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Frexldeml's Baby Drca * . Marlanna , the 10-months-old daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. Horace Whlttlesey ( * 'f Emporla , Kan. , Is the owner of a ! 3ress worn by William Henry Harri- Uononce president of the United fjtates , when he was a baby in old Vir ginia days , says the New York Herald. jWilliam Henry Harrison was born In 1-773. Miss Ellen Windsor , who was I Tippecsnoe" Harrison's nurse , was ven the dress by the mother of Mr. rrlson. She , in turn , gave it to her lend , Mrs. Cbapin , for her baby to ar. ff Years afterward Mrs. Chapin passed It on to her friend , Mrs. . J. C. Whit- jjfclesej , and Horace Whlttleseywas the pext baby to wear the little garment Mrs. Horace Whittlesey dressed little farlanna in the famous frock the oth- jer day , but she didn't allow her to knake mud pies while she had it on fcn fact she wore it only half "an hour , & d the dress was then put carefully Sway. The pretty little garment is made jwith low neck and short sleeves and is one piece from neck to acin. It is Bhirred at the top , the hem finished kn genuine Mount Mcllick embroidery , land French knots are scattered over the dress. 'The material is the finest , linen. 'j LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA. \ < Suffered Untold Agonies DoctorSaid It Was the Worst Case Wonder ful Cure by Cuticura. * "I used the Cuticura .Remedies for eczema. The doctor said it was the . worst case he ever saw. It was on both limbs , from the knees to tlie an- Ikles. We tried everything the doctors iknew of , but the Cuticura Remedies Iflid the most good. I was obliged to Ilie with my limbs higher than my ahead , for the pain was so terrible I could not walk. I suffered untold ag- lonies. One limb wasted away a great ideal smaller than the other , there was Iso much discharge from it I found jthe Cuticura Remedies very soothing , and I still keep them in the house. I km very thankful to say that I am cured. I found the Cuticura Remedies fell that you say they are. I hope that you may be spared many years to knake the Cuticura Remedies for the benefit of persons suffering from the torture of skin diseases , such as I had. Mrs. Gelding , Box 8 , Ayr , Ontario , Canada , June G. 1905. " Bad Brealc. "Back from de east , eh ? " greeted the ifalghwayman. "How did you make tout ? " . "Pretty rough , " replied the pick pocket "I got snapped up an' de judge was just about to give me six months when I thought I'd get off by telling ' ! aim I was an iceman. " ' "Did de game work ? " I should say not ! When he heard I was an iceman he gave me a year. " ATTRACTIONS OF WESTERN CANADA. i aiaarnlflcent Crop Return for tlie Year 19OO. The manner in which the Canadian iWest has attracted settlers in recent years has caused many of our jour nals and public men to sit up and take notice , to use a current phrase. From every European country and from al most every State in the Union large bumbers of settlers have flocked to the prairie provinces of Canada , where ree homesteads and wide opportuni ties are open to all who desire to avail themselves of them. The greatest factor in attracting set tlers lies In the inherent richness of JBoil and suitability of climate for pro ducing what is universally considered to be the finest wheat in the world ( the "No. 1 hard" of Canadian growth ' and other cereals that rank in the very Brst class. This year the harvest re- : urns were : Wheat , 90,000,000 bush-j | sis ; oats , 76,000,000 bushels ; barley , ! 17,000,000 bushels ; and when It Is con ; sidered that the entire population of- the three provinces as evidenced by the quiquennial census just completed is only 810,000 , it is easily seen that ithe lure of the Canadian West is in Its agricultural potentialities. Another feature which attracts the settler Is that railway construction is proceeding with such rapidity that al most every district Is within easy reach , i of outside markets , and that good , prices for all lines of farm products rule practically from the commence ment of agricultural operations. This iis a factor which did not prevail when ; tbe earlier settlements in the West , rwere made in Canada and in the Unit ed States , and has given a great Im petus to Canadian Western settlement Jin recent years. The free grant system of homesteads hich prevails in the prairie provinces , which every settler who is able and willing to comply with the conditions -of actual settlement ( by no means onerous - -erous ) Is given ICO acres free , except . $10 for entry , is a great drawing card , and. In the last fiscal year gathered In ! , -over 189,000 additional to the West ern population , of which 57,796 were .from the United States. The further fact fls Is strongly ibrought out by the agent of the Cana dian Government whose address ap- ipears elsewhere , that a splendid com mon school system , practically free , prevails * -vails throughout the entire country , tand is easy of access in even the most ( remote districts , is another great ln Jducement to the settler who has thg 'future ' welfare of his family In mind } , and this , coupled with the fact that Western Canadian law and order ar proverbial , completes a circle of good . .and sufficient reasons why the tide oi immigration has set in so steadily fo rward the country to the north of our boundary