They do sny that not In many year
kave m many legislators come back to
,Wahlngtou unaccompanied by their
f am Ilk, An unprecedented nnmlter
f Senators and Representatives will
live bachelor live all this winter.
Where are jrou going to live?" Is con
sequently a more significant question
than In other years." "How are you
going to live?" la a new one to many.
Men of family, who hare not been con
cerned ordinarily about the household
Ing problem because their wives looked
fter those matters, are giving earnest
consideration to the question of how to
live alone. Hotel and boarding house
rntes and accommodations are Inquired
about with deep Interest. Down at the
.bottom of these troubles is the fact that
free trmiMportutlon Is no more. The
members, Indeed, get liberal allowances
of mlleago for their travels, but there
la no arrangement for transitortlng
their families at public expense. They
must have passes or pay. , One Con
(rewuuan with a family of himself,
wife, three "full-fare" and twa "half
tare" children and about 1,500 tulles
to travel, figured that for transporta
tion, sleeping cars, etc., It would cost
him $400 to bring his family to Wash
ington and take It home again In
March, saying nothing of extra expensa
f living here. "So I'm a bachelor,"
be said, sadly.
Persons familiar with real Indian up
risings have been a limned ut the
amount of attention attracted to the
recent attempted migration of three
hundred Utes from their reservation
In Utah to more fertile land In Wyo
ming. The Indians hnd no warlike
Ipurjtose. They were simply seeking
a place of residence where It will be
possible to get food. It Is fifteen years
jalnce there has been anything which
can properly bo callod an uprising, and
that culminated In the fight at Wound
ld Knee, S. D., In 1800. The campaign
Of General Miles for the capture of
,Geronlmo In 1SS0 was really the last
.serious conflict between the whites and
ithe red men. To go. farther back.
troops were called out at the time of
the masaacre of the Meeker family by
the White River Utes In 1870, and the
i Sioux and Chcyenues were ho trouble-
some In 1876 that they had to be at
tacked In the campaign which resulted
In the Custer massacre. - These were
grave disturbances; but so many of
the Indiana novv speak English, wear
civilized clothing and cultivate the
land, that tlio red man who has any
disposition to take to the war-path has
practically disappeared.
Long bridge, crossing the Potomac
to Virginia, over which great urtules
marched during the Civil War, will
aoon live in memory only. Orders
have been Issued for Its destruction
Work has been commenced to remove
It All veterans of the Civil War who
campaigned In the East remember the
fttructure, and It has been one of the
principal objects of Interest upon their
-visits to the national capital. The
bridge waa A mile long, and was sev
ral times badly damaged by freshets.
For years It has been nu obstruction to
navigation, and in Its weakened eondl
tlon was a menace to life. The rail
roads using the bridge by act of Con
gress were compelled to construct a
modern bridge, and the government
has, near the site of the old structure,
and iut far from the new railroad
bridge, built a highway bridge. Long
brldgo waa the theater of historic epl
odes early In the last century, but la
most widely known to recent genera'
tlons as the pathway of the routed
Union forces fleeing Into the national
capital from Virginia after the first
battle of Bull Run.
The Nobel peace prize of $40,000 for
this year bat been awarded to Presi
dent Roosevelt by the Norwegian stor
thing, on account of the part taken
by blm in bringing about the end of
the war between Russia and Japan.
.The presentation of the prlxe was
made to Minlstur Pierce at Chrlstlanla,
the usual requirement that the reclpl
nt of the prize go personally to tho
Norway capital being waived. Ia ac
knowledgment, President Roosevelt
sent a message to tho storthing saying
liow profoundly touched he was by the
. honor conferred, and Baying that what
. be had accomplished was due to . the
fact that he was a representative of
the nation.
When the denatured alcohol act was
passed by Cougress It was the Intention
to enable farmers to dUtlll alcohol and
deunturlze it for use In heating, light
and power purposes. It Is found, how
ever, that the law la a virtual monopoly
to the large distillers, because of ln
ternal reveuue laws which restrict the
distillation to registered stills with a
capacity of seven to ten gallons a day.
conducted under the supervision of In
; tenml rcveuue official. Senator Ilans-
brough of North Dakota has Introduced
nu amendment to give farmers the bcn
cflt of the law, '
Director of the Mint Roborta reports
that the coluage of tho past year was
less than uttual because of the scarcity
of sliver bullion. Tho total number of
new domestic oolus struck was 107,
871.035. having the value of $00,210.-
747. There was also coined $25,000,000
peso for Mexico and a lot of fractlon-
Al pieces for Costa Rica, Psuama and
the Philippines.
