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County Hat Open Winter and Condlllon. Art Mc.ll.M Throughout
Early Sp'Of . JOMphint Ooui't
Ul.Afir mnrt K.n (ill A NTH I'AMH Th,. tf..n,.r. VI
"" r ::::: . z .". " i""iir. M r .,,,. Wlirk ,
.inter did th. thermometer In ,e.,ly r,,,',,.-, , ' P32
...univ rtiiMUtr a toiiiiinriiiiira w i.M M... ..... . -
.nr..-. Ilk- pr.lld. I,y ..,, .j U,J JX' ii TiuZ
r. but f "urrln. of ...w. ,utthr, llf ,, jp " J
bee melted bfr warm ih Pllll(ltv ,h,,Y .,,, . ',,'., '
Tb. r,...,t m in.t but inn. ,, ,,;; ; (V 7 "'
lag ... required. Murk iwnl. rlearliig land .h, ,u "f,, '' "
,,mrt e.eelient ri4url tin. ..i.... ,,,,,,.1, ,,' .J r. "' "'
wuttrr. and tnt "ill r winter ii.r ,iir.wii..n- to.,,! ,i ' ' "
.aim-lent feed on hand to tldt tar,ui, , vl"I'",it th
Bold rtobbart Hold Up Train Clot
lO Plltlburg
I'ittnburic. Muy 1. Two train
robber., who evidently boarded tht
New York and Ht. I.onl. express, on
tnt Pnnhandlo rullroud of tht Penn
.vlvniila system, Bt tnt Union Sta
tion In (hi. city, whan thnt train left
m 10:60 tonlKht, tnn minutes lut.
overpowered the express mossonger
md itut away with four bag of Cur
rency, COIItUlllltlir an unuinnl i.l
?Kltoton m Z r"11":" ''rM i ruv' " Ml unknown The rob-
jtM, a? no , iiml dlJTlnS r ? 7 "' h opnii-1 ,J"r'r mmmltttd near Walkers
f k. At no lm. lh i of . ,,,! BM ,,, Hl.tlon, . prtlculurly lonel, and U-
ointi'd j.t in a rough auction of
Kiuuiry uuoul li mlloa woat of tht
Vlli
Tht train, ont of tbt fameat on
tbo rond. which la not achedulod to
atop btwHn hurt and Btwubenylllo,
.. waa brouKht to a auddim halt by
n nirKi-nry algnal from the bell
cord, and when William Ufferty,
tht conductor, went forward to luitrn
tht trouble bt found N. Koahun. tht
Aiimiia r-iproaa mi'taengnr, bound
and KttKKd In tha llirn rnr nnH
o frlKhttmtd that he could not Rive
any conntwti'd n-port of wbBt hud
hiH)iiud. Kxcept that both of the
romwra wrt white, tho xpr nut-'iiK-r
la unnblu to gift an Identl
rieatlon that would aid the a?cr't
"urvlrt forri-a of tht rallroud com-
pnnira and the rlty and county !-
tertlve force, HI of whom hnve bw-n
iii! out to work on tht ce.
of
rry
tlK, ii,.rrait mn uan n.ra A n.-v., u,UU)t ,, f, ,i, ,..
rPI, If no bay ahould bt put tue ,IVPf v,,.v . ,h.
iho UfTt h.p men nat r.;,illf- ,...,'
li .a Idrtl wit.fr. h Ju.t f, ,,,..,....: ' "r '"rn7''"' uw
r' . s ' ' rum iii tnnM. I hi
a aitiitlir 111 III r II 111 wiinr Ifir . u .-... .1 "
It la li 1. 1 an unuaunl ...). i
, i tl... t.-...lii.g roMi.d for the , ,, ,,'
...Uof btad ot .h.p that ."n- XUvuM. d """ 'r,"B
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
UOf FOUH HACKS OP CAbH.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF I
- - --:-
tnrci pnrtlun of tht wraith
t.nitinty, a winter like the out J f
adl nana an nuauum u tnt.r,,!,,,- Pfe r ' ,
- i
- Ida new year Doing inert
Irtt but lltdu ruin and prnrtl-
nn.niiw, I ropa or eyery kind
put in a r I r . and already there
Mttfiinii growin in tyerytnuig
rpeml. uihiu aprlng weather.
PINO TEllMEAD fOOS.