line. NO MORE WHITE SUGAR. Jfev Pare Food I/aw "Will Knocfc Ont tlic Highly Bleached Article. The pure food law that goes into effect Jan. 1 is far reaching in its provisions , but if carried out will without doubt result in mucb good to the community and will probably lessen in a measure the stomach troubles so prevalent. There will be no more white sugar offered for sale after the new law becomes opera tive. There will be loaf and granulat ed sugars as at present , but the color will be a dull yellowish white , not very attractive to the eye , but much more healthful than the article known to trade for fifty years or more as "white sugar. " Washing bluing is used to impart the snow white color and Uncle Sam has decided that it is better for the health of the country to put aside the washing bluing and get back to first principles. Tinned vegetables , notably tomatoes , green peas , and some kinds of string beans will not have the appearance of having been so freshly picked as for merly , but the coloring will be natural. No effects in coloring will be permitted , except that provided by nature. Mar malades and preserves , that tempt the eye before the palate , will not be quite so attractive , and if there is a slight scum on the jar , skim it off and say nothing. It is simply proof that pre servatives have not been used , Mustard , which generations of the j people have come to regard as yellow I never having seen any that was not . ' adulterated will be gray and 'butter ' will be nearly white. Tinned meats will probably lose their : popularity , for it is expected the prices will be about doubled. Some of the so- called tinned meats and game offered are made of a combination of corn meal and condiments that look inviting , but have very little food value. They are put up at small cost , have a delicious flavor , but they are not meats and game , nnd it is not expected housekeepers will buy tin ned cornmeal when they know just what it is as told by the label on the can. The new law makes no reference to eggs and the cold storage brand can be disposed of as the integrity of the dealer decides. Refrigerated meats and breadstuffs - stuffs are not mentioned in the law. After Jan. 1 all goods shipped from .factories will go out with , i guarantee that they are as veprcsenteJ ; that there " is no" false labeling. The penalty for violating a law is not more than one year in a federal-prison or $500 fine or both , and for a second offense the penalty is doubled. ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS. Secretary of Treasury Puts Amount to Jnne 30 , 1008 , at 089,028,453. The Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to Congress the book of es timates of. appropriations required for government service for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1908. The following ta ble shows the estimates , together with the appropriations made by Congress for each item , for the present fiscal year : Estimates Appropriations Objects for 1908. for 1907. Legislative estab lishment $ 5,618,175 $ 5,647,357 Executive estab lishment 32,571,910 26,064,092 Judicial establish ment 980.120 1,108,914 Foreign inter- course 3,254,077 3,796,683 Uilitary establish ment 79,950,102 72,305,270 Naval establish ment 115.444,950 98,773,692 [ ndinn affairs . . . .7,970,168 14,878,144 Pensions 138,243,000 143,746,100 Public works . . . 95,865,540 53,545,710 Postal service de ficiency Indefinite. 298,416 Hiscellnneous . . . 59,244,088 126,269,857 ermanent annual appropriation. . 149,886,320 155,117,320 Grand totals. . $689,028,453 $701,551,566 The annual report of the bureau of in sular affairs of the War Department emphasizes two legislative matters before Congress , on which it says depend to a laige extent the future prosperity of the Philippine Islands. One is the bill reduc ing the tariff on Philippine products to 25 per cent of the Dingley rates for sugar nnd tobacco and making all other articles free , and the other is a measure provid ing for the establishment of an agricul tural bank in the islands. TAFT CALLS THEM MURDERERS. Secretary on IV'egro Soldiers " \Vlio Killed at Brownsville , Tex. President Roosevelt's action in dismiss ing from the army three companies 'of negro troops in the Twenty-fifth infantry , as a penalty for the outrage at Browns ville , Texas , is warmly defended by Sec retary of War Tuft in his annual report. The report , after pointing out that the President's order has been severely crili- cised because it condemns the innocent to undeserved punishment , thus reviews the incident : "Out of a battalion of 170 enlisted men in the army of the United States , from nine to twenty men formed a preconcert ed plan to revenge themselves upon the people of a town in which they were sta tioned for the insults they felt that the townspeople had heaped upon them. In accordance with the plan , they left the barracks under cover of darkness about midnight and proceeded to discharge their weapons into the houses of the town for the purpose of killing those against whom they felt a grievance. "They came near killing some one or more of the three women and seven chil dren who were sitting or slewing in two of the lighted rooms into which they fired. They , in fact , did kill one man , wound another and seriously injure the chief of police. They accompanied their firing with expressions indicating the malice which prompted their action. There can be no doubt , therefore , that the squad of men who moved together from the fort to the town and did this shooting were guilty of murder , and murder in the first degree. " Sagrar Trust Pined. A fine of 518,000 was imposed upon $ the American Sugar Refining Company by Judge Holt in the United States Cir $ cuit Court Tuesday , for accepting rebates $ amounting to $26,000 from the New York Central Railroad Company. IVew L.iprht on the Bible. $ Drs. Grenfel and Hunt , the famous English Egyptologists , discovered papy rus dealing with the life of Christ. It contains forty-five lines of the gospel , presenting a marked variation from the authorized version. 