Ill
MS OF THE WEEK
In a Cmitlcnsncl Tonn lor Our
Busy Renders.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A tlmumi of tlio Lett Important but
Not Lata Interoattng liventa
of tho I'a it Weak.
There la nn outlook of plague la
Oeriuauy's Weal Africa colonloa,
Tito report la again current that
Japan la try I ii it to float a loan In
I'nrla.
Premier Franco haa ronched
lnoa badly worn out Uy hln flight
front Lisbon.
Tho gnrrlaou nt Fort Yollowatono
will ho Increased to four troopa of
vavnlry of 100 men each.
Two turn wero kllli'il while walk
trie on tho railroad near Hillings,
.Mont. They wore too drunk to no
ln an approaching train,
Tho homo romiiilttro on military
affair haa agreed to recommend
moru pay for enlisted man,
J. riorpout Morgan waa nn Inter
osted spectator durlnit thu aouatu do
unto on tho pending currency Mil.
Turkey la withdrawing her troopa
-from tho Russian frontier of Persia
ami tlio outlook atoms to ho for
pence.
Manager Conrcld, of tho Now York
opcrn, haa resigned and will ha auc
eroded hy h famoua director from
Jdllnn, Italy.
After being In too hands of re
ceivers for eight yeara thu aaauta of
u Now York hank shrunk from
1150,000 to 130,000.
Count llonl dn Castlllniia waa fined
430 for hla recant aaanult on hla
vrlval, Prince do Hngnn, and tho lat
ter wna given 30 cents damage.
Secretary Hlmw deplorea tho fact
(hat moat of tho ahlpa tending tho
tiittlleahlp fleet carry iuiiio foreign
(lag and ho urgea tho building up of
our merchant marina.
In a apeech before tho Lincoln
-club of Kalamazoo, Mich., Senator
Knox, of 1'ennaylvanla, aald federal
-regulation of rail road a bad been en
tlruly Justified and waa not nn at
tack an business.
Nino mlnera wero klllod by on ex
clusion of gaa In a Kentucky coal
mine.
A Now York grand Jury ba ro
turned two Indlctmenta ogalual Ico
King Morac.
Reach Hargla, tho young man who
hot hla fnthnr, a Kentucky foudlat,
la held without ball
Over 6,000 men havo beon put to
work by tho National Tubo Company,
near Cleveland, Ohio.
New York labor leadora want to
nominate labor oandldatea for prea
ident mid vlco prealdont.
Toraker Inalsta that President
Roosevelt la ualng liolltlcal patron
gu to help tho Tnft boom.
Tho Columbia Northern .railway
-will bo merged with tho other Hill
Unci under ono management.
Lisbon papora domnnd tho punlah
inont of ono of tho guards who
ambrcd ono of tbo klng'a aasaaalna.
Tho llllnota Blool Company's mllla
In South Chlcogo nro rcaumlng work.
They will omploy about MOO men.
A treaty hna beon algnod providing
for tho arbitration of any dimculty
that may nrlao botwuon tho United
Suite and Trance,
Tho United Statca court of nppcala
linn ngnln decided that rallronda
mint tiao rcaaonnblo prccnutlon for
tho anfety of their omployoa.
Two Novndn Inborora, whllo loat In
n enow atorm, found a rich lodgo of
Kold'bcarlng quart under tho anow
whllo making n camp for aholtor. -
Tho Pnrtugoao nation will provldo
funda for tho caro of tho fnmlllea of
tho klng'a alayora who wore klllod,
nd wealthy fomlllca aro contending
for tho privilege of adopting tho or
phans. Tho bnttlcahlp fleet hna pnaacd
Mngollnu strults nnd la now In tho
l'nclflo ocenn.
Thu Swift Pncklng Company hna
complotod pinna for a $3,500,000
plnnt In Portland.
A Ynlo grndunto nnd nthloto linn
boon found to poaacas a complflto
outfit of burglnr'a toola.
