imBma"?1''''""'', f 1 1 I BS OFTHEWM til a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Our 1IAFFEN1NGS OF TWO CONTINENTS ftrsumo of tho Uii Important but Not Losa InloroitlnK Events of the Past Wsok. A general itrlko In Itoinn linn follow l n labor riot. lliiel's Inst objection to n trliil has Iktii overruled, Tho llisslllnn cruiser llergsmln Con taut I to villi Honolulu. Andrew Carnegie has glvon $5,000, 000 more to ouiloii university profess on. For tho tlilftl time In six week tho Ohio river al Cliicliumtl li above llooil lK. Ilnnl lime havo (orcol llelon (I011M tit iptr.inrli liur charities, Two Indus trln I rchtxil III which alio Ii interested are to cloto. Retired clearing house certificate ol Chicago to tho amount ot 114,000,000 Iuivb been sold to a cardboaid factory mikI induced to iul;i. Charlr Klalier, nged 17, droped dead In Ilm streets ol IWlfonl. Ind. Ho addicted to tlio clgaretlo "'It B,ul linl oiio In lilt, mouth when death came. Tlio proposition to build a new ul way In New York Irom tho lUUoiy to tho llronx, under llrondwny and l.x Inglon nvenuo, to coat $00,000,000 h Uetvipprovcol, A Chicago jury liu decided that $80 luti aro excluded Irom tho "neceaaaiy household exine" for which a hui hind li liable when Incurred by hu wife without hli approval. Indiana Republicans no boosting for lalrbank. Oermany l preparing to lloat a loan oil 102,600,000. Diamond worker of Germany are on atrlkn fur higher wage. ANrw York university atudenta have tiuck lxxauao lien are punished. Representative of national bank of Chicago roiidemn the Aldrlch currency Mil. A HI. l-ouli womin hai committed , nulolde to aecuie Insuranco fur an in valid slater. Another rlo war between tram Atlantic linn li expected. Meersge rate aro being cut. Speaker Cannon lmn cllel for an In )tilry Into the piper truat In order to defend the tariff law. Tho Ixittlcshlp Minnesota In now llaghlp of tho lltol, with Rear Admltal Thomas In roiuiniiid. Roblxr dynamited tho eafo of the hank at Moundi, Okla., und after ob- ta nlng $6,400 cacni! Oistro'ha answc elian-eH attains! tho intuit with a oompltlo denial A iiiiinlwr of Clilneee firm aro offer (ng forfeit of $80 for ovory cent's worth of Japuncao Rood ld. Hlr Alfred Mosoly will anlvo In Now York In n few dnyi to ariniKo for tho tour of Kuopo by 600 American teach ers nt lilt oxponso. Judiio Dunne denies any promlie of luiinunlty to Itucf, Hhonta dolond hli sonlnlaw duko mid say ho wilt work. Nebraska Populists again look to Bryan to head their ticket for prcil .lent. neurit may not got n decision on tho mayoralty contest beforo McOlollan's term tndi. Anna Gould Is determined to marry I'rluco do Bsgnn nnd hu quarreled with her family. f Kerator Ponroto has passed tho dan Kor lino In hli Illness and rtcoveiy now eecins certain. l'rcildont Roosevelt his appolntod Dr. Hill ns nmbwsador to Ucrmuny. Tower has resigned. it In ml I muted that ChlrnBO hai lot $5,000,000 through tho peculation! of tho water department, trim Mmiiml. ot I'orttical. has doald cd on many flnnndlnl reforms nnd will utart them In tho royal household. Admiral Kvnm has airlvod at Pan nleuo oniouto lo tho hot springs to un- J dorgo tientment for hli ilioiinmtlsm. Massachusetts prlmarloi ihow timi the Hepubllram will huvo 15 Tuft dol epitos, llunluitruoUHland 0 uncortnln. Tho London Tlmoi hai mooli prolio for Proildont Itooaovelt, No more bodloi havo been rocovorod from the burning Henna, Wyo., mine. All entrances have boon cloacd to mother the blue, MEBUENOEK 18' KILLED. Hobbon Then Loot Exproni Safei o Valublni Newton, Kan., Much .11. A. I). Ilnllcy, nn oxpreti intiner of tho Welli-l'HtKO company, wen killed by nn unknown poraon on Hanta i'o tmln No, 115, Iwtweon I'loimico nnd Newton, i-nrly Hiinday mornliiK. Tho murder win vniy brutal, with robbery m the object. Jloth tho hx-nl nnd tho Ihrouyh haioi weio iHiiMieko! ami at lenit 11, 000 In money and aomo Jowoliy taken. Tho amount tho lobbora accurwl li not known. Tlinitrnil Wlv of MiMcnuor Ilnlley wai futind at i o'clock Hundny morning when tho train readiwl Nowion. n wai itrelchel on the lloor of tho car, the lion. I hmton to n pulp and lying In a pool of blood, Tho Uck of tho akull win cruihod and tho end of tlio ear wheio II was lying wm ipattorwl with blood. Tho plood allora reached to the celling. There wai no nvldonco of nny ilrng gle, (ho Indlnttloni x)lntlng