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Friday, March I.
Wellington. March 1. It ha been
year since the hour was the scene of
ao general bnttla between two great
parties a took place today over the
ulilp eulwldy bill. The bill wu passed,
but not until It haul been defeated,
and Hi la (art In Itaelf ihowa how clone
the aliiiKineitt wa.
Immediately after the first ballot die
emulous begnn and on tha final vote to
pass the hill aa amendmed the work
done bv the Kcpubltcan leaders during
the heat uf the battle waa made manl
(vat. The bill was passed, 165 to HO.
Washington, March 1. The dena
tured alcohol hill passed the senate to
day by a vote of 05 to 1. I'uttueof
Alabama rant the negative vote. Thii
action waa taken after the committee
amendment requiring the presence of a
government atorekeeper whenever alco
hol ia being manufactured had been de
feated by a vote of 47 to 10. The bill
mi iMamil conlulni a senate amendment
ptrmittltiic rum to lie denatured. Con
equcntly Uie measure inuat be returned
to the houae for action. Tha bill la
Intended to tnake It prlble for a farm
er to wtiiblish stills of HmitiMl rapacity
for the manufacture of alcohol to be de
iiaturvd. Thursday, February 28.
Washington, Feb. 28. Hie aenete
today passed without division the bill
extending government aid to the Alnska-Yukon-Paclfle
exposition to I held In
Heatlle in ltttH and debated for acveral
houra the denatured alcohol bill, reach
ing no conclusion on the latter measure.
The conference report on the army
appropriation bill waa pteaented and
by the venule' receding on the point
in controversy it provision for the
retirement of paynuwtcra' clerka a
complete agreement between the two
houoea resulted.
Washington, Feb. 28. General de
Imte on the ahlp autaidy bill In the
houra temlnated at 2:15 p. m. today,
whereupon Uie bill waa read under the
five-minute rule for amendment.
From that time until the recess at 6
o'clock amendment were offered and
the discussion proceeded thereon. The
leader on both aide were drawn Into
the debate.
lly a vole of 112 to 127 the houae de
feated an amendment offered by Lit
tnuer excepting the Sierra, the Sonoma
and the Ventura, of the Oeacnic line,
from the operation of the provision em
powering the poetuuwter general to
make contracts with citizen of the
United States for carrying the mail on
steamship. Tbla waa regarded aa a
test vote In relation to the Pacific
line.
Wadnaaday, February 37.
WuHhington, Feb. 27. After listen
ing to an argument by Patterson of
Colorado In favor of government owner
ahlp of railrouds, the aenate Unlay
agreed to the conference report on the
river and harbor bill. Protest were
made against the reduction from (060,
O00 to (250,000 of the amount for Im
provement In the Mississippi river be
tween Cairo and St. Louis by Hopkins,
Cullom, Stone, Allison and Overman.
The emnllur amount prevailed.
Washington, Feb. 27. Humphrey of
Washington held the center of the stage
for a comddornhlbe time today during
the debate In the bonne on the ship sub
sidy bill. Ho had a hot exchange of
compliment with Sullivan of Massa
chusctte alxmt the attitude of Uie Dem
ocrats on the Japanese controversy.
He said he would not vote to report,
any bill that would nut provide that
the flag shall go to the Philippines.
He charged the Democratic party with
trying to keep thla country ftom hold
ing communication with the Philip
pines "in order to bring dlsgiaee upon
our admiiiistiation of those islands.
They hope to Inveigle ui into a war
with Japan, to make ui ao weak that
Japan will attack us, and then they
liope to ride Into power over their coun
try' disgrace," he said.
Tuaaday, February 28.
Washington, Feb. 26. The aenate
today passed the aundry civil appro,
priation bill carrying (114,578,801, an
Increase of over 110,000,000 as com
pared with (he house bill. It also
passed the Aldrlch currency bill by a
vote of 43 to 14.
