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CALL FOR PUNISHMENT OF MEN
WHO DID 3H00TINQ.
STYLES HIMSELF MESSIAH
Building Ark and Collecting Animals
In Pairs Gettysburg Anniversary
Celebrated by Survivors
In England.
EI Pao, Tox. Charles n. Dixon, Jr.,
the United States Immigration In
spector who wns Hhot In Juarez atur
dny by Mexican Boldlers, wan released
from Juarez hoHpltal and brought to
El Paso Sunday ofter American Cdn
buI T. D. Edwards had made a demand
for nix rcleaHO nnd for the arrest of
the men who shot him. Tho demand
of Consul Edwards was In vigorous
language. First telling tho 'Moxlcnp
authorities that Dixon must bo de
livered up to his friends nnd permitted
to bo brought to Kl Paso without de
lay, tho consul said relative to repara
tion: "I do not merely request tho arrest
of theso men, but In tho nnmo of tho
United States government which I
havo tho honor to represent I demand
their Immediate nrrest and their trial
nnd punishment for this crime. My
government will hold tho military
authorities of Juarez personally re
sponsible for failure to obey this com.
mand."
Remember Gettysburg In England.
London. Whilo the Grand Army of
tho Republic wns holding its fiftieth
anniversary of the battle of Gettys
burg thero wns a Uttlo gathering of
Tetcrnns of tho civil war in Bermond
Bey, a suburb of London, and so far
ns onthuslnsm went this celebration
compared favorably with many n larger
ono In America. Thero wore ninety
three veterans present, headed by ono
of tho oldest living survlvorH of tho
struggle, Gcorgo Munroc. n sprightly
old man of 10 1 years, who served in
tho confederate navy throughout tho
war. Muuron took part in tho parado
throught tho streets of Bermondsey,
and Btnyed on during the speechmak
ing, luncheon nnd reception, nnd nt
the end ho was ns lively ns many of
his younger comrades. 'Ho still walks
ert for a man of even younger years,
and his mind is as clear as It was fifty
ycar ago. .
CALLS HIMSELF MESSIAH.
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Followers Building Ark and Collecting
Animals In Pairs.
rnnamn.-mWord has reached hero
from Penoruo, a town In the Interior
of the republic, that Sagundo Sanchez,
iiatlvo of that section, tins proclaimed
hlnihelf the mt'sslah. Ho has predicted
tho destruction of tho world by a de
luge in n short time, nnd some of his
adherents are engaged in building an
ark. whilo others nro busy collecting
in pairs animals of all species found
in their region. His followers also
hove armed themselves, and In view
of this fact tho government Is taking
steps to avert possible trouble
Mrs. Pankhurst In Serious Condition.
London. Tho consulting physicians
In nttondanco on Mrs. Emmelluo Pank
hurst who was recently relcnsed from
Hollowny jail, take ho serious a view
of her condition that they have
ordered tho Immedlato resort to a
transfusion of blood. Mrs. Pank
hurst's weakness nnd Inanition from
the effects of her hunger nnd thirst,
strikes nre so extreme thnt apprehen
sion is felt as to tho outcome. "She
could be no worse," wbb tho statement
made by ono of the attendants.
Japanese Are Incorporating.
Sacramento, Cnl. Twenty-throo Jap
anese land corporations, with a total
cnpltal stock of $020,000, of which
$307,000 Is subscribed, havo been or
ganized in tho stnto recently. Articles
or incorporation nro being nicd dally
by tho Japanese, who seek to nvold
tho intent of tho Webb antl-nllon land
law by Incorporating. Tho Webb law
becomes effectlvo August 10.
Will Distribute Suffragist Literature.
Lincoln. Neb. Two of Nebraska's
most nrdont suffragists, Dr. Alllo B.
Wlemer and her 18-yenr-old daughter,
Catharino, started Friday morning
from Lincoln In their nutomobllo to
Denver. Tho purpose of their trip is
for "tho cause," and they will dis
tribute suffrage literature along tho
road nnd mnko suffrage speeches at
every stopping place. Dr. Wlemer Is.
tho ofliclal suffrage organizer of Ne
braska and has just completed, tho
work of whipping tho county organiza
tions into working shape.