lo the coimnliilon of tho muidei while tho inaiiger waa aaleoji, Imfoie he could offer reelttrtiiee. Jlalley wai icon allvo at Hlrong City. At I'enlxxly lomcono opened I ho cur door Juat enough to throw out a package of waybllle and then doted It gulckly. Tho oiutotn of the mewiengrrlun been to go to 'rep oon after leaving Flor ence and It li poaalble that ho did Uiti Hunday night. Alter Wing itruck while ileeplng, ntul rcndeieI tincon eloiii, hi Ixxly rolle! lo tn noor, ariu the roblwr, after beating Mm on no head, coveted It with the dead man'a ct. One blow w irurK at ino man'a face with aomoiliarpinairumei i, apparently a hatchet, which broke the Jaw Ixjiio. 1'rom the dead man'a pock. eU the keyi were removed and the eafra rannckel. Then Iho key were put back Into lUllojr'a ovetioat, the coat folded and put In hla grip, whero It wm found later. i ii tAKLUOIUII DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS Hridsy, April 3 Wiuhlngton, April 3, The ronnto coinmltleo on Judiciary iiwnt amo liiiiir cotiililiiilng Iho inrlou r-llle In tmded lo relievo prohlblloln atnteii from I-wleral Interference In dealing with liquor tralllo within the Ixjrdeia of inch atnte, but no agreeuient wn reached, It wai determlncxl, however, lo voto on the mraaurvi on Monday. Kimn ilm dUciiailon txlay tlioio an penred to bo n chaucn for tho renting of loino meaiuro denllng Willi pari oi the nueitlutii, nt lent, thai liavo oeon agltntiMl In a number of Houthem taU, which havo bwn prevenlwl by Hupromo court ruling from oxomlilng their jwllco powon for the control ol Intoxicant. Washington, April 3. When the home of repmentatlvei adjourned late today, tho breach lx.tween the majority and minority partlea wm, If anything, wider than ever. The leaden on both aide arrived on tho ireno early, appar .ilv noun the woria for the parliamen tary atrtigglo of tho night before. Tho ti..irwmia fimitiirxl dilatory toctlci and kept It up Ihrough ml Iho day, notwlth atandlng tl o committee on ru'ei apply ing the gag law to generJ uuiwio on the niitrlrt of Columbia appropriation hill, which wa In Older for conildeia tlon. The rule wa adopted nmld up rtr and after tho Domocrnu lia ox luuiUd every rllmentnry move which they could make to obttruct It Dual dli'Oiltlon. IN MINE. ORDEft HATES CUT. Commlnlon Find O. R. & N. Tolla Are Excaiilve. Portland, Marth 31. It la under alood Uie Oregon Hallroad commhilon will auataln the complaint ol mo ron land chamber of commerco airalnit the O. It. A N. company and will Imuo an order till week requiring a material reduction In claa rate over the main and blanch lint of that road through out tho aUte. Tim rxlent to which exlitlng tariff will be affected by the ruling of the .vwiiinliilim cannot Ixi learned, but the rmi m.v mi tn dlituib tranreontlnent al ratri and, piolnbly, to renulreanad uatment all a on IT me line in me inirr et Ixith of the railroad and the ahlpper. If tho decUlon of Ihe rommlulon la at tacked by tho HarrlmanlntereaUltwill t aiwlled undrubtedly on the ground that ita enforcement would neceaalUto not only a wholesale rtvltlon by tho railroad of It tariff but would wrloiw ly dliturb tntentato builnea. It I expected that the finding of the oommliilon will lx mado tho boU of litigation on the part of the railroad company positively to teal tho power of tho railroad cominlralon whloh, un der tho act by which It waa cientcil, I authorlied to flx late. Tho mmnbor of the commlsilon wore caution and thorough In their Investigation ol tno freight cnarge. Uiionrr fool conll (liidliiK will bo found la a fair and rrannablo and audi a cannot be conaldcred an abrltrary excr olao of tho authority with which they aro clothed. . Cloml Ouard Adams. Tellurlde, Colo., March 31. As the result ol the attempt to murder Gene rat Hulkley Well, general manager of tho HinugRler Union mince and mills nt Pandora, Hherlff Fltipnlrlck Is Uklng pre-autlons to guard the Jail In which Hiixn Adam, chanted with tho asrnsa tmtlnn nt Arthur I- Collins, General VVnlla ireUciwor. I contineil. llio feeling against Adamilabcoemliig more bitter from day to day. Feeling against Adams has also Uen engendered, It I ald, Dccauao of tho fact that during tho past two week fill ly a score or moro ot miners and othois who were depoited during strike days have returned to tho district. Thursday, April 2. Wahlngton, April J. The executive