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MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1900,
RECORD CONGRESS LEAVES
Work AoJDmpUthjd bj Lxwraikeri Preitati
Good Showing.
ATTENTION GIVEN TO NEW POSSESSIONS
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WASHINGTON, Juno 3. The record ct
mo urei section ot inu nnr .u.iBif . uer mo uirusuun ot mo prcsiacnt, tormcu lui
nnw nrnrllrnllv rimed and It Is llOBSlble I linBln nf (hp mmntrirlnl rinhnte nn (tin T'hltln
to survey the Important work It has accom- j pines, hut was fruitless of action. The only
practically the same m those of voters In
tho United States, with the additional quali
fication that a voter shall "bo ablo to speak,
read and wrlto tho English or Hawaiian
language." Administrative and judicial offi
cers ore provided and tho Island ltP given a
delegate to the houno of representatlvea of
the United State, chonen by the people, with
a right to debato In the house, but not a
right' to rote.
I'lilllpiilnrn nnit Culm.
Tho Philippines and Cuba havo occupied
much attention In tho way of debate and
the adoption of Institutions of Inquiry. The
Spooncr bill, providing that when nil Insur
rection agalngt. the authority of tho United
States shall be nt'an end then all military.
civil and Judicial powers shall, unless other
wise provided by congress, bo carried on un
der tho direction of tho president, formed the
idlshod during tho last six months. It has
been a busy congress, lite Dustesi, accoru
Ing to veteran olllclals, In many years. In
some respects tho work has ,been lc3s ex
citing than that of tho preceding congress,
which covered tho dramatic period when
-war was declared against Spain, and also
tho period of reconstruction and treaty-making;
with Spain following tho successful
closo of tho war. Hut In work actually ac
complished and started townrd accomplish
ment tho record of tho present session
stands well In comparison with the most
energetic congresses.
Our new territorial possessions have re
ceived much attention, and whllo there has
legislation as to Cuba Is of n comparatively
minor character, relating to Cuban shipping.
Tho extradition bill, applying to all In
sular prssesslons and dependencies, h?s
passed both houses and doubtless will be
comon law. It Is designed mainly to rsaeh
cnienJIkc that of Charle3 V, W. Necly.
Tho Nlcaraguan canal bill nnd the ship
ping subsidy bill arc notable Instances of
legislation partly advanced during tho pres
cnt session, but not enacted Into law. Tho
canal bill has parsed the house nnd has been
made the special order In tho senate legln
nlng December 10 next. The shipping bill
Is on tho calendar of each house with favor
ablo recommendation from a majority mem-
been no definite nctlon as to tho Philippines ' bcrshlp of tho senate nnd house committees
or Cuba, a form of government and a means . Anti-trust legislation has come prom
pt raising revenue has been provided for
Jorto Itlco and n comprehensive territorial
Jirin of government has been given to Ha
.Jrnll. Tho financial net has made Important
lnently Into attention In tho house at the
closo of tho session, the house having
paed a new anti-trust hill nnd defeated
a constitutional eimcndment. Tho senate has
chnnges In the laws relating to tho parity J passed a bill for a cablo to tho Philippines
of metals, tho bonded lndobtcdne3, national
banks nnd tho security of tho treasury oy
a gold reserve. Tho Nlcnrnguan canal bllt
has passed the house and Is on tbo calendar
of tho senate ready for attention when con
gress reconvenes. Tho nntl-trust bill Is'
similarly advanced, tho untl-truit consti
tutional amendment has a defeat recorded
against It. Tho Pacific cable measure has
pawied the senato and la awaiting final ac
tion In tho house.
Ths expulsion of Ilrlgham H. Roberts from
a Beat In tho houso because of his
polygamous status, the refusal of tho senato
to admit Mr. Quay on tho appointment of
tho governor of Pennsylvania and tho sen
sational charges, Investigation and develop
ment In thu senato In tho case of Mr. Clark
of Montana havo added some exciting per
sonal phases to tbo session. Investigations
have been prolific, Including tho Inquiry into
the Cocur d'Alcno mining riots In Idaho, tho
various Inquiries on polygamy growing out
of tho Roberts case and more recently the
senate Investigation of tho postal and other
Irregularities In Cuba.
Tho total of appropriations cannot yet bo
stated with exactness, ns flvo bills nro pend
ing, but It Is approximately $700,000,000 for
the session.
Trrnlle Ilrforf Sennte.
