Richmond, Va., union arc planning te
erect A $100,000 temple.
A moot in it to form a State organization
of city employes' anions will be called In
Ronton.
Union metal worker in Germany in
creased their membership in 1 DO." from
13,000 to 2.1,000.
The telephone girls of Memphis, who
hare a union of their own, are on strike
for better condition.
IVmver riparmakers have asked for an
increase of $1 a thousand, and will start
a eo-operoiive factory if it la not granted.
Milk wnxon drivers at Oakland, Cal..
huve formed a nnion and a Hi I In tod wltt
the International Brotherhood of Team
sters.
A hill bin boon Introduced in the Ala
bama Legislature to prevent the employ
ment of laborers .in factories over ten
hcurs a day.
The South Australian premier, Tom
Pi ice, who In a stoncmosou by trade,
timrched with hi union In the recent Ade
laide eight-hour procession.
The German Miners' I'nion la urging
the. organized miners In Great Britain to
assist It during Its probable strike for
a lo per cent increase in wages.
. Within one week the blacksmiths of
Sacramento recently obligated 1.1ft mem
bers. All the men employed at this trnd
n the Southern Pacific are now organ
iced. An estimote furnished by a statistician
fives the' number of men killed in the
daily pursuit of their cnHing, largely
skilled and unskilled laborers, for the last
four years, at SO.OIIO men, or 20,000 an
nually. The machinists' lodges have begun a
vigorous organizing cutnpaign and eight-
hour day agitation in every section of
eastern New England. The membership
In the vicinity has trebled within the
last year.
Sacramento ia soon to have a handsome
and commodious labor temple. The build
ing ia to tie erected under the auspices
of the Sacramento Labor Temple Asso
ciation, the members of which were chos
en from the unions of that city.
The latest development In England's
struggle between employer and employed
Is Sir John Bingham's olTer to subscribe
$50,000 to fund to fight strikers. Sir
John, the head of one of Sheffield's great
est cutlery firms, sees no escape from the
tremendous labor troubles, and urges the
manufacturers to join bands for a finish
fight.
The Brotherhood of Hnilrond Trolnmen
and Order of Hallway Conductors of the
Uocky Mountain division of the Northern
Pacific have both decided to demand a
raise of 15 per cent In wnges and a re
duction of the working day to eight hours.
It la believed that the mime demand will
bo made ultimately by the brakemen and
conductors on all roads operating in Che
Went.
Following the recent sailor' Btrlke on
the Pacific coast cornea a disagreement
between the oflicera of the vessels which
promise to result in one of the greatest
labor troubles In connection with Pacific
coast shipping of recent years. This la a
strike of all ship officers except the mas
ters. The trouble hinges on the demand
of the officers for overtime and an In
crease In salary of $10 a mouth.
(gJ-LEGES
John I). Rockefeller presented the Uni
versity of Cub-ago with $3,000,000 aa a
New Year's gift, thus making the total
of bis donationa to that institution $21,
J 1(1,021. Of the latest gifts $300,000
goes to make up the year's deficit and the
rest to the permanent endowment. The
trustee also announce that $300,000 more
had been pledged by other people. Thin
brings the permanent endowment up to
$10,500,000.
The public schools figured out some
numerical progress during 1004-0. En-
. rollment increased 210,000, making a total
of 10,400,0(17. The rates of enrollment
to total population advanced from 20.01
to 20.03 per cent The average ni'mber
of days attended by each pupil advances
from 102.1 to 104.7 and the average
length of the school term made a new
record, advancing from 140.7 to 150.3
days. The public school system cost $3.40
per capita of the population, and $1:5.17
per pupil, or 10 cents a day.
The New York Rchool Journal pub
lishes statistics showing the growth of the
trade schools movement in this country.
There are six building and mechanical
trade schools in N ew ork and Brooklyn,
three In Iloston, two In San Francisco and
two in Philadelphia. New York has two
brewing academies, Chicago and Milwau
kee one each. Philadelphia, Lowell, New
Itedford and Atlanta have textile schools;
Chicago, St. I-ouis, Omaha, Peoria, Wal
tham, Winona and LaPurte have watch
making and engravers' bcIiooIs. The uni
versities of Wisconsin and Minnesota and
the Iowa college of agriculture have
schools of dairying. For dressmaking,
luilliaery end the domestic arts and sci
ences, schools exist in Iloston, New York,
Ilrooklyn, St. Louis and Philadelphia.