Promlor Franco, dlctntor of Por
tion! hna not loft hla room alnco nr
riving In Ilordenux, Franco.
ifoonovolt snys tho chnrges thnt ho
la ualng hla Influonco to help Tnft
ulonit nro false nnd mnllctoun,
Olnlma of nllogod lllogltlmnto heirs
of Alfonap XII nro crontlng consid
erable troublo for tho Spanish gov
ernment. Ono child wna klllod nnd mnny
persons Injured In tho cruah at tho
funornl of tho doad king und prlnco
of Portugal.
Mombors of tho roynl houaohold
deolnro that tho Portugoso crowu
prlnco roao and fired twlco nt tho as
aaulna boforo ho hlmaolt foil dead,
UAULe TO FINER OF $00,000,000
uiear una Agalnat II. l wd no
hate for YaaraJ
Unit Francisco, Fob, 1 1. I'nttatttvH
unprecedented In (liu history of tho
iri)l'Clltl(lll (if cfiriiiiriillmiH In Hull.
fiirnM, or it complete rovUlun nnd
vitalizing of Hid IttWM nppllfnblo to
railroads, will hu tho outcome of thu
iiVMllK I . t bo" InrtUMtod" thl.
woek by "tho HI l Ha run d Commli!
aim., I ill, rooi s f tliocLi rof
C i ... rr. ?., i.lh ?. ".Uor,"'
Comiimrce, In tho Morchanta'
changu building.
l.Xi
Aaalatnnt Attornoy-dciKirnl
mlaalona, Theau cnaea will bn urn
entil to tho itullrotid Commlaalon
by Attorney.donernl U. B. Webb, Mr.
Ileujnmln nnd O. K. Cuahlng, apeclnl
ciiuiiaui ior mo uuiuornin Traruo Aa
wxjlatloii. BlKMild convlctloiia bo ob
tained on each of thoao caaoa, and
tha Maximum penalty of $20,000 bo
I in poind for each violation of tlio
law, tho Southern Pacific will faco
nn aggregato II no of 80,000,000.
In each caan tho evidence practi
cally la conclualve, from bllla of lad
ing to tho ludoraed checka laaued by
tho company to thu ahlpper, In mini-
uuraoiueiit. When tlio Statu Hoard of
Hallroad Commlaalonora requeatisl
. i. .M.i 11....1....1.. a ;..... . - . .; inrivfi i.i nuvurni uuniiriinuniB which .
a ,tri" Tli lav eV ,?,rfri1i',,' "" ni'thorlaoa,-wna mndo by lotornntlonal blmetnllam had dlaap
mny'irXS th'rou.h'l li' ".d '""!' ".""K tho trca.ury depart could bo , ed n lh a country with-
uther i".,!!!. in ...iw,,!. it. nmnndinone reducing tho mllungo nl-
to Mr iiu f .,in P, r 'i'h''J o aenntora, membcra and
to sir. lluiijamin, Peter rl11,1.11. -, 5n rmtt tn h pm
minimi for tin. rntlr.imt ...lOOICKMCB irOlll ZO CCnU 10 H COnia,
win rxiuiiiern
book a
Dunne, couuael for thu railroad, ro
piled that tho rnllroad'a booka would
bo available at any time. Tho com
placency with which thu railroad cor
poratlou grtola tho Invuatlgutlou
foreordalna that It will not fight tha
action of tho itnllrond Commlailon
on merlta but rather upon tha law
involved.
Section 233 of tho atnto leglatntlon
which create thu Statu Hoard of
Hallroad Commlailonera, with thulr
powur to fix raloi, provldea;
Any railroad corporation or
trauaportatlon company which ahnll
fall to conform tu auch ratea aa ahnll
bo eatnbllahed by audi commlaalon
ahall bo fined not exceed
ing $30,000 for each offenao. "
In 4,000 caaoa thu railroad com
pany failed to conform to tho rata
ael by thu Commlaalonora, Tho prac
tice la of long atandtng, but tho only
record available aro hoa aubao
quctit to May, 1100. In aomu of thoao
rebntea tho railroad refunded S3 per
cent of tho original charge to thu
ahlpper.
DRAQ OUT SKELETONS.
Allffltd lllogllimolo Halra of Alfoi.o
Making; Troublo.