Sleul:lng on his resolution against
federal Interference In the Citlifnriii.i
chool question, Senator Rnyner of
Maryland severely criticised the Pres
ident, saying that if he could compel
California to admit Japanese students
he could with equal propriety demand
the admission of Sunto Domingo negro
children into the wblta schools of
Euuttj carotin .
' SUN PARLOR A GOOD THING.
Teraada Made Habitable All W la
ter If laeloaed.
The demand for fresh air and un
shine has reached tbo dignity of a cult
Not only Invalids but people In good
health live out of doors all summer,
and, having felt Ibe boneflclal effects of
sun and air, are loath to shut them
selves up In ordinary bonnes for the
winter months.
To such as these the Country Life
recommends the "sun parlor. Not a
conventional conservatory for plants, It
explained, but a llvuble, comfortable
room for members of the household
where sunshine Is the principal attrac
tion. Use the room as a breakfast
room, n lounging room or n den as you
will, but build it of glass, advises the
writer.
Inclose your piazza, he continues, and
you may sit In the sunshine In your
sun parlor nil the year round, nor do
you need to travel to Florida or Cali
fornia to sit on the piazza from Oeto-
1st to March. But yonr breakfast on
the veranda during the fall and as win
ter draws on help tho sun a little by
turning on the steam or starting the
fire In the fireplace. Sun raises the
temperature hi a glass room Ion to
twenty degrees.
Start your plants from seeds here
and transplant them when the frost
outside Is gone. You can hove tulips
blooming long before Kaster. Plant
vines In boxes and with your palms and
flowers you will have a veritable aum-
mer garden all the year.
The Inclosed piazza Is not a new idea,
yet few soeiu to realize Its possibilities.
The "sun parlor" Is not difficult of at
tainment. A sunny portion of a porch
may lie Inclosed with glass or the llv
lug room or dining room extended for
the purpose.
As n rule most modern houses have
too much veranda and n portion of It
could easily 1 utilized for a sun par
lor, fitting It up with removable win
dows for winter and screens for sum
nier. An ordinary piazza can thus be
converted Into a winter sun parlor at
comparatively small expense and a de
llghtful living room added to the house.
A gas radiator or oil heater may be
used to take the chill off If steam or
furnace heat Is Inaccessible and the
room may Iks attractively furnished
with wicker, willow or mission lurnl
ture. '
ODD NEW ZEALAND BIRDS.
The Honey ICuter Acta Like a
l'reavher and Loulu the Part.
The honey cater Is one of the com
inonest and ut the aauie time hnndsom
est of the New Zealand birds. The
neck Is ornamented with a frill of cur
ly feathers of u greenish color with
white centers and the throat Is adorn
cd with a tuft of white feathers, which
has gained for it the popular name of
"parson bird." .in npiadlutlon appro
priate not only because of the decora'
tlon but because of the reseniblauce of
Its peculiar attitudes when singing to
the gi'Htlcuhitl.uis indulged In by exu
berant lecturers wli:u wishing to Orive
homo their points. The bird Is un ex
cellent miir.i!! jnd can be taught to re
peat short sentences with extraordinary
clearness and .'.Iso to whistle short
songs quite us well as a parrot.
The lute Sir Walter Uullcr tells the
amusing story that he was once ad
dressing a large meeting of natives on
a matter of considerable political ini
portance and had been urging his views
with all the earnestness that the sub
ject demanded when immediately on
the conclusion of the skhh-Ii and before
the old chief to whom his arguments
wero chiefly addressed had time to re-
ply a honey eater, whose netted cage
hung to a rafter overhead, responded
In a dear, emphatic way, "Tito!"
(false).
Tho circumstances naturally caused
much merriment among his audience
and quite upset the gravity of tho veu
erable old chief. "Frleud," he said,
laughing, "your arguments are very
good, but my i.ioknl Is a very wise
bird and he Is not yet convinced."
London Graphic.
rresaed to Death.
