrates. trade that would tem pt almost any aoe Boston, May 28.— Mrs. J slia Ward to taka up the work o f the Am erican mission in that country. Ho said*ha Howe, w riter, philosopher and reform er, celebrated her ninetieth birthday fe lt deeply honored by the tender. quietly at her charming bomej on Bea ll street yesterday. H er children. Im ports 8how Increase. Mrs. Maude Howe E lliott, Mrs. Flor- Washington, M ay 26.— The A p ril tce Howe Hall, Mrs. Laura E. Rich Statement o f the bureau o f statistics shows a marked increase in the impor ards and Profeasor Marion Howe, o f tation o f manufacturers’ m aterials and Columbia, spent to day w ith her and, decline in the exportation o f food- w ith the exception o f a few intim ate The 5Q articles named in the friends, no visitors w ere received. im port lis t form about two-thirds o f Mrs. H ow « appeared in good health the total value o f too imports and the and spirits and seemed to have lost but 60 a rticle« named in the export list, little o f her old-tim e energy and her form about three-fourths o f the total interest fo r m atters o f national im portance. value o f exports._______ W ednesday,.M ay 26. Washington, May 26.— For more than Sevan hours today the senate dis cussed sugar, as that subject Is in volved in the pen din g,tariff bilL Be gin n in g w ith an effort b y MeEnery, the Louisiana Democrat Protectionist, th ere w ere four set speeches. Three supported the sugar schedule as report ed from the comm ittee on finance, w h ile the fourth was a plea fo r mate ria l reductions. In com puting bis speech o f yester day, McEncry made an earnest plea fo r • t iff protection, not only because o f the necessity fo r such a policy in the in terest o f the revenue, but because, he declared, such a course would render th e United States independent o f other’ countries. B e asserted that there had ■ a change o f sentiment in the South on the subject o f protection. ' Bristow followed. W h ile MeEnery, a Democrat, bad spoken fo r a high and protective rate on sugar, the Kansas senator, a Republican, advocated a re Pitt River Lands Restored. duction. W ashington, May 28. — Eighteen Burrows, o f Michigan, and Smoot, • f Utah, both members o f the finance thousand scree o f land in Oregon and com m ittee, also spoke in support o f the 26,000 acres o f land in C alifornia, w ith drawn fo r the P itt river reclam ation com m ittee’s action. Smoot presented a carefully prepared analysis o f the project, have been restored to entry by situation, and Burrows appealed more the government, according to an an nouncement made today. The land particularly to popular sentiment. waa restored because it was decided B everidge introduced an amendment, the purpose o f whidh is to prohibit t the the tfaat lt WM noJt feasible to use the from j w* to n ° f Goose lake fo r the projeuL tobacco manufacturers or dealers using the coupon or premium system to Mormon Coins as Souvenirs, Utimulate sales. Washington, May 28.— Secretary MasVaagh has bean petitioned by Sen Tuesday, May 26. Washington, M ay 26.— The senate ator Sutherland, o f Utah, gnd Dr. began today the form al consideration George Tallm adge, curator o f tbe Des o f the sugar schedule, but did .not ap ert museum, at S alt Lake, to perm it the latter to issue fo r souvenirs aad proach a vote upon i t Instead, the tim e was given over to speechmaking, museum purposes Mormon coins from and. strange to say, the two speeches the dies recently turned over to the museum by the descendants o f Brigham on the subject, w hile made by Demo Young. crats, advocated a high ta riff on sugar o f all grades. The portion o f the lum Low est Bid fo r B ig Drydock. ber schedule whieh has not been voted Washington, May 26.—C . M. Leach, o f Boston, was the low est bidder for T a ft Abolishes Council. the construction o f a concrete drydock Washington, May 27.— The council St the Pearl harbor naval station, Ha « f flue arte, created by President w aii, proposals fo r which w ere opened Roosevelt, and whieh whs to have at the bureau o f yan k and docks today. •barge o f the beautifying o f W ashing H is bid was $1,295,321. ton and to pass upon the design o f gov T o Arbitrate Emery Claim . ernm ent buildings, was abolished by Washington, M ay 28.— A protosol President T a ft today. This action i# M made necessary by the last sundry fo r admission to a rb itra tio n o f the claim waa signed tonight w ith C ivil b ill, which fa iled to appropriate M oney fo r expenses or salaries s f any niasion created kg Presiden t sit w ith ou t consent «1 Jap S triker M eets Death. Honolulu. May 28.