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SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON UNION PACIFIC FREIGHT AND OVERLAND LIMITED COME TOGETHER WITH TER RIBLE RESULTS. Nine People Killed utright and Many Seriously Wounded—Three of the Victims Omahans. OMAHA—Nine persons are dead and thirty are injured as the result of a head-on collision between the Un ion Pacific’s Overland Limited No. 2 and a westbound freight at Ah Say, Wyo., a station five miles west of Rock Springs, at 3:42 a. m. Thursday. Fire instantly followed the collision and the dynamo car, mail car and diner on the Overland, were almost entirely consumed. Both engines were destroyed, the engineer, who had mis taken his orders paying the price with his life. The bodies of the two mail clerks and three cooks killed were burned beyond recognition. The freight had orders to wait on |the siding at Ah Say, a station live jmiles west of Rock, Wyo., for four eastbound passengers to pass. The train crew of the freight went wrong and when three passenger trains had passed the freight pulled out and a mile and a half west of Ah Say ran into the Overland Limited. The conductor on the freight train, Darrell, who escaped uninjured, has acknowledged it was the result of the engineer and himself that the accident occurred. He said the orders were plain enough that they were to wait luntil fouf trains had passed before moving, but that either by a miscount or some way that has not. been figured out the train was moved out onto the main track before the fourth train, which was the Overland Limited, had come along. As the wreck occurred six miles and a half from the state hospital, which is located at Rock Springs, all of the injured were hurried there for treatment and the dead were held to await the arrival of the coroner. A delay west of Granger had de layed the passengers until they were following one another and the crew had positive orders to wait for four passenger trains to pass, but they evi dently miscounted or misunderstood their orders, for they pulled out when the third passenger train had passed. The dead are: W. H. BUZBEE, first cook, Omaha. ED. ROSENBAUM, second cook, Oakland. JOHN LAWLESS, fourth cook, Og den or Oakland. J. F. PHILLIPAR, mail clerk, St. Joseph. ELECTRICIAN STIGERS. FRANK M'KENNA, Omaha. ENGINEER BRINK, of Rawlins. BRAKEMAN E. E. SMITH, of Raw lins. F. A. PETERSON, mail clerk, Chey enne; burned to death. KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR. American Consul General Meets Death at Mexico City. MEXICO CITY—American Consul General Parsons was killed by an electric car shortly after 9 o’clock Wednesday night. WASHINGTON—James R. Parsons, Jr., the American consul general at Mexico City, who was killed at that capital, was appointed consul general there April 19, 1904. He was from New York. Parsons had formerly served as consul at Aix La Chapelle, having been appointed to that office in 1888 and continued until June 1, 1890. VOTE CANAL MONEY. Members of House Compromise on the Amount. WASHINGTON — An appropriation of $11,000,000 was voted toward the construction of the Panama canal. The amount was a compromise between the $16,500,000 carried in the bill under consideration and an estimate of some thing over $6,000,000 recommended by Mr. Williams the democratic leader, to carry on the work until the middle of January. Mr. Hepburn, in charge of the bill, suggested that something like $11,000,000 would carry on the work until March. KILL ALL OF CODY’S HORSES. Radical Action to Prevent Possibility of Glanders. MARSEILLES, France — All the horses belonging to the wild west show of Col. William F. Cody were killed here. Although the government veter inarians had certified that glanders had been entirely eradicated from the stud. Colonel Cody and his partner, James A. Bailey decided on this rad ical measure in order to allay the fears of the farmers regarding the spread of the dsease. The saddles, bridles and other articles of equip ment, as well as the clothing of the stablemen, were burned and the rail road cars belonging to the Cody show disinfected. Seed Dealers Make a Protest. WASHINGTON—Thirty of the lead ing dealers of the country have sent President Roosevelt a petition pro testing against the free distribution of seeds by members of congress, and urging him to include .in his message a paragraph disapproving the present practice and recommending that only the intent of the original act authoriz ing seed distribution be the future policy. This intent, the petition says, was that the seeds should be obtained from remote corners of the earth for distribution. Will Build Omaha Cut-off. PORTLAND, Ore.