Ail English court has sentenced u
woman to Imprisonment because she
refused to speak during a trial The
old penalty for remaining mute ander
similar conditions was being pressed
to death. The form of sentence set
forth "the prisoner shall be laid in
some low, dark house, where he shall
Ho naked on the earth and one arm
shall be drawn to one quarter of the
house with u cord and the other arm
to another quarter, and In tho same
maimer let it he done with his legs,
and let there la laid uiiou his body
Iron and stone as much us he can bear
or more." There the mau had to He.
, (hi the following day he was given
three morsels of bread without water,
on tho following water, but no bread.
ud this was his diet until he died.
tireut lilxeowr).
The editor of a Kansas paper states
that ho once borrowed a Windiest?!
rifle and started up the street a few
days after to deliver the weapon to its
owner. The delinquent subscribers got
It Into their heads that he was on the
warpath, and every one he met Insist
cd ou paying what he owed him. One
man wilted out a debt of ten years'
standing. On his return to his otllee
he found a load of hay, tifteen bushel
of rant, ten bushels of potatoes, a ion
of votd and a barrel of turnips that
had Ihhui brought In. We would like
to burrow a Winchester for a day or
two, St. Iiouls Post-Dispatch.
Saxuu Ithyuio ou Farina- Kalla
Cut tUeiu oa Monday, cut them for health.
Cut tli "in on iuesday, cut thetu
weal.h.
Cut them ou Wednesday, cut for a letter.
Cut them on Thursday, for something
better.
Cut them on Friday, you cut for your
wife.
Cut theiu on Saturday, cut for long Ufa,
l ut tneni on Bunduy, you cut them
for
evil,
Tor all of that week you'll be ruled
the devil.
by
Mackerel la Church. '
, During a harvest festival at the flsh
ng town of Puueknoll, Dorset, En
gland, mackerel, liuc.g across the cbau-
eel, formed part c.f the church decora
tlomv., '
William Henry Moody, who has na
timed his duties as associate Jutitlct
of the Supreme Court of tho United
States, hns had the
honor of , hnvlng
filled two eablnct
positions before as
cending , the Su
preme bench. He
was Secretary of
the Navy from
May, 19 02, until
July, 1904, whou he
became' Attorney
General, a position
ttn I liita tnat enllti.
;va-
w.t.uAii ir. Mocov. " " ' . "
qulshed. lief ore en
tering the cabinet Mr. Moody had serv
ed nearly four terms In the House of
Representatives as Congressman from
the Sixth Massachusetts District Pri
or to his election to Cougress he had
served as district attorney for the
eastern district of . Massachusetts. Mr.
Moody was born in New bur jr. Muss.,
In 1853. He received bis educatloa la
Phillips Academy, Andover, aad In
Harvard University, and practiced law
successfully before he entered tie fluid
of politics.
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Captain George J. Grammar, who
has been elected vice president of the
consolidated system ef railways and
given charge of the
freight traffic, Is one
of the noted rail
way mi.u of the
country. He was
born In 1844 at
Zunesvlll", Ohio,
started In life as a
cabin iwy on a riv
er boat, and subse
quently became su
perintendent of the
old KvansvHle, Pa-
CAPT. GRAMMAR.
duch and Cairo line of boats. Then
be became freight agent for the Evans
ville nd Terre Haute Road, and In
1S00 became general traffic manager
of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois.
Subsequently he became president of
three Indluua roads, aud then was
chosen traffic manager ef the Lake
Shore, holding that position until last
year, when ho became vice president
of, the Vanderbllt system, with charge
of traffic west of Buffalo. The last
promotion makes Captain Grammar
traffic manager of the entire Vander
bllt ayutem.
James E. Watson, who holds the
balance of power In the House com
mittee that Is considering the ship sub
sidy bill, which he
formerly opposed,
but " which he now
favors, represents
the Sixth Indiana
district, and when
first elected to Cou
gress In 1894, de
feated the veteran,
William S. Holraan.
Mr. Watson was
born In Winchester,
Ind., ' In 1804, and
J. te. watsom, received his educa
tion In De Tamv University. In 1880
be waa admitted to the bar. He has
been grand chancellor of the Knights
f l'ythlus, and also president of the
Indiana State Kpworth League. Ho has
lived in Rushrille. Ind., since 189:1.