The currency bill authorize the Issu
ance of (10 gold certificates, to the end
that the 910 greenbacks may be broken
up into (1, $2 and (5 billa, for which
Agra on Appeal Bill. i
Washington, Feb. 27. The confer
ence report on the bill regulating ap
peals In criminal prosecutions to per
mit appeals by the government, as
adopted by the senate today, allows
writ of error within 30 days on behalf
of the United States In the District
court direct to the Supreme court of
the United States on all criminal de
cisions on demurrers to indictments
or arresting of a Judgment of convic
tion for Insufficiency of the Indictment,
where decisions are based on the in
validity or constuctlon of the statutes.
there Is a great demand. It alio au
thorize the deposit of cuatom receipt
In national bank, as Internal revenue
receipt are now dupoeited. It raises
from 13,000,000 to 10,000,000 the na
tional hank circulation that may be re
tired In any one month.
Washington, Feb. 20. General de
bate on the ship subsidy bill continued
throughout the day in the houae. The
rule limiting the general debate to five
houra waa by unanimous consent
amended ao tliat genetal dctwte shall
run through tomorrow, with anight
session (miii 8 o'clock until 11 o'clock,
when the debate will terminate. Mr.
Unwvenor waa Uie principal champion
of the bill
The conference report on the fortifi
cations and the omnibus revenue cutter
kill) weie adopted. The conference
report on the army and fiver and har
bor appropriation bill were presented.
Monday, February 25.
Washington, Feb. 25 The senate
today tmsned Uie agricultural appropri
ation bill, carrying nearly (10,000,000,
with an amendment providing that
forest reserves in curtain Western
Hiatus shall not be created or enlarged
without an act of congress, the post
oillce appropriation bill, carrying (210,
000,000; the pension appropriation
bill, carrying (145,000,000, and the
bill authorising the establishment of
an agricultural bank in tha Philippine.
Ily a vote of 43 to ltt Uie senate to
night ratified the Santo Domingo
treaty. This was one more vote in
the atlirmntive than waa required.
Washington, Feb. 25. Ship luliei.ly
secured a marked impetus today in the
house, which, just before adjournment,
adopted a rule that will probably In
sure the passage of the Llttaner aubstl
tute for the senate bill and result be
fore the final adjournment in positive
legislation.
Hie rule was reported by Dalzell In
the shape of a resolution providing tliat
the compromise bill shall be consid
ered, with debate limited to five hours,
and Uiat the final vote shall be taken
not later than next Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. The rule waa adopted by
a vote of 158 to 122, 24 Republicans
voting with the Democrats in opposi
tion to Uie rule.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was adopted, as was
the conference report on Uie bill pro
viding - for the allotment and distribu
tion of Indian tribal fund.
Saturday, February 23.
Washington, Feb. 23. Although the
senate devoted four hours to legislative
matters today, nothing was accom
plished except speech-making. The
agricultuial appropriation bill received
further criticism. It is proposed that
(1,000,000 be added to the fund at Uie
disposal of the Forest service to make
up for revenue taken away from It and
turned Into the treasury. While this
amendment proliably is to be accepted.
Ileyburn will not permit to receive final
action until he lias exhausted every le
gitimate means of opposition.
Washington, Feb. 23. The house
adnpteud an amendment to the aundry
civil bill providing that no bar or can
teen where intoxicating liquors are sold
shall be maintained in National sol
diers' homes. In view of thecampatign
throughout the country against the can
teen In soldiers' homes, intense interest
was shown when that feature of Uie bill
waa reported.
Four hundred thousand dollar was
added to the appropriation tor the geo
logical survey. The sundry civil appro
priation, the largest In the history of
the government, carrying (105,000,000,
was passed.
Retain Foreclosure Tan Year.
Washington, Feb. 2fl. The Lodge
argicutlural Philippine bank bill, as
passed by the senate, contains an
amendment suggested by Culberson re
quiring that the bank may not hold
lands which it has acquired on mort
gage foreclosure longer than ten years.
Telephone for Llfesavrr.
Washington, Feb. 27. Senator Ful
ton has secured Uie adoption of an
amendment to Uie sundry civil bill ap
propriating (5,000 for a telephone line
from the Uuipqua lifesavlng station to
the mouth of the Sluslaw river, also
(20,000 for rebuilding the lighthouse
at Cape Arago.
Baatty Will Hold Over.
Washington, Feb. 27 Judge Seatty,
of Idaho, has been requested to remain
on Uie bench to hold the March term
of court, which means Uiat his resigna
tion will not be accepted until after
congress adjourns. It is understood
Uiat this arrangement ia made ao Uiat
the president, in making Uie selec
tion ot a new judge, may have the
views not only of Senator Heybura, but
of Senator Borah, No recommendation
can properly be filed until Judge Beat
ty's resignation has been accepted. The
president wants to get the right man.