—A. H. Mohler, vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific announced the letting of contracts for construction of seventy miles of double track on the Union Pacific line in Wyoming and thirty miles in Nebraska, the long talked of Omaha cut-off. Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins was given the con tract. The double track in Wyoming twill be laid between Green River and Ixiokout and between Hannock and Point of Rocks and in Nebraska it will run from Omaha to Valley. MESSAGE IS READ, Members of Both Houses Listen to tha Document. WASHINGTON—President Roos©, velt’s message to congress received the attention of the house for two and a half hours. Its reading was lis tened to with marked attention and at its conclusion the document was ap plauded. Preliminary steps were taken toward appropriating the needed emer gency funds for the Panama canal, and this matter will be the business for Wednesday. Should unanimous consent be refused for its considera tion, a special rule from the commit tee on rules will be available, which will put the bill on its passage after a limited period for discussion. The house received and ordered re ferred to one of the regular election committees a protest from the Fifth Congressional district of Illinois stat ing that Anthony Michalek, who was yesterday sworn in as a member of the house from that district Is not a citizen of the United States. The protest was presented by Mr. Rainey of that state, who asked for considera tion of the matter by a special com mittee. This point was the only one contested, it being suggested by Mr. Mann that it was a matter for the proper elections committee to consider and his amendment to the efTect was adopted on a yea and nay vote. Upon motion of Mr. Goldfogle of New York a resolution was read ex pressing the sympathy of the Ameri can people for the distressed Russian Jews. The resolution was ordered printed in the Record and referred to the committee on foreign affairs. When the house met at noon there was a full attendance of members present and the galleries were com fortably filled in anticipation of the reading of the message of President Roosevelt. Representatives Humphreys (Miss.) and Claud Kitchen (N. C.) presented themselves and took the oath of office. NEBRASKA MEN FARE WELL Generally Get Good Seats in the House Lottery. WASHINGTON — All members of the Nebraska delegation were present at the opening of the opening of the fifty-ninth congress. In the drawing fofc- seats in the house the Nebraskans generally fared well in secruing loca tions. The first to be seated was Rep resentative Hinshaw, who drew an allotment near the seat he formerly occupied. He is surrounded by such leaders as Delzell of Pennsylvania, Payne of New York, Hull or Iowa, and ex-Speaker E. Warren Keife of Ohio being among the last few members to draw seats. Judge Kinkaid had the misfortune to land in what is termed “the Cherokee strip,” which is on the democratic side of the chamber. ANNUAL CIVIL SERVICE REPORT Several Changes in the Rules Will Find Favor. WASHINGTON — The twenty-sec ond annual report of the United States civil service commission, con tains a recommendation that congress should authorize the collection of a fee from applicants for examination for the government service. Should this authority be given the report states that the commission will issue a manual giving such detailed information regarding the examina tions as will make it unnecessary for the more intelligent applicants to make special preparation for the examina tion in some civil service school or in stitute. The amount of the fee, it is suggested should be a small one. The argument in its favor is that it would eliminate from the examination the larger number of persons who take them out of couriosity or to secure a higher rating on the eligible list through re-examination. THE COST OF WAR TO JAPAN Four Hundred Millions Charged to Conflict in Budget. LONDON — The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Tokio sends a dispatch outlining the provisions of the Japanese budget. These include the withdrawal of the army in Man churia, at a cost of $190,000,000 and gifts to soldiers and sailors approxi mating $75,000,000. It is estimated that the total expenditure called will be $515,000,000 of which sum $100, 000,000 may be set down as the out come of the war. MATHEWS LOSES JOB. United States Marshal for Nebraska Is Summarily Removed. WASHINGTON—The