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VOLV 0L LXVI N° 21,770.
CLAMOR FOR REACTION.
fEESSVRE ON EMPEROU.
faction in Russian Ministry Trying
to Force Conflict.
£l Petersburg, June 29.— Under the influence
of the e2arm over the disloyalty in the army
sj.A the conviction that the present ".icy of mi
i scuon has reached its limit, the reactionary' fac
tion in the ministry has revived the plan to dis
eolve parliament ■■' - to stamp out revolution
try activity In the country by armed force while
fcrce is still available. The Associated Press
♦•a*. informed to-day that this solution had been
ro** te -' y presented to Emperor Nicholas since
th« fievriepment of disaffection among the best
' regime:- ts of the Guard and the disorders at
£rasnoye Selo. but so far without result. Each
izy cf delay increases the probability of the
tfpoir.tr.-. «u of a responsible ministry.
7he ministerial reactionists base their plea
en the supposition that the great majority of
the troops ■will welcome actual conflict, as
xjsty eld at Moscow last December. One of the
advocates of repression said to-day that it
*oa!a be necessary to strike hard and immed'
s ie or otherwise within a fortnight the world
would probably see the proclamation of repub
jjrs at Kharkoff. >. rat off. Rostoff and elsewhere.
Tfce whole south of Russia, the speaker said,
„■_■. s prey ' • anarchy and revolution, and par
litment. us ■ "hindrance to the work of pacifl
ratlon," must be dissolved at once. "The troops,
however, must not and cannot be employed
sgairist th» peasantry." added the official, ad
r^tCnß that this was the limit >to the loyalty
cf the soldiery-
It is doubtful if Premier Goremykln is a strong
advocate of attempt at repression. The Premier
told the representative of a foreign power to-day
that he was only anxious to be rid of the re-
Fpnr.Fiblllty of the Premiership, and that he
■xou'jo be delighted if the Emperor should call
for his nation.
ivt ells of the reported mutiny of troops at the
Fortress cf < 'toon-toe, one of the great fortresses
d'Vr :.t& the Polish frontier against German ln
vksior.. are not yet obtainable, either at the
headquarters of the General Staff here, or from
the adjacent town with its civilian population,
•where iniuiries were telegraphed. It is impos
sible to get direct information from the fortress
iHsif.
r.' .j>erior Nicholas, according to trustworthy
tefr<rma.tlon, nimmnofid the- Pre<ibrajenpky Regi
rr*r: before- th« palace at Peterhof. and In a
e&rcfcstla address expressed his regret at the
evidence of their disloyalty in la ring sympathy
■Mfc the radical programme of parliament. The
Emperor "concluded by Baying that he never
egals would wear the uniform of the regiment.
Printed copies of the government agrarian hill
irere transmitted to the lower house of parlia
ment to-day, and th»» Minister of Agriculture
will soon request President Mouromtseff to fix
a day for consideration of the document. The
Mil Is a long document, and the deputies prob
ably will demand several days for Its study,
X third section remains to be presented.
Detectives disguised as rrorkmen ■were de
nounced and nearly battered to death with brass
knuckJes at a workmen's meeting to-day. They
were removed, to the hospital in a dying condi
tion.
Th* Second Battalion of Grenadiers has been
ordered henoe to Cronstadt.
CZAR ALMOST PRISONER.
Humors of — General Staff
'A-xare of Peril.
Ft. Petersburg. June 20 — The report that the
Emperor and court are a.bout to leave Peterhof
end '.urn to Tsarskr.e.-P. in, owing to the dis
covery of a revolutionary plot among' the palace
f-rvarits. Is officially denied. The rumor Is said
to be due. to the retirement of General Piesko,
tae coma-iandant at Peterhof. and the. appoint
ment cf Colonel Lermentoff, commander of th.6
ImperlaJ Regiment of Uhlans, as his successor.
