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flANSBROUGH WILL
ADD TO RATE BILL
Approves of Principle in Poiu
ker's Amendment, but Wants
Stricter Provision,
AMENDMENT NOW OUTS
OFF FABMERS' PASSES
Great Northern's Custom in North
Dakota Ended if Provision
Is Adopted.
By W. W. Jermana.
Washington. April 13.Senator For
aker yesterdav afternoon was tolling
the senate about his antipass amend
ment to the rate bill, and annoiuicmg
that when the time came for the discus
sion of amendments, ho would tell his
colleagues and the country why, his
opinion, the railroads ought to be pro
hibited from giving free transportation
to passengers.
Senator Hansborough of North Dako
ta interrupted him to inquire if, a
-Foraker's judgment, the adoption of the
amendment would prevent the Great
Northern road from issuing passes to
the farmers of that state in order to
have them once a year visit the state
agricultural college at Fargo. Foraker
replied that he thought his amendment
would forbid such a practice.
Hanstotogh then announced that he
favoredJme genera^prineiple of the
Foxakir*ltmendment^Kt would be sorry
tc/beconvinced th^pt included affairs
such as/he had just discovered. He
then Slated her that he would pre
pare an ajruipment to the Foraker
amendmenmT
WOUM Make It Unlawful.
ABked what this amendment would
contain, he said that it would make it
unlawful for persons to accept passes*
when offered by railroads. The For
aker amendment simply prohibits the
railroads from offering the passes and
Hansbrough would go rurther than this
and also prohibit their acceptance,
"But I would except from the provi
sions of the bill," he went on to say,
"the clerks of committees erf cojigress^
and the secretaries of Senators and rep
resentatives. These persons should
either be permitted to accept passes,
when they can get them, or congress
should provide mileage for them the
same as it does for its own members.''
Speaking regarding the general anti
pass proposition Mr. Hansbrough said
that he would vote for such an amend
ment to the bill when the opportunity
arose. He is of the opinion that the
e,se which he cited to Senator Foraker
would not come within the scope of
federal authority.
States Have Authority.
Congress has the right to prohibit
all passes for interstate passenger busi
ness, but the state legislatures control
the matter within state lines. So, if
the antipass amendment were put on
the rate bill, it would not affect passes
inside the state of North Dakota un
less the legislature of that state were
to supplement the federal act by an
act or its own. Whether or not it
would do this, he does not know, but
he admits that, under the stimulus of a
federal antipass aot, many of the states
would be carried to the length re
ferred to.
I believe that the abolition of
passes is in the interest of better things
in public service. It may work a hard
ship for many individuals, but its good
to the entire community cannot be
questioned. The annual gatherings of
the farmers of that state at Fargo
I think has an important educational
value, and it need not be stopped by
anything congress may do.
Would End Tristate Sessions.
"An antipass amendment would,
however, put a stop to the tristate and
similar gatherings of farmers of the
northwest, which have been popular in
past years. That is, it would put a
stop to that part of them which de
pends upon passes. However, this is
matter for future consideration.
No single instance of this kind, no
matter how meritorious, should inter
fere with the enactment of a provision
whose general effect over the country
would be as beneficial as this antipass
provision would be."
It was suggested in the senate yes
terday afternoon that the general de
bate on the rate bill may be concluded
next week. That is to say, so far as
the discussion of the general question
is concerned. There are no set ad
dresses in sight following that Mr. La
Follette, set for Tuesday. Between now
and then, however, it is, of course, pos
sible that other senators may indicate
a desire to talk, and if they do, that
will continue the debate. It is becom
ing apparent that the general debate
is beginning to exhaust itself.
WANTS A PENALTY
FOR PASS-TAKING
BUILDINGS BURN WHILE
BED TAPE BLOGKS. AID
Berlin, April 13.An illustration of
the faithful enforcement of bureau
cratic customs is given in the Burger
Gazette of Musthausen, South Germany.