Ion of the lenate today wa largely couiumed by dlculon, without pas cage of a bill to reorganise tho public school ayitem In the uuinci oi ivoium hla by placing It under the control of a director appointed by the national com- miaaloncr ot education, lupeisouinK mo control by the board of educstlon com ivomI of citizens o! the Ulitrlct. The bill relating to the settlement of claims of tate on account ot the de position of publlo land wn again taken nn unit the Macon amendment for set tling tho accounts of owner of cotton ihImh! by the government during tho Civil war, amounting to $5,000,000, was contldercd. but without results either on the bill or the amendment. Wafhlngton, April 2. Carrying r. mini nf til fiOB.800. the agricultural appropriation bill was passed by tho house lato today. It had been under dlscuiiion for nine uaja anu irom uie time Its ronldertlDn began until tho vr pud li iirovlflous were attacked at every turn, with tho result that It iindrrNtmt msnr changes. Just before li mitaire. Kcott. of Kamas, chairman of the agricultural committee, mado an Hoyburn declared ho would maintain hi xwlllon, even II eatlffled that by no doing ho would Impfrll hli (t In tho eenato. No vole had been reached when tho sonsto adjourned. Washington, March 31. After hav Ing undergone many changes, tho para itraph of Ihe agricultural ajiproprlallon bill rotating to the bureau of forestry was finally passul by tlio liouso ol rtp-rcscntativrs. An amendment by HomplireyB, oi Wisconsin, to Incrcaao by $103,400 the appproprlatlon for soil Investigations nrnrokwl a lOlltf deotltc. Aiicr iiibut ilo.mlnuto iMochc had Wen made for and agnlnst tho proposition, it was car ried, 100 toH8. Thn hill wa laid aside les than half completed, and the houie sojourned. Mondiy. March 30. Waihinglon. March 30-The objec tion of the president to tho construc tion of dams news navigable rivers by private oompanlea, except when the publlo Intercut I fully guaranteed, fig ured In the conildenttlon of a hnue bill In thoaenalo today. Thi bill pro xMtn to authorre the Jknton Water company lo construct a dam across Hnake river, in the stato of Washington. Tho urwnt deficiency bill, appropri ating $2,000,000 for armor, etc., for vkiki lii-rnloloro authorised, nan icd. On motion ol worren, fou.oou waa tulUea lor mnease oj uuiccib uiu contract surgeons of the army when an- llinrlril bv law. A bill regulating the ml ot liquor In licensed Uvems In Alaika was paired. It forbids gambling In plsces In which liquor li sold. Perkins oald tliat In the dojB of prohibition In Alaska there was much smuggling and Illicit selling ot liquor. Men Flgnllnr; Fire Caught In Under ground Workings. Unit. Mont., March 30. A special to tho Miner from Hanna, Wyo., says: This csmp was visited by another big holocaust Haturday afternoon and tho live of 'JO men wero snuffed out by an explosion of ga In Mine No. 1, of the Union Pacific Coal company . A fire had been ranlriit below the 10th level since last Haturday, and the force of 200 miners had been laid on for the day as a precaution. Hupcrinionuent Aiaxanuer jimrgnanu foremen Joreoh Ilurton. Alfred Doddx, James Knox, o' Mines 1, 2, and 3, with a crew of 10 or 17 men, all experienced miners, with gas men and flre-flgi.ter, went down Into the workings early In the morning lo fight the conflagration, which was rapidly eating Its way through the workings. At 2 o'clock the men above the work ings, the Idle men in the homes and tho townsptxjplo wire startled by an awful roar, followed by a heavy boom and tho shaking of earth and trembling of buildings. All knew what hail happened, anu there was a rush to the mlno. Both entrances hod caved In. and the mine timbers had been blown great distances about the outside workings. The second explosion was more severe than the first, being felt In all parts of tho town, and it Is feared that (0 to 00 name have been added to the death list. BOMB FOR WELLS. INCREASEINMES Rallrsads Mast Fat Or Urgs Forces si Ubirers. 