General Pl^-sko'e retirement, it is officially said,
d caused by purely private considerations, but
6evenJ officer* of his ?Tafl are indignant at the
promotion of Colonel Lermentoff, and have asked
lo b« relieved.
Th» official ♦■xplanations are regarded with
rusrlrion. as it Is beyond question that the ter
roriFT?: and r^-»lutlor.iPt»« are constantly at
te=x>tir.g to gain a foothold In the palace, but
there is no cause to doubt the truth of the offi
cial fUjutemftnt that the court ha? no intention of
returning to TKarskoe-Selo this summer. Peter
bof is much Kafer for The Imperial family than
Tsarskoft-Selo. The Imperial yacht can be
raooifcd at a wharf two hundred yards from th*
palace l: Peterhof. There is an elaborate sys
tem cf wireless telegraphy connecting the palace
■with the fortresses of Cronstafit. Vlhorg and
H^lrir^rfcrs and with th* ■warships in the gulf.
thus insuring his majesty against being again
cut of: from the outside world, as he was at the
Ifcas '• the te3e*rra.phers' strike last fall.
Finrp the revelations of disloyalty In the
Pr*r,b ra ■: 'ky Regiment of the Guards it Is as-
BTtui here That nothing would be surprising.
Oenrral Trrpoff, commander of the palace, has
redoubled precautions. The garrison at Peter
hof ha* been ftr*- ngthened by a puard of Circas
nm a..-vi the detachment of Cossacks about the
pal^** has b»»*ri doubled. The i»ervaj-.ts, as here
.taiuia. ar» the Emperors Mamelukes and Tar
tarr, BO&t cr whom <Jo net speak the Russian
lar^uas-*.. The Russiitn servants are confined
for the tJme beta* to tried lacKeys and valets.
but fcmong ifaese the terrorists have frequently
boasted thut they had spies. Newsboys carry
ing siickr ar« forbidden to enter the grounds of
th« o'<j palace, to which the public is admitted,
fcr. 4 no dm without a permit is allowed within
the wiJis surrounding the grounds of the small
Pilaoe. Trt;er* the Imperial family lives Secret
r>o!!o« by the hundreds. In civilian clothes, throng
tte parks blx& streets. The Emperor never
drives out b«>yond the grounds of the small
ffoc% by.a tho members of the court are prae-
Ueany prisoner* within Its walls. The pete
cJpfc-' amusement Is tennis, but all the customary
Cty^ty of court life ha* vanished.
The erushlrjg blow Inflicted on the Emperor by
the #*covery of disaffection in his favorite regl
**" ha* v, affected his majesty that he has
*rC<~ti th» name of the disloyal Ist Battalion
t0 *-* «trick»-n from the roll of the Imperial
CuarcV j n aCSltion the soldiers and officers of
*' !e H*ttaMea have b«-en deprived forever of th*
Continued on tbird i..«c.
Cr^rvl"*' 1 " Ch *™p*«n — Equinox-Extra Dry.
**" fcr *«. A. U a. c. lXi.. f". A S« ttaner.— Advt.
To-day. wa "nfir and shower*.
To-morrow, cooler.
R. G. PROCTOR GUILTY.
Moran to Investigate Testimony
Given in His Case.
Boston. June 29. — Rohert G. Proctor, former
E«*cr»>tary to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, was
found guilty of larceny by a jury in the Superior
Court in a sealed verdict which was returned
last night. He was charged with the larceny of
$225 from John G. Bestgen, of Quincy. who al
leged that he paid the amount as a contribution
to the Republican campaign fund in 1904, giving
it to ' Proctor' In •"connection with an alleged
promise to obtain for Bcstgpn an appointment as
consul. Sentence was deferred.
The case has attracted considerable attention
because of the fact that several well known Re
publicans in Massachusetts were called as wit
nesses. The trial began last Wednesday, and
the witnesses included almost the entire mem
bership of the Republican State Commission In
1904. Proctor teftified that he had received
money from Bestgen in 1904 and that he turned
the amount over to some one at Republican
headquarters. Mr. McAnainey, for the defence,
filed a petition for a new trial.
