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LEX1N6T0N WHEATFIELD & A. THOMAS, Publisher LEXINGTON. . . OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Bnsy Headers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. New York proposes to establish a municipal seaside resort. The president will not appoint a su preme judge for biz months. Susan B. Anthony's sister will stump Oregon in the suffrage campaign. The Japanese parliament has voted to buy all railroads in that country. The house will take up the amended Btatehood bill Wednesday, March 21. Official figures show the population of Germany to ba 60,605,183, against 66,367,178 in 1900. The Ohio legislature is considering a bill which will give the courts power to punish witnesses who refuse to talk. King Charles, of Roumania, is near death. The crown prince is unpopular and a movement has been started to crown his 13-year old eon. The District of Columbia court has overruled Binger Hermann's demurrer to indictments for destroying public records. He will ask for an appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals. Western railroads are facing a labor famine. Twentv-flve thousand men are needed in the Northwestern and South western states to build the roads that are already under way, and it is esti mated that before June twice that number will be needed. Denmark may put a tariff law into effect. Russia suspects Japan of hostile de signs in Siberia. All railrcds throuirh Colorado are blocked by snow. Senator Depew is too ill to attend to his duties in the senate. The first severe blizzard of the win ter has just swept New York. The house will reject the senate amendmneta to the statehood bill. The czar has ordered extreme meas ures to be taken to protect Jews from massacre. Secretary Taft has consulted with three of his brothers regarding the place on the supreme bench. A Chicago man has aeked a divorce from his second wife that . she may marry his son. The husband is 56, the wife 22. Chicago is now about to bust the Western Union and Postal "Telegraph companies or make them pay a good price for the use of streets. . The anthracite coal miners will ar range another schedule for presentation to the mine operators in the hope it ' may be accepted and thus prevent a strike. Colonel Knight, Major General Wood's chief of statff, has returned from a reconnaissance of of the. situa tion in China. He reports that there is absolutely no danger of trouble and that tranquility abounds. A new French cabinet has been formed. i Mrs. Dowie denies the rumor that she has deserted her husband. Taft's retirment from the presiden tial race revives the hopes of Fair banks. The Standard Oil company will only give evidence at the trust investigation under compulsion. The Iowa legislature has passed a law preventing the employment of children under 18 years of age in any occupation injurious to health. Vice President Fairbanks honored Senator Fulton by calling the senator to his chair and turning over his gavel to him for the greater part of an atfer noon. Chairman Burton holds out hope of the jetty appropriation bill passing the house. A prominent French mining engineer sayB some of the Courrieres miners are etill alive. The company's latest fig ures show there were 1,212 victims of the epxlosion. The steamer Sierra, which has ar rived at Honolulu from Australia, re ports that there has been no communi cation with Tahiti since the recent dis astrous hurricane. The great gas well near Caney, Kan sas, which was capped and the flow of gas stopped, has again broken out, the hood being perforated by the tremen dous force of sand and flames beneath. The president of the Argentine re public is dead. ACT ON JETTY BILL. House Rivers and Harbors Commit tee Will Soon Meet. Washington, March 16. Chairman Burton, of the house riverB and har bors committee, said he would call a meeting of his committee at an early day to consider Senator Fulton's will appropriating $400,000 for work on the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river. The committee is due to arrive here from its southern trip by Saturday or Sunday and it is probable the meet ing will be held some time next week. If it shall be the opinion of the com mittee that this separate bill should be presented to the houso and pressed on its merits, the bill will be reported without amendment. There is every reason to believe that the committee will favor the appropriation of $400,000 inasmuch as the chief of engineers and secretary of War have both stated that this amount is absolutely necessary to preserve the jetty work from destruc tion and have specifically stated that any less amount will not answer. There is a report that the members of the house committee may favor en larging the Fulton bill by adding pro vision for three or four other emergency projects, so as to make it virtually an emergency river and harbor bill, such as was suggested earlier in the session. This is not certain, however, as the committee has had no meeting this session, and its sentiments cannot be accurately ascertained. If the bill can be so amended without making it a general river and harbor bill, its chances of passing the house will be brighter than would the bill making an appropriation for the Columbia river alone. CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA. Commissioners Predict This as Result of Study of America. New York, March 16.