The senate In executive session has been
occupied to n eonslderablo extent with im
portant treaties. Of theso the treaties with
Great Britain nnd Germany closing tho
trlparlte government In Samoa and award
ing to tho United States tho Island of Tututla
with Its valuable harbor of Pago-Pago, has
boon ratified, while the commercial reci
procity treaties with Franco and the British
West Indian Islands and tho Hny-Pauncc-Xote
treaty concerning the lnteroccanlc
canal go over without action.
Of tho legislation actually accomplished
and now on tbo statute books the finuticlal
act is regarded as tho chief achievement of
it he year. Tho notoworthy feature of the
debnto'on this moasuro in the houso was
that party linos wcro broken to some extent,
a number of democratic members from the
eastern and New England states Joining
with tbo majority In passing It. In the
senato, also, party lines wero not entirely
regarded, Senators Lindsay and Caffery vot
ing for tho measuro and Senator Chandler
against it. As It bocante n law by tho presi
dent's signature, on March 14, It makes
specific the declaration of the gold stnndard,
provide a treasury reserve of $130,000,000,
establishes a division of Issue and redemp
tion of, tho treasury, provides for the re
demption and reissue of Interest bearing
(bonds of tho United States nnd makes now
regulations as to national banks, their circu
lation, establishment In small communities
and tho tax they pay. Tho not also con
tains a specific declaration that Its pro
visions "nro not Intended to preclude the
nccompllshment of international bimetal
- llsm."
Action nn Porto Itlco.
Porto Illcan-legislation has been tho most
fruitful themo of controversy In and out of
congress during tho session. Tho discussion
first turned on tho revenuo bill, levying a
duty of 1G per cent of the Dlngley rate
on Torto Itlcan goods. The majority of the
ways and means commltteo urged tho con-
' stttutlonallty nnd necessity of this course,
while tho minority, reinforced by McCall of
Massachusetts, a nicmbor of the majority,
maintained that tho constitution of tho
United Stntos extended to Porto Klco and
' that congress was Inaugurating a dangerous
precedent by giving tho Island any other
Jw than that of tho rest of tho country.
Excitement ran high under tho spur of wide
spread public attention. Tho dobato In the
houso wn signalized by tho division of the
majority, which for a tlmo made tho rosult
doubtful, but the 1)111 ultimately paFsed.
Tho contest In tho senato was animated but
loss ncuto, the senato changing tho cntlro
scope of tho measuro by adding a complete
form of civil government. In this form,
raising rovonuo and establishing nn Island
government, tho measuro ibccamo a law.
Subsequently, it was amended so as to limit
corporate franchises and on tho president's
recommendation an net was parsed Bottlng
aside for tho use of Porto Itlco the J2.0S5.4Ti5
collected from tho island sources since Its
' acquisition,
Noxt In importnnco In the accomplished
"work of tho session Is tho net to "provide
, tor n government of the torrltory of Hn-
wail." The deibiites on It In the senate and
houso aroused little division, savo on matters
, of detail. Tho act provides a system of
government much like that for territories,
with a governor appointed oy tho president,
a legislature of two houses, franchise rights
and beyond, to bo constructed nnd main
tained under government control, but no
action has been taken on It In the house
Hill nn OleiiiiinrKiirlnc.
Tho restriction of oleomargarine has been
productlvo of considerable agitation, mainly
In committees, nnd a radical restrictive bill
has been reported to tbo houso
Tho general pension laws have been ma
terially changed by the presont congress,
largely as a result of tho efforts of the
Grand Army of the Republic, which secured
tho passage of a bill amending the law of
June 27, 18t0, so as to permit tho "aggro
gating" of disabilities nnd changing tho pro
vision as to widows so that a widow may
recclvo a pension while she is "without
means of support other than her dally labor
and has an actual net lncoino not exceeding
250," etc
Tho "freo homes" act has at lost become
a law. It provides for tho patenting of
homesteads on tho public lands acquired
from tho Indians on tho payment jof the usual
fees and no other or further charges. This
opens to free homcstend entry inany mil
lions of acres of public lands In tho west,
heretofore sold at stated figures per acre.
Another measure passed, of some gsnoral
Interest, permits the secretary of agricul
ture to restoro gamo birds which are be
coming extinct nnd provides means for the
restriction of traffic In dead animals, birds,
otc, from state to Btate, the latter provi
sion being In part designed to limit tho de
structlon of Bong birds for the sale of their
plumage. Among other miscellaneous nets
of tho session aro those for the preservation
of tho historic frigate Constitution and for
extending the work of the twelfth census,
tAiiroprliitloti Illlln 1'rnriltiK.
