Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1904 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA,

BOY ROBBERS TAKEN.

LADS IN INDIANA EMULATE CHICAGO BANDITS' EXPLOITS. ■ ’ - 1 Had Committed Many Burglaries and Planned to Dynamite County Treasurer's Office in TaxTlmc—Blaze Works Havoc in Ancient Cemetery. ' Four boys ranging in ages from 10 to 20 years, belonging to the best families •in Crown Point and Remington, Ind., are in the Lake County jail charged with ■wholesale robbery of business houses. They have confessed to a preconcerted plan to dynamite the county treasury '’vault"ln the Crown Point court house and escape 'with thousands of dollars. They had already secured a key to the building and made arrangements to purchase dynamite. As a curtain raiser to the big robbery they were robbing a saloon, when captured by Sheriff Daugherty anil his deputies. The boys are Albert Hahn and James Scone of Remington, 1 inland Ray Knight and James I.inton of Crown Point. Knight and Linton had robbed many safes in Crown Point and the Remington boys had executed burglaries iu their city. The quartet met in Hammond to plan their raid on the county seat strong room and were arrested while robbing the saloon. The gang lived in n deserted barn in the Crown Point fair grounds. This they had stocked with provisions to resist a siege by the authorities. BOYS CAUSE BIG LOSS BY FIRE. Start a Blaze in Cemetery 200 Years Old at Orange, N. J. Mischievous boys caused great damage by fire to St. Mark’s cemetery, a burying ground 200 years old, at Orange, N. Y. The shrubbery had become unusually dry and a party of boys started a blaze which spread quickly to the cemetery, thickly planted with trees and shrubbery to protect the curious stoucs marking the resting places of many heroes of. the Revolutionary and Civil wars. The firemen worked more than an hour to checji the fire, which by the time they reachdß the scene had spread all over the grounds. Hundreds of the old headstones were cracked and ruined, while the more pretentious marble columns were seriously damaged, entailing a heavy loss. HALTS FATAL PRAIRIE FIRE. Snow in Nebraska Checks FI nines After Ranch Honses Barn. The prairie fire which for a part of two days swept the sand hill country of McPherson and Lincoln counties, Neb., has been brought under control as a remit of the heavy rain and snow. It was the worst prairie fire western Nebraska has had for years. Myrtle Ross, son of a ranchman, was fatally burned and his father badly injured. Mr. Ross lost all his buildings, stock and farm implements. Other ranchmen were burned to death, but their names are unknown. The village of Hershey narrowly escaped destruction. MONOGAMY TAUGHT IN MORMON. Joseph Smith Deniae that Book Advocates Plural Marriages. . President Joseph Smith declared in a sermon at the conference of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, that the book of Mormon does not teach polygamy. He snid that with the Bible the book of the Mormon Church teaches that one husband shall have one wife and one wife one husband. Members of the Reorganized church were firm believers in the laws of God and of His guidance of the affairs of the nation, and therefore were loyal citizens and obedient of the laws of the land. Japs Get Russian Secret Records. The secret records of the Russian army in Manchuria have been captured by the Japanese and carried to PingYang. Japanese squadron which attempted to attack Tort Arthur the other night retired when its presence was discovered by means of the Russian searchlights and after Admiral Makaroff had sailed out to give it battle. Injured in Trolley Accident. Five persons were killed and a score Injured in Santa Barbara, Cal., by the overturning of a street car which ran off the track. Three were crushed and killed instantly and two died soon after being removed from the wreck. Many of the injured suffered severe bruises and broken bones. Suspected of Miss Page’s Murder. Imprint of a hand, found by the police on the skirt of the ** murdered Boston heiress, Miss Mnbel Page, will he used in an effort to connect Charles L. Tucker, now under arrest at Newton, Muss., with the crime. Union Picket Is Slain. Michael Roland, Franklin Press Feeders’ Union picket, Chicago, was killed in an attack on Roy Travis, member of rival organization; the slayer surrendered to the police. Lake Coal Is Cheaper. At a meeting of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia soft coni mine operators the price of lake coal and steamboat fuel has been reduced 15 cents a ton from last year’s prices. Population of the United States. Estimates by the census bureau nt Washington place the population of the United States nt 79,900,389. Killed hr Gas Explosion. Three men were killed and one wns fatally injured in nu explosion nt the Pintsch Gas Compressing Company's plant in Southwest Washington, D. C. The explosion caused $2,000 damage to the building. Its origin is not known. Three Killed by Tornado. A tornado which passed nonr the town of Mexico, Texas, killed three persons and injured nine others, three of iliem, It la feared, futully. Many houses were : demolished and much damage was done ; to growing crops.

