.. mmmm w mm mmi tVENTS OF THE DAY flcwsy Items (lathered from All Paris o! tlio World. PREPARED ItIR THE BUSY READER Less Important but Not Less Intin osllng Happenings from Points Outstdo tho State. Knstorii wool buyers havo formed n OOllltlllll). tiuvrral person Imvo been killed l Mexican riots against landlord rule. A Jury linn been secured In tho tirl bery case against Calhoun In Bun Fran lsco. A lornnilo In Delaware and Pennsyl vania killed two persons find destroyed ninny building. Cullforiiln fruit minora fulled to get tlio Increased ruled on drleil and can ned fruit rescinded. Toft's engineers say tlmt n sen-level eanat I out of tlio question, as tlio cost would bo Inealulable. President Gompor. of tlio Amerlomi I'wlorntioii of Labor, says S.i'OO.tHlO trwn or now out of employment In tlm U li I tod Ste'M. Now Orleans I preparing n great welowtw foi tint Tnft party, the princi pal feature .if willed will Iki n typical iioutlwrn bouquet prepared by Creole eouka. A Chlenjjo firm ha been awarded n eontract to supply tho British nrmy with oomod beef for n terll of thrwo jrear. Tho lirt delivery, between 600.000 and 1,000,000 pound, will bo made next July. An n result of n search lio lint been making In tho Interior department. Representative Hnwley linn discovered tlmt tho Corvalll & Yaqulna wagon road bill, rceently Introduced hi tho house, contain a joker which would .nu-rntn to defraud tho uovcrnment out -of sovrral thousand acres of valuable land In Oregon. Certain ronatora havo revive! tho cry for n sea-level Panama canal. Many inoro prominent men have been Indicted for Oklahoma land fraud. A terrible billiard la raKlncocr tho entire country east of tho Rocky moun tain, j Franco and Germany havo signed a treaty of jteaco regarding Moroccan lalTalra. MmIiii.1 lilllim nf IM'firO Mill CTKxl will wero exchanged between King Ed ward and Emperor William nt tholr banquet In Ilorlin. Flro of unknown origin destroyed the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad crcoollng plant, located four mile fiom Greenville, Toxa. Tho los is -estimated at between J1C0.000 and '4200,000. Mm. Kuth May Swlft-Kvcrw, of Chicago, who was loft a fortuno of $5,000,000 by her father, tho lato Guv tavua Swift, was granted n divorce from her husband, Ernest 11. Kvcrsz, by Judge Gibbon. Tho union Jack of tho battleship Maine, which woa sunk In tho harbor .tit Itnvnnu. wl received nt tlio Nnvy li.imrtment from Cnptoln J. C. Fro tnmit rnmmnmllmr tho United Slates shin Mississippi. It will bo added to tho collection in tho museum at Wash Ington nuvy-ynrd. Tho controller of tho currency Tues day announced that tlio Coal Holt Na tional bank, of Ilenton, 111., has been cloned by order of tho director and that Georgo C. Hall hna been appointed receiver. Tho Cool Holt National bonk'a embarrassment i aald to dato ,.,. tlm .lufnlrnllim u fW Vearrt OITO of It. A. Youngblood, formor president of tho bank. American inanufacturcra fear pro moted revision of French tor I If. Tlio government will probo four moro "big packing firms on robato charges. Socrctory Garllold admlta ho Is not handicapped by limitation of secret service. Tho nation Is preparing to honor Lincoln's 100th birthday unnlvorsory, February 12. !.', Innrl In worried over tllO roVOHUO problem. She muut rolso $ 100,000,000 extra this your, A wireless tolegraph oporntorwas badly burned by n atroko of lightning during n Btorm nt San Francisco. Tho "Morry Widow" lint Ib laid nsldo, Riving placo to a shapo that looks Ilka an Inverted llowor not. President-elect Tnft Is now on routo to Now Orlonns, and says tho canal work Is progressing satisfactorily. California loglslaturo Is dotorminod LEGISLATURE DETERMINED. tp California 8olons Must Oo Shown Ac tunl DntiKor. Hncramonto, Cnl., Feb. O.Ppsltlvo Information that nntl-Japniioso leglsla tlou will Involvo tho Unltwl Btntes In troublo with Jnptui Is nil that will pro vent tho final iiBSatfo of Grovo I,. Johnson's Japanese school bill In tho assembly nexi Wednesday muriiinK. Tho ower House lias uiKcn opcimer fitantonnt his word and awnlbi en- IlKhteninenl upon tho great secrnui oi state, publicly or privately. If tho conversation of members Unlay rellecls tho aentlnient of tho assembly, tho tllglitest