Considerable general legislation Is carried
on appropriation bills. Theso provisions In
clude the amendment to, the military acad
emy bill, making tho commanding general of
the army a lieutenant general and tho ad
jutant general of the army a major gen
ertfl; nlstTtho umendment to tho sundry civil
bill appropriating $5,000,000 for tho St. Louis
exposition. Doth of theso tills nro still
pending. Tho naval appropriation bill adds
two battleships, throo armored cruisers,
thrco protected cruisers and five submarine
boats to tho naval strength and may Include
special legislation as to armor plato and a
government plant. The other appropriation
bills In the main carry tho usual govern
ment supplies.
Tho AlaBkn code bill, giving a complete
civil system of laws to the territory, has
passed both houses and undoubtedly will
become a law. Other measures which havo
passed ono houso or tho other but nre still
pending, Including those for tho election of
senators by tho people, authorizing the pres
ident to appoint n commission to study com
mercial conditions In China and Japan; for
lncrenslng the efficiency of the nrmy by
making service In tho staff corps temporary;
extending tho eight hour lnw; Increasing
tho annual allowance to the militia of tho
country from $400,000 to $1,000,000.
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WASHINGTON, Juno 3. Conference re
ports on appropriation and other hills prom
ise to occupy tho attention of tho houso, to
tho exclusion of everything else during the
closing days of tho session. Only one piece
of general legislation seriously threatens tho
program tho Grout oleomargarine bill. The
friends of this measure havo Itecn very In
sistent nnd havo threatened, In case the
senate does not agree to the resolution for
final adjournment on Wednesday, to hold up
nny amended resolution until they can have
an opportunity to voto on their bill.
A way out of tho difficulty was suggested
yesterday which may bo put Into operation
tomorrow. Tomorrow being suspension day,
Tawney may be recognized to move that nn
hour on Tuesday bo given to tho oleo
mnrgarlno bill, As this motion will require
n two-thirds vote, the powers that be nre
willing that the measure bo considered If It
can command such nn overwhelming ma
jority of the house. Thero are a consider
able number of disputed Items In the ap
propriation bills which the houso probably
will settle by direct yototho appropriation
of $5,000,000 for 'the St. Louis exposition
and some lets Important Items which the
senato placed In tho sundry civil bill; the
armor plato provision and tho paragraphs
relative to ocean and like surveys and the
abolition of tho sea courso for naval cadets
In tho naval appropriation bill and the Miles
Corbln amendment to the military academy
bill.
In the houso there Is nothing on the
horizon which threatens to prevent final
adjournment on Wednesday.
Thero Is now hardly any doubt that the
senate will agree to tho house resolution to
adjourn the .session next Wednesday, The
passage of the last of tho appropriation bills,
which was 'accomplished Saturday, leaves no
obstacle In tho way of the final adjournment
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oxcept the amendments mado to these bills
by the senate, and the opinion Is now almost
universal that these differences can be ''ad
Justed and all tbo business of the session
concluded by the tlmo named.
The only two' Items of difference which
might cause material delay are the armor
plate amendment to the naval appropriation
bill and tho amendment to tho sundry civil
appropriation hill In the Interest of tho St.
Louis exposition. The leaders of all parlies
apparently are united in the. wish to bring
tho cession to closo on Wedncsflay and by
beginning the dally sittings early and allow
ing them to continue lato they will prob
ably succeed.
The remainder of the ee3slon will be given
up to conference reports on tho. appropria
tions, to' tho consideration of comparatively
unfmportant bills on tho calendar and to tho
making of speeches on political questions.
Thero are a half dozen senators who want to
bo heard at somo length and they will bo accommodated.
WAR NEARS ITS END
(Continued from Klrst I'age.)
to nHndlal, where H was taken tip by tho
Kngllsh authorities.
ROBERTS SENDS HIS REPORT
Secretary- of State Receives Cuhle
irrnni from the I.euUer (it
OrmiRc Grove,
LONDON, June 3. Lord Lansdowno, sec
retary of state for .war, has received tbo
following from Lord Roberts, dated O run go
Grove, Juno 2:
"Johannesburg Is quiet. The people nre
surrendering arms and ponies. Only three
Door guns wero left In tho fort; Tho
Queenslanders captured May 30 a Crcusot
with eleven wagons of stores and ammuni
tion. Commandant llotha of Zotitpansborg,
bis field cornet and 1(0 prisoners were
tnken In tlie fighting around Johannesburg,
somo belonging' to thu foreign contlngunts
nnd the Irish brigade.