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Senator Francis Emroy Warren of
Wyoming, wbosa name has been
dragged Into the Investigation of ex
tensive laud frauds
In tho West, ha
been conspicuous In
Wyoming polities
since 1S0S. He was
twice territorial
governor and was
the first governor
nnder the ctate con
stitution, and pre
viously had beeu a
member of the Wy
oming council and benatob wajuen.
president of the Wyoming senate, lie
lerved three terms as treasurer of Wy
lining. Ills first office in the territory
a as as mayor of Cheyenne. Senator
Warren was born In Hinsdale, Mass.,
In 1840, was educated In the common
ochools and Hinsdale Academy, and
ifter serving In the Union Army from
1802 until the close of the civil war
tent to Wyoming and started la the
tattle-raising business. He was one of
the first United States senators elected
nnder the state constitution in 1890.
Julius Kahn, member of Congress
from the Fourth California district. Is
one of the most picturesque figures Id
the lower house.
He Is a native of
ltaden, hut has
lieen a resident
of San Francisco
s I n c e childhood.
He chose the
stage as a profes
sion and has ap
peared with most
of , the great
American actors.
Subsequently he
JV1.1VS KAHN, (,red of ulatrj0n.
Ics and turned his attention to the law,
at which he has been very successful.
Mrs. Helen Wilmaus Post, who a few
rears ago was a mental healer as fa
mous as Mrs. Eddy or Dowle. and whe
founded the towu
of Sen Rrecxe, Fla..
confessed in court
at Jacksonville.
Flu., that she was
a fraud, and paid n
fine of r00 ror
fraudulent use of
the malls. In an
affidavit filed In
court she said she
. V
Is Buffering from
una. rXMir.
Inflammatory rheumatism, and cannot
cure herself. Her pleas to be relieved
sf the thirty days' lu prlsoumeut waa
granted. -
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SUFFER FROM COLD.
HARDSHIPS FOR ' FRI8CANS IN
REFUGEE CAMPS.
Tea tad t'ainpa - la Saa Fraaelca
Parka Are I'oor Shelter Aaalaat
the Call (or n la ' Wlnler Halaa
Klchteea Tlioaaand Ileateleaa.
8aa rrtocUco earrmpa&aencc :
With the cold rains of winter upon
them, 18,000 persons are still living in
the refugees' camps of San Francisco.
There were 200,000 In the camps when
order was restored after the great fire,
but warm weather was at band theu
and the problem of caring for even
this great number was simplified in u
measure by this fact Now it Is differ
ent. The winter Is on and the author
ities realize that It will be harder to
care for 18,000 In the next four mouths
than It was to care for over ten times
that number early In the year.
The refugees are divided Into two
classes the self-supporting and the
non-supporting. The first are those
who are earning enough to support
themselves, even to paying reasonable
rent, but have neither the furniture for
bouses nor the ability to buy and who
in many cases cannot secure houses at
reasonable rentals. The non-supporting
are those who were rendered absolute
ly destitute by the fire, mostly old per
sons, who are being cared for in a
camp set aside for them at tba Ingle
side race course. These non-supporting
ones have been made comfortable lu
shacks, where they are looked after
by relief captains. But the self-supporting
ones are having a hard time of
It Dr. Edward T. Devlne, who had
charge of the relief work up to Aug. 1,
had planned to have permanent houses
built, but to escape bankruptcy the
corporation had to abandon this plan
toward the end of August, when the
refugees were all In tents. Then It
was decided to build wooden shacks In
the parks to take the place of the tents
in which there would be little shelter
for the Inmates against the rains of the
California winters. In all about 6,000
shacks will have been constructed when
the work Is finished, but only a small
fraction of the shacks have been erect
ed and these are without plumbing and
without chimneys. It Is doubtful If
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A TENTED CAMP OF SAN FRANCISCO REFUGEES.
these little structures will turn the
pelting rains and surely the tents In
which thousands arc yet housed will
not. The shacks are of two sizes, the
larger ones being 10x18 feet and have
three rooms, while the smaller ones
have but two rooms.
Vaireacrona Official.
The city officials have not displayed
a generous spirit, When the shacks
were erected It was understood that
they were to stand until the middle of
August, 1907. But early In November
orders were Issued that all the parks
In the district where most of the
camps are located should be cleared
forthwith of tents, houses and refugees.
This was on the eve of election and
the order was that they must depart
before voting. Politicians interfered
and told the refugees that they would
not be removed. The park commis
sioners renewed their order, but It bar
not yet been put Into effect and any
attempt to drive the people out will
lead to a riot, for they have no place
to go.