A group of buildings at Hueninhen,
near the German-Swiss frontier, caught
fire Sunday. A fire engine from Basle,
Switzerland, just across the frontier,
came to help in extinguishing the
flames. The "customs officers, however,
would not allow the Swiss fire engine
to cross the border unless the firemen
paid duty for it, and while the discus
sion Went on, the buildings, which were
within 100 yards of the customs house,
burned to the ground.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT HUNT.
Journal Special Service.
San Antonio, Texas*. April IS.President
Roosevelt will not go hunting any more while
he remains president. This is what he has Just
written to Colonel Cecil Lyon. President Roose
velt says that the people are making too much
sport ftf his going hunting and the prevailing
opinion that his outings are not in keeping with
the dignity of the office has caused him to de
cide to forego further hunting until hit term- of
office dull eiplre.
KING PETER,
Bervia's Sovereign, Whose Abdication
Is Demanded.
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THRONE TOTTERS,
BUT PETER STAYS
Threat to Remove Him April 26
Is Defied by Servia's
Ruler.
London, April 13.Belgrade tele
grams give official denial to the state
ment that King Peter intendB to abdi
cate. The denial, however, does not
counteract the general belief that a
serious Servian crisis is brewing.
April 26 is named as the day on
which the king will be dethroned and
expelled unless he abdicates.
A strong party is reported to have
been formed against King Peter, but in
favor of his cousin. Prince Arsen Kara
georjjevitch, who is now an dmcer in
the Russian army.
RUSSIA TREMBLES
NEAR MNKRDPTC!
Czar's Treasury Nearly Stripped
and Loan Negotiations Are
in Deadlock.
Glasgow, April 13.A dispatch to
the Herald from St. Petersburg states
that the complete bankruptcy of Rus
sia is approaching. It says that the
negotiations for a number of loans are
again at a deadlock and that in the im
perial treasury only a few million
rubles are left. The democrats, the
correspondent says, will make a special
appeal to Great Britain and to France
to unite and subscribe to the new loan
to be raised.
ENGLISH WIDOWS LOSE
THEIR FASCINATIONS
London, April 18.Detailed official
marriage and birth statistics for Great
Britain for 1904, just issued, empha
size the steady decline in both. Dur
ing late years the fascinations of wid
ows have markedly decreased in male
estimation, for when in 1872 the mean
annual marriage rate of widows was 21,
it was only 12.5 in 1904, a much great
er decrease than in the case" of the
spinisters, whose figures are respect
ively 63.5 and 59.9. There is also a
disinclination on the part of widowers
to resume their bonds, for their rate
of remarriage has fallen during the
same years from 65.8 to 88, while the
figures for bachelors are 61.7 and 52.8.
Altogether there has been a fall of 19
per cent in the marriage rate in thirty
five years.
As regards the birth rate, there has
been a steady decline since 1885. The
rate for 1904 was 27.9 per 1,000, the
lowest on record.
DYNAMITE BURLED BY
LABORERS IN BATTLE
.pru J.S.rn Hill
and Harriman construction gangs at
Carson, Wash., on the north bank of
the Columbia river, collided yesterday,
when dynamite was freely used to drive
the Columbia Valley Bailroad compa
ny's graders off the land belonging to
the Harriman road. One laborer was
hit by a flying rock, but only slightly'
injured.
A lighted stick of dynamite was
thrown among the Columbia Valley
graders, but the men took to their heejs
and "escaped injury. Finally a deputy
sheriff was summoned and warned the
Hill construction sang to desist from
further demonstrations. The situation
is still serious and further clashes are
feared.
BOYS MAIMED FOR LIFE.
Three Play with Dynamite Cartridges
and Lose Members.
Chicago, April 13.~Three boys who
procured some dynamite cartridges and
proceeded to set them off today in a
vacant lot, were mutilated for life by
the explosion of one of the cartridges.