president has summarily removed from office United States Marshal T. L. Mathews of the district of Nebraska for alleged mis conduct in connection with the case of Richards and Comstock, who were recently convicted in that state of ille gally fencing the public domain. The sentence of the court was that the de fendants should remain in the custody of the<r counsel. . Four-Year Term Favored. WASHINGTON — Representative Bourke Cockran of New York intro duced a joint resolution providing for an amendment to the constitution which will make it possible for mem bers of the house to be elected for four years. Colonel Cody Appointed. LONDON—Colonel William F. Cody, has been officially appointed instruct or to the balloon companies of the royal engineers of Aldershot. Kansas Appointment WASHINGTON — President Roose velt has decided to appoint Harry J. Bone United States attorney for the district of Kansas to succeed John S. Dean whose term will expire Decem ber 17. Expenditures on Canal. WASHINGTON—A summary of the expenditures of the isthmian canal commission in all departments to Sep tember 30, 1905, was presented to the house by Mr. Hepburn. . The aggro gate amount is $8,095,092. WORK THIS WEEK IN HOUSE AND SENATE SPEAKER OF THE LOWER HOUSE WILL ANNOUNCE HIS COM MITTEES ON MONDAY. Holiday Adjournment to Take Place Thursday—Not Much Work Ex pected Until Reassembling WASHINGTON—Speaker Cannon will announce the committees of the house Monday. This will practically complete the organization of the popu lar branch of the Fifty-ninth con gress. The committees so appointed will meet during the week for organi zation, the appointment of subcom mittees and the assignment to them of pending measures. In due time the subcommittees will report to the full committees and they in turn to the house. In this manner the wheels of legislation will be started. With the long session ahead, how ever, no important results are expect ed until after the holiday recess. The appropriation committee, which per haps has the heaviest task to per form, will first consider either the legislative or the District of Colum bia bills, but the outlook is that neith er of these measures will receive committee attention before the holi days. That there will be no lack of legis lative propositions is indicated by the 5,963 bills which have already been introduced in the house since the opening of this session. Many of these are known as private bills, af fecting only individual interests. It is usual to fix the holiday ad journment for about December 21 to allow members to reach their homes for Christmas. While no date thus far has been decided, this adjourn ment is fully expected Thursday, De cember 21. The first important measure which will receive the attention of the sen ate will be the Panama canal emerg ency appropriation bill, and its con sideration will begin this week. Some senators predict that it will become a law before the close of the week, but others have expressed the opinion that final action will be deferred until the week following. There will be no ef fort to prevent the passage of the bill in some shape, but there will be some opposition to the proposed resto ration of the $5,500,000 subtracted by the house from the amount to be ap propriated. Regardless of the sum, the bill will be utilized as a basis for the general discussion of the canal question. It is expected that the de bate will deal largely with the ques tion as to whether the canal shall be constructed on the sea level. There is some conflict of opinion as to whether the bill shall be referred to the committee on appropriations or to that on interoceanic canal. The general expectation is there will be comparatively little additional leg islation before the Christmas holi days. MORE MONEY IS DEMANDED. Over $19,000,000 Increase, with De crease in War Department. WASHINGTON—A statement was issued by the appropriations commit tees of the senate and house sum marizing the estimates for appropria tions to be made at the present ses sion of congress for the fiscal year 1907. The total for all purposes ag gregates $804,290,415. These estimates are greater than the appropriations for the current year by $19,170,155. The war department asks $8G3,463 less than was appropriated last year and the rivers and harbors item, which last year amounted to $18,181,875, is omitted entirely this year. With these exceptions every department of the government has asked for more money than the current appropriation. Two Land Bills. WASHINGTON—At least two bills providing for important