Shanghai. In nccordnnco with n
proclamation ibsued Saturday, tho
municipal police, reinforced by a
strong body of Shanghai volunteers,
went to tho rebel headquarter at
Chapel, immediately uorth of tho
foreign settlement boundary wheio
they diBurmed 300 soldlorB mid twolvo
olllceis and took six three-Inch guns.
Thoro was no actual resistance on hto
-part of tho rebols, but for n brief
liorlod thero appeared to bo tho pros
ppct of n conflict. Tho icbols, how
ever, wero ovorawed by tho llrm attl
jtudo of the municipal police.
ASKING FOR LIGHT
GOVERNMENT WILL PUR8UE A
WELL DEFINED POLICY.
HAS A PROJECT OF HIS OWN
President Wilson Perfecting Schema
to Qet at Trusts Governor
Metcalfe Arrives in
Washington.
Washington. Whilo administration
offlciuls bcllevo hero thnt tho crisis
will not bo reached In Mexico until
tho northern rebel armies press closer
to Mexico City and tho federal strong
holds, indications nro that an effort
will bo mndo by tho Washington gov
ernment to pursue n well defined pol
icy beforo events rench a. critical
stnge. Tho first step In the formula
tion of a policy will be taken when
Ambassador Henry Lano Wilson will
bring to tho president and Secrctnry
Dry im first hand Information of the
situation, Mr. Ilryan announced em
phatically that there wits no disposi
tion on tho part of tho administration
hero to intcrrognto Ambassador Wil
son about, tho numerous reports alleg
ing activity on his part In connection
with tho downfall of Mndcro and tho
establishment of tho llucrta regime.
Ho nddrd that tho ambassador had
beon called merely to throw light on
present conditions In tho troublous re
public. Metcalfes In Washington.
Washington. Mr. nnd Mrs. Rlchnrd
L. Mctcalfo nnd their thrco children
arrived from Lincoln Friday on the
Inst lap of their Journey to Panama,
where Mr. Mctcalfo Is soon to enter
upon his duties ns a member of the
,lsthmlnn commission. Mr. Metcnlfo
.stated that when ho left Nebraska
,somo uncertainty was expressed by
hls friends ns to whothcr his appoint
ment hnd been confirmed by tho Ben
ate. Dispatches of July 3 contained
tho nows of his confirmation by the
senate. Thero was nover any ques
tion hero about his confirmation as
no ono raised any objections.
PLAN OF HI8 OWN.
President Wilson Brewing Scheme for
i Busting Trusts.
Washington. President Wilson hns
an nntl-trust policy of his own, but he
will not broach It until tho December
session of congress. Tho presldont
hns in mind n legislative program
which docs not necessarily involvo an
amendment to tho Shermnn nntl-trust
laws, but Is Bald to contomplato addi
tional statutes defining monopolies.
The president hns declined, however,
to discuss his ideas until tho tariff and
currency are disposed of.
Fruit Growers Will Banquet.
Nebraska City, Neb. Memoirs of
tho Inclpioncy of practical horticulture
and forestry nnd early encouragement
.given these branches in this stato nre
to be recalled at, a fruit growers' ban
quet to oo held at Arbor lodge and tho
old home of J. Sterling Morton, Au
gust 14. Joy Morton Is to bo present
.and a progrnm of considerable Inter
est is being outlined by officers of tho
association. Duslncss nffalrs of the
association aro to be discussed at a
Bhort BesBlon to be held during the
.day. Grades nro to bo established
definitely nnd tho plans are to be com
pleted for tho sale of this year's crop
of apples.
Stores to Close Earlier.
Omaha, Nob. Tho new nine-hour
law for femalo labor In Nebraska will
likely result In the closing of the large
stores nnd most other establishments
lin the city nt not lator than 6 o'clock
Jin tho evening. ThlB arrangement
woum make no change In the depart
ment stores except on Saturday night,
aa on Saturdays tho stores have been
in tho habit of running until 9 o'clock.