PLAN TO STOP SACK GRAFT.
Palouir Farmers Will Carry Thlr
Wheat to Elevator.
Waverly, Wash., Feb. 26. The
farmers and wheatgrowers of this dis
trict have decided to do away with the
"sack profit," arid elevator for band
ling wheat In bulk will I be built all
along th Spokane A Inland Flectric
road. A very enthusiastic meeting was
held here recently and the matter thor
oughly discussed by the farmers. Th
meeting was addressed by a representa
tive of the elevator company, who ex
plained the advantage to be derived
from Uie farmer handling loose Instead
of sacked grain. '
The company will be organized to en
able th wheatgrower to handle bis
grain In the most economical manner,
and thereby save the price of sacks,
which sell for from 10 to 11 cent each.
The farmer feel that they have been
Imposed upon by the "sack grafters"
long enough, and they have to decided
to stop buying sack and handle their
wheat In bulk.
Wagon boxes that will bold 100
bushels of wheat to haul to th eleva
tor will cost the farmers but (15 each,
and these boxes can be used from year
to year. All elevators will be equipped
with the most modern machinery for
the handling and cleaning of grain In
the most economical manner. Wheat
can be handled fully a cent a bushel
cheaper than through the warehouse in
sacks. Wagon dumps and shipping
scales will be provided at every eleva
tor. These elevators will probably be
built all Uirougb the Palouse country
thla season, as farmers all over Eastern
Washington are anxious to do away
with sacks.
TRUST IS REALITY.
Farmers Holding Back Produce for
Better Price.
Chicago, Fob. 28. The farmer'
trust has arrived. It has stretched its
big, strong hand over the' states of In
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Wis
consin, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Missouri and Texas. Its knotted fin
ger have piled up millions of bushels
of grain and fruit and thousand of
bale of cotton Into a mountain heap,
and the trust ha said to the dealers of
the world:
"You can't have any of this until
you pay u what we think It coming to
us. Now do your worst."
Ever since early last fall, board of
trade men and shipper of grain have
been talking about the scarcity of cars.
To Uiat scarcity they have attributed
almost entirely the fact that corn,
whiat and other farm products do not
move to the market centers with more
baste. The dearth of "cars is an every
day theme In the speculative and com
ercial gossip. That there is a great
deal in it nobody disputes, but a still
more significant phenomenon of Uie
day ia Uiat grain is being held back be
cause, the farmers are determined they
shall get Uie price they have set on
their own property.
RATES ON DECLINE.
Senator Elklns Files Long List of
Railroad Statistics.
Washington, Feb. 26. Senator El
kins, of West Virginia, has just com
pleted and filed in the senate is minor
ity report on the railroad rate law. It
presents a comprehensive history of the
economic development of American
railroads, together with exhaustive
tables which tend to show a constantly
decreasing freight and passenger rate,
and the relation between such rates and
Uie price of commodities and cost of
labor.
"The average passenger rate," say
the report, "advanced slightly - from
1870 to 1880. During the next 24 years
there waa a decline equal to 17.85 per
cent of Uie average for ,1880. The net
decline from 1870 to 1890 averaged
16.14 per cent. . The decline In the av
erage rate per mile per ton of freight
was 58.71 per cent during the years
from 1870 to 1904, the rate for the
earlier year being about two and one
half times that ot the latter, and the
net saving to the shippers averaged
11.09 mills per ton per mile."
The report says that Uie cost of
transportation in 1904 was nearly (2,
000,000,000 less than it would have
been had the rates for 1870 still pre
vailed. Dry Farming In Malheur.
Vale, Or., Feb. 26. Persons here
from Pendleton and Walla Walla state
that they will take up some of Uie bench
land just 'west of Vale and use dry farm
ing methods. They feel certain Uiat
the soil is similar and better than that
around Pendleton, on which such excel
lent return are being made. No dry
farming has ever been tried In this sec
tion of the county, and the outcome is
being prophesied as a failure by some
of Uie old settlers, but those who are
studying the situation state there can
be no doubt as to success.
Forty of Crew Perished.