"Owing' to "tho Interruption. of tho telo
graph lines I learned- only today 'frora
Colonel Sprlgg that his battalion of Imperial
Yeomanry was attacked between Kroonstad
and Llndley, May 29. Casualties to follow.
"Tho rhops In Johannesburg aro being
opened and thero seems to he a general feel
ing of relief at tho peaceful occupation of
the town.
"Tho proclamation 'announcing the annex
ation of the Orange Krce SUto was made
known at Bloemfontein May 2G by General
Trettyman (mllltnry governor). The troops
under General Kellykcnny formed a square,
tho royal (standard was hoisted, the troops
saluted, a royal salute wbb fired and the
queen was cheered. Tho namp "Orange
HIver colony" was wolf received.
'Received a report yesterday that four
prisoners had cscapod from rretoria,"
WHITE TALKS ON B0EB PLANS
Will Continue tJnerrlllu Conflict Wn
Ichs Given Imlcncnileiice lij
thc KiikMhIi,
CHICAGO, Juno 3. "I have no communi
cations with the Transvaal and cannot mrtKo
a statement as to what tho liners proposo
to do now, They had planned first to defend
Trotorla and then retire 1o tho mountains
or else to glvo up tho capital and take di
rectly to the mountains. It appoars aa if they
are adopting the latter course." So de
clared Montagu Whlto, the Transvaal agent
at London, who catno to Chicago today In
advance of the Ticer envoys.
When asked It the Itoers would continue
the war to tho extent of waging a guorrllla
conflict. Mr. White replied: "What else can
they do? They can get no terms from tbo
English; Salisbury will not leave them a
ihrcd of Independence. Kven If the situa
tion In impossible In a military sense, poll,
tics dominates it and the mountain warfare
Is tho only alternative. They can keep up
some sort of resistance thero for a year."
Commenting on the- terms tho Doers aro
ready to inako with Kngland, Mr. White
said: "Independence is a sine qua non. I
know wo would glvo up tbo dynamite
monopoly, glvo the franchise and liberal
education and language also. 'We would dis
arm also, to a certain extent, but wo will
not rtand tho suzerainty."
Picture of the Untile.
LONDON, Juno 4. The Dally Telegraph
has tho following frora Senejtal, dated
May 29:
The (scene during tho battle was wonder
fully picturesque. Rolling billows of smoke
rose higher than tho highest kopje, obscur
ing the combatants. The roar of artillery
and the crnck of musketry, under tho llatnes
of tho burtng veldt, combined to produce a
picture of nppalllng, grandeur, but terrible
for those engaged within its field.
Tonight the surroundings of tho Doer
position nro blackened and waste. We ex
pect the enemy to vncato the hills before
morning and to retire. Their desperate ef
forts during the day wcro directed to get
ting a force to the kopje, which General
Rundle threatened Inst night and today In
order to cnablo Colonel Sprlgg to extricate
tho Duke of Cambridge's- Yeomanry. The
whole nrmy of Free Staters is now between
Soneknl, Llndley and Flcksburg. It la re
ported to bo composed chiefly of desperate
men who would not go to the Transvaal to
fight nnd who are too proud to surrender.
Their totnl number Is believed to bo from
3,000 to 4,000.
JIny Aliitmloii l.nlnu'x Xck.
LONDON, Juno 4. Tho Newcastle corre
spondent of the 'lJ.nes, telegraphing May 31,
says:
"It Is porslblo that the Boers will aban
don Lalng's nek without fighting. There
nro reports of demoralization. Tho presence
of a slvlnch gun on Pongaknn was a sur
prise. Wo thought when Lord Roberts' ad
vanco Uireatened the railway that all the
guns In position wero withdrawn."
Situation on Gold Connt.
LONDON, Juno 4. Tho Dally Express haa
tho following from Cape Coast Castlo, dated
Saturday:
"Fifteen hundred men aro hero and BOO
others are In Nigeria. It Is expected that
these, with eight Runs, ,-will go to Kusiasol.
Ono thousand men-.'liavo., crossed Krah river.
It Is reported that 'Captain llnll has already
relieved Kumaswl, j'ftt" this report Is not
confirmed. .i i.
, i n
liner Lmve I.lnlle-.