F.igbt cities contain schools to trach har
boring. St. Louis has a school for rail
way telegraphers; Effingham, III., has a
college of photography, and New York an
academy for shipbuilders.
The trustees of Ilobart college, Geneva,
N. Y., hava accepted the proposition of
William Smith of that place to found a
college for women with an endowment of
$:!50,000. It will be known as the Wil
liam Smith college for .rotucn.
The Modern language Association at
Its recent New Haven, Conn., meeting
voted to UW simplified sielllug . In the
journals of the association and approved
the campaign of the spelling board. The
Wisconsin Teachers' Association has In
dorwtd the Simplified Spelling Hoard and
the action of President Itooaevelt in fur
llierlug phonetic spelling.
One of the trustees of the Louisville
university Is authority for the statement
that John ). Rockefeller has offered 12,
000,000 to, the Institution. The gift is to
be contingent upon the raising of a sim
ilar sum from other source.
Sidney Lee, editor of the National Dic
tionary of Itiography, in an address at
Indou, said it was significant fact that
at Harvard university there were twenty
professors of Kuglish, wlill at Oxford
there was only one and that America,
Germany and France were all outdoing
Kngland lu Enjlifcb scholarship. The
American people are becoming mors accu
rate readers and writers.
I Nebraska $
Legislature f
House rin inns.
The house pasted the following bills
Wednesday:
By Th lessen of Jeflerson Mutual
Insurance companies limited by the
number of risks or members.
By Hcudder Antl-hobo bill.
. By Hamer of Buffalo Appropriat
ing money In the Kearney normal li
brary fund for the purchose of books
for the library.
Ty Wilson of Custer Providing; for
the disorganization of school districts.
By Knowlea of Dodge Providing
for the appointment of guardians.
By K. W. Brown of Lancaster In
determinate sentence law.
By Hamer of Buffalo Permitting
cities or colonies to Issue bonds for
the purchase of telephone linos.
By Clarke of Douglas The bulk
sales law.
A public meeting- will tie held next
Wednesday night, when nil the rail
roads Interested will be grunted tlm
to discuss measures before the legisla
ture. The house Thursday concurred In
the action of the senate by Indefinitely
postponing the bill to abolish capital
punishment. A bill requiring the gov
ernor a sanction before an execution
can take place (putterned after the
Kansas law) Is still pending."
County Option Killed.
In the presence of a gnllery and lob
by filled with friends of the measure
the county option bill was klled Sat
urday afternoon In the aenate by ii
vote of 1 1 to 20. Every aenntor was
presetit but Gibson of Dougln. and he
was paired with Wlltse of Cedar, who
favored the bill.
May Amend Commission Hill.
Some members of the legislature
have been seriously studying the rail
road commission bill drafted by the
Joint committee of the house and sen
ate, and It la not unlikely that an ef.
fort will be made to get the commit
tee and make some amendments to the
measure, and at least a few members
of the committee would not object to
some changes. The bill does not fix
a legal freight rate at this time, but
provides the commission, as soon n
possible, shall fix up a schedule of
rates. It was argued by Republican
speakers during the campaign, and es
pecially by Gov. Sheldon, that tho
rates In effect now should be the legal
rates and the commission should have
power to reduce these rates wherever
It waa found they were too high
There Is no reason to think Gov. Shel
don has changed his views.
. Reapportionment t'ndcr Way.
Sanders, of Knox, Introduced a res
olution In the house Saturday, author
Islng the committee on apportionment
to draft an apportionment bill to re-
distrlct the state senatorial and rep
resentative districts.
Routine Proceedings of senate.
The senate Friday morning passed
8. F. 78, by King, relntlng to the de
scent of real property to decedents
The bill glvea the surviving husband
or wife a share In fee of the propcrtv
Instead of allowing the wife a dower
Interest of one-third under tho pres
ent law. Two votes were cast against
the bill, by WIlBey of Frontier, and
Root of Cass. Mr. Root explained his
vote by saying he did not believe thu
bill gave the wife sufficient protec
tion as to her share of the property
against creditors of the husband, and
In thla respect was Inferior to th ?
present law. 8. F. 74 and S. R 75
which repeal laws relating; to dower
were also passed.