changes in the land laws will be introduced at the approaching session of congress. One will provide for the repeal of the timber and stone act and the other will make it possible for purely agri culture land in forest reserves to be acquired by settlers under the home stead law. A COPY OF RATE BILU It is Submitted by the Interstate Com merce Commission. WASHINGTON—The senate com mittee on interstate commerce receiv ed a copy o{ the rate bill prepared by the interstate commerce commis sion to be submitted to congress for amendment to the interstate com merce law. The members of the com mittee who were present at the ses sion read the bill, but took no action and adjourned until Friday. The bill is very extensive, covering twenty seven pages of typewritten sheets, and it proposes to amend very materially the present law. Mickey Renounces Boodlers. MARSHALLTOWN—In the course ot an address on “Character Build ing,” delivered here. Gov. J. H. Mickey jf Nebraska was enthusiastically ap plauded when referring to the graft among men in high places of public trust. He declared that certain sena tors who had disgraced the nation ought to have the good sense to resign their positions. He said the had no apology to offer for injecting politics into a religious address because a man's politics should be as clean as his religion. LINCOLN—More than $20,000 less than last year is to be distributed among the several counties of the state for the schools on the semi an nual apportionment. (The amount shown by the balances of the tem porary school fund, as certified by State Treasurer Mortensen to Super intendent McBrien, is $263,411.85. The earnings of the permanent school funds of the school lands of the state go to make up the temporary fund, which is apportioned semi-annually to the various counties according to their School population. 1 HAS PAID THE PENALTY. Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers Dies on the Scaffold. WINDSOR, Vt.—Mrs. Mary Mabel Royers was hanged at the Vermont state prison at .Windsor at 1:13 o’clock Friday afternoon for the murder of her husband, Marcus Rogers, at Ben nington, August 13, 1902. Mrs. Rogers was pronounced dead by the prison of ficials at 1:27%. Only a comparatively few persons witnessed the hanging, the number be ing restricted to those permitted to at tend by the laws of Vermont. When the time for execution arriv ed a few short steps brought M *. Rogers to the stairs leading to the scaffold. She declined assistance, and unaided mounted steadily to the top, stopping exactly upon the center of the trap. She set down in a chair for a moment, and when asked if she had any final statement to make shook her head negatively. To bind the con demned woman with straps was the work of a minute only. A large black sack that was lying open upon the trap was brought up about her body and fastened around her neck, the noose was adjuted by one of the dep uties, and another deputy placed the black cap upon her head. The next step was the official announcement by the sherifT: “'Mary M. Rogers, I now proceed to execute the sentence of the law, and may God have mercy on your soul.” Hardly had the words been uttered when the trap was sprung. It was exactly 1:13 p. m. when the drop fell, and the woman was officially pro nounced dead at 1:27%. In the opinion of the attending phy sician Mrs. Rogers’ neck was not broken and death was due to stran gulation, although she was probably unconscious from the fall of the drop. LOOKS FOR STATEHOOD BILL. Senator Beveridge Speaks Confidently of Passage. WASHINGTON—A canvass of the senate to ascertain the sentiment re garding a statehood bill indicates, says Senator Beveridge, chairman of the committee on territories, that a bill will be passed this session with a good majority. He thinks the measure will be in the same form as reported lest session, which provided for the admission of Oklahoma and Indian territory as a' state and New Mexico and Arizona as a state. A bill con taining these provisions has already been introduced by Representative Hamilton of Michigan, chairman of the house committee on territories. ANOTHER CRISIS IN RUSSIA. Arrest of Workingmen’s Leader Likely to Precipitate a General Strike. ST. PETERSBURG—Another crisis is at hand involving the indefinite pro longation of the strike, the probable immediate precipitation of a general strike throughout Russia, and a pos sible final struggle between the gov ernment and the proletariat. This sudden change for the worse i sthe result of the shedding of the first blood in the telegraph strike Sunday afternoon almost simultaneously with the action of M. Durnovo, minister of the interior, in throwing down the' gauntlet to the labor organization by 1 arresting M. Krustaleff, president of ' the executive committee of the work men’s council, without warning. A Great Show. 1 CHICAGO—The annual Internation- ! al Live Stock Exposition to be held at Chicago December 16th to 23rd will be the largest show of its kind in the world. If you are interested in the live stock industry or a lover of pure ' breeds of stock you cannot afford to stay away. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. offer low rate round 1 trip tickets for this occasion on sale, December 16th to 19th inclusive, good 1 to return until December 24th. Ask 1 the ticket agent or write to F. A. Nash, 1 General Western Agent, 1524 Farnam 1 St., Omaha. 1 Alice Gets Her Presents. i WASHINGTON—The valuable pres- ! ents and relics of Miss Alice Roose- ’ velt’s trip to the orient were placed in 1 her possession on Friday. They ar rived about five weeks ago, but were ' given their turn in examination and appraisement, which was concluded * yesterday. A messenger from the White house paid the duty and today a big express van brought the twenty- j seven boxes to the White house. The i unpacking began immediately. National Incorporation. ( WASHINGTON—Senator Newlands < introduced a resolution providing for t national incorporation of railroads. It 1 asks that the interstate commerce < commission be directed to frame a 1 bill and report it to congress, which 3 will prescribe the form of all matters t relating to capitalization, dividends, t taxation and pension system of rail- I roads. The purpose is to avoid the con- s dieting-laws of the different states in c regard to incorporating. t Hepburn’s Panama Bill. WASHINGTON — Representative Hepburn introduced a bill to amend the Panama canal law so as to facil itate the sale of bonds and appropriat ing $16,500,000 to be immediately available for canal construction. Fined Ten Thousand Dollars. 1 \ a c KANSAS CITY—W. H. Thomas, I Formerly a deputy United States mar- I shall at Springfield, Mo., was fined 1 >10,000 in the United States district 1 rourt for having falsified his expense I account with the government. t Message Meets Approval. LONDON — President Roosevelt’s message to congress met with approv- 1 U today on the stock exchange. Amer icans opened active at prices varying up to a point above parity. Other 1 markets participated in the general ^ strength and cheerfulness. Russians 1 were the feature, reaching 82 7-8. , * -:-*- c Yellow Fever in Havana. HAVANA—Two new cases of yel- t low fever were re^rted today. The i SUDDEN DEATH Of SENATOR MITCHELL DESPITE HEROIC TREATMENT HE PASSES AWAY AT HIS HOME IN PORTLAND. Senator Had Undergone a Dental Ope? ration and Excessive Bleeding Hastened His Death. PORTLAND, Ore.,—United States Senator John H. Mitchell died at the Good Samaritan hospital in this city at 11:40 o'clock Friday, death resulting from complications which followed the removal of four teeth at a dental office yesterday morning. A hemorrhage of unusual severity followed the remov al of the teeth and despite the appli cation of the most powerful stytics known to the dental science the flow of blood could not be stayed. Physi cians were summoned to the dental office, but the combined scientific knowledge of the dentists and physi cians could not stop the flow of blood. The senator’s condition soon became alarming and It was decided to remove him to the hospital. When he reached the hospital he was in a very weak condition and it became apparent that unless the flow of blood was soon stopped life would pass out. Senator Mitchell had long been a sufferer from diabetes and other vitiat ing diseases and in his weakened phy sical condition rapidly succumbed to inevitable weakness following such violent hemorrhages and lapsed into a state orf semi-consciousness early in the evening. Four physicians, Dr. A. J. Giesy, Dr| George W. Wilson, Dr. Emil Pohl and Dr. James O. C. Wiley, worked over the senator and about 7 o’clock last night temporarily stopped the hemorrhage, but the relief was of hut short duration and again the blood be gan to flow intermittently, continuing Suring the evening and through the night. At an early hour in the morn ing a severe vomiting spell further weakened the senator, and it became more and more apparent that the end was approaching. All during the night saline solution was injected into the ireins to furnish more fluid for the cir culatory system and to