Madrid. Fob. II. Tho qucatlon of
allotlng n penalon of 350,000 peaetaa
to tho Infanta Alfomo, thu aon of
Don Cartoa of Uourbon nnd tho Prln-
ccaa of Aaturlaa, who recently mar
ried l'rlliceaa Uilllao or Orlwua in
Kuglnnd. hna rccetvod tho approval
of tho Council of Stnto nnd now goea
beforo tho Cortea, Hut It haa rnlaod
mnny complication, not tho least In
tubating of which aro aulta for aim-
liar allowancea brought by the na
tural chlldron of Alfonso XII by
Kluna Hnnx, a former well-known
Spnnlah actreaa, nnd a natural coua
In of tho king aamed Carloa Allen
Perklna, n aecond-roto but popular
actor In tho mualc holla of tho cap
ital.
Perklna claim goea back to hla
great-grnndmothur, tho famoua In
fiint a Cnrlotta, who provoked tho
Carllat war by obliging Ferdinand
VII to 'admit tho prlnclplo of tho
Salic law. It waa aho who alapped
tho faco of Cnlamnrdo, tho Premier,
nnd draw from him tbo hlatorlo re
tort: "Whlto hnnda nro not offenalvo."
Perklna birth la not recorded In
(lotbn .but ho Inatata thnt hla real
nn mo la Don Frnnclaco Cnrloa Plo
lloao Alfonao I.ula Fernnndo Allen
Perklna Uuerowaky Uourbon I.uth
orlnn Iloaaou Drlchmn Vrlchnn and
Ottvudorf" nnd consequently a blood
relation of moat of thu reigning aov-
orlgua of Europe.
Survay for Naw Tunnel,
Senttlo. Wnah.. Feb. U.-8urvcy-
ora nnd onglneura In tho omploy of
tho Northern Puclflo hnvo for montha
boon locntlng n now tunnol through
tho Cascades. Tho fact boenmo
known ycatorday. whon tho men.
driven from their work by tho hoavy
biiowb, arrived nt Qreon lllver Hot
Sprlhga on thulr way to St. Paul.
From iiot Hpriuga cornea word mat
tho big Btnnmodo tunnol la to ho
nbandoDod no soon na tho now boro
la completed. Tho now boro la to
bo aovon mlloa long and will coat up
wnrd of $10.000.000.
Franco Excllaa Curiosity.
Ilordenux .Franco, Fob. 11. Sun
dny tmsaod with Honor Franco, tho
ox-Promlor of Portugal, still In nor-
duaux nnd atlll In acolualnn. Ilia
privacy hna romulnod unbrokon;
alnco hla nrrlvnl Friday ho hna not
emerged from tho hotel whoro ho la
atnpplng, not ovon, from hla room.
Tho former dlrtntor linn becomo a
problem which tho pcoplo nro dla-
cubhIiib with curloua, wondering,
ovon Hympnthotlo Intoroat, but no ono
hna boon onllghtonod na to tho hour
of hla depnrturo, or hla destination,
for It Ib cortnin tnnt ho is not to ro
mapa horo long.
Tetnparanca VVorkor Deod
Now York, Fob. 11. John
w
m, ..lltn.'n...! nrlnlnl nwnn nf
UIHUI, VU..W. ...... I -'"-"-"
tho Yonkers Bintoaman, uiou ni nis
homo In Yonkors today, ngoa ua,""" lu u, lB ",
yonrs. Mr. uuver wns nn onny ionu
or in tho tompornnco movement, nnu
with his brother, Iaano Oliver, found
ed tho Sons ot Temperance
:n
DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
Friday, Fabruvy 14
Washington. Feb. H - Orntory In
lh" oy Kvo wny.o iJgla
,al1""' w,lh ,,, r,'"n ,,ml ""'1'
l'rreaa wna mndu wllh tho oxecu
tlvo. leglalntlvo and Judicial bllla.
M'lu. fir.t .,,...1 ........ ii. i...n
In thu nalnrlua of thu naalatnnt aeoro
cnmioa voni nut fin ,.ini i,t nntnr
rained hy him.