The senate also passed 8. F. 197, bv
Hanna of Cherry, providing for dupll
cate certificates of tax sale where the
original has been lost.
Among the bills reported on favor
ably by standing committees was Gib
son's liquor bill, prohibiting brewer
from having an Interest In a retail sa
loon and limiting the number of aa
loons In cities' of over 25,000 to one for
every 800 population and In cities and
villages under 26,000 to one for every
tOO population.
Recommended for Passage.
The following senate bills were rec
ommended for passage Friday:
To appropriate $3,000 for expanses
of the Orthopedic hospital.
By Root To harmonize confllctliiR
statutes regarding bond elections.
By Thomas Allowing the use of
"patent" paving In Omaha.
Py Thomaa Increasing the pay of
deputy in the register of deeds office
In Douglas county from 11.200 to Jl
600 a year and of copyists from J60 to
$80 a month.
I'y Randall Relating to the taxlir
of educational nhd saline lands.
Routine Proceeding) of House.
The house, adopted a resolution ty
Oii.wikaiihiluli ttf Vuninkn , 11
for the appointment of a committee of
five to Inspect and report on the prar
tlcabillty of establishing a blncllnir
twine plant at the state penitentiary
The name proposition was killed two
years ago.
Quuckenbush reported as a memhe
of the delegation which attended the
oil conference at Topeka. A sum
mary of the report has already been
published.
H. R. 106. by K. W. Brown of Un
caster, providing a sentence of one to
five years for persons convicted of
having burglars tools In their posses
sion, wan passed.
H. R. 81, by Hansen of Merrick
providing counties or villages may owt
telephone lines, was passed.
H. R. 12J. by Snyder, memorializing
congress to remove the duty on build
Ing materials, was recommended , for
passage by the committee of tho whole
H. R. H4. by Raper, reoon mending
to congress the passage of th Meconi-
ber bill, was Indefinitely postponed.
Primary !v Heudy.
The state wide primary law pledged
to the people by the Republican, Hern
ocratlc and populist stale conventions
will be Introduced In the legislature
the first of next week. The bill lias
been blocked out by the sub-commit
tee and may be sent to the Joint com
mlttee within a few days, and la sure
to reach the house and aenate by
Tuesday or Wednesday, If not before.
The bill aa prepared In the rough pro.
vldes that the general election officer
shall be the officers of the primary,
the Same machinery being used at
both elections.' It has been decided
that Instead of electing the precinct
,and county committees that tank will
fall to the lot of the nominees. It hav
,lng been agreed that under the latter
plan people will be selected for those
-important places who will have some
interest In the election and who will
Inot leave all of the work to the chair
man and secretary. Both Dodge of
'Douglas and Brown of Lancaster,
where the committee Is selected by a
vote, agreed that the results had not
been entirely satisfactory and both
were willing to accept any change
which might tend to better condi
tions.
Reviving County 01lon.
A movement to revive toe county
option bill, which was killed in the
senate last Friday, has come to light
and Is being aided and abetted by
some of the senators who voted
against the measure last Friday. The
plan ia to have the house amend the
measure providing for election once
every four or five years Instead of ev
ery two years and providing that the
county election shall govern the entire
county until the next election. As the
bill was drawn It ullowed cities and
villages to vote no license even after
the county had gone wet. Senators
McKesson, Burns and Wilson, In In
terviews published Tuesday, declare
they would support a bill amended to
conform to these linos. From the
vote Friday It would require two more
senator to give the amended bill a
majority, und It is possible these could
be found.
Itnilvvuy Commission Bill.
The senate Tuesday morning dis
played u disposition to push the rail
way commission bill through as rapid
ly as possible when It voted to take)
the bill from the standing committee
on railroads, to which It had boon re
ferred, nnd plane It directly on Ren
al file. This will advance It more
rapidly than the regular course, as or
dinurily It woull rave to be considered
by the railroad committee. The a.