LONDON, Juno 3Mrhe Dally Telegraph
has tho following frin, Senekal, dated May
30: 1"t,a
General RundleV action Monday and
yesterday entirely Jsedbred the object for
-which it was undonalfnn. The Doers havo
now withdrawn frdnulLtndley and Colonel
Sprlgg
of Cambrl
cultles. it Jn
, W
Doer Rnvoya! at Clerelniiil.
CLEVELAND, 0'."3(fltp 3. The Doer en
voys arrived here at,"lt',"p'clock tonight from
Buffalo. They were met at the train by a
big reception commltleo and delegation of
citizens on foot and In carriages and, headed
by a band, passed through the principal
downtown streets. Tomorrow evening the
envoys will addrcm a mass mooting at the
Grays' armory.
COMMISSIONERS IN MANILA
Hancock, with Taft and Party on Eoaid,
Beaches Fort
WiLCOM'D BY GENERAL MACARTHUR
President of I'liillpiilne CoiiimlNslon
Mnkcs Stntcinc lit to AnMoelntcd
IreHs ItcHiirdliiK I'owcrN nml
Future Work of the llody.
has been abj fo extrlcato tho Duke
nbrldge's YcRq)$jry from their dim--
CI nil women ISnroiite to lUllvrnuhce,
Fourteen women from various points In
western Colorado, delegates tn the blennlnl
Hcsslon of tho Nntlonnl Federation nf
Women's Clubs at Milwaukee, passed
through Omaha Sunday afternoon, east
ward hound. All left over tho Chicago,
Milwaukee & fit. Paul Voari at 1:3S, after n
stay In the city of a few hours. Severn!
Omaha women left over the Northwestern
at 4:5G, destined tp the same point.
(Mia tn I.oiail Momlnv,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 If there are
no further smallpox developments on the
Iruiifjiort Meadu Oenrrat K. 8. Otis nnd
other cabin passengers will be released
from quarantine tomorrow morning. Tho
Meade will probably be released nt the
snmo time, us work of fumigating the Vta
sol will be finished.
MANILA, Juno 3. Tho United State
transport Hancock, from San Francisco
April 17, arrived hero this morning with
tho members of the 1'hlUpptnc commission.
Tho members of General MacArthur's staff
welcomed the commiailoners on board the
Hancock. At noon tho commissioners landed
and drove to tho palace, escorted by General
MacArthur's staff, a band und two companies
of tho Twenty-sixth Infantry, with artillery.
At tho palaco the. commlraloners were wel
comed iby General MncArtbur In a short and
forceful address, after which Judge William
Tnft, president of tho commission, replied.
Tho ccmmls3loncro returned to the Hancock,
whero they will remain until they have
selected sultahlo dwellings on land.
Dnrlng tho morning tho members of the
Filipino supreme court, tho local editors
and many of tho leading merchants repaired
to tho transport, where they conversed with
tho commissioners. Renr Admiral Remy, In
command of tbo United States naval forces
on tho Aalatlc station, called olllclally dur
ing tho afternoon. Tomorrow General Mac
Arthur will return the cnll of the cominls
eioners. Thu family of Judge Taft will re
main for a whlln In Japan. Tho families of
tho other commissioners nrrlveJ with them.
InilKc 'I'll f I'm Stllti'lni'lit.
. Judge Tnft, ppeaklng today In reply to a
representative of tho Associated I'rcss re
garding tho powers and future work of the
commission, said:
"Wo havo full instructions and extensive
powers. The latter we shall not exercise un
til we havo had ample time to acquire suf
ficient knowledge of the situation to enable
us to proceed to enact legislative terms and
forms, preliminary to the establishment of a
stnblo government, bntll we nssumo au
thority General MacArthur will continue to
perform tho duties and exercise tho powers
formerly perfonaied nnd exercised by Gen
eral Otis, and even after wu take active and
full part in tho government General Mac
Arthur will continue as the executive head
until, on our recommendation to President
McKinlcy, It shall seem to the president that
tho tlmo has arrived for the appcintment of
a civil executive and for making the mili
tary forces merely auxiliary in carrying on
the civil government, to bo avalluble only In
cases of emergency for the suppression of
lawless violence too formidable to be over
come by tho regularly organized local poller.
"Wo aro aware that thero are several Is
sues of deep Interest to tho Filipinos upon
which ft Is our duty to tako, action. Some
of theso Involve Judicial Investigation and
decisions upon legnl rights. Others call
for tho careful exorclso of political power
In order to secure equitable adjustments.
Upon tho latter class of issues we cannot
now speak.