WOULD END POLYGAMY.

Mormon Conference Passes Resolntions Prohibiting Plural Marriages. The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in general conference at Salt Lake City, has formally renewed Its adherence to the Woodruff manifesto against polygamy, declared that all plural marriages are prohibited, and announced that any member of the church authorizing, contracting or solemnizing such marriages would be liable to excommunication. The pron'nnciamento, Introduced by President Joseph F. Smith ns a sequence of the Smoot investigation and adopted unanimously by a resolution introduced by Apostle Francis M. Lyman, president of the quorum of twelve apostles, is as follows: “Inasmuch as there are numerous reports in circulation that plural marriages have been entered into contrary to the official declaration of President Woodruff of Sept. 20, 1890, commonly called the manifesto, which was Issued by President Woodruff aud adopted by the church at its general conference on Oct. 6, 1890, which forbade any marriages violative of the law of the land, I, Joseph F. Smith, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of I.atter Day Saints,’ hereby affirm and declare that no such marriages have been solemnized with the sanction, consent or knowledge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter”Xsay Saints. ~~~ “I hereby announce that all such marriages are prohibited and if any officer or member of the church shall assume to solemnize or enter into such—marriage he will be deemed in transgression against the church nnd will be liable to be dealt with according to the rules and thereof and excommunicated therefrom. “JOSEPH F. SMITH, "President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.”

ASKS INSURANCE BY CHURCHES.

Michigan Minister Points a Way to Keep Up Membership. The Rev. W. H. B. I.'rch nt the annual meeting of the Michigan council of the Brotherhood of St. Paul, which has just closed its session in Detroit, surprised his audience by advocating a system of benefit insurance for the churches. He said: “It will be a great day for methodirm and for her church societies when a system of benefit insurance is allied to her work of salvation. present competition is too great. Members are lost to the church every day simply because they join fraternal and secret societies for the insurance features and, becoming attached to the lodge work with its services and rituals, gradually fall away from their allegiance to the church. Everywhere the organizers of our societies go they have cast into their teeth that there is no benefit feature to tjie church organizations' and they find it superhuman work to show the average man wherein lies the benefit of spiritual gain unless there is an element of material gain to help along.”

The Political pot.

Leading Democrats of Pittsburg have started a movement to make D. T. Watson a presidential candidate. Gov. Van Sant is reported to have told intimate friends in St. Paul that he is after the nomination for Vice President. Mayor J. N. Holtzinnn of Indianapolis Is being boomed by the German-Ameri-cans of Indiana, for the Democratic nomination for Vice President. The New York World’s canvass of the Democratic situation shows 816 votes in the St. Louis convention for Parker, 106 for Hearst and 78 doubtfuL Former United States Senator Harris of Kansas is said to have been invited by Judge Parker of New York to take the second place on the Democratic ticket. Mayor Wells of St. Louis announced that he would be personally responsible for any deficiency in the $40,000 pledged to secure the Democratic convention. The fund now totals $26,000. Chicago’s aldermanic election for 1904 brought out one of the largest votes ever polled in the city in an “off-year” election and dealt out surprises in ifiany wards. A total of 230,771 votes were polled for Aldermen. Judge William F. Henriey, the Republican nominee for Mayor at Hartford, Conn., and his whole ticket were elected over the Democratic ticket headed by Ignatius A. Sullivan, who held the office of Mayor for the last two years. Socialists generally met with defeat In the city elections in Montana. Helena elected a Democratic Mnyor, Anaconda four Democratic aud two Republican Aldermen, and Butte five anti-trust-labor, two Democratic and one Socialist Aidermen. The Democrats won in the city election nt Springfield, 111., electing four of the seven Aldermen and enpturing the entire township ticket. As a result the party will retain control of the City Council and also the Couuty Board of Supervisors. The claim tbnt-Hearst has the backing of Tammnny, made to Influence delegates to the Kansas Democratic convention, is denied in a letter received by a prominent gold Democrat of Topeka from New Y'ork, who says that Tammany will stand for Parker. David S. Rose, Democrat, was chosen Mayor of Milwaukee, the rote standing Rose, 23,820; Guy D. Goff, Republican, 17,840; Victor E. Berger, Social Democrat, 16,000. Outside of Mayor Rose’s victory in tho face of great opposition, the success of the Social Democrats in electing nine Aldermen, one-fifth of ths Council, was ths feature. The nine Aldermen elected by the Social Democrats will give them the balance of power in the Council. The voting machines were used for the first time in all but two of the wards and proved an unqualified sue-

LITTLE NEWS OF WAR.