Hon was taken on motion of Chair
man WilHey t.t the railroad commit
tee, who said tils committee had al
ready considered the bill at the session
of the Joint committee and was willing
It should go to the general file with
out further delay In the committee
room.
Ivvciiiption Hill Is Challenged.
The senators who fought the bulk
sales bill on the Moor of the senate
Monday are pointing to u bill provid
ing that 10 per cent of the salary of
a laboring man, mecnninc or ciera
shall be subject to execution for debt,
as evidence that the charge of a coali
tion between the wholesalers and the
retailers Is true. The charge was made
by Senator King Monday In the debate
on the bill that the wholesalers and
retallerB were working hand In hand.
the former for the bulk sales bill and
the latter for the' exemption bill. The
Introduction of the exemption bill the
day following the pannage of the bulk
sales bill is held by them to be evi
dence of the truth of King's state
ment.
.Sunday Base Hull.
Local option os to Sunday base ball
was killed In the senate Judiciary com
mittee Tueaduy afternoon and In its
pluee a provision was offered In the
form of un amendment prohibiting tho
"disturbing of the peace"' by playing
base bull on Sunday.
Bills PnsMcd by tlie House.
The house passed tlte following bill
Tuesday:
By Quackenbush of Nemaha Pro
viding extra fees for court reporters.
By Cone Memorializing congress to
pasa the Macombcr act providing for
a system of weighing grain.
1-y Klllen of Gage Anti-pooling oil
bridge bills.
Py Snyder of Harlan, Joint resolu
tion to congress to remove tariff on
building muterluls, wub killed. .
In the committee of the whole, with
Lahnera of Thayer in the chair, the
following bill were passed upon:
l'y the committee on game and fish
laws Providing a Jail sentence or fine
for violation of the law compelling
hunters or fishers to show their li
cense; indefinitely postponed.
I'y the committee on fish and game
- Providing a Jail sentence for unlaw
ful fishing; indefinitely postponed. -
Py fish und game committee Pro
viding a closed season far deer, elk and
antelope; recommended for passage.
I'y Fries of Howard, providing vot
ers ahall be assessed $3 each and If
they vi.te the money is to be returned
to tie oter, was too much for the
co-.v.inlttc;1, and after discussing it far
r.n hour or more, no action was taken.
Vrli'M, Dodgr. Clarke, Harrison and
Quuckenbush t'pnke for the bill nnd
iMAish, Best, Hiinn-r, Green, Lee and
others ugainst it, with Cone on the
fence. Most of the members took
themselves seriously, while some had
fun out of the discussion. The vote
to Indefinite:; postpone the bill was 44
to 4 4 and Chairman Lahnera voted In
the negative. The vote to recommend
It for pussage was 4 6 to 4 7 against.
The commltte.! then decided to let it
go over until some other time.
BI1U PiiHsed by Senate.
I'nder tho hend of standing commit
tee reports the following bills were
acted on Tuesday:
i'y Root Authorizing cities of 5,000
to 25, 000 population to grant franchis
es to public service coi-porutlons und
to operate and control the same. In
definitely postponed.
I y A Id rich ly request A Joint res
olution memorializing congress to sub
mit to the several states a woman suf-!i-rje
amendment to the constitution,
.'.need on general file,
l'y Wlltso Providing persons con
victed of usauU, provoking an ussuult
or drunkenness muy lie confined at
hard labor : the county Jatl or else
where In the county. Placed on gen
eral tile.
1 y ThoniuM Providing a husband
who ubaudona his family Fhall not be
entitled to exemptions. Placed on
general file.
I'y Patrick Allows the supreme
court to udmlt to the liar without ex
amination graduates of other law
schools beside that of the state univer
sity. Placed tut general file.
I y ,ackctt Providing for the com
pilation of general statutes for 1907,
Plured on general file.
I'y McKesson Providing owners of
buildings shall not be liable to aub.
contractor or material men for a sum
greater than thai agreed upon with
the contractor. Placed on general file.
I-y Sacketl Kepeallng law requir
ing contracts for sale of lund to be In
wilting. Placed on generul file.
I y Goodrich by request Requir
ing the governor to tlx the date of ex
ecution of persons snntenced to hang.
Indefinitely postponed.
By Thomas (Jiving the county at
torney power to subpoena and exam
ine witnesses In investigations of sus
pected violations of law. Placed on
general file.'