A monthly rental of $8 la charged
for three-room shacks and of $4 for
two-room shacks. The collection ef the
rent Is difficult Nine out of ten would
bave paid without comment but for the
presence of agitators who refused to
pay and urged others not to pay. Those
who have paid their rent have been
watching those who do not and as the
non-payers continue in possession of
their shacks the number who refuse to
pay Increases . dally. Matters were
brought to a cllmux when eighteen
families took forcible possession of as
many Jefferson square shacks and held
them In open defiance of the relief
corporation. They still hold them and
the effect Is demoralizing. The tplrlt
which they displayed Is Indicative, of
the restlessness ef the people and there
may be trcuble before long.
Obatreperona Marjr Kelly. -'
The raid made by the eighteen fam
ilies was led by Mary Kelly, who was
also the leader of the flour riots last
summer, and also of the mob which
protested against giving a banquet to
Dr. Devlne when there were refugees
Buffering for the necessities of life.
Mrs. Kelly has a paralytic husband and
four children and has always been a
hard-working woman. The members
of the relief corporation were exas
perated with the woman when site
seized a cottage.. They did not cara to
brlug eviction proceedings, they did not
dare to pull her cottage down and they
bit upon the novel plan of dragging
ahaek, woman and all to the non-supporting
refugees' camp at Ingleslde,
where the relief captains would be free
t work their wills. Accordingly a
squad of po! Icemen loaded Iter camp
upon a truck and started on the six
mile Journey across the city to Ingle
aide. Throughout the Journey Mrs.
Kelly stood in tha door of the shuck,
stars aud stripes lu band. In a perfect
frenzy of anger, denouncing the relief
corporation, ita agents and all its
works. Women cried and men curted
all tn all, It was a scene to be remeaa.
Lered.
All along the line of march then
were eights and Incipient rlota. Sev
eral times the driver was all but p idled
from his seat. Captain J. N. Klllnn,
camp commander at Ingleslde, had not
been notified of the descent that was
being made uiton blm. When the mob
escorted truck reached the outer gates
of tho camp. Klllan, upon learning who
was thus bciug thrust upon him, denied
Mrs. Kelly admittance, on the ground
that she would spread duitlsfacUoa
and . discontent among a . people who
had become resigned to their uuhuppy
lot
For two days, while the several fac
tions of the relief corporation were
disputing us to what disposition should
be made of the unhappy old woman,
the, shack-luden truck remained in the
county road, outside the gates of In
gleslde. The building was, of course,
without fire. The six-mile Journey
through the streets had racked it bad
ly ; the windows and the door could net
be closed. The rain entered at a hun
dred places. But the determined old
woman did not desert her home.
After two days' stay la the roadway
the shack was finally dragged Inside
the camp. Mrs. Kelly was wurned that
It was to be pulled down. Still she
refused to leave. A force of workmen
thereupon set upon It, until nothing
was left but three boards of the fleer
upon which stood the resolute old wom
an, waving her flag, while denouncing
those whom she termed her persecutors.
Then she went back to the tent which
she had occupied before she seized the
shack.
OVERRUN BY THIEVES.
New Terlt Poll re Helplesa In the
Face of a Crime Epidemic.
In New York City more than $1,000,
000 worth of property, chiefly Jewelry,
has been stolen during the past year, and
only a small proportion of it has been
recovered from the shops of pawnbrokers.
Upward of 1,000 lists of articles taken
in robberies, some of the individual cases
running as high as $75,000 in value, have
been scattered broadcast in that time with
the hope either of finding the booty or
obtaining a clew to tho thieves, but in
nearly every case without avail, and the
police are virtually at their wits' end.
Detective Sergeants Murphy and Ware
have been trying to clear up the situa
tion and have visited every pawnbroker's
place in New York, but they have been
hampered In their work by the fact that
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they were not permitted to leave copies of
the list of stolen goods with the pawn
broker lest too much publicity should fol
low, and they were allowed only to show
the lists to the keepers of the places, re
lying on their memory for the rest As a
result, not the sliKUtest trace has been
obtained of something more than 200.000
separate pieces of Jewelry which were
taken in the course of tho year.
nadlcal Consumption Theory.