stimulate the sluggish circulation. The diabetic coma into which the senator lased grew more and more pronounced, despite the frequent use >f powerful stimulants, and only occa sional evidences of a certain degree >f mental activity rewarded the untir ng efforts of the physicians and nurses n attendance. Several hours before ieath the injection of saline solution was discontinued and more powerful mart stimulants resorted to, but with 10 effect on the rapidly sinking man. Gov. Chamberlain will appoint a successor to Senator Mitchell within l week. NEBRASKA BILLS IN HOUSE. Representative Hinshaw Introduces Four of Importance. WASHINGTON — Representative dinshaw introduced the following >ills: To provide for an appropria ion of $125,000 for the erection of a ederal building at York during the nonth of March every year; to provide or the relief of settlers on the Otoe ndian reservation in Gage county, 'Jeb., and Marshall county, Kas.; to >rovide for the payment of medical sxpenses of sick and enlisted men of he army while absent from duty with eave or on furlough. TOGO WILL PAY US A VISIT. lapanese Admiral to Make Trip to Foreign Waters. SAN FRANCISCO—Minister Gris *m America’s diplomatic representa tive at Tokio, who arrived here on he Manchuria, confirmed the report hat Admiral Togo proposes to visit creign waters. He says that the ad niral informed him of his intention o take a Japanese fleet to England ind the United States next year. Ad niral Togo proposes to go via the Suez canal, but is undecided as to rhat route he will take rtuming lome. VANT LAND PROJECTS PUSHED. Itah Delegation Has Conference With President. WASHINGTON—Two great public rojeets were discussed with the pres lent by Senators Smoot and Suther and and Representative Howell of Ttah. The represented to the presi ent that Strawberry reservoir re laimation project in Utah, which is esignated to reclaim 50,000 acres of and in Utah county, had not been ompleted because of the lack of ' unds. The project already has cost 1,700,000. The president encouraged he delegation to believe that work on ; he plant would be resumed shortly, le referred the congressmen to the ecretary of the interior, and they will onfer with him about the details of he work. SIDNEY LOSES LAND OFFICE. lusiness and Records Transferred to North Platte. WASHINGTON—President Rooae elt on Friday abolished the land office t Sidney, Neb., and the affairs of this ffice will hereafter be conducted by iegister George E. Platt and Receiver abridge Downs at North Platte. The ind officials at Sidney who are re eved by this order are Robert D. [arris, register, and James L. Mein osh, Jr., receiver. DEPEW LEAVES EQUITABLE. lew York Senator Tenders Resigna tion as Director of Society. NEW YORK—The resignation of Jnited States Senator Chauncey M. lepew as director of the Equitable dfe Assurance society was one of he most interesting developments Vedresday in the situation growing ut of the life insurance Investigation. The senator’s resignation was ten ered to President Paul Morton of the Iquitable society, in a brief note, in ?hich no reason f^r it was stated. MONEY FOR CANAL. House Discusses Bill Appropriating $16,000,000. WASHINGTON—With an opportu nity for unlimited debate on the sub ject of the Panama canal, the house exhausted its oratory on that subject ■in a session of four and three-quarters hours Wednesday. v The bill appropri ating $16,000,000 for canal work, which was the subject of discussion, will be read for amendment and placed on its final passage Thursday. 'The feature of the debate was the criticism indulged in by both republi cans and democrats regarding the in completeness of the statement of ex penditures and estimates furnished by the canal commission. Mr. Hepburn, In charge of the bill, made some effort to show that while detailed estimates for such work offered by expert en gineers who held responsible positions and had been selected entirely because ■of their fitness. Bourke Cockran of New York took decided exception to this attitude on the part of Mr. Hepburn, applied it as affecting all matters of appropriation and arraigned it as decidedly the wrong attitude of legislators. To en force his argument he read the senti ment of the president in his message for economy and scrutiny of appropria tions. The so-called “press agent” of the canal commission was criticised by several speakers and lack of defi nite information as to the existence of such a position was shown. The place was declared to carry a salary of $10, 000 a year and some curiosity was manifested to