By Saunders Making tax Mens on
personal property a prior obligation to
other liens. Placed on general Ale.
By Ashton Curative, relating to
law with reference to correction of
omission in will of heirs or children of
heirs. Placed on general file.
By Saundera Providing confirma
tion of aales shall nut be set aside be
cause of gross injustice. Placed on
general file.
Prisoners lu Morocco nitut pay tka
policemaa for his work iu taking thea
to JalL
HH8. THAW THE WOMAN IH THE LIMELIGHT. AND MRS. WHITE THE
SIBICKEN WIDOW. WHO HIDES HER SOfiBOW FEGM THE WORLD.
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BATTLE FOR THAW'S LIFE.
Wife of the Millionaire PrUoaer I
Witness for Defense.
With the fact of Stanford White's
murder by Harry Kendall Thaw estab
lished In their minds; with the mur
derer dally in their presence, self-pos
sessed, unemotional, deeply Interested
In tliu movements of the machinery of
luvv upon which his future so largely
depends, dutiful and courteous to his
mother, gracious to his wife; with the
knowledge that the father of this
prince of. Indolence ami luteniperiuiee
was a man of sulllclent Renins Industry
nnd acumen to accumulate a fortune
of 1-10,000,000, that the mother lias been
for years a ruling spirit in the social,
religious and philu.itlirople circles of
Pittsburg ; that the daughters jiossessed
sufficient attractiveness of mind ns
well ns of purse to -.nan-y one nn Eng
lish earl of- venerable title and the
other a mnn of large business responsi
bilities, land that the prisoner himself
was deemed by the administrators of
his father's estate capable of handling
his Inheritance with these things he
fore them, the twelve jurors who are
to determine whether Thaw shall die
for the murder which he committed
are asked to believe not only that the
oecused was Insane when he tired the
fatal shots, but that the taint of Insan
ity runs through the family.
Plainly, from the attorney's opening
plea, the jurors are to believe that the
climax of deruugenipnt, the high tide
of Thaw brain disturbance, was reach
ed when White was slain, and that
since then the mind of the prisoner
has returned to normal conditions.
There Is no contention of present In
sanity. Such n preK)sterous claim, iu
view of the prisoner's attitude In court,
might upset the whole defense, which Is
not directly a plea of justification for
the net, but an Ingenious scheme of ar
gument and testimony Intended not
only to proye irresonslblllt.v, but to
absolve from moral guilt. Insinuating
ly and purposefully interwoven with
this plan is the effort to keep con
stantly before the :iiluda of the jurors
the stains upon the character of the
slain man, especially in their relation
to the wife of the murderer, so that
while no actual defense hosed upon the
unwritten law Is Introduced this ele
ment Is present, lu the opeifing address
for Thaw it was stated that his attor
neys, while relying tiHiu Insanity ns a
HulHcicnt nnd reasonable defense,
would avail themselves of every de
fense allowed by the statutes.
All thing considered, the Insanity
defense has In It '.niich suggestive of
the absurd, yet It furnishes a basis
Un which to establish at least n dis
agreement. The defense is not re
quired to prove that Thaw was insane.
If it can establish In the minds of a
few of the Jurors, or even of one, a rea
sonable doubt of the defender's mental
condition on the night of the murder
It will secure a disagreement.
Here la what they are endeavoring to
prove: That Harry Thaw comes of
mentally tainted stisk, because two of
bis father's cousins and an aunt of his
father were confine! In Insane asy.
luuis; thut riri Inheritance of the
family affliction maiMested itself when
lie was a child by his' awaking sudden
ly aud unnaturally from bis sleep; that
this hereditary tendency iade him sub
ject to delusions; that out '0 his great
love for Evelyn Nesblt. after bis meet
ing with her In 1001, was evolved a de
lusion which had to do with Stanford
White ; that lu the development of this
delusion he came to see ia White not
only an enemy of himself and Evelyn
Thaw but of I all mankind; that when
he killed WbVe he believed himself to
be au agent Vf providence. It was
the disease of Ills mind which instilled
these thoughts! In him. However, the
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defense was careful to bring out tho
fact that when Thaw ns!;ed Evelyn
Xesbit to marry, him she refused, "be
cause of nn experience lu lier life con
nected with Stanford White." To elab
orate this point the defendant's wifo
herself was placed un tho stand.