Colonel Thomas Talbot. chairman of the Re
publican State Committee; James B. Reynolds.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and ex
secretary of the state committee; ox-Attorney
General Herbert Parker and Mr. Proctor wore
summoned by District Attorney John B. Moran
to-day to appear before th" Suffolk County
Grand Jury on rif:;i Tuesday. John W. Me -
Anarney and Joseph YV. Peterson aiso are in
cluded in the summonses.
The action was taken in connection with an
investigation by M ran of alleged fliscrepancies
between evidence pi\ • at the trial of Proctor
and statements made before the grand Jury
v-l.i h bidlcted the young man.
At the Impi Ij, t A - •
that \hfyf- •
trlbutlon should nav< ntioned in some
torn in :i '• . Stat*. v. M< h.
!• is saii. was not In-
Mr Peterson is treasurer <'f the Republican
State Committee. Mr. Parker and Mr. McAnar
ney were counsel for Proctor at his recent trial.
Bo"th Mr. Parker and Colonel Talbot said tr>-day
that they were unable to understand the District
Attorney's motives in summonsing them.
TRACTION ATTORNEYS ACCUSED.
Dunne's Advisers Charged with Having
Clients with $400,000 Railway Claims.
[By Telpprajih to The Tribune. J
Chicago, .lun 28. — A sensation was caused
in City Hall circles to-d.iy when it \vu» charged
that four of Mayor Dunne's traction attorneys
had clients with personal injury claims against
the streetcar company aggregating $400,000
The disclosure was a shock, as these attorneys,
Henry M. Ashton, Addison Blakely. D. K. T >r..;
and J. •'„ Grossberg. are called on constantly
by the city to give expert advice in traction
matters In which an unprejudiced attitude is
essential.
LA SA VOIE DISA BLED.
Damage Apparently Repaired Be
fore Passing the Lizard.
London. June £9. — The French Line steamer
Bavole, Captain Poirot. from New York on June
21, for Havre, late this afternoon p.»ffd' ihc
Scilly It-lands with the "uncontrollable" signal
hoisted. l.:>!- at v 4" p. m., the stwnie: was
reported pass-ing the Lizard. — -.--
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Paul Fat--'-, the American rrp?«?entat!ve rf t?ie
French Line, raid last night that he had received
nothing to Indicate that La Bavoit 1 . );hd b*-en In
trouble He bad. however, received a message
that said the steamer would arrive at Havre early
this morning.
SIXTEEN HURT IN CRASH.
Rear-End Collision on Albany Streetcar
Line.
Albany. June 20. — A rear-end collision oc
curred on Che Broadway line of the UrJtel
Traction Company in North Albany at 10 o'clock
to-night hi which wxteen persons Mere injured,
two SSl lmislT The first car slopped Buddenly
end the o.ther crashed Into it.
NEW-YORK, SATURDAY. JUNE 30. 1906. -SIXTEEN PAGES .-* t^T^aTi
CLOSING SCENES IN LONG SESSION OF CONGRESS.
Speaker Cannon counting the Republicans on the vote on the rule to clerr up the private calendar before adjournment.
c Photographed for »»-York Tribune Bureau by Harris- i
TO BUILD THIRD TRACK
OLD CHARTER ALLOWS IT.
Obligatory in Third Avenue, It Is
Said — Bryan Talks.
The Belmont Interests are going ahead with
plans for the immediate' building of an addi
tional track In Third avenue, which they will
use for express trains ?J!if* surprising .announce
ment was mad.- yesterday by officials of the
road that the road's counsel, who have just fin
ished a careful investigation of the old elevated
railroad charter, have discovered, th I the old
charter, which is in full fore?, authorizes and
stipulates that the holders of the franchise in
Third avenue must bull and operate three
tracks in that thoroughfare.
This_ discovery was as much of a surprise to
Mr. Belmont and his friends as it was to thoso
who for various; reasons have been opp wing
the building of addition-.'.! track? in the avenue!