I no iironoaeu incronao in too aai
ary of tho auporvlalng architect of
tho trcnaury wna rojectod on a point
of order by Mncon,
Mncon mado another point ngatnat
thu tucrenao of tho anlary of tho na
alitnnt aecretnry of war und It wna
atrlckou out.
On n point of order by Mnnn tho
appropriation for u monthly pilot
chart of tho North 1'iiclflc ocean,
puhllaticd by tho navy, waa atrlcken
out
Crutnpacker, Alnbamn offered nn
but on nn ubjwtlon by Inglebrlght.
Cnl
Ilfornla, It waa refuaed on a point
of order,
IIIIJ dl ..s a a i.-.i. 1.
iiiiiiiL BniiirinB wiiai ritnii iiinHn in ' uiaiMirmih w ih."vhv .!--
WuahliiKton. Fob. H. A aub- of tho chief executive, but Insisted
mltteo of tho aonato commlttco on thnt hla action waa without nuthor
Judlclury today decided to tako fav ity of law.
ornblo action on tho Tillman reaolu-l A motion by Underwood that tho
tlon Instructing tho nttorney-gonernl houao rocodo and concur In tho
to Institute suits to compel railroads amendment waa lost, GO to 101.
In tho northweat to open to aottlo-l A motion by Noedham of Callfor
ment land granted them by tho gov- nla that tho houao accept tho aonnto
eminent. amendment, Imposing upon tbo
Itla Intended thnt tho reaolutlon 'United Btatea Inatead of tho Dlatrlct
ahall authorise tho attornoy.jioncrnl of Columbia tho oxponao of $60,000
to bring proceedings not only to In tho land conspiracy trial of Hyde,
compel tho rnllronds to open thla .Dlmond, Ilcnaon and 8chncldor, pro
liuid to settlement, but to forfeit 'oked a lengthy dlacuaalon. Tho mo
tltlo In cnaea whoro It nppenra that fon of Ncedbnm waa loat and tho
tho rallronda huvo dollbcrotuly con- hl thereupon was aont back to con
aplrcd to defeat thu purpose of tho . ferenco.
government in ceding tho land. , . . .,,., . ,,
Information waa preaented to tho' , Joa ngton, Feb. 11 Senator Ald
Judlclary commltteo showing that ""'ch called up today hla currency bill
rollrouda Inatead of disposing of tho n formal amondmenta mado by tho
land to bona fldo settlers, had so .pnco commlttco which wero adopt
mnnlnulatcd tho settlomenta that thoi;u yr mo aenate
railroads themaelvca aro now In poa
session of largo tracts of land.
Thursday, Fsbruary 13.
Wnahlncton. Fob. 13. General
debato on tho legislative approprln used for currency Issue. Tbo nmend
tlon bill wna brought to n closo In ment, ho aald, would allow tho uso
tho housu today nfter a noaaton full of bonds of roads that havo not paid
of Interest and entertainment. Sov-
eral speeches wero mado on tho la- nilt tho uao of tho bonda of a num
sues of tho day, tho most notable boJber of southern ratlroada which aro
Ing by Champ Clark, of Missouri, 'now oxcludcd.
who rommniided tho uttcntlon of tho I Senator lodgo gavo uotlco of an
houao for nn hour and n half. Upon
the conclusion of hla remarks ho waa
accorded nn ovation by democrats
nnd republicans. I
Chirk urralgned tno republicans tlio railroads or tbo Philippine is
for their nttltudo on tha tariff qtiua- lands, the Intortst of which baa been
tlon and aald that tho nnnouncement '
thnt there would bo a revision of tho
tariff nfter election was simply "In
preparation of another stupendous
confidence gamo on tho people." Ila
:!.l,',.i, tJ XXuV?u!
l?u.."Jd .'.,m,.V m,0.vPr. '",..V,I.,C.'
or ma iamia.ino pros ueni wu uo. u.thn .,.,...., ,n ,hn Rn, ,aAv on
democrut. Olhor apenkora wero Hay- , , .... , nrovido ." cmorirency cor
ner. Illinois: Tlrroll. aillctt. Mnaaa- ?" "IU y."!1?.?."" c.m."?nu."r.