They were Henry Pofhanus, hand blown
off Frank Byan, thumb and two fingers
blown off Herbert Grendie, thumb of
right hand and left hand blown off.
The ages of the boys ran from 11 to
14 years.
BLISS SUCCEEDS WOOD. *&*>l
Manila, April 11.The Philippine commiaskn.
has appointed Brigadier Qenercl Taaker H. Bttn
governor of Mindanao to succeed Major dotal
Leonard Wood.,.
MID-AIRLABOR
ONION PLANNED
Chicago Aeronauts to Have a Fly
ing Delegate Tho "Fly
outs" May Be Few.
Journal Special Service.
Chicago, April 13.A mid-air labor
union is the latest. The aeronauts^ of
Chicago are to organize and in addition
to the frills of the more lowly industrial
combinations they will have a duly ere
dentialled flying delegate. He will act
in tho same capacity as the walking
delegate does for terrestrial unions, the
only^"difference being that he will be*
up in the air most or the time.
Few aeronauts are expected to strike
during working hours. Should a strike
be called, it would be known as flyout
instead of a walkout.
A new union .will be chartered under
the International Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers. The latter organiza
tion has cornered everything on earth
in the electric line, and it now proposes
to get a firm hold on the heavens.
The union will be the first of its kind
ever organized and its promoters be
lieve it will reach the highest success
ever attained by a labor organization.
There are about sixty professional aero
nauts in Chicago.
MINERS' LEADER
PREDICTS PEACE
Mitchell Sanguine Tho Pessimism
Reigns and Sturgis Ex
pects Strike.
New York, April 13.President
Mitchell of the miners' union is pre
paring to close his headquarters here
and return to Indianapolis tomorrow.
All the members of the general scale
committee have gone and will not be
called together again until after the
operators reply to the propositions sub
mitted to them yesterday by the min
ers.
In the face of the pessimistic expres
sions of some of the members of the
scale committee, President Mitchell is
hopeful of a peaceful ending of the
controversy with the operators. He be
lieves the operators will make an an
swer which will permit the continuance
of the negotiations.
President '^Otchell goes to Indian
apolis tomorrow to prepare for the
meeting of the international executive
bd&rd of tho miners' UIMOTQ, where 'the
proposition made last week by the Ohio
operators to arbitrate will be consid
ered.
E. B. Sturgis of Scrantbn, an inde
pendent coal operator, and one of those
who signed the letter sent to the oper
ators urging them not to concede the
demands of the miners, called on Pres
ident Mitchell of the miners today.
After a brief conference with Mr.
Mitchell, he said:
I am here to see Mr. Mitchell about
one matter and that is all. I am sorry
that my visit has become known, as
none of the other operators knew that
I was coming here or the nature of my
business with Mr. Mitchell. I still
think that there will be a strike."
STRIKERS WALK OUT SINGING.
Granite City, 111., April 13.The American
steel foundry plant here closed down today be
cause of a strike of 800 of the 2,800 men em
ployed. The strikers walked out singing songs
of their native countries. They demanded an
increase of from 10 to 15 cents a day in
wages.
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Leader of Holy Ghost and Us So
ciety Grosses Atlantic in
HkPTaoht.
Journal .Specto&^serrioe, W*
Shileh, M4 April 13.The long
looked-for ffplijah," the Rev. Frank
W. SandfordWleadex of the Holy Ghost'
and Us' socmy at this place, has ar
rived home eagpbis yacht, Coronet, which
has been tpsin|jr iw Mediterranean
waters the past winter. The Coronet
sailed into Portland harbor late yester
day and "j^lijahy'Sandford, who has
been visiting in the, holy lands, came
at once to this plgpe, where a great
demonstration marled, his arrival.
Other ^than being*tired and fatigued
from his long, voyage Sandford is in
good health and spirag. He found con
ditions ^at the Hill Top satisfactory,
altho it is said that he has new plans
for the* future of the Durham colony.