VIRTUALLY NO LAND FIGHTING HAS YET TAKEN PLACE. Armies of Combatants in "the Far East Maneuvering for Position Rnßsinns Are Reported Having Retreated Out of Korea and Across the Yaiu. Maneuvering for position seems to be the only term which will fit the land movements iu the war between Russia and Japan in the far East. Virtually no fighting on land has taken place up to the present writing. It seems to be established, however, that Russia has been driven out' of Korea. The Japanese now hold possession of the entire country. Press dispatches from several different sources confirm the news of Russia’s rout These dispatches say that the Russians have retreated across the Yalu river, which separates Korea from Manchuria, and that such a state of panic exists that the Czar's soldiers have abandoned positions which might have been defensible. In less than eight weeks the Japanese army has landed at Chemulpo, marched west thirty-five miles to Seoul, the capital of Korea, established a military base there, swung to the left, inarched 150 miles to Pingyang, fortified that place strongly, created a base there, extended strongholds from Pmgynm; ■ across the Korean peninsula to Gensnn, pressed northward to Chongju, driving the Russians out of it, continued, the march to Wiju. nnd occupied that town without a struggle. During the 300 mile march from Seoul to Wiju there were no battles and few skirmishes. The Russians were not in force below the Y’alu and made no serious effort to hinder the Japanese advance. Nevertheless the Japanese have already proved themselves to be great soldiers. They have shown that they possess a wonderful military organization, that they understand far more perfectly than do the Americans how to coordinate the movements of the navy and

the army, nnd that they are sturdy, enduring marchers. The march from Seoul to Wiju must have been a bitterly hard one. The roads were frozen and deep in snow at the beginning of the war; they are now knee or waist deep In mud. They are at the best of seasons and in the best of conditions narrow, uneven, nnd of insecure footing. Over 300 miles of such footing the Japanese army lias trudged at an average rate of six miles a day. Six miles a day is not much for a forced march of picked troops, but it is a good, solid eight-week average for an army carrying its provisions nnd artillery with it. It was chiefly over Korea that the war was caused. The Russians wanted at least half of the counti-y. Japan would not consent to the advance of Russia to the very doors, almost, of the Mikado. Japan knew full well that aggressive Russia would not long be content with merely a portion of Korea. “Y'ou must keep out of Korea!” was the edict of Japan. But mighty Russia was bent on her purposes, nnd the world doubted the power of Japan to make good its ultimntunn Yet in two months, Japan liasj

JAP CAVALBY DETRAINING.

cleared Korea of the Russians, and now holds by force of arms the little kingdom which plnyed so prominent n part In the diplomacy that ended in war. Japan is now in a position to invade Manchuria itself. When Japan does this, European statesmen predict a carnago of battle, compared to which the past events of the war will be of little conzequence.

If the Russians draw up their forces in Manchuria they are not confronted with the danger of being taken in the rear by the fleet. Manchuria is not, like Korea, a peninsula. The fleet can get behind no army In Manchuria. It was, therefore, probably their loss of the sea which caused the Russians not to fight for Korea in Korea. The Japanese occupy Korea. But that does not signifiy that the Japanese will continue in possession of it after the treaty of peace is signed. If the Russians can shatter the Mikado's forces in Manchuria they may be able to compel his men to retrace the steps of their wonderful march. But one thing insure —that the Japanese ' retreat through Korea would be a far bloodied affair for both sides than was the Japanese advance. « Japan has fifteen docks capable of accommodating warships.

Japa Force the Fighting on the West Bank of the River. It is reported-that a battle has taken place nt Kieulien-Cheng, on the west side of the Yalu. Iu the vicinity of Chincon, on the west side of the Line river, the Russians ore taking large quantities of horses, cattle and provisions from the natives by force. Their treatment has exasperated the to such ah extent that a collision is hourly expected. At Newchwang reports continue to arrive of incessant Japanese activity at the mouth of the Yalu. Light-draught transports that are able to come up the shallow channel are reaching l'ongampho, where there is-deep water alongside a lumber jetty, and the disembarkation of troops and stores is constantly in progress.