olllclal Intimation that legis lation adverse to tho Interests mid wel-1 faro of tho Japanese In this country may cause liitrnntlonnl complications will bo siilllclent to kill ovory untl Japanese bill, if, howovor, tills olllclal information ., lii. nrniliiriiil liv Ktanton. If ho can't "make good," then tho assembly will demonstrate that the speaker may cry "wolf" but once, Stanton's ilromoiic pleading ior no loy Friday Is thu talk of the ieglsla turn. In both houseB tho member are asking, "What In the world did he rneotiT" ,.. Arrayed against Governor Glllott, Stanton and tho conservative, how over, I n strong nnll-Jopanose force which Is merely conciliatory. Tho iwiattwirutmiTit. of filial HCtloll Oil tho school hill wns in tho nature of on nrmlstlco and back of that action Is n determination to pass every anti-Japanese bill If the sjHMiker cannot make good his suggestion that Information would bo suumlttMl to show tho folly of antagonising Japan. Tlio projio- tnuiu nf tho iinti-JaiHineso meajyres ure iUlto frank In saying that Stanton must produce iloeumeiuory jirooi oj ma Immineneo of eonlllct between this MMintrv nnd Jnrmn ami that nothing oliw will kill the bill. That Stanton will make good may Do inferred from tho remark of Governor Glllott that Japan has served notice ukiii the Unltisl States to tho eliecl that any drastic anti-Japanese legisla tion will bo regarded as a breach of faith. . . t. "You know what breach of faith means In tho parlance of diplomats," ll It. iTiivnranr. "Iletween tWO lia- tlnn It Is n verv serious thing. It may mean tho end of diplomatic rela tions. It Is unnecessary for mo to ex plain tho significance of the recall of on ambassador." Tho governor will not divulge uio nature of tho matter which has been forwarded to him by President Itoose vclt. It Is, however, understood that this, together with additional facts retatlvo to the diplomatic relations of tho United States and Japan, which will bo sent from Washington by tele graph, may be submitted to the assem bly Tuesday. It Is tho opinion of Stsn ton that the display of this Information will end tho Japanese emurogiio. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BR1EF Friday, February 12 Washington, Feb. 12.-Hcllpvlng that all work and no ploy Is bad for congressmen, member of tho house ore urging tho president-elect should not call tho spclnl session of congress for tho consideration of tho tariff to meet until March 1C Tho unusual honor conferreil uon Representative Fltzgvrald by Bpcaker Cannon In splinting him chairman of l the sM)dal committee to Investigate it,., nuriilnrltv nf bills and resolutions signed by more than one member, has l brought out the raci inai wr, r iwrw- aid is slated for a position oh tho com- I mit. .n ml,. nf tlm iuxt house. He Is tho only Democrat to bo appointed chairman of n committee during tho present congress. In his Invocation today Chaplain Couden, of tlio house, paid n beautiful tribute to Abraahm Lincoln. Mr. Hou toll, of Illinois, read Lincoln's Gettys burg address. General appaluso greeted the reading of n letter from Ilritlsli Ambassador Ilryee, enclosing n dispatch from his government conveying to this govern ment, "the sympainy oi wio iriu government with tho celebration of the -....fi.nr.ru nt I'riuilltl.llt I.ltiroln." Tho names of the commissioners w renrosent tho United btntes, Canada ml Mvlrn ut tho conference on the conservation of natural resources oi North Amtrlea. which meets nero nexi Thursday, were announced at the White house today. Tlu. UnitHl Stntin will bo represent ed by Secretary of State Hocoti, Secre tory of tho Introlor uariiow, ami uu ford 1'lnclwU AFTEft MOHE PACKERS. Rebate Inquiry Estendod Under Pres ident i Directions. Chicago, Feb. 0.