chUBctt., and Hammond. Indiana, all n 'o Mon VVpTbS and aVmo
!'; "tt ,""M.,..d Vnr,0U,, ,,hMC" 0t.crnt. alike, whUo In tho galleries
'" '" ' Ithcro was a largo nudlenco. Among
xvn.i,hu.inii 1.VI1 i? Tim inntn othora wna J. Plerpont Morgnn, who
Wnaliingtou, heu. 13. mo aennto romnin,.i ihrouch tbo dollverr of tho
today dlscuascd tho law governing ,, "lil." a "'""J8" ,uo o,,vcr 0I
tho reaorvoB of nntlonnl bankB, thnt ", Vfiirlch nld In closlnir a long
subject having been brought up by' ',.. M,U ,n cmmg n ,ong
X0roVnTUrtKn"ta .Vo TnTo' "T"0 enactment of tho pending
J.mnL iSln ?, AiVleh wl -urnl,lh evidence that con
senate yeatorduy whon tho Aldrlch , , nmin.ifiii nf tt unrlnua
Uonr0TCho c nlnaf couo blirnUo "a". re.pon.lbllltles In this regard. Then.
i .;,m, J,? ,ii,n..in .inrine n c ho no ronsonablo doubt of tho cf-
r?.r P ihi i?:Mi ufinn Vi ! obi commltteo firmly bollovea that
faw intaeml o "f tho nrono?cd revl.ed U,r0UKn " n atmosphere
IcTtlona which will offectunlly ire- of con"Jonco anA e0,lnK - "curity
vent Intcxteal Ina : llo-cS belnK lent wlU bo creatcd wh,cU W,U b0 ,nvaN
Krauah tho inMa Into "dry" stntSs unb, ,n Improving bualnesa. condi-
Si, lon,, ul I" Blvlng a now Impotua
oXreon today gnvo notice of ? work ot Uftl,0,m, dovo,ol-
two amendments to tho Aldrlch cur- mu"1,
roncy bill, providing that nfter No- Waahlngton, Fob. 10. A brief
vombor 1, 1009, ovory national bnnk Uut fiery speech by Leake, of Now
ahnll keep unhand tho nmount equnl jor80y, in which ho outlined his op
to its rcaervo now provided by law poation to William J. llryan as a
nnd also directing thu secretary of c,,ndldato for tho proaldoncy, ro
tho treiiBiiry to collect Interest on iiUVed nomowhat tho monotony of de-
government funda deposited In
llonnl banks.
m
Wednesday, February I2
Wniiitiictnii. Pob. 12 ltnvner of
Mnrylnnd spoko nt longth In tho sen- hlg sllppor nnd ho further credited
nt today on tho currency bill con- tho democrats In tho houao with hnv
damning tho present systom of bnnk- l8 usurped tho right of free nctlon
Ing In tho Unltod Statca nnd Inci- of the delegates at tho Denver con
duntnlly declaring that tho prealdont, vontlon by nominating Mr. Ilrynn In
bv bin innthoilK of flahtlni; tho on- ndvnnco. His romnrks wora greeted
cronchmonU of predatory wonlth,
nnu uono mucn to intciisity tno pania
through which tho country hnd re
contly nnBBOd,
Turning to Aldrlch, itnynor nBkod
how it hnpponod thnt tho commlttoo
hud Btrlckou from tho bill tho provi
sion requiring tho banks locatod out
of reaorvo or central reaorvo cities
to hoop a rouorvo equal to 15 pr cent
f !.,!P":,.!l0i:o8J.t ,.Lb..m.1" J?,,Li,0llot voting, tho. house commlttoo on
nt nil times nt least two-thlrda ot
such In Inwful money.
Tlio chairman ot tho flnnnco com
IlllttUO rOllltOd tllQt it WIIB Ollllttod III
.. - .In - ..,1 ,., .l.
" - -- " v..r.:r ',','..;.