2 IFNAINCIAL CHICAGO. In the aggregate of bank exchanges for both the week and month Just end ed substantial gains appear over those of. last year , indicating that expansion in business generally is yet making pro gress. Heavy orders continue to be entered by the leading industries for delivery at distant dates , .and consider ing the rapid absorption of the unpre cedented outputs of furnaces and fac tories , it is clear that consumption has established a new high level. More concern is expressed as to the future productions of finished materials owing to the difficulties presented by cost of supplies and labor and the in ability of railroads to provide satisfac tory transportation. These considera tions are becoming more widespread , but for the present they cause no halt ing in the efforts to obtain the best results. Thanksgiving trade made an improv ed volume of retail dealings and , al though jobbers are seasonably quiet in i the staples , the demand is well main tained 1 for holiday goods. Wholesale houses find a satisfactory demand for spring wares , particularly in the tex tiles , footwear , carpets and furniture. Interior advices testify to gratifying headway in the reductions of winter lines and the outlook is bright for heavy Christmas business. A healthy Indication is found in an increased dis counting of bills , and western collec tions average up well. Manufacturing operations reflect sus tained pressure upon facilities and greater outputs of finished products. Recent specifications for additional railroad equipment add to the forward period of activity in iron and steel and car building. Other producers have much work to keep forces busy , and tbere is steadiness in demand for imple ments , heavy machinery , brass and wood working. Failures reported In the Chicago dis trict 1 numbered 22 , against 26 last week and 22 a year ago. Dun's Re view of Trade. NEW YORK. Trade has been active as rarely be fore at this season , despite widespread holiday observance , warm weather in parts of the South , and bad roads in the Northwest. The really serious cause of complaint , a reflection in itself superabundant prosperity , .is the practically country-wide congestion in railway traffic , which affects grain movement , collections and retail trade iii the Northwest , delays delivery of badly needed coal supplies in the en tire West , interferes with the move ment of cotton to market at the South , nnd hampers manufacturing operations in the iron and steel , textile , lumber , and other trades. Railway men appear awake to the situation and are work ing energetically , bu < - the near approach ot the winter season renders the out look dubious. Spot sales in general jobbing lines are rather lighter , as is natural under the circumstances , but this branch of trade , as well as first hands , is busily engaged on business for spring. In cotton fabrics , for in stance , the only feature hampering trade is the complaint of backward de- 1'veries ' , due to labor shortage or to factories being oversold. Bradstreet's Commercial Report Chicago Cattle , common to prime , $4.00 to $7.45 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00 to $0.50 ; sheep , faoir to choice , $3.00 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 72c to 74c ; corn , No. 2 , 43c to 45c ; oats , standard , 32c to 33c ; rye , No. 2 , Goc to GSc ; hay , timothy thy , $13.00 to $1S.50 ; prairie , $6.00 to $15.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 24c to 30c ; eggs , fresh , 29c to 34c ; potatoes , 30c to 43c. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to $7.00 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to $6.35 ; sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 72c to 74c ; corn , No. 2 white , 43c to 44c ; oats , No. 2 white , 33c to 35c. St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $7.00 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.32 ; sheep , $3.50 to $5.35 ; wheat , No. 2 , 75c to 76c ; corn , No. 2 , 42c to 43c ; oats , No. 2 , 32c to 34c ; rye , No. 2 , 61c to GSc. Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 ; foogs , $4.00 to $6.50 ; sheep , $3.00 to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 75c to 7Gc ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 47c to 4Sc ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 35c to 36c ; rye , No. 2 , 70c to 72c. 72c.Detroit Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $5.00 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.12 ; sheep , $2.50 to $5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , 76c to 77c ; corn , No. 3 yellow , 4Sc to 50c ; oats , No. 3 white , 35c to 36c ; rye , No. 2 , 69c to 70c. Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern , 77c to 79c ; corn , No. 3 , 43c to 44c ; oats , standard , 33c to 34c ; rye , No. 1 , GSc to G9c ; barley , standard , 54c to 55c ; pork , mess , $14.50. Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers , $4.00 to $6.25 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00 to $6.60 ; sheep , common to good mixed , $4.00 to $5.75 ; lambs , fair to choice , $5.00 to $7.80. New York Cattle , $4.00 to $6.00 ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.75 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 78c to 80c ; corn , No. 2 , 53c to 54c ; oats , natural white , 3Sc to 39c ; butter , creamery , 25c to 32c ; eggs , western , 30c to 35c. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 74c to 7Gc ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 42c to 43c ; oafs , No. 2 mixed , 34c to 35c ; rye , No. , 65c to 67c ; clover seed , prime , $8.25. TREASURY FULL OF GOLD. Secretary Slimv's Keport Sliovra Cotmtry/M Great Prosperity. The unprecedented prosperity of the United States is reflected in the report of the retiring Secretary of the Treas ury , Mr. Shaw , whose statistics were filed with the House. Never before has there been so much gold in the United- States treasury , according - cording to the report On Oct 15 there was $871,893,899.77 of the precious metal stored in the vaults. Of the 8,380 chartered national banks , 448 failed and 1,743 were placed in volun tary liquidation , and since the estab lishment of the national banking sys tem in 1863 , statistics show that cred itors of these insolvent institutions re ceived 78 per cent of their claims , on an average. The money in circulation in the United States now amounts to $2,736,046,028 , or $33.08 per capita. The outstanding principal of the public debt on June 30 was $895,159,140 , an iucrcase of $800. Including the issue of Panama bonds the public debt Nov. 1 was $925,159,250. The past fiscal year shows the largest - est customs receipts in the history of the country. Over $3,000,000 was col- le'cted in customs. In speaking of the weakness.of . the currency system , Mr. Shaw says thatj the harvest of 1906 strained well nigh to the limit the credit possibility of the country , and as to his 'action at the time , which met much criticism , he says : "The government quarantines against yellow fever ; it spends millions to protect - tect the people against unwholesome food ; it inspects banks in the interest of depositors , and does a thousand oth- er things to safeguard the people against disaster of various kinds. This policy oft governmental supervision receives - ceives universal approbation. Believing - ing it to be the duty of the government also to protect the people against fiuaus cial panics , which in this country have caused nio.re mental and more physical suffering than all the plagues known to man , and recognizing that under our system no possible co-operation can be secured among banks , each independent of the other , and finding these institu- tious in the interior sending their mon ey to be loaned on call in the cities , and the reserve of the country , even in the idle season , very low , the Secretary of the Treasury undertook the task of making some slight provision for the inevitable. He withdrew from the chans nels of trade $60,000,000 and locked it up. This was accumulated in part by excessive revenues and in part by deliberate - liberate and premeditated withdrawals. His only excuse for withdrawing the people's money when they did not need it , and when its presence hivited spec ulation , was to have it ready to restore when they did need it , and when its absence would bring certain disaster. " Secretary Shaw points out various ways in which the dealings of his de partment with national banks could be put upon such a basis as to act as a preventive of panics here and abroad. In this connection he says : "If the Secretary of the Treasury were given $100,000,000 to be deposited with the banks or withdrawn as he might deem expedient , and if in addition he were clothed with authority over the reserves - serves of the several banks , with power to contract the national bank circulation - tion at pleasure , in my judgment no panic as distinguished from industrial stagnation could threaten either the United States or Europe that I could not avert" ' The Secretary's report is issued in the revised spelling form , as advocated by President Roosevelt ? | ir * rffc i' ' &MX The manager of the Burlington lines has notified all clerks , stenographers and technical workers that if they join a union they will be discharged. | An official of the Pennsylvania railroad announces that work will soon be started on a great power plant and dam , just west of Harrisburg , on tlie Susquehanna , to electrify the Pennsylvania railroad be- j tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg. I The demand of the trainmen on tba Reading railway for a ten-hour day was rejected by General Superintendent Tice. The men were told that as an increase in wages had been granted nothing more could be expected for the present. President Earling of the St. Paul road confirms the report that his company is to build a cut-off between the northern division and the valley division , thereby shortening the line to the northern peninsula * sula , by way of StarLake , by more than fifty miles. The ruling of the interstate commerce commission that a railroad may not issue transportation in exchange for advertising in newspapers is to have a legal test through a case brought by the Monon. 