- Investigation of four additional packing concerns beside Morris &. Co. will be conducted in Chi cago as n result of tho conference held In Washington last week between Dis trict Attorney Kdwin W. Sims ni d At torney Geperal Honaparto. Mr. Sims and his first assistant, James' II. Wilkerson, returned to Chi- enrtn tnilnv uroniired to rendw the beef inquiry. Theso Investigations will not bo uK)ii an extended scale at nrsi ana will bo for the purpose of determining u'lintlmr tlm nnckliiL' concerns have ac cented or solicited rebates from tho railroads. Witnesses will probably bo called this week from tho olllces of tho Ni.tlimnl Pnrtclnif eoninanv. Armour & Co., Swift & Co., nnd Schwarzschlld & Sulzberger, though no largo number ot witnesses will bo colled at one time. President Koosovolt's Instructions that tho Inquiry bo thorough will be followed to tho letter In theso lato In vestigation, as well as In tho Morris Jt, CV. Invontlmltlon. which I DrOCtlc- tally concluded.' Tho president nnd tho department or justice in no uncertain terms urged tho prosecution of tho In quiry, according to on olllclal who was In close touch Willi too coniorcnco. Call for Men Frequent. Washlnston. Feb. 0. An odlclnl of tho buronu of Information of tho do partmontof commerce nqd labor said today that within tho lost ten weeks fully 15.000 laborers could havo been Bent out to different porta of tho coun try If they, had had tho monna to trav el, Thousands of nppllcotiona are bo Inir recolvod for work from tho unem ployed. Ono suggestion which Iiiib I,.,.,., t.nf fni-wnnl lu tlmt Rolno fill ill III) Bot asldo by congress for tho uso'of tho dlvlHlon In transporting muorors, wun tho understanding that tho money should bo repaid. Cold Weather Predicted. Washington, Fob. 0. Following a Btorm, which will imvo onstwurd from tho oxtromo West tomorrow, a cold wave, which now covers tho North wost, will prevail over tho entire Northern Bection of tho country by tho WHllorniu i ieK.D.vu.u -,"..-- --,-- -- . ... , -flrtom. topassnnt -Jnponceo ogisinvionunieBB .uiuw-- ".,,','"" r ' ,';, "ViV shown that international complications poratures wl I bo oxporlencod over tho would result. - HoutJiorn aisuicts. Thursday, February II. Washington, Feb. II. Tho agricul tural appropriation bill was passed by tho house today, practically as It camo from the committee. The debate dragged wearily on for several hours, when tho proceedings wero enlivened by n brief but spirited tilt between Macon of Arkansas ond Cook of Colo rado. . . n.irlm- the debate on tho agricultural appropriation bill Hartlctt of Georgia suggested-that somo provision should i... ..mil., rur tnn tiri-sorvnuon oi mu ttossum and provoked the house to laughter by reading a humorous dia logue between two negroes, who found fult with President-elect Taft's recent 'possum dinner in Atlanta on the ground that 'possum was not a white man's dish. All attempts to pass nights tlmo tho census bill over tho president's veto wero abandoned today by leaders of tho hou so and senate. Senator Galllnger has presented to tho senate u document known as "hy- droirraphic data concerning United States navy yards and stations," in or der to make n permanent record as to tho actunl depth or water mat prevails at tho various naval yards and In tho channels to sea. Tho data Is based on Information taken from government surveys. From ill., fnliln It i nhown that the I'UL'Ct Sound navy yard has tho greatest depth or water, varying irom a xectioui feet, with Portsmouth, N. II., second with n depth of 33 to 37 feet, while next in order como Norfolk, League i.lr..,,! Viiiv Ynrlr. Mnrtt Islnnd. Charleston, Washington and Pensacoln. A successful light led by Shnbath of Illinois was made against tho senate amendment to the bill amending tho naturalisation laws, which, among other things, Increased tho naturaliza tion feo from D to ? 10. .Mann or Illi nois openly charged that tho proposed increased tee wns simpiy an iuiuniu to put moro money In tho pockets of clerks of courts. By nn emphatic vote tho rnnferenca rcnort was rejected and tho bill laid on tho table. A irinuio to i.incoin oy uouven ui Illinois closed the day's proceedings. being sold about Uio subsequent reduc tion oJ the salary. The establishment of a children's bureau in tho department of labor Is provided for In n bill which tho houv committee on expenditures has decided to report favorably. The bill places tho bureau under a cniei, uj va oi jxdnted by the president, who Is to re ceive $6 000 a your. Consideration of tho po"' savings i.nnV i. ill wim resumed in lliu senate today. Piles, of Washington, became Involved In n controversy with Hey- burn, who was criticising various pro visions of tho bill. Ho appealed