Dr. W. P. Turner, a London physi
cian of high standing, who has made a
first-hand study of tuberculosis for many
years, has recently published his conclu
sions, the main feature of which is that
the disease is an animal disease,
primarily derived in all" cases frem
cattle. According to the review ef
this work in Current Literature, he h14a
that the original source of infection b
a plant cattle deriving it from timethy
or other allied grasses from affinity, and
that man acquires the disease frant in
fection or inoculation, never by Inhala
tion; also, that it is not hereditary or
subject to predisposition. The bacillus
is a saprophyte, feeding on vegetable de
cay, but that it becomes pathogenic ?
disease breeding when the cattle in whi.h
it occurs are deprived of the sunlight'
which contains a property known as actin
ism. The group of diseases thus trans
mitted by cattle or ilesh food he cells
mycotic. The grasses are the primary
host, cattle are the intermediary host
sad man rounds out the life cycle. So
that consumption can be regarded only as
a parasitic' disease. According to this
theory, inhalation has nothing to do with
the spreading of consumption, and the
theory that infection ia conveyed by the
sputum is abandoned, whilo tho idea af
contamination through kissing would
prove nonsensical.
Cost of Federal Criminals.
Uncle Sam has 3,204 of his own pris
oners. They are confined -n goverumant
penitentiaries at Leavenworth, Kan.;
Atlanta, Ga. ; McNeil Island, Wash., aod
in sixty-five State institutions. In a year
there has been a decrease in number of
179, although 1,709 new occupants enter
ed cells. Forty-nine died in twelve
months; fifteen went insane. The of
fense for which the largest number were
Incarcerated was violation of the postal
laws, but 141 of the prisoners were coun
terfeiters and 70 had sold liquor to the
Indians. Lees than half the prhsoaers
bad a better or worse half. Most of them
comaiitted crimes when tbey were be
tween 20 and 90 years of age, although
the statements of age by tha 35 women
prisoners may have brought down tfia
figure. Nearly 50 per cent of those ques
tioned confessed to intemperance. Ft coat
Uncle Sam at Leavenworth $10X73 a
year for each prisoner. Each one at
Washington and Atlanta cost between
11 and 12 rents a day. But those who
keep out of jail find the cost of living
higher. .
New Pneumonia. Treatment.
Dr. Robin of Paris has reported to the
Academy of Medicine a new method of
treating pneumonia, with the application
of which only six fatalities out of fifty
one cases occurred. The treatment con
sists of subcutaneous Injections' of a
metallic element. Dr. Robin said the
kind of metal used seemed to make little
difference, though heavier metals and gold
and silver seemed to hava strorger action.
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CONGRESS
President Roosevelt sent In a mnssagt
to the Senate Wednesday dealing with the
discharge of negro troops. After some
debate action was postponed until tha
next day. The pension calendar was
cleared by the passage of more than 200
private pension bills. In the House a
resolution was adopted giving the com
mittee on enrolled bills an additional
clerk. A resolution still further Increas
ing the force In that office met determined
opposition. The absence of a quorum was
disclosed and Speaker Cauuon brought
about adjournment.
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In the Senate on Thu.-sday Senator
Foraker made an extended critielrm of
the basis of President Roosevelt's action
in discharging the negro troops of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry. He was replied to
briefly by Senator Lodge, while Senator
Scott sustained the demand of the Ohio
Senator for a full investiration by tha
Senate military committee. A resolution
directing such investigation Is before the
Senate for action at its next meeting.
Adjourned at 2:45 p. m. until Jan. 3,
1907. In the House Representative Mon
dell (Wyoming) succeeded In passing his
bill extending the time in which entry
men may make final settlement on the
Shoshone Indian reservation. Representa
tive Fayne (New York) called up his
resolution relating to the distribution of
the President's annual message to the
several committees. The House then,
after passing the resolution, adjourned
for the Christmas holidays at 12 :45 p. m.
National Capital Notes.
Representative John S. Little, Go
rnor-elect of Arkansas, has resigned
from Congress.
President Roosevelt entertained Gov.
elect nughes of New York at a dinner at
the White House.
The opning of bids for the completion
ef the Panama canal has been postponed
from Dec. 12 to Jan. 12.
Senator Frye withdrew from the Sen
ate calendar the compulsory pilotage bill
because of ftp recent defeat in the House.
Representative Hardwick of Georgia
introduced a bill requiring all railways
to install tho block system and providing
that railway telegraphers shall be licens
ed. Representative Goulden of New York.
In the debate on the Indian epproprinlion
bill In the House, made an earnest plea
for larger appropriations for the improve
ment of waterways.
The nouse defeated a bill validating
20,000 certificates of naturalization that
are clouded becauso court clerks failed
to ask the applicants if they were an
archists. The measure will be callod up
again.