-- Prince Tsai Tse, High Commissioners Shang Chi Heng and Li Cheng To, envoys of the emperor of China, their secretaries and attaches, sailed on the White Star liner Baltic today to continue their investigations in England, France and Belgium. The prince said last night: "I have greatlv enjoyed my visit to this country, and the uniform courtesy that has been accorded me, including the reception by President Roosevelt, has deeply impressed me with the friendly attitude of the American peo ple. I believe that such contact makes for a better understanding and must bring benefit to both of our peoples." That China will soon hnve a contsi tutional government is the opinion of some of the commissioners. Announce ment of tMs belief was made by one of the secretaries of the commission just before the Baltic sailed. It followed a brief conference between all members of the party. "We have been making a compre hensive study of the political situation in this country," he said, "and have seen the application of your laws and tbe workings of the governing bodies. I believe that China will Boon have a constitutional government. It will probably be modeled much on the lines of th6 British constitution, but will contain some of the good features of your own constitution." WRECK KILLS 150 PEOPLE. Head-On Collision of Fast Passenger Trains in Colorado. Pueblo, Colo., March 16. No. 1, southbound, and No. 3, northbound, passenger trains on the Denver & Rio Urande railroad collided head on near Portland, Colo., shortly after midnight, and it is reported at least 50 persons are killed and a large number injured. Relief trains have been ordered from Pueblo and Florence. At this hour de tails are unobtainable. Meager but authentic information from several sources states that the number killed in the collision will reach 150. The ccaches caught fire and most of the victims were roasted to death. Money for Guns and Powder. Washington, March 16. The senate committee on appropriations today completed the fortifications bill, and it was reported by Senator Perkins. It carries appropriations aggregating $5, 618,993, an increase of $780,000 over the amount appropriated by the house bill. The increases are: For mountain, field and siege cannon and equipment and machinery for their manufacture at arsenals, $290,000; for the erection and equipment of a powder factory and or seacoast cannon, equipment and ma chinery for their manfacture, $365,000. Will Nationalize Railroads. Tokio, March 16. JThe parliamen tary majority in favor of nationaliza tion of railways is reported to be in creasing and there seems to be little doubt the project will be carried through. Work on the elevated rail road in Tokio, suspended during the war, has been resumed. Japan and Russia are planning 'to exchange im perial envoys to signify the restoration of peace. IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Friday, March 16. Washington, March 16. For an in stant in the house today there was a lapse in the vigilant of those who have been on guard to prevent legis lation which would take away the rank of lieutenant general in the army, and the chances of Generals Corbin and MacArthur for promotion; Prince, of Illinois whose bill abolishing the grade in question is the regular order of bus iness under call of committees, slipped into the legislative breach. There was an immediate call to arms on both sides, and for three hours the friends of the generals filibustered against the bill. The net result was that the previous question is odered on the bill and an amendment is pending, having been offered by Grosvenor, of Ohio, which extends the time of the operation of the bill so as to allow the promotion of the two officers named. Oil this amendment the house was voting, but without a quorum, when adjournment was had until Mon;lay, when the vote will be completed. At present it stands 78 ayes and 83 noes on the amendment. i Previous to thib, the first real fili buster of the session, there had been four hours of debate on the legislative bill. Shacklefordopened the program with a severe criticism of Speaker Can non, which he was not allowed to fin ish. Then followed a somewhat lively debate on the appropriation bill. Thursday, March 15. Washington, March 15. WilliamB occupied the last few minutes of today's session of the house, which was short ened on account of the Republican statehood caucus, in a sarcastic speech on the division among his opponents on the Btatehood bill. He declared that a reference of the bill to a committee before the house had had an opportu nity to vote on the senate amendments "would be the most high-handed ty ranny that ever took place from the speaker's chair." The Towneend resolution, conferring additional power on the Interstate Commerce commission to make the special investigation authorized in the Tillman-Gillespie resolution, regaiding the relation between certain railroads and the ccal and oil industries, was passed. Washington, March 15. The senate today ctuitinemi: consideration . ot the railroad rate question by listening to the readipg of a report on that measure by Tillman. HiB report was read at the request of Aldrich, who said he was curious to hear the opinion of the South Carolina senator. Brief attention was called to the message of the presi dent transmitting the letter of the sec retary of War relative to the recent Moro battle. Bacon spoke of the kill ing of the Moroa as "slaughter," and Lodge deprecated criticism until- the facts should be. known. The houee resolu ion giving the Interstate Com merce commission authority to admin ister oaths in connection with its in vestigation of