Washington, Fob, 12. Morton
Frowon, ot England, mombor ot Par
llnmout, spoko boforo tho houso com-
-j uimn.j.mJ;
mlttuo on banking mid curroncr to
day, In explanation of tho old (loshen
Mom. which provide, for a reaorvo
,f ,,v",r H""0? t0,tha ,,c,d n" focurS"
ty ngnlnat trndo allvcr paper, laauiid
" denoiiilnatlon. of I3.D0 up to f 10,
not ri'ilooiiifllilo In cold, but In all
'
Air. iruwuri aniu iliac an nopo oi
nyatcm. llo declared thnt It would
''u muro nppllcablo hero and In Eng-
" ' "uw ' ."
J?"" ". n,t ,fa' l? ayo tno
Unl Vl ,lt,0 n',(,'1 ,l f,,,l nn'1 ihvn
let England tako It up.
Tuesday, Fabruary II.
Waahlngton, Feb. 11. Tho legal
ity of tho creation by tho prealdont
of tho Inland waturwaya commlaalon
waa queatlouod by Mr. Tnwney. liin-
nt'otn' chairman of tho commlttoo
iuii niirupriaiiona, id wiu uuuau iu
' T," I'olntwaa ralacd when Mr.
f'"wnB-'. ,ura ,,n" u, "lourm??r
ordlWeo to tho aenao amend-
"n- 1 ho urgent deficiency bill,
,, ., a-, " . tl.r. ll
?"."..- l? uenaior jobb h.
",""""""" .',"r,"rY,c " " h'i.,-.
tho commlaalon. Tawnoy declared
Ithat ho did not qucatlon the motive
Senator Daniels offered an amend
ment providing that bonds of rail
roads that "havo paid regularly and
conllnnnllv for flvn vnnri next nro-
ceding tho deposit of Ita bonda and
Interest duo on -all Its bonds" can bo
dividends on atock. Thla would por-
amendment including among tho
bonda available for currency isaues
tho bonds of tho Phlllpplno Islands
government, the city of Manila and
guaranteed by tho PhlllDDlno gov-
ernniont.
Monday. Fabruary 10
Wnahlncton, Feb. 10. Senator
mM Uhodo Wand.' chairman
of tho commltteo on finance, opened
h.itn nn thn Inillnn nnnrnnrlntlnn bill
In tho houao of representatives to
day. ,Mr. I.eako charged Mr. Drynn
with taking tho big stick from tbo
president. leavInK tho lnttor only n
with hisses from tho Democratic Bldo
ue.
CU T IN HALF.
House Commltteo Piuncs Down Bat
tleship Appropriation.
Waahlngton, Fob. 11. By n vote
nf 1 t in R nnn tnnntliAti ntioAnt nml
naval affairs rejected tho president a
urgent rocommondntlou that con
gress nt this session authorise tho
l.ll,ll,,, n fn l,tllnal,ln. n n
..."""."."" - """'"""' "v "
loini cost or saB.yuu.uuo, nnu ny a
unanimous vote tnoro wna included
in mo nnvai appropriation diii an
authorization for tho construction of
two, to coat $0,600,000 each and to
be ot tho Delaware type.
8WIF1 PACKING CO. COMING
Raady to Begin Work an S3.C0O.O00
Plant at Once.
Portland, Fob. 10. In tho first
nnd only authorized stutoment which
'haa beon glvon out clthor hero or
.any whoro else regarding hla com-
'nfiMu. ..I...... IM .1.- n.lfl IL- !. -l
fMu n imiiin iu iiiu x'utiiiu iiuiuini.il
Ixula F. Swift, prealdont of Swift &
Co., Inst night declared that the
mammoth Portland plant, which will
represent an outlay of $3,000,000
and which will bo erected on tho Pe
ninsula, will bo complotod nnd ready
for operation in all departments In
ono year. Portland Is also to bo mado
tho center of tbo packing Industry of
tho Pacific Northweat, nnd tho Trout
dalo plant, near Portland, eventually
la to bo abandoned, at least so far as
tho packing sldo of tho business Is
concerned. To what uso. If any, tbo
Swift pcoplo aro to put tbolr present
extonalvo and valuable property at
that point waa not vouchsafed.