— In a fight among the strikers on the Ew s plantation to day a Japanese laborer waa killed. This is the first bloodshed that has oc curred since the strike o f the sugar plantation workers was begun. A t Waimanalo tbe Japanese have quit work to form ulate demands fo r in creased wages. F ifteen hundred strike breakers have been put at work on the plantations, 400 o f whom were hired today. A t Ewa 8,000 tons o f sugar remain to ba m illed, and. 10,000 tons is in the same condition at W ailua. Unknown Sends Monsy. Des Moines, Iow a, May 28.— Post- office inspectors today were aeked to unravel the m ystery surrounding the receipt by a number o f residents o f Panora, Iow a, o f letters containing 1100 bills. N o signature ia attached to the letters, one o f which bears the postmark o f Portland, Or. F ivs per sons admit having received money to talin g $1,125. Mrs. V iols Lapegiett, a widow, received $226, m ostly in $10 bills, w ith a note signed “ your frien d .’ ’ Pacific Mall D eficit L a st. N ew York, M ay 28.— A t tbe annual m eeting o f the Pacific M ail Steamship company all the retirin g directors ware re-elected today. President Harriman, ia his report, stated that the year’s operations showed a deficit o f $838,684, sa compared w ith a deficit o f 8428,817 tm the year before. Í THE DR. KING’S cures NEW DISCOVERY JEMS *«■> C O LD S ® ! THROAT and LUNG PREVENT8 RSUMPTION PRICK 0Oc $ -V ÿt/ K v, • y, If y % ■ ? .'< vr ' |S M 1 \ ' s - fj The Graphic j ----- “nient is any o f printing in W H E R E W O R LD ’S W O R K S O P A R T W IL L B E HOUSED E X PO SITIO N , S E A T T L E . In this building w ill ba exhibited many priceless paintings. The dis play w ill represent the a rt galleries o f the w orld, fo r many o f these pic ture* w ill be the work o f the old masters, Including rare art exhibits from the Corcoran in W ashington, the A rt Museum in New Y ork , the Chicago A rt Institute and from a la rge number o f private galleries o f w ealthy men In the United States and Europe, who have fo r years made the collection, o f famous old paintings their hobby. Parle aad London have made la rge loans. A t the Alaaka-Tukon Pacific Exposition the selection o f pictures w ill be lim ited to tbe works o t men who have been recognised In tbe great a rt com petitions in a ll parts o f the w orld. Many Am erican artist* w ill be represented In the display In the F in e A rts Palace a t the Exposition and arrangem ents have already been made fo r the shipping o f these valu able paintings from a rt inetltuee o f this country to Beattie. G. L . B erg, urt director o t the Exposition, has visited ull o f the lead in g galleries o f the United States, collectin g the pictures suitable fo r die- play at Seattle, and w rites that the pictures already loaned w ill constitute •n e o f the grea test a rt displays assembled fo r international exhibition. The F in e A ria B uilding la a firep roof structure and was one o f the first buildings com pleted on tbe Exposition Grounds. It cost m ore than $800,060 to erect the building. Advertising Pays W hen it is han dled properly. An ad in the Graphic will bring the de- desired results. Opportunity For investment in A PORTION OF THE CASCADE COURT. Tbe Palace of Oriental Exhibits forme one of the twelve mammoth dis play buildings flr«t completed by the- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Ita lines are In pleasing contrast to tbe Agricultural and Manufacturers buildings, with which they are grouped, and their position overlook* tbe beautiful formal gardens and water display of the Caac&dea and Geyser LAutau , The exhibit placed within the walls of the Oriental building consti tutes one of the most gorgeous display« of Far Eastern art and mana- factured articles ever «hipped from the Orient, and ia bewildering In beauty and extent. Not a country o f Asia Is without representation, and treasures of old and modern art, never before permitted to leave the lunda in which they were created, will be seen for the first time In the land of tbe Occident. The matter of arrangement of the Oriental exhibit has been placed In the bands of the most competent and artistic men at command and ita display will be worthy of the magnificent collection. About the Oriental building are gathered the great bulldtnga housing the United 8tates exhibit and the Alaska, Hawaiian and Philippine dis plays. One o f the largest bandstands is within close distance, and from its doors the m ost noted musical organisations o f thé world will be heard dally. every kind o f an undertaking is plen tiful in this section. A better business location cannot be had anywhere, and for fruit and gener al farming the land is unexcelled. Try an Ad in the Graphic for Results