Some surprise has been expressed that .no. measures are being taken to harass the Japanese landing. The Yalu is only a mile and a half wide nt Yongampho and the southern- bank is within The range of the Russian artillery fire at Antung. It is difficult to believe that the Japanese really intend to advance from the Yalu to attack undoubtedly strong forces in front of them, which are held well in hand and can be concentrated at any given point. It is far more likqly that the Korean game is a bluff to distract attention from other more important and decisive land operations. The belief is strong that wliije a descent will be made at Yin-Kow, whence a move will be made to block the road south from Liao-Yang into the peninsula, the chieL and real attack will be from some point near Fort Arthur.

There is further confirmation, according to a military expert, of the. fact that the Russians, abandoning opposition to the march of the Japanese toward the mouth of the Yalu, have evacuated the lower part of the left bank of the river without giving battle and have only left in touch on the right flank of Gen. ICuroki some strong parties of Cossacks. Thus develops the plan of Gen. Kuropatkin, which consists in gaining time and drawing toward him, if it lends

AT THE GATE OF SEOUL.

itself to this maneuver, the Japanese army, which is now deployed from PingY'ang to An-Ju and beyond. “It is announced,” continues the expert, “that the Russians have occupied in force I'efig-lVang-Cheng, having only left some detachments as guards, from Antung to Kia-Lieu-Tien and above this point, for the earthworks which they have constructed on the left bank. It appears, therefore, that the defense which is being prepared there will not be very serious, but it is certain that Gen Kurolti is endeavoring to cross the Yalu with his army to penetrate into Manchuria by the Pekin road.”

A dispatch from Sebastopol says that when Admiral Skrydieff, arrives in the far East with the Baltic fleet lie will supersede Admiral Makaroff as admiralissimo. The correspondent asserts that there is a great shortage of naval officers, and that the ministry of marine has decided to quadruple the number of naval cadets. to blockade Port Arthur is giving great trouble, says the same correspondent. The Russians are trying to break up the sunken ships with dynamite, but stones six feet rnstze are difficult” of dislodgment. It has been ascertained that three out of four of the stone laden steamers which were sunk by the Japanese in the latest attempt to block Port Arthur were placed exactly in the intended positions.

Gen. Kuropatkin has returned to LiaoY'nng. ■ It is believed the Japanese fleet is covering the lnnding of troops in Korea. A Korean prefect Bays the Russians and Chinese have withdrawn from Yongampho.

1 'Nine Japanese officials, disguised as Chinamen, have gone nortE to Gen. Ma’s headquarters. A dispatch from Seoul says that Jap-anese-supply steamers are safely entering the estuary of the Y’alu river nnd are landing cargoes ut various points on the Korean shore.

Dispatches received in Berlin from St. Petersburg contain the statement that the Czar is about to proceed to the seat of war, making temporary headquarters at Irkutsk.

Reports from the seat of war state that the Russian cavalry and the Japanese skirmishers exchanged shots near Wiju. Five Japanese were killed. Tho stores of a Russian village near Yongampho were wrecked and burned by a detachment of Japanese infantry. In another skirmish near Wiju six Japanese were killed.

The St Petersburg correspondent of the Petit Parisien states that a genernl mobilization of the Russian army is iu course of preparation. Telegrams received in Seoul state that the Russlaus are occupying six of the largest border towns on the Tumcn river, in northeastern Korea.

: The Japanese navy is dfcvlded into seven squadrons. The first to the fonrth squadrons are watching Port Arthur, the fifth patrols the Korean coasts, whila the sixth and seventh cruise between Vladivostok and Japan. The ships have sustained little damage ao far.

BATTLE ON THE YALU.

Russian Tactics Shown.

Makararoff to Be Superseded.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEW CENSUS FIGURES.

POPULATION OF UNITED BTATES ESTIMATED AT 79.900,389. Increase In Three Years Has Been 3,905,8 14-New York Stilt the Greatest City and Chicago Second with 1,873,880 Inhabitants. The census bureau has issued a bulletin which gives the estimated population of the United States for 1903, exclusive of Alaska and the insular possessions TJf tiie United States, nt 79,900,381). This is an increase of 3,905,814 since the census of 1900. The population is estimated for 438 cities having 10,000 or more inhabitants in 1900. How Chief Cities Rank. The estimated population in 1903 of the fifteen leading cities and the census figures of 1900 are as follows: Estimated Population. ~ _ population by census 1903. of 1000. New York 3.716,J30 3,437.202 Chicago 1,873,880 1,608,575 Philadelphia ...1,367,716 1,203,007 St. Louis 612,279 575,238 Boston 604,618 600,892 Baltimore 531,313 508,057 Cleveland 414,950 K81.76S Buffalo ...381,403 352,387 San Francisco 855,019 342,782 •Pittsburg 345,043 321,616 Cincinnati 832.034 825,902 •Milwaukee 812,736 285,315 •Detroit 809,053 285,704 New Orleans 800,625 287,104 Washington, D. C. .. 203,217 278,718 •Pittsburg passed Cincinnati; Milwaukee passed Detroit, and Detroit passed New Orleans. New York State Is Biggest.