A committee of the retnllers' associa
tion is investigating tho matter of
early closing on Saturday cveulngs.
A Shocking Ceremony.
Birmingham, Ala. Donnld A. Ken
nedy, a chauffeur, nnd Christopher
Oustin, nn Iron moldor, wero killed by
nn electric Bhock nt tho local hall of
tho Loyal Order of Mooso. An Initia
tion was In progress nnd it is Bnld
that nn electric shock wns a part of
tho ceromony. In somo wny, not yet
explained, Kennedy nnd Gustin, It is
stnted, received too much current. It
wns first thought tho two mon hod
fainted nnd they wero hurried to n
Hospital, whero both died shortly nftfcr
waruB.
Gellenklrchen, Oermnny. Fourteen
coal miners were found dead In n pit
whero they had been entombed by a
.fall of coal. A largo area above tho
mine hnd caved In ns a result of a
recent cloudburst.
Act of Heroism by Aged Man.
Iowa City, la. A thrilling act of
heroism by a mnn or noarly 100 may
bring n Carncglo medal to Charles
niow, nged 04, a pioneer of Muscatine.
Discovering tho houso on flro nnd his
wife, nged S4, upstnlrs in deadly porll,
ho climbed tho stairway, took his wlfo
in his arms and fought his way down
through the smoko and flames with
his living burden. Ho boro her to tho
outer nlr Just as tho blazing stalrcaso
fell In with a crash behind him. A
moment'B delay would have ended in
death for both.
GET AFTER BIG TRUST AGAIN
KAN8AN WANTS STATE TO TAKE
OVER NATISRAL GA3 COMPANY.
Tobacco Combine Cited to Appear In
Federal Court Troops Called
Out in Copper
Belt.
Topckn, Knn. Henderson Martin,
chairman of the Kansas utilities com
mission, hns urged Governor Hodges
to call a special session of the legisla
ture to pass an enabling act that would
permit tho cities In Kansas which nro
supplied with gas by tho Kansas Nat
ural Ons company to take over that
company, ob well ns its local distribu
tion companies, Ho proposed that a
general meeting of the roprosentutlves
of tho forty Interested cities bo held
soon to consider tho proposition for
public ownership of tho properties
Mr, Martin mndo tho appeal to tho
governor after ho had read tho de
cision of Federal Judge Marshall of
Salt Lako City, to tho effect that tho
gas company need not extend its plpo
lines to new fields In Oklahoma, as di
rected by tho utilities commission.
Call Out Troops In Copper Belt.
Calumet, Mich. Violating orders of
tho Western Federation of Miners
against vlolcnco many of tho 15,000
striking miners of tho copper bolt cre
ated enough disturbances Thursday to
result in tho ordering out of troops.
Thero will bo nearly 2,400 stato sol
diers, including cavalry nnd artillery,
In tho mining fields of tho upper penin
sula of Michigan.
AFTER BIG GAME AGAIN.
Tobacco Combine Cited to Appear In
Federal Court.
New York. An order citing the
American Tobacco company nnd tho
United Cigar Stores company to ap
pear in the United States court of ap
peals August Si has been Issued by
Federal Judge Hand. Tho two com
panies nro directed to show causo why
tho circuit court's dissolution decrco
ngalnst tho so-called tobacco trust
should not bo corrected to conform
with tho mandate of tho United States
Bupremo court.
Has Abandoned Counter Stroke.
London. Any idea that tho Bui
garian nrmy is prcpnrlng for a counter
stroko has been abandoned. It hns
become known that In his nnxlety to
bring nbout peace, King Ferdinand ap
pealed to tho German emperor regard
ing Roumnnla's action. Tho nature of
tho emperor's reply has not been dis
closed. A semi-official dispatch from
Sofia says that even should tho Rou
manians Invade tho capital, no resist
ance would be offered. Tho attack on
Adrlanoplo has nof been confirmed.
Death Toll Heavy.
Dlnghamton, N. Y. It Is still Impos
sible accurately to estimate the fatali
ties of the overall factory flro here.
At least fifty, probably more, aro be
lieved to havo perished in the flames.