to tm innnlnr frnm Idaho to nCCCD amendments ns n means of facilitating tho passage of tho measure, and added that If It should not bo enacted this .....Ion ho would co to tho president elect and ask him to Insert In his call for a special session a recommendation that a postal savings bank bill bo passed. Tuesday, February O. Washlnitton, Feb. 9. Under n spe cial order tho house took up tho bill "to provide for the government or the canal zone, the construction of tho l'nnnmn rnnnl nnd for Other DUrnoSeS.'l Tho report soys a system by which appeals may be taken from Judicial de eluiAnn In tho cnnnl zono to tho proper courts in tho United States is neces sary. As there is little litigation in tho sono, tho report says, tnero is no ni.Kiiuiiv far threo ludnes of tho Su premo court there nt present, nor for tho court at all, II appeals uo omor wlso provided for. Tin. .Ilndimlon hrnupht out that President-elect Taft had been consul tod concerning tho provision giving to tho president absolute aumoriiy in mc matter of constiucting tho canal and providing for tho abolishing of tho present canal commission. Tho prospects ror the passage oi mo resolution making February 12, tho 100th anniversary of Lincoln, n legal holiday In the District of Columbia and l.n fnrrltlirlf.il. U'tTO dimmed in tllC houso todoy through an objection by Mr. Underwood or Aiaoama, to a mo tion to send tho resolution to confer- MBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsl jHIbEuHbbV IBBBBBBVi " ' a WmKMKKKKKKi m 'iibbimjimui i i Tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is within ten pcrc cntof being ready to throw open to tho world. By May 1, thirty days before tho day set for the formal opening, It will be complete in every ueiau, wiui uiuh.. .... j -hlblt and ovcry Pay Streak attraction installed, bo that when the big day comes it.. dr. nf .i.mn It will break all exposition records by being ready and down to tho minuto on the day first announced. Tho splendid buildings being erecteu oy uie uniieu o.- k- house the exhibits of Alaska, Hawaii, tho Philippines and tho fisheries, oro be inp rushed to completion and Canada's handsome structure Is well under way. ' Oregon and California were first to complete state buildings and Oregon s exhibit is now being installed. Other state buildings and tho buildings of sev eral of the provinces of tho Dominion are under way and will be finished with in the time limit. . , , . .,,.... Tho magnificent scheme of electric illumination and decoration Is ninety per cent complete and tho landscaping ond gardening, which are to make a .... . . .1 UmIiIim ma rtnn .-n.mr.1nt tnn. brilliant itiiuru ui uio i-iiuii, -' ., - - n.j. With iU Innumerable features bo nca ready and with the northern railroads predicting an exposition transportation, through St. Paul alone, of 1,000.000 porsons, It would seem that tho A. Y. P. E. is to bo ono of tho most notable of exposition successes. Wodnesday, February 10. Washington. Feb. lO.Following closo upon tho discovery that Senator Philander C. Knox could not, without violating a provision of tho constitu tion of tho United States, occept tho Bint nnrlfnlln In tho Tnft CnbltlCt. tllO senate took prompt action todny to re move tho constitutional oujoction. Senntor Halo Introduced a resolution, which was referred to tho committee on tho Judiciary, providing that tho salary or tno secretary oi iuiu uo in duced from $12,000 to $8,000, tho fig tiro At which It Btood boforo It wns In creased, ulong with thoso of all other cabinet oillccrs two years ago. In vlow of this resolution, Assistant Attorney Genirnl Russell hold that if congress restored tho salary tho case foil outaldo tho purposo oi tno inw unu wns not within tho law, In tho house there was general ac ceptance of tho suggestion for tho ro penl of tho low Btanding In tho way of Senator Knox's transfer to tho State department, but It was not accepted by all as feasible, Somo mombors rnlsod tho question, If ovon after a repeal, ho would not bo prohibited, inasmuch as tho constitution forbids tho appoint ment to an ofllco, tho salary of which l.na l.nnn rnlmvl llnrlnf tho Onnolntoo'S I term as a member of congrcsB, nothing enec. An nmuslng encounter between Smith of