Tho Swift .people aro ready and
prepared to go ahead with construc
tion work Just as soon as tho rail
roads havo Indicated what connec
tions on tho Peninsula they wilt es
tablish, and when they will bo ready
to do tho work. Whon these connec
tions with necessary terminal facili
ties have been decided upon, work on
tbo packing plant will bo rushed to
completion.
, In tho official Interview, H. C.
Gardner, bead of tho construction de
partment of Swift tc Company, who
will havo direct cbargo of erecting
tho plant, acted as spokesman for
President Swift, and entered Into as
full a discussion of tho plans of tho
Swifts as tho head of tbo big con
cern deemed wlso to glvo out for
publication at thla time.
Mr. Oardner, In explaining why
tho public could not bo taken fully
Into tbo confldcncca of hla concern
at thla time, aald that certain plana.
auch aa whether tbo company should
secure power from somo of tbo com
panlca already In tbo field here, or
erect Ita own plant on tbo Peninsula,
aro yet to bo aettled, and that thcro
wero a number of other considera
tion which, If disclosed now, might
intcrfcro with their consummation.
It was also clearly brought out
that If Portland over Intcnda to wrest
tho bulk of tho Alaaka trade from
tho Sound cities, tbo merchants and
ahtppera hero will havo to establish
a direct atcamcr lino from here to
tbo North. This was brought out In
answer to tho direct question as to
whether Swift & Company Intended
to enter that field, now monopolized
by various Seattlo and Tacoma pack
ers.
"8wlft & Company," declared Mr.
Oardner, "aro In tho packing1 busi
ness and packing business alono.
They aro not In tho tranaportatlon
bualneaa, uor In tho cattle-ralalng
bualneaa."
NIGHT RIDERS ON RAID.
Imprison Cltlnna and Burn Tobacco
and Warehouses.
Hopklnsvllle, Ky., Feb. 10. Last
night at 12 o'clock a band ot about
150 mounted night riders, masked,
heavily armed and wearing tho in
signia ot a secret clan, fnvaded Fre
donla, Crittenden county, captured
James Scarbcrry, operator ot tho
Cumberland Telophono Company, and
cut all tolophono connections. They
then farced Davo Potter, a clerk In a
drug store, to open his store. In
which they corralled soveral cltUens
nnd held them prisoners.
Leaving a large guard in tho town,
tho others galloped to tho village ot
viow, rivo miles away, and blow up
Alfred II. Cardln's tobacco factory,
containing 35,000 pounds of tobacco
belonging to htm and his croppers.
Tho loss aggregates $10,000, with
$5,000 insurance.
After firing volleys Into tho air
tho night riders returned through
Frodonta nnd released their prison-
era. Eighty per cent of Crittenden
county fnrmora havo tobacco pooled
In tbo Society ot Equity. Mr. Cnrdln
Is not n member. Ho is a prominent
cltlxen, aged 73, and was formerly a
candldato for governor on tho Popu
list ticket. Tho Planters Association
has no organization In this county.
Frustrate Republican Ploti
Marseilles, Feb. 10. Tho frustra
tion on Friday last nt Oporto of nn
olaborato plot to proclaim a republla
la auuuuuced lu a telegram which
was received today from ono ot tbo
highest ofllclnls lu Oporto by hla
brother, who has Just arrived hero
from Lisbon. According to tho tele
gram a largo number ot conspirators
havo boon arrcstod, Including tho
leaders. It was also stated that
numerous bodies ot militant repub
licans had beon seen about tho sub
urbs of Oporto. Tho police captured
n large store ot revolvers and car
bines, Archbishop Returns.
Now York, Fob. 10. Archbishop
Patrick William niordan, of. San
Francisco, whoso recent mission In
Homo was both for rBt and to advo
cate tho appointment of Rov, Edward
J, Hannn, ot Rochester, as Coadju
tor Archbishop ot San Francisco, re
turned today on board the steamship
Cedrlc
ADVISE BIG CHANGE
ReirpBlzatlin it Ptstilflci fit
pirtneit Hiimmtrtti.