■•The old charter says in mnr'fj an a d ■?:•:.
Places." Lid The Tribune's Informant yester
day, "that the owners of the franchise met
build and operate .1 'system with three (racks be
tween the Harlem River and Chatham Square.
We have every reason to believe thai this pro
vision is unimpaired and in full force. Under
its provisions th company at tie first oppor
tunity will ask the courts for an Interpretation
of the charter, and wi'.l go ahead with it-, plans
for complying with its mandatory provisions.^
"How do you account for the lack of action
under the charter by the -Gould management?"
was asked.
"Th is only one way o* accounting for it."
paid the official. 'The Gould management di I
not know what they had. The ok: charter was
laid away in a :-afe. the road v. as operated for
years as a tiro-track line, taking cai^ of iliv
traffic that came, and there v/as no'hlng :o sug
gest a ilo^:- rending of the old charier. lit;-.
us bo! • time to discover ju*t v hat we had in
the old doouriitnt. We .art not going to go out
of our way to defy the Rapid Transit Commis
sion, as there is n--> need of it. All we have got
to do is simply to cal! the ... to the
rights bestowed by tfco old charter, and then - .ye
will '■• ordered to fulfil the requirements. on«
of which is for th< additional track."
"Are you cure that the city cannot restrain
you?" was asked.
"We don't know of any buildings or parks
owned by ihr- city • ■! the line of the Third ave
nue system from thf> Harlem River down. Some
property owner could suo out a writ an I hold
us up. but 1 don't ■• •■ how tho city, r.ot being
a real estate owner along the route, an restrain
us on the groun of depriving it of light and
air.
"The company In deciding to build the third I
track is not assuming a belligerent attitude |
toward the city. It simply has become aware <;f J
the requirements of ••. old charter, and will !
comply with the requirements of the document.'' ]
Tile convenient discovery made by counsel for j
the company will cause .1 good deal of surprise i
in local railroad circles, as the company has ;
been a supplicant for franchise rights. On ,
Thursday the Rapid Transit Commission de- \
dined decisively to allow the company to build '
a third track In Third avenue. If trio com- j
pany's ■■'•.;■■.:••;■■ based on its alleged discovery, i
is correct, then all •: •• talk about the- additional
track in Third avenue has been a waste of time j
and labor. i
Vice-President E. P. Bryan, of the Interbor- j
ough Rapid Transit Company, said yesterday:
The subject of a third track on Third avenue '
dots not saam to be fully understood or clearly
given in th'- papers this morning. The Manhat
tan company ii ■ never for a moment considered j
that U was not acting fully within its charter
rights in doing what it has done In laying a
third track down Third avenue.
To promote this more rapidly and add the
facility of a complete all-day express service up J
and down Third and Second avenues. it applied i
to the Rapid Transit Commission last spring a I
year ago for the authority to carry out a d- fi- j
nite scheme as above outlined. This was tabled I
and we have not since renewed th^ application. '
Th« hearing yesterday was at the instance of the '
State Rail] Commissioners and representa
tives of The Bronx
When the people understand how important to
the general transportation problem this improve
ment will be, and how Indisputably it Is the only
method of early relief. I am confident It will !
meat with their support. I represented my com- I
Cootluuctl os third i>«g«*
MBS. TANNER RILLED.
AUTO RCXS OFF BANK.
G. A. R. Commander's Wife Dies as
She Reaches Hospital.
Helena, Mont.. June 129.— Mrs. James Tanner,
wife of the commander in chief of the Grand
Army cf -the Republic, was killed this afternoon
In an automobile accident.
' Corporal Tanner and his wife arrived here
this morning, the former being on a visit of in
spection to the Montana department of th«
Gyand Army of the Republic. This afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Tanner, Mrs. J. K. Tools, wife of
Covernor Toole. and General Lester Wilson made
up a party to visit points near Helena.