01YE AMERICANS FIRST CHIICE Ih1. thorough in uieir um .i n.,i. iinnt'a complaint of oxcemlvo red 8ecrolary Hoot s i rommlrsl Vn;MUfr.ii govern dnl (jtl f r ,,. Washington, March 30. Chargea of a serious naturo against Olfford Pin ohot, chief of the forestry bureau, were made today In Uie house uj noun, oi rvilfmnla. and Mondell. of Wyoming, during consideration of Ihe agricultural bill. Bmlth accused nun oi entering Intn a secret understanding with the city of Loa Angelca, with a view to se curing to tho city valuable water rlghta In the Owens river vnney, as uRaim. tho lnlerett of prhato parties haying prior claims. Mondell denounced him for, as he cliarged, Illegally paying the expenses ot forest officials in attending convtntlons In tho Wat, In which tho government had no rt, and alio frr spending government money to boost lil lmran In the nowsnapers. Mr. I'lnrhot waa defended lv Pollard, of Xt.iirar.ka. and Bcott. of Kansas. I Hrnlth, of fjailiorma, uenounceu ms tmsuccertful light to hao stiicken tul iorMtry setvlco for attempting to oe ili ainnmlmtint adonleil Testcrdar con sideralily Increasing the appropriation for soli Investigations. During the debate talay a brief flurry was cieated by Harrlron, of New York, Drmocrat, characterising as soclallstlo tho bill of the minority leador, Wll Ilium, tirov Id us for the nlllluttion oi quire tho Owens valley In California. Attempt Msde to Blow Up Manager of Tellurldo Mine. Tellurlde. Colo.. March 30. Eluding the night guard stationed at the Smug-rler-Unlon mine, at Pandora, two miles south of Tellurlde, and the eearchlght which Is constantly thrown about the premises during the night from the high tower of the mill as a precautionary measure, on unknown person gained ac cess to the residence of General Bulkley Wells, general manager ot the Smuggler-Union Mining company, Saturday night and planted dynamite nnder his bed. The dynamite was exploded by lighting a lute on the outside of tho building about 2 o'clock Sunday morn ing when the Intended victim was asleep. He waa hurled against the celling and alighted nnder a mats of debris, but eecaped with some ecratchea ami hrulaMi and Impaired hearing. 'Although a systematic search has been made br Sheriff FlUpatrlck and deputies, aided by hundreds of cltttens, no cluo has been tounu io ine periv trator of the deed. One man who la charged with having raid that Wolla would Le killed hu been arrested. General Wells took a leading part In the suppression of labor troubles in this state In 1004 and 1005, and was prominently Identified with tho recent prosecution of the officers ot the West ern Federation ol Miners at ItoUe on tho ehargo of complicity In the assass ination of ex-Governor Frank Stennen berg, of Idaho. HAS MODIFIED IT8 RULING. At Lea:t 250,000 Men Needed to Repair Ravages of Winter Labor Is Cheap. Chicago, March 31. In the next CO days the railroads of the United Stat will have to nnd between zou,wiranu 300,000 men to mend their tracks and roadbeds and another large army to go Into their shops and repair their carl and their locomotives. The railroads centering In Chicago alone will, between April ) and Jnne 1, rtquire more than 100,000 laborers, who will be employed In remedying tho ravsues of the winter months, which. with their frosts and their snows, have made many miles of shaky track and a many more of softened roaoDea. The past winter has not been as hard as the season usually Is on roadbed and track, and physical conditions are not as bad as usual for the further reason that the traffic has not been so heavy. No renewal work, however, Is being done this winter, and after the frost comes out of the ground In tho spring there Is bound to be settling of the roadbed, sagging ot bridges and a score of things which go to prevent efficiency of operation. In the employment of labor the rail roads seek to procure Americans when tber can set them at tbe price wnicn m offered for labor. As a role, however, the .railroads are glad to get men wher ever It Is possible, the only stipulation with tho labor employing agencies Do ing that tbe men shall be competent to do the work for which they are employed. MANY MINERS QUIT. rul ttatce. Saturday. March 28. Washington, March 23 But little progress was mado In tho homo today In conslderlngg the agricultural bill. Tii .lLr.imlnn dwolt mainly upon the tho treasury surplus In Iho construct!" n proposed eeabllshmentof Federal stand and Improvement of road lu Urn evo-1 ard of cotton grades and lodetal in and others oppoied a section providing for tho establishment of Federal labor atories fr examination ot samples of iuh! nr uraln. The clause or tho section proviuinp that the reports msde as rtult ot such laboratories! examinations "shall serve as a lsls tor the fixing of doflnito amdpa. aueli crades to become tho ofll cla) standards for the grading of grains" was stricken out on a point ot order altei a lively debate. Tho section was thon adopted as amended. Oolng Out of Business. Vlrtnrla. 