A careful estimate places tho number
of 'those In tho building nt tho tlmo
tho flro started at 111. Of these only
flfty-threo aro known to have been
saved. Six dead havo been identified,
fifteen bodies, charred beyond descrip
tion, are nt the morgue. Seven in
jured are in the hospitals, forty-live,
slightly Injured, nro safo nt their
homes. Eleven havo been reported
by relatives ns missing, and twenty
six others aro unaccounted for.
Senator Norrls Fighting Coffee Trust.
Washington. Senator Norrls has
taken a new tack in his program of
dissolving the coffee trust, nnd has
adopted a method similar to that
chosen by Senator Hitchcock in his
attack on tho tobacco trust. Senator
Norrls has Introduced an amendment
to the tariff bill giving the president
the right to impose an ad valorem tax
of 25 per cent against the product of
any country which is a party to a con
spiracy to monopolize that product or
to valorize In, as it is alleged because
It has valorized her coffee crop,
Finish Education In United States.
Washington. Desirous of Increasing
further tho good relations existing be
tween his country nnd tho United
Stntes, tho Chilean minister of for
eign affairs has suggested that Chilean
youths after receiving their dlplomns
horeaftcr shall bo sent to tho United
States to comploto their education
along technical Hues. Tho Chilean
government would benr tho expense of
transportntlon both ways. Tho Infor
mation has renched tho stato depart
mont from Minister Fletcher nt Santi
ago. Federals Surrender Torreon.
nrownsvllle, Tex. Constitutionalist
amy officials in Mntamoras have re
ceived word of tho federal surrender
of Torreon. It was said tho Torreon
federals had been killing their horses
for food. The messngo confirms 1,500
as tho number of federnl prisoners.
Washington. Thero is a growing
sentiment In congress In fnvor of gov
ernment ownership of public utilities
In Alaska. A measure Introduced by
Senator Polndexter of Washington
provides thnt all public utilities, in
cluding railroads, steamship lines, the
telegraph and telephone lines, together
with tho tormlnnls, shall bo owned and
operated by tho federnl government.
Provision is at tho sama time made
for tho employment of private capital
In tho development of these enter
prises, with a view to giving the pub
lic the benefit.
LOSS IN SHIPMENT
STANDARD FOR MEMBERSHIP IN
V NEBRASKA GUARDS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Ittms Of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Lack of proper refrigeration facili
ties 'on tho Missouri Pacific railroad
has caused largo losses) in egg ship
ments from southenstern Nebraska to
Omaha nnd Lincoln, according to con
clusions renched by Food Commis
sioner Ilnrman. Tests mndo by the
stnto ofliclal on nctunl purchases and
transmission of eggs over tho present
route show that even express facili
ties mnko little Improvement over
freight and that by both methods there
nro losses Incurred by tho merchants.
Under Instructions from tho food de
partment threo cases of eggs wero pur
chased at Falls City and shipped to
Lincoln nftor being carefully handled
nt the originating point. When they
reached hero, four days later, flvo and
a half dozen of tho thirty dozen in
ono case had detcrlornted to second
class eggs, half a dozen had been
cracked nnd a dozen nnd n half wero
spoiled nnd unfit for tnblo use. An
other case showed flvo rotten eggs
and the third caso showed eleven eggs
of similar stato of decay. The loss
was $1.48 on nctual cost as compared
between tho two points. Data gath
ered by tho food commission will bo
submitted to tho railway commission
for ubo in the request filed for instal
lation of refrigerator Bervlco on tho
Missouri Pacific.
Guardsmen Must Be Gentlemen.
Nebraska guardsmen must not bo
"roughnecks," they must bo gentle
men, possessed of good manners and
as anxious to deport themselves with
credit as to convince tho people of tho
state that they nre brave, according
'f.o a standard Bet by Adjutnnt General
iHall. Thoso who do not measure up
will gradually be weeded out of tho
military organization until there nre
only thoso left whp will reflect credit
'on the state.