The Coronet encountered several bad
storms and with high seas rolling ave}
her threatened to 0 to pieces more
than once. Her jib boom was broken
and she was otherwise disabled.
"But our faith in Godr-never weak
ened and we felt confident that He
would guide us safely over," said Mr.
Sandford.
He declined to discuss Dowie's pre
dicament.
I don't know how ldng~I shall re
main at Shiloh it all rests with God,"
said he. "My trip abroad .has been a
successful one and while we have suf
fered some hardships aU reports of de
stitution were without ^foundation."
FINE OF BBJ 49
AND 4 YEARS EACH
Heavy Sente:
Greene
victed
Meted Out to
Gaynor, Con-
inspirators.
Savannah, Ga*,f April 13.Judge
Speer, in the United States court, sen
tenced Benjamin D. Greene and John F.
Gaynor each to a term of four years
iit the penitentiary and each to pay p.
fine of $575,749, the amount each is
charged with having fraudulently *fb-
tained from the United States govern
ment in A conspiracy mfch.^NBaceT Cap
tain OberHn-M^turter.^
OFFICERS (ME
Clarence Frank, Confessed Incen
diary, Kills Self to Escape
Arrest.
Columbus Grove, Ohio, April 18.
Clarence Prank, a self-confessed firebug,
frustrated the plans of officers to put
him under arrest at Leipsic Junction.
Putnam county, today, by blowing oft
the top of his head with a shotgun when
officers were about to arrest him. Frank
acknowledged that he was responsible
for the blaze which threatened to de
stroy his home at Leipsic.
The HouseHow much longer can you hold on
The SenateNot long let's adjourn.
FRIDAY "EVENING* APRIL S, 1906. 28 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
Buildings Destroyed by Texas
TwisterSeven Tornadoes in
a Kansas County.
Dallas, Texas, April 13.It was
learned today that six persons were
.killed and several injured in the tor
nado which swept over Briggs, Texas,
yesterday. A number of buildings were
destroyed.
At Cleburn, Texas, the storm blew
down the grandstand in the ball park
during a game and several persons
were Migured.
The heaviest rain in years fell in
Dallas last night, and a general rain is
reported over northern Texas.
Seven Tornadoes in Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., April 18.At least
seven tornadoes were seen east and
northeast of -Great Bend, Barton county,
yesterday according to reports just re
ceived. The schoolhouse in district 82,
vacartfb at th time, jm*" demolished,
and, a -threshing machine outfit de
stroyed. Other damage reports have
come in. Some rain and hail fell.
Three pilars ago a number of tor
nadoes occurred the same neighbor
hood, doing much damage to property.
Lightning Kills Two.
During an electrical storm lightning
struck a livery barn in Mahaska, Kan.,
killing two men.
SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR
PUPILS TO PLANT SEEDS
MOUNT RAINIER.
Puget Sound Mountain that Has Assumed the Role of Volcano.
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TORNADO KILLS 6
HITS A BALL PARK
Louisville, Ky., April 13.The pupils
of the Louisville high schools were dis
missed today and sent home to 'plant
flowerseeds, 350,000 packages being
given out lor this purpose. The day
was set aside for the beautifying of
lawns and back yards by the board of
education, at the suggestion of the
committee having in charge the enter
tainment of visitors who are expected
here "home-coming week," which
opens two months from today.
MT. RAINER IN ERUPTION
^VESUVIUS CALMS DOWN
RUSSIANS STARVE
WITH GRAIN GONE
Children Die in Large Numbers,
Tho 30 Cents Would Keep
Them a Week.'
KhaTkoff, Bussia, April 13.The fam
ine among the peasants in the Biazan,
Kazan, Simbirsk and Tula provinces has
assumed an acute phase. The grain
has all gone and among the peasants
who absolutely are without bread, hun
ger typhus has appeared. The mortal
ity is especially large among the chil
dren.