In the number of towns and cities having over 10,000 inhabitants, Massachusetts is in the lead with 47, containing a total of 2,197,700 inhabitants, but this Jtgtal of urban population, of course, is not as large ns that of New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Considered by States, New York leads in population, With more than 7,500,000; Pennsylvania exceeds 0,500,000, and Illinois has passed 5,000,000; Texas has over 3,000,000, having passed Missouri. Only 22 States now have less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, and 14 exceed 2,000,000. The estimates are made in a bulletin giving estimates of population in 1901, 1902 ano 1903, for all cities of 10,000 inhabitants or more in the United States. It shows that the number of incorporated places having a population of 10,000 Inhabitants or more in 1900, including cities, boroughs and villages, and New England towns not having municipal corporations within their limits is 438, with a total population of 24,047,3G7, while their estimated population for 1903 is 25,806.987, an increase of 1,759,620, or over-7 per cent during the three years.

The same cities between 1890 and 1900 increased injiopulation over 32 per cent. Part of the increase during the three years is due to the inclusion of suburbs. How Population Is Divided. The estimated population in 1903 in cities of 10,000 or more is distributed as follows: States. No. cities. Population. North Atlantic 188 12,818,090 North Central 140 8,272,105 South Atlantic 88 1,841,215 South Central 37 1,530,855 Western 26 1,343,822

An official statement accompanying the bulletin says: “The bureau of the census has decided to make annual estimates of population based upon what is known ns the arithmetical method. This rests upon the assumption that the annual increase for each year since the last census will be one-tenth of the decennial increase between the last two censuses. The country as a whole nnd most of the States and cities are growing with a steadily decreasing per cent of increase. As this condition has obtained in the United States for the last twenty years, it is likely to hold good in the immediate future. Under such conditions the arithmetical method has been proved more accurate than any alternative method. Referring to the inclusion of suburbs iu cities, the- bulletin says that of the 438 cities with 10,000 or more population, 162 annexed territory between June 1, 1890, and June 1, 1903. There are no cities credited with 25,000 population in Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont and North Carolina.

THE RAILROADS

Vice President Brown of the New York Central and Lake Shore has denied that changes among high officials are pending or that there is any lack of harmony between W. K. Vanderbilt and executive officers.

It has been estimated that where $1 has been invested in railroads in the United States, the value of agricultural products has been increased $lO. The steel rail and the steam engine have been pioneers in development The annual report of the minister of railroads for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1903, shows that the gross earnings of the (steam) railroads iu Canada for tho year were $96,004,527, as compared with $88,066,503 for the previous year, an increase of $12,398,024. The California Supreme Court, by a majority opinion, has decided that a railroad ticket is not p contract. It also decided that transportation companies may make roles and regulations beyond what appears on the face of a ticket and that passengers must comply with them all. ''The court held that a ticket is more of a receipt than a contract. A line of steamers between New Orleans and Colon, Panama, is to be inaugurated by States Fruit Company and is expected to carry large ahipments of commoditiea from the middle West to Central America, which now goea by way of New York. The Southern Pacific has arranged what la termed a “free traveling library.* It ia planned to dfatributo the dray load of paper and other periodicals that reaches the literary department daily among employes and residents along the line in the sparsely settled West

CONGRESS

The Senate Tuesday listened to a two hours’ speech by Mr. Morgan on tho Panama canal question. He advocated the passage of his resolution requesting information from the Attorney General concerning concessions to the original Panama Canal Company and his talk in the main was on arraignment of the new company. In spite of his appeal the resolution was referred to the committee oii interoceauie canals. Several amendments to the postofflee appropriation bill were passed. The proceedings of the House were enlivened by speeches by Mr. De Armond nnd Mr. Grosvenor. Thei former attacked the Republicans for failure to order an investigation into the postofflee charges and to revise the tariff. The latter-vigorously defended the Republican party and landed President Roosevelt for the part he played in the postal investigation, the passage of the Cuban reciprocity law aud the treaty with Panama. The military academy hill was passed without amendment.