"I .intend to wipe "roughness out al
together," said General Hall. "Tho
companies whero tho trouble Is tho
greatest are now under investigation
'if I havo to, I would rather go to tho
August camp with only a dozen com
panies of respectablo nnd obedient
men than have twenty companies of
intractnble men that are liablo to in-,
volvo tho guard in a bad mess.
8mall Grain Acreage Increased.
Rye and barley, small grain crops
that aro not so widely talked about as
,wheat and-corn In this state, neverthe
less have something to commend them
-this year. Figures announced by tho
stato board of agriculture show the
jye acreage this year Is 33 per cent
'greater than last year computed on
the returns from eighty-four counties
which have reported. Likewise tho
barloy acreago increased 76 per cent
over last year a gain that will likely
be exceeded by no other crop. Tho
totnl rye acreage for tho eighty-four
-counties Inst yenr wns 90,259. This
.year tho figures were pushed abend
'to 137,032 ncrcs. Tho 1912 barley
acreage was 52,018 and tho 1913 acre
age 91,002.
Interest In Athletics.
Roys who nre Interested In athletics
and military maneuvers are taking
'keen Interest In Hoys' State Fair en
campment to be held In Lincoln, Aug.
29-Sept. 5. Governor J. H. Morehead
Is ex-offlcto head of the encampment,
while the state board of agriculture
'will pay the railroad fare of tho dele
gates In excess of $5.00. County su
perintendents In each county will fur
nish information concerning tho choice
of delegates from their counties. Foot
ball tactics, military science and in
struction from object' lessons, camp
ing and outdoor sports will be given.
Lancaster, Otoe and Holt counties
have reported to tho state assessment
board with valuation gains over last
year aggregating $522,000. Sixty-four
counties havo now reported to tho
board with a total estimated gain of
$3,500,000 over last year.
Tho Farmers Stato bank of Union
has beon given a charter by tho Btato
banking board. The officers of tlio
new Institution nro C. I. JoneB of Lin
coln and J. R. Pierson, J. R. Roddy,
J. N. LnrBh, M. H. Shoomaker and
D. R. Frans, all of Union. Tho capital
Is given as $20,000, with nn $800 ad
ditional sum set aside for tho guar
anty fund.
Auditor Howard hos taken under
advisement tho protest against tho
registration of $17,000 of court houso
bonds voted by tho people of Kcya
Pnha county.
Five thousand signatures out of tho
necessary 26,000 to put the question
of university location before tho voters
of tho stato havo alreaijy boon secured.
Although tho circulators have a wholo
year ahead of them in which to get
the ncccBBary number of potltlons
signed up actlvo work has been In
progress for nonrly flvo weoks. Tho
circulation Is in chargo of tho uni
versity, under tho direction of tho
regents, Chnncollor Avery has beon
active in getting the petitions out and
the actual work in connection with
their distribution Is, being done by
the chancellor's secretary.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
Sunday baseball was defeated at
Anslcy.
Pawneo City will soon havo free
mall delivery.
The Chautauqua at Osceola Is In ses
sion thlB week.
The fair at Callaway will be held
September 16 to 19, inclusive.
August 6 and 7 are the dates set for
the State Saengerfest at Lincoln.
The Sons of Herman held their an-
nual session at Pender last week.
Beatrice will enforce tho ordinance
prohibiting bicycling on the sldewnlk.
Tho thirteenth annual picnic of the
.old settlers of Uarneston will bo held
August 20 and 21.
A car load of chickens wns Bhlppcd
by farmers around Valentino to New
York City ono day laBt week.
Owing to lack of Jail facilities nl
Beatrice, femalo transgressors are
Bent to tho county Jnll at Lincoln.
Dorchester on August 7 will vote on
the establishment of a municipal light
nnd water plant and a. new city park.
A postofllce has been established at
Sunnyslde, Brown county, Nebraska,
with Carrol A. Mnyfleld ns postmaster.
Miss Mary Bunton, a Pawnee City
school teacher, Is dead as the result
of heat prostration and ncute Indiges
tion. A stenm cnlllopo belonging to a
wild west show was destroyed by a
flro in tho Burlington yards at Alli
ance. Oliver Souder n clerk in a Beatrice
store was badly cut by pieces of glnss
when a pop bottlo exploded in his
hands.