Miss Jane Addams and Miss Mary
McDowell of Chicago conferred with
President Roosevelt on the Immigration
bill. They urged an investigation of the
immigration question before shutting out
aliens.'
The Senate agreed to a resolution re
questing the judiciary committee to in
form the Senate if Congress cau prohibit
Interstate commerce in child labor-mada
goods under the commerce clause of the
Constitution.
The nouse committee on Immigration
reported favorably a bill to valiuato 20,-
000 certificates of naturcllmtcion which
are of doubtful legality because of the
failure of clerks to ask the applicants if
they were anarchists.
American exports of meat and dairy
products have increased GO per cent In
the last ten years and for the present
calendar year amount to $250,000,000,
according to a statement made by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor.
Representative McKinney of Illinois
Introduced bills appropriating $5,000 for
the purchase of additional ground for the
public building at Rock Island ana in
creasing the appropriation for a site aud
public building at Moline to $125,000.
Senators Cullom ' and Hopkins will
aree the President to appoint Oliver E.
Pagin of Chicago, now special attorney
in the Department of Justice, to be an
Mtatant attorney general to succeed
James C. McReynolds, soon to retire.
Tne Russian ambassador, Baran Rose,
announced that a man representing him
self as Prince Magatch, who is Baid to be
in America negotiating lor larm maenin
it for the Russian department of agri
culture, has no authority to represent tha
Russian government.
The interstate commerce commission
set Jan. 1 and 8 for a hearing at Chi
os va of the testimony in the cases grow
ing out of the terminal charges at the
stock yards and the advance in rates
upon cattle coming from points west of
the Mississippi river.
The nouse committee on elections de
cided unanimously to report favorably the
Tillman bill forbidding national banks
and other corporations to contribute to
campaign funds after adding a clause
making the offense punishable by Impris
onment as well as fine.
Vice President Fairbanks received
from Representative Steenerson an Invita
tion from several Chippewa half-broedi
of Minnesota who bear his name and are
related to him to attend the fiftieth anni
versary of the creation of the White
Earth Indian reservation.
The House committee on commerce
will begin hearings Jan, 8 on the Sher
man bill requiring railroads to sell mile
age hooks at a rate of 2 cents a mile
and Dec. 14 on the Townsend bill for an
arbitration to settle labor dispute af
fecting lntf rstute commerce or the mails.
The War Department has selected Do
ver, N. J., as the site for the government
powder factory for which Congress ap
propriated $103,000 last session.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt the
other night dined with the Vice President
nd Mrs. Fairbanks, the company lnclud
iug. among others. Speaker and Mrs. Can
non and Ambassador and Mrs. Reid.
President Roosevelt has received from
Emanuel Nobel of St. Petersburg,
nephew of the founder of the Nobel prize
and present bead of the family, a cable
gram congratulating bira on receiving
the peaca prize. ,
Tbe Senate committee oa Industrial ex
positions authorized a favorable report
on the bill for a government loan of $1,.
000,000 to tbe Jamestown exposition.
Representative Foster of Vermont In
troduced a bill providing that tbe title
of "American ambassador" sball be borne
by all diplomatic representatives of tbe
United States a bore the grade of charge
d'affaires.
John II. Perrin of Indianapolis ap
peared before the House committee on
banking and currency in support of the
American Bankers' Association credit
currency measure. He urged the neces
sitj for $200,000,000 more in bank notes.
CHICAGO.
The favorable conditions which hava
characterized commerce so strikingly
throughout the year have suffered no
decline, and It ia a fitting culmination
to tho unprecedented activities that the
Volume of Christmas dealings ha sur
passed the high record made a year
ago. Notwithstanding the enormous
buying of holiday goods, the general
demand is well sustained In seasonable
lines, especially high-grade apparel,
footwear aud household needs.
The buying power of the people never
before hns been so strongly demonstrat
ed and liberal purchnses have carried
sales of the luxuries to a remarkable
extent Jowelry, art and music store
sharing largoly In the general prosper
ity. Stocks in the leading retail sec
tions throughout the city have under
gone satisfactory depletion on a falrly
prolltable margin, although the Helllug
expense forma an enhanced Item. A
feature of the dealings ban been tla
greatly Increased number of visitor
from many outside points who bought
liberally, and it is clear that this mar
ket has become a more attractive cen
ter than hitherto for discriminating,
buyers.