charges of diRcrimination made against railroads ' was1 adopted without resorting to the formality of requiring its reference to committee. Wednesday, March 14. Washington, March 14. The rail road rate bill today reached the contro versial stage in the senate. The ques tion came up in the regular order of business shortly before 2 o'clock and held the floor until the doors were closed for a brief executive session shortly after 5 o'clock. Rayner was the chief speaker of the day. Among the senators who were aroused by him were Foraker, Lodge and Doliver. Both tbe Ohio and the Massachusetts sena tors took exception to Rayner's conten tion that the railroads have interfered with the framing of the bill and For aker also expressed himself as dissatis fied with the intimation that the rail roads are represented on the floor of the senate. Warren addressed the senate on the bill extending from 28 to 36 hours the mt luring which livestock in transit on railroad trains may be confined without change, saying that the meas ure was in the interest of huirmnitar ianism and should be passed. He said that the extension of time was to be made only upon the request of ship pers, and that it would not work a hardship on either owners or their stock. Washington, March 14. The second Smoot Case Next Month. Washington, March 13. The Smoot case is apt to be brought before the senate early in April, and will continue to be the foremost topic of discussion in that body for the better part of a month, of leaders of the anti-Smoot campaign are to be relied upon. Before the present congress assembled, it was understood that the case would be re ported eary in January, but the anti Smoot people had some additional wit nesses to produce, and then Senator Smoot wanted some of his friei.di to appear. day of general debate on the legislative bill developed limited discussion of the retirement of aged clerks intersperced with a speech on statehood by Babcock, of Wisconsin, 6ne on the restriction of immigration by Gardner, of Massachu setts, and a presentation of reasons why the jurisdiction of Federal courts Bhould be restricted in certain cases where it was acquired because of the citizenship of the litigants being indifferent states. Babcock said the house bill was one of the greatest legislative outrages ever enacted ; that the senate had properly amended the bill, and he favored the senate amendments. Babcock dwelt at length on the reasons why Arizona and New Mexico should not be united as one state. Tuesday, March 13. Washington, March 13. Before tak ing up the railroad question today, the senate passed a number of bills, some of which were of considerable import ance. One of them provides for the punishment of government officials for the premature divulgence of secret in formation of government bureaus in Buch matters as crop reports ; another grants executive authority in the mat ter of construction of bridges over navi gable streams, and still another gives congressional sanction to the effort on the part of Delaware and New Jersey to adjust their long pending boundary dispute. Washington, March 13. The house devoted itself to general debate on the legislative appropriation bill. Litlauer, of New York, and Livingston, of Geor gia, representing the Republican and Democratic views, concurred on the question that something must be done in the way of reorganizing the govern ment service. Marshall, of North Da kota, gave his voice to the proposition ot free alcohol; Hayes, of California, spoke in behalf of restricti g Japanese and Corean immigration and Bennett, of New York, defended his city in rela tion to the class of foreigners who make New York city their home. The bill carrieB a total appropriation of $29,134,181. Monday, March 12. ' : Washington, March 12. There waB a sharp division of opinion in the sen ate today over the question whether the Tillman-Gillespie resolution instruct ing tbe Interstate ' Commerce, commis sion to inquire into the railroad hold ings of coal and oil lands justified the president's message regarding it. Till man complained that the president had charged congress with insincerity,' pre tense and ignorance. Lodge and Spooner took' the position that the charge of ignorance was warranted. The debate was interrupted at 2 o'clock, when Culberson was recognized to Bpeak on the railroad rate bill. He read a section of his bill to create emer gency powers for the Interstate Com merce commission, which he will offer as a substitute for the pending meas ure. Foraker took issue with Culberson when - he declared congress itself had construed the commerce clause of the constitution as giving it power to fix rates, by granting a Federal charter to the Union Pacific railway. In that act it reserved this power, and it acted un der the commerce clause in that legis lation. This Foraker contended should not be so held. Washington, Marh 12. Carrying out the recommendation of the commission that investigated the wreck of the Va lencia, Senator Piles and Representa tive Humphrey today introduced a bill authorizing the construction of an ocean-going tug for use on the North Pacific coast from the entrance of Puget sound southward along the coast of Oregon. This tug is to be designed primarily for use in times of emergen cy, such as shipwreck, and intended to be otherwise UBeful in caring for life and property along the north coast. No specific appropriation is made by the bill, the size of the appropriation to be determined by a eommittee, but it, is stipulated that the vessel