The Falrbury park board Is putting
electroliers In tho park, and tho drive
ways and auto course aro being coated
with oil.
Deshlcr has organized a baseball
association, will hire salaried players
and will attempt to schedule some
good games.
Wheat that weighs sixty-six pounds
to the bushel a record likely never
exceeded In this state is reported in
Pawneo county.
Wank Tobln. nn actor, deranged by
the heat, shot himself, and died from
tho effects a few days later in an
Omaha hospital.
August Welding, CO years of ago,
was drowned whilo in swimming at
Meadow. It Is thought heart trouble
was responsible.
Eward Culver, nn nged man, was
fatally injured when he was struck by
a street car as he attempted to cross
tho strpet at Lincoln.
Levi Ed Is' Ice house nt North Platto
was set on Are by lightning and
burned to the ground. It contnlned
over 1,000 tons of Ice.
R. E. Arthur, manager of the farm
ers elevator at Hoag, reports that ho
had handled over 30,000 bushels of
new wheat this season.
Miss Cora Owens, a teacher In tho
Geneva public bcIiooI, was severely
burned by a gasoline explosion while
cleaning n pair of gloves.
The laying of the cornerstone of tho
new auditorium being built by the
Woman's Improvement club nt Valen
tine took place Friday afternoon.
The Rev. John Doane, who died at
San Diego, Cal., last week, was pas
tor for nearly four yearB of the First
Congregational church at Fremont.
Two sets of twins nnd In the neigh
borhood of 120 other babies nro ex
pected to be entered In the eugenics
exhibition to be held at the state fnlr
in September.
Entries for harness races for tho
Nebraska state fair close August 11.
Already more than a dozen states aro
represented in tho speed progrnm
which promises to be exceptionally
strong this year.
Uneasiness prevails among 'Jeffer
son county farmers over tho long con
tinued dry weather. Unless rain
comes soon it is predicted that early
corn will be a total failure.
One of a party of "tourists" who was
shot In a battle with trainmen who
were attempting to put them off a
freight at Jensen, has brought suit
against the road for $10,500 damages.
Mr. and Mrs. Vff F. Nelson of Up
land celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary last week.
Blue river fishermen near Alexan
dria have recently caught a number
of twenty-five pound fish.
The three year old son of Air. and
Mrs. Frank Crabtrco at Falrbury, was
so badly scalded by falling onto a vat
of boiling paste that his recovery is
doubtful,
While Rev. John Smith of Salem
was inflating tho tires on his auto ono
of them exploded, cutting his fnco and
head so badly that several stitches
wero necessary.
Davo Milllgan of Norfolk lost an ear
when his auto dashed through a fence
ns tho result of a bursted tire.
C. M. Rohrbaugh has been Installed
as pastor of tho Presbyterian churches
at Seward, Staplehurst and Tamora.
C. E. Coffey, an elevator man at
Aurora, saved his llfo by tho prompt
uso of n pocket knlfo in cutting his
clothes looso when ho got caught in
the shafting.
Deshler is planning a corn nnd live
Btock show for tho lntter part of Sep
tember. Last year's corn nnd live
stock show drew moro than five thou
sand peoplo on the big day.
Threshing Is going on nt Moorefleld
nnd the yields aro rather light, around
ten bushels of winter wheat, but the
quality Ib good.
J. W. Leo of Bluo Springs is Buffer
ing from blood poison resulting from
n wound from n locust thorn received
whilo in bathing.
A chnlr on which she wns standing
collapsed with the weight of Mrs.
Fritz Hurnfolt at Falrbury, breaking
her right leg.
Bert Stewart and Fred Drumm, two
men who live nenr Eagle, engaged in
a. nltchfork duel on a neighbor's farm
'tndjboth were badly cut and bruised. 1
DOINGS IN CONGRESS
WHAT LAWMAKERS AT WASHING
TON ARE DOING.
Result of Deliberations on More Im-
portant Measures Given In
Condensed Form.
Saturday.