On the way to Fort Harrison, while going at a
fairly swift pace along a narrow road, the chauf
feur turned out to make room for a w:\gon.
The road was fo narrow that the automobile
ran off the embankment, turn* i over and threw
the occupants out.
Mrs. Tanner struck Ib ground first and Mrs.
Toole end General Wilsoa fell on her. Mrs.
Tanner, unconscious, was taken immediately to
a hospital, but died just as she reached ther*-.
The other members of the party were not seri
ously hurt.
BELMONTS SOX INJURED.
Throve n from Pony WhUe Playing
in Polo Gatnc.
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being instruct e*i by hlr father, whoso iri-.i cot.
listed of himself, Ai-gu 1 Betrnont, jr.. Raymond
Belinont and John RoUin.-. They were opposei
ti::d defeated by a tc?m composed of Reginald
Brook?, J. A. Burden. Robert Stevens and.
Harold F'.iipps.
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SLOW TUXNEL WORK.
P. R. R. Officials Said To Be Dis
pleated tcith Progress Made.
[By Tv-ir-raph to Thr Tribrac]
Philadelphia, June -'■• — President Cassatt and
other officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad re
turned last night from a trip to New Y<>rk for an
inspection of the tunnel and terminal work in
that city. While no statement was given out, it
is understood that they were not pleased with
the progress being made on the work:
President Cassatt went to New York to confer
with the engineers and to ■■••■• what could be
<1 < -ii— to hasten the work at as little cost as pos-
Bible, in addition to the appropriation already
made. It Is said that the company has sent an
engineer to Europe to study the latest methods
in tunnel construction under rivers and other
larse bodies of water.
of tba tunnels wai
;.-ti by the engineers at three '"•■ft a
each tube, but in tits last sixty days an a
daily advance of only three urn b< ■
made. At this date fully six yean would
quired to finish the tunnels.
CAPTAIN HANK HAFF SINKING.
Islip. Long Island. June 20. — Captain Hank
HatT is slowly sinking. The heat to-day weak
ened him. and his death seems Imminent. Th*>
dropsical condition Is increasing, and will rub
ably be the direct cause of death. All of his.
family are here. The last 10 arrive was Cap
tain Harry P. Haff
Twenty trains a day between New York and
Buffalo by the New York Central Lines, "America's
Greatest Railroad. I '— AdvL
KXIFE THREAT IX HOUSE.
Representatives Sbuthxcick and Bart
let t Almost Have Encounter.
Washington, June .».— What promised to be
a serious personal encounter between R?presen
tutives George N. Southwick. of New York, and
Charles I. Bartlett. of Georgria. was prevented
early this morning in the House by the inter
cession of friends. Mr. Bartlett. holding a knife,
told Mr. Souths i--k the tatter dare no! say be
"lied" or he (Bartlett) would cut him.
. . Mr. Ponthwicic'stftisht x> pass a resolution In
creasing the pay of the tally clerks. Mr. Bart
lett, a member of the Committee on Accounts,
ask^d if the resolution had been passed on by a
committee of the Hour?. The Speaker Informed
him that it had not. Mr. Bartlett objected.
Fouthwick pleaded with BartWt to let the reso
lution through, but the Georgian was deter-
mln^d that It should not p;iss. knit: away
from Southwick, he took d position on the Re
puMicrn fide. Then South wick made a re
mark th.it there had been a go.»d deal ■: lying
in the committee on the resolution and made a
movement toward Bar-.lett. Thinking, he says.
that a personal osWult was intended. Mr. Bart
lett. who had a silver penknife tn his hand, re
marked that Southwick dare^ not say be had
,lied or he would cat him. Friends Interfered.
KILLED BY PASTIME.
Pi n■; , /.": -• :. i 1 Lencyer Drops Dead
After Scenic Railway Ride.
I Vy Te>~ ::ph. to The Trtbnn*. 1
Ph::at!"'iph!n. June It*. — "I wouldn't take that
trip again f..i $I.«M>'.>." said J. W. Sholley. Dis
tKrt Attorney of Bucks County as he emerged
from one of the cars of the scenic railway, "Over
the Mountain." at Willow Grove Park, late last
fven ! n~.