HIRE CHIEF DIRECTOR OF FISTS
Commission Suggests Long Term for
Head of Department at High
Salary Less Red Tape,
Waahlngton, Feb. 11. Congress
today received a preliminary report
of the Joint commlaalon appointed
during the last congress to invcatl
gato tho bualneaa methods of the
poatofllce department and poctofflce
service and submit recommendations
for legislation to effect change In
their administration. Tbo commis
sion, consisting of Senators Penrose,
Carter nnd Clay, and Representative.
Ovcrstroet, Oardner of New Jersey,
and Moon, points out many objee
tlonablo methods ot both depart
ments. Among tho recommendations
Is a ptan to placo tbo actual direc
tion of tho business ot the poatoMce
department under the acrvlco of aa
officer, with necessary assistants to
bo appointed by tho president, "by
and with tho advice and consent ot
tho senate," for long terms, so as
to Insure the continuance of efficient
service. Under tho plan the postmaster-general,
as a member ot tbo
cabinet, Is chargeablo with general
supervisory control and tho determi
nation of question ot policy.
Tbo commlaalon also recommends
that the business of tho department
bo decentralized so as to avoid tho
congestion at tho national capital
which Impairs tho efficiency and In
creases the cost of tbo service; that
tho bookkeeping, auditing and ac
counting bo simplified, unified and
centralized to secure greater accur
acy, more prompt methods and elim
ination ot duplication of work; and
that tho practlco or requiring need
less detailed reports from small post
offices bo discontinued. The moder
ate application ot tho non-accounting
system to small offices will eliminate
about 30,000, or nearly one-half, ot
all the postofflco accounts from tha
present complex report and book
keeping system, or would at least
greatly simplify the samo. Tho com
mlaalon says:
"It appears too obrlous to require
argument that tho moat efficient ser
vlco can never bo expected as long
as the direction of tho business Is.
as at present entrusted to a postmaster-general
and certain assistants
selected without special reference to
cxpcdlenco and qualifications and
subject to frequent change. Under
such a system a large railroad, com
mercial or Industrial business would
eventually go Into bankruptcy, and
the postofflco department has averted
that fate only becauso the United
Stntea treasury has been available
to meet deficiencies."
PUSH BACK GUARD.
Eager Portugese Almost Create Panic
at Royal Funeral.
Llabon. Feb. 11. Tho bodies ot
King Carlos and Crown Prlnco Luis
Phlllnne wero yesterday laid away
bcaldo thoso of tholr royal ancestors
In tho sacred sepulchre In tho Pan
theon. A great crowd, numbering
thousands, struggled outside tbe
cathedraltof San Vicente, seeking to
enter the vlow tha bodies beforo tho
doors were finally closed for the
ceremony. Brushing back the police
and tho guard ot Royal Archers, they
poured Into tha church, sweeping
everything before them.
When tho doors eventually wero
closed to the public, tbe ceremony of
entombmont was begun. All the min
isters ot state were present. Tho pat
riarch ot Lisbon, wearing pontifical
vestments, and assisted by other high
church officials, blessed tho sacra
ment, tho cathedral and palace
choirs chanted tho "Libera Mo" and
to tho Intoning of "Do Profundls"
tho co ffln ot tho Crown Prince waa
transported between double rauks ot
archers, preceded by a long proces
sion. In a similar manner tho body
of tho King was borue to tho tomb.
Boiler Tubes Explode.
Vnllajo, Cal., Feb. 11 Roller
tubes on the cruiser St. Louis blow
out at noon today whllo tbe St. Louis
wns oft Sauslllto. E. E. Scott, coal
passer; F. Thompson, water tender;
E. W. Raker, fireman ot the first
class, nnd D. Lowls, fireman ot tho
first class, wero horribly scalded
with steam. The origin ot the ex-
ploslou Is not known, but It Is sup
posed to havo been caused by cold
water running into hot plpos. It Is
not believed any ot tbo Injured wilt
dlo. A rigid Investigation Is under
way.
Snow In South Caroline.
Spartanburg. S. 0., Fob. 11 Spar
tanburg la buried under seven In
ches ot snow. It is the heaviest fall
In many, years. It occurred last
night and today, The weather Is
now the coldest ot tbe winter S3
degrees above iero. .