Wholesale bramdies now settle lut
tha usual quiet af the dying year, at
tention being given mostly to prepara
tions for the annual Inventories. I toad;
salesmen return with satisfactory or
ders for spring delivery, and the vol
ume of sales thus far compares very
favorably with that of last year in dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, ladies'"
suits and men's furnishings. Advim.
testify to continued headway made In
the business done by Interior merchants.
Agricultural conditions remain good,
winter wheat doing well and there la
Ing no enforced marketing of crops.
Little complaint Is noted as to western
collections, while a higher ratio of fail
ures this week Is without special indi
cations of an unhealthy kind.
Bank exchanges a year ago were con
siderably swollen by the closing of
three local concerns, and, allowing for
this, there is sustained gain in the cur
rent total. Conditions In tbe leading;
industries reflect no material change.
The customary falling off appears la
the aggregate of new demands, but tho
pressure is undiminished upon produc
tion, and few plants can be shut down
for more time than Is necessary to
make imperative repairs. Raw mate
rials are yet rapidly absorbed and'
prices maintain their high position for
pig Iron, finished steel, lumber, hides
and leather. The markets for bread
stuffs, provisions and live stock show
seasonable activity, and, with few ex
ceptions, values range higher.
Failures reported in Chicago district
numbered 28, against 23 last week and
18 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade..
NEW YORK.
Holiday buying, easily the pre-eminent
trade feature, Increases as the sea
son draws to a close and early predic
tions of a record turnover are being
fully realized. Stocks have been so well
disposed of that Jobbers have booked a
large volume of re-orders. Otherwise,,
however, general retail trade in season
able goods has been subjected to vaga
ries of weather, being excellent where
low temperatures have prevailed, but
backward elsewhere of the South and '
In tha Northwest, where the weather
has been too mild or too rnlny for the
fullest developments. In the larger
distributive lines, wholesale and Job
bing business is comparatively quiet lu
consonance with the season, drummers
being In for the holidays, while Inven
torying Is under woy. The failures in
the United States for the week ending
Dec. 20, number 227, against 220 last
week, 235 in the like week of 1905, 24!
In 1904, 243 in 1803 and 166 In 1902.) Iit
Canada failures for the week numbcr
26, as against 31 a week ago and 3K
in this week a year ago. BradstreetV
Commercial report
$3bav
Chicago Cattle, common ' to prime.
$4.00 to $7.10; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0l
to $0.32; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $3.50 ; wheat. No. 2, 73c to 74c ; corn.
No. 2, 43c to 44c ; oats, standard, 32c to
83c; rye. No. 2, 05c to -JOc; hay, timo
thy, $13.00 to $18.00; prairie, $0.00 to
$10.50; butter, choice creamery, 27e to
Sic; eggs, fresh, 25c to itf)c; potatoes,
32c to 3t)c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.00; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to
$0.40; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 t
$4.50; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn.
No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. Z
white, 33c to 37c.
St. Louis Cattle. $4.50 to 7.00;
hogs, $4.00 to $0.30; sheep, $3.50 to
$0.00; wheat No. 2, 75c to 70o;coru,
No. 2, 40c to 41c; oats. No. 2, 34c to
SOc; rye, No. 2, 61c to 03c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00;
hogs, $4.00 to $0.33; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.50; wheat. No. 2, 75c to 77c; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats, No. T
mlxed, 30c to 88c; rye, No. 2, 70c to
72c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.00; ho.
$4.00 to $0.:W; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00;
wheat. No. 2, 70c to 77c; corn. No. 3
yellow, 43c to 40c ; oats. No.- 3 white,
35c to 37c ; rye, No. 2, 00e to 70c.
Milwaukee Wheat No. 2 northern,
78c to 80c; corn, No. 3, 40c to 41e;
oats, standard, 34c to 35c; rye. No. 1,
60c to 07c ; barley, standard, 54c to 55c
pork, mess, $10.15.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $0.25; hogs, fair to choice, $4.t
to $0.60; sheep, common to good mixed
$4.00 to $5.75; lambs, fair to choice' -$3.00
to $8.00.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to $3.00
hog. $4.00 to $0.75; sheep. $3.00 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 79c:
corn. No. 2, 51c to 82e; oats, natural
white, to 41c; butter, creamery,, 30c
to 33c; eggs, western, 27c to 80c