Rut In Bcgut Hlvt Ctutta In-
va.Ogation.
kola t'aat -Two million ateet-
irout wert brought In
b Uldriiberg hatchery on tha
a rlTr, and wert tiprtaaed to
it Agrrit. Kuuth America. In
It tha agrlrultural department.
( cfe rliialy enraaed In Ice.
fur (he long Journey.
fLItlng rcniuii nit liogue river
bu br.-o unprofitable, the run
Mtig etrtH'dlngly light and
'nt tho liwal Klnbermen'a
la 4ritlng Ha time to Invea
t the river from hero to tht
tor the d'aann of aurh abort
U at l hie lime laat year thou
ot puutiila re being ehlpped
4llj The nftliora fir Ibla
lt'ai,..,t, Henry HnJ.ii.
r, A Aulerry
Of gon Ciiy Noat Shew.
a '!! ArranKmenta are
Art ur tr hnliilng iht
iu! ab.iar of the Oregon City
M l'arna!in Kurlelf, wblrh
ilia... in thl cliy durlnx
iwri ot t;y or rnrlr 111
(flttiiiiittre have liean nil
f. In t:ie i hrge of the eetil.
'aatK-try .growera have been
t tiuikt. fthlhlia, prnvldliig
rim ar.i itpe when lilt r-a
lull lil...ni The official color
li!r i miMinn pink, adupt
H thl. Color of the M Union
' flrat to I,,, hrooglit lo Orw
!! Ii'iainrn men have been
'.ly IH.r.il In dotiMtlona of
' The how will Probably
p lit the armory.
With the oi.lo.inal Hm nilll ,wjn
If rk.-ii ia a I. . . .
- a i . a ea M ( I- in I , P a I il, f M W.im 8 1.
re llrter l-(t,.r. Th- u,.,,.
.rafc.n la ientiig well. Hl during the
aumnir-r there will , ,,, 3 M11, ,
thia vifiioiy mmtn the lt!nr pim. f
" una tunti'tial for th
fs.'Mnta-
Muit Bailaat Track.
m: . '11.,, firetfi.n Itnllriutd
mIi.b u priiditlng the Oregon
r totluiiinv tor lh fii.nw.MM t.f
thai riiiiiiiany to haaO'ii the
t "f M r line between I'trt
4 ftiil' IH The roniinlaalon hna
th..
'impitny a letter anyUiK
! Informed thnt the work or
' h been dlaronllnued nd
IU priaent rondltlon the road
the Uvea of pnaaengera
fe you going lo do about
the uuentloti nronoiinded to
Nsn Klertrln mnnntement.
M uf the letter Indlentea that
laloii will do aomethlna:
F"nptly If the company doea
F'Htd Ovtr Gold find.
TH '.HS .,. Itiveatliratlon
f'K'furm-,1 from Williania ( reek,
"i me reported rich atrike ef
' Ind that leten .KMM) and
" t-aj t rnr-tf.) by Nnrrlunn
.J'"i" in three davai and thev
; Murnliiiir n,,i .....L tt
"'I 'liftlnill t nnrtleulara of
,m.',u"t "traded, aa Hie eper
" ln-lnie,l ), rHlrent, fear
'1.. f proapeetora to their
' new atrikn ,,v inr,
"'" I he .lonea Hr,,,;- mnrbln
'"t abmit tw mil,,, frilm
h'Hla Short of Ttachtrt.
I'"n, -- I'mntllln county
V" n lonelier fnmlno,
'iK't thnt nonrly every
i he i.. i. ' i
TO HANOLC th apples.
Hoed Hivtr Qrowtra' Union Incrttitt
lock to J 6. 000.
Hood Klver At a meeting of tht
iiwiq niyer Applegrowtra' Union
held yaattrdar. and largely attend
ed, a resolution waa patted Increaa
ing the capital atock of tht nrganlta
tloo from 11000 to US, 000. Tha
Inrreaae la for tbt purpoat of erect
ing cold atoragt farUUlea to taka
cart of tht rapidly Inrrttalng apple
yieiu or int valley, fletween I10U0
and 16000 waa aubarrlbed at tht
mealing within five minute, after
the aerrrtary anno-mred that aub
arrlptlana would be received. It la
the purpoaaa of th union to build an
addition lo It already largt wart
houae here whlrh will contain tbt
cold atoragt plant.
Hogg Eat Poaontd drain.