Tho Senate Tariff debate con
tinued. Secretary Bryan conferred with for
elgn relations committco on proposed
Nlcarnguan treaty.
Foreign relations committee favora
bly reported nominations of nmbnssn
dors to Germany, 'to Austria nnd min
ister to Ecundor, and ngrccd to report
favorably that of minister to Spain.
Senator Clapp proposed amendment
to Aldrlch-Vreeland law to permit
emergency currency under it to cir
culate for thrco months instead of
ono.
John A. Davis of West Virginia was
nominated as solicitor general.
Postofllce committee postponed un
til Monday action on Bryan bill to
repeal power of postmaster general
to change parcels post rntes nnd re
munerations. Adjourned at 5:27 p. m. until noon
Mondny.
The House Met nt noon nnd nd
Journcd at 12:40 p. m. until noon Mon
dny. W. J. Bolnnd told territories com
mittee groups of capitalists who were
prepared to finance railroad lu Alaska.
Friday.
Tho Senate Met at noon nnd re
sumed consideration of tariff bill, Sen
ator Works continuing his speech
ngninst the bill.
Introduction of Mulhall letters intc
records nnd Mulhall testimony con
tinued before committee.
Postmaster General Burleson befom
postofTlco committco replied to criti
cisms of proposed now parcel post
changes, nnd announced ho would
order chnrges effective August 15.
Joint tobacco trado committee
heard Virginia tobacco growers.
Senator Jones Introduced amend"
mont to tariff bill to free list grain
bags.
Adjourned at 6:20 p. in. until noon
Saturday.
The House Met at noon.
Republican Leader Mann resumed
his filibuster agaiii3t any business
being transacted.
Banking committee democrats met
nnd discussed amendments adopted
by "insurgents."
Interstate Commerco Commission
ers Prouty nnd Clements urged np
proprlntlons committco to npproprlatj
for physical valuation of railroads.
Representative Raker introduces
resolution for Investigation of indus
trial possibilities of sage brush and
grazowood.
Representative Clark. Florida, intro
duced resolution affirming Monroe
doctrine.
Representative Kahn introduced
resolution directing department of
Justice to furnish additional Informa
tion on Dlggs-Camlncttl white slave
cases. Adjourned nt 4 p. m. until noon
Saturday.
Thursday.
Tho Senate Debato on tariff bill
wns resumed, Senator Works attack
ing the bill and assailing President
Wilson for assisting in framing of the
measure.
Lobby committee continued' hearing
Mulhall correspondence.
John P. Murphy, Knoxville, Tenn.,
named postmaster of the senate.
Adjourned at 6:10 p. m. to nooo
Friday.
.The House Republican Leader
Mann continued his filibuster against
any business until the Djggs-Caml-nettl
resolution had been tabled.
Adjourned at 1j35 p. m. until noon
Friday.
Wednesday.
Tho Senate No senator being ready
to speak on tariff bill, reading of
measure section by section for amend
ment was begun.
Lobby investigating committee hur
ried introduction of remainder of Mul
hall letters in effort to conclude hear
ing. No further discussion Mexican situ
ation occurred.
Adjourned at 6:01 p. m. to noon
Thursday.
Tho House Republican Leader
Mann resumed his filibuster against
any business,
Adjourned nt 12:35 p. m. until noon
Thursday.
Metcalfes to Sail Friday.
Wnshlngton. Rlchnrd L. Mctcalfo
was the guest Saturday at a dinner
given by Minister Morelos of Panama.
Secretary of Stato Bryan attended.
Governor Metcalfe, with his wife nnd
threo children, will snll for Panama
from New York Friday.
Woman Takes Out Papers.
Chicago. Mrs. Adala Mlskikaitis,
president of tho Llthunian Woman's
club, was the first woman in Cook
county to take out naturalization pa
pers slnoo tho limited womnn suffrage
law went into effect in Illinois.
Turkish Covernor Leaves for Post.
Constantinople. In anticipation of
tho reoccupatlon of Adrlanoplo by tho
Turkish troops, Hadji Adll Boy, former
minister of the Interior, has been ap
pointed governor of that city, and has
gone 'to assume his post.
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