Several famine committees are issu
ing appeals for funds to rescue the
starving. In these appeals they state
that 30 cents will preserve the life of
a child for a week, and 90 cents that
of an adult.
MADDENED BEASTS
vTERRIFY STEERAGE
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Elephants Escape in Liners' Hold
During Storm and Create
Pandemonium.
Journal Special Service.
New Tork, April 13.Trumpeting
elephants and roaring "tigers mingling
their hideous noises with the screech
ing of nearly a thousand monkeys, sent
terror into the hearts of the steerage
passengers of the North German Lloyd
steamship Seidlitz, in port yesterday
from Bremen, when the ship was toBsed
about in a nor'wester last Sunday
night.
The nine elephants that were included
in the animal cargo of the Seidlitz,
broke their bonds and roamed about the
lower hold^mong the cages holding the
tigers, leopards and monkeys, causing
pandemonium among all of the beasts,
and giving the keepers hard work for
two hours, while the ship rolled and
pitched.
The steerage quarters were immedi
ately above those of the animals and
there was little sleep among the 1,200
third-class passengers while the gale
lusted and the animals kept up their
din. The tigers made frantic efforts to
get out of their cages and the 150 ana
condas confined in boxes were nearly
liberated by an elephant, who was
caught iust as he was prying open the
cover of the huge^ crate with his trunk
and tusks
Besides the elephants, tigers and
fourteen leopards, the Seidlitz brought
nearly 1,000 monkeys, a 600-pound ta
pir, 8,000 birds of all kinds, three
llamas. a laughing hyena, 100
anacondas, a python 27 feet
long and weighing over 400 pounds, 1
?ibet,r
anda or bear cat, a rare animal from
and many smaller animals of
the cat ''variety. The consignment
comes to L. Buhe, an animal dealer in
New York, and is valued at $40,000.
ROOF FALLS KILLING
BOY THREE ESCAPE
Special to The Journal.
Cherokee, Iowa, April 13.While the
family was asleep, a portion of the
house of Joseph McLaughlin, in the
southwestern part of this city, col
lapsed, resulting in the death of the
oldest son, John, 12 years, and the nar
row escape of the father, another son
and a daughter.
In
the room from which the three
escaped there was a cook stove which
supported the roof as it fell in anl pre
vented it from crushing them to death.
The other boy slent in another room,
and was caught beneath a mass or
timbers and crushed to death. ^Sinking
of the ground beneath the foundation
is supposed to have caused the acci
dent. \r
SAFE BLOWERS WRECK
AND ROB AT ALBERT LEA
Speoial to The Journal. {J.
Albert Lea, Minn., April*13.One of
the big safes in the warehouse and
storeroom of the Thompson Seed com
pany of this city was blown open and
wrecked last night. The knob was
blown off a second one. About $400
was taken. It seemed to be the work
of professionals, as a clean job was
done.
Austin had a similar experience a
day or two ago, and- Mason City also
had a safe blown within a'few days,
the work, no doubt, being done by the
I same gang.
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of tte^aJrilmtorji
to The Journal's IJagasins
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PROSPECTORS FLEE
IN RAIN OF ASHES
Rumblings, Sulphurous Fumes and
Cinders Cause Fear of Puget
Sound Mount. *3 i
ROBBERS SACK TOWNS
RUINED BY VESUVIUS
Houses in Boacotrecase Stripped
Even the Birds Quit De
vastated Region.
Journal Special Sexvioe.
North Yakima, Wash., April 18.The
smoke from Mount Baimer is seen plain
ly from here, altho the mountain is over
ninety miles 'away.