NnKTII ItHMiKH , ti A. I n.pir, i
prominent farmer ebwe to North IViw
dir. aa nai.nl with farmer, in ifrani
.rt ! I ( araaon, ut out atuirrel potaon,
lint g-n M of the fine fattening hngai
lel.ingmg In line ef the town l.utrhrra,
r' Jarinnn, the huga having broken into
the ( ..ar Held.
BtMtr Train Harvict.
I.n tlrande - A new trnln ached ule
ha. Kone Into efTi-t between here
nnd Klgln, which menu doubled mt-
ybe for lhee two clilea. The regu.
li.r trnlna will be tiuilnlnlned nnd A
.. hi I train will lunke dully trip.,
rnrrylng way Irelght and log. for
the Ueoigo j'lilmer mill
PORTLAND MANKtra.
Wheat- Track prlcea: Club, R4c
per hu.hel; red fiuaalan, SJc; blut
iem. 87c; valley, xfte.
Ilnrley - Keed, 12 4 50 per ton;
rolled. 127 (,3S; brewing. t3
Out. No. I white. $ 2 6 0 0 tf 2 7
per ton; gray, 3l.
MlllaliilT. Mrnn. 124 fiO per ton;
middling., IJ7 60; abort. , country,
$2? t.0; rlty. 1ST; wheat and barley
chop. 37 50.
May Tlmothv. Willamette Valley.
117 Her ton; Willamette Valley, or
dinary, )5; Kaalern Oregon, 117 60;
mlied. IS; clover. $14: alfalfa, 1 12;
alfalfa men). 120.
Ilutter Kxtraa. 1"4c per pound;
fancy 36c; choice. J6c; atore, lHc
Kg ioaa and comml.alon orr,
Ii4f 17e per doion.
t'heeae Kancy cream twlna. lfce
per pound; cream brick. 80c; Bwlaa
blk., !; llmburger, 2 2 He.
I'oultry MUed chlrkena, lac per
lb ; fBncy hena, Hf 14 He; rooatera.
old, He: fryera, lb., 20c; brollera, ID.,
JJHfMSc; dre.atd poultry per
pound, lc higher.
otntoea Heleet, aeuina: price, iw
nor himilred: williimotit i.in-j.
buying prlro, 45c per hundred; Kaat
Multnomah, buying price. doc;
Cliirknmaa. buying price, 55e per
hundred; new California, 6tf6Hc
ner nound: aweet, IWc per pouna.
Onlnnf Job price. $4.75 iff 5 PT
hundred; buying price, $4 25fM 50
per hundred: gnrllc, 15c per pound.
AppleaHelect. $3.50 per box;
fiiiicy, $3; choice, $1.60; ordinary.
' Freeh Frulta Orangea. $3.50 iff I
per box; bmiona, $3.76f8.60.
Cttle Heat ateera, $4.75ffn;
medium. $4.25Jf4.75; common,
$3 60 (If 4: rnwa, beat, $3.75 iff 4;
common, $3.253.75; cnlvoa, $4
' 8heer--ni'at wothrra, $(fi 0.50;
ewea, $5tf B.60; aprlng InmbB, noml-
""llnga Iteat. $(ff2B: medium.
$5.75lffi feedcra, $5.2Bi?r5.50.
Uiipa 1 007. prime and choice, 4
irffle per pound; olda. lfMo per
pound.
I ? mine tllt) nn nry of Ha
Hocuro liiHlructora
I'l-ing Inrnm. Tho bonrda
r vieiK Wth ((1(,h ()(i((r ,n
,i "",KO fontrncta thl.
'""ice fr ,10 flM u,um
JjwM.il f-P Alhany.
-Work la pronroaKlnu rim.
new planing mill of -M. Wool Eiiatorn Oregon. averriRe
rZ . H"n- Ht ,hB ' "' beat. 11 WHO per pound, according
'; It win ,n In operation. to nhrlnkage: Vnlloy, U15o, no-
kratn. i. """ilium 10 pinn- corn in a u i"'ii
Cr"tt. ht mill will hm .nnln. Vnhalr CholOt. 10O10V40 PC.
ACCUSES LEISCHMAN.
No Atttmpt Mada to Proatcutt Turk
Who Muratrtd American.
New York, May 1. On bonrd the
teatuer Koenlg Albert, which nr-
rlved here today, waa the body of
llernard Warkentln. nroaldunt of the
Kanaaa ritala bank, or Newton, Kaa.,
who waa abol and killed near Dam-
aacui early In April, whllo riding on
a railroad train. Mra. Warkentln
and her ton Carl accompanied the
Boar.