11. a.. March 31. Nowe wrut brotmht by tho Kmnrefs of China tmlav that of tho 28 emluiutlon com panics In tho business In Japan last year, but thieo remain. The Moilokn company Is urranglng to tend emigrant to (Jullao, trio lirsi aiupmeni oi i,uu being embarked Just before tho Kmprcss of China lolti tho Molll coiunnny will send 600 Japanoso to Peru In April and tho Kokoku company is arranging w Bond 1,000 to llrasll, The Mnriokn company has charted a steamer to curry 3,000 Japanese to Chllo. Nnother Plot Discovered. Pork Au Prlnco. March 31. A freeh conspiracy against tho government has bean discovered In thlsaltv. Tho leader ol tho plot, Goneral Urraque, who was arrested on March H on suspicion of conspiring against tho president nnd who was roleased with four others on March 21, took refugo this afternoon In the trench legation, Wednesday, April I. Washington, April 1. Senator Hoy bnrn'a threo-iUv llllbustcr to defeat Heprceentatlvo Jones' bill authorising tho llenton Water company to dam Hnake river at ThreeMllo rapids ended In utter rttt this allernoon, the senate tutnlng him down by a voto of 47 to 4. Tho nawago of this bill and the con sldciatlon ot a measure for adjudicating tho claims of states against tho govern ment on account of tho disposition ol the proceeds of publlo lands occupied nearly Uie entire setslon ot tho senato today. , Waahlnclon. Anrll 1. Debate on the ugrloultuial appropriation bill waa de void ot tho charge anu iippuiauonn which marked Ha consideration on Monday and Tuesday. Moro progioa was mado with tho measuto than on any previous day, nnd tho Indications are that it will finally get through to morrow. Today's dlrcusslon dwelt on a propo sition for an Increased appropriation tor tho farmers bulletins, whloh, however, was rofnsed, and tho subject ot Inquir ies Into roadbulldlng, eta., by tho do unrtment, the trend of opinion being that such work should be cnoouraged. Tuesdsy, March 31. Washington. March 31. Tho alleged tendency ot tho goneral government to overrldo tho powers ol the states ot tho Union aim to ignoro tno restrictions oi tho constitution was tho subject of re marks by Teller, of Coloinilo, in tno senate today. Ho declared that thorn had grown up n prnotico oi attempting to Justify any not by the Federal author Ulea, whether there was authority for It ct not, so long oa It was ascribed tto tlio publlo Intercut. Tho romalndor of tho day was devot ed to discussion ot the Denton dam bill nn its inorlts. Hoyburn and llorali, both of Idaho, took opposing sides. Hoyburn opposing and Borah favoring, Calo Doesn't Like' dob. Washington, March 31. Tho Hon orable Thomas Calo, dclcgato in con gress from tho territory of Alaska, has thn hannv faculty ot knowing when ho ban had enough. Two yeais In congress Is all ho can stand, iho jou i not io hi liking and ho Intends to quit. Ho u nnt a randldato for re-elcclton, and baa id aUted In tilaln terms. Mr. Calo has made tho discovery that has been tnailR bv hundred of men beforo him, but a discovery which few will discuss; Ihit a member of congress Isn't such an a-rnl ble follow, after all. Ho Is big to his peoplo l iftl", uat when ne rnmea to Washlnston he Is a pigmy ono of many. Tho Job seldom measures up to expectations, und Mr. Cale Is ono of tho few who Is frank enough to volco ' his disappointment nnd get out. Continuo Work In Valley. Washington, March 31. Tho ngrl cultural appropriation bill reported to tho home on March 11 contains an Item ot $160,000 for irrigation and dialnago Investigations, to bo carried ou by tho office of oxperlmont stations, imdnr Dr. A. O. True, director ol tlutt offico. During tho past year a lurgo part of th'a appropriations ha been spent In Oregon, the work carrlod on bolng In the Willamette valley, under the aireotlon of A. P. Stover, whose headquarters havo been In Portland. Interstate Commission Will Re-open Portland Gateway. Pan Franchoo, March 30. A tele Biam was received at the general office ot tho Southern Pacitio company in this city today from Charles 8. Fee, passen ger tratllo manager, who Is at prei-ent In Chicago, announcing that the