The mountain has been emitting fir*
and cinders for three days, the first re
liable report reaching here yesterday
from a prospector camping near there
and driven away by the fearful rain of'
ashes
In hia letter Jack Campbell, the pros-
pectoT says:
"Baimer began to smoke Monday]
evening. On Tuesday it was worse.*
Wednesday ashes and red*irot mud fell
into camp. Bumblings were heard and
I had to move. Thursday sulphurous
smoke hung over the crater and the in
dications are that Bainier is an active
volcano. The JrumblingB are growing
more noticeable and are felt ten miles
from the base."
Two years ago there was evidence of
eruption, but not nearly so severe as the
present one. Besidents and prospect
ors near the mountain are beginning
to flee. ^S
BOBBBBS SACK TOWNS
Human Vultures in Wake of Volcano's
Destruction.
Naples, Aprils "ULBobbers infest
the oitis that were destroyed or aban
doned during the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius, and are carrying on their ne
farious work despite the efforts of the
authorities, to drive them out.
At JBoscdtrecase, thieves entered
some of-ihe houses of the better class
of inhabitants in the outskirts of the
town and stripped them of everything
valuable.
Birds Quit Bullied Begion,
It is noticed that the birds have
completely deserted the Vesuvius dis
trict. Thousands of them died from
suffocation. All the news received here
this morning is encouraging. For the
first time since Tuesday the sun is
shining all over Naples, and altho above
the city the usual gray cloud is discern
ible, the fall of ashes has almost en*
tirely ceased.
Ash Deep in Streets.
Ashes, however, continued to fall
thruout the night, adding several inches
to the accumulation in the streets.
Nearly six thousand people are em
ployed in clearing the roofs and main
thoTofares. Gangs of men are ^en-
gaged in piling the ashes in the middle
of the narrow streets, which makes the i
passage of vehicles exceedingly diffi
cult and adds to the discomfort of pe*
destrians.
Matteucci at Post.
From the observatory of Mount V*
suvius, where Director Matteucci is con- W
tinning his work, the scene is one of i
great impressiveness. To reach th
observatory one must walk for miles
over hardened, but hot lava, covered
with sand, until he comes to a point
whence nothing can be seen but vast,
gray reaches, sometimes flat and some
times gathered into huge mounds.
Above, the heavenB are gray like ths
earth beneath, and seem just as hard
and immovable. In all this lonely waste
there is no sign of life or vegetation,
and no sound is heard except the low,
mutterings of the volcano.
650 Dead in Ottajano.
Every day gives new evidence of ths
magnitude of the catastrophe. The
visit of King Victor Emmanuel to Otta
jano revealed new tragedies. In the
presence of tho king 129 more bodies
were extricated from the ruins. The
dead at Ottajano are said to number
550.
Scores Priest for Fleeing.
The king was deathly pale. To
priest who came to him he said:
"How did you escape!" -^Js
"1 placed mypelf in safety," replied
the priest.
"what do you meant" asked the
king.
"Bealizing the danger," was the
priest's reply, I had left for Nola."
The king flushed with anger.
"What!" he cried, "you, a minister of
God, were not here to share the danger
of your people and administer the last
sacraments!"
Explosive Period Over.
Several men, apparently, have braved
the terror of the wild wastes of lava
about the royal observatory on
Mounther
Vesuvius.1
On of them returned
this morning and gave an account of*
a most interesting conversation which]
he had with Professor Mattucci, di-j
rector of the observatory, who was in"
a very hopeful mood wnen his visitor
left him. The professor said:
Very little is known of the volcaniej
force, so one can never safely predict
what is going to happen. But think
I can with some confidence express th
hope, based on my experience here, thatj
the explosive period of the eruptios^
has passed. It is impossible to make sj
positive statement to this effect, buti
the probabilities point to a quieting^
down of the volcano. This, however^
does not mean that its activity. wius
entirely cease.
Hmm
Dangers 8till Lurk.
n/'Unless the crater definitely assumesM
its new shape, that is to say. when the
ridges have been smoothed down, there,
is a possibility of further disturbances.
"For the present the light wind'
blowing will, in all probability, ca
the ashes in a direction which
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