He took a few ft^r- 3 forward, said he felt faint
and dizzy and f?M in the arms of friends. A
physician was quickly summoned, but before he
arrived Mr. Shelley was dead- The doctor said
l» ! .s rieact had been affecttcL Mr. Sholley, who
•was forty yeur3 old. had been troubled with his
ha.irt f'»r sosrie years. He occupied a promi
nent position at ttu !>ar •>; the. state and m
widely known. He was trnmarrred.
TWO KILLED AT CIRCUS,
Big Tent Collapse* at Aurora lil.~
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tent pole, and Williat.i Cress. Geneva. 11l Cress
died cf heart disease duo ta tho shock. Thr:e
women are airong thcß? severely injured.*
There were live thoui;ani spectators in th>
tent at tV- time of the accident. When th^ crasli
came, the performirg elepnants had just begun
their act. The first gust of wind gave but an
instant's warning, and the next moment the
centre polo supporting the canvas roof snapped
near the top. Th* audience was composed
largely ot v. omer. and children. They were un
anle tc lift the heavy ( savus.
BURNED BY LIVE WISE IN AIR.
Coney Island Crowd Sees Electrician Die a
Hunan Torch.
In plain view of hundreds of persons returning
last nißht from Coney Island on the West En 4
line, Joseph M':. an electrician, living at West
?i! street and Neptune avenue. Brooklyn, was
burned to death while high In the air making an
adjustment in some electric light wires. It is he
lieved that the man slipped and in trying to Have
himself grasped a Hr« wire. His body burned
slowly anil lighted up the scene as if it were ■ big
torch.. It w. impossiole to remove him from the
wire until the power had been turned oft.
MR. JEROME ON THE WAY HERE.
Truro, N. S.. June 29— District Attorney Jerome,
of New York. arrived in Truro to-night from a
fishing trip in Cape Breton, and left her© on a late
train for New York. He was called bsSM by an
urgent mesenpe from New York, the nature of
which he declined to state.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
WORK OF COJfGil ESS DO i\ T E
.S7-;.5.57(/.\ TO i:\/> TODAY.
Railway Rate. Pure Food and Mi '
Inspection Bills All Go Through.
The 59th CnpM M far oomluded the work
of Its first session that it is expected to ad
journ to-day.
The three important measures — tb*» Railroad
Rate bill, the Pur? Food Mil and the Meat In
spection amendment — were passed by both
houses.
All the appropriation bills have been passed,
and will bo ready for the signature of the Presi
dent to-day. Only the Omnibus Public Building
bill is In disagreement, and an adjustment of
differences is expected. Final adjournment is
looked for curly this afternoon.
The nomination c! Franklin K. Lane as a
member of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was confirmed. The rate bill provides fcr
two mere commissioner?, and their appointment
is expected to-day.
• Senator Bailey save Senator Tillman ■ verbal
casticratlon on the floor of the Senate.
The Senate, at 11 4."> p. m.. adjourned until 10
o'clock this tuornins. The House remained In
session umlj 12:1*0 a. m., when it took a recess
uut.il M '<''.
A GREAT FIRST SESSION
Measure* Which Will Become Lans
' zcith President's Signature.
[ Fr^ni The Tribune Bureau. ]
"Washington. June 29. — The closing hours of a
great session of Congress were accompanied to
day by the usual hurry and bustle, and despite
the fact that Senators and Representatives were
subjected to a temperature closely approxi
mating Hh> degrees in their respective cham
bers, there was no lack of energy on the part
of men who sought to spread upon the record
a few "last words." for use in the coming" cam
paign: of the leaders who conferred and re
ported disagrements and conferred again, and
on the part of the men. who. by making them
selves generally useful, sought to promote the
conclusion of the session that they might get .
back to districts where the fences need repairs.