recent action ot the Interstate Commerco com mission, which was Interpreted as clos ing the Portland gateway and necessi tating a higher passenger rate by the Souther ii Pacific ti Seattle and other Northern points, via Portland, has been mn.llflri. The oblcction ot tho com mit slon, it appears, related only to the manner of publishing Ihrongh rates, and rcvlsl tariffs conforming to tho commission's wlihes will bo Issued as soon as possible. This new ruling will bo received with great satisfaction in Portland, whicn was being adversely affected by tho higher passenger rates charged irom mo v..t fCHl via PnrHand than WOI0 chargerto Seattle over tho Great North ern. The southern racicn is equany pleased, for it has been known that Ita earnings and prestige have suffered by the ruling which has now been modi fled. Fays Dunna Is Prejudiced. San Francisco, March 30. Abraham Raef today filed an affidavit through which he seeka to disqualify Superior Judge Frank II. Dunne from presiding in iho called Parkside trolley fran chise bribery cases. In whloh Rnef Is lolnt defendant with W. I. Brobeok, G. II . Umbsen and Joseph Green. In his affidavit Ruef alleges bias unu pro Judico on tho part of Judge Dunno and eets forth many Instances in whloh ho bays Dunno showed antipathy, bias and prejudice sgulnst thedtfendant In for mer trials. Men Lay Down Their Tools Although No Strike. Indianapolis, March 31. The nnioa miners of tbe Fields company will lay down nicks and shovels tonlgbL Al most 250,000 of them will itop work In Western Pennsylvania Missouri, lowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Michigan, West Virginia and Kentucky. Tbe conditions under which they are work ing expires tonight and, except In Cen tral Pennsylvania and Indiana block district, no conditions have been made, nor have tbe miners entered into dis trict agreements providing for the oper ation pending tho April 1 agreement. Technically the miners will not go out on strike, but In reality they stop work because the operators, except ia Indiana, and Illinois, show no real in tention ot meeting and treating with them, though no question of wages or principle Is at stake. ALWAYS LIKED HIM. Alabama Law Is Killed. Montgomery. Ala.. March 30. Judge Thomas G. Jonoa, of tho United Elates court, today held tho Alabama penalty rallioad lavrs unconstitutional; also that tho suits brought by tho railroads aro not in violation of the eleventh constitutional amendment, not betas suits against the state. Several of the minor claims were also declared to be in valid. Kaiser Says Qoulp Greatly Exagger ated Hilt Incident. Washington, March 31. With a view to bringing to a close the gossip connected with the reportod disapproval in itAilln of the atiDolntment ot Dr. David Jayno Hill as ambassador, and terminating the incident. Baron tob Sternberg, tho German ambassador, called nt tho White House today by appointment to see President Roose velt and Bccreiary iwt. .iraniaun Secretary Bacon was also present At the conclusion of tho conference the following statement was given out: "In additlen to the communication already made publlo from the Foreltm office, the German ambassador has also conveyed to tho American government the assurances oi me emperur wm. mm has never been any change In his atti tude toward Mr. Hill, and his cordial willingness to welcome Mr. Hill to Berlin. Tho emperor'a favorable opin ion of Mr. Hill was communicated to the Washington administration last November, and bis attitude has never changed since." Defraud United States. Helena, March 31. What promises to be the moat sensational cose tried here In many years was begun today in tho Federal coutt. when Oliver O. Dal las, John D. MoLeod and A. 8. Hovey were placed on trial on a charge ot conspiring to defraud the United States. Threo oveit actions are alleged In each ot tho two counts that falsified notes wero fcrged; that affidavits purporting to be that ol deputy mineral surveyors wero forged, and that the notes and ajffidavlta were presented to the sur veyor general fcr offiolal approval. Cut In 60,000 Mlllhands' Wages. Boston, March 31. The general re duction of 10 per cent In the wages ot Now England cotton mill operatives which was recently decided upon, be came effective yesterday In mills era ploying 60,060 persons. Next Moaday tho movement will apply to tho pay ot many mora,