Dr. C. C. Wiley, of Pittsburg, the
Thaw family physician, who is con
nected, with the Dismount Insane Asy
lum, was called as the first witness for
the defense. Dr. Wiley, in response to
a question by John II. Gloason of
Thaw's counsel, said he had devoted
his life to the study of Insanity and
served ns an expert In a large number
of eases. Attorney Jerome took occa
sion to stir up Dr. Wiley by asking
him a maze of hypothetical questions,
filled with medical terms. Each time
Wiley "seemed to grow more nervous
over the cross-fire questioning. Wiley
said ho' never heard of- the "Romberg
test." Jerome poked fun at him for his
"Ignoronce." Jerome kept up the be
wildering fire until Dr. Wiley become
hopelessly confused.
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, wife of Harry
Kendall Thaw, charged with the mur
der of Architect White, was called to
the stand nnd told the story of her life
In an effort to nvo her husband from
tlie elect lie chair. She declared she
saw White at the Cafe Martin early
in the evening of June -0 aud that
site wrote a note to her husband In re
lation to White. This evidence later
wns stricken out. The witness said she
refused to marry Horry Thaw In Paris
In 1003 because of an Incident In her
life connected with White.
Mrs. Thaw broke down and cried and
could hardly proceed as she related her
experience with White. Thaw sat with
his face burled In a handkerchief.
Across the devious paths which they
travel who "play nt dice with the dev
il" lu New York's half-world Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw threw the baleful light
of her experiences In wrongdoing,
STANrOUD WHITE.
with the evils that follow In Its wake,
blackmail, jsTjury, slander, the pro
curement of false testimony, extoitlou
ant Intimidation sprouted like s)lson
u weeds along the way of her narra
tive, while now und again names, re
vealed or suggested, were illuminated
by some swift turn or twist of tli'
searchlight. Reputations shriveled and
withered into ashes under that glare.
Kor conviction, Attorney Jerome re
lies upon the plain, uncontradicted
proof of the murder amid the glitter
aud music of tlie Mad) on rWuare roof
garden; uiou the testimony In rebuttal
calculated to Impugn much of the de
fense's evidence relating to White;
upon the contradictious of witnesses of
defense lu the cross-examination ; uiton
the testimony bearing Uon the vicious
pat of Thaw ; and upon the expert tes
timony of eminent alienists who exam
ined Thaw Immediately after the crime
was committed aud have observed him
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At the conclusion of the testimony It
Is expected will he heard two of the
most eloquent arguments for and
against a human life ever heard In a
New York court, when Jerome and Del
mas will both try to convince the jury
that his side has presented the strong
est proof.
The Thaw-White tragedy does not
constitute a new form of crime, nor
does It present any unusual underlying
causes. It differs only from innumera
ble commonplace murders in Its set
tings. In the environment to which Its
principals were accustomed, in the
clothing and the Jewels which they
fl-ore.
Yet, while the natural outgrowth of
sin must be the same in the case of tho
rich ns In the poor, It Is undeniable that
the Interest which has pervaded the
trial of Harry Kendall Thaw for the
murder of Stanford White Is due pri
marily to the fact that murderer and
victim were rich men. Iteyond the
shadow of the Sing Sing death chair,
beyond the mound which covers the
clay of White, there is the glitter of
the Thaw millions and the reflex of
tho extravagance In which White, the
Potronlus of our day. reveled.
Ull ODk (IF M1MV X
TATE LEGISUTIMS
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The Kansas Senate passed the bill to
abolish capital punishment.
A bill to prevent the combination of
fire insurance underwriters for the pur
pose of fixing rates arbitrarily was in
troduced in tlie New York Legislature.
The lower house of the Missouri Leg
islature passed a bill prohibiting the man
ufacture, sale or giving away of cigarets
or cisraret papers under a penalty of a
fine of from ?.".0 to IftiOO.
Senator Littlepogo of tlie West Vir
ginia Legislature introduced a resolution
to investigate Standard Oil operations in
that State and ascertain vuhether the com
pany has a lobby at tlie capital.