3 President McDoel has ordered the con- j t tinuance of contracts for transportation in payment for advertising. The firemen and engineers of the New York Central lines have reached a settle ment with the officials by which all will get a substantial increase in wages and a ten-hour work day for all branches of the sen-ice. A similar advance in other branches of ' .he servicf was expected. At the close of the fiftieth year of con secutive payments of dividends the Penn sylvania Railroad Company placed ita stock upon a 7 per cent basis , which is 1 per cent higher than had been paid since 1900. As the capital of the company has grown the number of stockholders has in creased to about 45,000. i j ' Rev. Joseph Anderson Vance , D. D. , who declared from his pulpit ir the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church , Chi cage , that-it is prac tically impossible for a poor man to get justice to-day in a legal contro versy when hiu op ponent is ricb , has been pastor there since 1899. During his residence in Chicago cage he has been identified with the EEV. j. A. VAXCE. Bureau of Chari ties , in which capacity he has spent much time among tiie poorer people of . . i the { city and has studied the obstacles j against which they do battle. He was born j in Sullivan County , Tennessee , Nov. 17 , 1SG4. He was awarded the B. D. degree by Union Seminary , Vir ginia , in 1SSS , was made : i D. D. by Huron ( S. D. ) College in 1901 , and in 190o the Same honor was conferred on . him { by his alma mater , King College. He has previously held pastorates at Louisville. Ky. , and Baltimore. * * * * Nelson O. Nelson of St. Louis , a mil lionaire - manufacturer , suggests money as , a cure for the child labor evil. He proposes to make good to need- par ents J : the weekly in come they would lose if their children . dren under 14 were , taken from the fac tories and sent to school. His propo sition has been sub" mitted to the woin-j en's clubs of St. I Louis. Mr. Nelson N. o. NELSON. Dffers to pay half the money if the women's . clubs will pay the other half. It is said his investigations indicate only a third of the child workers under , der 14 are at work through actual ne- 2essfry. Mr. Nelson is well known for his ' communal village of Le Claire , 111. , where he lives among his workers and shares his profits' with them. . * . Professor Goldwin Smith , who has recently celebrated his eighty-third birthdaj- one of Canada's grand old | | men. sixty years : : ago he was a con tributor to the Lon don Saturday Re view , and forty- eight years ago he was a professor at Oxford , where he had for a pupil the present king of En- gland. Professor Smith is a native of Berkshire , England , PROF. SMITH. but lle lias aiways manifested the greatest interest in new world institutions and about thirty years * ago took up his residence in To ronto. When Ezra Cornell founded his university at Ithaca , N. Y. , Goldwin Smith was made honorary professor of English and constitutional history and delivered several courses of lectures. William Matthew Holderby of Cairo , [ 11. , a student at Princeton theological J seminary and a missionary worker among the boys of Princeton. N. J. , ! has started a cru sade against ex cessive drinking by the students of Princeton university - sity and has shocked the uni versity and town with his charges. The college au thorities admit &s * " v xxf . . , . , . , W. M. HOLDEISB1' . there is drinking , but say that on account of the small- aess of the town the drinking appears to be more prevalent than it really Is. * * Eugene A. Foss , vice president of the Boston reciprocity league , is in Berlin studying the reciprocity situation /rom the German standpoint. ' + * Wade H. Ellis , Attorney General of Ohio , is one of the most active oppo nents | of the attempts of the Standard . . m i Oil trustto things all its own way in that com monwealth. Mr. El lis is a Kehtuckian , born just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati , where he received his ear ly education. AI- : though he was ad mitted to the bar in ' S' . < ! > ' " ? > . g -y. > ? K - ? ' - . - ' : : : " < ' _ , , , rt , - . - . . 1890 , he did not W. H. ELIJS. . . - practice for several years , but went into journalism , at one time being editor in chief and business i manager of the Commercial Tribune of Cincinnati. ( Gruny , a penniless anarchist of Paris , was recently arrested. The news was published in the provinces and was seen by a lawyer who had been seeking him for months as an heir to a fortune. Now that Gruny has means he is to be re leased from prison. He says that his views of economic questions have already undergone a radical change. L QUJav * C4r l.UU.l.Vl \1C4.AJ V. Gustav Wolff , a sign painter of St. Louis , has had two pictures prominently hung in the Paris salon. An imperial edict was issued at Pekia approving a constitutional government , and the members of a new reform cabinet were named , with Prince Ching at the Lead. 4 The Rusian council of ministers has approved the adoption of the income tarf suppressed by the minister of finance , which is expected to produce a revenue of $20,000,000 a year. The French customs authorities have decided to exclude American -ham , bacon , canned pork , etc. , because the microscopic examination has been eliminated from the Americas meat inspection regulations. The house of lords , by a vote of 157 to 40 , allotted the education bill so ate to provide that local authorities must ex tend facilities for religious instruction , in stead of merely giving permission to do so. The Japanese government 'lias decided to build a bridge over the Yalu river at Yon Gam Pho , having a span of 3,239 feet , so as to establish direct railway communication between Mukden and Fu San. San.The The municipal elections throughout England indicated that the conservatives were gaining some of their lost ground. The campaign issue was the alleged ex travagant expenditures on socialist schemes. An incipient mutiny of some 500 Brit ish sailors at Portsmouth occurred be cause some of their number were arrested for refusing to kneel so that an officer of small stature could see the men in thu rear rank. The German poet , Ganghofer , who re cently had a long visit with Emperor William , quites the Kaiser as saying that he is a thorough optimist , and that he will be happy if his people understand his purposes. The socialist congress at Limoges , France , rejected a motion favoring insur rection on the part of conscripts in case- of war and adopted one calling on the soldiers of all nations to seek the sup pression of standing armies through legis lation. The interpretation of the recent munici pal elections in England , held by the Unionists , is that they prove a strong anti-government feeling and a decided setback - , back for labor candidates and municipal socialism. The latter had held the bal- imce of power in London for three years. Premier Campbell-Bannerman told a deputation of liberal and labor members of the House Tuesday that the matter of old-age pensions would soon be taken up as one of the government's policies. He thought that the scheme would favor thrift and independence. Chancellor of the Exchequer Asquith also agreed to this proposition. During the inaugural banquet of the new lord mayor of London , Sir William Purdy Treloar , the Marquis cf Richen , who was the hcief speaker , dealt with the Congo State abuses and cruelties , and declared that if Belgium did not put things to right soon Great Brtain would consult other powers , with a view to a concert to remedy existing evils. Replying to the deputation composed of men representing various creeds and parties who complain of the atrocities committed in the Congo Free State , the British foreign secretary , Mr. Grey , said that if the Belgian government failed to take action soon the British government would inquire of the other powers what their views were and seek a concert of action. The Canadian government has notified the United States that the postal treaty will be abrogated in so far as it relates to second-class mail matter , the object being to exclude from Canadian territory certain periodicals or newspapers pub lished in this country. Canada says that if new regulations are formed to shut out such objectionable publications , a sew treaty will be entered into. Owing to the continued disorder arid unsafely of foreign residents in Morocco , the Spanish and French governments have now sent warships to Tangier , and it is expected that a British squadron will follow. A crisis is threatened by the granting of increased powers to Rais Uli , the bandit. The European powers are acting harmoniously and will send troops ashore under one commander in case the Moors take a hostile course. In the Belgian chamber of deputies at Brussels the minister of foreign affairs , referring to she recent warning from offi cers of the British government , concern ing alleged Congo abuses , said that Bel gium would pursue a line of action dic tated by her own interests without regard to British interference. On Wednesday the socialists moved to refuse the terms of King Leopold's will , bequeathing the Congo to Belgium on condition that the royal domains be maintained after its annexation. A sign that the Russian government is preparing to hold elections for a new douma is the action of the Senate in in terpreting the election law without ap peal. It has declared that railroad em ployes who inhabit buildings owned by the government cannot vote , and this will exclude 170,000 workmen from the fran chise. It includes machinists , signal * men , guards and repairers. Tlie decision , also removes 8,000 employes of factories owned by the War and Navy Depart ments. The Senate has also made a sweeping reduction in the peasant bank. The object of these rulings is to secure more acceptable returns from the next election than from the last one. After M. Jaures had announced in the French Chamber of Deputies that 'his party was weary of the church and state controversy , and had decided to support the government , a vote of confidence re sulted in 416 ayes and 163 noes. This means that the chamber will support the government in a firm policy of execut ing the separation law as it stands. The minister of education assured the cham ber that no negotiations would be had di rectly with the Vatican , and that plans were on foot to assist the local and diocesan cesan religious associations in organia- ins their dependent houses of worship.