know what were its du ties. CANNOT PASS AS INDIAN. Ruling Against “Squaw Man” of Choc taw Tribe. WASHINGTON—Justice Deuell has rendered a decision affirming the de cision of the district supreme court in the case of Willis C. West against Sec retary Hitchcock. West, having mar ried an Indian woman, claimed that he thereby became “by adoption” a mem ber of the Choctaw tribe, to which the woman belonged, and was entitled to allotment of land in Indian territory. The secretary denied West’s applica tion for allotment on the ground that the alleged adoption had never re ceived the approval of the interior de partment. West then sought, by mandamus proceedings, to compel the secretary to recognize the adoption. ASKS MEDAL FOR A CHINAMAN. Consul Investigating Murders Discov ers Native Hero. HONG KONG—Mail advices from Lienchau, dated December 1, say that the commission appointed to inquire into the massacre of American mis sionaries early in November has ex amined thirty witnesses and that twenty-five implicated persons, includ ing a Buddhist monk, have been ar rested. It is anticipated that three of the ringleaders will be executed. Searchers have been dispatched to Ho nan to capture witnesses and others who have run away from Lien chau. The Chinese officials banqueted the commissioners November 30. The American consul, Julius G. Lay, has thanked the authorities for their kindness and hospitality to the mem bers of the commission. Mr. Lay in tends to recommend that a Carnegie medal be awarded to a Chinaman who rescued Miss Elda G. Patterson at the imminent risk of his life. DEMOCRATS GET TOGETHER. Talk of Places to Be Filled by the Retirement of Cockrell. WASHINGTON — The democratic senators held a conference, at which they authorized the democratic steer ing committee to act for them in the matter of filling vacancies on the sen ate committee. Senator Teller was designated as a member of the steer ing committee to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Cockrell. Senator Gorman was re elected chairman of the democratic caucus. Senator Blackburn vice chair man and Senator Carmack secretary. There was some discussion of a ru mor that republicans would seek to reduce the democratic representation on committees, but it was stated that republican members of the committee on rules had given assurance to the contrary. CANAL BILL IN THE SENATE. Emergency Measure Will Come Up for Consideration Monday. WASHINGTON—The emergency bill appropriating $11,000,000 for imme diate use in the construction of the Panama canal, will be taken up by the senate on Monday. The discussion of :he measure probably will occupy three >r four days, following the lines of the lebate which occurred in the house. It is expected that the senate will amend the $5,500,000 cut out by the aouse, thus making a total appropria :ion of $16,500,000. Witte Resigns. BERLIN—A dispatch to the Tage Jlatt from St. Peteresburg, dated yes ;erday and received here today by way )f Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, says Premier Witte has given his resigna tion to the emperor, who refused to iccept it. New Petroleum Company. BERLIN—A new petroleum com pany with a capital of $1,325,000 has )een formed with the object of work- : ng 10,000 acres of oil lands in Han >ver and 6,000 acres in Uaiicia. A Gift from Coloradoans. WASHINGTON — A gold heart was c >re«ented to President Roosevelt, in i >ehalf of the people of Colorado, by I Representative Robert Bonynge of 1 Denver. i Shot Father and Mother. ALHAMBRA, 111.—Henry Linneman, iged seventeen years, shot both his i ather and mother, with a shot gun, i vounding each seriously, as the out- ! iome of his efforts to protect his i nother from the alleged attack of his i lather. i POTENT POWER OF LAUGHTER. !t Is the Most Glorious Gift of an All Wise Creator. Some strains of laughter, heard in guileless youth, before care came to us, seem caught in the web of mem ory and will recur again and again in the human heart, like the melody of a tong, that sounds up from childhood, in the depths of one’s being, says Elizabeth Washington Wirt in the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Who would be without the benison of laugh ter? It is the glorious gift of an all wise God and susceptible of infinite culture. The first genuine music we learn should be the gamut of laugh ter; once learned it is never forgot ten and aids materially in the forma tion and discipline of character. Noth ing more swiftly disarms convulsive passion of anger than the gamut of laughter. Try it the first time