JtiHllce to Filipino. ,
"Representing tho sovereignty of th
United States In tho Philippines, which it li
the purpose of our government to mln
tain, wo aro here to do Justice to the Fili
pinos and to securo for them tho best gov
ernmcnt In our power and such a measure
of popular control as Is consistent with the
stability nnd security of law, order uml
property. Wo are civil officers, men nf
peace, the field of our work Is necessarily
confined to regions .where the arjncd
enemy has ceased his operations, We can
not deal wflh armed men. General Mac
Arthur and tho array will do that.
"When thoso now In arms shall have laid
them down, relying, as they certainly can,
upon the Justice, generosity nnd clemency
of the United States, wo shall glvo them all
a full hearing upon tho policy to be pur
sued and the reforms to bo Initiated. Wo
propose to Inaugurate as comprehensive a
system throughout tho islands as circum
stances will allow. I am surprised that
.Manila has not received uows regarding the
Spooncr bill, a measure calculated to help
us greatly In our work here."
While In Hong Kong the comoilssloner
questioned Armncho and members of the
wealthy Cortuz family regarding Filipino af
fairs not covered by the Filipino Junta thero,
The Filipinos in Manila nre anxiously and
even nervously waiting for a formal state
ment by the commission regarding Its future
policy. Everything tho comnfls9loneis fay
or do Is carefully considered. Cabhs ftom
Hong Kong havo been published here to th
effect that the commission will not assume
control until Septraibor. This report, coupled
vith tho statement that Washington ap
proves General MacArthur's plan of cam
paign, has created considerable excitement
In Filipino circles, whero It has been ex
pected that Immediate changes of policy nnd
nctlon would follow tho arrival of the com
mission. It should bo understood that the
foregoing declaration of Judgo Taft Is In no
since Intended as a proclamation.
T
Tinhorn Gnnililer ArrcMtcil.
A Sunday picnic held nt Anheiiser-Ruscli
purk near Fort Omnlm was more notable
for tinhorn gambling than nnythlng else.
Tom Aldrldgti set up iipparntua nml was
catching suckers rapidly with "chuck
luck" nnd spindle Kume.H, wIkmi Sergeant
WelHonberg nt the head of u sqund of po
II re swooped down upon lilm early In tho
evening. Aldrldgti was arrested nnd his
outfit confiscated. J. II. Duffy. 13. W.
Qtlltin mid C. II. Ragsdnlu were also taken
In nnd charged with gambling. It Is nald
that Aldrldgo struck one of lilt victims
In the eye with an umbrella when the lat
ter protested, but for fear of arrest he
tl til not make his Identity known to the
police. The gambler had n lino revolver
when searched at thu Ktatlon.
Clark Ji'iiimtiiI 'I'll I m Afternoon,
Tho special trnln bearing the remains of
8. H II. Clark will nrrlvo nt tho Webster
Street station nt 11:30 this forenoon. Funeral
services will bo held at 3 p. m. at the First
Congregational church. In order to nllnw
employes to attend the funeral the Union
Pecllle s1ip:r will close at noon nnd the
general nlllccs nt 2 p. in. The Union Pa
cllle Pioneers' nssoclutlon will probably at
tend In a body.
Drniiiiitiex lj- tier mini Student.
Tho pupils In the German classes nt
Ilrownell hall entertnlned their friends on
Saturday nfternoon with two pretty fnrc-es,
"Schwerhoorlg" nnd "Das GexpeiiHt In dr-r
Pension." The dramatic rendition was
varied with music and recitations. Thoso
who took tho lending parts wero the fol
lowing: Luree Iicemer. Minnie Stnrz,
Heulnh Mumaugh, Knthcrlne Richards,
Daisy Oantt, Irene Dexter and Susie Itobb,
'IV I nit to Sell CIolhCN,
Tom Logun was arrested late Sunday
night on upper Ninth street while trying
ti Bell two silk wnlsts nnd n coat nnd vest.
He claims tho clotlilnr belongs to hlmelf
and wife, but tho police believe the stuff
was stolen. Logan was Intoxicated at the
time.
Troojin for t.'npe ,omc.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 3. Tho United
States transport Ronecrnns has sailed for
Chub Nome with two military companies
nnd the first reason's shipment nf A'pr de
partment supplli-s. The companies are A
nnd 1C of the Seventh Infantry.
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The remains of Dr William T. Mason ar
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ing nnd will bo Interred from Ilurket's
undertaking rooms on Capitol avenue In
Forost Lawn cemetery, nt 9:30 today.
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