Tbt cablt dlanatchea nnnounclna
tha ahootlng. aald that It waa done
by a Syrian who occupied a compart
ment on tha train adjoining that In
which Mr. Wnrkentln waa aeated.
Tbe Syrian aald be waa examining
hie revolver and that It went off by
mlatake, Ambaeaador l.el.hman, at
Conatantlnople, reported the ahoot
lng lo tht .tatn department. He aald
aa.uranrt had been given him thut
tbt Syrian would be brought to jua
tlct If the act proved to be one of
murder.
Curl Warkentln aald today that
the man who killed hU father waa a
Turkl.h Prince and that Mr. llnh-
man told til. mother that it would
lie Impoaaeblo to proaecute him and
udvlio d her to aay no more about the
matter.
Krotn hi. remnrl.. It waa nppnrent
that Mr. Wnrkrntln waa of the opin
ion that Mr. I.elohinnn hud not done
all that he could, and he Unlimited
that churgea would be lodged with
the atate dxpnitnienl pgulti.t the
amba.Hiidor.
WARSHIP BLOWN UP.
Powder M.g.int Explodtf, Killing
240 Japantat.
Toklo, May I. Admiral Yoehl-
mat.u, ronimunder of tht training
.qundron, report, that an explosion
M'curred in the .tern mugnitlue of
the rrul.er Mnt.ii.hliiia ut 4.08
o'clock thla morning while nnchor-
n K nl Mnkinix. a hnrlior on the I'en-
radorea Miimln. The MntaiiKhimu
miiiedlntely a link until only the
bridge waa vlalblu. KfTorta at rescue
y bouta from tbe rrul.era lliiahldiito
and lt.iikiiHhlnm cnntlniied until i
i. ni,. Having the Uvea of 141 men,
ncludlng aome (ifflcera. The innjor-
Ity of the oltlcora were anved. and nt
tlie time of the Admiral's report the
endeta numbered 58 out of a com
plement of 300.
Tho eons of liaron C hlndn. vlce-
mlnl.ter or tne foreign omce. ana
of Prince ) n in n. field marshal, are
iiniotm the endeta who It la reared
ure loat; al.o Citptnlna Name, Yoah
moil nnd Yu.hlro, The cnttae of the
xploalon la unknown.
Wnahlncton, May 1. Commander
TnnlKurhl, the nnvtil attache of the
lapane.e Kmbnnay. aald today Mint
he roKiilnr complement or tne sini-
tu.hlmu waa about 335 mi n und that
on her crtilae she had about 50
adeta aboard, muHlng total of
415. Ilia cablegram.-he auld, inoi
calea that about 175 were saved,
which would make the Iob of oili
er and men about 240.
Strlktra Attack Funeral
Seattle, W'tmh., May 1. Bringing
word of the arrest of Trendwoll of
SO atrlkera for breaking up n fun
eral and attempting to make nwny
with the rorpiu), tho atennititilp uoi-
liln arrived In port this morning, a
iiimiiliir vounir man nmong tne
Ntrlkebreukera wna ncclilently killed
recently. The funeral procrnmon ex-
nded for many blocks, limning a
formidable allowing of the Btrlko-
brenkera. Notwithstanding turn iuh-
ilny, tho atrlkera nttnckocl tno pro-
ceaaion in lorce iinu uencij riai
he body.
Plaronia "evolt.
rnrla. Mnv 1. The Tempa todny
pttbllHliea a apeclnl dlpntch from llxt
tiimbiing. a town ot mnm, in me
French aphore of Influence, anylng
hut the town la Rt tne mercy ot tne
native, who nave risen in revoo
and are threatening the Knropenn
realdenla. The troona are. Inanffl-
Monday. May 4
WAHHINUTON, May 4. The Cnna
linn internittinnnl boundiiry treaty wut
ratified twlny by tho nenute in nxucu
live aeaaliin. It provide for the more
complete definition and demarcation of
tno boundary between tho I nited
Htute. and Canada, but dnea not change
in any way the caluhli.kcd, cxi.tiiiK
line.
nenatnr IMilge tmlay Introduced a
bill appropriation 4OO,00U for tht nur
eh n. uf a building in Paris to be u.ej
aa the American legation. A proviaion
fur the purchase of the building had
been stricken out of the diplomatic and
ron.iilar appropriation bill on the point
mm ii waa noi general legislation.