you find yourself swayed by tumultous anger. Anger arises from an idea of evil having been inflicted or threaten ed and the moment you feel it surge through you, like a breaker, my word for it, take a deep breath and laugh the gamut; it will completely subdue the senseless storm. It is a great vic tory that comes without blood. We well remember when we first discov ered the possession of a temper like lightning on a Damascus blade and realized the only remedy to be in the strenuous cultivation of womanly amiability. The first resolution was self-discipline from morning until night and a vow to write down how often anger conquered per annum. After becoming a student cf music seldom were we “filled with wrath.” HIS ORDER WAS ON THE WAY. With That Assurance, the Diner Was Willing to Wait. Many a good story has been told of “Father” Whittemore, the celebrated Universalist preacher of Cambridge, but, so far as I know, the following has never been in print. It was told by his daughter to a member of my family. Mr. Whittemore went once to the restaurant then on the corner of Han over and Court streets, and ordered veal. He waited patiently till all his neighbors had been se' ved, even those who had entered the restaurant after him. At last he called the waiter and asked him how soon his order would be filled. “Right away, now, sir,” was the re ply; "they’re just carving, sir.” “Just calving! Just calving!” echoed Mr. Whittemore. “Well, I thought I heard something bleat, but I hoped my order was further along than that!” And with a sign of resignation he again settled himself back in his chair for patient waiting —Boston Her ald. Corsets Bad in Mills. A factory inspector was passing through the w-ave room of a cloth mill. Most of the big, broad looms were run ty young women—trim, neat young women, in tight corsets, who seemed too pretty and frail to handle those big machines in that heavy, grease-saturated air. “These girls,” said the inspector, “would work better, more comfortably and more healthfully if they had no corsets on.” “I know,” said the loom boss. “I have often told them so. But-” And he made a gesture of despair. “Vanity, eh?” said the inspector. “Well, I visited some of Germany's factory towns this summer, and over there none of the women workers wore corsets. They were not allowed to. To wear them would have be^n to get fired. A good factory law for us,” he ended thoughtfully, “would be one forbidding women to wear forsets, in mills.” The Deserted House. Now battered is the gate And with a creak it swings; Fast crumbling is the great Old house with gabled wings; To all the ivy clings And hides the mould and rust That Time the tyrant brings: The end of all is dust! Here once did lovers prate. Here, in the leafy springs At dusk they lingered late Intend on tender things; Ah. vain imaginings! Out of the past a gust Its mournful message flings: The end of all is dust! Oh. irony of fate! Once more the blossomings Above the path await The sound of tuned strings; A bird its rapture sings— A little voice of trust; Hark to the echoings: The end of all is dust! ENVOY. Listen—the death knell rings! Some day for each it must— Princes and clowns and kings: The end of all is dust! —Frank Dempster Sherman. She Was a Prize. They stood In the deep gray shad dws of an autumn twilight. “Darling,” he whispered tenderly, ‘last night I pressed your hand and now I press your lips. Do you ap preciate it?” "Indeed I do,” replied the beauti ful girl, “and after our marriage I shall return it.” "In what way?” “I will press your coat.” With a wild thrill of joy he pressed tier to his bosom. Cost of Turkish Harem. The budget for the Turkish Sultan's larem amounts to $15,000,000 a year. Every one of the women who leave ;he harem every year to get married, ■eceives a dowry of $37,000. There ire usually 300 inmates of the harem, :ach of whom has ten maids, and a :arriage with four horses. The great ;st ambition of courtiers and officials s to have their daughters accepted or the harem. Power For Peruvian Railways. Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable ake in the world, is to be tapped for dectric power to run the Peruvian ailways and to supply a surplus suf iclent, it is believed, to enable Peru o take a prominent place among the nanufacturing countries. Rise of Newspaper Man. Lawrence H. Grahame, of New York -ity, who has just been appointed Commissioner of the Interior for Porto lico, was formerly a newspaper man, ind last year was the secretary o* the nvemment commission for the Louisi ana Purchase Evnosition