The Senate Wednesday passed a number of minor bills and a resolution authorizing the printing of 110,000 copies of a accent report on the beet sugar industry. Mr. Heyburn spoke in support of " the pure-food law, advocating the McCumber bill instead of the Hepburn bill. The Senate ndopted a resolution asking the Department of Agriculture to submit a report of the results of its investigation of drugs. Consideration of the postoffice appropriation hill wns resumed, nnd Mr. Quarles spoke for his amendment increasing the pay of rural carriers. Messrs. Money. Nelson and Larimer opposed nbolisning the parcel delivery privileges of the rural carriers. Finally the amendment by Mr. Quarles was rilled 6ut of order. The committee amendment to permit enrriers to receive newspaper and magazine subscriptions and deliver parcels was agreed to. In a five-hour session the House passed seventeen bills relating to the District of Columbia, including one incorporating the Carnegie Institute. It also passed the Bowman omnibus claims bill, carrying approximately $228,000 for the payment of small claims; agreed to the conferon the fortifications bill, and insisted on its disagreement to an amendment in that bill providing for the purchase' of a submarine boat. The Alaska delegate bill was taken up, and Mr. Cushman of Washington made a long explanation of the measure.

The Senate Thursday listened to eulogies of the late Senator Hanna. The galleries were well filled and the speakers were given close attention. Those who spoke were Messrs. Foraker, Scott, Cockrell, Platt (Conn.), Cullom. Blackburn, Elkins, Fairbanks, Daniel, Perkins, Depew, Beveridge, Dolliver, Kearns and Dick. Tho Swaj-ne impeachment proceeding was disposed of in five minutes by the House by the adoption of a resolution making the case a special order for Dec. 13 next. In tho meantime the judiciary committee is to take additional testimony in the case. After disposing of a conference report on tho army appropriation bill, the House took up the bill extending the coastwise laws to the Philippines. By a vote of 122 to 100 a special rule was ndopted rt*-vote on the bill after a debate of two hours. This was exhausted save five minutes, when the session ended.

The contracts for the canceling machines in the Postofflee Department wore debated nt length in the Senate Friday in connection with the postofflee bill. An amendment by Mr. Culberson limiting the> rental of the machines to their cost wns defeated. The consideration of the bill was not completed. Tho first hour of the session was devoted to a discussion by Mr. Patterson of tho Chinese question, in which he maintained that the exclusion laws would be ineffective after Dec. 7 unless there was additional legislation. The House passed the Philippine shipping bill, the only amendment being to extend the time when the law shall become operative until July 1, 1906. The bill appropriating $475,000 in aid of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition to be held in Portland, Ore., was passed without division.

In the Senate Saturday Mr. Spodner replied to the Democratic strictures on the conduct of the Postofflee Department. He defended the course of the Postmaster Genernl nnd charged that the effort on the part of the Democratic Senators to secure a congressional inquiry was in the interest of party politics. lie also defended the President against attacks. No progress was made on the postofflee hill. The conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was partly read, but further consideration was postponed on the suggestion that the conferees had inserted provisions that had not been passed upon by either house. The hill for the aid of the Portland, Ore., exposition wns passed, as wns the Philippine shipping bill. In the House Mr. Cockran spoke on bis resolution directing nil inquiry by the judiciary committee as to whether there wns authority in the law for, the recent executive order relating to pensions for nge disability. The committee on rules had reported an order db rerting the resolution 4o lie on the table. Mr. Cockran’s remarks were his first since bis entry into the Fifty-eighth Congress. lie said his resolution wns offered solely to vindicate the dignity of the House, nnd charged the executive branch with usurping the powers of the legislative. He declared that the House hnd lost caste and urged the members to stand up for their rights. Messrs. Dal* zell and Grosvenhr replied. The resolution wns laid on the table by a recapitulated yea nnd nay vote of 103 to 100.

In the National Capital.

Gen. Wade ban reported that I’rivnte Thomas F. Hnvllnnd, Company 1. Fourteenth infantry, was drowned iu the Philippines March 20. The House committee on ways nnd means took adverse action on the Tnwuey hill to prohibit inclusion of premium coupons iu tobacco. The House committee on public lands authorised a favorable report qp a bill permitting the use of lands in forest rt serves available for , agricultural, put* poses.