Ho mi tor Kultun today proposed an
ameniiineni to tho sundry civil bill, au
fborizing the Secretary of the Interior
to contract for the care of tbe Alaska
in.nne, this amendment being in tbo in
tcr.nt of Dr. H. W. foe a sanitarium.
WASHINGTON', May 4 Tho House
completely overrun the committee on
appropriations in connection with sev
eral Horn in the sundry civil bill.
When the measure was laid aside for
the day. ''.'il.ll(iO hnd been inhleil in (hi.
sum recommended by the committee.
which include, I IMI.00O for
the atre.-uira and determining the water
supply of the I nited Sl.itea- an in
crease of to.unu in the appropriation
for tcating strui'tornl materials, and
fioo.oou in teatmi coal, llenite nn. I
other fuels. These chanues wen. tint
accomplished, however, without a pro-
inneen uei.ate, in which the committee
found itself practically alone.
Saturday, May 2.
Washington, May 2. The trolley
sought to be established by the gov
ernment of providing and equipping;
uunoinga ior ua amnaaeadora Id Eu
ropean caplula received a setback
today In the senate, where the dip
lomatic bill waa under consideration.
Through a point of order by Culber
son. Texas, an amendment to tbe
hnute bill appropriation $400,000
for aurh a building at Parla waa
stricken out.
The bill waa passed, after which
eulogies on the life, character and
public services of the late Senators
Mallory and llryan. of Florida, were
delivered.
Amendments to the diplomatic
bill were adopted Increasing, tbe sal
ary of tbe eerretary of the legation
ana consul general to Salvador
from $2000 to $3500; appropriat
ing $15,000 to enable tbe secretary
of state to protect the property and
right or rttltens of the United
Stulm In the navigation and use of
the St. Johns river In case of nny
UtlKHtion.
WniihlnKton. May 2. After the
usual rollrull to demand the pres
ence of a quorum, the house todny
resumed consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill disposing of
It paragraph by paragraph.
An amendment offered by Gaines
appropriating $10,000 to aid the
Unite. Hermitage to enre for nnd
preserve the Hermitage, the home
nnd tomb of Andrew Juckson, at
Nashville, Tenn., waa rejected on a
point of order made by Tnwney of
Minnesota,
An Hmeiidment by Smith of Louis
iana, appropriating $150,000 for con
tinuation of work on the St. Mich
aels canal, Alaskn, until the passage
of the sundry civil bill, waa agreed
to w it bout discussion.
The house, after a spirited and
somewhat acrimonious debate,
passed the bill authorizing the ap
pointment of the president of an ad
ditional member of the Philippine
commission.
The bill appropriating; $25,000 for
the relief of the tornado sufferers In
the south wna passed without Inci
dent.
Frdsv. May I.
Washington, May 1. The house
spent nil of today's tension In con
sidering and passing, paragraph by
paragraph, umVer suspension of the
rules, tha sundry civil appropriation
bill. As the outcome of a deter
mined effort to strike from the bill
a restriction prohibiting the employ
ment of secret service employes In
nny detective work other thnn the
guarding of the president nnd the
running down of counterfeiters,
which was vigorously opposed by
membera of the appropriations com
mittee, the limitation wna agreed to
and the paragraph adopted in sub
stantially Its orlginnl form.
Objection by democrat lo members
In pursuance of the minority fllll-
buster. to unanimous consent dofent
ted the passage ot a bill for the
printing and distributing of 100,000
copies of a special report by the de
partment of nKi'U'ulture. describing
dlsenaca of cattle.
Washington, May 1. In the sen
ate today, Senator Davis, of Arkan
sas, moved to discharge the commit
tee on tho Judiciary from tho fur
ther consideration of his bill, "for
tho suppression of trusts, pools nnd
combination! In trnde." He spoke
for about, two hours, rending much
of the time from a typewritten state
ment which he snld he hnd prepared
In advance, "thnt no intemperate
InngmiKe nil kIU escape his lips on
this occasion," n thing which he snld
he hnd never done before.
During his speech he roundly de
nounced the trusts, commended the
president's recent message outlining
measures for relief, spoke of the re-
mrival - -4 -
thnt John D. Kockefeller, the Stand
ard Oil Company and J. Plerpout -Morgan
ahould be Indicted for trea
son. He also paid his respects to
tht prest.