Canea, Island of Crete, Feb. 26.
All the passengers on Ixiard Uie Aus
trian steamer Imperhitrix, which ran
on a rook Friday evening near Cape
Elaphoniso, were saved. Forty mem
bers ot the crew, of whom 32 were Aus
trlans and eight Indians, perished.
ALL BUT ONE SAVED
Steamer Corona Goes on Rocks
' Oil Eureka, California.
VESSEL IS A EOPELESS WRECK
High 8a Running and Llfa-aavara
Hav Hard Task to Reach
. Doomed Ship.
Eureka, March 2. The steamer
Corona, Captain Boyd, considered the
best boat In the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company's service between this
city and Ban Francisco, lie straddling
the north jetty on the Humboldt bar,
a hopeless wreck. The Corona, with
neatly 100 passengers aboard, struck
at 10:10 o'clock yesterday morning, as
Captain Boyd was attempting, in the
teeth of a stinging wind and a terrific
bar flood, to drive her into port.
Th usual scenes attendant upon a
shipwreck followed. The passenger
rushed into the social ball. Bom of
the women were hysterical and some of
the men were palsied with fear, but
reassuring word irom the ciew and
some of tbe calmer passengers brought
calm. Thereafter the passengers as
sembled upon the hurricane deck,
where they remained until the rescue
work waa undertaken in the afternoon
Boon after the ship struck, a boat, in
charge of Quartermaster Gunn, was
lowered sway. It contained three of
the crew and three steerage passengers
This boat capsized at once in the boll
ing surf and II . Errickson. a Swede,
was drowned. Gunn and the others
succeeded in reaching shore, the life
saving crew under Captain Ilennig
having come to their assistance.
A second boat, in charge of Second
Officer B. V. Joenn, was put off.
Badly battered and leaking like a sieve,
this boat reached Uie shore. Mean
while, T. F. Sothern, night saloon
watchman, formerly a marine in the
United States navy, stripped to the
waist and attempted to carry a line
ashore. The small line he had tied
about hi waist parted, however, before
he had gone far. Sothern was picked
up by tbe life-saver. Several attempts
were made to shoot a line aboard with
the Lyle gun, but each time the line
fell far abort.
Finally it was decided by Captain
Ilennig and the life-savers to go out In
Uie billows, and they made as gallant a
voyage aa ever men undertook, finally
reaching the side of the Corona and
picking np the line.
Within a short time after the Corona
struck, new of the accident wag com
municated to Eureka and several thous
and people during th day went to the
beach opposite Uie wreck to watch the
work ot rescue. Several unsuccessful
attempts were made to work early In
the day, but it was not nntil 4:50
o'clock in the afternoon that Captain
Ilennig and bis men worked effectively.
SAYS SENATE WAS BOUGHT.
Story About Causa of Spanish War
Excites Spain.
Madrid, March 2. A sensation has
been caused here by the publication of
a story credited to Uie Diaro de la Ma
rina, of Havana which purports to
show by documentary evidence tliat Uie
United States congress was bought in
1897 by Toinas Estrada Palma to insure
war being declaied against Spain. Ac
cording to Uie Havana newspaper,
bond to the value of (37,000.000, re
deemable when Cuba should become
independent, were issued in Washing
ton to senators and a contract exists
which contains phraseology like that
of the joint resolution ot April, 1888,
voted by congress. The article says
further that the value of the bonds
fell heavily In 1899, and therefore a
new contract was made between Palma
and the American senators. Count
Salasar, minister of foreign affairs, has
telegraphed to Uie Spanish representa
tive at Washington for Uie fullest in
formation. Japanese Cruisers for Jamestown.
Yokohama, March 2." The Japanese
cruisers Tsukiba and Chitose left at 11
o'clock this morning for Jamestown,
Va. Naval Minister Vice Admiral
Saito. Admirals Togo, Itc, Inouye, the
naval attache at the American embassy,
Consul General Miller and local Jap
anese officials were present upon the
occasion. The emperor and crown
prince sent special aides de camp with
a farewell message to Admiral Ijuin on
the flagship Tsukiba. The pier, which
was decorated, was lined with an in
terested but undemonstrative crowd.
, , New Treaty Causes Uproar..
St. Thomas, D. W. I., March 2.