Michigan and Lodge of Mos nrhtnuitta marked tho debate of tho Canadian boundary waterways treaty in the executive session of tho senate today. Iodgo arscrted that tho roroign offnlrs committee hod received from thu Ktntn HAnartment information which ho believed answered Smith's objections. Smith in his reply declared that tho treaty had not been prepared by cx Secrctory Root, but that it was the work or Chanlcr Andorson, a ew xom Uu-vpr. who has been cncaccd by the State department on various occasions In connection wun treaties oucciing the relations of this country nnd Cana ,ln Smith Intimated that Mr. Ander son was too close to tho interests that control power rights nt Niagara halls ond that tho wholo treaty was prepared for the purposo of quieting tho titles of New York corporations to theso rights. I'hn srnnto committed on naval affairs today adopted the provision for the construction or two au,uuu-ion oat tlcships. It is thought the bill will bo reported to tho senate tomorrow. Monday, February 0. Wathlncton. Feb. 8.Tho houso Miimirironta." who aro agitating a chango in tho rules governing mat body, will Introduce a resolution to mnrrnw timvlilinir for radical chances which are proposed to limit tho power of tho bpcaker. Tho resolution will bo signed nnd Jointly introduced by all of those who havo como out against tlio present rules, nnd theso clnlnl thot many moro have expressed their Intention of help ing tho movement. Because of tho ninnlr in tlm npmocrntic nlatform in tho recent presidential campaign which niixiirnti tho rmriv in invor oi a cnwiiiu in tho rulcB of tho house, the "Insur gents" are counting on the aid of the minority members, nlthough they claim that no effort to join lorces nas ueen mode. Tho houso eavo virtually tho entire anaslnn tn tho consideration of bills nnrtnlnlno- to tho District of Columbia A messogo irom tno preaiueni wua rnnii rprnmmendint? a law rcnuirini! ocean-going vessels to bo equipped with wireless telegraph apparatus. Prnalilont itnosovolt Bent to tllO BCh- ato todny tho report of a commission appointed by him to mnko on examina tion of tho lawa enacted for tho better security of lifo ut sen, with n vlow to tholr hotter adaptation, tiio report rornmmmiria a Bvatomutic rcarrnnce- menjt nnd codification of existing laws, togothor with such changes ns experi ence nnd present doy conditions seem to require. WRITES OF UNSTRUCK ULOW. President Says Riding Story I Not Worth Denial. Los Anirelcs. Feb. 9. Mrs. A. W. Rhoadcs, of this city, whoso daughter was mentioned In tho Washington story which was widely circulated to the effect that President Roosevelt had strtck the young lady's horse while riding past her on tho road, has receiv ed tho following letter from the presi dent ontho subject: "My Dear Mrs. Khoadca: I manic vnu far votir letter of tho 29th ultimo and am glad to hear from you that your daughter denied the Btory that l sirucK her horse. Of course I never struck hr hnran or nnv other ladv'S horse. I Tho wholo story was so absurd as not to bo worth denial. iMumcrous stones of this kind aro started from time to tlmo by foolish or malicious people. Occasionally 1 nm ooiigca to ucny them, but as a rulo I find it best sim ply to Ignore thorn, because denying them calls attention to them ond gives n chanco to mischief-makers to mislead wcll-meanlng people by further repeti tions of tho stories. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." REDUCE PHEASANT SEASON. Hunters Allowed to Kill But Five Birds a Day for Ono Month. Let Alaska Teachers Arrest. Washington, Fob, 10. Tho house, committee on territories today reported u bill to glvo Bcnooiteacners in aiosku tho samo power ns marshals and thoir I doputles to mako arrests. I Sslom, Feb. 9. As amended by the Joint committee on game, the season for hunting pheasants has been short ened to ono month October 15 to No- vrmVr IB. Tlio limit has been reduc ed from ten to five birds a day. Ono concession was mado to tho sportsmen In that hunting with dogs will continue to be alio ved. Thciaison for duck-hunting on tho Columbia river has been fixed from September 15 to January 15. This wns a compromise by tno committee to satisfy tho conflicting interests that appeared before It. Tho limit win re main nt 50 ducks, but the aalo of this gamo will not bo permitted In tho mar ket. Tlm pnmmtttea tonlcht comnletcu its examination of tho revised game laws as compiled by Secretary Eberhard, of tho Oregon Fish and Gumo association, and with a few slight omendments will report tho original Uratt osck to tno knii.n fnvnrnhiv tomorrow. W T. Plnlnv. renresontimr the Au- dubon society, succeeded In having the open soason lor ducks snortenea 10 days. Nebraska Takes a Hand. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 9. Representa tion Tnrru ITnwnnt. nf Tlouclas COUntV. today Introduced In tho houso of repre sentatives a bill to segregate Japanese and Chinese laborers irom wniio wors rrun Tim measure nrovides that tho Jnpaneso and Chinese must not work m company wun wnuo men u mu not bo employed In the samo building. Howard says his bill was evolved to oradicato conditions existing in South Omaha, where Japaneso laborers aro employed In tho pacKing nouses. Mlnlstors Taboo "Salome." Philadelphia, Feb. 9. Tho forthcom Ins production of "Salome," at Oscar Hammerstein's Philadelphia opora houso Thursday night, with Miss Mary nnnVn in tho title rolo. has aroused tho opposition of tho clergy of Phila delphia. Several of tho ministerial bodies adopted resolutions ot proicat today. Tho houso was sold out a few hours after tho tlckot-offlca opened. GERMANY NOT HOPEFUL. Desires Understanding With Britain. But Has No Confidence. Berlin. Feb. 9. The visit of King Edward tomorrow is regarded general ly in itself as an event at tho present moment of tho greatest political signi ficance, and with tho feeling that It would be an excellent thing for both nations if the meeting of the two tnon archs resulted in a mutual understand ing tending to allay international ten sion. From no quarter, however, ia Vo AvnnrtAtlnn voiced with anv confi dence that tho visit of the English king will produce direct tangtoio enccu. King Edward is accompanied by Queen Alexandra, and official circles welcome tho royal visitors in the most courtly tone, regarding their coming to Berlin as a return for tho emperor's visit to England, and are making no comment on tho political importance oi the event. Cologne, Feb. 8. King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived here at 10:30 o'clock tonight and proceeded to Ber lin. STAGE WORSE THAN EVER. Archbishop Farley Calls Modern Plays "Orgies of Obscenity." New York, Feb. 9. "The stage is worse today than it was In tho days of paganism." said Archbishop Farley In his sermon In St. Patrick's cathedral todav. Tho archbishop snid: I "Tho old nreachers wonted us to be lieve that wo must live undefiled to bo saved. All about us wo have the men and women who ore setting evil exam ples. Men hoary with ago go to tho public places and to tho theaters In shamelessness and they bring with them youngsters who cannot escape corruption. Wo see todoy men and women old men and old women who ought to know better, bring the young to thcte orgies of obscenity." Wheat Market Soaring. Chicago, Feb. 9. May wheat dis nlnv ml n runaway tendency today ond mndo a now high record. The market opened with unusual excitement In tho pit and early displayed such restivo features that tho leading owners not onlv sold heavily to check the advance, but advised all their followers to do likewise. This odvlce was followed so promptly that tho position at tho close showed tho revorso of the early ten dency, May closing with n gain of )i cent, whllo other months gained JJ to fi cents, as compared with Saturday's finals. I Tho range for tho day was: Open ing, ?1.10?; high, .$1,114, low. $1.10&; closing, $1.11 t. Nevada Smothers Anti-Japs. Carson, Nov., Feb. 9. In tho Neva da legislature this morning tho assem bly bill prohibiting Japanese nnd Chi nos from acquiring land or acting aa corporation agents camo to tno senate. This body, instead of referring tho measure to tho foreign anuirs commit tee, postponed it indefinitely, King Menellk Not III. Addls-Abebn, Abyssinia, Fob. 9. Tho local representative of the Rcuter Tnlnn-rnm rnmnnnv has boon ofllciallV requested to deny tho report In circula tion recently of tho serious Illness of King Menellk;. The king is now b- sent on on automobile tour.