Tlie Missouri House of Representative
Tuesday passed the iiuti-tipping bill, NS
to .'". making it n misdemeanor, punish
able by a fine of $." to $,( to give a
tip to uuy waiter, porter or other ser
vant. The lower hojse of tlie Tennessee Leg
islature has passed a bill making it ob
ligatory for a judge, where a death sen
tence is returned with mitigating circum
stances, to commute tlie sentence to life
imprisonment.
The lower house of the Minnesota Leg
islature at St. Paul adopted a resolution
dim-ting the Speaker to appoint a com
mittee to investigate the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce and the Duluth
Hoard of Trade. .
A bill was introduced iu the Indiana
legislature to place a tax of ." annually
on bachelors between "." and ti() yea.'
old, $7..V betweon til) and 40, and $10
over 40 years, the money to lie devoted li
the school fund.
Ihe California Semite struck out the
words "whereas the President of the
I'nited States is attempting to Interfere"
in its resolution on the Japanese school
question, and inserted instead "federal
government," and then passed the resolu
tions denouncing such interference as un
warranted. State Treasurer Iterry of Pennsylvania
In a report to the Legislature has renewed
his charges that approximately $5,000,
0U was realised on the finishing of the
new capitol. He says duplicate payments
for the same work were made to different
contractor to the amount of $2T0,0il0
or more, and that Ks-c',fiiatlou were am
biguously worded so as to prevent fa'r
bidding.
Fire destroyed the wholesale establish
ments of Gua Momsen & Co.. hardware,
and Thomas A Co., safes, and slightly
damaged the station of the Texaa and
Pacific railroad at El Paso, Texas. Los
1100,000.
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CONGRESS
The Indian appropriation bill received
rough handlicg in the Senate Thursday,
most of the amendments of the commit
tee, and espciolly those suggested by
the special committee, which went to the
Indian territory lost summer, being re
jected. The piovlsion allowing full blood
Indian of the Indian Territory to sell
their surplus lands was defeated by a vote
of ?,1 to 22. A bill providing that no
homestead entry shall be canceled because 4
of the failure of the entryman to reside '
on tlie bind during the months of Decem
ber, January. February and March was
passed. The Hcuse completed and passed
the river and htrbor appropriation bill,
eorrying more than $S.!.(KM,(MM. A bill
n.l;.. ,l...,..Hn.l nl....l...l l.:il
i, iiiv urnuilil rii nuvuui nut n C9
passed.
The Senate pasted the Indian appro
priation bill Friday. Senator I'razier
made an address on the subject of State's
rights, after which the nrmy appropria
tion bill, carrying a total of $Nl,.-,ti;.000,
was taken up. A resolution oXered by
Senator Tilluinn, agreed to, calls on the -Secretary
of the Treasury, the Attorney
General, the Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of Commerce and Ijilmr rrhd
the Secretory of Agriculture, and the;
interstate commerce commission to imme
diately reisirt "the number and names of
all persons employed by them or under
their authority during the fiscal year end
ing June .'Ml, ?!MI(1, or who are now so
employed, where no specific appropriation
has been for such employment, and wheth
er such persons are in the classified ser
vice." Other resolutions agreed to call
on tlie President for the report of the,
e report 01 me,
n the Interstate"
r the dntu sub-f
Employe Hanks.
Keep commission and on
eommereo commission for
mitted to it by Special E
The House passed 72." private pension
bills in an hour and a half, establishing
a new high record. Tlie naval appropria
tion bill, carrying $!)"i,421.00ft, was taken
Klre Shut On Imprisoned Miners
bate, speeches were made by Mr. Lamar
of Florida on tlie railroad rate bill. Mr.
Ilisgins of Connecticut favoring the cre
ation of the White Mountain and Apa
lnchian forest reserves, and Mr. Mondell
of Wyoming on the "limitations of fed
eral authority" nnd the withdrawal of
coal lands from entry.