There is intense excitement in Santo
Pomingo regarding the new American
Dominican treaty. The ministers de
mand the withdrawal of Senor Veins
ques' portfolio or that the president ac
cept their resignations. '
SUB-TREASURY ROBBED.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Theft
Uncovered In Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 23 The Tribune to
day says:
One of th largest if not th largest
thefts from the United Bute treas
ury has been unearthed In Chicago.
' Somewhere between (175,000 and
(200,000 waa stolen from the local lub
treasury last week. The money baa
disappeared as completely as if it had
ran ished from the earth.
Th authorities here and In Wash
ington have been working night and
day on the robbery since it wss discov
ered. Chief Wilkie, of tbe United States
Secret service, ba been keeping inform
ed by telephone and telegraph of every
development, and, according to tele
graphic advice, he will leave Washing
ton today to take personal chargejofthe
investigation.
Secretary Shaw, of Uie Treasury de
partment, waa told of th big theft
when in Chicago last week, and was in
conference with Sub-Treasurer William
Boldenwick and secret service officials.
The money was stolen either a week ago
Saturday, th next day or Monday.
The chance are it waa abstracted on
Monday. The loss was discovered
Tuesday.
All the money taken was in large
bills bills of Uie denomination of
(1,000, (5,000 and (10,000. Just who
discovered tbe loss the sub-treasury offi
cials would not admit last night.
Neither would they tell from what de
partment the money was taken, nor
how the loss was discovered.
DANGER TO HARBOR BILL.
May C Killed Entirely to Avert Big
Treatury Deficit.
Washington, Feb. 25 Since Chair
man Tawney, ot the appropriations
committee, called attention to the prob
ability of a deficit of (100,000,000, in
consequence olthe large appropriations
made this session, there has been con
siderable talk around the capitol about
defeating the river and harbor bill,
thus removing the possibility of such
deficit.
The river and harbor bill as passed
by the bouse carried (83,000,000. Aa
amended by the senate, it carries (92,
000,000, and the prospects are that, if
the conference committee agrees, it will
report a bill carrying in the neighbor
hood of (90,000,000, or 'approximately
tbe amount of the deficit predicted by
Mr. Tawney.
Friend of.the river and harbor bill,
since Uie rumor started, have become
active in urging prompt agreement on
Uie bill in conference, so that it will
not run the chance of being talked to
death in the last day or two of the ses
sion. If the report Is delayed nntil Uie
middle of the week, and a few senators
determine to kill it, they will have Uie
bill entirely within their power.
STOP FOREST RESERVES.
Fulton Would Give Congress Author
lly to Create.
. Washington, Feb. 25. Senator Ful
ton has offered his amendment to tha
agricultural apropriation bill, prohib
iting the creation of further forest re
serves in Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Wyoming and Colorado, except by au
thoriy of congress. Senator Lodge, who
threatened to taise a point of order
against Uie amendment, withdrew his
objection, and it was generally agreed
Uiat the amendment would be permitted
to go in Uie bill if it was not debated.
This is satisfactory to Mr. Fulton, and
he expects to have the amendment ac
cepted by the senate when the bill is
taken np.
Western men in congress are thor
oughly aroused at the Forest service for
its attempt not only to regulate all gov
ernment timber land but public range
land as well, and in consequence legis
lation recommended by the president,
looking to Uie leasing of the publio
range and the reservation of all publio
timber land now in reserves, will be
tabled.
Japanese Will Investigate.
Seattle, Feb. 25. The Japanese asso
ciation of Seattle has appointed a com
mittee of five to make a full and impar
tial report on conditions existing in the
Pacific Northwest, as regards their
countrymen. The result of the com
mittee's investigation will be sent to
the government at Tokio, through the
Japanese ambassador at Washington
A. Hattori, president of the assocition,
declared that the meeting was not called
as a government function, but merely
through a sense of national pride to in
vestigate conditions.
No Hop for Seattle Fair Bill.
Washington, Feb. 25. Senator Piles
has about abandoned hope of securing
the passage through the senate this
session of Senator Ankeny's bill appro
priating (700,000 for Uie Seattle expo
sition. Senator Hale refuses to with
draw his objection- As the bill cannot
pass the house this session, the whole
matter will go over to the next con
gress, when it stands a fair chance ot
passing.