Thursday, April SO.
Washington, April 30. Consider
ation of the sundry civil appropria
tion bill was resumed In tbe house
today. Townaend of Michigan of
fered an amendment Increasing from
$50,000 to $350,000 tbe appropria
tion for enforcement by the Inter
state commerce commission of that
clause of tbe Hepburn act directing
tbe commission to cause to be made
examinations of the accounts of In
terstate railroad to determine wheth
er that law Is being violated and to
make public the result of sucb ex
aminations. After a debate lasting
four hours tbe amendment was
u greed to.
Tbe bouse disagreed to tbe senate
amendments to the District of Co
lumbia and pension appropriation
bills and sent those bills to confer
ence.
Tbe usual point of no quorum was
raised when the bouse reconvened
today on tbe motion providing that
the house go Into committee of tbe
whole for further consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill
under the five minute rule. Tbe
doors were locked and the roll called
on the motion, which prevailed.
Washington, April 30. The Pres
ident today algned the Fulton land-
grant resolution.
The bouse public lands committee
today discussed Mondell's patent
land-grant resolution, which was in
tended to follow the Fulton resolu
tion. In view of tbe bad faith of
tbe lumbermen, tbe committee was
overwhelmingly opposed to. reporting;
me measure, especially ir the same '
end can be accomplished, without
legislation.
Wednesday. April 28.
Washington. April John
Sharp Williams today gave tbe re
publican majority In the bouse an
opportunity either to permit or to
refuse to permit a vote on the Ste
vens bill to place wood pulp on the
free Hat. In tbe course of a clever
ly humorous and satirical speech be
unrolled and held to view tbe fol
lowing petition to Speaker Cannon.
bearing the signature of 164 of the
166 Democratic senators:
'We, tbe undesigned, representa
tives In congress, request, each for
himself, and each for each of tbe
others, that you recognize one of us,
ir ' you prefer, so mo other repre
s naiive, to move to discharge tbe
coirtnlttee on ways an:! n-eans from
further consideration and to suspend
the rules and pass tlu Stevens bill,
or an.' other bill having the effect
to put wood pulp and print paper on
tbe frwe list."
Mr. Dnlzell, of Pennsylvania, of
fered an amendment to the sundry
civil bill appropriating $6n,000 for
the establishment of a natioiinl nrt
gnllery In the Smithsonian Institute.
The amendment waa rejected on a
point of order.
Washington, April 29. The sen
ate and houhe confereea on tbe army
bill reached an agreement tonight.
The senate conferees receded from
the amendment raising he pay of
officers on a percentage basis. In
steud, a schedule wns adopted in
creasing the pay of Mnjor-Genernls,
Hrlgndler-Genernls. Colonels, Lieu
tenant Colonels, Majors nnd First
Lieutenants $500 per annum; Cap
tains. $600 per year; Second Lieu
tenants. $300 nnd cadets $100.
On this schedule, the salary of
Mnjor-Generals will be $S000 per
annum; Brigadier-Generals $6000;
Colonels $1000; Lieutenant-Colonels
$3500; Majors $3000; Captains $2,
400; first Lieutenants, $2000: sec
ond Lieutenants, $1700 and cadets
$600.
Tuatday, April 28.
Washington. April 28 Ostensibly
considering i the sundry civil appro
priation bill, the house devoted most
of Its time today to speeches cover
ing a wide range of subjects and
concluded the session by giving an
attentive hearing to the president's
special message. Although nearly
every member had read the message
In the newspapers, a large number
remained in their seats, carefully
following the words of the reading
clerk. When the portion of the
message referring to the multi-millionaire
"whose son is a fool and his
daughter a foreign princess" was
reached there was a storm of ap
plause, equally loud on both sides ot
the house.
At 6:05 p. m. the house took a
recess until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Washington, April 28. The pen
sion and District of Columbia appro
priation bills were passed by the
senate todny. In addition the spe
cial message of the president urging
a legislative program wns head and
another chapter of Senator War
ner's speech on the Brownsville af
fair was heard. Several measures of
minor Importance and the resolution
of the bouse to give government aid
to cyclone sufferers In the south were
passed. Tho resolution to extend
the time when the commodity clause
of the railroad rate law shall be
come operative was called before the
senate KlMie ,
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