Railway rates, pure food, meat inspection, two
general appropriation bills, public buildings and
many private pension measures were all mixed
up tn what to the uninitiated must have seemed
a hopeless jumble, but out of the chaos the
skilled legislators wrought order, and adjourn
ment this evening found practically all the es
sentials concluded, and only the formalities to
t>« completed to-morrow.
Apparently unconscious of the atmosphere of
haste everywhere discernible. Senators and Rep
resentatives wrangled over th ■ details of tha
anti-pass and the pipe line amendment, only to
be followed by others who felt impelled to air
their views on meat inspection, while in swel
tering committee rooms the conferrees declared
they would not and didder that^they would and
did not. ;>ut of irki^^ame a final acr«env *
on the railway bill, the great achievement of
the session: en the Meat Inspection bill, which
consisted of a triumph for the friends of the
packers in the lower chamber, and on the Pure
Food bill, which is now declared by its friends
to b<» an entirely satisfactory law.
Finally the Senate went into executive session,
and in the suffocating atmosphere produced by
locked doors sparred and parried In their ef
forts to dispose of the nomination of Franklin
K. Lane for interstate commerce commissioner.
Senator Elkins. at Use behest of the President. .'
Insisting on hi.- confirmation and other Senators
sparring for time. His confirmation was finally
effected with the aid of all the Democratic votes,
a.id from amid the dust and din of battle and
the great heaps of torn papers and discarded
bills. Senators and Representatives emerged to
seek their dinners and meet again In the even
ing to conclude their work.
The House, riving little further work to do
while the leaders, in committee rooms and out
of-the-way places were perfecting legislation,
spent most of the day quarrelling over the pri
vate calendar under a special rule which waa
not adopted without a fiery debate, in keeping
with th» weather. Speaker Cannon -was In the
chair almost the whole day and preserved a sem
blance of order only by the vigorous use of the
gavel in his strong left hand.
PURE FOOD BILL PASSES.
Conference Report Agreed To by
Birth J louses — Goes to President.
[From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. June 20.— Both houses of Con
; gress agreed to the conference report on th-i
! Pure Food bill to-day, and the measure Is now
■ ready for the President's signature. It will be-
I come operative January 1, 1907. Senator Hey
: bum submitted the conference report to the
I Seriate this afternoon, and it was agree;} to
! without discussion or division.
A few minutes afterward Mr. Mann, of Illinois,
! ta'.led up the conference report in the House.
* He explained the basis of agreement reached by
1 the conference, which, on the whole he said, was
:■■.!'. Th-» provision affect-
Urn control
of the government over unbroken packages, ha
said, had been stricken out. In the case cf com
pounds of blended whiskies, etc.. Mr. Mann said
an agreement had been reached whereby the
package must be lab-lied "Blended" or "Mixed."
en-. The House totiferrees. he said, had ac
cepted the Senate's definition of drugs, but had
retained the important provision In the House
bill designed to control the sale of medicines
containing narcotics.
Th • senate bill, said Mr. Mann, did not get at
th«« root of the patent medicine evlL It vc
tiuircd a statement of the aniou:>.t of alcohol aii'l
(,;,ium only o:i packages of frxx! and nut on pack
ages or bottled medicine. The House bill went
much further, because it required the labelling
on packages of medicine of all narcotics or of
what aie known as "habit forming" drugs.
After answering a number of questions Mr.
Mann asked fur a vote on th» cenfcrcsct report.
and it was agrved to without division.
RATE BILL SHi\ED.
Till man Again Assails President — ■
To Go in Effect in Two Months.
[From Tii« Tribune Bur»-mu. '
Washington. June 20.— The President to-nlgat
at 11:13 o'clock signed th«» Railroad Rate bill.
He also signed the Naturalization till and the bill
for the construction of a lock canal across tho
Isthmus of Panama.
The Seriate finally approved the mfsi— ii
report on the Railway Rate bill, without divis
ion, but not until a heated controversy over tba