shall be built under the direction of the secre tary of the treasury, and shall be con trolled by the revenue cutter service. Her crew shall include skilled men de tailed from the life-saving service. Senator Piles also introduced a bill authorizing thn establishment of three life-saving stations on the Washington coast between Gray's Harbor and Cape Flatery. Report on Employers' Liability Bill. Washington, March 12. The house committee on judiciary decided today to make a favorable report on the Bates Employers' Liability bill, in amended form. Representative Sterling, of Illi nois, will draw the report. Under the bill a railroad is made liable to an em ploye, his wife, children or dependent relatives,, "for all damages which may result from the negligence of any of its Office, agents or employes or by reas on of any defect or insufficiency due to its negligence in its cars, engines, ap pliances, track, roadbed or works." MAY FORCE FIGHT. Senate Committee Will Report B l Repealing Timber Law. Washington, March 14. The senate committee on public lands is putting the finishing touches on a bill to repeal the timber and atone act and substitute therefore a new law authorizing the sale of mature timber on the public do main at no less than its appraised val ue, provision also being made for the Bale of stone valuable for building pur poses on an equitable basis. For six weeks the committee has been consid ering this bill, and has now agreed to its various provisions, merely waiting for the adjustment of minor features before reporting to the senate. Prac tically every member of the committee !s favorable to the bill in its present form, believing it will cure most, if not all, of the evils that have been perpe trated under the provisions of the tim ber and stone act. The future of this bill is somewhat in doubt. It seems quite likely that it will pass tbe senate, for there is a general sentiment in its favor. With few exceptions, the entire senate is con vinced that the timber and stone act ia iniquitous in many respects; in its en forcement, if not in its prescribed stip ulation. But what will th house com mittee do to the senate bill? It will be recalled that only a couple of weeks ago the house committee tabled a similar bill. By a vote of eight to five the house committee re fused to even permit the house to con sider the subject of repealing the tim ber and stone act. It was a wise move from the standpoint of the men opposed to reform in the land laws, for it is a sure thing that once the house has an opportunity to vote to repeal the tim ber and stone act, that law will go off the statute books with the sanction of a large majority of the house members. WIN BY SUBTERFUGE. Germany Wants a Neutral Power to Name Inspector General. Algeciras, March 14. Success or failure of the Moroccan conference still dependB upon Germany. When Ger many in consequence of the almost universal disapproval which her posi tion excited, appeared to concede the principle of the Franco-SpaniBh police, the delegates supposed an agreement was at hand and all menace of war vanished.- Closer scrutiny of the Austro-Ger-man proposal for an inspector' general, particlarly in the light of Ilerr von Radowi'z's private description of this functionary, showed that Germany con tinued to demand the internationaliza tion of Morocco. - It is expected that France's opposi tion to Buch a Fcheme will finally lead Germany to abandon it, but in the meantime the state of tension and un certainty has been resumed. If Ger many insists that tbe inspector general possess the right to control the police, no settlement can be amicably effected. The French wilt not permit a stalking, horse in the form of a supreme execu tive officer to enter Morocco with Ger many behind him disguised as Sweden, Holland or Switzerland. To allow this; would be to allow the kaiser to accom plish by a trick what he has been pow erless to achieve openly. The neutral delegates are anxious that France shall not be unyielding as to nonessentials, but realize that Ger many's latest move looks like a subtle attempt to attenuate the French posi tion until the world will be unable to see it, while leaving it in substance as large as originally. It is doubtful if the kaiser's negotiations will gain any thing from this effort. The delegates, do not relish the assumption the con ference is lacking in discernment. Sea Rushes Over Land. Brussels, March 14. Terrible havoc has resulted in North Belgium from the overflowing of the Scheldt river. Many farmhouses were completely demolished, by the rush of waters and at Melsole ten children were drowned before the eyes of their parents, who , were help less to aid them. People have taken refuge on the roofB of houses, from, which points they are now being res cued by soldiers in boats. Manufac turing establishments were destroyed and the Iobs is estimated at 2,500,000 francs. . Watch for Fitzgerald. New York, March 14. The New York American this morning says that General Louis Fitzgerald, ex-chairman: of the Equitable Life Assurance soci ety, who was desired as a witness by the Armstrong investigating committee, has returned to New York. He was in his home in Lexington avenue last night and a process server held vigil ir the street near by. High License Passes Ohio House. Columbus, O., March 14. The house tonight by a vote of 66 to 46, passed the Aiken bill increasing the Dow tax imposed upon Baloons from $350 to $1,000. The passage of the bil. is attributed largely to the recent riota in Springfield.