The army appropriation hill anil
memorial exercises for the lnte Represent
ative March of Illinois occupied prac-
tictillv ttin nntil'o (1:1V In tlio Kellllte Kflt. ,
urduy. Senators Cuilom and Hopkins M
delivered eulogies on the life and cliarac
ter of Mr. Marsh. Tlie omnibus lighthouse
bill was passed without dissension. A
resolution was adopted directing the Sec
retary of Commerce to investigate and
report concerning existing patents grant--
1.I 4a nflinufa nnd riin)ilm-na ff in fr, iv-nrrr"
ment. The resolution has especial refer
ence to processes for the manufacture of
arms and ammunition. Credentials of the
re-election of Senntor Dollivcr of Iowa
nnd the credentials of William E. 1'oroh,
elected Senator from Idaho, were pre
sented. The House, having been informed
of the death of Representative John P.
Rixey of Yirgiuia, adjourned shortly af
ter convening out of respect to tlie mem
ory of the deceased. General dn!nte on
the naval appropriation bill was closed so
that when the bill was taken up on the
following Tuesday under the five-minute
rule it would be subject to amendment.
The Senate passed the army appropria
tion bill carrying $81,000,000. Monday.
The amendment to permit tlie govern
ment to accept reduced rates on army
supplies ond officers and enlisted men to
accept reduced transportation wus defeat
ed by a poiut of order. An amendment
increasing by 20 per cent the pay of offi
cers ond enlisted men also was defeated'
1... n . . I . I r. F a.,1- A mAn.limt,, I m irnrA
accepted to build monuments to Revolu
tionary officers, as follows: To General
John Sinrk, an equestrian statue at Man
cliesler, N. II.. $10,000; a statue to Gen
eral Nathaniel CTreen at Guilford Court
House, N. C. $l.i,K); a statue to Gen
eal James Schrivner at Midway, Gu.. $3, i
000. Senator Carter secured the a don- f
tiou of an amendment placing William II. V
Crook on the retired list as a major. Mr.
Ciook' served as a private through the
Civil War and ever since has been em
ployed as a clerk at the While 1 louse.
Senator Berry ptcsented an argument for
i argument forv
Smoot 011 theft"
church inlvo-
thi! expulsion of Senator Smoot
ground that the Mormon
cote the doctrine of polygamy, ami lipid
that tlie Senate could exclude any Senator
by a major:! vote. A siiecial message
-was received from the President urging
the enactment of a bill to grant white
persons who have intermarried in tlie
(iurokee .Nation sixty days in which to
di pose of improvements on lands from
vliicli they -have been dispossesed. IfTIlS
relating to tlie District of Columbia were
considered iu tlie Aotise. In committee
of the whole the House went on record in
favoi of a flat 4-cent street railway fare,
with a revision for cijdit tickets for 25
cents, in tin District of Colun&ia. but in
li e House the amendment was declared
defeated. Thereupon tlie point of "no
quo-uiu" was made, nnd the House at
.":10 ;. pi. adjourned. During the ses
sion the Indian appropriation bill was
sent to conference, the House managers
being Sherman of New York, Itcry of
lowa aud Stephens of Texas.
National Capital Notes.
Representative Johu Sharp Williams
of Mississippi introduced a bill iu the
House for au investigation by the Depart
ment of Commerce und Lubor of the so
called "aper trust." '
The Indian appropriation bill was re
ported to the Senate. It carries $H.r00,
210, a net increase of f 1 '..".( XI, 132 over the
bill a passed by the House.
The credentials of Jonathan Bourne,'
Jr., elected to the Senate for Oregon for w
six years beginning March 4 next, were
received in the Senate and placed ou file.
Chairman Shouts conferred with the
President and Thomas J. Dolau. secre
tary of the International Brotherhood of
Steam Shoveler and Dredgemen, nlsjut
increasing the salaries of those engaged in
that branch of work on the Panama
canal.
By a vote of 75 to l.'td the House ia
committee of the whole on the agricul- "J
tural appropriation bill increased the ap
propriation for the bureau of entomology
fioiu 75,0O0 to SIIM.KOO.
The oath of office waa administered In
the Senate to Senator F. W. Mulkey ef
Oregon, elected to nil the unexpired term,
of the late Senator Mitchell. Mr. Mul
key succeeds Senator Gearln.
Secretary Hitchcock announced th
temporary withdrawal for forest reserve
purposes of 507,7(!O acres of unappropri
ated public lands in tlie State of Oregon
west of the present Cascade range forest
reserve.
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